Showing posts with label George Stephanopoulos. Show all posts
Showing posts with label George Stephanopoulos. Show all posts
Sunday, October 7, 2012
American military casualties this past week
The Department of Defense released the names of seven service members who died this past week:
--US Army SFC Riley G Stephens, 39, Tolar, TX
--US Army SFC Aaron A Henderson, 33, Houlton, ME
--US Army SGT Thomas J Butler IV, 25, Wilmington, NC
--US Army SGT Jeremy F Hardison, 23, Maysville, NC
--US Army SGT Donna R Johnson, 29, Rasford, NC
--US Army SFC Daniel T Metcalfe, 29, Liverpool, NY
--US Marines Sgt Camella M Steedley, 31, San Diego, CA
According to iCasualties, the total number of allied service members killed in Afghanistan is now 3,199.
Links: http://crooksandliars.com/nicole-belle/week-memoriam-163
http://icasualties.org/
Sunday, March 18, 2012
George Will, Uber-Conservative, on Afghanistan
From ABC's "This Week" this morning: "It's time we get out." --George Will, Conservative, Writer, Author, Columnist
Friday, April 9, 2010
Fun quote of the day
"Last I checked, Sarah Palin's not much of an expert on nuclear issues."
--President Barack Obama to ABC's George Stephanopolous on "Good Morning America" when asked about her criticism of him and his development of a nuclear arms treaty with Russia.
Good on ya', President.
Let's have a great weekend, y'all.
Link to original post: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20002109-503544.html
--President Barack Obama to ABC's George Stephanopolous on "Good Morning America" when asked about her criticism of him and his development of a nuclear arms treaty with Russia.
Good on ya', President.
Let's have a great weekend, y'all.
Link to original post: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20002109-503544.html
Monday, August 31, 2009
Health care situation doesn't look good
To see and hear the conversations on different news media--newspapers, television and internet--it seems clear to me that the corporations and their lobbying dollars--millions of them--are winning this fight.
Whether it's The McGlaughlin Report or The Week with George Stephanopoulos or, God forbid, of course, Bill O'Reilly or Glenn Beck and the Fox Network,etc., the support of the corporations comes through.
George Will and Liz Cheney, naturally, spew the lines and sound eloquent, so people might think they're correct.
And of course they're not, plainly.
Our American health care system is badly, badly broken and is financially breaking American citizen's households because we have the most expensive health care system in the world and that story is, I think, completely lost.
All these people have to do is instill fear, ala' George W. Bush's techniques, which they've clearly learned so well, and health care reform, to benefit us all, seems unlikely to pass.
Sad.
Really sad.
Whether it's The McGlaughlin Report or The Week with George Stephanopoulos or, God forbid, of course, Bill O'Reilly or Glenn Beck and the Fox Network,etc., the support of the corporations comes through.
George Will and Liz Cheney, naturally, spew the lines and sound eloquent, so people might think they're correct.
And of course they're not, plainly.
Our American health care system is badly, badly broken and is financially breaking American citizen's households because we have the most expensive health care system in the world and that story is, I think, completely lost.
All these people have to do is instill fear, ala' George W. Bush's techniques, which they've clearly learned so well, and health care reform, to benefit us all, seems unlikely to pass.
Sad.
Really sad.
Sunday, August 30, 2009
Liz Cheney needs to go away
I never understood why anyone thought we need to know what Liz Cheney's opinion is on anything but, ever since Dad left the White House, she's seems to be ubizuitous.
She shows up again and again on news shows and all because of her last name.
Today, she outdid herself.
Ms. Cheney was on "This Week with George Stephanopoulos" on ABC and she not only put out here obnoxious opinions, which would be bad enough, but now she's introduced right-wing, shout-down-the-opposition, Bill O'Reilly-type tactics to this show which, up to now, was always calm, lucid and intelligent.
If you saw it, you saw Mr. Stephanopoulos totally lose control of his show, thanks to Ms. Cheney, and not just once but a few times.
It got so bad that, at the end of the show, Liz was still droning on with her views, talking over everyone si Gwen Ifill even tried to help give back the show and control to its host.
Liz Cheney should be asked to never return to this show unless or until she can discuss issues the old way--calmly, respectfully and like an adult.
If she's capapble of that.
At least the corporations are getting their money's worth.
She shows up again and again on news shows and all because of her last name.
Today, she outdid herself.
Ms. Cheney was on "This Week with George Stephanopoulos" on ABC and she not only put out here obnoxious opinions, which would be bad enough, but now she's introduced right-wing, shout-down-the-opposition, Bill O'Reilly-type tactics to this show which, up to now, was always calm, lucid and intelligent.
If you saw it, you saw Mr. Stephanopoulos totally lose control of his show, thanks to Ms. Cheney, and not just once but a few times.
It got so bad that, at the end of the show, Liz was still droning on with her views, talking over everyone si Gwen Ifill even tried to help give back the show and control to its host.
Liz Cheney should be asked to never return to this show unless or until she can discuss issues the old way--calmly, respectfully and like an adult.
If she's capapble of that.
At least the corporations are getting their money's worth.
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
What needs to happen instead
Yesterday, I wrote that the US won't have a new, inclusive, workable health care system by the end of the year because we haven't got the will for it and we don't understand and/or accept that we have to take profit out of that same system.
I stand by that.
But more than all that, what really needs to happen is that, as David Brooks said Sunday morning on "This Week with George Stephanopoulis" on ABC, "The house is burning down around us."
It's all great that President Obama is tackling our other big problems, sure. Tackle health care. Tackle relations with the Soviet Union, the Taliban, Iran and the rest of the world.
But not right now.
Above all, get a handle on our economy. It is THE big problem, above all others, that needs to be addressed.
Fortunately, everyone agrees on this.
But that's not, it seems, what is coming out of the White House, to date.
I think this is going to change. The President and his staff and administration are all bright people.
I'm not just being trusting here. I'm not simply being naive.
The people running the country are opportunists and the kind of people that jumps on the biggest problems that would run them down otherwise.
But this needs to happen sooner--like this week--rather than later. The need to get on top of and pay attention to the economy, right now, above all other and as soon as possible.
I stand by that.
But more than all that, what really needs to happen is that, as David Brooks said Sunday morning on "This Week with George Stephanopoulis" on ABC, "The house is burning down around us."
It's all great that President Obama is tackling our other big problems, sure. Tackle health care. Tackle relations with the Soviet Union, the Taliban, Iran and the rest of the world.
But not right now.
Above all, get a handle on our economy. It is THE big problem, above all others, that needs to be addressed.
Fortunately, everyone agrees on this.
But that's not, it seems, what is coming out of the White House, to date.
I think this is going to change. The President and his staff and administration are all bright people.
I'm not just being trusting here. I'm not simply being naive.
The people running the country are opportunists and the kind of people that jumps on the biggest problems that would run them down otherwise.
But this needs to happen sooner--like this week--rather than later. The need to get on top of and pay attention to the economy, right now, above all other and as soon as possible.
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