Sunday, August 29, 2010

BloggeRhythms 8/29/2010

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Sitting here this afternoon, thinking about what to enter, a thought came to mind about Joe Biden.

When things heated up in Iraq a few years ago, and Saddam Hussein was on the way out, CNN did a live news show every day from Baghdad. There was this Iraqui guy who appeared on every show, and he continually boasted about how well the war was going for Saddam, that he would never give up and it was only a matter of time until the U.S. and its allies were booted out of the country for good.

Then President Bush put on a surge, Baghdad was invaded, Saddahm was captured and taken prisoner and his regime fell apart. Now, on the day that our troops marched into the presidential palace and took it over, this Iraqui propaganda guy was on the air for CNN, broadcasting live. And while he was blubbering on about how well his troops were doing and how awesome their resistance was, our guys walked into the TV studio and carried him out live on camera. As he was being hauled through the door, on the way to prison, he continued to jabber about how the U.S. was a paper tiger and would never succeed in winning a thing in Iraq.

Well, I think Joe Biden and the Iraqui guy are one and the same when it comes to propaganda. Because he's running around reading the same horror show of economic data that proves the country's half way down the proverbial chute financially, yet he's boasting about what a wonderful job the administrations doing at job creation and rescuing our economy. So, that leads me to ask what these folks expected to happen after their election. Did they think unemployment would be at twenty percent, thus they're doing a good job?

In reality, there isn't a thing that the administration or Congress has done except make a bad situation worse, yet it's amazing to hear these people talk. I guess its really true that there's a world inside the Beltway that functions on its own and goes on regardless, like the Energizer bunny. It keeps running around in circles, chasing its tail, either oblivious to what goes on elsewhere in the country or simply uncaring about the matters. And, if they really do sense trouble or unrest, they make a speech saying otherwise.

Of course, there are things that are as bad, maybe in some ways worse than politicians. Which brings me back to CNN. Because during Saddam's regime they were the only network allowed into Baghdad, or to talk to Saddam and his top advisors. And CNN knew for a long, long time about the atrocities committed by Saddam's regime, his WMD's, and persecution and murder of his foes within Iraq and elsewhere. But, they never reported any of it. Not a word.

Sometime later the president or chairman of CNN, was interviewed. I don't remember him or his title specifically, only what he said. But, when it was found out that his network never mentioned even a hint of what they knew, and how horrible and bloodthirsty Saddam's regime was for years, he was asked why they kept everything quiet for Saddam.

The CNN guy's response was that they had to cover up for Saddam, or else they would have been thrown out of the country for telling the truth like everyone else. And, if that happened, he asked, where would the American public have gone to find out what was going on in Iraq?

Think about that one, then take two aspirin.

That's it for today folks.

Adios

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