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...Here's something to get indignant about: the theory that all this treacherous warmth is being caused by El Nino. At this time of year? Blame a thing like that on the Christ child? No, I blame...
...From the beginning, it was clear to at least some observers that the two American pilots, Joe Lepore and Jan Paladino, were not principally to blame for the tragic incident. Indeed, after telling Lepore and Paladino they were suspects, Federal Police spokesman Bruno Craesmeyer admitted: "The Federal Police believe that the American pilots are not as responsible as other people. There are more serious causes of the accident." The pilots' lawyer Theo Dias called the decision to charge them "premature, irresponsible and absurd," especially since his clients were told they would be charged before police even questioned them...
...Dias was not entirely shocked that his clients were shouldering the blame. Brazil may have an admirable air safety record, but it also has collectively thin skin - and once the shock of the tragedy wore off and the investigation began, Brazilians immediately rushed to point the finger at others. Leaks from police, investigators or military officers who run Brazil's air traffic system portrayed the two pilots as irresponsible amateurs who flew at the wrong altitude, ignored controllers' orders, performed reckless maneuvers, changed their flight plan without notifying the tower or switched off crucial equipment that could have warned...
...It’s just a shame John Howard doesn’t have pills and booze to blame...
...Judith Regan to assume any blame for the situation only serves to undermine her original journalistic duty: to look under the rock and to see what is growing there. Just because her audience doesn’t like what she found doesn’t mean she should apologize. And it definitely doesn’t mean that Rupert Murdoch should get to decide whether or not the American public can see what she found. It’s time for Judith Regan to stop apologizing and to start looking for a boss who can stand behind her in controversy...