Not showing Pvt. Ryan on Veterans Day?  That's un-American.

“The Pentagon says we're making very good progress and they said soon Fallujah will be a red state.” -- Jay Leno

Tanks at an anti-war protest? This is a Kent State waiting to happen.  Click here

Anti-war protest in LA gets response with tanks
AlterNet, Calif., 11-10-04
LOS ANGELES -- At 7:50 p.m., two armored tanks showed up at an anti-war protest in front of the federal building in Westwood. ...

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

• Clashes Escalate in Mosul, Iraq  AP

• U.S. Estimates 600 Iraqi Insurgents Killed  AP

• Two Marine Helicopters Shot Down in Iraq  AP

• Car bomb explodes in Baghdad; 17 killed USA Today

• Fallujah resistance scattered San Francisco Chronicle, CA

• Troops Uncover Fallujah 'Hostage Slaughterhouses' The Scotsman, UK 

• U.S. Says It Will Rebuild Falluja if It Captures City  Reuters

• 3 Allawi Relatives Held Hostage; Fighting Erupts in Several Cities Washington Post 

• French PM fears for hostages Guardian

• Afghan Kidnappers Await Release of 26 Taliban Reuters

It happened once. 

• How the world reacted to the death of Yasser Arafat Guardian, UK

• Moderates and hardliners take over Arafat's top posts  Reuters

E-Mail

Lisa!

That link to liberals like Christ was like stepping into an ice cold
waterfall on a hot sticky July day. I had begun to wonder if there
were any left who actually bothered to sit down and read the bible anymore.
As an atheist who despises being praised for charity and volunteer work
(in my book it ain't charity if you go in expecting attaboys or because
of coercion) and was quite literally stunned by the derision piled upon
former president Clinton for his "I feel your pain." quote and the
works he initiated to try to relieve some of that suffering, seeing those
wonderfully arranged quotes from the Bible relieved a painful weight
from my heart.

Even if we disagree on the most basic tenants, it's a true joy to see
there are folks willing to stand up for the things that make life worth
living.

From the bottom of my heart, thank you.

Joe B. in Japan

You are very welcome.
Hallelujah! Christian Democrats aren't going to hell as the Republican Christians would have us all believe.
What happened to the "Jesus is Love" Christians? Where is their voice?
I have one commandment I follow -- Treat others as you want to be treated.
Thanks for writing, Joe.

 "As I'm sure you've heard, 'Operation Phantom Fury' is now underway in Iraq. You know, where are we coming up with the names for these missions? 'Phantom Fury?' What, is President Bush dipping into his comic book collection now? What’s next -- 'Operation Green Hornet'?" -- Jay Leno 

Keith Olberman MSNBC Video on Voter Fraud

Rock-The-Voter News

• Calif. settles electronic voting suit against Diebold for $2.6 million Fort Wayne News Sentinel 

• STILL WAITING New Jersey Journal, NJ

• Ohio Still Counting Provisional Ballots  AP

• Rossi Leads Washington Governor's Race  AP

“Remember how President Bush says he doesn't read the newspaper? Today, he finally got a subscription to the New York Times. Not to read, just got the new puppy to paper train.” -- Jay Leno 

 Disturbing News

• Israel Arrests Nuke Whistleblower Vanunu for 'Leak' ABC News

• North Korea not keen on 6-way nuclear talks Reuters 

• Taiwan denies President Chen's plane targeted by Chinese fighter ... Channel News Asia

• Chinese American writer found dead in South Bay San Francisco Chronicle 

• Ireland reports case of human mad cow disease CBC News

• Fungus poses soybean threat Fort Wayne Journal Gazette

• Officials Blame Contractors in Tunnel Leak New York Times

• Canada to US: We're Not Your 'Drugstore'  Reuters

"The president is putting his own counsel, Alberto Gonzales, who wrote the famous memo defending torture, in charge of our civil liberties. Torture Guy, who blithely threw off 75 years of international law and set the stage for the grotesque abuses at Abu Ghraib and dubious detentions at Guantánamo, seems to have a good grasp of what's just. No doubt we'll soon learn what other protections, besides the Geneva Conventions and the Constitution, Mr. Gonzales finds 'quaint' and 'obsolete.'"
-– Maureen Dowd, New York Times Columnist

"The more Maureen Loud gets on 'Meet the Press' and writes those columns, the redder these states get. I mean, they don't want some highbrow hussy from New York City explaining to them that they're idiots and telling them that they're stupid."
-- Zell Miller, Democrat Dueler, commenting on Maureen Dowd, New York Times Columnist

"I'm not a highbrow hussy from New York. I'm a highbrow hussy from Washington. Senator, pistols or swords?"
-– Maureen Dowd

"If you saw the footage of Fallujah. Bullets flying through the air. Smoke in the streets. People yelling in foreign languages. It's like L.A. only with much cheaper gas." -- Jay Leno

Be Very Scared Video

Republican Shenanigans

• FEC Union Election Spending Probe Sought  AP

• Some terror levels lowered San Francisco Chronicle

• Housing sought for storm victims Miami Herald (subscription), FL  

• Conservative Groups Denounce 'Kinsey' Film  AP

• Bush Moves to Privatize Social Security  AP

Robert Novak Named "Tool of the Year!"  

Good News

• The Curse of Bush II Salon.com

• Liberal Christians Challenge 'Values Vote' Washington Post

• Carson Gives $5.3M to Univ. of Nebraska  AP

• Drug sheds weight - and keeps it off  USATODAY.com

Turn Your Back On Bush

Biz/Tech News

• Fox to Create Series for Wireless Phones  AP

• Stale & Split Image Databases Fuel Google Conspiracy Theories

• SNEAKERS 'PUMP' UP AT $100+ New York Post, NY 

• New Trojan Virus Sends Spam to Russian Mobile Phones MOSNEWS

• Firefox 1.0 Makes Flashy Debut Wired News 

The election is over, the results are now known.
The will of the people has clearly been shown.
We should show by our thoughts and our words and our deeds
That unity is just what our country now needs.
Let's all get together. Let bitterness pass.
I'll hug your elephant....
If you kiss my ass.
-- Unknown

Bush-Prison-Torture News

• Marine major guilty in Iraqi prisoner death Los Angeles Daily News

• Three Abu Ghraib abuse trials moving to Texas Houston Chronicle

 "The objective of securing the safety of Americans from crime and terror has been achieved." -- Attorney General JOHN ASHCROFT, in his resignation letter

Logo Change

The Republican National Committee announced today that the Republican Party
is changing its emblem from an elephant to a condom.

The committee chairman explained that the condom more clearly reflects the
party's stance today, because a condom accepts inflation, halts production,
destroys the next generation, protects a bunch of pricks, and gives you a
sense of security while you're actually getting screwed.

Go-F*** -Yourself News

• U.S. Envoy Urged Halliburton Subcontractor phillyburbs.com, PA

• Thune meets Cheney in South Dakota cornfield Aberdeen American News, SD

Granny Bee's Advice On The Ten Commandments (1:03)  Real Player or mp3

Odd News

• Hollywood's feeling blue and seeing red  Variety

• Election Gives American English New Phrases  Reuters

• Pink Martini Stirring Those Thirsting for Joy  Reuters

• Middle-Aged Orangutan Gets a Makeover  AP

• Russian Parliament Rejects Beer Measure  AP

• Russian nabbed after netting $300,000 in Internet bride scam

• Romanian Judge Said to Be in Adult Film  AP

• French tap water ads make a splash

• Norwegian Mistakenly Burns Cash for Heat  AP

• Former lottery officer charged with disclosing where $1 million ticket was on sale

 Workers are framed as they prepare Victory Square for Remembrance Day ceremonies in Vancouver, British Columbia, on Nov. 10, 2004. The square has just undergone extensive renovations that include light poles designed like helmets worn by Canadian soldiers during World War I and II. Ceremonies honoring Canadian soldiers killed from the Great War up to present day Afghanistan will be held on Nov. 11. (Photo by Andy Clark)

Peace and hope.