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The Queen: why couldn't
we arrest Abu Hamza?
Telegraph [UK], by James Delingpole
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Posted By:Attercliffe, 9/25/2012 7:51:56 AM
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| Like many razor-sharp 86-year-olds, the Queen must spend an awful lot of time wondering what the hell became of the Britain she knew in her youth, and of all those commonsense values and that basic decency which saw us through trials like the Second World War. Unlike the rest of her generation, she is constitutionally prevented from saying this aloud. But just occasionally her private views slip out. And when they do, my how you wish she was actually running the country herself rather than leaving it to idiots like her useless fifth cousin Dave. Take her views on the
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Patchy Groundfog, 9/25/2012 8:06:12 AM (No. 8888171)
Three cheers for Her Maj.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Bubbasuncle, 9/25/2012 8:12:39 AM (No. 8888186)
It's much easier to be honest when one isn't standing for office.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Rather Read, 9/25/2012 8:15:21 AM (No. 8888191)
Live forever Your Majesty. And you too James Delingpole.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
BeatleJeff, 9/25/2012 9:36:27 AM (No. 8888402)
God Save the Queen indeed!
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
mathman, 9/25/2012 9:47:32 AM (No. 8888437)
Why, because we would offend World Opinion, that's why.
We would not want to make Muslims angry.
We must tread carefully in the path of appeasement, because if we cower in the corner, then they won't hurt us.
Surrendering in advance always worked so well (sarcasm off).
Because, to put it simply, the folks in charge in Great Britain are feckless twits!
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
ScrIbelus, 9/25/2012 9:52:00 AM (No. 8888451)
The first Elizabeth would have had ol' Hamza in the Tower forthwith, to encounter a big black block followed by a short sharp shock.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
schnapps, 9/25/2012 2:02:51 PM (No. 8889222)
Times sure have changed...
21st Century: Why can't we arrest Abu Hamza?
17th Century? Off with his head!
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Baptism of fire showed
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Telegraph [UK], by Con Coughlin
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Posted By: Attercliffe- 4/26/2013 6:24:37 PM
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In 1897, British forces launched a bloody campaign against Pashtun tribesmen on the North West Frontier. [Snip] Winston Churchill was conspicuous riding a grey charger when the 2nd Brigade of the Bengal Lancers moved out from Inayat Kila at 6am and headed for the Mohmand Valley. He had bought his horse at an auction of the effects of a junior officer who had been killed earlier in the campaign. By choosing to ride a grey, Churchill was making sure that no one could fail to notice his endeavours were he to find himself in the thick of the action.
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I couldn´t care less if
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He´s honest, that´s what matters
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Telegraph [UK], by James Delingpole
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Posted By: Attercliffe- 4/26/2013 6:17:13 PM
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I went to a lapdancing club once and it didn´t end in divorce. Nor did my children weep bitter tears as to what had become of their father. Nor did the moral foundations of the world collapse. What happened was this: I went into a lapdancing club with some other blokes, saw some attractive girls showing off their rude bits, contributed through the medium of tips and drinks purchases towards their mortgage repayments/university education/summer holiday, and then, afterwards, I went home. And do you know what? I expect there one or two other people reading this who can tell
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Gosnell the baby-killer and the
liberals who shielded him
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Telegraph [UK], by Damian Thompson
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Posted By: Attercliffe- 4/26/2013 4:56:48 PM
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One of the most disgusting serial killers in American history is standing trial in Philadelphia at the moment--and, since it’s happening in the US, where reporting restrictions are light, the media are free to discuss his case. Only they haven’t--at least, not until recently, and even when the crimes are reported, they haven’t merited many headlines. Which is horrifying, when you consider what the killer is accused of. I’m going to leave out the nastiest details--but, seriously, if you don’t want to feel sick to your stomach, look away now. Dr Kermit Gosnell, 72, “regularly and illegally
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US economy grows by
2.5pc in first quarter
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Telegraph [UK], by Szu Ping Chan
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Posted By: Attercliffe- 4/26/2013 4:47:25 PM
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The US economy expanded by 2.5pc in the first three months of the year, though a sharp fall in government spending and tepid growth in March meant the rebound from a lacklustre fourth quarter was weaker than expected. The 2.5pc annual rise in US gross domestic product (GDP) comes after growth stalled at 0.4pc in the fourth quarter, according to the US Commerce Department. However, the increase missed economists´ expectations for a 3pc rise. The first quarter expansion was driven by a 3.2pc rise in consumer spending, which accounts for around 70pc of US economic activity
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Designer golf bags, crystal statues and
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Daily Mail [UK], by Peter Allen
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Posted By: Attercliffe- 4/26/2013 10:05:35 AM
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Former French President and pop singer wife Carla Bruni gave America´s first couple more than $40,000 worth of gifts in a single year, it emerged today. Presents included a designer Hermes golf bag and Baccarat crystal statuettes of players, according to newly released records. The incredible generosity will not only further the Sarkozy´s Bling-Bling reputation, but confirm that he presided over one of the most spendthrift presidencies in French history. Mr Sarkozy has been accused of accepting millions of pounds worth of illegal cash from Liliane Bettencourt, the L´Oreal heiress and France´s richest woman, and deposed Libyan dictator Colonel
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At last, it’s official: spending more
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Telegraph [UK], by Fraser Nelson
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Last year, the Department for Education asked a firm of accountants to trawl its vast pupil database and find the secret of great state schools. Deloitte had access to the records of almost half a million pupils, factoring in everything from postcodes to ethnicity.[Snip] When the results came back, the conclusion was extraordinary. As one would expect, schools marked “outstanding” tended to achieve the best results. Poverty mattered, but not as much as Deloitte had expected. The biggest surprise, though, was the money: no matter how you split the figures, the amount spent didn’t seem to make the blindest bit
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The great Spanish nation can end
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Telegraph [UK], by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
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Posted By: Attercliffe- 4/26/2013 8:18:52 AM
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The mind goes numb. Spanish unemployment jumped by yet another 237,000 people in the first quarter to 6.2 million, or 27.2pc. This is equivalent to roughly 8.3 million in Britain, or 39 million in the United States. The country is losing 3,581 jobs a day. There are 1.9m households where no member of the family has a job. As you can see from this graphic, the rate has reached 36.8pc in Andalusia, Spain´s most populous region. The national rate of unemployed youth is 57.2pc, rising to 70pc in the Canaries.
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George W. Bush – a humble and
honourable president who understood
the importance of freedom
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Telegraph [UK], by Nile Gardiner
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Posted By: Attercliffe- 4/26/2013 8:13:29 AM
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A great speech today by former President George W. Bush, with a firm emphasis on the principles of freedom, both at home and abroad. Unfortunately, freedom is a word which doesn’t feature very prominently in the lexicon of today’s US administration, with its obsession with big government and the growing role of the State, as well as a propensity to appease dictatorial regimes on the world stage and ignore the plight of political dissidents in places like Iran. In Bush’s words: My deepest conviction, the guiding principle of the administration, is that the United States of America
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´What have we done? We just saved him
How the medical team who treated Dzhokhar
Tsarnaev battled first instincts not to help
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Daily Mail [UK], by James Nye
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Posted By: Attercliffe- 4/26/2013 8:07:04 AM
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The medical staff who saved the life of Boston terror suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev feel deep anxiety about what they have done. That is the honest assessment of Dr. Richard Wolfe, who along with other emergency medicine staff at Boston´s Beth Israel Hospital rescued the seriously wounded teenage terror suspect on Friday. Dr. Wolfe recounted how in the aftermath of the young man´s stabilization, the nurses were hit by a serious dilemma - ´They look on the perpetrator as someone absolutely horrible and ask themselves, ´What have we done? We just saved him.´ ´Some nurses started rethinking,´
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Brussels seeks to ´make it easier´
for EU migrants to move to Britain
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Telegraph [UK], by Bruno Waterfield
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Posted By: Attercliffe- 4/26/2013 7:41:08 AM
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On Wednesday, Theresa May, the Home Secretary, with support from Germany, Austria and Holland wrote to the European Commission demanding tighter restrictions on access to welfare benefits and other state-funded services for EU migrants. On Friday, the commission responded with a proposal for a new directive to "make it easier for people to exercise their rights in practice" in defiance of British claims that the current rules on free movement are being abused by migrants. "With much higher levels of unemployment in some member states than others at the moment, it is all the more important to make it easier
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Canada train plot suspect
questions criminal code
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BBC News [UK], by Staff
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Posted By: Attercliffe- 4/25/2013 8:44:52 AM
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One of the men accused of plotting to derail a Canadian passenger train has challenged the Canadian legal system´s authority over him. Chiheb Esseghaier, 30, told a Toronto judge that "all of these conclusions" were based on the country´s criminal code, which was "not a holy book". He and co-defendant Raed Jaser, 35, are charged with conspiracy to carry out an attack and kill people. They are accused of plotting to bomb a train between New York and Montreal. [Snip] Mr Esseghaier told a Toronto court on Wednesday "we know that this criminal code is not a holy book. It´s
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Obama to Largest Abortion
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Posted By: KarenJ1- 4/26/2013 1:05:08 PM
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President Obama ended his address to the largest abortion provider in the U.S., Planned Parenthood, by saying, "God bless you." "As long as we´ve got to fight to make sure women have access to quality, affordable health care, and as long as we´ve got to fight to protect a woman´s right to make her own choices about her own health, I want you to know that you´ve also got a president who´s going to be right there with you, fighting every step of the way," said Obama. "Thank you, Planned Parenthood. God bless you."
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Patrick administration refuses to
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Boston Herald, by Chris Cassidy*
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Posted By: StormCnter- 4/25/2013 5:40:37 AM
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The Patrick administration clamped down the lid yesterday on Herald requests for details of Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s government benefits, citing the dead terror mastermind’s right to privacy. Across the board, state agencies flatly refused to provide information about the taxpayer-funded lifestyle for the 26-year-old man and his brother and accused accomplice Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19. On EBT card status or spending, state welfare spokesman Alec Loftus would only say Tamerlan Tsarnaev, his wife and 3-year-old daughter received benefits that ended in 2012. He declined further comment.
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Now officials claim Boston
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Associated Press & Daily Mail (UK), by Staff
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Posted By: JoniTx- 4/25/2013 8:27:11 AM
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Two unnamed U.S. officials have told the Associated Press that the surviving suspect in the Boston bombings was unarmed when police captured him hiding inside a boat in a neighborhood back yard. The report contradicts the Boston police department´s own account of Dzhokar Tsarnaev´s capture on Friday - after commissioner Ed Davies described a firefight between him and officers before the terror suspect was captured. The New York Times also said an M4 rifle had been found on the boat - another claim contradicted by the latest revelations. Officers had originally said they had exchanged gunfire
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Eric Holder: Citizenship For
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Mediaite, by Noah Rothman
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Posted By: KarenJ1- 4/26/2013 3:20:10 PM
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During an April 24 address to the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF), Attorney General Eric Holder told the crowd that “creating a pathway to earned citizenship” is a critical element of any comprehensive immigration reform plan. He said that establishing legal status for the nation’s estimated 11 million illegal immigrants is a “matter of civil and human rights.” “Creating a pathway to earned citizenship for the 11 million unauthorized immigrants in this country is essential,” Holder said to applause. “The way we treat our friends and neighbors who are undocumented by creating a mechanism for
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Bombing Suspect Immediately
Stopped Talking After
Being Read His Miranda Rights
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Mediaite, by Meenal Vamburkar
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Posted By: JoniTx- 4/25/2013 7:46:45 AM
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Since the Boston bombing suspect, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, was captured, there’s been quite a debate over his Miranda rights and how to treat him — given that he’s a United States citizen. An Associated Press report out this morning is sure to add fuel to the fire. As soon as he was read his Miranda rights, it says, Tsarnaev stopped talking. The report notes that Tsarnaev was read his rights 16 hours after his interrogation had began. Then, he fell silent: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev immediately stopped talking after a magistrate judge and a representative from the U.S. Attorney’s office entered his
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Obama's Hubris Problem
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Politico, by Keith Koffler
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Posted By: FlyRight- 4/26/2013 6:20:27 AM
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Tuesday morning, a peculiar announcement trickled out of the White House press office: President Barack Obama would be holding a moment of silence for the victims of the Boston bombings. At the White House. By himself. No press or other intruders allowed. That Obama assumed Americans would want an iconic photo of him privately mourning the victims of the bombings was emblematic of a kind of hubris that has enveloped the president and his White House as the president commences his second term.
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College’s husky dog logo
promotes rape, says student
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Daily Caller, by Robby Soave
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Posted By: KarenJ1- 4/26/2013 12:21:39 PM
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The new logo for the University of Connecticut’s sports teams is a terrifying husky dog that calls to mind images of sexual assault, says one student. The new logo was unveiled last week, receiving mixed-to-negative reviews from UConn fans who preferred the older, cuter husky dog. But one student went much further, criticizing the new, meaner logo for being a pro-rape symbol. In an open letter to UC President Susan Herbst, self-described feminist student Carolyn Luby wrote that the redesigned team logo will intimidate women and empower rape culture. UConn basketball coach Geno Auriemma said the logo
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GOP Pollster Frank Luntz:
Limbaugh, Levin, And Right-
Wing Talk Radio Are ‘Problematic’
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Mediaite, by Andrew Kirell
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Posted By: KarenJ1- 4/25/2013 2:32:13 PM
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Progressive publication Mother Jones has revealed yet another secretly-recorded video of a Republican saying something newsworthy. This time, it’s of GOP pollster and frequent Fox News analyst Frank Luntz remarking that Rush Limbaugh, Mark Levin, and other right-wing talk radio hosts are “problematic” for the Republican Party’s efforts to reach out to other demographics and to fight the polarization of politics. The video was recorded on an iPhone while Luntz delivered a College Republicans-sponsored speech at the University of Pennsylvania earlier this week. Most of his speech reportedly consisted of his thoughts on how words matter — for
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Against the ‘New Normal’
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Weekly Standard, by William Kristol
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Posted By: StormCnter- 4/26/2013 5:30:34 AM
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Are you alarmed by the counterterrorism failures increasingly evident as we learn more about the Boston terror attack? Don’t be. Former CIA director Michael Hayden has helpfully explained, “This tragedy is the new normal.” Are you surprised that a whole city was ordered to “shelter in place” as one “knockoff jihadi,” in Vice President Biden’s term, roamed the streets? Don’t be. It’s the new normal. Are you shocked by the Obama administration’s dissembling in response to terror attacks in Benghazi? Don’t be naïve. It’s the new normal. Are you worried that the president proclaims “red lines” to deter dictators
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Congress, Fearing ´Brain Drain,´
Seeks to Opt Out of Participating
in Obamacare´s Exchanges
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Forbes, by Avik Roy
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Posted By: NorthernDog- 4/25/2013 1:59:47 PM
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As Obamacare was winding its way through the Senate in 2009, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R., Iowa) slipped in an amendment requiring that members of Congress, and their staff, enroll in Obamacare’s health insurance exchanges. The idea was simple: that if Congress was going to impose Obamacare upon the country, it should have to experience what it is imposing firsthand. But now, word comes that Congress is quietly seeking to rescind that provision of the law, because members fear that staffers who face higher insurance costs will leave the Hill. The news has sparked outrage
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NBC´s Gregory Declares: Bush´s
´Reputation of Incompetence´
Has ´Stained´ GOP
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NewsBusters, by Kyle Drennen
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Posted By: KarenJ1- 4/26/2013 11:00:26 AM
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On the eve of the dedication of George W. Bush´s presidential library, NBC´s Meet the Press moderator David Gregory appeared on Wednesday´s Nightly News to tear down the former president´s legacy, beginning the report by remarking that it was "difficult to remember" Bush´s popularity after the September 11th attacks. [Listen to the audio or watch the video after the jump] Gregory described how Iraq War intelligence failures "formed the backdrop to criticism that the President underestimated the challenges he faced....And grew stubborn in the face of mounting setbacks." Gregory further proclaimed: "What grew into a reputation
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Sins Of The Fourth Estate (Part I)
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Irish Examiner USA, by Alicia Colon
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Posted By: toledo- 4/25/2013 6:33:30 AM
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The one clear thing that came out of last week´s chaotic activity in Boston, Massachusetts is that real reporters were missing. For that matter, they´ve been missing since last year´s attack in Benghazi. From Benghazi, the Gosnell abortion trial, gun control debates, immigration and then the Boston Marathon bombings, television news reporting has become positively painful to watch. The First Amendment to the Constitution grants freedom of the press but this was supposed to endow it with a responsibility to be the people´s watchdog. The modern Fourth Estate represented by the mainstream media has made a mockery of this privilege.
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