BushCo is planning something big

[xray s]

The VRWC blow holes are spouting off 24/7 now about reckless free speech and the liberal media jeopardizing the troops.

They are setting the stage for a full blown attack on the first amendment and 100% censorship of all stories on the military. 40% of the American public are already on board.

Why? What is the next step they are taking that warrants a complete shutdown of free speech?

The timing of this Newsweek flap is no coincidence. Things are getting hot in the Muslim street.

Something wicked this way comes...

[Cha]

1. Someone saying this today..

because bush's poll numbers are down so low..the last time they were this low..9/11 happened!

[FinallyStartingToWin]

2. But Please Remember

9/11 was about an afghan pipeline and precursor to Iraq....

The approval ratings were just secondary.

[Mr Rabble]

4. Indeed,

[Cha]

5. Right! Thanks for

memory. What do they care about approval ratings when they have the voting machines?

[radfringe]

22. poll numbers to watch

mid-term (s)elections are coming up. The poll numbers to watch are the Congressional ones..

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/polls.html
Congress - Job Approval Ratings
Poll Date 5/2 - 5/5
RCP Average
approve 35.0%
Disapprove 59.0%
Spread -24.0%

59% disapproval is not a good sign for incumbents. Mr. Cuckoobannanas has attempted to distance himself from some of the more radical right positions (like equating the filibuster with hating christians)

Short of impeachment - the only option to slow down or stop Mr. Cuckoobannana's regime is to throw out the repugs in Congress.

the repug congress is in deep doo-doo - and fear is their only weapon. Terror attack or invasion of Iran/Syria are very real probabilites as they are not winning on domestic issues

[FreedomAngel82]

10. Interesting

I wonder if they'd risk it though. Remember the whole campaign thing? Of course that's done and over with though so they probably would. I only wonder...if anything does happen I wonder what.

[thecai]

11. So "We're Not Gonna Fall For The Banana In The Tailpipe"...

....again.
Like Bush says..."fool me once, shame on, shame on you......but if you fool me twice you can't get fooled again!"

[Beetwasher]

3. My Thread On It Here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x3669004

[jazzjunkysue]

6. Let's linch a couple of gays and get the party started!

[kwolf68]

7. Damn right

You lynch the gays...I'm going to go cut down a bunch of 500 year old trees and set them on fire.

[jazzjunkysue]

8. That'll show those libruls.

[shadowknows69]

9. things are finally coming to a head

in our occupied experiments and yes they're going to blame it all on one false story that they probably planted themselves. A complacent media helped cause this and they and we will now pay dearly.

[enid602]

12. now or never

If they're planning a putsch, the time is ripe. Their window of opportunity is narrow, given poll trends and an increasingly restless populace.

[Catshrink]

13. Commander Cuckoobananas is up to something!

I've been sensing this too.... Well, not him. He couldn't think his way out of a paper bag. But Unka Dick? Unka Donald? Very scary indeed.

[leftofthedial]

14. stage III of the PNAC agenda

just read their plan.

[lonestarnot]

15. Isn't the biggest bioterra drill in history approaching?

[Kerrytravelers]

16. It seems this group always has something fun waiting in the wings.

Everything is planned and waitng for up to once again take the bait.

[housewolf]

17. It about "anonymous sources"

They're going to crack down on reporting anything from anyone who won't let them use their name. They are tired of all the leaks and unofficial stories coming out.


Don't know if you saw Hardball tonight - but David Gergen were going NUTS on there about anonymous sources.

[faithnotgreed]

18. hey housewolf - can you please tell me what david gergen said

thank you

[housewolf]

19. I wasn't able to give it my full attention but...

there's a replay of Hardball coming up a little later and I'll see if I can catch it and give you the details. Check in in the morning.

[housewolf]

21. David Gergen on Hardball

This story has been exploited by the Arabs

Newsweek should unmask the individual, they shouldn't have gone with the story with only one source, their mistake was in not asking to see the document or at least have it read to the editors

Consnequences to journalism - this might be a tipping point, the public might be fed up, there's a lot of anger out there, you can see it in the blogs etc, the public may have just had enough and there may be a real push to raise standards so that unnamed sources can't push stories like this - if journalists are rushing to judgment with these stories like Joe Wilson, Dan Rather, etc - they many need to raise the standards for journalists



For calm, cool David Gergen, he was ranting and raving.

[xray s]

20. I am tired of anonymous sources too

There is concern (within parts of DoD and State) about the direction things are going.

But when will one of these anonymous sources have the courage to stand up and tell the country on the record what the hell is going on?