On October 1, 2001, President George W. Bush did not give the following speech to a special
session of Congress. The speech did not interrupt regularly scheduled broadcasts on television
and radio. It did not interrupt and change the current of history either…
But what if he had…
Read Bush’s ungiven speech, as written by Brian McLaren, author of Everything Must Change: Jesus, Global Crises, and a Revolution of Hope, which we plan to read this month for Headphonaught’s Book Club.
In case you missed it… Mike Huckabee won big on the Republican side and Barack Obama won big on the Democratic side in Iowa last night.
I think most of the anchors were going with the fact that both of these guys are outsiders – not your typical establishment. I can see that and agree. Even the campaign folks for Huckabee and Obama seemed to be heading with that spin.
The laughing point of the night however was MSNBC’s interview of Howard Dean, former Presidential candidate and now DNC Chairman. He kept working the spin for the DNC. “As DNC Chairman, I can’t support one side or the other but look at the huge turnout…. yadi yadi yadi.”
Brian Bailey pointed out on his Twitter feed that even with a huge turnout for the Democrats – 70% of the Democrats voted against Hillary. That’s worse that Gov. Rick Perry’s last election in Texas.
Huckabee will be everywhere this morning (media wise) – here’s his schedule:
ABC’s “Good Morning America†with host Diane Sawyer
CBS’ “The Early Show†with anchor Harry Smith
NBC’s “Today Show†with co-hosts Matt Lauer, Meredith Vieira, Ann Curry and Al Roker
CNN’s “Morning in America†with host Kiran Chetry
MSNBC’s “Morning Joe†with co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski
CNBC’s “Squawk Box†with host Carl Quintanilla
FOX NEWS’ “Fox and Friends†with co-hosts Steve Doocy & Brian Kilmeade
CNN “International Report†with co-anchor Anjali Rao
Saturday’s double header debate should be a lot of fun. Wonder if I can get Laurie to tune in as well?
The caucuses in Iowa close in only a couple hours. hope everyone’s gotten out to vote.
Transcript: Continue reading Mike Huckabee on Leno
D Mag editor Wick Allison is reporting that Jeremy Halbreich and American Consolidated Media (owner of the Waxahachie Daily Light) are buying another small town paper – the Glen Rose News.
People were suggesting early on that Macquaire Media Group, Australian company and parent company of Halbreich’s American Consolidated Media were going to buy up every weekly paper they could along the proposed Trans-Texas/American Corridor. Many of the loudest voices against the Trans Texas Corridor have been seen in the editorial pages of the small town weekly papers along the proposed route. GOP Presidential candidate Ron Paul has voiced major opposition to the project, calling it the “NAFTA Superhighway” and saying the road would lead towards a North American Union.
Now here’s where that gets interesting – Macquaire Media Group is owned by Macquaire Bank, which also owns Macquarie Infrastructure Group.
Macquarie Infrastructure Group is aggressively pursuing infrastructure investments in the Texas. Together with their Spanish partner Cintra, Macquarie has already engaged in large projects including the Indiana Toll Road, Chicago Skyway, and 407 ETR.
Wait – Cintra? Haven’t we heard that name before? Cintra is planned to have the lead role with Texas on TTC-35 (Trans Texas Corridor). So, many would suggest, it is certainly plausible that Macquarie is a potential financial partner as individual facility development agreements are negotiated.
Here’s just a few of the other areas Macquarie has a hand in – just in the U.S.:
Hmmm… guess they don’t have much to gain after all if the TTC is built.
ACM is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Macquarie Media Group (“MMGâ€), a publicly-traded investment vehicle listed on the Australian Stock Exchange. MMG is based in Sydney, Australia and holds a portfolio of media businesses globally including 100% interest in Macquarie Regional Radioworks, owner and operator of 87 rural and regional radio stations located throughout Australia; 60% interest in Taiwan Broadband Communications, one of three leading cable television broadcasters in Taiwan; and, 13.8% interest in Southern Cross Broadcasting, a publicly-traded company with holdings in radio and television broadcasting located in the larger cities of Australia.
Christianconservative found this posted as a comment on CNN.com
To all my Democrat friends: Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit, my best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low-stress, non-addictive, gender-neutral celebration of the winter solstice holiday, practiced within the most enjoyable traditions of the religious persuasion of your choice, or secular practices of your choice, with respect for the religious/secular persuasion and/or traditions of others, or their choice not to practice religious or secular traditions at all. I also wish you a fiscally successful, personally fulfilling and medically uncomplicated recognition of the onset of the generally accepted calendar year 2008, but not without due respect for the calendars of choice of other cultures whose contributions to society have helped make America great. Not to imply that America is necessarily greater than any other country nor the only America in the Western Hemisphere. Also, this wish is made without regard to the race, creed, color, age, physical ability, religious faith or sexual preference of the wishee.
To all my Republican friends:
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!