Senate Leaders Warn: Administration May Try to Spin Victory Claim

Aug. 16th, 1945.

WASHINGTON, DC (Routers) Network experts today cast doubt on the authenticity of the enigmatic recording released by the Administration yesterday, and alleged to be a radio address by Emperor Hirohito. Some Administration figures have begun to spin the alleged recording as a "surrender" speech broadcast by Hirohito on Japanese radio, although objective experts have pointed out that, as Hirohito's voice has never been heard in public before, there is no way to guarantee that the voice was actually his, or even that it had been actually broadcast on Japanese radio.

"We have only the recording made by a military monitoring station on occupied Okinawa. Obviously the Truman Administration and the OSS could have fabricated the recording as a part of the campaign to spin the administration's war as a 'victory'," said one expert, speaking on background.

Objective experts also pointed out that the alleged speech was made in an obscure form of Japanese purported to be the "court dialect," which was scarcely intelligible to normal Japanese speakers. All of the translations have been made by linguists in government employ, another suspicious circumstance. Administration spokesmen, when questioned on this point, objected that virtually every American able to translate Japanese is currently on government payroll. When asked to comment on this statement, the expert smiled and said "That's convenient, isn't it?"

Due to the use of the alleged court dialect, translations have differed widely. The administration claims, for example, that the Emperor's words could be translated as having "accepted the Four Power Declaration." Other linguists objected, stating that the words actually translated more accurately as "have heard the Four Power Declaration," a reading that does not imply that Japan has agreed to its terms, or will cease fighting. "It's ambiguous," said one.

They also pointed out that the emperor's call for the Japanese to "endure the unendurable" could equally be interpreted as a call for the Japanese to endure yet more combat and bombing.

Anti-war leaders in the Senate were adamant in warning the American public not to fall for Administration spin. They claim that they are not going to back down from their demands for an end to the war. One Senate staffer was vehement:

"This is yet one more attempt by the administration to rally public support for a pointless, costly war that America has already lost. We have supposedly had victory in Europe for months now, yet the troops still remain, facing the dread Werewolf insurgency. Thousands of American casualties show up in the sick call every morning, incapacitated by venereal disease and alcohol poisoning from the "victory celebrations" staged by the administration. Tens of thousands of Germans are emigrating to Brazil and Argentina, deprived of their homes and livelihoods by the administration's "denazification" process," and hundreds of thousands of Jews have left Europe for America and Palestine. No matter what kind of shine the administration wants to put on this, this war will never be over until they return."

He went on: "Now our occupation of the portion of the Japanese homeland in Okinawa is driving the Japanese to fiercer resistance. Millions of Japanese troops remain undefeated on the Japanese mainland, and in the home islands themselves. It defies logic that the Emperor would surrender while these forces remain undefeated, or even tested. How many more American lives will be lost in this senseless war? The only sensible policy, which we believe the American people endorsed in the 1944 elections, is to withdraw all troops from the Atlantic and Pacific theaters immediately, release Admiral Doenitz, and his ministers from the OSS prison where they were brought through illegal rendition, along with the rightful President of France, Marshall Petain, and to bring US forces home immediately from Okinawa and other occupied Japanese territories. We should also look into what happened to the Fuerher, who may come out of hiding, wherever he is, if he realizes that we're now ready to be reasonable and end this war. Peace can be pursued by requesting that the Spanish Caudillo, General Franco, and the Emperor of Manchuria, who have an interest in regional peace, mediate with the German and Japanese governments."

"It's too bad that 600,000 American casualties were squandered by the Roosevelt and Truman administrations in their pointless war on questionable grounds, sparked by the suspect and disputed 'Pearl Harbor' incident. However, their blood is on the administration's hands. We are only trying to save further American lives by recognizing reality and rejecting false claims that 'victory' is near."

Copyright 2007 by Transterrestrial Musings

President Urges Increased Holiday Spending.

(ROOTERS) Dec 10 1941 Washington

President Roosevelt today urged Consumers to "Shop till they drop"
and "Don't let the Japanese win" i as he called for Republican
senators to stop blocking his tax cut proposal. It's only if
american consumers can fill their wallets with my Christmas
bonus plan can we show the Asian warmakers that we will
win

I am just amazed that the left cannot ever get it right....history has shown them to be wrong at every juncture.

This one got linked at Little Green Footballs, and a number of readers wonder if it's real. Congrats on a good 'un.

Okay, Jaded, but we don't really need the ones who are "wondering if its real" on our side, do we?

Okay, Ron Coleman, answer me this. If I have never been to this blog before and am "wondering if its real", should I just kick your ass? Or should I see if this is humor like some of the better blogs around. Hmmmm?

Kat, that's a compound question!

If you think kicking my ass will make you feel less stupid, it's no wonder you wonder you need to think so hard about this "puzzle." Come on over.

Kat, that's a compound question!

If you think kicking my ass will make you feel less stupid, it's no wonder you need to think so hard about this "puzzle." Come on over.

Why, I'll say it one more time! If you think...

never mind.

Don't forget this one. And it was even real!

Tony Snow picked up on it when he was with Fox News. See the link to the video there.

God allmigthy, can people be this dense; the Depression had crushed consumer purchasing power
for a dozen years; every bit of production was
directed toward the war effort. This was true not only here but in England; where the economy was already in the tank by the mid 20s. Orwell's vision of economically depleted; war-trashed Oceania was taking his war time experience with
the BBC and telescoping it forward.