I'm Shocked... Shocked I Say!!!
This comes to you straight from the Department of No Sh*t Sherlock...
Two independent and non-profit journalism organizations, the Center for Public Integrity and the Fund for Indendence in Journalism released a report on Tuesday that concluded that... get this... the Bush Administration lied in the run-up to the invasion of Iraq. Stunning and shocking, I know. Try to pick yourselves up off the floor if you can manage it.
The study reviewed press briefings, speeches and interviews and other public statements in the two-year period following the 9/11 attacks and determined that George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Condoleezza Rice, Donald Rumsfeld, Colin Powell, Paul Wolfowitz, Ari Fleischer and Scott McClellan lied a grand total of 935 times while making their case for war in Iraq. Bush led the way with 259 lies with Colin Powell right behind him, clocking in at 244 lies.
The study counted 935 false statements in the two-year period. Mr. Bush and administration officials stated unequivocally on at least 532 occasions that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction or was trying to produce or obtain them or had links to al Qaeda or both.
And of course, the study found that the media was absolutely complicit in the campaign of disinformation leveled against the American people in the run-up to the war.
"The cumulative effect of these false statements - amplified by thousands of news stories and broadcasts - was massive, with the media coverage creating an almost impenetrable din for several critical months in the run-up to war. Some journalists - indeed, even some entire news organizations - have since acknowledged that their coverage during those prewar months was far too deferential and uncritical. These mea culpas notwithstanding, much of the wall-to-wall media coverage provided additional, 'independent' validation of the Bush administration's false statements about Iraq."
The study concluded that George W. Bush and his Administration cronies deliberately lied the United States into a war that has claimed 4,000 American lives, not to mention the tens of thousands of Iraqi civilians that have been killed.
The study concluded that the statements "were part of an orchestrated campaign that effectively galvanized public opinion and, in the process, led the nation to war under decidedly false pretenses."
Gee, ya think?And as a bonus for your amusement... and trust me, this is amusing if not downright hilarious... Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, campaigning in Florida attempted to show a crowd of African-Americans that he was down with them. There's no video clip of his first attempt, but while talking with a group of African-Americans, he pointed to a necklace on a small child, proclaiming that he liked the baby's "bling bling."
Mitt is so street!And this clip just speaks for itself... Here is Mitt again flashing his street cred and showing that he's down with the African-American community. Give it a watch, it's priceless.
Yes... that's Mitt the Mighty Mormon... perhaps one of the whitest people on the planet asking a crowd of African-Americans "Who let the dogs out? Who? Who?" Did somebody say... pandering? Wow. Could this guy be a bigger tool?
~Kevin S.
Two independent and non-profit journalism organizations, the Center for Public Integrity and the Fund for Indendence in Journalism released a report on Tuesday that concluded that... get this... the Bush Administration lied in the run-up to the invasion of Iraq. Stunning and shocking, I know. Try to pick yourselves up off the floor if you can manage it.
The study reviewed press briefings, speeches and interviews and other public statements in the two-year period following the 9/11 attacks and determined that George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Condoleezza Rice, Donald Rumsfeld, Colin Powell, Paul Wolfowitz, Ari Fleischer and Scott McClellan lied a grand total of 935 times while making their case for war in Iraq. Bush led the way with 259 lies with Colin Powell right behind him, clocking in at 244 lies.
The study counted 935 false statements in the two-year period. Mr. Bush and administration officials stated unequivocally on at least 532 occasions that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction or was trying to produce or obtain them or had links to al Qaeda or both.
And of course, the study found that the media was absolutely complicit in the campaign of disinformation leveled against the American people in the run-up to the war.
"The cumulative effect of these false statements - amplified by thousands of news stories and broadcasts - was massive, with the media coverage creating an almost impenetrable din for several critical months in the run-up to war. Some journalists - indeed, even some entire news organizations - have since acknowledged that their coverage during those prewar months was far too deferential and uncritical. These mea culpas notwithstanding, much of the wall-to-wall media coverage provided additional, 'independent' validation of the Bush administration's false statements about Iraq."
The study concluded that George W. Bush and his Administration cronies deliberately lied the United States into a war that has claimed 4,000 American lives, not to mention the tens of thousands of Iraqi civilians that have been killed.
The study concluded that the statements "were part of an orchestrated campaign that effectively galvanized public opinion and, in the process, led the nation to war under decidedly false pretenses."
Gee, ya think?And as a bonus for your amusement... and trust me, this is amusing if not downright hilarious... Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, campaigning in Florida attempted to show a crowd of African-Americans that he was down with them. There's no video clip of his first attempt, but while talking with a group of African-Americans, he pointed to a necklace on a small child, proclaiming that he liked the baby's "bling bling."
Mitt is so street!And this clip just speaks for itself... Here is Mitt again flashing his street cred and showing that he's down with the African-American community. Give it a watch, it's priceless.
Yes... that's Mitt the Mighty Mormon... perhaps one of the whitest people on the planet asking a crowd of African-Americans "Who let the dogs out? Who? Who?" Did somebody say... pandering? Wow. Could this guy be a bigger tool?
~Kevin S.
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