- Soviet America
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- Now, let me tell you what has been going on. As 60 Minutes
was putting its show together, the White House put pressure on CBS -- the
parent company -- to kill the show. Over the last few days, as word got
out that the 60 Minutes show would air tonight, Karl Rove's associates
began planting defamatory stories about journalists working on this story
(see example <http://www.atlargely.com/2008/02/the-smear-job-.html>here)
and attacking the whistle-blower who came forward, Dana Jill Simpson. If
you recall, Ms. Simpson testified, under oath, to Congress about Karl Rove's
involvement in politicizing the DOJ. What you may not know, however, is
that her house mysteriously caught fire and she was run off the road in
the weeks leading up to her testimony.
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- What you may also not know is that Governor Siegelman's
house was broken into twice during his trial as was his attorney's office.
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- Yesterday, the attacks on Simpson and journalists increased
with a series of emails from the Alabama GOP. See <http://www.atlargely.com/2008/02/the-smear-job-1.html>Here.
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- Tonight was something truly unseen in US history. During
the 60 Minutes broadcast and ONLY during the Don Siegelman portion -- the
screen went black for Huntsville residents and Mobile residents. There
are other reports of other locations, but I have not yet confirmed those.
In Florida, a series of strange ads were running about the FISA bill and
how Democrats are not tough on terrorism, apparently during the 60 Minutes
hour and also right before 60 Minutes, but not after (still trying to confirm
when the ads stopped running).
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- In other words, in the United States of America, a man
is imprisoned for being a Democrat. When reporters attempt to get this
story out, they are threatened and smeared. When all else fails, the public
is not allowed to see the news. This is not acceptable and I -- as a US
citizen -- demand that Congress investigate this series of blackouts immediately.
Any company involved in this must have their FCC license pulled too. Karl
Rove may be gone from office, but he clearly is not gone from power. So
long as his buddy, George W. Bush, continues to occupy the White House
-- what used to be a symbol of how a nation could both be governed and
be free -- we will continue toward abuse after imperial, no Soviet, abuse
against us. That too is unacceptable.
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- Contact Congress now, non-stop, and demand a full investigation
into what caused this selective blackout. You can find your member's contact
information <http://www.house.gov/>here. If no investigation happens
... If no one in Congress responds, then you will know finally and fully
the ugly truth: we are no longer a democracy . And if we are no longer
a democracy, then presidential election can fix the problem, because something
that no longer exists cannot be fixed. Sadly, at that point, the only path
left to us is the one I most abhor.
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- Update:
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- We are now being told that it was a technical issue with
<http://www.whnt.com/Global/story.asp?S=7918345>CBS in New York:
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- We apologize that you missed the first segment of 60
Minutes tonight featuring "The Prosecution of Don Siegelman."
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- It was a techincal(sic) problem with CBS out of New York.
We are working with them right now to see if we can re-broadcast the segment.
- Please be patient with us during this time. We are doing
our best to correct the problem.
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- Excuse me? Are they trying to tell us that a glitch in
New York ONLY happened in Alabama -- which is the topic of the 60 Minutes
broadcast -- and ONLY during the Don Siegelman segment? Are you kidding
me? We have selective prosecution and now we have selective news delivery?
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