[PAA-Discuss] Crap disguised as News

[June Bennett Larsen]

Why is any of this crap considered interesting enough to put on  
nationwide TV?  Why indeed did Larry King have 3 "movie stars" on
his program last night?  With all that's going on in this country and  
all the worthy subjects to be discussed, why indeed?

I hope all of you heard Keith Olbermann last evening.  He ended his  
program with another speech directed straight at "Mr. Bush."
I'm sending it to the list in another email.

June

On Dec 19, 2006, at 10:48 AM, Ron and Kris Graham wrote:

> I was just wondering why this crap is considered news. Does anybody  
> give a rat’s ass whether or not Miss USA goes to a bar and has a  
> few drinks? How is this information expanding our craniums? I got  
> this newsworthy tidbit in my Inbox from Click2Houston.
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> Kris
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> Trump Gives Miss USA Second Chance
>
> Conner To Enter Rehab
>
> POSTED: 9:30 am CST December 19, 2006
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> UPDATED: 10:41 am CST December 19, 2006
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> NEW YORK -- Donald Trump has chosen not to fire Miss USA Tara  
> Conner amid reports she has visited bars, though she is not yet 21.
>
> "I've always been a believer in second chances -- Tara is a good  
> person," Trump said in a news conference Tuesday. "Tara is going to  
> be given a second chance." As part of staying on as Miss USA,  
> Conner has agreed to enter rehab.
>
>
> Trump said, "until this morning, I didn't know which way it was  
> going to go." But upon meeting her in his office, he said that saw  
> her "good heart" and that she "got caught up in the whirlwind that  
> all know as New York."
>
> "He didn't have to keep me around," a tearful Conner said at the  
> news conference.
>
> Motioning to Trump, she said, "He's a very, very compassionate  
> person, and I obviously learned that today. I plan on walking out  
> of this being the best USA you've ever seen. Thank you, you'll  
> never know what this means to me. I'll never let you down."
>
> In no uncertain terms, Trump spelled out Conner's fate if she  
> stumbles again.
>
> "If she makes the slightest mistake from here on, she will be  
> replaced," Trump said.
>
> Trump said that he believed Conner can be a good example for  
> "troubled people" -- people who have "trouble with alcohol, trouble  
> with life."
>
> Conner has been competing in pageants since age 4. The Kentucky  
> native said at the news conference that she has wanted to be Miss  
> USA since she was 13.
>
> After winning the Miss USA title in April, Conner finished fourth  
> in the Miss Universe pageant in July.
>
> In 2002, Miss Russia won the Miss Universe pageant but was stripped  
> of her title after violating her contract. In Tuesday's news  
> conference, Trump said she was fired "for doing a bad job."
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