Howard Kaloogian's pic of "Baghdad" changed

[Lost-in-FL]

For a picture of Baghdad taken from the air. F'kng chickenhawks; they are even afraid of taking pictures WITHIN THE CITY of Baghdad. Where's the pictures of people holding hands or dining at the outside markets??? :hurts: :hurts: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

http://www.kaloogianforcongress.com/aboutus.asp?id06=116&par06=104#

[wtmusic]

1. If you look really, really close

Couple holding hands. Now you see it?

[Lost-in-FL]

4. Lol!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[ThoughtCriminal]

8. And they complain about "Hotel Balconey Journalists"

He goes "Fact Finding" to Iraq and the only pic he can provide is from...

Yes, apparently the hotel balconey.

In all his time there, he could not take ONE picture at ground level to support his claim, even though that was a major part of his PURPOSE for going there. I imagine they spent a large part of today going through photographs, trying to find something they could show. They couldn't find anything - not even in the Green Zone?

btw - has anybody checked this photo?

[Lost-in-FL]

12. I see them! You see that boat at the Tigris?

Wait... wait a second dude... That's Venice!! Wrong map...


:rofl: :rofl: :spray: :spray: :+ :+

[LSK]

2. has that site been DU'ed and Kos'ed all day?

Its the slowest site to load that Ive seen in a while.

[Arkansas Granny]

24. I'll bet he's had more hits on his site in the last 2 days than he

expected over the entire course of his campaign.

[DFW]

3. You can tell it's Baghdad

if the couple holding hands is doing so behind a reinforced wall.

[MADem]

5. It had BETTER be peaceful and quiet

...in the GODDAMNED GREEN ZONE!!!

Who is that asshole kidding?

[Cos]

6. Defeats the point

He was trying to use the original photo to argue that Baghdad is not the mess the press makes it seem to be, but showing us a normal street scene in a healthy city. Now he's got a photo from the air, with a similar message: "We took this photo of downtown Baghdad while we were in Iraq. Iraq (including Baghdad) is much more calm and stable than what many people believe it to be. But, each day the news media finds any violence occurring in the country and screams and shouts about it - in part because many journalists are opposed to the U.S. effort to fight terrorism." How does an aerial photo demonstrate this? Other than that there exist times when there's not smoke coming out of a particular section of the city.

If it weren't for the original "mistake" photo, this might not look entirely ridiculous, but given what happened, the message now is that they went to Baghdad, took pictures, and can't find a single one with a normal healthy looking busy street scene! Hah.

[SoCalDem]

7. Kinda like Bush FLYING over NOLA after the hurricane

:(

[Suich]

9. Well said, Cos!

Welcome to DU! :hi:

[mdmc]

11. he should have used an artist illustration

welcome to DU!

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

14. Good point

and welcome to DU! :hi:

[Hubert Flottz]

10. You can't see the city for all the rose petals and drilling rigs!

"Baghdad is as safe as clown's milk, call today, for you free color brochure on our FABULOUS Baghdaddy vacation offers!" Offers not good in SEKTOR G...

[Hubert Flottz]

15. Here's another shot of a small Baghdaddy retirement complex in

the suburbs.

[Joanne98]

26. He's still alive. They should hire him to report the" good" news!

Iraq "good news information minister".

[IChing]

13. HIS new photo is here damn look at all the happy campers

his server must be overwhelmed right now
because his "mistake" is hardly rectified

Downtown Baghdad
We originally posted a photograph not of Baghdad, Iraq but from Istanbul, Turkey where our delegation traveled on the way home to the United States. We apologize for this mistake. We have corrected it with a photograph we took from Baghdad. We took this photo of downtown Baghdad while we were in Iraq. Iraq (including Baghdad) is much more calm and stable than what many people believe it to be. But, each day the news media finds any violence occurring in the country and screams and shouts about it - in part because many journalists are opposed to the U.S. effort to fight terrorism.

[Hubert Flottz]

17. "journalists are opposed to the U.S. effort to fight terrorism"

Don't those Gawd Damned Conspiracy Nuts just kill Ya?

Edit...WILD EYED REPUBLICAN CONSPIRACY NUTS, are getting thicker than fleas on a dog's back these days!

[Strelnikov_]

23. Yea, That Statement Really Improves Things n/t

[OnceUponTimeOnTheNet]

20. Thank You for this post w/ the lastest pr pic included

I've tried all damn day to get to his site without any luck.
Thanx!

[tanyev]

25. I think someone is being kidnapped behind that tree on the far left.

[Imalittleteapot]

16. Can't get into the site. It's frozen. No nothin'. n/t

[Cha]

18. Yeah, like who's going to

believe the ka looaid drinker after that?

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

19. Site won't load. So, did DU break this fake photo story? Where is this

guy running for Congress?

[zulchzulu]

21. Here's the photo..so you don't have to poison your computer

Look at all the couples walking down the street. Makes ya wanna get a cocoa.

Here's the original photo, which many say was in Turkey



It takes a Repug to use fake information to continue faking the truth.

Maybe the site needs to use this:



Perhaps the photo was artfully cropped:

[BlooInBloo]

22. He told me the just other day....

"Bloo, I've been in a LOT of safe places - in fact I make it a point never to leave them - and let me tell you: Baghdad is one safe place."


lol