Riyadh - The Saudi judicial authorities have sentenced the retired artist Mohamad Bikr Youness to jail for physically assaulting his wife Rania Al Baz, the broadcaster and thus causing her serious injuries and facial fracture. The sentence consisted of six-month imprisonment and 300 lashes. Baz informed Al-Hayat that she was expecting a much more severe sentence in the case, which received great media coverage in addition it incited the interference of human rights activists.
If she had been standard Saudi breeding stock, nothing would have been done. Because she's a big public figure, they have to do something to show their "outrage".
Baz confirmed her comeback to the media circle, after her recovery, to host a big production family variety show.
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A Chinese teenager who is just 79 centimetres tall has been confirmed as the world's shortest woman, a news report said. Zhu Haizhen, 19, from Gao'an in China's eastern Jiangxi province, was reportedly confirmed as the world's shortest woman by an official record association in Shanghai. Born in 1984, Zhu is 79 centimetres tall and weighs 10 kilograms, looking like a two-year-old child. According to Zhu's family, she was ill shortly after she was born and since then she grew slowly. Zhu Haizhen has been included in the Guinness World Records as the shortest adult woman in the world
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Japan's prime minister, Junichiro Koizumi, defied Russian objections yesterday to sail within viewing distance of the disputed Kuril islands, seized by the Red Army at the end of the Second World War. Japan has never renounced its claim to the tiny islands, which it calls the Northern Territories. The dispute over ownership has prevented Tokyo and Moscow from signing a post-war peace treaty. Mr Koizumi viewed the four islands through binoculars from a coastguard vessel in Japanese territorial waters. The visit was opposed by Russia which said: "Such actions not only fail to give a positive impetus to peace treaty negotiations, but will only complicate the negotiations once again."
The visit was aimed at shoring up political support for Mr Koizumi, who has combined a policy of economic reform with open nationalism. He has repeatedly paid his respects at the Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo, which glorifies Japan's war dead. Like the shrine, the return of the four islands, only 10 miles off the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido, is an obsession of the country's Right-wingers. Mr Koizumi said this week that the trip was intended to demonstrate that the islands were "an indigenous part of Japan." The Soviet Union entered the war against Japan only in its dying days, breaking a non-aggression pact to seize the Kuril islands along with almost all of Japanese held Manchuria . Mr Koizumi's inspection came a day before the 59th anniversary of the completion of the occupation. About 100 elderly former residents of the islands and their families, evicted by Russia, waved Japanese flags as Mr Koizumi set off yesterday from a port in Hokkaido for the brief trip. Around 14,000 poor Russians are at present the only residents of the islands. Testing the strength of the old bear? Popular pursuit lately.
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The arguement over the islands is stupid. The Russians should cut a deal with Japan to give the islands back in exchange for Japanese assistance in exploiting Siberia, or building a new Siberian railway or something. A move like that could open up further trade relations and help Russia expand her Pacific area, a region that is likely to be the place to be this century.
Some 650,000 American expats have used a Dutch-based website to help them register to vote in the US elections in November, it was revealed Friday. Started by two American expats living in Amsterdam, the website TellAnAmericanToVote.com allows anyone to send a message, with the required forms and instructions for overseas voting attached, to American friends and colleagues. The co-creator of the website, Claire Taylor, also said on Friday that the call to vote has hit a chord among expat voters. Taylor said interest was high, particularly in light of the 2000 election — the closest vote in US history — in which just 537 votes decided the Florida poll and victory of George Bush. There are at least six million Americans living abroad and Taylor said that the foreign vote was vitally important. Some estimates put the number of US expats at 7.1 million. "It was too close to call (in 2000). Therefore, everyone now knows a vote actually makes a difference," she said. There are about 21,000 American expats living in the Netherlands and Taylor said they must first register before being allowed to vote. They will then be sent absentee ballot papers, but time is running out. Meanwhile, the American political parties are also focusing on getting people to register to vote. "That is getting more attention than a party's political campaign," Steve Weiss of Republicans Abroad Netherlands said. Weiss was recently appointed the group's chief and said the Republican Party was unrepresented in the Netherlands for a long time. "It is difficult to find people willing to do it. But the battle is now so fierce that I put myself forward. Americans must register now. Right now. It would be nice if they would vote for (President George) Bush," he said. Democrats Abroad Netherlands official Donna DuCarme pointed out that the Republicans in the Netherlands are on good terms with the Democrats, explaining that she was about to telephone them to see how both groups were doing in getting expats to register to vote. She has also focused her campaign on registration information and is not so deeply involved in party politics.
Sure you're not.
Democrats Abroad have for some months been holding special events in American book stores in large cities around Europe to help register US expats to vote.
Kerry's sister has been on a road trip, trolling for votes.
DuCarme said many Americans don't know which state they last lived in and this is important, because that is where they must lodge their vote.
If you don't remember which state you used to live in, you've been overseas waaaay too long.
Meanwhile, Weiss said he will try to organise a debate with the Democrat counterpart. Regardless, he said he is convinced that President Bush will be returned to the white House for another four-year term. But DuCarme thinks exactly the opposite, placing full confidence in Democrat candidate John Kerry. "I can not even think about what will happen if Bush wins. I really can't. And that won't happen either," she said.
Do you promise to stay overseas if Bush wins?
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Mr. Weiss - Do you feel like a voice in the wilderness sometimes?
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This is a great thing. Do you know of another country that allows citizens to vote from overseas? I mean other than Embassy people. I applaud any effort to get more people to vote (Dems or Reps). Those people who don't, forfeit the right to bitch about who or how the country is run. Yes folks this is democracy in our republic! Vote early and Vote OFTEN! Bush 04!
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If you're an expat, do you have lifetime priveleges to vote in the US election, or is there a time limitation ("you've lived out of the country for too long...")?
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Gotta question a bunch of voters in Amsterdam, you know...
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Unless they are all from battleground states it won't make much of a difference one way or the other. Bunch of expatriot New Yorkers are not gonna turn the tide one way or the other.
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I heard those freaks put mayonaise on their fries.
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Sarge, Mexico allows Mexicans living in the U.S. to vote in Mexican elections. In the last Mexican presidential election they had voting booths set up in several places in the Chicago area for Mexican citizens living in this area.
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The EU's Commissioner for Enlargement has promised that next month's assessment report on Turkish membership of the Union will be "thorough, factual and fair". GÃŒnter Verheugen told MEPs on Tuesday (31 August) that the report, which will look at whether Ankara has met the political criteria for joining the 25-nation bloc, will also contain "one or two surprises". The Commissioner went on to say that he was against the idea, proposed recently by the Dutch government's advisory council, that Turkey be given the green light for EU membership but that negotiations only begin in two years. "I think that would amount to a further two years delay", said Mr Verheugen. Instead, he gave a more definite timeline. He referred to a statement made by member states in Copenhagen in 2002 which said that if a positive decision is reached on Turkey then negotiations should be opened "without delay". "Without delay means between four and six months", said the Commissioner.
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A controversial monument commemorating Estonians who fought in the German army against Soviet troops during World War II was removed Thursday, after the government said it damaged the Baltic state's image. The monument in the northwestern town of Lihula, financed by Estonian war veterans, had been denounced by critics who said it glorified Nazi Germany and its notorious SS units, which had many Estonian volunteers. Neighboring Russia and Jewish groups vehemently denounced the monument, which was erected Aug. 20. ``The government is of the opinion that, irrespective of the goals of the initiators, the monument in the Lihula cemetery, erected without the owner's permission on state-owned land, is detrimental to Estonia's reputation,'' a government statement said.
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One of the main reasons Noam Chomsky's political views are taken seriously in universities and the media is because he has an awesome reputation for scientific accomplishment in the field of linguistics. He is among the ten most cited authors in the humanities—trailing only Marx, Lenin, Shakespeare, the Bible, Aristotle, Plato, and Freud—and the only living member of the top ten. Last year The New Yorker called him "one of the greatest minds of the twentieth century."
Were it not for this status, many of his obsessive and outlandish political ideas would by now have disqualified him from reasoned debate. He thinks every president of the United States since Franklin Roosevelt should have been impeached because "they've all been either outright war criminals or involved in serious war crimes." He claims the United States actively collaborated with the Nazis against the Soviet Union in the latter stages of World War II. He once supported the Pol Pot regime in Cambodia, claiming the genocidal evacuation of Phnom Penh in 1976 was due to a failed rice crop and "may actually have saved many lives." He describes Israel as a terror state with "points of similarity" to the Third Reich. And he has defended an anti-Semitic French academic who claims the Holocaust was a "historical lie." Chomsky describes him as nothing more than an "apolitical liberal" whose work is based on "extensive historical research"...
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Noam Chomsky is a anti-semite who supports holocaust deniers. Whatever little worth he ever had is wiped out by that. The LLLs love him. That alone is enough to make me despise him.
Campaign 2004: Bush Opens Double-Digit Lead
TIME Poll: Among likely voters, 52% would vote for President George Bush, while 41% would vote for John Kerry and 3% would vote for Ralph Nader .
Consider it a foundation that Bush needs to build upon.
Bush needs to campaign like he already has it won in terms of tone (everyone loves a confident winner), but campaign like he is 2 points behind in terms of intensity and frequency.
Look at these particular questions - and the dobule-digit gaps, and the huge differences in terms of the leadership questions.
Iraq:
53% trust Bush to handle the situation in Iraq, while 41% trust Kerry.
Terrorism:
57% trust Bush to handle the war on terrorism, while 36% trust Kerry.
Providing strong leadership:
56% said they trust Bush to provide strong leadership in difficult times, while 37% said they trust Kerry to provide leadership in difficult times.
Commanding the Armed Forces:
54% said they trust Bush to be commander-in-chief of the armed forces, while 39% said they trust Kerry.
Terrorism:
Almost two thirds (59%) said they approve of how President Bush is handling the war on terrorism, while 38% disapprove
Was U.S. Right Going to War with Iraq?
Over half of those surveyed (52%) think the U.S. was right in going to war with Iraq, while 41% think the U.S. was wrong to go to war.
And this one - where Bush has been lagging all year long:
The economy:
47% trust President Bush more to handle the economy, while 45% trust Kerry.
These are pretty dire nubmers for Kerry.
And there were NO issues in which Kerry had a double digit lead over Bush, even Health Care, usually a strong advantage for Democrats and Liberals, Kerry had a scant 6 point lead 48-42.
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Its a decent 3-5 point gain for Bush on many of these issues, moving from right at 50% to well into the mid-upper 50's. but a huge drop for Kerry to the low 40's and even the 30% region.
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I wouldn't count on this lead lasting. And GWB shouldn't rest on his laurels. The next big events coming up are the debates. There's also the possibility of negative events in Iraq and stateside. It ain't over till it's over.
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Amen polls mean little but they are a guage on how things are going. The Republicans had a GREAT convention and you always get a bounce from a performance like that one. Also Kerry falls every time he open his mouth. He could have gained some points by shutting up last night. Seemed like the whiners club in Ohio, but thats what they. Amen Ed about not getting cocking, but they need to keep up the attacks on his record inthe Senate. He can try and spin it, but the fact remains that he voted against just about every major (good) bill in the last 20 years and all the tax cuts.
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Exactly Sarge - Take the poll as an indication of direction and speed of direction, but keep up the pressure.
Also, have some entrepreneur suggeest Kerry can make up some of his campaign debt by following the suggestion in my #1 {he he he}
"MIDNIGHT RALLY KERRY VAMPIRE DOLL"
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I think the question here is how the polls would change if Kerry proposed an immediate withdrawal from Iraq. He's been running as a kinder, gentler national security hawk for a while now. What if he starts running as a flat-out dove? Could this help him? Note that Pat Buchanan just came out swinging against the campaign in Iraq. Will this hurt GWB?
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I think a lot of people are sick of the situation in Iraq, including conservatives. The media has portrayed Iraqis as not simply being ungrateful, but hostile as well. The war is being described by the press as a disaster, even though it isn't. I think Kerry has a lot of room to maneuver. The national culture has changed substantially since 1972. When Nixon shellacked McGovern, most of the population was still somewhat attached to notions like patriotism and sacrifice, and WWII veterans were still a significant portion of the electorate. Sentiments are different today, with self-gratification being the dominant theme, and I expect the election results to reflect this change.
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Zhang, I suspect your curent residence is in a blue area.
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Dick Morris commented on O'Reilly last night that Bush should get back to running the country & the war until the debates. The convention was so strong in his opinion that Bush should stay away from campaigning until the debates. Let the people see he is back to defending the nation in a vain reminiscent of FDR in 1944.
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NO WAY Jarhead! Bush 41 made that mistake and the press vilified him at every turn fo not talking to the people. Bush 43 should be out front, shaking his fist, and shaking hands for the next two months IN ADDITIION to doing his regular job. Backing off would be a BIG mistake. We have the momentum, push until Kerry is only leading in his home district of Boston. kerry is at the edge of the abyss, Bush should be the person to give him a good shove.
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Jarhead: Dick Morris commented on O'Reilly last night that Bush should get back to running the country & the war until the debates. The convention was so strong in his opinion that Bush should stay away from campaigning until the debates. Let the people see he is back to defending the nation in a vain reminiscent of FDR in 1944.
I doubt this would work - in WWII, the US was involved in multiple theaters, in addition to shipping huge amounts of supplies to all and sundry (Soviets, Chinese, Brits, Australians, New Zealanders, et al). In Iraq, we're engaged in a desultory guerrilla war where the guerrillas can't even work up the motivation to directly attack our base camps.
Bottom line - I wouldn't start counting those electoral votes yet. Eight weeks is a long time in politics. I think GWB will win, but it will be far narrower than this poll's results. Democrats always have the advantage of being able to offer tangible freebies to their followers with our money. Just a fact of life.
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I would like to see Bush come to Indiana and stump with the GOP candidate to unseat Evan Bayh. I do not even know his name, but he appeared briefly at the convention and appeared to be a well-spoken black man with resonable ideas. Agressively going after senate seats will threaten the Democratic Party in a way that will require a response. We are now in the window where at least the unions have to shut-up. Also, if Bush attempts to drive the enemy from the field in a rout, he is more likely to force the enemy to use whatever dirt they are saving for the weekend before the election - remember the DUI scam.
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Spiffo:
Don't play with that. You don't know where it's been...
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Jarhead, I'm with Cyber Sarge on this one. The one REALLY big difference between the FDR '44 situation and GWB '04 is the fact that the entire media is actively trying to undermine both the war effort and G-Dub's chances of getting reelected. If Bush lets up for even a minute - either on the war OR the campaign - the media will use him like the only woman on a pirate ship (credit to the late, great Sam Kinison for that last line).
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New York: For the first time since the Presidential race became a two person contest last spring, there is a clear leader, the latest TIME poll shows. If the 2004 election for President were held today, 52% of likely voters surveyed would vote for President George W. Bush, 41% would vote for Democratic nominee John Kerry, and 3% would vote for Ralph Nader, according to a new TIME poll conducted from Aug. 31 to Sept. 2. Poll results are available on TIME.com and will appear in the upcoming issue of TIME magazine, on newsstands Monday, Sept. 6.
Most important issues: When asked what they consider are the most important issues, 25% of registered voters cited the economy as the top issue, followed by 24% who cited the war on terrorism as the top issue. The situation in Iraq was rated the top issue by 17% of registered voters, moral values issues such as gay marriage and abortion were the top issue for 16% of respondents, and health care was the most important issue for 11% of respondents.
Bush vs. Kerry:
The economy: 47% trust President Bush more to handle the economy, while 45% trust Kerry.
Health care: 48% trust Senator Kerry to handle health care issues, while 42% trust Bush.
Iraq: 53% trust Bush to handle the situation in Iraq, while 41% trust Kerry.
Terrorism: 57% trust Bush to handle the war on terrorism, while 36% trust Kerry.
Understanding the needs of people: 47% said they trust Kerry to understand the needs of people like themselves, while 44% trusted Bush to understand their needs.
Providing strong leadership: 56% said they trust Bush to provide strong leadership in difficult times, while 37% said they trust Kerry to provide leadership in difficult times.
Tax policy: 49% trust Bush to handle tax policy, while 40% trust Kerry.
Commanding the Armed Forces: 54% said they trust Bush to be commander-in-chief of the armed forces, while 39% said they trust Kerry.
Bush on the Issues:
Iraq: Half (50%) of those surveyed approve of the way President Bush is handling the situation in Iraq, while 46% disapprove. In last week's TIME poll, 48% approved of the way Bush was handling the situation in Iraq and 48% disapproved.
Terrorism: Almost two thirds (59%) said they approve of how President Bush is handling the war on terrorism, while 38% disapprove. Last week's TIME poll found 55% approved of Bush's handling of the war on terrorism, while 40% disapproved.
The Economy: Survey respondents were split on the President's handling of the economy. Almost half (48%) said the approved of Bush's handling of the economy, while 48% said the disapproved.
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Joe Trippi hopes on MSNBC.com that history will repeat itself (a repeat of Kerry's comeback against Dean), but we have history on our side TOO (Kerry's August-December sleepwalking nearly killed his campaign) ...
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Kerry's toast. Ignore the pundits. Ignore the polls. The main fact here is that there's only one real anti-war candidate, and his name ain't Kerry. If you live in Ohio, Pennsylvania or Florida and you hate the Iraq War, then the candidate for you is Nader. The iron logic of this race is that so long as the vote is a referendum on the war, Kerry cannot win.
Another Dem counterattack. Whoopdy doo. I suspect this was supposed to be released in late October and the Swift Vote Vets made them jump the gun...
The widow of a Bush family confidant says her husband gave the future president an Alabama Senate campaign job as a favor to his worried father. Did they see him do any National Guard service? "Good lord, no."
Well, we can just ask her husband if he can prove this....oh wait, we can't. He's dead.
By Mary Jacoby
Formerly press flak to Gen. Weasly Clark...
Before there was Karl Rove, Lee Atwater or even James Baker, the Bush family's political guru was a gregarious newspaper owner and campaign consultant from Midland, Texas, named Jimmy Allison. In the spring of 1972, George H.W. Bush phoned his friend and asked a favor: Could Allison find a place on the Senate campaign he was managing in Alabama for his troublesome eldest son, the 25-year-old George W. Bush? "The impression I had was that Georgie was raising a lot of hell in Houston, getting in trouble and embarrassing the family, and they just really wanted to get him out of Houston and under Jimmy's wing," Allison's widow, Linda, told me. "And Jimmy said, 'Sure.' He was so loyal."
Linda Allison's story, never before published, contradicts the Bush campaign's assertion that George W. Bush transferred from the Texas Air National Guard to the Alabama National Guard in 1972 because he received an irresistible offer to gain high-level experience on the campaign of Bush family friend Winton "Red" Blount. In fact, according to what Allison says her late husband told her, the younger Bush had become a political liability for his father, who was then the United States ambassador to the United Nations, and the family wanted him out of Texas. "I think they wanted someone they trusted to keep an eye on him," Linda Allison said.
Rest at the link, in case you're interested in the next level of political smear from the Kerry camp...
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Irrelevant even if true. The time for this was in 2000. Now people have 4 years of Presidential decisions to judge George W. Bush on.
As Mark Steyn said, they can produce pictures of Bush dancing naked on a bar and it won't change anything. Bush has admitted to being an idiot when young, before he got religion. Kerry on the other hand stands by his youthful claims.
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Right... a "confidant", "never before published". In other words, no way to corrilate the information. If it was a senate job, people would have seen him there and this would have come out a loooooong time ago. Call me unconvinced..
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John Kerry could have been a Medal of Honor winner, and it still wouldn't matter. He betrayed America and his fellow veterans by making up stories about war atrocities to advance his political career.
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Kerry and Edwards, both lawyers. You'd think they would know how indamissable "hearsay" evidence is.
Notice not even one "allegedly" (like they use with the SwiftVets staements)
The MSM swallows this without blinking, yet strains to report a verified lie (Cambodia) and verified facts (Testimony) tha damn Kerry.
I am getting so f**king tired of the partisanship and one sided treatment the MSM is handing out this campaign. If I were a violent man, I'd be tempted to start directly confronting the press with ANFO and a rental truck.
If there are no direct witnesses, this should be ignored - same as the Swift Vets - oops, those guys DO have direct eye witnesses! Yet they get peppered wiht partisanhip accusations and statements tagged with "supposed, allegedly", and have their character questioned. Ye this "I head this form a dead guy years ago" doesnt even rate a skeptical twitch from the MSM.
They are making crap up. This is an indicator of how low Kerry has stooped and how desperate the left has become, and how poorly the $th Estate is doing its job as a pillar of democracy - they've let us down and are going to be brought to justice one of these days.
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As a Vietnam-era veteran who saw the effect of John Kerry's VVAW antics on the morale of the people I served with, I'll take Bush any day over that worthless traitor. Screw him, and the entire Democratic Party.
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Worthless hearsay. "My dead husband says the Bush family asked him for a favor. No, I don't care that my husband denied such a thing while he was still alive. No, I don't have to answer whether or not I was even married to him at the time. All I care about is getting the truth out. Now excuse me while I go to the bank to make a deposit. No, I don't have to answer where the check came from."
Useless "story". I understand Dan Rather is doing the "expose" on this. Now there's a quality non-partisan reporter.
It's over, Dummycraps. Give it a rest.
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Dave D: As a Vietnam-era veteran who saw the effect of John Kerry's VVAW antics on the morale of the people I served with, I'll take Bush any day over that worthless traitor. Screw him, and the entire Democratic Party.
What does it say about the Democratic Party that it would pick a presidential candidate who slandered America and its Vietnam vets?
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It is remarkable how clueless the left is. They are playing a stupid tit-for-tat game. (Believe me when I say they will agitate 24/7 for impeachment articles to be drafted when GWB wins another term.)
The picture they are trying to paint is of a feckless coward. The actual facts show just the opposite. Even before 9/11, Bush stood firm against the Communist Chinese after the Orion went down in early 2001. He has shown great resolve in dealing with worldwide Islamic terror (even if he can't speak its name, WE can).
In short... it is an utterly useless exercise--one that is easily countered with facts since he has taken office. It should have all the impact of a mosquito against a Kenworth's windshield.
Here's the URL in case the link doesn't work: http://www.creators.com/opinion_show.cfm?columnsName=ses
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Wow. What a hissyfit. She is aware that the electorate knows that Bush is a recovering alcoholic, right? In 2000, that sort of thing had a lot to do with my reluctant vote for Gore, who I disliked intensely, but seemed tested and stable. Three years of the most intense pressure has relieved me of that particular character worry on Bush's account. He isn't a relapser, or a latter-day Nixonian drunkard-king.
That's a wet squib, Susan. Don't waste your matches.
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Wait one damn min! Am I under a mis-understanding here? Did I live in another reality? The way I remember it - most of the 70s were a party decade!
If somebody wasn't partying the 70s away they were not part of the society! Ergo .. totally square.. But Kerry says he was hip?
Help me out here.... my head is spinning too fast.
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Interesting article in yesterday's Am. Spectator "Prowler" column. Apparently Dan Rather/60 Minutes broke the "story" that former Speaker of the TX House of Reps. Ben Barnes is telling how he pulled strings to get young GW into the TX National Guard. Only problem is, for years Mr. Barnes adamantly denied that any Bush relatives asked him to do this, rather that the request had come from a now-deceased family friend, and even made a formal court deposition to that effect.
But now Mr. Barnes is a major fundraiser for the Kerry campaign, and has made a videtape contradicting his previous, oft-repeated statements.
Methinks the Allison story is much of a piece with Barnes's.
Its not fair! I really, really wanted to have two viable candidates to choose from! /end whine
P.S. for some reason I can't get the link thingy to work right, but the underlying Spectator address is correct.
. . .During (a confrence on alternative energy sources), Clinton met with top politicians, chowed down at REYKJAVIK's most popular hot dog stand and visited the site of the world's oldest Parliament.
I suppose I should also hope he gets well and is soon groping the nurses.
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I hope he turns out to be OK - it's amazing that someone with access to the world's best healthcare could have a serious condition that slipped past his doctors.
How long before someone speculates that he's just faking it because he doesn't want to have to campaign for Kerry, because he doesn't want Kerry to win, because he wants Hillary in '08? I'm just askin'.
Yeah... I figure that by 2008 much of the panache of his once being president will have worn off... No more "groupie tail" to be had, so back to "droopy tail" in 08 :D
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Bill will stoop to just about anything to stay on the front page, won't he?
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I hope he comes through OK. I don't like him, but I sure don't dislike him enough to want to have him die. Besides, is it just me, or does Clinton look better to me because Kerry is such a freakin idiot?
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"During his presidency, Clinton a reputation for eating fast food meals." (sic)
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"During his presidency, Clinton a reputation for eating fast food meals." (sic)
Here comes McDonald's biggest lawsuit ever: adversely affecting the health of the former President through fast food. Will Edwards be handling that case?
I voted for him twice and I regret it now, but on the other hand he is a great speaker. The man has got some serious mojo because he still manages to make me forget how much I dislike him whenever I hear him speak.
Yes, he did fill the office of President and except for dishonoring it with his personal antics, he didn't do too bad a job. That is not an easy thing to do.
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Bubba has a heart? Wonder where they found it?
(Let me guess.....)
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hey! im not say it again! dont make fun of clinton while he in bad shape! i thought it was sick when i was see moonbats put reagan down when he was die and im not tolerate it either on clinton in him time of need from em other side!
>:(
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WEST ALLIS, Wis. (AP) President Bush on Friday wished Bill Clinton ''best wishes for a swift and speedy recovery.'' ''He's is in our thoughts and prayers,'' Bush said at a campaign rally. Bush's audience of thousands in West Allis, Wis., booed. Bush did nothing to stop them.
It's a Boston Globe story, they had to put that it.
Bush offered his wishes while campaigning one day after accepting the presidential nomination at the Republican National Convention in New York. Bush recently praised Clinton when the former president went to the White House for the unveiling of his official portrait. He lauded Clinton for his knowledge, compassion and ''the forward-looking spirit that Americans like in a president.''
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goddamer! why isnt my last appear! ima geting pissed all who are put down clinyon right now! it wasnt right those who were put down reagan when he is die and it isnt right others are make fun clinton in him time of need! i will not tolerate this!
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Easy mucky, I agree that making cruel remarks is bad, but that is the problem of the person makling the remarks. Don't get upset. I was as anti-Clinton as anyone when he was in office, now as I said in #9, Chelsea's kids should have a grandpa.
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All, don't kick the man while he is down - lets not stoop to the level of the DemocraticUndergound and the other little communo-fascists who celebrated Reagan's death.
If you cannot say something good, please don't say anything.
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Good luck Bubba. You'll be fine. All the docs have to do in bypass is use the vein from your brain to your Johnson. I'm sure that one is working just fine. Really, good luck.
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I heard earlier today that Clinton had chest pains this a.m. which turned out to be an 80+% (don't remember exactly, sorry!) plugged artery, and he is to go straight in for surgery. Hillary Rodham-Clinton went on to the State Fair as originally scheduled and apologized for his absence, saying that as a Senator's spouse he fully understands his duty to be there, and would join her later. I have to assume that at that moment she didn't know how bad the situation was.
Apparently it is very common in these cases for there to be no warning until the pain indicating imminent failure, or even not even that much -- you find out you're in trouble because you find yourself no longer among the living. Clinton should be fine after his open heart surgery, and while the doctors have his chest open, they're to check around for any other little problems.
Best wishes for a speedy recovery! And no more supersizing those french fries!!
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If Clinton kicks, Bush gains. Here's why: first, it takes the edge off of the knock-down, drag-out partisanship we're now seeing, right at the moment when Kerry's trying, finally, to fight back. Meanwhile, the clock continues to tick. A bit like a mini-monsoon happening in the sixth inning when your pitcher's just served up back-to-back grand slams.
Second, Clinton dying would prompt a retrospective on the 1990s. Fiscal stability, wise stewardship of the Asian Financial Crisis? Fugeddaboutit. All the talk will focus on Monica and Osama. Nero getting blowjobs while Rome's enemies plot to burn it to the ground.
From the BLS site, EFL:
Nonfarm payroll employment rose by 144,000 in August, and the unemployment rate was little changed at 5.4 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Over the month, job growth occurred in several service-providing industries [also the payroll job growth in July was adjusted up quite a bit].
Both the number of unemployed persons, 8.0 million, and the unemployment rate, 5.4 percent, were little changed from July to August
[the increase in employment in the household survey was only about 21,000 and there was a decrease of about 150,000 in the labor force].
The jobless rate is down from its recent high of 6.3 percent in June 2003. With the two hurricanes hitting Florida, I think the Sept figures to be released in Oct will be probably need to be caveated because several hundred thousand payroll jobs will be disrupted. The household survey probably won't be affected as much.
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Number of civilians employed January 31, 2001: 137,581,000
Number of civilians employed August 31, 2004: 139,681,000
Number of jobs gained: 2,100,000
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But the unemployment rate is based upon the household survey, isn't it?
This news release presents statistics from two major surveys, the Current
Population Survey (household survey) and the Current Employment Statistics
survey (establishment survey). The household survey provides the
information on the labor force, employment, and unemployment that appears
in the A tables, marked HOUSEHOLD DATA. It is a sample survey of about
60,000 households conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau for the Bureau of
Labor Statistics (BLS).
The establishment survey provides the information on the employment,
hours, and earnings of workers on nonfarm payrolls that appears in the
B tables, marked ESTABLISHMENT DATA. This information is collected from
payroll records by BLS in cooperation with State agencies. The sample
includes about 160,000 businesses and government agencies covering ap-
proximately 400,000 individual worksites. The active sample includes
about one-third of all nonfarm payroll workers. The sample is drawn
from a sampling frame of unemployment insurance tax accounts.
Via justoneminute.typepad.com
Senator Kerry no longer has a problem with just the 35-year-old recollections of the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth that are questioning his military records. He now has to deal with the United States Navy. Mr. Kerry's campaign Web site, which may be viewed at www.johnkerry.com, lists a Silver Star with a Combat V on his DD214. This form issued by the Department of Defense summarizes a serviceman's career. It is always signed and authenticated as accurate by the individual, in this case Mr. Kerry. But according to a Navy spokesman it is "incorrect." The Navy has never issued a Combat V at any time for the Silver Star.
This is a serious issue. The chief admiral of the Navy, Jeremy Michael Boorda, committed suicide over questions raised about his right to wear a Combat V by Newsweek magazine in 1996. Boorda stated in his suicide note to his sailors that the questions raised about those he wore caused him to take his life. And that was only a Bronze Star, not the Navy's third highest decoration. At the time, Mr. Kerry told the Boston Globe that Boorda's conduct was "sufficient to question [Boorda's] leadership position.
If you wind up being less than what you're pretending to be, there is a major confrontation with value and self-esteem and your sense of how others view you."
The Navy also questioned the listing on Mr. Kerry's Web site of a DD215 form listing four bronze campaign stars for his service in Vietnam. According to its records, the Navy credits Mr. Kerry with two campaigns.That is sufficient for the wearing of the Vietnam Service Medal for one campaign bearing one campaign star for the additional campaign — not four.
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Think you're getting unbiased, balanced coverage of politics? Or is there a double standard in the way the media treat Republicans and Democrats, liberals and conservatives? My recent visit to the center of a media storm suggests there is. Consider this: A $500,000 ad buy made by Swift Boat Veterans for Truth brings searing media scrutiny and "proof" of illegal coordination based on a lawyer (me) representing both the Bush-Cheney campaign and the Swift Boat Veterans; on an accountant working for Tom DeLay's political action committee; and on a $200,000 contributor to the group who is not a major donor to Bush-Cheney 2004 but who does know Karl Rove. Meanwhile, the media give practically no scrutiny to a $63 million, five-month, negative-ad buy done by Democratic "527" groups (the Media Fund, MoveOn.org and others) with a revolving door of connections to the Kerry campaign...
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Well you have to give the WashPost a hand for printing a column which, in effect, proves the hypocrisy case against the left.
As reporters focus on upcoming speeches from Vice President Dick Cheney and President George W. Bush, many delegates in New York City are buzzing about a Senate race that could mean the end of Tom Daschle's political career. Daschle is facing John Thune, a well-spoken former member of the House, and polls show the race is very close. A new poll released yesterday by the National Republican Senatorial Committee shows Thune leading Daschle.
Which might explain why Daschle, running in conservative South Dakota, is running a television ad that shows him hugging President Bush while a newspaper headline blares, "Daschle: Time to Unite Behind Troops, Bush."
Republicans are furious. Thune called the ad "completely hypocritical," and other GOPers are calling for the ad to be taken off the air. Republican National Committee counsel Charles Spies sent a complaining missive to the Daschle campaign: "As you are no doubt aware, President Bush has not indicated any support for your campaign and, in fact, has endorsed your opponent, John Thune. The implication from your advertisement that President Bush supports you is false and misleading." Dashcle's campaign has thus far refused.
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BREAKING NEWS: 2 Dozen Bush Supporters Were Inside Huntington Building
A shot was fired at the Republican Party headquarters in Huntington Thursday night, while two dozen supporters of George W. Bush watched him accept his party's nomination on television. Huntington police said reports came in about 10:30 p.m. from the building on 4th Avenue at 14th Street. One bullet hole could be seen in a large glass window, through a sign that said marriage is between "One Man, One Woman." Police said they had not found bullet fragments inside the headquarters and had no way of knowing what type of weapon was used. Eyewitnesses told 13 News they heard a loud bang but weren't sure what had happened. One woman said she found pieces of glass on her neck and shoulders.
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Imperial Wizard Robert Byrd reverting to type?
LLL asshat equivalency mode:
We shot up the Baath Party headquarters. Shouldn't we expect their revoutionary allies to do the same? Cycle of violence, braaok!
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But I thought the Dimmhicrats were the Party of Peace?
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You know what's funny? I clicked the link for the story, but it told me it couldn't find the page. So I looked up the story on Yahoo, Google, CNN, and Fox News and didn't find anything.
Gee...I wonder why?
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I'll leave it for the poster to clarify, but maybe Great America was trying to say that it was typical the MSM wasn't covering it, rather than calling you a liar?
#7
Kerry demonstrates his nuanced understanding of foreign policy questions by giving the French (surrender) salute. Edwards slips up by giving a dated German (Heil) salute.
Why is it that only the Democrats are AGAINST the democratic process? It's just sad that they have to resort to this type of behavior. Can you imagine if some 'Right-Wing' protestor had caused this type of ruckus in Boston? Probably would have charged the individual with a hate crime and have them publicly beheaded (by a Muslim cleric). I hope they properly subdued these yahoos once they had them out camera view.
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Sarge, how was his speech?
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FANTASTIC! But I realy take issue with the protestors and their methods. They cry that they are for Democracy but they attempt to deny Democracy to another political party. Also do they really think that they will sway one voter by shouting foul language, beating on buckets, and not bathing for a week? If I thought for a minute that Bush (or any politician) changed a position because the dirty shirt brigade then I would NEVER vote for them.
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That was no woman...that was Medea Benjamin. Hard core socialist...jeebus I can't stand that witch. Apparently, some idiot in the California delegation gave her their credentials not knowing who she was. IDIOT! Local morning show hosts got it right - an unhealthy portion of the California Republican Party suffers from terminal stupidity.
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Now I AM PISSED! WHAT A BIG LAX IN SECURITY! This witch never should have been let into the gardens (no matter what creds she carried). I blame New York for the whacky creds that they passed out every day. This never happened in Boston!
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IN THE STYLE OF LONGFELLOW
Listen my voters and you shall hear
Of the midnight flight of an arrogant man,
On the third of September, in the year aught-four;
Hardly a man was then awake
Who was able to hear him speak the words.
He said to the few, "I came to Ohio to show-up Bush,
And to prove that I am a pompous ass
Fill me with coffee to keep me awake
The polling bump looks like it’ll be big,--
So I gotta fight back, cause if the margin isn’t close;
On the losing side I’m done ‘cause it can’t be rigged ,
Ready to ride and spread the alarm
Through every Midwest village and farm,
For the country folk to be up and to arm."
Then he said "Good-night!" and with muffled roar
Lurchy rode by chariot to the Cleveland Marriot,
Just as the moon had set opposite Lake Erie,
Early morning traffic on the street below
The TV came on, like a ghost in the room
Like a phantom spirit; W’s voice started to boom Across the room like a omen not wanted,
He sat with a start and shook in his bed
Flashback of Cambodia danced in his head
Meanwhile, his friends in the room adjoining
Huddled together to try to save the sinking ship,
Till in the silence around him he hears
Many men and women at the hallway door,
The sound Teresa complaining, and the tramp of feet,
And the measured stream of the advisors,
To give him bad news; W up by 10.
#3
Kerry looked and sounded drunk, for real. He was flushed, he slurred his words and he kept scratching his nose the way drunks do.
I think MSNBC noticed it too because they cut away, piously declaring that it "is the President's night, after all" as though they would respect that.
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It's simple, BigEd: the Dems are scared. Kerry especially is scared. They're finally realizing that the "anybody but Bush" hatred out there isn't going to carry the election for them, and they have a candidate who just can't run a campaign.
Even Chris Matthews and Co. recognized it tonight: the Republicans are serious, have been since Reagan. They know how to run a national campaign, run a convention, run ops research, run all the things you need to do to win the presidency. A few Dems -- Clinton, Carville -- understand this, but they aren't in charge this time.
Look who Lurch has surrounded himself with -- not one of them has been a major domo in a winning national campaign. They're amateurs, wannabees, there because Lurch can't stand up to a Carville or a Begala. Mary Beth Cahill is simply overmatched -- she thought the rest of the country was like Massacheuetts.
Lurch isn't getting odd, he's getting scared. He was sampling his own product this spring, and now that the conventions are come and gone he realizes he's about to get his ass whupped.
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Drunk? Who? John Forbes "Cambodia" Kerry?
Get a tape! Somebody can post at least an {hic} excerpt, can't they?
Ws speech was what I expected. Nothing out of the ordinary. But no bullshit. Every word well thought out. He was talking to the world but also to our youth. W is not a great speaker, so lets not ask him to be. He speakes Texan, West Texan. A dusty language that is high on lame humor and low on high brow snoot. Funny how the man, the guy we need to fight the fight of the new century plays second fiddle to preseason football. Thats 'W'. I can sleep well with the guy.
BTW. if your a bet'n man. The Seahawks are poised for a great season.
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From Whizbang John Kerry (and Edwards) decided to make a completely classless move and start a speech just minutes after Bush was finished speaking. He is cratering.
He then links to Slings and Arrows who has this to say about Kerry's reactions to the President's speech: Five words, "This is your wake up call."
Umm, that's six words.
Four words, "All hat, no cattle."
George Bush's hat is a genuine Texas cowboy hat. Kerry has a hat too. It is his "lucky hat," the one his CIA buddy gave to him. For taking him into Cambodia. Yep, four words: "All hat, no Cambodia." Someone did mention that Kerry appeared tipsy.
Fred, if this breaks a rule just move to the sink trap, please.
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Did Bush mention the judge fillibuster? I am hoping that comes up in the debates. It would be nice if Bush won and had enough coat-tails to change the numbers in the Seante. The Weekly Standard has a article concerning the debate on changing the fillibuster rule.
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Closing paragraph of Dick Morris' column today:
I voted for Gore in 2000, as a true child of the Clinton era. But I decided to vote for Bush on Sept. 12, 2001 when I saw how he handled the threat we face. I used to back Bush because he offered safety; now I support him because he summons us all to an ideal. Before he spoke, supporting Bush was a duty one owed to the fallen. Now, it is an honor.
TEHRAN (Reuters) - About 500 hardon hardline vigilantes have taken to the lotion streets in Tehran, demanding authorities crack down on women who wear colourful headscarves and figure-hugging coats which they denounce as "prostitution". yellow in for whores!
Tehran's hardline authorities have announced a clampdown on women who do not dress as slaves suitably modestly but the crowd, mainly composed of long-shirted jack booted black-bearded men, called on the police and new conservative parliamentarians to do more. sometime a beating is just doesnt learn em.
"The promotion of bad dress codes is the desire of the hip hop industry arrogant powers, shame on the government," chanted the crowd, punching the air with their fists on Friday. thatn teach em air!
"Arrogant powers" is hardline rhetoric usually referring to satans the United States, Britain and Israel.
"We object to street prostitution and vice," read one placard brandished by protesters. itn start with yellow and thatn just lead to harsher things!
Dress codes eased a little after the election of reformist President Mohammad Khatami in 1997 but hardliners are trying to claw back these concessions since their conservative allies retook parliament in May.
Many Tehran girls wear heavy make-up, tight jackets, glitzy jewellery and bright headscarves that allow their hair to spill out.sweet muhammed! allan forgive us!
The placards were signed by the conservative Ansar-e Hizbollah thatn oughter tell you somethin group which last year manned checkpoints around parts of Tehran where student demonstrations turned violent. Witnesses said they saw the group's vigilantes thrashing people with sticks during the student protests.
"A proper slave dress code is defined by our deth cult religion and allows women to expose only their beating marks faces and hands," said a middle-aged totaly brainwashed female protester, one of more than 100 dressed in the all-enveloping sign of complete submission black chador.
"We hate these girls who go around all dolled up in the streets."thatn sum it up rite there
One member of the Ansar-e Hizbollah, who declined to be named, said this was the first stage of the group's campaign but he did not reveal what the next would be. it mightn have to do with rocks and a gunny sack
Ansar-e Hizbollah members declined to comment on France's ban on Muslim headscarves in state schools. The crackdown on dress has also targeted shop-window mannequins who must now wear the veil.manakin rape is serious issue. after all you are cant stone em.
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Well, this does point to a way to defeat these people: just prior to invading, bomb 'em with Paris Hilton XXX-rated videos. There'll be so much chicken-choking (don't get upset, Mucky, we're not talking about real chickens here) going on they won't even notice the troops rolling by in their M1A1s.
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An American flag flying atop the Brooklyn Bridge has been stolen, and protesters are threatening to burn it unless, "all jailed RNC protesters" are freed. The protesters, in a message on indymedia.org, also call for the resignations of New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly, FBI Director Robert Mueller, Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge, and President Bush. Police are investigating the kidnapping. Meanwhile, a new American flag has been placed atop the bridge.
FROM: INTERNATIONAL ZIONIST CONSPIRACY (TEXAS-AZTLAN-UNDER-OUR-HEEL-AND-HIPPIES-CAN-KISS-MY-JEWISH-ASS Branch).
TO: ALL MUMIA CONG, FIFTH COLUMN MEDIA, AND RED-DIAPER BABIES (who know how to read)
MUMIA and CHE T-SHIRTS HELD HOSTAGE!
200 T-SHIRTS BEARING THE LIKENESSES OF ERNESTO "CHE" GUEVARA AND MUMIA ABU JAMAL HAVE BEEN "LIBERATED" FROM A HEAD-SHOP IN MARIN COUNTY, CA!
Portraits of revolutionary heroes held hostage until Moonbat Empire meets our demands!
by flag liberators (No verified email address) 04 Sep 2004 Modified
This is a press release to be sent out directly to all major and moonbat lefty-media demanding the flogging of all jailed RNC protestors, the release of remaining gulag prisoners; and various other unlikely demands; or the captured commie portraits (kidnapped last night) WILL be burned.
To Noam Chomsky, George Soros, Osama bin Laden and International ANSWER:
As residents and citizens around the country become increasingly outraged at the assault on democracy in the streets of New York City, and as these citizens continue to watch closely the situation of unpunished rioters and seditionists from the protests against the Republican Convention, these same said citizens awoke this morning, Sept. 4, 2004, to the sight of 200 Che/Mumia t-shirts suspended over an open pit bar-be-cue near Midland, Texas. (with four gallons of lighter fluid and my trusty Vietnam era Zippo standing by.)
Yes, these revered icons have been kidnapped, and are being held hostage, until the following demands are met:
1. The immediate flogging (39 lashes with cat-o-nine-tails) of all detained RNC protestors with or without any further charges.
2. The immediate release of the flag-napped Old Glory from the Brooklyn Bridge (or its replacement by one of equal value) and the surrender of the flag-jackers to Revolutionary Texas justice; and the release of all political prisoners currently being held in Syria, Lebanon, Iran, Libya, Soddy Arabia, and the people's Republic of China.
3. The immediate resignations of Tom Brokaw, Peter Jennings, Dan Rather, Jacques Chiraq, Dominique Villepin (who is a man) and the faculty of the University of California at Berkeley; and the imprisonment at Guantanamo of Michael Moore, Ted Turner, Jane Fonda, Jeanine Garofalo and a host of others; the public hanging of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, as well as the resignation of John Kerry and that doofus lawyer from the Democratic Party and their replacement by Zell Miller and Joe Lieberman as the party's Presidential nominees.
Until these conditions are met, human beings are continuing to be deprived of true freedom, and the asinine t-shirts that help deprive them of it will remain a hostage.
You have until midnight tonight to fulfill these conditions, at which point the kidnapped portraits will be burned if the conditions have not been met.
To those who wrap themselves in pop-culture iconography, raise it over occupied high schools and crack-houses around the globe, and speak of liberation abroad, we give you a choice: set them free and resign, or MUMIA and CHE WILL BURN.
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Typical leftie tactics - they adopt the operations of the terrorists as their own. How long until they start advocating and then acting out the violent overthrow of the US Government?
If we dont get the war on terror done right, these will be the next wave of idealogical terrorists we will see - and they will be inside the US, these same leftists and anti-American communo-fascists.
It will be a shame that if things get to that point in the future those protestors want to be, I will have to pick up a rifle in my old age to defend my Nation and my Family on our own soil. But have no doubt that I will. And I shoot straight and use a large round so they don't get up again.
Remember I and all other veterans swore and oath to uphold and defend the Constitution fo the United States against all enemies, both foreign and domestic.
And unlike Kerry, and some of the vets he bought off, I take my oath seriously, I've sworn to it for a couple of different governmental/defense organizations - and I do note that the oath has NO expiration date on it - never has and never will.
Those with honor will stay faithful to their oath.
It's a safe assumption that most protest groups would not kick off a rally by reciting the Pledge of Allegiance. Certainly that holds true for the hundreds of hard-Left groups convening in New York City this week, many of whom wield signs demanding, "USA out of New York" and recoil at the mere mention of patriotism. Protest Warrior, however, is not your typical protest group: for one thing, its members are conservatives.
Founded in March 2003 by two thirty-year olds, Kfir Alfia and Alan Lipton, Protest Warrior is a national network of some 7,200 right-of-center activists. In truth, this is novel concept—even for some of the members. "Conservatives generally like to work within the system; we'll try to get policy introduced," says Tom Paladino, 27, who heads the New York chapter of Protest Warrior. "Liberals will just hand out money to whoever wants to print out 10,000 Bush-Lied! posters."
Which brings up the reason why some 60 members of Protest Warrior have gathered in New York, a city that this week is a crucible of left-wing activism, contempt for the Bush administration, and a general loathing of all things American. Their mission, as the Protest Warriors see it, is twofold: First, they aim to expose the ulterior motives of those protestors who parade their radical agendas in the guise of "peace" activism. As Justin Flemming, head of Protest Warrior's Chicago chapter puts it, "I'd like Americans to see that the protestors in the street are not the 'liberals' they pretend to be." To this end, the Protest Warriors are toting video cameras. They hope to catch the demonstrators in their more extreme moments, and put the footage on their website, ProtestWarrior.com...
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. . .they find the Left a stubbornly resistant -- and totalitarian -- counterpart.
Saying this is like saying that one finds milk typical with raisin bran, but unfortunately it is not emphasized enough.
By Lucy Sherriff Published Thursday 2nd September 2004 15:34 GMT
Astronomers at the SETI@Home project have spoken up to dismiss suggestions that the project intercepted signals from an alien civilisation. Reports spread across the net yesterday and today after New Scientist said that an "interesting" signal had been picked up by the huge radio telescope in Arecibo, Puerto Rico. The magazine quoted Dan Wertheimer, the chief scientist on the SETI@Home project, as saying that the signal was the most interesting yet identified by the project. He remarked: "We're not jumping up and down, but we are continuing to observe it." Despite the otherwise sceptical tone of the article, his comments sparked speculation that we had actually made contact with another world. Sadly, this does not appear to be the case, and Wertheimer told ther BBC today that the idea of contact was "all hype and noise". "We have nothing that is unusual. It's all out of proportion," he said. So the armies of the world can stand down - it was all a false alarm. There are no aliens trying to contact or destroy us, and we can all relax again. Phew.
The signal in question is dubbed SHGb02+14a, and has a frequency of about 1420 megahertz. This is also one of the main absorption frequencies of hydrogen. It is also the alien hunters' favourite place to go looking for deliberate signals from extra terrestrial civilisations. The signal has only been observed on three occasions for about a minute each time. This is not really long enough for it to be analysed properly, scientists say, which means there are plenty of possible explanations for it. Even discounting the suggestion that it is evidence of some natural phenomenon, scientists cannot rule out ground based interference, or the possibility that someone has hacked the SETI@Home program.
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Another case of 'smoke and mirrors' perpetrated by man! I won't believe in ET life until they land right on Washington, such as portrayed in the movie "The Day The Earth Stood Still" or in my driveway!!
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
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
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Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
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