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Journalism is no longer about delivering the news, it is about telling a story. Wonderful letter, rings true. Hard to dispute what she’s saying after the flap over Tom Cotten’s editorial.
Had a cancer relapse, and was not in good shape. He was off the chart with co-morbidities. A simple cold could have taken him out.
Little wonder people are taking sides when “data” changes or is misrepresented. I believe this is sloppy reporting if you want to call it reporting at all. No need to fact check, just toss out some BS that fits a narrative.
Spit up my coffee reading this.
“However, Portland official have framed the debate in terms of excessive government authority.”Holy sh!t. I guess Portland officials consider government action of any sort excessive, because they certainly aren’t taking action on their own.
Lex is wrong on the hands off stuff. The situation was NOT improving. Kate Brown, Ted Wheeler, Merkley, Wyden and the PDX city council are responsible for escalation.
News flash for the feckless fookers in Portland – those federal agents have always been in PDX. DHS, DOJ, Commerce, Coast Gaurd and a few others have sworn law enforcement officers working in Portland, and were here well before the riots started.
[quote quote=1493]C’mon. A terrorism charge is ridiculous. Attempted arson, fine. But it’s not terrorism.[/quote]
Maybe not. Overcharge them, drag ’em through the system. Maybe a jury agrees, maybe not. Either way, lesson served.
I agree with your take.
BLM obviously can’t differentiate vadalism and terrorism.
“The local chapter of Black Lives Matter criticized Prater for bringing the terrorism charges against “protesters,” especially in Oklahoma City, where a “white supremacist terrorist attack” killed at least 168 people and injured hundreds more on April 19, 1995. The bombing was the worst terrorist attack to take place on U.S. soil until that on the World Trade Center in New York City on September 11, 2001.
“To conflate acts of vandalism against property with acts of terrorist violence against human beings is a moral and legal equivocation without compare,” its petition on Change.org said. “It is an insult to survivors of terrorism and it is a sacrilege to its victims. Please join us in condemning these charges and demanding that [Oklahoma County] District Attorney David Prater dismiss them without delay.”
So setting fire to buildings is now simple vandalism? How about attempted arson?
The U.S. Code of Federal Regulations defines terrorism as “the unlawful use of force and violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population, or any segment thereof, in furtherance of political or social objectives”.
Seems pretty obvious to me this is terrorism. If not terrorism, I would love to hear the accussed explain what they were doing. Just kids being kids?
Then there is an argument about equal pay vs equal compensation. Womens Soccer lost it’s argument for equal pay when the judge ruled women negotiated and agreed to a CBA that has a lower base but gaurantees plus benefits not in the mens CBA.
“The history of negotiations between the parties demonstrates that the WNT rejected an offer to be paid under the same pay-to-play structure as the MNT, and the WNT was willing to forgo higher bonuses for benefits, such as greater base compensation and the guarantee of a higher number of contracted players,” (Judge) Klausner wrote.
Life lesson for all involved – if you want a gaurantee, don’t get pissed off when someone with a performance bonus plan makes more than you.
Roscoe, you are correct. A man my age should not be picky, but damn it. A man has to have standards!
Cal players on strike? No one will go to Berkley on game day except poor, drunk and deranged…..oh. Those ARE Cal fans…
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jul/17/berkeley-city-council-rolls-out-red-carpet-crimina/?utm_source=parlerWould be the worst possible choice, similar to McCain picking Sarah Palin. God help us if Republicans lose the Senate.
[quote quote=1329]I’d be impressed by your diligence Bob if you understood my point. I absolutely think the violence needs to stop. That’s the job of the mayor. He wants to sit there with his thumb up his bum – then let him take the blame. Sending in the Feds gives him cover. And it is EXACTLY what Antifa wants. Trump showed restraint in Seattle. Should have done the same in Portland.[/quote]
Lex, you obviously missed my post on this. Trump gave instructions to a variety of Federal Law Enforcement agencies to protect federal buildings. He did not do so in Seattle because there was no perceived threat to federal buildings.
Ted Wheeler has made it perfectly clear rioters suffer no consequences for destroying local businesses, iconic statues and the like. As mayor, shouldn’t Wheeler be held responsible for destruction of public and private property he is supposed to protect? (Remember, he heads the police department.)
Trump is protecting what was paid for with YOUR federal tax dollars when Ted Wheeler won’t. I applaud that position.
[quote quote=1310]With the FL performance on virus reporting, can we count on them to get the scores right?[/quote]
Florida- a proud history of being unable to count since the election of 1876.
[quote quote=1312]Sending in the Feds wasnt the answer. If the Mayor won’t do anything so be it. By sending in the Feds, Trump gave the Mayor a gift. He can blame everything on the Feds. And any violence is just a reaction to the brutal tactics of the Feds. Another dunderheaded move by the Idiot in Chief.[/quote]
Lex, Feds were dispatched to protect a federal building. God knows Ted Wheeler won’t do it. He even went record telling the feds to stay in the building or leave his city. As far as brutal tactics, I assume that was tongue in cheek.
Left to me, I would tell Mayor Wheeler “We will protect the perimeter. Anyone attempting to enter the building will be dealt with accordingly.”
