Posted on 07/23/2006 5:04:30 AM PDT by Alas Babylon!
Edited on 07/23/2006 6:11:03 AM PDT by Lead Moderator. [history]
The Talk Shows
Sunday, July 23rd, 2006
Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:
FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): John Bolton, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations; House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill.; Washington National Opera director Placido Domingo.
MEET THE PRESS (NBC): White House chief of staff Joshua Bolten.
FACE THE NATION (CBS): Israeli Ambassador Daniel Ayalon; Syrian Ambassador Imad Moustapha.
THIS WEEK (ABC): Pre-empted for live coverage of the British Open.
LATE EDITION (CNN) : Bolton; former CIA officer Gary Berntsen; Isaac Herzog, Israeli tourism minister; Sens. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., and Richard Lugar, R-Ind.; Reps. Pete Hoekstra, R-Mich., and Jane Harman, D-Calif.
as info, MTP is streamed on MSNBC after 1 PM I think it is. I don't know how well the internet works in GB for that type viewing but mine works quite well over here.
I usually take a 2nd look, at my leisure, on the net to see what I may have missed. I wish FNC did the same with the FNS show. I'm sure it is being discussed.
Both MTP and FNS come on at the same time where I live and I am constantly flipping channels.
It's not only permissible, it's mandatory.
It comes on at 10 am in Texas as it does here in Oklahoma.
:)
It does of course open other ethical issues where some would even say that the women is committing a form of adultery carrying another man's baby other than her husband.
Others would say that it is a wonderful program as it avoids unwanted embryos being destroyed.
Snowflake babies
We, as a community, have power and influence, even over what is said and done on these shows, but not yet that much power!
But it would be nice, wouldn't it? <g>
Hello Justa how are you keeping missed you.
Seen this. Intresting how this gives the lie to the Democrats Talking Points on Iraq.
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=MjczZTQxNmViNWRmYTE1NjU2ZDdkYjE1NTVlNTRlN2E=
The Iraqi View
Polling on the ground.
American viewers of network news, and Arabic viewers of al-Jazeera TV, generally regard Operation Iraqi Freedom as a failure for various reasons: Iraqis are too sectarian to form a nation; they reject democracy as an imposition; or the average Iraqi lives a life of fear due to the deterioration of security since Saddam’s fall.
The International Republican Institute’s “Survey of Iraqi Public Opinion,” released July 19, 2006, provides a useful reality check to these assumptions. The survey records that Iraqis overwhelmingly reject sectarianism and national division; and that they widely support the government they have elected. Moreover, most Iraqis feel safe in their own neighborhoods.
The poll is the latest addition to a series that the Institute has sponsored for the past three years. The surveys were conducted June 14 through June 24 this year—a time of high sectarian violence, particularly in the Baghdad area. The pollsters conducted 2849 interviews in Arabic and Kurdish, balanced for geography, ethnicity, sex, and age.
The February 22 bombing of the al-Askari shrine marked a turning point for the insurgency in Iraq. Al-Qaeda in Iraq, led at the time by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, implemented a long-discussed plan to target Shiite civilian and religious targets. The object was not to kill all Shiites—an obvious impossibility—but to generate a cycle of revenge killings by Shiite militias and police that would alienate and radicalize the Sunni populations in the most integrated parts of the country, particularly Baghdad.
In effect, Zarqawi chose to feed the anti-democracy insurgency in Iraq by narrowing its base. This paid immediate tactical dividends in both the Western and pan-Arab press, which covered the daily slaughters. But it was strategically counterproductive to al-Qaeda. The movement alienated ever-growing segments of the Iraqi population, and even of the insurgency, driving them toward the new government rather than away from it.
The current survey reflects these developments.
The Sunni sectarianism Zarqawi hoped to feed is alive and well. But the opposition to sectarianism is stronger than ever. Ninety-four percent of Iraqis support a “unity” government, representing all religious and ethnic communities, as opposed to 2 percent who do not support it. Asked to judge whether Iraqis should be segregated by religion, or by ethnicity, 78 percent of Iraqis oppose those prospects; only 13 percent support them. In multi-ethnic Baghdad, where most of the sectarian revenge killings occur, 76 percent of the public opposed ethnic separation; 10 percent supported it.
Other questions touch obliquely on issues of national unity. The division of oil revenues between the governates (states) and the central authority remains a core issue of Iraqi politics. It stands as a proxy for the question of whether Iraq will remain a nation. (The major oil deposits are in the Kurdish north and the Shiite south.)
The IRI polled Iraqis of all regions on their preferred treatment of oil revenues: whether the central authority in Baghdad should collect and control it; whether the states of origin should collect and control it; or whether a percentage allocation should operate as a middle ground. In this survey, as in previous ones, central control of Iraqi oil revenues was overwhelmingly preferred (67 percent), compared to state control (14 percent) and federated (state/federal) allocation (7 percent). This preference for a national solution was strongly supported in the oil-rich provinces of the south (63 percent). Only in the Kurdish governates did a state-centered solution win a plurality (38 percent)—and even there 34 percent of respondents preferred either a national or a federated solution.
What do Iraqis think of democracy? Outside Iraq’s borders the Arab world considers Iraqi democracy a sham—a publicity ploy by the Americans to disguise a cruel occupation. In a 2005 John Zogby–Shibley Telhami poll, Arab respondents said the war was bringing less democracy rather than more (58 percent to 9 percent).
But Iraqis disagree. Even in the Sunni provinces, the new Iraqi government musters 23 percent support. And overall, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki commands approval numbers that any Western head of state would envy. Nationwide confidence in the al-Maliki government stands at 58 percent “approve” to 20 percent “disapprove.” Kurds—roughly 20 percent of the population—support the new government 60 percent to 11 percent. Residents of the southern provinces—largely Shiite—approve 83 percent to 3 percent.
Al-Maliki himself commands a 55 percent approval rating, compared to 20 percent who disapprove.
The IRI asked respondents to list their three “highest priorities” for al-Maliki’s government. “Withdrawal of coalition forces” failed to make the list. Eighty-four percent of Iraqis list “security” as either their top, second, or third concern; 71 percent list “infrastructure”; and 54 percent list economic development/job creation. “Withdrawal of the coalition” was the top priority of only 13 percent of Iraqis, and among the top three of 33 percent.
More general measures confirm acceptance of the post-Saddam regime. A plurality of Iraqis now believe that Iraq is headed in the right direction, and that things will improve over the next 6 months, and in the next year. A strong majority (60 percent to 15 percent) expect things to improve over the next 5 years.
Security remains the principal concern. But the IRI survey clarifies what this means. Despite the daily lurid headlines, most Iraqis do not live in fear.
Asked about overall security in the nation, 23 percent of Iraqis consider it to be “good” or “fair”, compared to 75 percent who rate it “poor.” But asked about security in their own neighborhoods, the numbers change drastically. Sixty percent of Iraqis consider security “good” or “fair” where they live, compared to 38 percent who consider it poor.
The IRI’s regional breakdowns clarify this further. Residents of Baghdad feel insecure (60 percent to 38 percent), but 82 percent of residents of the Kurdish provinces feel secure in their neighborhoods. Residents of the Sunni provinces feel insecure, (73 percent to 27 percent), but only 9 percent of the residents of the Mid-Euphrates and southern governates rate their security “poor.”
Improved security is central to the prospects of Iraqi democracy. But the worst violence is sectional, concentrated heavily in Baghdad and the Sunni triangle; and even within those areas, it is not ubiquitous. Many Iraqis live in danger—but the average Iraqi does not. And the places where danger is least are precisely those where it was greatest under Saddam—the Kurdish north and Shiite south, where most of the population lives.
The IRI survey shows a transformation in progress, by a people who share a common national identity and a widespread commitment to multi-party democracy. It is a shame that so little of our reporting on Iraq reflects what the Iraqis themselves are saying.
— Richard Nadler is president of Americas Majority, and co-editor of the milblog Daily Dispatch available at amermaj.com.
Yes, it's the same guy. Sick puppy, IMHO.
Found it too....I did notice the "Senior British Open.'
on the R & A site.
Gee, I wonder where they are and what they're doing J
That is a great article. Thanks for posting it. I've saved it for detailed study, but a quick read gives me a very good feeling.
I also was not aware of that site. I'll search them out.
Again, thanks.
I havenot watched MTP in ages, due to my absolute disgust with Dim Russert. He is beyond rude, and completely disgusting in how he questions Mr. Bolton. I agree with posts up-thread, Bolton is simply unflapple. I'm surprised he hasn't burst out in laughter at Tim; Tim is ignorant in his questioning. Seems he wants the Hezzie's to win and for us to cow-tow to the terrorists. I stopped watching him months and months ago when he told a blatant lie; in fact, I called NBC and got through to his voice mail and left him a pretty nasty voice message. I'll watch the Bolton segment and move on because I just can't stand how stupid Tim is, but I enjoy watching Bolton shoot down Tim consistently.
See my post 147
Also here is the link to their website
http://www.nightlight.org/snowflakeadoption.htm
Apparently is a program which is part of a Christian organisation called Nightlight Christian Adoptions
This week I am giving thanks to Israel,GW,FR and last but hardly least to Neal Boortz for much of the happenings of last week.
Israel is a gutsy little country to go up against basically the entire Arab world but they do it day after day and have become more fearless as the years roll on.
Historically the Israelis have traded huge numbers of terror types to retrieve even a few of their own. They probably realized at some point in time that doing such was counter productive and only encouraged more of the same bad behavior from the childish terror types that are bent on their destruction.
So last week they had their fill and invaded Lebanon in search of the last Hezzie determined to provide a buffer zone between them and terror types in Lebanon who have coerced the locals, moved into their homes and strike like the cowards they are then run and hide in a tunnel probably clutching their mommies skirts.
The Israelis had enough unleashed the IDF planes and tanks and as they say the rest will become and is becoming history.
We need to thank our President GW Bush for taking the side of the righteous in this precarious game of international gotcha the terror types have been waging.
GW has decided that peace making with terrorists is fruitless and it makes better sense for everyone concerned to do a little clean up and basically get rid of those who want no part of a lasting Mid-East peace. There is little doubt in my mind that if we still had Bubba as our president he would have coerced Israel into pulling back by now and the terrorist would have won yet another victory.
Not GW, he knows right from wrong and had the cajones to stand up for what is right and support Israel.
He is the great man we elected
Free Republic has provided a huge service this week with the daily Mid East threads. Most of these threads, which commonly receive several thousand posts per day, are true wealths of knowledge and the uninformed can get informed in a matter of minutes insted of trying to wade through the mounting BS provided by the drive-bys.
I especially liked the response given to Shepherd Smith yesterday by Freepers who were truly outraged after witnessing him grill a young Israeli pilot who was in the midst of preparing for a mission.
IT was a new low for FNC broadcasting and I hope they take heed to the response given by many freeprers. Shep kept asking if the response was overblown by Israeli bombing, what about civilian casualties, all the things that a young pilot standing up for his country does not need to be blasted with only moments before he takes to the air. The young pilot already has the weight of the world on his shoulders the last thing he needs is more pap from a Metro Whiny Boy like Shep who is just trying to make a drive-by name for himself.
Well he made that name IMHO and the President was caught saying it last week and we all know what that word is and it is Shepherd Smith to a tee.
Finally, we all need to give a huge round of thanks to Neal Boortz for pulling no punches and not holding back, telling it like it is, in a very well done video of his answer to a muslim caller about why Muslims seem to show little outrage or protest over the goings on of Muslim terror types. It is cutting edge stuff that only come from members of the New Media and we salute Booortz.
Her is the link:
http://www.msunderestimated.com/2006/07/20/where-is-the-muslim-outrage-by-neal-boortz-video/
or originally here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1670304/posts?q=1&&page=1260
link, by who else--Ali Veritas.
Hi Bahbah!
Tried watching some of MTP but cannot stand that look on fatty's face. I did observe tho Bolten being unflappable as you say. He seems to be thinking what we're thinking. I couldn't figure why timmy couldn't get that Bush was NEVER going to allow the government to sanction the destruction of any more embryos.
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