Watching CBS News...Looks like Bushco is unraveling.

[spanone]

1st they start off with a story of the airplane and the evacuation of the White House and all and THE PRESIDENT WASN'T TOLD. They said Laura was taken into a bunker, Cheney evacuated and Bush* didn't have a clue it was happening. 'He didn't have a need to know'. His folks around him knew.....Then the story of Bolton getting thrown to the Senate without a recommendation and they painted it as a blow to the president. Then they moved on to Afghanistan exploding with Condi Rice calling for calm...The Iraqi dead on both sides going badly and Los Angeles erupting in gunfire...it just looked like the world has really gone to shit. Maybe just maybe the truth will become SO apparent everyone will see it? Maybe???

[LSparkle]

1. Bwahahahahahahaha

Can't wait to see it here on the West Coast.

[spanone]

4. Gloom & Doom. Catch Scheifer laughing incredulously.....

[candy]

2. I get all of your points but the LA gunfire---where does that tie in?

[spanone]

5. Just the general mood in the nation. War mentality.

[Dover]

3. Lesson number one..........all mainstream media is propaganda.

Lesson number two........NEVER forget lesson number one.

[spanone]

8. Noted !

:toast: that's why their reports were all the more startling.

[erichzann]

19. They're hedging their bets - Media are cowards. Rats off sinking ship.

They know the Republican machine is coming apart - you can always count on the media to be cowardly. It's time to gradually, delicately start distancing themselves from the cozy spooning relationship they've had with the white house for the last five years.

[sickinohio]

39. Hmmmmm - I think you might

be right!! At least I hope so - geez, do I EVER hope so!!

[smoogatz]

45. Well said. Bush is a lame duck, and suffering from severe 2nd term-itis

His stealth agenda is finally out on the table for everyone to see. Even the dimmest of the journalistic dim bulbs have started to flicker on. They're scratching their little pinheads and saying things like "duh" and "hey!" and "jeez" right about now. Suddenly the guy they all wanted to have a beer with is looking like a petulant little il Duce, nervously eyeing the lampposts. Blood's in the water. The sharks are circling. The next three-and-a-half years are going to be wonderful to watch--if we survive them, that is.

[liberalla]

59. Yes but!

CBS has a score to settle. They were burned big time by Rove. I think they will jump faster on an negative bush story, than the other MSM networks. They will also be double sure of the facts from now on. I remember reading another post on this:

Then there's the little matter of Karl having taken a turd blossom sized dump on CBS. Well sure, we all know he can swing with the best of them, especially when he gets the first shot. But guess what? He didn't put the organization out of business. That's bad, for Karl. Why's that? Well, CBS has brown-stain like ratings now. What incentive do they have in towing the party line? Hmmm? None really.

Sure, the boards of directors of all MSM corporations cross pollinate (pollute) at some juncture. But what we have here is a failure to communicate between Karl's desires and horrible ratings that instantly equal MONEY in ad fees!

CBS may be down with drinking Rovestown punch. As long as the money's there. Guess what, Karl fvcked them with the Dan Rather execution and they've felt it in the wallet ever since. Someone in the chain of command noticed that the "payoff" Karl had to have promised them for axing Rather never came through. So guess what? Those same people have now said "fvck u fat boy!" And have started a large, very ugly boulder down hill on the collective neoCon backsides.

For those playing the home game you have to remember - Karl, bush, and the rest, can only stay in power as long as the media plays along with their game. The moment one of the MSM companies steps away from them and goes for the big dollars / ratings / prestige that the public will provide for outing them, all bets are off.

If we see CBS continuing this trend of attacking Karl and the neoCon bunch you can bet that others will soon follow.

These are from an archived DU thread: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=203&topic_id=330165

For some reason I remember this thread, and personally enjoy the idea of CBS waiting to get even, or get revenge. I hope he's right.

The CBS story about the suspected Rove-Gannon Connection in the Dan Rather story is here: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/02/18/opinion/lynch/main675050.shtml

[In Truth We Trust]

36. Good point. I didn't see the report but I noticed they didn't mention

the British memo. How convenient. No mention of the smoking gun. No mention of an impeachable offense. No mention of the lies that literally killed hundreds of thousands of innocent people. No mention of the phrase "war fucking criminal".

[Extend a Hand]

40. I did see it mentioned on cable news earlier today

in that segment where they see what the bloggers are saying...they mentioned John Conyers blog and the memo story. I forget which station.

[alfredo]

6. Watch Nightline tonight.

After you watch john stewart.

[whistle]

7. And the two guys in the Cessna were not charged, that makes...

...Bush's 58 million voters breathe a sigh of relief, because everyone knows they too are that stupid that they would fly into restricted airspace given the opportunity!

[HR_Pufnstuf]

56. not charged????

thats a real deterrent oh boy.

[Solly Mack]

9. America has a "president" who doesn't have "the need to know"?

Could they possibly make the office of President a bigger joke?

If not for the deadly policies of the Bush administration, America would be a joke. Seriously, the world would be laughing.

[jean]

15. doesn't have the need or the intellectual curiosity to know.

[Solly Mack]

25. We have a child in the Whitehouse

a bad mannered, bad tempered, and totally irresponsible child at that...

[FreedomAngel82]

27. He was too busy biking and reading that book

I wonder if he was really bike riding or if he got started and then just stopped somewhere to read that book.

[Liberty Belle]

29. I didn't think he could read...

Except maybe picture books or gradeschool vocabulary books like "My Pet Goat."

[FreedomAngel82]

33. He had some book with him

I can't remember the name of it though but he's telling all his friends it's a great book.

[dweller]

37. he's been reading it since last October or something...

Stephanie Miller was pointing it out today, now i've gone and forgotten the title...

dp

[rodeodance]

47. written by a Jewish dissendent who spent time in a soviet prison-

Ant...ski?? sorry me too,--but he is also some big person in the Israel government also (or maybe he stepped down just recently-thought I heard)
The book is all about tryanny and freedom (we know where he picked up these big words)

[dweller]

55. I Am Charlotte Simmons

by Tom Wolfe. I just found it on a NYT article.
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40C17FB355F0C748CDDAB0894DD404482

or at least this is the one Steph mentioned today.

maybe he likes the title?

dp

[Starbucks Anarchist]

58. "The Case for Democracy" by Natan Sharansky

[bunkerbuster1]

53. per usual, the Rude pundit puts it best (as only he can):

and I quote from
http://rudepundit.blogspot.com/2005/05/stupid-fucking-republicans-rude-pundit.html

Why the fuck was the President of the United States biking on a wildlife preserve in Maryland in the middle of the goddamn day? Isn't there a fuckin' gym in the White House? And why the fuck wasn't he notified until after "the danger" had passed about a suspected attack on Washington, which caused evacuations, including his own wife? Wouldn't you wanna know if your wife was being threatened with death? Did they know it wasn't really a threat? Was it a show? Or did they just not want to face that stomach churning blank stare of his as he tries to figure out what the fuck to do, stuck sweaty in his shorts in the suburban wetlands?

Rude Pundit for fucking President!

[Lizzie Borden]

30. Bingo!

[Nordic65]

16. All branches of government evacuated. The President is not informed?

(Sorry for reposting my own post from another tread)

RED ALERT (it doesn't go any higher than that) - The White House (including his wife for some 30 odd years and the mother of his children), The Capitol (both houses of Congress) and The Supreme Court are evacuated. All the Principals (except those at The Pentagon) are sent on their way to secure locations (even house minority leader Pelosi), and the President of The United States is not informed?

Aside for the fact that he, the President, was not in any personal danger, RED ALERT is an indication that somehow, some were, somebody actually felt that the present situation warranted a response akin to a big, fucking imminent terrorist attack on Washington DC. But he was not informed.

One possible answer is a temporary loss of communication between The White House and the President riding his bicycle (not very likely). Another, maybe more plausible, is a very bad call on the part of his entourage, to not inform the President.

Both options are equally disturbing for one fact, and one fact only - a whopping lack of chain of command. There is, in no way possible, that all options of response to this perceived threat excluded the involvement of the President. It's simply not believable. But still, he was not informed.

As it turned out, there was no danger. But who could have known? Once the really big, red, "expect the worst", alarm-button was activated, all options was laid on the table. And, as 9-11 showed, time is the single most important ting that you cannot waste in a situation like that.

Nobody, but nobody, knew for sure that this was a false alarm until the "All clear" was declared after some 10 - 15 minutes. By that time downtown DC could have been reduced to nothing more than a piece of rubble. Sure, there must have been standard operating procedures in place to allow action without the Presidents consent in such emergencies. But even so, to not inform him as soon as possibly, seems to me, like a total breakdown of the concept of responsibility.

One might ask; Why even bother to have a President if you don't even care to inform him of a possible imminent terrorist attack against his own residence?

Another valid question to ask is; What, if anything, warrants the attention of the President of The United States? Facing, in lieu of 9-11, a perceived clear and present danger to Washington DC, including all the major institutions of government, and you let him cycle on into the sunset as if nothing matters.

Who is this guy?

[spanone]

22. Think about it...He wasn't whisked away to a bunker?? How strange.

[Solly Mack]

23. Good post!

it's unreal...like so much of the last several years have been.

[FreedomAngel82]

31. With your post

it shows me two things. 1) This whole ordeal was possibly staged. Why else wouldn't they do anything to tell him? 2) He is not the one in charge. If he was wouldn't they go to him and take him somewhere? What if this was an attack and he's out in Maryland bike riding and not a care in the world? The leader of the free world?

[dogindia]

34. yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes

yes, yes, yes, yes.

[tavalon]

64. (including his wife for some 30 odd years and the mother of his children)

Are you referring to the lump on the other side of the bed?

[leftchick]

28. Solly?

I believe the world is still laughing at bush**. He is not omnipotent as he likes to believe and our Military, sadly evident, does have its limitations.

I like the thought of the rest of the world laughing at the buffoon in chief. It makes me feel like I am not going mad!

[Solly Mack]

32. Oh, they laugh at him, I know

but it's a bitter laugh many times...half mirth/half worry

[Synnical]

42. That was my thought, too

A plane is heading toward the Capital of the United States, Congress is in session, but the "President" doesn't "need to know."

Hmmm, ya think this was just another over-hyped terra alert and a waste of time and resources?

[tavalon]

63. Don't throw up that challenge, please!

And yes, you are right, they aren't laughing anymore because we are still very strong and certifiably insane (speaking nationally rather than individually though sometimes.........).

[Chicago1]

10. Thank you Lord for hearing our PRAYER!!!

The falling apart of this REGIME can't happen FAST ENOUGH!!!

THE IMPEACHMENT NEEDS TO BEGIN!!! :)

Waiting for the IMPEACHMENT WHILE THE SCANDALS KEEP UNFOLDING
America's Work Stories
http://usaworkstories.blogspot.com
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[knowbody0]

11. the mayor was pissed as well

for not being put on alert

[Deja Q]

12. Somebody within *'s own camp not informing *.

Still, I recall reading of Hitler's attempt assassin who was one of Hitler's own top men too.

Bad comparison; someone is just keeping * uninformed.

That or * forgets things quickly.

[DearAbby]

18. Evacuate the important people and leave the chimp peddling his ass

on a bike path...Bwahahahahahahaha!!!! :rofl:

[pretzel4gore]

49. von schellenberg was the guy's name

he was on the army staff, or something....the conspirators had also a while earlier put a device on hitler's airplane- it never popped! They checked it later (it was a bottle of wine, a 'gift' for someone) and the acid only burnt halfway through the wire (jesus saves?)...anyway, about the cessna bs, bush wasn't told cuz he knew it was a scam....just like he knew 911 was a scam (he freaked out at the reality of the wtc disaster: thinking 'we're dead men, omygod, we're gonna get caught!') at least that's my theory ...see 'jeb' (lol) declaring florida martial law sept 7th/01 (?, date might be off a few days) in case the bush crims needed somewhere to run like hell....
the schiavo and cessna cases show how totally bush holds the USA in contempt..he doesn't even hide his boredom with all those big tough fukking idiots

[jean]

13. Two reasons bush wasn't told: 1. He'd fall off the bike. 2. He'd want to

look 'presidential' and do something 'powerful.' He'd have to be briefed first ... those in charge know what it takes to brief the dolt. Better to leave him out of the loop and let 'others' handle the crisis.

[htuttle]

14. Yah, but that report out of Western Iraq was pure Orwell

"Heroic Oceanic troops chased down the scheming Eurasian terrorists as they made their last stand before escaping across the Syrian border."

:eyes:

Talk about embedded. Embedded up Bush's ass, maybe.

[jimshoes]

50. I thought it was Eastasia?

Or was that last week?

[BrklynLiberal]

51. Good one.....

[Boo Boo]

17. Lesson #3: Always make plenty of extra popcorn

People always say they're not going to have any, then they start swingin' by the bowl every five minutes for another handful---bloody irritating!

:popcorn:

[The_Casual_Observer]

20. Personally I enjoyed watching all the wh people

running for their lives ahead of the killer Cessna! Particularly the big blond gal in the tight suit and 5" heels.

[DeepModem Mom]

21. Reminds me of a pre-2000-election SNL skit --

There was a map behind "President Bush" showing, among other things I can't remember, the Great Lakes on fire, and Mexico having claimed the area from Texas to California.

[LisaM]

26. And they NEVER show that again

they showed war planes outside the Oval Office window. It was spot on and they are afraid to show it again.

[kliljedahl]

24. My questions are :

:wtf: Where was he riding his bicycle? The streets of Washington DC? Not likely. Around the White House Grounds? Has that info ever come out?


Keith’s Barbeque Central

[FreedomAngel82]

38. He was in Maryland

[rodeodance]

46. "Blissfully Unaware"--love this part of the headline (WPost) headline

today.

[Bridget Burke]

60. He was at Patuxent Research Refuge, part of the Fish & Wildlife Service

At which the main functions are protecting wildlife & habitat, plus research--not "recreation." There's an educational visitors' center. Also specified hiking trails & a trail reserved for a tram (for guided tours--& especially good for folks who aren't up to hiking). Bike riding is forbidden.

www.fws.gov/patuxent/NWVCTrails.html

The news showed the size of the "entourage" needed for the Presidential Field Trip--numerous SUV's & other vehicles. No doubt the refuge was closed to visitors that day. I only hope minimal damage was done to the fragile environment.

[kenny blankenship]

35. What the hell? Were they hoping to sneak away

and let him catch the airplane with his teeth or something?

[eek]

43. on NPR a while ago

they were sayin' that the SS with him were being kept apprised :crazy:

Whoever the Homeland Security Consultant they interviewed pointed out that the only kind of damage Cessna could do would be to spray some chemical agent...on the people who are now OUTSIDE after being told to hightail it.
And, if they'd been told to shoot the plane down,ther's be raining airplane parts on those aforementioned exposed people. :dunce:

Dontcha bet that dern unpatriotic HS consultant's contract is cancelled tomorrow, huh?


Oh yeah - and loved the part about jets being scrambled asap.
They didn't say how long it took but I'd bet you it didn't take no 45+ minutes!

[patricia92243]

41. Because of 9/11, it makes it worse. He goofed once with the Pet Goat.

This would have been a chance to redeem himself on at least that point. Instead, he has done it again.

[alcuno]

48. Of all people, Joe Scarborough brought up "My Pet Goat."

Said that he had said a lot of bad things about Michael Moore for that part in F9/11, but now it happened AGAIN!

[rodeodance]

52. Dana Milbank said almost the same thing in WPost art. today.

[Individualist]

44. The president was told,

and he (Cheney) was evacuated. There was no need to inform the puppet.

[devinsgram]

54. Him not being told just proves who is really in charge.

As long as Cheyney knew, the person in charge was told.

[Old and In the Way]

57. Seriously, doesn't he have more pressing issues than peddling a

bike at 11:00AM on a workday? How much time is he really on the job? Maybe, that's a good thing, though.

[DoYouEverWonder]

61. Do you really believe he was bike riding?

Come on now. An old boyfriend from HS shows up and you both go all the out to Camp David in the middle of the day. Then no one is willing to disturb you and your boyfriend even though DC has just gone to Red Alert and the Capitol is being evacuated. It doesn't take much imagination to figure out what was really going on, especially since they can't sneak Gannon into the WH anymore.

[In Truth We Trust]

62. Ding ding ding. we have a winner! Exactamundo