Was I wrong to put this under the category “entertainment”? Her post certainly was.
If you want to know why nobody watches the Oscars anymore
Posted: February 28, 2011 by datechguy in culture, entertainmentTags: movies, nikki finke, oscars, pop culture
I presume that when Tea Party Protesters someday camp at the Capitol…
Posted: February 28, 2011 by datechguy in opinion/newsTags: madison, wisconsin protests
…they will be allowed to stay there forever too?
Way to go to set a precedent. It will make a great lawsuit if that isn’t the case sometime in the future.
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Posted: February 28, 2011 by datechguy in DaTechGuy on DaRadioTags: datechguy on daradio, jazz shaw, sissy willis
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“If anyone was a victim of “psy-ops” here, it was Michael Hastings.”
Posted: February 28, 2011 by datechguy in Afghanistan war, media, opinion/news, warTags: afghanistan, delusional left, media spin, morning joe, reality, rolling stone
When Morning Joe went long with Rolling Stone great Military expose four days ago I said this:
WOW that’s absolutely positively…ordinary
Today at Hotair Bruce McQuain tells why Rolling Stone gathered no moss.
Hastings apparently took the word of LTC Michael Holmes as the premise and theme of his article. In fact he sets it up with a quote from Holmes:
“My job in psy-ops is to play with people’s heads, to get the enemy to behave the way we want them to behave,” says Lt. Colonel Michael Holmes, the leader of the IO unit, who received an official reprimand after bucking orders. “I’m prohibited from doing that to our own people. When you ask me to try to use these skills on senators and congressman, you’re crossing a line.”
Except LTC Holmes job wasn’t “in psy-ops” (Psychological Operations) nor is LTC Holmes trained in PsyOps. That is a very specific Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) that requires school training. The place in which PsyOps is taught is the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School at Ft. Bragg, NC. According to Special Operations Command, the Special Warfare School has never heard of LTC Michael Holmes.
His conclusion?
In short Hastings was gulled by Holmes. If anyone was a victim of “psy-ops” here, it was Michael Hastings. His lack of knowledge about the command plus an apparent desire to put another general officer notch in his journalistic belt left him open to a sob story from a disgruntled officer that may have sounded good to him, but appears to have little or no basis in fact. A story from an officer who had already been reprimanded for making a false official statement.
Go and read the whole thing. Joe Scarborough? Better luck next time, will be interested in how you will report on this stories crash and burn. As for Rolling Stone…I suggest you stick to Bieber manina.
