Guardian - Al-Qaida spokesman Adam Gadahn a fan of 60 Minutes, but said Fox News "lacks neutrality" and CBS is "close to being unbiased." Adam Gadahn wrote that MSNBC, "may be good and neutral a bit," but he changed his mind when it fired Keith Olbermann.
Osama bin Laden pondered the merits of US television news channels as he considered how to extract the best propaganda benefit from the tenth anniversary of 9/11 last year, and concluded that CBS was "close to being unbiased."
But an American-born media adviser for al-Qaeda warned Bin Laden to beware of the broadcasters' "cunning methods" as he described Fox News as a channel in the "abyss" that should "die in anger", CNN as too close to the US government and MSNBC as questionable after it fired one of its most prominent presenters, Keith Olbermann. In a memorandum made public by the US military's Combating Terrorism Center on Thursday, Bin Laden asked for advice on exploiting the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. "We need to benefit from this event and get our messages to the Muslims and celebrate the victory that they achieved. We need to restore their confidence in their nation and motivate them. We should also present our just cause to the world, especially to the European people," he said. Read full story here: News New Mexico
Al-Qaida Media Analysis Memo: "Big Fan of 60 Minutes" - Fox News a "Channel in the "Abyss"
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Jim Spence
on Friday, May 4, 2012
The ANWR Hoax
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Jim Spence
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Frozen ANWR Coastal Plain |
Eventually this water puddle dotted area thaws during very short summers. Millions of these puddles provide breeding grounds for trillions of very large mosquitoes. Summer occupants in the area are forced to wear the same masks of tropical mosquito netting that were used by the crews that dug the Panama Canal. If you dare to go outside unprotected in the summer, you are likely to inhale mosquitoes through your nose or mouth.
According to the U.S. Geological Survey and energy experts, there is enough oil in this small coastal area to replace all of the oil the U.S. imports from Saudi Arabia. Only 2,000 acres of the 19.6 million acres of ANWR is needed for production.
Sadly, the news media will never inform people that ANWR's beautiful mountains are actually far away from the barren area where oil would be produced. The untold truth is pretty simple. This tiny track of ground is one of the most forbidding places in North America. It is hard to imagine another place where oil production would have less of an effect on the “environment.”
The uninformed will sometimes opine about the dangers to the caribou in the area. However, in nearby Prudhoe Bay, where oil production facilities have been for decades, the Central Arctic caribou herd has multiplied in size many times over since the facilities were built. Advanced production techniques make it possible to drill in virtually any direction for miles. Directional drilling now leaves land tracts virtually undisturbed. Naturally, environmentalists despise the realities of new oil production technologies. Directional drilling destroys the arguments used to deny energy production permits.
Consider the Inupiat Eskimos who live in the coastal area. They understand the wonders of modern drilling technologies. Accordingly, they overwhelmingly support oil production on their lands. Radical environmentalists never mention the Inupiat. Instead they favor the Gwich'in. The Gwich'in nation capitol is hundreds of miles away from the coastal plain area in question. Gwich'in tribal members are environmentalist favorites because they agree to appear in full native costume at congressional hearings in Washington D.C. According to the Gwich'in, producing energy underneath this patch of Inupiat coastal plain, even using modern horizontal drilling techniques, is unacceptable.
ANWR Coastal Plain Thawed |
Protecting this tiny patch of ground near the Arctic Circle from U.S. oil production is like protecting a starving person from food. Essentially this track of ANWR has become the false god of radical environmentalists and their friends in Washington who oppose the production of oil anywhere. Unfortunately, the ANWR hoax is kept alive by people who donate millions to shameless politicians. This hoax is costing Americans hundreds of billions if not trillion of dollars and countless jobs. Only a majority of rational votes will stop this scam.
The ANWR Hoax
Losing the Drug War: Two newly retired experts on the border speak freely about the status of the Arizona/Mexico dividing line
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Michael Swickard
Dan Wirth (left) and Keith Graves |
Losing the Drug War: Two newly retired experts on the border speak freely about the status of the Arizona/Mexico dividing line
No TV games scheduled for New Mexico football in 2012
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Michael Swickard
From KOB-TV.com - The New Mexico Lobos football team has been a disappointment on the field for fans recently. UNM has three wins in the past three seasons combined. New head coach Bob Davie said he will turn the program around, but fans might not have a chance to watch the Lobos rebound on TV. On Thursday, the Mountain West Conference released its national television schedule for the 2012 football season. The Lobos were absent from the schedule. Mountain West officials said it could have more TV games to announce in the coming weeks, but fans were still disappointed with the current schedule. "I do think with the new coach, coach Davie, there's going to be a higher level of excitement than there has been in recent years, so it's a missed opportunity,” one Lobos fan said. The past few seasons UNM has had its football games broadcast on the Mtn. Network. But the sports channel is expected to go black in the coming months. Read more
No TV games scheduled for New Mexico football in 2012