[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 37 (Tuesday, March 23, 2004)]
[House]
[Pages H1329-H1330]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     LESSON IN CONNECTING THE DOTS

  (Mr. BURGESS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, yesterday as the basketball games 
concluded, I was not quick enough to the TV dial; and I was exposed to 
a 20-minute infomercial that was passed off as a news interview.
  We are told a lot these days about connecting the dots, and I just 
want to help people connect the dots just a little bit.
  Mr. Clark, Mr. Dick Clark, Richard Clark was on the CBS news show 
``60 Minutes.'' CBS, as we learned during the Super Bowl last year 
after the half-time show, is owned by Viacom. The publisher of the 
Clark book is owned by Simon and Shuster. Simon and Shuster, according 
to their Web site, is the publishing operation of Viacom, Incorporated, 
one of the world's premier media companies.
  Mr. Speaker, Mr. Clark closed his interview with a comment which 
actually should have been first. He said, all

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of us perhaps share some blame for 9-11, and I am partly to blame. Yes, 
Mr. Clark, indeed you are, and those should have been the first words 
out of your mouth. While you are at it, how about Mogadishu? How about 
the first World Trade Center bombing? What about our servicemen at the 
Kobar Towers? What about the two embassy bombings in Iraq? And, Mr. 
Clark, what about the Cole?

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