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"A million little pieces." Tucker Carlson had the officer on his show last night.
Frankenstein, the boy toy, "The line up and heerrrrrreeeeeesssssssss Andy !
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Here it comes. Oprah. Anderson, the Actor. Evidently, Oprah needs to be defended. So, fiction is interesting, too.
Did you have the police officer on as well?
I didn't think so.
SCARBOROUGH: THE SITUATION starts right now.
CARLSON: Thank you, Joe.
And thanks to you at home for tuning in. We always appreciate it.
Tonight, an exclusive interview with the Ohio police sergeant who made the now famous arrest of James Frey detailed in Frey‘s blockbuster bestseller, “A Million Little Pieces.”
Was Frey‘s account accurate, or did he lie in the most outrageous possible way again and again and again and make millions doing so? We‘ll get to the truth.
Also, is the housing bubble about to burst, and if so, does that mean recession or even depression is on the way? I‘ll ask former presidential candidate, and visionary economist, Steve Forbes.
Plus, a 79-year-old mother crashes her car into a mother and her kids then flees the scene. What led to that horrific accident, and should the elderly be allowed to drive at all? We‘ll get to that in just a few minutes.
We begin tonight with the remarkable literary scandal that has the millions of Americans who read the best seller “A Million Little Pieces” feeling outraged and betrayed. One of the centerpieces of James Frey‘s book is a 1992 incident in Ohio during which Frey says he assaulted a police officer and incited a riot. Not true, says my next guest.
Sergeant Dave Dudgeon was the arresting officer of the night in question. He joins us tonight from Columbus, Ohio, in an exclusive interview to tell us what really happened.
Sergeant, thanks a lot for coming on. I want to read to you the parts of the book in which you star and get your reaction to them. This is Mr. Frey‘s account of an arrest in 1992, in October, in Granville, Ohio. He says, “I drove up onto a sidewalk and hit a cop who was standing there.” Did he hit you with his car?
SGT. DAVE DUDGEON, ARRESTED JAMES FREY: No.
CARLSON: He said the back-up came, the back-up officers came. “They approached the car and asked me to get out. And I said, ‘If you want me, then come and get me, you f-ing pigs‘.” Did he say that?
DUDGEON: Not to my knowledge.
CARLSON: OK. I know this is torture. Let me just keep going for a second. “They opened the door. I started swinging, and they beat my ass with billyclubs and arrested me.”
DUDGEON: Did you beat him with your billyclub?
DUDGEON: No, sir.
CARLSON: He said he was arrested and charged with assault with a deadly weapon, assaulting an officer of the law, felony DUI, resisting arrest, possession of a narcotic with intent to distribute. What was he charged with, do you remember?
DUDGEON: He was charged with a DUI, driving without an operator‘s license and having an open container of alcohol in a motor vehicle.
CARLSON: What was that open container?
DUDGEON: A bottle of beer, I believe.
CARLSON: Did you find quantities of crack cocaine in the car?
DUDGEON: No, we did not find any narcotics of any kind.
CARLSON: What was Mr. Frey like when he was arrested? Was he pretty outraged, screaming epithets at you?
DUDGEON: Not to my memory. He was polite and cooperative.
CARLSON: He said that he faced, as a result of these charges, three years in state prison, but somehow, through the machinations of the legal system, only served three months. Is it your memory that he was sentenced to three years? And would he have been sentenced to three years for this?
DUDGEON: No, the charges that I charged him with were felonies. They were all misdemeanors. So it wouldn‘t have been any prison time.
CARLSON: That is amazing. Now, do you think it‘s possible—this happened 14, 13 ½ years ago. Is it possible that you‘ve forgotten that in fact you really were screamed at by James Frey and that, in fact, you did beat him senseless with your billyclub, that he called you an f-ing pig and that you found crack in his car? Could you just have forgotten about it, you think?
DUDGEON: No, I think something like that I would remember.
CARLSON: Have you ever been hit by a car?
DUDGEON: No, sir, never.
CARLSON: Do you think if you were you‘d recall it?
DUDGEON: I‘m pretty sure I‘d remember that.
CARLSON: Did you have any memory of this at all before you were contacted by The Smoking Gun website about this?
DUDGEON: No. I completely forgot all about it until I was contacted by them. And when I found the original arrest report, realized that I was the arresting officer.
CARLSON: So of what you remember of this arrest, did anything stick out in your mind? Was James Frey different from, I‘m sure the many college students you‘ve busted for DUI over the years?
DUDGEON: No, it was just a typical, noneventful DUI arrest.
CARLSON: Have you read the book?
DUDGEON: Parts of it, yes.
CARLSON: Then you‘re aware, from reading those parts that Mr. Frey presents himself really as Jim Morrison come back to life, you know, as an outrageous guy, intent not merely on breaking every law there is, but also on giving the finger to the man, that would be you.
DUDGEON: Yes.
CARLSON: Yes. And I just want to make certain that in no way squares with your memory.
DUDGEON: No, I don‘t recall anything similar to that.
CARLSON: Had you heard of the book before you were contacted about it?
DUDGEON: No, I had not.
CARLSON: What do you think of it now that you‘re reading it?
DUDGEON: It‘s definitely interesting.
CARLSON: If—if it were a crime in the state of Ohio to write phony memoirs, do you think Mr. Frey would be arrested?
DUDGEON: It would be—I have no idea on that.
CARLSON: So just to recap. And I know there are a lot of people—there are literally millions of people who have read this book. And from my own experiences in talking to a lot of them, they take this book as true. So I just want to restate here to make certain that there‘s no confusion at all, your account of what happened that night. Can you just sum it up for us?
DUDGEON: I was on foot patrol in the downtown business district checking doors when Mr. Frey pulled into a no parking zone area, drove the right front tire of his car up on the curb and then backed it down off. I approached the car just to let him know that he was in a no parking zone and detected an odor of an alcoholic beverage and handled it as a typical DUI arrest.
CARLSON: He was in a no parking zone. This guy is a regular outlaw.
He‘s outrageous.
All right. Sergeant Dave Dudgeon, tonight from Ohio, one of the stars of the fictional account, “A Million Little Pieces,” unwittingly a star, joining us tonight. Sergeant, thanks a lot for coming on.
DUDGEON: Thank you.
CARLSON: So here‘s a question. Will the career of James Frey shrivel and dissolve into “A Million Little Pieces,” or will this scandal actually help him sell more books? Let‘s ask Steve Salerno. He‘s the author of “Sham: How the Self-Help Movement Made America Helpless.” It‘s a great book. He joins us live tonight in the studio.
Steve, thanks for coming on.
STEVE SALERNO, AUTHOR, “SHAM”: Thanks for having me, Tucker.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10819845/
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Anderson apologies for working for a company mired in falsehoods.
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The Newsy Secretary
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commercials
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The people 'scapegoated' in this book, like the officer above have been hurt. Does Time Warner and Oprah care about 'The truth' as it applies to the innocent.
NO !
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I have better things to do besides listening to 'groveling.'
ENOUGH !
Friday, January 13, 2006
Thursday, January 12, 2006
I am boycotting the CNN Network tonight
They are attempting to diminish the 'human rights abuses' of the Bush Administration both domestically in violations of "Mine Safety" and with military oversight regarding Armor for Soldiers.
Kindly note: Michael Moore has been an exceptional friend to the USA military soldier. He has stood by them with an 'open door' to every aspect of their experience and discontent as well as all the reasons for their deaths through illegal and immoral politics as well as negligent military conduct toward them. Mike has held the 'battlefield soldier' near to his vest through all this. His documentations in books, films and his website is an exceptional resource for the wrong doings of the military when it comes to our soldiers and the abuses of them. I consider Michael Moore a first rate American hero in support of those most at risk for their lives lost in service to a country. He never once in any of his documentations, either books or films stated a military was never necessary or that service was not valiant. What Mike, basically, has always said is that our military should never be compromised in a political war without the security of our nation at it's center. The Iraq war was never a matter of national security.
CNN and FOX have gone way too far. They seek to 'endear' viewers by sympathizing with tragic events in their lives but seek no solution for their safety. What do you call that except 'enablers' to human rights abuses. People bond where they are accepted in their strife. To that end these networks seek to 'victimize' the very people they pander to at times of distress.
It is despicable. Completely despicable. They really don't care whether people live or die so long as they can get adequate ratings.
This is America?
I sincerely hope not.
Those news agencies need to have their licenses pulled. That won't happen in a corrupt political atmosphere where they are needed for their 'Power of Propaganda.' I don't care who is lining up the rest of the day at CNN, there isn't anything worthy of my time.
Out of respect for life, I am boycotting these 'Heretics of Democracy.'
To clarify the issue regarding the 'Human Rights Abuses of Soldiers' in addition to the fact families are seeking protective armor to save their lives and carrying the cost (regardless of EVENTUAL and yet realized reimbursement.): There were hearings today regarding the fact the USA military has NOW a 'track record' of ignoring the safety of troops. The history is long and contrived in explanation. What it comes down to is that the USA military truly doesn't care about the soldiers in the field. As a matter of fact the other day, Bush made a statement regarding the 'expected increase' in violence in Iraq. He was trying to enlist the support of the American Public with a big smile on his face and stating, "I promise at the end of this 'period' there will be a democracy in Iraq." No believes that is the truth or that it will be a stable democracy. Ever ! With that and realizing the violence of war is an amusement to Bush and Cheney while they ignore their responsibility in keeping our military safe; I was appauled at the complete disregard for the 'glib' attitude of Lou Dobbs and Jamie McIntyre regarding this issue as it 'played out' on CNN today. It was crase, cold hearted and executed as a 'technical correctness' REGARDLESS of the way the soldiers experience it and protect themselves from the negligence of commanders; only to seek the help of family.
This is one of the most 'insulting' aspects of Lou Dobbs program today (Click On for Transcript)
MCINTYRE: Well that report looked at one kind of body armor the marines were wearing, the effect of the wounds on their torso, and said that if they had been wearing more body armor, it might have been different.
What it didn't say is whether they had access to additional armor, why they weren't wearing the additional armor. It was just, as he said, a medical report that looked at the cause of death. The Marines insist they do have that additional armor available.
DOBBS: So CNN can unequivocally report that our Marines and soldiers have been provided adequate body armor, period?
MCINTYRE: CNN can unequivocally report tonight that the Marine Corps insists that that's the case.
DOBBS: Thank you very much. And the distinction of course substantive and significant. Jamie McIntyre, thank you.
President Bush today declared our troops in Iraq should have the best equipment possible. President Bush made his remarks during a speech in Kentucky, defending the conduct of this war.
That speech took place in Louisville, a key battleground in the midterm elections later this year, in front of a specially screened audience, once again.
Kindly note: Michael Moore has been an exceptional friend to the USA military soldier. He has stood by them with an 'open door' to every aspect of their experience and discontent as well as all the reasons for their deaths through illegal and immoral politics as well as negligent military conduct toward them. Mike has held the 'battlefield soldier' near to his vest through all this. His documentations in books, films and his website is an exceptional resource for the wrong doings of the military when it comes to our soldiers and the abuses of them. I consider Michael Moore a first rate American hero in support of those most at risk for their lives lost in service to a country. He never once in any of his documentations, either books or films stated a military was never necessary or that service was not valiant. What Mike, basically, has always said is that our military should never be compromised in a political war without the security of our nation at it's center. The Iraq war was never a matter of national security.
CNN and FOX have gone way too far. They seek to 'endear' viewers by sympathizing with tragic events in their lives but seek no solution for their safety. What do you call that except 'enablers' to human rights abuses. People bond where they are accepted in their strife. To that end these networks seek to 'victimize' the very people they pander to at times of distress.
It is despicable. Completely despicable. They really don't care whether people live or die so long as they can get adequate ratings.
This is America?
I sincerely hope not.
Those news agencies need to have their licenses pulled. That won't happen in a corrupt political atmosphere where they are needed for their 'Power of Propaganda.' I don't care who is lining up the rest of the day at CNN, there isn't anything worthy of my time.
Out of respect for life, I am boycotting these 'Heretics of Democracy.'
To clarify the issue regarding the 'Human Rights Abuses of Soldiers' in addition to the fact families are seeking protective armor to save their lives and carrying the cost (regardless of EVENTUAL and yet realized reimbursement.): There were hearings today regarding the fact the USA military has NOW a 'track record' of ignoring the safety of troops. The history is long and contrived in explanation. What it comes down to is that the USA military truly doesn't care about the soldiers in the field. As a matter of fact the other day, Bush made a statement regarding the 'expected increase' in violence in Iraq. He was trying to enlist the support of the American Public with a big smile on his face and stating, "I promise at the end of this 'period' there will be a democracy in Iraq." No believes that is the truth or that it will be a stable democracy. Ever ! With that and realizing the violence of war is an amusement to Bush and Cheney while they ignore their responsibility in keeping our military safe; I was appauled at the complete disregard for the 'glib' attitude of Lou Dobbs and Jamie McIntyre regarding this issue as it 'played out' on CNN today. It was crase, cold hearted and executed as a 'technical correctness' REGARDLESS of the way the soldiers experience it and protect themselves from the negligence of commanders; only to seek the help of family.
This is one of the most 'insulting' aspects of Lou Dobbs program today (Click On for Transcript)
MCINTYRE: Well that report looked at one kind of body armor the marines were wearing, the effect of the wounds on their torso, and said that if they had been wearing more body armor, it might have been different.
What it didn't say is whether they had access to additional armor, why they weren't wearing the additional armor. It was just, as he said, a medical report that looked at the cause of death. The Marines insist they do have that additional armor available.
DOBBS: So CNN can unequivocally report that our Marines and soldiers have been provided adequate body armor, period?
MCINTYRE: CNN can unequivocally report tonight that the Marine Corps insists that that's the case.
DOBBS: Thank you very much. And the distinction of course substantive and significant. Jamie McIntyre, thank you.
President Bush today declared our troops in Iraq should have the best equipment possible. President Bush made his remarks during a speech in Kentucky, defending the conduct of this war.
That speech took place in Louisville, a key battleground in the midterm elections later this year, in front of a specially screened audience, once again.
Wednesday, January 11, 2006
"Emoting" didn't help the night of the Sago Mine Reality
There is a reason why Aaron Brown was at the top of my list. He wasn't everyone's favorite. I didn't care. Aaron's practice was highly ethical to the extent is allowed him to work within the venue of CNN.
That level of ethics required and does require no matter the profession a dispassionate approach. The 'competition' are shows like 'The Daily Show' and all the other 'entertainment news' programming. Oddly, that wasn't the clientele of Aaron Brown. He had hardline political viewers. They wanted the facts. They didn't mind the political approach so long as it was reasonably balanced. They wanted the news that was timely whether fashionable or not.
Aaron delivered.
I had the profound pleasure of being a viewer that also found a journalist who recieved messages from the public and took them seriously and compassionately. Aaron was a nice guy besides an excellant practioner. He took his public so seriously, he saw no reason for their injury and with that in mind he had 'A Golden Journalist's Rule.' Every report required two verifible sources.
In know 'airing on the side of caution' is not fashionable, but, in this case; regardless of the reaction of the families; should journalists have held back rather than becoming part of the emotional state of 'the scene' perhaps the ultimate reality could have been buffered. Even buffered for the families actively praying for a miracle.
See, Aaron would have done that. He would have been the "Party Pooper" until all the facts were in. That type of pragmatic journalism is what this country needs. It is leadership quality journalism. It is the perfect practice of the profession most at risk and Aaron's dismissal along with the retirement of NewsNight is testimony to the sorry state of affairs in this country.
I don't know what "Slate" would say about Aaron. I am not seeking to displace him over Mr. Cooper. I am simply saying, I appreciate the 'caution' aired here with "Slate" to put the 'trend' at notice. I find it prudent.
That level of ethics required and does require no matter the profession a dispassionate approach. The 'competition' are shows like 'The Daily Show' and all the other 'entertainment news' programming. Oddly, that wasn't the clientele of Aaron Brown. He had hardline political viewers. They wanted the facts. They didn't mind the political approach so long as it was reasonably balanced. They wanted the news that was timely whether fashionable or not.
Aaron delivered.
I had the profound pleasure of being a viewer that also found a journalist who recieved messages from the public and took them seriously and compassionately. Aaron was a nice guy besides an excellant practioner. He took his public so seriously, he saw no reason for their injury and with that in mind he had 'A Golden Journalist's Rule.' Every report required two verifible sources.
In know 'airing on the side of caution' is not fashionable, but, in this case; regardless of the reaction of the families; should journalists have held back rather than becoming part of the emotional state of 'the scene' perhaps the ultimate reality could have been buffered. Even buffered for the families actively praying for a miracle.
See, Aaron would have done that. He would have been the "Party Pooper" until all the facts were in. That type of pragmatic journalism is what this country needs. It is leadership quality journalism. It is the perfect practice of the profession most at risk and Aaron's dismissal along with the retirement of NewsNight is testimony to the sorry state of affairs in this country.
I don't know what "Slate" would say about Aaron. I am not seeking to displace him over Mr. Cooper. I am simply saying, I appreciate the 'caution' aired here with "Slate" to put the 'trend' at notice. I find it prudent.
360 Degrees of Anderson Cooper
What will he feel next?
By Tom Peyer
Posted Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2006, at 12:05 PM ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
ANNOUNCER: Shock. Grief. Outrage. Glee.
One year after a devastating tsunami, four months after the fury of Katrina, mere days after a tragedy underground, which emotions will overtake Anderson Cooper next? Tonight, a special investigation on ANDERSON COOPER 360°.
ANDERSON COOPER: And good evening from CNN studios in New York, where we begin with a picture. Take a look. The man you see is 38 years old. A Manhattanite. A citizen, an employee, a friend, a son. His name: Anderson Cooper.
Most nights, he appears live on CNN to show you the devastation, destruction, disaster, sadness, and pain his countrymen endure.
But not tonight.
Tonight, he will explore Anderson Cooper. How one reporter copes while waiting for news, any news at all. A story of hope, and of prayers, ahead on 360.
(COMMERCIAL BREAK)
ANDERSON: Welcome back. Our topic is Anderson Cooper, so we have a lot to cover in these two hours. We begin at his workplace.
When Anderson Cooper isn't reporting from the field, he's broadcasting the news from CNN's New York headquarters. I just want to give you a sense of the place. Right outside this studio is a suite of offices. It is air-conditioned, it is fluorescent lit, the floors are covered with waxed linoleum. Downstairs, there's a cafeteria. You can see, in the blue uniforms, those are security guards checking the identity of all the people going in for food. You either have to be an employee or—or—or a guest. You can see it on their faces as they file in: The people here at CNN are desperate for news.
Back in the offices, which have seen so much heartbreak, so much joy, and so much heartbreak yet again, there's an intern. I believe she's—yes, she's printing out e-mails for Jack Cafferty's producer. It is literally happening as we speak. We are seeing things like this, just an outpouring of love and caring for people at this network. And people at this network are helping one another and standing by one another, and—
(VIDEO CLIP)
ANDERSON: Excuse me, Anderson, I'm sorry for interrupting. To listen to CNN employees thanking each other and complimenting each other, you know, I got to tell you, there are a lot of people out here who are very upset, and very angry, and very frustrated. And when they hear reporters and interns slap—you know, thanking one another, it just, you know, it kind of cuts them the wrong way right now.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
ANDERSON: Anderson, I get the anger that is out there, and I—I—I understand it. More could be done. In time, there will be investigations and lawsuits and, we hope, healing. But for now, there is anger and there is heartbreak. Some answers to some questions, we pray, when 360 returns.
(COMMERCIAL BREAK)
ANDERSON: Frustration at CNN. A dramatic scene. Why did it take so long for the commercial break to end? The segments seem to blend together. At times it's easy to forget what network you're on. At a certain point it feels like all the words have already been spoken: "When we return." "Welcome back." "Stunning development." On the surface, it all seems so mundane. The drama is happening deep underneath. It is hard to imagine a place more exposed to the elements. There—there has been anger, and especially in these last couple hours. There's a lot of finger-pointing going on. There is desperation and there is danger. The waves of sadness have just begun. And what is being done to stop it? What can be done to stop it?
360 hours a day, 360 days a week, the feelings don't let up for Anderson Cooper. We, of course, will bring them to you live.
Tom Peyer is a co-editor of O Holy Cow: The Selected Verses of Phil Rizzuto.
Photograph of Anderson Cooper by Michael Springer/Getty Images.
By Tom Peyer
Posted Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2006, at 12:05 PM ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
ANNOUNCER: Shock. Grief. Outrage. Glee.
One year after a devastating tsunami, four months after the fury of Katrina, mere days after a tragedy underground, which emotions will overtake Anderson Cooper next? Tonight, a special investigation on ANDERSON COOPER 360°.
ANDERSON COOPER: And good evening from CNN studios in New York, where we begin with a picture. Take a look. The man you see is 38 years old. A Manhattanite. A citizen, an employee, a friend, a son. His name: Anderson Cooper.
Most nights, he appears live on CNN to show you the devastation, destruction, disaster, sadness, and pain his countrymen endure.
But not tonight.
Tonight, he will explore Anderson Cooper. How one reporter copes while waiting for news, any news at all. A story of hope, and of prayers, ahead on 360.
(COMMERCIAL BREAK)
ANDERSON: Welcome back. Our topic is Anderson Cooper, so we have a lot to cover in these two hours. We begin at his workplace.
When Anderson Cooper isn't reporting from the field, he's broadcasting the news from CNN's New York headquarters. I just want to give you a sense of the place. Right outside this studio is a suite of offices. It is air-conditioned, it is fluorescent lit, the floors are covered with waxed linoleum. Downstairs, there's a cafeteria. You can see, in the blue uniforms, those are security guards checking the identity of all the people going in for food. You either have to be an employee or—or—or a guest. You can see it on their faces as they file in: The people here at CNN are desperate for news.
Back in the offices, which have seen so much heartbreak, so much joy, and so much heartbreak yet again, there's an intern. I believe she's—yes, she's printing out e-mails for Jack Cafferty's producer. It is literally happening as we speak. We are seeing things like this, just an outpouring of love and caring for people at this network. And people at this network are helping one another and standing by one another, and—
(VIDEO CLIP)
ANDERSON: Excuse me, Anderson, I'm sorry for interrupting. To listen to CNN employees thanking each other and complimenting each other, you know, I got to tell you, there are a lot of people out here who are very upset, and very angry, and very frustrated. And when they hear reporters and interns slap—you know, thanking one another, it just, you know, it kind of cuts them the wrong way right now.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
ANDERSON: Anderson, I get the anger that is out there, and I—I—I understand it. More could be done. In time, there will be investigations and lawsuits and, we hope, healing. But for now, there is anger and there is heartbreak. Some answers to some questions, we pray, when 360 returns.
(COMMERCIAL BREAK)
ANDERSON: Frustration at CNN. A dramatic scene. Why did it take so long for the commercial break to end? The segments seem to blend together. At times it's easy to forget what network you're on. At a certain point it feels like all the words have already been spoken: "When we return." "Welcome back." "Stunning development." On the surface, it all seems so mundane. The drama is happening deep underneath. It is hard to imagine a place more exposed to the elements. There—there has been anger, and especially in these last couple hours. There's a lot of finger-pointing going on. There is desperation and there is danger. The waves of sadness have just begun. And what is being done to stop it? What can be done to stop it?
360 hours a day, 360 days a week, the feelings don't let up for Anderson Cooper. We, of course, will bring them to you live.
Tom Peyer is a co-editor of O Holy Cow: The Selected Verses of Phil Rizzuto.
Photograph of Anderson Cooper by Michael Springer/Getty Images.
I miss Aaron. I guess not many others do.
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Yeah, everything is exclusive at CNN. Whether it is or isn't, it 's exclusive.
There is Frankenstein introducing Junior Achievement AGAIN. Oh, cute. Coffee and brains. No doubt Starbucks is on the horizon.
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The Florida Bank Robbery. I heard about it this afternoon on MSNBC while watching the Alito hearings. They had a very unique way with subtitles and news flashes to keep everyone up to date on what else was going on in the world. We heard about it 'blow by blow.'
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Mining in Kentucky was due to uncontrolled loose rock.
There has been seismic activity along the Mississippi at the borders of Kentucky, Tennessee and Missouri.
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsUS/Maps/US10/32.42.-95.-85.html
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The New York Times had an article today:
Endemic Problem of Safety in Coal Mining
The Sago Mine had 202 safety violations last year, a number that included 16 blatant violations that were considered immediate hazards to miners' safety. Like Sago, six other underground mines in West Virginia have 100 to 150 employees, according to federal records. Not one of the six had a similar blatant violation last year, according to federal mine records. Sago has had 14 major roof falls since June. Its injury rate last year was three times the national average.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/10/national/10safety.html?emc=eta1&pagewanted=print
Randy McClure has to wake up and get on with it. The sooner he is awake the better. I am sure sleeping is a better option for him but he is needed 'here' and not 'there.'
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The News Secretary
Sam Alito is a liar ! Under oath ! Everyone knows where they were when President Kennedy was assassinated. It's just one of those 'Real World Things.'
Alito says he doesn't remember controversial alumni group
KRON-4
CAPITOL HILL Samuel Alito has been distancing himself from an alumni group known for being against opening Princeton University to women and more minorities.
In a 1985 application for a job in the Reagan Justice Department, Alito listed his membership in the Concerned Alumni of Princeton.
But now, the Supreme Court nominee tells the Senate Judiciary Committee he has "no specific recollection of that organization," and he says he wasn't actively involved in it.
But Senator Patrick Leahy says he "can't believe" Alito would have "proudly" listed himself a member in the group without careful consideration. Alito replied that he'd been upset about the university's expulsion of the ROTC program, an expulsion that was opposed by the alumni group.
Leahy dismissed that, saying the group is known mostly for its opposition to women and minorities.
Republican Senator Orrin Hatch followed up with a softball question, asking Alito if he's against women and minorities attending college.
Alito replied, "Absolutely not."
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Suicide attack at Interior Ministry kills 29
Deadly four-day period also claims lives of 28 American troops in Iraq
Associated Press
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Two suicide bombers wearing police uniforms and holding security passes tried to attack National Police Day celebrations Monday, with police shooting one to death and the other exploding his vest, killing 29 people, authorities said. The U.S. ambassador and Iraq’s interior and defense ministers were in attendance but far from the attacks.
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Alan Derschowitz. You'll excuse me, Alan, this isn't about EXCELLANCE. That is university stuff. This is about the way the AMERICAN PEOPLE live within the boundaries of the USA. You know Alan currently we have the US Constitution and Bill of Rights. We also have the Bush Constitution and Patriot Act. Now, evidently we all should be treated to the Dershowitz Constitution.
No, thank you !!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Arcata City Council calls for Bush impeachment
By Kimberly Wear / Eureka Times-Standard
ARCATA -- A split City Council passed a resolution demanding the impeachment or resignation of President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney, citing violations of international and constitutional law.
The White House responded that the president “remains focused on the business the American people elected him to conduct.”
The resolution lists a series of allegedly impeachable offenses, including “the crime of misleading the American people and Congress into waging an unnecessary and brutal war in Iraq,” “the criminal failure of the president to respond adequately to the Hurricane Katrina disaster,” “torturing human beings in violation of the Geneva Convention” and “ordering the secret surveillance of American citizens.”
Councilman Dave Meserve and Councilwoman Harmony Groves penned the resolution that passed 3-2 Wednesday, joined by Councilman Paul Pitino, with Mayor Michael Machi and Councilman Mark Wheetley dissenting.
”All elected officials swear to uphold and defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic,” Meserve said. “This obligates us to act when the president violates the Constitution. We hope that other cities will join us in demanding the impeachment of Bush and Cheney.”
White House spokesman Ken Lisaius said Bush understands that there are people who “oppose the president's efforts to win the war on terror.”
”How those opposed to those efforts choose to express that opposition is up to each individual -- in this case a city council,” he said. “This president recognizes he has a responsibility and the constitutional authority to protect our country and that's what he will continue to do.”
The resolution also asks that Congressman Mike Thompson, D-St. Helena, join with others in Congress to introduce articles of impeachment against Bush. That would make him the third president to face the proceeding.
The first was President Andrew Johnson and the second -- more than 100 years later -- was President Bill Clinton. Both were acquitted. President Richard Nixon resigned rather than face impeachment.
Impeachment is a two-tier process beginning with a formal accusation, or the impeachment, being brought by the House of Representatives with a majority vote. Then, there is a trial by the Senate -- a conviction requires a two-thirds vote.
Copies of the Arcata resolution are being sent to Thompson, Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer and members of the House Judiciary Committee.
Feingold makes pitch for Sanders during Vermont visit
By Daniel Barlow / Rutland Herald
BRATTLEBORO — Congressman Bernard Sanders officially kicked off his campaign for U.S. Senate Saturday, flanked by a who's who of southern Vermont liberals and a popular and politically progressive senator from Wisconsin.
Sanders, who is seeking the seat now held by retiring Sen. Jim Jeffords, I-Vt., was joined at his first public campaign event by Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wis., and Vermont Senate President Pro Tem Peter Welch, a Democrat from Windsor County who is running for Sanders' U.S. House seat.
More than 400 people filled a theater at the town's high school Saturday afternoon to hear speeches by Sanders, Vermont's maverick U.S. House representative, and Feingold, who is a possible presidential candidate in 2008 and a staunch advocate for civil liberties and campaign finance reform.
"This little state will lead America in a profound new direction," Sanders said as he received a standing ovation from the crowd.
Sanders stressed similar ways of life between Vermonters and Wisconsin residents as he introduced Feingold, noting that both are rural states with struggling dairy farms. He also praised him for being the only senator to vote against the USA Patriot Act and the first to call for a timetable to remove troops from Iraq.
Feingold responded by joking that an appropriate newspaper headline for the event would be, "Cheesehead endorses Sanders." He quickly added that Vermont "is my kind of place."
Joining the three men were both of Windham County's senators and several of its state representatives. Sen. Rod Gander of Brattleboro welcomed Feingold to the "bluest town in the bluest county in the bluest state of them all," a reference to the popular color-mapping system that was used to track the outcome of the 2004 presidential election.
Sanders did not mention his two Republican opponents for Jeffords' seat, millionaire Richard Tarrant and Air Force fighter pilot Greg Parke, during the Brattleboro event. Fund-raisers for Sanders followed the campaign event at private residences in Brattleboro and Norwich.
Tarrant has vowed to only accept campaign donations from within Vermont, according to Tim Lennon, his campaign manager. Lennon criticized Sanders for accepting "95 percent of his campaign contributions from out-of-state special interests."
"I think Vermont voters will be asking a lot of questions about why people in California are giving money to the Sanders campaign," he said. Tarrant has held dozens of meetings throughout Vermont as he gears up for the race, he added, and campaigned in Brattleboro last month.
During an hour-long question-and-answer session, Sanders and Feingold were asked about the Iraq War, national energy policy and the effect of lobbying money on elected officials, just days after a disgraced Washington, D.C., lobbyist pleaded guilty in a money laundering scheme that may ensnare several more politicians.
Feingold said he supports a zero tolerance policy on gifts from lobbyists to elected officials and said he hopes to work with Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., on a bill to publicly finance federal campaigns.
Feingold, a member of the Senate's Judiciary Committee, raised the possibility that there are grounds to impeach President Bush for his secret domestic surveillance program, which was conducted without warrants or court oversight. He said he expects the surveillance program to get a full review under Committee Chairman Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa.
If it is found that the program is unlawful, Feingold said that "there should be full accountability. I will not take anything off the table."
While the audience was receptive to Sanders and Feingold, it was not so welcoming to Welch. In his brief opening statements, Welch stressed the need to unite Vermont liberals as several local anti-nuclear activists criticized him for his role in allowing Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant to store its nuclear waste on site.
Peter Cooper, a prominent progressive activist from Brattleboro, said Welch "sold us down the river" on the Vermont Yankee deal last year. And Elizabeth Wood of Dummerston asked the Windsor County senator to refuse campaign donations from Entergy Vermont Nuclear, the parent company of the Vernon plant, as her partner, Eesha Williams, held up a sign reading, "Welch Sold Out."
Welch agreed to refuse donations from the company. Earlier in the event, Welch vowed "to make it right" with Windham County activists and said, "I will meet with you."
Jackie Gould of Brattleboro, one of Sanders' volunteers for the event that day, said electing the congressman to the U.S. Senate would change the tone of the discussion because his voice would no longer be drowned out by 434 others.
"We have to elect Bernie for the U.S. Senate, not just for Vermont but for the whole country," she said.
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Leahy Questioning
Washington Post
Democrat Sen. Patrick Leahy (Vt.) stepped it up a notch, pressing Judge Samuel A. Alito about his views on the current political controversy -- whether the president has the right to exercise executive authority in wiretapping during time of conflict. Alito tried to assure the committee that he felt the president was obligated “to comply with the statutes that are passed.” But the nominee, to Leahy’s frustration, left some room in his answers for judicially exploring whether there were overriding circumstances that the government could defend.
While Sen. Specter led the nominee through Alto’s prepared responses on the hot-button issues, Sen. Leahy pushed tried to push Alito out of his comfort zone by challenging the answers he had spent weeks rehearsing.
Leahy asked Alito to explain his dissent in a third circuit cases that defended the police’s decision to strip search a 10-year-old girl in drug case. Leahy criticized the nominee for siding with law enforcement in his ruling. Alito explained that his ruling was not intended to defend the strip search, but to defend the police’s view that that the warrant allowed it.
In closing, Leahy asked the unsmiling Alito how he could have joined Concerned Alumni of Princeton -- a conservative group know to be opposed to increasing the number of women attending the Ivy League school. Alito said he had no recollection of being a member of an organization that both Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) and former Sen. Bill Bradley condemned. Finding the answer incredulous, Leahy questioned how Alito could forget being a part of an organization he so prominently listed on a 1985 job applications.
Alito said that if he did belong to it, it was because Princeton had thrown the ROTC off campus and spoke ill of the military.
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Iran. Russia would like to assist and hence supervise Iran's uranium enrichment program. Iran is refusing. The circumstances are turning to the worst outcome for Iran. The reactor will have to be shut down if they refuse supervision. They are too dangerous. The Russian offer is far more viable than anything the EU is proposing. I think. Putin is willing to participate and be accountable. That is a major commitment to peace. Last I read about the Bird Flu, Russia was thinking about closing it's borders with Turkey. I think they should.
Moscow's proposal to Tehran still stands
MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti commentator Pyotr Goncharov.) Statements by Tehran officials that Russia has made no "concrete" proposals on uranium enrichment are little more than subterfuge, and a rather uncouth at that.
The other day the Russian Embassy in Tehran handed the Iranians an official note confirming that the earlier Russian proposal to Iran to set up a joint Russian-Iranian uranium enrichment venture in Russia remained in effect. It seems that here could be no more concrete wording.
The crux of the Russian proposal is that uranium should be enriched on Russian territory, instead of Iran's, as Tehran insists and the U.S. and EU categorically reject. And today this is perhaps the only possible compromise able to break the vicious circle of the Iranian-EU negotiating process (on the Iranian nuclear program).
Iran is insisting on the right to a full nuclear program on its soil. Moscow is offering a trade-in and aid. But Tehran, in the person of its official Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi, says they have "never received any concrete or detailed proposal from Russia." But then he adds: "We will make close study of any plan or proposal that will officially recognize our right to enrich uranium on Iranian territory."
Now everything falls in place. A "concrete" proposal for Iran seems to be one that recognizes its right to enrich uranium on its soil. In other words, Tehran is taking the negotiating process back to the scenario patently unacceptable to the EU.
There is one fairly important aspect of all "concerns" regarding a nuclear program started from scratch (not only by Iran but any other country). Many states initially developed full nuclear fuel programs exclusively to acquire nuclear weapons, and did not immediately convert them to peaceful programs. Whatever the peaceful aims that were pursued by some or other state, this did not preclude a reverse process - re-engineering any very peaceful nuclear program back into a military one - thereby creating a full nuclear fuel program.
These concerns are heightened by the fact that development of a full nuclear program even by a state having advanced technologies involves what experts describe as "monstrous" expenses, while buying ready-made nuclear fuel is economically more profitable. Incidentally, Japan and Britain are not ashamed of using this second alternative, seeing no harm either to their nuclear sufficiency or their sovereignty.
Tehran keeps claiming that Iran's conversion to ready-made nuclear fuel will retard the natural progress of its nuclear technologies. Meanwhile, the Russian version is good in that it presupposes participation of Iranian specialists in uranium enrichment technology, especially since Russia has something they can learn from.
Russia's solution to the Iranian nuclear problem did not happen overnight. The idea of a joint venture crystallized in the course of Iranian-EU negotiations (with France, Germany and Britain). The idea fits best into the concept of IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) chairman ElBaradei, who is proposing a "multi-pronged" approach to the Iranian nuclear issue, therefore removing any political misgivings about the Iranian nuclear program.
Talk about the Russian solution became definitive last year, especially following the November Iran-EU round table in Paris. At the time Tehran signed an agreement temporarily suspending uranium enrichment, while IAEA inspectors sealed nuclear facilities in Isfahan and Natanze. Instead, the European Trio pledged to prepare a package of economic and political proposals that could compensate the Iranians for losses from the suspension of their nuclear industry operation and lead the negotiations to a compromise taking Iran's interests into account. The Russian option could be one, but as yet, there seems to be no alternative.
Tehran is not suggesting any alternative. And when all the things are said and done, it appears Iran seeks to get out of the nuclear non-proliferation straightjacket. Not formally and not according to the letter of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, but in actual fact. For example, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has signed a law automatically suspending Iran's observance of the additional protocol to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in case the IAEA submits the conflict around Iranian nuclear program to the UN Security Council. This is a very clear signal. Tehran cannot but realize that it is the additional protocol that is the only guarantee of transparency of the signatories' nuclear technologies.
What is next? This coming January Iran is to have a very delicate discussion with the EU on its nuclear program. Tehran has a lot to prove in regaining the world community's trust. The Russian solution would be very handy to steer the dialog into constructive channels. It is in Tehran's best interest to confirm that the Russian proposal concerning joint uranium enrichment was phrased clearly and succinctly. Moscow is entitled to a more specific answer from Tehran on whether or not they are agreeable to that option. Practicalities of the concept may always be discussed at a meeting of interested parties.
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Russian Navy ship to take part in NATO operation in February
17:06
09/ 01/ 2006
BRUSSELS, January 9 (RIA Novosti) - A Russian Navy ship will arrive in Sicily in February to take part in a patrol mission in the Mediterranean, NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said Monday.
Scheffer told journalists at a New Year reception in the NATO headquarters that the presence of the Russian ship in Sicily and its participation in the anti-terrorism Operation Active Endeavor would be an important contribution to NATO-Russia partnership.
Tastes of Paradise : A Social History of Spices, Stimulants, and Intoxicants
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/067974438X/ref=ase_brainconnection/102-0924847-9604104?s=books&v=glance&n=283155&tagActionCode=brainconnection
"[Coffee] spread through the body and achieved chemically and pharmacologically what rationalism and the Protestant ethic sought to fulfill spiritually and ideologically. With coffee the principle of rationality entered human physiology."
At least part of the reason for the proliferation of the use of caffeine—then and now—is the practically ubiquitous presence of plants containing it. Caffeine comes from an alkaloid family of generally poisonous nitrogen-containing compounds that includes the likes of strychnine, nicotine, morphine, mescaline, and emetine (the deadly ingredient in hemlock): a veritable who's who of nasty narcotics and poisons. Unlike the other compounds in this family, though, which are mostly associated with just one plant, caffeine occurs naturally in an extraordinary variety of plants—more than 100, in fact—including those as dissimilar as some lilacs and cacti.
In modern times, caffeine has handily maintained its prominence in daily life. After the consumption of water, beverages containing caffeine are the most popular on the planet—even more popular than alcohol. The United States, for example, averages 168 mg of caffeine per person every day, or about a cup and a half of coffee for each of its 275 million inhabitants each and every day. Which, as it turns out, is nothing compared to the 414 mg per day—or four cups a day per person—for the inhabitants of the Netherlands."
LET ME KNOW WHEN THE PROGRAM I AM WATCHING TEACHES ME SOMETHING !
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Dog Tales
Diamond Dog Food Recall.
http://www.diamondpetrecall.net/index.html
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December Tuesday 7th 2004 (11h09) :
Texas to Florida: White House-linked clandestine operation paid for "vote switching" software
by Wayne Madsen
The manipulation of computer voting machines in the recent presidential election and the funding of programmers who were involved in the operation are tied to an intricate web of shady off-shore financial trusts and companies, shady espionage operatives, Republican Party politicians close to the Bush family, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) contract vehicles.
An exhaustive investigation has turned up a link between current Florida Republican Representative Tom Feeney, a customized Windows-based program to suppress Democratic votes on touch screen voting machines, a Florida computer services company with whom Feeney worked as a general counsel and registered lobbyist while he was Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives, and top level officials of the Bush administration.
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Frankenstein, the boy toy. The only competition Anderson knows. Hm.
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John Zarella and the 'hostage ten hour standoff.'
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Ah, hostage negotiator.
Yeah, everything is exclusive at CNN. Whether it is or isn't, it 's exclusive.
There is Frankenstein introducing Junior Achievement AGAIN. Oh, cute. Coffee and brains. No doubt Starbucks is on the horizon.
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The Florida Bank Robbery. I heard about it this afternoon on MSNBC while watching the Alito hearings. They had a very unique way with subtitles and news flashes to keep everyone up to date on what else was going on in the world. We heard about it 'blow by blow.'
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Mining in Kentucky was due to uncontrolled loose rock.
There has been seismic activity along the Mississippi at the borders of Kentucky, Tennessee and Missouri.
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsUS/Maps/US10/32.42.-95.-85.html
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The New York Times had an article today:
Endemic Problem of Safety in Coal Mining
The Sago Mine had 202 safety violations last year, a number that included 16 blatant violations that were considered immediate hazards to miners' safety. Like Sago, six other underground mines in West Virginia have 100 to 150 employees, according to federal records. Not one of the six had a similar blatant violation last year, according to federal mine records. Sago has had 14 major roof falls since June. Its injury rate last year was three times the national average.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/10/national/10safety.html?emc=eta1&pagewanted=print
Randy McClure has to wake up and get on with it. The sooner he is awake the better. I am sure sleeping is a better option for him but he is needed 'here' and not 'there.'
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The News Secretary
Sam Alito is a liar ! Under oath ! Everyone knows where they were when President Kennedy was assassinated. It's just one of those 'Real World Things.'
Alito says he doesn't remember controversial alumni group
KRON-4
CAPITOL HILL Samuel Alito has been distancing himself from an alumni group known for being against opening Princeton University to women and more minorities.
In a 1985 application for a job in the Reagan Justice Department, Alito listed his membership in the Concerned Alumni of Princeton.
But now, the Supreme Court nominee tells the Senate Judiciary Committee he has "no specific recollection of that organization," and he says he wasn't actively involved in it.
But Senator Patrick Leahy says he "can't believe" Alito would have "proudly" listed himself a member in the group without careful consideration. Alito replied that he'd been upset about the university's expulsion of the ROTC program, an expulsion that was opposed by the alumni group.
Leahy dismissed that, saying the group is known mostly for its opposition to women and minorities.
Republican Senator Orrin Hatch followed up with a softball question, asking Alito if he's against women and minorities attending college.
Alito replied, "Absolutely not."
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Suicide attack at Interior Ministry kills 29
Deadly four-day period also claims lives of 28 American troops in Iraq
Associated Press
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Two suicide bombers wearing police uniforms and holding security passes tried to attack National Police Day celebrations Monday, with police shooting one to death and the other exploding his vest, killing 29 people, authorities said. The U.S. ambassador and Iraq’s interior and defense ministers were in attendance but far from the attacks.
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Alan Derschowitz. You'll excuse me, Alan, this isn't about EXCELLANCE. That is university stuff. This is about the way the AMERICAN PEOPLE live within the boundaries of the USA. You know Alan currently we have the US Constitution and Bill of Rights. We also have the Bush Constitution and Patriot Act. Now, evidently we all should be treated to the Dershowitz Constitution.
No, thank you !!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Arcata City Council calls for Bush impeachment
By Kimberly Wear / Eureka Times-Standard
ARCATA -- A split City Council passed a resolution demanding the impeachment or resignation of President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney, citing violations of international and constitutional law.
The White House responded that the president “remains focused on the business the American people elected him to conduct.”
The resolution lists a series of allegedly impeachable offenses, including “the crime of misleading the American people and Congress into waging an unnecessary and brutal war in Iraq,” “the criminal failure of the president to respond adequately to the Hurricane Katrina disaster,” “torturing human beings in violation of the Geneva Convention” and “ordering the secret surveillance of American citizens.”
Councilman Dave Meserve and Councilwoman Harmony Groves penned the resolution that passed 3-2 Wednesday, joined by Councilman Paul Pitino, with Mayor Michael Machi and Councilman Mark Wheetley dissenting.
”All elected officials swear to uphold and defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic,” Meserve said. “This obligates us to act when the president violates the Constitution. We hope that other cities will join us in demanding the impeachment of Bush and Cheney.”
White House spokesman Ken Lisaius said Bush understands that there are people who “oppose the president's efforts to win the war on terror.”
”How those opposed to those efforts choose to express that opposition is up to each individual -- in this case a city council,” he said. “This president recognizes he has a responsibility and the constitutional authority to protect our country and that's what he will continue to do.”
The resolution also asks that Congressman Mike Thompson, D-St. Helena, join with others in Congress to introduce articles of impeachment against Bush. That would make him the third president to face the proceeding.
The first was President Andrew Johnson and the second -- more than 100 years later -- was President Bill Clinton. Both were acquitted. President Richard Nixon resigned rather than face impeachment.
Impeachment is a two-tier process beginning with a formal accusation, or the impeachment, being brought by the House of Representatives with a majority vote. Then, there is a trial by the Senate -- a conviction requires a two-thirds vote.
Copies of the Arcata resolution are being sent to Thompson, Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer and members of the House Judiciary Committee.
Feingold makes pitch for Sanders during Vermont visit
By Daniel Barlow / Rutland Herald
BRATTLEBORO — Congressman Bernard Sanders officially kicked off his campaign for U.S. Senate Saturday, flanked by a who's who of southern Vermont liberals and a popular and politically progressive senator from Wisconsin.
Sanders, who is seeking the seat now held by retiring Sen. Jim Jeffords, I-Vt., was joined at his first public campaign event by Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wis., and Vermont Senate President Pro Tem Peter Welch, a Democrat from Windsor County who is running for Sanders' U.S. House seat.
More than 400 people filled a theater at the town's high school Saturday afternoon to hear speeches by Sanders, Vermont's maverick U.S. House representative, and Feingold, who is a possible presidential candidate in 2008 and a staunch advocate for civil liberties and campaign finance reform.
"This little state will lead America in a profound new direction," Sanders said as he received a standing ovation from the crowd.
Sanders stressed similar ways of life between Vermonters and Wisconsin residents as he introduced Feingold, noting that both are rural states with struggling dairy farms. He also praised him for being the only senator to vote against the USA Patriot Act and the first to call for a timetable to remove troops from Iraq.
Feingold responded by joking that an appropriate newspaper headline for the event would be, "Cheesehead endorses Sanders." He quickly added that Vermont "is my kind of place."
Joining the three men were both of Windham County's senators and several of its state representatives. Sen. Rod Gander of Brattleboro welcomed Feingold to the "bluest town in the bluest county in the bluest state of them all," a reference to the popular color-mapping system that was used to track the outcome of the 2004 presidential election.
Sanders did not mention his two Republican opponents for Jeffords' seat, millionaire Richard Tarrant and Air Force fighter pilot Greg Parke, during the Brattleboro event. Fund-raisers for Sanders followed the campaign event at private residences in Brattleboro and Norwich.
Tarrant has vowed to only accept campaign donations from within Vermont, according to Tim Lennon, his campaign manager. Lennon criticized Sanders for accepting "95 percent of his campaign contributions from out-of-state special interests."
"I think Vermont voters will be asking a lot of questions about why people in California are giving money to the Sanders campaign," he said. Tarrant has held dozens of meetings throughout Vermont as he gears up for the race, he added, and campaigned in Brattleboro last month.
During an hour-long question-and-answer session, Sanders and Feingold were asked about the Iraq War, national energy policy and the effect of lobbying money on elected officials, just days after a disgraced Washington, D.C., lobbyist pleaded guilty in a money laundering scheme that may ensnare several more politicians.
Feingold said he supports a zero tolerance policy on gifts from lobbyists to elected officials and said he hopes to work with Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., on a bill to publicly finance federal campaigns.
Feingold, a member of the Senate's Judiciary Committee, raised the possibility that there are grounds to impeach President Bush for his secret domestic surveillance program, which was conducted without warrants or court oversight. He said he expects the surveillance program to get a full review under Committee Chairman Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa.
If it is found that the program is unlawful, Feingold said that "there should be full accountability. I will not take anything off the table."
While the audience was receptive to Sanders and Feingold, it was not so welcoming to Welch. In his brief opening statements, Welch stressed the need to unite Vermont liberals as several local anti-nuclear activists criticized him for his role in allowing Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant to store its nuclear waste on site.
Peter Cooper, a prominent progressive activist from Brattleboro, said Welch "sold us down the river" on the Vermont Yankee deal last year. And Elizabeth Wood of Dummerston asked the Windsor County senator to refuse campaign donations from Entergy Vermont Nuclear, the parent company of the Vernon plant, as her partner, Eesha Williams, held up a sign reading, "Welch Sold Out."
Welch agreed to refuse donations from the company. Earlier in the event, Welch vowed "to make it right" with Windham County activists and said, "I will meet with you."
Jackie Gould of Brattleboro, one of Sanders' volunteers for the event that day, said electing the congressman to the U.S. Senate would change the tone of the discussion because his voice would no longer be drowned out by 434 others.
"We have to elect Bernie for the U.S. Senate, not just for Vermont but for the whole country," she said.
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Leahy Questioning
Washington Post
Democrat Sen. Patrick Leahy (Vt.) stepped it up a notch, pressing Judge Samuel A. Alito about his views on the current political controversy -- whether the president has the right to exercise executive authority in wiretapping during time of conflict. Alito tried to assure the committee that he felt the president was obligated “to comply with the statutes that are passed.” But the nominee, to Leahy’s frustration, left some room in his answers for judicially exploring whether there were overriding circumstances that the government could defend.
While Sen. Specter led the nominee through Alto’s prepared responses on the hot-button issues, Sen. Leahy pushed tried to push Alito out of his comfort zone by challenging the answers he had spent weeks rehearsing.
Leahy asked Alito to explain his dissent in a third circuit cases that defended the police’s decision to strip search a 10-year-old girl in drug case. Leahy criticized the nominee for siding with law enforcement in his ruling. Alito explained that his ruling was not intended to defend the strip search, but to defend the police’s view that that the warrant allowed it.
In closing, Leahy asked the unsmiling Alito how he could have joined Concerned Alumni of Princeton -- a conservative group know to be opposed to increasing the number of women attending the Ivy League school. Alito said he had no recollection of being a member of an organization that both Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) and former Sen. Bill Bradley condemned. Finding the answer incredulous, Leahy questioned how Alito could forget being a part of an organization he so prominently listed on a 1985 job applications.
Alito said that if he did belong to it, it was because Princeton had thrown the ROTC off campus and spoke ill of the military.
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Iran. Russia would like to assist and hence supervise Iran's uranium enrichment program. Iran is refusing. The circumstances are turning to the worst outcome for Iran. The reactor will have to be shut down if they refuse supervision. They are too dangerous. The Russian offer is far more viable than anything the EU is proposing. I think. Putin is willing to participate and be accountable. That is a major commitment to peace. Last I read about the Bird Flu, Russia was thinking about closing it's borders with Turkey. I think they should.
Moscow's proposal to Tehran still stands
MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti commentator Pyotr Goncharov.) Statements by Tehran officials that Russia has made no "concrete" proposals on uranium enrichment are little more than subterfuge, and a rather uncouth at that.
The other day the Russian Embassy in Tehran handed the Iranians an official note confirming that the earlier Russian proposal to Iran to set up a joint Russian-Iranian uranium enrichment venture in Russia remained in effect. It seems that here could be no more concrete wording.
The crux of the Russian proposal is that uranium should be enriched on Russian territory, instead of Iran's, as Tehran insists and the U.S. and EU categorically reject. And today this is perhaps the only possible compromise able to break the vicious circle of the Iranian-EU negotiating process (on the Iranian nuclear program).
Iran is insisting on the right to a full nuclear program on its soil. Moscow is offering a trade-in and aid. But Tehran, in the person of its official Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi, says they have "never received any concrete or detailed proposal from Russia." But then he adds: "We will make close study of any plan or proposal that will officially recognize our right to enrich uranium on Iranian territory."
Now everything falls in place. A "concrete" proposal for Iran seems to be one that recognizes its right to enrich uranium on its soil. In other words, Tehran is taking the negotiating process back to the scenario patently unacceptable to the EU.
There is one fairly important aspect of all "concerns" regarding a nuclear program started from scratch (not only by Iran but any other country). Many states initially developed full nuclear fuel programs exclusively to acquire nuclear weapons, and did not immediately convert them to peaceful programs. Whatever the peaceful aims that were pursued by some or other state, this did not preclude a reverse process - re-engineering any very peaceful nuclear program back into a military one - thereby creating a full nuclear fuel program.
These concerns are heightened by the fact that development of a full nuclear program even by a state having advanced technologies involves what experts describe as "monstrous" expenses, while buying ready-made nuclear fuel is economically more profitable. Incidentally, Japan and Britain are not ashamed of using this second alternative, seeing no harm either to their nuclear sufficiency or their sovereignty.
Tehran keeps claiming that Iran's conversion to ready-made nuclear fuel will retard the natural progress of its nuclear technologies. Meanwhile, the Russian version is good in that it presupposes participation of Iranian specialists in uranium enrichment technology, especially since Russia has something they can learn from.
Russia's solution to the Iranian nuclear problem did not happen overnight. The idea of a joint venture crystallized in the course of Iranian-EU negotiations (with France, Germany and Britain). The idea fits best into the concept of IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) chairman ElBaradei, who is proposing a "multi-pronged" approach to the Iranian nuclear issue, therefore removing any political misgivings about the Iranian nuclear program.
Talk about the Russian solution became definitive last year, especially following the November Iran-EU round table in Paris. At the time Tehran signed an agreement temporarily suspending uranium enrichment, while IAEA inspectors sealed nuclear facilities in Isfahan and Natanze. Instead, the European Trio pledged to prepare a package of economic and political proposals that could compensate the Iranians for losses from the suspension of their nuclear industry operation and lead the negotiations to a compromise taking Iran's interests into account. The Russian option could be one, but as yet, there seems to be no alternative.
Tehran is not suggesting any alternative. And when all the things are said and done, it appears Iran seeks to get out of the nuclear non-proliferation straightjacket. Not formally and not according to the letter of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, but in actual fact. For example, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has signed a law automatically suspending Iran's observance of the additional protocol to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in case the IAEA submits the conflict around Iranian nuclear program to the UN Security Council. This is a very clear signal. Tehran cannot but realize that it is the additional protocol that is the only guarantee of transparency of the signatories' nuclear technologies.
What is next? This coming January Iran is to have a very delicate discussion with the EU on its nuclear program. Tehran has a lot to prove in regaining the world community's trust. The Russian solution would be very handy to steer the dialog into constructive channels. It is in Tehran's best interest to confirm that the Russian proposal concerning joint uranium enrichment was phrased clearly and succinctly. Moscow is entitled to a more specific answer from Tehran on whether or not they are agreeable to that option. Practicalities of the concept may always be discussed at a meeting of interested parties.
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Russian Navy ship to take part in NATO operation in February
17:06
09/ 01/ 2006
BRUSSELS, January 9 (RIA Novosti) - A Russian Navy ship will arrive in Sicily in February to take part in a patrol mission in the Mediterranean, NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said Monday.
Scheffer told journalists at a New Year reception in the NATO headquarters that the presence of the Russian ship in Sicily and its participation in the anti-terrorism Operation Active Endeavor would be an important contribution to NATO-Russia partnership.
Tastes of Paradise : A Social History of Spices, Stimulants, and Intoxicants
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/067974438X/ref=ase_brainconnection/102-0924847-9604104?s=books&v=glance&n=283155&tagActionCode=brainconnection
"[Coffee] spread through the body and achieved chemically and pharmacologically what rationalism and the Protestant ethic sought to fulfill spiritually and ideologically. With coffee the principle of rationality entered human physiology."
At least part of the reason for the proliferation of the use of caffeine—then and now—is the practically ubiquitous presence of plants containing it. Caffeine comes from an alkaloid family of generally poisonous nitrogen-containing compounds that includes the likes of strychnine, nicotine, morphine, mescaline, and emetine (the deadly ingredient in hemlock): a veritable who's who of nasty narcotics and poisons. Unlike the other compounds in this family, though, which are mostly associated with just one plant, caffeine occurs naturally in an extraordinary variety of plants—more than 100, in fact—including those as dissimilar as some lilacs and cacti.
In modern times, caffeine has handily maintained its prominence in daily life. After the consumption of water, beverages containing caffeine are the most popular on the planet—even more popular than alcohol. The United States, for example, averages 168 mg of caffeine per person every day, or about a cup and a half of coffee for each of its 275 million inhabitants each and every day. Which, as it turns out, is nothing compared to the 414 mg per day—or four cups a day per person—for the inhabitants of the Netherlands."
LET ME KNOW WHEN THE PROGRAM I AM WATCHING TEACHES ME SOMETHING !
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Dog Tales
Diamond Dog Food Recall.
http://www.diamondpetrecall.net/index.html
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December Tuesday 7th 2004 (11h09) :
Texas to Florida: White House-linked clandestine operation paid for "vote switching" software
by Wayne Madsen
The manipulation of computer voting machines in the recent presidential election and the funding of programmers who were involved in the operation are tied to an intricate web of shady off-shore financial trusts and companies, shady espionage operatives, Republican Party politicians close to the Bush family, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) contract vehicles.
An exhaustive investigation has turned up a link between current Florida Republican Representative Tom Feeney, a customized Windows-based program to suppress Democratic votes on touch screen voting machines, a Florida computer services company with whom Feeney worked as a general counsel and registered lobbyist while he was Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives, and top level officials of the Bush administration.
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Frankenstein, the boy toy. The only competition Anderson knows. Hm.
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John Zarella and the 'hostage ten hour standoff.'
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Ah, hostage negotiator.
Thought I'd add a little color to the program.
Former Seahawk Brown dies of apparent heart attack
Dave Brown, an original Seahawks player and one of seven men enshrined in the club's hall of fame, died Tuesday of an apparent heart attack while playing basketball with one of his sons in a pickup game at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas.Brown, who would have turned 53 Monday, recently had completed his fifth year as the secondary coach on the Texas Tech football staff.
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A review of the Kentucky mine accident.
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Fitzgerald Maintains Focus on Rove
Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald is said to have spent the past month preparing evidence he will present to a grand jury alleging that White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove knowingly made false statements to FBI and Justice Department investigators and lied under oath while he was being questioned about his role in the leak of covert CIA agent Valerie Plame's identity more than two years ago, according to sources knowledgeable about the probe.
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Listen to Anderson's tone of voice. It sounds like he just woke up from a bad dream. And he has an audience, no less. You know. These folks think the nation should be on "Red Alert" 24-7; Anderson is a built in terror machine. Excitable, huh,, babe !
"The Osama bin Laden I Knew" - Funny, I don't think 'bins' life is that important unless it's OVER !
Few Americans Expect bin Laden’s Capture in 2006
Angus Reid Global Scan) – Many adults in the U.S. believe the leader of al-Qaeda will not be successfully detained this year, according to a poll by Gallup released by CNN and USA Today. 68 per cent of respondents believe it is unlikely that Osama bin Laden will be captured or killed.
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The Newsy Secretary
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The cough debate. The best cough suppressant is codeine in Guaifenesin. The guaifenesin is a 'vehicle' for the codiene as well as a throat coating.
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Back to Alito.
I doubt if there is going to be much more interesting tonight.
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York Plant Explosion May Be Hazardous
AP) GLEN ROCK, Pa. People who live within three miles of a factory in Glen Rock, in southern York County, Pennsylvania, are being told to stay inside and keep doors and windows shut. It's because of multiple explosions and a large fire at the Adhesives Research Incorporated factory. York County emergency officials say there's the potential for harmful chemicals to be released into the air. Tonight's blast at the Adhesives Research Incorporated factory comes after an explosion blew out a wall of the factory this morning. Glen Rock is about six miles north of the Maryland-Pennsylvania border and a few miles west of Interstate 83. Police have shut down a portion of I-83 in the area.
Explosion at Glen Rock facility
Daily Record/Sunday News
Jan 10, 2006 — A flammable material storage room exploded late this morning at Adhesives Research near Glen Rock.
It ripped open the west wall of the building, but everyone made it out uninjured, said Bernadette Lauer of York County's Department of Emergency Services.
A sprinkler system doused most of the flames. The facility makes everything from adhesives to breath strips, Lauer said.
After the explosion, a large plume of smoke was seen from the building, and a foamy liquid ran into a nearby drainage ditch. Officials were working to determine what materials were involved in the explosion and whether they posed a health risk to the public.
I don't want to do this anymore tonight.
Good night, Aaron.
Tuesday, January 10, 2006
This news team has absolutely no intention and/or ability to defuse panic !
The usual melodramatic opening and "Thheeeeeeeeeeerrreeeeeeeeeeee's Andy."
But the report of the 'bomb' incident in San Francisco was left 'open ended' to create an atmosophere of fear.
THERE IS A HISTORY of violence against "Starbucks" in San Francisco. I kindly refer to the last paragraph. I am not ready to stop going to Starbucks just yet in my neighborhood.
Police defuse bomb at Starbucks on Van Ness
Cicero A. Estrella, Chronicle Staff Writer
Monday, January 9, 2006
(01-09) 16:55 PST SAN FRANCISCO -- About 100 people were evacuated today and traffic on two busy San Francisco thoroughfares was rerouted after a Starbucks employee found a homemade bomb in a restroom.
The employee found what appeared to be a "suspicious device" inside the unisex bathroom at the Starbucks at Van Ness Avenue and Bush Street around 1:15 p.m. and called police, Sgt. Neville Gittens said.
Gittens would not describe the device or its size other than to say it "would have caused damage if it exploded.''
Don Henschke, sales manager at Ellis Brooks Auto Center across the street from the coffee house, said a police officer had described the bomb to him as "a portion of a flashlight and a fuse."
The bomb squad disabled the device in about 20 minutes, and witnesses said they heard a popping sound at the time.
Traffic on Van Ness and Bush was rerouted for about an hour and people were evacuated from the Starbucks, a neighboring sushi restaurant and a seven-story apartment building above the coffee house.
In 2003, police said the windows of 17 Starbucks were clouded with glue and some of the door locks were jammed. The vandals also posted phony notices purporting to be from Starbucks management announcing the company's intention to abandon some of their San Francisco stores to make room for more locally owned coffee houses.
E-mail Cicero A. Estrella at cestrella@sfchronicle.com. / The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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A review of coma states and the therapeutic nature of them if managed well.
It's easy to make this claim now but as soon as I heard of the major stroke of the Prime Minister and the fact he was on 'blood thinners;' I knew they were related.
This was in Haaretz today.
Early diagnosis could have prevented brain hemorrhage
By Ran Reznick and Tamara Traubman
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon received anticoagulant drugs despite suffering from a disease of the blood vessels in the brain which, if diagnosed, would almost certainly have prevented doctors from prescribing these drugs - which are known to increase the risk of strokes and brain hemorrhage. One doctor close to the situation told Haaretz Monday that the disease was diagnosed by doctors treating Sharon at Hadassah University Hospital during his current hospitalization. The disease, cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) could have greatly increased the risk of a brain hemorrhage, following the administration of the medication that he received after his first stroke Dec. 19, Haaretz has learned.
His condition currently:
Doctors: Days before damage from PM's stroke can be assessed
By Tamara Traubman, Ran Reznick and Yair Ettinger, Haaretz Correspondents, Haaretz Service and Agencies
Physicians at Hadassah University Hospital in Jerusalem treating Ariel Sharon said Monday evening that the prime minister had responded to stimulus and shown slight movement in his right arm and right leg, but warned it could be days before they could assess the full extent of the damage from the massive stroke he suffered last week.
HOPE REMAINS ALIVE.
I think I'll suspend comments there tonight.
But the report of the 'bomb' incident in San Francisco was left 'open ended' to create an atmosophere of fear.
THERE IS A HISTORY of violence against "Starbucks" in San Francisco. I kindly refer to the last paragraph. I am not ready to stop going to Starbucks just yet in my neighborhood.
Police defuse bomb at Starbucks on Van Ness
Cicero A. Estrella, Chronicle Staff Writer
Monday, January 9, 2006
(01-09) 16:55 PST SAN FRANCISCO -- About 100 people were evacuated today and traffic on two busy San Francisco thoroughfares was rerouted after a Starbucks employee found a homemade bomb in a restroom.
The employee found what appeared to be a "suspicious device" inside the unisex bathroom at the Starbucks at Van Ness Avenue and Bush Street around 1:15 p.m. and called police, Sgt. Neville Gittens said.
Gittens would not describe the device or its size other than to say it "would have caused damage if it exploded.''
Don Henschke, sales manager at Ellis Brooks Auto Center across the street from the coffee house, said a police officer had described the bomb to him as "a portion of a flashlight and a fuse."
The bomb squad disabled the device in about 20 minutes, and witnesses said they heard a popping sound at the time.
Traffic on Van Ness and Bush was rerouted for about an hour and people were evacuated from the Starbucks, a neighboring sushi restaurant and a seven-story apartment building above the coffee house.
In 2003, police said the windows of 17 Starbucks were clouded with glue and some of the door locks were jammed. The vandals also posted phony notices purporting to be from Starbucks management announcing the company's intention to abandon some of their San Francisco stores to make room for more locally owned coffee houses.
E-mail Cicero A. Estrella at cestrella@sfchronicle.com. / The Associated Press contributed to this report.
The team then moved to Alito stuff.
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The progress of Randy McCloy is still tenuous. The infuence of family with the comatose is well known.
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1026A review of coma states and the therapeutic nature of them if managed well.
It's easy to make this claim now but as soon as I heard of the major stroke of the Prime Minister and the fact he was on 'blood thinners;' I knew they were related.
This was in Haaretz today.
Early diagnosis could have prevented brain hemorrhage
By Ran Reznick and Tamara Traubman
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon received anticoagulant drugs despite suffering from a disease of the blood vessels in the brain which, if diagnosed, would almost certainly have prevented doctors from prescribing these drugs - which are known to increase the risk of strokes and brain hemorrhage. One doctor close to the situation told Haaretz Monday that the disease was diagnosed by doctors treating Sharon at Hadassah University Hospital during his current hospitalization. The disease, cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) could have greatly increased the risk of a brain hemorrhage, following the administration of the medication that he received after his first stroke Dec. 19, Haaretz has learned.
His condition currently:
Doctors: Days before damage from PM's stroke can be assessed
By Tamara Traubman, Ran Reznick and Yair Ettinger, Haaretz Correspondents, Haaretz Service and Agencies
Physicians at Hadassah University Hospital in Jerusalem treating Ariel Sharon said Monday evening that the prime minister had responded to stimulus and shown slight movement in his right arm and right leg, but warned it could be days before they could assess the full extent of the damage from the massive stroke he suffered last week.
HOPE REMAINS ALIVE.
I think I'll suspend comments there tonight.
Monday, January 9, 2006
Some of us really do object to the 'emotionalizing' of the news.
This article points to 'The Sago Mine Disaster' but it goes beyond that. When people of conscience seek to make a difference it is to pragmatically find the reason for the event. We don't need to be emotionally involved to collapse as a population. Quite the contrary. On behalf of those whom are involved emotionally involved in the tragedy; it is vitally important those of us on the 'outside' of it remain resolved and not 'involved.'
The 'Emo-Anchor' of New Orleans resulted in people getting personally involved while spending personal assets. I don't approve. Taking perfect strangers under one's wing is not safe. Also entering a disaster area with plans to feed the masses with "Little League Food Sale Stocks" fresh out of the hometown freezer is not the American Way. That is not the place for the local Little League Mom regardless the generosity or desire to rescue.
The Sago Mine Disaster was completely preventable and that is where we as a nation need to be. We will leave the grieving to the familes in humble regret this occured. The company has to be held responsible for it's complete mishandling of the safety of it's employees. Paying fines is supposed to compel a company into compliance. An enterprise such as this sees it as a cost of doing business. The 'weight' of the government has been grossly diminished in it's capacity to protect the public. That is the morale to this story. It's a scarey one.
Anderson Cooper, CNN’s man of the moment, rushed to the scene to take the lead with periodic updates, rumors and expressions of anguish. Cooper was the man who pushed the stoic Aaron Brown off the air, replacing whatever was left of objective journalism on “The Most Trusted Name in News” with a new, action oriented, in your face brand of news reporting. He had made his reputation playing hardball with freshman US Senator Mary Landrieu, Governor Kathleen Blanco and Mayor Ray Nagin in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. At the time, it seemed a refreshing resurgence of backbone in a media that was losing credibility with the viewing public. Later, we learned he was only serving the White House strategy of blame shifting. He never took on FEMA or Michael Brown until the White House made it clear that Brownie was the designated fall guy.
The 'Emo-Anchor' of New Orleans resulted in people getting personally involved while spending personal assets. I don't approve. Taking perfect strangers under one's wing is not safe. Also entering a disaster area with plans to feed the masses with "Little League Food Sale Stocks" fresh out of the hometown freezer is not the American Way. That is not the place for the local Little League Mom regardless the generosity or desire to rescue.
The Sago Mine Disaster was completely preventable and that is where we as a nation need to be. We will leave the grieving to the familes in humble regret this occured. The company has to be held responsible for it's complete mishandling of the safety of it's employees. Paying fines is supposed to compel a company into compliance. An enterprise such as this sees it as a cost of doing business. The 'weight' of the government has been grossly diminished in it's capacity to protect the public. That is the morale to this story. It's a scarey one.
Anderson Cooper, CNN’s man of the moment, rushed to the scene to take the lead with periodic updates, rumors and expressions of anguish. Cooper was the man who pushed the stoic Aaron Brown off the air, replacing whatever was left of objective journalism on “The Most Trusted Name in News” with a new, action oriented, in your face brand of news reporting. He had made his reputation playing hardball with freshman US Senator Mary Landrieu, Governor Kathleen Blanco and Mayor Ray Nagin in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. At the time, it seemed a refreshing resurgence of backbone in a media that was losing credibility with the viewing public. Later, we learned he was only serving the White House strategy of blame shifting. He never took on FEMA or Michael Brown until the White House made it clear that Brownie was the designated fall guy.
Saturday, January 7, 2006
An Assignment for Anderson and Drew
Answer this question. What is the reaction of people of the coal mining operations throughout the country? Do they feel they are safe on their jobs? If so, why? What does their company do that the NEW owners of the Sago Mine didn't and doesn't do for miner safety?
The People Who Mine Coal
The contemporary coal industry workforce is a continually evolving reflection of our society as a whole. According to a Bureau of Mines survey, the average coal miner is 39 years old and has 11 years of experience, eight years with the same company. Three-fourths of all coal miners have a high school or better education. There are about 3,300 women among the industry's workforce of 130,000.
The People Who Mine Coal
The contemporary coal industry workforce is a continually evolving reflection of our society as a whole. According to a Bureau of Mines survey, the average coal miner is 39 years old and has 11 years of experience, eight years with the same company. Three-fourths of all coal miners have a high school or better education. There are about 3,300 women among the industry's workforce of 130,000.
Anderson Cooper the Absurd
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Anderson Cooper the exploitive.
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Drew Griffin. Along a telephone line of misunderstanding. My goodness this is enlightening isn't it?
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Dennis O'Dell - There were two separate sets of words.
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Drew Griffin believes someone from the commander center got carried away. You don't knkow that though. There is a lot you don't know, by the way. You, regardless of what you know and what you don't know, with a vigilante media company on your side, is willing to inflame the situation for your own purpose. Tabloid Journalism. Eventually, it might even be true, right Drew? Not Journalism, but, skepticism. This is of course a government investigation with interviews with everyone.
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Dr. Blake - McCloy - "Who Examined them." - The Witch Doctor Sanjay Gupta strikes again. He is a good corporate view of evading responsibility. No different than Cooper who evades responsible journalism.
"Serious" - I take it that Dr. Blake was the triage MD on the scene. He had control of assessing the people that were rescued. He was not a part of the rescue but standing by to administer treatment.
What CNN - AGAIN - has intentionally ignored is the authorities in charge of a potential crime scene INCLUDING manslaughter by the company. Those still alive at the scene will be transported while the dead are photographed, etc.
The company representative that night stated they didn't tell the families sooner because they wanted to be sure that all except Mr. McCloy were dead. He stated clearly that the rescuers were taking vital signs and checking out those found to determine that. I am assuming there were EMTs with defibrillators to ascertain that TRUTH !
Fascinating interview? I don’t find it interesting or informative or responsible. This is tabloid journalism to inflame the audience into following 'the lie of choice.'
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The Note AGAIN.
AND AGAIN.
AND AGAIN.
AND AGAIN.
AND AGAIN.
This is not journalism.
This is however exploitation of human suffering to satisfy GAWKERS.
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Nothing mentioned about violations. An official investigation. ONLY how Anderson Cooper 360 can get the job done ahead of anyone else with his own journalists and lots of fancy graphics.
This couldn't be more engineered or exploitive. Anderson is misleading the public through his need for control for his paycheck and what a paycheck it is.
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There isn't any new information here. It's very sad this is occurring.
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Anderson Cooper the exploitive.
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Drew Griffin. Along a telephone line of misunderstanding. My goodness this is enlightening isn't it?
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Dennis O'Dell - There were two separate sets of words.
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Drew Griffin believes someone from the commander center got carried away. You don't knkow that though. There is a lot you don't know, by the way. You, regardless of what you know and what you don't know, with a vigilante media company on your side, is willing to inflame the situation for your own purpose. Tabloid Journalism. Eventually, it might even be true, right Drew? Not Journalism, but, skepticism. This is of course a government investigation with interviews with everyone.
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Dr. Blake - McCloy - "Who Examined them." - The Witch Doctor Sanjay Gupta strikes again. He is a good corporate view of evading responsibility. No different than Cooper who evades responsible journalism.
"Serious" - I take it that Dr. Blake was the triage MD on the scene. He had control of assessing the people that were rescued. He was not a part of the rescue but standing by to administer treatment.
What CNN - AGAIN - has intentionally ignored is the authorities in charge of a potential crime scene INCLUDING manslaughter by the company. Those still alive at the scene will be transported while the dead are photographed, etc.
The company representative that night stated they didn't tell the families sooner because they wanted to be sure that all except Mr. McCloy were dead. He stated clearly that the rescuers were taking vital signs and checking out those found to determine that. I am assuming there were EMTs with defibrillators to ascertain that TRUTH !
Fascinating interview? I don’t find it interesting or informative or responsible. This is tabloid journalism to inflame the audience into following 'the lie of choice.'
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The Note AGAIN.
AND AGAIN.
AND AGAIN.
AND AGAIN.
AND AGAIN.
This is not journalism.
This is however exploitation of human suffering to satisfy GAWKERS.
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Nothing mentioned about violations. An official investigation. ONLY how Anderson Cooper 360 can get the job done ahead of anyone else with his own journalists and lots of fancy graphics.
This couldn't be more engineered or exploitive. Anderson is misleading the public through his need for control for his paycheck and what a paycheck it is.
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There isn't any new information here. It's very sad this is occurring.
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Friday, January 6, 2006
Media Blitz: Anderson Cooper is such an emo
Arianna Huffington tells Anderson Cooper to suck it up and stop acting like a little bitch. [HuffPo]
America Mourns With Anderson Cooper
Twelve of the thirteen miners in Sago, West Virginia have now been found dead. The original mine explosion that led to their deaths was so loud that it was heard five miles away.
The grieving by the families will be much more muted and quiet. But not so the strangers: the cable newsmen and out-of-town “journalists” will now share their own grief not only with the family members, but also their demographically correct audiences:
America will mourn with Anderson Cooper.
Last night, after learning that he had been incorrectly reporting for three hours the "miracle" of the miners being alive, Cooper became pale, before declaring himself "at a complete loss for words."That was last night. Cooper may have been at a loss for words last night, but if his past on-air behavior is a guide, he will not be at a loss for tears tonight.
America will once again mourn with Anderson Cooper.
America Mourns With Anderson Cooper
Twelve of the thirteen miners in Sago, West Virginia have now been found dead. The original mine explosion that led to their deaths was so loud that it was heard five miles away.
The grieving by the families will be much more muted and quiet. But not so the strangers: the cable newsmen and out-of-town “journalists” will now share their own grief not only with the family members, but also their demographically correct audiences:
America will mourn with Anderson Cooper.
Last night, after learning that he had been incorrectly reporting for three hours the "miracle" of the miners being alive, Cooper became pale, before declaring himself "at a complete loss for words."That was last night. Cooper may have been at a loss for words last night, but if his past on-air behavior is a guide, he will not be at a loss for tears tonight.
America will once again mourn with Anderson Cooper.
The Hyperbaric Anderson 360. Turning it around for Bush.
Anderson Cooper 360
Frankenstein gives the words of a dead miner so much meaning. And heeeerrrreeee’s Andy.
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Before he breathed his last breath. You don’t know what breath he was taking either.
… he just went to sleep. It wasn’t bad. HE witnessed what was going to happen to him otherwise he couldn’t tell the family he was passing away.
HE WITNESSED THE DEATHS OF OTHERS TO MAKE THAT OBSERVATION. THAT OBSERVATION WAS A COMFORT TO HIM.
Dear God.
No one should die like that.
Cruelty. This entire circumstance is laced with extreme cruelty. From the violations to the discovery of the bodies and now this realization.
Destroy that company the way they destroyed those men and their families futures together.
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“They did the best they could.” No, I am sorry. The miners could be alive and have not gone into a mine so badly penalized without resolving the issues of safety. Bush could have cited this mine as an example to human rights abuses by shutting it down rather than taking it’s cut.
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Gupta is part of this morbid broadcast? Unbelievable.
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Now this is the news. The morbidity set aside to the families to own while we pay them respect as a nation seeking JUSTICE FOR THE DEATHS. Not brushing it aside as a bothersome event. Miscommunications. It’s unfortunate a mine so badly managed existed. I am confident as the danger of the mine grew greater they discussed shutting it down. Or, perhaps, Don Evans, the Former Secretary of Commerce while he was Bush’s right hand man.
Oh, wait that is Rove’s place. So that would place Don Evans in the Left Hand of God. Oh, I mean Bush.
But to get back to Don Evans. What a work of genius. Or better put, slight of hand, to put the mine in NEW management that could take the fall for the deaths as the mine was reaching it’s ‘end of life.’ Now. Now under new management the Sago Mine could have a second life in the face of the deaths of the miners. The Sago Mine they loved so dearly could live on to provide a way of life to their families. A full investigation would reveal the need for new technology. New capital expanse to extract the coal, THE DEEPEST UNDER THE EARTH. Right, George? That is what he said. “Under the Earth.” Why would he say that UNLESS there was a plan beyond the investigation?
This is an acceptable loss for a nation with a president that sees only PROGRESS in Technology in the face of death. Every Neocon lives for that. Defying Death. What a moral thing that is.
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Here we go. TECHNOLOGY. It will improve the lives of miners including the one still alive. Anderson, you are as much a slimeball as Bush and Rove.
Here we go. New Technology IMMEDIATELY available to prove we can prevail. An honor to the dead. Isn’t that the call Bush has to justify his war in Iraq? You betcha.
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The Sago Mine needs to be shut down.
Oh. My. “The International Coal Group” has only existed since 2004. I’ll be darn. About the time Don Evans was looking to Germany for a new job. A trade up from six figures from seven in salary. Who are the investors in “The International Coal Group?”
The penalty for Sago Mine's owner?
'Kudlow & Company' wants to know the appropriate response to safety violations at the coal mine.
http://moneycentral.msn.com/content/CNBCTV/Promos/P140388.asp
Buyout king Wilbur Ross created International Coal Group (ICO, news, msgs) in 2004 by buying the assets of Horizon Natural Resources at a bankruptcy auction. One of those, West Virginia's Sago Mine, was the site of an underground explosion early Monday that claimed the lives of 12 miners.Sago Mine was cited for repeated safety violations over the past two years, including multiple citations for inadequate ventilation and failure to fully secure the mine against a roof collapse. The Mine Safety and Health Administration issued more than 200 citations for alleged violations at the site last year, up from 68 in 2004. Most of the citations were issued before the current owners took over the mine in November, Knight Ridder reported, but International Coal Group was cited by the federal government three times in five days in December for allegedly allowing flammable coal dust to collect in a work area. Those citations were among 17 issued last year at the mine for "accumulation of combustible materials." What is the appropriate response against the mine's owner? Vote in our online ballot, and watch "Kudlow & Company" weekdays at 5 p.m. ET on CNBC.
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A discussion of Israel.
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I hope the treatment works for ONLY SURVIVOR. Please don’t take this wrong. I want to stop a Runaway Train before it gets started AGAIN. Possibly causing the same people in this incident more pain. Sorry. Very sorry. This may very well improve his chances and I hope it does. I don’t want this to allow Bush to snowball hope for $ monies $ both by investors and employees by spinning more falsehoods as he chronically does.
Very sorry..
Hyperbaric treatments are used for DIVERS. The Bends. There isn’t anything new about this technology.
The Healing Powers of Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment
Oxygen is essential to proper healing of bodily tissues, whether it's skin, muscle or bone. In most cases, the act of breathing combined with a healthy network of veins and arteries provide enough oxygen for body tissues to heal. However, in certain circumstances, hyperbaric oxygen treatment is used to substantially increase oxygen flow within tissues to improve healing.
Patients undergoing hyperbaric treatment are placed in a chamber where 100% oxygen is circulated. The oxygen is pressurized so that air pressure may be 2-3 times greater than normal. This allows the lungs and skin to absorb more concentrated oxygen in a shorter period of time.
Hyperbaric oxygen treatment was originally used to relieve scuba and deep-sea divers of a dangerous condition called decompression sickness or "the bends." While ascending from underwater, nitrogen gas bubbles may form in the lungs, tissues and bloodstream. Blood flow may be blocked, with disastrous results, and blood vessels may be damaged. Hyperbaric treatment neutralizes the effects of nitrogen.
Today, the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society has approved use of hyperbaric oxygen for several other conditions besides the bends. The length and number of treatments depends on the condition and its severity.
Air or Gas Embolism: This is similar to the bends, when air or gas bubbles enter arteries or veins, reducing blood flow and affecting oxygen circulation.
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning: Carbon monoxide (CO), a colorless, odorless gas, is a byproduct of combustion. It binds to red blood cells, blocking delivery of oxygen to the body. Hyperbaric oxygen accelerates the clearance of CO from the body, restoring oxygen delivery and preventing toxic effects on the central nervous system and blood vessels.
Gas Gangrene: This bacterial infection eats away soft tissues, releases toxins into the blood stream and inhibits the body's defense mechanisms. These bacteria prefer low-oxygen concentrations. High doses of oxygen via hyperbaric therapy inhibit bacteria and toxin production.
Crush Injuries: Complications of crush injuries, such as from motor vehicle accidents, falls and gun shots, are very frequent. By increasing oxygen delivery to injured tissues, hyperbaric treatments reduce swelling, improve healing and help fight infection.
Problem Wounds: Wounds may fail to respond to standard care because of low oxygen levels and impaired circulation. Foot ulcers in diabetics are one such problem. By increasing oxygen levels within the wound tissues, hyperbaric therapy promotes healing.
Anemia/Blood Loss: In cases where a patient can't accept a blood transfusion for medical or religious reasons, sufficient oxygen delivery (via red blood cells) might be compromised. Hyperbaric treatment increases the oxygen content of existing red blood cells.
Intracranial Abscess: A sinus infection or bone infection of the skull may form an abscess within the skull or brain. Antibiotics may be ineffective and white blood cells require a minimum oxygen level to kill bacteria. Hyperbaric treatment provides oxygen for white blood cells and inhibits bacteria that need low oxygen levels to grow.
Soft Tissue Infections: These are serious infections -- in which tissue is dying -- that may be complicated by conditions such as diabetes or vascular disease. While primary treatments are removing the infected tissue and administering antibiotics, hyperbaric oxygen may inhibit bacteria from growing and enhance the ability of white blood cells to kill bacteria.
Bone Infections: Osteomyelitis, infection of the bone, that does not respond to standard treatment may benefit from hyperbaric oxygen. It inhibits bacterial growth, increases the killing power of white blood cells and enhances the effects of some antibiotics.
Radiation Therapy Complications: Chronic complications of radiation therapy used to treat cancer may result from scarring and narrowing of the blood vessels. Hyperbaric treatment allows more oxygen to reach these damaged areas and helps prevent tissue from dying for lack of blood and oxygen flow. It is most often used in the head and neck areas.
Skin Grafts: The success of transferred skin grafts or flaps (which might include skin, deeper tissue, muscle and bone) is largely dependent on sufficient oxygen supply to the affected area. Hyperbaric treatment can be used to saturate the area with oxygen before and after grafting.
Burns: Hyperbaric therapy is sometimes used to treat burns to the hands, face or groin area, or for deep second-degree and third-degree burns that cover more than 20% of the patient's body. Hyperbaric oxygen reduces swelling, limits progression of the burn injury (which continues 3-4 days after the initial injury) and may diminish lung damage from inhalation of heat and smoke.
At the Medical College of Wisconsin, researchers are studying hyperbaric therapy for additional uses, alone and in combination with other treatments. Medical College researchers have pioneered the use of hyperbaric oxygen in conjunction with NASA's near-infrared light-emitting diode technology for treatment of hard-to-heal wounds.
May be just a clinic would do the trick.
http://drcranton.com/hbo.htm
If only every affected miner had a state of the art Hyperbaric Unit.
http://www.hyperchamber.com/
.
Don’t wait. Bring the dead mummy back to life.
http://www.hyperbaric.com/pages/1/index.htm
Certainly a miracle of MODERN Bush Medical Technology.
1042
Here is a Katrina Math Scenario for you Bubba.
New Orleans homeowners worry about city bulldozing homes
1/5/2006, 5:24 p.m. CT
By CAIN BURDEAU
The Associated Press
http://www.nola.com/newsflash/louisiana/index.ssf?/base/news-22/1136503758251240.xml&storylist=louisiana
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Bulldozers will be part of the rebuilding of this city but many black homeowners are worried that their flood- and wind-damaged homes will be demolished without their consent under the sweeping powers of the mayor.
What do you suppose all this costs, Bubba? Huh? Grief because there are still people decaying in the ruins that will be bulldozed under and built over top of. Besides, I thought Bush had VAST respect for private land ownership. Go, figure, huh?
The Times Picayune needs to be required reading for the nation.
http://www.nola.com/
Funny, but, Bubba didn’t portray any of this on the news tonight.
Hm?
1048
Oh, I agree. Judge Alito has nothing to do with the current decisions about wiretapping. Current wiretapping is a crime. I would think a Supreme Court Nominee would not participate in crime. He didn’t. Did he? I mean. Maybe over dinner. Hm?
1052
You learning more about the Sago Mine?
I would think any EMOTING Anchor would have done his homework long before now as an activist in PREVENTING this tragedy.
Hm?
1053
The voice of a relative doesn't change my mind about any of the above issues. I respect his right to make the love for his family member known. "God gave him peace at the end."
I suppose it was just 'time' for all these men.
Mr. Toler is a great American , as is his family. As Amerocns they deserve to be with his family and not without. All those people still living love Mr. Toler and have needs for him alive. That man should not be dead. Martin never deserved to die. Martin wasn't called. He was taken away from his family and his community by GREED. Not that his soul has a burden. He doesn't.
HERE WE GO.
Go ahead Anderson justify the death of these men in the 'dangers' of mining. That might true IF the deaths were justified. They are not in this case. There were to many issues with this mine to justify anything EXCEPT manslaughter.
You losing bastard, Anderson. You used the empathy of this nation to propagate a program; drawing a grieving family member into an interview. You have no respect for anyone. Your is ego is everything.
You pathetic bastard. You had no right to do this !!!
1108
enough
Frankenstein gives the words of a dead miner so much meaning. And heeeerrrreeee’s Andy.
1000
Before he breathed his last breath. You don’t know what breath he was taking either.
… he just went to sleep. It wasn’t bad. HE witnessed what was going to happen to him otherwise he couldn’t tell the family he was passing away.
HE WITNESSED THE DEATHS OF OTHERS TO MAKE THAT OBSERVATION. THAT OBSERVATION WAS A COMFORT TO HIM.
Dear God.
No one should die like that.
Cruelty. This entire circumstance is laced with extreme cruelty. From the violations to the discovery of the bodies and now this realization.
Destroy that company the way they destroyed those men and their families futures together.
1005
“They did the best they could.” No, I am sorry. The miners could be alive and have not gone into a mine so badly penalized without resolving the issues of safety. Bush could have cited this mine as an example to human rights abuses by shutting it down rather than taking it’s cut.
1007
Gupta is part of this morbid broadcast? Unbelievable.
1010
Now this is the news. The morbidity set aside to the families to own while we pay them respect as a nation seeking JUSTICE FOR THE DEATHS. Not brushing it aside as a bothersome event. Miscommunications. It’s unfortunate a mine so badly managed existed. I am confident as the danger of the mine grew greater they discussed shutting it down. Or, perhaps, Don Evans, the Former Secretary of Commerce while he was Bush’s right hand man.
Oh, wait that is Rove’s place. So that would place Don Evans in the Left Hand of God. Oh, I mean Bush.
But to get back to Don Evans. What a work of genius. Or better put, slight of hand, to put the mine in NEW management that could take the fall for the deaths as the mine was reaching it’s ‘end of life.’ Now. Now under new management the Sago Mine could have a second life in the face of the deaths of the miners. The Sago Mine they loved so dearly could live on to provide a way of life to their families. A full investigation would reveal the need for new technology. New capital expanse to extract the coal, THE DEEPEST UNDER THE EARTH. Right, George? That is what he said. “Under the Earth.” Why would he say that UNLESS there was a plan beyond the investigation?
This is an acceptable loss for a nation with a president that sees only PROGRESS in Technology in the face of death. Every Neocon lives for that. Defying Death. What a moral thing that is.
1018
Here we go. TECHNOLOGY. It will improve the lives of miners including the one still alive. Anderson, you are as much a slimeball as Bush and Rove.
Here we go. New Technology IMMEDIATELY available to prove we can prevail. An honor to the dead. Isn’t that the call Bush has to justify his war in Iraq? You betcha.
Commercials.
The Sago Mine needs to be shut down.
Oh. My. “The International Coal Group” has only existed since 2004. I’ll be darn. About the time Don Evans was looking to Germany for a new job. A trade up from six figures from seven in salary. Who are the investors in “The International Coal Group?”
The penalty for Sago Mine's owner?
'Kudlow & Company' wants to know the appropriate response to safety violations at the coal mine.
http://moneycentral.msn.com/content/CNBCTV/Promos/P140388.asp
Buyout king Wilbur Ross created International Coal Group (ICO, news, msgs) in 2004 by buying the assets of Horizon Natural Resources at a bankruptcy auction. One of those, West Virginia's Sago Mine, was the site of an underground explosion early Monday that claimed the lives of 12 miners.Sago Mine was cited for repeated safety violations over the past two years, including multiple citations for inadequate ventilation and failure to fully secure the mine against a roof collapse. The Mine Safety and Health Administration issued more than 200 citations for alleged violations at the site last year, up from 68 in 2004. Most of the citations were issued before the current owners took over the mine in November, Knight Ridder reported, but International Coal Group was cited by the federal government three times in five days in December for allegedly allowing flammable coal dust to collect in a work area. Those citations were among 17 issued last year at the mine for "accumulation of combustible materials." What is the appropriate response against the mine's owner? Vote in our online ballot, and watch "Kudlow & Company" weekdays at 5 p.m. ET on CNBC.
1021
A discussion of Israel.
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commercails
1028
I hope the treatment works for ONLY SURVIVOR. Please don’t take this wrong. I want to stop a Runaway Train before it gets started AGAIN. Possibly causing the same people in this incident more pain. Sorry. Very sorry. This may very well improve his chances and I hope it does. I don’t want this to allow Bush to snowball hope for $ monies $ both by investors and employees by spinning more falsehoods as he chronically does.
Very sorry..
Hyperbaric treatments are used for DIVERS. The Bends. There isn’t anything new about this technology.
The Healing Powers of Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment
Oxygen is essential to proper healing of bodily tissues, whether it's skin, muscle or bone. In most cases, the act of breathing combined with a healthy network of veins and arteries provide enough oxygen for body tissues to heal. However, in certain circumstances, hyperbaric oxygen treatment is used to substantially increase oxygen flow within tissues to improve healing.
Patients undergoing hyperbaric treatment are placed in a chamber where 100% oxygen is circulated. The oxygen is pressurized so that air pressure may be 2-3 times greater than normal. This allows the lungs and skin to absorb more concentrated oxygen in a shorter period of time.
Hyperbaric oxygen treatment was originally used to relieve scuba and deep-sea divers of a dangerous condition called decompression sickness or "the bends." While ascending from underwater, nitrogen gas bubbles may form in the lungs, tissues and bloodstream. Blood flow may be blocked, with disastrous results, and blood vessels may be damaged. Hyperbaric treatment neutralizes the effects of nitrogen.
Today, the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society has approved use of hyperbaric oxygen for several other conditions besides the bends. The length and number of treatments depends on the condition and its severity.
Air or Gas Embolism: This is similar to the bends, when air or gas bubbles enter arteries or veins, reducing blood flow and affecting oxygen circulation.
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning: Carbon monoxide (CO), a colorless, odorless gas, is a byproduct of combustion. It binds to red blood cells, blocking delivery of oxygen to the body. Hyperbaric oxygen accelerates the clearance of CO from the body, restoring oxygen delivery and preventing toxic effects on the central nervous system and blood vessels.
Gas Gangrene: This bacterial infection eats away soft tissues, releases toxins into the blood stream and inhibits the body's defense mechanisms. These bacteria prefer low-oxygen concentrations. High doses of oxygen via hyperbaric therapy inhibit bacteria and toxin production.
Crush Injuries: Complications of crush injuries, such as from motor vehicle accidents, falls and gun shots, are very frequent. By increasing oxygen delivery to injured tissues, hyperbaric treatments reduce swelling, improve healing and help fight infection.
Problem Wounds: Wounds may fail to respond to standard care because of low oxygen levels and impaired circulation. Foot ulcers in diabetics are one such problem. By increasing oxygen levels within the wound tissues, hyperbaric therapy promotes healing.
Anemia/Blood Loss: In cases where a patient can't accept a blood transfusion for medical or religious reasons, sufficient oxygen delivery (via red blood cells) might be compromised. Hyperbaric treatment increases the oxygen content of existing red blood cells.
Intracranial Abscess: A sinus infection or bone infection of the skull may form an abscess within the skull or brain. Antibiotics may be ineffective and white blood cells require a minimum oxygen level to kill bacteria. Hyperbaric treatment provides oxygen for white blood cells and inhibits bacteria that need low oxygen levels to grow.
Soft Tissue Infections: These are serious infections -- in which tissue is dying -- that may be complicated by conditions such as diabetes or vascular disease. While primary treatments are removing the infected tissue and administering antibiotics, hyperbaric oxygen may inhibit bacteria from growing and enhance the ability of white blood cells to kill bacteria.
Bone Infections: Osteomyelitis, infection of the bone, that does not respond to standard treatment may benefit from hyperbaric oxygen. It inhibits bacterial growth, increases the killing power of white blood cells and enhances the effects of some antibiotics.
Radiation Therapy Complications: Chronic complications of radiation therapy used to treat cancer may result from scarring and narrowing of the blood vessels. Hyperbaric treatment allows more oxygen to reach these damaged areas and helps prevent tissue from dying for lack of blood and oxygen flow. It is most often used in the head and neck areas.
Skin Grafts: The success of transferred skin grafts or flaps (which might include skin, deeper tissue, muscle and bone) is largely dependent on sufficient oxygen supply to the affected area. Hyperbaric treatment can be used to saturate the area with oxygen before and after grafting.
Burns: Hyperbaric therapy is sometimes used to treat burns to the hands, face or groin area, or for deep second-degree and third-degree burns that cover more than 20% of the patient's body. Hyperbaric oxygen reduces swelling, limits progression of the burn injury (which continues 3-4 days after the initial injury) and may diminish lung damage from inhalation of heat and smoke.
At the Medical College of Wisconsin, researchers are studying hyperbaric therapy for additional uses, alone and in combination with other treatments. Medical College researchers have pioneered the use of hyperbaric oxygen in conjunction with NASA's near-infrared light-emitting diode technology for treatment of hard-to-heal wounds.
May be just a clinic would do the trick.
http://drcranton.com/hbo.htm
If only every affected miner had a state of the art Hyperbaric Unit.
http://www.hyperchamber.com/
.
Don’t wait. Bring the dead mummy back to life.
http://www.hyperbaric.com/pages/1/index.htm
Certainly a miracle of MODERN Bush Medical Technology.
1042
Here is a Katrina Math Scenario for you Bubba.
New Orleans homeowners worry about city bulldozing homes
1/5/2006, 5:24 p.m. CT
By CAIN BURDEAU
The Associated Press
http://www.nola.com/newsflash/louisiana/index.ssf?/base/news-22/1136503758251240.xml&storylist=louisiana
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Bulldozers will be part of the rebuilding of this city but many black homeowners are worried that their flood- and wind-damaged homes will be demolished without their consent under the sweeping powers of the mayor.
What do you suppose all this costs, Bubba? Huh? Grief because there are still people decaying in the ruins that will be bulldozed under and built over top of. Besides, I thought Bush had VAST respect for private land ownership. Go, figure, huh?
The Times Picayune needs to be required reading for the nation.
http://www.nola.com/
Funny, but, Bubba didn’t portray any of this on the news tonight.
Hm?
1048
Oh, I agree. Judge Alito has nothing to do with the current decisions about wiretapping. Current wiretapping is a crime. I would think a Supreme Court Nominee would not participate in crime. He didn’t. Did he? I mean. Maybe over dinner. Hm?
1052
You learning more about the Sago Mine?
I would think any EMOTING Anchor would have done his homework long before now as an activist in PREVENTING this tragedy.
Hm?
1053
The voice of a relative doesn't change my mind about any of the above issues. I respect his right to make the love for his family member known. "God gave him peace at the end."
I suppose it was just 'time' for all these men.
Mr. Toler is a great American , as is his family. As Amerocns they deserve to be with his family and not without. All those people still living love Mr. Toler and have needs for him alive. That man should not be dead. Martin never deserved to die. Martin wasn't called. He was taken away from his family and his community by GREED. Not that his soul has a burden. He doesn't.
HERE WE GO.
Go ahead Anderson justify the death of these men in the 'dangers' of mining. That might true IF the deaths were justified. They are not in this case. There were to many issues with this mine to justify anything EXCEPT manslaughter.
You losing bastard, Anderson. You used the empathy of this nation to propagate a program; drawing a grieving family member into an interview. You have no respect for anyone. Your is ego is everything.
You pathetic bastard. You had no right to do this !!!
1108
enough
Cooper could never have done it alone. The fact of the matter is the Brown/Meserve exchange was more grabbing than any aspect of the CNN coverage
The 6th.
CNN Gains on Fox During Katrina
CNN made significant ratings gains on Fox News during the networks’ coverage of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath.From a rating of 0.5 before the hurricane, CNN rose to a 2.0 – although it still lagged behind Fox’s 2.3 rating.
A particularly poignant moment in CNN’s coverage came on the Monday night following landfall, when veteran reporter Jeanne Meserve was interviewed by Aaron Brown after she had gone out into the flooded streets of New Orleans with rescuers.
Meserve broke down in tears as she described hearing "people yelling for help and no one can get to them.”
Said Brown: "Jeanne Meserve has been on the team for almost 15 years, I think. She is a very tough, capable, strong reporter, and she met her match on a story tonight.”
CNN’s Anderson Cooper also left an impression on viewers when, during an interview with Sen. Mary L. Landrieu of Louisiana, he seemingly lost his temper and told her, "I’ve been seeing dead bodies in the streets here in Mississippi. And to listen to politicians thanking each other and complimenting each other, you know, I got to tell you, there are a lot of people here who are very upset, and very angry and very frustrated.”
The New York Times reported: "Mr. Cooper’s well-shaded outrage – he stopped just short of editorializing – elicited the kind of anger that has been mostly missing from a toothless press.”
CNN Gains on Fox During Katrina
CNN made significant ratings gains on Fox News during the networks’ coverage of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath.From a rating of 0.5 before the hurricane, CNN rose to a 2.0 – although it still lagged behind Fox’s 2.3 rating.
A particularly poignant moment in CNN’s coverage came on the Monday night following landfall, when veteran reporter Jeanne Meserve was interviewed by Aaron Brown after she had gone out into the flooded streets of New Orleans with rescuers.
Meserve broke down in tears as she described hearing "people yelling for help and no one can get to them.”
Said Brown: "Jeanne Meserve has been on the team for almost 15 years, I think. She is a very tough, capable, strong reporter, and she met her match on a story tonight.”
CNN’s Anderson Cooper also left an impression on viewers when, during an interview with Sen. Mary L. Landrieu of Louisiana, he seemingly lost his temper and told her, "I’ve been seeing dead bodies in the streets here in Mississippi. And to listen to politicians thanking each other and complimenting each other, you know, I got to tell you, there are a lot of people here who are very upset, and very angry and very frustrated.”
The New York Times reported: "Mr. Cooper’s well-shaded outrage – he stopped just short of editorializing – elicited the kind of anger that has been mostly missing from a toothless press.”
Thursday, January 5, 2006
You are welcome.
I wrote the issue on the net. Lightning strikes probably caused the explosion because of the methane gas industry. See. It is probably the truth. There is still no excuse for the deaths of these men. It only goes to prove that the stockholders and operators of these mines and gas extraction have no regard for people or the knowledge of the SCIENTISTS that could help STOP these problems. It takes captial, you see. Capital spent on employees is a waste of money.
SHUT THEM DOWN. They don't deserve the loyalty of anyone.
1125
The DNA is more advanced for the body identification in New Orleans. No clue. Has the monies set aside for the testing gone back to the government already? I think they had 90 days for the use it.
1133
A mushroom cloud of fire. Texas. I don't believe this mess.
SHUT THEM DOWN. They don't deserve the loyalty of anyone.
1125
The DNA is more advanced for the body identification in New Orleans. No clue. Has the monies set aside for the testing gone back to the government already? I think they had 90 days for the use it.
1133
A mushroom cloud of fire. Texas. I don't believe this mess.
Wednesday, January 4, 2006
Anderson you are pouting. The boy wonder takes over Larry King Live to prove a point.
1000
WOW. Tonight we get more assaults against the American Sanity from CNN's witch doctor Sanjay Gupta. Nothing like discussing the obvious. The carbon monoxide of fireplaces. You know I have a meter in the house that measures any CO2 levels. I purchased it years ago when I used natural gas and hot water to heat the house in New Jersey. It was encouraged to be purchased by the utility company. It was nominal and it was budgeted on my bill monthly. I think I know something about this already.
Most fireplaces are equipped with 'flues.' (CLICK ON. It's amazing what one can find on line.)
Do you know what happens when the chimney flue is closed? Do you, Anderson? The house fills with smoke far quicker than it fills with carbon monoxide. Hello? You know a person catches on quick when smoke is building out of the fireplace. No high IQ needed there. Dogs bark and everything. Do you believe the level of insult this audience sustains?
AARON WHERE ARE YOU !!!!!!!!!!!
"Taped below the Earth" - Bush. His soul is trapped below the Earth.
1009
Sanjay Gupta
CO - carbon monoxide - colorless, poisonous. 500 people per year die of this. Generator heaters run by propane. There are other reasons like cars left running in the garage for reasons not necessarily understood. I don't find this TERROR Capital Network helpful.
1013
Bush is great at mindspeak. It's only when Rove has prepared him that he actually finds something other than spiritual well wishes. LIKE, an investigation will have to ensue considering the poor track record of this particular mine.
1014
WOW. Tonight we get more assaults against the American Sanity from CNN's witch doctor Sanjay Gupta. Nothing like discussing the obvious. The carbon monoxide of fireplaces. You know I have a meter in the house that measures any CO2 levels. I purchased it years ago when I used natural gas and hot water to heat the house in New Jersey. It was encouraged to be purchased by the utility company. It was nominal and it was budgeted on my bill monthly. I think I know something about this already.
Most fireplaces are equipped with 'flues.' (CLICK ON. It's amazing what one can find on line.)
Do you know what happens when the chimney flue is closed? Do you, Anderson? The house fills with smoke far quicker than it fills with carbon monoxide. Hello? You know a person catches on quick when smoke is building out of the fireplace. No high IQ needed there. Dogs bark and everything. Do you believe the level of insult this audience sustains?
AARON WHERE ARE YOU !!!!!!!!!!!
"Taped below the Earth" - Bush. His soul is trapped below the Earth.
1009
Sanjay Gupta
CO - carbon monoxide - colorless, poisonous. 500 people per year die of this. Generator heaters run by propane. There are other reasons like cars left running in the garage for reasons not necessarily understood. I don't find this TERROR Capital Network helpful.
1013
Bush is great at mindspeak. It's only when Rove has prepared him that he actually finds something other than spiritual well wishes. LIKE, an investigation will have to ensue considering the poor track record of this particular mine.
1014
commercials
Here is an appropriate commercial for you:
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Boring.
Ah, let's see it is 1020 and the News Secretary is hard at work.
1020
More commercials? Not bad thinking by CNN actually. At least there is some information there.
1026
Took a break.
So, now we have a camera in a mine. Notice the men being interviewed are senior members of any team who know not just their jobs but their product. It is safe to say that like most Americans they take pride in their product and their work.
1028
Commercials. Time for another break.
1031
The News Review
THE PATRIOT IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL !!!!!!!
The invasion of privacy is lopsided and even the pundits of the Patriot Act ADMIT there is a bias that will develop in the USA due to the incumbent ADVANTAGE over political information. We don't want a dictatorship. We want our country back. George Tenet did the right thing before 911 with his report "Bin Laden determined to Attack Within the USA." It was Bush that didn't pay attention nor did he care to. We need competency returned to the USA and we won't need an overbearing government.
This country can't afford A Patriot Act. It's demoralizing this country. Spying on Americans is a deplorable act. Americans had NO HAND in 9/11. NONE. Iraq was parlayed from the Culture of Fear of Bush. No way. We don't need it. We don't want it. Bush is destroying the American Culture.
1032
The mine experienced an explosion. Sure there are short shifts. These people are 2 miles into the Earth. What do you think they are up against no matter how dedicated they are to find their piers? Incredibly brave people. This mine needs to be closed down. I don't care if there was a new company that took it over. It's there bad luck. Shut it down ! They didn't immediately make improvements to prevent this. They were interested in the coal at any cost. We don't need companies like this.
1036
A Family Profile. Most of these families traditionally have a deep abiding faith. They are great people, too. They are the 'personage' of this country. They are real. They are important. They aren't a commodity. Terry is a man. A Dad. A Spouse. A Community Member. A Co-worker. A person who worked a job that supplied an energy source to the country. A PERSON is what this country is about. Not companies. Not corruption in government. The ONLY thing a company is CAPITAL. It is never a person. There is no allegiance to companies. There is allegiances to the people of this country. The persons. Nothing else.
1040
Governor Manchin doesn't want to speculate to the causes of the explosion. It needs to be investigated. He is finding order in the way the dead miner was found. He feels some hope might exist in that the other workers walked away from the 'car' they travel into the mine. The workers were appropriate in their demeanor if the dead man was doing his job in the proper place within this mine. This is tragic. Sometimes carbon dust can cause a flash explosion that robs the people in the area of the very oxygen in their lungs. "Believe in Miracles and Give Us a Good Prayer." Fine. We'll all keep good thoughts.
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Greg Phillips, Former Miner and Rescuer. I never lost a family member. It is difficult work. No one in two generations of this family has worked in any mines either.
There you go. Mr. Phillips knows what a carbon powder explosion can do. "A Pop Shot." He's very good.
1051
commercials
I think I'll say 'enough.'
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