And since you didn’t feel the bias exists enough to address it, I would ask others who are more open minded to take note the next time you’re watching any of the media outlets on the list I had previously mentioned and can reproduce if required, especially Fox and CNN, listen to the language that the reporters are reading from the teleprompter. Israeli official STATES vs. Palestinian official CLAIMS; Palestinians KIDNAP or ABDUCT vs. Israel DETAINS or CAPTURES Arabs; Arabs MURDER Israelis vs. Israelis KILLS Arabs; and the ever prevalent Palestinians ATTACK vs. Israelis RETALIATE. Can you find a SINGLE case on Fox or CNN of Arabs RETALIATE to Israeli ATTACK/AGGRESSION?

You seem to have missed that experience and so rather than being able to have true empathy, you substitute stereotype for feeling. By stereotyping the oppressed, even in an idealized sense, you diminish them producing victims rather than real human beings. In this respect you are doing the same thing that the Corporate Media does, even though you oppose their conclusions. One can either live life asleep, or awake. To be aware of life’s complexities and alert to being educated beyond ones’ own pre-judgments, allows us to awake, see the world as it really is and hopefully do something about it that is effective.

When I was a young child, I remember my father telling me that he wanted four things for the world before he died: the USSR to no longer be a superpower; Germany to be reunited; the USA to no longer be a superpower; and Palestine to be a country again. Two out of the four have been realized, and when the third happens, the fourth will be a few months behind.

When large parts of the American population protested the US BEFORE the massacre with Iraq began, the Government ignored them, and they were a large minority of the population. Now when 1% of Israel protests the treatment of the Palestinians with respect to the Occupation, it becomes evident that Israel does not want peace and neither does the US.

The fact that the entire news media supports the Israeli position and ignores the plight of the Palestinians only emboldens Israel and the US. In fact when an Israeli bulldozer crushed a True AMERICAN Jew hero to death while she was trying to stop it from destroying Palestinian homes in Gaza, it received almost NO attention from the Press. I attended a play about the life of Rachel, and it was protested by Jewish groups and RABBIS because it was “too one-sided”. I don’t see ANY Jewish groups protesting Fox or CNN about their one-sided coverage. I thus thank Dr. Turley for providing one of the only forums for dissent against Zionism and the monopoly of the Corporate Media.

Wisdom begins when a person comes to realize that they don’t know everything. Sadly, young adults, except for those who are truly humble or some who possess genius, are not ready to understand this realization. As you age and gain experience you will either put aside this absolute belief that you know it all, or you will stultify your
innate intelligence and become like those you most despise. If its’ the former you will learn and grow throughout a productive life and if its’ the latter your lot will be anger and bitterness.

Zak,
I doubt that Amnesty International will be the career choice of most of these illegal detainees, if they get released. Guantanamo has created an appalling situation for the US. My sadness is that those responsible for its’ creation will not be called to task for it

After being tortured and imprisoned for being a chauffeur, I wonder what line of work this guy will be doing once (or if) he gets out. Maybe something for Amnesty International.

I wonder if Romero was setting up the evolution of the Zombies shown in “Land of the Dead” with that. I think a much more likely reason is he needed a reason to have Zombies in a mall.

I’m happy the treatment center worked for you. Now you have returned to the blog that is familiar to you, much like zombies go to the mall.

Jill

Thank God for the Patriot Act!

They will take you to the george bush international center for mindwipe. He’s living proof their techniques work.

Also, the US DOD defines terrorism as, “The calculated use of unlawful violence or threat of unlawful violence to inculcate fear; intended to coerce or to intimidate governments or societies in the pursuit of goals that are generally political, religious, or ideological”.

But in actual fact, according to Bush, a terrorist is any “bad guy” that doesn’t do US bidding. Hussein was OK when he was buying US WMD to kill Kurds, and fight a war with Iran but after Bush was elected, and two “oil men” were running the country, he became a “terrorist”. Libya and Korea were “terrorist” nations, but now they’re playing ball. Nelson Mandela was a “terrorist” until a few months ago for resisting the Apartheid Government of HIS country.

BTW, the above definition makes the US a “terrorist state”.

I’m addicted to reality. I think my family is planning an intervention.

Has this govt. ever once detained, tortured or abused even one innocent person? You always seem hung up on facts. What is your problem?

Jill

Actually I believe the original push for the war was because Saddam supposedly broke with his terms of surrender by researching and acquiring WMD. I vividly remember the “Don’t let the smoking gun be a mushroom cloud” rhetoric. The ties to 9/11 only came into play once it was clear that there weren’t any WMD to be found.

Commonsense,

How do you know that they’re terrorists at Guantanamo? I mean that seriously, how do you know that every person in Gitmo is a terrorist? Also, just so we’re clear on definitions, what makes someone a terrorist?

Now to the reasonable people on this blog, Bush and the Zionist neocons pushed for war initially by saying that Hussein was responsible for 911 – you’re senile, Zionist leader Murdoch still claims as much. So if thousands of people already died for 911, “oops, sorry, let’s now find the real culprit” shouldn’t suffice.

And if you people are too cowardly to even hide behind one pseudonym, two or more won’t make a difference – we all know you’re still one of the “original three”.