Lee Hamilton, the vice chairman of the 9 11 commission, had a previously scheduled appointment and left early. Huh? It was more important to have lunch with the visiting Canadian Prime Minister than his duties on the 9 11 commission ?

Bob Kerrey left early also.  I couldn't find any news articles to answer that question. Maybe Bush told Kerrey to leave?

And....Bush thinks Fallujah is getting back to normal?  Another bad judgment call by Bush.

"President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney are scheduled to testify before the 9-11 commission. I guess right now they're finalizing the seating arrangements. Should Bush sit on Cheney's right knee or his left knee?" Jay Leno

Attacks in Iraq kill 10 US soldiers
Baltimore Sun, MD - 4-29-04
FALLUJAH, Iraq -- Ten US soldiers were killed today in Iraq -- eight of them in a car bomb explosion south of Baghdad. The two others ...

www.madkane.com is always worth a visit!

"The issue of Kerry's military service has spawned a number of recent news-like events which have led to Republican charges the decorated war hero has something to hide. Because if there is one thing the Bush administration will not tolerate, it is ... other people's secrecy." Jon Stewart

Psalm of the 43rd

The Bush is my shepherd, I shall lack everything
He makes me sacrifice for privileged class tax breaks
He leads me beside the polluted waters
He restores my lack of faith in humanity
He guides me in the paths of deception for his family name's sake
As the nations walks through the valley of the shadow of terrorism
I will fear much evil
for Bush is in command
His plastic and duct tape, they horrify me

Bush prepares a table for his cronies before me in the presence of
newly established enemies
Bush anoints his pre-meditated wars with oil
Halliburton's cup runneth over
Surely conflict and hate will follow our country all the days of our lives
because of Bush
and we will dwell in an absolute hell forever.
Amen
 

Sent in by Joi.

Hi Lisa,

I happened to be researching, for unrelated reasons, Aesop (of Aesop's
fables) and came across a list of quotations. There were over 30, but
the
first 8 really caught my eye, and how sadly applicable they are to our
current administration:

Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.
Aesop

In critical moments even the very powerful have need of the weakest.
Aesop

It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.
Aesop

Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.
Aesop

Persuasion is often more effectual than force.
Aesop

The smaller the mind the greater the conceit.
Aesop

We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.
Aesop

What a splendid head, yet no brain.
Aesop

Tab
 

I really, really miss Bill Clinton.

Thanks for writing.

Graphic by OZ

An Illustrated Guide to Chickenhawks
New York Times - 4-29-04

…Senator Frank Lautenberg, Democrat of New Jersey and a World War II veteran, who appeared on the Senate floor on Wednesday with a poster featuring an illustration of a chicken in a medal-bedecked military uniform.

In a take-no-prisoners display, (Video) the lawmaker lashed out at Republicans critical of Mr. Kerry, calling them chickenhawks. He decried Mr. Cheney, who received deferments from service during the Vietnam era, as the leader of the flock for his criticism earlier in the week that Mr. Kerry…

Excellent article by Carl Hulse.

Email

Subject: Full context of message

I was asked for the full context of Barbara Bush's statement on the
"showning of caskets" and her beautiful mind. Was this just one blurp
or was there more to it than what is being printed?

Barbara Bush was on the ABC-TV Good Morning America show. She was asked if she and her husband, the former president, watch television.

"He sits and listens and I read books because I know perfectly well that - don't take offense - that 90 percent of what I hear on television is supposition, when we're talking about the news. And he's not, not as understanding of my pettiness about that. But why should we hear about body bags and deaths and how many, what day it's going to happen, and how many this or what do you suppose? Oh, I mean, it's, not relevant. So why should I waste my beautiful mind on something like that? And watch him suffer."

It also seems you are willing to buffer your e-mails and requests or
possibly don't want to print some with tough questions. The rhetoric
comes thru, but when it comes to real matters of church and state, no stands
are taken, just re-print of articles.

I don't buffer emails.  Shiite, I receive hundreds a day and cannot answer all.  That is why I am planning to hire some help.

Ask me a tough question.

I rarely reprint articles, I provide timely links to legitimate news organizations and some fabulous columnists.

Here is a stand I took on "real matters of church and state" click here  and dozens of others... click here for the google search results

I believe I coined the phrase "Keep your rosaries out of my ovaries." Just kidding---but I love that phrase.

I'm one of the faithful readers of your "site" and enjoy it very much.
However, there doesn't seem to be a particular time for "going to
press".

As I state in my website banner, I try to publish my site daily, around noon, central time. Saturday I post in late afternoon.  I am the only employee of AHNC, so some days I am late. Today I am late because of the 9 11 commission and I wanted to give you a timely cartoon.

I see your request for money. What happen to Zelda?
You have some good things going for your site, I guess it is like the
rest of the world, somedays chickens, somedays feathers.

Money is what keeps this website online. It is free for you to visit but pixels cost money. That is why I have run a recent request for a dollar a month from my fabulous readers and they have responded with great generosity. <if it keeps up, I will hire some one next month>

The last time I spoke with Zelda she was going to start her own website zeldamorgan.com.

Yep, I sure don't hit a home run every day on AHNC -- but I sure do try! Have you ever tried to put together a daily website of this size?  It is not easy.

Why are you allowing the abortion issue and the churches involvement
with trying to affect politics, go un-addressed? It's not that you don't
make note of it, you don't make a stand, just let the religious right have a
"pass" on criticism.

You don't seem very familiar with my site click here and click here for American Taliban

Thanks for writing.

Best Regards,
Bill N

"Chickenhawks: they shriek like a hawk but they have the backbone of a chicken. We know who the chickenhawks are. They talk tough on national defense and military issues and cast aspersions on others. When it was their turn to serve, where were they? A-W-O-L, that's where. A-W-O-L." Senator Frank Lautenberg

Disturbing News

• Feds investigate threat at LA Mall

• Miller: Legislatures Should Pick Senators

• Bush and Cheney to tell 9/11 stories

• Most Americans Face Smog Danger

• China to Host N. Korean Nuclear Talks in May

• AP: Treasury Agents Track Bin Laden Money

• Four Treasury agents track bin Laden and Saddam money, while 21 work Castro

• Probe of Muslim Chaplain's Treatment Urged

"With six months to go before one of the most important elections in modern American history, the presidential campaign is finally starting to crystallize around some key issues. Foremost among them: Did John Kerry throw a medal or a ribbon over a fence in 1971? Yes, with Armageddon seemingly scheduled for some time later this decade, the panties of the press corps have bunched up over what exactly John Kerry threw at an anti-war protest on the Washington Mall 33 years ago."  Jon Stewart
 

Odd News

• Movie Web site stirs cloning controversy

• Texas woman, 97, cuffed on ticket charge

• Snakehead Fish Found in Wheaton Lake

• A Neanderthal theory to sink your teeth into

• Cop Suspended for Hitler Salute 

• Laundry Label Calling President an 'Idiot' a Hit 

• Bank Robber Finds Pink Is Not Pretty

• Sheep Lost for 6 Years Gets Sheared on TV

• Eagle Attacks, Carries Off Bear Cub

• Flying saucer fever grips Iran

• Doing porridge -- French prisoners write a cook-book

"I don't send my maid out to get drugs. I get my own!" Elayne Boosler referring to Rush Limbaugh's former dependency on painkillers

An Australian court has stepped in to halt filming of the 130-million-dollar Hollywood action film 'Stealth' in a world heritage-listed wilderness area outside Sydney. This is a shot from the film.(HO)

Peace.