Sunday, September 14, 2008

VIDEO: JON STEWART POINTS OUT DOUBLE STANDARD AT FOX NEWS

FOX NEWS is notoriious for shading the truth, or worse yet only telling ONLY one side of the story.

The sad part of it is there are millions of Americans who get their news from FOX NEWS not ever realizing FOX NEWS is NOT a news outlet, but a propaganda branch of the Bush White House, the GOP and now the McCain/Palin campaign.

In this video Jon Steward, host of Comedy Central's "The Daily Show," cleverly shows how FOX NEWS speaks out of both sides of their mouth in a never-ending attempt to mislead the poor saps who watch FOX NEWS thinking they are actually getting "news" when ALL they are getting is right wing spin.

WATCH VIDEO HERE:

http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=184086&title=sarah-palin-gender-card

WASHINGTON POST: AS MAYOR OF WASILLA, PALIN CUT OWN DUTIES, LEFT TRAIL OF BAD BLOOD

WASILLA, Alaska -- On Sept. 24, 2001, Mayor Sarah Palin and the City Council held their first meeting after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. The council condemned the attacks and approved a $5,000 gift to a disaster relief fund. Palin said she would try to obtain materials from both attack sites to include in the town's "Honor Garden."

By Alec MacGillisWashington Post Staff WriterSunday, September 14, 2008; A01
http://tinyurl.com/5vahfj

And then the council and mayor returned to their normal business: approving funds to upgrade the public well, issuing a restaurant permit and taking up a measure forbidding residents from operating bed-and-breakfasts in their homes. After a lively debate, the bed-and-breakfast measure lost, 4 to 1.

Since joining the Republican ticket, Palin has faced questions about whether she is qualified to be vice president or, if necessary, president. In response, the first-term Alaska governor and Sen. John McCain point to the executive qualifications she acquired as Wasilla mayor, a six-year stint from 1996 to 2002 that represents the bulk of her political experience.

Palin says her time as mayor taught her how to be a leader and grounded her in the real needs of voters, and her tenure revealed some of the qualities she would later display as governor: a striving ambition, a willingness to cut loose those perceived as disloyal and a populist brand of social and pro-growth conservatism.

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BREAKING NEWS: US-NATO AIR STRIKES ARE KILLING CIVILIANS IN AFGHANISTAN

WASHINGTON -- Ramped-up U.S. and NATO airstrikes in Afghanistan are causing an increased civilian death toll, raising concerns about the fallout from civilian deaths on the war effort against the Taliban insurgency, according to a major new report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) released here Monday.

Report: U.S.-NATO Airtrikes Over Afghanistan Are Killing Innocent Civilians

By Ali Gharib, IPS NewsPosted on September 12, 2008, Printed on September 14, 2008

http://www.alternet.org/story/98619/

The 43-page report, "Troops in Contact: Airstrikes and Civilian Deaths in Afghanistan," warned that the cost in civilian casualties caused by the increase in bombings goes well beyond the loss of human life and could put the nearly seven-year U.S.-NATO war effort at risk.

"The harm caused by airstrikes is not limited to the immediate civilian casualties," said the report, which also cited the destruction of homes and property and the displacement of their civilian occupants caused by the bombing.

"Civilian deaths from airstrikes act as a recruiting tool for the Taliban and risk fatally undermining the international effort to provide basic security to the people of Afghanistan," said Brad Adams, HRW's Asia director of HRW.

BUFFALO NEWS: PALIN ACCUSED OF LYING OVER STATED VISIT TO IRAQ

Lt. Col. Dave Osborn, commander of the 3d Battalion, 207th Infantry of the Alaska National Guard, who was in charge of the 570 local troops serving in Kuwait and Iraq, said Palin did not cross into Iraq.

“You have to have permission to go into a lot of areas, and [the crossing] is where her permissions were,” Osborn told the newspaper Friday.


Palin accused of lying over stated Iraq visit

By Glen Johnson - ASSOCIATED PRESSUpdated: 09/14/08 6:58 AM
http://www.buffalonews.com/nationalworld/national/story/438736.html

WASHINGTON — The question of whether Sarah Palin has ever been to Iraq pushed Obama aides Saturday to accuse the McCain campaign of outright lies, distortions and distractions to the American people.

Since Republican presidential nominee John McCain tapped the Alaska governor to be his running mate on Aug. 29, questions about her experience have been fueled by her relatively brief tenure in office, as well as a dearth of foreign travel.


Palin made a well-documented trip to Kuwait and Germany last year to visit U. S. troops, and over time, the governor and her staff have revealed she also visited Canada and Mexico.


Meanwhile, her aides clarified that a purported visit to Ireland was little more than a refueling stop during her trip to the Middle East.


On Saturday, a Palin aide told the Associated Press the governor also set foot in Iraq during her July 2007 trip to see members of the Alaska National Guard, although the campaign has not emphasized it since the visit was brief.


The aide, who demanded anonymity before answering the question, said Palin visited a “military outpost” on the Iraq side of the Kuwait/Iraq border.


That answer appears to contradict one provided to the Boston Globe, which reported Saturday that McCain-Palin aides had twice revised their description of Palin’s visit to Iraq.


The newspaper said unnamed aides initially explained that Palin had visited a “military outpost” inside Iraq. The Globe said campaign aides and members of the Alaska National Guard subsequently explained that she did not venture beyond the Iraq/Kuwait border when she visited the Khabari Alawazem Crossing on July 25, 2007.

VIDEO: JOHN McCAIN'S WANDERING EYES---McCAIN LEAVES NO DOUBT HE IS A BUTT MAN AS HE GAPES AT SARAH PALIN'S POSTERIOR

This video explains why so little vetting of Sarah Palin was done. All John McCain had to know about Sarah is she has a great butt. In this video, McCain can't take his eyes off Sarah Palin's posterior while McCain is seen twisting his wedding ring.

Check out Cindy McCain standing behind her husband. If looks could kill.....

WATCH VIDEO HERE:

http://www.youtube.com/v/1RN5xbWtNSU&hl=en&fs=1

CLICK ON DIAMOND-SHAPED ARROW IN CENTER OF PICTURE TO ACTIVATE VIDEO