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Up2Late Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-14-05 03:09 PM
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MSM BS Shifting gears! w/"'Fox News Alert!' Is Osama in IRAN?"
I was just looking to see if the M.J. Media Circus had died down and found Neil Cavuto (sp?) lead off the hour with a big RED graphic "Osamma Bin Laden Sited in Iran?"

Put on you Hip Boots Folks, it's going to get deep.:mad:
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snowbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-14-05 03:11 PM
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1. When Conyer's holds his press conference tomorrow...
..it will be interrupted by BREAKING "Osama sightings" all day...

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louis-t Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-14-05 03:54 PM
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13. There will be aerial shots of a white Bronco
car chase on an L.A. freeway. "Osama has been spotted at....now entering the Santa Monica freeway...."
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Up2Late Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-14-05 04:58 PM
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14. I think GM's H2 is "The Official Truck of the Hunt for Ossama Bin Ladin"
Ford is the official Vehicle of L.A. Car Chases
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Al-CIAda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-14-05 06:27 PM
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21. In Iran? Make it that he's been spotted on a Magic Carpet.
You want it to be more believable right?

:sarcasm:
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tk2kewl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-14-05 03:12 PM
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2. he is probably in Langley
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madmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-14-05 03:13 PM
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3. Roll up your sleeves it's to late to save your shoes N/T
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Roland99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-14-05 03:13 PM
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4. That came from this past Sunday's Meet The Press
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8130648/

MR. RUSSERT: Ali said that Osama bin Laden is in Iraq--in Iran, excuse me.

REP. WELDON: He's been in Iran, and now we have military generals telling us that. Interestingly enough, the CIA totally refuted that when I first went to them. And by the way, the person who gave me this entire lead was a former Democrat member of Congress.

MR. RUSSERT: Can you believe that Osama bin Laden is in Iran today?

REP. WELDON: Today, I don't know. I gave the CIA hits over the past five months that he was there twice, and I also told them two years ago he was in a small town in a southern part of Iran called Ladiz, 10 kilometers inside the border with Pakistan in Baluchistan. I'd say he's been in and out repeatedly.
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Up2Late Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-14-05 03:23 PM
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8. Come ON Tim Russert! When a member of Congress says to you...
"...by the way, the person who gave me this entire lead was a former Democrat member of Congress...." you DO NOT say, "Can you believe that Osama bin Laden is in Iran today? (what a stupid question)

You ask, "WHO WAS THAT FORMER DEMOCRATIC member of CONGRESS!!!!!

Do we have the dumbest "news" interviewers in the World Or what?:banghead: :mad:
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peacetalksforall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-14-05 03:23 PM
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9. If it is Weldon, it's stealth propaganda. This operative is a
vicous propagandist.

There are millions of people in this country that are honest, yet they believe liars who by their lies, kill us and the people of other countries.

What exactly is patriotic about liar-killers who pimp for corporation-partnerships - the only people who benefit from war?
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CatholicEdHead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-14-05 05:32 PM
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16. Are we behind schedule?
In that the Iran attack was supposed to be in June before the Bolton nomination got hung up. Do they plan on starting the war drum for September (we "can't launch new products in August") or later (using the 9/11 anniversary as a springboard)?

Does an Iranian attack pretty much hinge on Bolton getting into the UN?
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Roland99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-14-05 07:43 PM
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25. It sure looks that way, eh? Otherwise, why all the rhetoric of late?
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tex-wyo-dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-14-05 03:17 PM
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5. Yep, here we go...
as per timetable given by Scott Ritter.
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Roland99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-14-05 03:23 PM
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10. It's like they're following a script...check this one out!
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TerdlowSmedley Donating Member (463 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-14-05 03:18 PM
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6. I wouldn't be at all surprised if Osama were at Kennebunkport.
Living in the poolhouse, til this unpleasantness dies down. Maybe a little horseback riding at Crawford. Probably even has one of those Bushie nicknames, like Binny Boy or Cousin Sami. Wouldn't surprise me.
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JDPriestly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-14-05 03:20 PM
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7. The DSMs are blowing the Iraq thing. Bush needs another war.
This is an excuse for going into Iran. Read the DSMs. This sounds like a ploy directly out of the strategy sessions reflected in the DSMs. How can we fix the intelligence. They tried the WMD thing in Iran too. I don't think they've totally given up on it, but Iran is not cooperating (meaning the opposite) as much as they probably wish. This is the second "fecta" of the trifects -- WMDS (they've already been working on that one) -- terrorism (this is it). Now if they can just get a UN resolution (the third "fecta"), they'll be set to send in the troops. And isn't Iraq the perfect launching pad?

Of course, the regime in Iran is as corrupt and nasty as they get, and it does not have my sympathy. But still, how easy is it to ignore the rule of law about invading other peoples' countries? What gives us the privilege of making up facts to justify taking over other countries?
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tex-wyo-dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-14-05 03:25 PM
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11. And look who's in charge of all of our intelligence now!....
why it's Mr. Death Squad himself. Cookin' the intel is easier than it's ever been!
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Up2Late Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-14-05 03:30 PM
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12. Oh Shewwwwww! Crisis over! They are talking about M.J. again.
Edited on Tue Jun-14-05 03:32 PM by Up2Late
This is exactly how the Iraq media build up happened. Small doses of "Iraq is a Threat," slowly building to the "Mushroom Cloud" 24/7 talk.

On Edit: Oh know, theirs that scary man, Vice President Dick!:hide:
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Disturbed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-14-05 05:09 PM
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15. Hey! the Glorious Leader said...
that Osama is no longer relevant, so even if he was caught or executed what would it matter?

The CIA has reported that Osama was somewhere in Indonesia which has a number of islands. Why would he have stayed on the border of Pakistan where scores bounty huntes were searching for him?
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Up2Late Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-14-05 05:47 PM
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17. MSM/Fox "News"BS Alert #2!! Brit Hume just lead off his show with...

"Is North Korea and Iran negotiating a Partnership deal?"



Then he when right back to trashing M.J.

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David Zephyr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-14-05 05:52 PM
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18. Fox News: We've found the WMD's in Iraq.
How does know when something is not true? Fox says it is.
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ElectroPrincess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-14-05 05:55 PM
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19. For Heaven's sake, Turn OFF Fox Cable News ...
and step away from the Idiot Box (your television).

FOX News is not just for Republicans but a free form cheer leading squad of Bush-Co's Entire Executive Branch.

Turn it off! Not even the Freepers are enjoying it as much anymore. Hint: Even right wingers burn out from too much spewing of hate and self-righteousness.
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Up2Late Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-14-05 06:18 PM
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20. It's Muted, I'm just monitoring the Pavlovian Graphics and Bogus...
..."News Alerts" they keep putting up. Someone's gotta bite the bullet.:shrug:

What's the name of that website who's sub heading, in their banner says, "We watch Fox News, so you don't have to?"

If I could remember, I'd check with them.
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Dudley_DUright Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-14-05 07:59 PM
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27. Newshounds! Great Site
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Don Claybrook Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-14-05 07:33 PM
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23. You're so right. Killed the television almost 3 years ago
Figuratively. We have a television, but it's only connected to a DVD player, no cable, and not even an antenna since Bill Moyers left Now.

And do you know what? I don't miss it at all. I watch Daily Show clips from their website, I watch some CSPAN on their website, and the occasional clip that is posted here. That more than covers my TV-watching needs. And looking back, I have no idea how I ever had time to stop and watch television. Newton Minnow was right.
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berni_mccoy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-14-05 06:29 PM
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22. They are TWITCHING
They are dead... but their nervous system doesn't realize it yet.
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Skip Intro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-14-05 07:40 PM
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24. Oh brother. That was reported earlier by Washington Times
There's another thread around here somewhere where the subject was osama in Iran, but the source quoted was Washington Times. Is that faux's source?

A beast's two heads reporting the same story, citing each other as sources.

Boils down to something like that, not a doubt in my mind.
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Up2Late Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-15-05 02:22 AM
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29. I agree completely, but if we don't keep track of this sort of Hype...
...we'll be caught flat-footed again, just like with the 2000 Election and the Hyping of the Iraq War.

Now I don't know if most Democrats could have predicted the 2000 Florida Election Fraud by monitoring RW Radio shows (and I can't even remember if Fox "News" was around in 2000), But I do know that when I was frantically trying to get groups like International A.N.S.W.E.R. stop paying so much attention to the WTO and the IMF, and start working to Stop */Rove from hijacking our Government, I think it was almost December 2000 before they fully switched gears to the problem of * and his criminal buddies.

And I don't think most Middle of the road Democrats took the "he's going to war with Iraq, WMD or not" argument, until just about the time the first bombs started dropping.
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Gay Green Donating Member (485 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-14-05 07:56 PM
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26. IMO, either OBL is not in Iran...
...or the BFEE has paid him to set Iran up.
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Phoebe Loosinhouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-14-05 08:03 PM
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28. No! He's in Kennebunkport!
Google Osama and Kennebunkport and Vanity Fair and hope you get to read the great article they had about eight months ago.
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