TVNL Editor's Comments: Record High Political Reporting – Record Low Information Provided

While the establishment news bozos bedazzle the American public with what appears to be be obsessive coverage of the 2008 presidential campaign little if any useful information about the candidates is being reported. Don't take my word for it.; take your word for it. Ask yourself if all of this establishment media news coverage you know one thing more about any of the candidates that really indicates what kind of president he or she would make?

I'll tell you what you don't know...you don't even know who is running! With all of this extra time, almost an entire extra year of campaigning, the so called journalists of this nation should have done their job and informed the electorate about their political choices. You know nothing about Mike Gravel or the extremely popular and respectable Ron Paul. All you are told about these candidates is who is leading in the polls. Two years away from the election you are told who is leading! Why? The only reason they tell you this every day is so that after the election you will have enough historical reference to make you believe that the pre-selected winner was actually popular enough to win. Then you won't question the voting results!

You hear gossip and poll results. You never hear about the positions of these people, their history, the links to lobby groups, their past efforts to fight for the citizens or their past actions that have resulted in defying the desires of the citizens. You hear nothing that helps you know about the people who are trying to take over our government.

With two years of coverage every American should be able to name every single candidate, not just the few establishment cronies. You should also know something about the candidates other than how much money they raised, how much their hair cuts cost and whether or not they are electable. If we had journalists in this nation WE would decide who is electable! It is not their job to tell us who is electable and that is exactly what they are telling us.

In their own way, right out in the open, the establishment media are telling the American public who the preselected candidates are and they will tell us who the next preselected president will be. It is a conspiracy. It is obvious. It is out in the open. And it is undeniable. The media are part of the establishment and they manipulate you into believing that you are part of a democracy or that America has some sort of representative government and the damn truth is that both notions are nothing more that a false reality created and maintained by the establishment media! You don't have to believe me...just pay attention and you'll see it for yourself! Think about it! Jesse Richard – Editor, TvNewsLIES.org

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WAR : http://www.tvnewslies.org/news/#war

U.S. helicopter forced down in Iraq, one killed - A spokesman said it was unclear if the helicopter had taken ground fire, adding the incident was under investigation. He declined to give the type of helicopter or provide more details on the victim.

Canada loses six more soldiers to IED in Afghanistan - The Canadian military casualty count in southern Afghanistan reached 66 early Wednesday after six soldiers died when their armoured vehicle was demolished by an improvised explosive device planted in a gravel road, killing everyone on-board.

Construction Woes Add to Fears at Embassy in Iraq - U.S. diplomats in Iraq, increasingly fearful over their personal safety after recent mortar attacks inside the Green Zone, are pointing to new delays and mistakes in the U.S. Embassy construction project in Baghdad as signs that their vulnerability could grow in the months ahead.

Nelson: oil a factor for Iraq war - LINK - THE government has admitted the need to secure oil supplies is a factor in Australia's continued military involvement in Iraq.

Shimkus: Iraq might not be ready for American style of democracy - “In some of these countries where they are having some Islamic presence, is it better to have a constitutional monarchy, with a very strong, powerful king, and maybe a dictator who is trying to move a little bit to democratic principles, versus just throwing the door open and pushing full-blown democratic principles, which could destabilize the country?” Shimkus said during a discussion with the editorial board of The State Journal-Register.

Iraq draws up plans for privatisation gold rush - The Iraqi government has begun preparing the groundwork for what could be one of the biggest privatisations of state-owned assets.
TVNL Comment: How do you steal the wealth of a nation? You get the corporate media to sell a war on a nation that could not even defend itself, forget threaten us!

Private contractors outnumber U.S. troops in Iraq - New U.S. data show how heavily the Bush administration has relied on corporations to carry out the occupation of the war-torn nation.

US helicopter shot down in Iraq, pilots escape - A U.S. helicopter was shot down by insurgents near Baghdad on Monday but its two pilots escaped with only minor wounds, the U.S. military said on Tuesday.

POLITICS : http://www.tvnewslies.org/news#politics

Bush Filed a Motion Last Year to Uphold the 30-Month Sentence of Victor Rita, a 24-Year Marine Corps Vet Convicted on Same Crimes as Libby - Last month, the Supreme Court agreed with the Bush Justice Dept., ruling against Rita’s appeal for a reduced sentence based his exemplary military service.

Why impeachment of Cheney and Bush is imperative - Impeaching, convicting and removing Dick Cheney and George W. Bush from office goes beyond punishing them for their crimes. It goes to sending a message to their successors, assuming there will be successors come January 20, 2009, that no one is above the law and failure to "preserve, protect and defend" the US Constitution, criminality and corruption will not be tolerated.

Libby's sentence not unusually long - Though Bush calls the 30-month prison term 'excessive,' records show defendants convicted of similar crimes served jail time.

Abuse of power - Perhaps it’s time for the American people to commute the president’s final term in the White House.

Keith Olbermann’s Special Comment: You ceased to be the President of the United States - Keith Olbermann delivers arguably his most pointed and most powerful Special Comment yet on the ramifications of Bush’s commutation of Libby’s sentence.

ECONOMY : http://www.tvnewslies.org/news/#economy

UPDATE PENDING

9/11 News : http://www.tvnewslies.org/news/#911

'Loose Change 9/11' heading for UK cinemas - The controversial documentary, which centres on the September 11 terrorist attacks and the failure of both the US government and the media to answer the questions surrounding the tragedy, is one of the most downloaded films in internet history.

CONGRESS : http://www.tvnewslies.org/news/#congress

House Balks at Bush Order for New Powers - President Bush this month is giving an obscure White House office new powers over regulations affecting health, worker safety and the environment. Calling it a power grab, Democrats running Congress are intent on stopping him.

Congressman Calls For Impeachment Proceedings After President Commutes Libby Sentence - ”Since the president has intervened in this process, it is now the Congress’ obligation and responsibility to intervene in the executive process and begin an inquiry into these very serious crimes against the constitution of the United States,” said Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Chicago).

DOMESTIC : http://www.tvnewslies.org/news/#domestic

Nonprofit subsidizes Schwarzenegger travel frills - Arnold Schwarzenegger, a millionaire many times over, bills much of his overseas travel to an obscure nonprofit group that can qualify its secret donors for full tax deductions, just as if they were giving to skid row shelters or the United Way.

Liberties lost - Sweeping federal measures, most of them heavily cloaked in secrecy, have robbed Americans of privacy, due process of law, even freedom of movement. Warrantless wiretaps, e-mail surveillance, national security letters secretly demanding information on thousands of citizens and, soon to come, the equivalent of national ID cards - all would be abominations to Jefferson.

Police: Shoppers Stepped Over Victim - ''The fact that people were more interested in taking a picture with a cell phone and shopping for snacks rather than helping this innocent young woman is, frankly, revolting.''
TVNL Comment: America, the greatest nation in the world. That's what they keep telling me.

High court losing credibility - The black-robed worthies of the high court have recessed for the summer, having done maximum damage to the republic. We are temporarily safe from further right-wing, dangerous rulings designed to take us backward into the bad old days. But beware October, when the court returns, its hatchet at the ready.

Wolfowitz moves to DC think tank - Former World Bank chief Paul Wolfowitz, who resigned amid a furor over his handling of a bank pay package for his girlfriend, has joined the American Enterprise Institute, a think tank, as a visiting scholar.
TVNL Comment: The AIE is the parent of PNAC. This is no surprise. Who funds these "institutes?" What are they? How do they make money? These are dangerous entities that have destroyed our republic.

NYC man held for reciting 1st Amendment - The video shows Talen preaching the "44 beautiful words of the First Amendment" to a visibly annoyed congregation of police commanders huddled a few feet away. At one point, an officer approaches and warns him that his sermon is breaking the law.

ENVIRONMENT : http://www.tvnewslies.org/news/#environment

Critics say species list is endangered - Though the bald eagle has rebounded, others are dying off. Critics blame an agency that's underfunded and in turmoil. - In the last six years, the Bush administration has added fewer species to the endangered list than any other since the law was enacted in 1973.

Schwarzenegger exposed as a fraud on Global Warming - Her appointment follows the recent departure of two top board officials who each complained publicly that meddling by the Schwarzenegger administration on behalf of business interests limited their ability to draft effective regulations for curbing greenhouse gas emissions and improving air quality.

Smog fighters furious at Bush administration - California leaders reacted furiously Monday to newly released documents on the Bush administration's attempt to thwart the state's first-in-the-nation cap on greenhouse-gas emissions from cars.

INTERNATIONAL : http://www.tvnewslies.org/news/#international

How U.S. policy missteps led to a nasty downfall in Gaza - Long term, the U.S. effort to oust Hamas has further deepened doubts in the Middle East about the administration's understanding of the complex region.

Russia issues new missile defence threat - Russia warned today that it would position its rockets close to the Polish border and point missiles at US bases in Europe if Washington rebuffed its latest offer of cooperation on missile defence.

MILITARY & VETERANS : http://www.tvnewslies.org/news/#military

UPDATE PENDING

EDITORIAL : http://www.tvnewslies.org/news/#editorial

THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE - THE UNANIMOUS DECLARATION OF THE THIRTEEN UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY;YOU HAVE NO GOVERNMENT - Sadly, I notice that some of the same progressives who labeled me paranoid in 2004, while now appalled at the litany of civil liberties destroyed by the current regime, still do not comprehend the reality of collapse.

JOURNALISM & MEDIA : http://www.tvnewslies.org/news/#media

Record High Political Reporting – Record Low Information Provided - With two years of coverage every American should be able to name every single candidate, not just the few establishment cronies. You should also know something about the candidates other than how much money they raised, how much their hair cuts cost and whether or not they are electable. If we had journalists in this nation WE would decide who is electable! It is not their job to tell us who is electable and that is exactly what they are telling us.

Cable companies to up set-top box rates - They say the price increases are a result of the government's push to spur competition for the boxes, which are required to receive digital programming and change channels. It's not yet clear how much the charges will rise.

School official sues Fox over report parody story in Maine - The lawsuit contends that Fox reported the parody as fact on its "Fox and Friends" show on April 23. The show's anchors repeated a comment attributed to Levesque, that "These children have got to learn that ham is not a toy," and that there was an effort afoot to create an "anti-ham response plan."

HEALTH & SCIENCE : http://www.tvnewslies.org/news/#health

Health-care costs are sickening - So what does it say about America that we have a system in which no premium charge is too high, no illness too small to be considered pre-existing, and there are wide disparities between the kinds of care we give to the poor and the rich?

To China For a U.S. Cancer Drug? - But a company in the United States says the Chinese drug is basically stolen property, rushed to market with inadequate testing and in violation of patent rights.

Massachusetts Makes Health Insurance Mandatory - Massachusetts is the first state to require its residents to secure health insurance, a plan designed to get as close as practically possible to statewide universal health care. Presidential hopeful and former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney originally introduced the idea in 2004.

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH : http://www.tvnewslies.org/news/#rights

UPDATE PENDING

OF INTEREST : http://www.tvnewslies.org/news/#interest

Al Gore's son busted for drugs in hybrid car - Al Gore III -- whose father is a leading advocate of policies to fight global warming -- was driving his environmentally friendly car at about 100 miles per hour on a freeway south of Los Angeles when he was pulled over by an Orange County sheriff's deputy at about 2:15 a.m.. - A subsequent search yielded a small amount of marijuana, along with prescription drugs including Valium, Xanax, Vicodin and Adderall, said sheriff's spokesman Jim Amormino.

Saudi prince struggles to sell his ranch - Prince Bandar bin Sultan, the former Saudi ambassador in Washington, is still struggling to find a buyer for his Colorado mansion nine months after it went on the market with what at the time was the highest price tag for a US home.

Dead ‘Mossad spy’ was writing exposé - AN Egyptian millionaire who mysteriously fell to his death from the balcony of his London flat after being named as a Mossad spy was writing a book that threatened to expose the murky world of Arab-Israeli espionage.

Oswald 'had no time to fire all Kennedy bullets' - Lee Harvey Oswald could not have acted alone in assassinating President John F Kennedy, according to a new study by Italian weapons experts of the type of rifle Oswald used in the shootings.