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One doesn;t have to look very far to find reps of the MSM crying about FEMA not facilitating the photographing of operations recovering human remains from the shambles. For instance here in the WaPo, and when the CHief checked the NYT OpEds the futility of responding to the veritable truckloads of manure about the post-Katrina situation became immmediately evident.

The real bone of contention the MSM cites, is that to report on the situation, the public must be able to view all the gory details of retrieval of human remains after a week+ in the bilges of flooded New Orleans.

The Chief doesn't agree, but prima facie, it IS an arguable point. IF the point is conceded however, why did the MSM staunchly resist showing the people jumping from the World Trade Center on 9-11? Oh, yeah, that was to prevent offending and/or inflaming viewers with the harsh reality of the face of Islamofascism at work.

What's the difference here? In one case showing the events to the public would have had the practical effect of shoring up the support for the terror-war, and thereby reinforcing the responses of the administration. (Nope, mustn't do THAT!)

In the case of NOLA, the scenes shown would be used to try to club the administration over the Katrina disaster and it's aftermath. (Yes, the public needs to see that!)

Once again, the MSM is showing that it's effective motto should be adapted from it's flagship New York Times slogan "All the news that's fit to print" morphing into a more truthful version: "ALL THE NEWS THAT FITS, WE PRINT!"

From The Economist:A big decision for South DakotaThe air force has a future in South Dakota. Do the Democrats?IT WOULD take a direct hit from an enemy warhead to breach the 25 tons of steel and 12 inches of concrete...

Regarding John Thune and Ellsworth I used a quarterback analogy. The quarterback gets too much blame when the team loses and too much credit when the team wins. I guess the same goes for presidents. Bush is getting more blame...

Earlier I posted on Tim Johnson? remark on the upcoming judicial nominations in which he referred to the mainstream. I received this email: Steve I see Tim Johnson is using the word mainstream again, what does he mean. Is there...

Once again, here are a couple of links if you're wanting to make a monetary donation to help out with Hurricane Katrina aid: The American Red Cross. Soldiers' Angels. The American Kennel Club's Canine Relief Fund. Here's a mailing address...

By-laws changed proposed for upcoming meeting

THe Chief has recently learned of some proposed by-laws changes for the SD GOP that would have the immediate effect of greatly reducing the possible participation in the state conventions.

This would be a HUGE bad move, unless what is desired is to freeze out grass-roots participation, and keep things neatly bundled up to be run by a would-be elite group. NOT the way to go!

If this were implemented, the Chief would seriously think about affiliating with the Whigs instead of the GOP, to get away from the RINOs once and for all!

H/T to Dakota War College for this one - he has a really great post that spells out the gory details at greater length, so if this catches your attention, go check it out....nothing to disagree with there as far as the Chief is concerned.

Disclosure Notice: The Chief is currently a precinct committeeman, and just completed two terms as GOP County Chair, and has been involved in GOP activity since Youth for Goldwater days. (Sheesh - thinking about THAT could start to make a guy feel a bit of the mileage!)

Charles notes that the San Francisco chapter of the "9/11 Truth Moonbats Alliance" held an "artwork" contest, with a special category for kids. And while the little tyke who won certainly created some nifty spew (talk about rotten parenting), nothing...

Chad at CCK has a post on the Roberts nomination to be Chief Justice (I checked, Professor Schaff and it really was Chad). The CCK position is perfectly reasonable.I don?t claim to be any expert on the nomination process. But...

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