Cricket:
Latest: India 600 beat Pakistan 224 & 245 by an innings and 131 runs. India completed a historic series victory by beating Pakistan by an innings and 131 runs in Rawalpindi. ie. gave them a thorough beating
They picked up the last eight wickets for 196 to win with more than four sessions to spare. Leg-spinner Anil Kumble was the most successful bowler with 4-47 and he was well supported by seamer Laksmipathy Balaji, who took 3-108. The main resistance came from Asim Kamal, who battled his way to 60 not out despite an elbow injury. Sport once again acts as a unifying influence upon nations. I can just see the Marines and the Jihadis playing football soccer on a dusty pitch outside Fallujah in a spirit of comradely respect - just as the English and Germans did in no manâs land during World War 1.
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04/16/2004 5:34:00 AM ||
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Is target shooting an olympic sport?
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04/16/2004 5:38 Comments ||
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What's a pitch?
Who in the Marines would play soccer? Seems as if the jihadis had an opportunity to get 11 Marines with no weapons, no effort would be wasted to kill them. They're infidels, after all! Hardly human beings. Contrast this with the attitudes of the Europeans who slaughtered each other during the Great War, doing so largely at the behest of their rulers. Jihadis really believe that the enemy needs to die, as opposed to Franz and Bill, who just want to get the thing overwith so they can go back to their girlfriends and drinking beer.
Posted by: Howard UK ||
04/16/2004 7:50 Comments ||
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Cricket actually seems like a real American kind of sport. I mean, what's more American than high scores, 131 runs for God's sake! That's why we hate soccer, an hour and a half for a score of 1-0.
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Don't be snarky about cricket- the love of the game has kept the desire for communication open between the people of Pakistan & India.
And what about Lara's 400...
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04/16/2004 16:58 ||
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He was among 16 top secessionist leaders tried in absentia and sentenced to death or prison. The return of Yahya was in response to an amnesty granted by President Saleh last May to top exiled dissidents who led the secession attempt
*trick!*
Bwahahahaha
Posted by: Frank G ||
04/16/2004 17:46 Comments ||
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A TV presenter who says she was beaten by her husband has allowed newspapers to show pictures of her swollen face to highlight domestic abuse. Rania al-Baz said her husband, Mohammed al-Fallatta, beat her so hard earlier this week that he broke her nose and fractured her face in 13 places. She is recovering in hospital. Police are looking for Mr Fallatta, an unemployed lounge singer. Reuters news agency says he faces charges of attempted murder. Ms Bazâs mother told Saudi media that Mr Fallatta beat her daughter regularly. After beating her, Mr Fallatta took her to hospital and fled, her mother reportedly added. "I want to use what happened to me to draw attention to the plight of women in Saudi Arabia," Ms Baz said. Analysts say domestic violence is widespread in the country.
Do tell? We'd never noticed. We'd never suspected...
"It is considered a husbandâs rights that his wife should obey him," Abeer Mishkhas, of the Saudi English-language newspaper Arab News, told BBC News Online. "This can involve coercion or violence, and we know that the majority of cases of this kind go unreported and unnoticed." However more and more Saudi women go to civil courts to request divorces on grounds of violence, Ms Mishkhas says. Sorry, if this has been up here before, it just really gets my goat. Grrrrr...
Posted by: Howard UK ||
04/16/2004 9:10:35 AM ||
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Well at least he didn't rape her and then leave saying "you better put some ice on that".
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Rania's got guts. Next issue to spotlight is honor killings.
Notice next time you read a Saudi paper on USA/Iraq/Israel... how you see quotes begin with "Everybody knows..." like Everybody knows the real power in the White House. Well everybody in the MK knows others in Rania's position, but also everybody knows not a thing will be done to rectify situation. You know, my brother, international image and all that.
BTW, loved the BBc style. Must have been translated from Arabic. Everybody "loves" Rania. Another hoot was telling us that women aren't allowed to vote in MK. Really? I thought the vote was limited to...nobody!
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Thanks for the info Howard UK
I wasn't going to comment on this but I see a product of the mindset of or "higher Educational System" has raised it head -
BUT IT'S A DIFFERENT CULTURE YOU FREEPER BASTARDS
Different culture my a**.
If I say we condem some 11th century thug beating up his wife, and get condemed by being called facist or some kind of "-ism", so what.
So apparently we aren't allowed to call a savage a savage because he might get "offended"?
Well I offend this stupid "singer". You beat your wife you stupid jackass?
I hope the cops, when they find you, handle you.
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There are about 20 good books out on women of the Middle East that depict even worse treatment than this of there women. It's not uncommon for a woman to be locked away and never seen again...in her parents house!! I am surprised that this story even got out of S.A.
They have more respect for their camels than they do for there women.
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Raj> AntiGum is a parody of Antiwar (who might himself be a parody of something or a troll, but who's also possibly the genuine article).
Anyway, AntiGum seems to advocate everything that civilised people don't.
I find him annoying myself, partly because some people here really do seem to think him for real, or reply to him as if he really believes what he's writing.
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Aris Katsaris - You are evidently unfamilliar with the state of Colleges and Universities, and what they teach as "fact". AntiGum parrots what was driven into him by middle-aged hippie professors who are leftovers from anti-Vietnam War protests.
Friday, April 16, 2004 Posted: 1:06 PM EDT (1706 GMT)
Brazilâs refusal to allow the International Atomic Energy Agency to fully inspect one of its nuclear facilities has heightened suspicions about its commitment to nonproliferation. Although Brazil signed the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty in 1997 and said its nuclear program has peaceful objectives, suspicions over its commitment have simmered for more than a year. They came to a head last week after the government confirmed that IAEA inspectors were denied access in February and March to uranium-enrichment centrifuges at a facility under construction in Resende, near Rio de Janeiro. It cited the need to protect industrial secrets and said the centrifuges were, and will remain, off-limits for visual inspection. Science and Technology Minister Eduardo Campos told The Associated Press that Brazil had invested close to US$1 billion and years of research to develop its uranium-enrichment technology. He said the performance of Brazilian centrifuges was 30 percent more efficient than those found in other countries. (cont.) Isnât it about time to fire a shot across Brazilâs bow? Their participation in the 2005 Free Trade Area of the Americas should be suspended as with any new IMF monetary infusions until Brazil complies with all IAEA inspections in a comprehensive manner. Brazilâs huge deposits of uranium are a tempting source of hard currency for this economic cesspool. Any attempts by them to freely market fissile material must be met with adamant opposition and stringent oversight.
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It should also be mentioned that Brazil has sold weapons to certain Middle-East countries in the past. And with Lula at the helm and him actively engaging these dictators, anything is possible.
As for Brazilian "free trade", anyone who spends a lot of time there knows that any imports are taxed up the ass. So much so that it makes imported goods twice as expensive as you'd find them in the US. Electronics are the worst, especially since Brazil isn't a huge producer of them.
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A must-read. This article is well written and clearly illustrates the problem in Venezuela: Hugo Chavez and the Venezuelan people do deserve enormous credit for sticking with democracy and non-violent means of retaking their government. I know if I was Venezuelan I would have taken up arms against Chavez a long time ago.
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Kentucky Beef, I liked the article and see parallels to how Putin controls elections. I would have loved to summarize it for entry into Rantburg, the blog of record, but I could figure out anything to trim. Chavez has always struck me as a colossal boob, but looking closely at the systematic method that he has used to deconstruct their democracy in such a short time is a real eye-opener.
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It is a tribute to the resilience of the Venezuelan people and their belief in democracy that, faced with a leader who relies on intimidation rather than deliberation, they are still willing to work through the democratic institutions that have been nearly obliterated.
When I recall a documentary made about the failed coup attempt in 2002, Chavez seemed to have full support of the lower class. Only the capitalists, entrepreneurs, and of course the media, saw the danger that Chavez posed. I'm not sure how the situation is now, but to say that Chavez is wildly unpopular is incorrect, I think.
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04/16/2004 5:01 Comments ||
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Rafael: The same thing happened in Panama in 87-89. The anti-Noriega elements were literally the Lions Club, the Rotary Club, Kiwanas, etc. They never could get the support of the poor, who saw the emerging middle class as European-blooded exploiters (not really true... many of the true entreprenuers were mixed bloods, not members of the criollo aristocracy that ruled the country since Balboa). Noriega used to pay off the poor with weekly grocery deliveries, etc.
The same thing is happening in Iran. There is a big divide between the Western educated elites and the poor and rural population. The Ayatollahs rely on "bazaar power." Student demonstrations are heartening, but until the folks who shop and sell at the bazaars get tired of the black hats, they aren't going anywhere.
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Raf or 11A, were you as surprised as I was at how a guy who comes off as a real nut-case has demonstrated such an effective methodology for creating his repressive regime?
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Hi SH: Given that I lived through most of the Noreiga fiasco, I really wasn't all that surprised. Latin America is a racist place. (Note to LH: yes, Costa Rica and Chile are exceptions) Tiny percentages own most of the land and the middle class has a tenuous hold in the cities only. If you're poor, the only upward mobility path is often the Army, the police, or crime (some would say that they are all the same thing). Guys like Noriega and Chavez exploit this. They're mestizos (Noriega grew up in a slum), and know how to work the race angle and "poverty pimp." I honestly think that Noriega could have kept Panama under his control indefinitely if the US had not intervened. IMO, Lula in Brazil is the same sort of politician, though not as willing to usurp civil rights.
In Iran, the Ayatollahs use the same tactics. They provide upward mobility paths for poor kids. Sure a poor kid can go to the university and get a degree, but guess what? There ain't no job fair before graduation. IBM and GM aren't lining up to look at your resume. So it's off to Qom or join the RG or Basiji.
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The funny thing in the documentary that I saw was the slogan that Chavez used to rally his supporters, "Respect the Constitution" or "Respect for the Constitution". Of course, by this time it was his Constitution.
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Leaders of Brazil's landless movement are vowing not to give up any of the hundreds of farms seized by thousands of peasants this year. They also will keep pressing for sweeping reform that, if carried out, would radically change the land ownership map in Latin America's biggest country. Thousands of peasants belonging to the militant Landless Rural Workers Movement (MST) were also on the march, due to converge Friday on several Brazilian cities to protest the killing eight years ago of 19 landless peasants by military police in the northern state of Para. "Our orders are simple -- Not one step back! We will keep pressing the government to speed up land expropriations to distribute among peasants," Claudio Amaro said.
He was one of 40 leaders at the 2,037-acre (825-hectare ) Santa Justina farm just 45 miles (70 kilometers) southwest of Rio de Janeiro, occupied by hundreds of landless people since late March. A few meters from him, stirring the lunch of the day —black beans and pasta— for about 50 of the settlers, Eliane dos Santos da Conceicao couldn't agree more: "Nobody will take me out of here; I am here to stay." Both Amaro and Conceicao echoed other MST leaders who, over the past few days, have made it clear there will be no truce in the wave of land invasions. The MST has occupied 76 farms across Brazil with almost 100,000 people since March to pressure the government into speeding up land reform. Under Brazil's 1988 Constitution, the government may expropriate land considered unproductive after compensating the owners at fair value. "Land reform must be speeded up. We are not calling for a revolution right now, but we need a faster reform," Valquimar Reis, of the MST's national board, said in an interview.
In the world's fifth largest country, land theoretically shouldn't be a problem. But according to official data, 3.5 percent of landowners hold 56 percent of the arable land while the poorest 40 percent own a scant 1 percent. According to the MST, there are 200,000 families in camps they run. Lack of land is a recurrent source of violence, such as the incident in Para state whose April 17 anniversary has sparked the ongoing wave of land invasions. In the past 20 years, 1,671 peasants have died in land-related conflicts according to data compiled by the Roman Catholic church's National Land Reform Council.
The March 24 occupation of Santa Justina took place peacefully, Conceicao said. "Hundreds of us came in at dawn holding hands, singing religious and patriotic songs, and praying. We broke the lock securing the fence," she said. "Why did we do it? Because we all want just a piece of land to plant on and make a living. As a maid nearby I could make 200 reals a month (about US$70). Here I can hold out hopes that my children will do better than I do."
Ricardo Lemos, one of the farm owners, had a different view. "The invaders came in holding their picks, machetes and scythes. They seized a property which is legally registered since 1924 and, because it is part of the Atlantic coastal forest, is an environmentally protected area; no farming can be done on most of it." Lemos said. He said the owners were suing in local courts to regain control of the area.
After seizing the farm, the MST group set up dozens of tents made out of tinted plastic and bush wood. About 150 huts cram the main farm road, with small huts barely fitting two beds and larger ones housing up to three families. The occupation bore all the marks that have made the MST one of the most powerful social movements in Brazil's history — the new settlers looked disciplined and well organized. Most organizers like Amaro developed ideological roots in the leftist-inspired Liberation Theology of the Catholic church. But they are also heavily influenced by Marxism. "We want a more just Brazil. But we don't see real justice without Socialism," Amaro said.
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These people are one step away from Colombia's F.A.R.C. or E.L.N. This MST is a danger to the region's stability. Lula da Silva is tied in closely with this group, too. This is the Cuban Revolution all over again. I feel sorry for those farm owners. It's just like what Mugabe and his thugs are doing in Zimbabwe.
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*sigh and frowns* I'm aware of this "liberation theology" -- the upper echelons of the church've denounced it as a distortion, and in fact, though the situation of Jean-Bertrand Aristide leaving the clergy were murky, he was definitely dumped from his order for his emphasis of it.
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3.5 percent of landowners hold 56 percent of the arable land
Thank G*d for the NW Ordinance and the Homestead Act.
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I don't like you Mr. Beef. You obviously don't recognize that this "instability" only exists because people are hungry enough to protest and smart enough to realize that Governments, like donkeys, need to be prodded in order to move forward. Sorry for the farm owners? At least the farm owners have access to formal education and should be able to rationalize that concentrating wealth tends to piss people off.
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Sorry Mr Lachmansingh, but are'nt you actually arguing that people should not try to make money? That becoming rich is a crime against humanity? If so, I realy do not like your POV very much.
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I Just had to post this to show what is happening Down Under
John Kerry is at the centre of an Australian political feud:Mark Latham has dismissed as "hogwash" Prime Minister John Howardâs suggestion that the Opposition is now at odds on Iraq policy with both sides of United States politics. Mr Howard yesterday seized on comments by US Democrat presidential candidate John Kerry, claiming Mark Latham is becoming increasingly isolated with his plan to bring Australian troops home by Christmas. Mr Howard says Senator Kerryâs statements show a Democrat president would not alter the US policy on Iraq troops. Mr Latham denies Senator Kerry said that. "(Senator Kerry) described President Bushâs policies in Iraq as a failure, and he said this: âWe need to internationalise the effort and put an end to the American occupationâ," Mr Latham said. "Let me just repeat that, âput an end to the American occupation in Iraqâ so letâs not have this hogwash from Mr Howard that Senator Kerryâs got the same policies as President Bush - he hasnât." So, who is right -- Howard or Latham? Answer: thanks to John Kerryâs talent for nuance, both of them are! Kerry did indeed call for "an end to the American occupation", but, within 24 hours of those comments, he also announced this:
Americans of all political persuasions are united in our determination to succeed. The extremists attacking our forces should know they will not succeed in dividing America, or in sapping American resolve, or in forcing the premature withdrawal of U.S. troops. Our country is committed to help the Iraqis build a stable, peaceful and pluralistic society. No matter who is elected president in November, we will persevere in that mission.
Kerry truly is all things to all men. No wonder The GuardianâsTimothy Garton Ashthinks that "itâs now in the best interests of Britain, Europe and America that senator John Kerry should be the next president of the United States."
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Kerry actually voted for the bill before he voted against it. It's very plain.
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part of me is not too worried about kerry if he get's elected, the man is clinton squared, the second he realizes he said something most people wont like he changes his mind and says the opposite. so from that, the war on terror will go on... I am begining to think the guy just wants to be able to put POTUS on his resume and that really troubles the other part of me
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Nonsense. Kerry's calls to internationalize the occupation have never been tied up in a call for military withdrawal. His plan - notion might be a better description, I suppose - is to replace the CPA with some sort of UN authority, with the occupying force being Americans under UN authority. Of course, the last time we did something like that, it resulted in the Battle of Mogadishu, so I, personally, think it's a terrible idea. But it isn't a plan for withdrawal.
Latham is just insisting on hearing what he wants to hear.
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Kerry truly is all things to all men. No wonder The Guardianâs Timothy Garton Ash thinks that "itâs now in the best interests of Britain, Europe and America that senator John Kerry should be the next president of the United States."
could you imagine the uproar if an american said the same of an european election!
i am sick and tired of the left's duplicity!
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04/16/2004 15:23 Comments ||
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Macedonia's prime minister took the lead in elections to replace the president who died in a plane crash but did not get enough votes to avoid a runoff in two weeks, results showed Thursday. With 99.8 percent of the vote counted, Prime Minister Branko Crvenkovski had about 42.5 percent, the State Election Commission said. Sasko Kedev of the opposition VMRO party was next with 34.1 percent. Embracing the late President Boris Trajkovski's commitment to unity, none of the contenders exploited friction between the ethnic Albanian minority and Macedonian majority that led to six months of fighting in 2001. International observers said Thursday that despite isolated problems, the election generally met international standards.
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From Jihad Unspun
Recently U.S. Muslims called for a Pentagon probe of a photograph circulating on the Internet that showing an American soldier apparently mocking an Iraqi child. In the photo, an American soldier is standing next to two Iraqi children who are giving the thumbs-up sign. One child holds a hand-lettered sign in English that reads: "LCPL Boudreaux killed my Dad, th(en) he knocked up my sister!". ("Knocked up" is American slang for making someone pregnant out of wedlock).
"If the United States Army is seeking to win the hearts and minds of the Iraqi people, this is the wrong way to accomplish that goal," Muslim Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) Executive Director Nihad Awad said Friday, April 2. "Defense Department officials must take action to let military personnel know that such offensive behavior harms Americaâs image and will not be tolerated," Awad said. ....
Awad said CAIR has also received an anonymous letter from a soldier who recently returned from Iraq that claims a commanding officer engaged in inappropriate conduct with prepubescent Iraqi girls. The letter states that the officer, who was named by the writer, referred to the girls as "pre-rag heads" and coerced local Iraqi leaders to provide them in exchange for protection by American soldiers. Awad said the officerâs military unit was also named in the letter. "The thought of all this makes me sick to my stomach. I am afraid to bring this to anyone in the Army, because I am doubtful that they would believe a soldier over the Battalion Commander," read the letter.
The CAIR executive director said that these reports point to "a disturbing pattern of behavior that needs to be addressed by our military".
Iraqi ordinary inhabitants lament that occupation forces sometimes are accused of raping girls themselves along with trigger-happy others.
Many civilians have charged that the U.S. occupation forces helped undermine morality in the country by spreading vicious acts, including sex trade and drug dealing since they rolled into Baghdad on April 9. Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report released Wednesday, July 16, that the failure of Iraqi and U.S. occupation authorities to provide public security in Iraqâs capital lies at the root of a widespread fear of rape and abduction among women and their families.
The "Climate of Fear: Sexual Violence and Abduction of Women and Girls in Baghdad" report said that the failure of Iraqi and U.S.-led occupation authorities to provide public security in Iraqâs capital lies at the root of a widespread fear of rape and abduction among women and their families. The report also found that U.S. military police were not filling the gap when Iraqi police were unwilling or unable to conduct serious investigations of sexual violence and abduction.
On May 30, a British soldier was questioned over sickening "torture" photos of Iraqi prisoners, including an Iraqi POW dangling from a fork-lift truck, and others depict soldiers committing sex acts near captured Iraqis. ....
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Long, and generally inconclusive discussion of the photo mentioned here
It should be noted that it is quite easy to fake digital images however...
Blaming "great inner turmoil" for his actions, New Democrat MP Svend Robinson is stepping aside after admitting he stole an expensive diamond ring at a public jewelry auction on Good Friday. Robinson, Canada's first openly gay MP, who has never been far from the headlines during a quarter-century in the House of Commons, made the stunning revelations during an emotional news conference yesterday in his campaign office in suburban Vancouver.
It's stunning that he's a petty thief?
"Something just snapped in this moment of utter irrationality," Robinson, 52, tears running down his cheeks and voice breaking, told reporters. His partner, Max Riveron, and fellow MP Libby Davies consoled him by rubbing his back and offering hugs and handkerchiefs. "As you can imagine, this has been a nightmare," he said. "I cannot believe that it has happened, but I am human and I have failed."
Just a petty thief. The kind of person you have to check the silverware after...
Now you know why they never let Dan Rostenkowski into a post office.
Robinson, who has earned a reputation for generating controversy and tremendous political theatre over the years, got support across party lines with yesterday's revelations, although some critics in British Columbia were less gentle in their assessment of events. But few could dispute that an MP whose theatrics have included being arrested twice in anti-logging protests, heckling visiting U.S. president Ronald Reagan in Parliament, denouncing Israeli policies while visiting the West Bank and spending the last moments with Sue Rodriguez during her assisted suicide, did not steal the show once again. Robinson, first elected as a New Democratic Party MP in 1979 and re-elected in the six federal elections since then, said he is taking an immediate medical leave and will step down as a candidate in Burnaby-Douglas "while these issues remain unresolved."
Does the Betty Ford Center treat kleptomania?
But he did not resign as an MP or say that he will not run in the next election if the legal matters are settled before Prime Minister Paul Martin sends Canadians to the polls. But if Martin calls the election this spring, Robinson will likely not represent his party.
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A politician saw a shiny thing and grabbed it. How is this much different from what they do with the taxpayers' money every day the legislature is in session?
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They'd make him a committee chairman here in Mass.
Good instincts and impeccable credentials.
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wonder if they still had their wallets and jewelry after the hugs? A thief is just a thief
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this particular character is staunchly anti-american and he has booed American presidents in parliament. He is also an Arafat supporter. He also contends that the US got what it deserved in 911. He supports the islamic nasties even though as an openly gay man, they would kill him without a second thought.
A wonderful day that this nasty piece of work is out. good riddence!
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04/16/2004 10:29 Comments ||
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It's not like he killed anyone...
No, but he claimed he was shot in the foot by the police during a G8 summit in Vancouver.
You might remember Svend Robinson in that Israeli checkpoint altercation where he got into a shoving match with a soldier. Guess he thought with his Canadian passport he would be allowed to go anywhere. What an idiot.
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This is troubling because the NDP, of which Svend is a member, Is to the left of the governing Liberals. They need to take away enough votes in the June election so that the Conservatives can win a parliamentary majority of seats. This can't help the NDP image.
It didnât take long for the rigors of the campaign trail to sour first lady-in-waiting Teresa Heinz, who fumed yesterday that she "canât believe" she moved to America and married an American politician. "I canât believe my family left Africa and came to this country," Heinz Kerry complained to the New York Postâs Cindy Adams. "I canât believe I ever even married an American." She married an American? I thought she was married to John Kerry.
"A politicianâs wife has a hard life," she said. "To become more of a âthingâ and less of a person is terrible." JK: "Um, honey, would you please remember Iâm trying to get elected President, and shut the hell up!"
Teresaâs tirade continued, "I canât believe I married a second politician." Then referring to her first husband, the late Sen. John Heinz, she blasted, "I canât believe I married the first politician. He wasnât one when we met. What people donât know is that I am basically shy. I never wanted to do this." At least Clintonâs wife didnât demean him in public. At least not before he got elected!
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Teresa's a loose cannon - check out the expression on her face the next time you see Kerry hug and kiss her during his appearances on the platform. Release your tax returns hon! We want to see how much you've been giving to your lefty causes
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Maybe she would feel better living in Sudan with her terrorist friends.
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Turncoatsa Heinz, I have a message for you: ,,|,,
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John Kerry's idea of success is to
a) marry a woman worth $300 million
b) ditch her when a woman worth more than $500 million becomes available.
He's movin' on up.
I'll be he's wondering if any of Sam Walton's heirs are available. Then again, they probably have more discriminating taste than to marry Gigolo John Kerry.
"I can't believe my family left Africa and came to this country. I can't believe I live in America, I can't believe I ever even married an American."
Spread that message around the Heartland, sweetie. Your hubby needs all the help he can get.
Ha!
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You didn't marry an American, Trayyy-sa... John Kerry married your $$$$... You don't like it here? LEAVE!
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It is amazing what JFKerry and Theresa will willinglingy put out into the public for mass consumption. And this is before we start to hear about the stuff they are hiding.
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Her statements could be read as pro-american and just happy and disbelieving that things had come out so well after moving from Madagascar.
The comments at the end of the article seem to indicate that her being shy is why she can't believe she married a politician (and thus has to deal with criticism from folks demanding her tax records) not that politicians are scumbags or something.
I think to be fair you would have to see the video (if any) of this conversation.
At least that's my reading until another source or something comes out.
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Great, she does Hillary one better: she is not just any old shrew, she is an anti-American shrew.
Posted by: Carl in N.H ||
04/16/2004 12:57 Comments ||
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Translation: I can't believe I married an American Liberal without a pre-nup, my bad!
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I gotta agree with Ruprecht---the meaning's kind of ambiguous. At the end of the "I can't believe" spiel she says "I can't believe we've embarked on this journey." I've often said stuff like that myself, and meant it positively. The "complaint" aspect is Newsmax's spin.
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The sad thing is that Kerry didn't marry her money, he married HJ Heinz IV's money. He didn't do a very good job of securing his estate either if she has so much control over it.
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04/16/2004 13:11 Comments ||
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come on girl keep it up - show you and your husbands true colors....
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1)Trying to play Hillary card-it is so tough,I need your sympathy(and votes).
2)Trying to gain support for not releasing "private info".
3)Thought she maried a minor politician of her own class,not some ambitious jerk who dragged her into typically tough Presidential campaign.
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Did anybody ever find out how HJ Heinz IV plane crashed or is it still an open investigation? Seems suspicious too me that a Liberal woman inherits a fortune after her Republican husbands death and proceeds to marry the most Liberial senator in Washington D.C.
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04/16/2004 14:51 Comments ||
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... then Teresa Heinz Kerry clarified her comments, embellishing, "actually, I didn't marry an American, before I married an American"...
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From what i heard Heinz died in a helicopter crash and nobody questions that it was a legitimate accident. Wives often inherit everything when their spouse dies. Nothing conspiritorial about it as long as no other Heinz family members try to challenge things.
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"Did anybody ever find out how HJ Heinz IV plane crashed or is it still an open investigation?"
There never was any mystery to it: it was a midair collision caused by unbelievably gross pilot error. If I recall correctly (it happened only a few miles from my house, and was on the Philly local news for several weeks), Heinz's plane had some sort of trouble with its undercarriage, and a helicopter in the area maneuvered underneath the plane to get a look at the problem. Bad, bad, BAD move: the chopper's rotor sucked the plane down right on top of it, and both went down.
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04/16/2004 15:25 Comments ||
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Ruprecht and Angie Schultz: It depends on whether the reporting is accurate, but the story does say that "Heinz Kerry complained to the New York Postâs Cindy Adams" (emphasis added). I'm not so sure that's "spin"; more likely, it's an attempt to depict the emotion of her spoken words in print.
That doesn't strike me as meaning she's incredibly grateful her family came to America instead of staying in Africa.
Perhaps she would be happier if she went back home. She's certainly got enough money to live comfortably there. She wouldn't even have to take John with her, though I wish she would.
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut ||
04/16/2004 15:35 Comments ||
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She's not going back to Aftica. Too many mosquitoes in Mozambique. (Her ancestry is Portugese)
Madagascar was a French colony. More appropriate, ruprect, but nonetheless incorrect.
She is a Mozambiqui.
Her father was a doctor there who had moved from Lisbon.
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Wow! That's a heck of a Designated Victim Group.
Portuguese-Colonial-African-American...not too many of those.
Hope they overcome and join the mainstream
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04/16/2004 17:36 Comments ||
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Theresa Heinz Kerry, born Mozambique, 1939
Mozambiqui National Anthem (1975-2002) Verse 2:
United with the whole world,
Struggling against the bourgeoisie,
Our country will be the tomb
Of capitalism and exploitation.
The Mozambican People,
Workers and peasants,
Engaged in work
Shall always produce wealth.
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I don't have a timeline, but she would have left Mozambique at around the time the Fascist dictatorship fell in Portugal and its colonies (including Mozambique) became independant in very chaotic circumstances.
It doesn't surprise me in the least that a Lefty hankers after living in Fascist colony where a small number of white people ruled the black majority.
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The Center for Individual Freedom filed an ethics complaint Monday against a former aide to Democrat Sen. Ted Kennedy. The complaint revolves around the aide's recommendation that the confirmation of one of President Bush's conservative judicial nominees be delayed in order to influence the outcome of an affirmative action case before the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Olati Johnson, who was Kennedy's counsel on the Senate Judiciary Committee, wrote the controversial April 17, 2002, memo that sought to delay Julia Smith Gibbons' confirmation to the same court handling the University of Michigan affirmative action case.
Johnson had come to Kennedy's office from the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund (LDF), where she was co-counsel for the students supporting the university's affirmative action policy. She allegedly wrote the memo after consulting with her former boss, Elaine R. Jones, the LDF's president and director-counsel. The memo spells out the rationale for delaying Gibbons' confirmation: "The thinking is that the current 6th Circuit will sustain the affirmative action program, but if a new judge with conservative views is confirmed before the case is decided, that new judge will be able, under 6th Circuit rules, to review the case and vote on it."
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I can't reach the link right now, but is it a reference to the memoranda regarding judicial nominees?
I'd like to ask them what made Miguel Estrada "so dangerous because he is Hispanic". If I'm off topic, hell I'd still like to know...
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That may or may not be THE memo (Estrada's), but speaks of one (the NAACP request that a conservative judge's nomination be delayed til Michigan ruled on affirmative action).
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Edward is correct. When they get their site working again, there is also a story available about the NAACP involvement. The staffer was a former employee of the NAACP who appears to have used her position within Kennedy's staff to act in the interest of the NAACP. I'm sure Ted would have approved of her plan even if he was unaware of it. I don't know why she would have felt the need to draft an official memo to document what she was doing.
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From a related article about Kerry's staff's involvement: Kennedy and his aides have tried to dismiss the issue. At a Wednesday press conference, when CNSNews.com asked the senator about the memo, Kennedy was quickly escorted from the room by his staff.
"No. I'm not gonna, uh, re, uh," Kennedy muttered.
Hurt cornered the senator as he made his way back to his office, but Kennedy shifted the topic away from the alleged conspiracy to block Gibbons' confirmation and toward allegations that Republican staff members on the Senate Judiciary Committee had read Democratic strategy memos.
"I am so troubled, as other members of the Judiciary are, in the fact that Republican staffers would burglarize this confidential material in the Judiciary Committee. ... We can't have staffers - in this case, Republican staffers - believing they can basically commit criminal crimes in order to advance a political agenda," Kennedy said, according to the Times.
What an asshole. If you think a crime has been committed file charges.
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According to information readily available on the Internet, the information was not "burgled", but placed on an OPEN, SHARED server, not even password-protected. Kennedy, as usual, is spinning, trying to turn a Democratic crime into a Republican misdeed. I would gladly assist in hanging Mr. Kennedy by the neck until dead with a hemp rope from the Senate Gallery for all his many crimes against the Constitution and people of the United States, if only we could get past all the protections put in place by people like Ted Kennedy to keep the laws of this nation from applying to people like Ted Kennedy. Calling him a "bastard" is an insult to all children born out of wedlock.
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The liberal position is that the only authentic conservatives are the opressing white males like us. Anyone else who deviates is inauthentic. Judge Gibbons is a poster-child of this inauthenticity.
However suggesting hanging Teddy is not a good thing to do because we sink to the level of the nutcase in Florida that wanted to shoot Rumsfeld.
Let them babble with the real "hate speech".
Teddy should be portrayed as he is; a drunken old hack living off the memory of his brothers. The more we can drive this point home, the better.
Since the "regular media" fawns over the old goat, we must make our friendly outlets such as FNC and Talk Radio stay on point about Teddy
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Whatever happens, Kennedy will do his best to distance himself from this. With the media's help. While the Dems circle the wagons. As they are doing for Gorelick right now.
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04/16/2004 12:31 Comments ||
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Anon,
Actually, I think "Big Head Ted" has been sober now for at least a decade... but therin lies the rub.
He is a man truly in need of a good stiff drink to overcome his "crochediness".
BY DANIEL HENNINGER
Friday, April 16, 2004 12:01 a.m. EDT
Thus spake George W. Bush this week: "The people of our country are united behind our men and women in uniform, and this government will do all that is necessary to assure the success of their historic mission." Still, many Americans who support the war donât much like sitting on their hands doing little more than watch it on TV. Some have written here, asking what they can do to help. This column will describe a real project that lets the folks at home lend a hand to the soldiers in Iraq.
*snip*
Over the past year, a successful technology entrepreneur named Jim Hake has been working with the Marine Corps to help their reconstruction projects in Iraq. The Marines identify local equipment needs, and Mr. Hakeâs organization, Spirit of America, after raising the money, acquires the stuff, typically for schools and medical clinics. *snip* Hereâs where you come in:
The First Marine Expeditionary Force and U.S. Army in Iraq want to equip and upgrade seven defunct Iraqi-owned TV stations in Al Anbar province--west of Baghdad--so that average Iraqis have better televised information than the propaganda they get from the notorious Al-Jazeera. If Jim Hake can raise $100,000, his Spirit of America will buy the equipment in the U.S., ship it to the Marines in Iraq and get Iraqi-run TV on the air before the June 30 handover.
*snip*
If the Marines can get these moribund stations back on the air, the coverage area would include Fallujah and Ramadi. The VHF/UHF stations are owned as cooperatives by TV-competent Iraqis already vetted by the Army. Some broadcast Al-Jazeera for lack of other content. In return for the upgrades, the Iraqi operators would be asked two things: Criticism is fine, but donât run anti-coalition propaganda; and let the Marines buy air time to broadcast public-service announcements, such as the reopening of schools or clinics--or indeed, pending military operations.
*snip*
Spirit of Americaâs buy-list for the Marinesâ TV-stations project includes digital video camcorders, desktop PCs for video editing, video editing software, televisions, 21-inch satellite dishes, KU-band universal transponders, satellite decoder/receivers, Philips audio/video selectors (4-in/2-out), VCRs (PAL and NTSC compatible), DVD players (multiregion compatible), step-down voltage converters (220 to 110) and lighting sets. The cost of this equipment is about $100,000.
Mr. Hake, incidentally, insists on paying for all the goods in his projects. He says donor relationships with big companies waste time getting sign-offs by senior management. I asked if he thought they could get the TV stations under way by the June 30 handover: "Absolutely. My goal is to have the gear at Pendleton by May 7. The Marines will fly it over and they are ready to get going on this. Needless to say, plans can always change in a combat zone but this is an undertaking to help turn the tide there." If this works, the Marines and Spirit of America hope to rebuild TV stations elsewhere around Iraq.
Want a piece of the action? Spirit of Americaâs project with the First Marine Division, and how to donate, is at www.spiritofamerica.net, or directly at www.spiritofamerica.net/req_12/request.html or 800-691-2209. Itâs brand extension of the Marinesâ now-famous saying: "No better friend, no worse enemy."
As I said on Robert Pratherâs site, this is something that should have been done by our government from day one. However, itâs more important now to get it done that to place blame. I sent in my donation (they take PayPal, by the way). How âbout it, Rantburgers? Step up if youâre in a position to. Hereâs our chance for all of us to make a difference for our troops as well as the Iraqis.
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The author of this story is clearly not an industry insider. He doesn't seem very adept at technical writing. Super Hose, you must've been in the Navy, right? I ask because you always submit articles about Navy stuff.
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..Is the lead ship still set to be USS Zumwalt? IIRC, there was a LOT of heartburn when Clinton annoucned that one.
Mike
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Does the electrical power system imply they are going to put directed energy weapons on it?
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..One other thought - the original USS Lexington (CV-2) and USS Saratoga (CV-3) - were turbo-electric drive - extremely advanced for that time. Lex was lost early in WWII, but when Sara got into prolonged combat, it was discovered that the TE drive systems tended to crash - terminally - from shock damage. She was out of the war for far too long with damage to the TE system that required a trip home to the US every time. Hoping they've worked out the problems instead of reinventing a wheel with one flat side.
Mike
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Kentucky Beef, I was in the Navy a number of years ago when roughly a third of the ships had conventional steam plants (the others ships/boats being driven by nuclear steam, large diesel engines, or gas turbines.) Like many Ensigns after commissioning I was sent to Surface Warfare Officer School in Newport. Like most I also went through Steam Engineering Officer of the Watch school as a follow-on school aka a per diem buster (kept you in school at the same location for long enough that the school could be considered a permanent duty station = no per diem and like it.)
Even then while I was learning how to operate a caveman ship and dreaming of one day being allowed to sail on a spiffy gas-turbine ship, the school instructors were already talking about the next generation ship beyond that - the turbo-electric.
The way I understood the concept was that you could use a power plant of steam, reactor, turbine or diesel without having the main driver (reduction gear) coupled to the propeller through an inconveniently long shaft that in some cases ran half the length of the ship through bearings in the nether regions of the shift. The idea was instead to generate mechanical power with the turbine or diesel but then convert the power into electrical form and transmit the power through cables to the aft (see I can still do the lingo) to be converted again into mechanical power to a much shorter shaft connected more directly to the propeller(s) - some ships have only one making them a bear to maneuver.
This provides a large reduction in heavy shafting and also eliminates the need for a seperate number of electrical generators to provide the ship with electrical power.
It's a cool idea that I hope works successfully.
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The idea was instead to generate mechanical power with the turbine or diesel but then convert the power into electrical form
You mean, like conventional diesel-electric locomotives? I'm surprised this hasn't been implemented earlier. It worked wonders for the railroads.
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Concur that diesel electric did in fact work wonders for the railroads. Electric drive for ships has many advantages but the problem is the motors. The most powerful locomotive I have ever heard of puts 10,000 hp to the wheels. The DDX is supposed to have two 50,000 hp motors. The limiting factor has been motor technology. Looks like that problem is solved.
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Oddly the motors were developed for subs.... but were still too large for a sub hull.
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GM has a proto-type car that sounds like it uses similer tech.
The car uses a fuel cell to generate electricity that is transmitted to 4 motors mounted close to the wheels.This elminates the need for an internal combustion engine and the attendant transmision,drivelines and differentials this translates into a huge wieght savings and less maintinance due to fewer moving parts.The car is also supposed to trap and reuse energy generated from breaking(don't know how that is supposed to work).
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The linked article is...interesting, to say the least. It would seem either that the reporter was badly misinformed, or that there's a cover story here. Here's why:
A fundamental principle of physics is that every time you convert energy from one form to another, you lose some. On a ship or sub, the electricity to run a large e-drive is usually generated by steam turbines--which is how a standard mechanical drive works too. Thus there's no *efficiency improvement* here. Certainly there can be advantages from eliminating a long propshaft, or in being able to turn two props from a single generator if needed, but better *drive efficiency* is highly unlikely.
Noise isn't a concern for a destroyer, so that's not the explanation. One possible reason--as some have suggested--could be that the vessel will be equipped with energy weapons.
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One other thought - the original USS Lexington (CV-2) and USS Saratoga (CV-3) - were turbo-electric drive - extremely advanced for that time. Lex was lost early in WWII, but when Sara got into prolonged combat, it was discovered that the TE drive systems tended to crash - terminally - from shock damage.
There are a few advantages to the TE. The engines themselves can be located in separate areas of the ship. Technically, they can even be placed in the superstructure. There is technology to reduce and prevent shock damage.
In any case, the cost savings alone from not having main reduction gears will be significant.
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SF, Pappy is correct - the reduction gear on the USS Dahlgren (DDG-43), my first ship was a large as my current 2500 square foot house. Don't get too caught up with the idea of energy losses in the conversion from mechanical to electrical and then back to mechanical and the cable losses. The energy losses from a high speed turbine through the reduction gear will be greater because the shaft turns so much slower than the turbine. The HP turbine is essentially an aircraft engine screaming along at some ridiculous RPM's. To convert the high speed mechanical energy from the turbine into the slow mechanical energy of the shaft is many many stages that include heat loss at every stage. The reduction gear sits on a gigantic oil pan that is continuously cooled by seawater flow from the main circulation pump, the biggest pump on the ship.
The reduction gear is incredibly complex and expensive. On a gas turbine ship if a turbine goes bad the turbine can be craned out of the ship and a replacement craned back in and installed. I have never heard of a main reduction gear being damaged but I don't see how the gear would have been disassembled on my DDG. I project that such repairs would have taken six months in the shipyard.
As for the shaft, I would estimate that the component was a 4 foot diameter solid steel that ran 200 feet. It's size relative to the size of the ship could be effectively illustrated by taking a look at the drive train underneath an SUV with four-wheel drive.
I would expect that the diesels or turbines would still be placed low in the ship and on the centerline. Any other placement of heavy machinery usually results in the ship becoming a barf-a-matron for the crew.
Did I do OK, Pappy? I still love ships but the technology is passing me by. This topic might best be dalt with by Steven Den Beste.
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Did I do OK, Pappy? I still love ships but the technology is passing me by. This topic might best be dalt with by Steven Den Beste.
BZ, SH. I My last ship was a Spruance about twelve years ago, but I try to keep up. One of the curses of having been a 'snipe'.
The turbines can be swapped out pretty quickly pierside, but the shafts and MRG have to wait until the ship goes into drydock. From what I was told, the navy actually leases the Main Reduction Gears.
I agree on the machinery placement being a bitch on stability and ship-riding (my first job as a JO was DCA on an MSO), but relocating machinery from its traditional side-by side engineroom arrangement was one of the things that was being pushed during the electric-drive program.
The CIA warned as early as 1995 that Islamic extremists were likely to attack U.S. aviation, Washington landmarks or Wall Street and by 1997 had identified Osama bin Laden as an emerging threat on U.S. soil, a senior intelligence official said Thursday. The official took the rare step of disclosing information in the closely held National Intelligence Estimate for those two years to counter criticisms in a staff report released Wednesday by the independent commission examining pre-Sept. 11 intelligence failures. That staff report accused the CIA of failing to recognize al-Qaida as a formal terrorist organization until 1999 and mostly regarding bin Laden as a financier instead of a terrorist leader during much of the 1990s.
I'd be willing to bet that Binny has never actually fired one of those AKs he's fond of lugging around at anyone in actual fighting. As far as I know, he's always had a bodyguard around him. His function was to provide the seed money for al-Qaeda. As such, I'd still call him a financier...
But the U.S. intelligence official, who spoke only on condition of anonymity, said the 1997 National Intelligence Estimate produced by the CIA mentioned bin Laden by name as an emerging terrorist threat on its first page. The National Intelligence Estimate is distributed to the president and senior executive branch and congressional intelligence officials. The 1997 assessment, which remains classified, "identified bin Laden and his followers and threats they were making and said it might portend attacks inside the United States," the official said. Philip Zelikow, executive director of the Sept. 11 commission, confirmed the 1997 warning about bin Laden but said it was only two sentences long and lacked any strategic analysis on how to address the threat. "We were well aware of the information and the staff stands by exactly what it says," he said.
NIEs are executive-summary type documents. They're not in-depth. A couple sentences is what most topics get.
The intelligence official also said that while the 1995 intelligence assessment did not mention bin Laden or al-Qaida by name, it clearly warned that Islamic terrorists were intent on striking specific targets inside the United States like those hit on Sept. 11, 2001. The report specifically warned that civil aviation, Washington landmarks such as the White House and Capitol and buildings on Wall Street were at the greatest risk of a domestic terror attack by Muslim extremists, the official said. Deputy CIA Director John McLaughlin testified Wednesday that by early 1996 his agency had developed enough concern about bin Laden to create a special unit to focus on his threat. "We were very focused on this issue," McLaughlin told the commission. The commission's report did credit the CIA after 1997 with collecting vast amounts of intelligence on bin Laden and al-Qaida, which resulted in thousands of individual reports circulated at the highest levels of government. These carried titles such as "Bin Laden Threatening to Attack U.S. Aircraft" in June 1998 and "Bin Laden's Interest in Biological and Radiological Weapons" in February 2001.
Two sentences at the top of the NIE led to a flood of reports subsequently...
Despite this intelligence, the CIA never produced an authoritative summary of al-Qaida's involvement in past terrorist attacks, didn't formally recognize al-Qaida as a group until 1999 and did not fully appreciate bin Laden's role as the leader of a growing extremist movement, the commission said. "There was no comprehensive estimate of the enemy," the commission report alleged.
At the time he was pretty much one of many. He hadn't yet broken out of the pack, much less absorbed the rest of the pack...
But the senior intelligence official said the commission report failed to mention that CIA had produced large numbers of analytical reports on the growth, capabilities, structure and threats posed by al-Qaida throughout the late 1990s and those detailed reports were distributed to the front lines of terror-fighting agencies. The CIA most frequently provided these individual and highly detailed analyses to the White House Counterterrorism Security Group charged with formulating anti-terrorism policies and responses, the official said.
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Gorelick in 1995: Oooh don't show this to me. I must avert my eyes. I am violating the rights of those kind Imams by even looking at this!
Please please please hide this
Presidente Bubba : If you act on this. You are breaking the law! Please no please no. . . .
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Anyone remember when the "Visa Express" program was put together? If it was after 1995, I think it can be clearly said that Bubba's quest for a Saudi pension outweighed his dedication to US security.
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I find it rather interesting that a lot of these articles are showing up in the mainstream press yet not one mention of who was president at the time.
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My favorite part of the "what did we know" analysis can be found in the WTC-bombing trial transcripts. Look for where the testimony occurs as to why the building(s) did not collapse, and what it would have taken to collapse them (hint: they even tell what size plane). I'm not saying that's where the turds got the idea from, but it is there nonetheless - publicly available. Immediately known by all interested parties, some of whom were more interested than others.
EFL - caught via Instapundit and Oxblog
The beating by Cuban officials of a member of a nongovernmental organization at the United Nations in Geneva should be considered a criminal act for which the Cuban government must be censured, Freedom House said today. After the United Nations Commission on Human Rights narrowly passed a resolution today critical of Cuba, members of Cubaâs governmental delegation attacked Frank Calzon, executive director of the Washington-based Center for a Free Cuba. The attack took place inside the United Nations building in Geneva. Witnesses said a Cuban delegate punched Mr. Calzon, knocking him unconscious. UN guards reportedly protected him from further assault by additional members of the Cuban delegation. The attack occurred shortly after the Commission passed a resolution critical of Cubaâs human rights record. Oxblog: Yeah, thatâs the way to prove your country respects human rights!
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Leave it to the UN to respond to a crime with a threat of "censure". Yeah, that'll put them on notice. What are they up to now, triple secret probation?
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Maybe the UN ought to hire some NHL linesmen during their off season. I would need to see the video, but my guess is that at least of 5 minute major penalty would have been assessed for "flagrant and blatant diplomacy."
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell has written to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad asking for Damascus's help to bring peace to Iraq. The letter from Powell â and a separate congratulatory letter from President Bush â were delivered by U.S. Ambassador Margaret Scobey during a meeting with Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al-Sharaa. Powell's message "explains the dangers of the developments in Iraq" and urges Syria "to give any possible help that could contribute to easing the situation there in a way that serves the country's unity and preserves its security and stability," SANA said. The agency did not say what Bush's message contained.
Perhaps a suggestion that we won't be pleased if Syria doesn't cooperate?
In a televised address Tuesday, Bush said Iraq's neighbors "have responsibilities to make their region more stable." He said he was sending Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage to "discuss with these nations our common interest in a free and independent Iraq, and how they can help achieve this goal." Syria, a staunch opponent of the U.S.-led war on Iraq, is the only country of seven on the U.S. list of states accused of sponsoring terrorism to have full diplomatic relations with the United States.
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serves the country's unity and preserves its security and stability
Perhaps with a PostIt note attached explaining that the country in question could easily be Syria instead of Iraq?
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Steve, that's the light yellow post-it note. There are also salmon and green post-its from associate editors Rumsfeld and Wolfowitz attached...
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this will be seen as weakness and prompt baby assad to push even more
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Anytime you hear the name Richard Armitage, be very concerned. He is the diplomatic equivalent of James Bond, as in "licensed to kill". For example, when a possibly nuclear power wants to go to war, he is the guy sent to scare the bejeezus out of them. He would be the guy who delivers the threat of thermonuclear annihilation
in person.
He is an extremely scary dude. It's not often you see a high government official whose biography keeps changing.
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How about a footnote casually mentioning that leaky borders work both ways. There's this Kurdish minority in Syria, and a lot of leftover guns and ammo in Iraq....
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Armitage has the look and the voice for work in the funeral parlor industry. Some accuse him of being moderate, but on all those neocon point papers that Chainey and Wolfowitz sent to the Clinton Administration, you'll notice that he and Bolton signed more than a few.
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You will enjoy this post more, if you hum the theme from the "Twilight Zone."
...take a closer look at the website.....This is a very sophisticated operation and I am sure that even some of its own muslim reporters have no clue what is going on. But again, as the graphic on its homepage portrays Bush on one side and Binladen on the other. For an agitated muslim as well as reactionary goyim, the NWO reinforces the assertion it made on Sept.11th by bringing down those towers by "heated jet fuel ": The war of civilisations is on : Binladen after grandly bringing down the towers now seeks to further his Jihad on the West.
Secondly, unlike other genuine Jihad sites, there is not even a whisper of conspiracy regarding Sept 11th on this site. In other words,
1. The goyim must continue hunting "Al Qaeda"
2 The muslims should resume the "jihad" on the West inaugurated by Binladen.
OR IN OTHER WORDS, NWO/ JEWISH CABBAL/ ILLUMINATI /SATAN/ CIA AGENDA! Notice how the tab "The players" has only Bush Binladen and Co. whereas the Real players are simply missing.
There is also another purpose. Suppose Bush is having a real unpopular moment. Jihadunspun could furnish another lab doctored video/audio recording of Binladen urging war on Americans. This will serve to distract and at the same time emphasise the need for a war. With its Al Qaeda credentials, few would doubt the source...
Here is some interesting stuff I found in the contact information under domain name lookup.
Jihad Unspun
Bruce Kennedy, #300 - 1497 Marine Drive
West Vancouver, BC V7T1B8 Canada
+1 604 913 2241, Fax: +1 604 913 2240
bkennedy@jihadunspun.net
...Now hereâs what happened lately.....Genuine Jihad site Azzam.com smelt something wrong in wannabe jihadi site JUS and sounded the alarm by publishing articles titled "JUS is CIA". Since Azzam is widely read, it had to be closed, or it would be the end of an expensive well orchestrated operation. For reasons unknown, Azzam.com was instantly shut down and has been offline since then.
Kennedy, who runs Jihad Unspun, is a Muslim convert. Azzam.com is shut down and chased off the internet, just like TalibanOnline.com, alneda.com, and similar sites — for whatcha might call safety reasons.
In order to counter the damage done by Azzam.com, JUS published some damage control, which can be best described as the work of some other "Bruce Kennedy" whose experience with Islamic Arabs is Lawrence of Arabia movies and Tintin comics. Dont be impressed by the dropping of Koranic verses and Arabic lines. You can get Pakistani muslims@ 5$ an hour to do that. I am posting the whole article just in case JUS deletes it from its website noticing clumsiness.
AND I INVITE ALL OF YOU TO TAKE A GOOD READ AND JUDGE FOR YOURSELF WHETHER "BRUCE KENNEDY" WILL PLAY A GOOD ARABIAN FEMME ONLINE OR SHOULD BE REPOSTED BACK TO THE CIA RADIO STATION IN ALASKA.
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The CIA is a front for the Illuminati, themselves a front for the Atlantean Adepts...
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Dr Evil-
You think that's bad - I was once told in all seriousness that (get ready) the Heinz Company (yes, that Heinz) was actually the leading funder of Illuminati activities in the US.
If true, it would explain a LOT...
Mike
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The CIA is a front for the Illuminati, themselves a front for the Atlantean Adepts...
Fools, they are all puppets preparing the way for the return of the return of Great Cthulhu!
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Steve-
Mister Lovecraft - Welcome HOME!!!
Mike
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"Great holes have been dug where earth's pores ought to suffice, and things have learned to walk that ought to crawl!"
____________________HPL on Paleos and their Gaza tunnels...
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Exactly, Liberalhawk. The conspiracy industry is heaven's gift to the purveyors of disinformation and this is a classic example.
Indymedia's open "news-wire" is a perfect medium for this as well.
A sizable but unknown percentage of their wacko conspiracy claims are complete fakes, "black" propaganda designed to spread fear and confusion among a uniquely susceptible audience.
I used to have the misfortune of living a few streets away from this weirdo, until Princeton did the right thing and took him away
President George Bush wants to be seen as a good Christian leader but, according to a new book by Australian professor Peter Singer, he actually has the moral development of a 13-year-old boy.
Professor Singer, a prominent ethicist whose own morality has been the subject of much debate, said Mr Bush saw the world "very simply, in black and white, as good versus evil, and he thinks that America is the good guy, and therefore whatever America does is right".
"Thatâs incredibly dangerous when you are the leader of the most powerful nation on earth," Professor Singer told The Age. "But that belief is what enabled him to justify starting a war with Iraq that would cost thousands of innocent people their lives."
Professor Singerâs book, The President of Good and Evil: the Ethics of George W. Bush, does not conclude that Mr Bush is himself evil "because thatâs not a word I throw around too much". Neither does Professor Singer go so far as to say that Mr Bush is stupid, "which a lot of other people might say. But I do think heâs a moral failure, in his own terms, and in any terms."
Now, it should be said that Mr Bush likely has the same view of Professor Singer. After all, the Australian professor - who was recently described in The New Yorker as one of the most influential and controversial philosophers alive - believes that parents should be able to kill their disabled children; that animal lives have the same value as human lives; and that adult children should, in some circumstances, be able to decide when to end the lives of demented parents. So who is he to comment on the Presidentâs ethics?
"I hold a different view (of the sanctity of human life), itâs true," Professor Singer said. "But Bush claims to believe that human life is sacred. So my book asks whether his statements about human life, and his willingness to go to war in Iraq are actually consistent, or is it evidence of muddled thinking?"
Professor Singer said Mr Bush was wrong to go to war in Afghanistan (he suggested that a truly Christian leader would have "turned the other cheek" when America was attacked on September 11, 2001) because it led to the loss of innocent life.
He said Mr Bush was also wrong to go to war in Iraq, since Saddam Hussein posed no threat to the US. He conceded that all presidents had moral failings, but said Mr Bushâs were more serious, because of his power.
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if you piss off a cretin like Singer, you're doing something right
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I don't know this singer but he sounds like someone who thinks Good and Evil does not exist. That nothing and nobody (abd no act) is evil or bad. Everything is relative to your viewpoint.
Turn the other cheek after 9/11? Typical Left bullshit!
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Peter Singer is a prick!!!!!!Everytime he opens his yap, he spews unbelievably amoral crap! Now I am reduced to the moral development of a 13 yr.old, my comments deteriorating into name calling, but ARGHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!What an asswipe!!!!!!!!!!Pretentious, nihlistic, wanker, loony tunes, dickless, etc. etc.
Bush ... has the moral development of a 13-year-old boy
Which is 13 more years of moral development that you have, you loser. What a crock.
Move to Europe where your pathetically simplisme "thinking" will fit right in and make everybody happy, jackass.
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Singer also says it's okay to hump your dog. The New Yorker might think he's one of the most influential philosophers alive, but I think most of us dismiss him after the first sentence or two.
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Fred, does the dog have to be consenting?
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Moral relativism---a great philosophy for people too whimpy and invertibrate to take a stand and put themselves on the line for their beliefs. It is an attractive philosophy for one that sits in the comfort of an outdoor cafe, protected by troops who put themselves on the line to protect his ass and his free speech.
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Its not a social issue to singer, but a deep philosophical issue, or something
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Idiots have been with us since the beginning of time. The only difference now is that we print what they have to say as news. In my opinion Mr. Singer is an educated Idiot.
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The Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) on Friday condemned the US, saying it (the US Army) was violating human rights in Iraq. The religious allianceâs component parties arranged separate demonstration in the city to condemn the US.
Arranging demonstrations is what they do best...
Pakistan Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) General Secretary Syed Munawwar Hassan addressed the Friday congregation at Jamia Mosque in Mansoora and said human rights violations across the world reflected Americaâs aggression. He also claimed that US President George Bush had bulldozed the Mideast âroadmapâ to support Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharonâs âplanâ. He said America was supporting state terrorism in Palestine and Kashmir. âIf current US polices continue, Osama Bin Laden will soon rule the world,â he added.
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An Indian tribe has forced distributors of an Arab studies guide for U.S. teachers to remove an inaccurate passage that says Muslim explorers preceded Christopher Columbus to North America and became Algonquin chiefs. Peter DiGangi, director of Canada's Algonquin Nation Secretariat in Quebec, called claims in the book, the "Arab World Studies Notebook," "preposterous" and "outlandish," saying nothing in the tribe's written or oral history support them. The 540-page book says the Muslim explorers married into the Algonquin tribe, resulting in 17th-century tribal chiefs named Abdul-Rahim and Abdallah Ibn Malik.
Ah, yes. The turban-wearing al-Gonquin tribe. I remember them well from my own studies. They gave us Mahmoud al-Gonquin, the victor of the Battle of Pittsburgh...
Mr. DiGangi said the guide's author and editor, Audrey Shabbas, and the Middle East Policy Council (MEPC), a Washington advocacy group that promoted the curriculum to school districts in 155 U.S. cities, have been unresponsive to his concerns since November. But Ms. Shabbas said this week the passage was removed immediately from subsequent copies, and that she was "giving careful and thoughtful attention" on how to notify the 1,200 teachers who have been given copies of the book in the past five years. "As the editor of the 'Notebook,' when I heard from Mr. DiGangi that a citation in the work was not borne out by either Native American written records or by oral traditions, I was grateful that the statement could so easily be removed," she said. She did not explain how the false information got into the curriculum.
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Can't wait for that first Arab casino. Jihadi Sun has a nice ring to it...
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Just because it never happened doesn't make it wrong. I mean we can all agree that a Muslim civilization would have been a good thing in North America. I'm thinking of our own prophet. Is that not seething Infidel?
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Abu:
Sorry, but that evidence is clearly non-Muslim in nature.
There was nothing in that link which blamed the Jews.
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I prefer the Mormon teaching that native Americans (NAs) descend from the ten lost tribes of Israel. But neither religion explains why most NAs love their pork rinds and salt pork products. One noted Osage Indian chief was even named Bacon Rind . The only thing the Osages and Arabs have in common is that they both got rich from oil.
..Hoping I've got this in the right place because of the screaming and hollering over the affair. I'll be there tomorrow, if anyone likes I'll post a report. Severely EFL'd, BTW...
Tomorrow - April 17 - the remains of the crew of the Confederate submarine CSS Hunley will be buried with full military honors in Charleston, S.C.'s Magnolia Cemetery. It is being billed as the last funeral of the American Civil War.
The ceremony âincluding horse-drawn caissons bearing the remains â is slated to follow a four-and-a-half mile procession from Charleston's historic South Battery to the cemetery. There, 50 artillery pieces will fire a salute, and U.S. and Confederate flags will fly overhead. Newspapers are predicting a turnout of 30,000-50,000 people, including honor guards, Northern and Southern military re-enactors, bagpipers from the Citadel (the South Carolina Military College), a brass band from the Virginia Military Institute (VMI), veterans of the U.S. Navy's submarine fleet serving as pallbearers, reporters from around the world, and throngs of curiosity seekers. I am hearing from some reenactors that the attendance is being underplayed by the media, they are planning for 75-100K..
Not all support the event...
Naturally...
Texas activist Carl McClung has gathered thousands of signatures on a petition to bar the presence of U.S. flags... Others contend the funeral will honor a legacy of oppression. Last year, brief consideration was given to having the bodies lie in state at the capitol building in Columbia, S.C. But to the relief of State Senator Darrell Jackson, a descendant of slaves, the plan was rejected. "Can you imagine how we would be perceived by the rest of the world honoring these men who fought for slavery?" Jackson told the Associated Press. "I don't have a problem with the neo-Confederates honoring them in an appropriate cemetery. But, please, don't throw it in our faces."
Politics aside, those Confederate submariners who perished in the cramped hold of their submarine will always be part of America's military history. They were indeed American heroes, every bit as much as the courageous federal sailors and Marines they attacked. American warriors have not always fought in popular wars. But like so many Americans, before or since, the men of the Hunley risked and ultimately sacrificed their lives for their country. They served during a time when service to one's country was considered to be one's ultimate duty, and loyalty to one's state (defined in a period dictionary as "a nation; an independent country.") superseded all other allegiances. They became the first American submariners to sink an enemy warship in combat, and that alone is what they should be remembered for.
Mike
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It is appropriate to honor these fallen sailors for the ultimate sacrifice they made, just like President Lincoln did for BOTH sides at Gettysburg. Regardless of all of our political leanings, this is part of our heritage. It sounds like a well planned and respectful ceremony. Wish I could be there.
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Hunley... I stand corrected. Jeez what a death trap.
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I heard the tail end of this on the radio yesterday. Rummy was funny and the press, as usual, had that PMS tone of soccer moms at a local PTA meeting, demanding to know why every child wasn't number 1 in their class - (especially their child).
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B - LOL. Perfect description of the LLL press.
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On a headline in one of the NY tabloids it says something like "Rummy Admits Iraq Mistakes."
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Tibor, I think this is what the clown reporter parlayed into admitting Iraq mistakes:
Q Sir, could you clarify your answer on what you did not expect a year later, because you left me considerably confused.
SEC. RUMSFELD: I'll try it for the third time.
Q If I could just tell you the part --
SEC. RUMSFELD: No, I will answer it.
Q Well, if I could tell you the part I didn't understand.
SEC. RUMSFELD: I'd rather -- I'd rather answer it my way.
Q (Laughs.)
SEC. RUMSFELD: What I said, I thought reasonably clearly, was that if a year ago you had asked me to describe where you would be on April 15th, 2004 in Iraq, how might you have described it? And I answered by saying I would not have described it precisely the way we are now, and that is exactly how I answered it.
(Cross talk.)
Q Is it better or worse?
Q How would have you described it -- or how would you describe it?
Q Did you mean you wouldn't expect it to be this bad, sir? Is that what you mean?
Q We don't get what you mean.
SEC. RUMSFELD: I certainly would not have estimated that we would have had the number of individuals lost in the -- that we have had lost in the last week.
Q Well, some say you did not send enough troops in. Do you think that's accurate now, that you should have sent more troops in initially to invade the Sunni Triangle, to deal with the situation?
SEC. RUMSFELD: (To General Pace.) Yeah, should we have a go at that? Do you want to do that?
GEN. PACE: Let me -- sure --
SEC. RUMSFELD: I don't know. Apparently there's a problem with the hearing aids in the room on this subject. Why don't you have a go at it, Pete, just for the fun of it?
GEN. PACE: I've been in this job since 1 October, 2001, and I think I've been in every meeting with the Secretary and the senior [leaders] where we have discussed how many troops are needed. And in every case, the civilian leadership has said to the military personnel, how many do you need, tell us what you need, you will get it. The military folks, like me, have done our analysis of what we need on the battlefield and we have come up with the numbers we have come up with, and we have been given those numbers. General Franks, General Abizaid, General Sanchez have all done their own analysis and have all come up with the numbers of forces that they need, and they have been provided those forces.
It is a balance between having a huge number -- which means, oh, by the way, that's more people in a country that would like, as we would like, to not have as many foreign soldiers on their territory. Of course the Iraqis would like to have not as many U.S. and coalition on their territory. So there's a balance between having X number of rifles available and having too many for the situation that's needed. And that's a military judgment.
The military commanders have asked for specific amounts of forces, and every force that have been requested of the civilian leadership, we have been authorized to provide. I don't know how to make it any more simple than that.
Q Were there missteps that were made that led us to this situation today? Do you see any military missteps or other missteps? .....
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And I wish Rummy couldsay,
". . .and obviously by the qustion you are asking you are as stupid as you are ugly."
Apparently there's a problem with the hearing aids in the room
In a rapid reversal of fortunes, Air America Radio won a temporary restraining order Thursday requiring the owner of its Chicago affiliate to restore the fledgling, liberal talk-radio network's broadcast, one day after it was thrown off the air in Chicago and Los Angeles. "We've just won Round 1," said Evan Cohen, Air America's chairman. "Arthur Liu received a clear message: Temper tantrums are not the way to conduct business." Cohen said the network expects to resume broadcasting Friday on WNTD-950 AM in Chicago.
Liu, whose Multicultural Radio Broadcasting Inc. owns Air America's Chicago and Los Angeles stations, pulled the network off the air in both markets Wednesday and changed the locks on the doors. He told the Chicago Tribune that Air America had bounced a payment check and owed Multicultural more than $1 million. But New York state Supreme Court Judge Marylin G. Diamond found Thursday that Air America had fully paid for airtime in Chicago and ordered Multicultural to begin broadcasting Air America's programming again.
Air America remains off the air in Los Angeles, where it had been broadcast on Multicultural's KBLA 1580 AM.
Darn. What will the dozens millions of LA listeners do?
A person answering the phone Thursday at Multicultural said the company had no comment.
"We will say no more!"
The dispute between the two companies began Wednesday morning, when Multicultural employees kicked Air America staffers out of the Chicago and Los Angeles stations and began airing Spanish-language programming. Liu claimed Air America had defaulted on payments for airtime. But Air America executives said they were withholding payments for the Los Angeles station because Liu had been "double-dipping," or reselling airtime that the network had bought and paid for, prior to the network's launch a little more than two weeks ago.
Cohen said Thursday that Air America is considering its legal options regarding the Los Angeles station and would be "doing something within the next 48 hours." Diamond scheduled a hearing on Monday to get a response from Multicultural.
No matter how the dispute is resolved, it seems unlikely that Air America will continue to broadcast on Multicultural's stations. The public relations battle became personal very quickly on Wednesday, with Liu accusing the network of insolvency, and Cohen calling Liu "disgraceful and unprofessional." "Is this a relationship we want to continue?" Cohen asked. "Over the next couple of days we're both going to be doing a lot of thinking." Cohen said he is "exploring other broadcast options with a partner who is more responsible and mature."
"We'll see if we can do bidness with some other gullible, struggling radio station owner!"
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Doing it in the courts. Yep. That's a "liberal." Setting up a network for a bunch of rank amateurs and assuming that the audience will come without having to... I dunno... earn it? Yep, that's the modern "liberal", too.
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I'm glad that Judge Diamond has the time to take up the cause for these liberals. Why don't they have to go through the same red tape that the rest of the businesses in US do in order to get their case heard?
But Air America executives said they were withholding payments for the Los Angeles station because Liu had been "double-dipping," or reselling airtime that the network had bought and paid for, prior to the network's launch a little more than two weeks ago.
SPIN-ALERT: No way. There's no chance that they or anyone else would "withhold" their FIRST PAYMENT for a service because of this convienent "cause" or any other. Certainly they can't expect to default on a contract without making ONE payment and demand to remain on the air!
Liu should make a HUGE stink about this. He ought to get on every network and expose them for what they are. I find this story and Air Anti-American Radio's various responses to be repugnant and outrageous. Yesterday this story was funny, but hearing the response from AA-AR makes me want to vomit.
What a bunch of tools. Couldn't happen to a nicer bunch.
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One obvious question....why in the world is a judge in NY hearing a case regarding Chicago and LA (unless Liu's home office is in NY)? And, I love Neal Boortz's rant about this (see boortz.com)...it's amazing that lib radio has to PAY to get airtime and not compete in the free market. According to Neal, neither he, Rush or Hannity pay to be heard (plenty of sponsors pay for their airtime).
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A point not made her is that the talk radio (Rush, Sean, Bill) doesnât pay stations to play their show itâs the other way around. The get the product and then sell commercial slots. If Nair America has to pay station to play their product, how are they making money? If they are not a money making company then they are nothing more than an expensive political ad. This has to be some violation of the election reform law?
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No prob, CS! You're right, though...not only do Sean/Rush/Savage/Boortz, etc. NOT pay to be heard (like Airhead America does), but they get paid to be heard!
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Didn't frankenSTEIN say his first order of bussines was to get sued? This entire "dust up" smells more of ginned up PR than anything.
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they figure out why its still not on. they having hard time opening the door.
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If memory serves me right-- and it doesn't always -- it was on 950 AM. I took quick listen to see if they, too, were raising money for Leukemia and Lymphoma. We all know that the Left has a monopoly on compassion... well if they were they were doing it in Chinese today.
Of course I may have mis-remembered the Chicago freq.
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What's the real deal here Mucki? I've heard they're having streaming problems, but I'm not sure if it's related to the money war. I'm hoping you can sum it up in a 5-7-5.
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streeming not working
they got the dor unlock though
it purdy mess up
im had to leave today that place cuz im getting headache there from frustration. hopefuly they get it together next wek and we can all have fun making hiakus again. dubya posting there and he making purdy good hiakus. sunshine jim purdy good to.
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Didn't frankenSTEIN say his first order of bussines was to get sued? This entire "dust up" smells more of ginned up PR than anything.
S'what I've been saying for two days. Two of their biggest markets, which they'll be broadcasting again in soon. Publicity from the media. Most of blogdom is talking about it. Not costing them a cent except for lawyers.
Hee hee, I suggested this very thing on a string yesterday:
Kilt-Wearing Marine Plays Bagpipes in Iraq
Thu Apr 15, 5:57 PM ET
FALLUJAH, Iraq - Amid the clatter of gunfire and explosions that regularly rock this city, an unexpected sound rises over the front line â bagpipes.
Dressed in Marine fatigues with his gun at his side, 1st Sgt. Dwayne Farr, 36, blows into his set of pipes. The plaintive wail is carried by the wind that whips across this dust-blown, war-torn town.
"Playing on the battlefield â I never thought that would happen," Farr said.
Farr, an African-American from Detroit, was inspired to learn when he saw another player who didnât match the Scotsman stereotype.
"I was at a funeral and I saw a Marine playing the bagpipes, and I thought, this isnât a big, burly, redheaded guy with a ponytail and a big stomach. Heâs a small Hispanic Marine. I said if he can learn to play the bagpipes, I can learn," he said, chuckling.
When he is not on the front-line, Farr wears a kilt when playing, and some Marines have been skeptical about a member of one of the toughest fighting forces in the world donning what looks like a skirt.
But Farr is unfazed. Heâs looking for a desert camouflage kilt he can wear in operations like these.
"Kilts are something that fighting men wore many years ago, and we know that the Marines are fighting men. So real men wear kilts. And they are pretty comfortable too," he said.
Among his admittedly limited repertoire is "taps," the tune traditionally played by the military when a service member is killed. Farr has played it several times over the past days in Fallujah.
Marines say the sound of the bagpipes is a morale booster.
"Itâs something to hear besides the rockets and gunfire," said Master Sgt. Rowland Salinas, 42, from San Antonio, Texas. "Itâs something that soothes the mind." Unless youâre a jidadi.
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I'm sorry, but it's just Wrong for the both "bagpipes" and "soothes the mind" to appear in the same article :)
-M
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Hee, hee, hee. You go, 1st Sgt. Farr! That sound must scare the shit out of the jihadis.
I think it was in WWI (somebody who knows more than I please correct me) that the Scots marched into battle playing the bagpipes and the enemy ran because they thought the Scots were insane, and therefore terrifying. Glad to see our Marines keeping up the tradition.
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If anyone knows of a way I can contact 1st Sgt. Farr for his size and address, I'll be glad to buy the kilt and send it to him.
(I found a website that carries desert camouflage kilts. This article appears to be a AP wire story, so no hope of contacting the reporter, I think.)
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"And they are pretty comfortable too" Out of respect for my brothers in arms and Jarhead I will not comment on this part. It did paint a really disturbing picture in my head.
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Fact is that fighting and bagpipes go hand in hand. Scottish highlanders were so feared at one point that the British crown outlawed them as fighting units. And it is also a fact that the Celts did not fight with their kilts on. Picture in your mind large numbers of screaming naked men (many of them painted blue) with claymores charging you to bagpipes... To my fellow 1SG, Keep playing because the boys love anything that irratates the other side, besides when the look up to see what is making that sound, a Marine gets an easy look for a headshot!
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To Unmutual. Wearing a kilt isn't the same as wearing a dress. The last person that called my kilt a dress got kilt.
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Unmutual or maybe you hit the wrong key - UnNatural
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Cyber Sarge: "It did paint a really disturbing picture in my head."
Rent the film "GLADIATOR" with Russel Crowe, (directed by Ridley Scott). In the opening scenes you will see some very intense Roman soldiers wearing the equivalent. If you're still disturbed by "kilts" after that, let us know.
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Barb someone has been posting articles from some media guys embbeded with the marines. They might be interested in staging a photo op for a gag.
Staff writer Darrin Mortenson and staff photographer Hayne Palmour are reporting from Iraq, where they are with Camp Pendleton Marines. Their coverage is collected at www.nctimes.com/military/iraq.
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Saw on Mail Call that the last time that kilts were worn in combat (as far as we know) was in WWI by the "Ladies from Hell."
The use of pipes to lead the troops during armed conflict is a history of the Celitc peoples. Scots & Celts share the heritage of the "Great Highland War-Pipe!" Said to be worth a 100 guns, in W W I, armed only with their pipes the bagpipers led British soldiers through murderous fire to reach enemy trenches. Kilted pipers leading the regiments through the smoke and artillery fire of battle, seemed to be emerging from the very depths of Hell itself. The courageous; full, yet errie sounds of the pipes, and the determination of the pipers as they marched into the face of death -- instilled deep fear in the German enemy. The Germans gave these pipers the honored title of "The Ladies from hell."
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If it works for our folks, use it! Sgt. Farr may be onto something
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On the subject of kilts, me lads and lasses
(I'm of Clan McLaren):
Oh a Scotsman tried and true left the bar one evening fair
And one could tell by how he walked he'd had more than his share
He stumbled round 'til he could no longer keep his feet
Then he stumbled off unto the grass to sleep beside a stream.
Ring-ding diddle diddle aye-dee-oh
Ring di-diddle-aye-oh
Oh he stumbled off unto the grass to sleep beside a stream.
Well about that time two young and lovely ladies happened by
And one said to the other, with a twinkle in her eye
"Oh see yon sleepy Scotsman, so strong and handsome built?"
"Well I wonder if it's true what they don't wear beneath their kilts."
Ring-ding diddle diddle aye-dee-oh
Ring di-diddlee-aye-oh
"Oh I wonder if it's true what they don't wear beneath their kilts."
Well they snuck up to that sleeping Scotsman, quiet as could be
And they lifted up his kilt a little bit so they might see
And there for them to behold, beneath that Scottish skirt,
Was nothing more than God had graced him with upon his birth.
Ring-ding diddle diddle aye-dee-oh
Ring di-diddlee-aye-oh
Was nothing more than God had graced him with upon his birth.
Well they marveled for a moment, then one said, "We must be gone."
"Well let's leave a present for our friend before we move along."
As a gift, they left a blue silk ribbon tied into a bow
Around the bonnie sword the Scotsman's kilt beneath did show.
Ring-ding diddle diddle aye-dee-oh
Ring di-diddlee-aye-oh
Around the bonnie sword the Scotsman's kilt beneath did show.
Well the Scotsman a little later, he awoke to nature's call
And as he lifted up his kilt, what he got and what he saw,
And in a strangled voice, he said, "I can't believe me eyes!"
"I don't know where ye been, me lad, but I see ye took first prize!"
Ring-ding diddle diddle aye-dee-oh
Ring di-diddlee-aye-oh
"I don't know where ye been, me lad, but I see ye took first prize!"
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(2004-04-14) -- National Public Radio (NPR) today announced it would acquire all of the assets of the new, but financially-troubled, liberal radio network known as "Air America."
Assets include former comedians Al Franken and Janeane Garafalo, as well as several small bottles of spring water and a full pallet of Mr. Frankenâs book, "Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right."
NPRâs development department will immediately begin on-air fundraising to support Air America operations.
"Contributors who give at least $100 will receive an autographed copy of Mr. Frankenâs book," said an unnamed NPR executive. "Donors at the $200 level will receive the book, without the autograph. And listeners who give $500 or more will receive a small bottle of spring water."
Air America was knocked off the air in Los Angeles and Chicago today due to its alleged failure to pay $1 million to the owner of the two stations.
"On behalf of the American people, NPR will assume all of Air Americaâs debt," said the NPR source. "The national audience for this kind of programming isnât big enough to sustain two networks. We own the niche...at least on radio."
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EFL from 4/15 Daily Press Briefing. Emphasis mine - snarking taken care of by RIchard. QUESTION: Richard, leaving aside for the moment the fact that under this plan, the Israelis will evacuate from land that was the Palestiniansâ, should be, arguably, by most people, the Palestiniansâ now, and would have been under most previous plans the Palestiniansâ in the future... what exactly do they get out of this other than the fact that theyâve now been told they no longer have the possibility of a right of -- of the right of return and... that the United States has decided ahead of final status negotiations that there will be some Israeli presence in the West Bank? MR. BOUCHER: I donât -- leaving aside everything, what else is there? You canât quite do it that way. Youâve got to focus on the fact... that there have been many plans, many discussions, many negotiations that the United States has very much been a part with, that we have worked with the Palestinians in many negotiating fora where all these issues were discussed. We have a very real prospect that something that Palestinians have always looked for, and thatâs the departure of Israeli settlers from territory that they believe... should be Palestinian, that that could actually occur. Thereâs a difference between saying... itâs always been a part of the plan that Israel would withdraw from these areas. The big difference between saying thatâs always been part of the negotiation and saying it actually has a prospect of happening, that thereâs a reality on the ground that can be created by the Palestinians and by the Israelis through Israeli withdrawal, for the Palestinian -- through the Palestinians standing up governmental authority and taking care of keeping the peace in those areas, thatâs a reality that they have a chance to achieve, not a negotiating position that has to be negotiated more.
QUESTION: Yeah. But the point is, Richard, that every previous attempt at peace had always come down to the fact that Gaza was going to be the Palestiniansâ, and previous Israeli governments had agreed to that, too. So, you know -- that would be something that they might (inaudible). MR. BOUCHER: The difference was saying eventually it might be and saying it can be now, can be soon. Making it happen.
QUESTION: Okay. And so -- and so is the United States then, when this happens, are you -- I donât remember the last time a senior U.S. official was in Gaza. I donât think youâve had too many people go out there. MR. BOUCHER: Well, unfortunately, we havenât had people go down there since our people were killed there.
QUESTION: Yeah, exactly. Since then. So youâll be, obviously, going to be helping out? I mean, the infrastructure down there is totally shattered. The Israelis have destroyed pretty much all of it. Do you have plans to go in there when itâs returned to the Palestinians so that it doesnât become a huge slum? MR. BOUCHER: Obviously, the actions... when the Palestinians are running it will depend, in great part, on the security situation. But if you look at what the President said yesterday and what weâve said in our letters, there is a firm commitment from the United States, and, indeed, from the entire international community, to help build the political institutions, the economics, the economic opportunities and the economic institutions, the social institutions, the security services that are necessary for the Palestinians to make a successful Gaza.
QUESTION: Okay, last one. MR. BOUCHER: And to use it as -- and not to stop there, but rather to use that as a catalyst to move forward towards a final negotiation of a Palestinian state.
QUESTION: The final -- last one. Youâve put a lot of emphasis on this kind of PR campaign in the Arab and Muslim world to try and convince them that you are an honest broker and that youâre not anti-Muslim. And yet, this plan comes out yesterday in which, for the first time, the President of the United States says that there can be, that there must be, in fact, that it would be unrealistic to assume that Israel didnât remain in parts of the West Bank, that Palestinians who were driven off their land or fled their land in â48 and â49 would not be allowed to come back and reclaim them. At the same time, this morning, you were the only country at the UN Commission on Human Rights to vote against a resolution sponsored by the European Union that called for an independent Palestine and a freeze on settlements, and you were one of only a handful, I think 15, to vote against a resolution condemning Israel for human rights abuses in the occupied territories. How exactly does that square with your campaign to convince all -- and I might add that Beth Jones said -- MR. BOUCHER: "The indictment further alleges."
QUESTION: Beth Jones said last week that the Secretary was... going to go to Berlin for a conference on anti-Semitism later this month. Now, no one would argue that going to a conference on anti-Semitism... is a bad thing, but arenât you concerned at all that your message of peace, love and understanding to the people of the Arab and Muslim world is going to get trampled by this? MR. BOUCHER: If I was to take the obverse of all the positions that you outlined that we have taken; if we were to support unreal solutions for the Middle East, solutions that have no relation to reality; if we were to vote for resolutions that we felt are unbalanced at the Human Rights Commission; if we were to oppose conferences on anti-Semitism, which is still a problem in the world today; would that somehow help the United States achieve its policy goals in the world? Would that make the Middle East more peaceful? Would that help Palestinians build a state? The fact is, the United States is willing to do the real work with the parties, the real work on the ground, the real work with the neighbors, to help the Palestinians build a Palestinian state. When the U.S. President, for the first time, announced that the United States supported the creation of a state called Palestine that can live side by side with a Jewish state of Israel, when he said that that could even occur before final status negotiations began, did people complain that we were somehow taking a position that prejudiced the outcome? No, they said that we were accepting the reality that that was going to be part of the outcome. When previous presidents of the United States, previous negotiators from the Palestinian and Israeli sides have sat down to talk about land swaps, have talked about -- have sat down to talk about allowing some of these population centers to remain because they were a reality that had to be taken into account, how is that different than saying letâs deal with reality now? When previous negotiators, Palestinian and Israeli, sat down and said that the right of the return is a disputed issue and it canât be exercised fully, how is that different than what we are recognizing now? The fact is, we believe that a negotiation that is going to succeed, a Palestinian state that is going to succeed, both are going to have to be based on certain realities. One of those realities that we can create is an Israeli evacuation, for the first time ever, of settlements, an Israeli departure from Gaza, an Israeli evacuation of some of the settlements on the West Bank. We think that that reality is worth working for and we intend to continue moving forward in that direction.
QUESTION: So the answer to my question, though, is no, you donât think that anything that youâve been doing over the past year and a half, or this Administration has done in terms of the Middle East situation, that (inaudible) has hurt your campaign to try and convince people in the Arab and Muslim world that you are not -- that you remain an honest broker and that you are not -- MR. BOUCHER: The simplest answer to your question is this is not a PR campaign, that the United States takes positions on these issues in order to advance our national interest, in order to try to achieve real peace for Palestinians and Israelis alike in this region, and that we will continue to do that and we will continue to explain to the world why our policies are the best way to move forward towards those goals.
QUESTION: Just I wanted to clarify, this population center -- I never heard of this word till yesterday. Is this a cuter word for settlements? MR. BOUCHER: Itâs a description of the reality that we see on the ground. I donât --
QUESTION: What is the reality on the ground? MR. BOUCHER: That there are centers of population in the West Bank that need to be taken into account.
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"The indictment further alleges."
That's great. Going to have to hit C-SPAN to watch this one...
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Will teh reporter be reporting from Gaza? Notice how the reporter wasn't even fazed by Boucher's mention of the deaths of Americans at Paleo hands? Help them rebuild? I'd prefer we help them level it so they can start over cleanly....carpet bombing seems appropriate. F 'EM!
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Bush continues to amaze me by the way he knows the difference between left/right, black/white, and good/evil. The question of the Paleos returning to land in Israeli proper is THE major rock in the shoe of the Paleos. It is also where they gain their strength, angst, and weakness. The Paleos that continue to live in the UN sponsored refugee camps for some fifty years already know that they are NOT returning to Israel and probably wouldnât if they could. An entire generation has come and gone, the Paleo areas in Lebanon have come and gone, and countless âpeaceâ proposals have come and gone. The moment this issue is off the table, Arafart loses all claims to victim hood for âhisâ people. In one bold policy shift Bush has removed a LARGE boulder in the roadmap of peace. There are howls and cries from many at this time but six months from now they will be dismantling those camps. When the people leave the camps they will wonder what Fatah has done with the BILLIONS of aid dollars.
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Cyber Sarge, who would dismantle the camps? The UN? The Pals will want the camps to stay even if its just to breed terrorists. The UN doesn't move that quickly and probably wants the camps to stay as well because the majority of beurocrats in the UN favor the Pals. Am I missing something?
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My timeline might be off but I am assuming that that the majority of those Palestinians living in those camps will want to leave we they realize (50 year late) that they are never going to return to lands inside Israel. What other choice will they have at this point? Yes there will be those hardcore Paleos that will stay and seethe about what: âMight have beenâ but most will see the writing on the wall.
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The question is where will they go within Palestine. The camps provide a roof over their heads and food. Leaving means they need to find work and homes.
I certainly think the neighboring states that have refugee camps should try to send the Pals into Palestine I just imagine a significant number will be unwilling to go. Perhaps they could move into abandoned settlements but that seems too neat to be likely.
British Prime Minister Tony Blair says a new United Nations Security Council resolution is needed to help ensure the creation of a stable and democratic government in Iraq...Blair said Britain was determined to see a transition to a stable, prosperous and sovereign Iraq state, and saw the United Nations playing a key role in this process...He said the international community wants a broad-based Iraqi government that is "representative of the Iraqi people, not a dictatorship, not some fanatical government thatâs going to threaten the security of the Iraqi people and the rest of the world." Blair said a Security Council resolution would likely be necessary to achieve those goals. "The circumstances will require us at some point in the near future to have a new United Nations Security Council resolution that will allow us to plan this way forward of political transition in Iraq," Blair said.
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As the Mutahidda Majlis-e-Amal steps up the heat on the government on the issue of the NSC (national security council) bill, the national accountability bureau (NAB) has moved in to place some MMA leaders in the NWFP on its scrutiny list for misappropriation, abuse of authority and financial bungling.
This'd be the government's counterattack, for which by now they should have lots of ammunition. Power politix in Pakland consists in large part of pawing through the boodle...
The battle lines are surely being drawn. On Wednesday, in BBCâs Hardtalk Pakistan, General Pervez Musharraf lambasted the MMA on a range of issues. The government is also cut up with the alliance for going back on its word to support the NSC bill, an understanding which the government claims was part of the package deal on the Legal Framework Order. In the wake of this come the moves by NAB and the Joint Director Intelligence Bureau (IB). The two organisations have recently exchanged information on Lutfur Rehman, the brother of Maulana Fazlur Rehman, chief of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-F, Asif Iqbal Daudzai, the minister for information, and Zafar Azam, the man responsible for several ministries, among others, industries, law and labour. Lutfur Rehman is the political deputy to his elder brother, and the actual front-man for all his non-political business.
Fazl's consigliere...
Daudzai and Zafar Azam represent the JUI-F in the provincial cabinet. Asif Daudzai, Peshawar-based officials told TFT, until becoming a minister was running a private school near Peshawar.
That'd be a religious school, of course...
A former ANP (Awami National Party) student leader, Daudzai joined the MMA just ahead of the October 2002 election. He is generally known for his love for things material, giving rise to numerous colourful stories about him. The ANP is the closest thing to a liberal party that Pakistan has, he obviously saw which way the wind was blowing before the elections.
Zafar Azam is reportedly a US national and owns a Restaurant cum Club in Alexandria in Virginia. Insiders say he is an adept political wheeler-dealer and generally gets it right about which side of the bread is buttered. Affiliated with the JUI-F since 1993, Azam is reportedly close to Aftab Sherpao as well.
Sherpao is a PPP bigwig. Another one with a foot in each camp...
NAB, which deserves credit for having recovered billions in bad loans from the nationalised banks has also come under fire for allowing itself to be used as a political tool by the government. It is still a party to cases against two federal ministers Faisal Saleh Hayat and Aftab Sherpao. In fact, Pakistan Peoples Party accuses NAB of midwifing the birth of two factions out of the original PPP: the Patriots and the PPP (Sherpao). Insiders now say the NAB might be out to do a Caesarean section on the MMA to break it up and get it off the federal governmentâs back. Of course, the strategy becomes viable because most politicians have skeletons in the cupboard and it is easy to put them on the chopping block.
It should be even easier when you consider the sizes of the egos involved. I'm surprised it hasn't happened yet. I put it down to Qazi's leadership — and the number of gunnies at his command.
The federal government also knows that not many will mourn the demise of the MMA government in the NWFP, which is already under fire for having done next to nothing for the public.
They've painted over some signs, and shut down any legal liquor stores that were left...
Bad roads in most parts of the province including the capital Peshawar, incessant water shortages, shortages of staff and medicine in state hospitals and dispensaries, and a free run of MMA zealots on musicians (when the instruments of musical bands and singers in the Dabgari area were openly assaulted and torched with little resistance from the police) and the rough treatment meted out to cable operators in certain parts of Peshawar are all indicative of the lack of government control over provincial matters. The Taliban-like attitude is also breeding anti-MMA sentiment, an intelligence official told TFT. This officer is tasked with ascertaining the popularity of the provincial government. âThis is politics and all sides are playing dirty,â says an analyst who thinks the government would sooner make a deal with the more amenable JUI-F than with the strident Jamaat-e Islami. âMaulana Fazlur Rehman has more to lose and he is a smart politician. The question is, what would it take for him to bridle the JI?â says a source. Probably not much.
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
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Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
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