Sunday Morning Talk Show Thread 13 August 2006

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[Alas Babylon!]

The Talk Shows

Sunday, August 13th, 2006

Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:

FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff; Connecticut Democratic Senate nominee Ned Lamont; Rep. Peter Hoekstra, R-Mich.

MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Chertoff; Sept. 11 Commission chairman Thomas Kean and vice chairman Lee Hamilton; Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean and Republican National Committee chairman Ken Mehlman.

FACE THE NATION (CBS): Chertoff; Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., and Rep. Jane Harman, D-Calif.; Lamont.

THIS WEEK (ABC): Chertoff; Sens. Russ Feingold, D-Wis., and John McCain, R-Ariz.; Cuban-American singer Jon Secada.

LATE EDITION (CNN) : Chertoff; Sens. Jack Reed, D-R.I., and Chuck Hagel, R-Neb.; retired Army Gen. George Joulwan; Vali Nasr, professor at the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School; Lebanese special envoy Nouhad Mahmoud; former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak.

[samantha]

#401, you sure nailed it on that post. It is all about BDS so contagious that is a huge epidemic.

[Phsstpok]

I just hit LGF and he has the following post up:

LGF on Reliable Sources

Allahpundit fired up his TiVo and grabbed a copy of my caged death match with Arianna Huffington this morning on Reliable Sources with Howard Kurtz, and graciously allowed me to steal his video file and post it here for the lizardoid hordes.

I still hate watching myself on TV.

(Video player requires Flash Player 8.)

UPDATE at 8/13/06 11:13:25 am:

Here’s a full transcript including some more comments about the Lieberman-Lamont election.

UPDATE at 8/13/06 11:27:12 am:

I misspoke in this section:

And if you notice, a lot of the people who voted for Lieberman are now experiencing a sort of a sticker shock and sort of wondering whether they did the right thing.

I meant “Lamont,” not Lieberman, of course.

11:04 AM PDT

I love the internet.  I love new media even more! 

In case the post doesn't come through right, if you go to LGF, where it might say

(Video player requires Flash Player 8.)

will be a video link to the clip from the show.

[Phsstpok]

Why do they need hundreds or thousands of detonators? Come on, think!

I read this as a leading question pointing to an obvious answer, not a criticism.  The obvious answers I come up with are that

1. they have hundreds or thousands of Jihadis who need a way to communicate for an immenent strike
2. they have tons of IEDs they want to set off using cell phones as remote detonators (maybe here?)
3. a combination of the above

[samantha]

I would hope that those that have the translated documents will begin the Document dump on the media now so their feeble brains can have some of the info out their by the end of October. Maybe it is wishful thinking, because they have already had access to some of the translated data, and have done squat with them. It does not follow their plans for a Dem takeover, so they file it in the circular file.

[Chuck54]

Excellent idea, let me second the motion.

[samantha]

#423,LOL!!

[Chuck54]

Thanks for providing the link.

I am a bit less pi**ed at my neighbor now, but not much. :)

[mtnwmn]

"Elections have consequences...that message should be pounded into the heads of every American. After the Palestinians shot themselves in the foot by electing Hamas, and Louisiana's elected officials letting the state down, it shouldn't be difficult to get people to listen."

AMEN!

[Phsstpok]

That story makes my skin crawl. Buying Tracphones and reselling them makes no sense...stealing and reselling yes, buying and reselling no.

Actually, I have enough contacts in the "import/export" business (on the "grey market") to find this plausible.  These folks may actually be "buying them for $20 here to sell for $38 there" as one of the recent detainees said.  That's the way that market works.  So long as they take no pay for themselves up front they can turn a profit (with gas prices going up it's getting to be a slimmer market, however).  The flip side of that argument is why they can get away with that mark up.  There are a ton of trade restrictions on cell phones that will work with our systems and their import and export is restricted for a reason.  The majority of these phones may be going to legit people looking to get around "the system."  But if even 1 percent of them are going to jihadi's with bad intent that's way too much.

Me, I think it's likely at least some of these folks are jihadi's looking for remote detonators or covert communications, but it's within the "realm of the possible."  That's what makes this stuff so hard.

[samantha]

#428, you have just done all of Rush's show prep for him, and part of Hannity's Show Prep. They of course will have the DBM's own words to nail them further. one more thing that the DBM/DNC will be pushing is this did not have to go to War in Afghanistan and in Iraq, we just should have taken out warrants for their arrest. This is the most stupid of all the stupid things that they have been saying. How do you get warrants if the libs are trying to take away the ability to tap into the terrorists Phones? Who would want to serve on a jury where the Terrorists are on trial? It is bad enough with Murderers on Trial with the family Members giving the Jurors the Evil eye. It is beyond lunacy,but this is what Liberal Democrats breed Lunatics. They could not do more harm to America unless they start breeding Suicide Bombers, and that is not that far fetched judging by their really advanced stage IV cases of BDS.

[Phsstpok]

Shame on Wonkette for not putting the pieces together and looking at the big picture.

Allow me to quote myself: 

The saddest words of tongue or pen are not "it might have been," but "if only I'd known."

I recognize that someone (lots of someones) wiser (and older) than I may have come to this conclusion long ago.  It is a truth, and thinking people will tend to stumble upon truths, from time to time.  Even sporadically thinking people, like moi, can have an epiphany now and then.

[hotshu]

TG: You said "Trouble is, they can't seem to define what that 'new direction' is. It could be to wealth and milk and honey, or it could be over the cliff. A 'new direction' for the sake of a 'new direction' does not necessarily lead to a 'better direction'."

Reminds me of the old Dilbert T-shirt "Change is good. You go first!"

[Phsstpok]

I think one day the call was going to go out for the sleeper cells in countries across the globe but definitely within the US at the least, for bombs to go off in Home Depots, malls, hospitals, etc.

August 22nd is Tuesday, ten days or so from now.  August 23rd is Wednesday and both have been identified as possible "significant dates" that the jihadi/Armageddon squad might like to hit us.

[shalom aleichem]

Was not Arianna once a conservative or at least make noises to that effect? I seem to recall she would knock Clinton. Of course her irritating accent is a bit too much to overcome.

Another funny thing I recall on her was the debate she was having with Ahnold and the other guy even tho she was polling in single digits. Ahnold said something like he could use her in his next Terminator movie and she went off screeching that he was going to flush her head down a toilet, he hates women, yada yada.

[samantha]

#431, you are the typical Freeper kind of Gal that we all try to pattern ourselves after. You are a very intelligent,Patriotic,multitasking, Feminine,not feminist who keeps up with what's on the telly(news and Sports) and freeps while caring for Dad and cooking those great meals. Then you go to work on Monday. Is it any wonder that the Conservative women are the Backbone of our Countries? We do everything else so our manly men can keep us free by going out there and facing the enemy,kicking their butts and hopefully totally wiping them out before they destroy us. They can do their jobs because we are right here backing them up and together we make a great team...........Home of the Free because of the brave.

[Rummyfan]

Unfortunately David Gregory was subbing so I turned it off immediately.

[samantha]

#443 excellent post...

[InterceptPoint]

Peggy Noonan and George Will are in that cadre. So sad after all these years that they have chosen to side with the Republicans of caricature - elite snobs.

Peggy Noonan is an excellent writer but just so so as a political analyst. George Will is ... what can I say. He is a former conservative columnist who is not worth reading. There is way too much stuff on the Net to bother with the phony supposedly conservative columns by GW. He is a sell-out to Disney/ABC.

[Txsleuth]

No...the UK bomb plot was made up by Oliver Stone...because he has the movie World Trade Center coming out...

He paid some Brit Muslims to "pretend" they were gonna blow up some planes...and get "caught" the same week the movie premieres...JUST to get the world's attention.

That is MY conspiracy theory, and I am sticking with it.

[samantha]

#454, Yes she used to be a very big Conservative and was on the old Conservative Network(the Name escapes me) as a commentator. She differed with GOP on a few things, and then I think she just started out of the blue differing on most things GOP,especially after her Hubby lost and then came out of the closet. I am glad to see her on their side, she was always a kook, now she is a witchy,hormonal, liberal kook.