Posted on 07/19/2006 9:51:03 PM PDT by BurbankKarl
here is a link to the story:
http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewCulture.asp?Page=/Culture/archive/200607/CUL20060720b.html
Dick Gregory Blasts 'Insane, Racist System' in America
By Randy Hall
CNSNews.com) - Comedian/activist Dick Gregory told the 97th annual convention of the NAACP in Washington, D.C., this week that the problems faced by African Americans are caused by several factors, including an "insane, racist system" that favors whites and pollution that "turns ordinary people into violent criminals"
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"The FBI has documents on the relationship between lead exposure and homicide," he said, but "nobody knows about it," he asserted.
Citing an FBI file by Roger Masters of Dartmouth College -- whose study found that criminal activity is higher in areas with high lead and manganese pollution -- Gregory charged that "polluted water can cause brain damage that turns ordinary people into violent criminals."
He alleged that the racist system exploits this issue. "They convince you that I'm just a heathen and I murder just 'cause I want to murder," but "I murder because something's in my food, something's in my water," Gregory said.
"Malt liquor is made by white beer companies but only sold in black neighborhoods, and you don't get suspicious?" he asked. "They put a thing in it called manganese, and once you get so much manganese in you, you will kill your momma, but they've got you believing that's normal for you to act that way."
Video:
http://www.cnsnews.com/cns/video/2006/060718rhDickGregoryMaltLiquor.wvx
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Jerusalem Post
05-26-2000
MAROUN AL-RAS, Lebanon - Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi gazed over Lebanon's border with Israel for the first time yesterday during a tour of the former security zone.
Standing on top of a hill controlled by Israel less than three days ago, Kharrazi looked at Israeli settlements while his delegation took pictures.
During his tour of Moslem and Christian villages, Kharrazi mixed praise for the Iranian-funded Hizbullah with reassurance for Christians in the area.
"This is a victory promised in the Koran to the people who ..."
[I'll try to get the rest of the article]
threat = intent + capability
Those who argue AQ is a greater threat than Hezbollah look at intent. Hezbollah has everything to lose, while AQ has nothing to lose from striking the US. However, this could change suddenly if Hezbollah believes that it is on the verge of extinction or if its sponsors (Iran and Syria) are under attack from the US. Then they will go all out here in the US once ordered to by Iran.
On the capability side of the equation. Few dispute that Hezbollah can theoretically kill far more Americans in the United States once it makes the decision to do so than AQ.
And AQ/Hezbollah are both/and, not either/or. They have attacked American targets together in the past and likely will do so again in the very near future.
In other "news," Shep just announced that he'll be replaying his "do you care about Lebanese civilians" attack on the IAF pilot...
Isn't it a great summary of what is happening and has happened in the middle east, close to 3 decades.
Unreal.
ABC pulls out Mideast anchor, NBC may follow
NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - ABC sent its anchor back to New York Wednesday after several days in the Middle East and NBC was apparently leaning that way, although both networks were continuing with their expanded reporting presence in the region.
The Mideast crisis, now in its eighth day, has engaged high-profile journalists like NBC's Brian Williams, ABC's Charles Gibson, CNN's Anderson Cooper and Fox News Channel's Shepard Smith.
NBC and ABC decided late last week to send their anchors, a decision that cost hundreds of thousands of dollars each day. And while they weren't saying how long they would remain in the region, ABC confirmed that Gibson was scheduled to leave Cyprus for New York after Wednesday's broadcast.
It wasn't clear late Wednesday when Williams was going to leave, although it could be as soon as Thursday.
Despite the expense, both networks said it was important for their anchors to go to the story.
"This is an important story. There's a lot of U.S. foreign policy involved in every aspect of this story," said "World News Tonight" executive producer Jon Banner, who was with Gibson. "It deals with Iran and Syria, two countries that are of central interest to U.S. foreign policy. . . . The easiest and best way to do that story is to have your anchor on the scene to explain it to your audience."
Sitting on a concrete slab overlooking the Mediterranean Sea before Tuesday's "NBC Nightly News," Williams said they were playing it day by day but it was important to be there.
"This is why we do what we do. This is one of the things we cover. No one has said a word about cost," said Williams. But there's also a time, executives noted, that having the high-profile anchors on the scene isn't as important.
"Brian is 'Nightly News' managing editor and we very much want him to be at the center of this type of story," said David Verdi, senior vp worldwide newsgathering. "Of course, there's always a critical mass where a story like this will present itself as an ongoing story that will take a lot of time to resolve."
But he, like his counterpart at ABC News, senior vp Paul Slavin, thinks that the on-the-ground perspective is invaluable.
Slavin said the network had kept its options open, but whether Gibson would remain there for a week or more would depend not as much on cost but on what's the best use of resources.
"Having an anchor there is a big deal, and ultimately a strain on the organization," Slavin said. It was, however, Gibson's first foreign trip in the six weeks that he's been permanent anchor of "World News Tonight." Gibson did anchor the network's coverage of the death of Pope John Paul II and the election of the new pope last year for the ailing Peter Jennings.
In an appearance via satellite at the Television Critics Assn.'s summer press tour Wednesday afternoon in Pasadena, Gibson said that he thinks an anchor's role in traveling to a story is important but doesn't want it to interfere with the correspondents on the scene who know the story best.
"Just because the guy is an anchor and flies in doesn't mean he knows it better than the people who are on the ground," Gibson said. "So what's really important is that we do maintain coverage around the world and people around the world and bureaus around the world."
Israel is one of the few places relatively untouched by network budget cuts during the past several decades. Network-news analyst Andrew Tyndall said each of the networks realize that news of the longtime ally, where Americans have family or business ties, is critical. Tyndall also notes that most Americans are familiar with the issues in the Mideast, which makes it easier for networks to tell those stories unlike other parts of the world where the background isn't so well-known.
"It's the tsunami or other natural disaster that gets you to Indonesia, not a political story," Tyndall said. "You don't have to do any of that (explaining) with Israel."
Yet stories from Israel, Tyndall said, have suffered by the enormous commitment that the U.S.-based networks have made to cover the war in Iraq. The amount of airtime the Big Three newscasts devoted to Israel has declined during the last several years.
"Iraq sucks all the oxygen out of the room," Tyndall said.
Reuters/Hollywood Reporter
Thanks for the warning! I'll switch to HGTV until the brow beating is over!
It's over, and the IAF pilot won, again...
Jeez...talk about a teaser. ;)
1300 POSSIBLE Americans
i just heard a report by Kerry Sanders on MSNBC (grain of salt time)...and he has been interviewing the "Americans" that have been leaving out of Cyprus.
He did say that a lot of them have been visiting family..but, he said that he talked to several 14 and 15 year olds..and they said they would NOT come back to Lebanon UNTIL Israel and the Israelis were wiped from the map.
They are very supportive of Hezbollah and hope that they wipe out the Israelis so they can come back soon.
The big show hasn't even started yet.
Guess the war isn't going the way they want.
OH, brother...so he is PROUD of that bit of GARBAGE?
LOLOL! I love it! Let's hope he keeps winning!
Nasrallah talking non-stop on CNN pipeline rebroadcast of the Al Jazeera interview.
This is from Carpet Minefield breaching system
Gee, I feel all warm and fuzzy that those people are being brought HERE.....NOT!
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