Helen Thomas died yesterday. If you were around during her long tenure, you might still hear her voice in the scrum of the White House press room during those things called press conferences that presidents used to have. She was fearless. And in her later years, she lamented the decline of the fourth estate: … Did […]
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Turtles All The Way Down
Thu, 20 May 2010, 04:25 PM (-06:00)
CBS tried to get a look at oil coming ashore in Louisiana a couple days ago. They have video of a boatload of BP contractors turning them back. Â The boat evidently included a couple Coast Guard officers. Â It was “BP rules” the Coast Guard officers said, as they told the journalists to turn back under […]