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Denys,

You should try News World International (NWI) from Toronto.

They don't try to be "entertainers". They provide world-wide news
instead of USA provincial BS.

Yeah Canada!!!

FW


On Thursday, October 31, 2002, at 10:29 AM, Denys Beauchemin wrote:

> I guess I don't travel much since I have never met anyone who doesn't
> believe the Holocaust happened.  It's too bad, because that would be an
> interesting argument, having read extensively about it and even having
> visited some Holocaust museums at some point.   I have also never met
> anyone
> who doesn't believe we went to the Moon.   I would really enjoy this
> one as
> well, mainly to find out why this hypothetical person would indeed
> believe
> the whole thing was a big hoax.  As for the Israel thing, that is still
> confusing to me, but I do know that untold millions of dollars have
> been
> poured onto the Palestinians and most of it has been diverted to
> Arafat who
> is now a multi-billionaire while the Palestinians live in poverty.  I
> also
> know that no other Arab country ever wanted to take in the
> Palestinians or
> even contribute money to them.
>
> Please provide more details about Oceania, I lead a very sheltered
> life.
>
> As for ABC and others, thank you for making my point.  ABC news @ 5:30
> CT IS
> mainstream elite media.  They keep saying "More America get their news
> from
> ABC news than any other source," with a picture of Peter Jennings.  I
> shudder every time I hear that.  I checked only the two top networks,
> which
> I believe are ABC and NBC.  I was unable to flip through 3 channels
> during
> the 30 minutes, as I wanted to give both top networks the most
> attention
> possible.  I am glad that some news media talked about the shameful
> misuse
> of a memorial service by the Democratics for vicious partisan
> politics.  It
> is important that as many people as possible know the disgusting thing
> the
> Democratics did and many will now understand why ABC only covered it
> partly
> and NBC didn't touch it at all.
>
> NPR is not what I would consider mainstream, all things considered.  I
> do
> not even know where it is on the dial here in Houston.  Is it AM or
> FM, or
> maybe XM?
>
> And, you are perfectly welcome.  :)
>
>
> Denys...
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
> Behalf Of
> rosenblatt, joseph
> Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 10:05 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: OT: A little astronomy for a Wednesday afternoon
>
> Wirt's articles from the Geological Society of America were both
> interesting
> and informative. I am always amazed and saddened by the number of
> things
> there are to know and how few I ever will know. Knowing people that
> know or
> know where to find knowledge helps narrow my "knowledge gap." Thank you
> Wirt.
> As for Wirt's second posting in this thread he makes a very salient
> point.
> There have always been those that would twist knowledge. I will not
> try to
> assign a reason to their actions though I am sure the disciples of
> Freud
> would have a field day with the subject. The point is that revisionist
> history is all around us. We never went to the moon, there was no mass
> slaughter of Jews, Gypsies or JWs  by the Nazis, the Arabs willing left
> Israel in 1948 or we have always been at war with Oceania.
> If Satayana is correct then the revisionist historians are the biggest
> terrorists.
> Regarding Denys' comments all I can say is he should stop watching
> ABC. Dan
> Rather, of CBS, mentioned the outrage felt by many at the memorial
> service
> turned political rally. My local NBC affiliate mentioned it. NPR
> carried it
> and even interviewed Gov. Ventura. (I don't watch the local ABC only
> because
> they are in a coastal city and their weather does not reflect what is
> happening in my neck of the woods.) The point is many members of the
> mainstream media mentioned all aspects of the issue.
> Do not get me wrong. I am glad that there still are people that
> believe that
> others can be perfect. Denys obviously believes this because he
> believes
> that "the liberals" are perfectly wrong.  ;-^)
> Work (Pray) for Peace
> The opinions expressed herein are my own and not necessarily those of
> my
> employer.
> Yosef Rosenblatt
>
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