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Politics : Bush Administration's Media Manipulation--MediaGate? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: longnshort who wrote (5171)	9/21/2005 11:20:35 AM
From: American Spirit	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9838

Got someone's credit report? Why is that a dirty trick? A dirty trick is actually doing something wrong, false, misleading, illegal, libelous, etc. to someone in order to damage them personally, legally and politically, or to sway an election. Like spreading false word the candidate is gay or a coward in battle or sleeps with his intern. It is unethical to get opponent's credit reports, but if that's all you do, it's no big deal. I would think most campaigns try to get this kind of info as part of "opposition research". Doesn't the Washington Times have bigger stories to report? How about the gross election fraud in 2000,2002 and 2004 by the Bushie GOP which put Bush into power to begin with and helped swipe the senate? In Ohio last year the entire thing may have been stolen. AT least 40,000 Kerry voters were stopped from voting. The GOP there used every dirty trick ever invented including putting up only two voting machines for an entire college campus, and sending black voters phony letters saying they were not registered. Not to mention the potential for fixing the vote with the Diebold machines which intentionally left no paper trail. Those are dirty tricks.

To: longnshort who wrote (5171)	9/21/2005 11:28:34 AM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 9838

Firefighters fear arson in New Orleans Residents may set fire to homes not covered by flood insurance Updated: 8:04 a.m. ET Sept. 19, 2005 NEW ORLEANS - As floodwaters drain from battered New Orleans, firefighters fear some residents will set fire to their ruined homes to benefit from insurance policies that do not cover flood damage. At least two suspicious fires at unoccupied houses were doused on Saturday, a New Orleans Fire Department official said, and firefighters were on the lookout for more. Deputy Chief Joseph Buras said that without an investigation, neither fire could be confirmed as arson, but it was difficult to explain how the fires started in areas without electricity and where virtually no residents were present. “I would think it’s suspicious. (Arson) is always a consideration,” Buras said. Many homeowners could receive little compensation for their water-damaged homes because insurers have argued the destruction from the storm surge from Hurricane Katrina that broke levees in New Orleans and swept across the Gulf Coast was not covered under most policies. Firefighters turned out in force on Saturday for a blaze at a house in the downtrodden Broadmoor neighborhood as flames leaped into the air, sending off huge plumes of black smoke. More than a dozen trucks led by New Orleans and New York City firefighters and backed up by crews from Illinois quickly brought the fire under control, but the house, which only days before had been half-filled with water, appeared to be a total loss. “(The owners) don’t have flood insurance, they come back and see the damage, then we get the fires,” said one firefighter who declined to be named. 'Ongoing problem' At the scene of the fire, New Orleans acting Fire Chief Wesley Thibodeaux declined to speculate on the cause, saying concerns about arson were “all speculation.” But Thibodeaux did worry that the wood-framed houses prevalent in the city could suffer from a rising number of fires. “It’s going to be an ongoing problem,” he said. Fighting the fires had been made easier by the return of water pressure, allowing the teams to use hydrants rather than bringing in supplies in trucks, he said. “The water is coming back slowly, more every day,” he said. Several fires broke out in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina three weeks ago after the levees that protect the city from Lake Pontchartrain gave way, allowing water to sweep across the city. But few had occurred during the two weeks after the city emptied of residents. “We went through a lull. Now we’re seeing more in the last two days,” Buras said. Buras was not concerned about his crews’ ability to handle the fires. “Most of the guys are staying here,” he said, gesturing toward a French Quarter firehouse. “They’ve got no place to go, so they might as well stay here and work.”