Posted on 06/10/2012 4:32:11 AM PDT by Alas Babylon!
The Talk Shows
June 10th, 2012
Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:
FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Gov. Mitch Daniels, R-Ind.; Dennis Van Roekel, president of the National Education Association; Thea Lee, AFL-CIO deputy chief of staff.
MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Pre-empted by the French Open.
FACE THE NATION (CBS): Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.; Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich.; Govs. Scott Walker, R-Wis., and Martin O'Malley, D-Md.; AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka.
THIS WEEK (ABC): Former Govs. Ed Rendell, D-Pa., and Mike Huckabee, R-Ark.; former Pennsylvania senator and Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum.
STATE OF THE UNION (CNN): David Axelrod, adviser to President Obama's re-election campaign.; Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.; Reps. Peter King, R-N.Y., and Lynn Woolsey, D-Calif.
Yaba, Daba, Dooooo!!!!
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM NBC's "Meet the Press"
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM ABC's "This Week"
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM "Fox News Sunday"
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM CNN's "Late Edition"
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM CBS's "Face The Nation"
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“The Sunday Morning Bray”, by Bray!
They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; they did not LOVE their lives so much as to shrink from death. Rev 12:11
There is only one thing standing between America and full employment, its gummit. We have become a country where the people in the wagon has killed and eaten the horses. Now they sit in absolute amazement wondering why they aren’t moving. This is the most anti-business administration in a long line of anti-business congress’ leaving an absolute wreck of an economy. Until we shove this wagon full of ingrates off the cliff and raise new horses we are doomed to another decade of failure. We have the Three Pillars of power, gummit, media and academia all at war with business in a struggle to the death in hopes of killing the very thing that feeds them.
One of the most basic examples is their absolute mismanagement of the resources. Traveling to Denver and up into the Frasier River valley at the headwaters of the Colorado River there was the most perfect example of Federal mismanagement. As you looked around the valley in all directions covering over a hundred square miles you could see dead Lodgepole Pine forests. Entire mountainsides were covered with dead trees with patches of green scattered every few miles. You could imagine the beauty of that valley before the Federal gummit and environmental radicals came ushering in the pine beetle. As the Sierra Club and their District of Corruption says, better a bug kill the tree than a chainsaw.
After the forest service and Feds were taken over by eco-nazis they installed absolute hands off policy that restricted the true Conservationists from managing the forests. These radicals stated the only forest that was of value was one which the foresters and mills were excluded. They promoted the Spotted Owl agenda for the forest in that man had to be banned from the forest to keep it healthy since man was the killer of the environment. There was no proof like every other agenda driven junk science however it became the prevailing theory thanks to the Three Pillars. Like all agenda driven science it was the absolute worst thing they could do for the forests and now you have thousands of square miles of dead trees in Colorado and throughout the west.
What happens when you stop managing the forest and let it go back to its natural state is the weed trees become overpopulated and choke out the stately ones and themselves. The quick growing plentiful trees like Lodgepole begin growing in tight clumps and forests that are too close together stressing the forest and each other making them unhealthy and susceptible to disease and insects. Trees need space for mineral nourishment, water and sunlight which means thinning and managing. Once the insects like the pine beetle get started they go from forest to forest destroying the weakened trees one after another getting to where the forests are today. The only forests that are avoiding this plague are the healthy ones which are on private land and have either survived the infestation or have been cut and regrown. Those were the widely scattered patches of green you could see across the mountainsides.
Talking to a logger he explained how he lived in the valley his entire life and remembered the healthy lush forests that surrounded the valley. After the Fed came in and kicked the loggers out of the woods to protect the forests and the headwaters of the Colorado the forests began to overgrow. He spoke of how he was basically shut down to harvesting and regrowing those forests for decades as he watched the trees become weaker and weaker. He spoke of the need to thin and rotate through clear cutting to replenish the ground and trees until of course the beetles came in and destroyed the valley. He pointed out the patches he cut and how in less than five years you could see a young forest start to push up green and lush although you could see it would need some strategic thinning to make it healthier.
He explained how if your harvested in the summer and fall you would allow more scarring on the land to turn up that topsoil and get those seeds deeper into the ground. He showed areas he harvested the year before and how it had a new growth starting to green like a foot high field of trees. He explained if you harvested in the winter when the snow protected the dirt you would have to wait two to three years rather than the one if you scarified the ground. He pointed to clear cuts on the mountainside he had done a few years earlier that were a lush green in a sea of death.
The eventual ending to this story will be a lightning storm hitting one of these rotting forests to begin white hot fires raging across this tinderbox. This will be an environmental disaster of historic proportions as well as a major problem for the cities which rely on their watershed for their water. These trees were the water reservoir for the mountains as they not only held water in their roots and leaves they are important for holding the ground water in the topsoil in their root systems which will affect the Colorado River. This future fire will devastate water supplies to every city along the Colorado with either water shortages or dirty water thanks to the earth worshipers in the Three Pillars.
The dead forests in Colorado are a perfect symbol of what the Federal Government has done to the economy of America. It has instituted failed policies they won’t admit has failed and only promoted more and more failure. Rather than reevaluate these failures and trying a new program they double down with more Central Planned disasters and America pays the price waiting for the eventual forest fire.
This logger as it turned out was the true environmentalist and the Three Pillars were the real destroyers of the forests. He could go through these forests and sell the trees for what he could and go back through planting Ponderosa Pine and Spruce to reestablish a healthy forest. Within ten years it would be as lush and green as it was ten years ago. Like everything the communists touch or believe is wrong and now our forests are paying the price for their agenda.
The Federal Gummit needs to turn these lands over to the states and get out of Central Planning from DC. The states need to sell these lands to private timber companies who will reinvest and manage these lands to make them marketable resources to feed the world markets. The only solution to this problem is to turn to private enterprise and the free market which would require the Fed to get out of the way. Just like every other predator in the forests we need to put a bounty on eco-terrorists who are destroying our forests and killing the forest ecosystems. If they are as concerned about the environment as they claim where are they on this massive disaster? Nowhere, because they know it can be traced right back to their hands off approach to the forests and they don’t want people to understand what damage they have caused. They are communists whose larger goal is to destroy America so if a few forests are killed along the way, so be it.
The dead and dying forests in the West are a picture of why we need to defeat liberalism. Everything they touch dies and they have a death grip on America. They market themselves as the saviors of the environment when the real protectors are the loggers and hard working conservatives who actually care about these forests and America. The more we turn over to the loggers the healthier the forests will become. The more of America we turn over to Conservatism the healthier it will become. We need to vote out the enviro-extremists and vote in the loggers who will start to regrow our forests.
Pray for America
Note: The above opinion is not necessarily mine, but FReeper Bray’s. If you wish to discuss this, please ping Bray.
Considering how hard our forefathers lived and how they successfully turned a hostile wilderness into a mighty nation, it's amazing how we even allow these bureaucrats to have any say whatsoever!
Thanks A.B. Celtics are done. Baffert has a “triple crown” of 2nd place finishes. Here’s hoping The One joins him with his own 2nd place finish.
Ditto!!!
Thanks for the thread as usual buddy. Looks like the bent axel just can’t stay off the tube. Sure sign the regime is running scared.
Your first and last paragraphs were so powerful I simply had to re-state them again.
You may be John Galt for you speak of Atlas Shrugs. The sad fact is that so few have the knowledge you just printed or even comprehend the mission of liberalism which is to occupy, destroy and reinvent our believed nation into one of communism. One where the mind numbded robots are saluted while we producers are demonized.
As we keep saying here week after week this coming election will define the times.It will either restructure our nation back inot one of capitalism, self worth and a true belief in the individual and his God or we will sink into the rat hole of those who wish only destruction of the US and everything we stand for. Stakes don't get any higher than that.
The dead and dying forests in the West are a picture of why we need to defeat liberalism. Everything they touch dies and they have a death grip on America. They market themselves as the saviors of the environment when the real protectors are the loggers and hard working conservatives who actually care about these forests and America. The more we turn over to the loggers the healthier the forests will become. The more of America we turn over to Conservatism the healthier it will become. We need to vote out the enviro-extremists and vote in the loggers who will start to regrow our forests.
Wallace seems in shock as he continuously accuses Daniels of “going after” the poor suffering union thug workers.
But but but...don’t unions have a purpose, preventing government from “running roughshod” over them?
Thanks RG it was a powerful message being in those forests about the failure of gummit.
Pray for America
FNS
Mitch Daniels doing his VP audition, and he didn’t even wear a tie.
Is Wallace playing the devil’s advocate or .....?
Yeah Wallace is outraged that Indiana is forcing state workers to take pay cuts. He is still hurting over the Walker loss.
Boy folks;
I just can’t believe it, the Daniels interview on FNC is Must-See-TV!
Large sections of this interview should be used in a GOP national TV ad campaign to take down the SEIU and teacher’s unions.
Stuck out like a sore thumb, bad move on his part. A tie and jacket is required for this level of interview.
Rabid union thugs up now.
Gov. Mitch Daniels, R-Ind. comes across a folksy
knowledgable, principled, conservative.
RomneyPIMP Chris Wallace attacks him over and
over. Although Wallace has meticulously IGNORED
Romney's imposition of RomneyCARE upon
Massachsetts (and the US since it was in part federally
funded) , Wallace wants Daniels "to take a look"
at what he did in his state to raise costs.
Wow. FOX's Wallace's long-standing selective myopia
has given way to a new bias FOR the DNC/SEIU.
Romney-PIMP Wallace gets to the IMPORTANT point
at the end: RINO Romney.
Wallace wants Daniels to defend Romney from
an Obama ad. Wisely, Gov. Daniels focuses on the
real issue, so Wallace grabs the floor to push TARP
and Mitt.
FOX's Anchor wife in Training explains that
Romney needs to have a bold liberal agenda,
rather than being an "antiObama".
Yes, indeedy. Obama and Romney on the same
side, with bold new agenda coming from Romney
who gave America gay marriage, RomneyCARE/ObamaCARE,
and more already.
America has gotten its klaxxon from FOX today.
Hang on to your hats and wallets.
Union hacks on FNS say corporate America puts too much into elections. Hmmm... the union is one of the largest campaign contributors, if not the largest, and over 95% of their contributions goes to Democrats.
Hmmmmm...hard to tell. I kinda don't think so.
Now he's laying out statistics for the union thugs showing how good they have it compared to private sector employees.
Predictably, the union chickee trying to defend the overpaid drones on the public dole.
Union hacks blaming the Koch brothers for the WI loss. People support unions at the end of the day which is why only 7% belong to them. No Clue.
We have to find a way to take money away from the wealthy and give it to the workers.
Public sector workers are more educated and skilled than private sector. These thugs have no idea people are seeing through them.
Good morning, Alas.
I know it’s not your fault but, omigosh, the French open looks like the best show this morning.
I just watched Mitch Daniels. He was not inspiring. He’s a good guy and all that, but there is more passion in a hand puppet.
I think he made a mistake is his farm-boy goes to meeting blue denim button down shirt. It made him look less professional than the properly dressed (but clueless) Chris Matthews.
If Mitt Romney was watching, I’m guessing he drew a big ‘no’ line through Daniels as a veep candidate.
And I know Chris thinks it’s his job to be confrontive on the show (especially it seems with Republicans) but could he have been more thorough with the dem talking points.
Daniels refuted them all but very passively.
And the rest of the shows look tepid at best, but I’m sure there will interesting comments on this thread.
These hacks are dinosaurs spewing the commie line of the evil Republican against the Proletariat underpaid teachers. Wonder how much these two union thugs make.
Where you going to get more revenues. Raise taxes!
Fire the union goons now!
Union chick on FNS says Gov. Walker gave big tax breaks to those “evil” corporations so he created his budget woes. She didn’t take Economics 101. Why not just tax corporations out of oblivion and see what happens to state tax collections, dollars for education, etc.? She also says we should raise taxes to meet all the obligations. Liberalism at work here. Union guy, of course, touts unfair distribution of wealth.
Haven’t watched the rapid union thugs yet, but wondering how much the NEA guy loves Mitt Romney since I believe that was one of the agencies Mitt proposes to disband.
Mitch did make the point that should be obvious but apparently isn’t, that its the private sector money that pays for all the teachers, firemen, and cops Obama thinks Romney wants to fire.
My daughter works for city government and cities are lacking in funds because they depend on property taxes. Property taxes are down because property values are down and cities are hurting for money.
Morning AB, ALL....
As always, AB, thank you for doing this thread.
Already I caught a big nanny-nanny-boo-boo.
This lady hyping the union line (how much money would YOU take to be a professional liar?) said something that makes me smile at the hypocrisy.
Wallace asks her if she thinks it’s right that average non-union citizens who make waaaaay less than union workers to have to pay taxes to increase the wages of public union workers.
She says, you should smile and I’m not making this up, “THAT’S RIDICULOUS! THAT’S TAKING AWAY FROM ONE GROUP AND THAT’S NOT THE AMERICAN WAY.”
And yet, as yon ladies and gems guffaw, that is EXACTLY the liberal/socialist dogma, is it not?
Tax the rich? Make the wealthy pay more so that....well does the money absconded from the “rich” ever really go to the poor and n’er do wells?
One philosophy for the evil rich private sector, another for the rich union workers.
Heh.
“Raise taxes to make sure the attracting the very best people into public service.”
No we need the best people in private service.
FNS
Thea Lee, AFLCIO: Solution, raise taxes on the rich.
Wallace IS taking it to Lee and van Roekel regarding union benefits and wages.
van Roekel decries that corporate management gets so much money, while the workers get peanuts.
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It is quite evident that neither Lee nor van Roekel understand the concept of the free market and wealth creation.
They espouse the same ole lines of class warfare — ‘the rich are getting richer and we want a lot of that new enrichment’.
Those two seem to be clueless that it is the rich who creates jobs by creating and building businesses.
He had killer facts, and strong credibility due to results of his actions, but he presented a poor visage. Probably too early in the morning for him.
My national ad would need still shots of the rabid Wallace vs a smiling Daniels complete with coat and tie, and an exciting pleasant-voiced announcer delivering the message from the edited transcript.
Wow, listening to these Goonion-RATs is sucking the life out of me.
Mr 23 yr Math teacher finally uses some math, the 1% need to be punished for the 99%. Wonder what group his salary and benis put him. Most likely around $200K+. How about he starts with himself for those poor underpaid teachers.
To any government union "workers" out there:
Just like welfare queens, you are nothing but greedy aggressive parasites, existing only on booty legally stolen from normal hard-working Americans.
Next question...
That trouble will be stemmed in Nov.the regime will be retired and the Kardashians can go back to corrupt Chicago.
FNS
Male-panelist-not-Kristol tries to provide some cover for Team Obama, as he wonders whether the Admin tried to get the MSM to NOT publish the various leak-related materials.
[Why would they? They were the ones doing the leaking to prop up Obama.]
Liaison says that, if the MSM held back any info, then they must have even greater bombshells; thus, she doesn’t think they held back anything. [Twisted rationalization.]
Kristol says that SecDef Gates went to the NSA office and told them to ‘STFU’ regarding classified info.
Male-panelist wants to give independent investigation/investigator time to find out what when on. [Hoping such investigation would find nothing or extend beyond the election?]
LCheney says that, IF the Prez authorized, the American people have a right to know. [Considering all the Washington stonewalling on Fast & Furious, that won’t happen, Liz.]
That trouble will be stemmed in Nov.the regime will be retired and the Kardashians can go back to corrupt Chicago.
This month, the White House was exposed leaking critically sensitive
classified national security information materials
to try to reelect the Undocument pRes_ _ent
(with at least 4 or 5 separate damaging leaks).
Years ago, this would be treason.
Today, there is a yawn.
Bill Kristol - This is "very damaging".
Bipartisan outrage is noted.
Calls it the"worse" he has ever seen,
paraphrasing with attribution Diane Feinstein.
Charles Lane - "This is important for the public to know about."
He minimizes the treason and impacts.
He also says further investigations must not continue,
as he lauds the present investigators.
He says, "Releasing classified information is not a crime".
RomneyPIMP Chris Wallace interrupts Lane the first time he speaks
to defend Obama claiming the WH tried
to withhold information on the Stuxnet virus info release.
Liz Cheney was amazed by involvement of National Security aides.
She wants to know if there was direct pRes_ _ential
authorization, or simply acquiescence (and why).
This is "a betrayal to the Nation".
She wants an independent investigation.
Mara Liason notes it was "orchestrated" from the White House.
Conclusion: The antiAmerican pRes_ _ent is involved,
and Wallace/FOX and Lane appear to know more about the treason
and its coverup than they are saying.
We now have a Feral Government. Feral is the best definition of the misuse of Federal powers by The Won.
FNS
clip: Obama says he has created 4.5 million jobs during the first 27 weeks of his Admin.
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Okay, but that equates to about 39,000 new jobs per week, while unemployment raged at nearly 500,000 per WEEK for half that 27 weeks and currently running around 380,000 per WEEK currently.
His number of news jobs sounds great as a cumulative number, but the number getting WEEKLY unemployment is running at 5.97 million, and that does NOT include all those who exhausted benefits.
Obama 4.5 million new jobs means about 1 new job for every 10 jobs lost.
If the left is successful in getting everyone on the class warfare bandwagon maybe no one will notice we still spend 4 billion per day more than we take in under the current regime.That is the playbook you can be sure.
We now have a Feral Government. Feral is the best definition of the misuse of Federal powers by The Won.
The media has been didtorting this issue from the beginning. Gov Walker did not do a single thing to unions or union members in the private sector. This entire thing has been depicted as anti union when, in fact, it is only anti public sector unions.
When will these blockheads get it that there are not enough "rich" to pay for all the goodies? The only way to pay for it is to massively raise taxes across the board and lower the standard of living of the "middle class".
Pretty good description.When an entire govt. is sequestered and rendered irrelevant to a single members lust to get reelected one wonders where the country went soooo wrong.(And whether or not it can right itself)
The word of the campaign will be Austerity. Can anybody look at our bloated gummit and think there is any austerity going on there?
Come to any american family and they will see austerity.
I always snicker each summer when the French Open pre-empts the French-speaking David Gregory’s Meet the Press.
Not only that but she used the phrase, “at the end of the day” not once but twice.
I thought that was banned from public discourse. :)
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