Weekend Show *Preview* for 8/26 - 8/27/06 (not the live thread)

Network and Cable News Networks | 8/25/06 | Network and Cable News

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Abbreviated analysis this week.  I'm trying to be good (honest) and not use my eyes much in the lead up to seeing my surgeon next weekend. My bet is 80-20 that the corneal transplant surgery (this will make number 4 in 26 years) is before the end of October.  We'll soon see (no pun intended... at least intentionally).

Bottom line for this week, everything in the universe that is not perfect is the fault of George W. Bush.  As if we didn't know that already.

The big theme this week is "all Katrina, all the time."  The DBM pulls out the usual suspects, Kathleen (my office needs a remodel) Blanco, Ray (school bus) Nagin, Mike (good job brownie) Brown and Mary (I'm second generation corrupt) Landrieu for the "persecution" phase of this weeks shows and Donald Powell, Haley Barbour, David Paulison as the obvious human sacrifices.  So far I haven't quite figured out what Oliver Thomas and Steve Case are in for, but I have a feeling it isn't good for either of them.  Perhaps the saddest spectacle this week is the "it wasn't my fault" tour of Mike Brown.  He will prostitute himself for the DBM in order to "hit back" at those that called him out for having screwed up big time in his job.  He should have the grace to simply go away (you petty (failed) bureaucrat!)

In the Middle East there's a growing consensus (among the DBM) that Bush must have been at fault for everything since the fall of Sargon.  Certainly the "defeat" of Israel at the hands of Hizbullah (they did too defeat the evil Joooos Israelis!!!!) must be Bush's fault (with associated blame falling on Condi).

On the plus side, I think everyone (except Joe Biden) has agreed that the "Wal-Mart as anti-Christ" campaign is silly.  the fact that he's on Fox this week to spread this loony tunes notion should tell all of the Kos kids volumes.  The "powers that be in the DBM" consider this a loser.  But will they listen?  Not a chance!

Anyway, IMHO, this week is a place holder full of that old time DBM religion (Bush bashing), going back over their greatest hits, particularly their "big success" of the last 6 years, "Katrina was all Bush's fault."  And the "serious journalists" want you to ignore the 90% of the time coverage that they've given to the Jon Benet Ramsey nutcase.  Guilty or not, he is not worthy of national coverage until he's convicted.  End of discussion.

And someday, someone with the power to put it all together will get a "clip show" of the DBM's coverage of Katrina (particularly Shep Smith and Anderson Cooper) and show how badly they got it wrong.  And every member of the DBM should die in shame when their utter failure to provide the minimum level of reportage is exposed.

The cliche that "the MSM is the first draft of history" has now become a punchline.

Quick review of the web sites for the shows.  CNN has updated their format and, though they were the last of the Sunday shows to post, I want to commend them for adding the video podcast of previous shows.  Slowly but surely we're "leaping" into the 21st century.   I would like more pre-show background links from them, but their post show stuff is now among the best.   CBS pre-show is still ridiculously naked, but they did get the basic info (VERY basic) posted in a timely fashion, and they were one of the earliest to adopt podcasting.  And the fact that they offer it as a separate MP3 download that doesn't require a podcasting utility is a big plus.  ABC is continuing a great run with very interesting ongoing content, but NBC has the best for my purposes with their great background links, etc.  To date they have the best pre-show of the "first string" Sunday shows.  Fox News Sunday is still struggling with their minimalist pre-show, but they're testing the waters with pod-casting and their partial transcripts are pretty good (should be full transcripts though).  The Saturday shows are still sucking hind.... well, let's suffice to say that they're the poor little brothers in this web world.  Bare bones, no background and little follow through.  Oh, and they're usually "late," relative to the Sunday shows.  They should be a day ahead, not hours behind.  The second string is acting very... second string.

This is cross posted for discussion purposes at FreeRepublic.  This post exists primarily as a heads up for who is on the weekend talks shows, what they've been invited on to push (based on their recent pronouncements) and the spin (meme) the DBM is likely trying to push based on that information.  All of this is prep work for the weekly Sunday Morning Talk Show thread posted by Alas Babylon!.  That thread provides a live commentary and analysis of the Sunday talking head shows, with rare insight and exceptional fact checking.  we are the Jedi Council of FreeRepublic, at least in regards to these DBM gabfests.  You wanna know what was said and what it meant, as well as where they messed up?  Read that thread!

I will also post a link to Mark Kilmer's excellent preview over at RedState.COM when it is up. I'll post a link to this Sunday's live thread here when it is up.

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Saturday Shows for 8/26/06

Below are the topics and guests announced for these programs, along with my take on the "memes" that the shows are trying to push.  With each guest's name are a series of links that I found in a web search that helped me get a handle on who they are and what their likely positions will be when they are interviewed.

The Beltway Boys (Mort Kondrake, Fred Barnes)

• Meme:
  • The Republicans are doomed (Mort) - Maybe not... but I'm not holding out much hope (Fred)
  • McCain has turned on Bush, big time (the boys will agree on this one)
• Topics:
  • You Decide 2006: Predictions for the House, Senate and statehouses
  • What's really behind John McCain's remarks on Iraq this week? The Boys give you their take!
• Beltway Boys contact information beltway@foxnews.com
• The program airs on FOX News Channel Saturdays at 6 and 11:30 p.m. ET

CNBC's Tim Russert Show (Tim Russert)

• Meme:
  • Bush is the problem and Lil Timmah has the author / reporter / leftist hack to prove it to you! 
  • He got an anti Bush book published, imagine that!
  • It is too a civil war!
• Topics:
  • Tim talks to Washington Post’s Tom Ricks about his book, 'FIASCO, The American Military Adventure in Iraq'.
• Guests
  • Tom Ricks
    • Journalist details Iraq 'fiasco' (ABC Online, Australia - Aug 24, 2006)
    • WashPost Book Review Plugs Tom Ricks Iraq "Fiasco" Book (NewsBusters - Jul 30, 2006)
    • Israel's 'Moral High Ground': Justin Raimondo (Antiwar.com, CA - Aug 22, 2006)
    • Uncomfortable Truths about Israel (Huffington Post, NY - Aug 21, 2006)
    • Washington Post rebukes writer for Katyusha allegation (Jewish Telegraphic Agency, NY - Aug 20, 2006)
    • Speechless (PowerLine Blog - Aug 7, 2006)
• CNBC's Tim Russert Show airs Saturday at 7pm, 10pm & 1am ET

Fox News Watch (Eric Burns)

• Meme:
  • The dinosaur is in full melt down mode - it's the fault of the idiot viewers!
  • The dinosaur media's finest hour (pay no attention to the 99% of reports we got wrong - we conveyed the proper emotion!)
  • The dinosaur media and Tom Cruise... a marriage made in heaven
• Topics:
  • The media feeding frenzy over JonBenet suspect John Mark Karr
  • The press and Hurricane Katrina one year later
  • Tom Cruise -- Media star or media victim?
• The program airs on FOX News Channel Saturdays at 6:30 p.m. ET and Sundays at 2:30 a.m. ET
• Fox News Watch contact information Newswatch@foxnews.com

Journal Editorial Report (Paul Gigot) - FNC show page

• Meme:
  • Could it be that the Democrats might, just might, be doomed?
  • Wal-Mart is the evil empire?  Wal-Mart!  You're joking?  You're not?  Biden is the lead on this?  The dims are so doomed!
• Topics:
  • Opinion Journal web site: Red (State) Ken
    • The Democrat's war against Wal-Mart: What's behind it, and is it good election-year politics?
    • An interview with Republican Party Chairman Ken Mehlman on the GOP's November prospects, and firsthand reporting on races in Pennsylvania and Rhode Island.
  • Fox web site
    • Republican prospects in the midterm elections: Could anti-incumbent sentiment cost the GOP the majority?
    • Top Dems take aim at Wal-Mart, hoping to score points with voters. Will it work?
• Guests
  • Ken Mehlman
    • Republican Party Chairman
• Journal Editorial Report (at Fox News) contact information - jer@foxnews.com
• The program is from The Wall Street Journal and airs on FNC Saturday at 4 p.m. and 11 p.m. and again Sunday at 6 a.m. ET

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ABC This Week (George Stephanopoulos)

Below are the topics and guests announced for this program, along with my take on the "memes" that the show is trying to push.  With each guest's name are a series of links that I found in a web search that helped me get a handle on who they are and what their likely positions will be when they are interviewed.

• Meme:
  • We told you before and we'll tell you again, Katrina was all Bush's fault™
  • This time, Bush manages to lose an entire planet!
  • It is too a civil war!
  • The Republicans are doomed - really!  We mean it!
• Topics:
  • One year after Hurricane Katrina
    • Mike Brown, Former FEMA Chief -- how did it go so wrong for so many?
    • Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La. -- gauging the progress of the state's rebuilding efforts
    • Don Powell, Federal Coordinator for Gulf Coast Rebuilding -- what remains to be done in assisting residents of Mississippi and Louisiana rebuild after Katrina.
    • VOICES: Bill Nye the Science Guy, weighs-in on the universe shaking decision this week to strip Pluto of its planetary status. Good science or awful astronomy?
• Guests
  • Mike Brown
    • Former FEMA Director
    • After the Deluge (Pasadena Weekly, CA - Aug 24, 2006)
    • Worth A View: Spike Lee's Katrina Film (CBS News, New York - Aug 22, 2006)
    • Pulitzer Winners Chart Cataclysm of Katrina (Newhouse News Service (NNS) - Aug 18, 2006)
    • When Government Shrugs: Lessons of Katrina (Progressive.org, WI - Aug 22, 2006)
    • The City That Care Forgot: Spike Lee and the ‘New’ New Orleans (Truthdig, United States - Aug 20, 2006)
  • Senator Mary Landrieu, Democrat - Louisiana
    • Senate web site | Bio
    • Hope and Recovery Tour Louisiana Senator Landrieu Travel Log (Bayou Buzz - Aug 24, 2006)
    • Blaming FEMA (WBIR-TV, TN - Aug 25, 2006)
    • Stream of politicians to visit to commemorate Katrina anniversary (Biloxi Sun Herald,  USA - Aug 24, 2006)
    • Democrats spotlight blunders, unfinished work after Katrina (KATC, LA - Aug 24, 2006)
    • LA Senator Mary Landrieu Releases Statement on Foiled Terror Plot (KSLA-TV, LA - Aug 10, 2006)
  • Donald Powell
    • Federal Coordinator for Gulf Coast Rebuilding
    • DHS web site | Bio
    • Hurricane Katrina: Response and Recovery (DHS web page)
    • Questions still linger a year after Katrina, Rita (Scripps News, DC - Aug 24, 2006)
    • Bush Reassures Katrina Victims (Los Angeles Times, CA - Aug 23, 2006)
    • Katrina housing money slowed (Houston Chronicle - Aug 22, 2006)
    • Hurricane Katrina survivor meets President Bush (WREG, TN - Aug 23, 2006)
    • Fact Sheet: Coordinating Federal Support for Gulf Coast Rebuilding (White House press release - Nov 1, 2005)
  • Roundtable:
    • Nicolle Wallace
      • Former White House Communications Director | Bio
      • Summer Of Gaffes (CBS News, New York - Aug 25, 2006)
      • McCain lines up backers for a 2008 bid, reaching into Bush camp (International Herald Tribune, France - Aug 21, 2006)
      • Hotline After Dark: Resolute (National Journal, DC - Aug 1, 2006)
      • The Trust is Gone (Washington Post - Nov 23, 2005)
    • Donna Brazile
      • Democratic Strategist
      • Brazile & Associates web site | Bio
      • Democrats to Revamp '08 Primary Calendar (ABC News - Aug 19, 2006)
      • Catering to constituency groups rouses friction among Democrats (Kansas City Star, MO - Aug 18, 2006)
      • Republicans for Lieberman? (MSNBC - Aug 21, 2006)
    • George Will
      • Will and China (News & Observer, NC - Aug 25, 2006)
      • A question for conservatives: Is George Will endangering our national security? (Media Matters for America, DC - Aug 15, 2006)
      • George Will: Unrealistic foreign policy wins out in Middle East (Whittier Daily News, CA - Aug 17, 2006)
      • Is the Bush Doctrine Dead? (Opinion Journal, NJ - Aug 22, 2006)
    • Voices Segment: Bill Nye
      • "Nye Labs" web site | Bio (available on web site via Flash interface)
• ABC This Week comment web page

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NBC Meet The Press (Tim Russert)

Below are the topics and guests announced for this program, along with my take on the "memes" that the show is trying to push.  With each guest's name are a series of links that I found in a web search that helped me get a handle on who they are and what their likely positions will be when they are interviewed.

• Meme:
  • We told you before and we'll tell you again, Katrina was all Bush's fault™
  • Bush doesn't have a plan!™
  • It is too a civil war!
  • The Republicans are doomed - really!  We mean it!
• Topics:
  • Katrina
    • One year after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast
      • Assessing the accomplishments and struggles New Orleans has faced on its road to recovery.
      • Mayor Nagin's latest controversial comment defending New Orleans' clean-up efforts by criticizing the progress of rebuilding at New York City's Ground Zero.
      • Federal recovery efforts & preparedness update
    • Decision 2006 is right around the corner and many big races are heating up. We'll discuss some of the major issues on voters' minds, and take a look ahead at the Presidential field for 2008 in our political roundtable
• Guests
  • Ray Nagin
    • City of New Orleans web site | Bio
    • Ray Nagin Blames Racism, Red Tape on Slow Katrina Recovery (FOX News - Aug 19, 2006)
    • The Katrina Aftermath, One Year Later: Race and the New Orleans Economy (Black America Web - Aug 22, 2006)
    • The Katrina Aftermath, One Year Later - Part Two: The Crisis in Housing (Black America Web - Aug 23, 2006)
    • Diss ain't fair, Nagin (New York Daily News, NY - Aug 25, 2006)
    • Ray Nagin: A Man With No Shame (The Conservative Voice, NC - Aug 22, 2006)
  • David Paulison
    • Director / Under Secretary for Federal Emergency Management
    • FEMA web site | Bio
    • Blaming FEMA (WBIR-TV, TN - Aug 24, 2006)
    • New director changing the way FEMA works (SunHerald.com - Aug 24, 2006)
    • FEMA Director: Housing remains top problem after Katrina (Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, GA - Aug 24, 2006)
    • FEMA ready for the next one, chief says (Houston Chronicle - Aug 24, 2006)
    • The Future for FEMA: An Interview With R. David Paulison (EMS Magazine, MD - Aug 1, 2006)
    • FEMA HEAD MAY WATCH HBO’S ‘LEVEES’: R. David Paulison says (Eurweb.com, CA - Aug 2, 2006)
  • Roundtable
    • Robert Novak
      • Columnist, Chicago Sun-Times | Bio
      • Dodd for President: Inside Report by Robert Novak (The Lincoln Tribune - Aug 20, 2006)
      • Inside Report by Robert Novak (The Lincoln Tribune - Aug 13, 2006)
      • Robert Novak the Whistleblower (Accuracy In Media, DC - Aug 6, 2006)
    • Al Hunt
      • Washington Managing Editor, Bloomberg News | Bio
      • The Problem with Pundits (The Nation., NY - Aug 11, 2006)
      • Gorbachev Praises Bush's Father and Clintons, Scolds McCain (Bloomberg - Aug 18, 2006)
      • Lamont Victory -- A Media Defeat (OpEdNews - Aug 9, 2006)
      • Former spy director rips US security (Chicago Sun-Times, United States - Aug 13, 2006)
    • Kate O'Beirne
      • Washington Editor, National Review | Bio
      • THE NATION WAS NUTS. . . [Kate O'Beirne] (National Review Online Blogs, NY - Aug 18, 2006)
      • WHAT A TURKEY [Kate O'Beirne] (National Review Online Blogs, NY - Aug 3, 2006)
    • Eugene Robinson
      • Columnist, Washington Post | Bio | Columns
      • EUGENE ROBINSON: Good intelligence takes war to terrorism (Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, MS - Aug 12, 2006)
      • Sticks and stones (renewamerica.us, D.C. - Aug 25, 2006)
      • Deciphering the Decider (Seattle Times - Aug 22, 2006)
• What would you like to ask this week's guests? (web page for submitting questions for this weeks show)
• Meet the Press mailbox (web page for comments)

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CBS Face The Nation (Bob Schieffer)

Below are the topics and guests announced for this program, along with my take on the "memes" that the show is trying to push.  With each guest's name are a series of links that I found in a web search that helped me get a handle on who they are and what their likely positions will be when they are interviewed.

• Meme:
  • We told you before and we'll tell you again, Katrina was all Bush's fault™
  • Bush doesn't have a plan!™
  • It is too a civil war!
  • The Republicans are doomed - really!  We mean it!
• Topics:
  • One year later, is the U.S. prepared for another Katrina?
• Guests
  • Governor Haley Barbour (Republican - Mississippi)
    • State web site | Bio
    • Miss. economist predicts lasting benefit from Katrina (Biloxi Sun Herald - Aug 23, 2006)
    • RPI: Gov. Haley Barbour Returns To Thank Iowans For Their Help (IowaPolitics.com (press Release), Iowa - Aug 14, 2006)
    • Katrina: Climate or Engineering Disaster? (Manufacturers' Blog, DC - Aug 24, 2006)
    • Profiting from Disaster (Gulf Coast Reconstruction Watch, NC - Aug 24, 2006)
    • Less fortunate still hurting in Katrina's path (Hattiesburg American, MS - Aug 24, 2006)
    • TRACKING HURRICANE KATRINA (Miami Herald, FL - Aug 25, 2006)
  • David Paulison
    • Director / Under Secretary for Federal Emergency Management
    • FEMA web site | Bio
    • Blaming FEMA (WBIR-TV, TN - Aug 24, 2006)
    • New director changing the way FEMA works (SunHerald.com - Aug 24, 2006)
    • FEMA Director: Housing remains top problem after Katrina (Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, GA - Aug 24, 2006)
    • FEMA ready for the next one, chief says (Houston Chronicle - Aug 24, 2006)
    • The Future for FEMA: An Interview With R. David Paulison (EMS Magazine, MD - Aug 1, 2006)
    • FEMA HEAD MAY WATCH HBO’S ‘LEVEES’: R. David Paulison says (Eurweb.com, CA - Aug 2, 2006)
• Face The Nation contact information - ftn@cbsnews.com

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Fox News Sunday (Chris Wallace)

Below are the topics and guests announced for this program, along with my take on the "memes" that the show is trying to push.  With each guest's name are a series of links that I found in a web search that helped me get a handle on who they are and what their likely positions will be when they are interviewed.

• Meme:
  • It's all Bush's fault™
    • We told you before and we'll tell you again, Katrina was all Bush's fault™
    • WalMart was obviously in on it with him
    • And Steve Case financed it all with the money he stole from AOL/Time Warner stock holders
  • Wal-Mart is the evil empire?  Wal-Mart!  You're joking?  You're not?  Biden is the lead on this?  The dims are so doomed!

• Topics:
  • Lessons from Katrina
• Guests
  • Donald Powell
    • Federal Coordinator for Gulf Coast Rebuilding
    • DHS web site | Bio
    • Hurricane Katrina: Response and Recovery (DHS web page)
    • Questions still linger a year after Katrina, Rita (Scripps News, DC - Aug 24, 2006)
    • Bush Reassures Katrina Victims (Los Angeles Times, CA - Aug 23, 2006)
    • Katrina housing money slowed (Houston Chronicle - Aug 22, 2006)
    • Hurricane Katrina survivor meets President Bush (WREG, TN - Aug 23, 2006)
    • Fact Sheet: Coordinating Federal Support for Gulf Coast Rebuilding (White House press release - Nov 1, 2005)
  • Oliver Thomas
    • President, New Orlean City Council | Bio
    • Report: New orleans Ready for Recovery (Forbes - Aug 25, 2006)
    • The Katrina Aftermath, One Year Later: Race and the New Orleans Economy (Black America Web - Aug 22, 2006)
    • Post-Katrina New Orleans proves pricey (Times Picayune, LA - Aug 25, 2006)
    • When Government Shrugs: Lessons of Katrina (Progressive.org, WI - Aug 22, 2006)
  • Senator Joe Biden, Democrat - Deleware
    • Senate web site | Bio
    • This Isn’t Joe Biden’s Wal Mart. (The Conservative Voice, NC - Aug 18, 2006)
    • Joe Biden: The Enemy is Wal-Mart (National Ledger, AZ - Aug 20, 2006)
    • Joe Biden: 'I'm Running' for President (NewsMax.com, FL - Aug 16, 2006)
    • Why Joe Biden Isn't Being Coy About Running for President (TIME - Aug 2, 2006)
    • Benefits not corporations' responsibility (Seattle Post Intelligencer - Aug 22, 2006)
  • Steve Case
    • Steve Case sorry he merged with Time Warner (Seattle Post Intelligencer - Jul 26, 2006)
    • Steve Case, Facing Hawaii Fraud Claim, Invests in Clinics, Spas (Bloomberg - Jul 31, 2006)
    • Steve Case immerses himself in life after AOL (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, HI - Aug 1, 2006)
• Fox News Sunday contact information - FNS@foxnews.com

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CNN Late Edition (Wolf Blitzer)

Below are the topics and guests announced for this program, along with my take on the "memes" that the show is trying to push.  With each guest's name are a series of links that I found in a web search that helped me get a handle on who they are and what their likely positions will be when they are interviewed.

• Meme:
  • We told you before and we'll tell you again, Katrina was all Bush's fault™
  • So is everything wrong in the Middle East (pay no attention to the last 2000 years of strive, particularly the last 1300)
  • Bush doesn't have a plan!™
  • It is too a civil war!
  • The Republicans are doomed - really!  We mean it!
• Topics:
  • As violence rages in Iraq, is that country on the brink of civil war?
  • One year after Hurricane Katrina, we’ll talk to Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco.
• Guests
  • Nouri al-Maliki
    • Iraq's Prime Minister
    • Mission failed (Sydney Morning Herald, Australia - Aug 24, 2006)
    • Geopolitical Diary: An Iraqi Cleric's Diminishing Clout? (Stratfor - Aug 25, 2006)
    • Returning Some Order to Iraq's Mean Streets (Washington Post, United States - Aug 24, 2006)
    • Is Iran Really Running Militias in Iraq? (TIME - Aug 25, 2006)
    • Iraq looting portends handover trouble (Houston Chronicle, United States - Aug 25, 2006)
  • Donald Powell
    • Federal Coordinator for Gulf Coast Rebuilding
    • DHS web site | Bio
    • Hurricane Katrina: Response and Recovery (DHS web page)
    • Questions still linger a year after Katrina, Rita (Scripps News, DC - Aug 24, 2006)
    • Bush Reassures Katrina Victims (Los Angeles Times, CA - Aug 23, 2006)
    • Katrina housing money slowed (Houston Chronicle - Aug 22, 2006)
    • Hurricane Katrina survivor meets President Bush (WREG, TN - Aug 23, 2006)
    • Fact Sheet: Coordinating Federal Support for Gulf Coast Rebuilding (White House press release - Nov 1, 2005)
  • Senator Richard Lugar, Republican - Indiana:
    • Foreign Relations Committee chairman
    • Senate web site | Bio
    • US senator says Albania could be in NATO in 2008 (Serbianna.com, Michigan - Aug 25, 2006)
    • Azerbaijani President receives US Senator Richard Lugar (Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan - Aug 21, 2006)
    • Georgian PM, US Senator Discuss NATO Integration, Energy Security (Civil Georgia, Georgia - Aug 22, 2006)
    • Russian Deputy Foreign Minister reasserts Moscow's role in conflict zones (Messenger.ge, Georgia - Aug 25, 2006)
  • Senator Carl Levin, Democrat - Michigan
    • Armed Services Committee ranking member
    • Senate web site | Bio
    • Terrorists’ Propagandist: The Contemptible Sen. Carl Levin (Men's News Daily, CA - Aug 2, 2006)
    • Symposium: Star Wars Defense (FrontPage magazine.com, CA - Aug 24, 2006)
    • Levin slams Bush's trade, health plans (Niles Daily Star,  USA - Aug 19, 2006)
    • Graham offers dark view of Iraq, Iran, Lebanon (Times Record News, TX - Aug 22, 2006)
    • McCain faults Bush administration on Iraq (MSNBC - Aug 23, 2006)
  • Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco, Democrat - Louisiana
    • Louisiana Governor's web site | Bio
    • Blanco thanks New York after Nagin 'hole in the ground' comment (Times Picayune, LA - Aug 25, 2006)
    • Nagin asks Blanco: Where's our money? (Times Picayune, LA - Aug 25, 2006)
    • Lawsuit grace period denied (2TheAdvocate, LA - Aug 24, 2006)
    • The Flood Again (Coast Weekly, CA - Aug 23, 2006)
    • Democracy Disaster (International News Service, Australia - Aug 25, 2006)
    • TRACKING HURRICANE KATRINA (Miami Herald, FL - Aug 24, 2006)
• CNN Late Edition (web page for comments)

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See the initial post for my "usual witty commentary"

Bear with me.  Minimal involvement this weekend.  I'm trying to be good.  Really... <g> 

[Alas Babylon!]

Good evening.

How are you? I hope you got some good, or are going to get some good rest now!

[Phsstpok]

I'm taking a long weekend this weekend and next from my job. The idea is I'm supposed to not do a lot of reading to spare my eyes as I literally "sprained" my (good) eye working on the Dell Battery recall issue at work. I will be doing limited duty this weekend, but I had to post the preview. It was a moral imperative!

[A Citizen Reporter]

Thanks for all of your good work.

If all that the media can offer up is a year ago 'celebration' of hurricane Katrina, I will skip all of them with good riddance.

Honestly, this is ridiculous. There is NOTHING else they have to cover?

[Alas Babylon!]

Good. Get some rest!

The whole Katrina thing is just so pathetic. I don't see Haley Barbour as a whipping boy, though. The highly effective efforts that Mississippi put into cleaning up the devestating damage of Katrina (far greater than NO), prove that it is local government who makes the difference, not federal. In this regard, Barbour makes Blanco look like the utter failure she is. If Blanco starts whinning about Bush, then it only further makes the Dems look bad, not Bush.

Do you suppose the DBM are stupid enough to not see this? I think so!

[A Citizen Reporter]

In the old days when Fox was new and more hungry, and Fox News Sunday was hosted by Tony Snow, we might have seen Haley Barbour on this weekend.....for a little balance.

But alas, now we have the spawn of Mike Wallace hosting Fox News Sunday, and it's practically as useless as the rest of 'em.

[Txsleuth]

As much as I love and look forward to your Preview thread...I am really worried about you.

This thread is great, wouldn't want to live without it..but is isn't nearly as important as your eyesight.

Please do not do anymore than the doctor says...please???

You are an FR treasure...God Bless you.

[Txsleuth]

NO...nothing else to cover...nothing.

Iran isn't planning on getting nukes...soon.

Iraq hasn't had some actual "GOOD NEWS" to report on this week...(only about 3-4 articles in the last few days worth).

The stupid UN is doing everything IT can to ensure that Israel ALWAYS has armed Hezbollah on their border...and will also work tirelessly to take the Golan Heights...

None of that stuff is happening...SO, it is either JonBenet Ramsey....OR how Katrina was Bush's failure...

OR, like I heard that Howard Dean put it,.."The minute Katrina his, Bush's presidency was OVER"....LOL

[Bahbah]

Could anti-incumbent sentiment cost the GOP the majority?

Phsstpok, I hope you don't read this. Put on some music and close your eyes. Regarding the anti-incumbent hopes of the dems, this is ridiculous. They rely on the losses of McKinney (who was thrown out because she is a lunatic and a disgusting human being), Schwartz (who lost because he wasn't conservative enough to someone who was) and Joe LIEberman (who is going to win in the general election). Oh, and there is also Murkowski who was percieved as arrogant, which sounds about right. Also note that these are PRIMARIES, not general elections. Thin gruel for dem hopes, me thinks.

[rodguy911]

Looks like all victims all the time weekend, without Katrina, and other needy "victims", what would the rats do.

? Hope all goes well with your eye Phsstpok thanks again for all you do.

[Bahbah]

It occurred to me this morning that Bernie Goldberg needs to do another book to follow up on Bias and he needs to call it "Agenda." What is going on in the media is beyond bias, which they might arguably in some cases, believe to be unintentional. What is going on now is the blatant shaping of public perception and purposeful control over what people see and hear. I think Rathergate woke more people up to this undeniable fact (eternal thanks to Buckhead). We all know how dangerous this is to our republic and part of what we do here is an effort to combat this insidious evil (and it is evil), but the effect we can have is quite limited. We need more, much more. And I need more coffee.

[maica]

Russert's panel looks like a reunion of the CNN show that used to be one of the few political discussion shows on the air. Only Mark Shields is missing.

[rodguy911]

I have "no sympathy" at all for those "poor people in NO" who lost everything!

Seven years ago our house burnt down and we lost it all. The next day I walked into my burnt out garage and started doubling my production since I worked at home at the time.

Since I had no electricity or water I got an ice chest and ran an electric cord from my neighbors house to get the job done. It took 5 years to put the house back together but we did it. You just have to work and stop all the victim BS. Self reliance is always the best answer.

There is no excuse for being a cry baby, get up off the rocking chair, put down the crack pipe and go to work is the only answer I have ever known.

Victimology may have worked 30 years go but everyone is a lot smarter now.

[maica]

The highly effective efforts that Mississippi put into cleaning up the devastating damage of Katrina (far greater than NO), prove that it is local government who makes the difference, not federal.

*****

And the other 49 governors and their staffs know this fact! Trying to keep on selling "Bush's fault" is getting more and more difficult.

Will W get credit for reaching the anniversary date of Katrina with no named storms hitting the USA? I think not!