the media’s “narrative

by David Forsmark In I, Sniper, Stephen Hunter’s latest thriller, a Vietnam War hero is assumed to be a crazed killer, but a veteran FBI agent smells a rat.

As the agent and his colleague dare to challenge the media’s “narrative,” he delivers a wonderful rant that combines critiques of the mainstream press that Thomas Sowell and Bernard Goldberg have advanced:

“The narrative is the set of assumptions the press believes in, possibly without even knowing that it believes in them. It’s so powerful because it’s unconscious. It’s not like they get together every morning and decide ‘these are the lies we tell today.’ No, that would be too crude and honest. Rather, it’s a set of casual non-rigorous assumptions about a reality they’ve never really experienced that’s arranged in such a way as to reinforce their best and most ideal presumptions about themselves and their importance to the system and the way they’ve chosen to live their lives. It’s their way of arranging things a certain way what they all believe in without ever really addressing it carefully. It permeates their whole culture. They know, for example, that Bush is a moron and Obama a saint. They know Communism was a phony threat cooked up by right-wing cranks as a way to leverage power to the executive. They knowSaddam didn’t have weapons of mass destruction, the response to Katrina was f—-ed up, torture never works, and mad Vietnam sniper Carl Hitchcock killed the saintly peace demonstrators. Cheney’s a devil, Biden’s a genius. …The story was somewhat suspiciously concocted exactly to their prejudices, just as Jayson Blair’s made-up stories and Dan Rather’s Air National Guard documents were. And the narrative is the bedrock of their culture, the keystone of their faith, the altar of their church. They don’t even know they’re true believers, because in theory they despise the true believer in anything. But they will absolutely de-frackin-stroy anybody who makes them question all that. …”

And this from a fellow who’s not only a former journalist but also a Pulitzer Prize winner (for his film criticism).

Finally, Patches and I can agree on something

By Howie Carr

Patches Kennedy utterly melts down on the House floor and says the national press corps is “despicable?”

Where was his sponsor? And is it perhaps time for the House of Representatives to install Breathalyzers in front of the podium?

But in the aftermath of Rep. Ambien’s spittle-flecked harangue, why isn’t anyone mentioning his utter lack of gratitude? I mean, when it comes to reporting on Patches’ odious clan, the national press corps has indeed been despicable.

Despicable in the way these rumpswabs have covered up almost every one of the Kennedys’ endless scandals. For the past two decades of Ted Kennedy’s life, at all the country’s dying PC broadsheets, it was practically a firing offense to mention the word “Chappaquiddick” in the same sentence with his name.

The Kennedy family couldn’t have survived politically as long as it did if it had ever been up against a watchdog - as opposed to a lapdog - press. All the earlier Kennedy reprobates understood this. Patches’ anti-press outburst Wednesday on the House floor is just more evidence he is indeed the runt of the litter’s runt of the litter.

He demanded to know why the press isn’t bashing the war in Afghanistan the way they did when Bush was president?

Surely even a three-watt bulb like Patches knows the answer to that question. Because Barack Obama is now the president. It’s his war. As far as the mainstream media are concerned, if it belongs to Barack, it’s good. No, it’s wonderful. Comprende, Patches?

Your father had his incoherent, hysterical rants, too, usually after lunch, just like yours. But he always went after Republicans, not bow-tied bumkissers. You don’t bite the hand that covers its eyes whenever one of you kills or cripples or rapes some young woman.

Don’t you know anything about your family’s history? In 1952 your grandfather Joe bought the endorsement of the Boston Post, then the largest newspaper in New England, for $1 million.

“We’re talking about Eric Massa 24/7 on the TV!” Patches was screeching.

Just yesterday, the Washington Post - once edited by a guy who refused to report the fact that your uncle was touching everything but the third rail - reported that the last straw for Massa’s staff was when he arranged a luncheon date with one of Barney Frank’s young male staffers.

Why would that arouse suspicion, Patches?

“It’s despicable, the national press corps right now.”

Always has been, Patches. Especially when it’s been covering (up for) your family.

Article URL: http://bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1239164

Linda Perry

What me Worry

 

Words of Wisdom

I was going to try to explain why somebody might think like these two but I couldn’t come up with anything more explanatory than to just listen to them, that explains it all.

JUST LISTEN TO THEM.

World's tallest tower in Dubai shut down after visitors were trapped in elevator 124 floors up

I have claustrophobia. I do not take elevators unless I have to; above ten floors I’m forced to get in one. The main reason I am a law abiding citizen is that I would be horrified to be put in a cell. If I had to be rescued from a elevator stopped between floors I’m positive I would be getting out before the women and children. I’m not sure how badly I would be acting if I had been trapped in this elevator.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Visitors on the observation deck of the world's tallest tower heard a loud boom, then saw dust that looked like smoke seeping through a crack in an elevator door 124 floors above the ground. The 15 people inside were trapped for 45 frightening minutes until rescuers managed to pry open the doors.
Because the elevator was apparently stuck between floors, rescuers had to drop a ladder into the shaft so those inside could crawl out. On the observation deck, about 60 more people were stranded and some began to panic. Read More

MercObama

Has the spell been broken (melted)? Mr Ajami explains

The Everly Brothers

When a person gets older sometimes we think most things were better when we were younger; of course that is mostly not true.  But then things like this come along to prove me wrong.

Concentrate on today

At 67 3/4’s, I don’t make too many long term commitments.  The ‘One’ is a little younger than I am but my advice to him is he shouldn’t either.

When you have nothing else to say!

IRRELAVENCY

 

Which Do You Care About More: 'iTablet' Announcement or the State of the Union?

• 5% (533 votes)   Obama, of course! This is about fixing America -- who cares about yet another expensive gadget.
• 41% (4,091 votes)  Apple, of course! Invention and innovation will fix America. Wake up, Mr. President.
•  13% (1,299 votes) Both, of course! This might be technology that changes our lives, and I want to know what Obama has up his sleeve this time.
• 39% (3,956 votes)   Neither, of course! Just another gadget, just another Obama speech. Maybe I'll go see Avatar -- again!
• 2% (164 votes)  Other (post comment).

Total Votes: 10,043

America Rising Part 1

America Rising Part 2

 

New Blogging Rules

Filed under: Uncategorized — cavemaster @ 7:23 AM Edit This

I have two Blogs now, 'Thoughts Pondered' and this one ‘Dave's Thoughts’. A lot to ponder and a lot to think about. Dave’s Thoughts will be known here a ‘DT and Thoughts Pondered will be known as TP. DT will be mostly political i.e. shining the light on the Obama Administration; doing the job the MSM, other than Fox, refuses to do.

TP will be more reflective, letting the deeper thoughts bubble up to the surface from my, formerly fertile brain. There might be some politics thrown in but mostly on my own political philosophy and maybe how I have arrived to it.

This will end my explanation of my new Blogging ground rules. Now on to pondering.

Missing You by Imogen Heap

Don't cry for me, America

They want to take from the rich and give to the poor; been tried, doesn't work (USSR), that second 'S' stands for 'Socialistic'.

They want to take over all our 'healthcare'; been tried, doesn't work (Europe).

They want to put us so far in debt with all of these 'social programs', they are going to bankrupt us so bad we are going to look like Argentina.

Speaking of Argentina, here is a story that sounds kind of familiar; unfortunately, a little too close to home.

Another thing. The people obama has around him are pretty smart, obama might not be but they are. The people in the administration know what they are doing and with all this history staring them in the face, they know what the out come will be. Why are they doing this? I think is it quiet obvious. They want to make us into another Argentina, for some reason. And in those old familiar words by HRC 'and you know what I'm talking about'.

When are the American people going to wake up!

We are just being inundated by racists. They are not even hiding behind every tree anymore.
Below is the video that goes with this story

Police May Scrap Entrance Exam: Report

Racism rearing it’s ugly head; again.

And as of last year, one in four patrol officers, in Chicago, were African-American, but just one in 12 Lieutenants were of color.

As usual, there seems to be more to the story.  here