American Warmonger

Hugo Chavez Controls The Media

This is absolutely true. There is no way to even debate the issue. The last independent news broadcaster RCTV in Venezuela was not given a licence renewal by Chavez today. It has been reported that this broadcaster, as well as the other broadcasters before it, have been part of a corrupt minority with the intent of overthrowing Chavez. Now the only news available on the Venezuelan airwaves is state sponsored. LINK

Now considering all the media is now state sponsored can it really be trusted to tell the truth? Could the reports of corrupt news media be true or could it simply be state sponsored propaganda. I'm sure there's a good example of a government that controls it's media that is truely a free country....okay, yes, that was sarcasm.

Anyway, it's up for you to decide it it's a good or bad thing. Personally, I don't trust Chavez in the least. If your political savvy drives you to call a statesman (President Bush in this case) the devil you're no better than a schoolyard bully.

There appears to be a rift in media outlets though. Reuters and several others are supporting the lock-down being imposed by Chavez while others like FOX, CNN and the Associate Press are taking the freedom route. If anything this should be a good delimeter in determining where different news organizations stand with regards to freedom of the press, their bread and butter.

Red Shirt Fridays

So I got this email a couple days back about wearing red on Fridays to show your solidarity with the troops. I checked Snopes and it goes back as far as 2005. Nothing new. I missed the boat on something.

Very soon, you will see a great many people wearing Red every Friday. The reason? Americans who support our troops used to be called the “silent majority.” We are no longer silent, and are voicing our love for God, country and home in record breaking numbers. We are not organized, boisterous or overbearing.

Many Americans, like you, me and all our friends, simply want to
recognize that the vast majority of America supports our troops. Our
idea of showing solidarity and support for our troops with dignity and
respect starts this Friday — and continues each and every Friday until
the troops all come home, sending a deafening message that … every red-blooded American who supports our men and women afar, will wear something red.

By word of mouth, press, TV — let’s make the United States on every Friday a sea of red much like a homecoming football game in the bleachers. If every one of us who loves this country will share this
with acquaintances, coworkers, friends, and family, it will not be long
before the USAis covered in RED and it will let our troops know the once “silent” majority is on their side more than ever, certainly more than the media lets on.

The first thing a soldier says when asked “What can we do to make
things better for you?” is …”We need your support and your prayers.”
Let’s get the word out and lead with class and dignity, by example, and wear something red every Friday.

IF YOU AGREE — THEN PASS THIS ON.

WE LIVE IN THE LAND OF THE FREE, ONLY BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE!!

So here I am, trying to find a damned red shirt in my closet. Welcome to Friday!

Full Text of Immigration Bill

With commentary. Just not my commentary. Every time I start looking into the bill I get gas. Not the regular kind of gas the "I'm about to have an ulcer and the smell proves it" kind of gas...Okay, yeah. You probably didn't need to hear about that.

Anyway, Ogre has done some nice work on the bad bill, including the full text. Believe it or not his commentary is deathly accurate. I even went so far as to check up on what he said....and I'm getting that gas again...just go read it if you have a strong stomach. The truth involved is painful.

Newsom - Christian Blackout is a Fallacy!

I have to admit I was sucked into this too. I was sure that none of the mainstream media had touched this. I checked my google news and found nothing. I looked at Snopes and found what I thought was the truth. Well, we've been had. The Associated Press wrote multiple stories on this case. Both Fox News and ABC News published these reports. There was no blackout on this incident. It's just one of many sad, sad stories that didn't grow legs.

Does this make the story any less gruesome? No. Could there still be underlying race issues in the case? Yes. All that happened was a sick, sad, grotesque case didn't get read by Paula Zahn or Emma Pemaraju. It's one of many sad cases that go by the wayside.

I'm not here to bring anybody down about this case. I still believe it has legs that people have overlooked. I would just like to set the record straight about things. The mainstream media did cover the case.

Missed Brutality - The Christian Newsome Murders

I'll be writing more people later. Here's the starter:

Sean,

I'm not sure if you've seen this or not, but it deserves a bit more media attention than what it's getting. In January there was a brutal double kidnapping, rape and murder of Channon Christian and Christopher Newsom in Tennessee. It's a completely legitimate story. Local news articles, a wikipedia entry and a snopes entry all exist on this. Unfortunately, there are no entries for Fox News, CBS, MSNBC, ABC, NYT, etc. for this horrific event. One possible explanation for this lack of outrage is that the perpatrators are all black while the victims were white. I understand how some things can get missed but there is a growing number of people concerned about this. If you go bring this to light it would help a great deal.

Thank you

Validity links:

Charlie Daniels speaks:
http://www.charliedaniels.com/soapbox-2007-050707.htm

Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channon_Christian_and_Christopher_Newsom_Murder

Snopes:
http://www.snopes.com/politics/crime/newsom.asp

Local coverage:
http://www.knoxnews.com/kns/local_news/article/0,1406,KNS_347_5277265,00.html

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Sent to:
http://www.hannity.com/index/contact-form
http://boortz.com/cgi-bin/mail.cgi?id=boortz
Rush doesn't allow incoming mail unless you pay him....ass...

A letter to Pelosi: Try this Timeline.

Dear Speaker of the House Pelosi,

I am a drilling reservist for the Navy that will soon be feeling the effects of the current empasse detailed in the emergency war spending bill. The funding for my September drill has already been redirected to the Army withy August's drill funding soon to be reallocated. If something is not put forward that will be passable to the President soon more than just reservist drill pay will have to be redirected. Next to come will be support services and many people may lose their jobs.

Now I'm not writing to pester you to give in to the President. I wouldn't have bothered if I didn't think there is a possible solution to this standoff. There is a viable solution that should satisfy those that want to "stay the course" and those that want a timetable for withdrawal.

We are all well aware that the President will veto anything coming from the legislature setting a definitive timeline for withdrawal. This point has been proven. However, if this timetable came from the Iraqi government itself he should have no recourse but to follow the will of the freely elected Iraqi people. Presently, there is such a bill being worked on that will more than likely pass the Iraqi legislature in some form or another. Current rumors state that this will be a "non-binding" resolution but you can do more with it and solve the standoff at the same time.

All you have to do is tie the emergency war spending bill to the timeline set forth by the Iraqi government. Simply make it so the milestones set forth in the Iraqi bill are required to be enforced by the U.S. Government. This will enable the house and senate with a descript timeline and will also provide the president with a method of "following the will of the Iraqi people". It would be a win-win situation in my opinion.

Thank you for your time,

Respectfully,

Jeremy H. Bol

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Sent to here:
http://www.speaker.gov/contact/

An Iraqi Pullout I Might Agree With.

No, I'm not talking about anything proposed by the U.S. Government. I'm talking to the bill on the table in Iraq. It's being explained as "a non-binding agreement" for Americans to leave. LINK

Iraqi MPs are gathering votes to force their government to set a deadline for US forces to withdraw from the country and think they have a majority, a leading Shi’ite politician said yesterday.

Hey, if the Iraqis think they got a handle on things by all means let them take control. I'm a tad sceptical since this is at least partially an "Al Sadr" drive, but if Iraq's government is cool with it we should all be cool with it. After all, it's their country isn't it?

A Model Arabic Country

I'm talking about Turkey.

IZMIR, Turkey (AP) -- Hundreds of thousands of secular Turks demonstrated on the seafront of Turkey's third-largest city on Sunday, fearful that the Islamic-rooted government is conspiring to impose religious values on society.

At least some arabs are willing to fight for their secular freedom. For some reason I doubt there will ever be a reason for the U.S. to invade Turkey. They seem to have themselves under control.

Edit:
Oh my! It appears has boosted the numbers of attendees and added some pictures! No, the sea of red does not mark the return of communism. It's simply another color of freedom of religion. They're saying no to sharia.

Here's the article.

And an quote (note, this is the fourth rally this month and nobody murdered.)

IZMIR, Turkey (Reuters) - At least a million people took to the streets in Turkey's third city on Sunday for the fourth major rally in a month against the Islamist-rooted government ahead of elections in July.

I really want to steal the Reuters photos, but I'm not going to do that. I'll just point you to them:

PHOTOS

Here's one from Eitb:

Just awe inspiring.

Concepts in Global Warming

Sixteen bazillion scientists can't be wrong! Or can it be smoke and mirrors? No, I'm not going to say that global warming doesn't exist. It probably does. There are, however, some rather inconvenient truths about the hysteria:

This is pretty much where my opinion lies.