Would Fox News Be So Sure The Austin Plane Crash Was Not A Terrorist If The Pilot Had Been Muslim?
February 19, 2010:
"David Neiwert, at Crooks and Liars, notes how eager the Fox News folks were to assure viewers that yesterday’s (2/18/10) plane crash into an IRS office in Austin had nothing to do with terrorism. Neiwert asks, “Since when is attempting to blow up a federal building NOT an act of domestic terrorism?” He makes a great point, of course, especially since it was not long ago that Fox News pundits were foaming at the mouth because Obama had not called the Fort Hood shooter a terrorist. It’s true we don’t know all the facts about either case but there are some similarities: Nidal Malik Hasan was angry at the military and went on a shooting rampage; Joseph Stack was angry at the IRS and the federal government and crashed his plane into their building. Yes, Hasan seemed to have extremist connections that, as far as we know, Stack did not have. But also as far as we know, both were acting alone as the result of some kind of personal grievance.
So what’s the big difference that mandates that Hasan be called a terrorist and not Stack? The only reason I can think of is that Hasan is a Muslim and Stack does not seem to be."
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You want FOX to call the liberal Brown Noser a terrorist?
OK, I'll do it. The liberal, Brown Noser and Bush hater was a terrorist.
Feel better?
OOOOoppppppssssss
Turns out the terrorist is a Brown Nosing lib.
Should we ASSume that Brown Nosing liberals are terrorists?
LOL. Guess that Obama is trying to catch up to what Dumbya wasn't doing....
The CONS ARE definitely schizophrenic!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/19/bush-official-criticizes_n_469326.html
"Bush Official Criticizes Obama For Killing Too Many Terrorists.
Just how unpopular are President Barack Obama's anti-terrorism policies with his Republican critics? Even when he's killing terrorists they find flaws.
At a panel on national security policy at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Friday, a prominent lawyer from the Bush administration's Department of Justice said he was concerned that the higher number of terrorist executions taking place under Obama was compromising U.S. intelligence operations.
"Why have executions increased?" asked Viet Dinh, a professor at Georgetown University Law Center and one of the authors of the USA Patriot Act. Citing a recent Washington Post article on the increased targeted killing of terrorists, Dinh complained that "the president and vice president expound this fact as a fact that they are actually successful in war."
"That doesn't mean I think they are not illegitimate," he added. "No, we have every right to kill the other side's warriors. But at what cost? When we do not have an effective detention policy the only option we have is to kill them before we can detain them. And if we don't detain them, we don't know what they know and what they are up to."
The crowd applauded. Though, it should be noted, Dinh got a scattering of hisses and boos when he defended the Patriot Act."
PS: Ooh, I watch CNN because watching their news and politics is like going to an out of control circus. FUN!! LOL
I learned early in life that politics and religion cannot be debated due to the fruitlessness of it. One can never convince the other side and I wouldn't even want to.
Anyway, the Cons here on this blog don't debate. They're not worth of getting an answer and would be wasting my precious CNN (LOL) time.
Anon2 said...
Anyway, the Cons here on this blog don't debate. They're not worth of getting an answer and would be wasting my precious CNN (LOL) time.
Let me analize this.
"You say cons here won't debate."
Then you say:
"They're not worth of getting an answer...."
So which is it?
The cons don't debate or you won't answer to debate?
Please let us know because it's hard to debate when you won't answer.
Anon2 said...
Anyway, the Cons here on this blog don't debate
Ok Anon2, let's debate.
What do you think about Vice President Biden saying that Iraq will be President Obama's greatest legacy?
Anon2 said...
Anyway, the Cons here on this blog don't debate
Ok Anon2, let's debate.
What do you think about this Canadian doctors statement?
"Canada's top doctor: Health care system 'imploding'... 'We all agree that things are more precarious than perhaps Canadians realize'..."
Anon2 said...
Anyway, the Cons here on this blog don't debate
Ok Anon2, let's debate.
What do you think of CNN ratings?
Do you think there is anyone else watching besides you?
This is why children should be seen and not heard.
Anon 2. Does your mom and dad know you're on an adult site?
"Yes, Hasan seemed to have extremist connections that, as far as we know, Stack did not have."--CJP
There it is. You answered it yourself. To be a terrorist, you must have extremist connections and be commiting the act to advance the cause.
From the DemocraticUnderground.com
"The U.S. Government says the following is terrorism:
Acts that are dangerous to human life or potentially destructive of critical infrastructure or key resources and is a violation of criminal laws of the United States or any State. These acts appear to be intended to intimidate or coerce a civilian population, influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion, or affect the conduct of a government by mass destruction, assassination or kidnapping.
Stack was not trying to intimidate or coerce this country or civilian population, he was fed up and he reacted to perceived injustices to himself in an extremely violent manner.
This is sad that he felt he had this option and sadder what he left his supposed loved-ones. He is not a terrorist or hero. he was an angry man who lost rational thought and committed suicide.
OMG, HOTR---you are sooooo funny! I love your posts!
Anon2, you don't debate because you make silly statements and when challenged with the facts, you run and hide.
Enjoy CNN. That is probably why you are so unaware.
HOTAIR needs a breath mint. Please HOOT, have you sister buy you a masking substance for your fetid (—Synonyms
malodorous, smelly, noisome, I saved you some energy looking up the word HOOTER).
breath. Tell her thanks for us all.
RayGun said...
HOTAIR needs a breath mint. Please HOOT, have you sister buy you a masking substance for your fetid (—Synonyms
malodorous, smelly, noisome, I saved you some energy looking up the word HOOTER).
breath. Tell her thanks for us all.
yeah....your brilliant...
Now, who is the terrorist here?
Michele Bachmann? LOL See the link for comic cartoons.
http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/documents/2010/02/michele-bachmann-comic-issue-3.php?page=1
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