60 Minutes sucks ass

island911 · 10-31-2004, 08:37 PM

. . and by "ass" I mean that symbol for the DNC.

I watch a bit today. Here I was thinking that they might be Ra^ther motivated to stop being so partisan.

JUST the opposite. This hit piece on how soldiers are going to Iraqi tank grave-yards to procure armorment for their humvees.

Ra^ther than trying to find the real issues, they simply pin this on "poor planning". (with implied outrage .. . of course)

Here we have 60,000 annual deaths in this country in our un-armored

autos, yet 60-Minutes runs this hit piece HOURS before the election.

Ra^ther suspicious sucking-up to the DNC.

350HP930 · 09:08 PM

So are you claiming that our troops aren't having to scrounge around for their own armor because bush was eager to send them into a shooting gallery without any?

ZAMIRZ · ZAMIRZ's Garage

Well I thought the part about SNL was pretty cool.

dd74 · 10-31-2004, 09:34 PM

So what are the "real issues?" That it's just made up that the troops are underequipped? That it's a falicy that they have to go around to scrap yards and pick out pieces of armor to weld to their vehicles? Is it also a big lie that their parents are buying bulletproof vests and mailing them to Iraq so that their kids have at least that small bit of protection to keep them alive?

Please, illuminate us to what the real issues are. Unless during our daily drives our "unarmored" cars are blown up with improvised explosives, rolling over mines, or being shot at with bullets, you've got absolutely no case, Island...

...again.

Why don't you rest it, man. You're making yourself sound foolish.

tabs · 10-31-2004, 09:45 PM

Are U a Liberal or what DD?

Did any of U ever watch the History channel...where during WW2 our boys put sandbags on their tanks and welded all kinds of stuff to them to make them a little less vunerable to the krauts Panzers... so what the fk is new...

350HP930 · 10-31-2004, 09:49 PM

I wonder if this was island at the berkeley parade?

tabs · 10-31-2004, 09:51 PM

I guess the point to be made is that it is safer to drive on Irwreckie streets than streets in the USA....

dd74 · 10-31-2004, 09:53 PM

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Originally posted by tabs
Are U a Liberal or what DD?

Did any of U ever watch the History channel...where during WW2 our boys put sandbags on their tanks and welded all kinds of stuff to them to make them a little less vunerable to the krauts Panzers... so what the fk is new...

Hey Tabs, since when does a dissenting view constitute a liberal?

I give as much grief to the left as right.

But only the right b!tches. That shows a lot of character (not). Can it be you clowns can dish it out yet not take it? I guess so.

BTW: WWII isn't the subject...

Next...

tabs · 10-31-2004, 09:59 PM

In your heart Dd U know that your a conservative just screaming to get outa the closet...but you live in that conformist town Hollywood....

juanbenae · juanbenae's Garage

yeah amir i thought that was pretty good too. what are the chances of that happening during the week a 60 minutes film crew was there? poor little talentless girl was exposed. she should just be more like paris hilton and give us a bit of the talent we would enjoy watching.....

red ufo · 11-01-2004, 07:22 AM

The neocons hate all the media so much. If they had it their way all the TV stations except Fauxnews would be pulled off the air.

Only Rupert Murdoch and Clear Channel would be on.

ABC would be replaced with 24 hour NASCAR coverage.
NBC would be replaced with duck hunting and skeet shooting.
CBS would be replaced with reality shows, like "Who wants to marry your sister", followed by Martha Stewards special on cooking road kill.
Telemundo would be replaced by Pat Robertson 700 club.
CNN would be nothing but American Chopper
MSNBC would by Ollie North war stories
HDN would be High Defination Tennesse redneck prison torture from Abu Graib Ass and Gitmo
HBO will show Dukes of Hazard new TV series, real time with KKK, The White Power Reality Hour, Adventures of the Reloader.

techweenie · techweenie's Garage

red UFO; that was a pretty good post, although it lacked some of your trademark paranoia...

:-)

No uncomfortable news -- even if it has the power to save lives -- can be aired anywhere at any time without being called 'liberal.'

To neocons, mathematics are 'liberal;' facts are 'liberal' and 'liberal' is 'treasonous.' In fact, neocons look at politics much like a religion. Facts in conflict with faith are evil things.

island911 · 11-01-2004, 08:02 AM

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Originally posted by dd74
So what are the "real issues?" . . .

Uh, gee, i dunno. . . . maybe that it's a WAR! Maybe that the terorrists trying to kill our troops will have some success regardless of the armorment.

The subtext of 60-min's propoganda is that our military is NEVER ready to fight a war, unless it has "been properly planned" (by the POTUS) down to the last design feature.

Yep, once a President gets the okay from Congress he must start those lists. . . Let's see, we need to build some aircraft carriers, some cool jets with lots of cool missles, .. .. .

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. ..We should prolly have some helmets made .. some bullet-proofvests, shovels, canteens (we better have those armored-water is rare there) Oh, hey, lets redesign some SUV's for our guys . . they have no use for cup-holders, when they have canteens .. .

dd, while a HumVee may seem like a tank as an LA grocery-getter, it is NOT a tank when hit with an RPG, or drives over a detonated IED.

This MMQB (monday morning qtr-backing) is absurd. Always with how "something more coulda, woulda, shoulda, been done". .. . "we have the power, the technology. . . We could of saved lives!"

ah yeah . .. that's what 60-min's was shooting for.

dd74 · 11-01-2004, 08:46 AM

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Originally posted by island911

This MMQB (monday morning qtr-backing) is absurd. Always with how "something more coulda, woulda, shoulda, been done". .. . "we have the power, the technology. . . We could of saved lives!" ah yeah . .. that's what 60-min's was shooting for.

I dunno what 60 Minutes is shooting for. But you have the argument here, so you should know.

BTW: how could it be MMQB-acking, when they broadcast on Sunday night?

Don't despair: I'm just being literal.

island911 · 11-01-2004, 08:48 AM

it was Monday Morning in Iraq.

dd74 · 11-01-2004, 09:39 AM

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Originally posted by island911
it was Monday Morning in Iraq.

LOL! I know you didn't check the time zone feature on your computer to make sure... umm because I did...

red ufo · 11-01-2004, 09:58 AM

Forgot to add the redneck neoCONS would make

Al Jeezera change broadcast: The New yankee workshop, Fishin' with Babe Winckleman, Moose Huntin with Ted Nugent
MTV: Would be Lenard Skynard concerts back to back.
There would be 25 country music TV channels
TLC: would dump the make over shows and become gun cleaning and scope sighting.
Nickolean would be preparing 10 year old kids for war.
Disney channel would be the same
NASA TV would just show places to bomb

Superman · 11-01-2004, 11:42 AM

Yes, Island. I do expect my president to turn over all stones, and show the administrative savvy and energy needed to plan a military action so that its objectives can be met, and with a minimum of American life lost. That's minimum. And that was not done.

So you can pretend that it's okay to send folks off to war unprepared, but it's still not.

island911 · 11-01-2004, 12:24 PM

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So you can pretend that it's okay to send folks off to war unprepared, but it's still not.

Perhaps your're right that we don't spend enough on being properly prepared for war.

hook, line and sinker.

techweenie · techweenie's Garage

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Originally posted by LynnsABCs
So as Tab says, what the fk is new . . . . the military loves to tell the troops in the field . . . .

And those who do not study history are condemned to repeat it.