General and Secretary of State Colin Powell Dead at 84

Lol the media is the same media that tells you Michael Jordan never played in 95 against the Rockets

also I have friends who work as tv reporters in several cities
Their stories and how politically these stories are chosen are eye opening

I’m a 99er like you brother
Don’t think of me as some these suckers who believe in politics
Think of me as the one who wants to burn it down

 

I don't have any problem with a reporter being offended by a truly offensive act or statement. Its not just a "modern" media phenomena. You don't think Cronkite would take his glasses off and show disgust if a past president said or did this?

Reporters became more focused on reporting the outrageous actions of government leaders in the Nixon era. And for good reason. But journalists criticizing government leaders has happened throughout time.

Coming back to trump... he brings this to a head. Past government leaders wouldn't even think of saying and doing what he has said and done. trump supporters support it, and other give it a pass which only enables it.

Me, I would like every republican running asked about his comment. Each and every time. At some point republican candidates will have to start disavowing it. Distancing themselves from him. If that happens, it might stop. But pretending its not happening sure won't.

 

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I misread your post and I actually agree. Black people are prone to more health issues because of poverty and education.

So yes Powell is black but he obviouslt has access to doctors and he is educated. Blacks being at higher risk isn't like older people being at higher risk

 

The dude lied about WMD's and was a central architect of the Iraq war which destroyed our economic future, led us to the Great Recession, and led to countless military and civilian deaths. Not sad at all except for his family who aren't guilty of his war crimes. This is like when John McCain died. The world is better off.

 

Their legacies are far more complex than that. Yes they did egregious things but one thing we can't peg on them is dividing the nation and threatening our stability.

 

Agreed. Heck, there is probably very little politically that I can say I agreed with Ronald Reagan. And, I am sure there are things he did that I would even say were bad for the country. But that said... I would say he is still one of the great presidents. To think of past republicans and what exists now... wow.

 

Our school district...

 

It's funny to hear your kind say this now when back then you screamed for Iraqi blood at all costs.

But as soon as he criticized Trump, he all of a sudden became a punching bag to the alt-right.

 

RIP CP

 

again another great post by a real poster who's not an art history dropout like these art history dropouts

Powell had lots of things going against him health wise.

I'm actually curious what vaccine he got. He didn't get 'THE VACCINE' because there are different vaccines
the dumb cable news makes you think it's one vaccine and it's fool proof.

DMX died too, he was Black and had health issues. Throwing the 'COVID' or 'Vaccinated' labels doesn't change that they had heath issues.

 

So... whenever the former President passes away, you'll be perfectly fine with Biden or Obama or any former President roasting him publicly via Twitter or whatever their medium of voice is?

 

It took all of 5 seconds to learn he had the Pfizer vaccine in February.

 

Powell was a person with very high integrity. I don't believe he lied us into the war. The Sec of Defense is the one closer to the intel and Powell told him that we are in this together -- paraphrasing, he basically said 'you get this wrong and we both are going down in history'. They got it wrong. A huge negative mark on him but no, he didn't lie.

I especially find supporters of Trump calling other leaders liars empty. Trump is a pathological liar and if they are okay with that, they have no moral standing to criticize anyone else.

 

Main stream media is not friend. I am if you would trust me more than the MSM.

 

Local news is the best anyways

 

TBH, "Trump supporter" means "no moral standing" automatically, and I think most of them understand that at some level. They've just signed on to follow Il Douche no matter what.

 

Local news is part of MSM.

 

You're totally untrustworthy. You flat out lied about my posting history. Never attempted to provide proof, never apologized. Based on that, you're more akin to Newsmax or OANN.