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11 Bravo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-22-05 02:14 PM
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Brit Hume is attempting to downplay Iraqi civilian deaths.
He writes that the organization Iraqi Body Count, which estimates that 25,000 Iraqi civilians were killed in the first two years following the US invasion, is comprised of a bunch of unbalanced left-wingers. Therefore, according to Brit, people should "consider the source" when viewing any IBC report. I sent him the following:

Dear Mr. Hume.
If everyone were to "consider the source" whereby they obtain their news, FauxNews would cease to exist, the "talent" employed by FNC would actually have to seek gainful employment, and Ruppert Murdoch could go back to counting his money and pulling the wings off flies.
Sincerely,
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whistle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-22-05 02:15 PM
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1. The number is over 125,000
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dogday Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-22-05 02:16 PM
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2. Britt Hume is a puppet of the administration
He does what he is told. He has no ideas, only party lines....
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bunkerbuster1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-22-05 02:27 PM
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6. A meat puppet, at that.
Unca Karl sez "Jump," and Britt the Shitt sez, "How high?"
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CottonBear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-22-05 02:17 PM
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3. Great reply.
Hume ought to consult the British medical journal, The Lancet, which has documented civilian and military deaths in Iraq.
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Canuckistanian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-22-05 02:18 PM
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4. There's no money in it
Iraq futures are worthless.
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Sandpiper Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-22-05 02:25 PM
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5. The saddest part is that IBC is a low ball estimate
That counts only reported deaths.
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SeveneightyWhoa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-22-05 02:45 PM
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8. Well, in that case..
..the people reporting these so-called "deaths" must have a liberal agenda of their own!
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noiretextatique Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-22-05 02:36 PM
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7. great reply to a hypocrite
"consider the source"...indeed :eyes:
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-22-05 02:46 PM
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9. Those people there aren't innocent civilians...they're "insurgents"...
espcially that baby laying there in the sand. :puke:
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Village Idiot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-22-05 02:55 PM
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10. It's a JOKE.
Edited on Fri Jul-22-05 02:56 PM by Village Idiot
US dead and wounded total close to 16,000...are we supposed to believe that it took the death and/or dismemberment of 16,000 USAsians to kill 25,000 poorly equipped Iraqis?

Please.

I am waaaaaaay more inclined to believe the > 100,000 total...but that's just my take.
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Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-22-05 02:57 PM
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11. Hume is a flesh eating ghoul
all he cares about it the bottom line. I wonder if he plays 'hide the phonesex" with O'Lielly?
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samsingh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-22-05 03:01 PM
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12. unbalanced left wingers are still more accurate than
unbalanced right wingers.

how does Hume feel about a government run by extemist right-wingers?
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