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Monday Edition - July 24, 2006
What's going on? Bush says no to a ceasefire and Rice suddenly wants a ceasefire?
"There was one embarrassing moment today for President Bush when they phoned the Pentagon about evacuating Lebanese-Americans. He said, 'I didn't even know Dick Cheney's daughter was over there.'" --Jay Leno
The-World-Is-A-Safer-Place-Without-Saddam News No letup as bombs kill 66 in Iraq Chicago Tribune
Maliki insists Iraq will not slide into civil war Hussein collapses in jail cell Chicago Tribune Condoleezza Rice won't meet with Syrian backers Jerusalem Post, Israel Wesley Clark Backs Israeli Actions In Mideast Conflict cbs4denver.com, CO At least 417 people have been reported killed in Lebanon and ... Lexington Herald Leader, KY Israel Signals It May Accept Foreign Forces on Border New York Times
Rice Makes Surprise Visit To Beirut
Baghdead - Grant Gerver
"The
president has been so absent on diplomacy when it comes to issues affecting the
Middle East. We're going to have a lot of ground to make up (in 2008) because of
it." --
Sen. John Kerry
Disturbing News
On This Day: In 1974, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that President Nixon had to turn over subpoenaed White House tape recordings to the Watergate special prosecutor.
Republican Shenanigans
All Politics Is Local
"It's like after Katrina, when the secretary of homeland security was saying all those people weren't really stranded when we were all watching it on TV," said Rep. Patrick T. McHenry (R-N.C.). "I still hear about that. We can't look like we won't face reality."
Republicans have had the White House and majorities in the states, House, Senate and the Supreme Court for about six years, yet conservative spinners blame godless liberals for all problems and perils. -- Zing!
Criminal violations and ethical offenses leaving ugly stain on Gov. Jeb Bush's tenure So much for the most ethical administration in Florida history. That's what Gov. Jeb Bush promised when he took office in 1999. What has he delivered almost eight years later, as he nears the end of his tenure? A disturbing roster of appointees in high positions forced to leave office after ethical or criminal violations, along with a legacy of fraud made easy by policies to privatize state services with little oversight. Here's just a partial list of infamy in office under Bush
Rock-The-Voter News
Israel appears to be taking a page out of Bush's playbook. --Grant Gerver
Biz-Tech News
We didn't elect this president: Diebold did.-- Grant Gerver
Bush-Prison-Torture News
"The Globe reports that North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Il raises money by selling fake Viagra pills. What it is about this guy? None of his missiles seem to launch." --Jay Leno
Go-F*ck-Yourself News
"My feeling is that there is nothing in life but refraining from hurting others, and comforting those that are sad." — Olive Schreiner, South African author and feminist (1855-1920).
Odd News
A Tomahawk missile fell off a
truck and onto a New York highway on Friday, but the weapon did not have a
warhead and posed no danger, police said. (Photo/NYPD)
Peace.
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