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"It would be helpful if we
opened up ANWR. I think
it's a mistake not to. And I
would urge you all to
travel up there and take a
look at it and you can
make the determination
as to how beautiful that
country is."
Washington DC 03.29.01
opened up ANWR. I think
it's a mistake not to. And I
would urge you all to
travel up there and take a
look at it and you can
make the determination
as to how beautiful that
country is."
Washington DC 03.29.01
verbatim number 17.5
Data compiled by police officials in New
York City and Washington, D.C. appears
to contain evidence of racial profiling in
stops of motorists and pedestrians,
leading local community activists to call
for changes to departmental procedures.
Statistics released by the NYPD reveal
that 55 percent of people detained for
so-called “stop and frisks” last year were
black, and more than 30 percent were
Hispanic, while 11 percent were white.
In Washington, black and Latino
pedestrians were significantly more likely
to be stopped than whites in two trendy
neighborhoods, according to D.C. Police
figures. In both cities, the total number
of such stops has risen sharply in recent
years.
New York police performed more than
508,000 “stop and frisks” in 2006,
compared with less than 100,000 in
York City and Washington, D.C. appears
to contain evidence of racial profiling in
stops of motorists and pedestrians,
leading local community activists to call
for changes to departmental procedures.
Statistics released by the NYPD reveal
that 55 percent of people detained for
so-called “stop and frisks” last year were
black, and more than 30 percent were
Hispanic, while 11 percent were white.
In Washington, black and Latino
pedestrians were significantly more likely
to be stopped than whites in two trendy
neighborhoods, according to D.C. Police
figures. In both cities, the total number
of such stops has risen sharply in recent
years.
New York police performed more than
508,000 “stop and frisks” in 2006,
compared with less than 100,000 in
2002. In more than 89 percent of these
incidents the suspects were non-white.
55.2 percent of those stopped and
searched were black, according to the
data. US Census Bureau figures show
that the population of New York City is
about 44 percent white, 28 percent
Hispanic, and 25 percent black.
Complaints to authorities about police
abuses during the impromptu searches
have also increased significantly since
2002. Departmental spokesmen denied
allegations of profiling, calling the stops
“an essential law enforcement tool.”
Similar statistical anomalies in D.C. were
largely confined to the districts of
Georgetown and Adams-Morgan,
wealthy neighborhoods popular with
tourists. Officials vowed to improve
diversity training for police assigned to
those areas. it's all true
incidents the suspects were non-white.
55.2 percent of those stopped and
searched were black, according to the
data. US Census Bureau figures show
that the population of New York City is
about 44 percent white, 28 percent
Hispanic, and 25 percent black.
Complaints to authorities about police
abuses during the impromptu searches
have also increased significantly since
2002. Departmental spokesmen denied
allegations of profiling, calling the stops
“an essential law enforcement tool.”
Similar statistical anomalies in D.C. were
largely confined to the districts of
Georgetown and Adams-Morgan,
wealthy neighborhoods popular with
tourists. Officials vowed to improve
diversity training for police assigned to
those areas. it's all true
Russian officials reported that a snowfall
of yellow, green and orange blanketed a
1000-mile area in the oil and gas
producing region of Omsk.
The Russian Ministry of Emergency
Situations announced to residents of the
region that, while the snow did not
appear to be radioactive, they should
refrain from using the oddly colored
snow for household or industrial
purposes. Residents were also advised
to keep pets and farm animals indoors.
The neighboring regions of Tomsk and
of yellow, green and orange blanketed a
1000-mile area in the oil and gas
producing region of Omsk.
The Russian Ministry of Emergency
Situations announced to residents of the
region that, while the snow did not
appear to be radioactive, they should
refrain from using the oddly colored
snow for household or industrial
purposes. Residents were also advised
to keep pets and farm animals indoors.
The neighboring regions of Tomsk and
Tyumen also reported having
received yellow and green colored
snow fall earlier this winter.
The region’s environmental
prosecutor said in a statement that
officials “cannot give explanations to
the snow, which is oily to the touch
and has a pronounced rotten smell.”
Tests so far have revealed that the
snow has elevated levels of iron.
Meteorologists reported that a
“creamy pink” snow fell in Russia last
winter. it's all true
received yellow and green colored
snow fall earlier this winter.
The region’s environmental
prosecutor said in a statement that
officials “cannot give explanations to
the snow, which is oily to the touch
and has a pronounced rotten smell.”
Tests so far have revealed that the
snow has elevated levels of iron.
Meteorologists reported that a
“creamy pink” snow fell in Russia last
winter. it's all true
verbatim number 17.4
"Interestingly enough, a
lot of sheikhs have
decided to join in the
fight...they're tired of
foreigners and killers in
their midst...
lot of sheikhs have
decided to join in the
fight...they're tired of
foreigners and killers in
their midst...
...that's what the
commanders have told
me, and they believe we
have a good opportunity
to really crush this group
of folks."
Fort Benning GA 01.11.07
commanders have told
me, and they believe we
have a good opportunity
to really crush this group
of folks."
Fort Benning GA 01.11.07
A delegation representing Inuit
peoples from four countries will
appear before the Inter-American
Commission on Human Rights to
present their claim that the
impact of global warming on their
environment and culture
constitutes a human rights
violation. The commission, which
is affiliated with the Organization
of American States, agreed to
hold hearings on the issue after
rejecting a similar request in
December. The Inuit group is
expected to argue that US energy
and environmental policies have
had particularly adverse effects for
their remote Arctic communities.
The delegation will be headed by
activist and Nobel Peace Prize
nominee Sheila Watt-Cloutier of
the Inuit Circumpolar
peoples from four countries will
appear before the Inter-American
Commission on Human Rights to
present their claim that the
impact of global warming on their
environment and culture
constitutes a human rights
violation. The commission, which
is affiliated with the Organization
of American States, agreed to
hold hearings on the issue after
rejecting a similar request in
December. The Inuit group is
expected to argue that US energy
and environmental policies have
had particularly adverse effects for
their remote Arctic communities.
The delegation will be headed by
activist and Nobel Peace Prize
nominee Sheila Watt-Cloutier of
the Inuit Circumpolar
Conference. In a petition to the
commission, the Inuit and their legal
team stated, “The impacts of climate
change, caused by acts and omissions by
the US, violate the Inuit’s fundamental
human rights protected by the American
Declaration of the Rights and Duties of
Man and other international
instruments.” The group represents
Inuit from the US, Canada, Greenland,
and Russia.
Scientific studies have shown that polar
regions are uniquely susceptible to the
effects of global warming. Rising sea
levels resulting from melting sea ice are
threatening coastal communities in the
Arctic; entire villages have already been
forced to relocate. The Inuit complaint
may ultimately be referred to the Inter-
American Court of Human Rights, but
the US does not consider itself bound by
the court's decisions. it's all true
commission, the Inuit and their legal
team stated, “The impacts of climate
change, caused by acts and omissions by
the US, violate the Inuit’s fundamental
human rights protected by the American
Declaration of the Rights and Duties of
Man and other international
instruments.” The group represents
Inuit from the US, Canada, Greenland,
and Russia.
Scientific studies have shown that polar
regions are uniquely susceptible to the
effects of global warming. Rising sea
levels resulting from melting sea ice are
threatening coastal communities in the
Arctic; entire villages have already been
forced to relocate. The Inuit complaint
may ultimately be referred to the Inter-
American Court of Human Rights, but
the US does not consider itself bound by
the court's decisions. it's all true
A study of public schools in
Philadelphia has found that
schools that receive extra funding
and are managed by private for-
profit entities fared no better
than schools that were simply
restructured and that received no
additional funding.
According to the Rand Corpora-
tion, academic gains were seen in
both traditionally managed public
schools and privately operated
schools, but “despite additional
per-pupil resources, privately
operated schools did not produce
average increases in student
achievement.” The group’s study
found that, although the privately
controlled schools received more
funding, “there were no
statistically significant effects,
positive or negative, in reading or
math.”
The Philadelphia public school
system embarked on a long-term
experiment in 2002 to determine
if privately managed schools
would increase test scores and
serve students more effectively.
The study was initiated after the
state of Pennsylvania took over
the 200,000-student Philadelphia
school district due to continual
under performance.
The school board and members
of an appointed School Reform
Commission hired a new CEO for
the school system who made
sweeping changes that included
hiring private companies to
manage 45 schools. Various for-
profit companies, including The
Edison Corporation and Victory
Schools and two universities
managed the schools. it's all true
Philadelphia has found that
schools that receive extra funding
and are managed by private for-
profit entities fared no better
than schools that were simply
restructured and that received no
additional funding.
According to the Rand Corpora-
tion, academic gains were seen in
both traditionally managed public
schools and privately operated
schools, but “despite additional
per-pupil resources, privately
operated schools did not produce
average increases in student
achievement.” The group’s study
found that, although the privately
controlled schools received more
funding, “there were no
statistically significant effects,
positive or negative, in reading or
math.”
The Philadelphia public school
system embarked on a long-term
experiment in 2002 to determine
if privately managed schools
would increase test scores and
serve students more effectively.
The study was initiated after the
state of Pennsylvania took over
the 200,000-student Philadelphia
school district due to continual
under performance.
The school board and members
of an appointed School Reform
Commission hired a new CEO for
the school system who made
sweeping changes that included
hiring private companies to
manage 45 schools. Various for-
profit companies, including The
Edison Corporation and Victory
Schools and two universities
managed the schools. it's all true
A conservative think tank that received
more than half a million dollars in
contributions from the oil giant Exxon
between 2004 and 2006, was discovered
to have offered $10,000 to any scientist
who would write a study or report that
is critical of a United Nations study
which found that global warming exists
and is caused primarily by the burning of
fossil fuels. The American Enterprise
Institute also offered to pay for travel
and other expenses associated with
producing a paper or monograph that
more than half a million dollars in
contributions from the oil giant Exxon
between 2004 and 2006, was discovered
to have offered $10,000 to any scientist
who would write a study or report that
is critical of a United Nations study
which found that global warming exists
and is caused primarily by the burning of
fossil fuels. The American Enterprise
Institute also offered to pay for travel
and other expenses associated with
producing a paper or monograph that
criticized the study and challenged its
basic premise.
The think tank told the scientists it
solicited that it wanted to sponsor a
paper that “thoughtfully exposes the
limitations” of the climate models
used by the UN. A critique of the
study was needed “especially as it
bears on potential policy responses
to climate change.” it's all true
basic premise.
The think tank told the scientists it
solicited that it wanted to sponsor a
paper that “thoughtfully exposes the
limitations” of the climate models
used by the UN. A critique of the
study was needed “especially as it
bears on potential policy responses
to climate change.” it's all true
Street Searches a Suspicious Activity
Inuit Among Endangered Species
Enterprising Institute Bribes Scribes
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For Bobby Bowden, 2006 was a tough
year. The most successful football coach
in NCAA Division I-A history led his
Florida State Seminoles to a 7-6 record,
the second-worst season in his 31 years
on the job, finishing out of contention
for a major bowl appearance and failing
to win the Atlantic Coast Conference
championship for only the third time in
the last 15 years. But Bowden was able
to extend one impressive streak: his
decade-long run as Florida’s highest-paid
public employee.
Bowden’s total compensation of
$2,023,689 is more than four times the
amount earned by State University
System Chancellor Mark Rosenberg, and
more than 15 times the salary of Florida
Governor Charlie Crist. Statewide, four
of the five top-paid public employees are
college football or basketball coaches,
and Florida is not unique: in most states
the best-compensated employees are
college coaches. According to a recent
investigation by USA Today, in 2006
nine college football coaches made more
than $2 million, as pressures increase for
Division I-A institutions to lure coaching
superstars to increase the visibility and
revenues of their programs.
The trend toward higher salaries has
gained momentum as colleges secure
year. The most successful football coach
in NCAA Division I-A history led his
Florida State Seminoles to a 7-6 record,
the second-worst season in his 31 years
on the job, finishing out of contention
for a major bowl appearance and failing
to win the Atlantic Coast Conference
championship for only the third time in
the last 15 years. But Bowden was able
to extend one impressive streak: his
decade-long run as Florida’s highest-paid
public employee.
Bowden’s total compensation of
$2,023,689 is more than four times the
amount earned by State University
System Chancellor Mark Rosenberg, and
more than 15 times the salary of Florida
Governor Charlie Crist. Statewide, four
of the five top-paid public employees are
college football or basketball coaches,
and Florida is not unique: in most states
the best-compensated employees are
college coaches. According to a recent
investigation by USA Today, in 2006
nine college football coaches made more
than $2 million, as pressures increase for
Division I-A institutions to lure coaching
superstars to increase the visibility and
revenues of their programs.
The trend toward higher salaries has
gained momentum as colleges secure
lucrative multimedia and merchandising
deals. In 1996, Bowden was the first
college coach to be guaranteed $1
million; by 1999 there were five such
contracts. For the 2006 season, at least
42 of the 119 Division I-A programs
were paying their head coaches $1
million or more in guaranteed
compensation, according to USA
Today. The newspaper reported that
the average salary package for a top
college football coach was $950,000, a
figure that does not include benefits,
incentive bonuses, and a vast array of
perks that have become common,
including cars, housing, vacations,
country club memberships, and a
percentage of ticket sales for games.
Oklahoma football coach Bob Stoops has
a contract that guarantees $3 million a
year, and Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz
reportedly received more than $4.5
million in 2006, including special bonuses.
Salaries at the top schools exceed many
NFL contracts. After compiling a 15-17
record in two seasons as head coach of
the Miami Dolphins, Nick Saban shocked
many observers when he returned to the
college ranks, but his eight-year, $32
million deal with the University of
Alabama is much more attractive—and
marginally more secure—than most NFL
head coaching contracts. In contrast,
deals. In 1996, Bowden was the first
college coach to be guaranteed $1
million; by 1999 there were five such
contracts. For the 2006 season, at least
42 of the 119 Division I-A programs
were paying their head coaches $1
million or more in guaranteed
compensation, according to USA
Today. The newspaper reported that
the average salary package for a top
college football coach was $950,000, a
figure that does not include benefits,
incentive bonuses, and a vast array of
perks that have become common,
including cars, housing, vacations,
country club memberships, and a
percentage of ticket sales for games.
Oklahoma football coach Bob Stoops has
a contract that guarantees $3 million a
year, and Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz
reportedly received more than $4.5
million in 2006, including special bonuses.
Salaries at the top schools exceed many
NFL contracts. After compiling a 15-17
record in two seasons as head coach of
the Miami Dolphins, Nick Saban shocked
many observers when he returned to the
college ranks, but his eight-year, $32
million deal with the University of
Alabama is much more attractive—and
marginally more secure—than most NFL
head coaching contracts. In contrast,
Chicago Bears coach Lovie Smith,
who led his team to this year’s Super
Bowl and was last season’s NFL
Coach of the Year, was paid $1.35
million in 2006.
NCAA president Myles Brand has
acknowledged that salaries have been
inflated by frenzied competition
among the elite programs to sign
high-profile coaches. Many Division I-
A schools even pay $500,000 a year,
or more, for top assistants, such as
offensive or defensive coordinators.
Speaking at an event last week in
Holland, Michigan, Brand told his
audience, “We’re struggling a little
bit, at a number of colleges, on the
fiscal responsibility.”
Many administrators, athletic
directors, and university alumni and
booster associations defend the
stratospheric salaries, arguing that
successful football and basketball
programs generate revenues that
help fund less popular sports and
activities. But NCAA statistics reveal
that in 2006 only six Division I-A
athletic departments were profitable.
The remainder, more than 90
percent, tap into the university’s
general fund or student fees to
balance their budgets. it's all true
who led his team to this year’s Super
Bowl and was last season’s NFL
Coach of the Year, was paid $1.35
million in 2006.
NCAA president Myles Brand has
acknowledged that salaries have been
inflated by frenzied competition
among the elite programs to sign
high-profile coaches. Many Division I-
A schools even pay $500,000 a year,
or more, for top assistants, such as
offensive or defensive coordinators.
Speaking at an event last week in
Holland, Michigan, Brand told his
audience, “We’re struggling a little
bit, at a number of colleges, on the
fiscal responsibility.”
Many administrators, athletic
directors, and university alumni and
booster associations defend the
stratospheric salaries, arguing that
successful football and basketball
programs generate revenues that
help fund less popular sports and
activities. But NCAA statistics reveal
that in 2006 only six Division I-A
athletic departments were profitable.
The remainder, more than 90
percent, tap into the university’s
general fund or student fees to
balance their budgets. it's all true
College Coaches' Compensation a Lesson in Educational Priorities
Privateers Can't
Propel Performance
Propel Performance
An internal government study of
immigration detention centers in the US
found that detainees’ medical needs are
often neglected, they are exposed to
unsafe and unsanitary conditions, they
are degraded and, in one incident,
sexually assaulted.
The Department of Homeland Security’s
inspector general released the report
after reviewing several facilities where
immigrants who have been arrested by
police departments and border agents,
but whose status has not been
determined, are held to await a hearing.
The conditions under which they are
confined were found by the inspector
general’s office to be dangerous,
unsanitary and in violation of rules
established by the US Immigration and
Customs Enforcement Agency. The
study reviewed five detention centers
immigration detention centers in the US
found that detainees’ medical needs are
often neglected, they are exposed to
unsafe and unsanitary conditions, they
are degraded and, in one incident,
sexually assaulted.
The Department of Homeland Security’s
inspector general released the report
after reviewing several facilities where
immigrants who have been arrested by
police departments and border agents,
but whose status has not been
determined, are held to await a hearing.
The conditions under which they are
confined were found by the inspector
general’s office to be dangerous,
unsanitary and in violation of rules
established by the US Immigration and
Customs Enforcement Agency. The
study reviewed five detention centers
focusing on standards regarding health
care, environmental health and safety,
general conditions of confinement and
reports of abuse.
The standards set by ICE require the
provision of “adequate and appropriate
custody management of detainees until a
decision is rendered” regarding their
deportation. The inspector’s report
found 196 of 481 detainees’ non-
emergency medical requests were not
responded to in the time frames
demanded by the regulations. The
researchers also found that of eight
detainees who were on hunger strikes,
only one received the medical attention
that is required by the ICE’s regulations.
The investigators also reviewed the
systems that are required by regulation
for detainees to report grievances and
care, environmental health and safety,
general conditions of confinement and
reports of abuse.
The standards set by ICE require the
provision of “adequate and appropriate
custody management of detainees until a
decision is rendered” regarding their
deportation. The inspector’s report
found 196 of 481 detainees’ non-
emergency medical requests were not
responded to in the time frames
demanded by the regulations. The
researchers also found that of eight
detainees who were on hunger strikes,
only one received the medical attention
that is required by the ICE’s regulations.
The investigators also reviewed the
systems that are required by regulation
for detainees to report grievances and
submit complaints to the
administrators of the facilities. 39
detainee requests were examined by
the investigators who found that ICE
deportation officials “could not
substantiate that they responded to
and answered 38 of 39” of the
requests within the time frame
required by policy. Detainees
reported various incidents, including
being photographed with cell-phone
cameras by guards as they showered.
In the case of one of the centers
reviewed, 8 of 9 monthly reports
revealed the presence of “rats/mice
and cockroaches”.
The investigators also reported the
theft of over $300,000 from
detainees who were housed in a
single detention center. it's all true
administrators of the facilities. 39
detainee requests were examined by
the investigators who found that ICE
deportation officials “could not
substantiate that they responded to
and answered 38 of 39” of the
requests within the time frame
required by policy. Detainees
reported various incidents, including
being photographed with cell-phone
cameras by guards as they showered.
In the case of one of the centers
reviewed, 8 of 9 monthly reports
revealed the presence of “rats/mice
and cockroaches”.
The investigators also reported the
theft of over $300,000 from
detainees who were housed in a
single detention center. it's all true
The House Committee on Oversight
and Governmental Reform held hearings
recently where US officials and
government contracted private security
firms, such as Blackwater USA and
Kellog, Brown and Root, a subsidiary of
Halliburton, were questioned about
billions of dollars worth of no-bid
contracts and allegations of fraud, waste
and mismanagement.
The committee also heard testimony
from the families of employees of
Blackwater who were killed by
insurgents in an ambush in Fallujah and
whose bodies were later mutilated by a
mob. The families charged that the
company spent very little of the millions
and Governmental Reform held hearings
recently where US officials and
government contracted private security
firms, such as Blackwater USA and
Kellog, Brown and Root, a subsidiary of
Halliburton, were questioned about
billions of dollars worth of no-bid
contracts and allegations of fraud, waste
and mismanagement.
The committee also heard testimony
from the families of employees of
Blackwater who were killed by
insurgents in an ambush in Fallujah and
whose bodies were later mutilated by a
mob. The families charged that the
company spent very little of the millions
of dollars it received from the US
government to protect its employees
and was concerned only with what they
characterized as “war profiteering”. The
panel’s chairman, Henry Waxman (D-CA)
said that “money for protective
equipment took a back seat
to…contractor profits.”
The committee also explored the
disappearance of billions of US tax
dollars in Iraq, some of these monies
were allegedly directed to train and
equip insurgents who used the funds to
attack Americans and US interests in the
occupied country.
In a notable single instance of neglect,
government to protect its employees
and was concerned only with what they
characterized as “war profiteering”. The
panel’s chairman, Henry Waxman (D-CA)
said that “money for protective
equipment took a back seat
to…contractor profits.”
The committee also explored the
disappearance of billions of US tax
dollars in Iraq, some of these monies
were allegedly directed to train and
equip insurgents who used the funds to
attack Americans and US interests in the
occupied country.
In a notable single instance of neglect,
Washington sent money to US
administrators in Iraq that was not
officially tallied but was instead
weighed and amounted to 363 tons
of US $100 dollar bills that was
handed out by the “truck load” with
no indication as to how the cash was
spent. The US administrator in Iraq,
L. Paul Bremer, told the committee
that he personally gave away $12
billion and another $800 million was
stolen by US appointed Iraqi
ministers. What became of the
remainder of the uncounted millions
is a mystery to this day. Bremer told
the committee that the fraud, waste
and theft reflected “a good policy,
poorly implemented.” it's all true
administrators in Iraq that was not
officially tallied but was instead
weighed and amounted to 363 tons
of US $100 dollar bills that was
handed out by the “truck load” with
no indication as to how the cash was
spent. The US administrator in Iraq,
L. Paul Bremer, told the committee
that he personally gave away $12
billion and another $800 million was
stolen by US appointed Iraqi
ministers. What became of the
remainder of the uncounted millions
is a mystery to this day. Bremer told
the committee that the fraud, waste
and theft reflected “a good policy,
poorly implemented.” it's all true
Bremer, Blackwater Burned Billions in Baghdad Boondoggle
Immigrants Experience Third-World Conditions in US Facilities