Post #153,617
5/4/04 6:38:45 AM
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Gimme a break, Christian.
It WOULD be more appropriate to air on Memorial Day - a holiday that is so close (May 31), and and so obviously a better time to do it, it's natural to look for the 'reason' for thier timing.
Am _I_ now defending the current junta in the US? Hardly. Did Bill call the reading itself reprehensible? Hardly.
Imric's Tips for Living
- Paranoia Is a Survival Trait
- Pessimists are never disappointed - but sometimes, if they are very lucky, they can be pleasantly surprised...
- Even though everyone is out to get you, it doesn't matter unless you let them win.
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Nothing is as simple as it seems in the beginning,
As hopeless as it seems in the middle,
Or as finished as it seems in the end.
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Post #153,623
5/4/04 7:13:17 AM
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"Appropriate time" ??
How about every fucking Day?
A reminder about Our Investment, its ROI - and whether or not 'we' are happy with that particular bizness proposition, how it was hawked (or Chicken-hawked), how the daily spin is altered.
What particular daily soundbite can be more basic than that? The weather? Some gameshow winners? Oil prices?
This needs apologies to the 'sensitive' amongst us??
Reserve the reality numbers for "A Special Day\ufffd" ??
Pshaw. Pure fucking euphemism-R-US.
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Post #153,627
5/4/04 7:38:03 AM
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Every day would be great.
But they AREN'T doing that, are they?
So why did they use the timing they did? If they AREN'T going to announce the names every day, why NOT on Memorial Day?
Have you no suspicion, man?
Do you think that those that seek the Bush / Republican position in the government are dewy pure shining examples of virtue?
Sometimes, that's what political discussion sounds like on this board. It's shameful - not because the IWETHEY-Politicos oppose Bush and the Republicans (the man's a boob, and he's been dismantling the constitution, the economy, and wrecking the very safety of the people of the US since he appropriated the office), but because of the inability to be critical of the opposition to the B/R policies and actions.
Bah.
Sheep. There are sheep on both sides.
Imric's Tips for Living
- Paranoia Is a Survival Trait
- Pessimists are never disappointed - but sometimes, if they are very lucky, they can be pleasantly surprised...
- Even though everyone is out to get you, it doesn't matter unless you let them win.
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Nothing is as simple as it seems in the beginning,
As hopeless as it seems in the middle,
Or as finished as it seems in the end.
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Post #153,644
5/4/04 9:00:18 AM
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I think Koppel did it when he did because...
1) April was the deadliest month for the US in Iraq so far.
2) Niteline tries to be a topical news program.
3) It helps build ratings for the show due to the "controversy" and echos of Life magazine's issue on those who died in a week in Vietnam.
If you buy those reasons, then that's why it wasn't on Memorial Day, that's why it wasn't about Afghanistan, that's why it's not done every day (though the Newshour on PBS does do it every week or so when they have identification).
I don't know what the decision process in deciding to do the show and when was, but I think it's a tempest in a teapot.
"Anything to distract people from what the future of the country should be" seems to be the political MO these days...
My $0.02.
Cheers,
Scott.
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Post #153,647
5/4/04 9:11:36 AM
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"As long as you can get them asking the wrong questions ...
... it doesn't really matter what the answers are?"
-- Anon (Meaning I can't find the cite)
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Implicitly condoning stupidity since 2001.
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Post #153,668
5/4/04 10:48:29 AM
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"But they AREN'T doing that, are they?"
Answer: Yes, they are. PBS's Lehrer does it every day (as mentioned elsewhere in this thread).
But then, PBS's budget is under constant threat...by the Neocons, of course.
Have you no suspicion, man?
jb4
shrub\ufffdbish (Am., from shrub + rubbish, after the derisive name for America's 43 president; 2003) n. 1. a form of nonsensical political doubletalk wherein the speaker attempts to defend the indefensible by lying, obfuscation, or otherwise misstating the facts; GIBBERISH. 2. any of a collection of utterances from America's putative 43rd president. cf. BULLSHIT
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Post #153,700
5/4/04 12:08:03 PM
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Depends on who "they" is.
I'd expect PBS to be better in this regard, actually.
Imric's Tips for Living
- Paranoia Is a Survival Trait
- Pessimists are never disappointed - but sometimes, if they are very lucky, they can be pleasantly surprised...
- Even though everyone is out to get you, it doesn't matter unless you let them win.
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Nothing is as simple as it seems in the beginning,
As hopeless as it seems in the middle,
Or as finished as it seems in the end.
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