Just watched 1 hr off CNN straight and still no.......
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News or even mention of israel attacking the freedom ships heading to gaza. But hey, it's great to know Lionel Richie will be in dc performing for memorial day!!!! Can't wait!!!!! :roll:
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"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
they only have a blurb on their website but it downplays it
what are you but my reflection? who am i to judge or strike you down?
"I will promise you this, that if we have not gotten our troops out by the time I am president, it is the first thing I will do. I will get our troops home. We will bring an end to this war. You can take that to the bank." - Barack Obama
when you told me 'if you can't beat 'em, join 'em'
i was thinkin 'death before dishonor'
24 hour news at it's finest! Up to the minute reporting of world events that matter! So who's opening for Lionel Richie then?
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
what are you but my reflection? who am i to judge or strike you down?
"I will promise you this, that if we have not gotten our troops out by the time I am president, it is the first thing I will do. I will get our troops home. We will bring an end to this war. You can take that to the bank." - Barack Obama
when you told me 'if you can't beat 'em, join 'em'
i was thinkin 'death before dishonor'
msnbc is co-owned by GE who makes weapons and it's been proven cnn employed people from military intelligence and psy-ops units as editors and other functions in the past
what are you but my reflection? who am i to judge or strike you down?
"I will promise you this, that if we have not gotten our troops out by the time I am president, it is the first thing I will do. I will get our troops home. We will bring an end to this war. You can take that to the bank." - Barack Obama
when you told me 'if you can't beat 'em, join 'em'
i was thinkin 'death before dishonor'
Oh byrnzie, you got to watch it bro. Yitzak pearlman is opening up for him. Hahahaha. God damn this country's so called freedom of press bullshit. How ironic, on a holiday declared to remember the fallen soldiers who died for our FREEDOM, our country and the world seem to want to wipe the Palestinians out of everybody's memory. What a country, what an aly, what a great friend we are to the great state of Israel. You citizens of Israel should be embarrassed and ashamed of what's being done in YOUR name.....
msnbc has meet the press on and there is no scroll
cnn has something about veterans and no scroll
cnn hln (headline news) has on showbiz tonight and the scroll is all about buying podcasts on itunes, becoming a fan on facebook, follow them on twitter, sign up for their mailing list....headline news, news and views indeed :roll:
who'da thunk it that fox would be the only one with a mention (in a scroll) during a repeat of fox news sunday talking about don't ask, don't tell
what are you but my reflection? who am i to judge or strike you down?
"I will promise you this, that if we have not gotten our troops out by the time I am president, it is the first thing I will do. I will get our troops home. We will bring an end to this war. You can take that to the bank." - Barack Obama
when you told me 'if you can't beat 'em, join 'em'
i was thinkin 'death before dishonor'
Actually does anyone really expect American media to tell us what we really need to know? How many days went by before I saw serious pictures and coverage coming from the Gulf spill? How many people die in African continent civil wars and famine each day and we never hear? Iran, N Korea, Russia, EC...all serious places with serious shit going on .... I am glad we get Nancy Grace, Joy Behar (what a moron), American Idol coverage, blah blah...its really disgusting. I don't buy (totally) we get the news we deserve...they give us crap and we don't know or remember what a steak tastes like.
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
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I thought it was inherently clear that I was bitching about the lack of "hard" news. In one word I can describe the problem - corporation. The media has a job to do in our American system and its protected by the US Constitution....and they don't do their job because they lost sight a long time ago that their job is vital for democracy. But I guess they think their job is to entertain us, and I feel dumber for it.
Well said! - And I'm not referring to the part about you feeling dumb
I'm not surprised that americans have a very limited (and twisted?) view of the world.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middl ... 67593.html
edit: 20 killed on israeli attack on gaza aid convoy
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Posted on the other thread....
I got Larry King talking to American Idol contestants, Nancy Grace talking about the Jon Benoit Ramsey murder and the perv in Thailand who wanted to crawl inside her casket and make love to the 6 year old's body, death TV on MSNBC (some kidnapping murder story), and Fox is doing WWII history (sort of news worthy).
But its morning in Europe so maybe that's the problem. We have to wait for the sun to come up.
Wait, newsflash....being reported in a news blip on MSNBC before returning to Sex Stalker. I take it all back. :shock:
WindNoSail... where do you live?
At least 16 dead as Israeli troops storm Gaza aid flotilla
Israeli commandoes have stormed a flotilla of ships carrying activists and aid supplies to the blockaded Palestinian enclave of Gaza, killing as many as as 16 of those on board.
By Richard Spencer, Middle East Correspondent and Matthew Kalman in Jerusalem
Published: 7:21AM BST 31 May 2010
Fighting broke out between the activists and the masked Israeli troops, who rappelled on to deck from helicopters before dawn.
A spokesman for the flotilla, Greta Berlin, said she had been told that ten people had been killed and dozens wounded, accusing Israeli troops of indiscriminately shooting at "unarmed civilians". But an Israeli radio station said that between 14 and 16 were dead in a continuing operation.
"How could the Israeli military attack civilians like this?" Ms Berlin said. "Do they think that because they can attack Palestinians indiscriminately they can attack anyone?
"We have two other boats. This is not going to stop us."
The Israeli government's handling of the confrontation was under intense international pressure even as it continued. The Israeli ambassador to Turkey, the base of one of the human rights organisation which organised the flotilla, was summoned by the foreign ministry in Ankara, as the Israeli consulate in Istanbul came under attack.
One Israeli minister issued immediate words of regret. "The images are certainly not pleasant. I can only voice regret at all the fatalities," Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, the trade and industry minister, told army radio.
But he added that the commandoes had been attacked with batons and activists had sought to take their weapons off them.
Israeli military sources said four of its men had been injured, one stabbed, and that they had been shot at.
"The flotilla's participants were not innocent and used violence against the soldiers. They were waiting for the forces' arrival," they were quoted by a news website as saying.
The flotilla had set sail on Sunday from northern, or Turkish, Cyprus.
Six boats were led by the Mavi Marmara, which carried 600 activists from around the world, including Mairead Corrigan Maguire, the Northern Ireland peace protester who won a Nobel Prize in 1976.
It came under almost immediate monitoring from Israeli drones and the navy, with two vessels flanking it in international waters. The flotilla, which had been warned that it would not be allowed to reach Gaza, attempted to slow and change course, hoping to prevent a confrontation until daylight, when the Israeli military action could be better filmed.
But in the early hours of this morning local time commandoes boarded from helicopters.
The activists were not carrying guns, but television footage shown by al-Jazeera and Turkish television channels show hand-to-hand fighting, with activists wearing life-jackets striking commandoes with sticks.
The Israeli army said its troops were assaulted with axes and knives.
The television footage did not show firing but shots could be heard in the background. One man was shown lying unconscious on the deck, while another man was helped away.
A woman wearing hijab, the Muslim headscarf, was seen carrying a stretcher covered in blood.
The al-Jazeera broadcast stopped with a voice shouting in Hebrew: "Everyone shut up".
Israel imposed its blockade on Gaza after the strip was taken over by the militant group Hamas in 2007. It has allowed some food and medical supplies through, but has prevented large-scale rebuilding following the bombardment and invasion of 2008-9.
The flotilla is the latest in a series of attempts by activists to break through the blockade. The boats were carrying food and building supplies.
Activists said at least two of the other boats, one Greek and one Turkish, had been boarded from Israeli naval vessels. Activists said two of the other boats in the flotilla were American-flagged.
The confrontation took place in international waters 80 miles off the Gaza coast.
It was attacked by the head of the Hamas government in Gaza, Ismail Haniyeh.
"We call on the Secretary-General of the U.N., Ban Ki-moon, to shoulder his responsibilities to protect the safety of the solidarity groups who were on board these ships and to secure their way to Gaza," he said.
Turkish television meanwhile showed hundreds of protesters trying to storm the Israeli consulate in Istanbul. The incident will be particularly damaging for Israel's relations with what had been seen as its closest ally in the Muslim world.
"By targeting civilians, Israel has once again shown its disregard for human life and peaceful initiatives," a Turkish foreign ministry statement said. "We strongly condemn these inhumane practices of Israel.
"This deplorable incident, which took place in open seas and constitutes a fragrant breach of international law, may lead to irreparable consequences in our bilateral relations."
and they said knives and clubs earlier...man, they sure do change their story a lot!
what are you but my reflection? who am i to judge or strike you down?
"I will promise you this, that if we have not gotten our troops out by the time I am president, it is the first thing I will do. I will get our troops home. We will bring an end to this war. You can take that to the bank." - Barack Obama
when you told me 'if you can't beat 'em, join 'em'
i was thinkin 'death before dishonor'
well see what the 6 oclock news has to say.
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
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i just need to say
US, in the middle....
I just can't understand how they can say such things with a straight face. It would seem the humanitarians were also armed to the teeth!
:roll: I had a senior moment :roll: YOU have to wait for the sun to come up, not me! Duh!
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say