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Breaking Point?
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Andrea Bartoli, founding director of the Center for International Conflict Resolution at Columbia University,
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James Steets, manager of external communications for Entergy Nuclear Northeast
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Different Strokes
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Morty Berger, executive director for the Manhattan Island Foundation, which encourages swimming around the New York City area
- where and why you can swim in New York's natural waters
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The Border: How the Rest of the World Deals with Immigration
- how guest worker programs work in other countries
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Open Phones
The Cost of Not Incurring Sharpton's Wrath
Andrew Cuomo finds out it's $10k. The Sun has the story.
Feedback: Why Swim in the Hudson?
This is too weird!
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Subject: Why does the River Pool Swimmer swim the Hudson?
DR. PHIL:
The problem we have here is that the swimmer won't realize that he must first deal with the problem on "THIS" side of the river before he can go after the problem on the "OTHER SIDE" of the river. What we need to do is help him realize how stupid he's acting by not taking on his "CURRENT" problems before adding a veritable "TIDE" of new problems.
OPRAH:
Well, I understand that the swimmer is having problems, which is why he wants to cross the Hudson so bad. The color purple, swimming the Hudson ... though these metaphors of healing and cleansing are at work, this is life, People. So instead of having the swimmer risk drowning, which is a part of life, I'm going to give each swimmer at my show today a kayak. Then in the days and years to come he or she can just paddle across the Hudson and not have to live his life like the rest of the swimmers. Or not.
GEORGE W BUSH:
We don't really care why the swimmer crosses the Hudson. Homeland Security will be inspecting all "packages" and listening for suspicious "strokes". heh. We must know if the swimmer is on OUR side of the Hudson, or THEIR side. The swimmer is either swimming toward us, or the swimmer is swimming away from us. Bring 'em on!
COLIN POWELL:
Now to the left of the screen, you can clearly see the satellite image of our swimmer, among many other innocent-looking swimmers, crossing the Hudson. Before we know it, he may have the capacity to encourage many other swimmers. We cannot afford to wait for Rivers and Estuaries to act. We must meet him before he can swim further.
Lisa Rainwater
Lisa Rainwater, Riverkeeper's Indian Point Campaign Director, pauses before outlining the Indian Point controversy. July 20, 2006.
Rev. Patti Ackerman
Rev. Patti Ackerman, Hudson River Project Director at the Garrison Institute, takes note before addressing the impact of Indian Point on the ...
Karen Frillman
Karen Frillman, WNYC News Editor, discusses the pleasures of city swimming. July 20, 2006.
Morty Berger
Morty Berger, Executive Director for the Manhattan Island Foundation, informs us about Manhattan's fertile swimming grounds. July 20, 2006.
Required Reading: July 20, 2006
In which: Jon Corzine gets ready to shift NJ pensions - but not his embattled AG - to the private sector, the city offers RNC protesters $2,500-$7,500 to settle wrongful arrest lawsuits, a federal judge voids a MD law aimed at Wal-Mart, and the Senator once brought to tears by ...