It is so amazing to watch how today’s news media reports on stories these days (or decides on which news they don’t want to report). Al Jazeera is coming to America — courtesy of former Vice President Al Gore. The Arab network, funded by Qatar, has just bought Current TV — the low rated liberal cable station that Gore helped to launch. Many people may not have even heard this news since the mainstream media has largely not reported this apparently because it doesn’t fit their agendas.
Al Jazeera has a long record as the chosen news outlet for Al Qaeda and other terrorist cells. It was through them that Osama bin Laden would regularly post videos attacking the west and call for renewed acts of terror. Having this network available in the US might also afford terrorist groups a new method of communicating with one another. At the very least, it will help whip up enthusiasm among Islamic viewers in America for jihadist terrorism. Some fear that its message will actually cause an uptick in domestic terrorism.
It is the height of hypocrisy that Al Gore spoke warmly of Al Jazerra saying its mission was similar to that of Current TV, to give “voice to those who are not typically heard, to speak truth to power, to provide independent and diverse points of view and to tell the stories that no one else is telling.”
Can you imagine if Mitt Romney had been involved in any part of bringing a network that was favored by Osama Bin Laden to the U.S.? It would be wall to wall coverage on all the liberal channels. Maybe this is one of those kind of stories that Mr. Gore was talking about that Al Jazerra will be reporting that no one else is telling us about.
Dave Goos
Baxter
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Thank you for the comment. I have not read the quran but, have read summaries .
Today, the commenters are searching and looking into
the life of the writer "Ringer", but don't seem to put the effort into researching the quran or Harry Reid for that matter.
You expect
The politicians to read something? They don't even read the legislature they try and pass!
Two Words
ARM UP. The time is getting closer every day. We will have to take our country back. Call me a radical but it's not far away. While I don't advocate it, I will participate if it becomes necessary. Remember, you heard it here first and if I have to eat my words, I will. We are fast becoming a dictatorship. While we don't want to think that way,just read between the lines. These few words were an indicator 4 years ago: BARACK, HUSSEIN, OBAMA, KENYA. We should have listened to Donald Trump. He didn't become a billionaire because he's stupid. Now let's see the green and red thumbs. PS: This is exactly why the second amendment was put into the constitution. Do you think our forefathers saw this coming.?????
How long will it take
I said right after the school shooting in conn. that they would use it as an excuse to come after our guns, no law would stop what happened their aside from an all out ban, now Biden said today they want to ban private sales of firearms. They would love an unarmed citizenry, Thats the only way to ensure the dictatorship! It's too bad so many people are fooled by the "just want to do something to help" mantra of the left... Wake up people!
Hey Twist
Don't know ya but I'm beginning to like you. A couple of thumbs up just for starters.
Time Warner might be the culprit?
"For the most part, commentary about the $500 million sale -- which added $100 million to the former VP's fortune -- framed Al Jazeera as a radical threat to Americans' minds. There was some questioning of Al Gore's patriotism in selling his financial stake to a perceived anti-American entity-particularly in light of his reported refusal on liberal principle to sell the network for a similar amount to Glenn Beck, a commentator who is the left's version of the anti-Christ.
But the threat of Al-Jazeera's news content or Gore's patriotism should not have been the issue. If there was any anti-American behavior involved in the sale, it was Time Warner's.
The real concern surrounding the purchase of Current TV is whether Time Warner, acting as a government-regulated near-monopoly, should have a right to take an established cable news network off the air just like that, without clear justification . . ."
Charlie: "Remember, you heard it here first" Really? Not if they read Robert Ringer every time he's published by Morris (or any of the other numerous, similar, but less published, writers over the past many years. Old news, that "armed uprising" stuff. Good luck with that, though.
I'm more of a fan of the non-partisan work you're doing on behalf of veterans, myself. Was this advertised in the Dispatch? http://duluthmncoc.weblinkconnect.com/cwt/External/WCPages/WCEvents/Even... It was in the Star Tribune two days ago, but I didn't catch it in Dispatch.
I've been
Watching and reading comments on here for a long time as a Brainerd area native who has moved in and out of this area over the length of my career. I can't stand to see some of the same old liberal lies and misleading all the time. I'm surprised I haven't seen a few of the old commenters lately?! Where's snowball and ol stinky fish?
Comparing
Time Warner to Al-Jazeera is like comparing the bible to the Quran. I don't think your misdirect is gonna work, Time Warner wasn't airing osama's messages to help the jihadists
Twist: Replace the word "liberal" (in your comment at
5:41) with "conservative", and another group of readers/commenters at the Dispatch would agree. This site reflects the national divide, more or less (though the "libs", as some of you like to call us, are leaving, as you noted).
A new participant in these pages, Fred Anderson, commented recently on the lack of civility in this comment section -- he noticed it right away. Unfortunately, I'd have to agree with him, and it has gotten worse over the past 6 months. Maybe the old commenters you mentioned, "snowball and ol stinky fish" (your labels, not mine, as those weren't the names they used here) moved on to other papers/comment sites, where the dialogue takes place on a different plain? Others are considering doing the same, and then you and your like-minded commenters can have one big echo chamber, in which you compliment each other's insightful views and trade fishing tips.
Yumbo gumbo
I apologize but I have seen many of those posters call names and do the same things so don't try and use that line about a more civil debate. So far no one has debated any of my prior comments on here about gun control, please tell me your view!
An armed guard employed at
the school in California where a shooting took place today was snowed in. So now we need substitutes for all of the armed guards.
An unarmed teacher talked him out of the gun. And since it wasn't a semiautomatic, all are alive. Thank goodness.
Twist: I've discussed common sense gun legislation
in the comment sections of actual articles on that subject (which this is not) until I'm blue in the face, and I expect I'll do so more as the discussion continues. That's what we Americans do (sometimes) -- work on prickly issues until we figure out some reasonable solution that only ticks off half of the people, half of the time.
Regarding your comment: "don't try to use that line about more civil debate", I will absolutely keep choosing this as a battle worthy of the fight. Feel free to participate in that discussion, or not. You fella's (and Sadie :)) have a nice evening -- I'm off to play bridge!
Hey Bubba
Listen to my radio show tomorrow morning between 9am and 10am on KKIN 94.3. It starts a few minutes after 9am. You'll recognize the lead-in music. Also, I had worked with BDD to put up a website and it was there for a couple days but I see it's down now. Probably something technical. It was on the home page on the right hand side a couple of articles below the "recent comments" column. They said it might move around on the home page. It's titled "Ride For Healing". Keep your eye open. Also, I was in touch with the State Commissioner of Veterans Affairs this morning. Talked for an hour. Trying to keep up with as much as possible but I will no doubt miss something. Veterans issues are many. Also got an e-mail from the Senate Veterans Committee and they will meet early next week. Just preliminaries. No need for me to go down yet. If you have any vets info, your input is welcome. I can't cover everything so input from vets like you is appreciated. Just remember, I keep politics out of my veterans work. Veterans come from all political parties so what I advocate for is what's good for all veterans. I have confronted many legislators in St Paul on their use of veterans to advance their own political career. Some just don't seem to understand. They think of only what's good for their own poitical career first and then if it's good for the vets as a secondary issue, so be it. That's a no-no in my book. It's vets first and politics second. We have a legislator right here in our area that has a problem with this issue. It happens with both political parties. I got several compliments from the Senate Veterans Committee for a speech I made last year on the floor of the Senate. There was a bill that was passed in the House last year and I didn't get over there to speak against it. I just sent the House members an e-mail and it didn't work. However, I did talk to the Senate and they would not even hear the bill when it got to the senate. Killed the bill immediately. Kudos to last years senate. This was a good thing for the Vets. Did you know that our own representative voted to allow Hmong veterans to be buried in our national cemeteries. (ex: Ft. Snelling etc.) This has been brought up before and the Legislature in Washington keeps throwing it out but a few die-hard state reps here in Minnesota keep pushing the limits, wasting valuable time and money in our own state legislature, knowing darn well, it will die when it gets to Washington. Our state rep is one of them. We have some good people in the senate this year on the vets committee. Tom Saxhaug D, Paul Gazelka R, and others. In the house we have John Persell D, and others that we can count on to do us good. This article is getting kind of long. Maybe we can talk vets some day. P.S. My radio show is a call-in talk show so feel free to call in. Keep it civil please. Ph: 218-927-2100 or 800-450-5546. Thank you for your service to our country. P.S.S. There are a couple people at the BDD that don't get real excited about vets issues but I have made some progress with it.
ALL GAVE SOME-SOME GAVE ALL
Genie out of the bottle Folks...A pretty accurate phrase...
The internet is world wide, and very successful...
Many ways to search many things and discovery many old/current/future things...
Enjoy.!.
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Shut up ey. And southie,
the kid had a shotgun and about 20 shells in his pockets. Due to it not being a semi'auto and no other screaming from the press I guess it may have been a single shot. Even if it was a double barrel, the biggest question for the Tyrant's little henchman Joe Biden is........... Can we make all jean makers only make one 5 shotgun shell pocket per pair of jeans!!!!!!
You people make me scream!
Oh Fair...Return to Nort is when...The Ice Cycles...
Twist,
eyolf was babbling authentic Deerwood giberish at you in his last post. His kids must not be there to coach him tonight!
I'll get in trouble for this, but here goes..16 one shot muskets
Is a whole lot heavier to carry...
And is a whole lot easier to spot...
Then a modern AR 15 with clip of at least 16 bullets...
When the Second Amendment was written, that was the technology of the day...
WHEN, the Second Amendment was passed and approved...
Yes, technology improves over time...
Hey Twist
Snowda is still around. She is also known as "earthy lady", "marsbar" and many other names. She thinks it's cool to be anonymous because almost everybody else attacks her stupid posts. Also, "fish" is still around. He sticks his head up once in a while. It's been good to read your posts. The libs hate me so be prepared. They can't deal with intelligence. LOL
So
Because they didn't have semi-automatics back then the 2nd amendment is invalid now? Bubba take a look on and earlier post, I can't help it the BDD doesn't post current events from the day, they are usually a day late and a dollar short. Regardless of what was available back then the 2nd amendment was put in place so the people could keep the govt. in check. The revolutionary war was started because a group of people were taxing and governing most of out ancestors but not living under the same rules or conditions... Gosh seems to me like the current government is practicing the same do as we say not as we do governing right now!
Joke of the Day
WHAT'S SCARIER, AL GORE OR IGORE? LOLOLOLOLOL
ANSWER: BARRY
Ey
So who is your credible news source? MSNBC? The Huffington Post? I have multiple news sources on my smartphone as I am usually too busy to watch TV... They range from CNN, Fox News, and Drudge. I like to see how everyone is trying to spin the news.
Hey scribs,
how about a pocket full of shotgun shells? Are you on board with Bite me Joe on banning pockets too?
Heavier the payload to make mayhem..Sir Fair...
All for it...
Obvious bulged pockets before the mayhem, is a good thing...
Visual clues...
What if the kid
just stole Dad's Viagra? You gonna cuff him? Or....
Amunition has a certain amount of Mass...
Physics don't change that, right...
Bullets are a certain size, and certain weight...
30-06 shows more that 223, in the AR 15?
The more obvious the payload, perhaps folks can pay attention and wonder, this doesn't look right...
Perhaps we can require a 50 caliber size and weight for all Citizens at Minimum...
Can't hide the obvious, right.?.
Cool,
I have 4 50 cals.
Rather than a metal detector
Maybe we should put a scale at each door.
You'll never get in, Heinie,
unless you go back to work and lose a bunch of pounds!
Well
I was in Europe during hurricane Sandy and watched Al Jazeera television from the hotel room, off and on, for about a week. It didn't seem too different from regular news stations, though there seemed to be an inordinate amount of (gasp!) olive-skinned Arab American (Muslim?) news reporters on scene.
I didn't really detect any sort of liberal/conservative angle for their other reports from around the world, at least not to a degree that one would have seen with Fox News or the like here in the States.
It would be interesting to hear from those on this board who have actually watched the news channel (rather than just spewing regurgitated nonsense from their "sources") what their take is on it.