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August 10, 2006
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BY EMILY WEAVER
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Are you
ready to go
back to
school?
Kirby Widener,
Bessemer City
“Yeah, because | get to
go to a new school in
Bessemer Clty.”
Lyndsey Barnes,
Kings Mountain
“Yeah, so | can see all of
my friends that I've
missed.”
Carly Barnes,
Kings Mountain
“Yeah, so that summer
will be over.”
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John Mark Smith,
Kings Mountain
“Yeah, so | can go to
fifth grade at KM
Intermediate.”
John Thomas,
Kings Mountain
“No, I'm not ready for
summer to be over yet.”
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To the editor:
In light of the recent bid by
the state-owned Dubai Ports
World to purchase six major
terminal operations at six
major US ports, I am in total
disbelief to learn our
Representative, Patrick
McHenry, voted yes to pass
the U.S.-Oman Free Trade
Agreement (OFTA).
Immediately after the vote,
N.C. Congressman Walter
Jones (R) released a state-
ment where he stated “OFTA
would allow firms incorpo-
rated in Oman to acquire and
OUR OPINION
operate landside port activi-
ties ' within the US.
Furthermore, if the U.S. gov-
ernment took action to stop
or limit that acquisition, the
Omani company could sue
the U.S. government for vio-
lating its OFTA rights. The
challenge would then be
decided by a U.N. or World
Bank tribunal.”
Under the terms of this
Agreement, companies from
Oman would be entitled to
conduct the following activi-
ties in the U.S. ports: land-
side aspects of port activities,
operation and maintenance
of docks, loading and
unloading of vessels directly
to or from land, marine cargo
handling, operation and
maintenance of piers, water-
front terminal operations,
and other related activities.
Three and half years after
9/11, our elected official,
Patrick McHenry, voted to
leave our ports exposed, vul-
nerable to terrorism and a
threat to our National
Security.
Besides jeopardizing our
National Security, OFTA
farms out manufacturing
jobs overseas where cheap
labor prevails. NC has lost
over 200,000 jobs in the last 4
years. We have NAFTA,
CAFTA, OFTA and soon to
come MEFTA (Middle East
Free Trade Agreement).
Because we import more
than we export, our trade
deficit now total’s $718 bil-
lion. These trade agreements
amount to insanity — doing
the same thing over and over
again and expecting different
results. My family members
work in furniture and I
It loo
Sometimes, especially dur-
ing the dog days of summer,
news gets a little short. Most
people in the business realize
that and
pila n
ahead
wid tih
human
interest
stories,
columns,
in depth
analysis,
etc.
The
Large
TR, me d 149
outlets in
this country, especially the
TV networks, can’t settle for
normal journalistic practices.
They have to have a heaping
helping of sensationalism.
Ever since the hurricane hit
New Orleans, TV newscast-
ers seem to link everything to
that storm. “What if we get
another Katrina? Will we
have enough money to han-
dle it?”
Jim Heffner
Guest Column
s like
That means can we dip into
the taxpayer's pocket again
and give everybody south of
the Mason-Dixon line $2,000
to move into a motel, buy
some jewelry, or fancy wine,
or call a couple of prosti-
tutes?
I heard a famous news
anchor actually say, “If we
get another Katrina, it will
cost billions just to hire
enough counselors to listen
to the victims, and advise
them on what to do.”
I can give them the advice
they need for nothing. Get
your free government
money, check into a nice
motel, buy some wine and
jewelry and phone a couple
of call girls. Anything to keep
that old psyche on an even
keel.
But I'm getting off track
here. I really want to talk
about a non-story on one.of
the networks, and in some
gullible newspapers around
the country.
I didn’t pay enough atten-
tion to the entire charade to
tell you which network was
involved, but recently one of
them put on a special about a
storm of the century hitting
New York City.
The premise had to do with
a category 5 hurricane strik-
ing the big apple and all the
devastation that would
occur. There were scenes of
flooded NY streets, water
halfway up the Empire State
Building, cars and buses
floating around, ad nauseam.
The point is, they created a
TV show from something
that has not happened, and
passed it off as a probability,
not just a possibility. The
entire thing was designed to
do nothing more than scare
people.
Can you imagine? A sensa-
tionalized non-story! I can
only conclude these people
are certifiable nuts, and some
of the newspapers across the
country were publishing sto-
ries along the same lines.
It must be contagious.
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phone number is 704-730-
0700.
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well as commercial and life
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Group.
Worry this is the next group
of manufacturing jobs to
hear that “ole suckin” sound.
I ‘don’t know. Rep.
McHenry, but I do know I
want someone representing
me who will vote to protect
our national security and a
“fair” free trade agreement
which supports the best
interest of American work-
ers.
Donna Roulic
Hickory
all doomed
Sunday evening I tuned in to
the Discovery channel, and
they were airing a show on
global warming, another
non-story.
The thrust of the Discovery
show was what would hap-
pen if the polar ice caps melt.
New York City, Newark,
Philadelphia, Miami and
Washington are just some of
the cities which would disap-
pear, they say. The show
mentioned all of the eastern
seaboard, even North
Carolina, which would be
under water well into the
interior of the state.
It’s not all bad news, of
course. We wouldn't have as
far to drive to the beach.
I guess I should take these
things more seriously, but I
can’t help remembering how
the mayor of New Orleans
talked about 10,000 killed by
Katrina, and that was before
it had even stopped raining.
I can’t forget being in
Boulder, Colorado a few
years back and it snowed 31
inches on May 12. I hate to
think how deep that snow
would have been if we had-
n’t been in the middle of a
global warming crisis.
Why, I expect, when it
thawed, the streets of
Boulder would have been
flooded, and there would
have been beer cans and old
cigarette butts floating
around. It’s entirely possible
that motel space would have
been scarce, not to mention
call girls.
Where are the counselors
when you really need them?
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