Friday, October 31, 2003
Memo to Fox employees, Friday, Oct. 31
2. Republicans did not forge documents to prove these weapons exist.
3. The economy is booming -- booming!
4. That was a trick question.
5. Bill Clinton is responsible for the Calif. wild fires, earthquake, solar storm and Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle.
6. Remember cute Halloween jokes! Smile!
Thursday, October 30, 2003
Fox News morning memo gives right wing talking points to the talking heads
But the roots of FNC's day-to-day on-air bias are actual and direct. They come in the form of an executive memo distributed electronically each morning, addressing what stories will be covered and, often, suggesting how they should be covered. To the newsroom personnel responsible for the channel's daytime programming, The Memo is the bible. If, on any given day, you notice that the Fox anchors seem to be trying to drive a particular point home, you can bet The Memo is behind it.
I (heart) Trent Lott
“Honestly, it’s a little tougher than I thought it was going to be,” Lott said. In a sign of frustration, he offered an unorthodox military solution: “If we have to, we just mow the whole place down, see what happens. You’re dealing with insane suicide bombers who are killing our people, and we need to be very aggressive in taking them out.”
Seriously, any raghead camel jockey sand monkeys that walks in sight of one of our boys should be taken down, ipso facto, God speed, A.S.C. See, people forget that we were put on this earth to do whatever the fuck we want. In our world, there is no murder or exploitation -- only good ol' American ingenuity. Bring 'em on, indeed!
Wednesday, October 29, 2003
Why does the media always concentrate on negative stuff going on in Iraq?

"We don't need the red cross... we can do this on our own!"

"Cheap forign cars, always givin' you trouble!"
"Deputy mayor of Baghdad assassinated? They hate our freedoms!"

"Shooting rockets at Wolfowitz? Well, I'd say "bring 'em on" but I might actually have to look him in the eye one day..."

"Those explosions you hear? Them's progress!" "Oh, and the sailors made me say mission accomplished over and over again. Those dicks!"
Tuesday, October 28, 2003
Spy Leak may violate Patriot Act
Section 802 of the act defines, in part, domestic terrorism as "acts dangerous to human life that are a violation of the criminal laws of the United States or of any state" that "appear to be intended to intimidate or coerce a civilian population."
Bush denies his advance team put up the "Mission Accomplished" sign on the aircraft carrier; blames troops

Bush today in a news conference probably surprised his handlers by proclaiming that the troops on the Abraham Lincoln were to blame for the "Mission Accomplished" banner. This is almost certainly not true, since Scott Sforza, a former ABC producer who now works in the White House communications office, has been credited with the banner in the past:
Media strategists noted afterward that Mr. Sforza and his aides had choreographed every aspect of the event, even down to the members of the Lincoln crew arrayed in coordinated shirt colors over Mr. Bush's right shoulder and the 'Mission Accomplished' banner placed to perfectly capture the president and the celebratory two words in a single shot. The speech was specifically timed for what image makers call 'magic hour light,' which cast a golden glow on Mr. Bush.
Even if his team didn't place that banner he was still spouting "Mission Accomplished" when talking to troops in Qatar more than a month later.
UPDATE 7:02 PM:
The White House has come to the conclusion they can't pull this one off- they've admitted the President was talking out his ass.
Monday, October 27, 2003
The White House doesn't want Google to be able to find anything about Iraq on it's site
One example of how search engine caches bit The White House in the ass from a couple months ago- White House web site headline:
"President Bush Announces Combat Operations in Iraq Have Ended"
was changed several months later (as soldiers died daily) to:
"President Bush Announces Major Combat Operations in Iraq Have Ended"
We can only hope the information age won't continue to constantly humiliate our president.


