Fox News is the Greatest

[Spence]

CNN and MSNBC are so boring they almost put me to sleep. Only Fox News delivers the kind of steady comedy I want during the day and that's why it's the news channel I watch most often in my office. Consider the following...

As the very real possibility of civil war in Iraq is looming and hundreds of people have died in the last few days ["Iraq's defence minister warned of the risk of an endless "civil war" as sectarian violence flared again..." -- Source (http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/MAC534740.htm)], you might think this would be a bad thing. That's because you haven't looked on the bright side of genocidal civil war. Fortunately, Fox News has:

http://mediamatters.org/static/images/item/cavuto-20060224-2.jpg

[Spence]

http://mediamatters.org/static/images/item/cavuto-20060224-1.jpg

[RedskinsDave]

Next on FoxNews Health Watch: Hemorrhoids, an upside to that itch and burn?

[Spence]

Okay, Dave's made a good start. Who can come up with their best Fox News headline, based on the one at the top of this thread?

[RedskinsDave]

Nuclear Holocaust: UV Free Tans for Everyone?

[akhhorus]

Herpes and AIDS: Will it help you be more celibate?

Armageddon: Plenty of lake of fire-side real estate available!

The Dow Jones drops 10,000 points: Plenty of bargains available!

Giant Earthquake seperates California from the 47 other states: Bridge Construction futures soar!

[Spence]

"Flesh Eating Virus -- Your Key to Easy Weight Loss?"

[Agrawog]

AIDS Epidemic in Africa Out of Control!: Real Estate Opportunities Abound!

[Ibleedburgundy]

A few of my Republican friends were complaining about how bias they thought the Washington Post is based on their coverage of the Cheney shooting for three whole days. I sent them this FOX news pro-civil war screenshot from mediamatters along with a few Washington Post pro-Bush editorials and they finally conceeded the point and gave "props" to the WP.

I do not see how even FOX could spin a civil war positively. Wouldn't that eliminate just about everything we've been fighting for over the last 3 years?

[Spence]

The Post isn't biased against the Bush admin. They kept running those Cheney stories because they were humiliated that they didn't break that story in the first place. Some rinky-dink little local newspaper broke it and, not only that, they refused to be big-footed by the big papers and kept on running the most informative stories. The Post running all those stories was a classic case of overload caused by embarrassment.

[Santheb]

This is why I love the Daily Show and The Colbert Report.

[redskin_rich]

I hate when I'm late to the fun threads...


Bird Flu Pandemic....Possible solution to ever increasing burden on Social Security?

[Biggie]

World War III - Cheaper tickets to France?

[CNYSkinFan]

Global Warming is real...soon Oceanfront property in Ohio

[Spence]

Still more Fox funnies. They're done suggesting that the Iraq civil war could be a good thing. Now, the new line is that the civil war isn't actually happening. This must come as quite a surprise to the survivors of the roughly 1500 Iraqis who have died in the last few days. The truth, apparently, is that the whole civil war thingie has been made up by the communists who run the U.S. media! I've always suspected Katie Couric of masterminding a few of those police station suicide bombings.

[dukeuch]

Civil war in Iraq is the only way the idiots who "planned" the Iraqi fiasco can escape by saying "well, we did our job, turned it over to the Iraqis, who couldn't come through. Nobody to blame but the Iraqis themselves."

[RedskinsDave]

Civil war in Iraq is the only way the idiots who "planned" the Iraqi fiasco can escape by saying "well, we did our job, turned it over to the Iraqis, who couldn't come through. Nobody to blame but the Iraqis themselves."

And yet that appears to be true.

[Keino]

And yet that appears to be true.

That would be a legitimate point had there not been pre-war forewarnings that a civil war would occur.

[dukeuch]

That would be a legitimate point had there not been pre-war forewarnings that a civil war would occur.

Precisely. Even if one bought into the original premises of going there in the first place, the Administration ignored the enormity of resources, soldiers, and commitment which would be required to provide a stable country required for a fledgling democracy to succeed (although I seoriusly doubt an American style and supported democracy would ever succeed there). They were otld, and they ignored the warnings.

[RedskinsDave]

No, they admin ignored the fact that some people just will never accept democracy and prefer to live under someone else's thumb. I've always said these people who have a great history of being run over by others will always prefer to live that way. Freedom is not for everyone.

[dukeuch]

No, they admin ignored the fact that some people just will never accept democracy and prefer to live under someone else's thumb. I've always said these people who have a great history of being run over by others will always prefer to live that way. Freedom is not for everyone.

I agree that "freedom is not for everyone", some societies view safety, security, and food as more important than freedom. That Iraq is more dangerous, with fewer resources available to it's populace than prior to the start of the war a few years back does not helps us. I disagree that "those people" will prefer to live under someone elses thumb. I am pretty sure they were not too happy that we origianally propped up Hussien, and probably don't trust us too much since then.

I would say also say that the administration ignored warnings from expert pertaining to the Iraqis hatred of us, troop levels which would be required to secure the country from violence, the likelyhood of sectarian warring in the abscence of a dictator, and the level of spending which would be required to rebuild the country. Actually, ignored is probably the wrong word seeing they punished those who dared bring up these inconvenient views, which events seem to indicate are facts.

[dukeuch]

No, they admin ignored the fact that some people just will never accept democracy and prefer to live under someone else's thumb. I've always said these people who have a great history of being run over by others will always prefer to live that way. Freedom is not for everyone.

Pretty stupid mistake for them to ignore that "fact", huh?

[RedskinsDave]

Pretty stupid mistake for them to ignore that "fact", huh?

Yeah, those silly pollyannas over there were crazy enough to believe that all people want to be free, those nutty little fruit loops them!

[dukeuch]

Yeah, those silly pollyannas over there were crazy enough to believe that all people want to be free, those nutty little fruit loops them!

Hey, I guess I agree with your viewpoints there. I suppose next time it might be wise to understand what can and cannot be done before spending thousands of American lives, tens of thousands of innocent citizens lives, and hundreds of billions of dollars.