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Wednesday edition - June 21, 2006
Gee, I wonder how much safer the world would be, if Donald Rumsfeld didn't shake hands with Saddam in 1983 and Iran wasn't sold WMDs in 1986.
That's Ronald Reagan's legacy -- the mess we are in now.
A message to you big, tough, badass Evangelical hawks: has it ever occurred to you that the way to spread freedom and democracy is through PEACE? I didn't think so. -- Grant Gerver
The-World-Is-A-Safer-Place-Without-Saddam News US pair reported tortured, beheaded Boston Globe Saddam's lawyer shot dead and dumped Guardian Unlimited
Ooops, Unguarded Missile Silo - Feel Safer Now?
A peace activist group
says a Roman Catholic priest and two Minnesota military veterans infiltrated a
Minuteman III missile silo site in northwestern North Dakota, using
sledgehammers and hammers to gain access.
Those who gut our Country deserve to be gutted themselves. -- Grant Gerver
Disturbing News
"Republicans in the House of Representatives forced everyone to spend an entire day discussing a non-binding resolution praising the troops and labeling Iraq part of the War on Terror. Later they will debate a resolution declaring kittens 'adorable'" - -Jon Stewart
Jeb Bush Darkens Sunshine Law
Gov. Jeb Bush vetoed a bill that would have required prompt replies to public records requests while signing 37 measures into law Tuesday, including legislation making key lime Florida's official state pie.
Republican Shenanigans
"This is frightening. North Korea is ready to test long-range ballistic missiles. And next, they're going to start working on indoor plumbing." --David Letterman
Raising Funds for a Soon to Be Pardonee
Supporters of Vice President Dick Cheney's
indicted former chief of staff have raised more than $2 million since late
last year for his legal defense in the CIA leak case.
Rock-The-Voter News
It's All Good When Republicans Leak
No Democrat needs to apologize. Rove testified
five times before the grand jury with a resourceful lawyer in frequent
touch with the prosecutor. Lesser mortals would not have had five
opportunities to explain their conduct.
Good News
First Lady Laura Bush in August 2004 when she said claims that stem cell research could lead to cures for dreaded diseases such as Alzheimer’s were creating “false hopes.”
It's All Good When Republicans Do It
Gov. Ernie Fletcher of Kentucky a year ago,
after being accused of illegally forcing Democrats out of state Civil
Service jobs and giving the jobs to political loyalists, Mr.
Fletcher, a Republican, dismissed the charges...
"I think—tide turning—see, as I remember—I was raised in the desert, but tides kind of—it's easy to see a tide turn—did I say those words?"—George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., June 14, 2006
Biz-Tech News
The National Entertainment State, 2006
Bush-Prison-Torture News
Bush Revenge of Dan Rather Kicks In 28 Years Later
"Tacky."
Go-F*ck-Yourself News
BBC Interviews Ann Coolter (that's how the anchor pronounces it)
Quotes from the interview: I've criticized the 911 widows and there hasn't been a peep about it- Ann Coulter
The more reasoned critiques as you put it - aren't the number one book in America, and mine is, so I think I'm doing just fine. - Ann Coulter
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/newsnight/default.stm
“Republicans in the Senate have announced they are moving on from gay marriage -- that's over -- to a constitutional amendment to ban flag burning. They want to ban flag burning, this so we can join the only other three countries in the world that ban flag burnings -- China, Cuba, and Iran.” -- Jay Leno
Odd News
A young pileated gibbon (Hylobates pileatus) hangs with its mother in their enclosure at the zoo in Zurich, Switzerland on Wednesday, June 21, 2006. (Photo/Keystone, Walter Bieri)
Peace.
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