I’m heading out for a couple of days – blogging will resume Sunday at some point, I’d think. (Unless I”m very lucky at the show and finish my dog, and get to come home early.)
You may use this thread for reader tips and related comments until I get back.
To avoid getting caught in the spam filter remember – avoid words like “online”, the use of html, and symbols like ampersands. The filter does “learn” who to trust as time goes on, and there do seem to be fewer legitimate comments getting trapped all the time.
Just an additional note – I’m getting rather tired of people who should know better claiming that “more people voted” in American Idol than in the US presidential elections. This is absurd. While there were more votes cast – viewers could vote as often they wished, so with some casting dozens of votes each week, the number of votes was exponentially higher than the number of people actually voting. (Though admittedly, the American Idol example does invite comparison to voting patterns in some urban “Democratic strongholds”).
Have a good weekend, and be polite to each other, please.
From Detroit Free Press:
“They were crooked. They lied. And their illegal activity cost thousands of people billions of dollars.”
“… [They employed] falsehoods and accounting tricks to conceal its failed ventures …”
“Because of what they [did]… money vanished.”
“Today, the name is synonymous with corruption.”
Why is it that the Enron guys are going to jail but the Liberals are not?
Matt, that’s a damn good question…
(And re Kate’s remarks about Democrat voter patterns, they haven’t changed since the day the Chicago Daley Democrat machine earned the slogan, “Vote early-and vote often.” It was said that under the heyday of the Daley Democrat Machine in Chicago/Cook County even teh cemetaries voted.
It’s generally accepted now by historians that the Daley Chicago Democrat Machine stole Chicago/Cook County for Jack Kennedy in the 1960 Kennedy-Nixon election. Illinois’ electoral votes were slightly more than the total edge that Kennedy had over Nixon, putting Kennedy in the White House.)
One could say that Chicago suffers from the same malady that Massachussets does: They keep electing Daleys like Boston keeps electing Kennedys.
Enron guys live in the U.S. The Liberals do not.
Lawyer determined to ‘cut off the lifeblood’ of terrorism
Stewart Bell, National Post
…Can terrorism be crippled with lawsuits?
“Absolutely, unequivocally,” Mr. Motley said in an interview yesterday at a downtown hotel. “You cut off the money, you cut off the lifeblood.
“Ron Motley’s not on a personal political jihad here,” he added. “It’s a fact.”
Last night, Mr. Motley spoke at a Toronto synagogue on using the civil courts to fight terror. Today, he is to address the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association. His presentation is titled “From Tobacco to Terrorism.”…
http://tinyurl.com/jvgjy
Police arrest 23 in Eagleridge Bluffs blockade.
Anyone see how differently this has been handled than the issue in Caledonia?
Good point Lee. BTW at least one of those arrested was aboriginal.
The aboriginal lady arrested at “Camp Chardonnay” has been dis-owned by her Squamish Band, who are 110% behind the Olympics & the highway construction.
The band thinks she is an enviro-kook and wants nothing to do with her and they went to some lengths to get that message across on the local Vancouver news outlets.
Commenter: Thanks for the lesson!
An Ontario Farmer.
McGuinty is giving half a billion to Caledonia with ‘more to come’.
Liberal Hush money. My, my, look how fast McGuinty could find half a billion for this! And more to come? I also wonder how much the natives will get ‘for this land’? Fifteen million damage to hydro transformer, no big deal. Forgedaboudit. The millions in losses to people outside of Caledonia…forgedaboudit.
I guess folks, Ontario farmers should take a lesson from this. After all of our protesting after the hardest growing years on history, we got 125 million from McGuinty for each and every farmer in this province. Never mind that we pay taxes and create 90,000 jobs in Ontario.
HERE’S THE LESSONS:
We weren’t violent enough.
We should have insulted OPP officers.
We should have broken laws.
We should have taken out the power for all Ontario residents.
We should have destroyed bridges and roads.
We should have set huge tire fires all over Ontario.
We should have blocked traffic.
Of course as we’ve been shown, the OPP won’t arrest anyone.
Thank you natives for showing us our errors. Next time, we’ll do better.
L
http://www.voy.com/178771/15553.html
a protester/instigator with a most appropriate name
When Shakespeare’s Coriolanus begins the 54th season of the Stratford Festival on Monday night, all eyes will be on a mob raging against what they see as the cold-hearted disdain of those ruling their impoverished state.
And that’s outside the theatre.
What began as a local protest by the Perth County Coalition Against Poverty has become a larger event that threatens to disrupt the opening of Canada’s most prominent theatre group.
“Our game plan is to shut the theatre down for the evening,” coalition organizer Doug Trollope told the Star yesterday.
read it all . . . . 50 years of social engineering and this is what we get
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1148593811611&call_pageid=968867495754&col=969483191630
Note: Peterson is Bob Rae’s left-hand buddy… Peterson was the fixer for BS crossing the floor to Big Daddy AdScam $$Martin. $$$$$$Librano$
This has been a learning experience for me as well.
Dave Peterson has a wonderful way of summing up the official attitude. He told the people of Caledonia that the dispute was none of their business!
The media is already out there, repeating the mantra that white racism was the cause of the trouble. …
http://www.voy.com/178771/15556.html
Commenter: “Bugs”
Here’s a proposal. Have the Federal gov’t cover the expenses related to Caledonia, and deduct that amount from the transfers to First Nations through INAC. Demonstrate that there are fiscal consequences for those people who chose to destroy or damage someone else’s property / infrastructure.
Steeve J :Here’s a proposal. Have the Federal gov’t cover the expenses related to Caledonia, and deduct that amount from the transfers to First Nations through INAC. Demonstrate that there are fiscal consequences for those people who chose to destroy or damage someone else’s property / infrastructure.
Nice idea. Too bad that the Socialists would laugh at it. It was all white inspired racism don’t you know.
They care nothing for the working citizan. Its all about there ideology. Individualss are expendable. The dogma must be pure. Hence patients should die for hospitals shortages to keep there communist health system with no private outlet. Keeping the party line no matter who dies.
One of those points is: All racism is a White phenomina & society is the hot house that makes criminals & Natives the way they are. If not the cause of poverty. Alkies, early release of nuts, criminals, given a free ride, & finnaly drug addicts . All the result of the middle class as the Loony left thinks. It why they weep over monsters. Yet children mean nothing.
The fact Indian affairs is more corrupt than all the scandles put together & always has been. Means nothing.
Its like the Socialist insanity of thinking gay marage is natural & hetro is the unatural state.
They slur the poor, thinking poverty causes crime. It never occurs to them to look up the facts. AS many middle calss & rich , end up criminals as the poor .
This Native group in Caledonia where thugs & vandals. Now there given a reward for there behavior . When we know what would have hapend if the Whites there had done the same? The usual double standard from Socialists.
If it was up too thenm . Jails would be empty & addicts would have free drugs & boozers free drink. They would make out city cores a wilderness of crime & poverty.
Prime Minister Harper fits this “job description”. Wow, Iggy tells all about Harper. Kudos, to Iggy, aka Mikhail. ..
(Courtesy: TDH Strategies – Solutions for Everyone)
“What would you do to make politics more human and more accessible to the common voter?
Just talk to people, listen to people, treat them with respect. The leadership campaign is a small rooms campaign in which you sit and listen to people. I’m about to go to another small event where people are going ask me about my policies and my views, and we’re going to have a discussion. I think that you can renew people’s faith in politics if you treat people with respect and listen to them carefully. And then, the second thing you have to do if you are able to secure power, is that you really have to lead. Leading means making difficult decisions without perfect information, without enough time, that are bound to change the course of your country. Well, it’s very difficult, and you succeed or you fail, but it is certainly built into the job description.” …
Stephen Harper was in British Columbia on Thursday to announce he planned to make street racing a criminal offence. The Press Gallery showed up, and, you guessed it, turned the event into a story about the Press Gallery.
CBC carried clips from the Q&A.
Harper comments that “The Press Gallery will not allow journalists to ask questions.”
A reporter off-camera bellows: “It’s simply not true what you just said.”
Calling the Prime Minister or President of a country a liar is what passes for journalism these days. It’s the fastest way to become a hero to the Press Gallery.
Except that Harper was explaining fact, and it was the reporter who was lying. It’s even on video…
When the Prime Minister arrived, he took a question or two from the lines, then asked Tim Naumetz, who writes for Canwest and Time Canada, whether he had any questions. The transcript of what happened tells the story:
http://blackrod.blogspot.com/2006/05/news-with-disclaimer.html
And let’s not forget just one hero of many who make all this discussion, and native unrest possible…Captain Nichola Goddard. May she rest in peace.
Just a question…does anyone know if Bill Roggio is in country with the Canucks yet? I know his site says that a week after 9th May he was going,so i was wondering if there was any word….
Paul Wells speaks about the parlementary press gallery (from 2003)…
“We have become a ridiculous bunch. For the past five years it was hard to find 200 words, in even the Globe and Mail, on the contents or ramifications of any bill before the Commons.”
http://weblogs.macleans.ca/paulwells/archives/week_2006_05_21-2006_05_27.asp#002357
From CBC:
“A judge in Nebraska sentenced a convicted child molester to probation instead of prison, saying she believed the man’s short stature would cause him harm in prison.
Cheyenne County Court District Judge Kristine Cecava on Tuesday sentenced Richard Thompson to 10 years probation instead of the 10-year prison term she said his crimes deserved.”
http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2006/05/26/short-prison.html
Gogo messed up justice system.
Anyone get the newest edition of Maclean’s (May 29) “Your Tax Dollars at Work – Flight to Hawaii $8000. Cocktails in Paris $7,600. Federal bureaucrats spend billions on travel and hospitality. They say it’s tightly controlled. It isn’t”
This is probably part of the relocation scam that bloggers uncovered during the election campaign. Why is this just seeing the light of day now, and why are just the bureaucrats fingered here and not the liberal government who was in power and supposedly in charge for the last 12 years? The buck should stop with them. And heads should roll. This spending spree sickens me. Bureaucrats have a culture of entitlement as well, it seems.
and meanwhile, in the socialist nirvana of Grant’s Saskatchewan, Kyoto is a BIG deal
“An analysis of provinces and territories reveals four in particular — Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan and New Brunswick — have seen their emissions rise astronomically. Saskatchewan has experienced the greatest percentage growth: a 61.7-per-cent increase since 1990”
socialists, gotta feel for them.
Maybe it has something to do with the state of teh highways ??
Worthy article about the Ottawa Press Gallery from Ottawa Watch:
http://ottawawatch.blogspot.com/2006/05/ok-press-gallery.html
Galloway: Blair’s death would be justified
LONDON – Maverick British politician George Galloway has claimed it would be “morally justified” for an assassin to target Prime Minister Tony Blair, but he said he was not advocating an attempt, according to a magazine interview published Friday.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060526/ap_on_re_eu/britain_galloway
Lorriane… “worthy article” , that’s an understatement! It’s excellent , thanks.
Governor General warns against sensationalism in Canadian journalism
HALIFAX (CP) – Gov. Gen. Michaelle Jean cautioned Thursday against sensationalism and gossip replacing critical news reporting, urging an audience of journalists to remember their civic responsibility.
http://tinyurl.com/ohntp
..meanwhile:…
Controversy: Jean-Daniel Lafond
Both in and outside of Canada, the debate over his documentary is heating up
http://tinyurl.com/mapn6
From globeandmail.com, “Afghan exit strategy involves staying put until 2009: O’Connor”, CHRIS MORRIS, Canadian Press:
‘Romeo Dallaire, the former commander of the UN peacekeeping mission during the Rwandan genocide of 1994, has said Canada should send 1,500 troops into Darfur, or at least contribute 500 soldiers to a UN rapid-reaction brigade already operating in Sudan.’
I have searched the web and can find no mention that UNMIS has any such thing as a “rapid-reaction brigade”.
I don’t think Dallaire has any idea what he is talking about. The UN force for Southern Sudan (UNMIS) has the following strength, May 2006:
http://www.un.org/Depts/dpko/dpko/bnote.htm#unmis
“troops 8,034; military observers 635; police 596; international civilian 671; local civilian 1,242; UN volunteer 99”
This is from the UNMIS site:
http://www.unmis.org/english/military.htm
“Of the 10,000 peacekeepers, there will be 750 UN Military Observers (UNMOs), who will carry out monitoring and verification activities in their respective areas of responsibility.
Of the 10,000, approximately 4,000 peacekeepers will make up a protection force, which will be responsible for protecting UN staff, equipment, and installations as well as helping Sudanese authorities to protect any civilians who come are in imminent danger.
Another 4,000 peacekeepers will be involved in administrative and logistical support activities, along with demining and reconstruction work.”
If the protection force’s main duty in protecting UN assets it can hardly be a rapid-reaction force. Helping Sudanese in only a secondary function.
The reporter, Chris Morris of CP, should do a little more work before taking Sen. Dallaire’s statements at face value.
Mark
Ottawa
http://www.cbc.ca/north/story/nor-pang-skull-mystery.html
cbcpravda error. this story says global cooling.
Another excellent article on the PPG
http://blackrod.blogspot.com/2006/05/news-with-disclaimer.html
Read what he says about how the PPG prevented a reporter from asking questions.
Mark: I wonder if the good general was talking about the newly formed “Rapid Reaction Brigade”… which is just in its early stages of training and outfitting?
Or… is it this
http://www.defense-aerospace.com/cgi-bin/client/modele.pl?prod=13229&session=dae.21059229.1148673125.RHdcZcOa9dUAABTbysU&modele=jdc_1
Or… is it in reference to the 2003 unit that Canada was supposed to run on behalf of the UN?
Merrill Lynch Raises Alarm on Health of Newspaper Industry (Dinosaur Media Extinction Alert)
Posted by abb
On 05/26/2006 12:36:38 PM PDT · 2 replies · 52 views
Editor & Publisher | May 26, 2006 | Jennifer Saba
By Jennifer Saba Published: May 26, 2006 12:20 PM ET NEW YORK For years it has been said that the newspaper industry is on a downturn. Publishers have always characterized it as a gentle, slow decline, a perception that allows them to take time to figure things out. But a new report from Merrill Lynch’s Lauren Rich Fine — a champion of newspapers — reveals publishers better get on the stick, because the industry may be deteriorating faster than thought. “I have not completely lost faith,” she wrote in a report released today, “but I still think the economic climate… …
freerepublic.com
Debris Trail: Who knows? But there is no such brigade in Sudan now.
Mark
Ottawa
The Canadian Special Operations Regiment is a rapid reaction force…. so, who knows what Dallaire is referring to.
“wrapped up”… Say, goodnight, Chuck. Enjoy your freedom and be happy, Chuck. We’ll now wait for your book. $$$
Crown wraps up case against Guite
MONTREAL (CP) – The Crown has wrapped up its case in Chuck Guite’s fraud trial, with the accused saying he will not take the stand or call witnesses. … cnews
News with a Disclaimer – from http://www.dustmybroom.com/ . A worthwhile read.
Canadian Press
VICTORIA — Prime Minister Stephen Harper says he wants fixed dates for federal elections.
Harper told the Victoria chamber of commerce the government will introduce a bill next week calling for fixed elections every four years.
Harper says fixed election dates will put an end to governing parties manipulating the timing of elections.
He says the bill will propose the next election take place in the fall of 2009.
British Columbia, Ontario and Newfoundland-Labrador have fixed election dates.
I’m loving it!
Rex Murphy: “So we are at war.” Salute to Rex Murphy and Newfoundland and Labrador. Lest we Forget.
Battlefield Tour Diary
… described the Royal Newfoundland Regiment ’s tragic losses on July 1st , 1916 . … Tyne Cot – (Passchendael ) the largest Allied cemetery with 12000 . ..
Excerpt:
“So we are at war. We are at war because we acknowledge our own interest in Afghanistan and because as Canadians we see the value of extending, if we can, some measure of liberty and democracy to a people who have not tasted those virtues.
The campaign in Afghanistan can be seen as harmonious with the liberation efforts that Canadian forces, to their honour, were associated with in the far more enormous campaigns of the First and Second World Wars. That, as I see it, is the rationale of our mission in Afghanistan. To the extent that a majority of Canadians accept these goals and fully appreciate and understand them, the mission will have the kind of support outside parliament that is necessary to maintain it. Achieving that appreciation and understanding will take far more, however, than the very mixed effort in parliament last week. For “The National”, I’m Rex Murphy.” … voyforums
Government seeks to recover more sponsorship funds
For immediate release
OTTAWA, May 26, 2006 — The Government of Canada announced today that it is adding $7M to its civil lawsuit to recover sponsorship funds and two new defendants, Nicolas Gosselin and Alleluia, a subsidiary of a company already named in the Claim.
The government is also taking this opportunity to: restructure and format the Claim so that it is easier to understand; provide more details about the allegations; refine the amounts previously claimed ($1M); and comply with the Quebec Superior Court’s order to remove certain information from the Claim.
As a result, the government is now claiming a revised total amount of $63M against 30 firms and individuals, jointly and severally. This amount does not include the $1.6M that has already been recovered through settlement agreements.
“This amendment is a direct result of the federal government’s commitment to restore accountability and recover misused sponsorship funds,” said the Honourable Michael M Fortier, Minister of Public Works and Government Services. “With this amendment, we are now including further allegations of fraud and the Government is showing Canadians that it is committed to protecting their hard-earned tax dollars.”
A copy of the Claim for the Recovery of Funds can be obtained from Quebec Superior Court in Montreal located at the Palais de Justice, 1 Notre Dame East, Montreal, P.Q. The Statement of Claim will also be posted on PWGSC’s website once it is available in both official languages.
For updates on any developments concerning the status of the financial recovery, consult the PWGSC web site at: http://www.pwgsc.gc.ca/sponsorship/text/recovery-e.html
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How does the CBC describe the actions of a man that was responsible for well over 70 million peacetime deaths?
excesses of his regime.
Lorraine – many thanks for the information. Your posts are always top quality.
Thanks Lorrainne (2:10pm) for the link to the article in Ottawa Watch. No doubt the PPG would blackball Mark Bourrie is they ever read his blog but then again I think he is safe. I particularily like the quote about what it takes to really cover parliment. “Quite literally, anyone of average intelligence, nice clothes and basic hygene can collect it.” Perhaps that is why the PPG is so pissed, they realize they aren’t qualified.
should be parliament, my spel cheque isn’t workin
SoccerMom
This is probably part of the relocation scam that bloggers uncovered during the election campaign……
Keep the faith Our Guys will get to the civil service. Accountability extends to employees as well as elected officials.
And yes the MSM is lazy and incompetent.
Did they give any credit to Ferret for the story or did they pretend it was theirs?
BTW I hope you are not rewarding these clowns by subscribing.
The Black Rod strikes to the heart of MSM!
http://blackrod.blogspot.com/
Check it out!
Some stories from Palestine/Israel that you won’t read in the comically biased propaganda rag The National Post:
“The Interior Ministry usually will refuse to register a noncitizen as the father of an Israeli child without a DNA test if the couple married after the wife became pregnant, even though official ministry procedures do not require such a test.”
haaretz.com/hasen/spages/719960.html
“The Housing Ministry has requested NIS 32 million in the 2006 budget to provide security for the residents of Jewish enclaves in the heavily Palestinian neighborhoods of East Jerusalem.
…
Peace Now Secretary General Yariv Oppenheimer was furious yesterday over the ministry’s failure to keep this promise. “At a time when the State of Israel is abandoning cancer patients, it is giving settlers in East Jerusalem round-the-clock personal security, thereby declaring that the settlers’ lives are worth more,” he said.
…In addition to protecting the Jewish residents from attack by their Arab neighbors, the guards’ job includes escorting the residents to other places, both on foot and by car; guarding public facilities such as schools, kindergartens and the Mount of Olives cemetery; and providing first aid to residents who need it.
haaretz.com/hasen/spages/719963.html
“Rosh 1, the weekly magazine for young teens (girls, mostly), published by the mass-circulation daily Yedioth Ahronoth, overstepped the limit twice in a single advertisement – once in giving legitimization to pedophilia and once in encouraging young girls to have sex.
The advertisement is for underwear. The model is sprawled in a seductive pose on a sofa, wearing tiny underpants and a tight midriff top. She looks 14, at most. Her eyes are veiled and her lips slightly open. The text that is put in her mouth is unambiguous: “And what will you do to get into my panties?”
…
Rosh 1 is aimed at readers from the age of 10, if not younger. It teaches the girls that panties are there to be gotten into as soon as possible; it teaches the boys how to get into those panties with no effort.”
haaretz.com/hasen/spages/719954.html
“Israeli advice on the Mexico fence: be ruthless”
haaretz.com/hasen/pages/rosnerBlog.jhtml?itemNo=719046&contrassID=25&subContrassID=0&sbSubContrassID=1&listSrc=Y&art=1
“Israel should try to negotiate a long-term truce with Hamas, Mossad chief Ephraim Halevy said Friday, breaking away from a broad consensus in Israel that the Islamic militants must be shunned.”
haaretz.com/hasen/spages/720295.html
“So we are at war.” Rex Murphy.
The Battle of Panjwai, Afghanistan. …
Canadians fight, take prisoners in Afghanistan at ongoing Battle of Panjwai
By BOB WEBER
BANZYA, Afghanistan (CP) – Eight suspected Taliban prisoners squatted in the old crater left by a long-ago Russian bomb, handcuffed, blindfolded with duct tape. A Canadian soldier stood over them, rifle ready, and summed up the last 48 hours of what will become known as the Battle of Panjwai in two terse sentences.
“Last night we were fighting for our lives. Today we’re taking them prisoner.”
For nearly two weeks, hundreds of Canadians have been fighting in the mud-walled villages of the Panjwai district west of Kandahar, facing large concentrations of Taliban militants who – unusually – have chosen to fight rather than fade away. more
cnews
Yes, that Black Rod article on the PPG is really excellent.
It’s incredible, that the Press has nothing but their own power on their minds. All the TV news is nothing but Harper ‘denying questions’. One station has an interviewer asking young students, who obviously haven’t a clue about the situation – “What do you think of Mr. Harper refusing to answer questions from reporters on Parliament?
Wait. That’s an outright lie. Harper isn’t refusing to answer questions. It’s the PPG who are refusing to both ask, and to allow others to ask him questions. It’s a power play on the part of the PPG. They insist that they must decide who gets to ask questions. Why? Because they assert, in a blatantly anti-Harper statement, that IF Harper selects the questioner, THEN, he will select only the ‘greenest’, most innocuous questioner’. PROOF?
But what that statement by the PPG president reveals, is how deeply hostile and biased they are against Harper. They are accusing Harper of manipulation of the press – before he has even done such a thing.
And, as noted, every TV news, every minute of Duffy and Newman, is filled with this nonsense, and false accusations against Harper. You simply can’t switch to any channel without hearing some twit saying – Doesn’t this show that Harper is a control freak’?
Wait. Why call him names? Why not, if you believe that, simply say ‘ Harper wants to control X’. Why ‘freak’? And furthermore, how about the FACT that the PPG are insisting that THEY ought to control who asks questions?
Has the media defined the PPG as ‘control freaks’? Why not? Why do they call Harper such names?
here we go again
Volpe campaign gets big bucks from teen kids of drug company executives
JOAN BRYDEN
OTTAWA (CP) – Liberal leadership hopeful Joe Volpe has received $54,000 in donations from two drug company executives and their wives and kids.
Under a new political financing law that went into force in 2004, corporate donations to leadership contestants are strictly prohibited. But while a company cannot contribute money to a campaign, a company’s executives, employees and family members are each entitled to give a maximum of $5,400.
When the law was introduced, critics argued it amounted to a loophole that would allow companies to circumvent the ban on corporate donations.
According to a statement of contributions filed by Volpe with Elections Canada, Barry Sherman, CEO and chairman of generic drug manufacturer Apotex Inc., donated $5,400 to the Toronto MP’s leadership bid.
Sherman’s wife, Honey, and four children – all residing at the same address – also gave $5,400 each
reminds me of this scandal . . . Joe, ya should pick better friends . . . wondered in what cesspool of the LPC Elie Betito ended up in.
http://www.smalldeadanimals.com/archives/003163.html
Vancouver Sun excerpt:
“The 167-person Liberal caucus will hold its annual summer retreat in Vancouver August 21-24 to show the party still cares about B.C. even though former leader Paul Martin has vacated the leadership post.”
Note to self: Make sure to take holidays out of town from August 21-24.
May 26, 2006
A Shocking Memorial Day Weekend
By Bill Roggio
A quick note: My Memorial Day weekend will consist of numerous flights. I’ll be in Afghanistan by the beginning of the week and look forward to getting out into the field.
Michael Yon’s photo and post on the child killed in Mosul. Click to view.
On this Memorial Day weekend, we should take the time to honor the sacrifices of our servicemen and women. They fight hard for our freedom, under very difficult circumstances and at great personal risk and hardship. Unfortunately, the HFM media conglomerate has chosen this weekend to launch “Shock” magazine, and the lead story is dedicated to shocking the audience by showing photographs of our wounded soldiers and drawing parallels between Iraq and Vietnam.
As if that is not offensive enough, the publishers have stolen Michael Yon’s photograph of Major Mark Bieger cradling an Iraqi child murdered by a suicide bomber in Mosul, and have placed this image on the cover of the magazine. Michael is a friend, fellow traveler and Veteran. He has taken risks himself to cover the fight against al-Qaeda and the insurgency in Iraq, and has recently traveled to Afghanistan as well.
Register your displeasure with HFM for dishonoring our troops on their weekend, and for their blatant theft and misuse of Michael’s work. Blackfive has the details.
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