Posted on 04/16/2019 11:18:23 AM PDT by Kaslin
RUSH: Yeah, it’s a fascinating case study as almost everything is these days with the Drive-By Media, the media left, the media-Democrat complex. The Notre Dame Cathedral fire. It is simply unacceptable. It is not tolerable. You must not even breathe the possibility of arson because if it’s arson then fingers will point in one direction, and we’re not gonna point in that direction. We’re not gonna permit fingers to point. We’re not gonna even allow thoughts in that direction. No, no, no, no, my friends.
But let’s play the game just to start for just a second here. Even if the Notre Dame fire was not arson, there is no denying that attacks on churches, churches throughout France, throughout Europe, are on the upswing. I’m gonna tell you something, folks. This is just me. But watching those pictures yesterday as that cathedral was burning throughout the afternoon into the evening, watching all that I thought I was looking at what may well be a symbolism for all of Europe going up in flames.
This is simply head-in-the-sand denial, to refuse to openly accept what is happening throughout France and throughout Europe. And the very idea that there is this concerted effort coupled with a demand to ignore all of this in my nature is all I need to believe that maybe there’s some things going on that everybody knows and some just will not admit and will not permit discussion of. Because there is no denying that attacks on churches in France and all over Europe are on the upswing. It’s undeniable. It’s not all arson. Not random arson. And everybody knows this.
So it makes all this sanctimonious concern about Notre Dame from the people on Drive-By Media cable news channels, kind of rings a little hollow to me since these same news outlets can’t be bothered to even report on the attacks on churches, the attacks on Christianity that have been taking place throughout Europe and Africa, not to mention the War on Christianity in the United States, which they are helping to wage. These are undeniable things that are happening.
And yet, the compulsion in the mainstream media is to do just that. Not just ignore it, but to chastise, castigate, and attack anybody who might even try to point it out, even while acknowledging the possibility that Notre Dame was felled by arson. You know, there is a trend that has developed in the Drive-By Media, and it is happening all over cable news. It doesn’t matter where you go in the mainstream media. Any story that comes out, any story, if the story is a negative for the Republicans or for conservatives, then that alone is the story.
However, if a story emerges that is bad for the left, like the Covington kids or the Mueller report or anything, anything that is bad for the left, anything that’s bad for the media, guess what the story is? The story is not the story. The story is the right’s reaction to it. And so the conservative Republican segment of our population is always the target of any story, especially stories that are bad for the left, especially stories that point to the hypocrisy of the left.
Look at Trump’s sanctuary city gambit. What is the news story on that? The news story is not illegal immigration and not the existence of sanctuary cities. The story is how crazy is the right? How insensitive is the right? How crazy is Trump? And so we have a version of that happening here. I can go through the Stack of Stuff today and I can show you all of the stories which are focused on all of the people who attempted to point out who might benefit from setting fire and burning down Notre Dame.
Even on Fox News the head of the Catholic League, Bill Donohue, was on. He acknowledges it may be arson but also that we have to look at what is actually happening. There are churches being destroyed and set on fire, and the moment he got even halfway out with that sentence, the anchors at Fox, “No, no, no, no, no, we’re not going there. We’re not going there Bill. We’re not gonna speculate, we’re not. Until we have the facts, we’re not even gonna go there.”
The story becomes the right-wing reaction to the burning of Notre Dame, not the burning of Notre Dame. You see how this happens? And so throughout the Drive-By Media today there are stories on all of the supposed lamebrain, Looney Toon conspiracy theories out there to explain this rather than an open and honest, factual presentation of what the heck might have happened. No, no. It is already established, and you can’t challenge it that this was arson started by somebody who flicked a cigarette. Even though no official investigation has even begun nor been announced, nor the conclusions released.
Oh. And also part of the story is making fun of Donald Trump and his reaction to the fire. So you see, folks, whatever the story in the Drive-By Media, the story is either going to be how bad it is for the right or how crazy and conspiracy oriented the right is. This is not something that has been common for very long. It’s relatively new. I mean, it’s not brand-new. It didn’t just start last month or last year. But it is something that if you pay attention, you will notice.
So any attempt, any attempt to bore in on a possibility outside of arson is met with, “That’s a conspiracy theory. You’re a kook. You’re dangerous. We know you want to blame Muslims, and we’re not gonna let you blame Muslims. We know that Muslims couldn’t be responsible. And even if they are, no, we’re not going there, we’re not going.”
So the story becomes how crazed and conspiracy oriented the right is. And what we’re not getting is even a pretense of curiosity as to what really happened here. You notice the Drive-Bys will not even allow anyone to even mention the possibility of arson. As I say, even on Fox News, supposedly conservative news network, a couple of anchors had occasion to cut off their guests, Bill Donohue being one, when they began to speculate the fire could have been intentional.
And they didn’t say “Islam,” and they didn’t say “Muslim.” They didn’t have a chance, they didn’t have a chance to get that far because their microphones were cut off.
Ilhan Omar: Some people did something on 9/11. What do you mean, some people did something on 9/11? That story has become the right wing’s attack on Ilhan Omar, not on what Ilhan Omar said and what it might mean. If anything has any potential to go against the narrative of the left, then the story will become how the right is a bunch of crazed, wacko, conspiracy-oriented theorists.
Now, we’re supposed to accept the word of the French authorities who say they know for a fact the fire was accidental, even though they have not even begun to investigate its cause. By the way, it’s not the first church fire in France. This is not the first event of this kind in France. Certain neighborhoods in Paris are now off-limits to the cops. You can’t even go there. Not supposed to go there. But we’re not supposed to tie any of what we know even as a possibility in a list of things that might explain this. Can’t even go there.
I can’t get past those images of Notre Dame, the roof or the spire in flames and, in a sense, seeing much of Europe in a symbolic way. It’s supposed to be crazy, it’s supposed to be even dangerous to imagine this could be anything but an accident. Dangerous. Very, very dangerous. Don’t go there.
Even though a report from France’s own central criminal intelligence service noted that from 2016 to 2018 there have been thousands of cases of church vandalism, thousands of cases of church — not synagogue, not mosque — church vandalism. Thousands of cases from 2016 to 2018, two years. It peaked in 2017, 1,045 cases of church vandalism in France.
And according to the French ministry of the interior, when cemeteries and other sites are taken into consideration, the number of acts of church vandalism rose to 1,063 in 2018. But we’re supposed to ignore that. That’s not relevant. Anybody that wants to look at that is a crazed conspiracy theorist.
Later in yesterdaysbroadcast, Cavuto slipped up and asked a guest whether the French Government was taking additional precautions to protect older landmarks such as Versailes and the Eiffel Tower.
Protect the Eiffel Tower from accidental fire? give me a break......
A friend of mine is a fireman, said no way in hell for a fire that size can they immediately tell it was accidental unless someone actually witnessed it but even then, no way can it be confirmed immediately like this but yet there is the MSM pushing the “accident” story because nothing is more important than protecting the beauty of multi-culturalism. The fact that Paris had rain, that churches were being attacks, that a terror cell was busted 3 years ago planning an attack on Notre Dame is all ignored.
I’m betting it’s a terror attack. It goes up during Holy week?? Starts on the roof, spire after it rained? Other churches being attacked? Terror cell busted 3 years ago planning an attack on it?
Look at this crap, Rueters...Pushing no sign of arson already! They can’t even get into the place to examine it, and here is the MSM pushing this
http://news.trust.org/item/20190416123058-ee2q1
Some leftie dingbat spray paints a swastika somewhere, or hangs a noose, and we have to have a “conversation about racism” because Trump supporters are violent haters.
But don’t you DARE say anything about the leftie loves.
You forgot:
Terrorist of the cell sentenced last Friday for her role in the conspiracy...
I totally agree. No way this can be ruled accidental until a thorough arson investigation is done. With a fire this catastrophic, that could take a while.
Didn’t fire investigators used to routinely accept the possibility of arson until such possibility was eliminated after evidence examined?
The conclusion to that investigation has already been written. It says "Accidental Fire - Cause Unknown".
It is "hate speech" to dispute those findings. Europeans will be arrested if they do so.
Here is a pre-made response you can send to your favorite reality-denying LIEberal WHEN it is determined to be arson.
You're welcome.
Media is ‘concerned’ about church fires except when they don’t fit their narrative about ‘hate crimes’.
There are a bunch of us who do not jump to conclusions.
I am all for burning down Mecca if there is evidence that muslims “set” the fire. I’ve seen enough construction sites go up in flames to know stuff happens. Of course, in some cases it was to collect the insurance—probably not the case here.
But the lunatic knee jerk reactions around here are just dangerous and stupid.
If it was proven a Muslim did the deed, the next media step would be to quickly tell us not to judge, that the arsonist was a lone wolf, that he had a bad, rough childhood. And as my mind wanders, I wonder if the PM of New Zealand went to a Catholic Mass to show solidarity with Catholics around the world?
Why is no one talking about the video of the white robed man with a black beard walking around in the burning cathedral the French authorities are saying was a firefighter?
Start a rumor about someone in a MAGA hat was in the vicinity, and watch how quickly the MSM “comes to conclusions.”
Okay, people. I have an alternative theory that won’t be popular. But bookmark this post.
Coulda be arson by Muslims.
But it could also have been an authorized inside “insurance” job.
I don’t necessarily mean literal insurance.
Notre Dame de Paris was already in bad shape and needing at least $150 million for renovations that the church was having trouble raising.
There is even a lottery dedicated to funding church maintenance all over France that had raised a total of just $16 million.
But after Notre Dame burned, over $650 million has poured in in one day to rebuild it.
It is counting on this predictable outpouring of cash that I am referring to as “insurance”.
I am not endorsing this theory, just suggesting it as a possibility.
Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris is falling apart
CBS This Morning
Published on Mar 20, 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUVKcVSpg44
Save Notre-Dame de Paris!
FRANCE 24 English
Published on Aug 8, 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jpL2bZ9z7w
Fox is now partially owned by the Saudi’s, so, since the Judge Jeanine suspension, Neil and Shep are being overly cautious about questioning Islam.
At this point calling it arson is speculative.. nothing more. This is a fine argument to make that folks should speculate, but that’s all the “newstainment” industry does 24/7 anymore... editorialize and speculate.... So its funny to me that we can’t speculate that in a country that is having churches attacked on an almost daily basis, that this might indeed be an act of arson.... but we can speculate for 2 years about the impeachment of a president over NOTHING.
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