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Congress faces difficult task with agenda
Oakland Tribune, CA - 1-19-04
... harden their resistance to the president's more
conservative judicial nominees after Bush's recess appointment of
Mississippi federal judge Charles Pickering ...
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Mfume
denounces Bush as 'cowardly' on civil rights
Chicago Sun Times, IL - Jan 18,
2004
...Mfume, formerly a congressman from Baltimore, also blasted
the timing of the Pickering appointment. It came a day after Bush laid a
wreath at King's crypt in Atlanta -- a move that drew a chorus of boos from
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National Organization for Women 'Outraged by Bush's Underhanded ...
U.S. Newswire (press release), DC - Jan
16, 2004
... is outraged by George W. Bush's installation of
Charles Pickering on the federal appeals court while Congress is in recess,"
said NOW President Kim Gandy. ... |
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Poll Bolsters Bush on Terrorism but Finds Doubts on Economy
New York Times Published: January 18, 2004
...For all of Mr. Bush's strengths, the poll shows the potential for a
competitive election. When asked whether Mr. Bush had done more to unite the
country or divide it, the public was split — 43 percent said he had brought
Americans together, 44 percent said he had divided them.
When given a choice between an unnamed Democrat and Mr. Bush, 43 percent of
the registered voters polled said they would vote for Mr. Bush, while 45
percent said they would vote for the Democrat.
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Subject: Water drop pix
Lisa,
Do I see a "skull" (Rorschach) directly below the drop of water in the picture
from 1/16/04?
Barney
I saw it too Barney.
I wonder what a
psychiatrist would say?
Microsoft takes on teen's site MikeRoweSoft.com
CNN - 1-19-04
... 17-year-old high school senior and Web designer from
Victoria, has angered the software
giant by registering an Internet site with the address www.MikeRoweSoft
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If you type
MikeRoweSoft in the Google search engine you are asked if you meant Microsoft...hahaha
"That's right, a peacenik is
voting for a general. What a country!" -Filmmaker Michael Moore
commenting on his support for General Wesley Clark
"It may be true that the law
cannot make a man love me, but it can stop him from lynching me, and I think
that's pretty important." -Martin Luther King Jr.
Ok,
Joseph Wilson's
wife was outted because he told the truth--David
Kelly is dead in a mysterious suicide because he told the truth--and now
Katharine Gun tells the truth--anybody in the mainstream media connecting these
dots?
Uncle Bam
- The Evil Twin of Uncle Sam
A little look at mooning
America
www.unclebam.com
"Whenever I have a five dollar
bill, I draw a speech balloon for
Lincoln with the caption that reads, "The GOP is no longer my party""
- Scoobie Davis. Source:
http://scoobiedavis.blogspot.com/ .
I love your site.
English
Thanks for
the great quote/idea. And I love you for visiting my site!
Bully nation
Philippines Daily News, Philippines - Jan
17, 2004
THE US government's harassment of the 30 Filipino telecommunications executives
attending an industry convention in Hawaii last Sunday may have come as a shock,
but the brazen squeeze play was no surprise.
It fits into a pattern that has marked US President George W. Bush's three years
in power. Like others who have crossed paths and purposes with the second Bush
administration, we recognize the incident for what it is: the heavy hand of the
neighborhood bully....
“And the only basic issue... is
whether our government will fall in a conservative rut and die there, or whether
we will move ahead in the liberal spirit of daring, of breaking new ground...."
John F. Kennedy -- September 1960
Democracy is a liberal concept. Much of what makes America great has been driven
by progressive liberalism. Whether you claim to be liberal, moderate, or
conservative, personal politics should depend on the specifics of the issue, not
partisan ideology.
It is interesting to me how, since Richard Nixon first rolled out his “southern
strategy,” the historical definitions of liberal and conservative have been
distorted for political purposes. Conservatives during the Revolutionary War
wanted us to stay subservient to the British crown. We ran them out of the
country or hung them. Civil War Conservatives thought slavery was fine and
destroying the nation just dandy. Their leaders were indicted as traitors. Texas
historian Michael Lind observes that today’s Republican Party, particularly in
the conservative South, is no longer the party of Lincoln but has become the
party of Jefferson Davis.
Besides the historical missteps noted above, Conservatives, in more recent
times, have vigorously opposed such things as fair wages, equal rights, Social
Security, Medicare, safe work places, and protection of nature and the
environment. Some conservative politicians and pundits continue to refer to
Social Security and Medicare as the Welfare State.
If you are paid a living wage, have a safe work place, have access to health
benefits; if your children go to public school; if the air you breath and the
water you drink is not poison; and if you or your parents are eligible for
Social Security and Medicare, you have Liberals and Moderates to thank. If you
live next to a poisonous landfill and see little hope of escape, or recently had
your Canadian drug lifeline cut off and got saddled by Congress with a
Medicare-killing embarrassment of a prescription drug plan, you can thank some
not-so-compassionate Conservatives.
Andrew B.
And Bush
wants to go to the moon and Mars while destroying America on earth. Thanks for
your eloquent letter.
From: gjazspam@yahoo.com
Subject: Palestinians
Hi Lisa,
You posted this on your site with a photo of a
terrorist:
A regular day at the checkpoints of the West Bank -
the sick, the elderly, parents, children, teachers,
merchants, truckers. Go home, you can't cross, go to
bed, come back tomorrow...
Come back tomorrow with what? A homicide bomber?
You finally posted some truth on your site. Showing
sympathy to people with more innocent blood on their
hands than Bush means you really don't care if people
die.
If you are for peace and against war then I am the
Dali Lama with a Glock.
Peace, my ass!
You assumed
wrongly that was a picture of a terrorist--it was a picture of a frightened
Palestinian woman.
Homicide
bombers don't kill themselves---suicide bombers do---use correct terminology.
Not FoxSpeak.
I feel both
Israelis and Palestinians are wrong killing one another and have stated that on
my site many times. The Israelis are doing exactly what the British did to
the Irish for almost 800 years--until the Irish formed the IRA and began killing
back. In case you don't understand, anyone under the thumb will eventually
strike back or leave--that is why this country was founded, by fleeing the
religious oppression of England. The Brits used to hold Catholic priest
hunts in case you didn't know. The Ancient Order of Hibernians fought the
ravaging armies of Queen Elizabeth I of England, which specialized in hunting
priests, and defied her plans from 1560 to 1603 to exterminate the Irish
Catholic by use of the dungeon, sword and fire.
So get a grip
and look at the facts of history and not the distortions of FoxNews, Rush and
Bush.
Thanks for
writing as your words prove my point about the ignorant right.
I carry a
snub nose 38, a Glock is too big for my purse.
Dalai Lama
Lisa
"We must learn to live
together as brothers or perish together as fools."
Martin Luther King Jr.
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Israeli Ambassador attacks Swedish artwork
ABC Online, Australia - 1-19-04
... When the Israeli ambassador came to the opening
of the whole program he went furious and declared that this installation
should be stopped, it should be cancelled, it should be thrown out of the
museum and after a while he started to destroy the installation.
... the artist himself, who is an Israeli born artist, nor I
interpreted this particular work as being anti-Semitic. It was a very strong
statement about the futility of violence...
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Iraqi Shi'ites Rally Again for Early Elections
Voice of America - 1-19-04
Tens of thousands of Iraq's
Shi'ite Muslims rallied peacefully in Baghdad in support of early elections.
Huge crowds of demonstrators marched to Baghdad's Mustan-sariyah University -
waving flags and banners, chanting slogans like,
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Your Church May
Be A Rightwing Redneck Church If....
The finance committee refuses to provide funds for the purchase of a
chandelier because none of the members knows how to play one.
People ask (when they learn that Jesus fed the 5000) whether the two
fish were bass or catfish, and what bait was used to catch 'em.
When the pastor says, "I'd like to ask Bubba to help take up the
offering," five guys and two women stand up.
Opening day of deer season is recognized as an official church holiday.
A member of the church requests to be buried in his 4-wheel-drive
truck because "It ain't never been in a hole it couldn't get out of."
The choir is known as the "OK Chorale".
"Boone's Farm "Tickle Pink" is the favorite wine for communion.
In a congregation of 500 members, there are only seven last names in
the church directory.
Baptism is referred to as "branding."
There is a special fundraiser for a new church septic tank.
Finding and returning lost sheep isn't just a parable.
High notes on the organ set the dogs on the floor to howling.
People think "rapture" is what you get when you lift something too
heavy.
The baptismal font is a #2 galvanized washtub.
The choir robes were donated by and embroidered with the logo from
BillyBob's.
The collection plates are really hubcaps from a '56 Chevy.
Ron Freeman
Iowa
Caucuses are tonight
Suddenly, I
have a hankering for corn on the cob.
Supporters of the international
environmental organization Greenpeace recreate Pablo Picasso's 'Amnistia' on
South Beach in Miami, Florida, January 17, 2004. Some 1,500 people participated
in one of the largest living art projects ever. Greenpeace hired John Quigley
from Los Angeles, California to reproduce Picasso's 'Amnistia'. (Greenpeace
Handout)
Peace.
