Hottest thing on the planet right now...CNN

[dogindia]

[Quakerfriend]

1. Just what do you mean?

[dogindia]

2. listen

[Lorien]

3. Humor the cable-less

what is this about?

[Be Brave]

9. CNN is currently airing a show called

A Global Summit, with President Clinton. It is moderated by Christiane Amanpour. The panel is discussing how to eliminate extreme poverty from the world. It has a high-powered panel consisting of Clinton, Bono, Queen Rania, the nobel prize winner environmentalist lady from Africa (Wangari Maathai), and others. Unfortunately, Wolfowitz is also in the panel. Even the audience is high-powered. I saw Ted Turner in the audience.

The most compelling thing I have heard so far is Clinton saying over and over again that "we know how to eliminate poverty." It's the funding, implementation, and government accountability that's the hard part.

[Lorien]

15. Thanks!

I'd love to see a global summit on climate change too, with the same players (minus Wolfowitz).

[Be Brave]

19. They are discussing climate change some also.

"It's a disaster waiting to happen," according to Clinton.

Also discussing Islamic extremism.

[FreedomAngel82]

24. I saw that was on earlier

I watched a few minutes of it. The minute I heard Wolfowitz though I flipped it. Ugh. It's sad it took something like this for people to talk about poverty but with the GOP running the show nothing will get done.

[the_spectator]

10. Why do you hate America?

No, seriously, I don't have cable either. It's funny, my parents never got cable, I nagged them about it a bit when I was younger, especially when one ad campaign for cable used the tag-line "Cable: It's A Part of Life." But then, ever since I moved out and have lived on my own, I have never opted to pay for cable myself either! Maybe it's a good thing I never married, so the clearly inherited non-cable dysfunctionality won't be passed on to another generation. On the other hand, my sister DID marry and has a young child - and they are still a cable-free household too. Of course, the child is only 4 years old at this point. Let her get a bit older, and she may force it on them. We shall see!

[Lorien]

13. We didn't have television throughout most of our childhood

not that I missed much ;-). Now I have a TV, but it only receives a few fuzzy channels. I mostly use it for watching DVDs.

[the_spectator]

16. Interesting that your non-cableness also is a family trait.

I like to catch some cable now and then though -- one of the pleasures of the occasional hotel/motel stay, in addition to hot baths that can be filled in a minute or two, is a chance to catch up a little on all those hundreds of channels. Nice for cultural-awareness purposes, but I don't need it in my home!

[FreedomAngel82]

27. Well not necessarily

Now days they have dvds you can buy and they have a good price of players. My mom earlier this month saw a player with a vcr with it for sixty bucks and you can buy tv shows and movies. :) So you don't have to necessarily have cable.

[NYCGirl]

4. CNN wouldn't be the hottest thing on the planet if it were on fire. NT

[Eric J in MN]

5. Down with enigmatic posts!

nt

[Connie_Corleone]

7. I'll tell you.

Clinton's global summit discussion is on CNN right now. They're talking about eradicating poverty around the world. It's a very good discussion with solutions.

[Eric J in MN]

11. thanks (nt)

nt

[theHandpuppet]

8. A big fat DOUBLE DITTO to that!!!

I'm sick of threads which consist of nothing more than some enigmatic, exclamatory subject header.

[RoyGBiv]

6. How many threads will you start?

I'll play.

Outside my window, NOW. WOW!!!

[dogindia]

12. I am out of here

[Bluebear]

14. Don't get mad, just explain why CNN is the hottest thing on the planet!

[dogindia]

18. sorry i was being oblique. see response #7

I feel that that the Clinton summit discussion even with Wolfie is just so important speaking about poverty and linked to business system...ie. Wolfie and environment.

[Connie_Corleone]

17. Some people don't have cable or no access to TV.

Just post a summary of what's on CNN so people know what you're talking about.

[dogindia]

20. sorry...for years I never had cable. I should have been much clearer

[FreedomAngel82]

28. Yes

It does get a bit annoying when someone makes a post and isn't very specific in it when it's something like that. Why not just tell? You're going to have to anyways.

[Be Brave]

21. Ha, ha! Christiane calls Pat Roberts a religious extremist!

Citing his calling for assassination of Chavez!

[faithnotgreed]

25. all right - truth on television

is that christiane amanpour

im grateful she is still on tv (though sorry this is played on a saturday night)
thanks for the information

[Be Brave]

26. Yup, it's Christiane Amanpour. n/t

[faithnotgreed]

29. great - thank you

[populistdriven]

22. We need Clinton in charge of the UN

[oasis]

23. Bolton and Chimpy would rather have ten Kofi Annans than one Bill Clinton.

Clinton delivering a powerful speech before assembled world dignitaries would be too much for Neocons to stomach.