Sunday Morning Talk Show Thread 16 April 2006

Various big media television networks ^ | 16 April 2006 | Various Self-Serving Politicians and Big Media Screaming Faces

[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..

[snugs]

I think we all assume it is same in other countries as our own.

The Easter holiday is so much part of the British way of life that we find it surprising if someone has to work such as in retail. Of course emergency and essential services are different.

Good Friday was always a strange day because of old religious laws when I was a child if we went to football they were not allowed to have the concession stands open and that was not in history.

I think now this has been changed but there are still a lot of stores etc that do not open on Good Friday.

[johnny7]

Ugh.

[kabar]

Kristol is a smug, pseudo-intellectual. He claims to know all. I found it amusing that he stated categorically that the President and the Pentagon were not doing any planning for a military option against Iran. I guess he figures he would be informed if that were the case.

The Pentagon has war plans for every conceivable contingency, including Iran. Why does he think we developed bunker busting bombs, nuclear and conventional? Iran has been on the horizon for a long time. Remember when Bush was criticized for his Axis of Evil statement, i.e., Iraq, Iran, and North Korea?

[Carolinamom]

As a retired teacher of the old school, I look in horror at the present day teaching by liberals to impressionable youths....it's environment and political attacks rather than teaching subject matter...English, math, history are falling by the wayside while "feeling good" has become the goal. They don't seem to understand or care that first comes accomplishment, then feeling good about having accomplished something worthwhile.

[rodguy911]

Happy Easter and great post samantha.

The comment drive-by media seems to be getting traction according to Rush last week. He played a couple of clips by msm'ers who are not too happy about the term.

It fits nicely IMHO.

[snugs]

Great resume of Don Rumsfeld career whilst I knew odd bits that put flesh on he worked for so and so between such and such.

[cardinal4]

The Chinese Embassy story is an interesting one. One of the reasons for some of the skeptism about the "Outdated Maps" story, was that even at the height of ineptitude, even a Third World intelligence agency would know where the friggin Communist China Mission was..

[snugs]

Another language another language LOL

[maica]

Contrast and compare Rumsfeld with Cohen, Clinton's SecDef!!!

[samantha]

It is kind of impossible in that situation because the day belongs to the Happy Couple, but in another setting you might be able to make some good points that you can document. Most people that still believe in Hillary or Slick Willy are in denial and even if they saw them in person doing illegal,unethical,criminal things would not believe their own eyes. Democrats are just so used to being told lies and marching in lockstep that they won't believe you anyway.

[kabar]

Zinni was also involved with the decision to have the USS Cole go into Yemen. After Zinni retired, Powell appointed him as the State Department's special envoy to the Middle East. Zinni was a disaster. He fancies himself as a Middle East expert based on his CENTCOM days. He belonged to the school that we could contain Saddam even after 9/11.

[Mr Rogers]

That Lt Col has a different experience than I have. Well over half of the Majors/Lt Cols I've run in to think Rumsfeld has done a mediocre or poor job. And that is from USAF officers - the Army guys I met in Seoul had a much stronger & lower opinion.

And I have NEVER heard anyone call him the "110% Secretary"! I've never even met anyone who could keep a straight face while talking like that - about anyone!

I think the Lt Col is full of...stuff.

I would also point out that none of the 6 calling for Rumsfeld's retirement asked the SCOTUS about Hamdan.

[kabar]

Don't forget Perry and Aspin.

[snugs]

I wonder if their Children ever ask them "what they Heck is the real story Dad/Mom?"

They are to busy playing computer games.

[AliVeritas]

Here’s the video, to which the article refers, of Justice Scalia’s remarks in Switzerland. (Requires Windows Media Player.)
http://www.bafweb.com/60308scalia.wmv


Once again, Scalia’s the talk of the town
Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/14/AR2006041401370.html

[Alas Babylon!]

Nonetheless, MSM should be ashamed, for not doing the homework and following NYT or AP for cluelessness.

Of course you know it's not cluelessness. What it IS is agenda. If they were actual journalists instead of democrats (liberals, leftists, progressives, whatever), they would have told in their reports just what a percentage of 6 is to 8,700, or even mentioned that there is 8,700 retired stars. And if the president were liberal and the generals conservative, they would have reminded us that 1, 2, and 3 star officers have to have SecDef approval to get the next star, so they're obviously disgruntled. Instead, they're hoping that this will cause an overly busy public to take at face value that even the warriors themselves are opposed to the "debacle" that is Iraq.

[Mr Rogers]

What I find disturbing is the growing and unprecedented trend toward politization of the military, CIA, and the diplomatic corps, which both parties, but primarily the Dems, have fostered along with the willing cooperation of some in those organizations.

Umm....military officers are heavily Republican - maybe 90%. There is nothing to be done about this. It is the inevitable outcome of democrat policies and an all-volunteer force. The hatred democrats have for the US military means that almost none of them will serve as officers.

[Phsstpok]

I'll have to read the linked article to find out if first impressions are correct, but this comment by Martin Sheen:

NBC decided to close the "The West Wing" due to falling ratings. Dems begged it's "acting president"- Martin Sheen to contest Ohio senate seat. He declined saying - "You're mistaking celebrity for credibility."

makes me think he's not as dumb as I thought he was.

As always, the nuggets are great, thanks.

[AliVeritas]

A lopsided scorecard...
(On the generals, from one who knows... smoking)
http://iraqnow.blogspot.com/2006/04/lopsided-scorecard.html

Judge Rumsfeld by His Successes And Failures (Hot)
http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2006/04/judge-rumsfeld-by-his-successes-and.html

More on the Armchair Generals
http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2006/04/more-on-armchair-generals.html

The Generals and John Boyd also Spitballs at Rumsfeld below
http://www.redstate.com/

The Low-Down On Zinni (Unsavory Associations, Background Revealed! BUSTED!)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1142417/posts

How not to be a Zinnbot
http://rayrobison.typepad.com/ray_robison/2006/04/how_not_to_be_a.html

[cardinal4]

Well, we are off to Mass and then to lunch so Happy Easter, all!