Young Turk's Blog Roll
Featured Bloggers
 | Ada Calhoun |
 | Ben Greenman |
 | Dinesh D'Souza |
 | Jeff Hoard |
 | Mo Rocca |
 | Young Turks |
RSS Feeds
Resources
The Young Turks
Report
The Young Turks, hosted by Cenk Uygur and Ben Mankiewicz, airs on Air America Radio... read more
Does Fox Really Care About the Troops?
Top Tags
RepublicanNationalConvention VMAs GeorgeW.Bush KanyeWest HurricaneKatrina BrtineySpears fight RolandMartin BristolPalin conspiracy SarahPalin Levi cnn YoungTurks PeggyNoonan speech BlackRepublican GrandTheftAuto InterviewsAtRnc HipHopRepublican Bristol MetroHotel LogCabinRepublicans teleprompter rnc
Most Popular Stories
Most Commented On News Bloggers
- Obama or Palin: Who is the Real Hypocrite? (662)
- The Real Source of Palin's Appeal (571)
- Look Who's Calling Sarah Palin "Inexperienced" (322)
- McCain-Palin: A Chicken in Every Pot and A Bun in Every Oven (124)
- Roland Martin of CNN Goes Off on Sarah Palin (113)
- Special Coverage of the Republican National Convention Starting Monday (110)
- Today's Top 3 Sarah Palin Scandals (108)
Recent Comments
- brandon on Bill O'Reilly Shoves Obama Bodyguard - Video!
- kitty sinned on Enraged Black Republican Defends Bush
- not-pboyfloyd on The Real Source of Palin's Appeal
- Sue on Enraged Black Republican Defends Bush
- Darren on Enraged Black Republican Defends Bush
- Linda Little on America's Strongest Man?
- Sue on Today's Top 3 Sarah Palin Scandals
Top News Headlines
Ada Calhoun |
Ben Greenman |
Dinesh D'Souza |
Jeff Hoard |
Mo Rocca |
The Young Turks |
Reader Comments ( Page 1 of 1)
1. Well...okay. Good points made. Now keep in mind, I am a left wing Democrat which is about as rare as a tree climbing fish for retired Coast Guard warrant officers who are 100% disabled veterans, (like me). My bias is almost always from the left or at least from left of center. Fox did a lousy job of covering the Walter Reed story. Granted. But lets be realistic. And lets be fair.
Fox News Channel is admittedly and unabashedly a mouthpiece of the GOP and the far American right wing. Although I do not agree with their point of view, they have a right to have one. The story concerning Walter Reed and the treatment of veterans and wounded soldiers is obviously one that is sordid, depressing and tragic. But I have news for everyone, THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE CASE. There has NEVER been a time in American history when wounded soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines got 100% of what they needed to survive physically, emotionally and psychologically. It is just that simple.
Fox News Channel is not going to bash any of its sacred cows and privileged politicos over one more chapter in a never ending book outlining the abuse and disrespect shown to wounded soldiers and broken veterans. That is normal in a highly polarized society such as ours. To blame Fox News for refusing to bash a GOP Administration when it is obviously a GOP mouthpiece is like taking your car to a bakery and getting angry when they refuse to change the oil. C'mon! Let's get real.
Now here is what I really want to say.
Let's get a campaign going to have the Capitalist Giants in America who have profited the most from the defense of Western Capitalism by sailors, soldiers, airmen and marines since 1939 pay for the continuing care of the wounded veterans who have kept open the sea lanes, kept the skies free and kept the terrain in friendly hands. Ultimately, the American veteran has sacrificed life and limb for capitalism. Lets have capitalists return the favor. Lets get billions of dollars in private enterprise money working to get these people whole again.
CWO3 Tom Barnes, USCG (Ret.)
CWO3 Tom Barnes, USCG (Ret.) at 1:25PM on Mar 7th 2007