Throbbing Memo Anniversary: MSM vs. the Blogosphere

The 'Throbbing Memo':
Dan Rather, CBS News Not the Only Ones Put on Notice
Blogosphere Comes of Age
Now Watching the 'Watchdogs'


The famous "throbbing" memo at Little Green Footballs
[NOTE: Our memo might not "throb"; for that you'll have to visit LGF.]


"I opened Apple’s TextEdit word processor, and with default settings typed in the same text from the August 18, 1973 memo as found at CBS News, with the same Times New Roman font at the same 12 point size."

That sentence, posted on Fri, Sep 10, 2004 at 4:40:11 pm PST at Little Green Footballs by Charles Johnson, signaled the beginning of the end for American dependence on the gatekeepers of the Mainstream Media for their news.

As Johnson wrote today, "Four years ago, the Dreaded Throbbing Memo that haunts Dan Rather’s fevered dreams was born."

According to Wikipedia--not the best source for current and/or political events; as any who sought unbiased, well-sourced info on either John Edwards' scandal or Sarah Palin can attest:

The Killian documents controversy (also referred to as Memogate, Rathergate or Ra^thergate) involved six documents critical of President George W. Bush's service in the Air National Guard in 1972-1973. Four of these documents^[2] were presented as authentic in a 60 Minutes Wednesday broadcast aired by CBS on September 8, 2004, less than two months before the 2004 Presidential Election, but it was later found that CBS had failed to authenticate the documents.^[5] Subsequently, several typewriter and typography experts concluded the documents are forgeries, as have some media sources. No forensic document examiners or typography experts have authenticated the documents, and this may not be technically possible without original documents. The provider of the documents, Lt. Col. Bill Burkett, claims to have burned the originals after faxing copies to CBS.^[9]

CBS News producer Mary Mapes obtained the copied documents from Burkett, a former officer in the Texas Army National Guard, in the course of pursuing a story about the George W. Bush military service controversy. The papers, purportedly made by Bush's commander, the late Lieutenant Colonel Jerry B. Killian, included criticisms of Bush's service in the Guard during the 1970s. In the 60 Minutes segment, anchor Dan Rather stated "we are told [the documents] were taken from Lieutenant Colonel Killian’s personal files" and incorrectly asserted that "the material" had been authenticated by experts retained by CBS.

The original throbbing memo can be seen at Another CBS Document Experiment

This episode led to CBS News first stonewalling, then later firing Dan Rather.

Four years later, CBS is still stonewalling: look no further than the blackout of any news the John Edwards affair/scandal/cover-up prior to August 8th, when Edwards called Bob Schieffer and, in effect, told CBS and Schieffer it was okay to now mention the story.

In the Edwards' story, CBS was joined by the entire posse of the Mainstream Media. Only the intrepid persistence of the National Enquirer and some blogs finally broke through the determined MSM "cone of silence".

[Background information: access over 100 DBKP stories on the John Edwards-Rielle Hunter affair, scandal and cover-up: John Edwards Love Child Scandal Library.]

Even after Edwards was confronted by the Enquirer's reporters on July 21 and barricaded himself in a Beverly Hilton mens room, the watchdogs in the MSM didn't think any of that was news--even though Edwards had just been named by Time magazine as being on Barack Obama's short list for vice-president.

Now shift to another party, another VP: the same MSM that ignored the Edwards story is operating under a completely different standard.

The Mainstream Media is crawling all over Alaska in an effort to uncover something--anything--negative to write about Sarah Palin, John McCain's VP choice. Not being able to find anything classified as "dirt" hasn't stopped the almost-hourly binge of negative Palin stories in the MSM.

If the press had expended 1% of the effort in the Edwards story it has in trying to find something "bad" about Palin, the John Edwards' story would have been dealt with in December and January.

All this brings us back to the "throbbing memo".

Dan Rather and CBS News tried to influence the 2004 election by releasing a story based on forged documents--and got caught by the blogosphere.

Four years later, CBS and the MSM are still at in the business of trying to influence elections, this time by their 24/7 attacks on the conservative Republican VP.

This time around there is not only Charles Johnson's Little Green Footballs watching them do it: there's a cast of, literally, thousands to assist.

Happy Anniversary, Blogosphere vs. the Mainstream Media.

Happy Fourth Anniversary, "throbbing memo"!


by Mondoreb
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Fergie and the Camel

"Trust in God, but tie your camel"
.....from Rubaiyat by Omar Khayyam,

Omar was talking about an ancient form of "The Club". This is a tale of climate, your constant companion and the urge to pimp your ride--even if that ride is the "ship of the desert".

It's hot in the desert, right?

Real hot, blazingly hot. And it's a well-known fact that heat in the air produces heat in the heart of humans all over the world. And what better way to celebrate the heat in the heart of a human than to sing-a-long with the Black-Eyed Peas. If you don't know the words, you can hum.
But first, a word about a certain tradition concerning the camel:

"Also see the MEMRI blog, where we find this mind-blowing photo of a camel who’s ready to rock your world"
--Quote from the Little Green Book at Little Green Footballs

My humps,
--------my humps,
-----------------my lovely camel humps
----------------------------------...check it out.

Didn't think we'd tie all those loose ends together, did you?

by Mondoreb
& Little Baby Ginn
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The Neo-Nazis, The White Supremacists,And BabbaZee--Lizard Land Weather Report: There's a Storm Front Coming

Oh BabbaZee! She's went and kicked over another anthill. Probably happened while she was stepping on some Neo-Nazi toes.

The site: Storm Front.
The thread: Psycho Jewess Is 'The Outraged Spleen Of Zion'
The topic: The original Renegade Jewtian Prophetess herself, BabbaZee, and the first two parts of her White Supremacist Neo-Nazi saga.

Someone's not happy in Neo-Nazi-land. Below are the posts to the Babba topic. It covers the range of modern White Supremacist/Nazi thought.

salvete amici starts the ball rolling with a rousing review of Babba, Charles Johnson and LGF:

[This seriously deranged jewess is a major player on the "influential blog" known as LGF, littlegreenfootballs.com
It's a huge neo-con zionist site that is headed by a shabbos goy boy named Charles Johnson. He and others there hate WNs, love Jews, hate "islamists" and are Israel supporting, pro-war hawks in the extreme]

As a Lizard, one resents "influential blog" being placed in quotes; the quotes imply there's doubt mixed in there somewhere. amici goes on to quote a little Babba in the morning.

...The Odin's Cross is an internationally recognized NeoNazi trademark currently being (lamely) taqiyyed off by some as a Celtic Cross. This symbol is being used today only by by NeoNazis, white power movements and movements worshiping Odin which are also largely comprised of white power people. To boot, it is the symbol and masthead of Stormfront , the "White Nationalist Community"

Celtic Cross my ass. I see you.

amici thinks Babba is evil, a thought shared by any who have tried her specialty "White Power Pot Roast".

["I see you" Isn't that what Sauron said in LOTR? Evil types think alike. She appears not to like White folk, think she'll be put on a Hate Site list?

amici finishes his post strongly, calling on the spirit of patron saint, David Duke:

Originally Posted by David Duke View Post

So, I say again, protect our borders all over the European world.Compensate and repatriate non-Europeans.
Preserve our heritage.
But, if you focus on the Muslim problem rather the Jewish extremist one, you will be completely defeated because you will not be fighting the real enemy. You will be only fighting the effect and not the cause, so the enemy can continue to make effect after effect until they destroy us, and this is exactly what they have done.
The truth is that as long as Muslims in other countries respect our sovereignty and our borders we can respect them.
All over the White world, there is but one reason why we face a crisis of existence, Jewish Supremacism.
If we defeat Jewish Supremacism in our own homelands, the rest will be easy.We don't defeat Jewish Supremacism we will continue to be wiped off the earth. It is that simple. I hope it becomes as natural for our people to understand this as to breathe!

David Duke, answer your phone: it's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on line #2. More posters want in on this action. Next AZDane chips in:

Odin's Cross? That's a new one by me.

It tickles me pink that the Jews are afraid of white people awakening and remembering Odin. Bwahaha, let them quake in their orthopedic shoes.

All over Lizardom, fists are shaken in the sky at the failure of the Zionist Entity to deliver the checks on time. Tears are then wiped away as thousands of lizards are forced to the realization: there will be NO orthopedic shoes in their stockings this Christmas.

Messiah then adds his review of LGF:

Yes, LGF is quite the pile of turds.

Hey! That's where the Lizard Lounge is, buddy! Wizard Cat hints a dark fate may be in store for the Leader of the Jewhad.

Isn't the spleen an unnecessary organ?

Hey! OSOZ was our Blog of the Week last month! Hey wait...BabbaZee's on our masthead. Semi-threatened by Nazi/KKK-types? How exciting.

Pat the Mick waxes philosophic to soften the tone:

It seems to me to be a perfectly acceptable tactic to seek to join more centrist groups and work from within to convert them into useful tools for the movement and isn't that what the Left did in the sixties?

The means of political advancement for any cause is well fertilized with deceit and treachery. If we use the enemies tactics against him/her shouldn't they be honored that we thought enough of the idea to more or less steal it?
What the white rights groups have to do is use the E.O.C. and civil rights laws to further the proposition that we deserve equal opportunity until we are back in control of our lives and then take steps to gaurentee that all opportunity is offered in an unbiased manner to everyone in the future, I know I don't speak for everyone here but I'm willing to compete fairly with anybody and I have enough faith in white folks superior character and ability to risk a loss of jobs or education to the more gifted individual, however if they continue to discriminate against us they should relise that they are facing a resourseful and cunning adversary who has the strength and political muscle to combat injustice with an ability they have not even awakened yet!

The Nazis are coming? Or are they Neo-Nazis? Or both? Maybe to perform a spleen-a-nectomy on Babba. I'm thinking more Neo-Nazis.

Babba's response to all this? Typical BZ:

I got me a Crackertwa
pyscho Jewess
Ques Ques Se
FA FA FA FA FA FA FA FA FA FA
BETTAH run run run
run run run
AWAY

Who knew Renegade Jewtian Prophetesses could sing?

We have some helpful advice for the Storm Front: breathe deeply. Think some cool thoughts. Close your eyes and think of warm sandy beaches. If you think about it, you'll take our advice.

I mean, it's hard to goose-step with your panties in a bunch.

by Mondoreb
[hat tip: Renegade Jewtian Prophetess]
{NOTE: Both Parts of Babba's Neo-Nazi saga are at Outraged Spleen of Zion.
They're also over at LGF.
They'll both be up here in the next 24 hours; we've been in and out and we'll be in then. As my mom used to say, "I've only got two hands!"



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Atlas Shrugged Off The Slings and Arrows

More on the Vlaams Belang dust-up in the Netherlands (and the USA).
Atlas Shrugged weighs in with some sober, salient points on the affair.

Philosopher Roger Scruton, who also spoke at a VB event:

As the British conservative philosopher and author Roger Scruton said in a speech in Antwerp last year, the charge of racism and xenophobia in the EU countries “has become the equivalent of a charge of heresy in medieval Europe, of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts, or of ‘deviationism” in the Stalinist state.” However, as Mr. Scruton pointed out, “we have a duty to brave the charge of ‘racism and xenophobia’, and to discuss every aspect of immigration.”

AS goes on to add, concerning A. Bostom:

Moreover if I might add that Andrew Bostom was SPECIFICALLY requested by the organizers to speak about Antisemitism, AND I included at the end at the of his remarks a specific mention of NAZI Antisemitism in the guise of the annihilationist Johannes von Leers.

Atlas was good enough to include Little Green Footballs' objections to VB:

(1) that the party abstained in the European Parliament from approving the above mentioned Holocaust resolution;
(2) that early this month the party organized a “white supremacist” demonstration;
(3) that Nazi skinheads applaud the party;
(4) that neo-Nazis link to VB videos.

DBKP's take at this point: There are always going to be fringe elements in any group. It's important, after all the accommodations Europeans have made with Islam and immigrants' refusals to assimilate into European societies, to make a stand for Dutch and European culture somewhere along the line.

Because of some objectionable people, the Dutch people should be applauded for raising the question, even at this late hour. With Dutch emigration rising, it's important for assimilation to be stressed now. Whether there are those who take advantage of this concern for their own ends is largely immaterial to the larger debate.

Charles Johnson's been labeled a "Nazi", and worse, the Left countless times. It hasn't dampened his enthusiasm for spreading the truth of the jihadis or their apologists at LGF. No one should shut up because they're called "Nazi".

Either in The Netherlands or the United States.

by Mondoreb
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Elimination Crisis: If You Hate "Hate", The Left Hates You

by Mondoreb
Oh, to be a Leftist blogger! No connections to reality to slow down the rhetoric! No need to resort to reasoning! Just the free, unfettered flow of feelings flushing your face with flecks of frothy fantasia!

Some delusional Delirium Tremens from Sadly, No!Sense:

For Long Island’s lunatic race-baiter Pamela ‘Atlas’ Geller Oshry, what started last week as a two-day jaunt across the pond to drink a few Flirtinis, slur some Arabs and bash out a few choruses of the Horst Wessel Song, has turned into a living hell. For pony-tailed smooth jazzman-cum-paranoid bigot Charles Johnson, what left his keyboard as an uncharacteristically lucid post about non-imaginary fascists, has returned painfully in the horrific guise of a woman scorned.

One of these days, the Left will get around to detailing the Hate Crimes of LGF's Johnson. It will be an easy post for Left bloggers to write, as it will be a blank page.

Another story they might well concentrate their gerbil-wheel-spinning energies on, "What the Left Hates about Charles Johnson" will be much more meaty. It will include, as "Exhibit A", Johnson's exposure of the chummy relationshiop between Islamofacsists and the Left. "Exhibit B" might be LGF's relentless attack on the Left's insistence on shouting down those they disagree with by labeling them; perhaps as a, oh, "jazzman-cum-paranoid-bigot".

"Racist", "Nazi", "knuckle-dragger", "jazzman-cum-paranoid-bigot": just another day at the blog for those disagreeing with any Left Wing bloggers with the DTs.

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LGF Left-Wing?: A Little-Seen Look At the Extreme Right Wing

SMASH Left-Wing Scum!!!

LGF and Daily KOS, Idealogical Bedmates According to Holocaust-Denying Leader.

Little Green Footballs Attacked By Right Wing Extremists
A BLOW-BY-BLOW account by someone who was there at LGF, DBKP's own LBG.

The Original Little Green Footballs story thread here: BNP Leader Invited to Speak by 'Conservative'Student Group.
The Original Kookery at Spartan Spectator.

From Little Green Footballs, known for its unending efforts at exposing the dangers the world faces from Islamists and Political Correctness comes a shocking story from Michigan State University. Usually under attack from the Kook Left, LGF now comes under fire from the Kook Right. The exposure of the conservative student group, Young Americans for Freedom, and their ties to Holocaust Denier and racist, British National Party leader, Nick Griffin.

LGF had looked into the “invitation” given out to Griffin to come and speak about the dangers of Islam at Michigan State University on October 26th. LGF quite correctly pointed out that the head of the YAF, Kyle Bristow had made a huge mistake in inviting Griffin.

Charles Johnson of LGF:

“If this was another case of “the enemy of my enemy is my friend,” it couldn’t possibly be more misguided. From the statement by Kyle Bristow, it’s clear that the YAF (not related to Jason Mattera’s group, the Young America’s Foundation) knew exactly who Griffin was when they invited him.
The YAF should apologize for this, and renounce any associations with the BNP or Griffin. It’s an indefensible move, and a gigantic mistake. Do the right thing, and distance yourselves now while you can still control the damage.”

One of the long time posters at LGF had sent a concerned email to Bristow and was quite stunned at his reply.

This is Bristow's reply to my e-mail to him, which is below.

Dear Leftist Freak,
I am thrilled that we had Nick Griffin speak at Michigan State University.
In Freedom,
Kyle Bristow

[original email follows]----------------------------------------
Please, renounce your decision to host this anti-Semitic man at M.S.U..
Sincerely,
Concerned Lizard from LGF

Another commenter at LGF was able to post a link to blog, Spartan Spectator, to post the “Nick Griffin Post-Event Press Release From YAF”:

The “press release,” written by Kyle Bristow was melodramatic and later disputed by others who were there

East Lansing, Mich. – Nick Griffin, the chairman of the British National Party, did not receive a pleasant welcome during his visit to Michigan State University on Friday. Countered by a mob of extremists, Griffin continually faced loud remarks and booing during his two-hour speech at the university.

After protesters disrupted America’s pledge of allegiance, Griffin constantly dealt with loud accusations of racism, baby killing and hatred. Throughout the event, Griffin was ignored and all questions relating to mass immigration were immediately shouted down and screamed upon. YAF chairman Kyle Bristow stated that he “was amazed at the level of savagery that occurred at a so-called institution of higher learning.” Video footage of the event is available upon request.

Upon exiting the building, YAF members were chased by a mob of extremists carrying baseball bats, canes and sticks. The mob shouted “let’s get them” as the YAF members ran towards safety.

Police reports have been filed and YAF is working with authorities; although the police have been little help in the past; Bristow hopes that Michigan State will stand up for free speech and civility on its campus.
Source: Post Event Press Release.

The posters at LGF were quick to condemn Bristow’s use of a known racist and Holocaust denier such as Nick Griffin in the ongoing war against Islamism. Another LGF poster supplied a link to the blog, Michigan Messenger who had the Liveblog report from the Nick Griffin speech. It was reported that Griffin was flanked by white supremacist, Preston Wiginton.

"I have in the past said very rude things about the holocaust," Griffin said. "I have never denied it, and I do not doubt so many Jews were killed by the Nazis and the Allies."

"You seek to deny the white people of the world the right to collect in their own community and self determinations; then you are a racist," Griffin said.

Appalled that a so-called Conservative Student group such as the YAF would embrace the likes of someone such as Griffin the commenters at LGF lambasted the group and its leader, Kyle Bristow. One such comment from LGF:

“On the bright side, experiencing something like this contains the possibility of leading some of us to a crystalline insight on the importance of value systems in politics, the dangers of leftist totalitarianism, and the need to stand up to the jihadists in the right way without having people go off to bizarre, hateful ideologies. It can help us to see with perfect mental clarity that we must actively work to build good movements, political organizations, and to deal with issues openly and rationally; we cannot let happen what we are seeing in European countries.”

The reaction from Bristow was swift. From his “Spartan Spectator” blog:

LGF = Traitors to Western Civilization, along with a male figure swinging a sledge hammer at the Little Green Football, then the words, “Smash Left-Wing Scum!!!

Source: Spartan Spectator.

Not content with this little display another post of vitriol was added by Bristow.

MSU-YAF Denounces Little Green Footballs for Being Prissy RINOs
From Spartan Spectator:

The Little Green Footballs blog decided to condemn MSU-YAF for hosting Nick Griffin. In case you do not read Little Green Footballs, the blog is pro-Muslim, left-wing, politically correct, and basically a front for neoconservative foreign policy (instead of defending their culture, they want to build schools in the Anbar province). They are basically a puppet of the multiculturalists and believe that Islam is not the enemy of Western civilization and Christendom. Only Bush-bots read the Little Green Footballs blog.

Bristow obviously had forgotten that LGF has a long-standing reputation of being just the opposite of what he had previously described.

Instead of writing about threats to Western civilization, the LGF blog has recently attacked organizations who are fighting the culture war by doing more than just posting stuff on a blog that only like-minded people read.

Many of the comments on the LGF blog are critical of Pat Buchanan, Ron Paul, and paleoconservatism. If you are not a big government, globalist, middle-class-hating, promoter of economic treason, then LGF doesn't like you.

LGF and Al Qaeda both have something in common: they hate Western civilization and those who stand up for it.

Mr. Bristow tarred LGF with accusations that the blog is “big government, globalist, middle class hating, promoter of economic treason,” in short, evidently what Bristow could come up with for insults at such short notice. Bristow threw a little “far right wing extremist” temper tantrum when exposed by LGF as a kiss up and promoter of Neo-Nazis and Holocaust Deniers under the guise of exposing “Islamo-fascism.”

This is not a case of “Strange Bedfellows” between Bristow, the YAF, and LGF. Charles Johnson, the creator and force behind LGF has proven that there is no room for the likes of someone as vile as Neo-Nazis in the current war on Terror, nor will there ever be.

[Although some vague references were made about the Ron Paul campaign, one has to wonder if Paul is even aware of this. He's probably, as this is being typed, in bed at a Holiday Inn somewhere, dreaming sweet dreams of abolishing the IRS. So DBKP won't speculate.]

UPDATE [335 am 102807]: It's not everyday that LGF gets branded as "Left Wing SCUM". I'm sure The New York Times, The DailyKOS and Huffington post are wondering about what it takes for real Left Wingers to get noticed.

LGF now resides in that rarest of Internet worlds: where the Left Wing SCUM shall lay down with the knuckle-dragging Neo-Nazis.

by Little Baby Ginn
--notes by Mondoreb
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Latest from the Spartan Spectator.
Background on Nick Griffin and more on this Extreme Right LoveFest of Kookery at MSU from Wake Up America.



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NEW FEATURE: Cherry-Picking the Big Blogs:Nature's Juicy Goodness

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Cherry-Picking at:
Little Green Footballs

by Mondoreb & Little Baby Ginn


It was a dark and stormy night. The crew at DBKP was hard at work--okay, so we were drinking beers and trying to burst a couple blown-up Trojans with some Lawn Darts. ANYWAY, we couldn't decide what to do about those little quips and comments that people make on the blogs, especially the big blogs.

Some people can write articles, stories, heck, even War and Peace. But most of humanity writes in snippets:to-do lists, grocery lists and comments on blogs. And we wanted to spotlight the little pearls of wisdom that usually never see the light of day. So Cherry-Picking was born. Every week we're going to be looking on the biggest sites for comments that are funny, outrageous or just make us think. Today is Little Green Footballs.


LGF Poll: Who Won the GOP Debate?
Tue, Oct 9, 2007 at 3:02:57 pm PST

1 M. Bensson-Levi
re: #33 E.T. "I think Rudy is the only one who can beat the Hill ... has the best name recognition of all the GOPs. For VP I like Hunter or Thompson
hillary ran him out of the 00 senate race. I am worried he will blink again."You just landed on the planet, did you? A life or death battle with prostate cancer put Giuliani out of the '00 senate race. That was the luckiest thing that ever happened to the Hildebeast. She certainly had NOTHING to do with his withdrawal from the race.

2Dianna
In her shoes? I'd tread very, very carefully.
Hillary Clinton has to deal with the fact that every single person in the nation is aware that she has been ultimately humiliated: It is common knowledge that her husband was boffing the help.

3Hard Right
In her shoes? I'd tread very, very carefully.
Hillary Clinton has to deal with the fact that every single person in the nation is aware that she has been ultimately humiliated: It is common knowledge that her husband was keeps boffing the help.
Coorected.

4CyanSnowHawk

re: #125 Killgore Trout
How do the paulinas have time to pull that shit off?
Not much else to do when sitting in the basement waiting for Mom to make dinner.

5Right Brain
Ron Paul won by not being there.
I've gone Zen.

6Hard Right
re: #202 Ringo the Gringo
Sad to say that my very own mother is a Paulian.
....although I'm quite certain that she has not voted in any on-line polls.
She must be liquidated. She's impudent. :)

7mama winger

This "Democracy" is a messy thing.

GOP Debate Thread 3
Tue, Oct 9, 2007 at 2:44:04 pm PDT

7Speegon
McCain seems to have forgotten to tune up his hearing aid this afternoon...

8sngnsgt

re: #48 Ron Paul
Oh crap! I've lost it.
You were never in it to begin with! If you're looking for work, Mr Whipple is ill and they need a stand-in for Charmin commercials.

9Uncle Joe
The Republican Debate...STARRING...
CHRIS MATTHEWS!
also appearing,
various Republican operatives....

Pelosi in Pakistan Papers
Tue, Oct 9, 2007 at 9:25:30 am PDT

10Atweber
I'll tell you what is real torture--having to look at Pelosi's
face.

11Poitiers-Lapanto
Good work, Speaker.
Indeed, as a traitor she's almost perfect.

11Logic Probe
Hey, the register is open! Too bad I already have my sock puppet account. As for Pelosi, what else would we expect? She's not working for America, she's working for Soros..

12terri g
Nancy, you're an idiot! She prays for our troops, she prays for our Prez, sure she does-she prays for them to lose and she prays for the prez to be impeached.

13Catttt
Pelosi said reported interrogation tactics such as simulated drowning, head slapping and exposure to extreme temperatures would amount to banned torture.
Hey! I just realized I was tortured in college! Particularly the extreme temperatures part.

14tommy gun
I wish she would just fast-forward to the logical conclusion and go full burka...

15maddog
re: #12 Logic Probe Goodness - you've got all of 86 posts since you got here and now you have a sock puppet, too?
Serious question and NOT being snarky, why do you want a sock puppet?
Sock puppets serve the vital purpose of allowing you to come back (for a minute, anyway) after being banned to demonstrate to everyone that banning you in the first place was a good move.

Dan Rather Threatened to Leak Fake Memos to NYT
Mon, Oct 8, 2007 at 3:38:19 pm PDT

16song-and-dance man
Dan lusted after a trick pony and instead screwed the pooch.

17
Woodward and Bernstein got to hang a Presidential scalp on their mantle.
Dan Rather wanted one soooooo bad.

18Kreuzueber Halbmond
"Be careful. Journalism is more addictive than crack cocaine. Your life can get out of balance." - Dan Rather
/should have taken his own advice

All either funny, insightful, or thought-provoking to our picker.
Next: Cherry-Picking at The DailyKOS.



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Media Matters New Strategy For a Democratic Majority:"End the Life of Every Conservative!"

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The Media Matters Agenda:
Death to Conservatives!

Utah Declares State of Emergency!

by Mondoreb

It wasn't enough to take out-of-context quotes of conservative pundits, add images of Hitler then throw them in a PR release. Now Media Matters is advocating "death to every conservative!"

A new, more action-packed strategy for the Hillary Clinton front organization? Is the Media "watchdog" turning into an Auschwitz cheerleader? Is this what the Left is talking about when they scream that the United States is a "facist nation"?

The coming Conservative Holocaust is explained by Little Green Footballs:

The hit squad at Think Progress took one nasty comment from a reader at RedState, and stated outright that it represented the entire blog: White House Embraces Right-Wing Blog That Called For ‘Destroying’ Graeme Frost.

So I guess it’s OK to point out that Media Matters has let a comment stand on their site for more than 24 hours, calling for the death of every single person on the “right.” This wouldn’t have lasted ten minutes at LGF.

Oh, so Media Matters didn't advocate "death to every conservative"? You'd be forgiven for the thought that that's what all the uproar was about. But this is the Media Matters Way: find a quote or invent one (conservative new media haven't read that far in the MM Stylebook yet), sacrifice a truck full of pixels on the subject as if the quote were correct, issue a PR release, wait for the mighty Munchkins at KOS, HuffPo, Firedoglake to jump into the cesspool, and hope someone at the NY Times is noticing all the splashing.

Voila! One manufactured event, coming right up! The hub-bub over Rush Limbaugh, Ann Coulter, Debbie Schussel, Fox News and others over the last few weeks is only the latest proof.

This tactic seems to elicit squeals of delight from the Code Pinko/Leftie-on-a-Stick smart set that appears to be setting much of the Democrat Party agenda these days. But is Media Matters contributing to their mission as a "media watchdog"? Or news? Truth? Facts?

Better to buy the National Enquirer for those.

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BLOG OF THE WEEK:Little Green Footballs

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by Little Baby Ginn
--notes by mondoreb

This week we take a look at that thorn in the side of the Left, the source of uncounted vapor trails of venom at DailyKOS and the inspiration of Leftard fantasies in suburban basements across America: Little Green Footballs.

With a total of almost 4.5 million comments and growing, Little Green Footballs is a tour de force in the political blog world. Its originator, Charles Johnson, single handedly built a place for posters to not only get the latest news on the war on terror but to also comment in a community that sometimes gets raucous but never fails to inform.

Famous for being instrumental in exposing CBS’ Dan Rather and Mary Mapes’ attempt to discredit President Bush during the 2004 elections with the famous “Killian” documents, Little Green Footballs, or LGF, has been called a racist hate monger site, rabidly anti-Muslim.

The “throbbing memo” was the technical piece of evidence that showed quite succinctly that the “memos” supposedly written “18 August 1973” by the late Lt. Colonel Jerry B. Killian were an exact match to Johnson’s Microsoft Word Version 2004.

Bush Guard Documents: Forged
Thur, Sep 9, 2004 at 10:24:36 am PST
2004.
I opened Microsoft Word, set the font to Microsoft’s Times New Roman, tabbed over to the default tab stop to enter the date “18 August 1973,” then typed the rest of the document purportedly from the personal records of the late Lieutenant Colonel Jerry B. Killian.
And my Microsoft Word version, typed in 2004, is an exact match for the documents trumpeted by CBS News as “authentic.”

Little Green Footballs tries to be ahead of the curve in news and opinion pieces posted on the blog. The majority of those will never be found on the pages of the MSM nor on the big news networks. LGF has become a watchdog of the MSM, a prime example being the exposure of the altered photos Reuters had published from a freelance photographer based in the Middle East.

Faux photography: The Rueters' pix.. The photographer, Adnan Hajj, had submitted photos to Reuters for a period of over ten years. LGF found that two photographs showed evidence of manipulation at the time during the 2006 Israel-Lebanon Conflict. CJ posted the photos online; the posters at LGF had the opportunity to weigh in on the subject. Reuters subsequently admitted that the photos in question did show manipulation and that they would no longer use Hajj’s work. LGF brought into question Retuers' credibility several more times when it took a closer, more stringent look at the “news” being sent out over the Reuter wires.

Synergy in action. Posters play an important part in submitting new stories or alerting Johnson to what has transpired in their part of the world. The comments themselves are a reading post of Silent America. Claims of racism at LGF abound. But like many Leftist howls, they don't hold up. If the Left produced porn, it would be a movie of Liberals constructing a "new man", i.e., one that would deny its humanity. LGF, by pointing out human foibles earns the fury of the Left and its favorite pejorative: "racist".

The posts at LGF voice concerns over the eerie parallels between the 1930’s pre-WWII and the events that transpire today. They examine the increasing spread of Islamism through various parts of the world and the governments who give into their demands rather than standing up to them. Religion is not a race. To look at the religion of Islam with a critical eye is not racism. "Racism" is a favorite cry whenever one disagrees with what is being said.

Israel.Israel is our most important ally in the Middle East. Ahmadinejad and Iran have spoken, written, and are on tape verbalizing their hatred of Israel, their goal to push Israel and all Zionists into the sea, their attempts to sugarcoat the Holocaust. LGF is pro-Israel which means that the truths about those who seek Israel’s demise are being exposed on an almost daily basis.

Mainstream Media. LGF also exposes the bias and current erosion of professionalism of the MSM. The fact that LGF has caught the MSM time and time again in acts of sheer laziness and the ability to skew and/or slant a story especially in the matter of the war on terror and Islamism.

LGF: A Closed Shop? One reads claims that LGF never allows new registrations. This is most certainly not true. Claims that a poster will be banned if they disagree with the current meme are not valid. What isn't tolerated are posters who are abusive, use certain types of crude language, or call for genocide for violence or genocide. [note: In the last two months, there have been at least 15 Open Registration periods.]

The Disaffected. If no one reads your site, you never make any enemies; but you never make a difference either. It's a measure of LGF's success that there are at least two anti-LGF sites. A quick look at their posts reveal that without LGF, they would cease to exist. I would have added DailyKOS to the mix, but they're anti-mainstream Amercan, an not strictly anti-LGF.

Et Sumus Minora Greenus Footballeus All in all, LGF never fails to inform. Like any large forum, either in life or on the internet, some posts are insightful, at times outrageous and occasionally banal. The posters are quite adept at pointing out the bizarre, the hypocritical, the ironic, and sometimes the obvious. The community is diverse. There are no pledges to be made such as “you have to be a Democrat.” Free speech is encouraged: it’s a great place to hone one’s debating skills. If you want to be taken seriously, be ready to submit proof; it's not enough to "feel". Posters who think "feelings" are a substitute for reason and logic should save themselves the trouble and head over to the Huffington Post, where that viewpoint is demonstrated daily.

At times it’s not for the faint of heart and a quiver of verbal arrows should be in reach. But the majority of the time it’s a place where one can share in discussions over topics that affect the U.S. now and in the future; where one can voice their opinion; where the stories that the MSM should be reporting will be posted then dissected and at times, hysterically fun.

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At LGF: Leftard Poll ResultsUndercover Lizard Uncovers KOSpit!45% WOULD VOTE FOR AHMADINEJAD! Mad Iranian Feels Out Clinton for VP!

[pictured above: Undercover Lizard, Kilgore Trout, reports back to diabolical Half-Crazed LGF Lizardoid Honcho, Charles Johnson.]
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Dazed but unfazed, undercover Lizardoid, Killgore Trout reported back to Little Green Footballs with shocking Leftard poll results. 45% of the DailyKOS denizens would vote for former Iranian hostage-taker, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, for U.S. President.

A Daily Kos diarist has put up a poll asking the question, Daily Kos: Who would you rather have lead, Bush or Ahmadinejad?

Bush is actually ahead. But not by much.

The Hillary Clinton campaign immediately denied rumors that Ahmadinejad had been leading the beleaguered Bush before HRC operatives had rigged the voting.

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