Get rid of the gimmicks, Anderson. The introductory computer is an insult.
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Some FOX guy is getting the PR job at the White House.Figures. Bush isn't interested in communicating with the public through their news media so much as manipulation of the public perception of 'the truth' There is no better propaganda expert than FOX News.
You expect there to be a dialogue? That isn't what is going to happen here. The new Press Secretary is already a well paid propagandist. This is NOT an improvement.
Get out of here Suzanne. You're missing the entire purpose for this new Press Secretary. Bush wants loyalty from everyone. He wants charisma with the public. He wants a 'Fan Club.' There won't be 'serious' business at the White House Press Room anymore. The news media will have to
'work it' differently to get the news PR guy for Bush to stop his habits as a sensationalizer and GET THE FACTS.
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The oil the USA used to get from Saudi Arabia is now going to China. There needs to be alternative fuels and alternative transportation measure.
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Gergen is a regular. He believes Josh Bolten will instill changes. I don't kniow about all that, David. You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
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The Egyptian Bombings
The al Qaeda link doesn't exist in Egypt except by loose assocaitions as an inspirational leader. But, admittedly this is a good excuse to place 'bin's' image across the screen for effect. The segment about Egyptian deaths was used as a lead in to a'terror segment' of the Culture of Fear.
The real story is this:
Tourists die in Red Sea terror bombingsBy William Wallis in Cairo Published: April 25 2006 03:00 Last updated: April 25 2006 03:00
A series of explosions shook the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Dahab yesterday, in what appeared to be a terrorist attack.
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/34e54562-d3f7-11da-b2f3-0000779e2340.html
More than 100 people were injured and at least 30 were dead, early estimates said Egypt's president Hosni Mubarak called it "a wicked terrorist act" and pledged to track down the perpetrators.
Witnesses described three separate explosions in rapid succession at a supermarket, a tourist restaurant and a hotel, all near the town centre. Dahab, one of the more relaxed Red Sea resorts is popular with Israeli and European holidaymakers.
In a sign that security services were treating the explosions as terrorism, police tried to stop people leaving the town.
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U.S. official: Identity of attackers unclearIn Washington, a U.S. counterterrorism official, who spoke on condition of anonymity in compliance with office policy, said that it is unclear who was behind the attacks.Officials there haven't ruled out the possibility that Al-Qaida may be involved, but have no evidence showing that's the case, the official said. Nor do they have any evidence that bin Laden's tape was linked to the attack.Bruce Hoffman, a RAND terrorism expert, agreed in a telephone interview from Washington."It could be coincidence. It's an extraordinarily short turnaround - it's impossible to say at this point," he said.Hoffman said Egypt was one of the most proficient Middle Eastern countries in dealing with terrorist groups, so this attack showed "how adept and innovative these groups are."It may be that the Sinai Peninsula is (Egypt's) Achilles heel. They've gone up and down the coast and hit the main tourist resorts," Hoffman said.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/708860.html
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The Propaganda 'Fuzzy Teddy Bear' commercial of Kerr McGee.
This show is trash. There is no moral prioities when it counts. They 'did their time' on Global Warming and then drop the ball and proceed to make it worse by endoursing propaganda from Big Oil. Ludicrous in the word. They say the oil crisis is such a concern to the country and then 'sell' the bandits with Teddy Bear images. They are the best friend of news media schizophrenics. Blurred values interlaced with prostituation for Bush. Trash.
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Duke has culture issues. The local relationship suffers due to the treatment of the people that are treated there and complain about the culture they face when a patient.
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The News Secretary
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Tornadoes in both hemisphers.
Tourists blown away by ‘tornado’ off Alex Headland25.04.2006
By GORDON CLARK A GROUP of Austrian tourists thought they had woken up in Florida yesterday morning when they saw what looked like a tornado due east of Alexandra Headland.
Talla Andreas was behind the lens, filming the early-morning surfing action, when he captured the unusual formation.
“We were sitting at the point at Alex ... we all thought it was a tornado,” he said.
A call to the Bureau of Meteorology, however, confirmed it was actually a water spout, a relatively common sight in Moreton Bay during summer, but less common off the Sunshine Coast in late April.
“Water spouts are from the same family of weather phenomena as tornados and dust devils .
http://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/localnews/storydisplay.cfm?storyid=3681678&thesection=localnews&thesubsection=&thesecondsubsection=
JUST MORE OF THE SAME compliments of the "Teddy Bear Company Kerr-McGee.
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Tornadoes touch down in central Oklahoma
Posted 4/24/2006 9:20 PM ET
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — At least two tornadoes moved through Canadian County near El Reno Monday night, causing some damage.
There were no immediate reports of injuries with the twisters, which developed ahead of a strong storm system making its way through the region.
Television footage showed one of the twisters moving over El Reno's municipal airport around 7:30 p.m.
Debris could been seen being lifted and flung about as the tornado moved over hangars at the facility. Footage also showed roof damage to the airport scattered metal. The storms were located near U.S. Highway 81 and Interstate 40 about 40 miles west of Oklahoma City.
http://www.usatoday.com/weather/storms/2006-04-24-oklahoma-tornadoes_x.htm
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When Kerr McGee DUMPS their responsibility of an old field on a company that will compromise the environment, the damage is as much the sellor as the buyer. They didn't get rid of this feild for no reason. Those cancers developed over longer than 10 years. There was contaimination before the sale, it was a burgeoning trouble Kerrr McGee passed on before it became a liability.
Red Valley residents say oil company is polluting land, people, animals
http://www.gallupindependent.com/2005/apr/042605rvoil.html
On April 15, two dams holding back oil up in Chuska broke loose from the snow pack. The oily water ran high for three days. The oil spill took out a school bus route when it washed away the road. (Courtesy Photo)
By Brian HasslerStaff Writer
RED VALLEY, Ariz. — The last decade hasn't been an easy one for Tommy Nakai and the residents of Red Valley Chapter.
Annual oil spills have led to contamination in the water and the ground and have caused crops to be destroyed, animals to die and family members to suffer with various illnesses associated with the oil spills.
"A lot of my relatives are having health problems," said Nakai. "I think it's from the oil getting into the water, from the particles of the oil floating in the water. I have an aunt that has breast cancer now because every summer the water is contaminated and they get sick.
" The problems with oil spills began more than 10 years ago when Kerr-McGee Oil Industries, Inc., turned over production from the 18 available wells in the area to Mountain States Petroleum Company.
"Before, when Kerr-McGee was in charge, things were fine," said Anna Frasier. "But since Mountain States took over, we've had spills every year and they don't do anything to stop it."
Those spills have worsened as time has gone by and have increased in size as the number of pumps still in use, nine, caused Mountain States to pump saline into the wells no longer in use.
In 2004, the amount of oil that spilled into the water runoff was equal to 25 barrels of oil, with each barrel containing 50 gallons. While in 2003 there was a spill that contaminated the soil for more than 20 farmers from the foot of Lukachukai Mountain down to the Red Valley Chapter area.
But the spills have come within the past weeks as on Thursday, April 14, when a break in a pipe caused 80 barrels worth of oil to mix with the water runoff that runs through 12 farms and doesn't stop in Red Valley Chapter.
"The water that runs down through the spring in the runoff goes through Red Valley, then through Oak Springs and eventually ends up in the San Juan River," said Frasier. "In all there's been 12 head of cattle that have been killed because of this and it has ruined the fields for growing crops."
Problems with Mountain States have moved the Red Valley Chapter to introduce a resolution that will be presented at its May 15 chapter meeting.
Calling for the Navajo Nation and Mountain States Petroleum Company to cancel the oil and gas lease agreements within the Red Valley Chapter boundaries, the chapter is also requesting for Mountain States to clean up the area that has been contaminated by the oil leaks.
"The Red Valley Chapter community requests that the Navajo Nation and their departments and Bureau of Indian Affairs join forces to immediately address the environmental devastation their community members have been exposed to for years and that the efforts to meet the aforementioned goals be a priority by all involved until such time that the issue is resolved," states the resolution.
Members of the Red Valley Chapter did contact members of the Tribal Environmental Protection Agency, but the muddy conditions caused by the oil spills didn't allow the EPA to thoroughly investigate the spills.
"When the spills happened, we called the EPA," said Lori Goodman.
"Getting a response was like pulling teeth and by the time they came out, on Monday, it had seeped into the ground. This isn't the first time this has happened and there are many families that can no longer farm."
Goodman added that the pipes for the oil, which are to be at least four feet under the ground, are exposed and are driven over constantly by passing vehicles.
In addition to demands for cleanup efforts by Mountain States Petroleum, the Red Valley resolution points to the fact that the chapter is authorized and sanctioned by the Navajo Nation to make decisions concerning such drilling choices due to the Local Governance Act.
The proposed resolution also adds that residents are forced to haul water in from different sources due to contaminated water and that the odors from the wells have caused residents to deal with illnesses that have hurt both themselves and their animals.
"Mountain States is ignoring what the people want for almost 10 years now," said Nakai. "We've contacted the EPA, Mountain States and everyone else and it seems like they are just ignoring it and want the problem to go away."
Red Valley Chapter members will discuss the resolution on May 15. Calls to Mountain States Petroleum Company were not returned.
ENOUGH hypocrisy, Anderson!!
