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Well those 3 women should thank their lucky stars America didn't have a Republican President or the prize would have been used to prop up some out of power leftist loser.
Irena Sendler, google her or has heard from the scum occupying Wall Street "google jew" it bahahahahaha
Hopefully the counter counterculter will be televised and the economic terrorist & traitors will be prosecuted.
Early out here in California but it seems Rep. Cantor expressed his opinion of the protest on Wall Street and protest by the Tea Party.
Cantor called the Tea Party “an organic, grass-roots movement”. ... “House Majority Leader Eric Cantor Calls Wall St. Protests'Growing Mobs'”
Wall Street protesters are a mob but Tea Party protesters are grass root, I call all this a modern revolution as the Corporations/Banks are taking over the USA. The Tea Party group who started with true concerns was taken over by the Koch Bros and the KKK so the original message is lost.
Many knew Herman Cain's connection to Charles and David Koch and now it's out in the open:
Why Herman Cain Is The Koch Brothers’ Favorite Presidential Candidate
Herman is doing a great job at collecting votes from minorities for the chosen Tea Party candidate selected. Cain was great at defending Gov. Perry's racist rock issue as saying move on. Cain is now being called the real possible first black President as Obama has a black father/white mother. Few Americans and Journalist know American history as we have already had bi-racial Presidents.
Andrew Jackson, Abraham Lincoln, Warren Harding, Calvin Coolidge and Dwight D. Eisenhower
In other words President Obama can take a back seat in history as the first. Cain will endorse the chosen Tea Party candidate and other current candidates will do the same. Sarah Palin did a great job at collecting donations knowing she wasn't reallying running for President. I was a little surprise when Herman Cain said he really never got involved in the civil rights movement and didn't deal with it very much when he lived in Georgia and is older then I am as I knew/watch/marched and I lived in New Jersey. Herman Cain forgets he was old enough to understand when billions of people heard Dr. Kings speech call I have a dream, but I guess that one to got pass Mr. Cain. Herman might want to set down with John Lewis to learn about what happen in Cain's hometown of Atlanta George when Lewis was 21 and Cain 16 years old.
With all the thousands of people protesting against Wall Street and the Banks, we learned the Banks gave big donations to the New York Police Department to break these groups up by any means necessary. No wonder the Leaders of the Protest had to call in Military vets to protect them from the Police abuse.
have a great day all
Where do you get your news at. I do a lot of reading and have seen none of the stories you come up with.
Koch Bros bad, Soros good. Herman was right.
How soon it is forgotten. If it had not been for republicans in the 60's, the equal rights laws would have not been passed. Remember, Robert Byrd was a leader in the KKK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I think he had a D after his name.
Try out Scott Pelley. He is still liberal but they cover a few more of the negative whitehouse stories than Brian.
Try to google thinkprogress.org it gives the detail of the connection of Charles and David Koch and their close relationship and funding with Herman Cain. Most of the candidate disclosed their large donors and you betcha Cain got his from Koch.
Many read about the 60's and your story or vision could be right except for the fact I lived the 50's and 60's and saw things that could turn you black. I remember Emmit Till and the three civil rights men who were missing. The bombing of the church with the girls inside was really bad. But looking at George Wallace stand in the school refusing to let the black students in the door. We wondered if the national guard were going to shoot him. The media gave every detail of information. I guess I felt such a lost when we watched President Kennedy live on TV get shot, he fought so hard for the civil rights bill and sorry it wasn't a Republican idea. Many in the South and Republicans even said they wouldn't follow the law if it was signed.
JustBFair if I didn't live during those years I just might believe your story that if not for Republicans the equal rights would not have been passed. Those white/black bathrooms/drinking areas and the lynching were something you never forget if you saw it.
As soon as you mention think progress, you lost any creditability with me. This is a far left site paid for by George Soros and it is in the same lying class as mediamatters. They would not know the truth if they fell over it.
I lived thru the same era as you but not in the south. I did not say that it was not bad nor that there was some very dispicable people at that time but neither of those bills would have gotten thru washington without republicans. In fact, more republicans voted for them to pass than democrats. If I remember, Pres. Kennedy was for civil rights and rightly so but after he was shot, I think Lyndon Johnson was against them.
I guess you missed alot because it was a topic that effected me personally and sorry Lydon Johnson announced at the time of President Kennedy's assassination that he would follow the policies set out and one was to get the Civil Rights Bill passed. Many Americans really didn't pay attention because it didn't effect them only blacks who were looking to go to college and have the American dream. I saw the faces of those who spilled so much hate/racism and sorry you missed it. Had the bill not been passed and signed into law I would not have had the same rights they I have today. I never let my kids forget those both black and white who died for civil rights. Many Republicans felt at the time as the country was hurting over the death of Kennedy it was better to pass the bill. Remember Johnson was told he would never be elected President, so the next day he announced on TV he would not run for US President. Texas didn't like the idea of Johnson signing that law. For years after that many didn't even follow the law. I saw good things in all the bad.
Now I live in California and ok you don't believe thinkprogress but Mr. Cain was in Palm Springs attending and event give by the Koch Bros. Our Media covered the even and those who attended. Sorry again but many of the current law makers and candidates your reading about attended. Now Huntsman and Romney weren't there. I think the Koch Bros are doing the right thing by paying candidates and law makers as it worked well with the US Supreme Court decision giving Corporations the same rights as American people. We've had others who have tried to do the same thing but failed. I often remember and admire the words and foresight of Thomas Jefferson. I always love this quote but never realized how wise he was to see the future and how this fits today.
'I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around the banks will deprive the people of all property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered.'
Thomas Jefferson, 1802.
I know everyone of us has a story with our lives and I enjoyed learning and meeting others to listen to things I didn't know. Thanks for reading this JustBfair
Good Evening Mr.Williams, a great broadcast this evening as always.
First of all the report by Mr.Miklaszewski on the war in Afghanistan that is now the longest war lasting ten years. A terrible milestone to reach of the ten year anniversary of the war in Afghanistan which has cost the lives of almost 1800 soldiers and around 14,000 wounded. Hearing from Defense Secretary Leon Panetta in saying the fighting and sacifice of the soldeirs is far from over makes one feel so sad for the soldiers and their families who have endured so much in the ten years of this war. The training of Afghan forces to fight the taliban has shown positive results, yet it seems a never ending process. One hopes that by 2014 there will be a smaller amount of US Troops in the region and most importantly one hopes all the US Troops can come home for good. God Bless All the US Troops who have served our nation so proudly.
The piece by Mr.Maceda about Captain Matilde Howe was truly inspirational. Captain Matilde Howe, a mother of five and a grandmother, certainly makes a fine captain in the military. First in her family to graduate high school and college she has achieved a great deal in life. One can understand how hard it must be to communicate back home to her family, but she seems to have a fine spirit and always keeps in touch with them as much as possible. A remarkable womam in our military.
The piece by Andrea Mitchell about the three women who won the Nobel Peace Prize showed how women are making a major difference in the world. The three women of Leymah Gbowee of Libya who stood up against the Libyan Armed forces on treatmant of rape, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf who became the first African Woman to win a free presidential election and Tawakkul Karman who pushed for change in Yemen long before the "Arab Spring" have all made remarkable efforts for the rights of women in their countries. Truly deserving of the honor and one hopes their efforts help women to gain more rights in many parts of their regions.
Women fighting for freedom and change.
The "Making A Difference" segment by Kristen Dahlgren about Kamael Sugrim who was a graduate of Stanford University in 2005 and heard Steve Jobs commencement address really has taken his words and made a huge difference in the lives of children in India. The program she created called, Empowering" which helps the children earn benefits of food and medicine by checking in on their cellphone apps is incredible. These children are the next generation that can change the world and Kamael Sugrim has given these children so much. Remarkable how the words of Steve Jobs made a difference to so many people around the world. Kameal Sugrim is doing great work.
Thank You for the fine broadcast Mr.Williams. Have a wonderful weekend! Peace to You and to All!
Be Well Everyone!
Stay Extra,Extra Safe and Well Richard!
Take Extra,Extra Good Care Richard and Crew!
Lisa
Read a column today in my local paper written by Froma Harrop that I thought very interesting being in a liberal column. Froma was talking about the Hank Williams Jr. comment about Hitler and the golf game.
She said she googled "George W Bush and hitler and received 13,900,000 hits. And they comlained about a couple signs at a tea party rally.
Here's some of the great things you may have missed on Nightly News this past week:
Sat. 10/1--Nightly News presented a 2:20 story about school districts that raise money by allowing product sponsorships on buses, lockers and elsewhere in the schools. Does anyone else see the irony in this? Nightly News is a sponsorship-acceptance machine. How many times did we see the University of Phoenix logo during the previous week's Education Nation series? So far this year, 29 Nightly News broadcasts have had a full or partial sponsor (Tums, Cheerios and various Bayer products were among the most frequently seen sponsors). Nightly News criticizing schools for accepting sponsorships would be like Bernie Madoff criticizing someone for operating a Ponzi scheme. It's completely hypocritical. Also this night, we saw a story about the Texas Rangers' Josh Hamilton throwing the ceremonial first pitch of the A.L. Division Series to 6-year-old Cooper Stone, whose father was tragically killed at a Rangers' game earlier in the season. Kate Snow informed us that Hamilton was "the season's MVP". Really? She must have ESP (or is it ESPN?). Major League Baseball has not yet announced this year's MVPs, so Snow has quite the scoop. Actually, Hamilton was last year's MVP, so Snow just got her facts mixed up. What a surprise at Nightly News.
Sun. 10/2--A story about the candidates seeking the Republican nomination for president featured a clip of Mariann Hedstrom, who was identified in a graphic as being from the "National Federation of Republicn [sic] Women". What are "Republicn" women? Are they anything like Republican women? We also were treated to another story about the structural stability of the Washington Monument after the recent earthquake--the sixth such story in the past week. Okay--we get it. The Washington Monument may be structurally unsound. Enough already. The final story of the night was a 2:35 "Making A Difference" piece about Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez and his charitable activities. Right before the Jets-Ravens game. On NBC. As usual, Nightly News used valuable news time to shamelessly promote their Sunday Night Football game. There was not a shred of news value to the story, but the producers don't care. At Nightly News, self-promotion is what's really important. This is appallingly unethical. The FCC should revoke NBC's right to air a news broadcast.
Mon. 10/3--Someone at Nightly News wasn't paying attention. During a report on the "Occupy Wall Street" protests in New York, we clearly saw a protester's sign that derisively listed some corporate CEOs along with their exorbitant salaries. One of the CEOs listed was Jeff Immelt of General Electric (former majority owner and current minority owner of NBC). Brian Williams and his producers always go out of their way to protect and promote G.E., so someone must have been asleep in the control room to allow this sign to appear on the air. Can anyone forget the 3/4/09 Nightly News, when Brian and CNBC's David Faber spent two minutes desperately and shamelessly trying to prop up G.E.'s falling stock price by telling us what a grand and stable company it is? And now Poor Jeff Immelt had to see himself mocked on Nightly News. I assume someone lost their job over this. We also got to see 30 seconds of old video of Princess Diana with young William and Harry, because Nightly News never misses an opportunity to show gratuitous clips of the British Royal Family. Did they really need to show this? Well, people like it and it helps the ratings. End of discussion. The broadcast ended with a 2:20 "Making A Difference" story about a special performance of the Broadway show "The Lion King" that was performed especially for autistic children. That's a nice thing to do. Wait a second--five minutes earlier Nightly News aired a commercial for the Blu-Ray DVD edition of "The Lion King" movie. Obviously, the Nightly News producers aired the Lion King MAD story in order to attract some of that lucrative Disney advertising money. I wouldn't be surprised if a deal was made. "We'll figure out a way to promote 'The Lion King' Broadway musical if you buy ad time on NBC." Well done, Nightly News producers.
Tues. 10/4--A 2:30 story detailed the health problems that can be caused by metal-on-metal hip replacements. The story specifically mentions the manufacturer DePuy, but not Smith & Nephew. Smith & Nephew is a regular Nightly News advertiser, DePuy is not. The producers had an obligation to disclose that one of their sponsors is a manufacturer of metal-on-metal hip replacements but they did not do so. Clearly, Nightly News is protecting their sponsor. That's unethical. Later, Brian spent 15 seconds telling us about a new "Sesame Street" character. It's nice that Brian is willing to promote "Sesame Street" and PBS, right? Not really. NBC Universal is a part owner of the PBS Kids Sprout network, which airs "Sesame Street". So Brian is really just promoting an NBC property. Same old, same old. The final story of the night was about a Michigan girl who is the placekicker on her high school football team and was also voted the school's homecoming queen. Can someone please explain to me the news value of this story and tell me why on earth it appeared on a network newscast? Seriously--I'd like to know.
Wed. 10/5--Here's what Brian said after telling us about an early snowstorm in northern California: "And a heads-up for our friends in Chicago--while today was one of those great sparkling fall days, it could go south at any moment...." Doesn't he ever get tired of pandering? Apparently not. Later, Brian told us about a labor dispute between 20th Century Fox and the voice actors on "The Simpsons". "The producers reportedly want to cut their multi-million dollar salaries in half." I guess this story really hit home for Brian--I can imagine how he would feel if NBC wanted to cut his multi-million dollar salary in half. The entire 30-second story was comprised of "Simpsons" clips. Because viewers enjoy that sort of thing. Next, Brian began an obituary for A.C. Nielsen Jr. by boasting that he had 7.649 million viewers for the previous night's broadcast. Does Brian ever miss an opportunity to brag about his ratings? No. That's the kind of thing I would expect to hear from Donald Trump or Simon Cowell. But from a network news anchor, it just comes across as petty, crass and shamelessly self-promoting. In other words, business as usual at Nightly News. And on the subject of Nielsen, Brian should have mentioned how Nightly News deceives the public (and Nielsen) by fudging their ratings numbers. When Brian and his producers anticipate a lower-than-desired rating for a particular broadcast, they submit it to Nielsen intentionally misspelled as "Nitely News". That way, the lower rated "Nitely News" broadcast is counted in a separate category from the other "Nightly News" broadcasts and thus does not detract from the overall rating of the show. I guess this must have slipped Brian's mind or else he surely would have mentioned it.
Thurs. 10/6--There's not much to say about this broadcast since most of it was devoted to the life and philosophy of Steve Jobs. Although Brian did include clips from an interview he conducted with Jobs back in 2006. Does Brian ever miss an opportunity to show old clips of himself? Apparently not.
Fri. 10/7--Brian spent 30 seconds reading an obituary for the character actor Charles Napier, which included clips from "The Blues Brothers", "The Silence of the Lambs", and "Philadelphia". No offense to Mr. Napier, but he really doesn't deserve an obit on a network newscast. So why was he given one on Nightly News? Because "The Blues Brothers" is a Universal movie, and several of the Hannibal Lecter films (although not "The Silence of the Lambs") are from Uni
(CONTINUED) Universal Studios, as well. So Brian was just doing his part to promote one of NBC's sister companies. Moments later, Brian spent 20 seconds telling us that Prince Harry was in the U.S. for military training. Because...well, you know. Also on this broadcast, after detailing the Yankees' loss to the Tigers in the A.L. Division Series, Brian informed us that Alex Rodriguez earns $55,000 per at-bat. Why does Brian always feel the need to mockingly point out the salary excesses of athletes (on the July 31 Nightly News, he felt obligated to tell us that Peyton Manning's new 5-year $90 million contract will pay him $633 for every second he's on the field)? I think Brian actually fantasizes that he's some sort of clock-punching hourly-wage-earning blue-collar factory worker right out of a Springsteen song who enjoys grumbling about athletes' mega-inflated salaries. Maybe Brian should head down to Zuccotti Park and hang out with the "Occupy Wall Street" people. I'd love to see that. They'd boot his multi-million dollar butt right out of the park in no time flat. By the way, here's a fun fact: Brian earns nearly $50,000 for every Nightly News broadcast he anchors. That's more than most Americans earn in a year. Just a suggestion, but maybe Brian shouldn't be so quick to ridicule Alex Rodriguez or Peyton Manning for their outrageously inflated salaries.
Lester, a wonderfully upbeat report on Afghanistan, and I am so thrilled for the
women with their new lives. Good for them. You can't keep a good sister down!
Phyllis
Can't believe y'all didn't use the footage of the mostly white crowd pushing the black guards' backs up against the wall before they peppered sprayed them. You would have if that had been Tea Party people but then Tea Party people would never act like that.
What a day for news and all the talk shows.
Tea Party shifts focus from presidency to senate battle
After Herman Cain taking the lead and the Koch Bros. couldn't fine a candidate and Gov. Perry pretty much gone, now it's time for the Tea Party to move on in hopes of controlling the Senate.
I've been following the Occupy Wall Street and so many who marched for change in the pass would be proud of these young people. I remember the marches for equality with all Americans joining in for change. Together America can do anything it's when we're divided that we all lose. Many who remember the 60's are afraid because they know this is how change starts. I listen to the CEO of GE and he just can't understand why people are upset. But as he explained his job is to make the shareholders money. He will learn like others the greed causes everyone to lose. I had faith as a young girl that change would come and I would one day be able to have the same American Dream others had, well I believe these young people will bring change too.
My Giants lost and it will take a while for me to recover as usual. I was so proud of the young lady fighting to get the government to replace the police. Today we even saw three woman win the Nobel Peace Prize all for woman's equal rights.
Rep. Issa might want to rethink his personal attack on Eric Holder. The secret agency was talked about before Obama became a Senator. The mission was said to be tracking weapons to get to the Mexican Cartel. The guns were sold in Texas and Arizona and the gun dealer said they were just selling guns which is legal. I remember the mission was called Fast and Furious after that movie in 2001. At the time the defense for the program with under the Patriot Act and National Security as Vice President Cheney ordered. Many secret programs were done for the US security. Rep. Issa is in his last term in office and this might be bad for his record. Issa himself has a conviction on public record, he would have alot of experience in how these things work. I hope Issa doesn't bring up that secret assassination squad that some of the agent talked about. There are things that should never be brought to light that were ordered under the Patriot Act. Thank goodness Gov. Christi dropped out of the race as he didn't want his involvment in the US Attorney Firing to be brought back up.
President Obama ordered all the secret emails that the Judge ordered to be released as now their held until 2014. We might hope a Tea Party President wins so he can give an executive order to destroy the tapes. If those emails come out in 2014 and Obama doesn't stop them from becoming public alot of people will be in big trouble and the international court will have to bring charges. Obama should do what they did with Nixon and put the country first and not the illegal acts.
have a great evening all