CNBC Ted David and loaded questions. Media Mindset

[ellawrence]

Poisoned media mindset.

[ellawrence]

Was anyone watching CNBC Morning Call today when Ted David asked the California Attorney General, and I paraphrase: "Is the money being spent on the War in Iraq jeopardizing the safety of Californians, because the government should be spending it to shore up "below sea level" areas of Northern California. Even the California Attorney General looked momentarily taken aback by another golden opportunity to bad mouth W.

[Puppage]

Ted David

Never trust a man with 2 first names.

[jhouston]

"the below sea level" areas of Northern California?

The only areas of CA that I know of that are below sea level is Death Valley, some 200 miles from any source of water that might cause flooding.

What ares could he possibly be talking about>

[Pessimist]

"the below sea level" areas of Northern California? "

Ya' mean those areas often referred to as "lakes"?

[Bommer]

I'm constantly amazed that people will willingly watch news outlets that a blatently liberal and then are suddenly SHOCKED the they follow the DNC talking points! Duuuuuuh!

[Dallas59]

"Is the money being spent on the War in Iraq jeopardizing the safety of Californians, because the government should be spending it to shore up "below sea level" areas of Northern California."

Oh brother...

[FOXFANVOX]

My atlas says that at its lowest point CA [Death Valley] is (282 ft.) below sea level. That is a lot of fill, even if you use all the BS being put out by the Media.

[BurbankKarl]

There are many levees in No Cal... Sacramento Area is protected by levees

[andyk]

the government should be spending it to shore up "below sea level" areas of Northern California.

What about Death Valley? Seems like an accident waiting to happen.

[BeHoldAPaleHorse]

"The only areas of CA that I know of that are below sea level is Death Valley, some 200 miles from any source of water that might cause flooding."

Much of Imperial Valley is below sea level. (The Salton Sea was created by accident about a century ago when a canal diverting water from the Colorado River to the Imperial Valley failed spectacularly, inundating much of the irrigated area before the water stopped flowing.)

The IV is about 50,000 years overdue for a massive earthquake--if the ground rupture extends into the Gulf of California (aka the Sea of Cortez), then most of the valley (including El Centro and Brawley) will be inundated.

[Puppage]

What about Death Valley? Seems like an accident waiting to happen

HAHAHA. LMFAO.

[andyk]

There are many levees in No Cal

Indeed. I lived in Yuba City when I was a kid - the place is crawling with levees. When I was in school in the early 80's the nearby city of Linda was completely submerged after massive flooding, and some levee failures. The Catholic school I went to also was completely under water at least once, many years before I enrolled.

[BeHoldAPaleHorse]

"There are many levees in No Cal... Sacramento Area is protected by levees"

Sacramento is above sea level, but it is below the level of the American River here and there.

BTW, Stockton (in the Central Valley) is an ocean port.

[BurbankKarl]

No one remembers the El Nino rains of 1996?

of course, all those farms that flooded back then are now subdivisions, and the levees are at risk...

[BeHoldAPaleHorse]

Bye bye Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee
But that sucker wasn't dry...

[andyk]

What ares could he possibly be talking about>

See my #12.

[JIM O]

I need a fence in my back yard. If we were not in Iraq the Feds would likely be there as we speak installing it.

[andyk]

A view of Plumas street from the Yuba City flood of 1955:

[JIM O]

Bush could have prevented the Yuba floods of 1955. He does not care about Yubaites.

[Dahoser]

Ted has always put maintaining that year-round tan ahead of anything else including critical thinking.