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For you quade : Apologize for what? Cal Thomas April 14, 2004 Can anyone imagine reporters during World War II asking President Franklin Roosevelt if he'd like to apologize for the number of American dead and wounded, or Harry Truman if he'd like to repent for dropping bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which forced Japan to surrender? Those were different times - when "psycho" meant you were crazy and "babble" meant you didn't make any sense. Both psycho and babble were on display at President Bush's news conference Tuesday night (April 13). Four times, by my count, reporters tried to get the president to admit he had done something wrong. What they really wanted was a huge headline: "President Admits Fault for 9/11" or, even better (from their perspective), "President Admits Mistakes in Iraq War." Frustrated by their inability to pry such words from the president, Don Gonyea from National Public Radio tried another tactic. Rather than asking a question, Gonyea made an accusation. He charged Bush with being a failure as a communicator because he uses the "same phrases" a lot and his speeches "don't vary from one to the next" and maybe that's a major reason "for your falling support." Reporters' questions don't vary a lot, either. If you didn't know the guy was from NPR, you might have guessed from the tone and ideology behind his question that he works for Al-Jazeera or the John Kerry campaign. The question may have produced the best and most persuasive response of the evening. The president said he doesn't make decisions based on polls and that he hopes "I have communicated my convictions." He added that people should know by now that "when I say something, I mean it." Why should this president apologize for toppling a murderous dictator responsible for the deaths of perhaps more than 1 million people and the rape and torture of unknown thousands of others? Why should Bush admit mistakes when he didn't start the war? That dubious honor goes to the likes of Saddam Hussein, Yasser Arafat, Osama bin Laden and terror-spawning groups named Al Qaeda, Hezbollah, Hamas, Islamic Jihad and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. Why should Bush take responsibility for an intelligence apparatus that was dysfunctional when he inherited it less than seven months earlier and, by law, was designed to continue misfunctioning until disaster struck? An apology isn't necessary because Americans are not the ones blowing themselves up and trying to take others with them. Americans don't seek territorial gains. Americans are not depriving others of humanity's most basic right - freedom. If any apologies are due, they should come from the warmongering religious fascists who fear freedom and pervert the name of God. If a mistake has been made, it is by the insurgents and terrorists who believe that the United States learned nothing from Vietnam and Mogadishu. The Bush administration knows we can't afford a replay of those conflicts. From the comfort of the East Room and the security of their mostly high salaries and many privileges, these pampered and in many cases egotistical reporters throw around words like "quagmire" and wonder if the president accepts any "personal responsibility" for 9/11. Bush declined to enter their trap. No wonder this president doesn't like prime-time news conferences. They are not used by reporters to transmit information to the public. Rather, they serve as fronts for the Kerry campaign (most journalists vote for Democrats in case you didn't know), and they are used as a platform for reporters to preen and pretend they are doing the people's business. Reporters haven't asked Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry to apologize or admit error for any of his votes in the Senate. I guess he doesn't have to because on this war, as well as so many other issues, he voted on both sides, so he can claim he was right at least once. The presidential news conference is necessary so the public can see and hear George Bush, unfiltered by some of these same sound-bite journalists who care more about how they look than about what the president says. But it is frustrating - to the public as well as the president - that in serious times too many in the media continue to play "gotcha" games. ©2004 Tribune Media Services Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!!

Even if you don't like beautiful Ann, please read her current article: http://www.anncoulter.org She slams O'Reilly pretty well and makes an excellent point about the 9/11 commission. Too bad this woman isn't into short blonde men... Vinny the Anvil

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And there has never been a Palestine. A few things wrong with this analogy....the following would be a more accurately phrased version: But if you were living in a neighborhood controlled by thugs for the past twenty five years, where the thugs murdered your neighbors and relatives at will for merely speaking out about how bad the thugs were for the neighborhood and someone were to invade your neighborhood, gave you free power and water both of which were witheld for punishment of minor infractions of a Draconian anti-free speech code for the past twenty some years, provided you with food in far greater quantity than you had been getting for a long long time, but killed just one of your children by accident while killing the thugs who had oppressed you, your family, and neighbors for the past twenty five years- would your overall impression be bad or good? Much more aptly phrased. Still incomplete, but much, much better. Ease the pain of the families? Not much would. I don't think that alone would produce terrorists were the post-war nation-building to succeed. Tenable, but extremely controversial. That would be an entirely different thread. Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!!

In order to dodge the proverbial rock of which you speak I would need to know when it was being thrown. I'd also like to know when it was coming, how large it was, from what direction it came, etc. Find that in the PDB if you can - it's not there Bill. Read what you like into the PDB Bill. Just like the leftists did with David Kay's testimony, you're hearing what you want to in order to bash the administration at all costs and NOT what's actually in there. I've read the PDB - the released version anyway - and I know what it says. You've stretched your argument on that matter thinner than phyllo - no baklava for you. 'Tis a shame, because baklava is quite tasty. Like using the Saddam-Rumsfeld photo to sway the opinions of some ignoramus bereft of any knowledge of the cold war environs or the significance of 444 days w/regards to Iran, the left will use the ignorance of the public for its own means once again. This should bother you Bill - and in a major way. You do America no favors when promoting your argument in such a manner. As I stated previously, this is a common modus operandus for the left, which is why I tend to have so much contempt for them. Vinny the Anvil Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!!

The first WTC bombing killed that many people? Nope. Think magnitude. Only OK City comes close. Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!!

Terrorists hatching plots against the US and its allies aren't a matter of historical record? Bill I know you lean left and leftists LOVE revisionist history, but that's stretching it thinner than phyllo. Given the historical fact that no foreign terror organization had done something of the 9/11 nature within the US itself, why should the Bush administration had more than 'little reason' to suspect such an attack - without the blissful benefit of hindsight? Answer: there is no reason. This 'cover-your-ass nonsense' you refer to is just that - nonsense - AND the best the leftists can come up with to attack Mr. Bush on this issue. It's critical to the Kerry campaign that the Bush Administration's actions pre-9/11 be maligned in any manner possible, so Comrades Rather, Brokaw, Jennings, the NY/LA Times, and of course CNN are endeavoring to do just that. Not to mention Messrs. Kerrey and Ben-Veniste, both reknowned for their partisanship on the 9/11 commission. You are right that I'm worried, though I assure you I'm not worried in the sense you believe (Bush's record in the matter under discussion here stands for itself more than adequately). I have long maintained that misleading the American public for partisan purposes inevitably damages our nation in some manner. This is one (of many) reasons I have a major, major, major, major, major, major (ad infinitum) problem with the American left and their conduct over the last two decades - and to be fair, w/Republicans as well in a few cases. Convincing the less-than-average intellects in the electorate that a sitting president and his national security infrastructure either through their own incompetence or consent allowed 9/11 to happen is both an outright lie AND the goal of the leftists PR campaign. In the abstract, what makes this more sickening is that the party endeavoring to inspire a lack of confidence in government is the same party that wants to have the government take on more and more responsibility for the average citizen. Inspiring a lack of confidence in the government's ability & desire to defend its citizens harms any nation-state - America being no exception. Liberals are doing just that. If you want to dissent - fine, that's healthy and welcomed by all. Spreading cancerous lies as the left is doing here (and elsewhere) harms America, and I have no tolerance for that. Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!!

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There is no Palestine. Of course it would. Your inference that all Iraqi civilians see US troops doing is killing their friends and families is lost on those of us who have friends & family actually in Iraq right now. They see US troops providing medical care, restoring water and power, arresting thugs (and shooting them), and doing many many other good things - daily. This bad press is EXACTLY what our terrorist enemies should like to see. Since many in the media seem so keen on this inane Vietnam-Iraq comparison, here's a non-inane analogy for them that is definitely true: the media hurt the US war effort in Vietnam with its biased coverage; it's hurting the US war effort against terror with its biased coverage. That's a FAR more tenable argument and the ones they've previously presented. Perhaps they'll run with that. I doubt it. Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!!

She's just lucky her name isn't Mary Jo - Kerry IS from Massachusetts after all... Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!!

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You call those specific? Surely you jest. The liberals and their media syncophants are on a PR campaign implying that Bush knew 9/11 was going to happen and didn't do enough. This effort to blame the man for 9/11 is disgraceful - almost as much as Kerrey/Ben-Veniste's questioning of Dr. Rice, but not quite; they really outdid themselves there. The real disgrace is that some folks seem to actually buy into such hogwash. What is not only disgraceful but disgusting is that the leftists know it's hogwash. They also know that a good portion of the electorate (many comprising their base) are stupid enough to believe it - hence their campaign to publicize such garbage as much as possible. I maintain that said stupidity is due in no small part to the Herculean efforts of the NEA to ensure any effort to hold teachers accountable to any sort of standard is either defeated or watered down into impotency, but that's a topic for another thread. Specific enough info to have prevented 9/11 without benefit of hindsight? Bill - you know better. As do the buffoons spouting such drivel. Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!!

...ahhh...how the liberal media is making fools of themselves so...still waiting on some CNN/ABC/NBC/ABC coverage of Senator Dodd's comments on everyone's favorite KKKlansman. Nice article by Joel Mowbray. Michele Malkin's article today (found at http://www.townhall.com) is also quite nice. New York Times’ Bush Smear Campaign Joel Mowbray April 14, 2004 | On Saturday, the New York Times—adhering to the P.T. Barnum school of journalism—screamed on its front page that President Bush was warned “that supporters of Osama bin Laden planned an attack within the United States with explosives and wanted to hijack airplanes.” To drive home the point that “Bush lied,” the Times informed readers, “The disclosure appears to contradict the White House’s repeated assertions that the briefing the president received about the Qaeda threat was ‘historical’ in nature and that the White House had little reason to suspect a Qaeda attack within American borders.” The source for this most sensational of charges, that the President was given some kind of advance warning of 9/11 and then lied about it? A single “government official.” It took the release of the document for the public to realize that it contained no sort of advance warning. What the Times did is akin to a psychic telling a poor sap that he sees “the color blue” and “the letter D”—and the sucker plays along by remarking, “Amazing! My brother David’s favorite color is blue!” To wit, here’s a rundown of the PDB: Near the top of the briefing, Bush was told, “Bin Ladin since 1997 has wanted to conduct terrorist attacks in the US.” Sounds “historical.” Soon after is a morsel that Bush critics, including the Times, have chewed endlessly: “Bin Ladin told followers he wanted to retaliate in Washington.” But as the briefing notes just before, this threat was made “[a]fter US missile strikes on his base in Afghanistan in 1998.” In other words, a “threat” that was three years old by that point, or if you will, “historical” in nature. The briefing then runs through al Qaeda’s role in both the foiled “millennium” plot to bomb Los Angeles International Airport in 1999 and the successful bombings of the U.S. Embassies in East Africa in 1998. Again, “historical.” (So “historical” was most of this information, in fact, that Bush wouldn’t have needed a top-secret briefing; a newspaper would have sufficed.) Near the end of the PDB, two references have received the extraordinary media attention: that “Bin Ladin wanted to hijack a US aircraft” and that the FBI had detected al Qaeda activity suggesting “preparations for hijackings or other types of attacks.” But the kind of hijacking suggested in the briefing was one “to gain the release of ‘Blind Shaykh’ ‘Umar’ Abd al-Rahman and other US-held extremists.” And the only suspicious activity highlighted in the document was “recent surveillance of federal buildings in New York.” Yes, it mentions “New York,” but that’s an awfully big place, chock-full of ripe targets—and the World Trade Center was not a “federal building.” Caught red-handed misstating the facts, the Times gave the following quasi-clarification that same evening in a news story on the declassified document: “But the briefing did not point to any specific time or place of attack and did not warn that planes could be used as missiles.” The article’s next paragraph, however, promptly returned to the Times’ campaign to paint Bush as a liar: “But the page-and-a-quarter-long document showed that Mr. Bush was given more specific and contemporary information about terrorist threats than the White House had previously acknowledged.” What “specific” and “contemporary” information exactly? Referencing possible “hijackings or other types of attacks” is about as “specific” as a “yellow” versus “orange” terror alert. In short, there was nothing new, specific, or actionable in the much-ballyhooed PDB. Naysayers will point to the “hijacking” reference, but there was no mechanism in place to respond to a vague threat of a hijacking in fall 2001. The bureaucracies were broken. The FAA barely functioned, and Boston’s Logan International Airport was but one of many with near-nonexistent security. The ugly truth is that directing the massive U.S. bureaucracy to respond to the previously ignored threat of radical Islam in fall 2001 is like the Titanic captain steering once he spotted the iceberg. After all, it is clear to anyone who reads the briefing that there was sadly nothing specific in it that Bush could have acted on in order to prevent 9/11. Anyone, that is, except the New York Times. Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!!

*** We've killed 9000 innocent people in Iraq so far who have done nothing but have the misfortune to be in front of a bullet or under a bomb. Innocent people _do_ die during wars, and their families become tomorrow's 9/11 hijackers.*** Odd that no American hijackers have been seen then. Or Israeli hijackers. Or Bali hijackers. These people are not pre-ordained to become tomorrow's hijackers - 'tis the environs in which such people are raised that will determine if they become hijackers or not (among many other varaiables). Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!!

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