in the wrong era. Soundly refuting
liberals online since 2000. NOTE: That is NOT
me pictured at left. :)
| Gallup | Campaign 2012: Obama, Romney Each Has Economic Strengths With Americans |
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| Chi. Sun Times | New Tone: Inside Sunday’s violent clash between ‘Black Bloc’ anarchists, cops |
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| Power Line | Media Watch: “Is GOP trying to sabotage economy to hurt Obama?” |
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| WaPo | Shock: White House visitor logs provide window into lobbying industry |
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| Politico | Interesting: Obama super PAC slump continues |
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Audacity of Truth
"Diplomacy":
"People are saying what in the world is going on with North Carolina, we look like Mississippi." - NC Gov. Bev Perdue (D) on the passage of Amendment One, 5-11-12
The media’s war
Who better than Thomas Sowell to break down why the media helps make wars almost unwinnable?
The media seem to have come up with a formula that would make any war in history unwinnable and unbearable: They simply emphasize the enemy’s victories and our losses.
Losses suffered by the enemy are not news, no matter how large, how persistent, or how clearly they indicate the enemy’s declining strength.What are the enemy’s victories in Iraq? The killing of Americans and the killing of Iraqi civilians. Both are big news in the mainstream media, day in and day out, around the clock.
Has anyone ever believed that any war could be fought without deaths on both sides? Every death is a tragedy to the individual killed and to his loved ones. But is there anything about American casualty rates in Iraq that makes them more severe than casualty rates in any other war we have fought?
On the contrary, the American deaths in Iraqi are a fraction of what they have been in other wars in our history. The media have made a big production about the cumulative fatalities in Iraq, hyping the thousandth death with multiple full-page features in the New York Times and comparable coverage on TV.
Make sure to read the whole thing.
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This sort of penetration and clarity is why I consider Thomas Sowell the most important public intellectual alive. May he live forever, and never stop writing!
This link gives a story about a 4 month old baby treated by U.S. soldiers.
It is in contrast to Kerry telling us on CBS that we are terrorizing infants and children in this story