[Alas Babylon!]

As always, soliciting FReeper comments, observations, and opinions.

[Morgan in Denver]

Good morning AB and everybody. It's cold in Denver and a good day to learn.

[LadyBuzz]

Thanks for the thread -

[anita]

News breaks out that USArmy placed TRUE stories in Iraqi press & Russert immediately book McCain hoping to get him say SOMETHING against Rummy or the admn.

Amazing. For more than a decade, CNN chief Eason Jordon spreading LIES about Iraq just so he can keep a handful of his "journos" with his 5star hospitality there. He publicly admits it that he was speading these LIES and media didn't care.

Then comes the news that our Military is spreading TRUTH with the help of Iraqi press and our so-called "journalists" are angry. When Saddam cature of Saddam was announced, the Iraqi journalists erupted in applause & cheer. If Bush announces Bin Laden's capture, our "media" definitely will not cheer or applaud. They would immediately question whether he is treated fairly or would permit IRC's visit. Shameful, but true.

For Russert: 9/11 commission is DEAD. Congress REFUSED it's extension. Bush administration REFUSED to provide ANY documents to it anymore. Furthermore, it lost every bit of credibility when Sandy Burglar STOLE all relevant documents [that would implicate Clinton's mishaps] right under its' nose & never questioned about it. Also, having Gorelick on it's panel instead of as a witness & ally of a crime. Letting Clinton of the hook even after it became public knowledge that Bin Laden's head was offered in a platter & the offer was refused by Clinton.

[mainepatsfan]

What percentage of MTP shows in 2005 didn't have McCain or Biden as guests?

[txradioguy]

Good morning AB and everyone here!

Merry Christmas to you all!

Counting down the days til I come back to the states!

Alas...thank you for the thread.

[Bahbah]

Good morning, Alas. I see we will be treated to the opinions of King Kean and King Hamilton and Wolfie is going to have the Bugar combo. I am always sorry to see Lugar on tap to represent the Republican position, but Biden is so loony it may not be too bad.

[samtheman]

Meet The Press with John Kerry will start off with this warning:

These contortions are being performed by a professional. You should not attempt to perform them in your own home, without first consulting your physician.

[tiredoflaundry]

Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif.; Douglas Owsley, division head for physical anthropology at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History.

There is a joke in there somewhere ! ;-)

[rodguy911]

Morning AB thanks for providing the thread as usual.

Ohhh NO00000!!McCain f'ing,sen. plugs,nagin, and muuuurrrttuuuhhh--I quit. I' gonna commit Harry Carey.

At least MNJ will never get to 1,500 posts with this crew. Thank God I didn't want to live in an igloo anyway.

[DoctorMichael]

Morning all!

C-Span1 was not listing their guests this morning.
Interesting.........AfterWords with Mary Mapes interviewed by Brent Bozell (C-Span2)?

07:00 AM EST 3:00 (est.) LIVE

Call-In Washington Journal C-SPAN, Washington Journal

07:15 AM EST 1:30 (est.)

Debate Israel and Palestine After Disengagement Harvard University, Institute of Politics Noam Chomsky , Massachusetts Institute of Technology Alan M. Dershowitz , Harvard University

08:47 AM EST 0:06 (est.)

Interview By Duty Bound: Survival and Redemption in a Time of War Texas Book Festival Ezell Ware Jr., Army National Guard

08:53 AM EST 0:03 (est.)

Interview National Press Club Book Fair National Press Club Book Fair Jules Witcover , Baltimore Sun Marion Elizabeth Rodgers

08:57 AM EST 1:10 (est.)

Speech The Truth (with Jokes) Carter (Jimmy) Presidential Library Al Franken , Air America Radio

10:09 AM EST 0:31 (est.)

Speech Indivisible: Uniting Values for a Divided America Junior League of Gainesville-Hall Cty (GA) Martha Zoller , WDUN-Radio

10:41 AM EST 1:17 (est.)

Forum Was Communism A Threat to Hollywood? Liberty Film Festival Richard Schickel , Time Magazine Jeff Britting , Ayn Rand Institute

12:00 PM EST 3:00 (est.) LIVE

Call-In In Depth with John Updike C-SPAN John Updike The beginning and end of this live program may be earlier or later than the scheduled times.

03:01 PM EST 0:55 (est.)

Interview After Words with Bruce Chadwick C-SPAN Bruce Chadwick Edward G. Lengel , University of Virginia

04:00 PM EST 0:52 (est.)

Speech A Gift of Freedom Heritage Foundation John J. Miller , National Review John Edward Hilboldt , Heritage Foundation

04:54 PM EST 0:03 (est.)

Interview More Book Lust New York Times Great Read in The Park Nancy Pearl , KUOW-Radio

04:58 PM EST 1:02 (est.)

Forum The Right War?: The Conservative Debate on Iraq Council on Foreign Relations William Kristol , Weekly Standard, The Francis Fukuyama , Nitze (Paul H.) School of Advanced International Studies

06:00 PM EST 1:00 (est.)

Interview After Words with Mary Mapes C-SPAN L. Brent Bozell III , Media Research Center Mary Mapes , CBS News

07:00 PM EST 1:30 (est.)

Debate Israel and Palestine After Disengagement Harvard University, Institute of Politics Noam Chomsky , Massachusetts Institute of Technology Alan M. Dershowitz , Harvard University

08:35 PM EST 0:09 (est.)

Interview Last Chance in Texas: The Redemption of Criminal Youth Texas Book Festival John Hubner

08:44 PM EST 0:05 (est.)

Interview Sands of Empire National Press Club Book Fair Robert W. Merry , Congressional Quarterly

08:50 PM EST 0:06 (est.)

Interview By Duty Bound: Survival and Redemption in a Time of War Texas Book Festival Ezell Ware Jr., Army National Guard

08:56 PM EST 0:03 (est.)

Interview National Press Club Book Fair National Press Club Book Fair Jules Witcover , Baltimore Sun Marion Elizabeth Rodgers

09:00 PM EST 1:00 (est.)

Interview After Words with Mary Mapes C-SPAN L. Brent Bozell III , Media Research Center Mary Mapes , CBS News

10:59 PM EST 0:50 (est.)

Speech Mark Twain: A Life Northshire Bookstore Ron Powers

11:51 PM EST 3:00 (est.)

Call-In In Depth with John Updike C-SPAN John Updike

[Capn TrVth]

Looking forward to FNS, but what a whacky LINE-UP!

[snugs]

Good morning seems Hadley is doing the rounds for the Administration and normal service is resumed with McCain on one of the show.

Once again thanks for your work in pulling together the thread

[chgomac]

Good morning AB & everyone! Oh what a beautiful morning....I'm still smiling after just seeing the Fox News special about what is going right in Iraq!

[Solamente]

[mathluv]

Good morning, AB. Thanks for the thread, as always.

I hope everyone saw the Fox special on all the good things happening in Iraq last night. I am sure it will run again, if anyone did not see it. Greg Palkot did a great job.

[mewzilla]

I hope someone goes into what Ramsey Clark is doing over in Baghdad. And why Clark is so keen to get Saddamn removed from Coalition security.

[jslade]

Ah, the usual media whores....Biden, McCain, Kerry et al. I'm going to mow the lawn. And, the grass has stopped growing.

[MNJohnnie]

What a complete waste of time today. There is no one on the shows worth hearing. Just the same old same old regurgitation of the same old falsehoods. Murtha? Biden? Lugar? The Heads of the 9-11 Insane Clown Posse? The ONLY people in the world who care what these people have to say is the host of the show they are on. This isn't even insiders politics anymore. This is NO sider time. Meet the Has Beens.

We just posted the 10th Quarter in a ROW of better then 3% GDP. Best sustained growth since the 1980s. Think anyone on Has Been Sunday will be talking about this? President Bush gives a stellar speech and the National Security Council releases a highly detailed, worthwhile "National Plan for Victory in Iraq" that completely nukes the Dems talking point. Will Hadely even get to bring the plan up or is he just going to have to field wacko accusation after accusation from the Surrender Now Democrats?

I am short handed at work today so I will be back in about 8 hours, probably will not get the Top 10 List out until tomorrow. Sorry but I got 2 on vacation and 1 out sick on the worst work load day of the week. That is if anyone is still awake in 8 hours with this load of crap for a guest list.

[eastcobb]

Another Sunday, another chance for Tim Russert to ask why no WMD were found in Iraq.

[A.Hun]

Good morning all!

The Blanco memos on Katrina are hitting this morning, something I have been looking forward to with relish!

XNN highlighted the story this morning and used negative language connected with it. I took this to mean that it was truly bad news for Blanco.

Fox just spun it as showing support for Blanco.

These releases do show a coordinated policy of blaming it all on FEMA and GWB.

Here are the AP releases:

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/K/KATRINA_BLANCO_CORRESPONDENCE_GLANCE?SITE=FLTAM&SECTION=US

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/K/KATRINA_BLANCO_CORRESPONDENCE?SITE=FLTAM&SECTION=US

This is apparently the original -note the last few paragraphs left off the main feed releases!:

http://www.thetowntalk.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051204/NEWS01/512040318/1002

Here is the NY Slimes view- surprisingly critical of Blanco (in spite of the Blame Bush mentality):

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/04/national/nationalspecial/04blanco.html?pagewanted=1&ei=5094&en=2f10e8213e46f9e0&hp&ex=1133758800&adxnnl=0&partner=homepage&adxnnlx=1133700250-Yij0TSaWk8IduXxknDA0Gg

I cannot find a link to the raw data mentioned several times. It supposedly is on a Louisiana web site with access only to journalists. Maybe a fellow freeper could get access.

Here is the info on the Congressional Committee..apparently the have not created a web site.

http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/cgi-bin/newcommittee.cgi?site=ctc&lang=&commcode=hkatrina

The spin on this is gonna be wild!

Alas Babylon, thanks for the thread and will you put me on your ping list. Thanks.