Paying the Price

Today, in case anyone’s forgotten, is 9/11.
Rather than write something new for the occasion, I thought it’d be good if I simply linked you to a BitsBit I wrote on the 13th… two nights after the 9/11 attack.  It’s called Paying the Price.  Given our current situations on every level, what I wrote back then is particularly potent today.

Discuss it here, please.

CBS News is trying to defend itself…. and I’m not buying.

“This report was not based solely on recovered documents, but rather on a preponderance of evidence, including documents that were provided by unimpeachable sources, interviews with former Texas National Guard officials and individuals who worked closely back in the early 1970s with Colonel Jerry Killian and were well acquainted with his procedures, his character and his thinking,”

Really? Well, then let’s see the list of sources. Also, this response seems to suggest CBS to be more worried about the validity of the attacks on the president, less than they are about the fact that the documents they tried to pass off as fact… the ones that filled in the key parts of the charges against Mr. Bush… were in fact, outright fraud. Just what you’d expect from an org that considers attacking the right of bigger import than truthfulness in reporting.

You’ll pardon me, please, if I’m not buying what CBS is selling.

The DRUDGE REPORT: is now saying Dan Rather has decided to drag CBS down with him.

DAN RATHER, CBS NEWS ANCHOR: I know that this story is true. I believe that the witnesses and the documents are authentic. We wouldn’t have gone to air if they would not have been. There isn’t going to be — there’s no — what you’re saying apology?

QUESTION: Apology or any kind of retraction or…

RATHER: Not even discussed, nor should it be. I want to make clear to you, I want to make clear to you if I have not made clear to you, that this story is true, and that more important questions than how we got the story, which is where those who don’t like the story like to put the emphasis, the more important question is what are the answers to the questions raised in the story, which I just gave you earlier.

Not the fastest sled on the slope, that Dan.
(shrug) So be it, then.  So it is that the MSM and the Democrats both end up with whale poop on their keels… both in one election.

The DRUDGE REPORT: is now saying Dan Rather has decided to drag CBS down with him.

DAN RATHER, CBS NEWS ANCHOR: I know that this story is true. I believe that the witnesses and the documents are authentic. We wouldn’t have gone to air if they would not have been. There isn’t going to be — there’s no — what you’re saying apology?

QUESTION: Apology or any kind of retraction or…

RATHER: Not even discussed, nor should it be. I want to make clear to you, I want to make clear to you if I have not made clear to you, that this story is true, and that more important questions than how we got the story, which is where those who don’t like the story like to put the emphasis, the more important question is what are the answers to the questions raised in the story, which I just gave you earlier.

Not the fastest sled on the slope, that Dan.
(shrug) So be it, then.  So it is that the MSM and the Democrats both end up with whale poop on their keels… both in one election.

The DRUDGE REPORT: is now saying Dan Rather has decided to drag CBS down with him.

DAN RATHER, CBS NEWS ANCHOR: I know that this story is true. I believe that the witnesses and the documents are authentic. We wouldn’t have gone to air if they would not have been. There isn’t going to be — there’s no — what you’re saying apology?

QUESTION: Apology or any kind of retraction or…

RATHER: Not even discussed, nor should it be. I want to make clear to you, I want to make clear to you if I have not made clear to you, that this story is true, and that more important questions than how we got the story, which is where those who don’t like the story like to put the emphasis, the more important question is what are the answers to the questions raised in the story, which I just gave you earlier.

Not the fastest sled on the slope, that Dan.
(shrug) So be it, then.  So it is that the MSM and the Democrats both end up with whale poop on their keels… both in one election.

The DRUDGE REPORT: is now saying Dan Rather has decided to drag CBS down with him.

DAN RATHER, CBS NEWS ANCHOR: I know that this story is true. I believe that the witnesses and the documents are authentic. We wouldn’t have gone to air if they would not have been. There isn’t going to be — there’s no — what you’re saying apology?

QUESTION: Apology or any kind of retraction or…

RATHER: Not even discussed, nor should it be. I want to make clear to you, I want to make clear to you if I have not made clear to you, that this story is true, and that more important questions than how we got the story, which is where those who don’t like the story like to put the emphasis, the more important question is what are the answers to the questions raised in the story, which I just gave you earlier.

Not the fastest sled on the slope, that Dan.
(shrug) So be it, then.  So it is that the MSM and the Democrats both end up with whale poop on their keels… both in one election.

The DRUDGE REPORT: is now saying Dan Rather has decided to drag CBS down with him.

DAN RATHER, CBS NEWS ANCHOR: I know that this story is true. I believe that the witnesses and the documents are authentic. We wouldn’t have gone to air if they would not have been. There isn’t going to be — there’s no — what you’re saying apology?

QUESTION: Apology or any kind of retraction or…

RATHER: Not even discussed, nor should it be. I want to make clear to you, I want to make clear to you if I have not made clear to you, that this story is true, and that more important questions than how we got the story, which is where those who don’t like the story like to put the emphasis, the more important question is what are the answers to the questions raised in the story, which I just gave you earlier.

Not the fastest sled on the slope, that Dan.
(shrug) So be it, then.  So it is that the MSM and the Democrats both end up with whale poop on their keels… both in one election.

The DRUDGE REPORT: is now saying Dan Rather has decided to drag CBS down with him.

DAN RATHER, CBS NEWS ANCHOR: I know that this story is true. I believe that the witnesses and the documents are authentic. We wouldn’t have gone to air if they would not have been. There isn’t going to be — there’s no — what you’re saying apology?

QUESTION: Apology or any kind of retraction or…

RATHER: Not even discussed, nor should it be. I want to make clear to you, I want to make clear to you if I have not made clear to you, that this story is true, and that more important questions than how we got the story, which is where those who don’t like the story like to put the emphasis, the more important question is what are the answers to the questions raised in the story, which I just gave you earlier.

Not the fastest sled on the slope, that Dan.
(shrug) So be it, then.  So it is that the MSM and the Democrats both end up with whale poop on their keels… both in one election.

The DRUDGE REPORT: is now saying Dan Rather has decided to drag CBS down with him.

DAN RATHER, CBS NEWS ANCHOR: I know that this story is true. I believe that the witnesses and the documents are authentic. We wouldn’t have gone to air if they would not have been. There isn’t going to be — there’s no — what you’re saying apology?

QUESTION: Apology or any kind of retraction or…

RATHER: Not even discussed, nor should it be. I want to make clear to you, I want to make clear to you if I have not made clear to you, that this story is true, and that more important questions than how we got the story, which is where those who don’t like the story like to put the emphasis, the more important question is what are the answers to the questions raised in the story, which I just gave you earlier.

Not the fastest sled on the slope, that Dan.
(shrug) So be it, then.  So it is that the MSM and the Democrats both end up with whale poop on their keels… both in one election.

The DRUDGE REPORT: is now saying Dan Rather has decided to drag CBS down with him.

DAN RATHER, CBS NEWS ANCHOR: I know that this story is true. I believe that the witnesses and the documents are authentic. We wouldn’t have gone to air if they would not have been. There isn’t going to be — there’s no — what you’re saying apology?

QUESTION: Apology or any kind of retraction or…

RATHER: Not even discussed, nor should it be. I want to make clear to you, I want to make clear to you if I have not made clear to you, that this story is true, and that more important questions than how we got the story, which is where those who don’t like the story like to put the emphasis, the more important question is what are the answers to the questions raised in the story, which I just gave you earlier.

Not the fastest sled on the slope, that Dan.
(shrug) So be it, then.  So it is that the MSM and the Democrats both end up with whale poop on their keels… both in one election.

The DRUDGE REPORT: is now saying Dan Rather has decided to drag CBS down with him.

DAN RATHER, CBS NEWS ANCHOR: I know that this story is true. I believe that the witnesses and the documents are authentic. We wouldn’t have gone to air if they would not have been. There isn’t going to be — there’s no — what you’re saying apology?

QUESTION: Apology or any kind of retraction or…

RATHER: Not even discussed, nor should it be. I want to make clear to you, I want to make clear to you if I have not made clear to you, that this story is true, and that more important questions than how we got the story, which is where those who don’t like the story like to put the emphasis, the more important question is what are the answers to the questions raised in the story, which I just gave you earlier.

Not the fastest sled on the slope, that Dan.
(shrug) So be it, then.  So it is that the MSM and the Democrats both end up with whale poop on their keels… both in one election.

The DRUDGE REPORT: is now saying Dan Rather has decided to drag CBS down with him.

DAN RATHER, CBS NEWS ANCHOR: I know that this story is true. I believe that the witnesses and the documents are authentic. We wouldn’t have gone to air if they would not have been. There isn’t going to be — there’s no — what you’re saying apology?

QUESTION: Apology or any kind of retraction or…

RATHER: Not even discussed, nor should it be. I want to make clear to you, I want to make clear to you if I have not made clear to you, that this story is true, and that more important questions than how we got the story, which is where those who don’t like the story like to put the emphasis, the more important question is what are the answers to the questions raised in the story, which I just gave you earlier.

Not the fastest sled on the slope, that Dan.
(shrug) So be it, then.  So it is that the MSM and the Democrats both end up with whale poop on their keels… both in one election.

The DRUDGE REPORT: is now saying Dan Rather has decided to drag CBS down with him.

DAN RATHER, CBS NEWS ANCHOR: I know that this story is true. I believe that the witnesses and the documents are authentic. We wouldn’t have gone to air if they would not have been. There isn’t going to be — there’s no — what you’re saying apology?

QUESTION: Apology or any kind of retraction or…

RATHER: Not even discussed, nor should it be. I want to make clear to you, I want to make clear to you if I have not made clear to you, that this story is true, and that more important questions than how we got the story, which is where those who don’t like the story like to put the emphasis, the more important question is what are the answers to the questions raised in the story, which I just gave you earlier.

Not the fastest sled on the slope, that Dan.
(shrug) So be it, then.  So it is that the MSM and the Democrats both end up with whale poop on their keels… both in one election.

The DRUDGE REPORT: is now saying Dan Rather has decided to drag CBS down with him.

DAN RATHER, CBS NEWS ANCHOR: I know that this story is true. I believe that the witnesses and the documents are authentic. We wouldn’t have gone to air if they would not have been. There isn’t going to be — there’s no — what you’re saying apology?

QUESTION: Apology or any kind of retraction or…

RATHER: Not even discussed, nor should it be. I want to make clear to you, I want to make clear to you if I have not made clear to you, that this story is true, and that more important questions than how we got the story, which is where those who don’t like the story like to put the emphasis, the more important question is what are the answers to the questions raised in the story, which I just gave you earlier.

Not the fastest sled on the slope, that Dan.
(shrug) So be it, then.  So it is that the MSM and the Democrats both end up with whale poop on their keels… both in one election.

The DRUDGE REPORT: is now saying Dan Rather has decided to drag CBS down with him.

DAN RATHER, CBS NEWS ANCHOR: I know that this story is true. I believe that the witnesses and the documents are authentic. We wouldn’t have gone to air if they would not have been. There isn’t going to be — there’s no — what you’re saying apology?

QUESTION: Apology or any kind of retraction or…

RATHER: Not even discussed, nor should it be. I want to make clear to you, I want to make clear to you if I have not made clear to you, that this story is true, and that more important questions than how we got the story, which is where those who don’t like the story like to put the emphasis, the more important question is what are the answers to the questions raised in the story, which I just gave you earlier.

Not the fastest sled on the slope, that Dan.
(shrug) So be it, then.  So it is that the MSM and the Democrats both end up with whale poop on their keels… both in one election.