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Edited on Tue Oct-02-07 09:31 AM by Caro
Morning headlines brought to you by Carolyn Kay MakeThemAccountable.com Top StoryLimbaugh selectively edited "phony soldiers" clip, claimed it was "the entire transcript"
In response to Media Matters' documentation of his recent description of service members who advocate U.S. withdrawal from Iraq as "phony soldiers," Rush Limbaugh claimed that he had not been talking "about the anti-war movement generally," but rather "about one soldier ... Jesse MacBeth." Limbaugh then purported to air the "entire" segment in question. In fact, the clip he aired omitted a full 1 minute and 35 seconds of discussion that occurred between Limbaugh's original "phony soldiers" comment and his subsequent reference to MacBeth.
Both John Roberts and Kiran Chetry, on CNN’s American Morning today, presented this controversy as though it were a “they said, he said” without investigating Limbaugh’s claim. If you read the entire transcript (click the title, above), you can see that Rush called all troops who disagree with him about the Iraq war phony soldiers. But far be it from Roberts and Chetry to point out who’s actually telling the truth here.—Caro Off the Wahl
The WorldUK plans to pull 1,000 troops from Iraq
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Britain's prime minister announced plans Tuesday to withdraw more than 1,000 troops from Iraq by year's end, and Iraq said it will take over security from British forces in the southern Basra province within two months.
Egypt's workers turn to strikes
MAHALLA EL-KOBRA, Egypt - The Egyptian government is trying to rein in the biggest spate of labor unrest the country has seen in decades after thousands of workers at a textile mill went on strike to protest low wages and soaring inflation.
Two blasts in Turkish city kill one, injure four
ANKARA (AFP) - Two blasts several hours apart killed one person and injured four others in the western Turkish city of Izmir, media reports said Tuesday.
Suicide bomber kills 12 in Kabul
KABUL, Afghanistan - A suicide bomber boarded a police bus just after a woman and her two children got on, setting off a blast Tuesday that blew the roof off the bus and killed at least 12 people, including several children, officials and witnesses said.
U.N.: Violence in Afghanistan up almost 25 percent in '07
WASHINGTON — Afghanistan is currently suffering its most violent year since the 2001 U.S.-led intervention, according to an internal United Nations report that sharply contrasts with recent upbeat appraisals by President Bush and his Afghan counterpart, Hamid Karzai.
US backs Karzai's offer to talk to Taliban
BERLIN (AFP) - The United States backs Kabul's offer to hold peace talks with the Taliban but believes negotiations with the radical "hard core" in Afghanistan would be hopeless, a senior US official said Tuesday.
Yeah, that prediction should help those talks along, senior US official.—Caro
Myanmar defends action against protests
UNITED NATIONS - Myanmar's foreign minister on Monday accused elements inside and outside the country of trying to derail its move toward democracy and defended the crackdown on an "unruly and provocative" mob as essential to restore order.
U.N. envoy meets with Myanmar leader
YANGON, Myanmar - Myanmar's top military leader met Tuesday with a U.N. envoy to discuss the nation's political crisis that has seen the largest protests in two decades crushed with deadly force by government troops. The NationMost in Poll Want War Funding Cut
Most Americans oppose fully funding President Bush's $190 billion request for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and a sizable majority support an expansion of a children's health insurance bill he has promised to veto, putting Bush and many congressional Republicans on the wrong side of public opinion on upcoming foreign and domestic policy battles.
Senate approves $150B in war funding
WASHINGTON - Thwarted in efforts to bring troops home from Iraq, Senate Democrats on Monday helped pass a defense policy bill authorizing another $150 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
“Who cares what you want?” – Congress to the American people—Caro
Senate passes mammoth 648 billion defense bill
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US Senate Monday passed a mammoth 648 billion dollar defense policy bill, shorn of attempts by disappointed anti-war Democrats to dictate President George W. Bush's Iraq strategy.
Lindsey Graham Sets 90 Day Deadline For Iraq
In February, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) warned against setting any kind of deadline for Iraq… Nine months later, Graham is setting a timetable for Iraq: “Graham told Time Wednesday that the Iraqi leaders have 90 days to start resolving their political differences with real legislative agreements or face a change in strategy by the U.S.”
Does this mean that the Friedman Unit has been reduced from six months to three months?—Caro
Blackwater involved in 195 Iraq shootings
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Security contractor Blackwater was involved in at least 195 shooting incidents in Iraq since 2005, said a congressional report on Monday that also panned the State Department's oversight of the company.
Hillary Joining Webb For Measure Opposing War With Iran
Hillary Clinton took a lot of heat from liberals last week over her vote for the non-binding Kyl-Lieberman Amendment, which declared Iran's military to be a terrorist organization. Now she seems to be working to make up that gap by working with Jim Webb on a binding measure to stop a war against Iran.
Supreme Court rejects birth control case.
The Supreme Court today “declined to enter a church-state dispute over whether some religious organizations can be forced to pay for workers’ birth-control health insurance benefits… The court let stand a New York court ruling upholding a state law that forces religious-based social service agencies to subsidize contraceptives as part of prescription drug coverage they offer employees.”
High Court Rejects Industry Appeal in Historic Tobacco Case
Plaintiffs attorneys for sick smokers suing tobacco companies scored a major victory Monday when the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear a challenge to the landmark Engle tobacco decision… The ruling effectively denied an industry bid to bar the use of damaging findings reached at the trial level. The jury concluded cigarette makers misled smokers about the safety of their products.
Judge invalidates Bush order on records
A federal judge on Monday invalided part of a 2001 order by President Bush allowing former presidents to review executive documents before they can be released under open records laws. MediaPermanent link to MTA daily media news
Special Olympics 2007: Groundbreaking New Media Event
The Special Olympics 2007 (meant for athletes with intellectual limitations) starts Oct. 2 in Shanghai. The achievements of 7,500 athletes will be broadcast on a special site, Special Olympics Live. Each athlete will have his or her own page on the site, updated 24 hours per day. Nearly 300 university students … will work around the clock to capture footage of every single athlete and then immediately edit and upload content to the site. This way, supporters unable to attend the World Games can watch the athletes from their country compete.
http://www.mediachannel.org/wordpress/2007/10/01/the-message-hip-hop-is-the-new-apple-pie/">THE MESSAGE: Hip Hop Is The New Apple Pie
Unable to do anything useful about our catastrophe in Iraq, Congress moves on to a more manageable mortal threat -- rap lyrics.
Reid On Senate Floor: Republicans Who Criticized MoveOn Must Condemn Rush ‘With Equal Fervor’
Last week, right-wing radio host Rush Limbaugh declared that soldiers who support American withdrawal from Iraq are “phony soldiers.” Today (Monday), Majority Leader Harry Reid gave a seven-minute speech on the floor of the Senate condemning Limbaugh and calling on his colleagues — both Democratic and Republican — to sign a letter of disapproval to the CEO of Clear Channel.
The Republicans’ response? See below. Democrats, you’re not going to win this game the way you’re playing it. When will you get that, and start playing for keeps?—Caro
Rep. Kingston Introduces Resolution ‘Commending’ Rush Limbaugh
Rep. Jack Kingston (R-GA) — who voted to criticize MoveOn.org — has decided to commend Limbaugh. Today at 3:16 PM, Kingston introduced a resolution “(c)ommending Rush Hudson Limbaugh III for his ongoing public support of American troops serving both here and abroad.”
Perino Dismisses Sy Hersh And ‘All His Anonymous Sources’ On Iran
Seymour Hersh, The New Yorker’s Pulitzer-Prize winning investigative journalist, has a new article warning that there is “a significant increase in the tempo of attack planning” for war with Iran inside the Bush administration… In today’s press briefing, reporters questioned White House spokeswoman Dana Perino about Hersh’s article. Perino refused to address the substance of the piece, instead dismissing Hersh’s journalism and credibility.
Podhoretz: ‘I Believe Bush Is Going To Order Airstrikes On Iran Before He Leaves Office’
In a C-Span interview that aired this weekend, (Norman Podhoretz, widely reputed as the “godfather” of neoconservatism) states … : “I believe President Bush is going to order airstrikes (on Iran) before he leaves office. Because he has several times said — at least twice to my knowledge — that if we allow Iranians to acquire nuclear capabilities, 50 years from now, people will look back at us the way we look back at Munich and say ‘how could they have let this happen?’”
Click through to watch the video.—Caro
Report: State Dept., Blackwater cooperated to neutralize killings
WASHINGTON — State Department officials worked closely with the private security contractor Blackwater USA to play down incidents in which company operatives killed innocent Iraqis, according to Blackwater and State Department documents obtained by a congressional committee.
The Smear This Time (by Anita Hill)
In the portion of his book that addresses my role in the Senate hearings into his nomination, Justice (Clarence) Thomas offers a litany of unsubstantiated representations and outright smears… A number of independent authors have shown those attacks to be baseless. What’s more, their reports draw on the experiences of others who were familiar with Mr. Thomas’s behavior, and who came forward after the hearings. It’s no longer my word against his.
http://www.mediachannel.org/wordpress/2007/09/30/if-bill-oreilly-was-a-rapper/">If Bill O'Reilly Was A Rapper
The first single from Bill O'Reilly's new album "Made You Watch."
Click through to watch the video.—Caro
Six Inconvenient Logical Fallacies
So Michael Medved, semi-famous movie reviewer and radio host, who has of late morphed into a weird “Hollywood vs. America” right-wing concern troll, has published an op-ed at Townhall that says that slavery in America just wasn’t as bad as all that. No, seriously.
Click through to read the six main points, or for the link to the entire opinion piece, if you truly want to punish yourself.—Caro Technology & ScienceYahoo Upgrades Online Search Engine
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Yahoo Inc. has retooled its online search engine to make it more helpful and engaging, joining an industrywide wave of improvements that so far haven't dented Google Inc.'s dominance.
EBay's Skype Bubble Bursts
Niklas Zennström's exit as CEO is only part of it. The shakeup and $1.43 billion charge confirm eBay's irrational exuberance as well as Skype's struggling Web-calling business model
Hackers post tips for reversing iPhone upgrade
San Francisco (IDGNS) - Owners of hacked iPhones have begun posting instructions on how to roll back a recent Apple firmware upgrade that rendered their mobile phones unusable.
Kids' TV Viewing Tied to Behavioral Problems
But the 'off' switch may reverse the chance of trouble down the road, study says
First Puff Can Turn Kids Into Smokers: Study
Research suggests that, for some, addiction grabs hold quickly
Nicotine is one of the most addictive substances on the planet. I speak from experience. Quitting smoking was the hardest thing I’ve done in my life.—Caro
Conscientious People Less Prone to Alzheimer's
Living up to your responsibilities may protect brain, study suggests
The study findings point to a correlation, but not to causality, as this headline implies. What if lack of conscientiousness and likelihood of developing Alzheimer’s both stem from a common problem or abnormality?—Caro
Neanderthals trekked all the way into Siberia
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Neanderthals, the stocky kin of modern humans, were far more widespread geographically than previously thought, with some trekking into southern Siberia before vanishing about 30,000 years ago, scientists said on Monday.
Solar Storm Rips Tail Off Comet
A storm from the sun ripped a tail off a comet, and a NASA satellite captured the whole event. The spectacular cosmic crash occurred on April 20 when the sun cast out a coronal mass ejection (CME), or large cloud of magnetized gas. The tempest was thrust directly in the path of Comet Encke, which was traveling around the sun, within the orbit of Mercury. As the gas swept over the comet, its tail brightened and then was separated completely from its parent icy rock and carried away. EnvironmentScientists see dramatic drop in Arctic sea ice
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Arctic sea ice declined this year to the lowest levels registered since satellite assessments started in the 1970s, extending a trend fueled by human-caused global warming, scientists said on Monday.
Japan to remap climate plans to reach Kyoto goal
Japan will draw up new measures to cut greenhouse gas emissions by next March in an attempt to meet its targets under the Kyoto Protocol on climate change, a top official said on Tuesday.
Amazon Rainforest at risk from initiative to connect South American economies
An unprecedented development plan to link South America’s economies through new transportation, energy and telecommunications projects could destroy much of the Amazon rainforest in coming decades, according to a new study by Conservation International (CI) scientist Tim Killeen.
Most Americans and Canadians Say 'Green' Labeling Just a Marketing Tactic
OAKLAND, Calif., Oct. 2, 2007 -- Most Americans and Canadians view green product labels as just a sales tactic and are reluctant to pay for such products, according to a recent study.
This credibility problem is the direct result of our PR culture, friends. We’ve been lied to so much that we just don’t know what and whom to believe.—Caro For more headlines, visit MakeThemAccountable.com. |
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