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Why You Should Read More Than Just One News Source
Jul 12, 2008 | 2:11 PM
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I read many different sources ranging as closely as the Dallas Morning News and as far away as the London Times. If you are going to reach a wise conclusion on an issue, you need to get as many facts as possible. And with newspapers and outlets cutting writers and relying on wire stories from AP and others, there is little chance for alternative views to be heard. So here's an example of what can happen with bad information. The other day Iran launched some missiles. Granted, this is bad news, it plays into the idea that with nuclear enrichment, the Iranian Madman is trying to create a guided missile system capable of wiping out Israel or any other neighbors it dislikes. Prices of crude oil would have risen just on that, but now we find out that the photos of the missiles going up was photoshopped. There was either some need to make the missiles appear more menacing or perhaps just a desire to make the design more visually balanced. Whatever. But when the markets saw the photo, it flipped out. And this is what drives the idea that perhaps there's someone out there doing the same type of flipping of oil futures that we saw with real estate in Florida and Cali. Read everything, assume nothing.
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cjl1618 read my blog view my photos
Jul 12, 2008 | 6:35 PM

I do the same thing. Add in the Jerusalem Post, the Daily Star out of Lebanon, and Africa.com and you get more to consider.

I do know that Iran needs to keep everyone away until the Russian anti aircraft systems are fully functional. That should be by late fall of this year I think.

I really really hope we don't attack Iran though.

I actually kind of liked the position that Hillary Clinton took - warning Iran that if they used nuclear weapons against Israel that the country of Iran would face the same fate from the US. Russia likes the idea of MAD - perhaps it could be of use with Iran too.

Remember that only the regular Joe muslim gets to die for islam - the big dogs the mullahs hang out in the palace in air-conditioned comfort. They don't want to die - cowards that they are.
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I am a teacher, a mother and wife and I like to think I am a pretty good citizen. I read ALOT. I also write a good deal on various blogs. I appreciate a chance to respond to what we see in the news. I think that by posting our opinions we can probably find that everyone is more alike than we are willing to admit. Face it, people just like to argue. I would also like to say how much I appreciate having a forum for my views.

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