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White House Goes On The Attack
CBS News - 4-14-04
From a moral standpoint, the question of whether the Bush
administration should have done more to prevent the September 11 attacks is
of the utmost gravity. But if you put aside moral considerations for a
moment, the administration's defense against charges of negligence can be
appreciated on the level of sheer comic virtuosity....
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Bush stumped on question of mistakes
Tacoma News Tribune, WA - 4-14-04
By CALVIN WOODWARD, Associated Press. WASHINGTON ...
contrition. Bush was asked in his prime-time news conference if he had made
any mistakes. |
A Black-and-White Presidency
Newsweek -
April 14 - At his press conference on Tuesday evening,
George W. Bush was strong, confident and aggressive—and weak, hesitant and
defensive. .. |
Whenever Bush gives a speech I
become more confused.
"Hosni Mubarak visited the
ranch at Crawford, Texas. At one point, Mubarak asked the President, 'Have you
ever seen the pyramids?' And Bush said, 'You know, I'm more of a 'Wheel of
Fortune' kind of guy.'" Jay Leno
The Primate Apprentice
http://www.internetweekly.org/cartoons_2004/cartoon_bush_trump.html
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Disturbing News
4 Unidentified Bodies Found in Iraq
AP -
4-14-04
Russia said Wednesday it would begin evacuating hundreds of
workers from Iraq after a series of kidnappings in which at least 22
foreigners are held captive and four unidentified bodies were discovered in
a shallow grave west of Baghdad.
Israel Whistleblower to Face Restrictions
AP -4-14-04
Israeli nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu will be barred
from leaving the country and face a series of other restrictions when he is
released from prison next week, an Israeli official said Wednesday.
U.S., France Block UN Probe of Aristide Ouster
OneWorld.net -
Tue Apr 13, 7:07 PM ET
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 13 (IPS) - The United States and France
have intimidated Caribbean countries into delaying an official request for a
probe into the murky circumstances under which Haitian President
Jean-Bertrand Aristide was ousted from power in February, according to
diplomatic sources here.
9/11 Panel: CIA Could Have Unveiled Plot
AP -4-14-04
The CIA missed the big-picture significance of "tell-tale
indicators" of impending terrorist attacks, partly because of its culture of
a piecemeal approach to intelligence analysis, a federal panel probing the
Sept. 11 attacks said Wednesday.
Sharon Seeks Bush OK for West Bank Plan
AP -
Wed Apr 14,
6:25 AM ET
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is looking for a sign of
approval from President Bush for retaining a large chunk of the West Bank in
an eventual accord with the Palestinians.
Fla. Democratic Club Ad Targets Rumsfeld
AP -
Tue Apr
13,11:00 PM ET
Florida Republicans cried foul over a newspaper ad by a local
Democratic club that said Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld should be "put
up against a wall" and someone should "pull the trigger."
Assorted News
Kidnapped French Journalist Freed in Iraq
Atlanta
Journal Constitution, GA - 4-14-04
...
NBC News reported the bodies were found between Fallujah, 35 miles
west of Baghdad, and Abu Ghraib after an Iraqi led US officials there.
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Bush Says Iraq Is Testing America's Will
AP -
4-14-04
Giving no ground despite rising casualties, President Bush
says more American troops may be heading for Iraq with authority to use
decisive force in a mission that "may become more difficult before it is
finished."
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Bush Speech Elicits Applause, Dread
AP -
Wed Apr 14,
3:17 AM ET
Robert T. Starks, a 60-year-old political science professor
at Northeastern Illinois University, labeled President Bush's answers to
reporters' questions "vapid, confusing and evasive." He called Bush "an
abomination to a great nation."
Iran Tells U.S. Iraq Neighbors Needed
AP -
4-14-04
Iran said Wednesday that its attempt to work with the United
States on Iraq had foundered, but that Washington can't resolve the upsurge
in violence without consultations with Iraq's neighbors.
Meeting with China's most powerful, Cheney faces pressure on
Taiwan
AFP -
Wed Apr 14,
4:41 AM ET
US Vice President Dick Cheney met with China's top leaders,
facing pressure over Taiwan while he reportedly hoped to use new
intelligence to convince his hosts of the North Korean threat.
Muslims Warn Democracy Can't Be Imposed
AP -
Tue Apr 13,
7:17 PM ET
A conference on democracy in the Islamic world opened Tuesday
with warnings from Turkey and Jordan that political reforms must not be
imposed by outside powers, like the United States.
Kerry Seeks End to 'Windfall' on Loans
AP -
4-14-04
Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry says he would
pay for his plan to give a free college education to young students who
agree to public service by ending a $13 billion "windfall" that banks earn
for making government-backed student loans.
Negroponte May Become Baghdad Ambassador
AP -
Tue Apr 13,
2:20 PM ET
John D. Negroponte, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations
who played a central role in trying to win support for war with Iraq, is
emerging as the leading candidate for the sensitive job of ambassador to
Baghdad.
Milosevic Wants Blair, Clinton as Witnesses
Reuters -
Tue
Apr 13, 6:06 PM ET
Slobodan Milosevic wants British Prime Minister Tony Blair
and former U.S. President Bill Clinton to be called as witnesses at his war
crimes trial, a legal adviser of the ex-Yugoslav president said Tuesday.
US returns to stalled Sudan peace talks after sanctions
threat
AFP -
Tue Apr 13,
8:29 PM ET
The United States said it had sent back to Sudan's stalled
peace talks a diplomat it had withdrawn from the negotiations over the
weekend in a bid to convince Khartoum and southern rebels to wrap up a peace
deal quickly
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Panel Says Bush Saw Repeated Warnings
Reports Preceded
August 2001 Memo
By Dana Priest
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, April 14, 2004
By the time a CIA briefer gave President Bush the Aug. 6, 2001,
President's Daily Brief headlined "Bin Ladin Determined To Strike in US," the
president had seen a stream of alarming reports on al Qaeda's intentions. So had
Vice President Cheney and Bush's top national security team, according to newly
declassified information released yesterday by the commission investigating the
Sept. 11, 2001, attacks…
“I did never speak to him
saying that I did not want to hear about terrorism.” John Ashcroft,
engaged in tongue tying testimony that the acting FBI Director must have been
lying when he said that Ashcroft did not want to hear anymore about terrorism
from him.
"I did
never.." what???
Bush's War and the Lapdog
Press Corps
By Robert Fisk
- Counterpunch.org
April 10/12,
2004
Just shut up.
That's the new foreign policy line of our masters. When Senator Edward Kennedy
dubbed Iraq "George Bush's Vietnam", US Secretary of State Colin Powell told him
to be "a little more restrained and careful" in his comments. I recall that when
the US commenced its bombing of Afghanistan, the White House spokesman claimed
that some journalists were "asking questions that the American people wouldn't
want asked"….
Military News
Rocket Hits Sheraton Hotel in
Baghdad
Grand Forks Herald, ND -4-14-04
BAGHDAD, Iraq - A rocket hit the Sheraton Hotel in central Baghdad on Wednesday,
where foreign contractors and journalists are staying, breaking glass but ...
Cease-Fire Doesn't Stop Fallujah Fighting
WBAL Channel.com, MD - 4-14-04
A US
Marine commander says an already shaky truce in the Iraqi city of Fallujah
could end up crumbling. The truce was called earlier ...
Iraq Cleric Offers Peace Terms; U.S. Forces Poised
Reuters -
4-14-04
U.S. forces
tightened their grip around one of Iraq's holiest cities Wednesday, and the
rebel Shi'ite cleric they have vowed to kill or capture offered peace terms to
spare Najaf a bloodbath.
Marines Investigate Photo Posted on Web
AP -
Tue Apr 13,10:34
PM ET
"The annual White House
Easter egg hunt, it wasn't quite as much fun this year because the Department of
Homeland Security said all the eggs would have to be colored orange."
Jay Leno
Graphic by Bradley
Bomber's Family Sees Home Destroyed Again
AP - 4-14-04
The Israeli military blew up the house of a suicide bomber in the West Bank city
of Nablus on Wednesday, the second time it has destroyed the home in the past
two decades, the family said...
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Odd News
Iowa Whistling Senator Entertains, Annoys
AP - 4-14-04
A frequent whistler, Sen. Mary Lundby's renditions of show
tunes, movie themes and pop favorites can often be heard echoing in the
marble-walled Iowa Senate chamber.
Voodoo Practitioners Gather in Haiti
AP -
Sun Apr 11,
3:30 PM ET
Haitians
celebrated one of the year's most important Voodoo pilgrimages on Sunday, an
event marked by drumming, sacrifices — discussion of whether Haiti's new
government can heal a country still reeling from a bloody rebellion.
Kerry's Yale GOP Membership Likely a Prank
AP - 4-14-04
John Kerry,
Young Republican? Or has the Democratic candidate for president been punk'd
after nearly 40 years?
Juicy rewards as Indian nuclear boffins split bananas instead
of atoms
Wed Apr 14,
4:00 AM ET
Indian nuclear
scientists say they have unpeeled one of the great mysteries of the
soft-drinks world -- how to extract juice from bananas cheaply and simply.
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Hawaiian planes jammed with flying doughnuts
Reuters -
Wed
Apr 14, 3:19 AM ET
Apparently
doughnuts can clog more than just your arteries.
Man Wins Right to Erect 30-Foot Hot Dog
AP - 4-14-04
An
entrepreneur has won his wiener war with city hall.
San Francisco Selling Its List of Married Gays
Reuters -
Tue
Apr 13,12:08 PM ET
San Francisco,
which ignited a passionate nationwide debate by allowing thousands of gays
to marry earlier this year, is selling its list of the newlyweds, the mayor
says.
British couple marooned on island... for 90 minutes
Tue Apr 13,
1:13 PM ET
A holiday
couple marooned on a tiny, uninhabited island off the southwest coast of
England were rescued after writing SOS in the sand, tourism officials said.
Republican Shenanigans
Senate Republican Leader to Invade Rival's Turf
Reuters -
Tue
Apr 13, 2:32 PM ET
Senate Republican Leader Bill Frist plans to break recent
tradition and campaign next month against Senate Democratic Leader Tom
Daschle on Daschle's home turf of South Dakota.
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Reformed Drunk Claims Bruise on Eye Came From "Pretzel Injury"
National
Lampoon January - 2002
Isn't
constant tongue movement a side effect of Thorazine use?
"And on CNN today, they said
the price of milk will go up 50 cents a gallon. Milk -- 50 cents. What, is OPEC
raising cows now?" Jay Leno
CBS, 12
others among 'Jefferson Muzzle' award winners
Atlanta Journal Constitution, GA -4-13-04
...
and more recently the war in Iraq have created new pressures on free speech, an
examination of this year's and previous Jefferson Muzzle winners reveals that
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It Just Gets
Worse!
First off, I'm really glad Phil won the Masters. I had a feeling this was his
year and Tournament to finally win. [He's a left-handed golfter who's never won
a Major PGA Event like the Masters, the PGA, the US Open and the British Open]
Now on to business.....
It just gets worse for the Moron, but even worse for our American soldiers. ...
Click here for Bob
Witkowski’s commentary
Lisa
Let me see if I have this right. Both President Bush and National Security
Advisor Rice have stated that if they had any indication that terrorists were
about to hijack airplanes and crash them into high profile American targets,
they would have done all in their power to prevent them. But since the warnings
indicated only the possibility of hijacking planes in order to obtain the
release of prisoners held in the US, they were not alarmed.
So hijackings that kill 3000 people are a No-No, but ordinary hijackings are OK?
Am I missing something or what?
Oracle
You're not missing
anything. It seems the more this administration spins, the deeper a hole they
dig for themselves.
Bushes, Cheneys Reaped Tax Benefits
AP -
4-13-04
On this day – April 14
1570
Polish Calvinists/Lutherians/Hernhutters
unify against Jesuits
1614
Pocahontas, daughter of chief Powhatan,
marries planter John Rolfe
1799
Napoleon called for establishing
Jerusalem for Jews
1860
1st Pony Express rider arrives in San
Francisco CA from St Joseph MO
1865
Mobile AL is captured
1865 President Abraham Lincoln shot in Ford's Theatre by John Wilkes
Booth
1902
Marie & Pierre Curie isolate the
radioactive element radium
1906
President Theodore Roosevelt denounces
"muckrakers" in US press
1909 Anglo-Persian Oil Company forms in London
1920
Tornadoes killed 219 people in Alabama
& Mississippi
1931
Spain becomes republic with overthrow
of King Alfonso XIII
1941
1st massive German raid in Paris
France, 3,600 Jews rounded up
1945
American B-29 incendiary raids on Tokyo
& damage the Imperial Palace
1948
A flash of light is observed in the
crater Plato on the Moon
1960
1st underwater launching of Polaris
missile
1967
In the Vietnam War, US planes bomb
Haiphong for 1st time
1971
President Richard Nixon ends blockade
against People's Republic of China
1973
Acting FBI director L Patrick Gray
resigns after admitting he destroyed evidence in the Watergate scandal
1980
1st Cubans of the Mariel boatlift sail
to Florida
1981
1st Space Shuttle-Columbia 1-returns to
Earth
1986
US aircraft attacks 5 terrorist
locations in Libya
1989
In the Iran-Contra trial, Oliver
North's case goes to the jury
1993
Branch Davidian cult leader David
Koresh promises to surrender after completion of his Seven Seals manuscript
1994
US F-15 accidentally shoots 2 US
helicopters down over Iraq, 26 die
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BUSH MISSED BILLBOARD OF OSAMA
60-Foot-Tall Sign Appeared Outside White House
The Bush administration
today grappled with allegations that President George W. Bush did not see a
sixty-foot-tall billboard featuring Osama bin Laden that appeared suddenly
across the street from the White House in August 2001.
The gigantic billboard, which featured bin Laden¹s stern visage and the words ³I
AM GOING TO HIJACK U.S. AIRPLANES VERY SOON,² was first spotted by a UPS driver,
Clayton Spedding, while making his morning deliveries on Pennsylvania Avenue...
NASA Terra satellite picture
showing the Falkland Islands. President Nestor Kirchner insisted that the
Falklands were Argentina's, marking the 22nd anniversary of the South American
country's war with Britain over the islands.(NASA/HO)
Peace.