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March
17, 2004 Wednesday Happy St. Paddy's Day |
How ironic, Cheney is French!
"And the Bush administration is
under fire for hiring actors to pose as reporters in video segments praising his
Medicare law.... in other words people think they're watching the news but it's
really the Bush administration talking, kind of like Fox News." -Jay Leno
Happy St.
Paddy's Day Condoleezza Rice
Rice
The name Rice in Ireland is derived from the native Gaelic O'Maolchraoibhe Sept
of Counties Down and Armagh. This Sept name was also anglicized as Mulcreevy.
The Rices of Munster Province are usually of Welsh origin, the name being taken
from settlers named Ap Rhys. The name Rhys is also used.
My now deceased, very Irish mother-in-law would
have lovingly called Condi Rice -- Smoked Irish.
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Large explosion heard in central Baghdad; witnesses say bomb ...
940 News, Canada - 3-17-04
BAGHDAD (AP) - A large explosion hit a hotel in
central Baghdad on Wednesday night, sending flames shooting into the sky.
Witnesses ...
Explosion heard in central Baghdad - Boston
Globe
Huge fire burns after explosion destroys hotel in central Baghdad - Billings
Gazette
Massive
Explosion Levels Baghdad Hotel - NBC5.com
The White House Telephone Game:
CIA to Cheney: "We have no
proof Iraq has WMD"
Cheney to Bush: "We just
don't know if we can prove Iraq has WMD"
Bush to public: "Iraq has WMD!"
CIA to Cheney: "What the
President said is inconsistent with intelligence reports"
Cheney to Bush: "What we've
said has been consistent with intelligence inconsistencies."
Bush to public: "What I have
said has been consistent all along."
CIA to Cheney: "What in the
world? Is everyone in the White House nuts?"
Cheney to Bush: "We would've
been nuts not to go after Saddam Hussein"
Bush to public: "Saddam is a
madman and the world is better off without him."
(R. J. Matson, The New York Observer and Roll Call)
Sent in by Gini
"God loves you, and I love you.
And you can count on both of us as a powerful message that people who wonder
about their future can hear." —George W. Bush, Los Angeles, Calif., March
3, 2004
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Republican Shenanigans
Romney says convention should move
Boston Globe, MA - 3-17-04
... Philip W. Johnston, chairman of the Massachusetts
Democratic Party, accused Romney of meddling with the Democrats' event on behalf
of the Bush-Cheney campaign. ...
Family-values group
mired in a divorce
By
Sam Dealey The Hill
The Christian Coalition of America (CCA),
once a formidable political voice whose advocacy for traditional family values
helped propel the Republican Party to power, finds itself at the center of a
nasty divorce between top employees....
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Fashion Wire Daily -
Tue Mar 16,12:45 PM ET
Today in History -
March 17
0432
St Patrick, a bishop, is carried off to Ireland as a slave
1753
1st official St Patrick's Day
1762
1st St Patrick's Day parade in NYC
1776
British forces evacuate Boston to Nova Scotia during Revolutionary War
1836
Texas abolishes slavery
1845
Rubber band patented by Stephen Perry of London
1861
Italy declares independence; Kingdom of Italy proclaimed
1894
US & China sign treaty preventing Chinese laborers from entering US
1905
Eleanor Roosevelt marries FDR in New York
1927
US government doesn't sign league of Nations disarmament treaty
1929
Spanish dictator Primo de Rivera closes university of Madrid
1941
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC opens
1942
General Doug MacArthur arrives in Australia to become supreme commander
1957
Dutch ban on Sunday driving lifted
1959
Dalai Lama flees Tibet for India
1960
Eisenhower forms anti-Castro-exile army under the CIA
1961
South Africa leaves British Commonwealth
1969
Golda Meir becomes Israel's 4th Prime Minister
1973
St Patrick's Day marchers carry 14 coffins commemorating Bloody Sunday
1988
Iran says Iraq uses poison gas
1991
Irish Lesbians & Gays march in St Patrick Day parade
1992
Islamic Jihad truck bombs Israeli Embassy in Buenos Aires Argentina killing 29
1995
Sinn-Fein leader Gerry Adams visits President
Clinton at the White House
Gerry
Adams
1997
CNN begins Spanish broadcasts
2000
In Kanungu, Uganda, a fire at a church linked to the cult known as the Movement
for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments killed more than 530.
2003
President
Bush delivered an ultimatum to
Saddam Hussein: leave
Iraq within 48 hours or face an
attack.
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EMAIL:
Lisa,
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. Here in
conservative pro-Bush NW
Montana it is refreshing to view an objective site. thanks for your work.
Now some clarification regarding the 3/9/04 posting regarding
Presidents who died a year ending in zero. From all that I have read that it
stems
From the Battle of Tippacanoe when William Henry Harrison defeated Tecumseh
And his brother Tesnkwatawa The Prophet. While the Prophet was dying from
A mortal wound he cursed Harrison, saying something to the effect that on
The eve of his greatest victory he would suffer a defeat. The Battle of
Tippacanoe was in the year 1811. Harrison was elected president in
1840.
On his inauguration Harrison was apparently too proud to wear proper
clothing, an overcoat. The weather was nasty, he became ill,
pneumonia?,and died one month to the day of his inauguration. Ever since then
every president that has been elected has either been shot or died in office.
Oooh spooky stuff!!
The operative words are been elected. Dubya was selected not
elected so he is probably immune. Even though I have little respect for Pres.
Bush I would not wish anything violent to happen to him. The facts about
Kennedy having a secretary named Lincoln and vice versa is not true. The other
facts, excluding Marilyn Monroe, can be substantiated.
My answer, there are odd circumstances in the world, I personally do
Not believe in curses but it makes for a pretty good history story. I do
Teach high school U.S. History, the students enjoy this story.
Again I tell them it maybe just circumstance. For instance if you
had a roomful of monkeys sitting at keyboards they would eventually write
Shakespeare. Or perhaps if you had a roomful of Dubya's sitting at a
keyboards they would eventually be able to draft some legislation that
made sense. Until then, I sometimes fear the worst.
Be well Lisa, keep up the great work.
Respectfully,
Randall H.
Thanks for writing. I
learned something new today! History is stranger than fiction.
Keep up the great work by
keeping kids interested!
Kerry
calls on Clinton weekly for `thoughts'
By Andrew
Miga
Wednesday, March 17, 2004
CHARLESTON,
W.Va. - Sen. John F. Kerry [related,
bio] last night said he's been getting a wealth of valuable campaign
advice from the last Democrat to capture the White House, former President Bill
Clinton.
``He's given
me a lot of thoughts,'' Kerry said in a wide-ranging Herald interview on the
night he officially clinched the Democratic presidential nomination. ``He's had
some very astute observations. He's one of the smartest observers of American
politics.''...
"Money does not equal victory." -
Democratic consultant Paul Begala, sending a cautionary message to President
Bush, whose campaign coffers are bulging with more than $160 million.
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Disturbing News
Snow Says 'Lawsuit Abuse' Costs Jobs
Reuters -
Tue Mar 16, 9:26
AM ET
U.S. Treasury
Secretary John Snow on Tuesday said that runaway lawsuits were costing American
jobs and urged an overhaul of rules that permit personal injury lawyers to
launch huge legal cases.
Group plans to inflict 'terror into the heart of the French people'
Wednesday, March 17, 2004
Posted: 12:50 AM EST (0550 GMT)
PARIS, France
(CNN) -- French police have opened an investigation after a Paris newspaper
received a letter from a Muslim group threatening spectacular attacks that would
make "blood run to (its) borders."
Threats Against Medicare Analyst to Be Investigated
Miami Herald, FL - 3-17-04
Mar.
16--WASHINGTON - The Inspector General's office will investigate whether the
nation's top Medicare cost analyst was ordered not to tell
Congress that the ...
Bank
of America Plans Up to 13,000 Cuts
NEW YORK - Bank of America Corp. (BAC) is planning to cut as many as 13,000 jobs
as it completes its acquisition of FleetBoston Financial Corp. (FBF), people
familiar with the expense cuts told The Wall Street Journal.
Training for Nuclear Plant Guards Off
AP -
Tue Mar 16, 7:16
PM ET
Nuclear weapons
plants have eliminated or reduced training for guards responsible for repelling
terrorist attacks, leaving the government unable to guarantee the plants can be
adequately defended, the Energy Department's internal watchdog said Tuesday.
Madrid Suspects Were Known Years Ago
AP -
3-17-04
Long before Jamal
Zougam was picked up as a suspect in the Madrid bombings, he'd flitted across
the radar screens of anti-terrorism investigators. Police knew his apartment —
they searched it in 2001. And both he and his half brother, also under arrest,
reportedly had been vouched for by an al-Qaida suspect in a monitored phone
call.
Colombian Indians Caught in War, Face Extinction
Reuters -
Tue Mar 16, 4:50
PM ET
Remote Colombian
Indian communities are in danger of extinction as far-right paramilitaries and
Marxist rebels target them for massacre, torture or forced recruitment, a United
Nations official said on Tuesday.
Whoops.
Odd News
Bill Clinton's Boyhood Home on EBay
AP -
Tue Mar 16, 5:06
PM ET
Gary Johnson and
his mother, Elaine, have lived in the "little bitty house" at 321 E. 13th St.
for about 10 years.
Irish ministers a hit abroad on St Patrick's Day
Tue Mar 16,11:09
PM ET
Irish government
ministers will celebrate St Patrick's Day everywhere today -- everywhere, that
is, except Ireland.
Ky. Politician to Hold Post From Jail
Tue Mar 16, 7:53
PM ET
A politician who was convicted of
buying votes was sentenced Tuesday to more than two years in federal prison, but
he will continue to hold his post from his cell.
December Earthquake Uncovers Hot Spring
Tue Mar 16, 2:57
PM ET
Affectionately
known as "The Hole From Hell," a stinking, steaming, simmering cauldron wafts a
rotten-egg fog through City Hall, across the town park, and past the downtown
cafes, antique stores and farm suppliers.
Woman Jailed After 'Flipping Off' Sheriff
Tue Mar 16, 1:05
PM ET
A woman made an
obscene gesture toward an SUV Monday — one carrying the county sheriff and chief
deputy — and ended up in jail, police said.
Woman Gives Birth to Two Sets of Twins
AP -
Tue Mar 16, 6:03
PM ET
A Houston woman
gave birth Monday to two sets of identical twins — something the couple said
their doctor told them is only likely to happen in about 1 in 11 million
pregnancies.
Poop Scooper Finds Job Fun, Refreshing
AP -
Tue Mar 16, 9:53
PM ET
Whatever other
people say, Jim Rindhage doesn't think his job stinks. Rindhage is a
professional dog poop scooper. He is the owner of Scoop Master Pet Waste Removal
Services and proudly displays his motto on his pickup door: "We Take a Load
Off."
'Dirty Dancing' Shuts Down School Event
AP -
Tue Mar 16, 6:38
PM ET
Dirty dancing may
pack 'em in at the movie theaters, but at Bend High School, it's enough to shut
down a school dance.
In Rio, land of the string bikini, police censor nude sand
sculpture
Tue Mar 16, 6:36
PM ET
Copacabana beach,
where bikinis set the standard for skimpy, became a cultural battlefield when
police censored a display of nude sand sculptures.
DotComGuy seeks an end to the Internet life
Tue Mar 16, 2:37
PM ET
He spent four
years as "DotComGuy," including a year holed up in a Dallas home living entirely
off the Internet.
www.buckfush.com
Bush
losing credibility
The
Hill, DC - 3-17-04
...
that David Kay’s charge that the Bush administration had gotten the facts on WMD
completely wrong ... issue of weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) in Iraq. ...
Assorted News
Venezuela offers asylum
to Aristide
Seattle Times, WA -3-17-04
...
PRINCE, Haiti — Venezuela's strongly anti-American president yesterday offered
asylum to former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, echoing allegations
...
Culture War May Find WMD (white male defectors)
Infoshop News - 3-17-04
... over
swing voters – those critical white male defectors – President Bush may
find that his undoing in the culture war, just as in the war in Iraq, may
be ...
Venezuela Divide Played Out on TV
AP -
Wed Mar 17, 2:28
AM ET
Nowhere is
Venezuela's political divide more obvious than on its TV stations.
Survey: Discontent with U.S. Growing Overseas
Reuters -
3-17-04
Muslim nations are
angry at the United States and a growing percentage of Europeans want a
diplomatic and military divorce from Washington, according to a survey by the
Pew Research Center released on Tuesday.
U.K. Restricts Blood Donations
AP -
Tue Mar 16,11:44
PM ET
The British
government said Tuesday it would ban blood donations from anyone who had
received a transfusion since 1980, as a precaution against transferring the
human form of mad cow disease.
Londoners, feeling vulnerable, on look-out for bombs
AFP -
3-17-04
Londoners, feeling
vulnerable on the first anniversary of the Iraq invasion, peeled their eyes for
bombs in their midst after being warned that a terrorist strike was inevitable.
G.I. Seeks Conscientious Objector Status
AP
Shaken by a
gunfight in Iraq that killed innocent civilians, a 28-year-old U.S. soldier
declared the invasion "an oil-driven war" and said he won't return to the Middle
East and fight.
"Knowing these realities, America must not
ignore the threat gathering against us. Facing clear evidence of peril, we
cannot wait for the final proof - the smoking gun - that could come in the form
of a mushroom cloud."
President George W. Bush
Actually, I don't have a
drop of Irish blood in me. Although, I am married to a pure Mick.
But everyone
is Irish today!
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AHNC Trivia:
Riverdancing was derived
from the pretence of Irish dancing. The dancing was done to send a "code" that
the British are coming. This message was quickly sent house
to house by the sound of the tapping.
The Irish have been terrorized
by the British for about, ohhh, let's round off the figure, for 750
years.
The Casey Coat of Arms
Bowing allowed.
EMAIL:
Dear Lisa,
I guess I'm just in a poetic mindset these days. I became aware
of the Poets Against the War movement over a year ago as the March to
War was being broadcast. I don't recall seeing this address on your site
though I could be wrong.
With the anniversary of the farce upon us I feel drawn to the time
when we thought there was a chance it would never happen. Wishful thinking,
that. But wishful thinking is not wrong. It may be naive but it's not wrong.
One of the conservative notions that puzzles me the most is the idea
that conservatives are somehow more mature and responsible than liberals.
Which is more mature or responsible, to start a war or to prevent one; to
save a life or to take one; to extend a hand or to strike with it?
John Grant
http://poetsagainstthewar.org/
Thank you so much for
writing. Your last two sentences speak volumes.
And thank you for the
poetry.
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Good News
Space Dust to Unlock Mexican Pyramid Secrets
Reuters -
Tue Mar 16,10:44
AM ET
Remnants of space
dust that constantly showers the world are helping unlock the secrets of a
2,000-year-old Mexican pyramid where the rulers of a mysterious civilization may
lie buried.
Action Group Aims to 'Redefeat' Bush
AP -
Wed Mar 17, 3:30
AM ET
The name says it
all: Committee to Redefeat the President.
Spirit Rover Begins Inspecting Mars Drift
AP -
Tue Mar 16, 9:38
PM ET
NASA's Spirit
rover rolled 59 feet around the rim of a crater Tuesday to begin inspecting
firsthand a drift of windblown material that puzzles scientists.
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ST. PATRICK, RID US OF THESE SNAKES!
By Bill Gallagher
DETROIT -- We
need St. Patrick to drive from our land and high offices the vipers of war,
greed and intolerance. Topping the list of serpents more than ready for a
slithering exit from the public scene are George W. Bush and Dick Cheney.
Corporations,
the religious right and neocon world dominators form the three pillars of the
modern Republican Party and represent George W. Bush's base and hope of winning
another term…
Legend has it
St. Patrick drove the snakes from Ireland, lifting the people from their pagan
idolatry and implanting Christianity. The Christian faith got the Irish to stop
fighting and killing all of the time and to devote themselves occasionally to
more peaceful pursuits like reading and transcribing old books…
The Cliffs of Mohor, Ireland.
Erin go braugh (Ireland Forever).
Siochain.
