See you tomorrow.
Posted on 04/16/2006 5:08:19 AM PDT by Alas Babylon!
The Talk Shows
Sunday, April 16th, 2006
Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:
FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Sens. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., and Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.; former House Speaker Newt Gingrich; Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Mark Everson.
MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Joan Chittister, executive director, Center for Contemporary Spirituality; Rabbi Michael Lerner, editor, Tikkun Magazine; Jon Meacham, managing editor, Newsweek; Seyyed Hossein Nasr, professor of Islamic studies, George Washington University; Rev. Richard John Neuhaus, editor, First Things; Joel Osteen, senior pastor, Lakewood Church.
FACE THE NATION (CBS): New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson and Sen. George Allen, R-Va.
THIS WEEK (ABC): Sens. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., and Evan Bayh, D-Ind.
LATE EDITION (CNN) : Samir Sumaidaie, Iraqi ambassador to the U.S. ; Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.; Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif.; former Secretary of State Kissinger; retired Army Brig. Gen. David Grange; Rev. Jerry Falwell..
Newt use to. He use to be a master at de-spining the Junk Media. Now he parrots them like McCain does. Newt's toast. Republicans do NOT reward people who play kissy face with our foes. With the Republican base, very few things rank lower then "Journalists". They come in on the list some where above Child Molesters and Terrorirsts and below Lawyers and Telemarketers.
Well, that's one way to describe him. lol
He has a brilliant mind, but I think his accompanying ego gets him into trouble.
Pinz
We can do our part by not attacking the President at every turn. He has so much on his shoulders we don't need to pile on.
I certainly will.
One line from the reviews that sticks with me is that it is "unbearable, but unmiss-able."
I think we need to remember what this war is really about. For those of us born in the idyllic 50's who have lived 'normal' middle class, mid-western lives, it's hard to hold the idea in your mind that we really are at war. I'm not talking about Bush and Cheney's decisions, but the very real bad people out there who would like nothing more than to see us all dead, by beheading no less! >:-/
Pinz
Thank you!
Do you remember any more of the specifics... when, what issue(s) might have been involved?
That kind of makes 6 retired generals pi$$ing and moaning after the fact pretty pathetic, doesn't it?
I'm reminded of all the groups of this-profession or that-profession that the Clintons would parade through the media to try and convince us that every president had girlfriends, lied compulsively, hit on every woman who drove past the White House and got blow jobs while making war plans (I can't believe I just wrote that in public -- another Clinton legacy. Argh!).
It would be nice to resurrect that mass resignation to provide a little perspective.
Pinz
Do you think that war might be completed by *this* Christmas?? /sarcasm
Pinz
Went to look for the Vanity Fair article, but got stuck reading this month's Wilson love note. These people are all seriously deranged!!!
Still looking....
Pinz
I've searched and searched. I think I remember Chuck Harder doing the story on the radio. As I recall, the deal they had to make was that they wouldn't go to the press.
Well, that's not very helpful of them! lol
Thanks for helping my poor memory. Maybe Alamo-Girl will be able to find something in the next couple of days.
Pinz
Officers resigning isn't the only thing the MSM failed to report during the Clinton administration. Yet they declare they aren't biased (my *ss).
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many military officers resigned their commission rather than go along with the Clinton Administration.
“Many of the military leaders today traded in their salutes for a wet finger in the air during the Clinton Administration. No wonder we are having a hard time in Iraq now,” concluded Tierney.
Tierney was a former US Army Military Intelligence Chief Warrent Officer who was recruited in 1996 as a weapons inspector.
Bill Tierney was accused by the Iraqis of being a spy. That wasn't what got him in trouble with the Clinton Administration. No, he was removed from the inspection teams for the "crime of proselytizing."
Tierney says his career began unraveling after he was called on to help interrogate an Iraqi defector who was a Christian. The defector was nervous, Tierney says, so Tierney prayed with him.
http://tinyurl.com/lxwa3
Thanks for the information.
As for Magaret Thatcher, its too bad we require our Presidents to be native born. Otherwise, she could have run and been elected as our first Female President. At least, she would have got my vote.
See you tomorrow.
October 29, 2000
You're finding some good stuff, kcvl.
It's interesting to read these stories with a new perspective...
Clinton's legacy insists on writing itself! I must laugh, or I will dissolve in tears and sit in the dark. :-/
Pinz
Is that what Roger had packed in his music cases???
Pinz
However, they can, and have done something. According to what I consider reliable sources, in 1997 24 -- count 'em, twenty-four -- generals retired early. I am still in the processing of confirming names, dates and replacements (if any).
On July 7, 1997, in what is being called a mass protest over the conditions in the military (primarily because of administration policy) 24 generals quit. They reportedly had fought a losing battle to correct, modify, or mitigate the politically correct, operational tempo, and repeated "hey you" deployments. They tried to address the problems with readiness (or lack of) and pay. They tried, and they failed to compel the administration to fix what is wrong.
Then, in a final act of courage and commitment (two concepts alien to this administration), they ALL went to see Secretary of Defense Bill Cohen, and RESIGNED. Twenty-four general officers representing 600 years of combined military experience tendered their resignations. THAT is a big deal. ... So why haven't we heard about it?
The White House and Cohen reportedly told them, what they (the generals) were trying to do, would not be allowed.
Those twenty-four generals were not going to be allowed the publicity that the mass resignations were intended to achieve. According to multiple sources, the generals, who had committed their lives to serving their country, were threatened with court martial.
However, that wasn't apparently a big enough stick for the illegitimate spawn of maximum spin control.
The non-disclosure statements (of the generals) were changed in order to include a NEW requirement. The amended (ex post facto) non-disclosure statements compel the generals not to discuss their resignations. Failure to comply would result in punishment and loss of retirement benefits. If that sounds like blackmail ... it is.
So how could the office of propaganda cover up the mass resignations of 24 generals?
Allegedly, Cohen informed them they would not be replaced. Their positions would be streamlined and their previous duties would be spread out among remaining generals. The "spin" was a tongue in cheek: "Thanks for helping us consolidate general officer slots in the wake of reductions in force."
So how DO you hide the resignations of 24 generals? Well, you don't announce the resignations en masse; you spread them out over several months. Which is just what happened. Less than a half dozen of the vacated positions were refilled.
If or when the Department of Defense provides us with a list of all resignations by general officers since July of 1997 including names, rank, last duty assignment and date of separation, we will post it here on WorldNetDaily.
I actually had remembered the number -- 24.
He didn't have enough sense to cancel his announcement the day of the Oklahoma City bombing. He is absolutely clueless.
Good memory, doug.
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