tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post6056905695615982975..comments2023-10-24T11:23:31.580-04:00Comments on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion: Pravda: US Edition?William A. Jacobsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16433685588536441422noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-89017833026401687252011-02-16T10:04:30.528-05:002011-02-16T10:04:30.528-05:00John, Kathleen wrote the post, not Professor Jacob...John, Kathleen wrote the post, not Professor Jacobson. <br /><br />As for Pravda, you must be kidding! Perhaps you found a needle in a haystack?<br /><br />Now, I've certainly never been one to commend our MSM columnists for balance or thoroughness in the pursuit of the narrative, especially when it comes to their apple polishing <em>vis-a-vis</em> to this President.<br /><br />But I must say that I cannot recall anything quite as risible as, for example, allegations that Don Imus was forced off the air a few years ago at the insistence of top American military leaders because Imus had threatened to reveal "secrets" on the air regarding United States government complicity in the 9/11 attacks! <br /><br />But <a href="http://english.pravda.ru/opinion/columnists/13-04-2007/89728-don_imus-0/" rel="nofollow">Pravda printed it</a> with a straight face.<br /><br />Sure, we used to see stuff like that in <b>Weekly World News</b>, but not on the networks!<br /><br />You all want to stick Pravda in the craw of the American media? Oh man! That is soooooooo harsh! Heh! <br /><br />As far as I'm concerned, Pravda hasn't moved much beyond the punch line of the old Soviet-era joke:<br /><br />Here's <a href="http://trochilustales.blogspot.com/2007/04/aint-that-truth-in-russian-isvestia.html" rel="nofollow">a little transliteration for you</a>:<br /><br /><em>"Izvestia nye Pravda, y Pravda nye Izvestia."</em><br /><br />Is that where we're headed?Trochilushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07661310034696479920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-9649641469280306332011-02-16T09:43:37.602-05:002011-02-16T09:43:37.602-05:00This country has always had its own version of Pra...This country has always had its own version of Pravda - it's called the Washington Post!Gayle Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09223914127626675167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-45246229890056852812011-02-16T02:54:36.433-05:002011-02-16T02:54:36.433-05:00Prof. Jacobson, you know what the worst part is? P...Prof. Jacobson, you know what the worst part is? PRAVDA today is more of a free and open press than the MSM. Take a look! Show me ONE article in the MSM that even comes close to this PRAVDA post without being completely spun in favor of Obama!<br /><br />http://english.pravda.ru/business/finance/09-02-2011/116838-america_unemployed-0/<br /><br />To be fair, there are some comparably unfavorable posts about Mother Russia there too. How the worm has turned. FYI I blog on this stuff for Breitbart on occasion. Makes you feel proud to be an American, doesn't it? /sarc offAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-27380078690833110012011-02-15T23:18:27.329-05:002011-02-15T23:18:27.329-05:00The backup for a policy is a written plan, somethi...The backup for a policy is a written plan, something more substantial than a scribble on a cocktail napkin. The U.S. deserves more respect than for a President, Senator, or Congressman to make up policy as he goes along.<br /><br />The public has already lost when the justification for legislation comes out of a press conference. The U.S. deserves more respect than for a President, Senator, or Congressman to limit explanation and justification to press conferences and speeches.<br /><br />There was no reasonable debate on healthcare, for example, because the Obama Team and Democrats in Congress did not release a readable document spelling out the researched policy that they wanted to implement. We needed to know why it was supposed to work.<br /><br />The government demands detailed, researched Environmental Impact Statements before starting a mere building. We should have Official Policy Statements before our representatives change our society.<br /><br />We need proposed results, expected evolution, methods, justifications, comparative studies, past successes of similar policy, funding sources, expected difficulties, the works. What has worked, not what <i>might</i> work.<br /><br />I hope people of all parties and positions could agree that this is fundamental. It is non-partisan to demand that the President and all politicians show the careful research behind their proposals. If there is no researched plan, then that is a horrible misuse of office. <br /><br />The Congress and Obama should proudly present the careful research that supports their proposed rearrangement of healthcare, and all other things.<br /><br />Each government program should have this explanation, revised and updated according to measured results. It should be the official product of government, not the product of academic papers. <br /><br />Where are the policy papers which explain and justify the giant experiments that our government is forcing on the people? Where are the measured results of government programs? These are things we can get if we merely ask, or demand, and shame them into a response.<br /><br />→ <a href="http://easyopinions.blogspot.com/2009/07/few-words-about-policy.html" rel="nofollow"><b>A Few Words About Policy</b></a>Andrew_M_Garlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02855052302054611917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-23114545522171212762011-02-15T22:42:34.218-05:002011-02-15T22:42:34.218-05:00Woah, woah, why all the frowning upon the internet...Woah, woah, why all the frowning upon the internet generation? I do believe that the youth in the 1960s and 70s were just as misguided (remember the first Jimmy Carter?). For most, liberalism is a phase before people have responsibility and taxes. I just got lucky.Kathleen Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00221334826014698655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-15509116313090892362011-02-15T22:13:35.186-05:002011-02-15T22:13:35.186-05:00People your age need to get a life and use logic m...People your age need to get a life and use logic more than emotion. <br /><br />It doesn't matter whether or not you like the POTUS. What matters is whether his policies contribute to the continued growth and development of the U.S.of A. So, the POTUS could be the worst toilet terrier on the planet, but as long as his policies produce positive economic and social results, we don't have to like him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-66310412873787115702011-02-15T20:17:22.521-05:002011-02-15T20:17:22.521-05:00Today ABC news call it 'The State Run Media...Today ABC news call it 'The State Run Media'.Rush found that to be very funny.Charles Curranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16903486777889102377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-71408865615954702342011-02-15T20:07:10.881-05:002011-02-15T20:07:10.881-05:00And if it does, it richly deserves everything comi...<i>And if it does, it richly deserves everything coming to it.</i><br /><br />Or taken from it, as the case may be.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-24781708470186769022011-02-15T19:22:44.972-05:002011-02-15T19:22:44.972-05:00People of your generation (with some exceptions) t...People of your generation (with some exceptions) tend to be pretty feeble-minded. I sincerely hope your generation does not again prove decisive in selecting the next president. And if it does, it richly deserves everything coming to it.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16859915456231590063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-88650804431742672912011-02-15T18:50:37.896-05:002011-02-15T18:50:37.896-05:00But........ but......... I thought this guy was go...But........ but......... I thought this guy was going to shine light on the darkness that was the White House under the Evil Bush Boys.... I thought this president was going to tell them any and everything they wanted, whenever they wanted. Awwwwwwwwww..... this sure must hurt. After all, the press got him this job and he's not paying them back properly. *sniff* Are these tears of laughter I feel coming on?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-89146953181595033632011-02-15T18:03:07.337-05:002011-02-15T18:03:07.337-05:00I noticed a change in the tone of Jake Tapper'...I noticed a change in the tone of Jake Tapper's tweets, and Political Punch reports, starting about the time the Win The Future campaign slogan surfaced. Jake is one of the few lefty reporters I respect, and though it could be forever in coming, I hope he will tell the truth about the riff. Someday.sybilllhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17188465666054204302noreply@blogger.com