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Sunday talk shows validate the futility of arguing the torture report

December 14, 2014 by

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From everywhere, it seems, many officials and military are expressing their view on the value of the report on torture issued by a Senate committee last week. Opinions differ greatly on how accurate it is. It became obvious very quickly

The furor over the torture report shows politics at a low point

December 10, 2014 by

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We thought it couldn’t get much lower. The 6,000-page torture report covering mainly the Iraq and Afghanistan wars during the Bush administration was highly critical of the CIA. But the failure

Gruber’s disappointing apology and a Democrat panelist’s politics

December 9, 2014 by

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A congressional committee heard a few more I’m sorrys today from Jonathan Gruber (pictured during the hearing with head down), a health care adviser for the Affordable Care Act, who had said it was Americans’ “stupidity” that helped move the bill through Congress. He also had cited a “lack of transparency” in keeping the public […]

Release of torture report risky move

December 8, 2014 by

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Risky by the Senate and Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) in particular. She (pictured) led the chamber’s investigation and has pushed for the release. But the big concern is for the welfare of Americans.

Sunday shows: ‘Face the Nation’ includes false and incomplete statements

November 16, 2014 by

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On terror, guest Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO), pictured, home page) said on this morning’s edition that ISUS’s advance is being slowed and we need to give our policy time. However many currently or previously in the military and some others say

Australia’s respectful approach to gun safety

December 18, 2013 by

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The land down under has a different idea. It doesn’t involve a prohibition on owning guns or anything extreme like that but it seems to us like a common sense idea. Here’s a report from the British newspaper, The Guardian,

A misstatement on the President’s assessment of state of terrorism

December 8, 2013 by

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A good discussion about Iran’s nuclear threat and al Qaeda’s status today on “State of the Union” with Candy Crowley. Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Michael McCall (R-TX) agree that we are preventing larger attacks but

Pt. 2- Why publicize bomb scares?

December 6, 2013 by

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Right now, it’s not tomorrow. At the end of our initial post December third,(http://respectinpolitics.org/2013/12/03/why-should-the-media-report-bomb-scares/), we said we’d have part 2 tomorrow, but what’s a

Why should the media report bomb scares?

December 3, 2013 by

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They have become so common they’re hardly newsworthy. So should they not be publicized? One argument is that the people directly involved, especially perhaps, if it occurs at a school,

Democrat senator on ‘State of the Union’ says we’re not more secure from terrorists

December 1, 2013 by

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CNN host Candy Crowley asked whether we’re safer now than we were a year or two ago. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) said, “I don’t think so. I think terrorism is up worldwide. I think statistics indicate that.

The Muslim ‘world’ is not sponsoring terror

April 24, 2013 by

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MSNBC host, Alex Wagner, extended the terrorism battle to the Muslim “world” on her program today. She could have limited to the small number of radical Islamists who stir up or engage in violence. Here’s what she said on Now with Alex Wagner,

Placing blame too soon is not respectful

April 21, 2013 by

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Finger-pointing is well under way. It started almost immediately after a Boston transit officer put handcuffs on the second suspect, who was hiding in a boat. Appearing on