From: "Mark" 

It goes, also, to the same hyperbole we've all been engaging in real time
during the Katrina storm -- "facts" aren't really facts and
reporting is unreliable.

It's not surprising to me that the pentagon can't account for funds in
real-time, anymore than we find that many, if not most, of the grisly
reports from N.O. were fantasies -- up to and including the completely
fabricated blow-by-blow by Broussard about multiple phone calls by one of
his underlings to a nursing home that he related on "Meet the
Press."

When the hell are people going to stop lying straight-faced to support
their position falsely? Hopefully soon, but it is very disturbing in the
meantime.



"John Cuccia"  wrote in message
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> On Thu, 22 Sep 2005 22:36:50 -0400, "Mark"
 wrote:
>
>>I saw that John. I was commenting on the comments of CJR. My original post
>>stands on its own merits.
>
> Merits, OK, let's see.
>
>>
>>"John Cuccia"  wrote in message
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>>> The piece I quoted was from the Washington Post, excerpted in the CJR
>>> blog.  I can link to the original if you like.
>>>
>>> On Thu, 22 Sep 2005 21:25:42 -0400, "Mark"
 wrote:
>>>
>>>>I think that the Columbia Journalism Review is not exactly the best
>>>>barometer of accuracy, or perhaps lack of bias, especially
as it relates
>>>>to
>>>>reporting on or about Republicans. See:
>>>>http://www.rogerlsimon.com/mt-archives/2005/01/woody_allen_rev.php
>
> Since the quote I was commenting on was from the Washington Post, the
> above misses the mark.
>
>>>>So I'd take their hubris and position with a grain of salt.
That said, I
>>>>think you've heard many conservatives complain about too
much spending
>>>>by
>>>>Bush in general.
>
> Irrelevancy.  None of the conservatives you claim complain, are member
> of  the Republican Administration, to whom we were referring, and who
> continue to spend like drunken sailors. Further, I haven't heard of a
> single congressional Republican turning down pork for his district.
>
> Further, despite the "complaints" you talk about, not Republican is
> willing to hold anyone in the Bush Administration accountable for
> their overspending.  You support him no matter what.
>
>>>>I hope that the porkbusters
>>>>http://www.truthlaidbear.com/porkbusters.php initiative is successful
>
> That kinda makes my point, doesn't it?  The lone person to commit to
> returning funds is a Democrat, Nancy Pelosi.
>
>>>>(I recall that I called for the highway bill to be brought back and
>>>>re-cast
>>>>without the pork while Katrina was still raging).
>
> Good for you, but you're not a member of the Republican
> Administration, though you must assume some small responsibility for
> enabling their behavior by giving them a free pass politically.
>
>>>>I doubt many Senators on either side will be willing to act
responsibly,
>
> But the Republicans are the party of fiscal restraint.  You guys have
> been telling us that for years, while decrying the actions of the "tax
> and spend" Democrats.
>
> What a bunch of hypocrites.
>
>

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