Mr. Cheney recently said that the increased number of insurgent attacks in Iraq was proof that we were winning. The insurgents, realizing that we are winning are increasing the virulence and frequency of their attacks. (Hitler used to tell the German people, when Germany was clearly losing the war, that the increase in Allied bombing of German cities was a clear indication that Germany was winning the war.) Can we say then, using the same admittedly peculiar rationale, that the increasing virulence and frequency of Republican attacks on all who disagree with their policies is proof that those who disagree are winning?

I guess ABC must have "business reasons" to keep the repugs in power.  I am sure I will I will get slammed by the professional pundits here but...the networks are as unbiased as the RNC.  This is blatant pro-GOP propaganda months before a midterm election (where the GOP looks like they will take a beating) being passed off as an "unbiased" documentary.  Corporate whores!!!!

Imagine you come home from a weekend getaway and find your pool full of floating excrement and beer cans, your landscaping dotted with vomit, fridge empty, dishes broken, panties and condoms littering the floors and a very nervous-looking sheep in the yard.

Stunned, you demand to know what the hell happened, even though the answer's pretty obvious. But your teenage son doesn't want to engage in personal attacks or finger pointing. He looks at you and says,

The question is what do we do NOW?

The answer is pretty simple. You throw his ass out the door, and get to work cleaning up the mess. Maybe 10 years down the road, when your house is back to normal and you've finally paid off the repair bills, you might think about giving him another chance.

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-- All successful revolutions are the kicking in of a rotten door. (John Kenneth Galbraith) --

I believe it was CBS that refused to run the incredible moveon ad about the deficit, during the Superbowl. Remember it was the one with kids working in grown-up jobs to pay off the debts their parents left them with?

That was the same Superbowl that had the infamous Janet Jackson wardrobe malfunction.

Personally, I know the war is closer to ending each time my student lone interest rates go up

I was refering to the mess that is the "war on terror" but perhaps I wasn't clear. Fair enough hoppy. I sent a complaint to ABC.

What are you people thinking?

You hire a rabid right wing reactionary to make a film about 9/11 and try to pass it off as factual?

I am shocked and appalled at this blatant attempt to rewrite recent history. Involving Scholastic and appealing to the educators of our youth is adding insult to injury, and I plan on writing them as well.

Shame on you ABC. I will no longer watch anything on your station. Either provide disclosure that the filmaker has a political agenda, or better yet, cancel it

What I find to be the most distasteful aspect of this "docudrama" is the link to a scholastic "study and discussion guide" for teachers to discuss with students in the classroom. That is completely and totally out of line, and I would suggest people contact the textbook publisher as well, and insist that anything they provide include disclosure of the filmakers point of view.As of now, they seem to be missing that important fact, that would give "students" the tools needed for "critical thinking."

http://content.scholastic.com/browse/lessonplan.jsp?id=415

Here's my email to scholastic:

I am writing to express my outrage at the lack of information needed for critical thinking skills on you website describing teacher materials for the ABC psuedo-documentary "the road to 9/11" which is to air September 10th.

It is unacceptable not to include information on the filmmakers background, which is unabashedly right wing. THAT is extemely relevent to ANY discussion of a television product and I am appalled at the lack of it at your site.

I do plan on making the educators I know aware of this structural flaw in your oitherwise decent product. I hope that you correct this oversight immediately. How can you claim to be providing an educational aid without this very important and basic disclosure?

Sincerely,
workerbee

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I say follow the money.

What regulatory favors, tax breaks, FCC favors have Disney been getting from the Bush regime?

It is inconveivable they would run a smear job against a GOP president.

Here's the link to the ABC blog about the propaganda movie.

http://blogs.abc.com/thepathto911/

They were likely "hacked" the same way Lieberman was (and, of course, he wasn't).

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I really hope you're right that the increase in right wing propoganda and rhetoric is evidence of fear from their side. I kind of suspect you are right about that.

But I've been burned too many times to really believe it. The Republican strategy, even when they're in power, has long been to present themselves as somehow unfairly besieged. You see it when right-wing Christians, who are dominant in America, act like they're oppressed. The right has done a great job of presenting itself as an underdog when it's really in power.

They are getting nastier these days and that might signal panic on the right. But, acting oppressed has long been their successful game.

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