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From: MNMikeW on 30 Jul 2010 16:37 "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 30 Jul 2010 16:39 "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 30 Jul 2010 16:44 <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 30 Jul 2010 16:45 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 30 Jul 2010 16:46
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> |