Guy's an eco-terorist... and a stuppid one at that. If he'd done his research, then he'd know that Discovery also owns Planet Green, which does cover environmental issues.
On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 5:04 PM, Mr. Worf <hellomahog...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Gunman takes hostages at U.S. Discovery Channel > > - > - [image: Twitter]Tweet This > - [image: LinkedIn]Share on LinkedIn > - [image: Facebook]Share on Facebook > > [image: James Jay Lee is pictured in this undated photograph. MSNBC on > September 1, 2010 identified Lee as the armed man who police believe may > have explosives strapped to his body and has taken a number of hostages in > the Discovery Channel headquarters building in suburban Washington. > REUTERS/Handout] > Related News > > - Man, shot in head, notices five years > later<http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE67N3XL20100824> > Tue, Aug 24 2010 > - One dead after shots fired near Texas > college<http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE67G3KA20100817> > Tue, Aug 17 2010 > - UPDATE 2-Discovery commits more cash to Oprah > network<http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSSGE67C0FE20100813> > Fri, Aug 13 2010 > - U.S. FDA panel backs Glaxo, Valeant epilepsy > drug<http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE67A43C20100812> > Thu, Aug 12 2010 > > Related Topics > > - U.S. » <http://www.reuters.com/news/us> > - Television » <http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/television> > - Media » <http://www.reuters.com/news/media> > > By Maggie > Fox<http://blogs.reuters.com/search/journalist.php?edition=us&n=maggie.fox&;> > > SILVER SPRING, Maryland | Wed Sep 1, 2010 4:13pm EDT > > (Reuters) - A man carrying a gun and possibly with explosives strapped to > his body took a small number of hostages in the Discovery Channel > headquarters building in suburban Washington on Wednesday. > > "Right now we have an unconfirmed number of hostages, a small number of > hostages that are with the suspect at this point," Tom Manger, Montgomery > County police chief, told reporters. > > The man entered the building wearing what appeared to be metallic canister > devices on his front and back and he pulled out a hand gun, Manger said. > > "The man told everyone to just stay still, and he has remained on the first > floor area," he said. > > It was unconfirmed whether a shot had been fired or whether there were any > injuries, Manger said. > > A U.S. law enforcement official said he believed the hostage-taker was > named James Lee. A man called James Lee of San Diego was arrested in > February 2008 after throwing money into the air in a protest outside the > Discovery building, the Montgomery County Gazette reported that year. > > Police sealed off the area around the building and SWAT teams were at the > scene in the suburb of Silver Spring, Maryland. The building was ordered > evacuated and children were removed from a day-care center. > > "He appears to have some sort of explosive device on his person," police > Captain Paul Starks told reporters. He said the police were in contact with > the suspect, who had made some demands that police would not go into. > > Police were watching the suspect on the building's closed-circuit security > system. > > ENVIRONMENTAL DEMANDS > > Discovery employees posted updates on the situation on Twitter including a > link to a website,savetheplanetprotest.com/, in which demands are made > against Discovery to cover environmental issues. It was not confirmed that > these demands were made by the man barricaded in the building. > > Police in nearby Takoma Park, Maryland, sent out an e-mail to residents > that said, "an unknown, armed Asian male (is) barricaded in the building > with at least one hostage." > > Montgomery County Police Corporal Dan Friz said of the suspect: "His > concerns are with the Discovery Corporation right now." He would not go into > further details. > > A reporter from the local ABC affiliate said he saw an ambulance crew wheel > a gurney into the building about an hour after the incident began at 1 p.m. > EDT, but there was no official word of casualties. > > Discovery Communications says it reaches 1.5 billion subscribers in more > than 180 countries with the Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal Planet, Science > Channel and Planet Green networks. > > Among the demands to Discovery on savetheplanetprotest.com were calls for > an end to programs "promoting War" and those "encouraging the birth of any > more parasitic human infants." "Saving the Planet means saving what's left > of the non-human Wildlife by decreasing the Human population," the website > said. > > (Reporting by > <http://blogs.reuters.com/search/journalist.php?edition=us&n=jackie.frank&;>Jackie > Frank<http://blogs.reuters.com/search/journalist.php?edition=us&n=jackie.frank&;> > , Bill > Trott<http://blogs.reuters.com/search/journalist.php?edition=us&n=bill.trott&;> > , Diane > Bartz<http://blogs.reuters.com/search/journalist.php?edition=us&n=diane.bartz&;> > , Xavier > Briand<http://blogs.reuters.com/search/journalist.php?edition=us&n=xavier.briand&;> > , David > Storey<http://blogs.reuters.com/search/journalist.php?edition=us&n=david.storey&;>; > writing by Jackie Frank, editing by Vicki Allen) > > > -- "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
