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Gyaos
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CNN WORLD is owned by AOL TIME WARNER. ÝAn illegal monopoly that no one watches nor competes with anymore. ÝThey'll distort (or create lies) for $$ just like channels controlled by gov'ts, but for commercial money. ÝWhen CNN was not owned by a HUGE parent company, a competitor would say the opposite and discredit them or Visa Versa. ÝNow we have George Bush/Colin Powell TV, bogus CNN repeat the news-story every 15 minutes, junk reporters, all with the hopes of play-by-play at the next war as if it was a firework display.
Well, in Thailand, we do get VOICE OF AMERICA. ÝThey at least discredit what CNN says by showing Washington Journal from C-SPAN (VOA makes money too, but non-profit and not commercially regulated). ÝThey report, you decide. ÝCNN reports only to scare you and to make you buy at McDonalds. Thank goodness for a remote, I mean why should CNN be allowed to have worldwide press anymore, or in a better concept, Hotel reception as a huge conglomerate entity. ÝIt is biased, wrong, unprofessional and old-hat! ÝJeanie Most, Larry King, Wolf Blitzer.....all unAmerican, unWorld jerks! ÝThey should broadcast in Fargo, ND only! ÝGive me BBC WORLD and VOA please!
Just my humble world opinion.
Gyaos.
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Posted on: 8:01 pm on Dec. 24, 2002
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shoke
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there are still warnings out there for thailand such as this for what it's worth.
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Posted on: 11:55 am on May 15, 2003
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One Eyed Jack
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Still think Herman is a reporter from CNN. A reality check for everyone. You are thousands and thousands of times more likely to die of lots of things other than terrorists. Don't them them fool you. Both the terrorists and CNN are selling irrational FEAR. That's what sells Coca Cola and what gives the terrorists their rush. If you are suckered into it, you'll buy coke and attempt to appease terrorists and/or those who support them.
The reality is: (various sources, but the numbers are basically solid)
The odds that you will die in your lifetime from:
1 in 1,500,000 of a terrorist-caused shopping mall disaster assuming one such incident a week and you shop two hours a week
1 in 55,000,000 in a terrorist-caused plane disaster assuming one such incident a month and you fly once a month
Smallpox: Zero
Catastrophic Asteroid Strike: 1 in 1,960,000,000
Anthrax 1 in 55,052,999
Winning the Powerball Jackpot: 1 in 80,089,128
Domestic Hijacking: 1 in 16,817,784
Salmonella: 1 in 10,587,15
Lightening Strike: 1 in 3,106,880
Airplane Crash: 1 in 659,779
Railway Accident: 1 in 524,753
Falling Object: 1 in 493,153
Bad Medical Care: 1 in 83,720
Gun Shot: 1 in 8,802
Motor Vehicle Accident: 1 in 6,585
Odds Youíll Get Bumped from Your next Flight: 1 in 4,000
Stroke: 1 in 1,658
Cancer: 1 in 499
Heart Disease: 1 in 388
The moral of the story is that you will probably be hurt or die from things within your control. Take care of your health, be careful in cars (Herman, that 'odd' feeling was probably a car speeding up the road who didn't see you about to cross), and chose your health provider well.
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Posted on: 12:30 pm on May 15, 2003
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shoke
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yeah, and the odds you will die riding a motorcycle in BKK traffic are
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Posted on: 1:04 pm on May 15, 2003
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PopSecret
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Gyaos, I totally agree.
One Eyed Jack, I mostly agree, but how are you supposed to "chose your health provider well?" Everyone I know just takes whatever provider their job gives them. I tried to look for other options, but they all wanted more money for fewer services. If you live outside the US and a few other countries, then you don't even have that much choice. You simply have to take whatever the government gives you. That may be okay, but I've never felt like I had many options in this regard. Feel free to correct me if I'm missing something.
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Posted on: 1:54 pm on May 15, 2003
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Kaymanx
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It just might be that terrorism is entering its last legs stage. Earlier it used to be non-Muslim states that were targeted. Now they don't bother about hitting muslim states -- bali, riyadh, morocco -- even if the targets are "western interests." What would happen as a result is that all the muslim states have willy nilly to tighten their internal controls now to prevent chaos among the local populace resulting from these strikes, and also to prevent the respective governments (in the targeted countries) from being officially targetted by the US and its allies for harbouring terrorists (as in pakistan). I prefer to see the blind man's light in all this darkness. Open my eyes, someone, if all this seems silly.
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Posted on: 9:13 am on May 18, 2003
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Sauron
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LAST time round all the BS about Phuket being a target came to NOTHING.
This time, not even same level of hype.
The terrorists, when they stick their heads up just a little, are killed or captured and the captured ones are spilling their guts and leading us to make more kills, more captures.
f_ck 'em. they tugged on Superman's cape, let them pay the f_cking price.
SARS is what is crippling Asian tourism, not the frigging Islamic suicide this and that.
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Posted on: 9:30 am on May 18, 2003
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Honolulu Jimmy
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SARS was the hit.....I spoke to a number of bar owners and the GM at my hotel all saying the drop off was sars!
They've the cowards who did up the Saudi spot are in the slammer! Boy do those people sing the inof when caught. Now as to Casablaca....Got one and the other were killed! He'll talk...
Spot on Sauron...........Cage builders get ready...
More cages fopr dirty dogs needed!
Looters, shot on sight!
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Posted on: 3:09 pm on May 18, 2003
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Hermanolobo
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One eyed Jack-
A reporter for CNN? You got the right bloke ?
Occasionally I am psychic(if you believe in such things)
A few days later(from the odd feeling) a close friend was in a motor cycle accident and died two months later. I am still gutted !
Gyaos-
Couldn't agree more !
A friend used to work for 'News International'
Rupert Murdoch aka William Randolph Hurst aka 'The World is Not Enough' 007
News media is hugely political and involves enormous power. Hence the bending of the truth or as the British Civil Servant said,"Just being economical with the truth-M'lud!"
'Wag the Dog' ? 1984 ?
Years ago before TV and radio it would have been the Vatican instead .
One just has to take things with a large pinch of salt?
I have not seen 'Voice of America' -Is it similar to BBC World ? I used to know quite a few journalists at Bush House - interesting bar ! & cheap booze....stagger stagger !
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Posted on: 1:06 pm on May 25, 2003
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shoke
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the threat in phuket mentioned a month ago may very likely have been referring to the series of arrests occurring since then and reported here by Reuters.
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Posted on: 12:13 pm on June 10, 2003
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