Koppel: Sinclar broadcasting's criticism is "beneath contempt"

Good for Koppel:

"KOPPEL: Oh, I thought we'd have people who would question our motives. They always do. But, I mean, the fact that the Sinclair Broadcasting Group, for example, would charge me with being unpatriotic, would say I was doing this to undermine the war effort, I think is beneath contempt, quite frankly." - CNN

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Bremer Faulted Bush Before Terror Attacks

If this were the Clinton administration we were talking about, they'd have impeached him again for this.

"L. Paul Bremer, the U.S. administrator in Iraq, said in a speech six months before the Sept. 11 attacks that the Bush administration was 'paying no attention' to terrorism.

'What they will do is stagger along until there's a major incident and then suddenly say, 'Oh my God, shouldn't we be organized to deal with this,'' Bremer said at a McCormick Tribune Foundation conference on terrorism on Feb. 26, 2001." - AP via Yahoo

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Republican family values

Kudos to Atrios for discovering that the broadcasting network that's refusing to air Nightline tonight, because Nightline is paying homage to our fallen soldiers, is the same network that was (or still is) run by a man allegedly charged with a sex offense. Cast not the first stone... Read the rest of this post...

Mr. Orwell, your table's ready

The religious right news service, AgapePress, has now adopted this creative spin to the controversy surrounding some stations having censored tonight's Nightline:

"ABC's Ted Koppel is being accused of trivializing the deaths of American soldiers in Iraq."

Yes, bad bad Koppel. Everyone knows the way we honor fallen American soldiers is by never ever discussing them again. God bless America. Read the rest of this post...

Can't they go to Sunday school like the rest of us?

Gosh, I never went to military school, nor did any other Christian I know, so I guess we don't have "religious values" either, since apparently military school is the only place you can get them.

"A conservative Christian activist says a recent decision by the U.S. Supreme Court is proof that many of this nation's judges are on a quest for a religion-free America. Earlier this week, the high court refused to consider the appeal of a judicial ban on cadet-led mealtime prayers at Virginia Military Institute.... Vision America president Rick Scarborough says the effects of the VMI ruling will be far-reaching. For one thing, he fears the nation is in danger of raising up a generation of military officers without religious values. And he believes by such rulings, the United States is pitting itself against God."

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I'm disgusted too

It was Wednesday night, two days ago, that CBS aired its photos of the military's mistreatment of Iraq prisoners. And only now does Bush express his disgust. And then only after he was directly asked about it today, and after most of the Arab world has already seen the photos and gotten royally pissed off. Read the rest of this post...

Mass. Nat'l Guard leader spreads jokes about Kerry, comparing gay marriage to farm animals

Gov. Romney, who used to suck up to gays but now is a flaming bigot-of-convenience, says the man won't be reprimanded:

"The schedule includes an 'anti-war concert by Barbara Streisand' (misspelling her first name), 'posting the Iraqi Colors by Sean Penn and Tim Robbins' (the Oscar-winning actors and anti-war activists), tributes to France and Germany, and ceremonies for gay marriages featuring 'threesomes, mixed, same sex, farm animals.' " - AP

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The Photos

From the UK's "The Mirror":






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Special Rights for Bush

"American citizens were left to listen at the keyhole Thursday as President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney closed the Oval Office door for a privileged private session before the commission investigating the 9/11 terrorist attacks. There was no press coverage allowed, no recording, no transcript to be made available later, no testimony given under oath - and no good reason for any of it....

"Demanding special treatment and hiding from the public on a matter of such vital national concern and grief is to play the imperial president and put politics ahead of statesmanship." - Boston Globe editorial via IHT

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Ellen Goodman eviscerates Karen Hughes

I am so loving this. Read the rest of this post...

Iraqi Prison Photos Mar U.S. Image

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