1000
The implications there ever could be is nothing more than an insult and manipulation to political spin. (Click on)
What a bunch of jerks at CNN. To actually think they consider a place where a memorial is being built while purpose is being returned can actually be tossed around as a political game.
1010
That was a darn shame. Matthew Chance had to play historian because Andy can't put the reason for this conflict into a context that 'fits the spin.' This news team is way behind the curve. The 'reason' for this defensive war by Israel is due to decades of violence by Hezbollah.
1012
Dear God, Nic. "The Fearless One" - Bringing the anger of Hezbollah to the consciousness of the West. Beirut is looking like it did over a decade ago. Hezbollah claims it's infrastructure is sound. It can't possibly be completely intact. It will survive for long past Isreali domination of the area. It is going to be upto the Lebanese people to continue to demand peace and containment and disarmament of Hezbollah.
1019
The Israeli forces have every right under any international law to continue to conduct it's aggressive stance against terrorists that have plagued it's people for most of it's existance. Chris Amanpour presents the Israeli struggle well. It is a struggle but it is succeeding otherwise there would never be fleeing citizens and strained leadership of all Middle East countries. The 'fronts' of this 'two site' conflict are many and reach far beyond the borders of the battles. This 'focus' now by Prime Minister Olmert has opened a long needed confrontation of terrorist networks in the Middle East and the government infrastructure that sanctions them, either through cooperation or coersion.
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The conflict started June 26th.
I don't see the diplomatic focus as The Bush White House does. I do see the USA being supportive of Israel, but, not to the focus of expanding the war into Syria and Iran. Doing so is an aggression Israel's Olmert cannot sustain wtihout provocation. I don't believe that provocation will come. The UN resolution is about emptying Lebanon of Syrian influence. Oddly enough that coexists with Israeli border security. Bush is correct to limit peacekeeping to 'AFTER' the conflict has settled to a tolerable leve. However, it is completely incorrect to 'push' the limits of this conflict to Syria and Iran without international recognition as a focus of necessity to defeat Hezbollah.
The Israeli Defense Minister is quite correct and very well spoken to the expected conflict and it's outcome.; Israel has finally found it's power within The Middle East to bring about a disarmament of the terrorist networks that thrive there. It is their obligation to it's sovereignty and the safety of it's citizens to continue the aggression that was inflicted upon them as a nation by Hamas and Hezbollah.
My congratualtions to this new Israeli Authority under Prime Minister Olmert to sustain the pain of hatred and reverse the consequences of it's own existence in a land that has to accept one of Abraham's decendants.
Israel will succed. Other countries in the area will seek eliminating their terrorist infrastructure to prevent any expansion of the conflict. It is my feeling the diplomacy will succeed under the leadership of Prime Minister Olmert and his tenacious determination for nothing less than peace.
The beautiful aspect of the Israeli conflict is the high morality to it. Israel will succeed among the nations of the region to lead it out of the middle ages of the 'al Qaeda's shadow' and the long standing terrorist networks so long as peace based in moral recognition of each other and appreciation of their differences surmounts any and all actions of peace agreements yet to be realized.
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The Israeli leadership has a focus based in morality and not greed. It is happening for the right reasons and it is that purpose the world will come to respect and uphold. The 'ripple' effect of the defeat of Middle East terrorist networks cannot be understated.
1053
I sincerely believe my 'input' to the dynamics of first understanding the imputus of this war and then to come to terms with it's moral correctness has few more words than already said.
enough
Wednesday, July 19, 2006
Tuesday, July 18, 2006
Images don't match the story
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There is no ground zero in Cyprus, Anderson. Cyprus is your safe haven. If you want to give Cyprus 'star' status why not discuss the real issues of Cyprus.
Q&A: Cyprus conflict
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/1761585.stm
The United Nations is heading attempts to bring peace to the divided island of Cyprus - but it is proving tricky to unravel decades of conflict and stalemate over the island's status. BBC News Online looks at the key issues.
What is the current state of the peace process?
Hopes of peace were raised dramatically at the start of 2002, when then President Glafcos Clerides agreed to dine with Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash in the Turkish-occupied north. It was the first time since partition that such a journey had been made.
IF YOU WANT TO FEEL SAFE IN CYPRUS, Andy, take it up with Turkey.
1007
Nic, is right. The less people in the area the more likely only soldiers will be 'affectively' killed. Civilians need to leave the area. I don't believe there will be a ceasefire soon either. For Israel this is not a 'flash in the pan' conflict. It is the beginning of an 'end' to the terrorist networks that plague it's borders and people. This isn't a matter of 'Muslim' right or wrong. This is a matter of 'correctness' and saavy in knowing where the limits of war starts and stops. Israel is doing well, actually. Everyone expected the USA to have to step in to effectively disengage the terrorist networks from their patronizing governments. I guess not. This is a tragic 'truth' to the end of a Palestinian nation if the Palestinians don't see their own best interest in ending this unconditionally. I doubt sincerely the borders of Israel will shrink further again.
1015
For as sorry circumstances are, Chris is at her best. How completely through can she be?
1016
Has Iran ever been so eclectic ?
Iran, U.S. Allied in Protecting Artifacts
Priceless Tablets Sought as Settlement In Lawsuit Over 1997 Hamas Bombing
By Peter SlevinWashington Post Staff WriterTuesday, July 18, 2006; Page A03
CHICAGO -- Iran and the United States make an unlikely pair these days, dueling over nuclear plans and radical Islam. Yet lawyers for the feuding governments are on the same side here in a dispute over thousands of ancient Persian artifacts held by a Chicago museum.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/17/AR2006071701177.html
So much for the Anti-Semitic tough guy. Like I said, Israel is doing well for itself. It's called respect !
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1031
Madeline Albright is quite right. She is mostly correct all the time. Good to see her. Reassuring to hear from her.
So. Do you think a further war is good for oil prices? No? It all depends whom side you sit. If you are an oil man, the war could really be great news.
FOCUS: Further Oil Price Rises Hinge On Iran
LONDON (Dow Jones)--Rising tensions in the Middle East are adding volatility to an already tight global oil market, analysts said Monday, but major supply disruptions remain unlikely barring a dramatic move by the region's second-biggest oil producer, Iran.
As conflict escalated over the weekend between Israel and the Shiite militant group Hezbollah in Lebanon, oil prices rose above $78 a barrel, with some analysts predicting they would hit the $80 mark by the end of the week.
http://www.cattlenetwork.com/content.asp?contentid=52748
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Austin-area copes with heat
06:00 PM CDT on Monday, July 17, 2006
KVUE.com
VERNON BRYANT / DMN A dock at Lake Lavon in North Texas no longer reaches water.
Thermometers in Austin were expected to reach the century mark Monday, and it doesn't look like there will be any relief for the next several days.
KVUE Storm Team meteorologist George Kanuck said Monday's high was expected to reach 100 degrees Monday. The 7-day forecast shows some relief starting Thursday, when the high is only expected to reach 98 degrees.
"My suggestion if you're going to head outside today... don't. It's going to be really hot today," Kanuck said. "It's not only the temperature that we're worried about... it's the heat index as well."
The heat index, which is a measure of how the temperature plus the humidity feels on your skin, was expected to reach between 104 degrees and 109 degrees.
KVUE Online Video
KVUE's Clara Tuma reports
The temperature record in Austin is 105 degrees, but Kanuck said he does not believe temperatures will get that high.
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) said Monday afternoon that it reached a new all-time peak demand record, but they did not have a problem meeting demand.
http://www.kvue.com/news/local/stories/071706kvueheat-cb.206182d8.html
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Iran blamed as Lebanon battle broadens By Harry De Quetteville in Tiberias
(Filed: 16/07/2006)
Iran was thrust to the forefront of widening conflict in the Middle East last night when Israel and America blamed it for supplying the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah with sophisticated weapons to fight a proxy war against the Jewish state.
Israeli intelligence claimed that 100 Iranian Revolutionary Guards were in Lebanon helping Hezbollah, and that their weapons would enable Hezbollah to strike with devastating force at Israel's armed forces and civilian population as far south as the capital, Tel Aviv.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/07/16/wleb216.xml&sSheet=/news/2006/07/16/ixuknews.html
1047
Saudi Arabia and it's allies of peace makers. Very nice. Iran needs to be careful. If for one minute it thinks it has friends in the Middle East when it seeks nothing but 'rhetorical' hatred of Israel; it may find being Shi'ite a very lonely place to be. Iran has been interestingly silent these days. That could cut both ways. Silence is golden OR the silence before the storm.
1052
The strongest place for this newscast is live and telling the story by the foreign correspondents. However, Andy is 'the star,' not the war, not the disaster and certainly not the input of Christiana Amanpour or Nic Roberts. This is not a news broadcast, it is a news production. More 'jazz' than reality. The 'taped' segements that dominate this broadcast allows for 'control' of the content rather than it's discovery.
The truth is buried as deep as the rubble that covers South Lebanon.
1058
I want to hear from Nic and Chris not Andy and John. I don't want the fluff. I don't want 'the cartoon' rockets. I don't want Andy's face all over the screen from Cyprus. I want an experienced journalist that knows the territory unafraid of showing the truth and devastation BUT one that knows how to stay alive. I thought there was a glimmer of that when Nic went with escort to the place where Hamas headquarters was destroyed. It may have gotten far to dangerous for that, but, Nic nor Chris have stated same.
Sorry, Andy, Aaron would have had a far more extensive and less produced program.
enough
There is no ground zero in Cyprus, Anderson. Cyprus is your safe haven. If you want to give Cyprus 'star' status why not discuss the real issues of Cyprus.
Q&A: Cyprus conflict
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/1761585.stm
The United Nations is heading attempts to bring peace to the divided island of Cyprus - but it is proving tricky to unravel decades of conflict and stalemate over the island's status. BBC News Online looks at the key issues.
What is the current state of the peace process?
Hopes of peace were raised dramatically at the start of 2002, when then President Glafcos Clerides agreed to dine with Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash in the Turkish-occupied north. It was the first time since partition that such a journey had been made.
IF YOU WANT TO FEEL SAFE IN CYPRUS, Andy, take it up with Turkey.
1007
Nic, is right. The less people in the area the more likely only soldiers will be 'affectively' killed. Civilians need to leave the area. I don't believe there will be a ceasefire soon either. For Israel this is not a 'flash in the pan' conflict. It is the beginning of an 'end' to the terrorist networks that plague it's borders and people. This isn't a matter of 'Muslim' right or wrong. This is a matter of 'correctness' and saavy in knowing where the limits of war starts and stops. Israel is doing well, actually. Everyone expected the USA to have to step in to effectively disengage the terrorist networks from their patronizing governments. I guess not. This is a tragic 'truth' to the end of a Palestinian nation if the Palestinians don't see their own best interest in ending this unconditionally. I doubt sincerely the borders of Israel will shrink further again.
1015
For as sorry circumstances are, Chris is at her best. How completely through can she be?
1016
Has Iran ever been so eclectic ?
Iran, U.S. Allied in Protecting Artifacts
Priceless Tablets Sought as Settlement In Lawsuit Over 1997 Hamas Bombing
By Peter SlevinWashington Post Staff WriterTuesday, July 18, 2006; Page A03
CHICAGO -- Iran and the United States make an unlikely pair these days, dueling over nuclear plans and radical Islam. Yet lawyers for the feuding governments are on the same side here in a dispute over thousands of ancient Persian artifacts held by a Chicago museum.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/17/AR2006071701177.html
So much for the Anti-Semitic tough guy. Like I said, Israel is doing well for itself. It's called respect !
1027
commercial
1031
Madeline Albright is quite right. She is mostly correct all the time. Good to see her. Reassuring to hear from her.
So. Do you think a further war is good for oil prices? No? It all depends whom side you sit. If you are an oil man, the war could really be great news.
FOCUS: Further Oil Price Rises Hinge On Iran
LONDON (Dow Jones)--Rising tensions in the Middle East are adding volatility to an already tight global oil market, analysts said Monday, but major supply disruptions remain unlikely barring a dramatic move by the region's second-biggest oil producer, Iran.
As conflict escalated over the weekend between Israel and the Shiite militant group Hezbollah in Lebanon, oil prices rose above $78 a barrel, with some analysts predicting they would hit the $80 mark by the end of the week.
http://www.cattlenetwork.com/content.asp?contentid=52748
1035
commercials
1039
Austin-area copes with heat
06:00 PM CDT on Monday, July 17, 2006
KVUE.com
VERNON BRYANT / DMN A dock at Lake Lavon in North Texas no longer reaches water.
Thermometers in Austin were expected to reach the century mark Monday, and it doesn't look like there will be any relief for the next several days.
KVUE Storm Team meteorologist George Kanuck said Monday's high was expected to reach 100 degrees Monday. The 7-day forecast shows some relief starting Thursday, when the high is only expected to reach 98 degrees.
"My suggestion if you're going to head outside today... don't. It's going to be really hot today," Kanuck said. "It's not only the temperature that we're worried about... it's the heat index as well."
The heat index, which is a measure of how the temperature plus the humidity feels on your skin, was expected to reach between 104 degrees and 109 degrees.
KVUE Online Video
KVUE's Clara Tuma reports
The temperature record in Austin is 105 degrees, but Kanuck said he does not believe temperatures will get that high.
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) said Monday afternoon that it reached a new all-time peak demand record, but they did not have a problem meeting demand.
http://www.kvue.com/news/local/stories/071706kvueheat-cb.206182d8.html
1044
Iran blamed as Lebanon battle broadens By Harry De Quetteville in Tiberias
(Filed: 16/07/2006)
Iran was thrust to the forefront of widening conflict in the Middle East last night when Israel and America blamed it for supplying the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah with sophisticated weapons to fight a proxy war against the Jewish state.
Israeli intelligence claimed that 100 Iranian Revolutionary Guards were in Lebanon helping Hezbollah, and that their weapons would enable Hezbollah to strike with devastating force at Israel's armed forces and civilian population as far south as the capital, Tel Aviv.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/07/16/wleb216.xml&sSheet=/news/2006/07/16/ixuknews.html
1047
Saudi Arabia and it's allies of peace makers. Very nice. Iran needs to be careful. If for one minute it thinks it has friends in the Middle East when it seeks nothing but 'rhetorical' hatred of Israel; it may find being Shi'ite a very lonely place to be. Iran has been interestingly silent these days. That could cut both ways. Silence is golden OR the silence before the storm.
1052
The strongest place for this newscast is live and telling the story by the foreign correspondents. However, Andy is 'the star,' not the war, not the disaster and certainly not the input of Christiana Amanpour or Nic Roberts. This is not a news broadcast, it is a news production. More 'jazz' than reality. The 'taped' segements that dominate this broadcast allows for 'control' of the content rather than it's discovery.
The truth is buried as deep as the rubble that covers South Lebanon.
1058
I want to hear from Nic and Chris not Andy and John. I don't want the fluff. I don't want 'the cartoon' rockets. I don't want Andy's face all over the screen from Cyprus. I want an experienced journalist that knows the territory unafraid of showing the truth and devastation BUT one that knows how to stay alive. I thought there was a glimmer of that when Nic went with escort to the place where Hamas headquarters was destroyed. It may have gotten far to dangerous for that, but, Nic nor Chris have stated same.
Sorry, Andy, Aaron would have had a far more extensive and less produced program.
enough
Saturday, July 15, 2006
Hezbollah has declared war. There is no unilateral cease fire. Out of the question.
1000
"The Mouth" - the entire introduction made no sense.
1004
The drone came from Iran.
Iranian drone plane buzzes U.S. aircraft carrier in Persian Gulf
19:06
30/ 05/ 2006
TEHRAN, May 30 (RIA Novosti) - A pilotless Iranian reconnaissance plane circled for 25 minutes over a U.S. aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf before returning safely to its base, a senior Iranian official said Tuesday."Our pilotless reconnaissance plane flew over the USS Ronald Reagan in the Persian Gulf unnoticed to the Americans for 25 minutes," the official said, according to Iran's Fars agency.He did not say when the flight took place, but added that U.S. radars picked up the unmanned aerial vehicle after 25 minutes, and that four USAF fighters and two helicopters were scrambled to intercept it. However, the Iranian plane had already crossed the border back into Iran and landed at its base. "This points to holes in the U.S. military reconnaissance systems deployed in the Persian Gulf," the Iranian official said.
http://en.rian.ru/onlinenews/20060530/48833304.html
It's a known fact Iran supplies Hezbollah. The question is are Iranian soldiers involved in the aggression against Israel.
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The border towns are going to empty out. The escalation is nearly guaranteed if sovereign nations such as Iran takes up sides. Hezbollah is a terrorist network. If a sovereign nation is going to endorse terrorists then they are opening themselves to consequences.
1033
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The Energy Alternatives are found without spin at :
The Environmental Defense Fund
http://www.fightglobalwarming.com/index.cfm?source=search_fgwadc
ACTION TO RETURN 'EARTH' TO HEALTH IS NEEDED NOW. Not years from now. New leadership is desperately needed in the USA.
1035
"The Mouth" - the entire introduction made no sense.
1004
The drone came from Iran.
Iranian drone plane buzzes U.S. aircraft carrier in Persian Gulf
19:06
30/ 05/ 2006
TEHRAN, May 30 (RIA Novosti) - A pilotless Iranian reconnaissance plane circled for 25 minutes over a U.S. aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf before returning safely to its base, a senior Iranian official said Tuesday."Our pilotless reconnaissance plane flew over the USS Ronald Reagan in the Persian Gulf unnoticed to the Americans for 25 minutes," the official said, according to Iran's Fars agency.He did not say when the flight took place, but added that U.S. radars picked up the unmanned aerial vehicle after 25 minutes, and that four USAF fighters and two helicopters were scrambled to intercept it. However, the Iranian plane had already crossed the border back into Iran and landed at its base. "This points to holes in the U.S. military reconnaissance systems deployed in the Persian Gulf," the Iranian official said.
http://en.rian.ru/onlinenews/20060530/48833304.html
It's a known fact Iran supplies Hezbollah. The question is are Iranian soldiers involved in the aggression against Israel.
1025
commericals
1028
The border towns are going to empty out. The escalation is nearly guaranteed if sovereign nations such as Iran takes up sides. Hezbollah is a terrorist network. If a sovereign nation is going to endorse terrorists then they are opening themselves to consequences.
1033
commercials
The Energy Alternatives are found without spin at :
The Environmental Defense Fund
http://www.fightglobalwarming.com/index.cfm?source=search_fgwadc
ACTION TO RETURN 'EARTH' TO HEALTH IS NEEDED NOW. Not years from now. New leadership is desperately needed in the USA.
1035
Thank you, Ben.
1040
There is no difference between Hezbollah or Hamas or any other terrorist networks in the Middle East except the leadership wants to be known autonomously. They rely on each other a great deal to support their positions.
The oil fires in Lebanon needs to be extinguished. Those gases are poisonous to the area where the smoke travels. It's not right it is allowed to burn. Israel needs to secure these areas before they move any further into the Hezbollah infrastructure.
If the Middle East is to believe Israel is only concerned with terrorist organizations then they need to be heroes to some extent to the innocent citizens who are still struggling to understand this conflict. To them, members of Hezbollah are neighbors, friends and family in some cases. To discern that they are also terrorists and not liberators is a stretch unless Isael actually are the liberators. Israel is working within the framework of the UN that calls for the complete autonomy of Lebanon. The people of Lebanon while honoring their sovereignty have to realize Israel is not the enemy. Making Lebanese citizens safer will help that. As a matter of fact the more trustworthy the IDF appears to the citizens of Lebanon the more likely they will be to ally with them.
Just a thought.
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Caucasus: Environmentalist Says BTC Pipeline Could Be 'Death Of Caspian'
PRAGUE, July 12, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- Since its inception, environmentalists have rallied against the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyan (BTC) pipeline, which pumps Caspian oil to the Turkish Mediterranean. They say there is a serious risk of oil leaks and spills, as the pipeline passes through a region with a history of seismic activity and landslides. Manana Kochladze is a Georgian environmental activist, who works as the Caucasus coordinator for the monitoring organization, CEE Bankwatch. In 2004, she won the Goldman Prize -- known as the environmental equivalent of the Nobel award -- for her grassroots campaigning against the pipeline. RFE/RL correspondent Luke Allnutt spoke to her about her work.
RFE/RL: What are you main concerns, environmental or otherwise, about the BTC pipeline?
Manana Kochladze: First of all, the concern is the routing of the pipeline, which goes through a number of sensitive areas, including the Borjomi region in Georgia. And any type of oil spill in those sensitive areas could cause huge environmental results, like pollution of the drinking water, pollution of the rivers, and pollution of the mineral water in the Borjomi region. And due to the fact that the pipeline construction was not implemented according to the best international standards, the risks for the corrosion of the pipeline is very high.
RFE/RL: But BP [which heads the consortium that owns the pipeline] has assured that state-of-the-art technology has been used and that the pipeline is safe.
Kochladze: According to the experts, with the technology that the BTC is using, which has never been used in the petroleum industry before, the corrosion of the pipes would happen seven or eight years after the pipeline is in operation. So it's increasing the environmental risks for the region.
RFE/RL: How much do you think that BP has listened to environmental concerns? For instance, they've held meetings with NGOs about their worries. Do you think they've done enough?
Kochladze: The main problem was that during those meetings, there was no dialogue. It was a BP monologue [about] how they are doing the best pipeline project in the region. And the very serious concerns of the environmental groups, including the WWF International, and the regional offices has never been taken into account. First of all, all the routing [of the pipeline] was done without any public consultation. So all the environmental-impact assessments were done afterwards. [Then the assessments] were like the approval of why they chose this route [instead] of a real environmental-impact assessment where you can have a number of alternatives and afterwards you can choose the most suitable and environmentally friendly pipeline....
Pipeline construction in the Borjomi Valley We always underlined that Azerbaijani [oil is not enough] to feed the BTC pipeline. We asked them [BP] to show where the oil would come from and we had serious concerns about the fact that the oil would come from Kazakhstan from the newly discovered fields like Kashaganor the existing Tenghiz [field]. And in June of this year our fears have been proved by the signing of an agreement between Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan. In this case, the Caspian Sea would be under the same environmental threat just like the Bosphorus [Straits].So what the BTC pipeline is doing now is taking the problem from the Bosphorus and adding it to the Caspian Sea. So in this case BP's argument that the pipeline is environmentally friendly because it will reduce the [shipping] traffic in the Bosphorus does not work anymore because they are shifting all the problems to another sea. And the Caspian Sea is a very vulnerable environmental ecosystem. It's a closed sea, it's very much polluted, all the oil extraction is there, and if tanker traffic accidents were to be added to this it would really be the death of the Caspian Sea.
RFE/RL: How have local communities been affected along the pipeline route?
Kochladze: The situation in the local communities is quite harsh. At least in Georgia, we've had 300 demonstrations, direct actions, and blockages from the side of the local people and they've tried to prevent the BTC construction on their territories. In the Borjomi region, there are still a lot of people who are complaining about land compensation [not] being done properly. They determined the problem of the drinking water already because the construction damaged the spring waters they used for drinking....
Another problem is that the people claim, in a lot of the villages including in the Borjomi region and also in Azerbaijan, that traffic vibrations have destroyed their houses. But the BTC [consortium] is refusing [to accept] that the traffic vibrations have done this with these houses. You can not prove that harm has been done by BP...so now people are in a very bad situation right now. They don't know to whom to apply to solve their problems like this.
RFE/RL: Now that the pipeline is constructed and oil is flowing through, what mechanisms do environmental activists have to monitor the BTC pipeline?
Kochladze: If there would be any leakages from the pipeline we would support the local communities or the affected people to get compensation and we will try to ensure that the environment [affected] will be rehabilitated and restored. The problem here is that according to the host country government agreement, which is the legal regime for the BTC pipeline, the local communities, or affected peoples, they are not party to the agreements. So if something would happen with the BTC pipeline it would be really very difficult for them [local people] to get compensation or [repair] the environment. So I think that this is our main challenge right now.
PRAGUE, July 12, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- Since its inception, environmentalists have rallied against the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyan (BTC) pipeline, which pumps Caspian oil to the Turkish Mediterranean. They say there is a serious risk of oil leaks and spills, as the pipeline passes through a region with a history of seismic activity and landslides. Manana Kochladze is a Georgian environmental activist, who works as the Caucasus coordinator for the monitoring organization, CEE Bankwatch. In 2004, she won the Goldman Prize -- known as the environmental equivalent of the Nobel award -- for her grassroots campaigning against the pipeline. RFE/RL correspondent Luke Allnutt spoke to her about her work.
RFE/RL: What are you main concerns, environmental or otherwise, about the BTC pipeline?
Manana Kochladze: First of all, the concern is the routing of the pipeline, which goes through a number of sensitive areas, including the Borjomi region in Georgia. And any type of oil spill in those sensitive areas could cause huge environmental results, like pollution of the drinking water, pollution of the rivers, and pollution of the mineral water in the Borjomi region. And due to the fact that the pipeline construction was not implemented according to the best international standards, the risks for the corrosion of the pipeline is very high.
RFE/RL: But BP [which heads the consortium that owns the pipeline] has assured that state-of-the-art technology has been used and that the pipeline is safe.
Kochladze: According to the experts, with the technology that the BTC is using, which has never been used in the petroleum industry before, the corrosion of the pipes would happen seven or eight years after the pipeline is in operation. So it's increasing the environmental risks for the region.
RFE/RL: How much do you think that BP has listened to environmental concerns? For instance, they've held meetings with NGOs about their worries. Do you think they've done enough?
Kochladze: The main problem was that during those meetings, there was no dialogue. It was a BP monologue [about] how they are doing the best pipeline project in the region. And the very serious concerns of the environmental groups, including the WWF International, and the regional offices has never been taken into account. First of all, all the routing [of the pipeline] was done without any public consultation. So all the environmental-impact assessments were done afterwards. [Then the assessments] were like the approval of why they chose this route [instead] of a real environmental-impact assessment where you can have a number of alternatives and afterwards you can choose the most suitable and environmentally friendly pipeline....
Pipeline construction in the Borjomi Valley We always underlined that Azerbaijani [oil is not enough] to feed the BTC pipeline. We asked them [BP] to show where the oil would come from and we had serious concerns about the fact that the oil would come from Kazakhstan from the newly discovered fields like Kashaganor the existing Tenghiz [field]. And in June of this year our fears have been proved by the signing of an agreement between Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan. In this case, the Caspian Sea would be under the same environmental threat just like the Bosphorus [Straits].So what the BTC pipeline is doing now is taking the problem from the Bosphorus and adding it to the Caspian Sea. So in this case BP's argument that the pipeline is environmentally friendly because it will reduce the [shipping] traffic in the Bosphorus does not work anymore because they are shifting all the problems to another sea. And the Caspian Sea is a very vulnerable environmental ecosystem. It's a closed sea, it's very much polluted, all the oil extraction is there, and if tanker traffic accidents were to be added to this it would really be the death of the Caspian Sea.
RFE/RL: How have local communities been affected along the pipeline route?
Kochladze: The situation in the local communities is quite harsh. At least in Georgia, we've had 300 demonstrations, direct actions, and blockages from the side of the local people and they've tried to prevent the BTC construction on their territories. In the Borjomi region, there are still a lot of people who are complaining about land compensation [not] being done properly. They determined the problem of the drinking water already because the construction damaged the spring waters they used for drinking....
Another problem is that the people claim, in a lot of the villages including in the Borjomi region and also in Azerbaijan, that traffic vibrations have destroyed their houses. But the BTC [consortium] is refusing [to accept] that the traffic vibrations have done this with these houses. You can not prove that harm has been done by BP...so now people are in a very bad situation right now. They don't know to whom to apply to solve their problems like this.
RFE/RL: Now that the pipeline is constructed and oil is flowing through, what mechanisms do environmental activists have to monitor the BTC pipeline?
Kochladze: If there would be any leakages from the pipeline we would support the local communities or the affected people to get compensation and we will try to ensure that the environment [affected] will be rehabilitated and restored. The problem here is that according to the host country government agreement, which is the legal regime for the BTC pipeline, the local communities, or affected peoples, they are not party to the agreements. So if something would happen with the BTC pipeline it would be really very difficult for them [local people] to get compensation or [repair] the environment. So I think that this is our main challenge right now.
Thursday, July 13, 2006
Ceasefire?
1000
Cease fire is a nice sentament, but, hardly a solution. There is no dealing with a terrorist network. They have to be eliminated. Israel cannot be held hostage for release of prisoners. That only propagates more.
The IDF have their heads straight about this. I trust them completely. I am sure they are aware of the Anti-Semitic plans of Iran. I am sure the IDF has their eye on that target as well.
To be honest. The sooner the nations of the area control their borders and end the occupation of terrorist networks the sooner Israel will have no impetus for war or the escalation of it. If the Arab countires are unable to control their borders or prevent armament of those terrorist networks then others capable of providing peace will. Either way, Israel will see security and peace out of this assault by Hezbollah. The 'idea' that Syrian authorities are actually calling for release of prisoners by Israel to settle this current conflict is the most hideous of resolve. They should be relieved the resolve of Isreal is to permenantly remove Hezbollah from Syria's border. Syria should be an ally, but, it would seem it wants to be an enemy to peace.
Like I said. I trust the leadership of Israel without question. The IDF has the best intelligence of the area and are prepared to act on that intelligence. It is completely irresponsible for Arab countries' leadership to escalate this conflict with advocating for Hezbollah or Hamas and their demands. Completely irresponsible.
1014
There is no further legitimizing terrorsts anymore. Terrorists networks are not to be respected as political parties. They are not trustworthy. We tried to encourage 'conversion' of elements like Hamas to be empowered as political parties. It doesn't matter. They have long held agendas of hate and violence. Evidently, they are incapable of peace.
1035
Zogby is trying to 'infantize' Israel with 'baggage.' Excuse me, Mr. Zogby? Israel was attacked. I think you need to grow up, Mr. Zogby. Israel doesn't need George Walker Bush, they need peace. Bush is not capble of peace. There is no international First World icon with more 'baggage' than Bush. He lies. He conspires against his own democratic constitution. When Mr Zogby comes to terms with the USA's crinimal president then and only then he can address Israel's circumstances as the ONLY real democracy in the Middle East.
1041
Erica, the news secretary, wants to blame oil prices on Israel as well. Go to hell !
I've been insulted by CNN and their Neocon political spin...
...enough
Cease fire is a nice sentament, but, hardly a solution. There is no dealing with a terrorist network. They have to be eliminated. Israel cannot be held hostage for release of prisoners. That only propagates more.
The IDF have their heads straight about this. I trust them completely. I am sure they are aware of the Anti-Semitic plans of Iran. I am sure the IDF has their eye on that target as well.
To be honest. The sooner the nations of the area control their borders and end the occupation of terrorist networks the sooner Israel will have no impetus for war or the escalation of it. If the Arab countires are unable to control their borders or prevent armament of those terrorist networks then others capable of providing peace will. Either way, Israel will see security and peace out of this assault by Hezbollah. The 'idea' that Syrian authorities are actually calling for release of prisoners by Israel to settle this current conflict is the most hideous of resolve. They should be relieved the resolve of Isreal is to permenantly remove Hezbollah from Syria's border. Syria should be an ally, but, it would seem it wants to be an enemy to peace.
Like I said. I trust the leadership of Israel without question. The IDF has the best intelligence of the area and are prepared to act on that intelligence. It is completely irresponsible for Arab countries' leadership to escalate this conflict with advocating for Hezbollah or Hamas and their demands. Completely irresponsible.
1014
There is no further legitimizing terrorsts anymore. Terrorists networks are not to be respected as political parties. They are not trustworthy. We tried to encourage 'conversion' of elements like Hamas to be empowered as political parties. It doesn't matter. They have long held agendas of hate and violence. Evidently, they are incapable of peace.
1035
Zogby is trying to 'infantize' Israel with 'baggage.' Excuse me, Mr. Zogby? Israel was attacked. I think you need to grow up, Mr. Zogby. Israel doesn't need George Walker Bush, they need peace. Bush is not capble of peace. There is no international First World icon with more 'baggage' than Bush. He lies. He conspires against his own democratic constitution. When Mr Zogby comes to terms with the USA's crinimal president then and only then he can address Israel's circumstances as the ONLY real democracy in the Middle East.
1041
Erica, the news secretary, wants to blame oil prices on Israel as well. Go to hell !
I've been insulted by CNN and their Neocon political spin...
...enough
Wednesday, July 12, 2006
It can't be both ways.
1000
There has to be end to the terrorist networks in the Middle East. Bush should have accomplished that a long time ago by destroying al Qaeda. He didn't and the people of those countries are victim to ever evolving terrorist networks.
Israel will clean it up if the other countries don't have the backbone. The world can thank Israel later.
There has been a stalemate in regard to indictments of the Hariri murder due to the arrogance of Syria, when in fact they should be completely transparent and rid themselves of the violent element of their society. Isreal will clean up the neighborhood. The USA need not apply. The USA only drops the ball when it suits their political style and greedy cronies. Israel can provide real resolve, not a political theater.
1015
commercials
1018
Fires occur in this dynamic because of Climate Change over time. We know it for a fact A forest will become a tinder box because of drought, no other reason. Controlled burns are not performed in tinder boxes, but, in forests with moist soil and healthy canopy.
Bush is "W"rong in his 'thinning' the forests by his timber buddies. The real danger areas cannot be avoided. It's called stopping Human Induced Global Warming.
1035
Vladimir Putin could not be more correct about Dick Cheney. He doesn't see the entire danger but only when too late and his friends/allies are damaged/dying because of it.
The Bush Administration is a failed and expensive set of politicians.
Hm.
Bush the Juggler. How do they say that in Russian?
1036
I'll pick up with the facts tomorrow morning.
enough.
There has to be end to the terrorist networks in the Middle East. Bush should have accomplished that a long time ago by destroying al Qaeda. He didn't and the people of those countries are victim to ever evolving terrorist networks.
Israel will clean it up if the other countries don't have the backbone. The world can thank Israel later.
There has been a stalemate in regard to indictments of the Hariri murder due to the arrogance of Syria, when in fact they should be completely transparent and rid themselves of the violent element of their society. Isreal will clean up the neighborhood. The USA need not apply. The USA only drops the ball when it suits their political style and greedy cronies. Israel can provide real resolve, not a political theater.
1015
commercials
1018
Fires occur in this dynamic because of Climate Change over time. We know it for a fact A forest will become a tinder box because of drought, no other reason. Controlled burns are not performed in tinder boxes, but, in forests with moist soil and healthy canopy.
Bush is "W"rong in his 'thinning' the forests by his timber buddies. The real danger areas cannot be avoided. It's called stopping Human Induced Global Warming.
1035
Vladimir Putin could not be more correct about Dick Cheney. He doesn't see the entire danger but only when too late and his friends/allies are damaged/dying because of it.
The Bush Administration is a failed and expensive set of politicians.
Hm.
Bush the Juggler. How do they say that in Russian?
1036
I'll pick up with the facts tomorrow morning.
enough.
Anderson the Terrorist
1000
Andy's boy toy is at it again. The man slave loves his master.
1001
163 killed in Mumbai blasts
KRITTIVAS MUKHERJEE IN MUMBAI
AT LEAST 163 people were killed and hundreds injured yesterday as bombs ripped through packed commuter trains and railway stations in India's financial hub city of Mumbai.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the evening rush hour attacks, the worst in the city for more than a decade. But suspicion is likely to fall on Muslim militants fighting New Delhi's rule in disputed Kashmir, who have been blamed for several bomb attacks in India in the past.
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=1014282006
This isn't about al Qaeda, UNLESS, al Qaeda now runs the conflict between Musharraf's Pakistan and Indian in Kashmir. Has anyone during this news propaganda segment said anything about Kashmir? I didn't think so. They are desperately trying to analogize the Indian city to New York City.
Propagandists. Pure and simple.
MUSHARRAF has some questions to answer.
1005
Chicago Train Derails, Dozens Evacuated
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/nation/4040713.html
By MEGAN REICHGOTT
CHICAGO — Dozens of commuters were evacuated from the city's transit system Tuesday after a train derailed and fire filled a subway line with smoke during the evening rush hour. Terrorism was not suspected, officials said.
The evacuations began about an hour after the last car of an eight-car commuter train slipped off the tracks and material beneath the train caught fire, said Chicago Transit Authority President Frank Kruesi. The blaze filled the subway line with thick smoke and covered some commuters in soot....
...Bomb and arson detectives were on the scene, but there was no evidence of foul play, Police Superintendent Philip Cline said.
1010
The dangers with trailers well known. North Carolina ALWAYS sets warnings for people living in trailers when severe weather is expected. These are permanent residence in some cases, not just FEMA trailers.
This is an article from 1986 which appeared in The New York Times on July 4th.
Three Killed When Storm Hits Trailer Park in North Carolina
Published: July 4, 1986
Emergency workers lifting piece of rubble from a mobile home in search of victims after a severe storm, possibly a tornado, hit Jacksonville Wednesday night.
Three people, two of them children, died and eight others were injured. The park is used mainly by the families of marines stationed nearby at Camp Lejeune. (AP)
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A0DE5DB1231F937A35754C0A960948260
1014
You aren't capable of being honest, Anderson. Peter Bergin or whom ever that jerk was, should be ashamed of his role in trying to stir hysteria in a country hs is supposed to love.
Forum to evaluate trailers
The school district will ask the public about the mobile classrooms
Thomas Jamieson-Lucy, decked out in the summer uniform of a baseball hat, T-shirt and shorts, talked about trailer classrooms with the same easygoing attitude that seemed to rule his summer afternoon.
“Sometimes (the trailers) would smell real bad because things would live under them,” the seventh-grader at Smithton Middle School said, referring to a skunk who lived under one classroom trailer before its removal.
Thomas’ mother, Jacui Jamieson, has no problem with the portable classrooms and said her daughter, Allison, a junior at Rock Bridge High School, enjoyed her time in them.
http://columbiamissourian.com/news/story.php?ID=20449
1022
Today in Kashmir:
Eight killed, 37 injured in grenade attacks in Kashmir
Shujaat Bukhari
http://www.hindu.com/2006/07/12/stories/2006071207111200.htm
SRINAGAR: In a series of grenade attacks by militants here on Tuesday, eight persons, including five tourists from West Bengal, were killed and 37 injured. One person was caught while hurling a grenade and handed over to police by civilians.
At 11.40 a.m., militants hurled the first grenade into a mini bus near Dalgate, injuring over 15 people. They had come from Kolkatta and were planning to stay here for 10 days. While five of the injured died, others have been admitted to hospital.
Soon, another grenade was thrown towards a Maruti car with Haryana registration number in Regal Chowk. Police said Nitin Roy Shrivastava, a security personnel from Lucknow currently posted in Ladakh, was on a holiday with his family when militants hurled a grenade at his vehicle injuring four persons. Three persons, who were standing nearby, were injured.
AND OF COURSE because this didn't involve a ally, with 'big city' analogy those dead TODAY are insignificant.
1027
Let's see if there is a more realistic analogy. Perhaps? Hm? Iraq? How many did CNN's news secretary say died? 18? Try that again Erica.
About 60 killed in escalating attacks in Iraq; legislators demand answers
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/world/story.html?id=52ce1764-137b-45dc-8b20-d9bad9077091&k=90726
Canadian PressPublished: Tuesday, July 11, 2006
BAGHDAD (AP) - More than a dozen bombings killed about 60 people in Iraq on Tuesday, part of a recent surge in violence that prompted legislators to ask the government to explain why its security plan for the capital is failing.
Suicide bombers struck across the street from Baghdad's heavily guarded Green Zone, killing up to 16 people - the deadliest attack in a wave of bombings and shootings that threatened to shatter confidence in Iraq's new government.
In all, about 60 people died in more than a dozen bombings, shootings and ambushes - mostly in the Baghdad area, police reported. The dead included 10 Shiite Muslims slain by gunmen who fired on their bus as it left the capital for a funeral in southern Iraq, police said.
1034
Here is an article for you Anderson.It has at least as much truth 'built into it' as any of yours and CNN. You guys are a joke. The Onion has more credibility than you do Anderson. At least they know their humor is based in a bizarre reality called 'DC Moronity.'
Life Jackets Issued To All Americans For Some Reason
June 5, 2002 Issue 38•21
WASHINGTON, DC—Assuring the nation that "there is no need for alarm," the Office of Homeland Security issued all U.S. citizens life jackets for some unexplained reason Monday.
http://www.theonion.com/content/node/27821/print/
1035
And they said all the cost overruns would fix any problem the tunnel had. Do you know how long this has been going on?
The slide who from The Boston Globe entitled "Boston reacts to tunnel tragedy"
http://www.boston.com/news/specials/tunnel_tragedy_reaction/
1050
Probably a homless man. Predator that gets his needs met off the streets he lives on. With the rape component to the murders it sort of screams 'privacy' to me. Not only wanting to get away with the crime, but, seeking privacy in his sexual acts removes his actions from being witnessed. Think of it as urinating in public. When a 'guy' wants to 'take a leak' they will go out of their way to do so in an out of the way place. Behind trees, scrubs. Motorists will even pull off the road, regardless of the act being against the law, to 'relieve' themselves only to be ticketed by the police.
I think this murderer has THAT edge to his covert nature. It's a privacy issue and hence no witnesses.
34 shootings likely connected, police say
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0711serialshootings11-ON-CR.html
Associated PressJul. 11, 2006 05:30 PM
Thirteen random shootings during the past two months are probably connected to an earlier set of assaults, slayings and animal shootings in the city, with 34 shootings in all now believed to be tied to the same suspect or suspects, police said Tuesday. Everything about the serial shootings points to the same perpetrators, Phoenix police Cmdr. Bill Louis said at a press briefing, but so little is known about them that detectives are frustrated and need help to break the case.“We have no description,” Louis said. “This has been very perplexing for us.
“To have this many incidents without at least one witness, it’s not making sense.” Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon announced a $100,000 reward for information about the serial shooter or a second serial criminal know as the Baseline Rapist. Louis said the first shootings were reported in May 2005 and the most recent early Saturday morning. Four people have died — two homeless men, a woman and a man sitting at a bus stop.Police announced the most recent series of 13 shootings on Saturday, but didn’t conclusively connect them with the earlier shootings. That changed Tuesday, when Sgt. Andy Hill said investigators had connected the two sets of violent crimes after discovering new information. Hill wouldn’t elaborate on the kind of information police received.“We believed this possibility existed all along,” Hill said.The serial shootings are concentrated on major Phoenix streets, occurring late at night or in the early morning and target lone pedestrians.Detectives have been tracking the shootings as part of an unusual crime wave in Phoenix. Since August, a separate task force also has been trying to catch a serial killer dubbed the Baseline Rapist who they believe is responsible for five killings and a series of rapes and assaults.
enough
Andy's boy toy is at it again. The man slave loves his master.
1001
163 killed in Mumbai blasts
KRITTIVAS MUKHERJEE IN MUMBAI
AT LEAST 163 people were killed and hundreds injured yesterday as bombs ripped through packed commuter trains and railway stations in India's financial hub city of Mumbai.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the evening rush hour attacks, the worst in the city for more than a decade. But suspicion is likely to fall on Muslim militants fighting New Delhi's rule in disputed Kashmir, who have been blamed for several bomb attacks in India in the past.
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=1014282006
This isn't about al Qaeda, UNLESS, al Qaeda now runs the conflict between Musharraf's Pakistan and Indian in Kashmir. Has anyone during this news propaganda segment said anything about Kashmir? I didn't think so. They are desperately trying to analogize the Indian city to New York City.
Propagandists. Pure and simple.
MUSHARRAF has some questions to answer.
1005
Chicago Train Derails, Dozens Evacuated
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/nation/4040713.html
By MEGAN REICHGOTT
CHICAGO — Dozens of commuters were evacuated from the city's transit system Tuesday after a train derailed and fire filled a subway line with smoke during the evening rush hour. Terrorism was not suspected, officials said.
The evacuations began about an hour after the last car of an eight-car commuter train slipped off the tracks and material beneath the train caught fire, said Chicago Transit Authority President Frank Kruesi. The blaze filled the subway line with thick smoke and covered some commuters in soot....
...Bomb and arson detectives were on the scene, but there was no evidence of foul play, Police Superintendent Philip Cline said.
1010
The dangers with trailers well known. North Carolina ALWAYS sets warnings for people living in trailers when severe weather is expected. These are permanent residence in some cases, not just FEMA trailers.
This is an article from 1986 which appeared in The New York Times on July 4th.
Three Killed When Storm Hits Trailer Park in North Carolina
Published: July 4, 1986
Emergency workers lifting piece of rubble from a mobile home in search of victims after a severe storm, possibly a tornado, hit Jacksonville Wednesday night.
Three people, two of them children, died and eight others were injured. The park is used mainly by the families of marines stationed nearby at Camp Lejeune. (AP)
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A0DE5DB1231F937A35754C0A960948260
1014
You aren't capable of being honest, Anderson. Peter Bergin or whom ever that jerk was, should be ashamed of his role in trying to stir hysteria in a country hs is supposed to love.
Forum to evaluate trailers
The school district will ask the public about the mobile classrooms
Thomas Jamieson-Lucy, decked out in the summer uniform of a baseball hat, T-shirt and shorts, talked about trailer classrooms with the same easygoing attitude that seemed to rule his summer afternoon.
“Sometimes (the trailers) would smell real bad because things would live under them,” the seventh-grader at Smithton Middle School said, referring to a skunk who lived under one classroom trailer before its removal.
Thomas’ mother, Jacui Jamieson, has no problem with the portable classrooms and said her daughter, Allison, a junior at Rock Bridge High School, enjoyed her time in them.
http://columbiamissourian.com/news/story.php?ID=20449
1022
Today in Kashmir:
Eight killed, 37 injured in grenade attacks in Kashmir
Shujaat Bukhari
http://www.hindu.com/2006/07/12/stories/2006071207111200.htm
SRINAGAR: In a series of grenade attacks by militants here on Tuesday, eight persons, including five tourists from West Bengal, were killed and 37 injured. One person was caught while hurling a grenade and handed over to police by civilians.
At 11.40 a.m., militants hurled the first grenade into a mini bus near Dalgate, injuring over 15 people. They had come from Kolkatta and were planning to stay here for 10 days. While five of the injured died, others have been admitted to hospital.
Soon, another grenade was thrown towards a Maruti car with Haryana registration number in Regal Chowk. Police said Nitin Roy Shrivastava, a security personnel from Lucknow currently posted in Ladakh, was on a holiday with his family when militants hurled a grenade at his vehicle injuring four persons. Three persons, who were standing nearby, were injured.
AND OF COURSE because this didn't involve a ally, with 'big city' analogy those dead TODAY are insignificant.
1027
Let's see if there is a more realistic analogy. Perhaps? Hm? Iraq? How many did CNN's news secretary say died? 18? Try that again Erica.
About 60 killed in escalating attacks in Iraq; legislators demand answers
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/world/story.html?id=52ce1764-137b-45dc-8b20-d9bad9077091&k=90726
Canadian PressPublished: Tuesday, July 11, 2006
BAGHDAD (AP) - More than a dozen bombings killed about 60 people in Iraq on Tuesday, part of a recent surge in violence that prompted legislators to ask the government to explain why its security plan for the capital is failing.
Suicide bombers struck across the street from Baghdad's heavily guarded Green Zone, killing up to 16 people - the deadliest attack in a wave of bombings and shootings that threatened to shatter confidence in Iraq's new government.
In all, about 60 people died in more than a dozen bombings, shootings and ambushes - mostly in the Baghdad area, police reported. The dead included 10 Shiite Muslims slain by gunmen who fired on their bus as it left the capital for a funeral in southern Iraq, police said.
1034
Here is an article for you Anderson.It has at least as much truth 'built into it' as any of yours and CNN. You guys are a joke. The Onion has more credibility than you do Anderson. At least they know their humor is based in a bizarre reality called 'DC Moronity.'
Life Jackets Issued To All Americans For Some Reason
June 5, 2002 Issue 38•21
WASHINGTON, DC—Assuring the nation that "there is no need for alarm," the Office of Homeland Security issued all U.S. citizens life jackets for some unexplained reason Monday.
http://www.theonion.com/content/node/27821/print/
1035
And they said all the cost overruns would fix any problem the tunnel had. Do you know how long this has been going on?
The slide who from The Boston Globe entitled "Boston reacts to tunnel tragedy"
http://www.boston.com/news/specials/tunnel_tragedy_reaction/
1050
Probably a homless man. Predator that gets his needs met off the streets he lives on. With the rape component to the murders it sort of screams 'privacy' to me. Not only wanting to get away with the crime, but, seeking privacy in his sexual acts removes his actions from being witnessed. Think of it as urinating in public. When a 'guy' wants to 'take a leak' they will go out of their way to do so in an out of the way place. Behind trees, scrubs. Motorists will even pull off the road, regardless of the act being against the law, to 'relieve' themselves only to be ticketed by the police.
I think this murderer has THAT edge to his covert nature. It's a privacy issue and hence no witnesses.
34 shootings likely connected, police say
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0711serialshootings11-ON-CR.html
Associated PressJul. 11, 2006 05:30 PM
Thirteen random shootings during the past two months are probably connected to an earlier set of assaults, slayings and animal shootings in the city, with 34 shootings in all now believed to be tied to the same suspect or suspects, police said Tuesday. Everything about the serial shootings points to the same perpetrators, Phoenix police Cmdr. Bill Louis said at a press briefing, but so little is known about them that detectives are frustrated and need help to break the case.“We have no description,” Louis said. “This has been very perplexing for us.
“To have this many incidents without at least one witness, it’s not making sense.” Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon announced a $100,000 reward for information about the serial shooter or a second serial criminal know as the Baseline Rapist. Louis said the first shootings were reported in May 2005 and the most recent early Saturday morning. Four people have died — two homeless men, a woman and a man sitting at a bus stop.Police announced the most recent series of 13 shootings on Saturday, but didn’t conclusively connect them with the earlier shootings. That changed Tuesday, when Sgt. Andy Hill said investigators had connected the two sets of violent crimes after discovering new information. Hill wouldn’t elaborate on the kind of information police received.“We believed this possibility existed all along,” Hill said.The serial shootings are concentrated on major Phoenix streets, occurring late at night or in the early morning and target lone pedestrians.Detectives have been tracking the shootings as part of an unusual crime wave in Phoenix. Since August, a separate task force also has been trying to catch a serial killer dubbed the Baseline Rapist who they believe is responsible for five killings and a series of rapes and assaults.
enough
Saturday, July 8, 2006
The Subject matter is "W"rongly presented
BOYCOTTED
Kelly Arena is completely irrelivant.
If these terrorists are 'known' to our intelligence there isn't anything to worry about. What don't we know?
I sincerely don't want any person to die. I also don't want a nation of frenzied arrests of people basically unable to carry out a terror plot.
The real concern to Americans is the day to day possibility that someone will take the notion to commit murder no matter the cause. THAT is what needs to be the focus of National Security. The railways, roadways, tunnels, planes, etc. need to be terrorist proof. When that occurs then we will have accomplished something. I really think that is upto the mayors and governors to secure their citizens. I also believe there are people whom are defeatists when they state there will be another terrorist attack. They especially seek to tell the public as authority figures that it is impossible to secure our Nation.
Really?
Well. I guess if they are going to compromise our ports, our borders and our immigration policy then we will have other attack potential. We don't need them.
We need people that can secure our Nation regardless of 'shareholder' interests of their portfolios. We need dedicated leaders with the right values.
It's just that simple.
If you were elected to office what would you do? Would you stop Global Warming? Would you secure the ports with American workers and investors? Would you close our borders while seeking a complete and supportive relationship from our neighbors? Would you actively seek a relationship with North Korea to replace it with a functional one, that liberates through peaceful measures?
Ask yourself. How many of the current leaders in the USA have satisfactory answers to those questions?
Act accordingly. Listening to inflammatory programming won't help you.
enough
Kelly Arena is completely irrelivant.
If these terrorists are 'known' to our intelligence there isn't anything to worry about. What don't we know?
I sincerely don't want any person to die. I also don't want a nation of frenzied arrests of people basically unable to carry out a terror plot.
The real concern to Americans is the day to day possibility that someone will take the notion to commit murder no matter the cause. THAT is what needs to be the focus of National Security. The railways, roadways, tunnels, planes, etc. need to be terrorist proof. When that occurs then we will have accomplished something. I really think that is upto the mayors and governors to secure their citizens. I also believe there are people whom are defeatists when they state there will be another terrorist attack. They especially seek to tell the public as authority figures that it is impossible to secure our Nation.
Really?
Well. I guess if they are going to compromise our ports, our borders and our immigration policy then we will have other attack potential. We don't need them.
We need people that can secure our Nation regardless of 'shareholder' interests of their portfolios. We need dedicated leaders with the right values.
It's just that simple.
If you were elected to office what would you do? Would you stop Global Warming? Would you secure the ports with American workers and investors? Would you close our borders while seeking a complete and supportive relationship from our neighbors? Would you actively seek a relationship with North Korea to replace it with a functional one, that liberates through peaceful measures?
Ask yourself. How many of the current leaders in the USA have satisfactory answers to those questions?
Act accordingly. Listening to inflammatory programming won't help you.
enough
Friday, July 7, 2006
An after thought
I want to know, of these cases being acted on by the FBI regarding so called terrorists that have no concrete proof of their ability to carry out a plot; how long have they been under surveillance?
Were they about to be terminated under FISA court regulations because their longevity was actually becoming an issue of 'privacy' vs. 'evidence?'
Were they about to be terminated under FISA court regulations because their longevity was actually becoming an issue of 'privacy' vs. 'evidence?'
Thursday, July 6, 2006
The Optimist "Things don't happen quickly."
900 pm
North Korea is a non - issue in regard to National Security or the security of the nations surrounding North Korea. The humantarian issues are enormous in regard to North Korea. That is where the 'interest'of the USA and it's six party 'talks' belong. The missiles are a nonissue.
Bush states diplomacy just never worked with Iraq. He lies. Iraq was completely disarmed and 'contained' prior to the invasion at Bush's demand. There was no reason to invade Iraq. The invasion inspired a Civil War between the Shia and Sunnis. And not only that, it's allowed an explosion of instability in the region causing Iran's president to state anti-semistism as a priority. It allowed the growth of Zarqawi's al Qaeda connections leading to attacks in Amman. Bush straight faced lied about the diplomacy before the invasion. It worked. Hussein was contained. Bush opened the storehouses of munitons in the Iraqi desert. Does he actually think there is going to be an end to the violence in Iraq after he armed the resistance through gross negligence to detail before his invasion?
Comparing Japan's turn from imperialism to democracy has absolutely no comparison to Iraq. Japan signed treaties of surrender. There were terms. They were nuked. Their culture is hugely different. That is like comparing apples to oranges.
917 pm
Oh, yeah, opinion polls don't bother him at all. He accepted the resignation of a female Supreme Court nominee caused by the opinions of his party before she ever got to hearings, but, of course Bush never succumbs to polls. In comparison, Bush always finds the backbone to deny Rumsfeld's resignations twice.
919 pm
Honoring the dead troops by completing 'the mission' is the wrong reason. The dead are not the reason to go forward. Sound reasons for war is why the mission continues or ends. We have done enough in Iraq. It's upto Iraqis to handle the security of their country.
925 pm
Laura is a lovely lady. However, when it comes to issues of the nation, she always reverts to an answer regarding a home front approach. Children. That wasn't the question. She stated she doesn't approve of censorship of any kind. That was the answer we were looking for in her opinion. She disagrees with the priorities of her husband's administration and "The Patriot Act." No one disagress that 'the children's section' should exlude pornography, however, The Patriot Act does not include censorship, it is about disclosure of personal information to the government. She never answered the question about libraries and The Patriot Act. If Laura's understanding of The Patriot Act reflects that of the women of her party it is a profound disappointment in how they preceive their government and their world.
931
George's approach to the immigration issue is to pacify all those involved including employers, by rewarding the illegal and low paid immigrant and the low paying employer by issuing a temporary worker card. The immigrants need to be stopped from killing themselves in their desperation. But the real change in illegal immigration rates will come when employers are sought out and prosecuted from breaking the law. When illegals can't find work, they'll stop coming and working in adverse conditions. If jobs go unfilled then they are jobs that should not exist in the state they are today !
937 pm
North Korea is a non - issue in regard to National Security or the security of the nations surrounding North Korea. The humantarian issues are enormous in regard to North Korea. That is where the 'interest'of the USA and it's six party 'talks' belong. The missiles are a nonissue.
Bush states diplomacy just never worked with Iraq. He lies. Iraq was completely disarmed and 'contained' prior to the invasion at Bush's demand. There was no reason to invade Iraq. The invasion inspired a Civil War between the Shia and Sunnis. And not only that, it's allowed an explosion of instability in the region causing Iran's president to state anti-semistism as a priority. It allowed the growth of Zarqawi's al Qaeda connections leading to attacks in Amman. Bush straight faced lied about the diplomacy before the invasion. It worked. Hussein was contained. Bush opened the storehouses of munitons in the Iraqi desert. Does he actually think there is going to be an end to the violence in Iraq after he armed the resistance through gross negligence to detail before his invasion?
Comparing Japan's turn from imperialism to democracy has absolutely no comparison to Iraq. Japan signed treaties of surrender. There were terms. They were nuked. Their culture is hugely different. That is like comparing apples to oranges.
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Oh, yeah, opinion polls don't bother him at all. He accepted the resignation of a female Supreme Court nominee caused by the opinions of his party before she ever got to hearings, but, of course Bush never succumbs to polls. In comparison, Bush always finds the backbone to deny Rumsfeld's resignations twice.
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Honoring the dead troops by completing 'the mission' is the wrong reason. The dead are not the reason to go forward. Sound reasons for war is why the mission continues or ends. We have done enough in Iraq. It's upto Iraqis to handle the security of their country.
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Laura is a lovely lady. However, when it comes to issues of the nation, she always reverts to an answer regarding a home front approach. Children. That wasn't the question. She stated she doesn't approve of censorship of any kind. That was the answer we were looking for in her opinion. She disagrees with the priorities of her husband's administration and "The Patriot Act." No one disagress that 'the children's section' should exlude pornography, however, The Patriot Act does not include censorship, it is about disclosure of personal information to the government. She never answered the question about libraries and The Patriot Act. If Laura's understanding of The Patriot Act reflects that of the women of her party it is a profound disappointment in how they preceive their government and their world.
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George's approach to the immigration issue is to pacify all those involved including employers, by rewarding the illegal and low paid immigrant and the low paying employer by issuing a temporary worker card. The immigrants need to be stopped from killing themselves in their desperation. But the real change in illegal immigration rates will come when employers are sought out and prosecuted from breaking the law. When illegals can't find work, they'll stop coming and working in adverse conditions. If jobs go unfilled then they are jobs that should not exist in the state they are today !
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no entry - I not interested in commenting on Ken Lay. The relationship with Bush is expected, actually.
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Bush is very wishy washy about emergency relief. He uses the word 'desire' to cover up any of his own responsibilty beforehand. There is no 'desire' about it. When the National Weather Service states a Cat 5 storm is headed for the USA, there IS evacuation. There is relief to the area. Bush's 'idea' about 'proper' paperwork to be submitted is bizarre and an excuse to avoid blame. The facts regarding incoming storms by the National Weather Service should never require proper documentation NOR should there be the 'option' of evacuation based on desire. Bush is already negligent, before that fact.
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Besides the issue of rapes and deaths perhaps Mr. Bush would like to comment on this:
ACLU sues over '04 Bush incident
By Sanne Specht / Mail Tribune (Medford, OR)
The American Civil Liberties Union plans to file suit today against federal and local law enforcement agencies for the "violent disruption of peaceful protesters" during President Bush's 2004 campaign visit to Jacksonville, according to ACLU officials.
"We will be filing our suit against the Secret Service and a number of local police agencies including Oregon State Police, the Jacksonville Police Department and the Jackson County Sheriff's Department," said David Fidanque, executive director of the Oregon ACLU.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/latestnews/index.php?id=7446
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Bush gets daily briefings everyday. There you go. "We have an 'intel' briefing everyday except Sunday. They did before 911, too. It didn't matter than either.
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Laura speaks again about 'housewife' priorities and the living in the White House. I think that is fine. That was a regular topic with Jackie Kennedy as well. If that is her focus then she should be happy with it. Talk about the house you live in then, Mrs. Bush. I'm sure people will eat it up. If government doesn't interest her, then she should leave it alone and enjoy her experience. Many of the previous first ladies were different.
Exercise. Fine.
1001
That insulting automated voice introduces a 'tape.' So what. The authorities in London and across Britain have changed a lot. They have literally swept London's streets of hate mongers and suspected terrorists. There won't be another bombing. But, that is not what one will hear on this news program. Only hysteria and attempts to escalate the Culture of Fear. This man is dead. He cannot predict the outcome of any event today from the grave.
That is why boycotting CNN is simple. Just turn it off.
enough.
Wednesday, July 5, 2006
The Control Freaks are 'at it' again
0900
Senator Brownback doesn't pay attention. He makes political propaganda statements as if everyone in the globe NEEDS to listen to the USA as if every nation in the area of North Korea isn't already engaged.
Russia is already engaged. They don't need a USA senator to tell them what to do.
North Korea's decision to fire the seven to 10 missiles was a violation of its own seven-year moratorium on tests and threatened to lead to international action against the maverick Communist regime.
Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Alexeyev expressed "serious concern" to North Korean Ambassador Pak Ui Chun during a meeting at the Foreign Ministry, the ministry said.
"It was emphasized that North Korea's missile launches damage peace and stability in the region and complicate the potential for resolving the nuclear problems on the Korean Peninsula to the benefit of all interested states and the international community as a whole," it said in a statement.
The ambassador promised to "swiftly inform Pyongyang of Russia's position," it said.
The ministry last summoned him less than two weeks ago, when it became clear that Pyongyang was considering tests. It told him then that Russia opposed any threat to regional stability.
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2006/07/06/001.html
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There is no danger imposed by North Korea. Bush caused this and is why everyone is picking up after his mess. North Korea wants a defense against the USA. They aren't going to stop. The economic interests of North Korea has to be nurtured otherwise there will be a complete stalement for a long time while Kim tries to get a missile that will fly. That may never happen. Military intervention is out of the question.
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China has been engaged with North Korea for a long time. The people of North Korea rely on China for sustanence. With China enjoying a thriving economy, I have a hard time believing they aren't interested in assisting North Korea into a modern economy. The reason there is such nationalism in North Korea is to provide a numerous and dedicated military to protect itself behind a DMZ. That won't change. But, a viable economy with a modern day emphasis will enhance the potential of the people of North Korea to move into a better quality of life.
North Korea has no potential to cause problems that any regional nation cannot defend from. To lend offers of opportunity to the economy of North Korea in respect of their needs and allowing the 'esteem' of their nation to be defined by it's benign China-like factories and products as well as their admirable nationalism is the best outcome of all this.
China expresses serious concern over DPRK's missile test-firing
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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao said Wednesday that China is "seriously concerned" over the tensions caused by the missile test-firing by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).
"We are seriously concerned with what had happened," Liu said in a press release.
He urged the parties concerned to keep calm and exercise restraint, make more efforts to promote peace and stability in the Korean Peninsula and the northeast Asia and avoid actions that further intensify and complicate the situation.
China has made unremitting efforts to ease the tensions in the Korean Peninsula, maintain regional peace and stability and push forward the negotiation process of the six-party talks, Liu said.
"We'll continue to work together with all the other parties and play a constructive role," Liu said.
http://english.people.com.cn/200607/05/eng20060705_280357.html
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Refugees from North Korea is not workable. Trying to empty a nation in order to attack it is not a good foreign policy. Promoting refugees is not an idea that any country would acknowledge as a good option except the Republicans of the USA. which has a large Iraqi refugee PROBLEM already that didn't exist before the invasion and INSTABILITY.
As a matter of fact, encouraging refugess is the frank LACK of policy.
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Opening immigration to North Koreans is about the best any country could do and should. They should have immigration policies in effect regardless of the isolation of North Korea.
940 pm
Senator Brownback doesn't pay attention. He makes political propaganda statements as if everyone in the globe NEEDS to listen to the USA as if every nation in the area of North Korea isn't already engaged.
Russia is already engaged. They don't need a USA senator to tell them what to do.
North Korea's decision to fire the seven to 10 missiles was a violation of its own seven-year moratorium on tests and threatened to lead to international action against the maverick Communist regime.
Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Alexeyev expressed "serious concern" to North Korean Ambassador Pak Ui Chun during a meeting at the Foreign Ministry, the ministry said.
"It was emphasized that North Korea's missile launches damage peace and stability in the region and complicate the potential for resolving the nuclear problems on the Korean Peninsula to the benefit of all interested states and the international community as a whole," it said in a statement.
The ambassador promised to "swiftly inform Pyongyang of Russia's position," it said.
The ministry last summoned him less than two weeks ago, when it became clear that Pyongyang was considering tests. It told him then that Russia opposed any threat to regional stability.
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2006/07/06/001.html
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There is no danger imposed by North Korea. Bush caused this and is why everyone is picking up after his mess. North Korea wants a defense against the USA. They aren't going to stop. The economic interests of North Korea has to be nurtured otherwise there will be a complete stalement for a long time while Kim tries to get a missile that will fly. That may never happen. Military intervention is out of the question.
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China has been engaged with North Korea for a long time. The people of North Korea rely on China for sustanence. With China enjoying a thriving economy, I have a hard time believing they aren't interested in assisting North Korea into a modern economy. The reason there is such nationalism in North Korea is to provide a numerous and dedicated military to protect itself behind a DMZ. That won't change. But, a viable economy with a modern day emphasis will enhance the potential of the people of North Korea to move into a better quality of life.
North Korea has no potential to cause problems that any regional nation cannot defend from. To lend offers of opportunity to the economy of North Korea in respect of their needs and allowing the 'esteem' of their nation to be defined by it's benign China-like factories and products as well as their admirable nationalism is the best outcome of all this.
China expresses serious concern over DPRK's missile test-firing
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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao said Wednesday that China is "seriously concerned" over the tensions caused by the missile test-firing by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).
"We are seriously concerned with what had happened," Liu said in a press release.
He urged the parties concerned to keep calm and exercise restraint, make more efforts to promote peace and stability in the Korean Peninsula and the northeast Asia and avoid actions that further intensify and complicate the situation.
China has made unremitting efforts to ease the tensions in the Korean Peninsula, maintain regional peace and stability and push forward the negotiation process of the six-party talks, Liu said.
"We'll continue to work together with all the other parties and play a constructive role," Liu said.
http://english.people.com.cn/200607/05/eng20060705_280357.html
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Refugees from North Korea is not workable. Trying to empty a nation in order to attack it is not a good foreign policy. Promoting refugees is not an idea that any country would acknowledge as a good option except the Republicans of the USA. which has a large Iraqi refugee PROBLEM already that didn't exist before the invasion and INSTABILITY.
As a matter of fact, encouraging refugess is the frank LACK of policy.
\
Opening immigration to North Koreans is about the best any country could do and should. They should have immigration policies in effect regardless of the isolation of North Korea.
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Brownback "We need to USE Japan to lead the way on this." The arrogance is unbelievable.
The "Korean Herald" is the major English newsprint in South Korea. It is wall to wall articles to assess the events while reassuring their readership. The reason why all regional countries need to descent without aggression is to reassure South Korea they are not alone and certainly not in danger.
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The leading article out of the Korean Herald shows a casual approach to the subject.
N. Korea plays missile card
http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/SITE/data/html_dir/2006/07/06/200607060036.asp
The programing of Larry King Live is lagging in impulsion and has become 'mind speak.' Former Secretary Albright noted quiet correctly this was not an issue under the past administration where she had met with North Korean administration. I disagree this is a dangerous situation. It is however a tragic one, whereby the ONLY hope the USA offered to keep open channels open have been destroyed.
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I doubt there is anything more to say, especially from an automated voice mail from AC 360.
To ask China to stop trade with North Korea would cause an even greater hardship to the people in North Korea. It's inhumane. The people making that statement have 'no clue' what to do.
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Anderson you're a jerk. The best story you have is in New Orleans.
enough
Tuesday, July 4, 2006
You call yourselves Americans? Where are the fireworks from around the country?
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You are all ludicrous. North Korea is not news. They carried out successfully a test launch of it's missiles across the Sea of Japan. They'll do it again. North Korea has no capacity to date to carry nuclear weapons aloft. Any discussion otherwise is mute.
Bush began this international circus when he made a hate filled speech to begin his illegal march into Iraq. He called North Korea a member of the "Axis of Evil." That fictious, dangerous and bigoted depiction of North Koreans, Iranians and Iraqis. It will be ultimately upto Bush to resolve a peace with North Korea and roll back all the damage done to date since North Korea removed the seals from it's nuclear facility after the Axis of Evil speech.
Currently, six member talks primarily seek stability to the region. Every nation has a defense. It has a right to develope any and all defenses to protect it's nation. That is exactly what Kim has done today. The 4th of July ? can ? be seen as a message to the USA but that is nothing but narcisstic nonsense. It is an insignificant date to every other nation in the six member council. All have their own national holidays and all have had events happen on them in some fashion they would have seen as internationally adverse.
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Currently and after over 50 years oppression by the USA at the DMZ, North Koreans live in complete poverty, vulnerable to faminine, disease and starvation. That is a direct result of it's closed policy to the world outside of it's only economic trading partner, China. North Korea practices widespread nationalism and protectionism. It doesn't allow foreign aide workers in because they seek exploitation of the events and compromise any 'esteem' North Korea has left. The West has sentenced the people of North Korea to doom for decades now.
It has to stop.
You are all ludicrous. North Korea is not news. They carried out successfully a test launch of it's missiles across the Sea of Japan. They'll do it again. North Korea has no capacity to date to carry nuclear weapons aloft. Any discussion otherwise is mute.
Bush began this international circus when he made a hate filled speech to begin his illegal march into Iraq. He called North Korea a member of the "Axis of Evil." That fictious, dangerous and bigoted depiction of North Koreans, Iranians and Iraqis. It will be ultimately upto Bush to resolve a peace with North Korea and roll back all the damage done to date since North Korea removed the seals from it's nuclear facility after the Axis of Evil speech.
Currently, six member talks primarily seek stability to the region. Every nation has a defense. It has a right to develope any and all defenses to protect it's nation. That is exactly what Kim has done today. The 4th of July ? can ? be seen as a message to the USA but that is nothing but narcisstic nonsense. It is an insignificant date to every other nation in the six member council. All have their own national holidays and all have had events happen on them in some fashion they would have seen as internationally adverse.
1011
Currently and after over 50 years oppression by the USA at the DMZ, North Koreans live in complete poverty, vulnerable to faminine, disease and starvation. That is a direct result of it's closed policy to the world outside of it's only economic trading partner, China. North Korea practices widespread nationalism and protectionism. It doesn't allow foreign aide workers in because they seek exploitation of the events and compromise any 'esteem' North Korea has left. The West has sentenced the people of North Korea to doom for decades now.
It has to stop.
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The United Nations Security Council will meet without event. North Korea will be discussed. China will veto any economic sanctions. Russia will be less interested in a veto except for upholding any understanding with China's Friendship Pact. The other members will have various statements of diplomacy. Life will go on as always because Bush has no solutions or apologies for any of his inflammatory remarks.
Militarily. We know the Patriot System works against Scuds. We know allies such as South Korea and Japan have advanced warning systems against against medium range missiles. The long range program is still very much in the experimental stages and poses no problems. There is no telling that it ever will.
The one incentive that might, but probably won't cause China pause is:
Asian Stocks Slide on North Korean Missile Tests; Toyota Drops
July 5 (Bloomberg) -- Asian stocks declined for the first time in five days after North Korea launched at least six missiles over the Sea of Japan today, raising the specter that the country will threaten the region's security.
Toyota Motor Corp. and Samsung Electronics Co. led declines among the biggest companies in Japan and South Korea.
``This is going to be a blow to investor sentiment and will weigh on the market until the situation is resolved,'' said Park Jae Hoon, who helps oversee about $800 million at Tong Yang Investment Trust Management Co. in Seoul.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=am64aBjrumXQ&refer=
USA Domestically. The Republicans will try to snowball the issue into a political 'chip' for November elections seeking monies for nuclear weapon proliferation, spending programs for this reason or that, increases in military budgets, mo' money for the missile shield, and basically spin it to create high levels of anxiety before November to reinvigorate their Culture of Fear.
IT
IS
ALL
HORSE SHIT !!!
CNN should be ashamed for it's participation on the Fourth of July for propagating hate and fear. This is our Nation's Birthday and they are running films to create greater hatred of North Korea after it just fired test missiles.
Like I said. Everything is back to the usual junk/funk. The Republicans needs anti-psychotics.
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Friday, June 30, 2006
There needs to be public hearings.
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If our troops are at fault the people of this country have a right to know the truth. The entire truth. I want to hear the words myself. I don't want to hear about any investigation through the 'filter' of a press conference. A good use of C-Span should be to record the hearings, TRANSPARENTLY, to the American Public. I don't want to hear how the National Security is at stake. This is Iraq. This is the military movements in Iraq. It has nothing to do with National Security.
1006
There it is AGAIN. Any excuse is a good excuse. I don't care about the 'information.' Osama bin Laden is out there. That is all I understand. That reality is an atrocity against the people of this country and complete disrespect to the victims of September 11, 2001. All this is nonsense. Afghanistan and Pakistan is NOT that big. It has been nearly five years of a failed compaign against al Qaeda. This is the failure of the Bush White House to stop the terrorist networks from sustaining and spreading. A tape can get to Al Jezeera but Osama bin Ladne can't be found. Iraqi military under Saddam can be heard from thousand of feet in the air with spy planes and listening devies but al Qaeda can't be stopped, but, Saddam could. Pakistan is a country under a 'coup' leader which is pandered to by Bush with millions of dollars sent over the years. Could be billions actually. But, yet, the Pakitani government can't contain the violence of their nation, their poverty that breeds terrorist networks and women are still raped and murdered.. You call that an administration intereseted in the well being of this country? I dont !!!
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commercials.
1018
Smart Enegy Solutions
http://www.sierraclub.org/energy/
Scientists Find Global Warming Hurts Crops
By Frank Ling Washington30 June 2006
Scientists have found that global warming could decrease crop yields, not increase them as once thought. VOA's Frank Ling reports that this finding suggests future crop estimates may have to be lowered.
http://www.voanews.com/english/2006-06-30-voa64.cfm
SCIENTIFIC INTEGRITY
http://www.ucsusa.org/
Global warming is one of the most serious challenges facing us today. To protect the health and economic well-being of current and future generations, we must reduce our emissions of heat-trapping gases by using the technology, know-how, and practical solutions already at our disposal.
http://www.ucsusa.org/global_warming/
1024
Kerr McGee exerts no oversight of subcontractors. Thety had recourse in this case because they wirte it inot the contract and turn their affiliates loose regardless their 'real' liability.
http://www.isc.idaho.gov/opinions/domin.pdf
1034
I covered citations to responsible organizations that track these death events at 'theme parks last night.
The zoo is safer !
1037
boring
1042
There is 'bin.' Forever being himself. I guess he's one of those guys the FBI just can't catch.
http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/topten/fugitives/fugitives.htm
Eventually "bin" will die of old age. But, then there is his heirs. It isn't enough to have him on a 'Ten Most Wanted List." He needs to be apprehended and Islamic Jihadists need to come to terms with his capture and/or death. Haivng a picture of him on the loose isn't what I call 'effective' government. How much has the USA gone into debt to 'end this?' It just doesn't seem to end.
Five years and he is still out there. Five years. He should have been defeated in the first hours of the invasion if the force that was sent to Iraq was sent to Afghanistan. This is excusable. He needs to be captured or killed. He needs to be behind bars along with his friend Moussaoui.
1047
The Japanese Prime Minister Dream Come True. He should have a good time.
1052
I don't know anyone on the Ten Most Wanted List. My friends don't know any of the Ten Most Wasted. We don't want to know the Ten Most Wanted. This is irrelivant information to life.
enough
If our troops are at fault the people of this country have a right to know the truth. The entire truth. I want to hear the words myself. I don't want to hear about any investigation through the 'filter' of a press conference. A good use of C-Span should be to record the hearings, TRANSPARENTLY, to the American Public. I don't want to hear how the National Security is at stake. This is Iraq. This is the military movements in Iraq. It has nothing to do with National Security.
1006
There it is AGAIN. Any excuse is a good excuse. I don't care about the 'information.' Osama bin Laden is out there. That is all I understand. That reality is an atrocity against the people of this country and complete disrespect to the victims of September 11, 2001. All this is nonsense. Afghanistan and Pakistan is NOT that big. It has been nearly five years of a failed compaign against al Qaeda. This is the failure of the Bush White House to stop the terrorist networks from sustaining and spreading. A tape can get to Al Jezeera but Osama bin Ladne can't be found. Iraqi military under Saddam can be heard from thousand of feet in the air with spy planes and listening devies but al Qaeda can't be stopped, but, Saddam could. Pakistan is a country under a 'coup' leader which is pandered to by Bush with millions of dollars sent over the years. Could be billions actually. But, yet, the Pakitani government can't contain the violence of their nation, their poverty that breeds terrorist networks and women are still raped and murdered.. You call that an administration intereseted in the well being of this country? I dont !!!
1014
commercials.
1018
Smart Enegy Solutions
http://www.sierraclub.org/energy/
Scientists Find Global Warming Hurts Crops
By Frank Ling Washington30 June 2006
Scientists have found that global warming could decrease crop yields, not increase them as once thought. VOA's Frank Ling reports that this finding suggests future crop estimates may have to be lowered.
http://www.voanews.com/english/2006-06-30-voa64.cfm
SCIENTIFIC INTEGRITY
http://www.ucsusa.org/
Global warming is one of the most serious challenges facing us today. To protect the health and economic well-being of current and future generations, we must reduce our emissions of heat-trapping gases by using the technology, know-how, and practical solutions already at our disposal.
http://www.ucsusa.org/global_warming/
1024
Kerr McGee exerts no oversight of subcontractors. Thety had recourse in this case because they wirte it inot the contract and turn their affiliates loose regardless their 'real' liability.
http://www.isc.idaho.gov/opinions/domin.pdf
1034
I covered citations to responsible organizations that track these death events at 'theme parks last night.
The zoo is safer !
1037
boring
1042
There is 'bin.' Forever being himself. I guess he's one of those guys the FBI just can't catch.
http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/topten/fugitives/fugitives.htm
Eventually "bin" will die of old age. But, then there is his heirs. It isn't enough to have him on a 'Ten Most Wanted List." He needs to be apprehended and Islamic Jihadists need to come to terms with his capture and/or death. Haivng a picture of him on the loose isn't what I call 'effective' government. How much has the USA gone into debt to 'end this?' It just doesn't seem to end.
Five years and he is still out there. Five years. He should have been defeated in the first hours of the invasion if the force that was sent to Iraq was sent to Afghanistan. This is excusable. He needs to be captured or killed. He needs to be behind bars along with his friend Moussaoui.
1047
The Japanese Prime Minister Dream Come True. He should have a good time.
1052
I don't know anyone on the Ten Most Wanted List. My friends don't know any of the Ten Most Wasted. We don't want to know the Ten Most Wanted. This is irrelivant information to life.
enough
Andy considers hearing from Osama bin Laden important. I don't I consider his death/capture big news.
952 pm
I find the escalation of al Qaeda messages important from the standpoint of what is happening in the Middle East. I can't say it often enough. There has been movement by the 10s of thousands of people in Iraq over the last month. For as sad as that is, realizing all the advocacy by Bin Laden promoting violence after the death of Zarqawi, I believe there is a real message to the USA military in that reality.
Iraq conflict leaves at least 130,000 displaced
By Hiba Moussa and Michael Georgy / Reuters
BAGHDAD - Iraq's sectarian violence of the past four months has pushed the number of displaced people to above 130,000, parliament heard on Monday as members urged ministers to give more aid and security to contain the crisis.
"There should be more field visits to understand their plight," Sunni Arab parliamentarian Dhafir al-Ani told the assembly. "The government should take direct steps and provide security for displaced families, including at their camps."
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/latestnews/index.php?id=7358
1001
At one time in the USA it was prohibited to allow this type of television announcement by Bin Laden for the concern of 'stimulating' terrorist cells. What happened to that directive? Iguess we don't have that issue in this country anymore. I didn't know our borders were so secure that only drug dealers could cross.
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Anderson this is all very convenient for you while you repromote Mueller's attempt to make the American Public paranoyd about each other with their Home Grown Agenda. The people whom need to be most concerned is Bush for not successfully defeating al Qaeda and the USA military that now faces retaliation by who knows whom in Iraq.
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The Supreme Court protects the US Consitution, not the Bush agenda for the USA Constitution. Bush is NOT the legislature. Bush is supposed to ANSWER to the legislature. He's not ! Get over it. The ruling is more than appropriate, it's Bush that is out of line with his boasted 'exectutive authority.' This moronic. Bush is supposed to carry out the will of the people of this country. He is an employee, not a dicatator.
This is a stupid debate. Hysteria by the right is typical. Oh, my. Oh, my. We don't have control of the courts yet !!! Is Bin Laden in Gitmo? I didn't think so.
1021
"ode to the right wing repubicans"
The Executive Branch is Article II ofthe USA Constitution.
Not Article I.
Article I is The Legislature.
The Legislature is SUPPOSED to reflect the will of the people.
The 'duties' of the president and veep are very limited to their autonomy.
Section I of the USA Constitution Article II 'defines the election and QUALIFICATIONS of the Executive Branch. Unfortunately it makes no mention of compentency. The Founding Fathers assumed the people of the country would seek that out. Who knew?
For those of the right wing Repubican party that can read, I seek to be helpful. See below. No need to thank me. I know growing up in the south primarily revolves around tabacco and the military. The 'idea' of the Commander and Chief, 'being the man' comes all too easy.
Section. 2.
Clause 1:
The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States; he may require the Opinion, in writing, of the principal Officer in each of the executive Departments, upon any Subject relating to the Duties of their respective Offices, and he shall have Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offences against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment.
Clause 2:
He shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur; and he shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by Law: but the Congress may by Law vest the Appointment of such inferior Officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, in the Courts of Law, or in the Heads of Departments.
Clause 3:
The President shall have Power to fill up all Vacancies that may happen during the Recess of the Senate, by granting Commissions which shall expire at the End of their next Session. Section. 3.He shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union, and recommend to their Consideration such Measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient; he may, on extraordinary Occasions, convene both Houses, or either of them, and in Case of Disagreement between them, with Respect to the Time of Adjournment, he may adjourn them to such Time as he shall think proper; he shall receive Ambassadors and other public Ministers; he shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed, and shall Commission all the Officers of the United States.
Section. 4.
The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.
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It would seem the rest of the show is revolving around 'gossip.
Blah, blah, blah. The news secretary should be coming along soon.
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Cognitive Moderators of Negative-Emotion Effects: Implications for Understanding Media Context - group of 3 »JP Murry Jr, PA Dacin - The Journal of Consumer Research, 1996
http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0093-5301%28199603%2922%3A4%3C439%3ACMONEI%3E2.0.CO%3B2-P&size=LARGE
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Safer Parks
http://www.saferparks.org/
Another Crushed Child
Editorial by Kathy Fackler - June 21, 2006
Last Sunday afternoon at a California carnival, Sophia Castillo entrusted the life of her little boy to an amusement ride and the people who make their living selling excitement to the masses. Six-year-old Reuben met the 42” minimum height limit for children riding alone, a measure set by the ride's manufacturer and, presumably, enforced by the ride's operator. Witnesses say the child appeared to panic when his car reached the summit. He fell to his death as his mother and the ride operator looked on.
http://www.saferparks.org/saferparks_agenda/editorials/another_crushed_child.php
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How Safeis ThatRoller Coaster?
By Richard O'Brien
E very year some 319 million people visit amusement parks in the United States. Most of these fun seekers line up for the ever-faster, ever-more-towering roller coasters for what they hope will be the ride of their lives. Should they stop to wonder if it could be the last ride of their lives?
http://www.viamagazine.com/top_stories/articles/rollercoaster02.asp
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Amusement Safety Organization
http://www.amusementsafety.org/
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I am still waiting for the pitch for fear mongering of Home Grown Osamas.
Not forthcoming I take it. The commercial interruuption announcement during the news event is it?
This is boring.
Anderson this is a manipulated mess. You are a liar. I have no use for this program. You know, Anderson , it's time you went back to being a real journalist rather than one that seeks to out thrill as the persona of Steven King right out of Pet Cemetary.
This is a darn shame.
1109
enough
Addendum
The 120 second or so segment out of a 120 minutes about defendants of Mueller that appeared at the 'end' of a repeated hour was an insult to the east coast viewershi. That viewership was expected to get a second dose of the terrorist and 911 mastermind Osama bin Laden whom continues his campaign of global terror due to a failed war by Bush. The program proceeded past that with the boring gossip segment about Starr Jones, more pictures of waterlogged America, a second news secretary blurb which was the only 'diifernece' between the hour before just to dangle it's announced 'of interest' segment to the end of the program. The segment didn't really contain the information I was looking for and that was the previous criminal history of the defendant, their eductional levels, impressions of people they ?worked? with, attended Mosque with, related to daily other than the other defendants. The upset mother, the defending lawyer was all very predictable and also adds a shadow of suspicion to the charges but does not portray a true understanding of the 'character' issue that will no doubt enter the fray during a trial about terrorist charges rather than that of a trespasser. Note to self: Why did you sit through the second lousy hour of that show? Answer: Because that news team is untrustworthy and I can always look at satellites for another hour without being bored.
end (How many jumble words can one find in English out of end? Den, Ned. I think that is it.
Oh, yeah. The segment about the Mueller terrorist didn't even make the transcript. Somethign tells me this news team doesn't consider it important or the producer when home about the time I quite reviewing the program.
I find the escalation of al Qaeda messages important from the standpoint of what is happening in the Middle East. I can't say it often enough. There has been movement by the 10s of thousands of people in Iraq over the last month. For as sad as that is, realizing all the advocacy by Bin Laden promoting violence after the death of Zarqawi, I believe there is a real message to the USA military in that reality.
Iraq conflict leaves at least 130,000 displaced
By Hiba Moussa and Michael Georgy / Reuters
BAGHDAD - Iraq's sectarian violence of the past four months has pushed the number of displaced people to above 130,000, parliament heard on Monday as members urged ministers to give more aid and security to contain the crisis.
"There should be more field visits to understand their plight," Sunni Arab parliamentarian Dhafir al-Ani told the assembly. "The government should take direct steps and provide security for displaced families, including at their camps."
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/latestnews/index.php?id=7358
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At one time in the USA it was prohibited to allow this type of television announcement by Bin Laden for the concern of 'stimulating' terrorist cells. What happened to that directive? Iguess we don't have that issue in this country anymore. I didn't know our borders were so secure that only drug dealers could cross.
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Anderson this is all very convenient for you while you repromote Mueller's attempt to make the American Public paranoyd about each other with their Home Grown Agenda. The people whom need to be most concerned is Bush for not successfully defeating al Qaeda and the USA military that now faces retaliation by who knows whom in Iraq.
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The Supreme Court protects the US Consitution, not the Bush agenda for the USA Constitution. Bush is NOT the legislature. Bush is supposed to ANSWER to the legislature. He's not ! Get over it. The ruling is more than appropriate, it's Bush that is out of line with his boasted 'exectutive authority.' This moronic. Bush is supposed to carry out the will of the people of this country. He is an employee, not a dicatator.
This is a stupid debate. Hysteria by the right is typical. Oh, my. Oh, my. We don't have control of the courts yet !!! Is Bin Laden in Gitmo? I didn't think so.
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"ode to the right wing repubicans"
The Executive Branch is Article II ofthe USA Constitution.
Not Article I.
Article I is The Legislature.
The Legislature is SUPPOSED to reflect the will of the people.
The 'duties' of the president and veep are very limited to their autonomy.
Section I of the USA Constitution Article II 'defines the election and QUALIFICATIONS of the Executive Branch. Unfortunately it makes no mention of compentency. The Founding Fathers assumed the people of the country would seek that out. Who knew?
For those of the right wing Repubican party that can read, I seek to be helpful. See below. No need to thank me. I know growing up in the south primarily revolves around tabacco and the military. The 'idea' of the Commander and Chief, 'being the man' comes all too easy.
Section. 2.
Clause 1:
The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States; he may require the Opinion, in writing, of the principal Officer in each of the executive Departments, upon any Subject relating to the Duties of their respective Offices, and he shall have Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offences against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment.
Clause 2:
He shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur; and he shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by Law: but the Congress may by Law vest the Appointment of such inferior Officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, in the Courts of Law, or in the Heads of Departments.
Clause 3:
The President shall have Power to fill up all Vacancies that may happen during the Recess of the Senate, by granting Commissions which shall expire at the End of their next Session. Section. 3.He shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union, and recommend to their Consideration such Measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient; he may, on extraordinary Occasions, convene both Houses, or either of them, and in Case of Disagreement between them, with Respect to the Time of Adjournment, he may adjourn them to such Time as he shall think proper; he shall receive Ambassadors and other public Ministers; he shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed, and shall Commission all the Officers of the United States.
Section. 4.
The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.
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It would seem the rest of the show is revolving around 'gossip.
Blah, blah, blah. The news secretary should be coming along soon.
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Cognitive Moderators of Negative-Emotion Effects: Implications for Understanding Media Context - group of 3 »JP Murry Jr, PA Dacin - The Journal of Consumer Research, 1996
http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0093-5301%28199603%2922%3A4%3C439%3ACMONEI%3E2.0.CO%3B2-P&size=LARGE
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Safer Parks
http://www.saferparks.org/
Another Crushed Child
Editorial by Kathy Fackler - June 21, 2006
Last Sunday afternoon at a California carnival, Sophia Castillo entrusted the life of her little boy to an amusement ride and the people who make their living selling excitement to the masses. Six-year-old Reuben met the 42” minimum height limit for children riding alone, a measure set by the ride's manufacturer and, presumably, enforced by the ride's operator. Witnesses say the child appeared to panic when his car reached the summit. He fell to his death as his mother and the ride operator looked on.
http://www.saferparks.org/saferparks_agenda/editorials/another_crushed_child.php
1050
How Safeis ThatRoller Coaster?
By Richard O'Brien
E very year some 319 million people visit amusement parks in the United States. Most of these fun seekers line up for the ever-faster, ever-more-towering roller coasters for what they hope will be the ride of their lives. Should they stop to wonder if it could be the last ride of their lives?
http://www.viamagazine.com/top_stories/articles/rollercoaster02.asp
1053
Amusement Safety Organization
http://www.amusementsafety.org/
1055
I am still waiting for the pitch for fear mongering of Home Grown Osamas.
Not forthcoming I take it. The commercial interruuption announcement during the news event is it?
This is boring.
Anderson this is a manipulated mess. You are a liar. I have no use for this program. You know, Anderson , it's time you went back to being a real journalist rather than one that seeks to out thrill as the persona of Steven King right out of Pet Cemetary.
This is a darn shame.
1109
enough
Addendum
The 120 second or so segment out of a 120 minutes about defendants of Mueller that appeared at the 'end' of a repeated hour was an insult to the east coast viewershi. That viewership was expected to get a second dose of the terrorist and 911 mastermind Osama bin Laden whom continues his campaign of global terror due to a failed war by Bush. The program proceeded past that with the boring gossip segment about Starr Jones, more pictures of waterlogged America, a second news secretary blurb which was the only 'diifernece' between the hour before just to dangle it's announced 'of interest' segment to the end of the program. The segment didn't really contain the information I was looking for and that was the previous criminal history of the defendant, their eductional levels, impressions of people they ?worked? with, attended Mosque with, related to daily other than the other defendants. The upset mother, the defending lawyer was all very predictable and also adds a shadow of suspicion to the charges but does not portray a true understanding of the 'character' issue that will no doubt enter the fray during a trial about terrorist charges rather than that of a trespasser. Note to self: Why did you sit through the second lousy hour of that show? Answer: Because that news team is untrustworthy and I can always look at satellites for another hour without being bored.
end (How many jumble words can one find in English out of end? Den, Ned. I think that is it.
Oh, yeah. The segment about the Mueller terrorist didn't even make the transcript. Somethign tells me this news team doesn't consider it important or the producer when home about the time I quite reviewing the program.
Thursday, June 29, 2006
June 24, 2006.
Lecco, Italy.
Photographer states :: 6/24/06 h.8.34pm: In less than an hour a sunny warm day like many others has turned into the stormiest in this Summer for us. The photo shows probably a shelf cloud (not actually one of the neatest examples, but these are not the Plains!) of a huge multi-cellular system with overshooting top passed on almost the whole Northern part of Italy. Despite its size, its frightning appearance and the number of lightning strikes, this storm left ridiculous amounts of rain, probably because humidity in the air was low.
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