We’ve given some good advice to Mitt Romney. Much of that advice is to attack the Obama record with vigor and forcefully bludgeon the Obama campaign auxiliary – Big Media.
Big Media is your enemy Mitt Romney. You and your fellow Republicans/conservatives continue to mouth words about how you already know that but you truly do fail to understand that Big Media is your enemy. Barack Obama is but the stooge of Big Media. Big Media is the enemy Mitt. When will you realize that? When?
Last night, Mitt, did you miss it? Yahoo bureau chief: The GOP is happy to have a party while black people drown. Did you miss it Mitt?:
“During live coverage of the Republican National Convention here in Tampa, Yahoo News Washington bureau chief David Chalian provided the perfect example of the pervasive anti-Republican bias Mitt Romney faces in his bid to unseat President Barack Obama.
In video broadcast Monday night by ABC and Yahoo over the Internet, Chalian can be heard claiming that GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney and his wife Ann are unconcerned about the fate of residents of the New Orleans area who are currently being hit by Hurricane Isaac.
“They aren’t concerned at all,” Chalian can be heard on the live broadcast. “They are happy to have a party with black people drowning.”
That line elicits laughter from several employees listening in on the joke.”
We haven’t heard of any black or white people “drowning”. We do know Big Media is hysterically trying to hype the tropical storm in the gulf as a distraction to the GOP convention. We know that Chalian is doing all in his power to make Issac a race-baiting storm.
Chalian, Mitt. That’s a person who is supposed to be “objective” Mitt. Can you imagine what the overt race-baiters and scum of Big Media are up to? Imagine no more, the answer is here: MSNBC protects the meme any way it can.
I love how MSNBC suddenly cares about race. For those who don't remember, MSNBC was the home of Don Imus for over a decade. And when he finally got in trouble for one of his many racist remarks, you may remember Chris Matthews and others at MSNBC at the time rushing to defend Imus and saying he should stay on the network.
I love how so many people suddenly superficially care about race.
Watch them find a new pet cause to pretend to care about when Barack's out of office (which I hope begins with the 2012 election in November).
The second (half-White) Barack's out of the White House, you watch as Dems in the media suddenlyy forget about race all over again.
They haven't changed a bit, they just want to pretend like they have and use race as a club to attack their opponents.
I'm sick of this crap. Aren't you?
And Grwin Ifill defending that piece of trash David Chalain? It's just one big circle jerk of who's the bigger whore.
I wish we had a functioning media.
Going out with C.I.'s "Iraq snapshot:"
Quoting
AFP news agency, it observed that attacks took place on at least 27 of
the 31 days in July, leaving at least 325 people dead adding that in
May, 20 Christian families living in Mosul received threatening letters.
As noted in yesterday's snapshot, Independent High Electoral Commission Chair Faraj al-Haidari and Commission members Karim al-Tamimi and Osama al-Ani "were found guilty of graft" and received a "suspended one-year prison" term. Prashant Rao (AFP) obeserved, "There is bad blood between Haidari, a Shiite Kurd, and Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's State of Law list over the aftermath of 2010 parliamentary elections, in which the premier's list came in second to the mainly Sunni-backed Iraqiya list of Iyad Allawi." Alsumaria recaps the long campaign State of Law has waged against the commission since April. They leave out the fact that a new election law was supposed to have been approved by now for the Electoral Commission and that provincial elections are supposed to take place early next year. Among the disputes is how many commissioners should be on the board. All Iraq News reports that Iraqiya declared today that they do not support increasing the number of commissioners and believe it should be left at its present number of 15. July 19th, Martin Kobler, the UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy to Iraq, appeared before the UN Security Council and stated: As we speak, my political deputy, Mr. [Gyorgy Busztin], is engaged in facilitation efforts to bring about the formation of a new, Independent High Election Commission which is representative of the main components of Iraq -- including women and children and minorities. The urgent selection of the commissioners is essential for ensuring that the provincial council elections due to take place in March 2013 can be conducted on time. I'm concerned that the ongoing political stalemate is hindering the process however. In recent days, I have discussed with political leaders -- including Prime Minister al-Maliki -- the need for a swfit conclusion of this political process and the need for an adequate representation of women and minorities in the commission. Today, I would like to re-iterate my appeal to all political blocs to expedite the selection of professional commissioners. UNAMI stands here ready to actively assist. Earlier this month came news that Parliament thought they'd arrived at a stop-gap measure: they'd tack on 35 days to the current Electoral Commission. AK News quoted the Chair of the Electoral Commission Faraj al-Haidari stating, "A new board of commissioners was supposed to be formed because the delay creates confusion. The required period to complete the commission's procedures after the ratification of the election law and the budget according to international standards is six months." Ayad al-Tamimi (Al Mada) reports a new problem today: Test on applicants for the next commission find them confused as to whether Iraq is a royal monarchy or a republic. Prashant Rao (AFP) speaks to a variety of MPs who see the future commission as neither fair nor independent and an unnamed "Western diplomat" states, "This is no longer about an independependent electoral commission. You cannot look at the IHEC issue in isolation . . . The consequences could be bigger."
Turning to veterans issues, Sherry Mitchell (Hendersonville Star News) reports
that Henderson, TN is holding a bass fishing tournament on September
15th and "[a]ll the proceeds from the tournament will be used to support
veterans, returning military and their families." Vietnam Veterans for
America has (PDF format warning) the rules and entry form here. Sabrina Wu (Patch) reports on the Walk All Our Soldiers Home parade planned for September 22nd in Darien, Illinois. The Darien Chamber of Commerce notes
that the "parade will honor our local military heroes. Community
involvement will be the cornerstrone of the event and we have invited
all Darien families to participate in supporting the event by gathering
pledges for marching in the parade. A post parade fun celebration will
be held at Darien Community Park." Meanwhile antiMusic notes country music artist "Tim McGraw
just wrapped his HomeFront program this past weekend in Boston, capping
off a summer long campaign to award mortgage-free homes to veterans in
need at each stop of his summer tour." At the start of his tour last
spring, Tim McGraw announced he'd present a veteran with mortgage-free
home on each of his tour's 25 stops. ABC News Radio reports
he kept that promise and states, "Each family had touching stories and
made an indelible mark on me. From the Delucia family's amazing story
of recovery and strength through physical injuries the first night in
Tampa to the Connor family, who we suprised this past weekend at their
new home with a puppy for their daughter Molly. . . I will never foget
any of them." The Call notes
the homes were "part of a three-way partnership to recognize the
sacrifices of military veterans involving McGraw, Chase Bank and San
Antonio, Texas-based Operation Homefront, a non-profit program that
provides mortgage-free homes to wounded soldiers. " Country music
artist Faith Hill joins her husband Tim from December through April when the two of them headline at the Venetian in Las Vegas.
The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead notes Suicide Prevention Month is next month and among the events in North Dakota:
Resource fair, 8:30 a.m. to noon, Sept. 10. Programs will include caregiver support, health care for homeless veterans, female veterans, health promotion, disease prevention, minority veterans, suicide prevention and more.• Sept. 9, First Link Walk of Hope for Suicide Awareness and Remembrance, Fargo Civic Center courtyard, 207 4th St. N. Registration begins at 1:30 p.m. For more information, call (701) 293-6462 or email info@myfirstlink.org. • Sept. 23, Out of the Darkness Fargo-Moorhead Community Walk, Lindenwood Park, Fargo. Registration begins at 1 p.m. and the walk begins at 2 p.m. To register or for more information, visit www.outofthedarkness.org. And Out of the Darkness notes: In the United States, a person dies by suicide every 15 minutes, claiming more than 36,000 lives each year. It is estimated that an attempt is made every minute, with close to one million people attempting suicide annually. Suicide is the fourth leading cause of death in the U.S. among adults 18-65, the second leading cause of death among teens and young adults, and individuals ages 65 and older account for 16 percent of all suicide deaths. This is a public health issue that does not discriminate by age, gender, ethnicity, or socio-economic status. Walk to save lives, find an event near you and register today! Lonny Shavelson (Center for Investigave Reporting -- link is text and video) speaks to Iraq War veteran, Marine Cpl David Smith: Smith: When I got out of the Marine Corps, I chalked everything that I was feeling up to just being normal. And I met a friend, and he happened to be a Marine. And we just kind of started talking about Iraq and stuff like that, and he could tell that I had some things that I was dealing with. [On-screen text: That friend was Clay Hunt.] [He also was waiting for disability benefits.] Smith: He was the first person who I'd ever really talked to about Iraq, about, you know, some of the more tragic events or some of the more frightening things that happened. The only way that it was going to happen is if another veteran came and got me and said, "Hey, I've been there, too, and I know what you're going through." Clay was just an amazing dude, but definitely had some other issues that he was dealing with. We became extremely good friends. We'd literally go mountain biking, like, every single weekend – I guess try and clear our heads a little bit. In March, 31st, I was asleep and my girlfriend came in, and she said, "Clay killed himself." Clay? My Clay? It's just kind of wild. Clay was also working on getting a claim through the VA. It's kind of ironic – I think it was a week or two after he passed that, you know, his approved disability rating showed up at his house. From the time that I applied for disability to the time that my disability was finalized, it was 414 days. Access to medical care -- and timely medical care -- is an important issue for veterans. Karen Jeffrey (Cape Cod Online) reports:
Veterans on Martha's Vineyard are one step closer to having local
medical services restored -- services that will enable them to get
treated on the island rather than having to travel to the Providence VA
Medical Center in Rhode Island.
U.S. Rep. William Keating, D-Mass., announced this week that a
contract for veterans services on Martha's Vineyard has cleared one
major hurdle: approval by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. The
contract must now be approved by the Providence VA Medical Center and
Martha's Vineyard Hospital, where many of the services would be
provided.
Over the weekend, Iraq War veteran Joshua Casteel passed away and IVAW's Jose Vasquez noted, "Joshua believed his illness was a result of his service in Iraq where he was exposed to the toxic fumes from burn pits and had submitted a compensation claim with the Veterans Administration." Across the country, hundreds of thousands of veterans -- nearly one million per the numbers the VA provided to Congress in July -- are waiting for their claims adjudicated. Aaron Glantz (Center for Investigative Reporting via the San Diego Union-Tribune) reports:
California veterans who file with the U.S. Department of Veterans
Affairs for a war-related disability claim are waiting more than nine
months on average for a decision, according to a review of VA data.
The review by the Center for Investigative Reporting found that San
Diego performs better than the state's other two regional offices in
terms of pending claims that have languished longer than the agency goal
of 125 days.
In San Diego, the rate of such delayed cases is 66 percent, compared
to 94 percent in Oakland and 96 percent in Los Angeles. San Diego
claimants are waiting 291 days on average, compared to 363 days in Los
Angeles and 346 in Oakland.
In the US, the presidential election is underway. Tom Brokaw offered (link goes to video at Huffington Post)
that last night at the Republican convention, neither Iraq nor
Afghanistan was mentioned despite the fact that both wars were "started
by the Republican party and promoted by them in the early stages, with
the assent of the Democratic Congress and Democratic Senate." This
morning, Kasie Hunt (AP) reported
GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney will speak to the American
Legion in Indianapolis today, face-to-face, while appearing at the
Republican National Convention in Tampa via satellite to take part in a
discussion of veterans' issues with Senator John McCain. Sarah Huisenga (CBS News) reports,
"Romney reiterated his desire to modify the post-9/11 GI bill so that
veterans are eligible for in-state college tuition regardless of
residency. He also promised to make reforming the Department of
Veterans' Affairs 'a personal priority,' citing the 'reproachable
failures' in swiftly processing claims, and vowed not to raise rates for
Tricare, the military's health care program." The in-state residency
for veterans is a smart idea and something all the candidates for
president should support. It's so obvious now that Romney's suggested
it that you wonder why it wasn't part of the original bill. Huisenga
and Hunt are two women covering the campaigns and women reporters are in
the minority this election cycle. Rachel Larris (Women's Medica Center) reported yesterday:
On Monday the Women's Media Center released the shocking statistic, calculated by The 4th Estate Project, that from the presidential primary period (January 1 to April 15) to the general election (April 15 to August 25), 72 to 76 percent of newspaper stories covering the 2012 presidential election were written by men.
The numbers come from a selection of 35 influential newspapers from
across the country. Today we wanted to share some of the byline
breakdowns for individual newspapers. The numbers reflect only news
reports and excludes blogs and opinion columns. For any article with two
bylines, the gender of the first name was coded for the entire article.
Though women appear to be fewer in the presidential election press corps, as candidates, they're making real strides. For example, the vice presidential candidate for the Socialist Equality Party is Phyllis Scherrer (Jerry White is the presidential candidate) and this election year there are two presidential campaigns made up of four women. The four: Jill Stein has the Green Party's presidential nomination and her running mate is Cheri Honkala and Roseanne Barr has the nomination of the Peace and Freedom Party and her running mate is Cindy Sheehan. Click here to sign a petition calling on Ms. magazine and Women's Media Center to cover her campaign and the other female candidate for president Roseanne Barr's campaign. Over 250 people have signed onto the petition so far. Some sign and leave comments and we noted some of the comments in Sunday's "Women Win When Women Run: The conversation Roseanne and Jill are inspiring" at Third -- and "women win when women run" is a theme that repeats in the comments with several people signing noting that theme or expanding on it. OBAMA On Medical Marijuana [Footage of Barack speaking at a Minnesota Town Hall in August 2011, via CSPAN] Barack Obama: You know a lot of states are making decisions about medical marijuana, uh, [long pause] as a controlled substance. The issue then is is it being prescribed by a doctor as opposed to, uh, [pause] you know, well -- I'll - I'll - I'll leave it at that. ROMNEY On Medical Marijuana [Romney speaking to a man at a campaign event] Mitt Romney: And you have syntheic marijuana that is available. Man: Makes me sick. I have tried it and it makes me throw up. I have tried all the medications there are and all the forms that come in [inaudible] stimulators or steroids. I have muscular dystrophy, that's completely against my DNA Mitt Romney: I'm sorry to hear that. Man: My question for you is would you arrest me and my doctors if I get medical marijuana? Mitt Romney: I'm not -- I'm not in favor of medical marijuana being legal. Man: So would you have me arrested? Mitt Romney: I'm sorry -- ROSEANNE On Medical Marijuana Roseanne Barr: Dave, you know one thing I want to say is Obama is trying to take our medical marijuana over there in California and trying to send in federal troops to get our medical marijuana and I'll tell you this, Obama, you'll get my joint when you pry it ouf of my cold, dead fingers. That's when. And I know -- I don't want to get Obama's kill list. You know, I got to look out for drones on my way home now I know. ROSEANNE BARR Supports your right to medical marijuana ROSEANNE BARR
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Meanwhile, Jill Stein's campaign has released the following:
On Labor Day, this coming Monday, September 3rd, we recognize the past sacrifices of working people in their struggles for emancipation, and rededicate ourselves to the movement for workers power in the year ahead. Please join Jill Stein, Cheri Honkala, and the rest of the campaign team in marking this holiday by taking part in your local Labor Day events.
We know that many of you already have Labor Day plans for tabling, marching, and flyering. Check out our revised our flyer (CLICK HERE), and also have a special Labor Day editorial (CLICK HERE) by Jill Stein which you can print out and distribute.
Please be sure to contact HQ@JillStein.org to let us know how much you spent on copies.
If you have not already made plans, and don't know where to start, here are three easy steps:
Let's get the word out that while the bosses may own two political
parties, working people finally have at least one: The Greens.
Another place women are visible in the presidential election this year is in the protest segment. CODEPINK is currently protesting at the RNC. Hopefully, they'll have the guts and courage to do as they did in 2004 and protest at the DNC as well. Jean MacKenzie (Global Post) reports on last night, inside the convention hall: But as Santorum wound down his speech, a commotion could be heard in the upper reaches of the cavernous hall. A young woman was screaming at the top of her lungs, although her words were indistinguishable to many down below.
It was Alli McCracken, coordinator for the Washington, D.C. office of
CODEPINK, a women's organization dedicated to "working to end the war
in Iraq, stop new wars, and redirect our resources into health care,
education and other life-affirming activities."
McCracken, just 23, created quite a commotion.
"I got to speak for three or four minutes before they escorted me out," she said.
Her message was simple: If you claim to be pro-life, then do things
that strengthen life. Stop the wars, help women get access to quality
health care. Make education affordable.
"I don't think Rick Santorum is any worse than the rest of them,"
said McCracken. "They are all egregiously offensive in their own way."
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