| Guiliani and OxyContin
You know, I'd declare total war on the pusher man. God damn the pusher."— Steppenwolf Rudolph Giuliani wants to be president of the United States. He claims to be tough on criminals.In some cases, he is — unless the criminals hire him to be their lawyer.The people who make OxyContin did something horrible: They sold a drug they knew was addictive and acted like it wasn't.I thought the makers of OxyContin got off easy when they agreed to a $600 million fine. Three of their top executives paid an additional $34 million. No jail time. It was an wimpy settlement with a company that sold more than $9 billion of OxyContin.The reason for the government's light tough was found in the Washington Post. Rudolph Giuliani was a lawyer for the company that makes OxyContin.The Post said that Giuliani personally met with government lawyers more than half a dozen times.The story gets more outrageous if you read the "The Blotter" blog by Brian Ross of ABC News.
TV Academy salutes 'Addiction,' 'Idol'
"American Idol's" special two-night telethon "Idol Gives Back" and HBO's 14-part "Addiction Project" will be handed the Governors Award at this year's Emmy Awards fete. Award "salutes an individual, company or organization whose works stand out with the immediacy of current achievement," according to the Academy of TV Arts and Sciences, whose board of governors hand out the prize. "The Governors Award is the Television Academy's highest honor," said ATAS chairman Dick Askin, who said the two programs were chosen "for harnessing the power of television to educate and inform viewers about two very significant issues that touch all of us." Airing as part of "American Idol" in April, "Idol Gives Back" raised more than $75 million for poverty relief programs in both Africa and the U.S.
moon phase info
They should be remembered--and ranked--for these were the events that helped characterize 2007. From now on when I think about '07, one word will come to mind: EXTREME. It truly was that, and not to mention unusual, in so many ways. Here are the nominees for the past year's most significant and memorable weather events (in no particular order): Bowling Green's Hottest Month Ever (August) Lack of Severe Weather in May (only one report in viewing area) Oct. 18th Severe Weather Outbreak Easter Weekend Snow/Hard Freeze Our 3rd Warmest March of All-Time First 90s in October Since 1963 The Drought 106 Degrees in August--Hottest Temp in Bowling Green Since July 1980 April 3rd Severe Weather Outbreak KY's first tornado to be ranked on NOAA's new enhanced Fujita Scale (Todd Co.
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