Tuesday, June 20, 2006
Ou sont les Neiges d'Antoine, part deux
I've bitched and moaned repeatedly about our bizarre situation where the American media are devoted strictly to giving the enemy side, while pro-American news and propaganda is only available on the Samizdat band. I hoped that Tony Snow would do some little part toward rectifying the situation, but no go. He's sucking up to Traitor Helen Thomas, and appearing on various news programs to say nothing at all. (What about the New York cyanide plot that we halted? "Won't confirm or deny.")
Meanwhile, we receive an important and positive bit of information - namely, that part of the Star Wars (SDI) setup is actually usable, and is now activated - through the indirect channel of Japanese news. Most Americans were not aware that any part of SDI was ready to use; I had the sense that it was still in development.
Memo to Snow: If you actually want to have public support, you might start by telling us about our successes. You can rely on the enemy (CBS, NBC, NYT, Fox, etc, etc) to describe our failures in great detail.
"Won't confirm or deny" is absolutely inadequate in today's situation.
I must conclude that the Bush "administration" genuinely dislikes and disdains public support, and doesn't especially care if the enemy wins or not. ¶ 1:26 PM
Meanwhile, we receive an important and positive bit of information - namely, that part of the Star Wars (SDI) setup is actually usable, and is now activated - through the indirect channel of Japanese news. Most Americans were not aware that any part of SDI was ready to use; I had the sense that it was still in development.
Memo to Snow: If you actually want to have public support, you might start by telling us about our successes. You can rely on the enemy (CBS, NBC, NYT, Fox, etc, etc) to describe our failures in great detail.
"Won't confirm or deny" is absolutely inadequate in today's situation.
I must conclude that the Bush "administration" genuinely dislikes and disdains public support, and doesn't especially care if the enemy wins or not. ¶ 1:26 PM
