Dan Blather was on Real Time tonight with Bill Maher. I took all the Maalox I could prior to watching it, but transcribing part of his intervew almost negated the purpose of that. I could only get through this small portion. In this interview, Maher compared Rather to Babe Ruth, and Rather says that his separation from CBS was a “puzzling time” for him. What? How can you say, if you are a true journalist, that you’re puzzled why you would have to leave a news organization for fabricating a false story? Geez-o-Petes!

Bill then started to light in to Fox News (natch), and the conversation turned into Conspiracy 101. Bill was referring to something he read on his “friend’s” blog, Huffington Post:

Bill: From Fox News, an internal memo: “Be on the lookout for any statements from the Iraqi insurgents thrilled at the prospect of a Democratic-controlled Congress.” That strikes me as the opposite of journalism, as looking for the end of the story before you find what the real truth is.

Dan: Well, I think it’s fair to say, Bill - in fact I know it is – that Fox News operates in at least a somewhat different way than every other news organization that I know. They have their talking points, in which somebody in the hierarchy, whether it’s Roger Ailes who runs the place or not; we know they get talking points from the White House. They can say ‘well, we don’t always take those talking points.’ But I can say that it’s pretty clear that they had wished the election had gone another way, and they sought to position their programming which would raise as many questions about it as possible. They may consider that unfair, but I think that’s, by any reasonable objectivity, what they were after; that they wanted to frame the news in a certain way, actually before the news happened. That’s not a crime, that’s not an indictable offense. This is America, they can do what they want to do, but I think that’s the perspective through which one should view it.

Bill: But isn’t the Fourth Estate supposed to be adversarial to the people in power, rather than serving their needs? You saw that show “Path to 9/11,” I think, that ABC ran.

Dan: Well that, speaking of puzzles, that was pretty mysterious of how that came to be and how they handled it. But questioning power and being skeptical of power, whether it’s Democrat, Republican, mudwhamp or what have you, is my kind of journalism. American journalism is wide and deep, and there are a lot of different opinions on how it should be handled, but ideally I haven’t always done this. I can be subjected to criticism myself, on this score, but journalism needs guts, or to the metaphoric, needs “spine.”

Spine, Mr. Rather? Spine is when you admit you screwed up and had your producers make up a story to slam the President just weeks prior to an election. And you are “puzzled” why you had to leave CBS? Somebody with gray hair seriously needs a reality check. Will I be watching Rather on HDNews? Don’t think so. I already have the Sci-Fi Channel for that kind of nonsense.

This is real Twilight Zone times, folks… very scary.

Watch the unbelievable worship-at-the-alter-of-Dan-Rather here.

Sorry but I’m just now getting around to editing these videos, but Oliver North’s “War Stories” this past Sunday was unbelievably fantastic! Ollie had a list of first-class luminaries and experts on Islam. They included:

• Imam Karim Abuzaid, Prince George’s (MD) Muslim Association
• Robert Baer, former CIA case officer and author of “Blow the House Down”
• Mark Bowden, investigative journalist and author of “Guests of the Ayatollah: The First Battle in America’s War with Militant Islam”
• Imam Faizul Khan, Islamic Society of the Washington, D.C., Area
• Bernard Lewis, Cleveland E. Dodge professor emeritus of Near Eastern Studies, Princeton University
• Uri Lubrani, former ambassador and head of Israeli Mission to Tehran, Iran
• Oliver “Buck” Revell, former FBI deputy assistant director for Operations
• Michael Rowe, California neighbor of Adam Gadahn
• James Woolsey, former CIA director
• Sgt. Armando Ybarra, USMC (Ret.), U.S. Marine wounded in the 1983 barracks attack in Beirut, Lebanon

Dr. Wafa Sultan

According to the FoxNews website:

As you will see, the jihad being waged goes far beyond terrorists taking hostages, hijacking aircraft and the horror of suicide bombers. Its leaders proclaim independence of any state or government, but employ all of the elements of contemporary warfare: propaganda; financing; logistics; communications; covert operatives; and well-trained soldiers with modern weaponry.

You will learn about the homegrown face of terror: Adam Gadahn also known as Azzam the American. Just how did a California boy raised on a goat farm become a new face in Al Qaeda’s inner circle? Why was the Iranian revolution of 1979 the turning point in today’s modern day jihad?

In an exclusive interview, Vice President Dick Cheney tells North that the War on Terror, “is a war that we can win, but it’s a war that may take 25 or 50 years. It’s a war that we absolutely have to stay at. Only the United States can provide the leadership that the world requires to deal with this threat. If the U.S. doesn’t do it there really isn’t anybody else who can.”

You will also hear from Arthur Cummings, acting FBI deputy assistant director for counterterrorism. Walid Phares and Wafa Sultan spoke to “War Stories” as critics of terror in the name of Islam. Their comments have prompted death threats against them.

Folks, if you missed this special when it aired, be sure to check it out here. There are lessons to be learned here, and the history is laid out piece by piece. I’m also going to be posting the individual segments on YouTube, as well.

For now, you can view each here with part #1, part #2, part #3, part #4, part #5 and part #6.

10:00 P.M. EST: ABC caved and cut the Sandy Burger scene where he lost his balls!!!! What a complete sham! Thank God for Red State, Save the Soldiers, and everybody else who has the video clips! Mossad was right when he asked “are there any men left in Washington?” At least they left that in the movie…. now back to it.

Michelle is also on this extensively….

Check back for updates.

***UPDATE 10:50 P.M. EST***

Well, according to the advance clips I saw, thanks to Red State and Save the Soldiers, I am not as confused as would have been. The part where they cut out the scene where Sandy Burglar hung up on the folks in control of the current situation, was the only thing that could have connected that scene with the one with the CIA agent coming into the meeting crying, upset at why they let Bin Laden go. It now was discombobulated and made no sense. But again thanks to the video clips from Red State, I know what happened in between.

Now ABC’s Nightline is one, with Sandy “Pants” Burglar explaining his “position.” *ahem*… Now it’s obviously time to spread the blame equally between Bush and Clinton. What a bunch of bullshit.