Barbara Starr said a bad word on CNN: Lobbyists
By John Amato Monday Mar 30, 2009 10:15amOn CNN's State of the Union show Sundays, they have their "Best Political Team on Television" segment, which pits different pundits who we see all week on CNN in roundtable discussions on several topics. In a discussion about the budget, the panel said that some budget cuts were needed and President Obama is going to seriously look at the military. Barbara Starr then said a bad word on TV:
KING: And Barbara, he's asking the Pentagon to come in with a smaller bottom line, even as he sends more troops to Afghanistan, says he wants to grow the army and grow the Marine Corps. So something's got to give, and most people think if you are going to get that money, you've got to get a big weapons program.
BARBARA STARR: Well, that's what Secretary Gates is saying, that he's going to make real deep cuts in all of this. But you know with the president taking off this week for the big trip to Europe, half of it is the economic agenda with the G-20, half of it is with NATO. He's got to take something to Europe and say to the Europeans, a lot of people think, here's what I want to have happen. He can't go and just listen. And so he's going with both the economic agenda and the security agenda and a lot of folks are watching to see what he actually comes back with.
KING: And in terms of the Pentagon finding something to cut, whether it's the F-22, whether it's something else down the road, when are we going to know?
STARR: That's being worked on in those 17.5 miles of Pentagon hallways right now. Nobody's talking about it, but you can sure bet that the lobbyists are scurrying all over Capitol Hill already.
YELLIN: Lobbyists?
KING: Lobbyists?
YELLIN: Bad word.
STARR: The defense contractors, they're trying to preserve everything they can.
We spend billions of dollars on weapons programs that we do not need, but the "lobbyists" will try to protect their precious contracts. Starr quickly pivoted to "defense contractors" instead of using their proper name: Lobbyists. Is there an attempt by TV talking heads to cover up for lobbyists? Will we now hear them referred to as "contractors?"
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we must ensure the continued growth of our military industrial complex.
We need more wars. The more shit we blow up, the more weapons we use...the more weapons we have to replace.
Plus, we get to kill terrorist brown people. It's win/win!!
"snark generator off"
Plus, we need a missile shield system that doesn't work, to protect us from a threat that doesn't exist
I thought a missle shield system was IUD's
And they didn't work either.
British news sources are allowed to quote "bad words" ..
Why aren't American news sources allowed to quote "bad words" ?
it makes the Washington insiders cry.
But .. didn't we revolt against the British a coupla hundred years ago so we could, uh, be free?
You know, freedom of the press, freedom of speech ..
Or did I miss something?
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but Democracy requires vigilance and hard work.
The people got lazy...so now...they are simply revolting.
Maybe if they pulled their britches up.
Otherwise they look like their trolling for gay sex or a spanking from some sexy young thang.
Here's another bad star:
http://www.sofacinema.co.uk/guardian/images/p...
"He's got to take something to Europe and say to the Europeans ..."
Inside her head: "Can't just say it's my own opinion sitting around Washington. Must claim imprimatur from American people!"
"... a lot of people think, here's what I want to have happen."
Inside her head: "Nailed it!"
Mercenaries.
Oh, go read Machiavelli's Discourses to see how bad a word that is.
"And Barbara, he's asking the Pentagon to come in with a smaller bottom line, even as he sends more troops to Afghanistan, says he wants to grow the army and grow the Marine Corps. So something's got to give, and most people think if you are going to get that money, you've got to get a big weapons program."
Gosh I wonder what the odds are we'll see further privatization of the Military.
No wonder CNN is in third place now.
How come the 'best political team on television' are all REPIGLICANS ?
Lobbyists are In the process of redefining themselves, so keep quiet until their PR dept has had time to work their magic. Mmkay.
I think we should 'cause then we can call the Blackwater (or whatever it's called now) goons over to Iraqistan "lobbyists". Hey, it works, they're over there lobbying the joy of the American Way of Life(tm) with every mission they take. Seems only fair they should get the title.
it's not you and me. follow the money.
I wish the MSM would quit acting like we are complete morons! Like, if they don't tell us, we'll never know. Sheeshe, that's why I'm getting my info from the internet. I don't even bother with TV "news" (gossip rags) anymore.
We continue to prove as a people that we are incompetent morons.
Yes, Barbara Starr. The CNN reporter that just exudes charisma.
Yellen already proved she's a team player when she flat out said Edwards affair , " would have been a security risk for the United States " if he were president .
I'll make a safe bet, lets say 3 x the BB , that just like Fox , CNN sends out memos to the hired hands , not to mention certain words or names . With Starr ( the pentagon's parrot and cover specialist for the U.S. backed war on Somalia ) "pivoting " it makes it look like Yellin was reminding Barb , nada , nada on the word contractor .
"Blackwater...Paid assassins?"
"Bad word."
"Military contractors."
"That's better."
Do they have a whole other dictionary of euphemisms? Christ, that's scary.
... and even internally, we aren't allowed to call them "lobbyists." Instead, they're called "WashOps," or "Washington Operations."
I used to watch the CNN show on Sunday when Wolfie did it. It was watchable enough. Now that this clown John King is on, the show is simply NOT watchable. No can do. where did they find this joker and why would they put him on this show? CNN on Sunday morning has no credibility. Lucky for them they have Fareed Zakaria later but this John King jerk is just not watchable... unless you are a Chris Wallace fan. What was that freeper "news" paper he referenced when he had that hate fest with Dick Cheney? Oh yeah, Human Events (I looked it up). For King to quote that thing he loses all credibility, must go directly to jail and not pass go. Get him out of here.
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