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The White House Called Who? And Said WHAT?!?

The White House Called Who? And Said WHAT?!?
« on: July 01, 2011, 04:16:03 PM »
Ok...so a person on live TV called Obama a dickhead or something.  I get it.  That's not appropriate for cable television, and if MSNBC wants to fire the guy, that's their prerogative. 

So this story is all good until I hit one section. 

This section:

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White House press secretary Jay Carney said on Thursday afternoon that he called Halperin’s bosses at MSNBC.

“The comment that was made was inappropriate,” Carney told reporters in his daily briefing. “It would be inappropriate to say that about either president of either party.”

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0611/58098.html

The White House is making calls to news organizations to tell them what they can and cannot say?  Is that freedom of press? 

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Re: The White House Called Who? And Said WHAT?!?
« Reply #1 on: July 05, 2011, 01:04:19 PM »
Ok...so a person on live TV called Obama a dickhead or something.  I get it.  That's not appropriate for cable television, and if MSNBC wants to fire the guy, that's their prerogative. 

So this story is all good until I hit one section. 

This section:

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0611/58098.html

The White House is making calls to news organizations to tell them what they can and cannot say?  Is that freedom of press?
Obama:
Violating Freedom of the press, violating freedom of speech, communism, totalitarianism and the list goes on.........
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« Reply #2 on: July 05, 2011, 01:09:16 PM »
Obama:
Violating Freedom of the press, violating freedom of speech, communism, totalitarianism and the list goes on.........

You should be expecting a knock at your door any minute now. 

You are going to need to go with them peacefully and learn their teachings.
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« Reply #3 on: July 05, 2011, 01:17:22 PM »
You should be expecting a knock at your door any minute now. 

You are going to need to go with them peacefully and learn their teachings.

I figured if they haven't hauled Sarah Palin, Ron Paul and Chris Christie away yet, then I am ok.
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« Reply #4 on: July 05, 2011, 01:28:42 PM »
I figured if they haven't hauled Sarah Palin, Ron Paul and Chris Christie away yet, then I am ok.

It's gonna be a grass roots thing.
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"Hey my friends are the ones that wanted to eat at that shitty hole in the wall that only served bread and wine.  What kind of brick and mud business model is that.  Stick to the cart if that's all you're going to serve.  Then that dude came in with like 12 other people, and some of them weren't even wearing shoes, and the restaurant sat them right across from us. It was gross, and they were all stinky and dirty.  Then dude starts talking about eating his body and drinking his blood...I almost lost it.  That's the last supper I'll ever have there, and I hope he dies a horrible death."