posted 01-30-2003 12:54 PM            

President Bush spoke behind a stack of boxes with tape over the words "Made in China." (Rick Bowmer -- AP)

_____Column Archive_____

• In the Loop

By Al Kamen
Wednesday, January 29, 2003; Page A19

Remember "Boxgate," the incident last week at a St. Louis warehouse in which President Bush touted small business and things made in America? And the problem was, he was standing behind a bunch of boxes that had tape over the words "Made in China"?

Seems the person who did this, said by the White House to be an "overzealous volunteer," may have committed a federal offense.

Covering up the "Made In" labels is against the law, a violation of venerable Title 19, Chapter 4, Subtitle II, Part 1, Sec. 134.11, which "requires that every article of foreign origin (or its container) imported into the United States shall be marked in a conspicuous place as legibly, indelibly and permanently" as possible, "in such manner as to indicate to an ultimate purchaser . . . [the] name of the country of origin of the article."

Further, "any person who, with intent to conceal the information . . . defaces, destroys, removes, alters, covers, obscures, or obliterates any mark required under the provisions of this chapter shall -- (1) upon conviction for the first violation . . . be fined not more than $100,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both. . . ." A year in the slammer?

posted 01-30-2003 05:35 PM            

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CBS) According to a CBS News/Knowledge Networks Poll, President Bush's State of the Union address reassured viewers that he shares their priorities for the nation, convinced them that his tax cut proposals would be good for the economy, and solidified his case for military action against Iraq.

The speech helped Mr. Bush make the case for war against Iraq. Before the speech, support for a military strike was already high among viewers, with two-thirds in favor. After the speech, it climbed to 77% of viewers favoring military action.

posted 01-30-2003 06:09 PM            

I think i'll believe my own stats I researched myself from a less neo-conservative news source.

ABOUT THE BOX INCIDENT....

posted 01-30-2003 09:03 PM            

well you've lost what little mind you had left big fella...

your sources!?!?!?

unknown unaccountable and unreliable....

I doubt it very seriously if the American hating phlem-bots you call news...are anywhere near the truth...have ever seen it...or ever will...and if they are anything like you they would not accept it unless it fits their preconcieved notions of *how it should be*

and I bet they can't wait until the flag of this country is red with a yellow hammer and sickle !

posted 07-04-2004 12:14 PM            

Bush's approval rating at all-time low

New York, NY, Jun. 29 (UPI) -- U.S. President George Bush's public approval rating is at its lowest-ever level, a New York Times/CBS News poll published Tuesday indicates.

Bush scored only 42 percent approval, with 51 percent unhappy with his leadership. Those are the worst statistics since Bush took office in January 2001.

The nationwide poll of 1,053 adults, including 875 registered voters, was taken by telephone June 23 to June 27. It has a margin of sampling error of 3 percentage points.

While the poll was conducted before Monday's handover of power to an interim Iraqi government, 60 percent of respondents, including a majority of independents, said the war has not been worth the cost.

As well, 45 percent said they had an unfavorable opinion of Bush himself, again the most negative measure the Times/CBS Poll has found since he took office.

posted 07-04-2004 11:18 PM            

(I watched and taped it from C-SPAN)

There was discussion of the "pressure to interpret the polls favorably" coming from the RNC.
That's what several pollsters' claimed.

That "margin of error" is pushed to the limit.

Wanna know what the poll numbers really are?
Subtract the margin of error from Bush's positives and give it to his opponent.
Usually 5%.

Zogby, of Zogby Polling was a bit more forthright:

"We count every Republican response twice on the belief that they are more likely to be out working and earning a living." -Zogby
(assuming Democrats are more likely home to answer the phone because they are 'on welfare' instead of out working)

Polls no longer reflect peoples' opinions.

Polls serve to convince people
of what the neo-cons want them to think the majority opinion is.

It's called media manipulation.

eg: 2 false calls election night 2000
First that Gore had won the election;

therefore Nader/Gore fence sitters falsely believed they were free to throw away their votes on Nader;
which tipped half a dozen western states narrowly into the Bush column.

Second that Bush had won Florida,

to get the other media to parrot the same disinformation and convince people.

Don't believe polls!

they are almost as false as the "unemployment" numbers that ignore everyone no longer drawing unemployment compensation.
(and assume everyone not getting unemployment checks has a job)

Don't believe polls!