Good old, DNC paid off CNN.
Commies stick together.
I didn't hear story one from Boston....
...except of course, on Free Republic.
If NY didn't want the GOP convention, they could have just said "No."
Like the Dem-RAT convention didn't cost Boston a fortune....????!!!
NYC might make money on this one. If all those protestors show up, they have to eat somewhere, and hopefully not all of them will be being fed by the city in the jail.(end/sarcasm).
The expected disruptions which security must address is what costs so much. The trade-off is the free publicity a city gets from such events as this. It is so clearly hypocritical for CNN to mention this that it insults the intelligence of anyone who care to think about it. According to an article published on Monday, August 23, 2004, at WorldNetDaily.com, The Ruckus Society, an anarchist group planning disruptions in NYC next week, is receiving support from the Ted Turner Foundation (CNN Founder and Jane Fonda's ex) and from the Tides Foundation, which receives huge support from Teresa Heinz Kerry. A quote from this article states, "The Ruckus Society seems to have no compunction about breaking laws when they become inconvenient to 'the cause'. John Sellers himself (the founder) has been arrested over 40 times, most notably outside the 2000 Republican National Convention, where he was held on a $1 million bond until the event had concluded. While radicals claim that Sellers was railroaded by law enforcement, it's worth noting that police officers confiscated a variety of weapons from protesters at the scene of Sellers' arrest, including piano wire and gasoline-soaked rags tied to chains." The entire article can be read at http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=40091 It seems to me that the "home-grown" terrorist, supported by people like Turner and Heinz are a tremendous threat to a free people. It is so sad that the ultra-rich so often lose sight of the common values which hold society together. Why on earth would people like this align themselves with people like John Sellers and The Ruckus Society? For CNN to be concerned over the cost of security in NYC which has to be taken, partly due to the support of disruption coming from their own is so despicable, I cannot allow myself to think about it. This nation has one common goal which usually ties people together..SECURITY..Could anyone have imagined the sleazy politics of today a week after Sept. 11? It is so hard not to print out the ugly terms which run through my head when I think of the harm these people are doing to the future of this nation's children.
CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC... The callers on CSPAN....yada yada yada, blah, blah, blah.