Sunday Morning Talk Show Thread 13 August 2006

Various big media television networks ^ | 13 August 2006 | Various Self-Serving Politicians and Big Media Screaming Faces

[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.

[Alas Babylon!]

Another good list of tips can be found here at Terrorism Information and Safety Tips.

Excerpt: Be alert and aware of the surrounding area. The very nature of terrorism suggests that there may be little or no warning. Take precautions when traveling. Be aware of conspicuous or unusual behavior. Do not accept packages from strangers. Do not leave luggage unattended. Learn where emergency exists are located. Think ahead about how to evacuate a building, subway or congested public area in a hurry. Learn where staircases are located. Notice your immediate surroundings. Be aware of heavy or breakable objects that could move, fall or break in an explosion. Preparing for a Building Explosion The use of explosives by terrorists can result in collapsed buildings and fires.

Seriously folks, we need to be on our toes. If August 16-22 is significant to these jokers then during the week ahead we need to be vigilant.

[YaYa123]

Here's the CNN Reliable Sources exchange between Arriannnna Huffington and Howard Kurtz:



"...KURTZ: Arianna Huffington, you're obviously on a different side of the political fence than Charles Johnson (of Little Green Footballs), but do you think this is another example of bloggers, you know, holding the mainstream media accountable?

HUFFINGTON: Absolutely. In fact, I want to congratulate Charles. That is exactly what bloggers should be doing. It was outrageous what Reuters allowed to appear. And the fact that they fired the photographer, it was the only legitimate response.

And I want to take this a step further and say that we should hold all journalists accountable, whether they are photojournalists or not, for deceptive statements, whether they're images or words.

I mean, you had your own headline anchorman, Chuck Roberts, describe Lamont as the al Qaeda candidate. This is an equally deceitful, fraudulent, fabricated statement. There should be zero tolerance for all those deceits, whether in images or words.

KURTZ: Well, what Chuck Roberts said, according to the transcript, was that some are calling Ned Lamont the al Qaeda candidate. But it's certainly not a formulation I would have used.

HUFFINGTON: Right -- nobody, see you cannot found a single person who called Lamont the al Qaeda candidate, except Chuck Roberts. And what has been the consequences when it comes to Chuck Roberts? Has he been demoted to be covering Paris Hilton or entertainment news where the truth doesn't matter? It's about time that there is that same kind of accountability that Charles is demanding from photojournalists from journalists, as well.

KURTZ: All right. Charles Johnson, let me bring you back to the question of this photo. Once this -- you pointed this out on your Little Green Football site,..."

[YaYa123]

"""Did either of you catch Fineman making that statement that the Republicans have to make the situation of the other day seem more threatening than it actually is? """


Let's remember to check The Chris Matthews Show transcript, I can't quote Fineman, but I remember how openly hostile he was to Bush.

http://www.thechrismatthewsshow.com/index.html

[Txsleuth]

I am so sorry...I have a bad habit of getting involved on one thread...and forgetting to check pings..or go back to other threads.

I have been pretty much parked on the LIVE Middle East threads for a month.

I am not Jewish, and have never been to Israel..but ever since I can remember, I have had an affinity for that country that the Jewish people.

I keep thinking things will slow down...and I will get back to my usual threads...but, so far, it is getting more and more interesting and frightening.

I really think that conflict is a precursor to something that will involve the USA more intimately, than it is already...and I don't want to be the last to know.

I appreciate you wondering where I have been...makes me feel good..

I did read your pre-view thread ..and the articles...but, I didn't watch the shows today...and just read this thread for information.

Keep holding down this fort..this thread as well as you do...and I will be around...just ping me..(just don't be surprised if it takes hours for me to notice..lol).

[johnny7]

Peggy & George are becoming/have become... Republican versions of Cokie & Sam.

[rodguy911]

washington journal--c-spam

They went over to the dark side some time ago, too bad.

[maica]

Last night at work, not one of the usual suspects was against what happened.

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Good news! A little too close to home for you and your co-workers for them to pretend that the Dems would have been as effective.

[rodguy911]

Way to go Fishtalk another block buster post.

I am still ROTFLMAO at 'how about reuters et all notify everyone when they publish staged photos', doesn't get any better than that.

[CedarDave]

There are all too many Trak phones being collected by Arabs in this country and it happened in our town a month or so ago.

For sure they are planning something, but I imagine that most will be used for calls among and to conspirators as they can not be traced and only contain 40 minutes of phone time. Of course this was brought on by revelations by the NY Times and others that the NSA and other agencies were tracking conversations. The Arabs are paranoid, both plotters and non-plotters, as well they should be, that the government is going to come and get them. I think our government's ability to do that is less than believed, but the perception is there and I'm happy if it dissuades would-be-terrorists from doing other than talking about Jihad following Friday prayers at your local friendly mosque.

[rodguy911]

Truth is we need to emulate the one country in the world that treats terrorism as the threat that it really is,Israel.

They not only are building a border fence but have cutting edge technology and brilliant people heading things up when it comes to airline safety for example.

In Israel everyone is checked in an orderly manner before boarding,it happens really fast, there are few prohibitions on what you can or can't take cause all luggage is checked. But it's done in an orderly fashion with experienced competent people instead of the bozos we hire over here. All that makes a huge difference.

Another problem is like an Israeli terror expert told one of our inquiring minds last week "you(the US) are wasting your time targeting weapons, you need to target the terrorists." There is so much wisdom in that comment not much else needs be said.

[chiller]

I heard the replay on radio, and the audio reinforced your thought, although I don't think he contemplated anything. Gregory was rather rapid fire, quick to move to the next question, as if from his list of issues to hit, almost like it was from a script. Not a second for contemplation, just moving on. FWIW, which is not much.

He really didn't challenge Chertoff much. We've seen him much worse, but today he just filled Timmy's chair and played it relatively straight.

[rodguy911]

Uhhh I resemble some of those remarks and those are brilliant remarks.The differences between conservative women and their counterparts are striking,it's the difference between endless complaints 24/7 by the libs and getting down and doing something about lifes little problems, by our gals.Hurrah for conservative gals.

[chiller]

I don't recall anyone suggesting the war on terror/islamic fascists should be fought absent of police cooperation.

[maica]

In 2000 Arianna hosted a Shadow Convention in Philadelphia to highlight John McCain and just generally give a forum to anyone who wanted to trash Candidate Bush. The event was a big failure (except on cspan) and she looked to the left for adulation after that.

[maica]

The one thing that puzzles me is them taking batteries out of the cell phones. Would that not make them unusable?

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You seem to be making the assumption that these people wanted Phones to use as Phones. I think they wanted the components that happen to be sold in these phones.

[rodguy911]

You beat my 490 by 10 posts! We must be on the same wave length! Target the terrorist not the weapon.It makes a lot more sense.

[CedarDave]

Tappe said the federal agent who investigated, Richard Nicoloff, did not ask Murrysville police to confiscate any of the items from the van.

"They didn't want the laptops or the cell phones," Tappe said. "That surprised me ... Just with the activities, and what they were doing, I'm surprised they let Zurabi go without questioning him."

Weird. Are the Feds that dumb? Or trying to set someone up?

[maica]

Permit me to have a mini-rant. This quote from Red State's thread about the shows re Lamont:


Pelley interviewed Ned, who boasted that that Bill Clinton could have said that we hadn't been attacked for 5 1/2 years after the first attack on the World Trade Center.

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We have not had the 5th Anniversary of September 11th yet, but I hear many people talk about "five and a half" years. It is intellectual laziness and a lack of repect for the event to want to exaggerate in such a stupid way.

[rodguy911]

Brilliant stuff again anita. I loved the one about how the rat media wanted to cancel coulter but was afraid since it was 60/40 to keep her and then the wash post up to their old tricks again slanting the news by hook or crook, great stuff.

[samantha]

#492, Yup it is teamwork.......We win...