kOs kiDdies can't handle the truth

Currently there is a diary near the top of the recent diary list that attacks
Hillary Clinton for a supposed bigoted comment. The sources the diarist cites
are not credible, to say the least, and are more correctly described as right
wing websites.

I will not link to this diary as 1) I expect it to be deleted
by diarist soon, and 2) I will not spread such filth any further.

But this does raise an opportunity to discuss the First Rule of the Primary Wars. It is expected that there will be diaries criticial of any and all candidates during
this time. No one can complain about that. Indeed, your candidate will not be
our nominee unless he or she can survive our scruntiny. But, when writing such
diaries critical of a candidate, you may not now or ever use source material
that emanates from the right wing or Republicans to support your criticisms or
attacks.

If your source is NewsMax, delete the diary.
If your source is Insight, delete the diary.
If your source is Drudge, delete the diary.
If your source is Free Republic, consider suicide.

Daily Kos will not be used as a Right Wing echo chamber, for they already have enough echo chambers of their own.

h/t Mr. Johnson

Apparent Media Disinformation

AP ROME — Iraq's prime minister said security forces would have better
control over their country if the United States had equipped them with more —
and better — weapons, speaking during an interview in which he was deeply
critical of Washington, an Italian daily reported Thursday. Reporter Corriere della Sera

Only problem.

It isn't true.

Gateway Pundit is all over this and I got this information from his incredible website:

But, NOT ONE of the international articles included this from his press
conference (translated from Maliki's website):

"We feel and know the great help the United States and
President Bush gave us (IRAQ). They rescued Iraq from oppression and
dictatorship and helped set up the current democratic government in Iraq, even
though it still needs to mature fully, and the freedom Iraqis enjoy. None of
this would have happened without the effort (of the USA) and hard work...""Our
success is Presidents Bush's success and America's success and failure will
affect both of us."

Here's where we get to the truth on what was really said at the press conference...Iraqi American Haider Ajina wrote in an email on what Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki really said in his press conference:

Greetings Jim,I looked at al-Maliki's personal web page and read the official spokesperson comments. Maliki's comments were taken completely out of context and even reported inaccurately. The news first was reported by an Italian paper totally inaccurately. I will get more details and get back to you.

It is interesting that the media missed Maliki's announcement of the arrest of over 400 Mahdi army people, in spite of the strong support he has from Muktada. Maliki is doing this to show that he will punish all who do not obey the law.

By the way, Muktada's party said they will come back to the Parliament. They left, if you remember, when Maliki went to Jordan to talk with President Bush, now they are back with their tails between their legs....

Regards,Haider Ajina

Later, Haider Ajina writes back with more:
I have read the interview Maliki gave to a number of Western papers. They have taken his comments completely out of context.

Maliki even accused the LA Times person of asking devilish or tricky misleading questions.

The LA Times person was trying to put words in Maliki's mouth and Maliki rebutted him.

Maliki said in his interview that Iraqis have their freedom because of the sacrifices and help of the USA and President Bush and Iraq is grateful. This they did not report.

This is Maliki's personal web page, it is not in English. The link take you directly to the interview of the 17th...

http://www.iraqi-pm.org/mukabalat.htmIt is very maddening how the papers twist what he said and even make up stuff.

What we have known for years, actually since I was a child (back when dirt was young), is now being documented. The press may not have just an agenda, it has the lies to back that agenda up.

Why not join the crusade to find their "holy grail" from which their truth lies spring from?

(Gateway Pundit story)

Juan Cole - Intellectual Despot

In doing other research I came upon Martin Kramer and his Sandbox. Interesting reading. very.

As the anti-freedom worker bees move forward to undermine the people of Iraq and stab our troops in the back, I find it informative to learn how "intellectuals" were brought back in line starting as far back as 2004.

But since Professor Cole still needs help with his memory, let me add this quote to the litany (April 1, 2003):

I hold on to the belief that the Baath regime in Iraq has been virtually
genocidal (no one talks about the fate of the Marsh Arabs) and that having
it removed cannot in the end be a bad thing. That's what I tell anxious
parents of our troops over there; it is a noble enterprise to remove the
Baath, even if so many other justifications for the war are crumbling.

You've got the mise-en-scene? The much-titled expert reassures anxious parents of service personnel that their sons and daughters are risking their lives in a "noble enterprise." Now read this passage, which Cole wrote over a year later (April 23, 2004):

I would not have been willing to risk my own life to dislodge Saddam Hussein
from power. And, I would certainly not have been willing to see my son risk
his. So apparently the "noble enterprise" wasn't that noble, at least in
retrospect. For it's only in retrospect that Cole came to see the "noble
enterprise" as a "terrible idea."

Only in retrospect did a war to depose Saddam look to him like
a "bad idea," since at the time he thought it "cannot in the end be a bad
thing." When war began, he thought it would be "worth the sacrifices." Only in
retrospect did he decide it wasn't even worth the risks.

"Intellectuals" like Juan Cole are not just self aggrandizing losers, they are liars. dangerous ones.

Liberal losers and their "new" Vietnam

Robert Redford and all the fools at Sundance
Brett Morgen and his nostalgic look at the Chicago Seven and the riots that tore the city apart

These are just two of the people trying desperately to tie Vietnam to Iraq and if they succeed with this they will then tie Cambodia (and Pol Pot) to Afghanistan. And on and on. It is all about giving a Gucci a chance to give their "peace" a chance. That means millions are going to die. again.

Mr. Redford, you want an apology to be made? Please do and while you're at it, also apologize to our troops, the people of Iraq, Afghanistan, Lebanon, Israel, Vietnam and Cambodia. You may not believe it, but the tortured dead will hear it and maybe then you will have finally truly given something back to mankind.

In the meantime, please shut up.

Liberal sod - Astroturfing

I have been doing research sparked by the great signage and cohesive message of protesters in non-English speaking countries from around the world. I have a background in graphics and message and I thought that, say in Indonesia, the protesters had a better "branding" of message than many US companies. I've shown a few examples here.

This led me to noticing the same thing with C.A.I.R. and other "islamic" groups only interested in saving America the pain of defeat and extending their handful of left over virgins in the next life. All for peace. They were using the same language and strawman all over the country in their "spontaneous" fits of indignation.

This is called astroturfing (via Wkipedia):

In politics and advertising, the term astroturfing describes formal public
relations (PR) campaigns which seek to create the impression of being a
spontaneous, grassroots behavior. Hence the reference to the "AstroTurf"
(artificial grass) is a metaphor to indicate "fake grassroots" support.

The goal of such campaign is to disguise the agenda of a political client as an
independent public reaction to some political entity —a politician, political
group, product, service, event. Astroturfers attempt to orchestrate the actions
of apparently diverse and geographically distributed individuals, by both overt
("outreach," "awareness," etc.) and covert (disinformation) means. Astroturfing
may be undertaken by anything from an individual pushing their own personal
agenda through to highly organised professional groups with financial backing
from large corporations.

Today I had the privilege of reading the Mudville Gazette who has much more chronicling the left's use of astroturfing in their worldwide effort to destroy America's war in Iraq, nee America's war on islamofascists. In this case Mudville delves into the millions spent to use dummy groups working with front companies to make it appear that the nation's citizens are working independently of their own conscience.

Did you really think that simple "soldiers", concerned "mothers" like Cindy Sheehan and women and children in countries around the world produced press events and media images all on their own?

Go read more about the campaign to destroy America here.

Mailbu Evening News

At a time of shameless pandering to neo-con wannabes, the Bush
administration has sunk to new lows. In an effort to give false hope to the
average working person, oil prices have dropped to its lowest level in 20 months as local temperatures dramatically dropped.

“It’s suspicious to me,” stated Cindy Vacuine of Malibu, CA, “ I mean, I think they’ve tied gas glutting to their effort to screw with global warming warnings”, this in reference to snow falls throughout the normally placid area.

One celebrity’s eloquent rage was controlled. “We built this beautiful structure to resemble a Japanese tea house” said Christian Love, while sadly looking at his 5 car garage with the rice paper roof sagging sadly in the cold. “That manipulating bastard sits in Washington, just toying with us. We know the truth. Cold weather like this and he thinks cheap gas is going to decoy us?”

Personal investment counselor, Consuello Vincente Fox, IV said “I came up with the formula for cold sore makeup. I know how to disguise truth from the people! My Uncle may have fooled the President, but he can’t fool me.” Fox is in town to hold therapy sessions for people that have had to juggle heat bills and the tragic conflict in the Middle East. “How can we have lower costs for petroleum as soldiers ravage the
land above it and how can it be snowing as Mother Earth is suffering the aches,
pains and fevers of humans ravaging her beautiful face? Someone is lying and we
all know who.”

“This is not childless policy making without consequences.” stated Sen. Barbara Boxer. “Who is responsible and who is going to pay for lower gas prices and the lower cost of home heating fuel as this cold kills innocent Latino babies in our major California cities? The rich can go to their offices and schools to stay warm and avoid the horrors of snow, but we, the working people, must once again suffer the bad management of global warming by politicians in Washington that just want to keep their names in the news!” as her staff swept her off to for a flight to meet with President Bush to voice her concerns.

Tomorrow: 75 degrees and sunny.

Next, urban fashion and Canadian Health Care and you.

Pelosi gives Silvestre Reyes his orders

"We have to consider the need for additional troops to be in Iraq, to take
out the militias and stabilize Iraq," the Texas Democrat said to the surprise of
many, "I would say 20,000 to 30,000."

Then came President Bush's expected announcement last week, virtually
matching Mr. Reyes' recommendation and argument word-for-word -- albeit the
president proposed only 21,500 troops.

Wouldn't you know, hours after Mr. Bush announced his proposal, Mr. Reyes told the El Paso Times that such a troop buildup was unthinkable.

"We don't have the capability to escalate even to this minimum level," he
said.

Cliff Palace, late afternoon. Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado, USA.

Hagel, Snowe - New Progressive Caucus members?

From Wikipedia -

Congressional Progressive Caucus

Ideology
According to their website, the CPC advocates universal health care, fair trade agreements, living wage laws, the right of all workers to organize into labor unions and engage in strike actions and collective bargaining, the abolition of significant portions of the USA PATRIOT Act, the legalization of gay marriage, strict campaign finance reform laws, a complete pullout from the war in Iraq, a crackdown on corporate crime and what they see as corporate welfare, an increase in income tax on the wealthy, tax cuts for the poor, and an increase in welfare spending by the
federal government.


Supporting organizations
An array of national progressive organizations will work to support the efforts of the caucus, including the Institute for Policy Studies, The Nation Magazine, Moveon.org, National Priorities Project, Jobs with Justice Campaign, Peace Action, Americans
for Democratic Action, and Progressive Democrats of America. Also co-sponsoring the kickoff event were the NAACP, ACLU, Progressive Majority, League of United Latin American Citizens, Rainbow/Push Coalition, National Council of La Raza, Hip Hop Caucus, Human Rights Campaign, Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs, and the National Hip Hop Political Convention. The CPC has long maintained cordial ties with the Democratic Socialists of America, which hosted its website during the 1990s.

So, Hagel and Snowe have joined with a group like this that is anti-American, pro-racist, Socialist and likes really bad music. I did some work in Nebraska earlier this year and had the opportunity to speak with a lot of political people who are stunned at the arrogance and stupidity that Hagel is experiencing.

Other potential wusses;
Gordon Smith
Susan Collins
Norm Coleman
Sam Brownback
George Voinovich

May they all drive with Ted Kennedy or go camping with Barney Franks.

Other great posts concerning this

7.62mmJustice

My Vast Rightwing Conspiracy

The face of defeat or the look of love

Wednesday, January 17, 2007

Biden, Hagel and Levin

Just like the flying Imams, they are seeing how far they can push and how much press they can get.

Another republican, Olympia Snowe is going to join the Democrats.

Can other losers like Voinivich and Smith be far behind?

Dems against surge or How to pander to a base of nuts

Hagel now working with the Progressives in Congress?

Thanks to Weapons of Mass Discussion

UPDATE:

Yep, sure 'nough, it is Chucky Cheese with the equally Levin and Biden.

Hagel denied that the sponsors were defeatist, or were trying to assign
blame to Bush, or had political motives, even though he and Biden are expected
to run for president.

"No one wants to see this country humiliated, defeated, or in any way lose
its purpose," he said. "There is no moral high ground that one group of senators
has over the others."

This guy thinks he is Presidential material? Is he going to pick Dennis "the menace" Kucinich to be his Veep or appoint him as the 1st head of the U.S. Peace Department?

Two peas in a pod.

After 175 years I guess their mission did change

IA World Headquarters staff on break, but still vigilant

Wonder why Justice wears a blindfold?

Attorney Found Naked In Courthouse With 14-Year-Old

Duke 88 strike again

There have been public calls to the authors to retract the ad or apologize for
it, as well as calls for action against them and attacks on their character. We
reject all of these. We think the ad's authors were right to give voice to the
students quoted, whose suffering is real. We also acknowledge the pain that has
been generated by what we believe is a misperception that the authors of the ad
prejudged the rape case.

Bullshit! This group of faculty at Duke University did prejudge. The group of 88 prejudged Duke and all of America. They used the Duke Lacrosse Team as whipping boys to further their argument that racial and sexual discrimination proudly exist at Duke and throughout the United States. Their personal and professional standing is predicated on this thesis. Now, donning their superhero capes of indignation, they say they were misjudged.

They must be very stupid to think we are that ignorant.

Protein Wisdom

Jeff Goldstein is back and this is just one reason I hope he is really back for good.

Point is, Campos’ entire piece is nothing but a showy attack on war supporters
like Bill Kristol and Glenn Reynolds (and to even a lesser extent, unmentioned
nobodies like me), and a paean to himself for his own presumed sagacity.
Never mind that Iraq hasn’t been decided, that Michael Yon is
calling it winnable, that the US has not lost a single ground battle,
etc. Campos can’t wait for such things. He appears correct, to the
untrained eye, right now, and so, like an excitable puppy proud of defeating his
first slipper, he has laid his tattered argument at our feet—while
simultaneously pissing all over the rug.

Liberals hate an attempted debate with Jeff because he understands their game, rhetoric and intellectual dishonesty. He says it is because he used to be one of them.

Add him to your blogroll. He slices and dices.

Benny Parsons - RIP

The gentle giant of NASCAR, Benny Parsons, passed away on Tuesday. BP was loved by everyone, even those he raced hard against.

"Parsons made 526 starts from 1964 until his 1988 retirement. He ended his
career with 283 top-10 finishes, led at least one lap in 192 races and finished
no lower than fifth in the points from 1972 to 1980."

He will be missed by a whole lot of people and he will be sorely missed by those who had the great privilege to know him.

Pittman, Ginn and Gonzalez

Three guys that do not know where their bread is buttered.

Going pro.

They are leaving their team in the lurch.

Some will hope they do well and make a lot of money.

I believe in loyalty.

They do not.

How sad is that?

Gonzalez is the biggest disappointment. I thought he was 300 Spartan material. He appeared to be #1 material. He wasn't and is not.

Sad.

They are all losers.

Maybe they hope to get an extra Hummer with their pay. May they get one, because that is all they have shown they are worth. Oh, and maybe an extra piece of bling.

I hate traitors.

I love Ohio. It is a good state.

China teens casual about one-night stands: poll

Well, I never was casual about them!

Jeez, kids these days

Crooked House