tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9823746.post113347864778522900..comments2024-02-02T05:29:15.989-05:00Comments on MediaCitizen: Turning Back Bush's Assault on the PressTimothy Karrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18428218526755405762noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9823746.post-1133903633363137752005-12-06T16:13:00.000-05:002005-12-06T16:13:00.000-05:00Jeff, I appreciate that apology. I am glad that w...Jeff, <BR/><BR/>I appreciate that apology. I am glad that we can debate with respect. If anything I say offends anyone, I apologize beforehand as that is not my intention. <BR/><BR/>As for your last remark, I will say one final piece and leave it at that. <BR/><BR/>What I am arguing again is that the war is “just” for all of those other reasons that Bushed used that is ignored by the media Brian Dufalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17211699958011439535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9823746.post-1133888165477816522005-12-06T11:56:00.000-05:002005-12-06T11:56:00.000-05:00Timothy,The suggestion that there is a “direct” li...Timothy,<BR/><BR/>The suggestion that there is a “direct” link between Saddam and the "terrorists who flew planes into the WTC and Pentagon" has rarely been suggested. Everyone I know who supports this war has made no suggestion of an operational relationship between Saddam and Al Qaeda. This is the same type of misrepresentation you have used in your article. You are focusing on one small Brian Dufalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17211699958011439535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9823746.post-1133866949445303082005-12-06T06:02:00.000-05:002005-12-06T06:02:00.000-05:00Wow Ichabod,Thanks for that nice example of sophis...Wow Ichabod,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for that nice example of sophistry. It's interesting (and not the least disturbing) to see the extremes to which one will turn turn when all reality gets sucked out of his argument. <BR/><BR/>Indeed, history is finally catching up to the spin and obfuscation of this White House. I had hoped the media would have done a better job of debunking Bush & Co's prior to the Timothy Karrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18428218526755405762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9823746.post-1133824713139264702005-12-05T18:18:00.000-05:002005-12-05T18:18:00.000-05:00One parting remark, directed to Brian Dufala:You a...One parting remark, directed to Brian Dufala:<BR/>You are 100% correct in what you have said. I would go further in stating that the uranium was both enriched and the 'yellow cake' type found in Arizona and Utah, and Niger. I think Arizona and Utah can be cleared of selling that to Saddam, leaving Niger, in spite of what Joe Wilson 'discovered' poolside on the vacation he took at his wife's Ichabod Cranehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14302534837224133819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9823746.post-1133823389151510912005-12-05T17:56:00.000-05:002005-12-05T17:56:00.000-05:00Take a tranquilizer and stop watching the news, ne...Take a tranquilizer and stop watching the news, neither print, nor radio, nor televised, for a month. Once the hypnosis wears off you may see things differently.<BR/>The media are trying to undermine our Constitutional Government by filtering whatever makes their opposition look good and by continuously pounding the public with tripe that is either fabricated or distorted. It's easy to see this, Ichabod Cranehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14302534837224133819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9823746.post-1133813438517999522005-12-05T15:10:00.000-05:002005-12-05T15:10:00.000-05:00Jeff,Just to be clear, I am skeptical not because ...Jeff,<BR/><BR/>Just to be clear, I am skeptical not because I follow Bush blindly into the dark. In fact, I am in disagreement with Bush on a number of issues. It is this specific issue (War in Iraq) where I am in agreement with Bush that I have the problem. <BR/><BR/>My problem, or skepticism, is exasperated by the fact that my legitimate questions go unanswered. First, was Bush simply lying Brian Dufalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17211699958011439535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9823746.post-1133703417843043772005-12-04T08:36:00.000-05:002005-12-04T08:36:00.000-05:00The only "assault" on the media is trying to get t...The only "assault" on the media is trying to get them to put out both sides of a story.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Newsweek's Michael Isikoff pretty well admitted on 'Hardball' 3 days ago that the media has no interest in good news stories from Iraq, only bombings and death.Crazy Politicohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03815266449246033755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9823746.post-1133645780798440612005-12-03T16:36:00.000-05:002005-12-03T16:36:00.000-05:00Timothy,I appreciate those articles. I have scann...Timothy,<BR/><BR/>I appreciate those articles. I have scanned them and will read them in depth later. However, I want to address something that is clear to me merely by scanning each of them. <BR/><BR/>The debate here that you are favoring is the same that so many are using. In fact, I have had this very debate with a friend. The problem is that you have taken a portion of what Bush has saidBrian Dufalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17211699958011439535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9823746.post-1133637118791534732005-12-03T14:11:00.000-05:002005-12-03T14:11:00.000-05:00Brian,Some recent articles you might consider read...Brian,<BR/><BR/>Some recent articles you might consider reading: <BR/><BR/>1. <A HREF="http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/outlook/3440292.html" REL="nofollow">A White House that never learned to govern</A><BR/><BR/>2. <A HREF="http://www.freepress.net/news/12592" REL="nofollow">The man who sold the war</A><BR/><BR/>3. <A HREF="http://www.freepress.net/news/12594" REL="nofollow">BushTimothy Karrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18428218526755405762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9823746.post-1133626040849746632005-12-03T11:07:00.000-05:002005-12-03T11:07:00.000-05:00I will reserve judgment on most of what you said b...I will reserve judgment on most of what you said because I need to research some of the information you presented. However, there are a couple of points that I clearly disagree with. <BR/><BR/>First, you state, "The Bush administration has established a hierarchy for journalists seeking interviews with top administration officials, granting access to those networks and newspapers that give the Brian Dufalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17211699958011439535noreply@blogger.com