Interviewer: In 2011 President Obama banned people from Iraq—did that not concern you?
Protester: No because I loved President Obama
Protester: No because I loved President Obama
Here's the article from the Economist on the topic
http://www.economist.com/node/21532335
I find the Economist and the WSJ to be as close to non-biased as you can get (although some will argue about the WSJ). Gone are the days of reporters just reporting the news. Everything now is an OP-ED because people can't think for themselves. The best one this weekend was CNN reporting that Trump had banned 134,000,000 from entering the U.S. That would have been fine if they would have included that Obama had banned 133,700,000 and Bush had banned 133,900,000. But of course, that wouldn't have enraged the fools that read their crap. We've had caps on refugees for quite some time. If only people could educate themselves on that instead of going off half-cocked and inconveniencing thousands at our airports. And don't get me wrong, I don't think this was executed well. But that doesn't excuse the fact that these morons picketing made matters considerably worst.
Great post bodyforlife. Funny when you provide facts, these guys stop responding. I just posted this in another one of these threads started by Willie.
No person accepted to the United States as a refugee, Syrian or otherwise, has been implicated in a major fatal terrorist attack since the Refugee Act of 1980 set up systematic procedures for accepting refugees into the United States. Before 1980, three refugees had successfully carried out terrorist attacks; all three were Cuban refugees, and a total of three people were killed.
In fact, the primary perpetrators of the major terror attacks have mostly been US-born citizens or permanent legal residents originally from countries not included in the ban.
Thus, this un-vetted move has not made us any safer and simply goes to placating his base. I also agree that all of the protesting that followed is ridiculous but could have been avoided if the white house would have better implemented and explained the consequences to the departments responsible for executing. That's poor leadership.
No person accepted to the United States as a refugee, Syrian or otherwise, has been implicated in a major fatal terrorist attack since the Refugee Act of 1980 set up systematic procedures for accepting refugees into the United States. Before 1980, three refugees had successfully carried out terrorist attacks; all three were Cuban refugees, and a total of three people were killed.
In fact, the primary perpetrators of the major terror attacks have mostly been US-born citizens or permanent legal residents originally from countries not included in the ban.
Thus, this un-vetted move has not made us any safer and simply goes to placating his base. I also agree that all of the protesting that followed is ridiculous but could have been avoided if the white house would have better implemented and explained the consequences to the departments responsible for executing. That's poor leadership.
Yeah, Great Post Indeed. "The Economist" site definitely above The Swamp and John Carreyou's work on The Theranos Story and Elizabeth Holmes' & her Boardmember's Sagas was 60 Minutes Level "real journalism" like I wish 85% of Journalism could be.
Carreyou expresses real eloquently a LEVEL of Commitment to Impartial Reporting and Oldskool Journalism, a degree of honoring The 4th Estate that if you heard Carreyou describe it as he claims that exists at Wall Street Journal + the level of Vetting that he says they do, before publishing?
Carreyou Convinces that WSJ should be not just Trusted but that The Wall Street Journal is even worthy of being even held in High Esteem.
For Journalistic Honesty and Reporting of actual Facts. Carreyou is damn convincing, I believe him anyways.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/theranos-whistleblower-shook-the-companyand-his-family-1479335963
I'm very Optimistic about The Future of Journalism in USA directly BCUZ of CNN/MSNBC and other Major News Outlets choosing to Self-Terminate.
Yeah, my Optimism is dampened by the fact that The Unwashed Masses are gonna prefer to remain in that place the Op-Ed Media makes available to them: a place where they don't have to Think for Themselves and can just Download a Politically Correct Opinion on matters into their brain as fast as they can grab a Ariana Grande song
so CNN, MSNBC et al. have not necessarily ACTUALLY dealt themselves a Death Blow just
it "should" have been ample to get them gone.
I am full of confidence that a whole Wave of Young Journalists are gonna sweep over News Reporting like the world has never seen
and a hella lotta those are gonna be about the Opposite of Fake News, and deeply deeply committed to that.
Thank You for reminding me of what it was like in those days when we used to get News reported to us. With facts so Comparison could be accomplished. Journalism that sought to Inform Us rather than Herd Us into Pens.
Whichever Pen the particular news outlet most desired their viewers/readers be herded into is how news is right now, in USA.
Even I am surprised myself at how high my Confidence IS that Massive Light is fixin' to Burst Thru and completely Illuminate The Day
where "The Day" is used as a metaphor for News reporting/Journalism in USA
perhaps that is bcuz I feel it can't get much Darker than it is right now, re: "News" in USA, maybe my Confidence is bcuz it IS gonna get Massively Better or perhaps I just want Change so much re: US Journalism that I've managed to Hypnotize myself with Hope.
If a grasshopper tries to fight a lawnmower, one may admire his courage but not his judgement.
With the following link I seek to accomplish either the Suggestion that Trump is like a Lawnmower and The Protestors + those who seek to do American People harm are like: Grasshoppers
Or I am trying to get you to tell me that I have tumbled too far down The Rabbit Hole?
Looking for Confirmation that Trump & his Administration are in fact just the bumbling fools they appear to be stumbling about in the dark fumbling for the light switch crumbling that Near-New sleeve of Crackers left on the bedside table 'neath their feet after viciously bumping their collective knee into that table.
Or is that not the case?
They are a lot less "Dumb" than they appear to be?
Or.....at the least the Chaotic Rollout of The OE was less UnPlanned than on the surface it appeared
Which do you think?
http://www.therxforum.com/showthread.php?t=1078349&p=12023465&viewfull=1#post12023465
How narrow is the vision that exalts the busyness of the ant above the singing of the grasshopper.Khalil Gibran
