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pan6467 · 09-29-2005, 07:43 PM

You know a conspiracist would say that the pressis making itself unreliable so that when we truly need them to open eyes no one will believe them. Or the politicians are destroying the press so that they can control it. Or something along those lines.

Some credibility in that.

But me personally, I believe that people heard this that or the other thing (as rumors do tend to get exaggerated, then officials are told these exagerations and can't truly be ther to see what is going on but wanting their 15 minutes of national attention, wanting help and not wanting to appear that they are as in the dark as anyone, they went on record passing the exaggerations they heard and the press ate it up because in all honesty, do you think there would have been all these great fundraisers and attention paid if the "truth" were known and reported? I seriously doubt it, using other recent horrid hurricanes as an example, there weren't these televised fundraisers on every network, no ex-presidents out there setting up funds (well maybe Carter but he does that if a snowball hits a house and breaks a window, God Bless him).

So in the end, was it right? Was it wrong? I can't answer that, it got our attention, sold papers, raised ratings and got donations to pour in.

Was everything the press reported lies? NO.

Is the guard and all these "new truthful findings" more accurate than the press? Perhaps.

There are still many missing, there were still many deaths and the loss was horrendous, but for anyone to downplay what has happened down there and that is what is being done now, is pathetic and political grandstanding.If the GOP can make it sound like over reaction they take the heat off themselves. But in reality they truly show how they care more about their power than the people.

"YOU OWE BUSH AN APOLOGY"..... yeah, well he owes me one for lying about WMD's and sending friends, neighbors and relatives off to a war with no true end in sight.

Bush lied to get a war..... the press and people there "lied" to get help and results. I'll take the press's lies anyday over those of Bush.

09-29-2005, 07:43 PM	#33 (permalink)
pan6467 Lennonite Priest Location: Mansfield, Ohio USA	You know a conspiracist would say that the pressis making itself unreliable so that when we truly need them to open eyes no one will believe them. Or the politicians are destroying the press so that they can control it. Or something along those lines. Some credibility in that. But me personally, I believe that people heard this that or the other thing (as rumors do tend to get exaggerated, then officials are told these exagerations and can't truly be ther to see what is going on but wanting their 15 minutes of national attention, wanting help and not wanting to appear that they are as in the dark as anyone, they went on record passing the exaggerations they heard and the press ate it up because in all honesty, do you think there would have been all these great fundraisers and attention paid if the "truth" were known and reported? I seriously doubt it, using other recent horrid hurricanes as an example, there weren't these televised fundraisers on every network, no ex-presidents out there setting up funds (well maybe Carter but he does that if a snowball hits a house and breaks a window, God Bless him). So in the end, was it right? Was it wrong? I can't answer that, it got our attention, sold papers, raised ratings and got donations to pour in. Was everything the press reported lies? NO. Is the guard and all these "new truthful findings" more accurate than the press? Perhaps. There are still many missing, there were still many deaths and the loss was horrendous, but for anyone to downplay what has happened down there and that is what is being done now, is pathetic and political grandstanding.If the GOP can make it sound like over reaction they take the heat off themselves. But in reality they truly show how they care more about their power than the people. "YOU OWE BUSH AN APOLOGY"..... yeah, well he owes me one for lying about WMD's and sending friends, neighbors and relatives off to a war with no true end in sight. Bush lied to get a war..... the press and people there "lied" to get help and results. I'll take the press's lies anyday over those of Bush. __________________ I just love people who use the excuse "I use/do this because I LOVE the feeling/joy/happiness it brings me" and expect you to be ok with that as you watch them destroy their life blindly following. My response is, "I like to put forks in an eletrical socket, just LOVE that feeling, can't ever get enough of it, so will you let me put this copper fork in that electric socket?"