Benazir Bhutto’s assassination yesterday as the returned exile
opened her campaign for a third term as Pakistan’s prime minister
ends a fateful pro-Western political dynasty and throws the future of
America’s troubled ally, the only Islamic nuclear power, further into doubt.
** PAKISTAN: LOCKING DOWN REALITY. I’m not really aware of anyone who buys the official spin about Benazir Bhutto’s assassination. To say it doesn’t track is to understate the obvious. The Democratic presidential candidates are advocating an open international investigation. The Republicans are much more circumspect, following their lead from the Bush White House.
Meanwhile, riot-torn Pakistan is under military lockdown. Which only further legitimizes opposition to established authority. To the unending delight of Islamic jihadists.
The truth is, the US is kind of out of good options in Pakistan. The situation has deteriorated, as NWN has been reporting for months, quite dramatically, as America continued in its fateful fixation with the now less-bad situation that is another make believe country, Iraq. General Musharraf may nor may not be whatever he is, but he’s it. At least for now. Along with the army. Does that mean that he, or they, are behind the assassination? Not at all.
We simply don’t know what we know about that. But what we do know is that the most credible civilian modernizer in Pakistan is already under the ground. And that Pakistan, America’s key frontline ally in the Terror War, is close to destabilized and already the world’s foremost haven for the forces which actually attacked America on 9/11.
** QUICK HITS. Meanwhile back in the Golden State, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez, once mortal enemies, continued their buddy picture by filing the necessary financing ballot measure for the universal health care plan which has passed the Assembly but is pending in the Senate. Assuming the plan gets through the Senate, the necessary funding proposition, geared for next November’s statewide ballot, may yet find itself orphaned in a drastically different political landscape than contemplated a year ago, or now. More about that another time. … Schwarzenegger, as was reported over Christmas, oddly enough, will get a new communications director next year. Adam Mendelsohn, who’s done yeoman service in the resurrection of the former action superstar’s political career in the wake of his 2005 meltdown, is stepping away. Replacing him is Matt David, a very familiar figure to longtime NWN readers as head of Schwarzenegger’s rapid response team in his highly effective 2006 re-election campaign. Not that Mendelsohn is going far. He’ll be very involved in the governor’s political operation next year. David arrives in a week and a half, and will undergo a transition period with Mendelsohn for some time after that. More about that next week …
** BHUTTO ASSASSINATION: GETTING THE STORY STRAIGHT. There are now three very different and conflicting reports as to the cause of death of assassinated Pakistani leader Benazir Bhutto. In the first version, disseminated around the world yesterday, she was killed in the blast set off by a suicide bomber. In the second version, she was shot twice and killed by the assassin, who then set off a suicide vest to martyr himself and take as many of her supporters with him as possible. In the third version, she was killed not by gunshot or explosion, but by hitting her head on the lever of her vehicle’s sunroof as she hastily tried to duck back inside after emerging to wave to her supporters as she left her rally. Her lawyer calls this latest version from the government complete nonsense, and maintains that she was killed by gunshots.
Bhutto was buried today. Intriguingly, no autopsy or serious post-mortem examination of her body was conducted beforehand.
How she actually died is key to helping determine how she came to die. If she was killed by the detonation of an explosive vest, that is something that does not require a highly skilled individual. However, if she was shot to death, that implies a certain level of skill.
Another bizarre element here is how she came to be ambushed in the first place. Her motorcade, exiting the rally site, was slowed to a near standstill. By supposed supporters who flooded the exit lanes. Why wasn’t this exit point held open by security forces? Bhutto was under house arrest on at least three occasions after General Pervez Musharaff instituted martial law. On those occasions, her home was surrounded by hundreds, and at one point, thousands of troops and police. Yet adequate forces were not available to keep the exit from her rally free from a crowd.
** BARNSTORMING IOWA. The top three Democrats are all barnstorming through Iowa today. Barack Obama, clinging to an edge in most polls, is doing six events today as part of his “Stand For Change” tour. Hillary Clinton, who has come back some in most soundings, is only appearing at three events today. She’s reportedly somewhat under the weather. John Edwards, in contrast, is doing five events today and is again coming on strong.
The Republican candidates are also hitting Iowa in force. Fred Thompson scraped together enough money to put an ad on the air, keeping his hope for a distant third alive. John McCain has rallied there, hoping for his own surprise even as he and Mitt Romney engage in a TV ad war in New Hampshire, where Romney is trying to hold off the Arizona senator.
Huckabee leads in Iowa in a new AP poll, but may have gaffed again by saying that Pakistanis trail only Mexicans for illegal entry into America. Romney is inundating Iowa with negative ads and mail on Huckabee.
** DISASTER IN PAKISTAN. Short of Islamic jihadists getting ahold of a nuclear weapon, it’s hard to think of a single worse thing that could happen in Pakistan than what just did happen there.
Without former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, there is no widely recognized figure who can bridge the gap between an authoritarian military and more secular moderates.
US strategy in Pakistan is now officially in shambles. The hope of the Bush Administration, and it was a logical hope, was to rein in and retain Musharaff and forge an alliance between him, Bhutto, and the military, now headed — as NWN readers know from before his actual appointment — by General Afshaq Kayani, former head of the ISI intelligence service and one-time military attache to Bhutto. Thus making him perfectly positioned as a modern military officer.
The army, which was created by Britain in the colonial days, is the most coherent institution in the country. Of course, it, and the the intelligence service, have substantial jihadist elements within. Those elements may well have helped facilitate the assassination of Bhutto.
What next? Likely a reimposition of some form of martial law. The elections, set for January 8th, in which Bhutto and her party were likely to emerge in first place, are likely to lack legitimacy if they take place. The other major opposition leader, Saudi-backed former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who lacks the nationwide base that Bhutto had, is again calling for a boycott.
On the Republican side of the presidential race, this stark reminder of the centrality of security issues in a challenging, interconnected world should help John McCain. On the Democratic side, one might think it would help Hillary Clinton. It would certainly help Bill Clinton. But a recent New York Times feature sharply undercut her claims of expertise in the field, and it’s unclear whether the extremely high profile taken of late in her campaign by the former president reassures people about the couple, or underscores the notion that he is the superior in the relationship.
Even as her campaign lowballs expectations, Hillary Clinton is
putting on a full court press in Iowa, with positive and negative
campaigning. Here’s the up message, her new “High Stakes/New
Beginning” TV ad.
** HUNTING HILL. The polls are very awkward now. I’m not convinced that any poll taken over the Christmas holidays is valid. That’s especially true of polls taken on Christmas Day itself. That said, it would seem, emphasize seem, that Hillary Clinton has closed up a bit on Barack Obama’s lead in Iowa. And that John Edwards is either a strong third or perhaps in a statistical dead heat with the top two.
In New Hampshire, Obama has closed up on Clinton, making that race, in Clinton’s long thought firewall state, a dead heat.
Obama and Hillary are criss-crossing Iowa. So is former President Bill Clinton, campaigning all-out now as a virtual doppelganger candidate to his wife, the original campaign conception of using him sparingly now completely out the window.
Hillary is also benefiting from two “independent” expenditures. One on her behalf, by the big public employees union, the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME). That’s hitting Obama for not advocating the requirement that all American buy health insurance. Ironically, Obama’s position is the same as many of Clinton’s backers.
The other help for Hillary comes in the form of a so-called “527″ committee, after the government code section. This group, headed by John Edwards’ former campaign manager, is spending on Edwards’ behalf. And also attacking Obama. Of course, if she is to lose Iowa, the Clintons would vastly prefer an Edwards win to an Obama win, reasoning that Edwards is in much weaker shape to capitalize in New Hampshire and other states.
Mike Huckabee went hunting Wednesday in Iowa. Pheasant hunting.
** HUNTING HUCK. After Mike Huckabee went pheasant hunting in Iowa Wednesday morning (take that, Mitt Romney), he went to Florida for some needed fundraising later that day and Thursday. Depending upon the poll, the former Arkansas governor either has a narrow lead in Iowa over Romney or a huge lead (that would be the Bloomberg/LA Times poll, 37% to 24%). I think it’s somewhere in between. He’s not taking off in New Hampshire, where there aren’t many evangelicals, but is leading or close to it in Michigan, Nevada, South Carolina, and even Florida.
The man on the move in New Hampshire is John McCain. He’s a strong second there behind Romney. The disaster in Pakistan points up the Vietnam War hero and veteran senator’s national security credentials. He’s even ducked over to Iowa for a few days of campaigning. Though he’s done little there, there’s a chance for a surprise third behind Huckabee and Romney.
It’s been scientifically determined that the best staging area in
future for Santa Claus and his global operation is not the North
Pole, but Kyrgyzstan.
** CHRISTMAS, RIGHT, THE OTHER DAY … A Swedish firm has scientifically determined that, for a global operation the likes of Santa’s, the Arctic is no longer optimal. And not because of climate change.
No, due to systems analysis of population patterns around the world, and given Santa’s mission of delivering toys upon a single night, it’s been determined that Santa Claus and his elves should relocate their headquarters operation to Kyrgyzstan. And because you read NWN, you actually know what Kyrgyzstan is.
The mountainous country, home to America’s sole remaining post-9/11 base in Central Asia, through which the defeated Red Army retreated following its defeat in Afghanistan at the end of the 1980s. While its capital city of Bishkek — known as Frunze when it was part of the Soviet Union, after the inventor of much early Soviet military doctrine, revolutionary hero Mikhail Frunze — didn’t have much in the way of snow cover in the video above, the RT corrrespondent didn’t have far to go to find the sort of winter wonderland in which Santa is most at home.
** 24/7 LIVE TV NEWS FEED FROM RUSSIA TODAY. Russia has re-emerged as one of the world’s great powers. Click here for a live TV news feed on your computer, bringing you English-language, jargon-free, fast-paced coverage of global and Russian news from the new Russia Today channel.
You probably already know about CNN International, BBC World, and Al Jazeera. Russia Today, which also features culture, entertainment, and sports, is based in Moscow and is owned and operated by the TV Novosti division of Russia’s state news agency, RIA Novosti.
While it’s quite foolish to expect to see, say, criticism of Vladimir Putin on Russia Today, the channel is very interesting nonetheless. The NWN live link to RT does not constitute an endorsement of the channel’s views. It’s presented as an otherwise unavailable new media window.
** TRACK GLOBAL AND U.S. ENERGY PRICES IN NEAR REAL TIME VIA BLOOMBERG ENERGY MARKET WATCH. Crude oil is trading back up near $98 per barrel in the wake of Benazir Bhutto’s assassination.
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>Capitol Boy :
How will the California landscape be radically different?
Dec 28, 2007 05:15 PM
What is this, the alcoholics’ web site?
>Sacramento Solon :
KK,
Something about using perverted and Huckabee in the same sentence that brings a smile to my old mug. Thanks!
Good points.
Hope you find time to enjoy a wee bit of grape this evening.
Dec 28, 2007 04:40 PM
What is this, the alcoholics’ web site?
>Sacramento Solon :
KK,
Something about using perverted and Huckabee in the same sentence that brings a smile to my old mug. Thanks!
Good points.
Hope you find time to enjoy a wee bit of grape this evening.
Dec 28, 2007 04:40 PM
The irony is that Rudy could have put together a major foreign policy portfolio post-9/11.
>James- The Historian :
Rudy has little foriegn policy expertise but a very positive image relative to 9/11 and the Pakistan event is about terrorism. Thus a possible benefit, or not.
I agree that there is no gain for Romney.
As one of my old bosses put it, “Always take their question and give your answer.”
>Kandy Kid :
From a perverted political skill standpoint, Huckabee should be admired for his message discipline. It is a true talent to bridge any situation to your primary message.
Dec 28, 2007 04:30 PM
Thanks for the link!
>Sacramento Solon :
Strange stuff. Almost as strange as what the Huckster said this day in Iowa. So, here’s the link to the NY Times piece regarding it
“Huckabee Sees Pakistan as Reason for Border Fence”
[www.nytimes.com/2007/12/28/us/po...]
Dec 28, 2007 04:20 PM
Thanks for the link!
>Sacramento Solon :
Strange stuff. Almost as strange as what the Huckster said this day in Iowa. So, here’s the link to the NY Times piece regarding it
“Huckabee Sees Pakistan as Reason for Border Fence”
[www.nytimes.com/2007/12/28/us/po...]
Dec 28, 2007 04:20 PM
Bill Bradley :
What is this, the alcoholics’ web site?
No, sire. All we are trying to do is ensure a strong California economy! A bottle a day is all we ask. I don’t think that’s asking too much.
You’re most welcome for the link. Least I can do for someone who provides us with so much!
Well, I guess that’s okay …
Re: What is this, the alcoholics’ web site?
The Irish 1/4 of me is offended by such nonsense:)
Plus I’m getting ready to celebrate me birth. Just a few days from now I will turn an age much older than I want to be, but much younger than I hope to be. So, this is merely practice!
Carole W, I’ve got a wee bit of the Irish in me as well.
Sacto,
Happy Birthday to you:) xoxo
I am looking forward to Barbara’s London update.
Sacto,
Happy Birthday to you:) xoxo
I am looking forward to Barbara’s London update.
Here’s the latest lie from that professional wide load Jonny Flashman and his Flush Report.
“When Arnold Schwarzenegger campaigned for Governor in the infamous recall election of 2003, and for re-election in 2006, he was emphatic in one solumn pledge — he would never raise taxes.
Carole W…
Thanks. Few days away yet. Very few.
Me thinks Barbara will be thrilled to hear that one of our favorite local joints, Old Soul, was listed as one of the best lunch places in Sacramento by the Bee. Ranked it #6, which isn’t too shabby for a place that’s being serving food for less than a year.
Ann,
Always fun to see what Johnny and his crowd be saying. Thanks for the update.
Did you happen to notice to items in R&T today regarding folks views on raising taxes?
The following was the head of the Bee story: Field Poll: Many doubt need for tax boost
The other, “Voters think taxes need to be raised to trim budget gap”,
was linked to stories in the San Diego U-T and San Jose M-News.
As you probably know, both concerned the same poll.
Sacto,
I have a son whose birthday is December 31. He is pleased by that, says there always is a party for him to go to.
And I’ll raise a glass for you!
Sacto,
I have a son whose birthday is December 31. He is pleased by that, says there always is a party for him to go to.
And I’ll raise a glass for you!
This morning I had breakfast with a professor whose brother was appointed as one of the observers of the Jan 8 election. he asserts that most analysts believe that Musharraf’s party would obviously be the major winner in the upcommingg election not Bhutto, as no one believes these elections were not going to be rigged. Bhutto would no doubt come in second…just for clarification for those that are unfamiliar with the Pak party politics…The Pak Muslim league split into 2 parties with a Musharraf party of supporters(PMl-Q) and Sharif Party of supporters (PML-N)…Bhutto’s party some argue is not a party at all but a cult around her and her father…there will be many problems due to no apparent heir and the professor predicted eventual splits here too down the line…ALSO, and this is important, Sharif was NOT running in this election nor was is brother…Musharraf’s post Nov 3 election committee did not permit him or his brother to run due to “corruption” charges from the past…also factor in that Sharif’s support comes from the Punjab province …which I won’t go into here …but that is significant…Pakistan’s Supreme Court ruled in August that former Prime Minister Sharif and his brother could return home after 7 years in exile. Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry (who was sacked last March starting the lawyers protest and currently under house arrest)ruled that the Sharifs could return “unhindered,” adding that the federal or provincial governments will not restrict their safe return. Once the court issued the decision the gov accountability office ordered the 3 old “corruption”cases against Sharif reopened. Then on dec 3 the “ellection committee” (Musharraf appointees) barred Sharif and his brother from running. although he was forbidden to run he asked his party to particpate and there has even been some cooperation between Bhutto and Sharif in the past month although both were rivals and often fighting in the past….He had planned to attend her funeral but Bhutto’s husband told him not to as there was potential yet for more violence and on the day she was killed several of his party workers were killed to in a separate attack in the same GARRISON city…The original deal often referred to the “US shotgun marriage between Bhutto and Musharrf” ended post Nov 3…The US hoping in part to provide Musharraf legitimacy, after the lawyers protest grew and it was clear he was in big trouble …instead in many eyes it unfortunately de-legitimized her somewhat, allowing her enemies and rivals to say she was highly compromised by agreeing to the deal…Bhutto’s speeches in recent weeks were passionaetly anti-Mushharf…The election committee is meeting on Monday to discuss if there should be elections on Jan 8 …according to the professor the oberservers have advised the committee that the elections should be postponed…Sharif, Khan and several of the political Islamist parties have called for Musharraf to resign and a natl unity gov to be formed…the Professor believes and told me that Kiyani will force Mushharraf to resign if violence protest grows to major cities……according to professor: Kiyani does NOT want to “formally” impose emergency rule…
I am going ice skating …toodles
Like Russia 20 year ago America is finding a bad way.
Larry,
Thank You! Totally agree with your son, never at a loss for a party.
Larry,
Thank You! Totally agree with your son, never at a loss for a party.
Thanks for the lengthy and insightful update Barbara. Ice skating and horseback riding are an interesting pair of skill sets. Please tell me you are a bird hunter and scuba diver too.
As for the alcoholic site query, Solon and I certainly go to weekly meetings – at stores where we meet exciting wines that enrich our lives. I hope our posts help some of the NWN regulars share another enjoyment.
At the risk of raising Bill’s ire again, I reviewed the health care initiative this morning, with special attention to the drafters attempt to conform to ERISA. It is a weak attempt that will allow proponents to reply “a judge will have to decide”, but with precedent already written, it should easily be thrown out.
They establish a sliding scale “tax” on all employers and then allow credits back for qualifying health care expenditures. This is exactly the approach the federal 4th Circuit threw out in the Maryland case. Here is an excerpt from an employment law article found here — http://www.lawmemo.com/blog/2007/01/erisa_preempts.html
***
The 4th Circuit held (2-1) that the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) preempts the Maryland Act. Retail Industry Leaders Assoc v. Fielder (4th Cir 01/17/2007)
The court said, “Because [the Act] effectively requires employers in Maryland covered by the Act to restructure their employee health insurance plans, it conflicts with ERISA’s goal of permitting uniform nationwide administration of these plans.” The state argued that the Act imposes a payroll tax and then offers a credit for qualified spending to help pay for the state’s medical assistance program, but the court said this was “a stretch.” The court found preemption because the Act has an impermissible “connection with” an ERISA plan.
The court reasoned that “the only rational choice” for employers would be to restructure their ERISA plans, and that this was exactly the intent of the state legislature.
***
So the question to ask your monstrously calculating cynics is why they filed an initiative that uses a funding mechanism that has been already declared an ERISA violation? Isn’t the underlying battle over healthcare difficult enough without relying upon a legally flawed tax/tax credit scheme? And while you have them on the phone, ask why their controversial constitutional exemptions from both Proposition 98 and spending limits are in the very first operational paragraph. These message targets could have easily gone at the end with the boiler plate provisions.
Last of the free political consulting for this year. Back to wine, food and worries about the Middle East…and Bears football on Monday. They could help heal some wounds with a big blow out win.
I don’t have time to read this spin, KK.
You wasted yours.
I was being ironic …
>Kandy Kid :
Thanks for the lengthy and insightful update Barbara. Ice skating and horseback riding are an interesting pair of skill sets. Please tell me you are a bird hunter and scuba diver too.
As for the alcoholic site query, Solon and I certainly go to weekly meetings – at stores where we meet exciting wines that enrich our lives. I hope our posts help some of the NWN regulars share another enjoyment.
Dec 29, 2007 08:33 AM
I was being ironic …
>Kandy Kid :
Thanks for the lengthy and insightful update Barbara. Ice skating and horseback riding are an interesting pair of skill sets. Please tell me you are a bird hunter and scuba diver too.
As for the alcoholic site query, Solon and I certainly go to weekly meetings – at stores where we meet exciting wines that enrich our lives. I hope our posts help some of the NWN regulars share another enjoyment.
Dec 29, 2007 08:33 AM
Well, hopefully not like Russia …
>sergei :
Like Russia 20 year ago America is finding a bad way.
Dec 29, 2007 04:18 AM
Hope the ice skating goes well.
>Barbara :
This morning I had breakfast with a professor whose brother was appointed as one of the observers of the Jan 8 election.
I’ve usually found New Year’s Eve parties to be the worst, but maybe that’s just me …
>larry :
Sacto,
I have a son whose birthday is December 31. He is pleased by that, says there always is a party for him to go to.
And I’ll raise a glass for you!
Dec 28, 2007 09:46 PM
KK…
thanks for that. speaking of “fishy on top begging the question of fishier below…”
(bears on sunday!… no MNF. the NFL channel is putting the pats on tonight. the NFL channel… there’s another national issue that needs immediate attention.)
Bill…
thanks for keeping this up during the holiday.
(i’m assuming good wine is bolstering your enthusiasm.)
KK…
thanks for that. speaking of “fishy on top begging the question of fishier below…”
(bears on sunday!… no MNF. the NFL channel is putting the pats on tonight. the NFL channel… there’s another national issue that needs immediate attention.)
Bill…
thanks for keeping this up during the holiday.
(i’m assuming good wine is bolstering your enthusiasm.)
Which day, exactly?
>Sacramento Solon :
Plus I’m getting ready to celebrate me birth. Just a few days from now I will turn an age much older than I want to be, but much younger than I hope to be. So, this is merely practice!
Carole W, I’ve got a wee bit of the Irish in me as well.
Dec 28, 2007 07:10 PM
What, you are saying the Irish are alcoholics?
>carole w :
Re: What is this, the alcoholics’ web site?
The Irish 1/4 of me is offended by such nonsense:)
Dec 28, 2007 07:06 PM
Monday
Very good!
Your 29th, I take it.
Very good!
Your 29th, I take it.
Thanks, more to come!
Which Bears?
Cal Bears or Chicago Bears?
The “Bears” are usually Cal around NWN …
>four waters :
KK…
thanks for that. speaking of “fishy on top begging the question of fishier below…”
(bears on sunday!… no MNF. the NFL channel is putting the pats on tonight. the NFL channel… there’s another national issue that needs immediate attention.)
Bill…
thanks for keeping this up during the holiday.
(i’m assuming good wine is bolstering your enthusiasm.)
Dec 29, 2007 10:49 AM
As someone who’s done some work and research in the area of traffic safety, I don’t reject out of hand the idea that Bhutto was killed in the manner described by the government.
Granted, there are inherent problems with the Pakistani gov’t as messenger here, but it’s a matter of physics and human fragility that a direct head blow at even moderate speed can be fatal.
Of course, so can bullets and bombs.
People not seat-belted while traveling in vehicles are at-risk of injury. The very plausibility of the story, combined with there having been no autopsy, just adds to the mystery and mythmaking.
Four Waters…
Tonight’s game is also being broadcast on CBS & NBC.
Actually, as I’ve pointed out, Bhutto’s vehicle was not moving at any speed when she was killed, having been inexplicably blocked by a crowd allowed to swarm her exit point from the rally.
>Chris M :
As someone who’s done some work and research in the area of traffic safety, I don’t reject out of hand the idea that Bhutto was killed in the manner described by the government.
Granted, there are inherent problems with the Pakistani gov’t as messenger here, but it’s a matter of physics and human fragility that a direct head blow at even moderate speed can be fatal.
Of course, so can bullets and bombs.
People not seat-belted while traveling in vehicles are at-risk of injury. The very plausibility of the story, combined with there having been no autopsy, just adds to the mystery and mythmaking.
Dec 29, 2007 10:56 AM
Actually, as I’ve pointed out, Bhutto’s vehicle was not moving at any speed when she was killed, having been inexplicably blocked by a crowd allowed to swarm her exit point from the rally.
>Chris M :
As someone who’s done some work and research in the area of traffic safety, I don’t reject out of hand the idea that Bhutto was killed in the manner described by the government.
Granted, there are inherent problems with the Pakistani gov’t as messenger here, but it’s a matter of physics and human fragility that a direct head blow at even moderate speed can be fatal.
Of course, so can bullets and bombs.
People not seat-belted while traveling in vehicles are at-risk of injury. The very plausibility of the story, combined with there having been no autopsy, just adds to the mystery and mythmaking.
Dec 29, 2007 10:56 AM
Bill Bradley :
Very good!
Your 29th, I take it.
oops re: “Bears”.
i’ve always been focused on pro (you can tell i didn’t play in college : )
SS… happy birthday!!
yes, tonight’s game is also showing on “public” station.i think the NFL channel is catching a lot of heat for their exclusivity; it’s been very annoying.
a bomb blast would very effectively drive someone’s head into a lever. but i would think it would be fairly easy to distinguish that from a bullet wound. at least they can do it on CSI.
Interesting stuff with the NFL channel. Guess they are trying to force cable folks to carry it on a free basis but yet charge them to the extend that it cuts into profits if they do. Be interesting to see how it plays out.
Thanks for the b-day wishes!
You’re very welcome!
I’ve had the NFL Network on and off. But I’m not that into football that I watch it much.
You’re very welcome!
I’ve had the NFL Network on and off. But I’m not that into football that I watch it much.
CAL Bears! It’s New WEST Notes …
They can’t even get their story straight there. First it was gunshot, then explosion, then the sunroof “lever” story, head driven by force of blast, head hit as she tried to duck back inside the SUV … Blah blah blah.
>four waters :
oops re: “Bears”.
i’ve always been focused on pro (you can tell i didn’t play in college : )
SS… happy birthday!!
yes, tonight’s game is also showing on “public” station.i think the NFL channel is catching a lot of heat for their exclusivity; it’s been very annoying.
a bomb blast would very effectively drive someone’s head into a lever. but i would think it would be fairly easy to distinguish that from a bullet wound. at least they can do it on CSI.
Dec 29, 2007 11:26 AM
I’ve got the NFL network as part of my cable package. Seldom watch it as I’m not that much into the game either. Can’t wait, however, for an MLB network so I can’t get all the latest drug updates!
Right. Incidentally, there is a lengthy item about the game on TODAY’S thread …