At one time, this would have been called an "international incident" by the media.  I don't remember any president ever having his Secret Service Agents stopped from entering anywhere. Ever.

"You're not stopping me! You're not stopping me! I'm with the president!" an unidentified [secret service] agent can be heard yelling on videotape of the mayhem.

The-World-Is-A-Safer-Place-Without-Saddam News

• U.S. Soldier Killed in Baghdad Attack  

• Eight Iraqi Guardsmen Killed in Ramadi Ambush  AP

• Gunmen Assassinate Sunni Cleric in Mosul  AP

• Reporter: Wounded Iraqi Made No Movements  AP

• A Daily Look at U.S. Iraq Military Deaths  AP

• Iraq: The Uncounted CBS

• Military Amputees to Get New Rehab Center  AP

• Nations Agree on Iraqi Debt Write Off  AP

• Threats Delay Vote Preparations in Mosul  AP

• Early Iraq Troop Pullout May Start War, Egypt Says; Talks Begin Bloomberg

• US troops kill three on bus at checkpoint Fort Wayne Journal Gazette

• The best, brightest, wealthiest flee Iraq  Chicago Tribune

• Doubts Fly on Terror Report's Reliability  Los Angeles Times

• Former Mosul Police Chief Arrested  AP

• Suspect arrested for links to UN kidnapping dies in Afghan police custody AFP

• McCain: Up to 50,000 more U.S. troops needed in Iraq AFP

• Colin Powell Begins Mideast Peace Mission  AP

 “Any time a fan touches you or throws something at you, you have the right to beat the hell out of them.”  – Charles Barkley, Republican Retired NBA player on the NBA Basketball Brawl

CIA director's pledge starting to spook some
The Republican, Maine, 11-22-04
... Porter Goss as director of the Central Intelligence Agency because he feared the Florida Republican was too partisan. "I sincerely ...

Disturbing News

• Russia Calls New Missile System Defensive  AP

• Chernobyl Link to Rising Cancer Rates The Scotsman

• On plane, reporter reminded of terror - (USATODAY.com)

• New Video Game Recreates Kennedy Assassination  Reuters

"Blessed are those who ask for votes in my name for they shall be called the rightful leaders of men, and I shall speaketh in their ears with a Southern drawl."  -- American Jesus

Republican Shenanigans

• Civil rights enforcement falls in Bush term, study says Seattle Post Intelligencer 

• Bush Touts U.S.-Backed Anti-Drug Efforts  AP

• Afghan Opium Cultivation Reaches Record High-UN  Reuters

• WMD smuggled in at border is worry Tucson Citizen, AZ 

• Fox denies terrorist threat at border Washington Times, DC 

• Laura Bush visits poet Neruda's house, activists irked  AFP

• Congress Helps Providers Refuse Abortions  AP  

• 'Arnold for President' is no joke Los Angeles Daily News

• Bush Job Plan Features Tax Cuts, Drilling  AP

• Hayworth asks Rumsfeld to reverse Scouts ban Arizona Republic

• Republican Ethics – Molly Ivins

• Pennsylvania School District Retreats from Evolution  Reuters

Ernie Istook Explains All

I'm innocent,
Says Rep. Istook.
I'd never at your tax files look.

Didn't write that clause.
It wasn't me.
I'd never mess with privacy.

The rest of the poem is here:
http://www.madkane.com/notable01_04c.html#11_22_04
 

See which companies are getting contracts from the military

Putin's nuclear plans signal new arms race
Houston Chronicle, Nov 20, 2004
By ERIC ROSENBERG. WASHINGTON -- The announcement last week that Russia is building advanced nuclear missiles signals that a new arms ...

"All of us journalists agree that President Bush looked like a cowboy. It was total breach of protocol. I've seen a lot of John Wayne movies, and President Bush was definitely acting like a cowboy." -- Marcelo Romero, reporter for Santiago's newspaper La Cuarta

Rock-The-Voter News

• Judge Denies GOP Recount Request in Washington AP

• Academia Still Fixated on John Kerry  AP

• Some Democrats decry Kerry's unspent $16 million Boston Globe, MA 

• Relax about Ohio, relax about the guy tailing me (Keith Olbermann)

www.pablosonpolitics.com

Lisa,

I used an ATM machine today and realized it was a Diebold machine. OOPs! I may have just given some money to the GOP. Sorry about that. Your contribution is on it's way via snail mail. (That way it won't disappear in the ozone or be counted as a vote for Bush.) You've given me a lot of laughs, if I could give you a dollar for every laugh you'd be rich!

Sincerely,

your friend from
the People's Republic of Northern California
 

Thanks Friend, for everything.

Good News

• Defeated Kerry calls on fellow Democrats to hold Bush accountable  AFP

• Dodd bill would let reporters protect sources Waterbury Republican American, CT

• 1970s law gives DAs say in stem cell research MSNBC

• California to Sue Over Sierra Nevada Logging Expansion Reuters

• New York's Museum of Modern Art Reopens After Overhaul Reuters

• Clinton Library to Serve Hillary's Cookies

"There are many who believe George Bush is a liar, a President who knowingly and deliberately twists facts for political gain. But lying would indicate an understanding of what is desired, what is possible, and how best to get there. A more plausible explanation is that words have no meaning for this President beyond the immediate moment, and so he believes that his mere utterance of the phrases makes them real. It is a terrifying possibility."  -- Seymour Hersh , investigative reporter who uncovered the My Lai incident and most recently, Abu Ghraib, in his latest book CHAIN OF COMMAND

Biz-Tech News

• U.S. won't act to slow dollar drop  USATODAY.com

• U.S. Bond Prices Fall  AP

• Stocks to Open Lower on Higher Oil Prices  AP

• Government Uses Color Laser Printer Technology to Track Documents

• Toy Safety Glance  AP

• Trump's Casinos File for Bankruptcy  Reuters -

www.oldamericancentury.org

E-Mail: Robert Hawks - passman@epix.net

Subject: BUSH WINS AGAIN!!!!!!! YOU LIBERAL PIECE OF SH*T>>>>

I told you I was right about those fake parrot fish… And I told you I was right about this country getting SICK and Tired of liberal sc*mbags like YOU!

Go smoke a joint, and flirt with your hubby’s friends you white trash piece of sh*t!

I’ll say it again!! BUSH WINS AGAIN!!!!!

The parrot fish are real. Click here for more pictures.

Since you don't believe that parrot fish come in colors, there is no need for me to comment on your edited name-calling.

“Here's a sign of the times... A video company is coming out with porn that features only married couples having sex. See that's when you know the Republicans have won. When we have married porn.” – Jay Leno

Bush-Prison-Torture News

• Kuwaiti Families to Hold Yellow Ribbon March in London as Illegal ... New Ratings

• U.S. rejects Egyptian custody request for Habib ABC Online, Australia

www.freewayblogger.com

An art museum is alive and well in Baghdad

Odd News

• Israel Hit by Worst Locust Plague Since 1950s  Reuters

• Prince denies he is out of touch BBC News

• Iranian's three wives attempt suicide after shopping row

• Wedding snaps earn Saudi guest a beating

• Mysterious 'booms' continue with puzzling regularity in Richmond

• Wave coming down the Colorado USA Today

• New sexual health campaign launched Stuff.co.nz

• Dolphins Valuable to U.S. in Arabian Gulf  AP

• Paul McCartney to Headline Halftime Show  AP

• Secret Complex Exists Underneath Belgrade  AP

• Fort Lauderdale man reels in 582-pound shark near beach

Man In Abu-Ghraib, a marble figurine by Iraqi artist Karim Khalil.

Peace.