Apparently, there’s no room in the world of modern journalism for common sense. Instead, we find ourselves bombarded by stories about programs and methods we shouldn’t know about, for the sake of national security. If you can’t tell, I’m talking about the New York Slime and the Liberal Media which only serves as a tool for the anti-war Left in today’s media age.

Let me relinquish my normal role of speaking for the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy for a moment, and let me speak instead for common sense. We have a determined and brutal enemy, willing to attack us using any method that will kill and cause chaos. Our enemy is intelligent, using a loosely-formed network of cells and individual attackers to cause mayhem across the globe. Our enemy will exploit any weakness that is revealed to them, and will use any hole in our security to destroy us. We learned these painful truths on one fateful morning in September.

So, given that information, you’d be bound to believe that the media and even the Leftist hate groups in this nation would give pause to their usual anti-Republican propaganda campaign and instead push for a unified and secure America. Unfortunately, the zeal of which they oppose this current administration matches the very zeal our enemies have in opposing freedom. The media is now willing to give our enemies vital information; information which can be easily used to exploit security holes and plan future attacks, just to turn the tide of public opinion against this Presidency.

I’m sorry, but even as a believer in free speech, I believe there are some moments when the Left-Wing Media should shut up, keep to themselves, and think about the security of their fellow Americans. God knows we will not be able to blame the media when future attacks occur in this nation, and it’s quite possible that the media tyrants will be blaming the very administration they are targeting. Their efforts are diminishing our capability of preventing future terrorist attacks, yet we all know who’ll they’ll blame when we’re struck. For the sake of security, let’s tell the media to shut the hell up.

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1. Actually speaking for the “VRWC” and speaking comon sense are one and the same.

   Comment by Kender — 6/24/2006 @ 6:59 pm

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2. You call this gibberish “common sense”? There’s no sense in it. As an incoherent, paranoid rant, it’s quite entertaining. “Leftist hate groups”, “media tyrants”, “let’s tell the media to shut the hell up.” Not especially creative, but it’s takes a lot of mental energy to whip oneself into a froth.

   But hey, if vague, hysterical charges against the shadowy forces known as the “Left” and the “Media” are what passes for “common sense” on these pages, who am I to judge?

   Comment by Mean Gene — 6/24/2006 @ 7:56 pm

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3. Mean Gene, may I ask if you think it’s ok for the New York Slime to release information about key anti-terror programs? Do you think it’s OK to give information to our enemies? Do you think treason is ok?

   Comment by RealTeen — 6/25/2006 @ 8:23 am

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4. […] I did a post about the New York Slime and their war against National Security over at The Wide Awakes. I rant on how the Left-Wing Media should worry about the safety of fellow Americans, and they need to shut up. […]

   Pingback by Right on the Right » Sunday Morning Round-Up — 6/25/2006 @ 8:43 am

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5. Leave it to a guy calling himself ‘mean gene’ to speak for any voice of reason, civility or common sense. That by itself is a huge laugh; but then people who have an opposing view to the VRWC don’t seem to be loaded with facts, articles or links to back up their positions; the only thing they have left is ad hominem.

   Michelle Malkin says it pretty good over at her place:

   The New York Times and their traitorous, leaking sources have done it again. (Hat tip: LGF) This time they’re broadcasting classified information on troop levels. Hey, Bill Keller–al Qaeda thanks you:

   The top American commander in Iraq has drafted a plan that projects sharp reductions in the United States military presence there by the end of 2007, with the first cuts coming this September, American officials say.According to a classified briefing at the Pentagon this week by the commander, Gen. George W. Casey Jr., the number of American combat brigades in Iraq is projected to decrease to 5 or 6 from the current level of 14 by December 2007…

   …General Casey’s briefing has remained a closely held secret, and it was described by American officials who agreed to discuss the details only on condition of anonymity.

   “Closely held secret.” Not. Anymore.

   (Ed Morrissey thinks it’s a controlled leak. But the law, as I’ve noted before, does not distinguish between “good” and “bad” leaks, “controlled” or “uncontrolled” ones. As Ed rightly notes, whatever the case, “the New York Times has once again specialized in publishing classified material on a story with only marginal news value.”)

   Special coverage at The Truth Laid Bear. And now…

   Time for Round III from the Anti-Blabbermouth Army of Photoshoppers:

   Slublog:
   

   Xardoz (hat tip -
   Impacted Wisdom Truth):
   

   Richard Pucillo:
   

   Are We Lumberjacks?:
   

   George Ratton:
   

   Russell Paine:
   

   Larry Sweeney:
   

   Kathy Yoder:
   

   Doug Morris:
   

   Blogs of War:
   

   Anonymous:
   

   John Schrenko:
   

   

   

   Comment by Cao — 6/25/2006 @ 9:50 am

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6. OK, first of all, “mean” rhymes with “gene”. It’s something of a joke. Though I don’t detect much of a sense of humor around these parts.

   Second, if you think I’m going to accept Michelle Malkin as someone with insight on this or any other subject, then you ARE funny. I’m sure you’d love to get a link from her someday to grab some traffic, but come now. Michelle Malkin? Yeesh. And Little Green Footballs? Good Lord.

   Calling the New York Times the “New York Slime” is childish–stop it right now. It makes you look unserious.

   Nowhere in your post do you mention what exactly the Times published that upset you. I can only assume you’re referring to the program used to track financial transactions that was recently disclosed. I don’t know how you expect to write a piece explaining why this is a bad thing when you don’t even say what the bad thing IS.

   Here’s the issue at hand–the fact that we’re tracking possible financial transactions of terrorists isn’t a bad thing. In fact, it’s something we should be doing. In fact, if we WEREN’T doing it, the Bush Administration would be in dereliction of it’s duty. Just as they would be in dereliction of its duty if they didn’t use the NSA to intercept phone calls and emails from suspected terrorists.

   Which brings us to the point of the matter. The Bush Administration is conducting this surveillence in violation of the law. There’s no oversight. They ignore laws like FISA that were passed specifically for this purpose. Instead of searching for messages or transactions of suspected terrorists, they look at whatever they want. In violation of the law. With no Congressional oversight. With no one even aware of what they’re doing.

   Are you cool with this? With a President who believes he can do whatever he wants, whenever he wants, without obeying the laws Congress has passed and that he’s sworn to uphold? If the President wanted this sort of authority, he should’ve gone to the Congress and asked them to pass a law allowing it. That’s the way our system works–by the rule of law. Not by whatever the President’s legal advisors say he’s allowed to do.

   Add in the fact that the Bush Administration has shown itself to be grossly incompetent when it comes to, well, just about everything. I wouldn’t trust any President with this sort of power–I sure as hell don’t trust George W. Bush with it.

   And what happens in 2009, when Bush finally leaves office. What if, say, the next President is Hillary Clinton? You’re comfortable with her having the power to listen to any phone call she wants to, monitor any financial transaction she wants, arrest American citizens without due process and hold them without trial or counsel for as long as she wants? All, of course, absolutely necessary to prosecute the War on Terror. At least, we’ll have to take her word for it. Yinz better hope she doesn’t take that “Right-Wing Conspiracy” thing too seriously.

   That isn’t America. We the People tell the government what it can or cannot do, and we do this through our elected officials in the Congress. When they pass laws, our laws, the President is supposed to obey them. He doesn’t get to follow the ones he likes and ignore those he doesn’t. That’s why what the Times has published has been of the greatest import–it shows the latest in a pattern of abuses of power by the Bush Administration.

   If these programs are so important (and they certainly are) why didn’t the Bush Administration follow the law or ask that a new law be written? Do you really think this supine Congress wouldn’t have given him what he wanted? No, the President doesn’t think he has to ask. He should be able to do what he wants. No matter that his actions might actually make any evidence collected thrown out of court because it was gathered illegally. Just another example of the arrogance, incompetence, and stupidity of the Bush Administration. They could follow the law, they could do the job right–but they didn’t. And there’s no excuse for it.

   Comment by Mean Gene — 6/27/2006 @ 12:02 am

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7. Actually I find it very odd that you would be saying things like ‘I don’t detect a sense of humor around these parts’. No, I don’t have much of a sense of humor when I consider that the NYT is sharing with terrorists how we are going about looking at their financial information.

   “mean” also rhymes with a lot of other words, so what is your point. That you’re harmless joking around leftist dude and nobody’s getting the joke?

   bean, beane, beene, bein, beine, biehn, bien, blouin, brean, breen, cheane, cian, clean, crean, dean, deane, deen, drouin, fiene, frean, freen, gean, gene, gheen, glean, gouin, green, greene, haen, jean, jeane, jeanne, kean, keane, keehn, keen, keene, kiehn, kiehne, kiene, kleen, lean, leen, lein, lene, lien, mein, meine, mien, nein, nene, peine, plein, preen, prien, queen, reen, scene, screen, seen, shean, sheen, skeen, skene, spleen, spreen, steen, stene, sween, teen, thien, treen, veen, vien, wean, wein, wien, xene

   bwahahahaha!

   Ok I’ll have to come back later, queen gene, Mr. Green Genes.

   Comment by Cao — 6/27/2006 @ 9:10 am

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8. Actually I find it very odd that you would ignore the arguments I made above and instead get out a rhyming dictionary. Or why you’d think that was funny. Eh.

   Comment by Mean Gene — 6/27/2006 @ 11:30 am

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