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Editorial
Polished Up, Very Ready To Go,
Diane Sawyer Manages ABC News
By William Finucane
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 -
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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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