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| Your crazy speculation of the day... (the FARC laptop) |
| 2008-03-30 |
| Jim Geraghty, National Review Captain Ed spotlights a Christian Science Monitor article that says tensions between Colombia and Venezuela and Bolivia have calmed in the past few weeks... with Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez acting strangely conciliatory. Venezuela has since restored full diplomatic relations with Colombia, and Ecuador says it intends to. But there's uneasiness in the capitals of Caracas and Quito about what else may be revealed by the FARC laptops -- and how Colombian President Alvaro Uribe intends to use it, analysts say...Following up on one of the comments on that Hot Air thread, I found the following in NRO's archives: On January 5, [2003] Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's former personal pilot dropped a bombshell that has been ignored by just about every major U.S. news organization: The Venezuelan president, according to the pilot, gave al Qaeda a substantial sum of money following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. . . . Would a FARC laptop have some sort of confirmation of this tale, or subequent contact between Chavez' regime and al-Qaeda? The Colombians found something on that laptop that has Hugo Chavez suddenly backing down and playing nice. Chavez himself "jokes" that next the Colombians will say they found a photo of him, the leader of FARC, and Osama bin Laden. Hmmmm... Obviously, we may never know what else was found on that laptop, and this is speculation. But if a tie is established between Chavez and al-Qaeda (and I grant that's a big "if") how will Americans look upon Barack Obama's pledge to conduct face-to-face diplomacy with Chavez, without preconditions? |
| Posted by:Mike |
| #10 Are you saying that because it wouldn't sell papers is the reason why most major American newspapers act as propaganda machines for anti-American interests? Yes. |
| Posted by: Zebulon Angavick7428 2008-03-30 22:44 |
| #9 Newspaper ad revenues are imploding. From memory down 15% in the last year alone. Newspapers as we know them won't be around in a couple of years. |
| Posted by: Phil_B 2008-03-30 18:31 |
| #8 Actually it is the kind of stuff that does Zebulon Angavick7428. It's the kind of red meat dirt that does sell papers when splashed on the front page. What we have instead is defeatism and socialist outrage against the system. There is no wonder that the Newspaper is about to go extinct in the USA. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2008-03-30 16:10 |
| #7 Are you saying that because it wouldn't sell papers is the reason why most major American newspapers act as propaganda machines for anti-American interests? |
| Posted by: Woodrow Slusorong7967 2008-03-30 16:05 |
| #6 Ummm..... doesn't sell papers? |
| Posted by: Zebulon Angavick7428 2008-03-30 15:23 |
| #5 On January 5, [2003] Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's former personal pilot dropped a bombshell that has been ignored by just about every major U.S. news organization: When is someone going to explain the reason why all of the major newspapers here in the US act as propaganda machines by foreign entities? They are worse than Pravda. While I don't think that the individuals that work for them are even aware that they are tools of forces beyond their control, I do think it is obvious that we are being denied stories that expose how these forces are interconnected with dictators such as Chavez, Castro, and others who work against the interests of America. |
| Posted by: Woodrow Slusorong7967 2008-03-30 14:40 |
| #4 lotp - nice one! |
| Posted by: 3dc 2008-03-30 11:23 |
| #3 if FDR was alive today, the Dems would think he was a conservative. His name is Lieberman and they do. |
| Posted by: lotp 2008-03-30 11:17 |
| #2 Don't you know? The Global War on Terrorism is a Republican myth generated to funnel billions to Karl Rove's buddies in the arms and aerospace industry........or at least that is how the MSM wants to play it. Terrorism??? What's that? They are just "freedom fighters", "insurgents" or some disgruntled minority wanting a place at the table..........The Dems will never get a grip on this because they are all closet Leninists and would support anything that weakens the USA. We will never be safe with a Democratic president. In fact, if FDR was alive today, the Dems would think he was a conservative. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Texas 2008-03-30 11:14 |
| #1 "But if a tie is established between Chavez and al-Qaeda (and I grant that's a big "if") how will Americans look upon Barack Obama's pledge to conduct face-to-face diplomacy with Chavez, without preconditions?" The Lefties and the Dems (butI repeat myself) will still think it's a peachy idea. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2008-03-30 11:00 |