Re: OT - NPR's Car was bombed today

2008-12-04 Thread John Sessoms
From: P. J. Alling If they don't want the party in power to mess with them they shouldn't take any Government money. On the other hand the I don't think lack of Government money will keep organizations and individuals from being messed with by bureaucrats for much longer, mores the pity.

Re: OT - NPR's Car was bombed today

2008-12-04 Thread P. J. Alling
John Sessoms wrote: From: P. J. Alling If they don't want the party in power to mess with them they shouldn't take any Government money. On the other hand the I don't think lack of Government money will keep organizations and individuals from being messed with by bureaucrats for much

Re: OT - NPR's Car was bombed today

2008-12-04 Thread John Sessoms
From: P. J. Alling John Sessoms wrote: From: P. J. Alling If they don't want the party in power to mess with them they shouldn't take any Government money. On the other hand the I don't think lack of Government money will keep organizations and individuals from being messed with by

Re: OT - NPR's Car was bombed today

2008-12-04 Thread pnstenquist
I find NPR to be a balanced source of news. Perhaps not quite as clean as the BBC, but certainly close. It's hard to judge, because I don't hear all of the BBC broadcasts. But much of what I do hear from BBC is broadcast on NPR. Paul -- Original message -- From:

Re: OT - NPR's Car was bombed today

2008-12-03 Thread P. J. Alling
If they don't want the party in power to mess with them they shouldn't take any Government money. On the other hand the I don't think lack of Government money will keep organizations and individuals from being messed with by bureaucrats for much longer, mores the pity. John Sessoms wrote:

Re: OT - NPR's Car was bombed today

2008-12-02 Thread P. J. Alling
If you read the story, they Iraqi police claimed a tip off call. John Sessoms wrote: From: Beaker Hi- NPR's armored car was bombed today. No human casualties- they were very fortunate. Yeah, VERY fortunate. Also very stupid, leaving their car unsecured, with no one watching it. And how

Re: OT - NPR's Car was bombed today

2008-12-01 Thread Mark Roberts
David Mann wrote: I'd never heard of NPR until recently when I saw a couple of links to some very good shows about the origins of the financial crisis. Since then I've been following their Planet Money blog. We just don't seem to get much decent journalism in this country. Not only

Re: OT - NPR's Car was bombed today

2008-12-01 Thread John Graves
Mark, Are you suggesting that showing young kids colored blocks is the right thing to do? John Graves WA1JG Mark Roberts wrote: David Mann wrote: I'd never heard of NPR until recently when I saw a couple of links to some very good shows about the origins of the financial crisis.

Re: OT - NPR's Car was bombed today

2008-12-01 Thread John Sessoms
From: David Mann I'd never heard of NPR until recently when I saw a couple of links to some very good shows about the origins of the financial crisis. Since then I've been following their Planet Money blog. We just don't seem to get much decent journalism in this country. And that

RE: OT - NPR's Car was bombed today

2008-11-30 Thread John Sessoms
From: Beaker Hi- NPR's armored car was bombed today. No human casualties- they were very fortunate. Yeah, VERY fortunate. Also very stupid, leaving their car unsecured, with no one watching it. And how did the Iraqi police happen to know the bomb had been put there? -- PDML

Re: OT - NPR's Car was bombed today

2008-11-30 Thread Beaker
They had parked a few yards from an Iraqi Army checkpoint. A tip was called in to the Iraqi Army officer (not Police, my mistake). Iraqi and American soldiers blocked traffic and pulled the driver away from the car. They suspect that the bomb was detonated remotely, because it went off just

Re: OT - NPR's Car was bombed today

2008-11-30 Thread David Mann
On Dec 1, 2008, at 4:05 PM, Beaker wrote: They had parked a few yards from an Iraqi Army checkpoint. A tip was called in to the Iraqi Army officer (not Police, my mistake). Iraqi and American soldiers blocked traffic and pulled the driver away from the car. They suspect that the bomb was