Liberal Media Greater threat than terrorism

ravingdave · Post by **ravingdave** » Sun Jun 28, 2009 10:27 pm

Why are there no News Media Stringers in Iran ?

http://wintersoldier2008.typepad.com/su ... -iran.html

Interesting idea.

David

nuclearnoob · Post by **nuclearnoob** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 6:29 am

The media has been banned from reporting on the demonstrations for a while now. That's why the media is full of phonecam footage submitted by the protesters themselves. People who have tried to report or who have been caught doing the phonecam thing have been arrested or beaten or both. That's why there are no stringers reporting from Iran. Being arrested by the Iranian government is no joke. The protests got plenty of coverage in the media recently, which is surprising, since dangerous protests in foreign countries don't usually get covered at all.

MSimon · Post by **MSimon** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 9:46 pm

David,

Opium use was never eradicated in China. You think they have some special secret sauce which can eliminate black markets and official corruption?

Too bad the Soviets didn't find out what it was before their demise.

You assume that because the free press in China does not report on their drug problems, they have none of any significant magnitude. Touching.

But I get it. You are easily propitiated by the right kind of human sacrifice. Line up 10 or 20 people. Call them drug dealers. Chop off their heads. Which to you proves that China for the most part that has solved its drug problem. At least in so far as public relations goes I would agree.

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The Maoist view on the eradication of opiate addiction in China:

http://revcom.us/a/china/opium.htm

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http://www.nytimes.com/1991/10/27/world ... ckers.html

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The UN loves China's drug policy:

http://www.china.org.cn/international/2 ... 023911.htm

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Nice anti-drug ceremony:

http://www.china.org.cn/international/2 ... 3911_2.htm

Sadly no chopped heads. Still you can see something is being done. Fires, fire cauldrons. Fire stirrers in snazzy uniforms. Lovely pictures - from China's official news agency.

ravingdave · Post by **ravingdave** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 1:13 pm

ANOTHER example of the inbred relationship between Media people and Democrats.

Daren Briscoe, a Newsweek correspondent who was embedded with Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign, has taken a job with the Obama administration, according to an email sent to a listserv of his classmates at the Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism.

http://spectator.org/blog/2009/07/27/ne ... respondent

David

ravingdave · Post by **ravingdave** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 2:41 pm

http://therealbarackobama.wordpress.com ... watchdogs/

David

MSimon · Post by **MSimon** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 3:44 pm

ravingdave wrote:ANOTHER example of the inbred relationship between Media people and Democrats.

Daren Briscoe, a Newsweek correspondent who was embedded with Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign, has taken a job with the Obama administration, according to an email sent to a listserv of his classmates at the Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism.

http://spectator.org/blog/2009/07/27/ne ... respondent

David

I posted the link plus an excerpt to an anti-prohibitionist list. There was no comment.

ravingdave · Post by **ravingdave** » Tue Aug 04, 2009 6:36 pm

Democrat Reporters now in government.

http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2009/ ... -work.html

David

jmc · Post by **jmc** » Tue Aug 11, 2009 5:04 pm

I clicked on your link under the picture of the dead dog. Read the article, clicked on the link to Obama being the second most unpopular president in history, it said: The Story has been removed.

ravingdave · Post by **ravingdave** » Tue Aug 11, 2009 8:38 pm

jmc wrote:I clicked on your link under the picture of the dead dog. Read the article, clicked on the link to Obama being the second most unpopular president in history, it said: The Story has been removed.

Yeah, I verified that. The "Washington Times" is supposed to be the "conservative" newspaper in Washington D.C., so it's surprising that they would remove a story critical to Obama. I have two theories that might explain it. (1) They discovered something wrong with their data and pulled it out of embarrassment. (2) They were pressured to remove it by the owners/editors because of Social pressure from the Washington D.C. social group.

Don't know. In any case, it's really too early to Declare Obama the Second Worst President. I'm thinking the guy is talented enough to make it all the way to Number 1 !

David

MSimon · Post by **MSimon** » Tue Aug 11, 2009 8:42 pm

ravingdave wrote:
jmc wrote:I clicked on your link under the picture of the dead dog. Read the article, clicked on the link to Obama being the second most unpopular president in history, it said: The Story has been removed.

Yeah, I verified that. The "Washington Times" is supposed to be the "conservative" newspaper in Washington D.C., so it's surprising that they would remove a story critical to Obama. I have two theories that might explain it. (1) They discovered something wrong with their data and pulled it out of embarrassment. (2) They were pressured to remove it by the owners/editors because of Social pressure from the Washington D.C. social group.

Don't know. In any case, it's really too early to Declare Obama the Second Worst President. I'm thinking the guy is talented enough to make it all the way to Number 1 ! :)

David

There is a third non paranoid theory. The link expired. Some newspapers do that.

jmc · Post by **jmc** » Tue Aug 11, 2009 9:46 pm

I think Obama probably has his heart in the right place and would be a great president for America during an economic boom where there's plenty of money (More educational opportunities for all, universal healthcare not just for the rich etc.)

I fear that he has all the wrong instincts for someone to preside over a recession however, I don't see him reducing spending anytime soon I can see deficits growing and growing and growing, I could see him printing money and I could see the US dollar following in the trail of the Zimbawean dollar in terms of value.

ravingdave · Post by **ravingdave** » Tue Aug 11, 2009 10:01 pm

jmc wrote:I think Obama probably has his heart in the right place and would be a great president for America during an economic boom where there's plenty of money (More educational opportunities for all, universal healthcare not just for the rich etc.)

I fear that he has all the wrong instincts for someone to preside over a recession however, I don't see him reducing spending anytime soon I can see deficits growing and growing and growing, I could see him printing money and I could see the US dollar following in the trail of the Zimbawean dollar in terms of value.

Well, to paraphrase "The Man-Lesbian" at a website called "The Hostages"

"This country would be better governed by blindfolded baby retarded howler monkeys."

Obama has never had a real job in his life. He went straight from going to college, into administering government grants. It is Obama's ilk (meaning his philosophical compatriots ) that have caused the recession/depression, and therefore they are uniquely un-qualified to fix it. It's like hiring an arsonist to put out the fire.

It is astonishing that someone who has never run a business as large as a lemonade stand is now spending us into poverty, and somehow that will make things better.

David

Betruger · Post by **Betruger** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 12:13 am

jmc wrote:I think Obama probably has his heart in the right place and would be a great president for America during an economic boom where there's plenty of money (More educational opportunities for all, universal healthcare not just for the rich etc.)

I fear that he has all the wrong instincts for someone to preside over a recession however, I don't see him reducing spending anytime soon I can see deficits growing and growing and growing, I could see him printing money and I could see the US dollar following in the trail of the Zimbawean dollar in terms of value.

What? Waste is waste regardless of whether there's excess budget margin to mask it.

jmc · Post by **jmc** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 8:56 pm

Disagree. I think your mixing up wealth production and wealth allocation.

I take the view that raw unfettered capitalism is the most effective system at producing raw GDP. But it highly unjust at allocating it.

Socialism is better and fairer at allocating wealth but no good at producing it in the first place.

Universal Education and Health care are not "waste" although they are expensive. Nontheless any country that can afford to have them should have them.

MSimon · Post by **MSimon** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 9:03 pm

Universal Education and Health care are not "waste" although they are expensive. Nontheless any country that can afford to have them should have them.

Maybe not. Where do people go when they want the best medical care in the world? Britain's NHS? I don't think so.

When Canadians want to get out of Canada's health care que they come to America.

Every thing comes at a price. Including speed and quality.

Do you want advancing health care technology? A for profit system works best. Do you want minimal cheap and rationed (by ques) care? Then a so called "universal" system is satisfactory.

Which country is producing the new treatments and drugs? (generally) I can tell you it isn't France.