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Exploring Possible Iran-9/11 Link
Tallahassee Democrat, FL - 7-19-04
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the president, who has branded Iran as part of an "axis of evil" along with
North Korea and prewar Iraq when it was ruled by Saddam Hussein. Bush
accused Iran ... |
Iraqi Envoy to US Hails Iran's Help
Guardian, UK - 7-19-04
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of 200 Afghan fighters as one example and Iran's expected attendance
Wednesday in Cairo at a conference of Iraq's neighbors. President Bush said
Monday that if ... |
ABC,
NBC accuse Fox of stealing ideas for shows
Chicago Sun Times,7-19-04
The whole thing is playing out like a scene from any one of a dozen reality
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I have been without news and
TV for nine days. It's good to be back. I have missed you.
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Dave Casey
THE LARGE EDITOR -
AHNC
In
the four years since the presidential election farce, I’ve had an unusual
perspective from which to watch public disenchantment grow into outrage at
the bumbling, stumbling Bush administration.
My wife – now for better or worse my boss – launched All Hat
No Cattle in response to the 2000 debacle. Lisa’s a political junkie, and
AHNC
initially was little more than a personal protest against the Republican
takeover of the White House.
From
the beginning, the response to AHNC was generally positive. Most of the
e-mail Lisa received then – and now – has been favorable. Even some
conservative viewers who wrote to disagree with her phototoon satires of
Bush and the far right acknowledged that they found humor in the web site.
And providing some laughs during dark times was exactly her intent.
Some
e-mail in those early days was derogatory, generally sent in by humorless or
history-challenged conservatives who parroted Neo-Con dogma. Occasionally,
it came from the fanatically religious or the militantly far right – the
American Nazi Party types I’d seen rallying while I grew up in Chicago
during the ’60s.
I’ve
watched as the tone and number of disparaging e-mails has dwindled to almost
nothing. People who formerly would have zipped off an e-mail in disagreement
with AHNC have less and less to say as scandal and controversy mount around
the Bush administration and the body count climbs in Iraq. The guy who
claimed to be a police officer in California no longer writes to say that
liberals like Lisa need to be dragged off by their hair, handcuffed and
beaten with nightsticks. Fewer Christian conservatives write in to say that
it is divine destiny of the United States to challenge the Muslim world and
unquestioningly support Israel because that’s where the Second Coming will
occur.
I’ve
watched as AHNC has become one of the more popular political satire sites
and a full-time avocation for Lisa. The gradual success of AHNC also has
enabled me to come on board at a time when I wanted a break from daily
newspaper journalism.
So
what can I tell you about Lisa that will provide insight to the personality
and creativity at the core of AHNC?
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She’s quick-witted
and funny, offering scathing one-liners when warranted. When a mutual
acquaintance introduced us 20 years ago in south Florida, I had been
drinking heavily and was in a somewhat abrasive mood. My first words to
her were “Did you ever consider getting a nose job?” She looked through me
with blue-grey eyes and said, “Actually, I’ve already had three. You
should have seen what it used to look like.” Then she turned her back and
rejoined conversation with others while I choked between laughter and
fumbling apology. I sensed immediately that she was a keeper for any man
lucky enough to get close to her, and I spent the rest of the night trying
to atone for my obnoxiousness.
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Lisa is an
accomplished artist and teacher. She was teaching at the Art Institute of
Fort Lauderdale and composing the cover and inside pages of a newspaper’s
Sunday edition magazine when we met. If you like AHNC, you’d probably
enjoy her painting, sculpture and design work.
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Lisa’s no pushover.
She can debate politics and other subjects with the best and won’t back
down if she thinks she’s right. And in a more real-world sense – driven in
part by growing up and working for years in the Miami Vice scene that
south Florida became – she’s not a blind follower of every cause pushed by
the ardently liberal left. In fact, she’s a pistol-packing mama and a
moderate to conservative Democrat who sometimes has voted Independent or –
dare I say it? – Republican.
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Lisa’s a looker.
Although the picture of her in the AHNC banner was taken more than a few
years ago, she occasionally posts more recent photos of herself and
friends. As you may have noticed, she’s still a blonde head-turner who
knows how to dress to kill. It has been an interesting two decades for me
with a woman who’s almost as smart and good-looking as me. (I’ve already
requested that she replace the photo of me she posted in the last edition
with a more flattering shot.)
For
more revelations about the woman mastermind of AHNC sprinkled among
commentary about the machinations and misdeeds of the unrighteous far right,
check out this space. Future columns will appear in weekend editions.
Until then, keep up the good fight. The political conflict now underway in
the United States will be as historically critical as what happened in Spain
in the 1930s. And a lot of Americans and free-thinking people of other
nations thought that was worth dying for.
I wonder what Dave
wants?
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"Now
trailing in the polls, President Bush unveiled some new weapons today: his
daughters Barbara and Jenna, who have hit the campaign trail with their dad for
the first time. In a recent interview, Jenna Bush says she's 'not political' and
the electoral process doesn't interest her. Oh, she's daddy's little girl."
—Craig Kilborn
The-World-Is-A-Safer-Place-Without-Saddam-News
"I trust God
speaks through me. Without that, I couldn’t do my job."
-- President Bush, quoted in the
Lancaster New Era,
during a private meeting with an Amish group.
Disturbing News
"Republicans say they
don't want the terrorists to determine the election. No they want the governor
of Florida to determine the election." —David Letterman
Republican Shenanigans
Jay Leno:
“Florida officials
announced this week, starting this November, they will allow felons to vote. You
thought Bush stole the election before. Now, they're working with the pros.”
Biz/Tech
News
Good
News
Mr Clinton
told Sir David Frost: "Let me just say one other thing. Now this
doesn't apply to the UK, it applies to America. There is no evidence that the
CIA told the president or the White House that Saddam Hussein had gotten uranium
yellow cake from Niger or was close to having a nuclear weapon, a representation
that was made.”
www.buckfush.com
Bush-Prison-Torture-News
David
Letterman:
“George Bush has the two twin daughters, and Jenna Bush is moving to New York
City. Did you realize that? Yeah. She'll be searching for margaritas of mass
destruction.”
Go F***
Yourself News
Jenna Bush
Busting Out On The Campaign Trail
Odd News
The fully
restored and cleaned polychrome terracotta statue of Apollo from Veio is
displayed at the Etruscan Museum of Valle Giulia in Rome, July 15, 2004. The
statue of Apollo from Veio is one of the masterpieces of Etruscan art from the
end of the 6th century BC. (HO)
Peace, and it is good to be back.
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