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coldwarvet
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 Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2004 4:13 pm Post subject: Our troops are being "Ratherized" |
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Most of the achievements of our troops are going un covered or under covered. While the smallest miss step is blown way out of proportion. We must not allow the Ratherization of this generation of troops.
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vietnamvet173
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| Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2004 5:18 pm Post subject: Re: Our troops are being "Ratherized" |
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| coldwarvet wrote: | Most of the achievements of our troops are going un covered or under covered. While the smallest miss step is blown way out of proportion. We must not allow the Ratherization of this generation of troops.
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With about 26 million dollars and an ad campaign like the ones that the Swift Boat Vets for Truth ran I believe that the propaganda of a leftist media could be countered. The problem is that at this time there is no organized effort to do so.
If this election has taught us anything it is the power of the people to use the Internet to effect change. A campaign like the one that the SBVT and the POWs ran would most likely work because they were honest and put the country ahead of themselves as individuals. We need a Paul Revere to let the American People know they are being lied to.
Look at what the European Press is doing to distort our nation and our culture. Our so-called elected leaders do little or nothing to stand up for us. The are silent and refuse to stand up in the floor of Congress and denounce France and Germany. In the former Soviet Union the press would use propaganda to control what the people were allowed to know. Here in the USA the free press does it voluntarily.
If we the people do not find a way to free ourselves from those who have hijacked our culture we will decline. |
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coldwarvet
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| Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2004 5:38 pm Post subject: Re: Our troops are being "Ratherized" |
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| vietnamvet173 wrote: | | coldwarvet wrote: | Most of the achievements of our troops are going un covered or under covered. While the smallest miss step is blown way out of proportion. We must not allow the Ratherization of this generation of troops.
CWV |
With about 26 million dollars and an ad campaign like the ones that the Swift Boat Vets for Truth ran I believe that the propaganda of a leftist media could be countered. The problem is that at this time there is no organized effort to do so.
If this election has taught us anything it is the power of the people to use the Internet to effect change. A campaign like the one that the SBVT and the POWs ran would most likely work because they were honest and put the country ahead of themselves as individuals. We need a Paul Revere to let the American People know they are being lied to.
Look at what the European Press is doing to distort our nation and our culture. Our so-called elected leaders do little or nothing to stand up for us. The are silent and refuse to stand up in the floor of Congress and denounce France and Germany. In the former Soviet Union the press would use propaganda to control what the people were allowed to know. Here in the USA the free press does it voluntarily.
If we the people do not find a way to free ourselves from those who have hijacked our culture we will decline. |
What a great ideal! We could start a series of adds and call it something catchy like "Our troops thought you would like to know"
I wrote a letter to the editor that got published 8/6/04. Their is no shortage of stories that are not being told that we could.
Letters: Media obsessed on lack of WMDs, but there’s good news on the war on terror. Here are war on terror headlines that might have gotten lost or forgotten by a media fixated on “where are the WMD’s”? Or even worse how can we spin the uniformed Americans behaving badly story again?
1. Al-Qaida home base closed in Afghanistan
2. For the first time girls in Afghanistan are allowed to go to school
3. The public whipping and stadium executions of women has ended
4. Afghanistan refugees return home to assist in rebuilding effort
5. Afghanistan presidential election to be held this fall
6. Pakistan assists in the capture of Khalid Sheik Mohammed operational planner of 9/11 attacks
7. Saudi Arabia has seen the danger and has joined in on the war on terror
8. Saddam Hussein ignores U.N. Security Councils demand for a full accounting of weapons program for over a decade.
9. Saddam Hussein tried by Iraqi government
10. Iraq security forces fighting terrorists alongside coalition forces
11. In fear of the civilized world, Libya turns over chemical munitions and nuclear-processing equipment
12. A. Q. Khan, nuclear scientist selling plans to highest bidder is now out of business
13. American and British intelligence alert German and Italian authorities to intercept cargo ship loaded with nuclear equipment bound for Tripoli
14. Sixty nations support the Proliferation Security Initiative
15. More then 30 nations contribute forces to Iraq
16. Nearly 40 nations contribute forces to Afghanistan
17. Millions in the Middle East would like to live in freedom
18. Four and one-half million for first time have clean drinking water
19. 400,000 Iraq children immunization shots are up to date for the first time
20. 1,500 renovated Iraq schools ridden of weapons stored by terrorist now open for learning.
21. 80 percent more Iraqi children are now attending classes then before the war
22. Port renovation allows more grain to flow into Iraq
23. Iraq exports over 2 million barrels in one month for the first time in August of 2003
24. 100 percent of Iraqi hospitals are open compared to a 35 percent pre-war level
25. Over 400,000 Iraqis have telephones for the first time
26. An interim constitution has been signed
27. To date more then two-thirds of the al-Qaida leadership has been killed or captured
28. The homeland has not experienced another terrorist attack in almost three years
Please report the whole story. The politically charged media during a political season is having a negative effect on the morale of our troops in harm’s way who are keeping us out of harm’s way. Please put your political agendas on the shelf and cover the accomplishments of the troops.
Sheboygan
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Rurik
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You might want to work with some of th emilblogs such as www.mudvillegazette.com which is a great place tostart, with lots of links to everyone else.
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tony54
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The Internet is as powerful a force in the media as the alphabets.
Since the only TV channel that is partially fair to the Right is FOX, we should start a drive to have it lean a little more to the Right.
Starting with a flood of e-mails to the General Manager demanding the replacement of flip-flopper O'Reilley with Tony Snow in the 8pm slot.
If we accomplish that, the evening news would improve 100%.
Then we make it a point to communicate with Tony Snow after every show and pat him in the back for a Pro-Right segment and reprimand him for a Pro-Left.
Within less than a year we could possibly see positive results.
The rest of the alphabets can just keep on preaching to their quire. |
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ocsparky101
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| That is not Raterization of the troops. That is Cronkiteazation. Walter Cronkite was the first to come up with it in 1968 while reporting on the Tet Offensive. The American Troops won a desive victory during Tet and Cronkite reported that we were losing in Vietnam. According to General Giap that is why the N. Vietnamese continued the fight and did not surrender after Tet. |
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coldwarvet
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| ocsparky101 wrote: | | That is not Raterization of the troops. That is Cronkiteazation. Walter Cronkite was the first to come up with it in 1968 while reporting on the Tet Offensive. The American Troops won a desive victory during Tet and Cronkite reported that we were losing in Vietnam. According to General Giap that is why the N. Vietnamese continued the fight and did not surrender after Tet. |
Yes you are correct Cronkiteazation came before Ratherization. However I think Ratherization is an appropriate term in the wake of the frabicated story on Bush's National Guard service record.
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