:: Netmarcos' Notes ::

:: Monday, October 11, 2004 ::

A post-debate reality check on stem cell research.

:: Mark 7:42 AM [+] :: (0) comments
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Voter intimidation and disenfranchisement in FloridaOpinionJournal - John Fund on the Trail

Last week, in Orlando, Fla., approximately 60 union protestors stormed and ransacked the local Bush-Cheney headquarters causing considerable damage and injuring one campaign staffer, who suffered a broken wrist.

:: Mark 7:36 AM [+] :: (0) comments
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Exclusive: Saddam Possessed WMD, Had Extensive Terror Ties -- 10/04/2004

:: Mark 8:55 AM [+] :: (0) comments
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Just what do Winds of Change.NET: John Kerry and Owen Wilson have in common?

Kerry's long record in public life - both upon his return from Vietnam, and in the Senate - is equally clear: Calumnies against both his fellow soldiers in Vietnam and America's current allies in the war on terror that are never repudiated, or apologized for. A long history of votes against defense & intelligence appropriations, and of opposing U.S. military action abroad, even in the face of clear threats. Declarations that that we are engaged in global police work in the wake of 9/11, and not a war. The endless preoccupation with Vietnam.

The only explanation I can find for people who believe a Kerry Presidency would not be Carterite to its core (and worse) is sheer wishful projection. It is a measure of Bush's lack of competence as a campaigner and persuader that these illusions have not been utterly shattered, and that Kerry is still in the race.

:: Mark 8:12 AM [+] :: (0) comments
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The New York Post Online Edition claims that "the 'insurgency' in Iraq is going nowhere fast. "

It will be as roundly defeated as were its predecessors in so many other countries. The danger for Iraq's future lies elsewhere.

It comes, in part, from Americans who want Iraq to fail because they want President Bush to fail. Some 81 books paint the president as the devil incarnate; Bush-bashing is also the theme of three "documentaries" plus half a dozen Hollywood feature films. Never before in any mature democracy has a political leader aroused so much hatred from his domestic opponents.

Others want Iraq to fail because they want America to fail, with or without Bush. The bitter tone of U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan when he declared the liberation of Iraq "illegal" shows that it is not the future of Iraq but the vilification of the United States that interests him.

Add to this the recent bizarre phrase from French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin. The head of the Figaro press group went to see him about the kidnapping of two French journalists in Iraq; Raffarin assured him they would soon be freed, reportedly saying, "The Iraqi insurgents are our best allies."

In plain language, this means that, in the struggle in Iraq, Raffarin does not see France on the side of its NATO allies — the U.S., Britain, Italy and Denmark among others — but on the side of the "insurgents."

Ooooh. Nice qoute there Prime Minister Jean-Pier. And these are the old alliances that John Kerry yearns to strengthen. Right.

:: Mark 11:07 AM [+] :: (0) comments
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Why are we still not getting the truth about Iraq from our own media outlets? Consider
this.

Consider this story Rose saw reported: ''I was going through the battle damage assessment at my desk with NBC's Today on the TV. The attack occurred in the middle of the night. I had the footage of the attack on my computer, and here's Katie Couric (or whoever hosts it) showing the same bomb location.

''I had pictures of the bombed vehicles, which is how I knew she was talking about the same location. The next shot is kids being carried into a hospital. We had eyes on this for a long time. If there were kids in there, they were toting weapons or the terrorists used them as human shields. …

''I went to our Combat Operations Center and walked into them watching the same thing. I verified what I thought and spoke with our intelligence guys. They said the whole thing was staged and probably old footage. They track the footage and have seen repeat footage shown in the past. They also said to look at the footage and see if it makes sense. More often than not, it doesn't … pulling a child from rubble with relatively clean clothes. ''

Is NBC wrong and the Marines right? Americans deserve both sides to make up their minds.

''The Najaf shrine — HUNDREDS of dead women and children were brought out after Sadr left,'' Rose wrote. ''They (Sadr's supporters) rounded them up during the battle and brought them in to be executed. Why? Because they anticipated the Americans would eventually enter the shrine and walk into a media ambush. We never went in. The people of Najaf love us right now because of that. They hate Sadr and want him dead.

''Have you heard that one yet (in the media)?''

You can easily find reports such as these on the Internet and in a few papers, but rarley in national or international outlets. Why aren't these stories prominently covered by the MSM? Why should all of the negative coverage be of US efforts rather than the likes of Sadr and his ilk? What a warped and nauseating view of those who would claim to inform, instruct, and enlighten us on world affairs. Our news organizations are reduced to propagandists and 3rd rate political hacks.
Fine. Report the bad. Accurately report our mistakes. And just as accurately and vociferously report our success and the depravity of the enemy when it is evident.

Am I asking too much?

:: Mark 10:59 AM [+] :: (0) comments
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