Something else I have not heard anything on - those kidnapped Israeli soldiers.

Were those guys ever returned as a result of the new "ceasefire?"

If only they'd had the foresight to confess to JonBenet's murder first.

Honestly - MSM is so hateful of themselves and Americans at large right now, they can't bring themselves to give a fuck. That's my guess.

WHERE IS THE MEDIA?

we don't know! That's what "missing" means.
Shessh.

I'm just going to cut out the middlewoman and have the Alarming News bookmark automatically redirect to MichelleMalkin.com

I haven't heard from those Iraeli soldiers either. Annan's Ceasefire must be going really well. Hezbollah breaks every part of it and not a word. Israel tries to stop them from breaking it again, and it is condemned by the UN. It's another 1559.

Notice the UN also isn't talking about the kidnapped journalists. If Israel took a Hezbollah fighter into custody, there would be hell to pay from the UN.

I'm just going to cut out the middlewoman and have the Alarming News bookmark automatically redirect to MichelleMalkin.com

hahahahahahaaha

Ken funny.

American Pundit, Israel assassinates and "liquidates" terrorist and political figures in the territories regularly, which is barely covered by the media. On the other hand, when Hamas kidnapped a soldier it recieved a good deal of media attention, and Israel reinvaded Gaza.

SamL. Are you posting from ______istan?

How do you get away with that unsubstaniated tripe?

Hell, in Gaza, if Isreal picks up a pile of rocks near Gaza, Palistinians want to go to the UN for Isreal taking THEIR weapons of MASS destruction!

Invasion surprised the whoooooly wazoo out of all of em. They keep pulling on superman's cape and are 'victimized' again by the response.

Man, if we had HALF the PR proxy of the Arab world?!

An article about the kidnapping is in this morning's Christian Science Monitor. There's a little more background here.

Of course, one would expect the Monitor to be sensitive to these kinds of stories (see Carroll, Jill).

olaf is telling everybody to pressure their countries to put political pressure on to get thier release. he also says his family shouldn't worry they should leave all the worrying to him.. toy can see this video on fox's web site with the story. And yes i want to know where the israeli kidnapped soldiers are!

So where are these fantastical peaceful muslims you hear of - where are they and how are they helping Wiig and Centanni get home? Where is the intervention? Where are the moderate muslim voices? My guess - there isn't a muslim out there that gives a damn.

Remember all those arabs standing in London declaring: WE ARE ALL HEZBOLLAH?

A bomb should have been dropped. Strikes me as a clear admission of terrorism, it is time to liqudate Islam. There's not an adult worth saving in that lot of hatred and fanatacism.

And feel free to hate me for what I've written. Just don't mistake yourself into thinking I give a rat's ass.

actually in this instance the gaza arabs are taking to the streets in protest of this. saying how they need the news inthere to show all their woes and such. Woman are out campaigning for their release {cantanni and wiig}. so for a change they are outspoken - we would here more about it if the msm wasnt so scared to go to gaza...

And now that there's a video, the mainstream media is picking it up. And would it be helpful to go with the steady stream of non-updates, or do you possibly run the risk of making the situation worse? I just don't think silence is really part of a liberal media conspiracy.

I just don't think silence is really part of a liberal media conspiracy.

Don't be silly Alceste- haven't you learned by now that EVERYTHING is ALWAYS part of a liberal media conspiracy?

Ok then steve - you tell me how two kidnapped reporters is not news. Esp. when Kim Dozier made such headlines for (merely) being wounded.

Go!

omg.

fisch wins.

Fisch, are you implying that Rupert Murdoch is negotiating with terrorists to get his guys back?

I think this news blackout has been terrible to the cause of their return and if that's the reason then that's just awful.

No, actually the bottom line is "this would encourage more kidnappings of Fox and other News stations' employees....".

He's just hurting his other employees by doing this, if this is indeed what he's doing.

If this was your mother that was kidnapped, and you felt you had a chance of negotiating her release, you would do it and you know it and you'd be wrong if you didn't.

Fisch: 2 Karol: 0

Dawn, glad to see you're on board with something resembling vigilantism. Like, sure, families should negotiate for release with terrorists. Just like families of victims should get to decide if a criminal gets the death penalty and how, right?

And making frequent broadcasts for the kidnappers to watch and admire the fruits of their handiwork is really going to be helpful?

This is similar to what the CSM did when Carroll was kidnapped (you should give her story a read). Looking for informal back channels to the kidnappers and trying to keep the situation as low profile as possible even when the parents were going on TV...

Dawn, glad to see you're on board with something resembling vigilantism.
Dude, have we met? My entire life philosophy is built on vigilantism.

So why not always negotiate with terrorists? I mean, if Americans see W. negotiating for another American's release won't they be pleased as punch too? But we don't because we realize that the end result will always be a bad one for us.

The reality is that any kind of negotiation and any kind of compromise hurts us all. It hurts Fox employees and all other media people. It hurts all Americans.

Also, your point about what they want makes no sense. If they want nothing but to kill us, what good will negotiating do?

Ok then steve - you tell me how two kidnapped reporters is not news. Esp. when Kim Dozier made such headlines for (merely) being wounded.

Go!

Ari, I've been blogging about the Centanni thing and the lack of media coverage for two weeks now , and how it should have gotten more coverage. And while "MSM" wasn't covering it, neither was Fox News, and neither was the blogosphere (left or right), until the last couple of days.

And I wouldn't say Dozier was "merely" wounded- she was nearly killed, while we don't know yet whether any physical harm has been done to Centanni or Wiig.

And I wouldn't say Dozier was "merely" wounded- she was nearly killed, while we don't know yet whether any physical harm has been done to Centanni or Wiig.

You may not know what if any physical harm they have endured but I'm betting these upstanding, peaceful Muslims are not holding a Connect Four or UNO championship with the reporters.

Merely having Cebtanni and Wiig in their slimy little hands is enough to cause me great concern.

But eh... it's probably just a right wing conspiracy anyway. Right? Centanni... well doesn't that sound made up.

Off topic: is there a sane, logical democrat left in the entire world? Just one?

Off topic: is there a sane, logical democrat left in the entire world? Just one?

Pot. Kettle. Ari.

Alceste, you're missing the part where Ari IS a Democrat.

Yah, she's a Zell Miller Democrat.

"A new terror group - the holy jihad brigade has them and says they want all muslims held in US jails to be released in 72 hours and the world should convert to Islam. Plus, they say that the muslim leaders are too weak and speak too much to Non Muslims. They have a 90 sec video with the two men. They say they are bring treated well and have fresh water, food, clean clothes and bathroom accessibility."

Sounds bogus, like a couple of 40-year-old guys realizing that they've got one last shot at glory or a better life. The world *should* convert to Islam? Not very demanding.

The reality is that any kind of negotiation and any kind of compromise hurts us all. It hurts Fox employees and all other media people. It hurts all Americans.

How does it hurt all Americans? Jill Carroll made it back alive. Clearly some form of negotiation worked. Murdoch or NewsCorp. or some party acting on their behalf needs to try. I'm with Fisch, governments should never negotiate with terrorists, but business owners have an obligation to if there's the slightest chance they can be saved.

A bomb should have been dropped. Strikes me as a clear admission of terrorism, it is time to liqudate Islam. There's not an adult worth saving in that lot of hatred and fanatacism.

And feel free to hate me for what I've written. Just don't mistake yourself into thinking I give a rat's ass.

Ok, but if I take that same broad brush and paint the Jews with it, saying "Aw, they run everything. America is such a tool of Israel," I don't want no lip out of you. Understand?

The damaged and diseased minds of liberals believe:

that all the hurricanes last year prove Global Warming conclusively–as does the complete lack of hurricanes this year.

that the Apollo Landings were fakes made up in Hollywood, but that Global Warming is real.

that the “Living Constitution” must grow, change and adapt to the times–unless the ChimplerHalliburtonRoveDiebold Junta wishes to data-mine 1-900-OSAMA calls.

that Guns in the hands of the passengers of American Flight 11 would have been dangerous.

that taking money from you at the point of a gun to invest in a Social Security Account that you DO NOT own, and pays 2 % interest, is better for your retirement than your 401 k that you DO own and pays 14%.

that a 13 year old girl is old enough to make up their own mind about an abortion, but too young to have a glass of wine with her parents at Dinner.

that the Government is somehow entitled to 55% of the money you manage to save throughout your life, even though the money was ALREADY taxed before you put it in the bank, and the Government has not done a DAMN THING to earn a penny of it.

that teaching children to never touch a gun is bad if it is done by the NRA, but good if it done by a drunk bitch like Sarah Brady.

that Sex education causes abstinence, but Gun education causes violence.

that belonging to a Religion that preaches peaceful tolerance causes intolerance, but belonging to a religion that preaches intolerance is actually tolerant. (Somebody remind me the last time the Presbyterians declared jihad on the Methodists down the street.)

that allowing non-sectarian prayer in school somehow corrupts the kids and forces religion down their throats, but that teaching children about ISLAM (with role playing!) expands their awareness of the world around them.

that Saddam, Kim Jong Il, and Castro were fairly elected, but President Bush was not…

that Hitler and Stalin didn’t disarm citizens, only Jews, Gypsies, gays, unionists and other “undesirables.” (Yes, a liberal member of the MSM actually said this in the Washington Post.)

that good intentions count for more than good results.
that the reason the was on poverty hasn’t succeeded is that 7 trillion dollars is not enough.

that a 20 year old unwed mother of 4 (from 4 different sperm donors) is entitled to a free ride for the rest of her life.

that when a small country is attacked for no reason by one of its neighbors - that has spent the last 58 years trying to obliterate the small country from the map, the small country is NOT allowed to fight back to protect it’s own citizens.

that Mumia is a hero, but that the police officer he murdered in cold blood was an oppressive jackboot of The Man who deserved to be offed, just because he was a cop.

that Washington DC’s low murder rate of 80.6 per 100,000 is due to strict gun control, but Arlington, Virginia’s high murder rate of 1.6 per 100,000 is attributable to the lack of gun control.

that the tiniest possibility of library records may be searched is a violation of civil liberties, but that flying planes into buildings is not.

that being a member of some minority automatically makes one noble or a victim.

that someone too fucking stupid to figure out how a ballot works has the right to decide how to run the country. Retroactively.

that a student’s “Self Esteem” is more important that the correct answer to 2 + 2.

that an Independent campaign run by a liberal incumbent in the NUTmeg state is a conservative conspiracy.

that marriage is an oppressive, soul-killing, stultifying form of indentured servitude and slavery–and must be extended to as many people as possible.

well put Radical Redneck well put.

Radical, have you gone off the meds.

No danny, just something that needed to be said.

Your concern is touching, but not in the "special way" Sammy L touches you.

Who is Sammy L. and how long have you been having homo-erotic visions ?

You're boys at the hunting camp won't be happy to hear this.

Get some sex it'll level you out (make sure he/she is not your sibling).