“Rather is an Ambulance Chaser his observations are
better late than never .... what did he break and
pioneer here ZERO REALLY .”

Oh, I don’t know about that. He’s the one who said on a live TV broadcast on 9/11 that the Twin Towers had come down in the exact manner of a demolition. He also ran stories on the fact that George W. Bush had gone AWOL (essentially deserted) from the Air Force as a young man and Rather was fired for saying it on TV.

John Perkins, in ‘Confessions of an Economic Hitman’, has some chilling things to say about the state of American democracy, pointing out that ‘Things are not as they seem’, since NBC is owned by General Electric, CBS by Viacom and CNN is part of the huge AOL/Time Warner conglomerate and most American newspapers and magazines and publishing houses which control communication outlets are simply foot soldiers of the corporate state. ‘They know their places;’ he says. ‘They are taught throughout life that one of their most important jobs is to perpetuate, strengthen and expand the system they have inherited. They are very efficient at doing so and when opposed can be ruthless’. As Dan Rather, himself, found out.

The ‘hypocrisy’ of Rather, as pointed out by many
posters, I will not question.  I would ask, however, if
such hypocrisy should over-ride the message? 

I suspect that many from Rather’s generation fell into a
state of acceptance; of forces they knew not how to
confront, control, or deal with.  I see evidence of such
in my personal life and so I must ask, ‘What makes Dan
Rather special?’

On another thread the fellow who headed up the police
response to “The Battle in Seattle” is heard speaking to
his own regrets over that incident and otherwise comes
across as a human being as opposed to a Stormtrooper with
no loyalties outside of state motivations.

The 99% is a lot of people.  A lot of those people have
been captured and given little choice but to work against
their own.  That they are waking up to this and having
something to say is key.  Their past deeds do not
diminish the significance of their present confessions.

In response to the comment by Truthdig member “do over”
(below), I refer you to The Year’s Top Story in the
right hand column.

Just in case folks are too lazy to look things up ( regarding Scheer being an obvious Shill ):

http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/still_in_the_dark_about_9_11_20110308/

http://www.truthdig.com/dig/item/20060910_robert_scheer_holes_9_11/

http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/how_little_we_know_about_the_origins_of_9_11_20110908/

http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090908_a_9_11_reality_check/

Interesting indeed that Dan Rather, an overrated child of corporate journalism, which made him one of the 1% earning millions, would come at this late stage to declare that “Big Money Owns Everything!”

Well, I didn’t need to wait all this time for Rather to tell me this simple fact about American capitalism. I knew this thirty-three years ago when my fate landed me on the shores of America.

But what Rather will never say is that big money in America has an equal partner in owning and controlling everything and that equal partner is Zionism, represented by Israel and its powerful evil lobby in America that uses the double-weapon of dirty money and blackmailing to keep American politicians subservient slaves!

Now that Dan’s been thrown under the bus of corporate journalism he wants to rewrite the past, and with it his complicity with the lie-telling and cowardice that is its legacy. Because the ruling class’s media puppets today are so unabashed about propagandizing for Wall Street, he paints the careers of himself and his contemporaries (Brokaw and the lot) as lily-white crusaders for investigative reporting. Pleeezzz. Plenty of what goes unspoken now, went unspoken then, by talking heads just like Dan Rather and Tom Brokaw. At least Cronkite wept from viewing the Democratic Convention in ‘68, when Daley and his thugs first started pounding on America’s youth—just like today. Hey, Dan, go write another book—just what the country needs, your wisdom, deeply shaded though it may be. I’ll file it right next to Sarah Palin’s for irrelevancy. As for Molly Ivins, Dan Rather’s name shouldn’t be mentioned in the same paragraph.

And yes, Dan Rather has also been found to tow the line in fear of losing respect, his job or possibly life… but he seems a bit repentant nowadays, which is a good sign.  Scheer the Shill could learn something from Dan.

I surely am no shill nor a troll…

My proof is in reading any article regarding 9/11 that Scheer the Shill writes, for he FAILS to ever mentions Tower 7, the Pentagon’s lack of airplane debris and other “red flags” which have risen since that fateful day.

By omitting these pertinent events and not caring to address them, it is clear that Scheer loves his income, status and seat at the corporate dinner parties more than the truth.. and sharing that truth as an honest journalist with people like us.

I would give him the benefit of doubt if he, like most other Amerikans, believe only two buildings fell that day… who also blindly believe the ‘official’ report and haven’t spent a few hours searching the countless footage AND eye witness testimony…. but surely any good journalist does their research, at least that is what one expects.

i do not like to get personal. however, for the sake of the posters, i’ll admit i am
glad dan said what he said.
most of the time i dwell on the issues; avoiding blaming or praising individuals.
i pay attention mostly to structures; such as of governance, religions, army,
jurisprudence, govts, etc.

structures can be seen; thus, described with great accuracy-adequacy and
examined for the role each structural member plays in a given structure.

in u.s we have one governmental structure in which MSM, ‘education’, private
ownership, cia, fbi, city police, army echelons, ‘private’ army, judiciary, W.H,
congress, banking; each one of them playing a specific role; however, each
accepting one ideology on which u.s system is founded.

and if the structure remains [and i think will remain no matter how much we
complain, protest] injustices, wars, oppression wld continue.
nader, rather, moore, and many other protesters of u.s excesses avoid to talk
about the structure.
i think that they think u.s can be changed by only complaining about it and not by
elucidation of what really is happening in u.s; i.e., that everything that happens in
u.s is systemic. tnx

Jefferson also said that if we lost all our spelled out
‘freedoms’ but kept freedom of the press, our democracy
could survive. 

Napolean…- could you be specific, cite instances of
“burying the truth?”

Freedom of the press means independent ownership of
the means of producing and distributing news.
Period.

So, we see independent internet based media (some
of which mimics mainstream media style) being
swallowed up by the likes of R. Murdoch, and we
know that the corruption will start soon enough.

But, what is the practical answer to independent
news without the corporate corruption factor?

Information is available and many good journalists investigate and report. To get it you must be willing to read books. TeleVision is a dying corrupt corporatist/propagandist machine. TeleVision news hasn’t been credible for decades. D.C. is a manufactured sideshow and it is the job of Mirdoch and his like to keep the puppet masters well hidden.

    Dans message is nice but it isn’t “news” to anyone here. Independent thought and dialogue can’t be prevented, only distorted.

    Keep fighting.

Say it ain’t so, Dan.

So who told you to tell us the Zapruder film showed JFK’s head going “violently forward”?

And who told you to shut up about that “flight recorder box”, Dan?

http://michaelfury.wordpress.com/2008/08/16/black-box/

The rooster crows and journalists sleep through it.  Now what?

You got that right Dan…. glad you woke up and mentioned it… can’t say the same for Robert Scheer the shill and all the other lackeys who ‘think’ they are digging up the truth… more like burying the truth… traitors.