The Cheney Dynasty
RedStateVT views Dick Cheney as a true American hero for his unwavering defense of the country. It has been great to see him out there firing warning shots across the bow of the Administration on the CIA interrogation issue. Now along comes daughter Liz Cheney, proving those are some pretty tough genes. Liz Cheney asks the following question:
“Mr. President, in a ticking time-bomb scenario, with American lives at stake, are you really unwilling to subject a terrorist to enhanced interrogation to get information that would prevent an attack?”
Wow!
Our Biased Media
Fox News ran a story today about media coverage of the return of deceased American servicemen. You'll recall that during the Bush years, the media railed against the "secrecy" of the return to U.S. soil of the caskets of these American heroes. Of course, the underlying motivation for wanting to show these images was to somehow embarrass the Bush Administration. Well, as Fox reports, there is now much less interest in the subject. The Obama Administration lifted the ban and - in the absence of family objections - these pictures are now available. Only our biased media suddenly has lost interest. A cynic might say that the change in Presidents might have something to do with it.
And while we are on the subject, during the Bush years I seem to recall getting regular updates on the numbers of U.S. casualties. Any number with a "00" on the end (e.g. 100 dead, 500 dead, 2000 dead) was widely and loudly trumpeted. I don't remember hearing anything in recent months. Does anyone?
okay you have some thoughtful points here. love this blog. I should get updates now
ReplyDeleteFor a list of casualties and expenses associated with the Iraq war, see: http://usliberals.about.com/od/homelandsecurit1/a/IraqNumbers.htm. It claims to be updated as of September 1, of this year.
ReplyDeleteWait. The media is biased? You mean they're in the tank for Obama? Say it aint so.
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