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Big Blue Owl
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Big Blue Owl
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From the article:Wendy wrote:Scientists Narrow Optimism Area in the Brain
Having our brains wired to optimism is generally a good thing because "if you were pessimistic about the future you would not be motivated to take a lot of action," Phelps said.
That's where the saying "Wake me up when the war is over" came from
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Big Blue Owl
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Yeah, Zep. The little man is way too cute!
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WASHINGTON (AP) ? The White House scolded the Federal Emergency Management Agency on Friday for staging a phony news conference about assistance to victims of wildfires in southern California.
The agency ? much maligned for its sluggish response to Hurricane Katrina over two years ago ? arranged to have FEMA employees play the part of independent reporters Tuesday and ask questions of Vice Adm. Harvey E. Johnson, the agency's deputy director.
The questions were predictably soft and gratuitous.
"I'm very happy with FEMA's response," Johnson said in reply to one query from an agency employee.
White House press secretary Dana Perino said it was not appropriate that the questions were posed by agency staffers instead of reporters. FEMA was responsible for the "error in judgment," she said, adding that the White House did not know about it beforehand and did not condone it.
FEMA gave real reporters only 15 minutes notice about Tuesday's news conference . But because there was so little advance notice, the agency made available an 800 number so reporters could call in.
And many did, although it was a listen-only arrangement.
On Thursday, FEMA employees had played the part of reporters. Johnson issued a statement Friday, saying that FEMA's goal was "to get information out as soon as possible, and in trying to do so we made an error in judgment."
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WASHINGTON (AP) ? The White House scolded the Federal Emergency Management Agency on Friday for staging a phony news conference about assistance to victims of wildfires in southern California.
The agency ? much maligned for its sluggish response to Hurricane Katrina over two years ago ? arranged to have FEMA employees play the part of independent reporters Tuesday and ask questions of Vice Adm. Harvey E. Johnson, the agency's deputy director.
The questions were predictably soft and gratuitous.
"I'm very happy with FEMA's response," Johnson said in reply to one query from an agency employee.
White House press secretary Dana Perino said it was not appropriate that the questions were posed by agency staffers instead of reporters. FEMA was responsible for the "error in judgment," she said, adding that the White House did not know about it beforehand and did not condone it.
FEMA gave real reporters only 15 minutes notice about Tuesday's news conference . But because there was so little advance notice, the agency made available an 800 number so reporters could call in.
And many did, although it was a listen-only arrangement.
On Thursday, FEMA employees had played the part of reporters. Johnson issued a statement Friday, saying that FEMA's goal was "to get information out as soon as possible, and in trying to do so we made an error in judgment."
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Mr. Potatoe Head
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4 November Emergency declared in Pakistan
Now this should be of the greatest concern seeing Pakistan has nukes.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/1 ... n.clashes/
Now this should be of the greatest concern seeing Pakistan has nukes.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/1 ... n.clashes/
AMUSING, BUT SINCERE ANECDOTES
When in England at a fairly large conference, Colin Powell was asked by the Archbishop of Canterbury if our plans for Iraq were just an example of empire building by George Bush. He answered by saying, 'Over the
years, the United States has sent many of its fine young men and women into great peril to fight for freedom beyond our borders. The only amount of land we have ever asked for in return is enough to bury those that did not return.'
It became very quiet in the room.
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Then there was a conference in France where a number of international engineers were taking part, including French and American. During a
break one of the French engineers came back into the room saying 'Have you heard the latest dumb stunt Bush has done? He has sent an aircraft carrier to Indonesia to help the tsunami victims. What does he intended
to do, bomb them?'
A Boeing engineer stood up and replied quietly: 'Our carriers have three hospitals on board that can treat several hundred people; they are nuclear powered and can supply emergency electrical power to shore
facilities; they have three cafeterias with the capacity to feed 3,000 people three meals a day, they can produce several thousand gallons of fresh water from sea water each day, and they carry half a dozen helicopters for use in transporting victims and injured to and from their flight deck.. We have eleven such ships; how many does France have?'
Once again, dead silence.
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A U.S. Navy Admiral was attending a naval conference that included Admirals from the U.S., English, Canadian, Australian and French Navies. At a cocktail reception, he found himself standing with a large group of Officers that included personnel from most of those
countries. Everyone was chatting away in English as they sipped their drinks but a French admiral suddenly complained that, 'whereas Europeans learn many languages, Americans learn only English.' He then asked,
'Why is it that we always have to speak English in these conferences rather than speaking French?' Without hesitating, the American Admiral replied 'Maybe it s because the Brits, Canadians, Aussies and Americans
arranged it so you wouldn't have to speak German.'
When in England at a fairly large conference, Colin Powell was asked by the Archbishop of Canterbury if our plans for Iraq were just an example of empire building by George Bush. He answered by saying, 'Over the
years, the United States has sent many of its fine young men and women into great peril to fight for freedom beyond our borders. The only amount of land we have ever asked for in return is enough to bury those that did not return.'
It became very quiet in the room.
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Then there was a conference in France where a number of international engineers were taking part, including French and American. During a
break one of the French engineers came back into the room saying 'Have you heard the latest dumb stunt Bush has done? He has sent an aircraft carrier to Indonesia to help the tsunami victims. What does he intended
to do, bomb them?'
A Boeing engineer stood up and replied quietly: 'Our carriers have three hospitals on board that can treat several hundred people; they are nuclear powered and can supply emergency electrical power to shore
facilities; they have three cafeterias with the capacity to feed 3,000 people three meals a day, they can produce several thousand gallons of fresh water from sea water each day, and they carry half a dozen helicopters for use in transporting victims and injured to and from their flight deck.. We have eleven such ships; how many does France have?'
Once again, dead silence.
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A U.S. Navy Admiral was attending a naval conference that included Admirals from the U.S., English, Canadian, Australian and French Navies. At a cocktail reception, he found himself standing with a large group of Officers that included personnel from most of those
countries. Everyone was chatting away in English as they sipped their drinks but a French admiral suddenly complained that, 'whereas Europeans learn many languages, Americans learn only English.' He then asked,
'Why is it that we always have to speak English in these conferences rather than speaking French?' Without hesitating, the American Admiral replied 'Maybe it s because the Brits, Canadians, Aussies and Americans
arranged it so you wouldn't have to speak German.'
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A little piece of good news from the New York Times. 
An election in Germany, followed by one in France have really turned things around for the better. European ties are on the mend.WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 ? France?s president, Nicolas Sarkozy, burst onto the Washington scene on Tuesday, clearly reveling in his first official visit to the White House and asking the United States to embrace him as a friend.
Mr. Sarkozy has met President Bush several times, so the brief visit was a vehicle for Mr. Bush to reward him for his friendship and for the French leader to introduce himself and his team to official Washington.
Setting aside the recent anger he has shown because of his divorce, Mr. Sarkozy backslapped and hugged his way through the day. He also proclaimed his determination to be a reliable partner of the United States.
?I come to Washington to bear a very simple message, a message that I bear on behalf of all Frenchmen,? he said in a toast at a formal White House dinner in his honor. ?I want to reconquer the heart of America.?
Aren't you the guy who hit me in the eye?
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Big Blue Owl wrote:Something about that word "reconquer" that worries me. Are we sure he doesn't mean, "Pull America's heart out of its chest and eat it while it pumps it's last pint?"?I want to reconquer the heart of America.?
Just kidding morbidly. That is good news.
Kind of like, "Hey kid, give me your lunch money!!!" huh?
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DEEDS say more than TALK.ElfDude wrote:A little piece of good news from the New York Times.
An election in Germany, followed by one in France have really turned things around for the better. European ties are on the mend.WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 ? France?s president, Nicolas Sarkozy, burst onto the Washington scene on Tuesday, clearly reveling in his first official visit to the White House and asking the United States to embrace him as a friend.
Mr. Sarkozy has met President Bush several times, so the brief visit was a vehicle for Mr. Bush to reward him for his friendship and for the French leader to introduce himself and his team to official Washington.
Setting aside the recent anger he has shown because of his divorce, Mr. Sarkozy backslapped and hugged his way through the day. He also proclaimed his determination to be a reliable partner of the United States.
?I come to Washington to bear a very simple message, a message that I bear on behalf of all Frenchmen,? he said in a toast at a formal White House dinner in his honor. ?I want to reconquer the heart of America.?
(Especially after all the dirty work has been done.)
Just my two cents' worth.....have a nice day.
Don't start none...won't be none.