The Day After

Well! Sen Obama gave his speech today and as some writers put it , it was delivered in an Elmer Gantry-like , messianic way. It did not seem to go to the nub of the "problem.," though. Very convincing. It must be nice to be granted free air time to campaign over the elite and not-so-elite media. Who could ask for more than the coverage he got? And poor John McCain and Cheney are in Iraq.
I just finished watching the MNF-I Pentagon channel podcast and our troops are building more good faith in the Middle East than all of our supposed statesmen. No, they do not want us to stay, nor do they want us to leave precipitously.
I like the idea that our men and women are building bridges between religious beliefs, different ethnicities and being the people that are called upon for help if needed. Meanwhile, they are going from shop to shop and offering mini-grants to variouses, up tp $2,500, for neeeded equipment and things to get shopkeepers back on their feet. This is not someone who is after their oil, but is after their liberty.
Too bad the NYTimes doesn't ever get a reporter there or print the facts when they do.
It's time for a dose of Dennis Prager who always makes sense.
Tom

The Times Does It Again!

A week or so the NYTimes published an article slamming John McCain. It was a clever job of damning with faint praise and contained at least 56 distinct errors or implications without proof. There's a really good article detailing these.
For instance, theey list accomplishments, followed by ...but..indicating they were not real. There are at least 20 instances of statements made without attribution, i.e. "anonymous sources."
The Times has become the standard for sloppy , unjournalistic reporting, ala Jason Blair who wrote stories for them from his home, making it up as he went along. But he was a minority hire you may say. So what? Four editors were fired and they had to print an 11-page retraction/story about hime.
It seems "Punch" Sulzberber doesn't have his father's abilities, but has a very special agenda. It's called BDS or Bush Derangement Syndrome.
It's sad to read about the war when those writing haven't lived long enough to experience what it's really like.
Oh well, Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi will fix it all by holding up the FISA program that has protected us for years.
Too much for an old person to take.
Tom