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- From: bcapps@agora.rain.com (Brent Capps)
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- Subject: Tom Brokaw, boy idiot
- Message-ID: <BxL06I.ADv@agora.rain.com>
- Date: 12 Nov 92 02:27:53 GMT
- Organization: Open Communications Forum
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- The scene: Barry and I, sitting in front of the tube in our living room
- tonight, watching NBC Nightly News. Tom Brokaw interviews Col. Harry
- Summers (Ret) on Clinton's stand to remove ban on gays in the military.
- Comments are paraphrased.
-
- Summers: It used to be OK in the old days when they were quiet. Now in
- these days of 'in your face' they want confrontation all the time.
-
- Brokaw: Do you think that allowing gays in the military will lead to other
- ethnic and racial groups to also demand a special place [!!] in the
- military? [note: these are very close to his exact words]
-
- Summers: [couldn't hear response for all the angry yelling at the TV].
-
- OK folks: telephone number for NBC is (212) 664-4444. Let 'em have it.
- You may need to be a little persistant. The first time I called I got
- a recording 'this number has been disconnected'. The second time I got
- 'your call did not go through'. I called the New York operator and
- confirmed the number; the third time I finally got through. They were
- evidently getting flooded with calls, which triggered the wierd recording.
- If they meant all circuits busy, why didn't they say all circuits busy...?
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