Wednesday, August 8th, 2007
“They discovered they were going to get all the money from the federal government and they were taking all they could get,” he said. In essence they took the opportunity “to screw us,” he said of the funding grab.
“I’m in fear for the survival of the republic. People want to get their deer rifles out and go to the barricades.”
U.S. Rep. Paul Kanjorski (D-PA) regarding the $250 million emergency bill for the reconstruction of the I-35W bridge over the Mississippi River.
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Wednesday, August 8th, 2007
OK, on my own free while will mind you, I decided to take those stealth photos down.
Stealth photos published online will only motivate others to try and take more stealth photos to publish online and I don’t want to be a party to that crap. Stay out of the way of recovery workers for christs sake.
However, having said that, I have no problem with those individuals who want to go down to the site and see what there is to see while respecting the police lines.
Seeing for yourself is a natural part of the coping process and we don’t want to screw up someone’s coping process now do we?
8/9/07 10:15am - Thanks to Ray for the spell check.
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Wednesday, August 8th, 2007
{Previous redacted}
Just so you know:
The new perimeter area around the scene is much smaller than the original and is being secured with fences at least 8 feet high, as well as motion detectors and cameras that allow police monitoring via the city’s wireless network.
Martin said that 16 people have been arrested for crossing or attempting to cross the perimeter, including two people on Tuesday. “You’re not going to get anywhere near it without being arrested,” he said.
UPDATED 8/9/07 1:35pm
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Wednesday, August 8th, 2007
VeloNews:
Tour de France winner Alberto Contador has scheduled a press event this Friday in Spain, but says he will decline to answer reporters’ questions after he reads a prepared statement.
Hummm…what do you think he’s going to say?
UPDATE 12:56pm - Contador banned from Hamburg Cyclassics event by race promoters.
Posted by Smithers at 12:03 pm in Pro Cycling | Permalink | 4 Comments »
Wednesday, August 8th, 2007
Another Astana rider fails a test for blood transfusion.
I wonder if Kashechkin will use the “blood pooling in my legs” defense concocted by his former team leader Vinokourov?
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Wednesday, August 8th, 2007
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