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| Al GoreÂ’s $500 Million Trojan Horse |
| 2013-02-20 |
| Finally there is good news on the jobs front for the Obama administration. Al Jazeera, or “Terrorism TV,” as it used to be known for celebrating the three thousand Americans killed on 9/11 and other exploits by Osama bin Laden, announced plans to create some 200 jobs in the United States over the next six months — in its headquarters at the UN in New York, in Washington, D.C., and in bureaus in Detroit, New Orleans, San Francisco, and other cities. “Imagine six or seven years ago, trying to find real estate for Al Jazeera in Washington,” gushed Rob Wheelock, the former ABC executive who is in charge of establishing Al Jazeera in the United States. “We’re going to have signage just like CBS, ABC, CNN, CBN, just like everyone else. We’re psyched.” Perhaps the signage will include skull-and-crossbones, or some other fitting image of human slaughter. Yes, as Mr. Wheelock said, it is hard to believe the cable network enterprise that did so many fawning interviews with the late terrorist leader — and others chanting “Death to America” — would have stood any chance of putting up its own news rooms in New York, Washington, D.C., or any other American city during the George W. Bush administration. And that is another sign of how far our nation has regressed over the past four years. Even now, with the beginning of the second Obama term, Sheik Hamad bin khalifa Al Thani, the ruler of Qatar, must be rubbing his goatee in disbelief at how easy it is to open a large propaganda network in the United States of America (which, at the outset, will include seven “investigative reporters” in the D.C. office for the presumed purpose of vilifying legislators who oppose Islamic extremism or support Israel). He spent $500 million to acquire the money-losing and low-rated Current TV — owned by Al Gore and friends — which is still a great catch because it has the potential to reach 41 million homes in the U.S. on cable channels. Half a billion dollars may sound like a lot of money, but it was no more than a scrap from the oil sheik’s table. Still, it was more than enough to compensate Gore for abandoning his green friends and his green principles — in striking a deal with one of the princes of Big Oil. His portion of the proceeds was one-fifth, or $100 million. Pobre hombre, even though he tried his hardest, he didn’t act fast enough to protect his share of the loot from the higher U.S. taxes that took effect at the beginning of 2013. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #2 ...headquarters at the UN in New York, in Washington, D.C., and in bureaus in Detroit, New Orleans, San Francisco, and other cities Domestic targets? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2013-02-20 16:46 |
| #1 ...with the beginning of the second Obama term, Sheik Hamad bin khalifa Al Thani, the ruler of Qatar, must be rubbing his goatee in disbelief at how easy it is to open a large propaganda network in the United States of America "rubbing his goatee in disbelief?" I doubt that. He probably just watched NBC, MSNBC, CBS, ABC, or read some of the left-wing rags such as the NYTs and concluded "no problemo, piece of cake." |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2013-02-20 10:39 |