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From: Bill Gallagher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: May 18, 2007 7:59:27 AM PDT
Subject: nappy headed hoe's?? Geezus....
I DONT SIGN ANYMORE PETITIONS, IT IS USELESS TO PETITION THE
DEVIL....NICE
TO SEE THE BUSH AGENDA FINALLY GETTING WHAT IT DESERVES TOO BAD ITS
TAKEN
ALMOST HIS WHOLE TERM FOR AMERICANS TO AWAKEN...THATS WHY ALL THE
ANTENNAE
AND CHEMTRAILING THOUGH, TO KEEP THEM SLEEPING AND STUPID....
AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THE NETWORKS HAVE DEVOLVED EVEN FARTHER SINCE
WE QUIT
WATCHING 20 YEARS OR SO AGO, SO ITS GOOD TO REMEMBER OUR BIRTH INTO
THE
WORLD OF REALITY -- THAT IS THE WORLD WITHOUT TV!
THIS KIND OF SAYS IT ALL, AND I AM GLAD THE MEDIA ARE EXPOSING
THEMSELVES
FOR THE GREEDY BABY KILLERS, AND WAR MONGERING SCHNOOKS THEY HAVE
ALWAYS
BEEN....B
It took CBS two weeks to fire Don Imus for calling a college women's
basketball team "nappy headed hos," but it only took them two days
to fire
respected retired Major General John Batiste for speaking out
against the
president on the war.
Batiste, a Republican, commanded troops in Iraq in 2004 and 2005.
He left
the Army so that he could speak out against the president's
reckless policy
in Iraq, and CBS hired him as a part-time consultant to comment
about it.1
Last week, he appeared in a VoteVets.org TV ad speaking out against
the
president on Iraq. Just two days later, CBS fired him.2
It's censorship, pure and simple. Our friends at MoveOn are aiming
to get
over 100,000 messages demanding that CBS re-hire Major General John
Batiste
by the end of the week -- and they need our help to get there. Can
you take
a moment to join them by adding your name to their petition?
http://pol.moveon.org/batiste/?rc=tm
CBS says they fired Major General Batiste because he engaged in
advocacy—but
they're holding him to a different standard than their other
consultants.
For example, former White House communications director Nicolle
Wallace is a
consultant to CBS and consistently uses her position to push White
House
talking points.3 It was even reported that she was advising the McCain
campaign, yet CBS did nothing when she appeared as a consultant on
their
network to promote his candidacy.4
Plus, the Brookings Institution's Michael O'Hanlon also appeared on
CBS as a
consultant while advocating in favor of President Bush's escalation
plan.5
CBS is sending a message that you can't be a consultant to their
network if
you're critical of President Bush and the Iraq war. That's political
censorship and CBS needs to hear groundswell of outrage from concerned
viewers right away.
Can you sign MoveOn's petition demanding that CBS re-hire Major
General
Batiste?
http://pol.moveon.org/batiste/?rc=tm
Major General John Batiste is not the first general to speak out
against the
president on Iraq. Recently a number of generals and military
leaders have
spoken out against President Bush's failed policy—including
Reagan's former
NSA director, General William Odom, Vietnam veteran Major General Mel
Montano and another former general from Iraq—retired Major General
Paul
Eaton.6
These generals must be heard, not censored for speaking the truth.
Thanks for all you do,
Matt Holland
TrueMajorityACTION Online Director
1. "Army Career Behind Him, General Speaks Out on Iraq," New York
Times, May
13, 2007
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=2577&id=10329-7273325-bIe8Ba&t=5
2. "CBS fires consultant Gen. Batiste over VoteVets ad; 'We went to
war with
a fatally flawed strategy'," Raw Story, May 11, 2007
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=2578&id=10329-7273325-bIe8Ba&t=6
3. "CBS Fires Batiste For Anti-Bush Advocacy, Hires Bush Aide To
Engage In
Pro-Bush Advocacy," ThinkProgress, May 11, 2007
http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/11/cbs-fires-batiste/
4. "CBS Has Allowed McCain Campaign Aide To Advocate For McCain On
Air."
ThinkProgress, May 14, 2007
http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/11/wallace-mccain/
5. "CBS Fired Antiwar Batiste—But CBS Consultant O'Hanlon Advocated
For
Surge," Talking Points Memo, May 11, 2007
http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/horsesmouth/2007/05/cbs.php
6. "Generals Express Outrage at Presidential Veto," National Security
Network, May 2, 2007
http://www.nsnetwork.org/node/144
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