Posted on 10/07/2007 5:09:32 AM PDT by Alas Babylon!
The Talk Shows
Sunday, October 7th, 2007
Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:
FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.; Patti Solis Doyle, Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential campaign manager.
MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Former Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C., presidential candidate.
FACE THE NATION (CBS): Reps. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., and Adam Putnam, R-Fla.; Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council.
THIS WEEK (ABC): Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt; Gov. Jon Corzine, D-N.J.; New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, Democratic presidential candidate.
LATE EDITION (CNN) : Iraqi President Jalal Talabani; Sudanese Foreign Minister Lam Akol; Susan Rice, foreign policy expert at the Brookings Institution; John Prendergast, co-founder of Enough, a project to abolish genocide; former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan.
Many small to medium family-businesses here; Sorry, I don't know them. However, I'm looking for some fiber optic-to-coaxil switches and fiber optic patch panels for a CATV system upgrade.
Hey, welcome back!
What is the latest with you?
That is a revealing table. PravdABDNC should be reporting like kind contributions.
Pray for W and Our Troops
(How they can get through a segment with that name in just a few minutes is a mystery to me.)
I’ve finally found the time to catch up with a few friends. I’ve been tired with low energy since I arrived from California. The combination of jet lag and the start of the merry-month of Ramadan hit me like a hay-maker punch.
I’m still getting adjusted to working with and Arab company; they want me take over some pre-existing and emerging telecom and security projects; their operations are quite backward in many ways, e.g. no Internet at work, absolutely no structure or processes.
Regardless, I've safely returned to the Magic Kingdom. As always, nothing went smoothly: flight cancellations, lost luggage, a near-miss automobile accident (tire blowout), inadequate Internet and email capability, etc. Between jet lag and the start of Ramadan I've had a difficult time getting my biological clock in sync with life in KSA. I'm still drowsy in afternoons and too awake to fall asleep at night.
I'm in Al-Khobar near the Gulf; I probably won't head out to my permanent location (Riyadh) until after Ramadan holiday---starts Friday. For now I'm in a small "extended-stay" hotel; it is quiet (I believe I am the only customer) and fairly comfortable---but lacks many services a normal hotel would offer; however, fueled by a little baksheesh, the hotel staff has found ways to get my laundry done and keep my room sanitized, if not entirely clean. The hotel does have wireless broadband Internet access that works about 75% of the time. A tiny in-room kitchen (refrigerator, burners and oven) allows me to cook meals without running out to the packed Ramadan restaurants. There’s a Carrefour (French hyper-store) about a block away that keeps my refrigerator stocked with Brazilian steaks and burgers. It took a week, but I finally found a 110-volt coffee pot. Now I can throw the Nescafe bottle in the trash where it belongs. Gas is dirt cheap---about 45 cents a gallon.
I’ve had no luck finding a Riyadh compound; I might have to settle for a Riyadh "extended-stay" hotel when arrive until the waiting lists shorten. Right now Arabian Homes in Riyadh is the only compound still communicating with me, but they are full. I’ve had no response from any other second-tier compounds; however, there may be rentals at the Reef Golf Course which could provide a interesting temporary housing solution.
The shortage of compound housing tells me that the Saudi’s are spending mucho Petro-dollars; there is a huge economic boom going on. King Abdullah is modernizing the country, unlike the previous royalty. The Saudi’s are terrified of Iran and Iran’s influence in Iraq. Defense, asset security, and border security are hot items; this means that there is a huge expansion of the telecommunications infrastructure at work.
Above all, I'm safe and comfortable, albeit a little bored at times.
Posted at 12:30pm on Oct. 7, 2007
The Sunday Morning Talk Shows - The Review
Why do SCHIP's remind me of Buffaloes?
By Mark Kilmer
Sunday, October 7, 2007
On NBC's MTP, John Edwards said that he would leave only a Quick Reaction Force in Kuwait to take on al Qaeda only, "not general terrorist activity." He said that he will fight terrorists based only on what they call themselves this week because "America is focused on al Qaeda." It's political.Speaker Pelosi said not much to FNC's Chris Wallace. She's brief on interrogation techniques, she said, but knows only what she reads in the New York Times.
On ABC's TW, George Stephanopoulos talked to New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine and HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt about SCHIP. Steph asked Leavitt: If this is the first step toward socialized medicine, why stop at a veto. Why not trash the entire program. Leavitt answered that the President was all about covering the poorest children first. Corzine argued that people with higher incomes need SCHIP in New Jersey because the cost of living is high, and he blamed former NJ Governor Christine Todd Whitman for requesting the first such SCHIP waiver.
On CBS' FTN, Schieffer had Adam Putnam and Chuck Rangel on to discuss SCHIP. Rangel was Rangel: president wants to kill children and spend the money killing people in the war. Rangel promised that Orrin Hatch and Chuck Grassley, "Giants in the Senate," were calling GOP Congressmen "and telling them that they are misguided" for voting against the Democrats' SCHIP scheme. Putnam challenged Rangel and the Dems to work with Republicans on fixing SCHIP, pointing out that Chuck and the Dems were playing political games. This, he suggested, was why Congress' approval ratings were only 14%.
Next on FTN, Family Research Council's Tony Perkins held out hope that Rudy Giuliani would lose the Republican Presidential nomination, suggesting that Rudy could lose Florida "and be out by Super Tuesday."
On CNN's LE, Iraqi President Jalal Talabani expressed support for Leslie Gelb's Iraqi partition plan, as championed by Joe Biden, and said that those who oppose it haven't read it. He expressed support for both Nouri al Maliki and Blackwater, and he added that Iraq was not completely independent of the United States as this point. He said that he will propose three long term U.S. military bases for his country. He predicted that we will be able to begin troop withdrawal – by the tens of thousands – starting next spring, with the force possibly standing at about 60,000 by the end of the year.
Exciting stuff? Read on for the show-by-show review:
Read More »
Fascinating chart; you don’t realize the extent of the bias until you actually start counting the beans.
If this is true, it can not be repeated too often. Why aren't some of the our crack reporters all over this. Maybe Rush or Drudge.
Now Website for Authentic Fatwas
JEDDAH, 7 October 2007 — The Presidency for Scientific Research and Religious Edicts (Dar Al-Ifta), the Riyadh-based organization comprising prominent Islamic scholars that issues fatwas, has set up a website for its religious rulings. The site (www.alifta.com) provides quick access to the fatwas issued by Dar Al-Ifta, which is affiliated to the Council of Senior Islamic Scholars headed by Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Aziz Al-Asheikh.
The site features fatwas issued by prominent Islamic scholars and has devoted a section for the fatwas of Sheikh Abdul Aziz Bin Baz, the former mufti who died in 1999.
Visitors to the new website will be able to ask questions on various topics and get replies from well-known scholars.
The launch of the website comes in response to calls for the authentication of religious edicts in Saudi Arabia. Certain radical groups sometimes issue sketchy fatwas urging Muslim youths to take part in jihad. The website is aimed at giving Muslims a place to review authentic and widely accepted fatwas issued by the Islamic authority in the Kingdom.
On the main page of the site, one can find the fatwas of the permanent committee for ifta, fatwas of Sheikh Bin Baz, and of the Council of Senior Islamic Scholars as well as the Islamic Research Magazine.
The site also contains some of the Hadiths reported by prominent women followers of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) including Khadeeja, Safiya, Zainab, Hafsa, Aisha, Fatma, Asma bint Abibakr, Um Salama and Um Dardaa.
Saudis and expatriates in the Kingdom welcomed the new fatwa website and said it would help the public to receive authentic religious rulings and opinions on various issues.
Mohammed Habeeb, director general of the Dawa Center in Al-Salama district in Jeddah, said Dar Al-Ifta’s site is very informative and would benefit a large number of people worldwide. However, he stressed the need for further developing the site with interactive facilities.
“People have been waiting for this site for quite a long time,” Habeeb told Arab News. “It is a nice website containing religious edicts made by prominent scholars like Bin Baz and Bin-Othaimeen.”
He called upon Dar Al-Ifta to translate the religious rulings into English and other major languages. “There is a multi-language website set up by Egypt’s Al-Azhar. Many foreigners make use of it.”
Saudi Arabia has emphasized the need for the compilation of religious edicts in order to unite Muslims. In a previous statement, Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal underscored the important roles that Islamic institutions, such as the Islamic Fiqh Academy, play in protecting Islamic beliefs and ideology.
Did anyone see Carl Bernstein on Fox yesterday morning...going on an on about Hillary’s poor mother who was stuck in that marriage and Hillary’s strict father and how she is really just about public service, faith and marriage, not power. Then he was hinting that he’d like to be an anchor on Fox and the Friends just sat there in awe of him. It was sickening.
Thank you so much for your link at #228 could not watch the shows this am, pretty sick line up. After reading the recap I think that I was right.
http://www.redstate.com/stories/special_features/the_sunday_morning_talk_shows_the_review_42
I heard a few minutes of David Horowitz on cspan radio, and checked the schedule. He is on live now “bookTV” which will be repeated at midnight tonight for three hours.
He is one of the most brilliant of conservative thinkers today.
Example from today’s show [my paraphrase]: Everyone needs a religion. Half of us believe in a redemption after life, a God, and are most likely today’s conservatives.
Others believe that redemption can occur in this lifetime, if the earth is just made “perfect” and because these Ends are so important, lying, cheating, killing are worth it and excusable, in order to achieve the Ends. [These people - the ‘progressives’ have invested the powers of Godhood within themselves.
Roast Pork with Yorkshire Pudding, boiled new potatoes and green beans
For dessert we have a choice as I have baked a Bakewell Tart, Pecan Pie and a Custard Tart.
If you have been asked to do the awards for this week please let me know by freepmail.
If I do not catch you around before - see you next Sunday
Hello, looking forward to reading your input and perspective again.
During the Power Player interview on Fox, Chris Wallace said that Hillary’s sidekick was in charge of a staff of 400!!!!
If any pubbie had a staff of 400 it would be headline news. And I would bet anything that not all of this 400 are salaried by campaign funds. The Clintons are such corrupt people.
I could not believe those three people just sat there and let him go on like that. It was almost like he had a snot showing in his nose and they were busy watching that instead of listening to what he was saying.
Thank you, Bernard. I believe it was before, as the purpose of his being there (apart from fascinating the Friends) was to plug his not-so-new book on Madame H. I could not believe what I was hearing (or not hearing)—usually Paige comes out with some good zingers and yet, they all sat there letting him pontificate. Paige asked what the biggest myth about Mrs. C. was and Carl said that she really, really was just a public servant and not at all about power. And they sat there like bumps!
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.