Doesn't he want to know what's going on?

What kind of example is he setting for children?

Is he trying to raise a generation of ignorant stooges?

"David" wrote in message
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Doesn't he want to know what's going on?

What kind of example is he setting for children?

Is he trying to raise a generation of ignorant stooges?


Does George Bush listen to shortwave radio?

Frank Dresser

Frank Dresser wrote:


"David" wrote in message
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Doesn't he want to know what's going on?

What kind of example is he setting for children?

Is he trying to raise a generation of ignorant stooges?


Does George Bush listen to shortwave radio?

Frank Dresser



Apparently not. Prince Bandar of Saudi Arabia noted that W only gets
news from domestic (US) TV news and from his advisors. He's said that
his advisors tell him everything he needs to know. Considering that both
his dad and Clinton listened to shortwave on a regular basis (I believe
each had a 7600) W is certainly not well informed. "A blind man in a
room of deaf people" -Paul O'Neill on W and his advisors.

"tommyknocker" wrote in message
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Apparently not. Prince Bandar of Saudi Arabia noted that W only gets
news from domestic (US) TV news and from his advisors. He's said that
his advisors tell him everything he needs to know. Considering that
both
his dad and Clinton listened to shortwave on a regular basis (I
believe
each had a 7600) W is certainly not well informed. "A blind man in a
room of deaf people" -Paul O'Neill on W and his advisors.



There's a story going around that both Eisenhower and Kennedy had a
Hallicrafters SX-62 installed on their respective planes. I don't know
if they did any SWLing. They may have just used the radio to listen to
local AM or FM stations as they traveled around. Johnson had a stack of
TVs, each tuned to a different channel. I like the idea that a
president might check the media reports, even if it's just to see if the
public is getting the story right or not.

Frank Dresser

There's a story going around that both Eisenhower and Kennedy had a
Hallicrafters SX-62 installed on their respective planes. I don't know
if they did any SWLing. They may have just used the radio to listen to
local AM or FM stations as they traveled around. Johnson had a stack of
TVs, each tuned to a different channel. I like the idea that a
president might check the media reports, even if it's just to see if the
public is getting the story right or not.


Yeah, I know Frank if I were in their spots I'd dfinitely be setup (receiver
wise) to the hilt. I wonder what is on Air Force One. {?}

I might check and see what I can find on that.

"Dxluver" wrote in message
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Yeah, I know Frank if I were in their spots I'd dfinitely be setup
(receiver
wise) to the hilt. I wonder what is on Air Force One. {?}

I might check and see what I can find on that.

The newer Air Force One is supposed to have alot of emergency
capability, so I expect it has excellent hi performance SW radios.
Since they spend alot of time on runways and such, I'd also expect they
have a good FM system. It would be interesting to know just what they
have, though.

Frank Dresser

Does George Bush listen to shortwave radio?

I had read (before he was president) that he was 'well aware' of the shortwave
spectrum. Now make of that what you will. ;-)

I'm sure he's spun a dial or two.

Doesn't he want to know what's going on?

Doesn't know what's going on???? Ludicrous! He knows more about "what's
going on" than you would think.

What kind of example is he setting for children?
How many "children" do you know that reads a newspaper, aside the funny
pages?

Is he trying to raise a generation of ignorant stooges?
The President is not in charge of raising kids. Last I checked, that's a
parents responsibility. By the way, most main-stream newspapers have a very
liberal bias. Ever read the Washington Post?

From: helmsman

If you can't gather more information faster than reading a newspaper
there is a problem. On top of the fact that "print doesn't have to be
a newspaper". I have always gotten better and more diversified news
from shortwave (since 1951) or the net.


Actually, the info in newspapers is usually more in-depth than that heard on
most broadcasters. The best thing is to read several diferent newspapers each
day.

And what does it say about a President if he neither reads newspapers or
listens to radio? King Bush, the first, was a SWLer, but I've never heard of
Bush II listening.

On 25 Jan 2004 17:43:11 GMT, ojunk (Michael Bryant)
wrote:

From: helmsman

If you can't gather more information faster than reading a newspaper
there is a problem. On top of the fact that "print doesn't have to be
a newspaper". I have always gotten better and more diversified news
from shortwave (since 1951) or the net.


Actually, the info in newspapers is usually more in-depth than that heard on
most broadcasters. The best thing is to read several diferent newspapers each
day.

And what does it say about a President if he neither reads newspapers or
listens to radio? King Bush, the first, was a SWLer, but I've never heard of
Bush II listening.




Not really...Info should come from multiple sources including but not
limited to newspapers.

Tracy