White House Press Briefing - Wednesday, December 6, 2006 [CSPAN2

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Tony Snow , White House
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Incoming. At least we got a little notice.

I just watched the Iraq Surrender Group. How in the world is Tony going to spin this?

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Great!

I might actually be able to catch this!

I missed it, but I can imagine.

One way to spin it: they can say anything they want, but, if they want to be Commander in Chief, they need to run for President.

if they want to be Commander in Chief, they need to run for President.

If you had been able to watch them, it was pretty clear that they don't think so.

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Thanks for the ping!

Hey you... miss you much.

While you wait:

The Military and the Media
(Roggio from Fallujah)
http://billroggio.com/archives/2006/12/the_military_and_the.php

Okay... when the hell did they let Dr. Germ out?
Uneffingbelievable.
(She's in Yemen... figures)
http://armiesofliberation.com/archives/2006/12/04/dr-germ-in-sanaa/

American Jihadi in Egypt Update
http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/185610.php

ASKING MEN TO DIE TO “MITIGATE DEFEAT”
http://rightwingnuthouse.com/

Must Read Blog
http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/

Today on Iranian "Student's Day" Remember Ward 209 Evin Prison (The kind of student there should be more of)
http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/

AP Continues Using "Problematic" Iraqi Spokesmen
http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2006/12/ap-continues-using-problematic-iraqi.html

Qatari Men Ignore Stodgy Imams, Flock to Women's Beach V-Ball
http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2006/12/qatari-men-ignore-stodgy-imams-flock.html

Jyllands-Posten Editor Flemming Rose Speaks in Colorado
http://slapstickpolitics.blogspot.com/2006/12/flemming-rose-danish-editor-of.html

Funeral Fauxtography in Beirut? (AP again)
http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2006/12/funeral-fauxtography-in-beirut.html

OH YES! LET'S ENGAGE IRAN & SYRIA !
http://drsanity.blogspot.com/

Think tank: Hezbollah used human shields
(Damn shame Israel has to do this, meanwhile Hiz brags about their attacks)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061205/ap_on_re_mi_ea/israel_war_crimes

‘We Can’t Afford to Leave’
As the debate over Iraq intensifies, leading Democrat Silvestre Reyes is calling for the deployment of more U.S. troops.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16062351/site/newsweek/

Is Reyes So Darn Clean?
SlateMagazine, by Mickey Kaus
(from the left, irony)

http://www.slate.com/id/2154965/

Errors, omissions, inventions and falsehoods
(Or the real reason Prof. Kenneth Stein quit the Carter Center... hint, his book)

http://powerlineblog.com/archives/016123.php

On a wing and a prayer
(Burlingame doing the job Reuters and AP won't do re: flying imams/Ellison/CAIR)

http://powerlineblog.com/archives/016127.php

Based on this WaPo column from the same:
http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110009348

By the way, pray for Debra Burlingames family, her brother Chick's daughter died in a fire yesterday:
(First her brother, then her niece)
http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/477719p-401796c.html

The danger of engaging with the enemy
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2006/12/06/the_danger_of_engaging_with_the_enemy/

Why We Persevere
Gen. Caldwell
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/05/AR2006120501128.html

Iran's Threat Grows
http://www.investors.com/editorial/editorialcontent.asp?secid=1501&status=article&id=250215033246097

Dark Ages Disclosure
It's time for the Senate to bring its campaign filing system into the modern era.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/05/AR2006120501270.html

Dems split on extent of ethics changes
Points of contention: Earmarks, letting Congress police itself
http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/20061206/a_ethics06.art.htm

Mollohan, Under FBI Probe, Is Poised to Control Bureau's Budget
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601070&sid=an35w7j_ZWLc&refer=home

UK - Less Christianity, more Islam
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=420385&in_page_id=1770

Germany looks for home-grown terrorists
http://www.washtimes.com/upi/20061204-035229-6890r.htm

Muslim boys urinated on Bible (Australia)
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20879483-2702,00.html

SIGNS OF PROGRESS IN PAKISTAN?
http://eteraz.org/story/2006/12/5/211255/781

Plus, read this by Cathy Young.
http://cathyyoung.blogspot.com/2006/12/women-islam-and-veil.html

UPDATE: This seems related, somehow.
http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2006/12/qatari-men-ignore-stodgy-imams-flock.html

Bumped... bloggers still coming tot he aid of AP source
Free Jamil Hussein
(And yes, I confirm he has been mentioned as a source in 61 columns)
http://www.floppingaces.net/2006/12/05/free-jamil-hussein/

Iraq - AP's 60 minutes scandal continues
http://confederateyankee.mu.nu/archives/207426.php

Also:
Iraq - Time And Aljazeera Fail To Confirm AP Story
http://www.riehlworldview.com/carnivorous_conservative/2006/12/time_cant_confi.html

I think you'll find the NYT's blog discussion re: invisible burning Sunnis interesting as well
http://www.mudvillegazette.com/archives/007264.html

Proxy Wars and Realist Politik
http://www.windsofchange.net/

Ululations of the aggrieved
(No wrongdoing by US Airways after investigation, two probes) Excellent links, even photo evidence re: seat belt extenders
http://michellemalkin.com/archives/006489.htm

The Greatest Story Never Told?
(flying imams)
http://www.fraterslibertas.com/

Speaking of the imams...
You need to see this video from Sout before You Tube pulls it... Excellent (He has been the subject of cyberjihadis consistently banning his videos):
http://www.floppingaces.net/2006/12/04/fight-club/

Iraq Study Group
http://julescrittenden.blogspot.com/2006/12/god-favors-bold.html

Islam gets concessions; infidels get conquered
LA Times?
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-ibrahim5dec05,0,5108432.story

UK - London worse than Baghdad?
http://awesternheart.blogspot.com/2006/12/london-worse-than-baghdad.html

Kuala Lumpur - Muslim town clamps down on 'sexy' dressing
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=3&art_id=qw116531460124B254

Christmas greetings from Governor Blunt
(Or stuff the PC)
http://powerlineblog.com/archives/016124.php

France and the Rwanda genocide
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2006/12/france_and_the_rwanda_genocide.html

From Metternich
to Jim Baker
Ralph Peters
http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/013/019cwfeg.asp

In case you missed it:
A Chilling Photograph's Hidden History
Twenty-six years ago, a picture of an execution in Iran won the Pulitzer Prize. But the man who took it remained anonymous. Until now.

http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB116499510215538266-w6oLtTyb6LO2glORvqxTV1PwiTM_20061211.html?mod=blogs

England: One Law for Muslims, Another for the Rest
http://www.chronwatch.com/content/contentDisplay.asp?aid=25385

UK - Veiled woman to give C4's speech
http://ussneverdock.blogspot.com/2005/11/britain-islamization-of-britain.html

re: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6210324.stm

Not "Last" - Try "Next of Many"
(On Iraq, more troops)
http://biglizards.net/blog/archives/2006/12/instead_of_last.html

I Guess You'd Have to Say I'm Still Pro-Victory
http://www.smalltownveteran.net/bills_bites/2006/12/more_troops_nee.html#more

Hillary, Barack and all that
http://www.washtimes.com/op-ed/20061205-085832-6078r.htm

Heads Are Going To Roll
(On Pelosi and the Nutroots comments re: Reyes)
http://www.floppingaces.net/2006/12/05/heads-are-going-to-roll/

Iraq and pulling out
(Anchoress has a real conversation with a cut and run friend)
http://theanchoressonline.com/2006/12/05/iraq-and-pulling-out/

In case you missed it:
Iran bans YouTube & Amazon.com & NYT
(NYTs?)
http://michellemalkin.com/archives/006471.htm

Okay Bloggers, Challenge

Call For Submissions
[Greyhawk]
Professor Reynolds' has a creative writing assignment for the 'sphere:

So can the blogosphere do better? I'm going to try a blog symposium on Iraq, Iran, and Syria. I want some new ideas -- beyond "cut and run" or "stay the course" -- on things we're not doing that we should be doing.
<...>
Is it a good idea? You tell me. And add some other ideas of your own. Put "Iraq Symposium" in the subject line, and add a link to your blog entry. I'll pull them together in two or three days.
In this case "submission" is probably the wrong word...

Another observation from Glenn:

In fact, it seems as if Donald Rumsfeld, judging by his classified memo thoughtfully leaked to the New York Times, remains more open to new ideas than many of his critics, who often seem stuck in 1968.
Which, I think, is accurate. Rumsfeld's memo did present some concepts beyond those bandied about thus far (in public, at least). But this symposium is a good chance for a lot of folks who are smarter than Rummy to prove it.

And the timing is good to. Get your ideas out there before the Baker Committee does and you can be hailed as revolutionary rather than reactionary. (Just think - if this had been available before the invasion we could have been ready for the insurgency!)

http://instapundit.com/archives2/2006/12/post_760.php

Lawyers Demand Release of Chinese Muslims
(What the?)
http://letters.washingtonpost.com/WBRH026D8F6C786FC35203365040E0

Feel the Love Israel
(Mahmoud)
http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/185606.php

Who Says we Can't Do Propaganda?
http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/185609.php

Anti-Semitism, anti-Americanism and Irrational Hatred
http://www.americanthinker.com/2006/12/antisemitism_antiamericanism_a.html

Young Conservatives Of Texas Display ACLU Nativity (Photo)
http://stoptheaclu.com/archives/2006/12/05/young-republicans-of-texas-display-aclu-nativity-photo/

Malkin's hilarious Paltrow slander documentary short:
http://hotair.com/

For you football fans
Great Football Finishes
http://hotair.com/archives/2006/12/05/video-plano-east-vs-john-tyler/

From the Give me a Break files:
Parents Choose Genetic Defects for Their Children
(NYTs of course)
http://patterico.com/2006/12/05/5484/parents-choose-genetic-defects-for-their-children/#comment-117914

LEBANON’S TRIAL CONTINUES
http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2006/12/05/lebanons-trial-continues/

Just go check it out:
http://www.lifelikepundits.com/
Covers Gates with a copy of the 9/11 resolution/re; Byrd question, For Thee But Not For Me: FRE 415(a) and the Clinton Impeachment, Part 1 and 2, the sound of dem heads exploding re: Reyes

Influence, Opportunity, and Nanny Government
http://www.proteinwisdom.com/index.php/weblog/entry/influence_opportunity_and_nanny_government_jhoward/

Daily Stop Blog, check it out:
http://sigmundcarlandalfred.wordpress.com/

Good afternoon, Dinasour, and thanks for the ping...I'm a little busy (and a little under the weather) this afternoon and I don't think I'll be able to do my mini-transcript. I'll try to keep up with the flow...

Spin?

Don't need no stinkin' spin.

Thank the doddering idiots for their "fine work" in replaying all the DBM/dim propaganda produced since 1968, fold the report twice any way you like and stick it up.....

Well, forget those last two steps. I'm sure that there's a PC way for Snow to infer it, instead of leaving it to a crude ol' redneck like me.

LOL. I really like your un-spin.

Feel better, LL.

Test pattern is on whitehouse.gov.

> I'm a little busy (and a little under the weather)

Thanks. Take it easy, and I hope you feel better.

There is no spin, the elections surrendered Iraq to OBL.

This has been a brilliant political campaign against the President, his Admin, and the WOT.

He and "we" lost, got rolled again by the MSM/DNC/Hollywood/Academia.

They have run this country for 40 years, while we lay prostrate in awe.

LOL. I really like your un-spin.

Me, too.

Thanks...I'll be listening to this as much as my programming community permits...

FYI...for those of you with XM or Sirius, it will be on C-Span Radio. No buffering there...