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babylonsister

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Sun Feb 8, 2015, 09:50 PM Feb 2015

Michael Moore: Let's see... [View all]

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Let's see... So George W. Bush is now an artist and a painter & roots for dear brother "Jeb in 2016;" Dick Cheney now appears on many networks as a grumpy old man pundit; Condi Rice gets to be on the board that picks college football's Final 4... but it's Brian Williams who's to be punished for Iraq? Are u effing kidding me? I mean, an entire country was demolished, trillions were wasted, thousands of our troops were killed & wounded, tens/hundreds of thousands of Iraqi civilians were killed, and now, FINALLY, someone is paying for Iraq war lies... and it's Brian fucking Williams????? Yes, there is much that can be said about all the network reporters in 2003 who were embedded (i.e., Pentagon-approved) with the troops and getting to "play war" instead of asking the Bush administration the hard questions THAT DID NOT GET ASKED, and yes there is much to say about how all the networks have dumbed down the nightly news and made it unwatchable... BUT - to let the real liars who were responsible for the Iraq War roam free while instead going after Brian Williams for committing the crime of Faux Macho due to his claim of being on the wrong chopper, well, this just begs to be ridiculed and stopped. Sinners (that means you, too, Paper of Record of Judith Miller), put down your stones. Social media mob, put down your noose. Have the guts to go after the big cheese. Let Brian Williams get back to telling us about the next big storm that's going to drop 3" of snow on New York City and the exclusive report on the lost dog who made it home to help its handicap master. (Note: I don't know Brian Williams personally, but I'll say this about him: in the post-9/11 years, he did the nightly news hour on MSNBC/CNBC, and he was one of the few people in TV news who would allow an opposition voice such as mine on the air. I remember thinking this is a man with integrity.)
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Michael Moore: Let's see... [View all] babylonsister Feb 2015 OP
Eh! Hutzpa Feb 2015 #1
haha! good one! bbgrunt Feb 2015 #6
Fox "News" regularly makes up s**t and gets away with it. Dawson Leery Feb 2015 #2
It ain't just Fuxxxx. They all make it up?!?!?!? That's why the A'murican japple Feb 2015 #4
ABC, CBS, NBC, & CNN don't make it up... yurbud Feb 2015 #20
"CNN ESPN ABC TNT but mostly B.S...." Maedhros Feb 2015 #24
The Big Cheese hiding behind Williams are NBC and all MSM news executives - The Untouchables. Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #3
we need to activate the limbaugh legion! ellennelle Feb 2015 #5
I talked to a far right GOP follower today SmittynMo Feb 2015 #7
Funny how this happens huh. Thinkingabout Feb 2015 #8
Ouch! That one left a mark... Fumesucker Feb 2015 #9
This: tblue37 Feb 2015 #10
+1 navarth Feb 2015 #27
Some member of the plutocracy and the management at NBC wants Brian Williams out of the way. JDPriestly Feb 2015 #11
Exactly billhicks76 Feb 2015 #19
this is what I've been thinking... dhill926 Feb 2015 #22
If it looks, sounds and smells like a railroading. . . annabanana Feb 2015 #23
They have done what employers are advised to do: they created a file on him. JDPriestly Feb 2015 #28
bingo questionseverything Feb 2015 #32
I should have read the comments first tavalon Feb 2015 #38
It's not my job to defend Williams bluestateguy Feb 2015 #12
K&R. JDPriestly Feb 2015 #13
I think people are angry with the M$M for carrying water for the oligarchs. Williams valerief Feb 2015 #14
This is why I like the brian affair sor much Ichingcarpenter Feb 2015 #15
That's that lib'rul media fer ya!!! blkmusclmachine Feb 2015 #16
K&R! I feel exactly the same. Enthusiast Feb 2015 #17
Exactly! ctsnowman Feb 2015 #18
K&R. Well said. Overseas Feb 2015 #21
Amen Catherine Vincent Feb 2015 #25
Don't forget the MSMs boosterism of the war. Democrats_win Feb 2015 #26
True, remember it well. harun Feb 2015 #29
BIG K&R!! Go after the big fish Iraq liars, not Williams. nt 99th_Monkey Feb 2015 #30
The dumbing down part is why I stopped ffr Feb 2015 #31
Brian Williams is being punished? hughee99 Feb 2015 #33
Here's my two cents and that's about all it's worth. Brian Williams lied to the American rhett o rick Feb 2015 #34
How did I miss that great rant malaise Feb 2015 #35
now that someone is getting punished, perhaps we can move to the next culprits samsingh Feb 2015 #36
He was Rathered tavalon Feb 2015 #37
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