Mussolini, one of the great socialists….merciful God, is history completely forgotten?

honora on December 20, 2006 at 4:00 PM

Yes, Miss Know-it-all. Believe it or not, both Nazism and Fascism as practiced under Hitler and Mussolini were jumped-up versions of Socialism/Communism.
Jen the Neocon on December 20, 2006 at 6:07 PM
Thanks Jen, the amazing thing is that honora does not distance herself from my remarks. She, like most liberals, embrace socialists.

Mussolini, one of the great socialists….merciful God, is history completely forgotten?

honora on December 20, 2006 at 4:00 PM

Yes, Miss Know-it-all. Believe it or not, both Nazism and Fascism as practiced under Hitler and Mussolini were jumped-up versions of Socialism/Communism.

Lowry, if it wasn’t obvious before–which it was–is a complete Conservative sellout, which is pretty much true of the whole NRO gang.
He’s dead wrong about Media bias and we’re quite right to “whine.”
Actually, it’s demeaning and insulting to call what we’re doing whining when our nation is at war and the MSM has been openly helping our enemies.
Their “news” coverage has gotten American and Allied soldiers killed.
We’re not whining: it’s outrage and righteous outrage at that.

[By the way, let me take this opportunity to say "Merry Christmas!" to all men and women of good will here on HotAir, especially AP. And Happy Hannukah to my Jewish friends, too!]

Riehl World View

I saw this yesterday at Hot Air and was going to let it pass, but I see it’s come up in a few places today.

Jules:Rick Lowry at the National Review has a thoughtful column on the limits of media bashing. He makes some very good poin…

You cannot see the difference between destroying human life, dignity and freedom, and building such. It may be reminescent to you, because you, being a liberal, may pine for those great socialists days. Those are the historical voices that liberals echo today. I pray that your children are never placed under the control of people that you revere.

right2bright on December 20, 2006 at 3:47 PM

Mussolini, one of the great socialists….merciful God, is history completely forgotten?

This whole notion that there are kids being innoculated and schools being built is reminescent of Mussolini getting the trains to run on time.

honora on December 20, 2006 at 12:45 PM

You cannot see the difference between destroying human life, dignity and freedom, and building such. It may be reminescent to you, because you, being a liberal, may pine for those great socialists days. Those are the historical voices that liberals echo today. I pray that your children are never placed under the control of people that you revere.

During the Battle of Britain, this story completely dominated the news in the US.

Not every single individual bombing of the thousands, or tens of thousands, that were dropped, no. The fact that bombing was happening, yes. In the context of a battle. In the context that this is what happens during war.

The story such as it was, was one of those inside the beltway things, ooohhhh, Tony Snow is getting snippy with reporters. Film at eleven. Geez.

What reporters? There were reporters there?

Oooohhh, you mean those children stretching their hands high in the air so teacher would call on them? Me Next! Me next! What was Laura hiding? We have a right to peek into her private life! Are the cameras rolling? Hope my stupid questions are the lead-in on Perky Katie’s show tonight?

Reporters my #ss.

not the top news story?

Ms H. Welcome back,…. I think.

The keyword is TOP story, not ONLY story.

opening of schools and hospitals IS NOT IMPORTANT???

He’s worthless, one mindset, no originality. Lowry cant write unless its about death, he’s a selfish narcissistic child. That is a redundant statement, on purpose.

Lowry probably started the cheating trend in J-School.

Uh, that would be right here, where the White House Press Corps is trying desperately to get to the bottom of the Laura Bush mole debacle.

fogw on December 20, 2006 at 1:12 PM

How about getting some perspective? This story was not the lead story, anywhere. The story such as it was, was one of those inside the beltway things, ooohhhh, Tony Snow is getting snippy with reporters. Film at eleven. Geez.

There were not headlines every time the Germans dropped a bomb on London and killed that many people, nor in Dresden, for example

What? You can’t be serious? During the Battle of Britain, this story completely dominated the news in the US. Dresden was major front page news. (In those days, it was not just newspaper and radio, but the movie newsreels as well).

I saw this yesterday at Hot Air and was going to let it pass, but I see it’s come up in a few places today. Jules:Rick Lowry at the National Review has a thoughtful column on the limits of media…

Well everything is relative, isn’t it? In what country, on what planet, is a bomb killing 20/30/40 etc people not the top news story?

Uh, that would be right here, where the White House Press Corps is trying desperately to get to the bottom of the Laura Bush mole debacle.

In what country, on what planet, is a bomb killing 20/30/40 etc people not the top news story?

During a war, when that kind of thing is actually pretty normal. There were not headlines every time the Germans dropped a bomb on London and killed that many people, nor in Dresden, for example. And when’s the last time you saw headlines about the bombs the Palis have been flipping over the Israeli border pretty much continuously for the last year or so? How is that many deaths a day not normal, under the circumstances?

It’s a dog bites man story.

Knee-jerk?

No, AP.

Lowry is just a jerk.

I don’t understand why opening of schools and hospitals is not newsworthy. Also, Brit Hume mentioned some great strides by the Iraqi economy. I would think some good human interest stories would sell news.

mikeyboss on December 20, 2006 at 12:21 AM

Well everything is relative, isn’t it? In what country, on what planet, is a bomb killing 20/30/40 etc people not the top news story? This whole notion that there are kids being innoculated and schools being built is reminescent of Mussolini getting the trains to run on time.

They may believe in conservatism, but they believe in the power of the media more, and they believe that as part of the media priesthood, they therefore have unusual authority and insight — Apostolic succession from Buckley, and magisterium from their address in Manhattan. I no longer trust or read any of them.

Weenies.

His unremarkable assertion that something is not dubious simply because its reported in the NYT is equal parts banal and reductio ad absurdam with regard to conservative complaints about the NYT.

Lowry cheerleaded for this war and now he’s having second thoughts. That would be a lot easier to take if it didn’t seem as though those second thoughts were being driven by excessive exposure to Georgetown culture, resulting in the most obvious and pedestrian recitation of liberal cliches.

“something is not dubious just because it’s reported by the New York Times…”

And something should is not an undeniable fact just because it’s reported by AP.

The “good news” that conservatives have accused the media of not reporting has generally been pretty weak.

Don’t forget the fact that no news is good news as well. This is something I would like to see at sometime. “Yesterday a US patrol was attacked in Ramadi, however 20 other patrols in Ramadi saw no action.”