From: MNMikeW on

"Alan Baker" <alangbaker(a)telus.net> wrote in message
news:alangbaker-C06CE9.13143130072010(a)news.shawcable.com...
> In article <8bgpttFmcfU1(a)mid.individual.net>,
> "MNMikeW" <MNMiikkew(a)aol.com> wrote:
>
>> "Alan Baker" <alangbaker(a)telus.net> wrote in message
>> news:alangbaker-EDCC5B.13025030072010(a)news.shawcable.com...
>> > In article <8bgp49Fhh5U1(a)mid.individual.net>,
>> > "MNMikeW" <MNMiikkew(a)aol.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> <bknight(a)conramp.net> wrote in message
>> >> news:dra656dounn78rv7lt2qppvaa6sbkal8tl(a)4ax.com...
>> >> > On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:42:27 -0700, Alan Baker
>> >> > <alangbaker(a)telus.net>
>> >> > wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >>In article <8bgo0iFaphU1(a)mid.individual.net>,
>> >> >> "MNMikeW" <MNMiikkew(a)aol.com> wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >>> >
>> >> >>> > You mean "She made the statements that Breitbart deliberately
>> >> >>> > distorted", don't you?
>> >> >>> >
>> >> >>> Breitbart didn't distort anything.
>> >> >>
>> >> >>Yes. He did.
>> >> >>
>> >> >>Editing a video so that you leave out information that totally
>> >> >>changes
>> >> >>its meaning is distortion.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > There's no way to get the far right to view anything without an un
>> >> > jaundiced eye. "None so blind...." you know.
>> >> >
>> >> > BK
>> >> >
>> >> Perhaps you two should see it for yourselves.
>> >>
>> >> http://biggovernment.com/abreitbart/2010/07/19/video-proof-the-naacp-awards
>> >> -ra
>> >> cism2010/
>> >
>> > Perhaps you should realize that that is not a video of her entire
>> > speech
>> > and even Breitbart now admits it was a distortion of her actions:
>> >
>> > "Correction: While Ms. Sherrod made the remarks captured in the first
>> > video featured in this post while she held a federally appointed
>> > position, the story she tells refers to actions she took before she
>> > held
>> > that federal position."
>>
>> This correction has nothing to do with what is on the tape. Just when it
>> was
>> recorded.
>
> No. The correction has nothing to do with when the video recorded, but
> when the events that were described on the tape took place.
>
>> >
>> > The full video is 43 minutes long.
>> >
>> > <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9NcCa_KjXk>
>> >
>> > Don't you think a real journalist would have reviewed that before
>> > putting up cherry-picked sections of it and passing judgement?
>> >
>> What makes you think he didn't have the whole video?
>
> If he did, that makes his actions even worse, because it has been pretty
> much universally agreed that anyone who has seen the whole video could
> never have made the claims of racism that Breitbart made.
>
> You're really digging yourself a hole here, Mike, and for what?
>
I not digging anything. Breitbart is attempting to show racism at the NAACP,
not specifically to Sherrod. Whether you think he does or does not
accomplish this is debatable.


From: MNMikeW on

"Alan Baker" <alangbaker(a)telus.net> wrote in message
news:alangbaker-5220E0.13145830072010(a)news.shawcable.com...
> In article <8bgpp7FlhfU1(a)mid.individual.net>,
> "MNMikeW" <MNMiikkew(a)aol.com> wrote:
>
>> <bknight(a)conramp.net> wrote in message
>> news:3db65615cpe39s1qjhqr94pvjppkrdpn6n(a)4ax.com...
>> > On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:46:15 -0500, "MNMikeW" <MNMiikkew(a)aol.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> >>
>> >><bknight(a)conramp.net> wrote in message
>> >>news:cs96565pcht63vii7n6ufcncmpdil3l6k4(a)4ax.com...
>> >>> On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:21:37 -0500, "MNMikeW" <MNMiikkew(a)aol.com>
>> >>> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>> The White House has apologized. Breitbart, who started the mess,
>> >>>>> hasn't. He's an idiot.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>Breitbarts target was the NAACP, not Sherrod. She made the
>> >>>>statements.
>> >>>>
>> >>> Try to watch this without your mind being closed and see where the
>> >>> origins of the problem were.
>> >>>
>> >>> http://www.google.com/search?q=shirley+sherrod&hl=en&safe=off&client=safar
>> >>> i&rls=en&prmd=nuvo&source=univ&tbs=nws:1&tbo=u&ei=mlBITJDrMIS8lQeUlZyiCw&s
>> >>> a=X&oi=news_group&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CCUQsQQwAA
>> >>>
>> >>> BK
>> >>
>> >>Did you see the video posted on Breitbarts site?
>> >>
>> > Not on his site, but on news sites. Obviously Sherrod saw them too or
>> > she wouldn't even think about suing him.
>> >
>> Well if you saw what Breitbart had posted, you would have seen that it
>> included the part where she said she had the revelation that it wasn't
>> about
>> black and white. She has no case.
>
> That makes it worse, doesn't it?
>
What? The leftys have their thongs in a bunch over how Breitbart supposedly
edited out the part about Sherrod and her "revelation". He didn't.


From: MNMikeW on

<bknight(a)conramp.net> wrote in message
news:fsc6561asj4rbc3g4h7t8grsd1f4bsojju(a)4ax.com...
> On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:02:57 -0500, "MNMikeW" <MNMiikkew(a)aol.com>
> wrote:
>
>>
>><bknight(a)conramp.net> wrote in message
>>news:mfb656lnn3k6l3kud0kfmufbuia7740k81(a)4ax.com...
>>> On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:52:27 -0500, "MNMikeW" <MNMiikkew(a)aol.com>
>
>>> As I said, you seem to want Obama to fail more than you want the
>>> country to recover. That's extreme right wing.
>>>
>>No Bobby you just don't get it. People want the country to recover. The
>>majority of us don't think Obama is going to get us there. Hopefully he
>>proves us wrong, but I just cant see it right now.
>>
>
> What I do get is that this is the first time I've seen any indication
> that you (tepidly) wish him well in trying to get us back on track.
>
> BK

Whatever Bobby. I'm heading to the cabin for some golf. Fifth round since
the cortisone injection and still working great. Wish I could say that about
my chipping.


From: Alan Baker on
In article <8bgrh0FvcoU1(a)mid.individual.net>,
"MNMikeW" <MNMiikkew(a)aol.com> wrote:

> "Alan Baker" <alangbaker(a)telus.net> wrote in message
> news:alangbaker-C06CE9.13143130072010(a)news.shawcable.com...
> > In article <8bgpttFmcfU1(a)mid.individual.net>,
> > "MNMikeW" <MNMiikkew(a)aol.com> wrote:
> >
> >> "Alan Baker" <alangbaker(a)telus.net> wrote in message
> >> news:alangbaker-EDCC5B.13025030072010(a)news.shawcable.com...
> >> > In article <8bgp49Fhh5U1(a)mid.individual.net>,
> >> > "MNMikeW" <MNMiikkew(a)aol.com> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> <bknight(a)conramp.net> wrote in message
> >> >> news:dra656dounn78rv7lt2qppvaa6sbkal8tl(a)4ax.com...
> >> >> > On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:42:27 -0700, Alan Baker
> >> >> > <alangbaker(a)telus.net>
> >> >> > wrote:
> >> >> >
> >> >> >>In article <8bgo0iFaphU1(a)mid.individual.net>,
> >> >> >> "MNMikeW" <MNMiikkew(a)aol.com> wrote:
> >> >> >
> >> >> >>> >
> >> >> >>> > You mean "She made the statements that Breitbart deliberately
> >> >> >>> > distorted", don't you?
> >> >> >>> >
> >> >> >>> Breitbart didn't distort anything.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>Yes. He did.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>Editing a video so that you leave out information that totally
> >> >> >>changes
> >> >> >>its meaning is distortion.
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> > There's no way to get the far right to view anything without an un
> >> >> > jaundiced eye. "None so blind...." you know.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > BK
> >> >> >
> >> >> Perhaps you two should see it for yourselves.
> >> >>
> >> >> http://biggovernment.com/abreitbart/2010/07/19/video-proof-the-naacp-awa
> >> >> rds
> >> >> -ra
> >> >> cism2010/
> >> >
> >> > Perhaps you should realize that that is not a video of her entire
> >> > speech
> >> > and even Breitbart now admits it was a distortion of her actions:
> >> >
> >> > "Correction: While Ms. Sherrod made the remarks captured in the first
> >> > video featured in this post while she held a federally appointed
> >> > position, the story she tells refers to actions she took before she
> >> > held
> >> > that federal position."
> >>
> >> This correction has nothing to do with what is on the tape. Just when it
> >> was
> >> recorded.
> >
> > No. The correction has nothing to do with when the video recorded, but
> > when the events that were described on the tape took place.
> >
> >> >
> >> > The full video is 43 minutes long.
> >> >
> >> > <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9NcCa_KjXk>
> >> >
> >> > Don't you think a real journalist would have reviewed that before
> >> > putting up cherry-picked sections of it and passing judgement?
> >> >
> >> What makes you think he didn't have the whole video?
> >
> > If he did, that makes his actions even worse, because it has been pretty
> > much universally agreed that anyone who has seen the whole video could
> > never have made the claims of racism that Breitbart made.
> >
> > You're really digging yourself a hole here, Mike, and for what?
> >
> I not digging anything. Breitbart is attempting to show racism at the NAACP,
> not specifically to Sherrod. Whether you think he does or does not
> accomplish this is debatable.

LOL

So he's trying to show racism by release a cherry-picked portion of a
speech that doesn't actually show racism if you actually watch the whole
thing?

--
Alan Baker
Vancouver, British Columbia
<http://gallery.me.com/alangbaker/100008/DSCF0162/web.jpg>
From: Alan Baker on
In article <8bgrk7FbjU1(a)mid.individual.net>,
"MNMikeW" <MNMiikkew(a)aol.com> wrote:

> "Alan Baker" <alangbaker(a)telus.net> wrote in message
> news:alangbaker-5220E0.13145830072010(a)news.shawcable.com...
> > In article <8bgpp7FlhfU1(a)mid.individual.net>,
> > "MNMikeW" <MNMiikkew(a)aol.com> wrote:
> >
> >> <bknight(a)conramp.net> wrote in message
> >> news:3db65615cpe39s1qjhqr94pvjppkrdpn6n(a)4ax.com...
> >> > On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:46:15 -0500, "MNMikeW" <MNMiikkew(a)aol.com>
> >> > wrote:
> >> >
> >> >>
> >> >><bknight(a)conramp.net> wrote in message
> >> >>news:cs96565pcht63vii7n6ufcncmpdil3l6k4(a)4ax.com...
> >> >>> On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:21:37 -0500, "MNMikeW" <MNMiikkew(a)aol.com>
> >> >>> wrote:
> >> >>>
> >> >>>>>>
> >> >>>>> The White House has apologized. Breitbart, who started the mess,
> >> >>>>> hasn't. He's an idiot.
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>Breitbarts target was the NAACP, not Sherrod. She made the
> >> >>>>statements.
> >> >>>>
> >> >>> Try to watch this without your mind being closed and see where the
> >> >>> origins of the problem were.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> http://www.google.com/search?q=shirley+sherrod&hl=en&safe=off&client=sa
> >> >>> far
> >> >>> i&rls=en&prmd=nuvo&source=univ&tbs=nws:1&tbo=u&ei=mlBITJDrMIS8lQeUlZyiC
> >> >>> w&s
> >> >>> a=X&oi=news_group&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CCUQsQQwAA
> >> >>>
> >> >>> BK
> >> >>
> >> >>Did you see the video posted on Breitbarts site?
> >> >>
> >> > Not on his site, but on news sites. Obviously Sherrod saw them too or
> >> > she wouldn't even think about suing him.
> >> >
> >> Well if you saw what Breitbart had posted, you would have seen that it
> >> included the part where she said she had the revelation that it wasn't
> >> about
> >> black and white. She has no case.
> >
> > That makes it worse, doesn't it?
> >
> What? The leftys have their thongs in a bunch over how Breitbart supposedly
> edited out the part about Sherrod and her "revelation". He didn't.

And making accusations about her racism aren't worse when you know they
aren't true?

--
Alan Baker
Vancouver, British Columbia
<http://gallery.me.com/alangbaker/100008/DSCF0162/web.jpg>
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