Y'know, Bartcop, on his latest show, makes a great point

[Montauk6]

Even though he didn't address this question to the freeps, it is one that they can wrestle with when no one's looking.

The Machine has shown that it can skillfully swift-boat anyone:

John Kerry
Max Cleland
Plame & Wilson
Cindy Sheehan
Richard Clarke
Al Gore
Howard Dean
Michael Dukakis
Michael Moore

On and on and on... Hell, you could even say that Saddam Hussein was swift-boated to some extent.

Here's Bartcop's point: our image in the Mideast (and around the world) is in the crapper ever since we first embarked on the War on Terra. Why haven't we swift-boated Osama Bin Laden? After all, he's the chief mastermind behind the "Event that Changed the World Forever," the reason why we fired up our military (supposedly). And he'd be a prime target: spoiled rich boy who hides behind religion and slum-chic to send his followers to their own deaths as they kill innocents (wow, that sounds eerily familiar!).

Surely, it's not because the Machine only goes after true patriots or (getting back to Bartcop) because Bush and Bin Laden have an under-the-table agreement with each other (which would also explain the curious lack of attacks since 9/11 in the US, despite reports of how vulnerable the country remains).

[wli]

1. part of why the MSM must stand trial like Julius Streicher

And when I say "the MSM" I mean the ENTIRE chain of command, from anchors to the execs to the all holders of voting stock, and recursively until human beings are determined to be behind each and every façade.

[mhr]

2. Every Time I Meet Someone In The Media

I offer my condolences for selling their soles to the almighty dollar and Corporations.

Then I look at them and say you must be the stupidest being on the planet for working in that industry.

[Montauk6]

3. I would imagine in-bed journalists make a lot more $$$

than did Steffans, Tarbell, Sinclair, Winchell, Woodward (ca. 1972), and Bernstein (ca. 1972).