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09/26/2003 Archived Entry: "Why talk about unpleasant things?"
Why talk about unpleasant things?
Look. We all know that there's a war on in Iraq. Anyone who's been in a war can tell you that war is horrofic - many of them have told me here at the Factor. But the weak-kneed liberals over at CNN just can't buck up and stop reporting bad news.
I've got an idea for you guys at CNN, and since I'm an American first I'll share it with you, and I won't even charge you my usual exhorbitant fee for telling you. If you want our soldiers to stop dying in Iraq, just stop reporting those killed in Iraq.
It's like those Ludacris-listening, hubcap-stealing kids out there in LA - they just want to get on camera. Think about it. Every time a mobile news unit goes into their neighborhood, they gather around that truck just hoping to get their faces on TV. Same thing with those Saddam-loving dead-enders in Baghdad.
So if you stop reporting about military deaths in Iraq, those dead-enders will stop attacking soldiers because then they won't get any publicity out of their attacks. See how simple it is? Aren't you glad The Factor is here to explain these complex matters to you? You're welcome, now shut up.
Replies: 4 people speak up
It’s ridiculous to assume that merely stopping the reporting of military deaths will stop the killings when every American, at least the real patriots – the God-fearing conservatives, know that we must go the extra mile and report that soldiers are returning from the dead. You see, by reporting that soldiers are coming back to life, the terrorists will stop trying and begin to FedEx their guns to Washington in supplication. See, those liberal commie-loving Saddam-loving Democrats will have you believe that treating the Iraqi’s as a sovereign peoples is the best way to bring about an end to this conflict. But, I can tell you that those Democrats that say that are probably getting a government grant to say such things, that somewhere out there is a support group of tea-drinking pansies to voice support for it. Can you believe this? How much more of this can real Patriotic Americans take? These groups paid for with tax dollars, and when I say tax dollars, I’m talking about your money, money that the government took from you to pay these pansies to destroy this country talking down the Greatest President Who Ever Lived Next To Regan.
(Ooops.. I kinda segued into Rush Limbaugh there.)
Posted by Mixer @ 09/26/2003 05:19 PM NY
Gosh Folks. CNN is painting a rosy picture compared to the uncensored stuff we’re getting on European Television. As an American living abroad, it’s unbelievable the difference. I used to believe that free press was one institution that would never be destroyed in the USA. Now I know what it must have felt like to be a German living in America in the late 1930s.
Posted by Bob Hollander @ 09/27/2003 05:28 AM NY
Gasp! Bob. Are you implying that our esteemed Fourth Estate has been compromised?
Welcome to Bush's America where Bill O'Reilly = Edward R. Murrow. Sad, very sad.
Posted by Metropolitan99 @ 09/27/2003 10:16 AM NY
. . . shut up!
And that's a Talking Point Memo and remember the Spin stops right here.
(Right Billy, right. Anyone who believes that no spin *hit must have missed the critical thinking seminar at school.)
Best--
Posted by LuigiBob @ 09/28/2003 07:33 AM NY
