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2005-09-26 Home Front: Politix

Reports of anarchy at Superdome overstated

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Posted by Steve 2005-09-26 09:35|| || Front Page|| [11136 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Now we can't let facts get in the way of perception can we? I mean all this has to be blamed on Bush and the Neocons. The MSM is creeping ever so closely to the old Pravda and current KCNA model of reporting: 99% heresay and 1% fact.

Posted by Cyber Sarge">Cyber Sarge 2005-09-26 10:11|| 2005-09-26 10:11|| Front Page Top

#2 There is no doubt that the situations in the Super Dome and the Convention Center were not pleasant. But I doubt that even if there had been adequate supplies stockpiled by the City, Parish or State governments it would of been a pleasant place to be. But as bad as Katrina was it pales in comparision to a simple heat wave in dare I say France

Posted by Cheaderhead 2005-09-26 10:56|| 2005-09-26 10:56|| Front Page Top

#3 Its long past the 'screaming fire in a croweded theater' moment. Its time for Congressional hearings, not to abridge free speech, but to protect its integrity which appearently is something the commercial distributers are not concerned with. Its like 'debasing' the currancy. Keep on sneaking base metal in for the coin's original gold or silver till it no longer had value. The same goes with commerical entertainment rags and broadcast which represent their product as something it is not. Interesting how movies and televison programs always insert that little disclosure that 'while the events portrayed in the program are based upon real events, the dialogue and characters are fictional.' Now why do they do that? Surely the system can accommodate a similar requirement at the beginning of any 'entertainment' programming or publication. Those who do not insert said statement must be able to uphold any challenge of 'truth' in the execution of their product. Remember the free press right was established in colonial America by the case of the Royal Governor of New York versus Peter Zenger which established TRUTH as a defense.

Posted by Charong Speath5297 2005-09-26 11:29|| 2005-09-26 11:29|| Front Page Top

#4 How should the left react when confronted with facts that don't support their narrative?

1. Say the right-wing spin-machine is continuing to play the âBlame-gameâ while now callously down playing the atrocities.
2. Say the racist media was all along attempting to portray the poor masses as less then human.
3. Claim the reports were impossible to document at the time and because the victims are now spread out the truth may never be completely verified.
4. Spin this as another âsilver-liningâ story similar to the reaction when confronted with the lower then speculated 10K body count.
5. Insist on an âindependentâ dog-n-pony show as the only way to completely find the truth and keep the grand standing circus alive.
6. Refuse to accept the facts and continue to exploit this tragedy as a way to push ahead a more Socialist agenda.

Posted by DepotGuy 2005-09-26 13:58|| 2005-09-26 13:58|| Front Page Top

#5 I didn't see all the rape reports, but I had friends in the Super Dome who said that they were scared for their lives from hoodlum gangs that were terrorizing everyone.

Whites in particular were targeted by many of these groups, and my friends took their chances with the water rather than stay in the hellhole that the superdome became. That's fact, not conjecture.

However, while they said the terror from these gangs was ever present they didn't give any super-extreme reports like the ones I read in the above article.

MSM bullshit no doubt.

EP

Posted by Whailing Omolump1436 2005-09-26 14:25|| 2005-09-26 14:25|| Front Page Top

#6 Can't wait till a major hurricane hits Salt Lake City. I expect the tabernacle to be cleaner and the food stocks increased after the emergency.

Posted by Shipman 2005-09-26 18:02|| 2005-09-26 18:02|| Front Page Top

#7 Ship - Salt Lake City is way too far inland for a hurricane, but the city did get hit by a large, particularly nasty tornado a couple of years ago.

And yes, your conjecture is just about right. :-D

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2005-09-26 18:50|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html] 2005-09-26 18:50|| Front Page Top

#8 As I recall, good Mormon housewives are supposed to keep a year's supplies of staples on hand at all times (flour, salt, sugar, not coffee, etc). If there actually are troubled times, the Saints may well become the majority of the U.S. population as a result.

Posted by trailing wife 2005-09-26 19:49|| 2005-09-26 19:49|| Front Page Top

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