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PRESS & CEDRIC'S BIG MIX -- THE KOOL-AID
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LOOKING HAGGARD IN A DIRTY OUTFIT WITH STRINGY HAIR AND SLOUCHING TO EMPHASIZE HER BELLY "POOCH," SUSAN SNARLS RICE MET WITH REPUBLICANS AGAIN YESTERDAY.
MODERATE SENATOR SUSAN COLLINS EXPLAINED SHE COULDN'T SUPPORT RICE CURRENTLY. HOWEVER, 73-YEAR-OLD REPUBLICAN LAWRENCE KORB -- NOW WHORING AT THE CENTER FOR AMERICAN 'PROGRESS' LOVES SNARLY RICE. TELL US ABOUT IRAN-CONTRA, LARRY KORB?
WHAT'S THAT?
YOU WON'T?
OF COURSE NOT, SO SHUT THE HELL UP YOU DECAYING OLD MAN, SHUT THE HELL UP.
IT'S AMAZING HOW THESE CRIMINAL GERIATRICS WHO COULD HAVE SAVED THE COUNTRY STAYED SILENT AND NOW THINK WE WANT TO HEAR FROM THEM.
IN OTHER NEWS, SNARLY RICE ROUNDED OUT LAST NIGHT BY SPIT ROASTING 2 SMALL CHILDREN WHICH, UNHINGING HER JAW, SHE THEN PROCEEDED TO EAT.
FROM THE TCI WIRE:
As is too often the case, Howard Kurtz misses the point. It's a long drop from the Washington Post to the Daily Beast and apparently he injured himself in the fall. All together now . . .
And it's a long way down
It's a long way down
It's a long way down to the place
Where we started from
-- "Ice Cream," written by Sarah McLachlan, first appears on her Fumbling Towards Ecstacy
It's a long way down. Which would explain his idiotic column today on the overweight and sexist Thomas E. Ricks appearing on Happening Now.
Yes, Howie, the program has a name. The fact that everyone wants to
keep ranting "Fox News!" goes to just how turgid and for-show the
nonsense has been. Jon Scott and Jenna Lee host Happening Now on the
Fox News Channel. See there, unlike Howie, I did the actual work. But
Howie's a 'media critic.' He wastes 27 paragraphs in a ridiculous column at CNN
and he can't even name the show but let's all pretend Howie's doing out
of sight work these days. In fact, let's all pretend that going from
the Washington Post to the Daily Beast is a step-up as long as we're
fantasizing.
In a telling and whorish moment,
Howie 'forgets' to mention the program's name but works in a plug for
Thomas E. Ricks' latest military porn -- what is it this time? On My Knees In The Steamroom With The Generals, Wrapping My Mouth Around That?
Howie Cut 'Em Off Kurtz feels that Snow shouldn't have wrapped up the interview the minute that Ricks criticized Fox News.
But Snow didn't do that. And Kurtz lies to make it seem as if he did. You can stream the video at Erik Wemple's Washington Post blog post. This is what sends Ricks packing:
Jon
Scott: When you -- When you have four people dead -- including the
first US Ambassador in more than 30 years -- how do you call that
'hype'?
Thomas E. Ricks: How many security contractors died in Iraq? Do you know?
Jon Scott: I don't.
Thomas E. Ricks: No. Nobody does. Because nobody cared. We know that several hundred died but there was never an official count done -- of security contractors in Iraq. So when I see this focus on [. . .]
Thomas E. Ricks: How many security contractors died in Iraq? Do you know?
Jon Scott: I don't.
Thomas E. Ricks: No. Nobody does. Because nobody cared. We know that several hundred died but there was never an official count done -- of security contractors in Iraq. So when I see this focus on [. . .]
To
be clear, Scott let him go on and finish his 'thoughts' on
contractors. I'm not including his garbage here. Thomas E. Ricks'
statements were innaccurate and offensive and it's very telling that
Howie Kurtz choose to whore instead of report. That is what ended
Ricks' segment. Kurtz pretends it never happened.
But
then Howie is among the many in the press who's written and said "Chris
Stevens and three others . . ." That is so offensive. And the press
doesn't care. They don't care that it's offensive to the memories of
Tyrone Woods, Sean Smith and Glen Doherty. They don't care that it's
offensive to the families and friends of those three people. They don't
care that it exposes their so called love for the troops as hollow and
bulls**t. Let's quote Secretary of State Hillary Clinton:
Today, we also recognize the two security personnel who died helping protect their colleagues. Tyrone S. Woods and Glen A. Doherty were both decorated military veterans who served our country with honor and distinction. Our thoughts, prayers, and deepest gratitude are with their families and friends. Our embassies could not carry on our critical work around the world without the service and sacrifice of brave people like Tyrone and Glen. Tyrone's friends and colleagues called him "Rone," and they relied on his courage and skill, honed over two decades as a Navy SEAL. In uniform, he served multiple tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. Since 2010, he protected American diplomatic personnel in dangerous posts from Central America to the Middle East. He had the hands of a healer as well as the arm of a warrior, earning distinction as a registered nurse and certified paramedic. All our hearts go out to Tyrone's wife Dorothy and his three sons, Tyrone Jr., Hunter, and Kai, who was born just a few months ago.
We also grieve for Glen Doherty, called Bub, and his family: his father Bernard, his mother Barbara, his brother Gregory, and his sister Kathleen. Glen was also a former Navy SEAL and an experienced paramedic. And he put his life on the line many times, protecting Americans in Iraq, Afghanistan, and other hotspots. In the end, he died the way he lived – with selfless honor and unstinting valor.
Today, we also recognize the two security personnel who died helping protect their colleagues. Tyrone S. Woods and Glen A. Doherty were both decorated military veterans who served our country with honor and distinction. Our thoughts, prayers, and deepest gratitude are with their families and friends. Our embassies could not carry on our critical work around the world without the service and sacrifice of brave people like Tyrone and Glen. Tyrone's friends and colleagues called him "Rone," and they relied on his courage and skill, honed over two decades as a Navy SEAL. In uniform, he served multiple tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. Since 2010, he protected American diplomatic personnel in dangerous posts from Central America to the Middle East. He had the hands of a healer as well as the arm of a warrior, earning distinction as a registered nurse and certified paramedic. All our hearts go out to Tyrone's wife Dorothy and his three sons, Tyrone Jr., Hunter, and Kai, who was born just a few months ago.
We also grieve for Glen Doherty, called Bub, and his family: his father Bernard, his mother Barbara, his brother Gregory, and his sister Kathleen. Glen was also a former Navy SEAL and an experienced paramedic. And he put his life on the line many times, protecting Americans in Iraq, Afghanistan, and other hotspots. In the end, he died the way he lived – with selfless honor and unstinting valor.
Now
pretend you give a damn about troops, pretend all you want. But if
you're writing or stating "Chris Stevens and three others," you are
making very clear that you just don't give a f**k.
As
soon as all four names were released publicly, Marcia and I both began
using all four. It's not difficult to do. But don't expect anyone to
take your crap seriously when you want to 'talk' Benghazi but you don't
have the decency to list all four names. Of course, it was important
for the media to vanish these three because their parents refuse to play
along with photo ops the way Chris Stevens' parents did. These three
parents want answers.
I applauded the Jersey
Girls in real time (and applaud them today). I applaud any American who
takes on the system to find out why their loved one died (or where
their loved one is in the case of the MIAs).
Howie
Kurtz has proven himself to be an idiot and any words about caring
about the troops or anything else are flat out lies from him because he
refused to note the rude treatment of two Americans who died in an
attack that took place because they were American and he refused to call
out Thomas E. Ricks' bulls**t.
He had time
to plug the latest bad book from Thomas E. Ricks. He just didn't have
time to mention Iraq War veterans killed in an attack on Americans.
Whores make their priorities very clear and we hear you, Howie. Though
for how much longer is going to be the question.
Fat
trash Ricks is quoted by Howie saying his apology to Fox News was not
an apology "but rather an explanation of why I jumped a bit when the
anchor began the segment with the assertion that pressure on the White
House was building, which it most clearly was not."
As
we've noted before, Thomas E. Ricks is no longer a reporter.
(Congratulations to the European community members who made sure that
his billing was corrected when he went to Europe to pimp The Gamble. He
even got confronted to his face when he attempted to claim he was "just
a reporter." No, you're not. You haven't been a reporter in years.)
Clearly was not? Jay Carney made a ridiculous statement yesterday that
the press refused to call out. When you admit that the administration,
47 days after the attack, knows nothing, that's kind of desperate. My
opinion, that shows pressure on the White House. But it's just my
opinion, it's not fact and Thomas E. Ricks can no longer tell the
difference between fact and fiction which is why, on that segment, he
announced that Susan Rice would be confirmed as Secretary of State.
While
Thomas was digging through the hampers of various generals today and
holding the pouches of boxers and briefs up to his nose, I was at two
hearings. The one in the afternoon? Senate Foreign Relations
Committee. It was so the Committee could publicly vet two of Barack's
nominees. Susan Rice wasn't one of them. You had Robert Godec who is
nominated to be the US Ambassador to Kenya and Deborah Ann McCarthy who
is nominated to be the US Ambassador to Lithuania.
You
know who else was at that hearing? Senator John Kerry because he's the
Chair of that Committee. And while Thomas E. Ricks rubs his nose
against military officers' crotches, I actually speak to the people who
will be voting in the Senate. And today there was a surprising amount
of sympathy for John Kerry who his Democratic peers feel would be a
great Secretary of State and felt that this was in the bag after Kerry's
endorsement of and work for Barack during the 2008 primaries. There's a
feeling that John's not just qualified, that he's not only put in his
time, but that he's being snubbed in the most rude way possible. As a
Democratic Senator not on the Foreign Relations Committee said to me and
another Democratic Senator today, 'John's being asked to just go along
with this media circus and if Susan Rice is nominated, he'll be the one
to preside over that hearing. And you know it's tearing him apart but
he's never said a word against Rice or against Obama.'
So
Thomas E. Ricks lunatic idea that Susan Rice is beloved by Democratic
Senators for the Secretary of State post? He might want to get his nose
out of the hairy crotches of generals, wash his face and try talking to
actual Senators. (Though I doubt too many would want to talk to him.)
Decades
of service and public work is what John Kerry brings to the table. But
when it's not about qualifications, why should anyone have to wait
their turn? I'm not saying Susan Rice wouldn't get confirmed. I
believe Democrats will vote for her. But while Barack has angered the
nation by yet again picking fights when he should be focused on issues
that matter, he's angered Republicans and the assumption that he will go
with Rice over John Kerry is really doing damage to Barack's reputation
in the Senate.
This was not the fight to
have and we made that point the minute Susan Rice's name was floated
publicly. It's shown Barack to be petty and bickering, it's hardened
tensions between the White House and Republicans in Congress (House and
Senate) and it's left Democrats in the Senate demoralized as one of
their own, an immensely qualified candidate for Secretary of State,
appears about to be passed over for a woman more infamous for snarls
than for building ties.
Here's Gareth Porter (TruthOut) correcting some of the damaging lies Thomas E. Ricks has put into print over the years about his wet dream David Petraeus:
Petraeus has been credited by Ricks and other journalists with
having abandoned violent "cordon and search" operations used everywhere
else in Iraq that alienated the entire Sunni population, and having
replaced them with "cordon and knock" operations. In the softer version
of targeted raids, the targets' homes were surrounded and the targets
were invited to give themselves up peacefully. But again, the NPS
thesis, based on the actual documents and the testimony of officers in
Petraeus's command, tells a rather different story.
It
turns out that Petraeus did not end kill-or-capture raids in Mosul: he
continued to use them to kill or capture those believed to be hardcore
insurgents, according to the NPS study. The less violent sweeps were
used to capture "less dangerous but potentially active members of
insurgent groups without alienating entire neighborhoods," the authors
wrote. And when insurgent attacks went over 100 for the month of
November 2003, Petraeus ordered a major increase in the level of
cordon-and-search raids in December, hitting 23 targets simultaneously
in one night. The number of suspects detained in Mosul soared that month
to 295 - nearly three times the average over the previous five months.
Those
targeted raids on suspected insurgents depended on intelligence
gathered by Petraeus' own command, Special Forces operating in the area
and the CIA. But how reliable was that intelligence? It is widely
acknowledged that, especially that early in the war, US intelligence on
the insurgency was woefully weak. The International Red Cross disclosed
in a February 2004 report on detainee abuse in Iraq that US military
intelligence officers had estimated that 70 to 90 percent of Iraqis they
had detained were innocent. Petraeus' operation, as elsewhere in Iraq,
had to rely on Iraqis volunteering information as to who was an
insurgent, and, as Ricks relates, Petraeus told him
"there were so many phony tips passed by Iraqis feuding with each
other that this softer approach helped sort those tips without
unnecessarily insulting Iraqi dignity."
Recommended: "Iraq snapshot"
"At least 10 killed in today's violence"
"'No one knows, no one cares'"
"Curiosity"
"8 women, 14 men"
"Toy auctions and the Bionic Woman"
"an idiot and a sexist of the week"
"The best Benghazi reporting today?"
"Breast cancer in Marin"
"Revenge"
"Oh, Clarence Page . . ."
"The flavorless rice"
"Santa post"
"Petraeus' would-be mistress"
"THIS JUST IN! TOMMY WANTS TO SUCK ONE!"
