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Tuesday edition - June 8, 2008
In March of 2000, John McCain said this, "I hated the gooks. I will hate them as long as I live." That was the most racist remark I have ever heard uttered by a presidential candidate, other than Strom Thurmond.
At the G8 summit in Japan, President Bush greeted Canada’s Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, by saying, “Yo Harper!” Seeing the Canadian’s discomfort, Bush realized his error and said, “Yo Harper … eh?”
The-World-Is-A-Safer-Place-Without Saddam
Cheney Law: What You Don't Know Won't Hurt You
Vice President
Dick Cheney's office pushed for major deletions in congressional testimony on
the public health consequences of climate change, fearing the presentation
by a leading health official might make it harder to avoid regulating greenhouse
gases, a former EPA officials maintains.
Disturbing News
“Big ruling coming out of the Supreme Court. They have ruled individuals have the right to carry guns.” But do not “think you can just go into a gun store and buy a gun. No, no, no. There is still a strict 15-minute waiting period.” - David Letterman
Subject: Miller's pictures
Dear Lisa,
Thanks for writing, Gary. How times have changed.
Imagine if these same media rules of Iraq/Afghanistan existed during the Vietnam conflict. Hell, we'd probably still be fighting there. Remember this horrific photo of the naked girl who was just napalmed? Thank God for Vietnamese photographer Nick Ut opening our eyes. This photo won him the Pulitzer Prize.
In the article I linked to yesterday it also states " Only about a dozen reporters are currently embedded with U.S. forces in Iraq -- a shockingly low number. " No wonder we are ignorant of the horrors of war occurring. Bush knows a picture is worth a thousand words.
About 25 years ago I had the pleasure to meet a Vietnam war photographer through a close friend. He took us over to his studio and I viewed his selected works shot during the Vietnam war . As the tour ended I turned to the photographer with tears in my eyes and said "I thank God he invented the Thai stick so you all could cope with what you just saw." Our eyes locked and he smiled and said, " Yes, Lisa, exactly. Thank you for that."
That photographer was Al Rockoff.
Unfortunately, over three decades later, the media is now ignoring the visual horrors of war by complying with this administration.
Where have all the war photos gone?
To the editor's circular file, methinks.
Newsroom Cutbacks Hit Olympics
Despite global protests and calls for a boycott of this summer's Olympics in Beijing, newspaper editors are moving ahead with their coverage plans and treating the Games much like any other major sporting event. But the coverage itself will look slightly different from that in years past, with newsroom cutbacks affecting the number of staffers being sent to cover the competitions.
Republican-Shenanigans News
"And here's a comment many people are calling racist, this is a stupid thing to say, it seems a Republican party operative, a man named Grover Norquist, told the LA Times that Barack Obama was just John Kerry with a tan. That's what he said, stupid thing, that's what he said. Well using that logic, if Barack Obama is John Kerry with a tan, then John McCain is George Bush with an enlarged prostate." --Jay Leno
Can't This Administration Do Anything Right?
An embarrassed White House
apologized on Tuesday for an "unfortunate mistake" —
the distribution of less-than-flattering biography of Italian Premier Silvio
Berlusconi at the Group of Eight summit. Still, the gaffe led to headlines
in Italy.
"And Barack Obama is now denying that he is email pals with the beautiful actress, Scarlett Johansson. Remember that story? They were saying that Scarlett Johansson and Barack Obama were emailing each other. He says no, it's not true. In fact his exact words were 'I did not have textual relations with that woman.'" --Jay Leno
Rock-The-Voter News
Pet Owners Prefer McCain
An AP-Yahoo News poll found that
pet owners favor McCain over Obama 42 percent to 37 percent, with dog owners
particularly in McCain's corner.
"Hey, big
scare today for Barack Obama. His airplane had to make an unscheduled landing
because of mechanical problems. While the pilot was steering to the left the
plane was apparently drifting to the right, nobody could really quite figure out
what was happening " --Jay Leno
Biz-Tech News
Filling the tank of an S.U.V. just crossed into $100 territory. Not to gloat but as they say: “In every cloud… “ – Will Durst
Bush Increased Trade With Iran Tenfold
U.S. exports to Iran — including brassieres, bull semen, cosmetics and possibly even weapons — grew more than tenfold during President Bush's years in office even as he accused Iran of nuclear ambitions and helping terrorists. America sent more cigarettes to Iran, at least $158 million worth under Bush, than any other products.
Bush-Prison-Torture News
Another Day, Another Study
Congress should pass legislation to require the president to consult lawmakers before going to war, according to a bipartisan study group chaired by former secretaries of state James Baker III and Warren Christopher.
Go-F**k-Yourself News
"China has announced that they're shutting down several of their largest factories for the rest of the summer -- so that there will be less pollution for the Olympics. Chinese officials say: 'Sorry, but for the next few months, you're going to have to buy your lead-coated toys somewhere else." --Conan O'Brien
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A new twist
on the term carpool. This photo released by Ashley Campasino via the York Daily
Record, shows a red Mazda Miata at the bottom of the Campasino family swimming
pool in Stewartstown, Pa. on June 30, 2008. Kim Taylor thought she had set the
emergency brake. But her wayward red convertible nonetheless rolled downhill,
crashed through a fence and plunged into her neighbors' in-ground pool. The car
was removed from the pool the same day. Shown in the picture are from left, Kim
Taylor, her husband, Bob and their daughter Alex.
Peace.
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