Comments on: Lauer gets a lesson on troop morale

By: Sister Toldjah

Sister Toldjah — Wed, 24 Aug 2005 23:48:08 +0000

That’s a strawman argument. 1) No one has claimed Matt Lauer is the anti-Christ and 2) no one’s head is buried in the, ahem, sand (I’ll use that word rather than the one originally used). People just get tired of the standard media line about morale and those who were tired of it appreciated Captain Powell’s response.

Welcome to the ST blog, BTW.

By: Justin

Justin — Wed, 24 Aug 2005 23:06:41 +0000

Isn’t the question Matt Lauer asked relevant. I am proud of our soldiers but I also have sympathy or empathy for the horror they face everyday. And in a general sense I would say it would be tough to keep a high morale when you see you friends and fellow soldiers dying. I think Capt. Sherman Powell had a great answer but why is Lauer now the anti-christ for asking the question.

Why doesn’t everyone get their heads out of their ***** and see things with an open mind.

Edited out “a” word. Let’s clean it up, please, for the young impressionables who may visit –ST

By: David Foster

David Foster — Fri, 19 Aug 2005 13:31:41 +0000

For a "time-travel" experiment with today's media in WWII, see my post Bismarck Sunk, Britain Doomed

By: Sister Toldjah

Sister Toldjah — Fri, 19 Aug 2005 13:17:35 +0000

David & Independent: I’ve thought about those hypothetical scenarios too …. and come to the conclusion that if we had today’s media and today’s Washington Democrats in DC during WWII, we might not have won it.

Bang: Re: the media running with this story, are you kiddin’ me?

Tom: Can’t remember if you’ve posted here or not, but if it’s your first time, welcome to the ST blog

By: Cafe Oregano

Cafe Oregano — Fri, 19 Aug 2005 05:21:29 +0000

Friday Specials

Murdoc Online considers hybrid vehicles. Sister Toldjah shares a lesson on troop morale. Bad Example makes his title shot. Brutal Naivety discovers splog in his soup. Point Five hosts the Carnival of Comedy….

By: TomR

TomR — Fri, 19 Aug 2005 04:08:46 +0000

Cpt Powell”s words would sure be appropriate on a monument in the near future marking the demise of the liberal MSM.

Big Bang Hunter” comment is right on target.

By: Big Bang Hunter

Big Bang Hunter — Fri, 19 Aug 2005 03:40:05 +0000

- Fear not Independent, the advent of high-speed communications was the kiss of death for the Marxist rabble that used the fourth estate to gain what they could not through the ballot box. Yes they try mightily to do the same with the blogshere, but its a losing battle. The three legs of the communist, left-wing attack was: MSM, colleges, and an activist court. The first is all but fish wrapping now. The second is coming more and more to the publics attention, and will be delt with in time. The days of legislating from the bench will soon come to an end. The left has pretty well burried itself with the majority of Americans for the foreseeable future, and thats why they mount such frenetic, ill-concieved attacks these days. I’m loving it. Bring it on. All they’ll accomplish is to continue to alienate the American public and trash the Democrates chances in 2006 and 2008. Please don’t discourage the “elitist blockheads” too much. We’re depending on the anti-American rhetoric and hate speech of the Deans, and Pollosi’s, and Kennedy’s, and Reids, and Fonda’s, and Moores, and Frankens, and wonderful left winggroups like code pinko and moveon.morons, to insure another Republican sweep.

By: Independent

Independent — Fri, 19 Aug 2005 02:15:39 +0000

Can anyone actually imagine what our nation would be now if the media; as it exists today, had existed prior to WWII? I love instant communitcation and being in touch with the world at large, but for all the advances that the media has brought, it has it’s drawbacks. There used to be a time when we elected our officials, they made their decisions and the nation stood by them. Those times are past and I’m more than a little afraid of what that means.

By: Big Bang Hunter

Big Bang Hunter — Fri, 19 Aug 2005 00:47:27 +0000

- ST – you didn’t mention in the post… Did the leftwing MSM run the piece uncut or burry it, leaving it to others to expose the real scene?….

By: Bachbone

Bachbone — Fri, 19 Aug 2005 00:00:58 +0000

Sen. Hagel is getting face time for a run at the presidency. To be heard and "taken seriously" by the MSM, he must act like John McCain, the real MSM darling. To be adored by the lefties he needs, he must out-McCain McCain. The senator gets my thanks for having served his nation in the military, but that won't be the only criterion I look at to determine who gets my vote. In fact, what he is now spouting is more likely to make me not vote for him regardless what else he spouts as a candidate wannabe.

By: David Foster

David Foster — Thu, 18 Aug 2005 23:46:25 +0000

Can you imagine a reporter during WWII–say, several days after the Normandy Invasion–going around to the troops and trying to stir up morale problems with comments like “How can you possibly say that there is good morale in view of the heavy casualties your unit just suffered, and in view of the obstacle provided by the bocage which you are now facing?”

Anything different about Lauer’s comments? I don’t think so.

By: Seth

Seth — Thu, 18 Aug 2005 19:49:37 +0000

Hagel is a perfect example of the left’s pontificating opinion that “just because you’re there and living the reality right now doesn’t mean you could possibly know more than we do about it.”

Do I have that right, confused?

By: Sean

Sean — Thu, 18 Aug 2005 19:11:34 +0000

I think Hagel is serving the Islamist insurgents. If he thinks he’s going to be president someday then he should think again. But from the sounds of his statements lately it appears that he’s not doing much thinking.

By: Sister Toldjah

Sister Toldjah — Thu, 18 Aug 2005 19:02:43 +0000

Is Senator Hagel serving in Iraq right now?

By: confused

confused — Thu, 18 Aug 2005 18:48:42 +0000

So ummm…I guess Senator Hagel from Nebraska has it wrong?

On Tuesday in the central Nebraska town of Lexington, after a meeting with law enforcement officials on drug problems, three sheriffs expressed serious doubts about what the United States was doing in Iraq and whether it could succeed.

Hagel, a Vietnam veteran, acknowledged the U.S. military presence was becoming harder and harder to justify. He believes Iraq faces a serious danger of civil war that would threaten Middle East stability, and said there is little Washington can do to avert this.

“We are seen as occupiers, we are targets. We have got to get out. I don’t think we can sustain our current policy, nor do I think we should,” he said at one stop.
(http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050818/ts_nm/iraq_heartland_dc)