tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post2090052978043693341..comments2023-11-03T03:17:27.053-05:00Comments on NPR Check: He Just Keeps Going, and Going, and...Mytwordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04307620268159811668noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-10293118290251444182009-01-10T17:14:00.000-06:002009-01-10T17:14:00.000-06:00these two make sure that the story only reflects a...these two make sure that the story only reflects a "CIA insider's" perspective - right down to Norris wondering aloud, "You've been speaking to intelligence professionals. I'm interested in hearing a a little bit more about how they are reacting to this?"<BR/><BR/>Intelligence insiders? professionals?<BR/><BR/>You mean like 27 year CIA veteran Ray McGovern?<BR/><BR/>The guy who prepared the President's daily briefing under 3 Presidents? The guy who, unlike Tenet and the other intelligence "geniuses" in the Bush admin actually got it right on Iraq?<BR/><BR/>Here's what McGovern says about Panetta:<BR/><I>In choosing Leon Panetta to take charge of the CIA, President-elect Barak Obama has shown he is determined to put an abrupt end to the lawlessness and deceit with which the administration of George W. Bush has corrupted intelligence operations and analysis.</I><BR/><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.antiwar.com/mcgovern/" REL="nofollow">Obama Picks a Conscience for the CIA</A><BR/><BR/>I'd take the advice (and word) of McGovern over that of Gjelten (or any NPR announcer clown) any day of the week. Gjelten, apparently has no clue what he is talking about in this case, the poor clueless sap.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-40617541273604490772009-01-06T17:26:00.000-06:002009-01-06T17:26:00.000-06:00Gupta is the clown who supposedly "fact checked" M...Gupta is the clown who supposedly "fact checked" Michael Moore's movie "Sicko" and then had to back off his claims when it turned out Moore was right.<BR/>http://www.michaelmoore.com/sicko/news/article.php?id=10017<BR/><BR/>I agree that Obama is scraping the bottom of the barrel on this one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-63643726242101835342009-01-06T16:17:00.000-06:002009-01-06T16:17:00.000-06:00Speaking of The Cabinet of the Mighty One, apparen...Speaking of The Cabinet of the Mighty One, apparently Sanjay Gupta is being considered for Surgeon General. <BR/>Please let this be a joke!<BR/>Gupta is a CNN spokesman, come on, there is nobody else who can be Surgeon General?<BR/>OK, let's have Lou Dobbs for Secretary of Commerce.<BR/><BR/>ellenrAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-71361261398626992532009-01-06T15:53:00.000-06:002009-01-06T15:53:00.000-06:00No one cares what Gjelten thinks -- least of all O...No one cares what Gjelten thinks -- least of all Obama.<BR/><BR/>The funniest part of the Panneta choice is that Obama did not "consult" Diane Feinstein.<BR/><BR/>How's that for a slap in the face?<BR/><BR/>It's great that Obama has chose someone from outside the CIA to clean up the cesspool.<BR/><BR/>These people have been running a amuk for YEARS.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-54585443240843422562009-01-06T12:01:00.000-06:002009-01-06T12:01:00.000-06:00My most ruddy, bountiful, downy, lupine thanks, Po...My most ruddy, bountiful, downy, lupine thanks, Port.<BR/><BR/>NPR CHECK - I'd rather read it from you than hear it from "them."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-9030628227935644162009-01-06T10:35:00.000-06:002009-01-06T10:35:00.000-06:00Plus Tommy the Gelatinous Spook implied ageism as ...Plus Tommy the Gelatinous Spook implied ageism as far as Panetta's being 70 is concerned. I seem to recall that NPR was a pretty tame haven for those who thought John McCain was ageless.<BR/><BR/>And big!pink!, not to worry - your batteries will long outlast those of this - this jelly-bean IMPOSTER!Porter Melmothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11473990960543501439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-9318698303095924982009-01-06T08:41:00.000-06:002009-01-06T08:41:00.000-06:00I can only hope that I'm a more likeable (and more...I can only hope that I'm a more likeable (and more earnest) big pink fuzzy bunny than the Gelatinous One. Though I have played a bass drum, that was back in my high school days.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-6011549505705842702009-01-06T08:27:00.000-06:002009-01-06T08:27:00.000-06:00Gjelten is a slippery little beastie. I'd listene...Gjelten is a slippery little beastie. I'd listened to the interview with Greenwald a couple of weeks back, and in the end he seemed to finally back down (a bit), when Glen repeatedly called him on the issue of his contention that Teh Left Blogosphere was being totally knee-jerk re: the CIA (so why did we care about Valerie Plame, anyway?). Und nau, he's baaaaack.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com