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Yes, it is a loss, but the writer of the article seems to want to make it worse than it was. I used to live in Moab and often hiked up into Arches NP to sit in awe of the beauty of these magnificent arches. But I have to point out (yet another!) important error in the AP article made by that stupid and sloppy reporter.In the article it erroneously mentions that another, longer and even more impressive arch, namely Landscape Arch, had collapsed in 1991. That is Totally WRONG!

Landscape Arch is STILL standing and is considered to be the longest natural arch in the world, with a measured span of 290.1 feet(88.4 m). Since 1991, however three slabs of sandstone measuring 30, 47, and 70 feet (9.1,14,and21m long) have fallen from the thinnest section of Landscape Arch, prompting the Park Service to close the trail that once passed beneath it.

So, Landscape Arch still stands, despite what the MSM tries to say.
For more info and picture of Landscape Arch, See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landscape_Arch

I have heard repeatedly that one foolproof way to prevent leaving your child in the back seat is to put your purse or briefcase (something that you will need) in the backseat. That way, even if you do forget it, you will hopefully quickly realize you left something even more important in the car.

Did anyone else wonder what Obama was talking about when he referred to insurgents in the "Fatah" region of Pakistan? Fatah is a Palestinian political/terrorist organization in so-called Palestine. I was hoping Morris would answer O'Reilly's question about Obama's mistakes tonight by saying "Never heard of Pakistan's 'Fatah' region". Anyone else catch that?

Came across this article while surfing 'StumbleUpon' website. Haven't seen anything about this in any other SF/BayArea MSM.

GeraldD, one of the BostonGlobe readers wrote in and made some very worthwhile observations about Obama's decision to keep Hillary away from the protest:

Why Hillary Declined Her Invitation To Protest Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s visit.
When Hillary, & Obama realized that Florida was not going to vote Democratic, they made a decision to pull the plug on the Jewish vote there and instead, go after the Muslim vote in Michigan hoping to hold that state. Recent polls have shown Michigan to be in a virtual tie between Obama and McCain, with one poll actually showing McCain up by 1%. The Muslim vote there could swing the entire state. If Obama loses Michigan, he loses the entire election. Polls in Florida have consistently show McCain leading Obama by 4 to 8 points. Partisan political gamesmanship at the expense of not only the Jewish vote, but the Nation as a whole. Shameful
Posted by GeraldD September 17, 08 10:59AM

I still say the University should have sprayed these tree sitters with a solution mixed with skunk oil from day one. Each day they could increase the percentage mixture until these pathetic losers come down on their own.

All three links provided in your post bring up the WP page:

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Please find and post the correct urls for the WP article.

With the number of idiot interns being used as producers etc over at FNC, this is hardly unexpected, and thus probably not executed by some DNC/DKos "black-ops" team.
[but I certainly wouldn't put it past any one of them...]

BUT, we all know that if anything similar were to happen in the MSNBC or AirAmerica booths at the Republican Convention in Minn..... we can already imagine the howls of outrage and cries of evil KarlRovian CONSPIRACY! by ChrissyMatthews and KeithOlbermann.

Based solely on the article, I'd say Mr Gorkhan Mutlu has lots of money coming to him. JetBlue needs to fire this pilot and possibly the FA, and at the very least some serious re-training of its flight staff. Really makes me NOT want to ever fly standby esp on JB.

Dark Stars? Gotta be Bush’s Fault.

I was watching the local news tonight on KGO in San Francisco. What was hilarious was that they never once mentioned Ahmedinejad’s outrageous statement about there not being any gays in Iran anywhere in their newscast.

I could not believe they would omit such a revealing point that would make him a laughing stock to their audience, ie to the gay capital of America. Talk about putting blinders on....

This is outrageous! Once again, Af's anti-war, anti-military politics spits on our servicemen. It's time to let SF know that the BayArea can no longer count on federal aid in case of emergencies.

Financier Norman Hsu's Sordid Past

ABC7 Exclusive Interview With Former Hsu Associate
By Vic Lee
SAN FRANCISCO, Sep 7, 2007 (KGO) - Authorities are awaiting word on when fugitive financier Norman Hsu will be brought back to the Bay Area.

Hsu is the man who skipped out on two million dollars bail in San Mateo County Wednesday, only to be rearrested last night in Colorado, where he's now in the hospital.

He's been on the run for 12 years.

Hsu rubbed shoulders with the powerful and notorious as well.

Raymond Kwok Chow, alias "Shrimp Boy," is one of Hsu's known associates.

He was notorious gangster in Chinatown in the early 1990's, at roughly the same time when state prosecutors say Norman Hsu started his ponzi scheme with his latex gloves business.

Chow says he is now clean, and spoke with us about his relationship with Norman Hsu.

Chow dressed brazenly in white at the funeral of Allen Leung, the Chinatown business leader shot to death last year.

Chow was once one of the most feared gangsters in Chinatown.

"I grow up in crime. I grow up in the city and involved with the most crime," said Chow.

In the 1980's and early 1990's, San Francisco's Chinatown was the battleground of a bloody war between powerful gangs.

Chow's gang "Wo Hop To" finally won.

This was when Chow says he met Norman Hsu. He says Hsu dabbled in clothing, import and export and real estate. He adds Hsu was also in trouble.

"I guess he into a lot of financial problem back then and I loaned him some money," said Chow. "And I help him with my knowledge and with my strength. That's all there is."

In the early hours of August 28, 1990, Foster City Police stopped a car for making an illegal turn.

In the back seat, they found a frightened Norman Hsu. In the front were Raymond Chow and two associates.

Hsu told police he had been kidnapped.

"There was a 12 hour ordeal where there was discussions, arguments. Mr. Hsu claims he was assaulted several times and threatened," said Capt. Matt Martell, Foster City Police Department.

Hsu told police he had business dealings with Chow and there was a dispute over money.

"And what that dollar amount was, different dollar amounts ranged between $300,000 and a $1 million worth of claims," said Capt. Martell.

Chow says Hsu lied, and claims it was Hsu who called him for help that night because he owed people money.

"I met him because he was in trouble, and at that time, I helping him out a lot," said Chow. "The way he told me, I mean, he being extortion, he being a lot of people tried to hurt him.

Chow and the others were arrested, but charges were later dropped when Hsu became uncooperative with prosecutors.

Now Hsu faces prison time for grand theft. Chow spent most of the recent past in prison, but he says he's changed.

"Today, Raymond, myself, I upfront to face up to all the past I have done, and to try to correct my life," said Chow.

Chow is now the chairman of the Chinese Freemasons, the position Allen Leung held before he was killed.

Chow says he's hurt that police, and even many of his fellow Chinese, believe he had something to do with Leong's murder.

We asked him for the record if he had any involvement with Mr. Leong's death.

"Oh. Mr. Leong? No," said Chow.

Allen Leong's murder is still unsolved. Police have never identified a suspect.

Chow says that alleged kidnap incident in 1990 was the last time he saw Norman Hsu.

Soon after, Hsu was and arrested and charged with grand theft.

In case you're wondering, Chow says his grandmother gave him the nickname "Shrimp Boy."

Norman Hsu Hospitalized After Fall

Norman Hsu is listed in fair condition tonight at Saint Mary's hospital in Grand Junction, Colorado.

He was taken by ambulance there after falling ill on an Amtrak train bound for Denver.

ABC7 has learned that while on board, Hsu apparently fell down and in the words of a paramedic "became delirious."

Hospital officials contacted authorities, who arrested Hsu last night.

"When he is fit to leave the hospital, to be released from the hospital, he will be transported to a federal magistrate in Grand Junction. That magistrate will give him his initial appearance and advise him that he has federal UFAP charges against him. He will be ordered then transported to the northern district of California," said FBI spokesman Joseph Schadler.

It's not clear when Hsu will be transported back to San Mateo County, where he jumped bail on Wednesday.

He surrendered a week ago today after skipping out on his sentencing for grand theft charges in 1991.

Hsu surfaced in recent years as a top donor to Democratic candidates like Senator Hillary Clinton.

Just happened to come across this in an international ng. Wonder why I haven*t seen this on CNN or even FoxNews.

Your cartoon expresses my daily frustrations. I just wish I knew how to extract the original url so I can email it to my buddies. Any hope of getting the cartoon’s url?

Two words that I find misused interchangebly are "THAN" and "THEN".
It just bugs the heck outa me when people write, "this is better then that".

What's even more hillarious is that the backdrop behind her had the slogan: NEW JOBS FOR TOMMORROW Of course, tomorrow is misspelled. Drudge has a screencapture of it on his website. I wonder if she even noticed the misspelling or when it was finally pointed out to her, I'm sure she had a screaming fit at the poor people responsible.

Here's the Video of the Policemen's inhouse video.

CNN used to be a total shill for Sadam. To protect their “access” they had to feed stories he wouldn’t object to. Someone here can find the threads I’m talking about.

I tried finding the relevent thread(s) using FR search, but can’t figure out how to narrow the search by keyword/s “Sadam +CNN” which comes out “cnnsadam” which gives me nothing.

Do you think that the 8 years of Clinton continuously not standing up to the Muslim extremists might have had something to do with Osama bin Laden attacking us in America? I do.

Bernard Lewis wrote a very important article in the WSJ today that Ron Paul really ought to read.