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AJC wrote:
Which is no surprise to anyone. Those stories of 'everyone hating Americans' were made up by the Bush regime and it's associated media organizations to bolster nationalistic feelings in the US. Europeans, Asians, and others always have, and always will make the distinction between the US government, US corporate symbols, and individual American travellers. What are you talking about? Bush regime and its associated media organizations? Are you nuts? The media is associated with the Bush regime? Oh man, now thats funny!! Can you tell us which media organizations are associated with the Bush regime??? Talk about warped leftist conspiracy theories gone wild. |
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On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 08:50:45 GMT, Jim Ley wrote:
On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 20:50:46 -0600, TCS wrote: On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 21:38:45 -0500, nobody wrote: PTravel wrote: from both Mexico and Canada post-9/11. Of course, I'm a citizen, but the process didn't seem any more onerous than the usual garbage I go through when I fly home from international travel. Cars assembled in the USA now cost more because of those border security measures. The car makers had all reorganised themselves for JIT delivery funny. car prices haven't gone up except for purely japanese cars. The US car makers are in no position to raise their prices, that doesn't mean that the cars don't cost more to produce because of the security measures. Cite, please. Pulling numbers out your ass doesn't imprss me. |
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"miles" wrote in message news:Z4mRd.16755$Tt.11646@fed1read05... AJC wrote: Which is no surprise to anyone. Those stories of 'everyone hating Americans' were made up by the Bush regime and it's associated media organizations to bolster nationalistic feelings in the US. Europeans, Asians, and others always have, and always will make the distinction between the US government, US corporate symbols, and individual American travellers. What are you talking about? Bush regime and its associated media organizations? Are you nuts? The media is associated with the Bush regime? Oh man, now thats funny!! Can you tell us which media organizations are associated with the Bush regime??? Talk about warped leftist conspiracy theories gone wild. For starters, how about the columnists who were paid by the Bush administration: http://www.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/....ap/index.html Or, perhaps, the fake reporters who snuck in to news conferencers so they could feed Bush questions? http://www.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/...ter/index.html Or, simply, Fox News. |
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"Keith W" wrote in message ... "PTravel" wrote in message ... "spamfree" wrote in message nk.net... http://www.cnn.com/2005/TRAVEL/02/17....ap/index.html The article assumes that the dip in tourism is the result of security procedures. Isn't it also possible that the dip is the result of potential tourists' distaste for recent American actions on the world stage? Possibly but a lot is the perceived (and real) hassle that flying in to the USA involves. Given the favourable exchange rate european tourists ought to flocking to the USA in droves but the prospect of being fingerprinted and the warnings that people may be denied entry because of minor offences they may have committed many years ago undoubtedly put people off. The latter is a real worry for a lot of people. A very respectable friend of mine cancelled a planned trip to Florida because he was convicted of possessing pot at University 30 years ago. The policy of not allowing such convictions to lapse means he's technically not permitted to travel under the visa waiver programme. This is bad enough but to apply for a visa and ineligibilty waiver he has to provide exact details of the case including the court records. This turned out to be a major hassle and he gave up. Instead he's going to Australia where he can apply for a visa over the internet and get confirmation of his eligibility in minutes I'm not suggesting that America's so-called "security" isn't an issue. It is, however, part-and-parcel of a negative perception of the US that is the direct result of the policies of the current administration. Keith ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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PTRAVEL wrote: Or, simply, Fox News. What is it with those female "reporters" on Fox Snooze? It's like they are wearing strap - ons or something, jeez but they have hard faces... Even the gals on the local Fox Chicago channel are the same way... -- Best Greg |
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On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 22:09:54 -0700, miles wrote:
john wrote: Big deal. Is that making much of a dent in the trade deficit? The trade deficit is 600 billion. Big Deal. Whats your point? The deficit isn't what the thread topic was dealing with. Besides, almost 1/2 last years increase in imports was from oil. One single product. Hardly representative of the market as a whole. The other half was junk consumer goods from China going to Walmart. |
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On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 06:29:30 -0700, miles wrote:
AJC wrote: Which is no surprise to anyone. Those stories of 'everyone hating Americans' were made up by the Bush regime and it's associated media organizations to bolster nationalistic feelings in the US. Europeans, Asians, and others always have, and always will make the distinction between the US government, US corporate symbols, and individual American travellers. What are you talking about? Bush regime and its associated media organizations? Are you nuts? The media is associated with the Bush regime? Oh man, now thats funny!! Can you tell us which media organizations are associated with the Bush regime??? Talk about warped leftist conspiracy theories gone wild. How about the Fox network for starters? How about the Sinclair TV and Radio conglomerate? During the last election they had a hit piece film about Kerry and forced all their TV affiliates to show it in prime time? Do you want more? |
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On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 06:29:30 -0700, miles wrote:
.... What are you talking about? Bush regime and its associated media organizations? Are you nuts? The media is associated with the Bush regime? Oh man, now thats funny!! Can you tell us which media organizations are associated with the Bush regime??? Talk about warped leftist conspiracy theories gone wild. Nope. The truth.. Just a few of the recent revelations... ================================================== From CNN... "WASHINGTON (CNN) -- After the revelation that another columnist who supported his administration's policies received government money, ...." ===== The media is inundated with administration "mouthpieces" whenever an embarrassing issue arises. Who "gets them on"? Why are there few serious dissenting voices? ===== "...in 2002 syndicated columnist Maggie Gallagher "repeatedly defended President Bush's push for a $300 million initiative encouraging marriage as a way of strengthening families," without mentioning she "had a $21,500 contract with the Department of Health and Human Services to help promote the president's proposal."..." === "...conservative commentator Armstrong Williams acknowledged that his company received $240,000 from a public relations agency hired by the Department of Education to promote Bush's No Child Left Behind education reform plan." === "...Michael McManus, a newspaper columnist, was paid up to $10 000 to praise the administration's marriage initiative, which diverts funds from welfare to marital counseling, The Los Angeles Times reported." ===== "..the Bush administration spent more than $88 million on contracts with public relations agencies in 2004, a 128 percent increase from 2000." ===== FOX NEWS - solidly pro-Bush eg: "...Your World w/Neil Cavuto, was pretty darn unfair and unbalanced today (February 17, 2005). It was heavy with pro-Bush propaganda..." ======= Not to mention the American News(?) media that is full of Michael Jackson/Scott Peterson/.. idiotic stories instead of reporting on real political, world, and social issues.. ======= Not to mention the American press corps that has acquiesced from its traditional role of holding administrations accountable to now asking Bush "pre arranged questions" in pseudo-news staged press conferences. ========= And where are the articles and the outrage about the administration's connections to Lay, and Enron, and WorldCom - nope - Michael Jackson stories are more important! WHAT A JOKE!!! The US news media has quietly rolled over knowing where the bread is buttered. ======= +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ + The News Guy(Mike) - Seinfeld Lists + (two mirrored sites) + http://membres.lycos.fr/tnguym + http://wave.prohosting.com/tnguym NOWTHISWORKS + All things Seinfeld; scripts, trivia, lists, +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ |
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In article , john
wrote: € On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 06:29:30 -0700, miles wrote: € € AJC wrote: € € Which is no surprise to anyone. Those stories of 'everyone hating € Americans' were made up by the Bush regime and it's associated media € organizations to bolster nationalistic feelings in the US. Europeans, € Asians, and others always have, and always will make the distinction € between the US government, US corporate symbols, and individual € American travellers. € € What are you talking about? Bush regime and its associated media € organizations? Are you nuts? The media is associated with the Bush € regime? Oh man, now thats funny!! Can you tell us which media € organizations are associated with the Bush regime??? Talk about warped € leftist conspiracy theories gone wild. € € € How about the Fox network for starters? € € How about the Sinclair TV and Radio conglomerate? € € During the last election they had a hit piece film about Kerry and € forced all their TV affiliates to show it in prime time? € € Do you want more? You forgot Clear Channel :-) |
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In article , Alan Street
wrote: In article , john wrote: ¥ On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 06:29:30 -0700, miles wrote: ¥ ¥ AJC wrote: ¥ ¥ Which is no surprise to anyone. Those stories of 'everyone hating ¥ Americans' were made up by the Bush regime and it's associated media ¥ organizations to bolster nationalistic feelings in the US. Europeans, ¥ Asians, and others always have, and always will make the distinction ¥ between the US government, US corporate symbols, and individual ¥ American travellers. ¥ ¥ What are you talking about? Bush regime and its associated media ¥ organizations? Are you nuts? The media is associated with the Bush ¥ regime? Oh man, now thats funny!! Can you tell us which media ¥ organizations are associated with the Bush regime??? Talk about warped ¥ leftist conspiracy theories gone wild. ¥ ¥ ¥ How about the Fox network for starters? ¥ ¥ How about the Sinclair TV and Radio conglomerate? ¥ ¥ During the last election they had a hit piece film about Kerry and ¥ forced all their TV affiliates to show it in prime time? ¥ ¥ Do you want more? You forgot Clear Channel :-) What was forgotten was that Kerry was offered the chance to rebut the charges on the Sinclair Net show... he declined... like the official form that would open his military records. jay Fri Feb 18, 2005 |
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