From FReeper Snugs’ graphics shop, here are last week's winners:
Posted on 08/06/2006 5:09:12 AM PDT by Alas Babylon!
The Talk Shows
Sunday, August 6th, 2006
Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:
FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): National security adviser Stephen Hadley; Israeli Ambassador Daniel Ayalon; Mohamad Chatah, adviser to Lebanese Prime Minister Faud Saniora; Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del.; former House Speaker Newt Gingrich.
MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice; Lanny Davis, adviser to Lieberman, and Lamont supporter Jim Dean, chairman of the Democracy for America political action committee.
FACE THE NATION (CBS): Sens. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., and Chris Dodd, D-Conn.
THIS WEEK (ABC): Rice; Sen. Joe Lieberman, D-Conn., and Ned Lamont, Connecticut Democratic primary challenger; screenwriter and director Nora Ephron.
LATE EDITION (CNN) : National security adviser Stephen Hadley; Lebanese Economy and Trade Minister Sami Haddad and Lebanese political analyst Roula Talj; Shlomo and Karnit Goldwasser, parents of kidnapped Israeli soldier.
Reuters admits they doctored a photograph of an Israeli strike on Lebanon. Good work bloggers.
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1678623/posts
CBS certainly has an interesting notion of balance this morning.
From FReeper Snugs’ graphics shop, here are last week's winners:
I'm sure this will be a huge topic on the shows this morning. /s
"Meet The Press" sent out a press release this week boasting that last weekend attracted 3.705 million viewers & was it's best in it's ratings this year beating the competition - 51% more than CBS "Face the Nation,70% lead over ABC This Week, and a 237% advantage over Fox News Sunday.
It 's true. BTW, MTP's best ratings a year before was 4.62 million.
Another thing, David Gregory pulled a Russert-lite on Friday Hardball with Condi Rice. Condi just crushed him with smile.
Charles Johnson (and his blog contributors) are genius. Thank G-d there are good people like them to provide a check on the blatant dishonesty that has infected the DBM.
Joe needs to come on over and run as a RINO.
More likely they will waste oxygen talking about this silly cease fire resolution running around the UN. I have to give John Bolton credit, he is good at focusing the rest of the world on things that will NOT stop Israel from doing the job that needs to be done!
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Call-In In Depth with Gary Gallagher C-SPAN, BookTV Gary W. Gallagher , University of Virginia Gary Gallagher is the University of Virginia Professor in the History of the American Civil War. His most recent book is, The Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1864. Professor Gallagher has written or edited 21 books on the Civil War including, Leaders of the Lost Cause: New Perspectives on the Confederate High Command (2004), Lee and His Army in Confederate History (2001), The Lost Cause and Civil War History (2000), Lee and His Generals in War and Memory (1998), The Confederate War (1997), Jubal A. Early, the Lost Cause, and Civil War History: A Persistent Legacy (1995) and Fighting for the Confederacy: The Personal Recollections of General Edward Porter Alexander (1989). Professor Gallagher has given a 48-part lecture series for the Teaching Company on the Civil War,and has appeared in many documentaries about the conflict. The beginning and end of this live program may be earlier or later than the scheduled times. |
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Interview After Words with Tom Tancredo C-SPAN, BookTV Tom Tancredo , R-CO Anne C. Mulkern , Denver Post |
The GOP already has a candidate. He's going to have to win as independent.
Am most interested in what Chatah has to say on Fox News Sunday. Hope Chris Wallace hasn't eaten yet this morning.
For once the snail pace of the UN is working for Israel's benefit.
Now, when will they be going to apologize for wrongly reporting the Labanon death toll? "earlier reports said" doesn't cut it. Where were that earlier reports coming from? Associated Press is nothing but the whole bunch of MSM funded fools spreading anti-American, BDS stories.
Newt on Fox ping .....
Jeeze Louise. Should we start a scoreboard to track these tools? I'd guess Plugs and McLame are nexk and neck for Tool of the Year.
There should be a limit on how many times a senator can appear on a Sunday show during one calendar year.
Hypothetical Military Match Up. USA vrs the China/Iran/Syrian Axis. I will even add China as a potential Axis member.
Even if you multiply the CIA facts by a factor of the 5 on the absurd notion that they are successfully "hiding" their real military from us, the Iran/Syria Axis comes NO where near the US ALONE in Military power.
I am not even going to bother putting Israel, Japan, South Korea, India and the NATO countries on our side. The scale all ready tips so heavily to the US there is no reason to pile on.
This is JUST a comparison between the US and the Iran/Syrian Axis. For fun I will include Egypt and the Saudis as part of the Iran/Syrian Axis to show how absurd the notion is that they could ever fight a Conventional Military Campaign against us
http://www.theodora.com/wfbcurrent/united_states/united_states_military.html
USA.
Military branches:
Army, Navy and Marine Corps, Air Force, and Coast Guard; note - Coast Guard administered in peacetime by the Department of Homeland Security, but in wartime reports to the Department of the Navy
Military service age and obligation:
18 years of age; 17 years of age with written parental consent (2006)
Manpower available for military service:
males age 18-49: 67,742,879
females age 18-49: 67,070,144 (2005 est.)
Manpower fit for military service:
males age 18-49: 54,609,050
females age 18-49: 54,696,706 (2005 est.)
Manpower reaching military service age annually:
males age 18-49: 2,143,873
females age 18-49: 2,036,201 (2005 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$518.1 billion (FY04 est.) (2005 est.)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
4.06% (FY03 est.) (2005 est.)
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http://www.theodora.com/wfbcurrent/iran/iran_military.html
Iran.
Iran Military - 2006
Islamic Republic of Iran Regular Forces (Artesh): Ground Forces, Navy, Air Force (includes Air Defense); Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (Sepah-e Pasdaran-e Enqelab-e Eslami, IRGC): Ground Forces, Navy, Air Force, Qods Force (special operations), and Basij Force (Popular Mobilization Army); Law Enforcement Forces (2004)
Military service age and obligation:
18 years of age for compulsory military service; 16 years of age for volunteers; soldiers as young as 9 were recruited extensively during the Iran-Iraq War; conscript service obligation - 18 months (2004)
Manpower available for military service:
males age 18-49: 18,319,545
females age 18-49: 17,541,037 (2005 est.)
Manpower fit for military service:
males age 18-49: 15,665,725
females age 18-49: 15,005,597 (2005 est.)
Manpower reaching military service age annually:
males age 18-49: 862,056
females age 18-49: 808,044 (2005 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$4.3 billion (2003 est.)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
3.3% (2003 est.)
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http://www.theodora.com/wfbcurrent/syria/syria_military.html
Syria
Military branches:
Syrian Armed Forces: Syrian Arab Army, Syrian Arab Navy, Syrian Arab Air and Air Defense Force (includes Air Defense Command) (2005)
Military service age and obligation:
18 years of age for compulsory military service; conscript service obligation - 30 months (18 months in the Syrian Arab Navy); women are not conscripted but may volunteer to serve (2004)
Manpower available for military service:
males age 18-49: 4,356,413
females age 18-49: 4,123,339 (2005 est.)
Manpower fit for military service:
males age 18-49: 3,453,888
females age 18-49: 3,421,558 (2005 est.)
Manpower reaching military service age annually:
males age 18-49: 225,113
females age 18-49: 211,829 (2005 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$858 million (FY00 est.); note - based on official budget data that may understate actual spending
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
5.9% (FY00)
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http://www.theodora.com/wfbcurrent/egypt/egypt_military.html
Egypt
Military branches:
Army, Navy, Air Force, Air Defense Command
Military service age and obligation:
18 years of age for conscript military service; three-year service obligation (2001)
Manpower available for military service:
males age 18-49: 18,347,560
females age 18-49: 17,683,904 (2005 est.)
Manpower fit for military service:
males age 18-49: 15,540,234
females age 18-49: 14,939,378 (2005 est.)
Manpower reaching military service age annually:
males age 18-49: 802,920
females age 18-49: 764,176 (2005 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$2.44 billion (2003)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
3.4% (2004)
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http://www.theodora.com/wfbcurrent/saudi_arabia/saudi_arabia_military.html
Saudi Arabia
Military branches:
Land Forces (Army), Navy, Air Force, Air Defense Force, National Guard, Ministry of Interior Forces (paramilitary)
Military service age and obligation:
18 years of age (est.); no conscription (2004)
Manpower available for military service:
males age 18-49: 7,648,999
females age 18-49: 5,417,922 (2005 est.)
Manpower fit for military service:
males age 18-49: 6,592,709
females age 18-49: 4,659,347 (2005 est.)
Manpower reaching military service age annually:
males age 18-49: 247,334
females age 18-49: 234,500 (2005 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$18 billion (2002)
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China
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
10% (2002)
Military branches:
People's Liberation Army (PLA): Ground Forces, Navy (includes marines and naval aviation), Air Force (includes Airborne Forces), and II Artillery Corps (strategic missile force); People's Armed Police (PAP); Reserve and Militia Forces (2006)
Military service age and obligation: 18-22 years of age for compulsory military service, with 24-month service obligation; no minimum age for voluntary service (all officers are volunteers); 17 years of age for women who meet requirements for specific military jobs (2004)
Manpower available for military service: males age 18-49: 342,956,265 females age 18-49: 324,701,244 (2005 est.)
Manpower fit for military service: males age 18-49: 281,240,272 females age 18-49: 269,025,517 (2005 est.)
Manpower reaching military service age annually: males age 18-49: 13,186,433 females age 18-49: 12,298,149 (2005 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure: $81.48 billion (2005 est.)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 4.3% (2005 est.)
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