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Weekend Talk Show *Preview* for 6/16 - 6/17/07 (not the live thread)
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| June 16, 2007
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Posted on 06/16/2007 9:32:04 PM PDT by Phsstpok
Preview and Analysis for Weekend of June 16th and 17th, 2007
Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:
NBC's "Meet the Press"
- U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker
CBS's "Face the Nation"
- Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky
- Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mi
- Lee Hamilton
Fox News Sunday
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CNN "Late Edition"
- Sen. Jack Reed, D-RI
- Sen. John Cornyn, R-Tx
- Hoshyar Zebari
- Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Ca
- Seymour Hersh
ABC's "This Week"
- Sen. Joe Biden, D-De
- Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-SC
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War and immigration are the themes this week, as is to be expected.... again.
I'm obviously many hours late and probably more than a few dollars short (not to mention a few IQ points). However, I am at least back on the mainland and back from visiting Mickey and friends, so bear with me. I will, however, make this post as brief as possible (stop that cheering!) In fact, this will probably be not much more than my minimalist posts when I was on the road (really, cheering is so declasse)
As stated, war and immigration are the overriding themes this week, but there's a clear undercurrent of "we told you so" tied to the Baker Hamilton Iraq Study Group "peace in our time" surrender plan. CBS is the most overt with this, but all of the shows will likely have this as a subtext.
NBC Meet The Press lines up the Ambassador to Iraq for a grilling by that world renowned diplomat, Neville Russert. Let us hope that Peace In Our Time works out better for the world than the last time around.
CBS Face The Nation goes overt over Iraq with Lee Hamilton, while Carl Levin, the Pentagon's Overlord, is on to humiliate Mitch McConnell as his price for allowing the amnesty bill to go forward as a subtle framing of the immigration issue.
Fox News Sunday is actually quite interesting in that it offers General Petraeus a solo platform (if you don't count junior Wallace) to defend himself against Dingy Harry and the Al Qaeda cheering section.
CNN Late Edition hawls out Jack Reed from Rhode Island to carry the Dhimmicrat water since he is already on record as calling the US military nasty names. See, he does have his uses. John Cornyn stands alone this week as a voice against the invasion of our country and the surrender of our sovereignty in the name of political expediency. Wolfie rounds out the show with a mixed bag of serious players and leftist drones. Guess who will get the respectful treatment?
Plugs Biden and Lindsey "can't we just all get along" Graham liven up Lil Georgie Steponallofus ABC This Week program. I truly hope that the final round of the golf tournament will be available as a meaningful distraction. If not I'll be forced to find something important on Food Network to watch instead.
The Saturday shows are largely predictable, but the Journal Editorial Report appears to excel with a review of the issues at hand in the Iraq conflict as well as a serious discussion of the earmarks scandal. Gee... what a surprise.
This should be cross posted to my blog at Wizards.townhall.com later today. I have finally caught up over their and I hope to keep up to date from now on. In fact I'm going to change the format just a bit when posting this in light of the success of the technique I used to get caught up. This analysis will still be first but then I'm going to try putting all of the show by show posts into one big Post number 1. If I end up falling back to separate posts you'll know that I found an upper limit to the length of FR posts.
This thread exists primarily as a heads up for who is on the weekend talks shows, what they've been invited on to push (based on their recent pronouncements) and the spin (meme) the DBM is likely trying to push based on that information. All of this is prep work for the weekly Sunday Morning Talk Show thread posted by Alas Babylon!. That thread provides a live commentary and analysis of the Sunday talking head shows, with valuable insight and exceptional fact checking. we are the Jedi Council of FreeRepublic, at least in regards to these DBM gabfests. You wanna know what was said and what it meant, as well as where they messed up? Read that thread!
Mark Kilmer has posted his excellent preview of the Sunday shows over at Redstate.COM.
Politico.COM has their Sunday Talk Show Tip Sheet
TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: immigration; iraq
Saturday Shows Saturday June 16, 2007
Below are the topics and guests announced for these programs, along with my take on the "memes" that the shows are trying to push. With each guest's name are a series of links that I found in a web search that helped me get a handle on who they are and what their likely positions will be when they are interviewed.
The Beltway Boys (Mort Kondrake, Fred Barnes)
- Meme:
- Mort and Fred talk about last months news while the rest of us are on to next weeks. Old media at its worst.
- Topics:
- Will Fred Thompson join the 2008 Presidential race?
- How does the public view congress?
- Immigration bill is dead, what next?
- Beltway Boys contact information beltway@foxnews.com
- The program airs on FOX News Channel Saturdays at 6 and 11:30 p.m. ET
CNBC's Tim Russert Show (Tim Russert)
- Meme:
- Lil' Timmah, using his own show to pimp his book - hey, he's pimped enough other peoples books! Fair's fair!
- Topics:
- Turning the tables, Tom Brokaw interviews Tim about his book, "Wisdom of Our Fathers, Lessons and Letters from Daughters and Sons."
- Guests
- CNBC's Tim Russert Show airs Saturday at 7pm, 10pm & 1am ET
Fox News Watch (Eric Burns)
- Meme:
- I betcha they sneak Paris in somehow (update - they mentioned Paris in the first sentence of the show)
- Topics:
- Were Dan Rather's comments sexist? Our panel debates it!
- Why Bush still isn't getting good press from conservatives
- Is Angelina Jolie a 'mighty' hypocrite?
- The program airs on FOX News Channel Saturdays at 6:30 p.m. ET and Sundays at 2:30 a.m. ET
- Fox News Watch contact information Newswatch@foxnews.com
Journal Editorial Report (Paul Gigot) - FNC show page
- Meme:
- OK, these guys get it... again... still... whatever...
- Topics:
- Opinion Journal web page: U.S. v. al Qaeda
- Guantanamo, military commissions, "enemy combatant" designations:
- How much of the Bush anti-terror legal policy will survive legal scrutiny?
- Earmark follies on Capitol Hill.
- Fox News Channel web page
- Are the Bush administration's detainee policies doomed?
- Colin Powell calls for immediate close of Gitmo
- Politicians and pork barrel spending
- Guests
- Journal Editorial Report (at Fox News) contact information - jer@foxnews.com
- The program is from The Wall Street Journal and airs on FNC Saturday at 11 p.m. and again Sunday at 6 a.m. ET
NBC Meet The Press (Tim Russert)
Below are the topics and guests announced for this program, along with my take on the "memes" that the show is trying to push. With each guest's name are a series of links that I found in a web search that helped me get a handle on who they are and what their likely positions will be when they are interviewed.
- Meme:
- We're doomed and it's all Bush's fault!
- What's so funny is that Lil Timmah, E.J. Dionne and Eugene Robinson think they can secure a separate peace with the Jihadis. Can you say "the first against the wall..."
- Topics:
- The U.S. Ambassador to Iraq addresses the new Pentagon report which details the growing violence in Iraq.
- What does the new uptick in attacks against our troops mean for U.S. involvement in the region?
- What about President Bush's military surge strategy?
- On the diplomatic front, what can be done to help the Iraqis in their struggle to meet their political goals?
- The debate over immigration makes a return to the forefront and domestic politics heats up the 2008 race for the White House.
- With former Cheney Chief of Staff Scooter Libby facing jail time, is a presidential pardon on the horizon?
- Guests
- Ambassador Ryan Crocker
- U.S. Ambassador to Iraq | US Embassy to Iraq web site | Bio
- Joe Biden to Sec. Rice: No Justification for Making Ambassador to Iraq Available for TV but Not Congress (All American Patriots (press release), Sweden - Jun 16, 2007)
- Iraqi FM preparing grounds for 2nd round of Iran-US talks (Islamic Republic News Agency, Iran - Jun 16, 2007)
- US Launches New Offensives in Baghdad (Voice of America - Jun 16, 2007)
- US officials call shrine attack "act of desperation" (KXMC, ND - Jun 13, 2007)
- Differences within Iraqi society - a major challenge: Crocker (Deccan Herald, India - Jun 10, 2007)
- US Iraq Ambassador Ryan Crocker: I Dont See An End Game In Sight (Think Progress, DC - Jun 6, 2007)
- E.J. Dionne
- Washington Post Columnist
- EJ Dionne Jr.: Defining the GOP in the post-Bush era (Sacramento Bee - Jun 16, 2007)
- EJ Dionne When in doubt, blame the system (Indianapolis Star, United States - Jun 11, 2007)
- EJ Dionne GOP candidates divided over a Libby pardon (Indianapolis Star, United States - Jun 8, 2007)
- They only look dead (Power Line, MN - Jun 15, 2007)
- EJ Dionne: Dems' debate shows bread-and-butter politics fading (Billings Gazette, USA - Jun 5, 2007)
- Kate O'Beirne
- Washington Editor, National Review
- Mitt's Mercy (National Review Online Blogs, NY - Jun 13, 2007)
- Resurrection Plans (National Review Online Blogs, NY - Jun 13, 2007)
- George vs. Rudy (National Review Online Blogs, NY - Jun 13, 2007)
- Senate Meeting (National Review Online Blogs, NY - Jun 12, 2007)
- Eugene Robinson
- Byron York
- What would you like to ask this week's guests? (web page for submitting questions for this weeks show)
- Meet the Press mailbox (web page for comments)
CBS Face The Nation (Bob Schieffer)
Below are the topics and guests announced for this program, along with my take on the "memes" that the show is trying to push. With each guest's name are a series of links that I found in a web search that helped me get a handle on who they are and what their likely positions will be when they are interviewed.
- Meme:
- We're doomed and it's all Bush's fault!
- What's so funny is that Old Bob, Lee Hamilton and Wise Old Carl think they can secure a separate peace with the Jihadis. Can you say "the first against the wall..."
- Topics:
- The Iraq War
- The Middle East
- Immigration
- Guests
- Senator Mitch McConnell, Republican - Kentucky
- Senate Minority Leader
- Senate web site | Bio
- Lawmakers Resuscitate Immigration Bill (CattleNetwork.com, KS - Jun 16, 2007)
- Enforcing responsibility: Senate saves face by returning to immigration law (Houston Chronicle - Jun 15, 2007)
- China Mitch McConnell thinks he'll tell us go to hell, vote for amnesty and keep his senate seat (American Chronicle, CA - May 31, 2007)
- Senator: Bill on illegals not dead (Kentucky Post, KY - Jun 12, 2007)
- Is Mitch McConnell shafting the base? (American Thinker, AZ - May 28, 2007)
- Bush: Time to act on immigration (Pierceland Herald, Canada - Jun 15, 2007)
- Democrats Reject McConnell's Voter ID Bill (AHN - Jun 7, 2007)
- Senator Carl Levin, Democrat - Michigan
- Chairman, Armed Services Committee
- Senate web site | Bio
- Reid: Pace failed on Iraq war assessment (Biloxi Sun Herald - Jun 15, 2007)
- Kathleen Parker: Gen. Pace wounded by collateral damage (Pasadena Star-News, CA - Jun 15, 2007)
- Senate Dems plan new round of Iraq votes (SunHerald.com, MS - Jun 13, 2007)
- Levin Developing Fuel Economy Alternative (Fox 28, IN - Jun 13, 2007)
- LaSorda, UAW support Levin fuel amendment (Detroit Free Press, United States - Jun 16, 2007)
- Too Much CAFE Makes Cars Smaller, More Expensive: Doron Levin (Bloomberg - Jun 15, 2007)
- Lee Hamilton
- Co-Chairman, Iraq Study Group
- Lee Hamilton How to put US back on track (Indianapolis Star, United States - Jun 5, 2007)
- Iraq Study Group strategies are the way to end war (Chicago Sun-Times, United States - Jun 16, 2007)
- Taming Terrorism (Bellingham Herald, WA - Jun 10, 2007)
- Hamilton unsure about Iraq Study Group's March withdrawal goal (Wabash Plain Dealer, IN - Jun 12, 2007)
- General's report is Iraq deadline for Bush (The Australian, Australia - Jun 14, 2007)
- Baker-Hamilton: White House coming our way (United Press International - Jun 12, 2007)
- Hamilton, Baker now doubtful of 08 pullout (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, IN - Jun 12, 2007)
- Face The Nation contact information - ftn@cbsnews.com
Fox News Sunday (Chris Wallace)
Below are the topics and guests announced for this program, along with my take on the "memes" that the show is trying to push. With each guest's name are a series of links that I found in a web search that helped me get a handle on who they are and what their likely positions will be when they are interviewed.
- Meme:
- We're doomed and it's all Bush's fault!
- Okay, let's listen to a grown up tell us what's REALLY happening (is Fox making a comeback?)
- Topics:
- With all U.S. troops now in place for the surge strategy, the Commanding General of Multinational Forces in Iraq will speak exclusively with FNS in his first Sunday show interview since taking over U.S. forces in Iraq:
- Can the U.S. prevent a new wave of sectarian violence in the wake of the bombing of a revered Shiite shrine this week?
- With the latest Pentagon report documenting that the overall of violence has not dropped during the first three months of the security plan, can the full, increased troop presence make a difference before the September deadline?
- While the U.S. mobilizes its forces, is the Iraqi government holding up its end of the bargain militarily and politically?
- Fox News Sunday panel
- Wth an immigration compromise getting new life on Capitol Hill, our power panel will discuss whether the new plan has any chance of succeeding.
- Fox News essay: Coming up on Fox News Sunday
- Guests
- General David Petraeus
- Commanding General of Multinational Forces in Iraq | MNF web site | Bio
- Petraeus Has Walkabout in Baghdad Market (IraqSlogger - Jun 15, 2007)
- US launches Iraq offensive into al Qaeda havens (CTV.ca, Canada - Jun 16, 2007)
- Rank And Dishonest (Harrisonburg Daily News Record, VA - Jun 16, 2007)
- Military officers now targets on Hill (Miami Herald, FL - Jun 14, 2007)
- US Media Friday: Picking on Petraeus (IraqSlogger - Jun 14, 2007)
- Gates pushes Iraq's leaders on reconciliation (Reuters Canada, Canada - Jun 16, 2007)
- Fox News Sunday panel
- Fox News Sunday contact information - FNS@foxnews.com
ABC This Week (George Stephanopoulos)
Below are the topics and guests announced for this program, along with my take on the "memes" that the show is trying to push. With each guest's name are a series of links that I found in a web search that helped me get a handle on who they are and what their likely positions will be when they are interviewed.
- Meme:
- We're doomed and it's all Bush's fault!
- Joe's back and Georgie's got 'em!
- What's so funny is that George Steponallofus and plugs Biden think they can secure a separate peace with the Jihadis. Can you say "the first against the wall..."
- Topics:
- Discussion with a top Dhimmicrat and response from a pliant RINO on:
- Hamas in firm control of the Gaza Strip
- Renewed criticisms from Democrats of the President's troop surge strategy in Iraq
- Fresh action on Immigration reform in the Senate
- Vision Segment: An Emmy award-winning actor (who played the President on TV) discusses his fight to restore funding for our nation's drug courts (which would probably put his sons in jail for a LONG time)
- Guests
- Senator Joe Biden, Democrat - Delaware
- Presidential candidate | Campaign web site | Bio
- Senate web site | Bio
- Joe Biden to Sec. Rice: No Justification for Making Ambassador to Iraq Available for TV but Not Congress (All American Patriots (press release), Sweden - Jun 16, 2007)
- CSI: Nukes (WSJ Editorial via Biden campaign site - Jun 4, 2007)
- Biden's Deterrence Plan: Who Do We Attack After the Next 9/11? (Wall Street Journal - Jun 10, 2007)
- Question on Darfur (National Ledger, AZ - Jun 4, 2007)
- Joe Biden on "Surge": Enough Is Enough (All American Patriots (press release), Sweden - Jun 4, 2007)
- Joe Biden Looking Good in Latest National Poll (TransWorldNews (press release), GA - Jun 12, 2007)
- A Top Biden Fundraiser Departs (Atlantic Online - Jun 14, 2007)
- Joe Biden Courts Culinary Union in Las Vegas (KLAS-TV, NV - Jun 8, 2007)
- Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican - South Carolina
- Senate web site | Bio
- Lindsey Graham on amnesty: This is no longer about immigration (Hot Air, MD - Jun 13, 2007)
- Sen. Graham on 'Today': Working With Dems Even More Important Than Immigration Bill (NewsBusters - Jun 13, 2007)
- Lott: Something must be done about this conservative noise machine (Hot Air, MD - Jun 15, 2007)
- Senators bargain for votes in bid to revive stalled immigration bill (Coos Bay World, OR - Jun 16, 2007)
- China tells US lawmakers not to `politicize' currency (PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung), Austria - Jun 14, 2007)
- Amnesty Inc. set to buy off holdouts with $4.4B border enforcement (Hot Air, MD - Jun 12, 2007)
- Sen. Lindsey Graham Faces Harsh Criticism for Helping Broker Deal (FOX News - May 23, 2007)
- Roundtable:
- Martha Raddatz
- David Corn
- George Will
- Vision Segment: Martin Sheen
- ABC This Week comment web page
CNN Late Edition (Wolf Blitzer)
Below are the topics and guests announced for this program, along with my take on the "memes" that the show is trying to push. With each guest's name are a series of links that I found in a web search that helped me get a handle on who they are and what their likely positions will be when they are interviewed.
- Meme:
- We're doomed and it's all Bush's fault!
- What's so funny is that Wolfie, Reed, Seymour and Wise Old Carl think they can secure a separate peace with the Jihadis. Can you say "the first against the wall..."
- Topics:
- Gaza under fire. The Palestinian government dissolves -- is civil war next?
- Guests
- Senator Jack Reed, Democrat - Rhode Island
- Senate Armed Services Cmte.
- Senate web site | Bio
- Attack Iran? Joe Stirs Debate (Hartford Courant - Jun 13, 2007)
- Out of the Loop, Six Years Too Late (Village Voice, NY - Jun 8, 2007)
- Reid confirms Pace, Petraeus comments. (Think Progress, DC - Jun 14, 2007)
- Democratic challenge of Gen. Pace shows uniformed officers no longer exempt from Hill attacks (North County Times, CA - Jun 14, 2007)
- Leahy the storyteller (Brattleboro Reformer - Jun 16, 2007)
- RI to receive $10.9M in federal housing aid (Providence Business News, RI - Jun 15, 2007)
- Senator Jack Reed unveils plan to fight homelessness (WLNE-TV (ABC6), RI - May 29, 2007)
- Senator John Cornyn, Republican - Texas
- Hoshyar Zebari
- Iraqi Foreign Minister | Bio (from Wikipedia)
- Iraq: Second Security Meeting Planned (Stratfor - Jun 15, 2007)
- Zebari urges Turkey to rely on dialogue over PKK issue (Today's Zaman, Turkey - Jun 15, 2007)
- Iraqis Use UN Money to Enhance NYC Real Estate Portfolio (NewsMax.com, FL - Jun 15, 2007)
- UN concerned over movement along border (Today's Zaman, Turkey - Jun 14, 2007)
- Zebari: Turkey unhappy on dialogue with Baghdad, Iraqi Kurds and US (New Anatolian, Turkey - Jun 14, 2007)
- No Turkish incursion in Iraq: Zebari (NTV MSNBC, Turkey - Jun 7, 2007)
- Rep. Duncan Hunter, Republican - California
- Presidential candidate | Campaign web site | Bio
- House web site | Bio
- NBC Leaves Uhs in Duncan Hunter Quote to Make Him Sound Foolish (NewsBusters - Jun 16, 2007)
- Rep. Hunter Slides Into Bill $22 Million For Campaign Donor's Ship (KPBS, CA - Jun 15, 2007)
- Hunter Pressures Navy On Catamaran (The Gate - National Journal, DC - Jun 15, 2007)
- Hunter's Folly: $63 Million Aircraft Can't Fly (Wired News - Jun 12, 2007)
- Hunter's Folly 2: Misfiring Missile (Wired News - Jun 13, 2007)
- Duncan Hunter Backs Preemptive Strike on Iran (NewsMax.com, FL - Jun 6, 2007)
- Hunter: China transforming its military (United Press International - Jun 15, 2007)
- Seymour Hersh
- New Yorker Magazine; author
- Seymour Hersh: U.S. Indirectly Backed Islamist Militants Fighting Lebanese Army (Bay Area Indymedia, CA - May 24, 2007)
- US And Lebanon (CounterCurrents.org, India - May 26, 2007)
- Blowback in Lebanon (Mother Jones, CA - Jun 15, 2007)
- The Failed Sunni Army Solution (CounterPunch, CA - Jun 15, 2007)
- Northern Iraqs Tangled Web (Kurdish Aspect, CO - Jun 16, 2007)
- Lebanese Army pounds Palestinian refugees (Workers World - Jun 10, 2007)
- Ed Henry
- Donna Brazile
- Terry Jeffrey
- CNN Late Edition (web page for comments)
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posted on
06/16/2007 9:32:07 PM PDT
by
Phsstpok
To: A.Hun; Bahbah; Txsleuth; MNJohnnie; eeevil conservative; Alas Babylon!; Seattle Conservative; ...
PingThe Weekend Talk Show Preview Thread is up
It will also be cross posted to my blog at
http://wizards.townhall.com/
Here's a sample of my usually witty commentary...
... war and immigration are the overriding themes this week, but there's a clear undercurrent of "we told you so" tied to the Baker Hamilton Iraq Study Group "peace in our time" surrender plan ...
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posted on
06/16/2007 9:35:19 PM PDT
by
Phsstpok
(Often wrong, but never in doubt)
To: Phsstpok
Thanks....Foxnews for me tomorrow....
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posted on
06/16/2007 10:32:04 PM PDT
by
Ernest_at_the_Beach
(The DemonicRATS believe ....that the best decisions are always made after the fact.)
To: Phsstpok
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1851465/posts Tancredo Pulls Plug on ‘Sanctuary Cities’(Hooray!)
Looking at these vote totals on this bill, does anyone really think the Immigration bill is going to pass the US House even if it passes the US Senate this week?
So it begs the question what the sponsors of the bill think they accomplishing by continuing the fight in the Senate.
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posted on
06/17/2007 3:35:47 AM PDT
by
MNJohnnie
(If you will try being smarter, I will try being nicer.)
To: Phsstpok
Seymour Hersh Oh yeah, the guy who wrote the "Bush is going to nuke Iran" story 2 years ago is a real "credible" source for them to have on. Funny how a Leftist progandist like Hersh can simply make up stuff, report it as coming from "Confidential sources", be proven completely wrong, yet STILL get's treat as a "serious Journalist" by the Media Establishement.
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posted on
06/17/2007 3:58:05 AM PDT
by
MNJohnnie
(If you will try being smarter, I will try being nicer.)
To: Phsstpok
Thanks for your superb work in letting us know what’s up for today.
Senator Jack Reed is Hillary!’s surrogate. He mouths her stance on the Iraq war in particular.
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posted on
06/17/2007 5:05:58 AM PDT
by
maica
(America will be a hyperpower that's all hype and no power -- if we do not prevail in Iraq)
To: Phsstpok
Wow great stuff, I must have missed this yesterday don’t know how.
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posted on
06/17/2007 6:22:02 AM PDT
by
rodguy911
(Support The New media, Ticket the Drive-bys, --America-The land of the Free because of the Brave-)
To: MNJohnnie
Dunno.. but it is (thankfully) sinking John McCain into oblivion....
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posted on
06/17/2007 3:30:10 PM PDT
by
Arizona Carolyn
( If you want on or off the pet and human food and drug ping list let me know)
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