----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 7:03 AM Subject: The Surprising Democratic Primary Results in NH, by me
The Surprising Democratic Primary Results in New Hampshire compiled by Pokey Anderson January 9, 2008 OpEd News http://www.opednews.com/articles/genera_pokey_an_080109_the_surprising_democ.htm Bloomberg: Justin Wolfers, a professor of business and public policy at the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania: "There was not a single pundit, poll or alternative prognosticator that got last night right.'' ["Clinton's Win Enriches Bettors Facing 100-to-1 Odds," by Michael Tsang and Eric Martin, January 9, 2008, Bloomberg, http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=aDwt8YHCf1kY&refer=home ] Reuters: ABC's polling director Gary Langer: "It is simply unprecedented for so many polls to have been so wrong. We need to know why," he said. ["Pollsters flummoxed by New Hampshire primary," Wed Jan 9, 2008 3:46pm EST, by Joanne Kenen, Reuters, http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSN0960368620080109 ] Wall St. Journal: "[I]t is no exaggeration to term the result truly historic. Not that there haven't been more dramatic upsets or come-from-behind wins that carried more significance -- this was just an early primary, albeit a pivotal one. But in terms of unpredictability, or at least the failure of everyone to predict it, it may have no modern match." ["Clinton's Historic Surprise; Political prediction markets, polls and pundits may never have got it so wrong," by Justin Wolfers, January 9, 2008, Wall Street Journal, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119985909065777677.html?mod=googlenews_wsj ] New Hampshire Public Radio: With about 40% of the NH precincts in, Clinton was leading Obama by about 39% to 37%. New Hampshire Public Radio commentator asks guest commentators about this. Ray Buckley, state chair of the New Hampshire Democratic Party, interviewed on NH Public Radio about 9:42 pm EST: "I don't think there is anybody here in the state of New Hampshire that predicted this. It is quite surprising.... people were projecting upwards of a 15% victory [for Obama]. Certainly, it's made for a much more interesting evening than anyone thought last night." Wayne Lesperance, associate professor of political science at New England College, interviewed at about 9:48 pm EST: "It's remarkable. I don't know that anybody predicted this. ... At Clinton events, the crowds haven't been as large as Obama. I don't have an explanation, really, except that a lot of folks are surprised. Women turned out larger in NH than Iowa. Young people -- a lot of people thought they would go for Obama in a much bigger way." [Live broadcast, evening of January 8, 2008, New Hampshire Public Radio. NHPR comments are notes by Pokey Anderson, typed as heard, but may not be word for word.] ~~~~~~~ Pokey Anderson co-hosts The Monitor (http://themonitor.wordpress.com), a wide-ranging news and analysis program at KPFT Radio in Houston. Her email is Pokey at kpft.org *** ----- Original Message ----- From: "Yoshie Furuhashi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Iran: Strait of Hormuz Incident from the Point of View of Iran": <http://www.politube.org/show/341> <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;;?xml=/news/2008/01/10/wiran110.xml> Iranian video 'shows no threat to US navy' By Richard Holt Last Updated: 2:15pm GMT 10/01/2008 Iran has released a video which is claimed to show that its boats did not threaten US navy vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, as has been claimed by the Americans. The confrontation at the weekend in the strategically vital Gulf waterway was described by President George W Bush as a "provocative act". A Pentagon spokesman had said that five Iranian Revolutionary Guard Navy boats harassed and provoked three US ships, giving a radio warning saying: "I am coming at you. You will explode in a couple of minutes." The Americans said the Iranian boats came within 200 yards of the US vessels, which were sailing in international waters. The Pentagon released its own video which it claimed backed up their claims. But the new video, broadcast by Iran's Press TV satellite station, gives a completely different version of the incident. Press TV said the video, released by Iran's Revolutionary Guards a day after the force dismissed the Pentagon video as fake, included a recording of what it said was the exchange between the two sides. Guards Brigadier General Ali Fadavi said Iran's boats had only approached the US ships to examine the registration numbers as they had been unreadable, Press TV said. The video showed an Iranian naval officer on a small boat speaking via radio to a ship which can not be clearly identified. A total of three ships can be seen on the video. The Iranian officer says: "Coalition warship 73 this Iranian navy patrol boat" "This is coalition warship 73. I read you loud and clear," the person replied in what appears to be an American accent. The Iranian officer then appears to ask for the ships to identify themselves, although not all his words can be understood: "Coalition warship 73 this Iranian navy patrol boat, request side number ... operating in the area this time," the Iranian voice says. Gen Fadavi, describing the Iranian action as normal inspections of vessels, accused the United States of creating a "media fuss", according to Iran's Fars news agency. "The governing system of America, at the time of Bush's failed trip to the region, is in need of such media fuss in order to reach its specific political goals," he said. In contrast, the Pentagon video included a voice from a US ship informing one of the small craft that it was "straying into danger and may be subject to defensive measures". President Bush has warned Iran of "serious consequences" if it attacked US ships in the Gulf and reiterated his country's strategic position towards the Islamic Republic by stressing that "all options are on the table". The incident is the latest sign of tension between Washington and Teheran. It coincides with Mr Bush's visit to the Middle East this week. -- Yoshie <http://montages.blogspot.com/> _______________________________________________ Rad-Green mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/rad-green *** All Power to the People: The History and Legacy of the Black Panther Party Film Series at the REDCAT January 10-12, 2008 Tickets & Information: 213 237-2800 Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater 631 West 2nd Street Los Angeles, CA 90012 Northeast corner of the intersection with Hope St. Housed in the Walt Disney Concert Hall complex Separate street entrance on 2nd St. All Power to the People is co- curated by Sam Durant and REDCAT acting Gallery Director & Curator Clara Kim and is made possible with support from Martha T. Kim, Esq and the CalArts Schools of Art and Film/Video. Co-presented with The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles in conjunction with MOCA's exhibition BLACK PANTHER: The Revolutionary Art of Emory Douglas featuring posters from the Center for the Study of Political Graphics at MOCA Pacific Design through February 24. (See notice below). Legacy of Torture: The War Against the Black Liberation Movement Friday, January 11, 8:30pm Dir. Andres AlegrÃa, Claude Marks and the Freedom Archives, 2007 In person: Hank Jones, Ray Boudreaux, and Richard Brown of SF8; attorney John Philipsborn; and activist/actor Danny Glover. Moderated by Sam Durant. Synopsis: Legacy of Torture chronicles a case that began in 1971 when thirteen alleged "Black militants" were arrested and tortured to obtain confessions. In 1975, a Federal Court in San Francisco threw out all of the evidence obtained in New Orleans. 34 years later, in 2005, two lead San Francisco Police Department investigators from over 30 years ago, along with FBI agents, have re-opened the case. Rather than submit to proceedings they felt were abusive of the law and the Constitution, five men chose to stand in contempt of court and were sent to jail. They were released when the Grand Jury term expired, but have been told by prosecutors that "it isn't over yet." Emory Douglas Exhibition Extended! BLACK PANTHER: The Revolutionary Art of Emory Douglas October 21, 2007 - February 24, 2008 MOCA at The Pacific Design Center 8687 Melrose Ave. West Hollywood 90069 http://www.moca.org This exhibition was produced from the collections of the Center for the Study of Political Graphics and Mary and Alden Kimbrough. Curated by CalArts School of Art faculty member and MOCA Ahmanson Curatorial Fellow Sam Durant [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! 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