I remember when W said he looked into Vladimir Putin's "eyes and saw his soul". I thought then, what an idiotic thing to say to the ex-head of the KGB.  Maybe we should pray that Kerry or Edwards don't get kidnapped.

"See, free nations are peaceful nations. Free nations don't attack each other. Free nations don't develop weapons of mass destruction." —George W. Bush, Milwaukee, Wis., Oct. 3, 2003, momentarily forgetting that the US has the biggest cache of WMD.

"It looks like President Bush will be handing over power to the Iraqis by June 30. Not only that, it looks like he'll be handing over power to the Democrats by November 2." -David Letterman

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Subject: Texas

It seems Texas is about to be ripped apart by a sex scandal involving Gov. Rick Perry -- AKA Governor Goodhair, AKA Bush lite, and the man who just finished pushing through an illegal redistricting plan and a statewide defense of marriage act.
I've been hearing the rumors for about a week now, but have discounted them until today. The buzzing has gotten LOUD here in Texas and it seems that there is something to the story that Mrs. Perry will be serving divorce papers on Bush Lite next week in Austin. Seems she caught him in bed with another man... And not just any man, but, if the rumors are true, with the Secretary of State, Geoff Connor.
Start popping the corn and chilling the beer. It's gonna get toasty here in Texas soon.
It is said Geoff Connor is openly gay.  Quite frankly it wouldn't matter to me if there is something to this rumor but I'm sure it does to Mrs. Perry.  Then too there is the hypocrisy.  Maybe the guy who put the sign up in front of Perry's gated community knew something.  The sign said TOM DELAY'S BITCH LIVES HERE.

Oh my God, if this is true I bet Bush will use Governor Goodhair as his poster boy to prove how homosexuality destroys the sanctity of marriage!

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Bin Laden cornered in Pakistan's northwest: report

AFP - Sun Feb 22,12:22 AM ET

US and British special forces have cornered Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in a mountainous area in northwest Pakistan, near the Afghanistan border, the Sunday Express newspaper reported.

Earthquake Jolts Northwestern Pakistan

AP - Sun Feb 22, 5:22 AM ET

A magnitude 5 earthquake shook northwestern Pakistan Sunday, official said. No injuries or damage were immediately reported.

Interesting combination of events.

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"President Bush says he is focusing more and more on jobs. Yeah, his own." Jay Leno

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*[In a wide-ranging interview, Mrs. Bush put her stamp of approval on sexual abstinence programs, which would have their doubled under the president's latest budget proposal. Abstinence should be extensively discussed alongside contraception, she said. "I do think abstinence works. We know it works," she said. "It's 100 percent fail-safe." ]

* http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/laura_bush_interview

This must be how there is only one set of Bush twins. And actually, if I were married to Shrub, I'd practice abstinence, too.

Leslie

Hahaha Leslie!  I would too.

Homeland Security—Whoops

13 Cuban immigrants taken into custody
Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel, FL - 2-21-04
... up 13 Cuban immigrants near Marathon after the people were smuggled into the country
aboard a go-fast boat, an agency supervisor said. The refugees said they ...

I guess Homeland Security was asleep at the switch.

Disturbing News

Nuclear Middleman Free to Leave Malaysia

AP - Sun Feb 22, 2:11 AM ET

A businessman who admits aiding an international black market in nuclear materials was

cleared of wrongdoing in Malaysia and is free to leave the country as authorities abroad

widened investigations into his role in selling…

Iran Confirms Buying Nuclear Equipment

AP -  2-21-04

Iran purchased nuclear equipment from international dealers, including some from the Asian subcontinent,

but never knew exactly where the components came from, the government publicly confirmed Sunday.

Japan Confirms 10th Mad Cow Case, First Since Nov

Reuters - Sun Feb 22, 3:48 AM ET

Japan confirmed another case of mad cow disease on Sunday, the 10th since the brain-wasting

 illness was discovered in the country in September 2001.
 

Australia Troops Ill From Anthrax Shots

AP - Sat Feb 21,10:04 AM ET

Australia injected soldiers headed to Iraq with an anthrax vaccine without telling them that

forces who received the vaccine before going to Afghanistan had fallen ill, officials said Saturday.

Suspect Pleads Guilty in Reporter Death

AP - Fri Feb 20,11:40 PM ET

A former Sandinista security guard entered a guilty plea during a court hearing Friday in

the shooting death of a Nicaraguan journalist.

Great Barrier Reef Faces Major Coral Destruction

Reuters - Sat Feb 21,12:55 AM ET

Australia's Great Barrier Reef will lose most of its coral cover by 2050 and, at worst,

the world's largest coral system could collapse by 2100

Agency Cleared in Airline Privacy Case

AP - Fri Feb 20, 5:17 PM ET

Federal employees who persuaded JetBlue Airways to give a defense contractor

personal information about 1.5 million passengers — without their knowledge or

permission — will have to undergo training about privacy issues.

Bush Installs Judge, Bypassing Senate

AP - Sat Feb 21, 9:26 AM ET

After three years of watching Senate Democrats block his judicial nominees..

Linux Vendors Warn of Flaws

NewsFactor - Fri Feb 20, 4:00 PM ET

Security experts are urging users of Linux servers and workstations to take immediate

action to patch two flaws found in the kernel.

Union, Grocers Push Talks Into 11th Day

Reuters - Sat Feb 21, 5:24 PM ET

Talks aimed at ending a four-month supermarket strike and lockout in California

 extended into an 11th day on Saturday, marking the longest stretch of bargaining

since the contentious dispute began.
Mother Teresa's Successor Robbed in India

AP - Sun Feb 22,12:10 AM ET

Mother Teresa's successor, Sister Nirmala, was robbed Saturday by highway bandits

during a tour of rural areas in eastern India, police said.

"According to a new poll, if the election were held today, both John Kerry and John Edwards would beat President Bush by double-digit margins. The White House is so worried about this they are now thinking about moving the capture of Osama bin Laden up to next month." -Jay Leno

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Disturbing News

Nuclear Middleman Free to Leave Malaysia

AP - Sun Feb 22, 2:11 AM ET

A businessman who admits aiding an international black market in nuclear materials was

cleared of wrongdoing in Malaysia and is free to leave the country as authorities abroad

widened investigations into his role in selling…

Iran Confirms Buying Nuclear Equipment

AP -  2-21-04

Iran purchased nuclear equipment from international dealers, including some from the Asian subcontinent, but never knew exactly where the components came from, the government publicly confirmed Sunday.

Japan Confirms 10th Mad Cow Case, First Since Nov

Reuters - Sun Feb 22, 3:48 AM ET

Japan confirmed another case of mad cow disease on Sunday, the 10th since the brain-wasting

 illness was discovered in the country in September 2001.
 

Australia Troops Ill From Anthrax Shots

AP - Sat Feb 21,10:04 AM ET

Australia injected soldiers headed to Iraq with an anthrax vaccine without telling them that

forces who received the vaccine before going to Afghanistan had fallen ill, officials said Saturday.

Suspect Pleads Guilty in Reporter Death

AP - Fri Feb 20,11:40 PM ET

A former Sandinista security guard entered a guilty plea during a court hearing Friday in

the shooting death of a Nicaraguan journalist.

Great Barrier Reef Faces Major Coral Destruction

Reuters - Sat Feb 21,12:55 AM ET

Australia's Great Barrier Reef will lose most of its coral cover by 2050 and, at worst,

the world's largest coral system could collapse by 2100

Agency Cleared in Airline Privacy Case

AP - Fri Feb 20, 5:17 PM ET

Federal employees who persuaded JetBlue Airways to give a defense contractor

personal information about 1.5 million passengers — without their knowledge or

permission — will have to undergo training about privacy issues.

Bush Installs Judge, Bypassing Senate

AP - Sat Feb 21, 9:26 AM ET

After three years of watching Senate Democrats block his judicial nominees..

Linux Vendors Warn of Flaws

NewsFactor - Fri Feb 20, 4:00 PM ET

Security experts are urging users of Linux servers and workstations to take immediate

action to patch two flaws found in the kernel.

Union, Grocers Push Talks Into 11th Day

Reuters - Sat Feb 21, 5:24 PM ET

Talks aimed at ending a four-month supermarket strike and lockout in California

 extended into an 11th day on Saturday, marking the longest stretch of bargaining

since the contentious dispute began.
Mother Teresa's Successor Robbed in India

AP - Sun Feb 22,12:10 AM ET

Mother Teresa's successor, Sister Nirmala, was robbed Saturday by highway bandits

during a tour of rural areas in eastern India, police said.

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Hi,

I just read Dennis S's e-mail about "Those Who Love Bush Share His Fears".

I was just thinking over the weekend, if the "Threat" was real and the Terrorists could do all that Bush and Ashcroft claims, would Bush attended the Daytona 500 with 180,000 people in attendance and let it be known several days in advance??

I don't think so--------------------Bush is lying and our young people are dying.

Paul

I concur Paul.  He is milking 9-11 for all it is worth. I wonder how many times the terror alert level will be raised from now until November?

OLD FLAMES
New Yorker, NY - 2-23-04
 

...“I know he served but I didn’t see him in uniform.” She does claim to remember “plenty of times” when he had to reschedule meetings because, he said, he had Guard duties to perform. Later, when they were both in Houston and had started dating—and when no one disputes that he was serving—she frequently saw him in uniform. “I think he was mostly just flying in circles over Houston,” she said....
 

Flying in circles over Houston? Bush never flew again after 1972 according to this Washington Post article -- "But after several years of impressing his instructors at Houston's Ellington Field, Bush suddenly decided to drop it all in 1972. After hundreds of hours at the helm of an F-102 interceptor and declaring that he wanted to make flying a lifetime pursuit, Bush opted out, skipped a required flight medical exam, and left the state. " Click here

Someone has their story messed up.

Hello Lisa,

Thought you might get a kick out of this satirical video:

http://www.jameswjohnson.com/movies/bushman.htm

a devoted non-republican,

jwj

Thanks jwj...we need all the laughter we can gets in these times.

Let America Be America Again

By Langston Hughes

All in the (profiteering, first) family

     By Margie Burns

Close relatives of President George W. Bush continue to benefit financially from the Iraq invasion, as revealed by sources including regulatory filings.
    St. Louis, Mo.-based Engineered Support Systems (EASI), where William H. T. Bush, an uncle of George W. Bush, joined the board of directors in 2000, is a major military contractor. William H. T. Bush is a Bush ``Pioneer," a contributor raising more than $100,000, in the 2000 and 2004 elections. Following the 2000 election and Sept. 11, 2001, the company's federal contracts, revenues and stock price have increased. The company declined to comment for this article…

Good News

Survey: Anger Toward Bush Intensifying

AP - Sun Feb 22, 3:29 PM ET

In Arizona, Judy Donovan says she feels desperate for a new president. In Tennessee,

Robert Wilson says he finds the president revolting. In Washington state, Maria Yurasek

says she'd vote for a dog if it could beat President Bush....

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Subject: Ralph Nader

If you missed Tim Russert's (R-Clinton Hater) Meet the Press today (Sunday), you missed Ralph Nader making some damned good points about the lies and deceit of the current administration. He even talked about impeachment as he announced he was entering the race for President.
But the man is either a bloomin' idiot or a willing pawn of the Republican National Committee for entering this race.
As he said, millions of Americans will support him, and many of those will stupidly vote for him. But running as an Independent, he hasn't got a snowball's chance in Havana of winning. As it was in the stolen 2000 election, a vote for Nader will be a vote for Bush. Republicans across the country must be pissing in their knickers with joy at his announcement!
Now, Bush's "Rangers" and "Pioneers," along with big business and other special interests, can, in effect, double their contributions to the Bush Campaign by donating an equal (maximum) amount to Nader!
To Mr. Nader I can only say, "Ralph, you ignorant son-of-a-bitch, why don't you dry up and blow away!"

Roy Adams
Tyler, TX
 

This quote seems appropriate -- A man is like a fraction whose numerator is what he is and whose denominator is what he thinks of himself. The larger the denominator the smaller the fraction. - Leo Tolstoy

Nader is a big GONAD-ER.

"I think that Ralph Nader is proving that the only master that he serves is his enormous ego." -- Scott Maddox, chairman of the Democratic Party in Florida.
 

Marines to Protect US Embassy in Haiti
Record-Journal, CT - 2-23-04
CAP-HAITIEN, Haiti - Fifty US Marines were headed to Haiti on Monday to protect the
American Embassy and diplomats after rebels overran Haiti's second-largest ...

Australia's Great Barrier Reef will lose most of its coral cover by 2050 and, at worst, the world's largest coral system could collapse by 2100 because of global warming, a study released on February 21, 2004.  Click here for article

Peace.