The evolving "narrative" of #Binladen's death #tcot #gwot

NationalJournal.com - Updating the Narrative: Osama bin Laden's Death - Thursday, May 5, 2011

http://www.nationaljournal.com/whitehouse/updating-the-narrative-osama-bin-la...

Bin Laden death details: Has the Bin Laden Narrative Spun Out of Control?

http://slatest.slate.com/posts/2011/05/04/bin_laden_narrative_is_the_white_ho...

Bin Laden unarmed: White House walks back key details of Osama killing narrative

http://slatest.slate.com/posts/2011/05/03/bin_laden_unarmed_white_house_walks...

Osama Bin Laden Dead | White House | Inconsistent Narrative | The Daily Caller

http://dailycaller.com/2011/05/04/a-wrap-up-of-the-inconsistencies-in-the-osa...

NYT:Raid Account, Hastily Told, Proves Fluid

http://mobile.nytimes.com/article?a=785344&f=77

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Life imitates Atlas Shrugged:Using a Government induced shortage to attack the suppliers of the commodity #teaparty #atlasshrugged

RRD:Today I will begin a series of pieces,in which I will be publishing excerpts from Atlas Shrugged(within the guidelines of fair use) that I regard as particularly relevant to our time.
All the page number's are from the current paperback version.

This one is on the Government's habit of crippling a industry,& then condemning it for it's failure to produce.

A conversation between Ken Danagger,a coal magnate,& Hank Rearden a steel industrialist,and the inventor of a revolutionary new metal called Rearden Metal.The scene takes place after the country has moved to coal once the Government essentially destroyed the oil industry.It is also a crime to prefer one client over another for a good or service.Hence customers who were farsighted enough to order Rearden Metal are made to wait,while mediocrities who scorned it get "their fair share",as determined by the state.The penalty for violating this law is ten years in jail,unless "permission" is sought from the bureaucrats.

"Danagger had explained that half of his original order would be sufficient to brace such tunnels as would cave in,if he delayed the bracing much longer,and to recondition the mines of the Confederated Coal Company,gone bankrupt,which he had purchased three weeks ago."....
..."The newspapers are yelling that coal is now the most crucial commodity in the country.They are also yelling that the coal operators are profiteering in the oil shortage.One gang in Washington is yelling that I am expanding too much and something should be done to stop me,because I am becoming a monopoly.Another gang in Washington is yelling that I am not expanding enough and something should be done to let the government seize my mines,because I am greedy for profits and unwilling to satisfy the public's need of fuel.At my present rate of profit,this Confederated Coal property will bring back the money I spent on it--in forty-seven years.I have no children.I bought it,because there's one customer I don't dare leave without coal--and that's Taggart Transcontinental.I keep thinking of what would happen if the railroads collapsed."
He had stopped,then added,"I don't know why I still care about that,but I do.Those people in Washington don't seem to have a clear picture of what that would be like.I have."....

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On the Jews of Lebanon & other middle eastern Jews #tcot #jcot

The Jews of Lebanon | PRI's The World

http://www.theworld.org/2011/05/the-jews-of-lebanon/

1,000,000 Middle Eastern Jews ~ Reut R. Cohen

http://www.reutrcohen.com/2009/01/1000000-middle-eastern-jews.html

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#Chinese response to #Binladen 's death:anti-americanism,criticism of US 's #humanrights record vis-a-vis #China & indifference #gwot #tcot

China chimes in online on Bin Laden’s death | PRI's The World

http://www.theworld.org/2011/05/china-chimes-in-online-on-bin-laden-death/

...."Other online comments seemed to genuinely mourn bin Laden’s demise –comments such as, “yet another anti American hero is lost” and “now the only terrorist left is the United States.” Zhang Xin, the director of the state-run China Central Television’s National Security and Military Channel, wrote “Bin Laden was the greatest national hero in Arab history. He used his own power to fight the most powerful country in the world, America.” ...

...." But the prevailing view in my Beijing neighborhood seemed to be more like this one, from a middle-aged guy named Xie. “So the guy’s dead already. What impact does this have on China?” Xie said. “He didn’t do any acts of terrorism in China" When I mentioned that some Chinese seemed to admire Bin Laden, Xie scoffed, saying, “Maybe the Uighurs” ....

[ Jin] added that it would have been better to arrest and try him than to shoot him in the head. She said Bin Laden deserved to be treated as a human being.[RRD:In the audio she added,apparently without irony,that China,as a country concerned for human rights would object to Bin Laden's shooting]

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International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran – Shirkoo Moarefi’s Lawyer Says His Execution Orders Have Been Issued #iranelections #xcot

http://www.iranhumanrights.org/2011/05/shirkoo-moarefis-lawyer-says-his-execu...

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RealClearPolitics - Video - Burlingame After Meeting With Obama: He Turned His Back On Me #tcot #gwot

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2011/05/05/burlingame_after_meeting_wi...

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Alert! Execution is Closing in on #Sherko #Maarifi (Moarefi) in #Iran #iranelections #humanrights #p2

http://www.rudaw.net/english/news/iran/3661.html

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