Sunday Morning Talk Show Thread 11 February 2007

Various big media television networks ^ | 11 February 2007 | Various Self-Serving Politicians and Big Media Screaming Faces

[Alas Babylon!]

The Talk Shows

Sunday, February 11th, 2007

Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:

FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I.

MEET THE PRESS (NBC): House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., and House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio.

FACE THE NATION (CBS): Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., and Senate Minority Whip Trent Lott, R-Miss.

THIS WEEK (ABC): Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass.; former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee; actor Sean Penn.

LATE EDITION (CNN) : Lt. Gen. Karl Eikenberry, former U.S. commander in Afghanistan; Qubad Talabany, representative to the U.S. of the Iraqi Kurdistan regional government; Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and John Cornyn, R-Texas; Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif.; Terry McAuliffe, former Democratic National Committee chairman; retired Army Col. Patrick Lang; Ray Takeyh, senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations.

[rodguy911]

Yeah I understand, but with any dem/rat I look for actions over words all the time,as I am sure you do as well.

[Bahbah]

Oops, link didn't work for me, tx.

[rodguy911]

Figures, will probably be # 389 on the best seller list.

[samantha]

Probably neither because they will be in a crowd of Liberal rats so that they will not stand out and will have no leverage with leadership like with the Pubbies.

[rodguy911]

I really like Duncan Hunter but I don't think he will get the nod.

[Alas Babylon!]

Dittos to what you said!

AND it also applies to Mr. Phsstpok.

Phsstpok -- How are your eyes, FRiend?

[edpc]

His membership on the CFR bothers me. I don't agree with the tinfoil hatters the CFR is some ruling cabal....it's just a little too much of a chin-stroking, glad-handing, multi-cultural grab-assing around club for me.

[Bahbah]

LOL. Good description of the CFR.

[txradioguy]

Lieutenant General Karl Eikenberry is the commander of Combined Forces Command - Afghanistan.

Prior to his current assignment, he was the director for Strategic Planning and Policy for U.S. Pacific Command at Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii.

His operational assignments include service as commander and staff officer with mechanized, light, airborne, and ranger infantry units in the United States, Korea, and Europe, most recently as an assistant division commander with the 25th Infantry Division (Light) at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.

He has served in various strategy, policy, and political-military posts, including as the U.S. security coordinator and chief of the Office of Military Cooperation in Kabul, Afghanistan; as an assistant Army and later defense attaché at the United States Embassy in Beijing, China; as the senior country director for China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Mongolia in the Office of the Secretary of Defense; and as the deputy director for Strategy, Plans, and Policy on the Army Staff.

He is a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy, has earned master’s degrees from Harvard University in East Asian Studies and Stanford University in Political Science, and was a National Security Fellow at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard. He earned an Interpreter’s Certificate in Mandarin Chinese from the British Foreign Commonwealth Office while studying at the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence Chinese Language School in Hong Kong and he has an Advanced Degree in Chinese History from Nanjing University in the People’s Republic of China.

His military awards and decorations include the Defense Superior Service Medal, the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star, the Ranger Tab, the Combat and Expert Infantryman badges, and master parachutist wings. He has also received the Department of State Superior Honor Award, the Director of Central Intelligence Award, and Afghanistan’s Akbar Khan Award presented by President Hamid Karzai.

He has published numerous articles on U.S. military training, tactics, and strategy, on Chinese ancient military history, and on Asia-Pacific security issues. He was previously the president of the Foreign Area Officers Association and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

[rodguy911]

Exactly!another three foot tall wonder boy.

[acsrp38]

Can you say regift???


We do a fun thing, we have a "trashy trinket" exchange at Christmas every year. The LTC has a very large family with too many brothers, sisters, neices and nephews and we can't afford to give to everyone and don't want to offend anyone.

We put them all in a "grab bag" and pass out all the freebies and "bad gifts". It started as a fun thing for the kids (two rules -- no fighting, no crying allowed), and ended up with the adults having more fun than the kids.

[Morgan in Denver]

The dems don't consider Iraq or the WOT their war.

Once again neither war exists in reality only as issues for the Dems. And since it's not their issue they are not for it.

On every occasion this point should be made. Make the left buy the issue and stake it out as their position, for now and into the future.
 
I would bet between now and November 2008 they will change their minds and claim they always supported defending America and were against terrorists.  Democrats have a vested interest seeing us defeated in Afghanistan and Iraq.  They want us to lose and they want the USA to fail so they can claim political power.

[Barset]

"Russert is a true pro...he knows exactly what he is doing in every move; No surprise he too is a lawyer."

Russert, under oath, said that he didn't know that a witness cannot bring his lawyers into the grand jury.

Wells (Libby attorney) looked incredulous. "You are a lawyer, Mr. Russert, and you don't know that a witness can't have his attorneys with him during grand jury testimony?"

Russert replied, "I'm not practising."

Maybe he's so out of practice he was also unaware that you cannot submit a false affidavit to a judge, as he did trying to avoid testifying at the Libby trial.

As someone at http://www.justoneminutetypepad.com said, "Russert is the only lawyer and one of the only nine people in America who don't know you can't bring your lawyer when appearing before a grand jury.

What a crock!

[acsrp38]

Is the lounge open on Sunday??

[rodguy911]

ROTFLMAO

A LITTLE LESS THAN 33 HOURS UNTIL JACK BAUER GETS A DOUBLE SHOT ON 24--CAN'T WAIT.

[Mo1]

Russert filed a false affidavit with the court, and should be in legal jeopardy as a result. Russert should be taken to task, and hopefully will be

Don't forget .. Russert is a (nonpracticing) attorney

He should know better

[rodguy911]

(make that 31:50 for Jack.)

[txradioguy]

I wish it was...but maybe I can slip in and get us seomthing when Fudd Fan isn't looking ;)

[rodguy911]

Welcome TX-another great day in the neighborhood!

[Phsstpok]

;^>

This is from the Bing Crosby 1949 musical version of the Twain book

Sir Sagramore: If there were aught I could say, aught I could do to save thee...

Hank Martin: Well, ain't there aught?

Sir Sagramore: Naught.

That's about my level of sophisticated dialog.

Crosby was the Connecticut Yankee Hank Martin and Sir Sagramore was played by William Bendix.  It's actually one of my favoriite movies. 

 

Actually, you put a beard on Bendix and I certainly would resemble him more than I would resemble Robert Goulet, who played Lancelot in Camelot.