Mainstream media lapdogs fail us again.
The lamestream media told you:
Four Tennessee National Guard soldiers abandoned their post on the Arizona/Mexico border on Jan. 3 and retreated for cover when four men apparently carrying rifles approached their position from Mexico, from about 100 yards away.
The Uninvited Ombudsman notes however that:
On Jan. 20, government officials responding to outrage from members of Congress and the public clarified this tale by claiming six to eight men, "wearing bullet proof vests and carrying automatic weapons" approached the observation post and, having split into two teams, came within 20 yards of the Guard troops.
How four men became eight was unexplained by the "legislative liaisons" for the Guard and Border Patrol who delivered the prepared statement. How they determined the bulletproof nature of the clothing of the apparent intruders, or that their weapons were full auto was unexplained. Why the troops believed they could safely run from machine-gun wielding invaders who faced them nearly point blank on U.S. soil was not explained. Why the story changed was not explained, which, unlike the public, reporters didn't question. No shots were fired in the current version of the story.
Cynics believe it's business as usual, as the real details are materially suppressed by people in charge. National Guard Maj. Paul Aguirre said, "We truly consider it a professional response." No reporters asked how many invaders the Guard would have to run away from before it was not a truly professional response.
Arizona Governor Napolitano's spokeswoman said the troops, "followed the rules of engagement precisely." No one in the public sector has any idea of what those rules are, or if the Guard actually followed rules of disengagement.
The current story is in direct conflict with the previous story, but papers issued no correction of their previous reports. "We accurately reported what the government told us, so no correction is needed," a reporter was overheard mumbling.
One National Guard officer known to The Uninvited Ombudsman, who served on the border recently, said he carried his loaded rifle and ammunition the entire time.
And in other news, Tennessee Adjutant Gen. Gus Hargett announced he will travel to Arizona to present a commendation to the four National Guard men who retreated from their post. "Who are these people?" members of the public wondered.
The soldiers names have not been released.
So think about this -- how will these men brag about what they did for their new award? It's hard to imagine how they will explain away the commendation to their kids and grandkids. Go ahead -- suggest an appropriate design for this award. A squad pictured from behind?
The lamestream media told you:
Boys are imitating the Saddam hanging by hanging themselves, according to widespread Associated Press and other wire service reports:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070115/ap_on_re_mi_ea/saddam_mimicry_hangings. "They don't realize it's dangerous," according to the news, and they just mimic what they see with deadly results.
The Uninvited Ombudsman notes however that:
The lamestream media steadfastly insists that the popular entertainment they eagerly promote, including violent American TV programs, death-filled Hollywood films, blood-lust home video games and vicious gangsta rap music, have no effect on boys or our lifestyles, and efforts to control such things are just a sick plot by morally defective right-wing Christian zealots. Go figure.
The lamestream media told you:
Democrats congratulated themselves on passage of their six top-priority bills in their self-imposed 100-hour sprint for the 110th Congress. Whether the bills will pass the Senate, or survive a veto from the president, who is not a member of their party but is not very bright, is unknown.
The Uninvited Ombudsman notes however that:
The House introduced a mind-numbing 658 resolutions in the first 100 hours of congressional floor time, unreported by the "news" media.
All of the language appears to have been written before the session began, mostly by unelected teams of democratic operatives outside public view, presumably as part of the Democrats' promised ethics reforms.
For the six passed bills, the committee process, floor debate, floor markups, amendments, deletions, rules and procedural questions were avoided as part of new ethical policies. This eliminated from the process rank and file congressmen, including eager freshman legislators from both parties, none of whom were interviewed on how they feel about that.
Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), the highly admired first woman Speaker of the House, has called the new approach, "open, fair and full debate," and "open, honest and ethical government." She was not questioned on the discrepancy by the unbiased media.
No reporting covered the 658 resolutions, which are intended to become laws, and covered for example a Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act, a Bring The Troops Home Act, a Coal to Liquid Fuel Promotion Act, and a NICS Improvement Act, H.R. 297, which affects national firearms background checks for the public. The reason for the "news" media blackout were unclear.
See the 658 bills your House of Representatives introduced and that the lamestream media failed to tell you about here: http://thomas.loc.gov/home/multicongress/multicongress.html, by clicking "110" and "All" and "House Bills Only."
The cost of the bills is unknown. The amount of tax increase included is unknown. The unpaid Uninvited Ombudsman cannot possibly spend the time to do that research, and invites readers to try. "News" outlets avoid that work because it is no longer their job to inform the public. About 49,000 words of new law passed the House.
"News" reports did include the votes on the six bills that passed, like ball scores, but following standard procedure did not provide the bill numbers, which would allow the public to look up the bills themselves.
The lamestream media told you:
Nine-year-old Bindi Irwin, the adorable daughter of "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin, melted hearts at a press conference at the Washington, D.C., National Press Club this week. She wants to help save animals just like her daddy did, who appeared on TV with all sorts of creatures in their wild habitats until one of them, a sting ray, heartlessly killed him by stabbing him in his heart.
Asked what her favorite animals were, Bindi gushed, "Crocodiles and snakes, because they're loving and caring," which brought oohs and ahhs from the entranced reporters. The jam packed conference was carried by the networks, cable channels and print media virtually everywhere.
The Uninvited Ombudsman notes however that:
A news conference three weeks ago in the 14-story National Press Club building, which houses or is within walking distance of hundreds of Washington, D.C. journalists, featured representatives from some 60 organizations opposing the planned North American Union (NAU).
The NAU plan is to eliminate effective U.S. borders with Mexico and Canada, establish appointed panels to regulate trade, set up trade courts superior to national courts, build a superhighway three football fields wide with dedicated lanes both ways for cars, trucks, trains, utilities and data, through Texas and up to Canada with a Mexican-territory terminal in Kansas, establish illegal residents as "trusted travelers," and more, in little more than a decade, under programs already underway and designed by the Council on Foreign Relations and others.
Only one traditional TV station had a single camera crew present, and the rest of the lamestream media chose not to cover the event, which was obviously less important than nine-year-old Bindi's opinion of loving caring snakes.
Google "North American Union" to shock yourself good, then ask your local media why they haven't covered this yet.
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