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“Greatest wigger album of all time!”

“Have you heard the new Beastie Boys...5 Burroughs? It's pretty sweet. They sound the same as they did 10-15 years ago.”

“I am a HUGE BB fan but from what I have heard of the new CD they have become very political. I�m not a big fan of that. I think Hello Nasty was their greatest CD ever. I have a great French import that is a collection of all their instrumental songs that is just mind blowing.”

“The new CD is very political but that doesn't bother me. I think talking about things through music is a great way of expressing oneself. You know a lot of people like Dylan and countless others throughout history mixed music with politics.

Wouldn't be any chance of sharing some of that French import online would there?”

“"Wouldn't be any chance of sharing some of that French import online would there?�

You mean like illegally transmitting copy written material over the net? LOL! E mail me at Nigal@care2.com and we cans et up some arrangements.”

“Sounds good. It may be later this evening. Working now. LOL -- or pretending to.”

“Slacker!”

“News War: Secrets, Sources & Spin (part 2 of 4)

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/newswar/


Great bit of info from Part 1: one of the points on the FBI's leak investigation checklist... The leak must be accurate before they can launch an investigation. SO..... whenever you hear it reported that the FBI is investigating a leak, that confirms that the information contained in the leak is true. QED.”

“Ol' Tiltypoo needs to read up on the use of Fuego.”

“News War: What's Happening To The News? (part 3 of 4)

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/newswar/”

“The media examining the media. This should be funny as hell! Frontline is about as fair and balanced as Faux News.”

“damn it, can't we get more Idol and Pamela coverage?”

“Billy & Pammie? I had no idea!”

“Add ol' tiltypoo to the list of people that do not grasp the concept of Fuego. VBG”

“what about me?”

“You look like fully experienced in grasping things.”

“Hot Politics
Apr. 24, 2007 at 9pm

FRONTLINE and the Center for Investigative Reporting explore how bi-partisan political and economic forces prevented the U.S. government from confronting what may be one of the most serious problems facing humanity today. The film examines some of the key moments that have shaped the politics of global warming, and how local and state governments and the private sector are now taking bold steps in the absence of federal leadership. (more »)”

“I don't want to seem disagreeable, you know how I hate to disagree with you, but it seems to me that maybe the private sector is a good place for this. When the federal government takles something it usually gets done poorly (if at all) and costs thousands of times what is should and creates a new permanent beaurocacy.”

“Don't worry the pirate sector will run up some big figures ,not too unlike the gov. does. But, neither will do what has to be done -people have to stop using so much energy. Instead, every new idea will bring back the good old days in most american minds, yet, that one will fail and back in the soup we go.”

“And they have been using the tobacco company playbook from the 70s.... It did have a familiar ring to it, didn't it?”

“FRONTLINE
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- This Week: "Spying on the Home Front" (60 minutes),
Tuesday, May. 15 at 9pm on PBS (check local listings)
- Live Discussion: Chat with correspondent Hedrick Smith, Wed., May 16, at 11 am ET

After 9/11 former Attorney General John Ashcroft says President Bush told him, "Never let this happen again." Ashcroft tells FRONTLINE how he interpreted the president's injunction, "Now not letting something happen is different from proving something happened. The old business of the Justice Department to be able to prosecute the criminal and declare victory is not good enough when you lose 3,000 people and the criminals purposefully extinguish themselves in the perpetration of the crime."

In "Spying on the Home Front" this Tuesday, correspondent Hedrick Smith and producer Rick Young investigate what the new 'prevention' paradigm means to civil liberties here at home. In one case, the FBI conducted a data sweep on 250,000 Las Vegas vacationers after receiving a non specific threat that Al Qaeda was interested in Vegas as a target.

In another case, a curious employee at AT&T in San Francisco learned that the whole flow of internet traffic in that office was being diverted to the National Security Agency which had installed a 'black box' in a super secret room. One expert says that it appears NSA set up these boxes in 10-15 AT&T sites across the country with the ability to intercept about 10 per cent of all internet traffic.

There's much more. The Government Accounting Office found 50 government agencies with nearly 200 data mining projects underway. In the age of the super computer, private companies are amassing vast amounts of data about all of us. From home mortgages to spending habits, virtual digital dossiers are being created every day. Correspondent Smith wonders what happens when the government does this kind of data mining, moving from our tradition of individualized suspicion, to checking out everybody to find who are the bad guys.

The former head of counter terrorism for the FBI, Larry Mefford, told FRONTLINE: "I can give you more security, but I've got to take away some rights. And so there's a balance." For a look at how the balance is being struck today, we hope you will be able to join us Tuesday, but if not, "Spying on the Home Front" will be up and streaming the day after broadcast on our Web site, where you'll also find more background on this story and the opportunity to express your opinion about the report at http://www.pbs.org/frontline/homefront/

Louis Wiley, Jr.
Executive Editor



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For details, see:
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“I think all internet traffic and all phone calls should be tapped since 9/11. At the very least it should be regulated if not restricted. It's just too much to reasonably control and find the bad ones.
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“don't miss this one, coming June 19th, 2007:

In "The Dark Side," FRONTLINE tells the story of the vice president's role as the chief architect of the war on terror, and his battle with Director of Central Intelligence George Tenet for control of the "dark side." Drawing on more than 40 interviews and thousands of documents, the film provides a step-by-step examination of what happened inside the councils of war.

Early in the Bush administration, Cheney placed a group of allies throughout the government who advocated a robust and pre-emptive foreign policy, especially regarding Iraq. But a potential obstacle was Tenet, a holdover from the Clinton administration who had survived the transition by bypassing Cheney and creating a personal bond with the president.

After the attacks on 9/11, Cheney seized the initiative and pushed for expanding presidential power, transforming America's intelligence agencies and bringing the war on terror to Iraq. Cheney's primary ally in this effort was Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld.”

“Our local station replayed the show about the Tiananmen Square Massacre last week.

Let's just say it didn't make me want to run out to Walmart and buy a Chinese-made Igloo cooler.”

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FRONTLINE
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This Week: "Endgame" (60 minutes),
Tuesday, Jun. 19 at 9pm on PBS (check local listings)
Live Discussion: Chat with producer Michael Kirk, Wed., June 20, at 11 am ET


As the "surge" of U.S. forces in Iraq reaches its peak this summer, the man in charge, General David Petraeus, warns U.S. casualties will increase in the short run because the military theory behind the surge requires more forceful U.S. engagement with the insurgents.

In "Endgame" this Tuesday night, producer Michael Kirk examines how strategy in Iraq evolved from getting out quickly, to letting Iraqi forces do the job, to now, reinvigorating the American role in the war.

Kirk has been reporting on the behind-the-scenes decisions even before the Iraq war began -- "The War Behind Closed Doors" ('03); "Rumsfeld's War" ('04); "The Torture Question" ('05); "The Dark Side" ('06); and "The Lost Year in Iraq" ('06). This program picks up from "The Lost Year" and offers fresh insight on the prosecution of the war from the perspective of U.S. military leaders, commanders on the ground, and military planners and analysts.

The decision to change course in Iraq was the president's. But the plan he approved was presented to him by Gen. Jack Keane (Ret.). By the summer of 2006, says Keane, "Our chances to succeed in Iraq were just slipping past us. We needed to change the strategy or else this thing was going to go off the cliff." Yet, as Kirk told me, "Keane is the first person who will tell you that he is not certain of the outcome."

In thinking about the title for this Tuesday's broadcast, it strikes me that we might have put a question mark after "endgame." Experts in our program say that we are nowhere near the endgame, and if there is no significant improvement by the fall, then the president's decision to send more troops and extend tours of duty of those already there may be judged too little, too late.

We hope you will be able to catch the broadcast, but if you can't, the full program will be streaming on our Web site the next day, along with extended interviews, analyses and a timeline.

And a note: This is FRONTLINE's final report for this season. We will return in early October with a new line-up of investigations and stories and we hope you'll join us then -- on-air or online. In the meantime, catch up on FRONTLINE reports this past season in our online video archive at http://www.pbs.org/frontline/

Louis Wiley, Jr.
Executive Editor



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““but it seems to me that maybe the private sector is a good place for this. When the federal government takles something it usually gets done poorly (if at all) and costs thousands of times what is should and creates a new permanent beaurocacy.”
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Would the Manhattan Project quality as one of those incidences where the "federal government takles something . . . . [and] gets . . . .[it] done poorly"?

*If* the federal government is largely listening to and representing the lobbyists, is the federal government an extension of the often-called 'private sector'?”

“Ohhhhhhhhh I thought you were talking FRONTLINE DOG Flea and Tick stuff...........I'll have another Margaritta..............”

“< bump >”

“I thought this was another flea thread!”

“nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo-------

be sure to tune in... [VBG]”

“Tonight the final episode of Deadliest Catch is on!!! Got to watch that!”

“Poor simple Tiltypoo just can not understand why this is not a Gear Thread.”

“< bump >”

“Boy and tilt was busting on the one guy who posted links to his web site and called him a spammer. How embarrassing.”

“T-minus 8 minutes, East-coasters.

There will be a quiz on Wednesday.”

“Spammer! :P”

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1) When McNamara was fired, where did he land?

2) When Westmoreland was fired, what was his next job?

3) Viewing Iraq as a five-act Shakespearean Tragedy, what act are we currently in? (hint: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern yet live)

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“FUEGO FOUL!”

“WMD are 'gear' aren't they? [WINK]”

“So were you masturbating the through the whole episode tilt?”

“LOL...he still has his Bland Blather tapes to work out to...”

“You both receive an F for the day.

What religion are you this week Poopy?  I don't think any of them would claim you.”

“You get an 'F' also , you said," I don't think...'and we'll have none of that on 'TT'.”

“Don't you people know that special people like tiltypoo are above 'rules' made for the common masses? {GRIN]”

“I'll take that F as meaning freethinking. As apposed to receiving marching orders from the media. :)”

“Duh Media???  Ur u talkin' 'but Dat Evil Medi-uh aGIN?

I remember when Conservatives used to raise hell about the evils of Totalitarianism day and night.  Now, throttling the press is the the trendy thing to do.  George's Best Bud Vladimir is doing a bang-up job with the press in Russia these days.... but you might not like hanging out there for any length of time.”

“I think it's really ironic since it was the MEDIA that allowed Shurb and Co. to steamroll under false pretenses into Iraq and in fact, fed the fire. The media is in BED with the current administration!”

“
Yes, it's black comedy indeed how these guys b!tch about "the damn liberal NY Times" given what happened.

They helped them get the war they wanted soooooo badly --- but are they grateful?

No, they're spiteful.... and they're hateful.

(name that tune -- LOL)

”

“*YAWN* You make me sleepy... *YAWN*”