Tag: Iraq
Look Over There!
The Saudis and Israelis are crying that it’s unfair,
We’re letting the Iraqis off easy, they despair.
“But don’t you see?”
The Dems say with glee —
“It’s taken the world’s attention away from Obamacare.”
Nine Years Ago Today – Bush Announces Invasion of Iraq
On March 19, 2003, George W. Bush announced that he had ordered the invasion of Iraq, an action later revealed to be based on either the biggest deception or the most egregious incompetence (take your pick) in the history of U.S. military engagement — a disgrace to the nation or a war crime (again, choose for yourself) for which Bush and his vice president were never held accountable.
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Unemployment Unacceptably High for Veterans
11.8%
The shameful unemployment figure for veterans. For the population at large, unemployment is less than 9%. Even worse, for veterans ages 20 to 24, the figure is closer to 30%.
Does Anyone Remember What the Mission We Accomplished Was?
Because after a decade of war, the nation that we need to build is our own.
— Pres. Barack Obama, announcing all American troops will depart Iraq by year-end.
Obama Really Did Have More Important Things to Worry About than Birth Certificates
Twitter: ‘Turns out sending some badass special ops guys into Pakistan is a more effective way of killing Bin Laden than invading Iraq’
United Nations Vituperation
Some diplomats call him a nut-job,
Others, a nattering nabob.
But one thing’s for sure,
He’s one ornery cur,
That Obama-baiting, Jew-hating Ahmadinejad.
And They Had Nothing to Do with 9/11
A big thank you to ProseBeforeHos for sending us the link to this amazing graph.
More facts, and sourcing, are on the site.
Poll: Fox News Seen As Least Trustworthy, Viewership Mostly Old Southern Republicans
Fox News is indisputably the most popular cable news channel. And yet in 13 years, Fox has never broken a story. That’s okay, because it is not in the news business. It is in the news-shaping business. Its programming is an admixture of right-wing propaganda and fear-porn for feeble-minded paranoiacs, served up by spokesmodels who have no clue what they are reading.
On a related note, Wal-Mart has joined 19 other big advertising in boycotting Fox News’ Glenn Beck in response to Beck calling Obama a “racist” who hates the white culture.
And, yes, it sells like hotcakes.
A new poll from DailyKos/Research 2000 finds that while almost all normal Americans see through this ruse, Fox depends almost exclusively on middle-aged and older Southern Republicans for its success.
Here’s Kos’ analysis:
Republicans watch Fox News and nothing else, Democrats split between MSNBC and CNN, and Independents watch nothing. MSNBC, in particular, depends on Democrats for the vast majority of its audience. One would think they’d realize this and get rid of Joe Scarborough to boost its morning ratings.
The South, unlike the rest of the country, appears to have their TV dials stuck on “FOX NEWS”. Except for the youth, that is. 82 percent of 18-29-year-old respondents never watched FNC.
When asked to rate the trustworthiness of the channels, Fox was called trustworthy by just 35 percent and untrustworthy by 41 percent. Among Southerners, 46 percent found Fox to be reliable, while only 25 percent did not. In the Northeast, 27 percent found Fox to be credible, while 55 percent did not. In the Midwest, the finding was 33 percent reliable, 46 percent unreliable; and in the West it was 33 percent vs 43 percent.
As Kos put it, “Republicans (and the South) obviously think [Fox is] the word of god, while Democrats think it’s shit.” (As if more evidence of the effectiveness of Fox’ brainwashing were needed, only 6 percent of Republicans found MSNBC to be credible.)
