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Right Wing Lie of The Day

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LOL, the guy defends all of your interpretations of the funeral, and you attack him, what gives? Mort said, "seems as if they were very respectful of the president, and were merely honoring Coretta" not an exact quote, but close. Now you want to attack his opinion of an "uproarious applause"? Was the entire place clapping, was everyone there standing in applause? No, but you attack his opinion of what he considers a wild show of support. To assume he didn't watch the whole clip is ridiculous, this is his opinion, and as I said, he agrees with you on the left.:roll:
 
Apparently Bill O'Reilly thinks that papers that endorssed Bush in 2004 are left wing papers. He said as much on his show Feb 13.

Those include:

Hartford Courant, which O'Reilly described as "left-wing"
New York Daily News, "pretty much left-wing"
Houston Chronicle, "left-wing"
The Dallas Morning News, "drifting left"
The Denver Post, "left-wing"
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http://mediamatters.org/items/200602160010
 
The Real McCoy said:
If I ever want to get trashed, I just turn on the O'Reilly Factor and take a drink every time he uses the term "left."
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You can do the same thing with NavyPride's posts! :rofl
 
Horowitz: "There are 50,000 professors ... [who] identify with the terrorists"

Summary: On MSNBC's Scarborough Country, right-wing activist David Horowitz claimed that "[t]here are 50,000 professors" who are "anti-American" and "identify with the terrorists." There are just over 400,000 tenured and tenure-track full-time university professors in the United States. If Horowitz's numbers are accurate, that means approximately one out of every eight tenured or tenure-track college and university professors is a terrorist sympathizer.
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http://mediamatters.org/items/200603030013

Video here:
http://mediamatters.org/static/video/scarb-20060303-horowitz.wmv

In the interest of full disclosure, I'm kind of POed I didn't make the list. Oh well...
 
I thought this was interesting. It's a list of websites that Marines can, and can't access from military computers in Iraq.

Unfortunately anonomizers don't work out here (never have). Anyway, I had a few minutes today and thought I'd look and see what else was banned on the Marine web here. I think the results speak for themselves:
Wonkette – “Forbidden, this page (http://www.wonkette.com/) is categorized as: Forum/Bulletin Boards, Politics/Opinion.”
Bill O’Reilly (www.billoreilly.com) – OK
Air America (www.airamericaradio.com) – “Forbidden, this page (http://www.airamericaradio.com/) is categorized as: Internet Radio/TV, Politics/Opinion.”
Rush Limbaugh (www.rushlimbaugh.com) – OK
ABC News “The Note” – OK
Website of the Al Franken Show (www.alfrankenshow.com) – “Forbidden, this page (http://www.airamericaradio.com/) is categorized as: Internet Radio/TV, Politics/Opinion.”
G. Gordon Liddy Show (www.liddyshow.us) – OK
Don & Mike Show (www.donandmikewebsite.com) – “Forbidden, this page (http://www.donandmikewebsite.com/) is categorized as: Profanity, Entertainment/Recreation/Hobbies.”
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http://wonkette.com/politics/wonkette/our-boys-need-gossip-158687.php
 
hipsterdufus said:
I thought this was interesting. It's a list of websites that Marines can, and can't access from military computers in Iraq.



http://wonkette.com/politics/wonkette/our-boys-need-gossip-158687.php
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I spoke with a friend of mine who got back from Iraq in Jan. He said he couldn't get Air America but could get Rush and O'Reilly. He said strangely enough Ed Schultz was hit and miss. Some weeks he could get him, some he couldn't.
 
I spoke with a friend of mine who got back from Iraq in Jan. He said he couldn't get Air America
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It appears that a lot of other people won't be able to get Air America soon. The rumor is that AA is losing their flagship station, WLIB, in New York City. If they do lose it, they won't have many options for alternate radio stations in the NYC area.
 
cnredd said:
Good thing you used a blog that says they have an "embedded operative"...

Otherwise, I wouldn't believe it...:roll:
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It's easy enought to verify. Ask a soldier in Iraq to try to go to the sites that are supposedly blocked.

Would it really surprise you?
 
Gill said:
It appears that a lot of other people won't be able to get Air America soon. The rumor is that AA is losing their flagship station, WLIB, in New York City. If they do lose it, they won't have many options for alternate radio stations in the NYC area.
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I've been hearing the rumor of their demise since the day they hit the air. At this point I'll believe it when I see it.
 
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hipsterdufus said:
This is a semantic game on the difference between "breeched" and "topped"
:spin:
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There is a big difference between breached and topped. It is not semantics, it is entirely different things. The fact is, Olberman didn't want to listen to what was said, he simply wanted to crucify.
 
Blue Collar Joe said:
There is a big difference between breached and topped. It is not semantics, it is entirely different things. The fact is, Olberman didn't want to listen to what was said, he simply wanted to crucify.
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FYI - Olberman played the exact quote that said "topped" and discussed the difference between "topped" and "breeched".

If it makes you feel better to believe that "it is entirely different things" be my guest, the vast majority of Americans disagree with you.
 
FYI - Olberman played the exact quote that said "topped" and discussed the difference between "topped" and "breeched".

If it makes you feel better to believe that "it is entirely different things" be my guest, the vast majority of Americans disagree with you.
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Would you prefer to live below a dam that was topped or breached?? I know which I would prefer.
 
hipsterdufus said:
FYI - Olberman played the exact quote that said "topped" and discussed the difference between "topped" and "breeched".

If it makes you feel better to believe that "it is entirely different things" be my guest, the vast majority of Americans disagree with you.
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So the majority of Americans think a prison escapee scaling a perimeter wall is the same as him plowing through it with a battering ram?
 
The Real McCoy said:
So the majority of Americans think a prison escapee scaling a perimeter wall is the same as him plowing through it with a battering ram?
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The end result is the same. The prisoner is gone.

If you listen to the person giving the warning about the levees, he also uses the term "grave concern"

I don't think trying to wordsmith an excuse is the best strategy.
 
The end result is the same. The prisoner is gone.

If you listen to the person giving the warning about the levees, he also uses the term "grave concern"

I don't think trying to wordsmith an excuse is the best strategy.
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Yes, the prisoner is gone in both instances... but when the wall was breached, all the other prisoners escape too.

Words have meaning.
 
hipsterdufus said:
The end result is the same. The prisoner is gone.

If you listen to the person giving the warning about the levees, he also uses the term "grave concern"

I don't think trying to wordsmith an excuse is the best strategy.
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The only one wordsmithing and playing semantics is the left. Topped means the levee still stands. Yes, a little water gets over, but nothing catastrophic in most cases.
Breeched is an entirely different matter, as that means it has a gaping hole in it, and ALL the water can pour through.
 
hipsterdufus said:
The end result is the same. The prisoner is gone.

If you listen to the person giving the warning about the levees, he also uses the term "grave concern"

I don't think trying to wordsmith an excuse is the best strategy.
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I've explained this before, but I'll give it another try with more detail since you think "overtopping" and "breeching" are the same thing...

Take a 12 oz. glass and fill it 110% with water...Of course that 10% will spill...

BUT...notice that the glass itself is still holding it's share of the water? That's 12 ounces of water not going anywhere...The glass has done it's job...There was just "overtopping"...10% of the water made a mess...

Now take that same glass and fill it 110% with water...This time, smash the glass when your done pouring...Now you have ALL of the water making a mess...not JUST the 10% overflow...That is "breeching"...

Get it?...Got it?...Good...:cool:
 
breech·ing ( P ) Pronunciation Key (brchng, brchng)
n.
The strap of a harness that passes behind a draft animal's haunches.
The short wool or hair on the rump and hind legs of a sheep, goat, or dog.
The parts of a gun that make up the breech.
A rope formerly used to secure the breech of a cannon to the side of a ship to control the recoil.

Now if you mean breaching...... That's a whole 'nuther story...

breach ( P ) Pronunciation Key (brch)
n.

An opening, a tear, or a rupture.
A gap or rift, especially in or as if in a solid structure such as a dike or fortification.
A violation or infraction, as of a law, a legal obligation, or a promise.
A breaking up or disruption of friendly relations; an estrangement.
A leap of a whale from the water.
The breaking of waves or surf.

v. breached, breach·ing, breach·es
v. tr.
To make a hole or gap in; break through.
To break or violate (an agreement, for example).

In short, by point of definition, cnredd is right. But what does it mean when security has been breached? Tore open? Compromised? Toppled?

I think, therein lies the confusion in some people's mind.
 
Gill said:
Yes, the prisoner is gone in both instances... but when the wall was breached, all the other prisoners escape too.

Words have meaning.
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Words have meaning. You have an incredible gift for stating the obvious.

When we're talking about the levees though, it's a distinction without a difference.

Imagine these absurd statements using your line of reasoning -

"If only the levees were breached, instead of topped, we could have saved 1300 lives."

or this one:

"1,300 prisoners escaped from Abu Ghraib today. We were gravely concerend about that possibility. Fortunately for our community, the prisoners climbed over the fence rather than through the fence."
 
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