Conservative Thread: U.S. Steele - Back In Business

[wonderlanne]

Welcome home!

 

[TeresaNJ]

 

[SwedishMeatball]

 

[wonderlanne]

this cracked me up by the way:

The Conservative Thread: woot. (shout out to my hizzle Zippa)

 

[Dolce27]

After a small detour around the CB... I'm home!

 

[wonderlanne]

there's no place like home.

 

[Humphrey Bear]

 

[Mr Man]

Second Star to the right and straight on til morning.

 

[DisneyMomOK]

Second Star to the right and straight on til morning.

Lord, I love that line...

 

[Soarin08]

from the TTC bus! Thanks for the directions here, Humphrey!

 

[Dolce27]

My co-worker and I were discussing the Obama Presidency and the media yesterday. Since the Democratic primaries; Obama has been “punishing” those that – well, basically, don’t kiss his …

We saw his 11 days of refusal to speak with any of the reporters on his plane after the last Democratic Primaries debate when Hillary clearly won the debate and the media reported it as so. We saw how the Dallas Morning News reporter and the other one (NY Post??) were excluded from the campaign plane after their papers endorsed McCain. Obama now refuses to take Fox News questions at a press conference, since, you know, they’ve had the audacity to actually report the truth about him instead of ignoring it as the majority of the liberal stations have.

My co-worker was reading the other day that the Obama Administration holds daily (?) security briefings with some of the media political analysis (such as CNN, ABC, ect…) Well, everyone with the exception of Fox News.

(And I question… exactly how is security briefings defined by the Obama Administration? And with the media?)

So – basically Fox News is “punished” for daring to ever say anything negative about Obama. Negative = the truth.

Sooooooo… This is where we start – but where does it end? What will this “being left out” progress to for daring to report the truth vs. the Obamafied version of the truth to the public? Will it progress?

While America still has quite a ways to progress into something like this – this story reported today struck a nerve with me. Will we one day – in the future – look back in hindsight and see this as a warning of what will one day come? Hopefully not. Hopefully we’ll just have four years of Obama’s childishness (that won’t progress any further than it currently has) and then he’s booted out of the White House and we have an administration come in that won’t punish the media for telling the truth – even if it isn’t flattering to the next President or his Administration.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090131/ap_on_re_eu/eu_russia_murdering_a_newspaper

Russian newspaper mourns another murdered reporter

In a country considered one of the most dangerous for journalists, no Russian newspaper has suffered like Novaya Gazeta. In a country where most media have been cowed into submission, no other newspaper publishes such probing investigative articles and acid commentary about government corruption, police-state politics and Chechnya war abuses.

Under Vladimir Putin, who became president in 2000 and now is prime minister, the TV networks watched by most Russians were taken over by the state, their news operations highly sanitized. Big-selling newspapers are either sympathetic to the Kremlin or owned by Kremlin-allied business groups.

Of the many free-spirited papers that sprang up when the Soviet Union collapsed, Novaya Gazeta — meaning New Newspaper — is a rare survivor.

Its most high-profile loss was Anna Politkovskaya, a reporter who savaged the Kremlin for its conduct of the war on Chechen separatists. Her shooting outside her Moscow apartment in 2006 provoked worldwide condemnation and major embarrassment for the Kremlin.

Three Chechens — two brothers and a former police officer — are on trial but the prosecution is not offering a motive or identifying any mastermind, leading Novaya Gazeta and others to claim the trial is a cover-up. Putin has claimed the killing was hatched abroad to discredit Russia.

The paper's first fatality, in 2000, was Igor Domnikov, who wrote about regional corruption. He was attacked with a hammer. Seven members of a criminal gang were convicted of his murder in 2007. The lead defendant claimed a regional governor had Domnikov killed for criticizing him. The governor was not charged.

In 2003, Yury Shchekochikhin died of a severe allergic reaction, but colleagues claimed he was poisoned. Shchekochikhin, 53, wrote about high-level corruption and investigated the deadly 1999 bombings of apartment blocks.

In the latest killing, it appears lawyer Stanislav Markelov, who specialized in defending Chechens, environmentalists and human rights activists, was the primary target and Baburova may have been killed after she tried to intervene.

Many at Novaya Gazeta are convinced that nationalist or fascist groups are behind the latest attacks and the paper's own blog is full of anonymous postings celebrating the killings. Others suspect the involvement of security agencies, citing past incidents when Novaya Gazeta's phones were tapped or in 2000, when its computer hard drives were stolen.

Novaya Gazeta writers and editors have attended self-defense classes and keep their notes hidden or stored on secure computer servers. Some use pseudonyms. At least one has bodyguards because of death threats. Others take precautions they won't discuss. Alexander Lebedev, a billionaire ex-lawmaker who is part-owner of the paper, is demanding that authorities allow its reporters to carry guns.

"Either we defend ourselves or we go write about nature and birds ... and all positive things. We become a tabloid," he says. "And then we don't write about the security services. We don't write about corruption. ... We don't write about fascism."

Yulia Latynina, a radio show host and Novaya Gazeta columnist who is relentlessly critical of Putin, blames fascist gangs for the killings and accuses police agencies and security forces of sympathizing or even cooperating with them.

Like Politkovskaya, her name appears regularly on death lists circulating on the Internet. Is she afraid? Latynina demurs, saying: "The Kremlin doesn't need another Politkovskaya."

 

[Humphrey Bear]

from the TTC bus! Thanks for the directions here, Humphrey!

Your welcome.

It must be so rough deciding what park to visit. I am so jealous!

 

[mickeymedic]

Just checking in to our new thread.

 

[soldiersmom]

Second Star to the right and straight on til morning.

Perfect!

 

[Soarin08]

Your welcome.
It must be so rough deciding what park to visit. I am so jealous!

Somehow I knew you would PM me- since we Glenn fans help each other out. I hit AK and DHS (RnRC 8 times in a row) this morning and am at MK now since it closes at 10pm tonight.

 

[Humphrey Bear]

My co-worker and I were discussing the Obama Presidency and the media yesterday. Since the Democratic primaries; Obama has been “punishing” those that – well, basically, don’t kiss his …

We saw his 11 days of refusal to speak with any of the reporters on his plane after the last Democratic Primaries debate when Hillary clearly won the debate and the media reported it as so. We saw how the Dallas Morning News reporter and the other one (NY Post??) were excluded from the campaign plane after their papers endorsed McCain. Obama now refuses to take Fox News questions at a press conference, since, you know, they’ve had the audacity to actually report the truth about him instead of ignoring it as the majority of the liberal stations have.

My co-worker was reading the other day that the Obama Administration holds daily (?) security briefings with some of the media political analysis (such as CNN, ABC, ect…) Well, everyone with the exception of Fox News.

(And I question… exactly how is security briefings defined by the Obama Administration? And with the media?)

So – basically Fox News is “punished” for daring to ever say anything negative about Obama. Negative = the truth.

Sooooooo… This is where we start – but where does it end? What will this “being left out” progress to for daring to report the truth vs. the Obamafied version of the truth to the public? Will it progress?

While America still has quite a ways to progress into something like this – this story reported today struck a nerve with me. Will we one day – in the future – look back in hindsight and see this as a warning of what will one day come? Hopefully not. Hopefully we’ll just have four years of Obama’s childishness (that won’t progress any further than it currently has) and then he’s booted out of the White House and we have an administration come in that won’t punish the media for telling the truth – even if it isn’t flattering to the next President or his Administration.

We are scolded all the time from the left that we have to respect Obama because he won and is our President and to get over it. We have even heard this from Obama himself. I understand respecting the office, but it is hard to respect the man (or the man-child that he is) when he acts like a spoiled toddler going through his terrible twos.

If he wants to be President, that includes putting up with those that have a difference of opinion from yourself. That doesn't mean that you abandon your ideas or agenda, but you still can't cry "I Won" and throw a hissy fit whenever you are challenged.

I think he really is showing what a lightweight he is. He is one dimensional and is truly looking childish.

 

[Decorated_Dust]

Loving the new title! Welcome home everyone!!!!

 

[DisneyMomOK]

Somehow I knew you would PM me- since we Glenn fans help each other out. I hit AK and DHS (RnRC 8 times in a row) this morning and am at MK now since it closes at 10pm tonight.

Is there a jealous emoticon? I love it when Main Street is almost deserted and you can just feel Walt walking with you... Have a wonderful time!

 

[Humphrey Bear]

Somehow I knew you would PM me- since we Glenn fans help each other out. I hit AK and DHS (RnRC 8 times in a row) this morning and am at MK now since it closes at 10pm tonight.

The thought of RnRC 8 times is really making me queasy. Then again, maybe it is from the frosty and fries!


We Glenn fans do need to stick together. After all, Duct tape is cheaper when bought in bulk!

 

[Tink & Goofy]

Checking in.