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Sunday Morning Talk Show Thread 2 July 2006
Various big media television networks ^ | 2 July 2006 | Various Self-Serving Politicians and Big Media Screaming Faces

Posted on 07/02/2006 5:05:34 AM PDT by Alas Babylon!

The Talk Shows



Sunday, July 2nd, 2006

Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:

FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Sens. Jack Reed, D-R.I., and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.; NASA Administrator Michael Griffin; Lt. Col. Michael Colburn, director of the President's Own U.S. Marine Band.

MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Sens. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Charles Schumer, D-N.Y.

FACE THE NATION (CBS): New York Times Executive Editor Bill Keller; Sens. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., and Carl Levin, D-Mich.

THIS WEEK (ABC): Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.; actress and United Nations goodwill ambassador Mia Farrow.

LATE EDITION (CNN) : Reps. Peter King, R-N.Y., and Barney Frank, D-Mass.; Israeli Vice Premier Shimon Peres; chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erakat; NASA Administrator Michael Griffin; singer Tony Orlando.


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: billkeller; facethenation; foxnewssunday; guests; lateedition; lineup; meetthepress; nyt; sunday; talkshows; thisweek; treasontimes
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To: snugs

Colmes got hilary once......LOL...


461 posted on 07/02/2006 11:18:39 AM PDT by OldFriend (I Pledge Allegiance to the Flag.....and My Heart to the Soldier Who Protects It.)
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To: Arrowhead1952
The media's sins of omission are as egregious as their sins of commission.

They've got the entire country riled up now.

Wonder how they plan on getting us out of this dangerous spot.

462 posted on 07/02/2006 11:20:02 AM PDT by OldFriend (I Pledge Allegiance to the Flag.....and My Heart to the Soldier Who Protects It.)
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To: OldFriend; snugs
It seems to me that they could have left the American flag up and maybe put a small Brit Flag up in their front window or in a less conspicuous place. Why did they come to America? If they are planning to be citizens they are already making bad moves, if they are not and are just working here they show very poor judgment. If I moved to England, I would display the American Flag as Secondary to the Country where I resided. Not ever Brit is like Snugs,but these People are really arrogant or ignorant or both.
463 posted on 07/02/2006 11:20:20 AM PDT by samantha (cheer up, the Adults are in charge,but need Reserves really fast)
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To: Darth Republican
Well Italy I have always admired for their tactics. Brazil was overrated and I was glad to see them go out to France.

I feel we now have 3 of the best sides in the world - Portugal IMHO are not number 4 that I would give to either Holland or England.

A France, Germany final would make the best game though. Tough one who I would root for. Historically France is not a country I want to win anything and well Germany definitely dad will not want to win but he does not like France either.

Purely going on football though France because of Henry and Zidane are probably the best team. Also Henry is the Arsenal captain and 2 other ex Arsenal players in Wiltord and Vieira.
464 posted on 07/02/2006 11:21:26 AM PDT by snugs ((An English Cheney Chick - BIG TIME))
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To: OldFriend

There were rumours that this happened in England at one time again like you I am not certain if this was true or not.


465 posted on 07/02/2006 11:23:01 AM PDT by snugs ((An English Cheney Chick - BIG TIME))
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To: Arrowhead1952
Thank you for letting us know that there are people who take that 'need to know' designation seriously.

Imagine slick willie sending monica to the Pentagon where she had secret clearance and then photocopied stuff and sent it to her old boyfriend to show him what she was doing in D.C.

466 posted on 07/02/2006 11:23:49 AM PDT by OldFriend (I Pledge Allegiance to the Flag.....and My Heart to the Soldier Who Protects It.)
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To: Dems_R_Losers
The principle of the media should be,if it's a close call DON'T publish.

Wow pure words of wisdom here, too bad the MSM doesn't read FR.

467 posted on 07/02/2006 11:24:51 AM PDT by rodguy911 (Support new Media, ticket drive-bys--America--Land of the Free because of the Brave)
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To: OldFriend
I bet the England flag came down last night. I doubt if I will see any England flags etc tomorrow but I bet there will be loads put out in the rubbish for the dustmen later in the week :0).
468 posted on 07/02/2006 11:25:04 AM PDT by snugs ((An English Cheney Chick - BIG TIME))
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To: snugs

Good point snugs


469 posted on 07/02/2006 11:26:02 AM PDT by rodguy911 (Support new Media, ticket drive-bys--America--Land of the Free because of the Brave)
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To: OldFriend
There will still be one around a guy round the corner from me has one in his top window regardless of whether we are playing in any major sporting event.


470 posted on 07/02/2006 11:26:33 AM PDT by snugs ((An English Cheney Chick - BIG TIME))
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To: samantha
Just transferred here to work at Johnson & Johnson.

Because of the way our houses are situated I would see that flag first thing every morning when I opened the blinds. It was always such a comfort.

It was such a disrespectful thing to do, IMO.

We have people living in our community from all over the world. I have never seen another country's flag flying above the American Flag.

471 posted on 07/02/2006 11:27:56 AM PDT by OldFriend (I Pledge Allegiance to the Flag.....and My Heart to the Soldier Who Protects It.)
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To: OldFriend; snugs

LOL...good for you! I personally, haven't paid any attention to the World Cup...but, I am glad they lost now, after your story...

But wait...poor snugs...


472 posted on 07/02/2006 11:28:10 AM PDT by Txsleuth (FREEPATHON TIME--INDEPENDENCE DAY--TEXAS FREEPERS,we have been challenged...please donate!)
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To: OldFriend

Don't forget that the Brits are the ones helping the US more than others in this war.


473 posted on 07/02/2006 11:28:19 AM PDT by AGreatPer
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To: MNJohnnie

Good to hear from you MNJ, don't work too hard.


474 posted on 07/02/2006 11:28:31 AM PDT by rodguy911 (Support new Media, ticket drive-bys--America--Land of the Free because of the Brave)
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To: Darth Republican
of what Greta will ask Mark Furman and Dr. Michael Baden about Natalie Holloway falling off that cruise ship docked at Duke University.

What an absotootly beeutiful description, and so darn true! ROTFL

475 posted on 07/02/2006 11:29:19 AM PDT by greyfoxx39 (Destroy the New York Times, boycott their advertisers.)
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To: snugs
Wasn't Zidane something to behold. It was as tho he was giving a football clinic to the world.

From the first minutes you just knew that this game was going to be won by France.

476 posted on 07/02/2006 11:29:20 AM PDT by OldFriend (I Pledge Allegiance to the Flag.....and My Heart to the Soldier Who Protects It.)
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To: MNJohnnie
Assuming the poster didn't mis-type about "domestic" wiretaps, I too was shocked a Freeper would have succumbed to media's meme that Bush is spying on us.

We're taking DRL to the woodshed here, but I must wonder how many millions of others understand the story that very same way.

477 posted on 07/02/2006 11:29:53 AM PDT by chiller (every time we call MSM "mainstream" we confirm their status. "Drive-by" works nicely.)
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To: rodguy911; Bahbah; snugs; Alas Babylon!; anita; Morgan in Denver; Peach; All
Not on any Sun.Talkshow, but worthy of mention, the incestuous rogue left and renegades are still hot on the chase of pursuing their anti-Bush agenda:

The Century Foundation Releases Task Force Report on Strengthening Nation's Response to Terrorist Threats, Other Emergencies

- The Century Foundation Releases New Task Force Report on Strengthening the Nation's Response to Terrorist Threats and Other Emergencies

-- Richard A. Clarke and Rand Beers, Chairs

WHAT: A Discussion/Lunch to mark the release of "The Forgotten Homeland: A Century Foundation Task Force Report"

WHEN: Thursday, June 29, 12 p.m. to 2 p.m.

WHERE: The National Press Club, 529 14th Street, NW at F Street, Washington, D.C.

WHO:

-- Richard A. Clarke, chairman of Good Harbor Consulting, LLC; co-chair of "The Forgotten Homeland" Task Force

-- Rand Beers, president of the Valley Forge Initiative; co- chair of "The Forgotten Homeland" Task Force

-- Jane A. Bullock, a founding partner of Bullock & Haddow, LLC, a risk mitigation and emergency management consulting firm; contributor to the TCF Task Force Report

-- Martin O'Malley, mayor of Baltimore; co-chair, U.S. Conference of Mayors - Homeland Security Task Force; contributor to the TCF Task Force Report

-- Richard C. Leone, president, The Century Foundation (moderator)

RSVP: Laurie Ahlrich, ahlrich@tcf.org or 212-452-7722

"The Forgotten Homeland: A Century Foundation Task Force Report" gathers some of the leading homeland security experts to analyze the nation's most significant vulnerabilities and to propose strategies to reduce them.

The report addresses terrorist as well as nonterrorist threats and offers ideas for strengthening all aspects of our emergency response -- including our ability to respond to natural disasters such as Hurricane Katrina.

The participants will discuss key issues addressed in the report such as protecting transportation networks, upgrading "first response" capabilities, confronting the unconventional weapons challenge, and gaining better intelligence. Copies of the Task Force Report will be distributed at the event.

--- The Century Foundation conducts public policy research and analyses of economic, social, and foreign policy issues, including inequality, retirement security, election reform, media studies, homeland security, and international affairs.

The foundation produces books, reports, and other publications, convenes task forces and working groups, and operates seven informational Web sites.

With offices in New York City and Washington, D.C., The Century Foundation is nonprofit and nonpartisan and was founded in 1919 by Edward A. Filene.

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The Century Foundation

Partner Sites:

Partnership for a Secure America
Security and Peace Initiative

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Security & Peace Iniative- About Us

The Security and Peace Initiative The Security and Peace Initiative (SPI) - a joint initiative of the Center for American Progress and The Century Foundation - works to advance a responsible U.S. foreign policy based on a strong defense, collective security, capable international institutions, and effective promotion of democracy and the rule of law. With offices in New York and Washington, SPI places emphasis on identifying and promoting emerging voices in progressive foreign policy. SPI is ,b>led by Director Morton H. Halperin, and co-chaired by Gary Hart and Madeleine Albright.

Sponsoring Organizations

Center for American Progress- John Podesta, President

The Century Foundation - Richard C. Leone, President

Security and Peace Initiative Coordinators

Morton H. Halperin - Director, Security and Peace Initiative, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress

Jeffrey Laurenti - Senior Fellow, Security and Peace Initiative, Senior Fellow, The Century Foundation

Peter Rundlet - Vice President for National Security and International Affairs, Center for American Progress Security and Peace Initiative Staff

Spencer P. Boyer - Fellow and Conference Director, Security and Peace Initiative

Michael Fuchs - Special Assistant to the Director, Security and Peace Initiative

Assistant to Fellows, Center for American Progress

Lawrence J. Korb - Senior Fellow, Security and Peace Initiative; Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress

Suzanne Nossel- Non-Resident Fellow, Security and Peace Initiative

Leah Pisar - Director of Strategic Planning, Security and Peace Initiative

Carl Robichaud - Program Officer, Security and Peace Initiative; Program Officer, The Century Foundation

Gayle Smith -Senior Fellow, Security and Peace Initiative Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress

Michael Shtender-Auerbach - Associate Press Director, Security and Peace Initiative; Public Affairs Officer, The Century Foundation

Patrick Radden Keefe - Fellow and Program Officer, The Century Foundation

Advisory Board

Madeleine Albright - Co-chairM
Gary Hart - Co-chair

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AND ... all these 'pseudo political think tanks' are just vehicles, probably 527's, all likely with PR links to Fenton Communications and the real wacky radical libs, left in the dust of the swing to a more conservative American view, and desperate to create credibility with these fake organizations by conducting forums, panels, seminars, as if they had a say or mattered.

These fake conglomerations and entities are financed by the meglomaniac, Soros .. who is freely passing billions to any organization wishing to take America away from her traditional roots, and especially to disrupt Pres. Bush at every turn.

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The Washington Post puff piece on Soros was sparked by news that the one-world billionaire had given $5-million – the largest "soft money" contribution in American history -- to an organization called MoveOn.org.

It was the first of many such massive Soros contributions to this and other similar "stealth" groups set up after enactment of McCain-Feingold.

But Soros, as an unspeakably wealthy donor, is not alone. He is an enabler, a networker, a fund-raiser sparking huge contributions from other leftist billionaires – personal friends and business associates -- like Peter B. Lewis, chairman of Progressive Corp. (insurance), and Hollywood mogul Stephen Bing. These friends have ponied up millions to fund MoveOn.org, along with other shadowy, under-the-radar political organizations.

Soros -- a self-styled citizen of the world who has spent billions meddling in the internal affairs of many nations -- has been credited with wrecking national currencies and toppling governments.

,b>Soros has compared Bush to Hitler and told a European audience he was seeking "regime change" in the U.S. "America, under Bush, is a danger to the world, and I'm willing to put my money where my mouth is," Soros told the Washington Post.

He told Bill Moyer’s PBS NOW broadcast that his multi-million-dollar gift is "the same kind of grass roots organizing that we did when we helped in Slovakia when Mechar was defeated, in Croatia when Tudjman was defeated and in Yugoslavia when Milisovioc…"

He is widely credited last year with funding the revolution that ousted the elected leader in the former Soviet Republic, Georgia.

How does the infusion of billionaire dollars to MoveOn.org bring about a "regime change" in America?

What Soros’ and his "progressive" billionaire partners are getting from MoveOn.org in return for their breathtaking "soft money" largess is a massive attack-ad campaign – which they believe is immune from BCRA – designed to move radical voters to "take back America." That means "take" the power of the national government – the White House and Congress.

In targeting President Bush, The MoveOn.org Voter Fund website brags, "We will produce convincing anti-Bush TV spots and get them on the air in targeted states. We will buy enough airtime to effectively deliver our message to swing voters in those states.

We will sustain our advertising presence continually throughout the pre-primary and primary periods."

So how is it that MoveOn.org is doing what law-abiding non-profit grass roots organizations cannot do? And how is it that even the "appearance of corruption" that soft money represented doesn’t apply to Soros.

Soros and his fellow billionaire travelers are poster boys for what they once claimed were the evils of soft money. But in Soros’ grand vision of himself, "the corrupting influence of very large donors" (his OSI’s words) doesn’t apply to him or his pure motives.

In his thick Hungarian accent, he told National Public Radio that his massive contributions to affect the November 2004 elections were morally above question.

"I am not motivated by self-interest but by what I believe to be the public interest. So when the Republican National Committee attacks me and distorts my motives… You see, I'm different from their contributors," he said.

In other words, Soros believes he is above the law, above even the question of appearance of corruption, because, in his heart he knows he’s right. Soros indeed believes he is special -- not just in moral purity, but under the law as well.

While the long debate over campaign finance was rife with the use of the pejorative, "loophole," Soros and the handful of "progressive" political activists he funds believe they have found total immunity from the laws Soros paid so heavily to have applied to everyone else.

The loophole they have sought comes not in the BCRA, but in the Federal Tax Code, which covers certain entities known as "527’s."

Since it is now against the law for national parties to receive "soft money" -- which they used in pre-McCain-Feingold days used for get-out-the-vote drives and issue advertising -- the theory is that those functions, along with the unlimited funds from big donors like Soros can be shifted to "527’s".

In essence, "527’s" claim to have immunity from sunshine reporting and all other strictures demanded by the FEC under BCRA, because they were created under the U.S. Tax code.

It’s like a drunk driver saying the traffic laws don’t apply to him because anti-pollution laws in a vehicle cover him.

Hiding under the "527" category are some very inbred Democratic Party operatives – all on the radical left. Their organizations have become stealth political parties – in the case of Soros’ benefaction, stealth ultra-left, anti-gun-rights political parties.

And unlike the Democratic or Republican parties, nobody elects those who control "527" functions, and many of these organizations aided by Soros operate in near total secrecy.

Some – like former Clinton White House operative Harold Ickes’ Media Fund – which scant press reports say will be launching attack ads against President Bush -- can’t be found in a Google Search. Some are merely addresses in nowhere.

The Washington Post, perhaps the only media outlet waking up to the depth of this scam, editorialized on an entity created in Texas called the Sustainable World Corp., incorporated on December 10, 2003.

A few days later it split $3.1 million between a "527" called Joint Victory Campaign 2004 and the Ickes Media Fund. The Post noted that the only public information available on the Sustainable World Corp. is a Houston post office box, and that its registered agent refused to identify the principals of his client.

Another "527" listed on the IRS website called "Campaign for a Progressive Future" (CPF) has expenditures tied to the Million Mom March.

It has an address in the tiny town of Washington, Virginia. Among its donors are George Soros and Soros Fund Management and the Irene Diamond Fund, which helped bankroll the NAACP anti-gun lawsuit. Each Fund gave the CPF $500,000. A Google Search on the CPF produces nothing but an information page under the heading "Silent Partners" from the Center for Public Integrity, which lists the group as an "organization that supports candidates opposed by the National Rifle Association." (The NRA-ILA Website provides a good but necessarily sketchy a fact sheet as well.)

In his NPR NOW interview, Soros claimed, "I am contributing to independent organizations that are by law forbidden to coordinate their activities with political parties or candidates." That is what he sees as the only restriction on his obscene soft money largess.

But a search on the Democratic National Committee Website for the words "MoveOn.org" produces a few paragraphs that raise instant questions for Soros.

One item says, "The DNC is also conducting a major petition drive in partnership with MoveOn.org. More than 310,000 Americans have signed the petition to protect our courts - with more than 172,000 of those signatures coming in the past 36 hours.

The petition calls on Bush and the Republicans to stop nominating judges that are out of step with mainstream Americans and praising the Democrats for standing up for their rights." The DNC website links the petition.

The other announcement involved what the DNC called "a massive public mobilization" in which "The Democratic Party is partnering with MoveOn.org…" to fight President Bush’s tax cuts.

But this is just the beginning of obvious coordination of this "527" and the DNC. A December 9, 2003 In These Times magazine cover-story described the work of a small network of radical "527’s" including MoveOn.org Voter Fund which were "created after McCain-Feingold to circumvent the ban on soft money.

Named for the section of the tax code that regulates them, these progressive 527s -- nearly all funded and organized by traditional Democratic allies such as labor, environmental and reproductive rights groups -- can raise huge sums of unregulated money for voter education and registration so long as they do not advocate for a specific candidate."

As for their source of "huge sums of unregulated money," the article says, "So far the 527’s haven't had much of a problem finding cash, thanks in no small part to billionaire financier George Soros, who has donated $12 million so far to 527’s and has pledged millions more."

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We've gotta realize how powerful and vicious they are. The only way their billions and diabolical mission can succeed is if we don't GET ACTIVE AND SUPPORT THE CANDIDATES AMERICA NEEDS MORE THAN EVER.

478 posted on 07/02/2006 11:30:32 AM PDT by STARWISE (They (Rats) think of this WOT as Bush's war, not America's war-RichardMiniter, respected OBL author)
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To: samantha
In defence of the Brits it is not really tradition apart from very large houses to fly the flag unless we are in a sporting event.

It may well be if they moved in recently they have only put it up for the world cup if so it will be down this weekend.

On the other hand they may have thought it in appropriate to fly the US flag as they are not American and thought it was novel to fly a flag so put up an English one.

Either way they would not realise the passion you have with your flag it is not the same here.
479 posted on 07/02/2006 11:30:48 AM PDT by snugs ((An English Cheney Chick - BIG TIME))
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To: snugs
LOL.....the entire flagpole went down a few weeks ago in a terrific windstorm. Thankfully it toppled rather than become a projectile.

It's been down ever since. Guess they took their flag indoors or it's flown away to Kansas in the wind.

480 posted on 07/02/2006 11:30:50 AM PDT by OldFriend (I Pledge Allegiance to the Flag.....and My Heart to the Soldier Who Protects It.)
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