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The Des Moines Register


Reagan, Ronald

Nov. 30, 2004 4:46 PM

Ronald Reagan, who became the nation's 40th president, was once a happy young man doing well for himself in Iowa.

In the 1930s, he was "Dutch," a nickname that evolved from a remark his father made when he was born: "He looks like a fat little Dutchman."

Reagan, the son of Nelle and John "Jack" Reagan, was born in Tampico, Ill., on Feb. 6, 1911. His dad sold dry goods, and later shoes. Reagan had an older brother, Neil.

Reagan graduated from Eureka College in 1932, when jobs were tight because of the Depression. Luck was with him when he went looking for a broadcasting job at Davenport's radio station WOC, which needed an announcer to broadcast University of Iowa games. Reagan's first assignment - for $5 and bus fare - was the University of Iowa's homecoming game against Minnesota.

In the spring of 1933, partly because he had covered the Drake Relays so skillfully, Reagan was chosen to become chief sports announcer for WOC's sister station, WHO in Des Moines.

Reagan blossomed as he covered baseball games, prize fights and track meets. He was especially adept at vividly broadcasting football and baseball games from the studio by reading coded, telegraphed bulletins.

In his spare time Reagan took spins in his new $600 Nash convertible, met his friends at Cy's Moonlight Inn or went to the stables, saying in his autobiography that it was in Des Moines that he "discovered a lifelong love for horses and riding."

In 1936, Reagan interviewed Des Moines singer Joy Hodges, who had been signed by RKO for a few movies. She encouraged him to give Hollywood a try.

He did just that a few months later, when he accompanied the Chicago Cubs to their spring training session in California. When he visited Hodges, she sent him to her agent, who picked up the phone and called Warner Bros.

The studio rushed Reagan into a screen test, and the future film star was back in Des Moines only two days when he received a telegram from the studio offering him a seven-year contract. Reagan piled his belongings into his Nash and headed west, ending his life as an Iowan in May 1937.





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Ronald Reagan

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Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was the 40th President of the United States (1981–1989). Prior to his presidency, he served as the 33rd Governor of California (1967–1975), and was a radio, film and television actor.

Born in Tampico, Illinois, and raised in Dixon, Reagan was educated at Eureka College, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics and sociology. After graduating, Reagan moved first to Iowa to work as a radio broadcaster and then, in 1937, to Los Angeles where he began a career as an actor, first in films and later television.


Radio and film

After graduating from Eureka in 1932, Reagan drove himself to Iowa, where he auditioned for a job at many small-town radio stations. The University of Iowa hired him to broadcast home football games for the Hawkeyes. He was paid $10 per game. Soon after, a staff announcer's job opened at radio station WOC in Davenport, and Reagan was hired, now earning $100 per month. Aided by his persuasive voice, he moved to WHO radio in Des Moines as an announcer for Chicago Cubs baseball games.


Military service

After completing fourteen home-study Army Extension Courses, Reagan enlisted in the Army Enlisted Reserve on April 29, 1937, as a private assigned to Troop B, 322nd Cavalry at Des Moines, Iowa. He was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Officers Reserve Corps of the cavalry on May 25, 1937.










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Major League (1989)

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Harry Doyle: In case you haven't noticed, and judging by the attendance you haven't, the Indians have managed to win a few here and there, and are threatening to climb out of the cellar.










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Cloak and Dagger (1946)

Release Info

USA 5 September 1946 (Atlantic City, New Jersey) (premiere)



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Cloak and Dagger (1946)

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Gary Cooper ... Prof. Alvah Jesper



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Cloak and Dagger (1946)


During the last years of World War 2 the United States gets wind that the Germans are developing an Atomic bomb so the OSS appeals to Midwestern University Professor Alvah Jasper (Gary Cooper), the leading American physicist leading the way to Atomic power development in the United States. They ask him to go to Europe to find Dr. Polda (Vladimir Sokoloff), an atomic scientist being held by the Nazis and bring him to the United States, but he first must meet up with his old mentor from school Dr. Katerin Lodor (Helen Thimig) who tells him that Polda is in Switzerland. When Jasper alerts the OSS to rescue Lodor due to her insistence on going back to Germany, the Nazis execute her and Jasper must go to Italy in search of the scientist. In Italy he is accompanied by a group of Italian guerrilla fighters led by an American Pinkie (Robert Alda) and a no-nonsense female fighter Gina (Lilli Palmer), someone with whom Jasper forms an immediate bond in part because he brings out the sensitive qualities in the young woman. When he locates Polda, Jasper discovers that the scientist refuses to leave because the Nazis have kidnapped his daughter in order to force him to cooperate. During their activities to obtain Poldas daughter Jasper and Gina find themselves having to go into hiding moving from safe house to safe house. When the night comes to finally get Polda and his daughter out of Italy, a gun fight ensues with all parties having to fight for their lives.










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Dr. No (1962)

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USA 8 May 1963



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Dr. No (1962)

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Sean Connery ... James Bond










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Dr. No (1962)

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James Bond: Good evening, sir.

M: It happens to be 3 a.m. When do you sleep, 007?

James Bond: Never on the firm's time, sir.



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Dr No


It happens to be 3am.
When do you sleep, 007?
Never on the firm's time, sir.
Sit down.
Jamaica went off the air tonight,
in the middle of the opening procedure.|We've checked and...
Strangways has disappeared.
So has his secretary.|A new girl. We'd only just sent her out.
Was Strangways on something... special?
He was checking|an enquiry from the Americans.
They complained about interference|with their Cape Canaveral rockets.
They think it comes|from the Jamaica area.
- Does "toppling" mean anything to you?|- A little.
It's throwing the gyroscopic controls|of a guided missile off balance with a...
a radio beam or something.










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Dr No


Shutdown procedure complete.
Reactor safe.
Last fuelling control has been made.
Stand by.
We stay on Mercury Control|for the countdown.
This is Mercury Control. The check|indicates all systems are go at this time.
The countdown is now four minutes,|30 seconds
and counting.
This is Mercury Control.
The spacecraftpilot, the launch, the|tracking crew in case ofemergency,
and even the weather man,|have given us the word go.
Remain on standby.|Approximately two minutes to go.
Control rod actuators standing by.
Converters standing by.
Synchronise radio beam for toppling.
Synchronising radio beam for toppling.
Radio beam synchronised for toppling.
Zeroed on the rocket now.
We will now stay on|Mercury Spacecraft Control
- for the final countdown.|- Stand by.










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Dr. No (1962)

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James Bond: [to Honey Ryder] I can assure you, my intentions are strictly honorable.










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Dr No


W6N... W6N... W6N.
Calling G7W.
How do you hear me? Over.
G7W London. G7WLondon.|Receiving you. Over.
Stand by to transmit.
Wait. Out.
Here.
Hello, W6N. Report my signals.
Report my signals. Over.
Hello, W6N. Over.
Foreman of signals - urgent.
Get me the Ml6 radio security control.
What is it?
W6N, Jamaica. Broken contact, sir,|during a routine transmission.
Broken or faded?
Broken.|The carrier wave is still established.
- And the emergency frequencies?|- No joy on either. I'm still calling.
Keep trying.|Let me know when they come up.
Hello, W6N? W6N?|Report my signals. Over.
Foreman of signals, sir.|Jamaica's broken off mid-transmission.
No, sir. It's not a technical fault.
Yes, sir.
Will you tell him, sir?
Very good.
- Excuse me, sir. Are you a member?|- No, I'm looking for Mr James Bond.










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Dr. No (1962)

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Dr. No: [to Bond] Unfortunately I misjudged you, you are just a stupid police man...










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William J. Clinton


Biography -- William J. Clinton

Bill Clinton was born William Jefferson Blythe III on August 19, 1946, in Hope, Arkansas, three months after his father died in an automobile accident. In high school, he took the name of his step father, Roger Clinton of Hot Springs, Arkansas.

Bill Clinton graduated from Georgetown University and was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford. He received a law degree from Yale in 1973.


In 1975, Bill Clinton married Hillary Rodham, whom he had met while a law student at Yale.



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Cambridge Five

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The Cambridge Five were a ring of spies, recruited in part by Soviet scout Arnold Deutsch in the United Kingdom, who passed information to the Soviet Union during World War II and at least into the early 1950s. Four members of the ring have been identified: Kim Philby (cryptonym: Stanley), Donald Duart Maclean (cryptonym: Homer), Guy Burgess (cryptonym: Hicks) and Anthony Blunt (cryptonym: Johnson); jointly they are known as the Cambridge Four.

The term "Cambridge" in the name Cambridge Five refers to the recruitment of the group during their education at Cambridge University in the 1930s. The four known members all attended the university, as did the alleged fifth man. Debate surrounds the exact timing of their recruitment by Soviet intelligence; Anthony Blunt claimed that they were not recruited as agents until they had graduated. Blunt, a Fellow of Trinity College, was several years older than Burgess, Maclean, and Philby; he acted as a talent-spotter and recruiter for most of the group save Burgess.

Several people have been suspected of being the "fifth man" of the group; John Cairncross (cryptonym: Liszt) was identified as such by Oleg Gordievsky, though many others have also been accused of membership in the Cambridge ring. Both Blunt and Burgess were members of the Apostles, an exclusive and prestigious society based at Trinity and King's Colleges. Cairncross was also an Apostle. Other Apostles accused of having been the "fifth man" or otherwise spied for the Soviets include Michael Whitney Straight, Victor Rothschild and Guy Liddell.


Maclean and Burgess

All four were active during World War II, to various degrees of success. Philby, when he was posted in the British embassy in Washington, DC, after the war, learned that US and British intelligence were searching for a British embassy mole (cryptonym Homer) who was passing information to the Soviet Union, relying on material uncovered by VENONA.

Philby learned one of the suspects was Maclean. Realizing he had to act fast, he ordered Burgess, who was also on the embassy staff and living with Philby, to warn Maclean in England, where he was serving in the Foreign Office headquarters. Burgess was recalled from the United States due to "bad behaviour" and upon reaching London, warned Maclean.

In early summer 1951, Burgess and Maclean made international headlines by disappearing. Their whereabouts were unclear for some time and the suspicion that they had defected to the Soviet Union turned out to be correct, but was not made public until 1956 when the two appeared at a press conference in Moscow.

It was obvious they had been tipped off and Philby quickly became the prime suspect, due to his close relations with Burgess. Though Burgess was not supposed to defect at the same time as Maclean, he went along. It has been claimed that the KGB ordered Burgess to go to Moscow. This move damaged Philby's reputation, with many speculating that had it not occurred, Philby could have climbed even higher in the Secret Intelligence Service.



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At Height of Vietnam, Bush Picks Guard


By George Lardner Jr. and Lois Romano

Washington Post Staff Writers

Wednesday, July 28, 1999; Page A1

Fourth of seven articles

Two weeks before he was to graduate from Yale, George Walker Bush stepped into the offices of the Texas Air National Guard at Ellington Field outside Houston and announced that he wanted to sign up for pilot training.

It was May 27, 1968, at the height of the Vietnam War. Bush was 12 days away from losing his student deferment from the draft at a time when Americans were dying in combat at the rate of 350 a week. The unit Bush wanted to join offered him the chance to fulfill his military commitment at a base in Texas. It was seen as an escape route from Vietnam by many men his age, and usually had a long waiting list.










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"Yellow"


I came along,
I wrote a song for you,
And all the things you do,
And it was called "Yellow".










From 5/8/1963 ( premiere US film "Dr. No" ) To 1/17/1991 ( the date of record of my United States Navy Medal of Honor as Kerry Wayne Burgess chief warrant officer United States Marine Corps circa 1991 ) is 10116 days

From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 7/14/1993 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - the Bill Clinton remarks in Des Moines Iowa ) is 10116 days



From 5/8/1963 ( premiere US film "Dr. No" ) To 1/17/1991 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - the Persian Gulf War begins as scheduled severe criminal activity against the United States of America ) is 10116 days

From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 7/14/1993 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - the Bill Clinton remarks in Des Moines Iowa ) is 10116 days



From 7/26/1945 ( premiere US film "The Apache Indian" ) To 4/6/1973 ( Ron Blomberg becomes the first designated hitter in the history of Major Leaque Baseball ) is 10116 days

From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 7/14/1993 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - the Bill Clinton remarks in Des Moines Iowa ) is 10116 days



From 9/5/1946 ( premiere US film "Cloak and Dagger" ) To 7/14/1993 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - the Bill Clinton remarks in Des Moines Iowa ) is 17114 days

17114 = 8557 + 8557

From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 4/7/1989 ( premiere US film "Major League" ) is 8557 days



From 9/5/1946 ( premiere US film "G.I. Wanna Home" ) To 7/14/1993 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - the Bill Clinton remarks in Des Moines Iowa ) is 17114 days

17114 = 8557 + 8557

From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 4/7/1989 ( premiere US film "Major League" ) is 8557 days



From 7/19/1989 ( Bill Gates-Microsoft-George Bush kills 111 passengers and crew of United Airlines Flight 232 and destroys the United Airlines Flight 232 aircraft because I was a passenger of United Airlines Flight 232 as United States Navy Petty Officer Second Class Kerry Wayne Burgess and I was assigned to maintain custody of a non-violent offender military prisoner of the United States ) To 7/14/1993 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - the Bill Clinton remarks in Des Moines Iowa ) is 1456 days

1456 = 728 + 728

From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 10/31/1967 ( premiere US TV series episode "Garrison's Gorillas"::"Operation Hellfire" ) is 728 days



From 7/19/1989 ( Bill Gates-Microsoft-George Bush kills 111 passengers and crew of United Airlines Flight 232 and destroys the United Airlines Flight 232 aircraft because I was a passenger of United Airlines Flight 232 as United States Navy Petty Officer Second Class Kerry Wayne Burgess and I was assigned to maintain custody of a non-violent offender military prisoner of the United States ) To 7/14/1993 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - the Bill Clinton remarks in Des Moines Iowa ) is 1456 days

From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 10/28/1969 ( premiere US TV series pilot "The Young Lawyers" ) is 1456 days



From 2/8/1939 ( premiere US film "Navy Secrets" ) To 7/14/1993 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - the Bill Clinton remarks in Des Moines Iowa ) is 19880 days

19880 = 9940 + 9940

From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 1/19/1993 ( in Asheville North Carolina as Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess I was seriously wounded by gunfire when I returned fatal gunfire to a fugitive from United States federal justice who was another criminal sent by Bill Gates-Nazi-Microsoft-George Bush the cowardly violent criminal in another attempt to kill me the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) is 9940 days



From 1/19/1993 ( in Asheville North Carolina as Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess I was seriously wounded by gunfire when I returned fatal gunfire to a fugitive from United States federal justice who was another criminal sent by Bill Gates-Nazi-Microsoft-George Bush the cowardly violent criminal in another attempt to kill me the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 7/14/1993 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - the Bill Clinton remarks in Des Moines Iowa ) is 176 days

From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 4/27/1966 ( premiere US film "Gunpoint" ) is 176 days



From 8/3/1936 ( premiere US film "Ghost Patrol" ) To 12/25/1991 ( as United States Marine Corps chief warrant officer Kerry Wayne Burgess I was prisoner of war in Croatia ) is 20232 days

20232 = 10116 + 10116

From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 7/14/1993 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - the Bill Clinton remarks in Des Moines Iowa ) is 10116 days



From 10/20/1942 ( premiere US film "Night Monster" ) To 7/14/1993 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - the Bill Clinton remarks in Des Moines Iowa ) is 18530 days

18530 = 9265 + 9265

From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 3/16/1991 ( date hijacked from me:my first successful major test of my ultraspace matter transportation device as Kerry Wayne Burgess the successful Ph.D. graduate Columbia South Carolina ) is 9265 days



From 11/26/1932 ( premiere US film "Then Came the Yawn" ) To 4/18/1988 ( the United States Navy Operation Praying Mantis - my biological brother US Navy Fleet Admiral Thomas Reagan and I US Navy FC2 Kerry Wayne Burgess are both at the same time onboard the United States Navy warship USS Wainwright CG 28 when it evaded a Harpoon anti-ship missile from hostile Iran-Bill Gates-Microsoft-George Bush-Axis of Evil-Soviet Union-Communist forces but 2 United States Marine Corps aviators launched from USS Wainwright CG 28 killed this day ) is 20232 days

20232 = 10116 + 10116

From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 7/14/1993 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - the Bill Clinton remarks in Des Moines Iowa ) is 10116 days



From 4/18/1988 ( the United States Navy Operation Praying Mantis - my biological brother US Navy Fleet Admiral Thomas Reagan and I US Navy FC2 Kerry Wayne Burgess are both at the same time onboard the United States Navy warship USS Wainwright CG 28 when it evaded a Harpoon anti-ship missile from hostile Iran-Bill Gates-Microsoft-George Bush-Axis of Evil-Soviet Union-Communist forces but 2 United States Marine Corps aviators launched from USS Wainwright CG 28 killed this day ) To 7/14/1993 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - the Bill Clinton remarks in Des Moines Iowa ) is 1913 days

From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 1/28/1971 ( premiere US film "The Last Valley" ) is 1913 days



From 11/7/1955 ( premiere US film "Artists and Models" ) To 7/14/1993 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - the Bill Clinton remarks in Des Moines Iowa ) is 13764 days

13764 = 6882 + 6882

From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 9/5/1984 ( premiere US film "American Pictures" ) is 6882 days



From 8/13/1965 ( premiere US film "Nudes Inc." ) To 7/14/1993 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - the Bill Clinton remarks in Des Moines Iowa ) is 10197 days

From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 10/3/1993 ( the Battle of Mogadishu Somalia begins ) is 10197 days



From 10/3/1978 ( Stephen King "The Stand" ) To 7/14/1993 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - the Bill Clinton remarks in Des Moines Iowa ) is 5398 days

5398 = 2699 + 2699

From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 3/24/1973 ( premiere US TV movie "Chase" ) is 2699 days



From 10/3/1978 ( Stephen King "The Stand" ) To 7/14/1993 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - the Bill Clinton remarks in Des Moines Iowa ) is 5398 days

5398 = 2699 + 2699

From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 3/24/1973 ( premiere US TV movie "Partners in Crime" ) is 2699 days



From 5/22/1910 ( Johnny Olson ) To 10/12/1965 ( Scott O'Grady the known active participant of al-Qaida violently against the United States of America ) is 20232 days

20232 = 10116 + 10116

From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 7/14/1993 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - the Bill Clinton remarks in Des Moines Iowa ) is 10116 days



From 9/4/1972 ( premiere US TV series "The Price is Right" ) To 7/14/1993 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - the Bill Clinton remarks in Des Moines Iowa ) is 7618 days

From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 9/11/1986 ( premiere US TV series "Our House" ) is 7618 days



From 12/15/1963 ( premiere US film "America, America" ) To 7/14/1993 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - the Bill Clinton remarks in Des Moines Iowa ) is 10804 days

From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 6/2/1995 ( the Scott O'Grady-Bill Clinton hoax as a scheduled criminal event against the United States of America - Scott O'Grady reportedly on the ground in Bosnia ) is 10804 days



From 9/27/1981 ( premiere US TV series episode "Nova"::"Computers, Spies & Private Lives" ) To 7/14/1993 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - the Bill Clinton remarks in Des Moines Iowa ) is 4308 days

4308 = 2154 + 2154

From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 9/26/1971 ( Susan Smith ) is 2154 days



From 8/12/1940 ( premiere US film "Doomed to Die" ) To 4/23/1968 ( Timothy James McVeigh ) is 10116 days

From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 7/14/1993 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - the Bill Clinton remarks in Des Moines Iowa ) is 10116 days



From 6/4/1939 ( the MS St. Louis denied permission to land in Florida ) To 10/25/1994 ( Susan Smith kills her two children and dumps them in her car in the John D. Long Lake near Union South Carolina ) is 20232 days

20232 = 10116 + 10116

From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 7/14/1993 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - the Bill Clinton remarks in Des Moines Iowa ) is 10116 days



From 7/22/1964 ( premiere US film "Bikini Beach" ) To 7/14/1993 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - the Bill Clinton remarks in Des Moines Iowa ) is 10584 days

From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 10/25/1994 ( Susan Smith kills her two children and dumps them in her car in the John D. Long Lake near Union South Carolina ) is 10584 days



From 7/1/1946 ( the United States Operation Crossroads - Bikini Atoll - the first atomic bomb test detonation of Operation Crossroads series and the air burst detonation code name Able ) To 7/14/1993 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - the Bill Clinton remarks in Des Moines Iowa ) is 17180 days

17180 = 8590 + 8590

From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 5/10/1989 ( premiere US TV movie "Billy the Kid" ) is 8590 days



From 1/28/1964 ( in East German airspace the Soviet Union MiG-19 shootdown of the United States T-39 Sabreliner trainer aircraft ) To 7/14/1993 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - the Bill Clinton remarks in Des Moines Iowa ) is 10760 days

From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 4/19/1995 ( Bill Gates-Nazi-Microsoft-Corbis-George Bush the cowardly violent criminal in a scheduled terrorist attack destroys the Oklahoma City Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building with many fatalities and massive destruction to the United States of America Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building and the local area ) is 10760 days



From 12/25/1971 ( George Walker Bush the purveyor of illegal drugs strictly for his personal profit including the trafficking of massive amounts of cocaine into the United States confined to federal prison in Mexico for illegally smuggling narcotics in Mexico ) To 7/14/1993 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - the Bill Clinton remarks in Des Moines Iowa ) is 7872 days

7872 = 3936 + 3936

From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 8/12/1976 ( premiere US film "The Ritz" ) is 3936 days


http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=46847

The American Presidency Project

William J. Clinton

XLII President of the United States: 1993 - 2001

Remarks and an Exchange With Reporters at a Water Distribution Site in Des Moines, Iowa

July 14, 1993

The President. Thank you very much. Let me just say, first of all, how very appreciative I am for the incredible work that has been done here in the last several days by the people of this State. I'm very proud of the contribution that has been made by all of the Federal Agencies, working in partnership with the people of Iowa, and I want to say a special word of appreciation for the Federal Emergency Management Agency and its Director, James Lee Wilt, but also to the Agriculture Department. Secretary Espy is here with me for the second time in only 10 days, and I think his third trip to Iowa, and Mr. Wilt is here. And your Senators and your congressional delegation, they're all here with us today. And Governor Branstad and I took a helicopter flight over the major portions of Des Moines and the surrounding area that have been hurt so badly.

Because I come from a State that's not all that different from Iowa, I have seen whole towns flooded, I have seen massive amounts of farmland flooded, but I've never seen anything on this scale before. And certainly, in my lifetime, anyway, to my knowledge there's never been an American city without water that was this large for this long a period of time.

I'm here today to view this damage, to talk to the members of the congressional delegation, to talk to the Governor and the other State officials of the people who are here working, and to do what I can to assure you that the victims of this disaster—and insofar as I, as President, can guarantee it—will be treated just like the victims of Hurricane Andrew or Hugo or the terrible devastation in Hawaii that my wife is visiting today from just several months ago. This is a very profound problem.

As you know, we have five States now, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, and Missouri, along with Iowa, that have been declared disasters. We have our Federal folks in South Dakota, which has had extensive crop damage, Kansas, and Nebraska, reviewing those States. We will present today a bill to the Congress for emergency assistance based on our best estimates of the damage reports that have been filed to date. But we know there will be several more in, in the next few days, and I expect we'll have to revise all those numbers upward. We want to get the bill in today just to start movement on the bill. But as the damage reports come in over the next 4 to 5 days, I expect you'll see some revision upward in the numbers that the administration has asked for, both in the House and the Senate. And I want to say again, I'm going to do my best to make sure that the full reach of Federal assistance comes to the people of Iowa and to all the victims of this flood, and I'll be working closely with your congressional delegation to get that done.

But in the end, this is really a triumph of the spirit of the people of this State. I've been very moved by what I have seen not only from the helicopter but here in this parking lot today. And I want to say a special word of thanks to all those who have volunteered their time and who have come forward to help people in times of need, because that's really what America is all about. We've seen once again that we are capable of being a very strong family when we need to be, and it's a great tribute to your people. Thank you very much.

Q. Mr. President, there's a lot of desperate people here in Iowa, and Minnesota, Missouri, throughout the Midwest. What kinds of words on a personal level, words of encouragement, can you give them?

The President. Well, I can tell them that I have seen this sort of thing happen before in my own State. I've lived through this. I've seen people wiped out of their homes. And I talked to a lot of people here today who have lost everything they had in their homes, their businesses, their crops. And what I would say to them is we'll do what we can to help. But in the end, it is the inner strength of people and the support of the communities and families that will bring us through. But this will pass, and we have to keep looking to the future. That's what I sense in this crowd today, people who are willing to do that. I will do everything I can to make sure that this country does not forget about the people of Iowa and the other victims of the disaster, but we've just got to go on. We've got to pick up the pieces and go on. That's what Americans do, and that's what we're going to have to do.

Q. Can you help out, Mr. President, without busting the budget?

The President. Oh, I think so. Keep in mind all these emergency appropriations do come as emergencies, that is, outside the budget. But you should be encouraged that since January because of our efforts to reduce the deficit in the next 5 years, because they've been successful, long-term interest rates have dropped rather dramatically. And our deficit this year is more than $20 billion less than it was estimated to be when I took office.

So while a few billion dollars will add to it in this year, it will still be lower than everyone thought it was going to be, and it will not in any way affect the 5-year deficit reduction program now moving through Congress. So the people of Iowa don't need to feel guilty about taking this money; that's what it's there for. We've always done this. I think there is enormous bipartisan support in the Congress for this. There is no sense that this is something that should be held hostage to the budget negotiations. And we're going to do just fine on that, I think.

Q. Mr. President, you were here 10 days ago. What are the differences now than 10 days ago when you were in Davenport?

The President. A lot more water over more of the State and a lot of residential and business damage in addition to the agricultural damage. It is very substantial, and it changes the mix of what our responsibilities are. It also makes it a little more difficult to calculate fight now, so we will ask in this bill that will go before the Congress for a significant amount of money, several hundreds of millions of dollars in contingency appropriations, over and above anything we've proved in direct damages, because we can't know for sure at this moment, and we won't know next week, although we care for every last eligible disaster loss. And that's very different from the way it was before.

Thank you very much.

NOTE: The President spoke at 11:33 a.m. at the HyVee Food and Drug Store in the South Ridge Shopping Center.



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William J. Clinton

XLII President of the United States: 1993 - 2001

Interview With Wolf Blitzer of CNN in Des Moines, Iowa

July 14, 1993

Economic Summit

The President. [Inaudible]—revised upward in about 5 days.

Mr. Blitzer. Significantly?

The President. Could be.

Mr. Blitzer. And tomorrow you're supposed to go up to Capitol Hill to meet with some Members of the House and Senate, I take it, to discuss this issue or the whole G-7 Tokyo summit?

The President. Well, I will certainly give them a briefing on this issue, and I want to talk about what happened on our trip and what happened at the Tokyo summit and how important it is for us now to pass this budget. This is our part of the bargain. We got a new trade agreement with Japan. We got an agreement to lower tariffs historically with the other major industrialized countries. We're trying to restore growth to the world economy, but to do it we've got to bring the American budget deficit down, too.

Mr. Blitzer. You come to this area here-helicopters are flying overhead even as we sped—to see the devastation. The G-7 summit must seem like 100 years ago, doesn't it?

The President. It's a long way away, but the focus of those high-flung summits is to affect the lives of people like the folks on this street for the better. So in a way, it's a good way to come home, and I should be here.

Midwest Flooding

Mr. Blitzer. Now, as a former Governor, you seem to be so comfortable dealing with these natural disaster type of situations, and you get really immersed into it right away. Am I wrong? Is that just my impression?

The President. No, you're right—

Mr. Blitzer. In certain areas you seem uncomfortable, but in this kind of area you seem very comfortable.

The President. Well, I think in every new job there's a learning curve, but I don't have much of one here. Most people who would become President, who would come out of the Congress, for example, might not have anything like the experience that I've had dealing with disasters. But my State, on a per capita basis, suffers from tornadoes more than any other. We've had major floods. We've had huge droughts. I've dealt with a lot of these, and I know what's been wrong in the past. And I'm glad that a lot of people think we're trying to put it right here. I feel good about it.

Mr. Blitzer. You're going to go back to Washington tonight. Any plans to come back to this area, visit other devastated areas in the Midwest?

The President. Well, I don't want to rule it in or out. I've got to go back and see where we are, first of all, on the aid package, and secondly, where we are with the budget negotiations, and thirdly, where we are in dealing with the States and the localities. That's the big issue. That's the thing we're trying to do a better job of, make sure everybody is sort of on board and we're all doing things together, singing out of the same hymnal. And I wouldn't rule it out, but I don't want to commit yet. I've got to go back and see what the job is, what we have to do in Washington.

Homosexuals in the Military

Mr. Blitzer. And on top of everything else, this week the Pentagon is supposed to give you its recommendations on the whole issue of gays in the military.

The President. They are.

Mr. Blitzer. What's your sense? Is it falling into place right now?

The President. My sense is there's still some difference of opinion even among the service chiefs about what they want. But I hope they'll come up with something that everyone can agree is fair and we can all live with. We'll just have to see.

Mr. Blitzer. How much after you get that recommendation do you think you will finally act on some decision?

The President. Oh, I won't take long, won't take long at all. No, I won't take long.

Mr. Blitzer. Have you basically made up your mind already?

The President. Well, I want to see what they say first. I think they're still debating it a little among themselves, and I want to see what they say.

Mr. Blitzer. Okay, Mr. President. Thank you very much once again for joining us.

The President. Thanks, Wolf. Thank you.

Mr. Blitzer. Pretty devastated area.

The President. It is.

NOTE: The interview began at 3:20 p.m. at the intersection of Fleur and Valley Drives.



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William J. Clinton

XLII President of the United States: 1993 - 2001

Interview With Jan Mickelson of WHO Radio in Des Moines

July 14, 1993

Midwest Flooding

Mr. Mickelson. Mr. President, 1040 WHO Radio, KLYF-FM, and TV-13 welcomes you to Iowa and the Nation's heartland. Thank you for coming.

You spent the morning and the midday touring the wreckage and the damage, flood damage. Give us some of your impressions, sir.

The President. I did have the opportunity to tour, first of all, by helicopter. I spent about a half an hour flying over the Des Moines area, and then I stopped in a supermarket lot where water was being distributed. I talked to people who had lost everything in their houses, they've lost their businesses, people who obviously have had their farms flooded out. It was a very moving thing. I talked to parents who were worried about their children and whether they could get adequate water and how they were going to do that safely. And some of them had been able to send their children to relatives in other communities; some had not.

But the spirit of the people seemed pretty undaunted. Several people broke down, and they were very choked up, but they were resolute. And I think that, as terrible as these things are, in some ways they bring out the best in people. I saw an enormous number of people who had just stopped their lives and come in to volunteer and help other people deal with their problems.

I will say this: This is a different sort of emergency than I saw 10 days ago when I came to Iowa and Illinois. It's gone beyond the flooding of farmland, obviously, to the destruction of a lot of homes and businesses and the public safety issue here with the water. Your people I think have done a very good job working with the Federal agencies and the State people, and I was very impressed by that.

I guess we ought to just do a rundown, since we have people listening to us from other States. We know now that there have been five States declared disaster areas: Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. We also have Federal officials in South Dakota, Kansas, and Nebraska reviewing the damage there.

A lot of people here are clearly and justifiably concerned about these losses. And I want to make just two or three comments about that. First of all, just before I came on this program I talked to the Director of our Office of Management and Budget, Leon Panetta, and authorized him to send today to the Congress a bill to provide emergency help to the families, the farmers, the businesses, and the communities who have been hurt by the rains and the flooding along the Mississippi River and its tributaries.

The bill will initially ask for about $2.5 billion in disaster funds, based on preliminary estimates of damages and several hundred million dollars in what are called contingent appropriations. That is, if the damages come through, the money can be released; if not, then it's not released and doesn't go against the spending. We expect that the damages, frankly, the compensable damages will be greater than that. And in the next 4 or 5 days we expect to be modifying that bill some. But we felt it was very important to go ahead and get the bill in, start it through the congressional process. And over the next 4 or 5 days we'll be getting more hard estimates of damages in, and it can be modified, first in the House and then in the Senate. After that, if further modifications are needed, we will be able to go back and ask the Congress to do more.

The principle, the operative principle here, ought to be that the people who have been hit by this disaster should not be treated any differently than people who were victims of Hurricane Andrew, Hurricane Hugo, the terrible devastation on the island of Kauai in the State of Hawaii. We ought to treat everybody the same.

Let me just make one other point in addition to the aid. I want to compliment the work that has been done at the local level and by the Federal agencies here. The Secretary of Agriculture, Mike Espy, has been here three times. The Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, James Lee Witt, has been here extensively. He was just complimented at the Hy-Vee parking lot here because the hospital needed some water purification equipment, and he produced it within 24 hours.

You've got the Departments of Transportation and Commerce and Housing and Urban Development, Health and Human Services, the Small Business Administration, the Corps of Engineers, the Coast Guard, and National Guardsmen from all over working hard here. So I have been very impressed with that, and we're going to keep doing that.

I want to say a special word of commendation to FEMA and to the Director, James Lee Witt, because they have really worked hard to cut through the red tape. I got asked a lot of questions in the crowd today at the parking lot, and there must be people all over this Mississippi River area asking those questions. So let me say that you can go to a disaster assistance center set up by FEMA, and they'll give you one-stop shopping. That is, if you have some problem that is not necessarily covered by the Federal Emergency Management Act, if you just show up there, they'll work you through the system and what's there. We're going to have, I think, a coordinated and effective as well as a compassionate effort.

So those are the two things I wanted to say. For the people here who still have questions about where they are and what they need, go to the disaster assistance center. Secondly, I'm going to send the bill up to the Congress this afternoon and urge them to move in a speedy way. When I say $2.5 billion, let me emphasize there's probably another $1 billion in ongoing appropriations of the Congress which can be used to deal with the agricultural and other losses here, just money that's already out there that we'll just reprogram for the hard-hit areas. And as we get more disaster estimates in over the next couple of days, if it's warranted—and I think it will be, based on what I've seen and heard we will modify the figures upward.

But I want to say, again, I've been very impressed. This has been a particularly moving experience for me and for the Vice President and for our families because so many of these towns that were hit were on the bus tour that we took last year. And when I've looked at these towns and I've seen what's happened, so many of them, you know, particularly along the river, in East St. Louis and Hannibal and Wayland and Keokuk and Fort Madison, Burlington in this State, Muscatine, Davenport, Bettendorf-we visited all those places. We visited Prairie du Chien and La Crosse in Wisconsin. So I've met a lot of the people that have been hurt by this flood, and I just want you to know that we're going to do everything we can to be there and be a good partner. And if there are more things that should be done. I want the people to let us know through FEMA.

Mr. Mickelson. I had a chance to speak with one of Iowa's congressional delegation last night, Senator Grassley, who was most appreciative that this has been a bipartisan effort, and he wanted to have me make certain to pass on to you how much he appreciated being included today, as well as the Republican side of the aisle.

The President. It rains on all of us, you know.

Mr. Mickelson. Yes, on the just and the unjust, I think the Good Book says. [Laughter]

The President. That's right. Mr. Mickelson. The second thing is, this $2.5 billion you're talking about—and you implied that it will be left somewhat open-ended we won't even know for sure the extent of the damage, especially the crop-related damage, until fall when we figure out what is left of the wreckage. Will that also be included as part of this package?

The President. Well, some of that will be. Some of the fall's money, I think, will have to come out of the next fiscal year, maybe. But keep in mind, that may be a wash on the Federal budget, because the more crop land that's taken out of production, the more you'll have some upper pressure on prices, and probably less crops in the loan program. So while we'll spend more Federal money in some senses on these crop losses, we'll spend somewhat less in other areas. And we're just going to have to work that through as we go along.

Some of that money will be covered under existing Federal law. Some of it will be covered probably by the next fiscal year. Some of it, we may have to come back in for another supplemental appropriation. We're just going to have to play it by ear because we literally won't know. Senator Grassley and Senator Harkin were both commenting, along with your congressional delegation today and of course Governor Branstad, who is a farmer, they were all saying we won't know the full extent of the farm losses until the fall. And so we'll play it by ear, and as they become evident, we'll do what's appropriate.

Mr. Mickelson. The way it was handled in Hurricane Andrew, we'll try to duplicate that? Some cases, the matching funds, requirements from the States and localities was waived in the case of Hurricane Andrew. Will that be the case here in Iowa?

The President. In some cases they were, on a case-by-case basis. I've asked the FEMA Director, James Lee Witt, to look at that. FEMA has gotten some good publicity for a change, and I'm glad to see that in the course of this. Part of it is, the Director was not only the director of emergency assistance in our State, but before that he was a local official. So I think we're pretty sensitive about what can and can't be paid. We're prepared to look at that, but we should look at it under the law. We have to look at it on a case-by-case basis, and we will.

Mr. Mickelson. Mr. President, joining us via our live line from the scene of more flood damage around and along the Mississippi River is Anne Keith from KMOX Radio in St. Louis. Anne, we'd like to welcome you to WHO and to our listeners.

Anne Keith. Good afternoon, and good afternoon, Mr. President.

The President. Good afternoon, Anne.

[At this point, Ms. Keith asked about flood insurance reform and the length of the response time.]

The President. The consensus is that we've had a more rapid response this time than in previous ones. And I think the reason is that we do have a very high level of coordination here among the agencies. We do have some problems with flood insurance. We've got some real problems with crop insurance, and I think there's a real consensus about the fact that we have to reform the crop insurance system and some of what ought to be done about it. On the flood insurance, I think that's something else we'll have to look at. But I think that we're getting pretty good marks this time for getting out ahead of the curve on the disaster coordination. And if you have any other specific ideas about what we should do, I'd be glad to have them.

Mr. Mickelson. Also joining us from our live line from Minneapolis from radio station WCCO is Steve Murphy. Steve?

[Mr. Murphy asked for assurance for farmers that Government relief would be adequate.]

The President. I think we know enough about what the size of the problem on the farm side's going to be that I can clearly give you that assurance. The real problem we've got is that the crop insurance program itself has some serious shortcomings. And we're going to have to move in and reform that and, in the meanwhile, try to hold as many of these farmers short of total destruction as we can. We're working on it very, very hard.

Secretary Espy has used and will continue to use every bit of flexibility that he has under the present law to try to save as many farmers as possible and to try to deal with the individual situations that we face. As I said earlier, a lot of the people working on this disaster have dealt with this kind of thing, flooded farms and flooded towns and these kinds of problems. And Mike Espy represented a farm district in Mississippi before he became Secretary of Agriculture.

We are determined to do everything we can to minimize the damage and to try to keep these farmers farming. And we're going to do the best we can.

Mr. Mickelson. Do you visualize a formula?

The President. What do you mean? Mr. Mickelson. Is it possible for the Federal Government to restore everything 100 percent? The President. Well, I don't think so. It's not possible to restore everything 100 percent because some of these programs are loan programs. But there are a lot of things that can be done. I believe, with the flexibility the Secretary has asked for that will keep these people farming. And that's our goal now, to try to help put people's lives back together and keep the farmers farming. And I think we'll do that.

Mr. Mickelson. We want to include our listeners in this mix, Mr. President, and we have asked our listeners to call us from all over the State with questions, flood related. But I'd like to just use the privilege I have as a talk show host to ask you a personal question of my own, if you don't mind. What gives you your greatest pleasure as a President, flying around in Air Force One or being able to preempt Rush Limbaugh, as we're doing right now?

The President. Oh, the latter. That's not even close. [Laughter]

Mr. Mickelson. I figured it wouldn't. Let's talk to some of the—

The President. Actually, my greatest pleasure being President is when you do something that you think affects people's lives in a positive way. There is so much in public life—

Mr. Mickelson. Would you include category B in that category? [Laughter]

The President. Perhaps only because of the purpose for which I'm here today.

[At this point, a participant asked how disaster assistance costs would affect deficit reduction.]

The President. Well, I think this particular one has a fairly happy answer, but let me give you the general argument. The thing that has gotten our budget in trouble are ongoing trends. Particular disasters that do, frankly, increase spending on a one-year basis have not contributed in any significant way at all to the Government's deficit problem. And I think that there is a general feeling in the country, and certainly in Washington among people of both parties, that when something like this happens you have to put the people first.

Now, in this particular case, while I will ask for $2.5 billion in budget authority, and it may go up based on the real losses, it's happening in this budget year where our deficit is more than $20 billion less than we thought it was going to be in January. Because there's been a serious debate in the Congress and an effort that is progressing to bring the deficit down dramatically, long-term interest rates have dropped. And as they have dropped, the cost of carrying the debt has gone down. And some other expenses we thought we would have, have not materialized. We've had about one million new jobs in the economy, for example, since January. So our deficit this year is projected to be over $20 billion less than we thought it was going to be, so that while this will cut into that, at least we'll still wind up way short of where it was projected in January.

Mr. Mickelson. Every county in the State of Iowa is on your list now, eligible for disaster relief.

The President. Every one.

Mr. Mickelson. I can't remember that ever occurring in midwestern history. What about you, sir? This is just—

The President. It's very—

Mr. Mickelson. —devastating.

The President. We've never had a time, for example, in my State—which has more tornadoes per capita than any State and where we've had a lot of flooding—we've never had all our counties on disaster relief. And this is highly unusual.

[A participant asked if Federal troops could help with sandbagging and water relief efforts.]

The President. Well, if we need them, we can provide some, certainly. But so far, it's my understanding that the National Guard and the other human resources are sufficient for that at this time. If we need more, we can provide more. We've made it clear. The FEMA Director, James Lee Witt, knows that basically that's a high priority, and if they need more bodies, more help, that we'll try to provide it.

[A participant asked if water levels set by the Corps of Engineers could be changed to prevent future floods..]

The President. Mitzi, let me just say for the benefit of the listeners, Lake Ouachita and Lake Hamilton are two of the three lakes around Hot Springs where I grew up. So she and I are from the same place more or less.

The answer to your question is, yes, some more can be done for some of these communities, but a lot of this flooding occurred in the 100-year flood plan, that is in areas that are projected to flood only once every 100 years. And the Governor told me today that some of this water was 4 feet above the 100-year level. It is often very difficult and quite expensive to protect beyond the 100-year flood plain.

But I do believe what should happen is that, as we get the water down and we manage that process, all the communities affected need to look at what their flood protection is and to analyze whether more needs to be done. There clearly are some communities that had virtually no protection at all and that were vulnerable well below the 100-year flood level. And I think that just needs to be a community-by-community assessment. And we, of course, will work with all of them.

So my short answer to you is yes, I think the Corps can help some of the communities, but I do not believe that any reasonable effort would have forestalled all of the damage here. This was an unusual flood. It will be more than a century in all probability before anything remotely like this occurs again.

[A participant asked how soon Congress would act on disaster legislation and suggested an investigation of Corps of Engineers water management practices.]

The President. Thank you. Let me answer you the first question first. I think that Congress will move very quickly on this. As I said, I authorized the bill to be sent up there today to start the legislative process. We want it frankly, to take a few days because we want to get the latest damage estimates. We'll know a lot more about 6 days from now than we know today. So if that bill needs to be amended in any way, we can amend it in the process. But by starting today, we ought to be able to move it through, I would say, in just a couple of weeks, and then the money would be released virtually immediately.

Also keep in mind, some of the funds which are emergency funds, like emergency help to people who have lost everything, been wiped out of their homes, that come through the FEMA programs, there's already money associated with that. I want to emphasize that again. A lot of the money that can be used to deal with this emergency may be already appropriated and in that sense may not in any way increase the deficit or cause any problems. But a lot of the funds will have to be done over and above that.

Now, with regard to the Corps of Engineers, let me say that you're the first person who has mentioned that to me. I'll be happy to look into it. We had a horrible flood in my State and lost a couple of little towns completely. I mean, they were totally underwater, and they lost a lot of farmland a couple of years ago. And there were all kinds of questions about whether the Corps of Engineers back up the river had managed the dams properly. But I had—

Mr. Mickelson. Same questions are occurring now.

The President. Same questions. And they're legitimate questions, and they can be looked into. But I have to tell you again, I want to say that when water gets 4 feet higher than the 100-year flood plain, it's almost impossible to conclude that some technical decision back up the river could have made a big difference. I think that it's worth looking at. I think we should look at all aspects of this. But I think that it is unlikely that that made a major contribution to this problem.

[A participant asked about the Red Rock area and about assistance for people in the restaurant business.]

The President. First of all, I didn't go down that far, but I did talk to some people about it. There are a couple of problems. One is how to manage the outflow of water from the dam. The other is, to the extent we have any control over it, how to drain all this flooded farmland between here and the Mississippi River. See, you've got these tributaries that cause all the flooding around Des Moines, but you've got about a—well, from here to the Mississippi River you've got a whole swath of land that is totally flooded. So it's like you've got another big lake here that's 3 miles wide at its widest point. And to whatever extent we can control that, that needs to be drained in a way that doesn't just throw all the water back in at once and then down on the folks down river. So all that will have to be managed very carefully and by people who are expert in doing it.

Secondly, with regard to the restaurant business, for the people who work there and the people who own it, you should check in at the disaster assistance centers and ask essentially about two things. One is what kind of Small Business Administration programs are there to help you, because there are some, and they are pretty significant. I think you'll find them pretty significant. And secondly, for the people who work for you who may have lost everything in terms of their ability to earn any income for a significant period of time, there are some individual disaster assistance programs that might be available to help them. And at the disaster assistance center, they can give you all that information.

Mr. Mickelson. The cliche question is like this, Mr. President: Could you please cut spending first right after you send us the $3 billion? Talk to us about this. How will you be able to justify this level of expenditure to people who live in New Jersey?

The President. Because it might happen in New Jersey someday, Because it happened in Florida and Louisiana and South Carolina with Hurricanes Andrew and Hugo. Because you just can't stop nature from taking its course, and we can't afford to paralyze the American people on this.

And let me just back up and say I don't want to get into a political discussion on the budget today unless you wish to do so. I'll be happy to. But let me just point out to the American people who are listening to this, over the next 5 years, if this budget passes, we will have a hard freeze on non-health-care-related domestic spending. That means every dollar we increase Head Start by or we spend more on technology or spend to help people in California, for example, to convert from defense cuts to domestic economy and opportunities, will be made up for by cuts everyplace else. We have cut agriculture. We have cut veterans costs. We've cut all kinds of things in this budget to actually flatten that spending.

So you've got a decline in defense spending, fiat domestic spending. The only increases in this whole budget for the next 5 years net are increases in Social Security and other income-related programs and increases in health care costs, which are still going up at 9 percent a year while inflation is about 3 or 4. And that's the next big challenge for our administration. But believe me, we've got $250 billion plus in cuts there now, and we ought to keep them there. But we can't not deal with this disaster or some other disaster for fear of having it go up just a little bit.

[A participant requested cooperation from private lending institutions in the coming years to help farmers recover from their losses.]

The President. Well, let me make two points, if I might. First of all, you characterized what happened in the eighties rather well. We had a lot of droughts in the eighties, but we also had, as you well know, a huge amount of farm debt out there which had been taken out when there was inflation, rising prices, rising land prices, and high interest rates. And then when commodity prices collapsed in the eighties, a lot of farmers couldn't finance that debt. And it took about 5 years for the Federal Government to agree on a bipartisan basis on a farming refinancing system, which then the private lending institutions could plug into. I think that provided for forbearance, for example, and other things.

I think you've got a lot of that out there now. There are also some real options that every farming State in this country has to try to help the lending institutions deal with the farmers. We won't go through all the details, but we do.

The next thing I would like to say to you, however, is that we are working aggressively to try to change the regulatory environment in which small business and agriculture live and relate to the federally insured financial institutions, the private banks. And I think that over the next year you will see a significant increase in credit offered to businesses and to agriculture because of this changing regulatory environment.

Mr. Mickelson. Mr. President, we're out of time here. On behalf of KMOX Radio in St. Louis, WCCO Radio in Minneapolis, WHO Radio here in Des Moines, along with KLYFFM and TV-13, thank you for coming and sharing your thoughts and visiting the heartland. I appreciate it.

The President. Thank you.

NOTE: The interview began at 1:30 p.m. at WHO Studios.










http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0145138/releaseinfo

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Nudes Inc. (1965)

Release Info

USA 13 August 1965 (Los Angeles, California)










http://www.divxmoviesenglishsubtitles.com/B/Black_Hawk_Down.html


Black Hawk Down [ RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 ]


C-2, we're at the 64 crash site, securing perimeter.
- You all right? - Yeah, I'm good.
You're locked and loaded.
Any skinnies come around these corners, you watch our backs.










http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047840/releaseinfo

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Artists and Models (1955)

Release Info

USA 7 November 1955



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Artists and Models (1955)

Full Cast & Crew


Dean Martin ... Rick Todd
Jerry Lewis ... Eugene Fullstack










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American Pictures (1984)

Release Info

USA 5 September 1984 (New York City, New York)










http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Flying+the+first+mission+of+dessert+storm.-a0286971012

THE FREE LIBRARY


The Free Library > Science and Technology > Military and naval science > Air Power History > March 22, 2012


Suddenly, the lights began to go off. One of the pilots mused, "I think they know we are here." Thirty seconds prior, the Apache crews turned on their ranging lasers.










http://static.espn.go.com/mlb/s/2003/0327/1530427.html

ESPN



Thursday, March 27

Updated: April 4, 1:42 PM ET

Blomberg first permanent pinch-hitter

By Jeff Merron

Special to ESPN.com

Thirty years ago -- at 1:53 p.m. on April 6, 1973 -- Ron Blomberg, batting sixth in the Yankee lineup, came to bat with the bases loaded on a cold, windy Opening Day at Fenway. Facing Luis Tiant, he walked on a full count to force in a run.

It wouldn't do the Yankees much good -- they would lose the game 15-5 -- but it was a historic moment. By three strokes of fate -- a pulled hamstring, the schedule and a wind-blown double -- Blomberg came to the plate as the first designated hitter in baseball history.










http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1147459/releaseinfo

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The Apache Indian (1945)

Release Info

USA 26 July 1945










http://www.e-reading.co.uk/bookreader.php/1016787/Clancy_-_Shadow_Warriors.html


Shadow Warriors (2002)

Clancy, Tom - Nf - Commanders


XII

SHADOWS IN THE STORM


The Apache commander, Lieutenant Colonel Dick Cody, quickly came on board and adapted his unit's tactics and aircraft for the mission.










http://www.twiztv.com/scripts/battlestar

BATTLESTAR GALACTICA [ RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 ]

1-08 - Flesh And Bones 12/06/04


http://www.twiztv.com/scripts/battlestar/season1/galactica-108.htm

BATTLESTAR GALACTICA

1X08 - FLESH AND BONE

Original Airdate: February 25, 2005 (USA)


Boomer - I saved your life back on Caprica. My co-pilot gave up a seat for you. And I brought you back to Galactica, to safety. You wouldn't even be here if it wasn't for me. You owe me.





http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Marshals_Service


United States Marshals Service

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The United States Marshals Service (USMS) is a U.S. federal law enforcement agency within the U.S. Department of Justice (see 28 U.S.C. § 561). The office of U.S. Marshal is the oldest American federal law enforcement office. The U.S. Marshals office was created by the Judiciary Act of 1789.


The U.S. Marshals are the primary agency for fugitive operations.










http://www.tv.com/shows/garrisons-gorillas/operation-hellfire-196740/

tv.com


Garrison's Gorillas Season 1 Episode 9

Operation Hellfire

Aired Unknown Oct 31, 1967 on ABC

AIRED: 10/31/67










http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097815/releaseinfo

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Major League (1989)

Release Info

USA 7 April 1989










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G.I. Wanna Home (1946)

Release Info

USA 5 September 1946



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G.I. Wanna Home (1946)

Plot Summary


The stooges are discharged from the army and go to see their fiancée, but find they have been dispossessed and the wedding is off until they find a home. The boys have trouble finding a vacant apartment so they set up housekeeping in a vacant lot. Their housing problems seem to be solved until a farmer destroys their new home with a tractor. The stooges then build a house of their own, but the girls aren't impressed with the one room mansion and walk out on them.



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G.I. Wanna Home (1946)

Full Cast & Crew


Curly Howard ... Curly (as Curly)
Larry Fine ... Larry (as Larry)
Moe Howard ... Moe (as Moe)










http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0027669/releaseinfo

IMDb


Ghost Patrol (1936)

Release Info

USA 3 August 1936



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Ghost Patrol (1936)

Plot Summary


A Professor has an invention that will bring down planes causing them to crash and Dawson is forcing him to use it on those carrying money. When Tim arrives to investigate he is mistaken for a noted outlaw. So he assumes that identity to force Dawson to make him a partner. But just as a plane bringing Tim help is arriving, his true identity is revealed and while he is a prisoner, Dawson forces the Professor to start his machine.










http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031715/releaseinfo

IMDb


Navy Secrets (1939)

Release Info

USA 8 February 1939










http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060483/releaseinfo

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Gunpoint (1966)

Release Info

USA 27 April 1966 (New York City, New York)



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Gunpoint (1966)

Full Cast & Crew


Audie Murphy ... Chad Lucas










http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035124/releaseinfo

IMDb


Night Monster (1942)

Release Info

USA 20 October 1942



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Night Monster (1942)

Full Cast & Crew


Bela Lugosi ... Rolf










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Night Monster (1942)

Quotes


Dr. Lynne Harper: My study of the mind has convinced me how little we know of its powers.










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Night Monster (1942)

Quotes


[last lines]

Agor Singh: A little knowledge of the occult is dangerous. Unless it's used for good, disaster will follow its wake. That is Cosmic Law!










http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065969/releaseinfo

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The Last Valley (1971)

Release Info

USA 28 January 1971



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The Last Valley (1971)

Plot Summary


People in a small German village in the last valley to remain untouched by the devastating Thirty Years' War try to exist in peace with a group of soldiers occupying the valley.










http://www.amazon.com/The-Stand-Stephen-King/dp/0385121687/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top/181-3029201-4209261

amazon


The Stand Hardcover – October 3, 1978

by Stephen King (Author)


Product Details

Hardcover: 823 pages

Publisher: Doubleday; 1st edition (October 3, 1978)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0385121687
ISBN-13: 978-0385121682



http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1360681.The_Stand

goodreads


The Stand

by Stephen King (Goodreads Author)

This is the way the world ends: with a nanosecond of computer error in a Defense Department laboratory and a million casual contacts that form the links in a chain letter of death.

And here is the bleak new world of the day after: a world stripped of its institutions and emptied of 99 percent of its people. A world in which a handful of panicky survivors choose sides


Hardcover, 1st Edition, 823 pages

Published October 3rd 1978 by Doubleday & Company, Inc. (first published 1978)

original title The Stand

ISBN 0385121687 (ISBN13: 9780385121682)










http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069868/releaseinfo

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Chase (1973 TV Movie)

Release Info

USA 24 March 1973










http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070514/releaseinfo

IMDb


Partners in Crime (1973 TV Movie)

Release Info

USA 24 March 1973










http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0647692/bio

IMDb


Johnny Olson

Biography

Date of Birth 22 May 1910 , Windom, Minnesota, USA

Date of Death 12 October 1985 , Santa Monica, California, USA (cerebral hemorrhage)

Birth Name John Leonard Olson










http://www.scottogrady.com/about-scott.html

About Scott


Captain O'Grady was born in Brooklyn, New York on October 12, 1965. He moved with his family to Long Beach, California in 1970, then to Ridgewood, New Jersey in 1972, and finally to Spokane, Washington, in 1974. He graduated from Lewis and Clark High School in 1984 and attended the University of Washington



http://premierespeakers.com/scott_ogrady

Premiere SPEAKERS BUREAU


Scott O'Grady

American Hero


Biography

Captain Scott F. O'Grady was born in Brooklyn, New York on October 12, 1965










http://www.tv.com/shows/the-price-is-right/season-1-episode-1-230284/

tv.com


The Price is Right Season 1 Episode 1

Season 1, Episode 1

Aired Weekdays 11:00 AM Sep 04, 1972 on CBS

AIRED: 9/4/72










http://www.tv.com/shows/our-house/home-again-80834/

tv.com


Our House Season 1 Episode 1

Home Again

Aired Sunday 7:00 PM Sep 11, 1986 on NBC

AIRED: 9/11/86










http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056825/releaseinfo

IMDb


America, America (1963)

Release Info

USA 15 December 1963 (New York City, New York)










http://www.tv.com/shows/nova/computers-spies-and-private-lives-944547/

tv.com


NOVA Season 9 Episode 1

Computers, Spies & Private Lives

Aired Wednesday 9:00 PM Sep 27, 1981 on PBS

NOVA examines possible threats of modern computers on privacy rights. Discussed are nationwide databanks and the thieves who hack into them, telecomputers and smart cards, and the various uses and abuses of all this collected information about our daily lives.

AIRED: 9/27/81










https://sword.doc.state.sc.us/incarceratedInmateSearch/incarceratedInmateFaceSheet.do?id=00221487&youth=N&type=F

Name

Smith, Susan

SCDC ID

00221487

SID

SC01025612

DOB 09/26/1971










http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/736036/Timothy-McVeigh

Encyclopædia Britannica


Timothy McVeigh

Timothy McVeigh, in full Timothy James McVeigh (born April 23, 1968, Pendleton, N.Y., U.S.—died June 11, 2001, Terre Haute, Ind.)










http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032404/releaseinfo

IMDb


Doomed to Die (1940)

Release Info

USA 12 August 1940










http://www.nasdaq.com/article/war-or-peace-cm147232

NASDAQ


By Cabot Heritage Corporation, June 04, 2012, 04:19:00 PM EDT


June 4, 1939 saw the MS St. Louis, a ship carrying 963 Jewish refugees, denied permission to land in Florida after already being turned away from Cuba while trying to escape the Holocaust.










http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097450/releaseinfo

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Billy the Kid (1989 TV Movie)

Release Info

USA 10 May 1989



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Billy the Kid (1989 TV Movie)

Full Cast & Crew


Val Kilmer ... William Bonney










http://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1964-68v15/d8

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE

OFFICE of the HISTORIAN


Foreign Relations of the United States, 1964–1968

Volume XV, Germany and Berlin, Document 8

8. Editorial Note

On January 28, 1964, Soviet aircraft intercepted and shot down a U.S. T–39 trainer aircraft that had strayed into East German airspace. Three U.S. servicemen were killed in the attack. For text of the Soviet note protesting the U.S. incursion, January 29, and the U.S. response condemning Soviet use of force, see American Foreign Policy: Current Documents, 1964, pages 526–527. Secretary of Defense McNamara briefed President Johnson about the incident in a 4-minute telephone conversation beginning at 12 p.m. on January 28. (Johnson Library, Recordings and Transcripts, Conversation Between President Johnson and Secretary McNamara, January 28, 1964, 12 p.m., Tape 64.08, Side A, PNO 6)










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The Ritz (1976)

Release Info

USA 12 August 1976 (New York City, New York)





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The Ritz (1976)

Plot Summary


At the Ritz, the rates are low, the decor is rococo art deco and the clientele is...convivial. As Cleveland sanitation company owner Gaetano Proclo reasons, this New Yook all-male bathhouse is the perfect place to hide from his murder-minded brother-in-law Carmine.





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The Ritz (1976)

Plot Summary


On his deathbed Carmine Vespucci's father tells him to "get Proclo". With "the hit" on, Gaetano tells a cab driver to take him where Carmine can't find him. He arrives at the Ritz, a gay bathhouse where he is pursued amorously by "chubby chaser" Paul B. Price and by entertainer Googie Gomez who believes him to be a broadway producer. His guides through the Ritz are gatekeeper Abe, habitue Chris, and bellhop/go-go-boys Tiger and Duff. Squeaky-voiced detective Michael Brick and his employer Carmine do locate Gateano at the Ritz, as does his wife Vivian.










http://www.deseretnews.com/article/791702/Bush-back-on-track-after-DUI-flap.html

Desert News


Bush back on track after DUI flap

By Peter Nicholas

Knight Ridder Newspapers

Published: Sunday, Nov. 5 2000 12:00 a.m. MST

PHILADELPHIA — The Bush campaign's 757 was grounded briefly in St. Louis as mechanics fixed one of the plane's eight brakes. "There's no stopping us now," joked Bush's communications director, Karen Hughes.

In the span of a few hours, the campaign would snag on something far more serious: Thursday's disclosure of a drunken-driving conviction in Bush's past.

By Saturday, the campaign was back on track. Bush aides believed they had patched the problem quickly and neutralized the damage by aggressively raising questions about Democratic "dirty tricks."










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IMDb


The Ritz (1976)

Quotes


Gaetano Proclo: Listen, there's something I have to tell you...

Chris: You're not gay?

Gaetano Proclo: [relieved] No!

Chris: What, are you a social worker or something?

Gaetano Proclo: No, but I didn't know that everyone in here was...

Chris: GAY! See? It's not a bad word. You might try using it sometime.

Gaetano Proclo: You mean to tell me that everyone in here is gay?

Chris: God, I hope so. Otherwise I just paid ten dollars to walk around in a towel in front of a bunch of Shriners.










http://www.e-reading.org.ua/bookreader.php/80261/King_-_The_Stand.html


Stephen King

The Stand - The Complete & Uncut Edition


Chapter 66


“M-O-O-N, that spells moon,” he whispered. “Laws, yes. Tom Cullen knows what that means.”



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