Posted on 05/15/2005 5:48:21 PM PDT by Wolfstar
PRESIDENTIAL NEWS OF THE DAY: After spending about 24 hours at Camp David, the President and Mrs. Bush returned to the White House early to attend the annual National Peace Officers' Memorial Service on Capitol Hill. He was joined by Attorney General Al Gonzales, Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao, and Secretary of Homeland Security Mike Chertoff, as well as FBI Director Bob Mueller and the Director of ATF, Carl Truscott. The Congress was represented by Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, Senator Pat Leahy and Congressman Dave Reichert, from the state of Washington, among many others. Reichert served as a law enforcement officer for over 30 years, and received the 2004 National Sheriffs Association Sheriff of the Year Award. Singer Darryl Worley performed "I Miss My Friend."
In other administration news, Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice made a surprise visit to Iraq. On a lightning visit, she urged Iraqis to be patient, saying the insurgency can be beaten with the help of a strong political alternative. "The insurgency is very violent, but you defeat insurgencies not just militarily," Rice said after meeting with officials in Baghdad and the northern Kurdish region. "The Iraqis...are now going to have to intensify their efforts to demonstrate that in fact the political process is the answer for the Iraqi people."
QUOTE OF THE DAY: From the President's address at the memorial service today.
We're a nation built on the rule of law, and the men and women who enforce those laws uphold America's role as a beacon for fairness and peace. And, today, we honor 415 new names added to the memorial wall.
Among them are Detroit police officers Matthew Bowens and Jennifer Fettig. The officers were making a routine traffic stop when the suspect opened fire. Though Officer Bowens had already been shot several times, himself, his first concern was for his injured partner. Both officers gave their lives in protecting each other and their fellow citizens, and this nation of ours will always honor them.
Danger to law enforcement can come from the outskirts of a community, as it did to Bradford County Pennsylvania Deputy Chris Burgert. He and his partner, Deputy Mike Van Kuren, were shot last March while trying to serve a bench warrant on a known criminal. Chris had been leading a drug investigation that often brought him face to face with danger on rural back roads. And his bravery had brought a string of successes against a dangerous and volatile set of criminals. His acts took unusual courage, and our nation will be always grateful for his sacrifice.
Danger can come even in what one thinks is routine investigation. Last May, Arizona police officer Don Schultz was diving for evidence in a murder case when he lost his life. Officer Schultz had been on the force for 19 years and was one of the department's master divers. He died in an act of devotion to duty that was common to him, and will always remain extraordinary to us. These are just the examples of the brave we honor today.
Every generation of Americans has produced men and women willing to stand watch over the rest of us. Every generation has lived under the protection of law enforcement. We must never take for granted the police officers of America.
For each friend or family member here today, the engraving on the wall will always glow brightly around one name. We cannot soothe your grief or repay your loved one's sacrifice -- but their names are inscribed permanently on this memorial. We acknowledge the lasting debt we owe them, and offer the solemn thanks of a grateful nation.
I'm glad to hear you got a new job.
Thanks for the dose tonight.
They must've talked to their lawyers..
I concur! Newsweek needs some consequences!
Bingo, but it's too late, the Horses have already left the barn
thanks, sad as it is I am waiting for the start of the finale of Survivor. It's a curse I tell ya! LOL
"Isikoff and Newsweek are complicit in the deaths of American soldiers and civilans...."
You nailed it . . .
From the Austin Bay Blog:
5/15/2005
THE PRESS' ABU GHRAIB: NEWSWEEK APOLOGIZES, AFTER 15 PEOPLE ARE DEAD
History may see Newsweek’s fatal “Koran flushing” story as the US press’ Abu Ghraib.
Under any circumstances, Newsweek’s flagrant, tragic error is an error a long-time-coming. The magazine’s “apology” doesn’t begin to account for the damage. [The apology appears at the end of this post. Call the mea culpa “News Weak."]
Several other websites have covered the issue of anonymous and “single sourced” allegations. (See Powerline’s take here and here. Roger L. Simon says there’s no business like source business. Michelle Malkin covers the story with “Newsweek Lied, People Died.”)
The sin of greed always seems to creep into every scandal and it’s certainly lurking in this tragic incident. Newsweek wants market share, and a scoop grabs readers. But profit generated by a frantic “me first” quest isn’t the only motive. The “Vietnam-Watergate” motive’s also in play. That’s a tired and dirty game but for three decades it’s been a successful ploy for the New York-Washington-LA media axis. It’s rules are simple. Presume the government is lying– always make that presumption, particularly when the president is a Republican. Presume the worst about the US military– always make that presumption, even when the president is a Democrat. Add multi-cultural icing– the complaints and allegations of “Third World victims” are given revered status, the statements of US and US-allied nations met with cynical doubt and arrogant contempt.
http://67.19.149.211/67.19.149.210/austinbay.net/blog/index.php?p=323
Looks like Drudge is about to talk about the book you pointed us to in your link
In the old days (before FR and the like)all would have been fogotten, if we even heard what was going on. But those days are gone forever. The media needs to get used to being held to accountability. WE WILL NEVER FORGET! (what a great multi-purpose line!)
"against all enemies, foreign and domestic!!
An insightful article from the NYTimes (who'd a thunk it?!):
"WHAT SETS MR. BUSH APART IS HIS WILLINGNESS TO TAKE ON BATTLES, EVEN WHEN THEY EXACT A POLITICAL PRICE -- A TRAIT THAT MANY OF HIS PREDECESSORS, BY DINT OF THEIR OWN POLITICAL CIRCUMSTANCES AND PERSONALITIES, HAVE NOT ALWAYS SHARED.
Summoned to the Oval Office in 1995, Abner J. Mikva, then the White House counsel, found President Clinton upset that Republicans on Capitol Hill were hounding him to release more documents related to a dispute with Congress over economic aid to Mexico. Told by Mr. Mikva that the White House had withheld only three pages that summarized a private conversation the president had held with his Mexican counterpart, Mr. Clinton at first ordered even those pages released, only to be talked out of it by Mr. Mikva and his staff.
Mr. Bush's instinct, Mr. Mikva said, is the opposite: to fight all encroachments.
"The separation of powers works because of who makes the biggest muscle," Mr. Mikva said. "When the president makes a big muscle, as George Bush is currently doing, he has a lot of power. He's willing to take on the courts and Congress and exercise power in a big way."
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/15/weekinreview/15stev.html?pagewanted=print
THAT'S IT :-)
16 dead as of rigtht now
Im so pissed at this, I could spit bullets...they have contributed to the risk, danger that our troops face every day...and have caused needless deaths....they should be held accountable...we are at war with these *people* and they have incited them against their oun country.....(I'm sorry for my bad language)....
No apology neccessary, I feel the same way as you do. You know how much I respect our Military and their efforts to rid the world of this scouge known as Radical Islam
I agree, I just wonder what will be done to correct the mess they caused
sHOULD BE A BUMPER STICKER
NEWSWEEK LIED, PEOPLE DIED
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