folks under $250,000, it s going to extend the deficit. either way it will be that republicans will extend it more saying it s vital and necessary to bring this back into the economy. democrats say stop at $250,000 and under. that being said, it depends who gets the message out better in november. that s sad. that it s all on the success of the message instead of about the facts. that s politics. totally unrelated topic. we did a story rast week about how john boehner was going to some of his republican congressmen telling them, lay off the late-night partying with female lobbyists. is there any indication his words of warning had an impact? one republican i spoke to today said boehner has been absolutely very, very much entering a strong message of don t do anything stupid in the run up to midterms. in 06, republicans had a plethora of ethical problems.
to remove oil from these waters. bp has taken full responsibility for the cleanup and that includes keeping you informed. every morning, over 50 spotter planes and helicopters take off and search for the oil. we use satellite images, infrared and thermal photography to map and target the oil. then, the boats go to work. almost 6,000 vessels. these are thousands of local shrimp and fishing boats organized into task forces and strike teams. plus, specialized skimmers from around the world. we ve skimmed over 27 million gallons of oil/water mixture and removed millions more with other methods. we ve set out more than 8 million feet of boom to protect the shoreline. i grew up on the gulf coast and i love these waters. we can t keep all the oil from coming ashore, but i m gonna do everything i can to stop it, and we ll be here as long as it takes to clean up the gulf.
talent, but everybody basically says they can relate to her. that s good. the breakout star of jersey shore is doing a disservice to the state of new jersey. it takes a bunch of new yorkers, who most of the people are, drops them at the jersey shore and tries to make america feel like this is new jersey. i can tell people these want to know what new jersey really is? i welcome them to come to new jersey any time. the jersey shore is a beautiful place and everyone should come on vacation this summer. we ve got another six weeks of summer left. come to new jersey. reading bad grammar is not my strong suit. season two of jersey shore starts this week. never seen it, don t plan to. taxing marijuana may be closer than ever to becoming a reality. coming up, how pot farmers are getting ready to get their business growing. there is more sitting and less doing in louisiana than anywhere else in the union.
what is most damaging to the american administration s in terms of these released documents? i think the details about the pakistani intelligence services cooperation with elements of the taliban and the hakani it in work. these are enemies of the united states and afghanistan, enemies of the cia. we ve been trying to kill these people. what the documents show, reflects long-standing concerns by many elements of the u.s. intelligence communities that our allies, pakistan, particularly the pakistani intelligence service have had this ongoing relationship with the very people we are fighting in afghanistan. that is very disturbing. it undermines u.s. policy. it has been something quietly talked about within the u.s. intelligence community for months, if not years, but it s not something that anybody is
by the justice department. there s been new policies implemented at the national intelligence director office about trying to open ways for administrative sanctions against leakers. this wikileaks disclosure seems to be almost a thumb at the eye in the efforts of the obama administration to crack down on leaks. that s why it s going to be very interesting to see how this plays out, how aggressive we can expect we are already hearing from dod they are going to be doing a thorough investigation of this. there could be additional prosecutions. if the goal of the early days of the obama administration was to crack down on leaks and send fear throughout the government, it doesn t, at least in this case, appear to have been working. if that it s goal, it brings onto question why you would declare your other goal is transparency. exactly. and a number of people pointed out that irony, yes.