davidl on February 13th, 2007

Pipe up the band

The two voices on the tape are Bob Woodward and Richard Armitage.   Listen to hear how Valarie Plame was outed. 

Relevent transcript:

2:22 ARMITAGE: Yeah. And I know [ ] Joe Wilson’s
2:23 been calling

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Eric Florack on February 10th, 2007

Jules Crittenden:

I’ve been ignoring the big talk about Pentagon intel before this because, to put in bluntly, it doesn’t mean anything nor does it change anything.  Then or now.  It is simply a stick, and not a very impressive

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davidl on February 9th, 2007

Tucker CarlsonThe website Think Progress did the blogospheric equivilent of cleaning latrines.   The site counted cable network references to the Anna Nicole Smith.    The count:  MSNBC; 170 references; CNN. 141 and Fox 112.  

My question, which count would you consider indicative

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davidl on February 8th, 2007

Tim Russert had been described as the king of the Washington press corps.  Well the king did not have a good day. 

Tim Russert hobbled into the courtroom this afternoon on crutches. When he left the stand at the end

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davidl on February 6th, 2007

Warning if you a kind and gentle soul, or you are one the three fans off Keith Olberman, do not follow the link.

Johnny Dollar,Olbermann Watch has the audio of Mark Levin smacking down Keith Olberman. hard.

Then if

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davidl on February 5th, 2007

Michael_DevlinMicheal Devlin already accused of kidnapping Shawn Hornbeck and Ben Ownby. has now been charged with sodomy.  The names Devlin’s alleged victims was not diclosed by the police.

CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri man accused of kidnapping

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davidl on February 1st, 2007

Doug Mellgren, use a cheap trick to push his watermelon agenda:

OSLO, Norway (AP) — Former Vice President Al Gore was nominated for the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for his wide-reaching efforts to draw the world’s attention to

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davidl on February 1st, 2007

Pinch SulzbergerThe New York Times posts pictures of a video of a dying American Fighting Man.   Pinch Sulzberger’s minions showed no respect for the soldier’s family, or the agreement the paper made with the military to gain access.

The Associated Press

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davidl on February 1st, 2007

The New York Times goes over the deep edge:

Given America’s bitter experience in Iraq, one would think that President Bush could finally figure out that threats and brute force aren’t a substitute for a reasoned strategy. But Mr. Bush

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davidl on January 31st, 2007

So, we pay the soldiers a decent wage, take care of their families, provide them with housing and medical care and vast social support systems and ship obscene amenities into the war zone for them, we support them in every

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Eric Florack on January 30th, 2007

A New York Times reporter has been admonished by his superiors after voicing the hope that the U.S. can accomplish its goals in Iraq. Here’s what Times chief military correspondent Michael Gordon said on The Charlie Rose show earlier this

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Eric Florack on January 30th, 2007

We hear a lot of hysteria in the press about the American people deserting President Bush. Every time a new poll is released, it is trumpeted as documenting a new low in the President’s approval rating. But these polls follow

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davidl on January 28th, 2007

Fitzgerald’s case is so bad that even the LA Times is starting to catch on to it.  Richard B. Schmitt writes CIA “secrecy rules are sometimes ignored:”

But last week, as former White House aide I. Lewis “Scooter”

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davidl on January 26th, 2007

The headline screams:

“U.S. media jobs slashed 88 percent”

The actual story reads:

CHICAGO, Jan. 25 (UPI) — U.S. media job cuts surged 88 percent in 2006 from the previous year, a downsizing trend expected to continue this

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davidl on January 23rd, 2007

Ben OwnbySteve Huff, The True Crime Blog, is reporting a major update to the Missouri Kidnappings, “Shawn Hornbeck May Have Helped Abduct Ben Ownby

KMOV out of St. Louis reported in the article I linked that Shawn Hornbeck

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