*Snarf* Condi heckled by former US diplomat during yesterday's testimony

[CatWoman]

NY Times failed to identify Rice's "heckler" as a former U.S. diplomat

In an October 20 article on Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's questioning before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, The New York Times reported: "The hearing was punctuated by a heckler who called for an end to the war, only to be hustled out." But what one would not know from reading the Times' account was that the "heckler" is a former senior-level U.S. diplomat and former Army colonel. The Washington Post report on the hearing noted:

As Rice testified, former U.S. diplomat Mary Ann Wright stood up and shouted from the audience, "Stop the killing in Iraq. You and Congress have to be responsible." Wright, a senior envoy in the U.S. embassies in Afghanistan and Mongolia, resigned in protest in 2003.

http://mediamatters.org/items/200510200001

[Coexist]

1. Wow.

Good on her.

[liveoaktx]

2. On a serious note, you MUST watch this in its entirety-Frightening

Rice infers that Bush will not ask Congress for permission to wage war

This is the segment that was protested

[texpatriot2004]

8. I saw that she said the pResident has war powers and will use

them. She says (infers) that they will not return to the Congress to get permission before going in to Syria and Iran.

[FreedomAngel82]

36. And isn't that illegal?

[CatWoman]

11. Thanks, Liveoak

:hi:

I watched snippets of it yesterday, and missed it.

[LSparkle]

17. She is absolutely the scariest person in the Admin right now

She's a total unilateralist -- if you ain't part of the BFEE, you ain't nobody.

[Beaverhausen]

27. Is there a transcript of that anywhere?

for those who can't watch stuff on-line? Thanks! :hi:

[deutsey]

3. My, now how could the NYT fail to report a detail like that?

Hmmmm? :eyes:

[BrklynLiberal]

21. The NY Times is barely more than a yellow news rag these days, as

far as its news reporting is concerned. The only thing of any value, its oped page, they now charge you to see on the internet.

[deutsey]

22. How dare you impugn the good name of the NYT and its shining examples

of journalistic integrity like Judith Miller, sir! Why, Ms. Miller, stalwart defender of the First Amendment that she is, just received an award...and everything.

:eyes:

[CatWoman]

25. Deuts!!!!

you're so funny!!!!

:hi:

[deutsey]

26. Hi, CW!

How the heck are you? ;-)

[NNN0LHI]

28. Remember how proud everyone was when they started paying 50 bucks...

...for that crap not too long ago?

Don

[Pacifist Patriot]

29. NYT...they still around?

[hvn_nbr_2]

31. Still around with new slogans. "The nation's paper of refuse."

Used to be called "the nation's paper of record."

"All the news that's fit to print" is now "All the propaganda that fits the agenda." ("All the propaganda that fits the catapult" was second in the internal sloganeering contest.)

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

4. That is fantastic!!! Some people on the board thought it might have been

Code Pink.

[disgruntled_goat]

5. how bad do you haveta suck

to get DIPLOMATS to heckle you?

what's next, Amish people giving her the finger?

[meganmonkey]

13. Or Quakers punching her in the face?

:rofl:

[deutsey]

16. Check out what Col. Wilkerson had to say

http://news.ft.com/cms/s/afdb7b0c-40f3-11da-b3f9-00000e2511c8.html


"Vice-President Dick Cheney and a handful of others had hijacked the government's foreign policy apparatus, deciding in secret to carry out policies that had left the US weaker and more isolated in the world, the top aide to former Secretary of State Colin Powell claimed on Wednesday."

[Bouncy Ball]

35. Thanks.

Biggest laugh of the day.

I expect Buddhist monks to go after her with oiled pitchforks any day now. Now that really WILL be something to behold.

[brainshrub]

6. Ann Wright is one of the most incredible people in America.

She doesn't make the news very often, but she is a natural leader.

Go ahead and Google "Ann Wright," she las led, and continues to lead, an incredible life.

[ewagner]

7. To Mary Ann Wright

:patriot: :patriot: :patriot:
:applause: :applause: :applause:

[wtmusic]

14. don't forget these guys

:headbang: :yourock: :headbang: :yourock: :headbang:
:headbang: :yourock: :headbang: :yourock: :headbang:

[indepat]

9. Those with the temerity to question the killing in this pre-emptive war

will be hustled out/otherwise silenced.

[marmar]

10. LOL...

That's great. Give every member of BushCo hell.

[Loonman]

12. NY Slimes

They don't have to make space for Judy GI Jane or Jayson "lying scum" Blair, why not include detaisl like that. It ads resonance, but the Slimes needs to revert to sensationalism to sell the damn fishwrap.

[Cha]

15. Thank you Mary Ann Wright!

You make me wanna cry in gratitude..

And why didn't the nyt report who the "heckler" was and why wasn't it just someone shouting in protest to War Crimes?

They nyt has A LOT TO ANSWER FOR!

[MuseRider]

18. She is an amazing,

bright, accomplished woman. You make us all proud Ann, thank you.

[converted_democrat]

19. I have much respect for Wright, and none for Rice.......n/t

[BrklynLiberal]

20. Rachel Maddow gave Mary Ann Wright her due respect on her show this AM.

[Cults4Bush]

23. Mary Ann Wright stands with Cindy....

I opened this thread knowing it had to be her!

She is one tough and heavily credentialed person.

I saw that toughness first hand at Camp Casey... I can't believe how much I actually miss Camp Casey, just weird I guess...

[emald]

24. thank you mary ann wright...

as a nobody who wishes he had the loud voice you seem to carry I applaud you. Please shout for me; shout often. Please be heard. Do not be stilled from shouting the truth to all these liars and theiving scum. I join your voice.:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[progressoid]

30. Why does she hate Amurika?

"senior-level U.S. diplomat and former Army colonel." Thats prolly just a cover. I bet she's a commie.

[newscott]

32. When the Diplomatic corps takes a stand the shit is about to hit the fan.

[lonestarnot]

33. Still waiting! waiting waiting waiting and more waiting.

[Burried News]

34. They have spoken up befor. see the letter below.

http://www.diplomatsagainstbolton.com/
"Dear Senators,

We have noted with appreciation the moves of President Bush at the beginning of his second term to improve U.S. relations with the countries of the European Union and of the United Nations. Maintaining these ties and the willingness of those countries to cooperate with the United States is essential to U.S. security.

It is for this reason that we write you to express our concern over the nomination of John R. Bolton to be permanent representative of the United States at the United Nations. We urge you to reject that nomination.

By virtue of service in the State Department, USAID and Justice Departments, John Bolton has the professional background needed for this position. But his past activities and statements indicate conclusively that he is the wrong man for this position at a time when the UN is entering a critically important phase of modernization, seeking to promote economic development and democratic reforms and searching for ways to cope better with proliferation crises and a spurt of natural disasters and internal conflicts.

John Bolton has an exceptional record of opposition to efforts to enhance U.S. security through arms control. He led a campaign against ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. Today, the administration is pressing for development of new types of nuclear weapons. John Bolton blocked more extensive international agreement to limit sales of small arms, the main killer in internal wars. He led the fight to continue U.S. refusal to participate in the Ottawa Landmine Treaty. Today, the U.S. has joined Russia and China in insisting on the right to continue to deploy anti-personnel landmines. John Bolton crafted the U.S. withdrawal from the joint efforts of 40 countries to formulate a verification system for the Biological Weapons Convention and blocked continuation of these efforts in a period of increasing concern over potential terrorist use of these weapons and of terrorist access to the stocks of countries covertly producing these weapons. John Bolton’s unsubstantiated claims that Cuba and Syria are working on biological weapons further discredited the effect of U.S. warnings and U.S. intelligence on weapons of mass destruction."

[Marr]

37. Kind of explains Judith Miller's long presence at the NYT, doesn't it?

The New York Times has turned into a right wing rag.