Sunday, August 21, 2005

Bush to take vacation from vacation

In the middle of his five week vacation, President Bush will take a vacation from his vacation. Bush will be spending two days in Donnelly, Idaho, which is a vacation destination for the wealthy (what a surprise!).
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050820/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_donnelly
Before going to Idaho, Bush will stop in Salt Lake City, Utah. However, not all the people greeting him will be supporters. There are some protests scheduled during his visit. http://www.sltrib.com/utah/ci_2960234
http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=96648

Also, a TV station in Utah, KTVX has refused to air Cindy Sheehan's ad. KTVX is owned by Clear Channel. Here is what station management said:
http://www.sltrib.com/utah/ci_2960205 According to an e-mail released Saturday, D'Antuono said that after Channel 4 viewed the spot, "the management of KTVX felt that the controversial content could very well be offensive to our community in Utah, which has contributed more than its fair share of fighting soldiers and suffered significant loss of life in this Iraq War." "This is a local market decision made by the local management of KTVX-TV." (According to http://icasualties.org/oif/Statecity.aspx
Utah has lost 9 service members in Iraq. Forty other states have each lost more than nine service members.)