Chertoff on FNS? Thanks for the warning. New TVs cost money.
Michael Gallagher, conservative talk radio host; Mark Green of Air America Radio.
That should be interesting......
Clintonhris Wallace was on Cavuto's show bragging about Hillary's "overwhelming" support among "hispanics" and he predicted a Hillary-landslide among them in elections.
Just one problem - More than half of Americans, 52% won't vote for Hillary Clinton according to a new national poll by Mason-Dixon.
Poor Wallace.
Couple of interesting things to note. Did you know our “Journalists” lump Iraqi Police/Military casualties in with Iraqi Civilian deaths?
After reading the below did you know US Military casualties were down almost 20% in June after peaking in April and May?
Of course not. Why? Because the Democrat noise machine pretending to be "Journalists" merely change the way they report the casualties figures to give a false perception. So when monthly causalities totals go down, they change to reporting quarterly casualty counts rather then report the decrease. Then if casualities go up in July, they will go back to reporting monthly totals. The decisive factor in which factoid they decide to use is which will paint the bleakest picutre of the situation in Iraq. The more you watch the US "News" media in action, the more you come to realize they are propaganidsts, not Journalists. This link gives you the raw casualties data.
Civilian deaths decreasing (In Iraq)
CentralDaily.com ^ | 07-01-07 | By Mike Drummond
Posted on 07/01/2007 4:49:30 AM CDT by MNJohnnie
BAGHDAD — Iraqi civilian deaths in Baghdad dropped significantly in June, a possible indication that recent American military operations around the country and raids on car-bomb shops in the “belts” ringing the capital are starting to pay off.
But June also marked the end of the bloodiest quarter for U.S. troops since the war began in March 2003.
BAGHDAD — Iraqi civilian deaths in Baghdad dropped significantly in June, a possible indication that recent American military operations around the country and raids on car-bomb shops in the “belts” ringing the capital are starting to pay off.
But June also marked the end of the bloodiest quarter for U.S. troops since the war began in March 2003.
Unofficial figures compiled by McClatchy Newspapers’ show 189 Iraqis, including police and government security forces, were killed in the capital through Friday, a drop of almost two thirds since this year’s high in February, when 520 were killed. The average monthly death toll of Iraqis in Baghdad was 410 from December through May.
The downturn in civilian deaths in Baghdad, should the figures hold, could arm Lt. Gen. David Petraeus, the top U.S. military commander in Iraq, with the kind of results he needs to forestall pressure to set timetables on troop withdrawals. He is scheduled to deliver a progress report on the war to Congress in September.
Securing the capital remains the U.S. military’s top priority.
The trade-off for the decline in civilian deaths in Baghdad may be high U.S. casualties. The Web site icasualties.org tallied 101 U.S. soldiers killed in June, one of the deadliest months in Iraq for American forces. This raised to 330 the number of U.S. troops killed in the past three months.
The U.S. military, having added 28,500 additional forces, are now at full “surge” strength of 150,000 and are engaged in high-profile military campaigns to pacify the country.
U.S. commanders warn a higher body count is in the offing, as forces step up fighting this summer. Forty-four of the U.S. casualties in June occurred in Baghdad, caused mostly by roadside bombs — five of them Thursday in an attack involving a roadside bomb, gunfire and grenades in Baghdad’s southern Rasheed district. Seven soldiers were wounded, the military said.
But the same U.S.-led surge that is taking the fight to insurgents in Iraq is apparently still placing civilians in the crossfire.
At least 22 Iraqi citizens have died, mostly outside the capital, during U.S. clashes with Sunni insurgents and Shiite militia during the past eight days, according to Iraqi police reports. The U.S. military does not disclose the numbers of Iraqi civilians killed by American troops, despite repeated requests from McClatchy.
Civilian deaths seemingly are inevitable in urban guerilla warfare that pits U.S. forces against fighters who live among the population. U.S. military officials say they are sensitive to potential backlash that could enflame anti-American opposition here.
But civilian deaths occur. U.S. military officials said two pre-dawn raids Saturday in Shiite-dominated Sadr City in eastern Baghdad killed 26 “terrorists” and captured 17 fighters with links to Iran. U.S. forces said they opened fire on fighters detonating roadside bombs or firing guns and rocket-propelled grenades from buildings and from behind parked cars.
No U.S. casualties were reported.
U.S. forces “were in the middle of multisided firefight engaging enemy fighters,” in Sadr City, said U.S. Army spokesman Lt. Col. Christopher Garver. “We saw no evidence of any civilian casualties.”
Iraqi police, however, reported late Saturday that four Iraqi civilians were killed, and six injured during the American-led attack.
Sadr City is the sprawling stronghold of anti-American Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, where residents widely regard his Mahdi Army militiamen as freedom fighters.
Iraq Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, who has openly criticized the U.S. military for previous civilian deaths, demanded an explanation of the Sadr City attacks. He also said U.S. and Iraqi forces need to seek the government’s permission to launch raids in Baghdad.
Garver said U.S. forces attacked because the targets were members of a “secret cell network” linked to Iran, “not because of their affiliation with a militia or whatever.”
After watching and listening to our Senate the last couple of weeks, I had a thought. Is there any way we can demand mandatory, random drug and alcohol testing of this gang and their allies in the House? I mean, let’s face it, these people don’t seem to live in the same reality that we do.
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Laura Ingraham was supposed to be on Fox to debate a Senator on the (un)Fairness Doctrine, but they couldn’t find any supporters in the Senate to come on against her! So I see they got Gallagher to debate Scare America’s owner. That will be a lame debate. When the Senators are scared to debate this topic with a smart, pretty woman, you KNOW they are on the wrong side of the issue (and they know it).
He's on my local talker and I can't stand him.
I did catch the tail end of his Friday show. He had Ann Coulter on. I had earlier heard him blast her over the dust up with the Wife of the Breck Girl.
Evidently, he let Ann on to set the record straight and was properly chastened. (I may be off somewhat, but this is what I gathered from the snips I heard.)
I have also been told that Gallagher was in FAVOR of returning Elian Gonzalez to Cuba,
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Chertoff says they have ended catch-and-release.
IIRC, they have ended catch-and-release only for OTMs [Other Than Mexicans]. C&R still exists for Mexican illegals.
I have noticed that newsies don’t ask Chertoff or the WH about such nuancing and parsing.
Senator Reid said on the floor of the Senate during the previous amnesty bill attempt that “only 5% of the illegals” are apprehended/detained. Reid said that only 2 months ago.
Other reports have said 4,000-5,000 are still entering illegally every day/night.
Amazing.
Juan knows more about how the Supreme Court should be run than the justices do.
I didn’t realize Juan had such expertise.
[snicker]
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Kristol mentions that Chertoff wanted a tamper-proof ID.
A couple of weeks ago, a Congressman (and I don’t remember which one) said that the last session of Congress passed a bill that provided for the tamper-proof ID but that the Bush administration had never implemented it. [The Congressman made that statement right after an interview in which Tony Snow was saying they needed a National ID.]
Juan still hasn’t read the bill, apparently.
It gave legal status to illegals as soon as it was signed. The fines Juan mentioned ONLY kicked in IF the illegal applied for the Z-VISA. If the illegal never applied for the Z-VISA, that illegals would still have legal status.
The guests are third tier week. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
I’m watching Chrissy Matthews .. he and his panel think the republican party is crumbling and republican senators are losing support of Iraq and General Petraeus
All because of that stupid speech Lugar made on the senate floor
On Fox News Sunday, Chris Wallace even lined up against Mark Green because he was talking out of both sides of his mouth on the fairness doctrine..it was funny as heck.
MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt.
FACE THE NATION (CBS): Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind.
THIS WEEK (ABC): Chertoff; Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn.
HA!
those listed on both posts were included in the ping
Sorry for the delay