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CNN SINKS NAVY
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Posted on 11/30/2005 3:14:34 PM PST by hipaatwo
A person who was at Annapolis today sent me the following about the AP photo CNN ran on its web site of Midshipmen asleep in the auditorium before the Presidents speech:
This is bias. The mids started arriving at 0630 in the auditorium. Most have barely gotten any sleep because it's Army-Navy week. Almost all the mids were using the down time to get some rest while they waited the several hours. They were clearly all awake by 9:30 as things started to happen and certain all were awake for the speech.
As everyone who has attended a service academy will tell you, there is nothing more cherished than rack time. But CNN does a disservice to the Naval Academy to imply the mids would sprawl out asleep in the presence of the Commander in Chief. I think CNN owes these fine young Americans an apology.
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: ap; biased; cnn; deceit; iraq; midshipmen; msm; usna; waronterror; wot
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Not surprised the Commies at CNN did this.
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posted on
11/30/2005 3:14:35 PM PST
by
hipaatwo
To: hipaatwo
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posted on
11/30/2005 3:16:35 PM PST
by
TomGuy
To: hipaatwo
Nothing these Junior High School "reporters" do would surprise me.
To: TomGuy
I saw that earlier. That's why I wanted this to have a separate thread.
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posted on
11/30/2005 3:17:36 PM PST
by
hipaatwo
(Denny Crane!)
To: hipaatwo
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1531528/posts
Midshipmen catch naps as they wait more than an hour for Bush to deliver speech
Great thread! Old stories of how many ways to nap while hurrying up to wait or even while marching on parade! ;)
I'm just surprised the caption did not imply it was during the speech.
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posted on
11/30/2005 3:18:24 PM PST
by
MEG33
(GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES)
To: hipaatwo
Count on CNN to never miss a chance to knock the military.
I think everyone knows the trick of taking a "power nap".
Just a few minutes of sleep can totally refresh you.
To imply that the midshipmen catching a few Zees is disrespectful to the President is asinine.
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posted on
11/30/2005 3:23:12 PM PST
by
76834
(There's nothing wrong with sobriety in moderation.)
To: MEG33
It's par for the course- TV show about West Point and what is the plot about? Cheaters.
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posted on
11/30/2005 3:24:19 PM PST
by
visualops
(www.visualops.com)
To: hipaatwo
I just heard the top-of-the-hour newscast out of WABC New York. After the President's speech, ABC ran right over to the Iraq Ministry of Defense and got a quote to the effect that "the Iraqi army is nowhere near prepared to fight." They were trumpeting this fact with glee, as though it contradicted statements made by President Bush. I heard most of the speech this morning; the President did
not say that the Iraqi army was ready to take over defense of the country; to the contrary, he cited specific units and battalions that were prepared.
The fact that they are grasping at straws like this shows how effective the speech was, and how desperate the MSM/liberals are to keep their sorry excuse for an argument from collapsing.
(steely)
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posted on
11/30/2005 3:26:45 PM PST
by
Steely Tom
(Fortunately, the Bill of Rights doesn't include the word 'is'.)
To: hipaatwo
This is in retaliation for the the Cindy Sheehan photo-op over the Thanksgiving weekend.
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posted on
11/30/2005 3:29:25 PM PST
by
Dacula
To: hipaatwo
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posted on
11/30/2005 3:30:50 PM PST
by
ex-snook
("Come behold the deeds of the Lord, the astounding things he has wrought on earth.")
To: ex-snook
...Or..."Suck My Torpedo!
To: hipaatwo
It's Army-Navy week? Cool! Go Navy!!! Beat Army!!! Oh, and please get Kyle Kimbro in the game!/shameless plug for former quarterback of the football team at my old high school.
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posted on
11/30/2005 3:33:13 PM PST
by
WinOne4TheGipper
(One generation's satire becomes the next one's reality.)
To: hipaatwo
I tried a google news search for quotes from the Presidents speech "Others have died for my freedom". You cannot find this on NYT, AP, Reuters. They are panning the text of the speech.
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posted on
11/30/2005 3:34:00 PM PST
by
Fielding
( "OTHERS HAVE DIED FOR MY FREEDOM. NOW THIS IS MY MARK." "Cpl. Jeffrey B. Starr")
To: 76834
I think everyone knows the trick of taking a "power nap". Just a few minutes of sleep can totally refresh you.
To imply that the midshipmen catching a few Zees is disrespectful to the President is asinine.
As a former Infantryman and Ranger I know all about the refreshing qualities of a cat nap. Infantrymen almost all gain the ability to just conk out anywhere in seconds and then snap awake completely alert later. I can still do that.
What We Are About To Do Here Is What The Good Lord Would Call A Cleansing of the Wicked. I Call It A Good Old Fashioned Texas Ass Kicking.
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posted on
11/30/2005 3:43:01 PM PST
by
speed_addiction
(And the Lord said, "Who shall I send? Who will stand for us?" Said I, "Here I am...Send me.")
To: 76834; KarlInOhio
Hey, Karl. This thread's for you.
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posted on
11/30/2005 3:47:45 PM PST
by
rabidralph
(Beat Army)
To: hipaatwo
The number two rule in the service, right behind never volunteer, is sleep and eat every chance you get, you never know when the next opportunity may come.
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posted on
11/30/2005 3:52:08 PM PST
by
HoustonCurmudgeon
(I will not support evil just because "It's the Law.")
To: speed_addiction
Teach me, oh wise and powerful master! :)
(From a FReeper with iregular sleep cycles and constantly pulling all nighters.)
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posted on
11/30/2005 3:53:43 PM PST
by
Killborn
(Pres. Bush isn't Pres. Reagan. Then again, Pres. Regan isn't Pres. Washington. God bless them all.)
To: hipaatwo
When I think of CNN, all I can think of is a big black
X
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posted on
11/30/2005 3:54:05 PM PST
by
GaltMeister
(“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.”)
To: HoustonCurmudgeon
Exactly. Somehow, I think this Commander in Chief would give his approval of a nap before his arrival.
God how I HATE the media.
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posted on
11/30/2005 3:57:40 PM PST
by
SE Mom
(God Bless those who serve..)
To: speed_addiction
Your right. The story didn't cover what the studs were doing before the visit.
RLTW
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posted on
11/30/2005 4:00:25 PM PST
by
Liberfighter
(A half truth is a whole lie)
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