From: "Robert G Lewis" 


"Gary Wiltshire"  wrote in message
news:opsis6y4xmeipai0{at}news.barkto.com...
> On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 13:27:40 -0600, Robert G Lewis 
> wrote:
>
>> "Gary Wiltshire"  wrote in message
>> news:opsis3xxveeipai0{at}news.barkto.com...
>>> On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 13:07:27 -0600, Robert G Lewis
>>> 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> "Gary Wiltshire"  wrote in message
>>>> news:opsis2nbwieipai0{at}news.barkto.com...
>>>>> On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 10:07:45 -0600, Robert G Lewis
>>>>> 
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Glenn Meadows"
 wrote in message
>>>>>> news:41b9c49d{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>>>>> Seems the deeper story is that the question
was either a plant by a
>>>>>>> news
>>>>>>> reporter from the Chattanoga Times, or was
actually from an embedded
>>>>>>> reporter from the same newspaper.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> To me the real story is do our troops have the
resources they need
>>>>>> and
>>>>>> is
>>>>>> the  guard and reserve treated worse than the
active duty troops. I
>>>>>> could
>>>>>> care less where the question came from. I only
want to know the truth
>>>>>> about
>>>>>> the issues. Given the reports of the applause
given the question I
>>>>>> suspect
>>>>>> there is at least some truth to the story.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Bob Lewis
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes, and the fact that Rathergate was based on forgeries was
>>>>> irrelevent
>>>>> because the content of those forgeries was true.
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Gary Wiltshire
>>>>
>>>> Not the same thing and you should be bright enough to
realize it. Are
>>>> the
>>>> benefits and pay to the Guard and Reserve different than those for
>>>> active
>>>> duty ? I don't care if the reporter worked with someone in
phasing the
>>>> question or not as that doesn't affect the truth of the
facts. I guess
>>>> its a
>>>> lot easier if you decide the messenger disagrees with you
so ignore the
>>>> message.
>>>>
>>>> Bob Lewis
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> I'm not ignoring the message, but I'm not letting the messenger off the
>>> hook either.  It's yet another "journalist" who is
really an "activist."
>>>
>>> --
>>> Gary Wiltshire
>>
>> So far all I've seen is an attack on the embedded journalist by you. Gee
>> a
>> reporter who is there, with the troops, helping the person ask a
>> question,
>> and a reporter who writes about something he cares about.
>>
>> BTW the reporter helped with the question on the Armor, The original
>> post in
>> this thread dealt with different benefits of guard and reserve. So far I
>> have not read anything about those questions being 'planted'.
>>
>> Bob Lewis
>>
>>
> The questions were supposed to be from the soldiers.  The reporter sure
> didn't include his participation in the story, not just supplying the
> question but prepping the sargent to make sure his guy was asked.  It
> would not have come out at all if he'd not made the mistake of boasting
> about it in an internal memo at his rag.  Journalists have been in the
> business of manufacturing news, rather than reporting it, for a long time.
>
> And, yes, I know full well what the original post was about.
>
> --
> Gary Wiltshire

I guess you have a real problem with the right wing media and the
republican talking points also.

Getting back to the story.

Are Guard and reserve troops treated differently from active duty when on
the same duty ?

Do we have the correct vehicles and enough body armor for the troops ?

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