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Lights go on and it’s a new person before the American Broadcasting Corporation audience as the nightly news begins: Diane Sawyer. There is virtually no fanfare at all. ABC kept the rollout as quiet as possible. But suddenly she was there. There was no introduction for the news anchor. There was no identification of the broadcaster.

She was just there. Sure, watchers of Good Morning America on ABC knew her; she was a nine-year veteran. But that was in the morning and this was nighttime. Besides, this was the official nightly news of the ABC network, and it was entitled “World News with Diane Sawyer.” One who watches this news ‘show’ ought to be able to judge what the newscaster’s background is; this is, after all, the news of the world as interpreted by this expert. This is ABCs daily view of the world, and now its broadcast voice, and face, is that of Diane Sawyer.

Editorial

Obama 'Calls Out' Health Insurers

President Barak Obama put himself in new territory when he recently labeled the national health insurers “dishonest.” He immediately made this powerful, rich and nation-wide group of businessmen, who regularly pump vast amounts of cash into campaigns at all levels of government, permanent enemies.

Certainly the bankers, lenders, insurers and other money dealers already consider Obama a threat; they should. Obama has drafted painful pay cuts for many of the companies the nation saved by tax dollars when they might otherwise have failed, thereby drawing the United States into another Great Depression. So the bankers and their comrades swallowed the pay cuts.

Grasping the Reins

By William Finucane

Finally President Barak Obama has grasped his presidency. He did it with two speeches. First he gave speech to school children in early September, then he delivered a rare address before both houses of the legislature, the Senate and the House of Representatives, on national health insurance. What he did in those two speeches was to show he can keep politics out of government when necessary yet also sees clearly where politics must be used liberally.

Before giving his school address, Republicans complained Obama would use the opportunity to press the Democratic case among impressionable youth. Parents, politicians and school officials – at least Republican ones – warned of Obama’s school speech. Many schools refused to show the speech, as though somehow a president of the United States was about to subvert the nation’s youth by talking about national politics. How that could be detrimental in a participatory democracy was apparently left to the imaginations of partisan Republicans.

Global Warming? Where?

There is no such thing as ‘Global Warming,’ says Pres. George Bush and his associates, but as seems to happen frequently, difficult facts continue to emerge contradicting the self-serving statements.

In determining the warmest winters since the weather service began keeping track, there have been five record holding years. One might think that those years cover a century or more and indicate cyclical abnormalities. But that would be optimistic.

The five warmest winters on record are as follows: 1991-1992, 1997-1998, 1998-1999, 1999-2000, and 2005-2006.

And the winner was 1999-2000, at an average of 36.95 degrees.

It appears to us that the evidence is clear; ‘Houston, we have a problem.’

- Points to Ponder -

The following stories are compiled from wire services and major newspapers, as well as original information, and are provided here, in a shorter format, in an effort to illustrate the broad spectrum of political activity that is taking place today, and in the hope that by bringing together such relatively brief, encapsulated accounts, the information will be both welcome to readers who are usually pressed for time, while simultaneously being thought provoking. As always, we welcome comments and observations relating to our stories, with no regard to a defined point of view.

-The following headlines are from the newest Points to Ponder –

"Gas Prices & Elections;
Question Of Gullibility"

"Political, Business Values
Of FCC Can Be Easily Heard"

"Justice System Weakened
By New Sex Offender Laws"

"Dangerous Political Correctness
Continues To Go Unquestioned"

"Justice’s Home In New Hampshire
May Be Threatened By Court Ruling"

"After Four Years of Bush & The GOP Congress,
America’s Checkbook Is $545 Billion In The Red"

"Congressional Budget Office Says Middle-Class
Is Now Picking Up The Tab For Federal Expenses"

"No Spontaneity In Bush/Cheney Rallies"

"Even in Massachusetts, Fascism Lives"

"Christian Voice Embarrasses GOP Sen. John W. Warner"

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