Filed under: War
The Media Research Center released the results of a study which analyses the Iraq war reporting of ABC, CBS, and NBC. Specifically the study identifies the amount of time the networks spent reporting on the alleged military misconduct in Hadith verses the reporting of heroic soldiers who earned military honors. The breakdown is as follows:
Between May 17th and June 7th, ABC, CBS, and NBC aired 99 stories on the alleged military misconduct which totaled three and a half hours of coverage within three weeks. In contrast those networks only gave 52 minutes of coverage to soldiers who earned military honors… in 5 years. Also, 14 of the 20 American soldiers who received the highest recognition for bravery were not mentioned at all.
So what kind of effect does this have on the soldiers in Iraq?
About a year ago, a group of soldiers returning from Iraq released a rap album, entitled "Live From Iraq" they had written while at war. The chorus for the song "Integrity" (something many in the mainstream media do not have) reads as follows:
F— is these people talking bout
Soldiers catchin charges now
Sure we make mistakes
But every soldier heres a target now
Questioning how we get down
Stand em up we lay em down
All that you can see to do
Ask a million questions now
Why’d we shootem why’d he die
Only tried to take our lives
F— is we supposed to do
Come to far to let him ride
Now your trying to say we wrong
Everytime somebody dies
I aint trying to let him live
He’ll only try a second time
Filed under: War
Ok, this news may be a little old, but its still in the news.
A few days ago the New York Times published a front page story that disclosed a classified government program which monitored monetary exchanges between international parties, with the expressed purpose of "following the money" which finances terrorist activities.
WHAT THE HECK WHERE THEY THINKING!!!!
Article 3, section 3 of the Constitution reads:
Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.
Would not disclosing classified information to the enemy be considered giving them aid? Has the New York Times gone insane?
Of course they have. That is why they are called liberals.
I think I should be more outraged by this development than I am, however I feel I have been desensitized by the constant anti-American junk that comes out of the media. Its all rather depressing.
A few years ago we executed individuals guilty of treason. Apparently treason has become a virtue at the New York Times.
Filed under: Politics
Vernon Robinson is a black conservative republican who is running for congress. In a previous blog I linked to a TV ad Mr. Robinson was running. Today I have a new radio promo for your listening pleasure.
I think I need to update my resume and relocate to Mr. Robinson’s district. A man with his convictions in our Congress is LONG overdue.
Filed under: On Religion
Lazaro has this post on his blog, "Last Row". It is a good review and analysis of comments made by Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori, the new leader of the Episcopal Church in America.
Please read…
Filed under: War
It seems the US military just nabbed another one. According to this AP article, a US air strike killed Mansour Suleiman Mansour Khalifi al-Mashhadani (a.k.a Sheik Mansour), al-Qaida’s "religious emir."
I’d like to think it was, specifically, my tax dollars that paid for that bomb.
Filed under: On Religion
According to this article, the Roman Catholic Church has finally stated that "We should not expect to find in Scripture full scientific accuracy or complete historical precision…"
Considering the Roman Catholic Church has long held church tradition in higher view then Scripture, I am rather not surprised by this statement. However one must ask the question, by what authority do we determine what passages are accurate and which are not? Can I choose to reject as inaccurate any and all passages which do not conform to my chosen lifestyle? If so, how can we use the Bible as a moral guide (do not lie, cheat, steal, murder, etc) if we all hold different views as to what is accurate and what is not?
Filed under: War
Courtesy of Michelle Malkin and Hot Air, I present you a copy of a declassified document which indicates that "Coalition forces have recovered approximately 500 weapons munitions which contain degraded mustard or sarin nerve agent" in Iraq.
For those of you who insist that Saddam never had weapons of mass destruction:
"All the nerve agents cause their toxic effects by preventing the proper operation of the chemical that acts as the body’s “off switch” for glands and muscles. Without an “off switch,” the glands and muscles are constantly being stimulated. They may tire and no longer be able to sustain breathing function."
Symptoms of exposure include: Chest tightness, Diarrhea, Confusion, Nausea, vomiting, and/or abdominal pain, Loss of consciousness, Convulsions, Paralysis, Respiratory failure possibly leading to death
Sulfur mustard is a powerful irritant and blistering agent that damages the skin, eyes, and respiratory (breathing) tract. It damages DNA, a vital component of cells in the body.
Symptoms of exposure include:
- Skin: redness and itching of the skin may occur 2 to 48 hours after exposure and change eventually to yellow blistering of the skin.
- Eyes: irritation, pain, swelling, and tearing may occur within 3 to12 hours of a mild to moderate exposure. A severe exposure may cause symptoms within 1 to 2 hours and may include the symptoms of a mild or moderate exposure plus light sensitivity, severe pain, or blindness (lasting up to 10 days).
- Respiratory tract: runny nose, sneezing, hoarseness, bloody nose, sinus pain, shortness of breath, and cough within 12 to 24 hours of a mild exposure and within 2 to 4 hours of a severe exposure.
- Digestive tract: abdominal pain, diarrhea, fever, nausea, and vomiting.
Now granted, these are not the stockpiles we are looking for, however (1) Iraq is a large country and it is not possible to claim that the entire country has been searched and (2) this is based on the findings of one declassified document. How many other documents on this subject continue to be labeled as classified?
Filed under: Uncategorized
ABC News Online reported in this article that the bodies of the two missing US soldiers have been found and that their captors tortured them before they were killed. The Ottawa Citizen reports that their bodies were rigged with explosives before they were left to be found.
All of this shows two things:
1) The depth of the evil the US is fighting in Iraq.
2) The hypocrisy of many in the anti-war movement who organize, protest, and condemn the US for the events in Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo but choose to remain silent when real abuses occur at the hand of the enemy.
Filed under: Humor
So Saddam is on a hunger strike since gunman killed one of his lawyers.
Has anyone realized how much money the Iraqi tax payer now has the potential save?
Filed under: Politics
Traveling through the blog-o-sphere today I found a blog entitled "A-Hunting We Will Go! Mitt Romney Wants State Troopers to Lock Up Immigrants" on "That’s Not Christian…" The basic premise of this blog entry is that arresting illegal aliens is wrong and "not Christian." In the blog the writer opens with a very personal and emotionally driven story in an attempt to draw the reader away from a rational decision and into a state where ones current feelings dictate what is right and wrong. (and we know what a bedrock of unchanging standards the human heart is)
It is voices like this that turn the illegal immigration debate into the mess that it is today. For as one persons has a heart breaking story about an individual who enters the US illegally, the next has a story about terrorist who used the lack of illegal immigration law enforcement to fly a hijacked plane into a skyscraper.
The following is the comment I added to this individuals blog…..
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I find this particular post to be somewhat dishonest. It opens with a very personal and compassionate story about a hard workingwoman who has never done anything illegal in her life (except break federal laws by entering the US without first obtaining the proper paperwork). The writer then uses this example to condemn Gov. Romney decision to allow state troopers to arrest individuals who have entered the US illegally. The writer also includes two paragraphs on Gov. Romney’s religious affiliation; a topic that has as much to do with illegal immigration as the cost of potatoes in east Asia.
Unfortunately the writer neglects several points.
First, if Laura is truly in need of Maria’s services, Laura can sponsor Maria, at the local immigration office, and Maria will be given the necessary paperwork to make her stay in the US legal. She would therefore have no fear of being arrested by State troopers. (I find it ironic that the writer left this point out… probably because it would hurt the emotionally driven argument she is trying to make.)
Next, the writer comments that a law permitting state troopers to arrest illegal aliens, is “a frivolous waste of taxpayer’s money” and “it sends an un-American message of intolerance and persecution.” Do not we pay taxes for the expressed purpose of supporting a law enforcement agency (the police) whose job is to arrest people who break the law? Also, I fail to see how arresting individuals for illegal behavior amounts to intolerance and persecution. Would the writer also apply this type of reasoning to individuals guilty of tax evasion (of which illegal aliens are the primary offender) and fraud?
Next, the writer presents a message for Gov Romney, “Persecuting immigrants who haven’t harmed anyone, and are significantly helping many Massachusetts residents… that’s not Christian.” This statement is intellectually dishonest. First, illegal immigration lowers wages. If a US citizen chooses not to work they know they can collect welfare. An illegal alien has no such luxury and thus must work to survive. Knowing this the employer lowers the salary that he is willing to pay for a given job. A US citizen would therefore be less inclined to take such a job because they would have to pay taxes on an already low salary whereas the illegal alien, having no working papers, does not. Next, those who hire illegal aliens have created for themselves a slave labor class of people how are not allowed to demand wages that people who have entered the US legally can. The illegal alien is aware of this, but one cannot expect that they will be content to be treated as a second-class person for long. In Paris, France, there were riots because the immigrant population demanded they no longer be treated as second-class individuals. Why is the writer trying to promote such a caste system?
Finally, the writer ends with quoting Matthew 23:1-4 implying that Gov. Romney is like the Scribes and Pharisees who are “laying heavy burdens on people.” However this passage has nothing to do with caring for the poor, but rather religious hypocrisy. The “heavy burdens” are religious works that the religious leaders are requiring men and women to perform. Considering this blog’s intent is to reveal religious hypocrisy, I find it ironic that she would quote scripture, out of its context, in order to support her point.
