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| frielpaco | Posted – 1/29/2008 5:48:42 AM | show profile Last night when Nancy Grace was covering the "New: Fugitive Marine's Bus Trip to Mexico" as "Breaking Details," there was a particular high level of distress from one of Nancy's callers... this time Cindy in Indiana. You couldn't even understand what she was saying because there was such a high level of distress in her voice about the Maria Lauterbach case and she was crying out loud. Heres what happened: GRACE: Back out to the line, Cindy in Indiana. Hi, Cindy. CINDY, FROM INDIANA: Hello. GRACE: What`s your question, dear? CINDY: How can he be that much of a pig. GRACE: I don`t know. CINDY: .and do that to a tiny baby and pretend to love your own? My question is where is his baby? GRACE: Oh just hearing your voice, you know, we get so caught up, Cindy in Indiana, on the logistics and the developments of the case and the search for Cesar Laurean. This is about a 20-year-old girl and her unborn baby. Funeral arrangements being made right now. Her mom insisting that the baby have its own casket. All this is happening while the search for Laurean seemingly is going nowhere. Now, I don't understand why Cindy in Indiana is getting "so caught up" about the logistics and developments of a murder of a woman that she doesn't even know when the story should really be about the 3,940 dead American troops that have died since the launch of the Iraq war and the 655,000+ dead Iraqi citizens (many pregnant mothers just like Lauterbach). I don't know why shes getting so caught up in this when today (the day she called) five more American service members were just killed in the line of duty in Iraq (which were not mentioned in the President's SOTU speech). Funeral arrangements are being made right now for them. Their children are grieving to know their mother or father won't be coming home. All this is happening while Nancy and Cindy from Indiana are putting all their energy, tears, and sweat into Lauterbach. I wish Americans would follow the deaths of Iraqis and American troops the way they follow the death of Maria Lauterbach. I wish their families would write "New York Times" bestsellers. I wish their families would be given the amount of media time to have their emotional grief psychoanalyzed by a team of experts. I don't see the media trying to find the killers of these marines and innocent civilians the way they are trying to find Cesar Laurean. I didn't even see Cindy of Indiana rushing in to call Nancy back to cry over the death of Pfc. Dwane Covert Jr. (20, killed Iraq, who loved taking naps with his one year old), whom Nancy payed tribute to at the end of her show before immediately putting back up multiple pictures of missing woman Brianna Denison. But maybe its because the soldiers aren't as important of citizens as Lauterbach or Denison... to the media at least. Look, I'm not saying that I don't feel badly for the families of Lauterbach or Denison. Actually I would submit to you that I care more than TV hosts like Grace who just use them for ratings and exploit, sensationalize, and exaggerate the details of their families tragedies. I just don't think these cases should amount to national news. I don't think Americans should be spending their time living and breathing every detail of these tragedy TV stories. There are really important and defining issues facing our country. And I think we need to spend more time educating ourselves so mistakes like what happened in 2000 and 2004 don't happen agian. Ignorance causes these mistakes and they have real life next day consequences for the people of the world, ourselves and future generations to come. |
| jesp | Posted – 1/29/2008 10:02:02 PM | show profile | email poster actually, you're wrong I agree that the general population spends too much time focusing on the latest tragedy, be it Britney's break-down or what have you.. but I think this one is different.. Actually, the experience of Maria Lauterbach is one that many women in the military share - being raped by a fellow soldier and having the millitary ignore your pleas for help and leave you in further danger. This story is triggering PTSD symptoms in many women who have been through that across the country, and that, to me, is why this story is so important. So, relax - caring about this story is caring about our troops. |
| jazzreport | Posted – 1/29/2008 10:46:42 PM | show profile sooooooooo So what can we get in the Nancy/BOR hour that we can't get the other 23 hrs on CNN and Fox??? What can't we get by reading liberal rags like the NYTimes and Washington Post?? Researching on the net????? Why are you not in Iraq??? |
| Missy | Posted – 1/29/2008 11:34:49 PM | show profile Seriously, the soldiers that are being killed in the ridicoulous war are important. However, they signed up knowing that their lives are in danger. They (not all, I know) signed up knowing this war is bogus, they signed up despite the fact that they have families and children, they signed up to kill, mostly innocent civilians just like our own people. Now, this girl Brianna Denison is a good friend of mine. She did not sign up for this. She did not know her life was in danger, she did not sign up for something knowing she may leave her family behind. This was completely out of her control, and most importantly- she is STILL missing. There are people out there who could help, who may see her and bring her back home to us. She may be alive and that is why it is so important to get her photo out there- to have everyone in our country know her face and possibly bring her home... |
| iddybiddy2000_2000 | Posted – 1/31/2008 1:30:34 AM | show profile | email poster Missy's reply Evidentally Missy you know nothing of the marine corp. My husband has been in for 15 yrs and he signed up for none of the things you mentioned especially to kill innocent civilians as you say. He is a most honorable man as many of the marines are and he signed up for love of country and to give you the right to deman him but none the less he fights for your right to say it and mine to reply to you. I feel your take on the corp is from ignorance of the things our troops face daily in Iraq and believe me I know my marine has been in Iraq for a year now. It is sad and not to point any fingers someone definitely dropped the ball in protecting Maria and the outcome of that is far reaching and heart reiching to all of us. |
| Missy | Posted – 1/31/2008 2:46:00 AM | show profile Seriously... I did say not all of the soldiers sign up for that. And, I seriously respect the soldiers for putting their lives on the line. Trust me, I am not ingnorant about any of this. And why would someone say that Brianna is more important than the troops? That is certainly not true. And if we are going that route- how can you justify putting anyone on the television if someone is going to say they are more important than others. Why not put up photos of the starving children in Africa? Or the Iraqi civilians that are dead? I didn't post on this to argue about the war- My point was mainly that Brianna is STILL missing, so therefore by putting her photos on the screen and end of a show is great and people shouldn't be saying it is for the media purposes. Like I said before, I am not here to argue about the military- or bush or any of that crap. Brianna is missing- she could possibly be alive. Please- Send love her way- Pray for her to come home safely. I don't want to argue about any of this negative stuff- I just want my friend home. I have posted her photo's everywhere. Please do the same, and please support any main television that can spare a few minutes for this missing girl. I respect all of you and your opinions, and I am certainly not here to change them. I just wanted to explain to frielpaco (I think) why it is important to have her photos on the television. Please Pray For Brianna. Talk about her- get the word out. Someone knows something and will eventually go to the authorities. Please help. I am not going to post on here again- I don't need to waste my energy on negativity- I am putting all my positive energy towards Brianna. Have some compassion- she may still be alive. |
| Missy | Posted – 1/31/2008 2:48:58 AM | show profile Please Help.  |
| frielpaco | Posted – 1/31/2008 6:33:06 AM | show profile "Now, this girl Brianna Denison is a good friend of mine. She did not sign up for this. She did not know her life was in danger, she did not sign up for something knowing she may leave her family behind. This was completely out of her control, and most importantly- she is STILL missing. There are people out there who could help, who may see her and bring her back home to us. She may be alive and that is why it is so important to get her photo out there- to have everyone in our country know her face and possibly bring her home..." First of all, the military did not sign up to go into a war based on lies. They signed up to go into war only if it was absolutely 100% necessary for the protection of the USA. They did not sign up to go and police a civil war. They did not sign up to go remove a person from power simply because he was a "bad guy." Etc. Now, thankyou for posting that picture because you've just proven my point. The media, nor we would even know about Ms. Denison unless she was beautiful, attractive, and thin. You never see any missing middle aged women on Nancy or Greta (unless their pretty). You never see any missing obese women on their shows. You never see any missing men on their shows. They didn't "sign up" for it too as you say. But Because they don't provide the eye candy for the dense audience the way these attractive, young teens do... they don't ever get covered. If the media's motives were really pure... they would cover everybody. But their motives are not pure... their motives are purely about ratings, money, sensationalism, and explotation. So... I say, if you can't cover everybody... you shouldn't cover anybody at all. Why? Because their stories don't amount to national news. No matter what side of the political isle you find yourself on, (even Laura Ingraham railes agianst the tragedy TV garbage) you should agree that there are much more important issues facing the country than the latest missing attractive young woman. |
