The three of them don't have any medals among them.

VETERANS FOR BUSH = OXYMORON

"We actually misnamed the War on Terror. It ought to be the Struggle Against Ideological Extremists Who Do Not Believe in Free Societies Who Happen to Use Terror as a Weapon To Try To Shape The Conscience Of The Free World." --President George W. Bush

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

• 3 U.S. Soldiers Killed in Najaf Voice of America, DC

• U.S. Tanks Near Holy Shrine in Najaf AP

• Iraqi 'human shields' flock to Najaf Al-Jazeera, Qatar 

• Iraq Evicts Reporters From Najaf  AP

• Council begins amid mortar blasts San Francisco Chronicle, CA 

• Protest at Iraq Forum Reshapes Najaf Crisis  washingtonpost.com

• Bush Plans to Withdraw 70,000 Troops From Europe, Asia, AP Says Bloomberg

• French reporter missing in Iraq BBC News, UK 

• Qaeda "held Pakistan planning summit" Reuters, UK

• Group Urges Italy, Netherlands Withdrawals  AP

• Threat to Italy deadline passes Valletta Times, Malta

• Sadr's influence seeps across turbulent Iraq  Chicago Tribune

• Reservists Say War Makes Them Lose Jobs  AP

• Iraqis accuse American troops of thefts Indian Express, India

"The really rich people figure out how to dodge taxes anyway." –- President Bush, explaining why high taxes on the rich are a failed strategy

Disturbing News

• Iran Warns Its Missiles Can Hit Anywhere in Israel  Reuters

• Israel looks to break Palestinian prisoners' hunger strike with barbecues   AFP

• U.S. embassy in Malaysia in 'anthrax scare'  AFP

• Empty Olympic stadiums set off alarm bells  AFP

• Chicago-Bound Plane From D.C. Evacuated  AP

"I just want to assure you that both President Bush and I have very firm alibis."  -- Sen. John Kerry, after three Davenport banks were robbed while Kerry and Bush were campaigning in the city at the same time

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Republican Shenanigans

• GOP Hypocrite of the Week: Alan Keyes BuzzFlash

• Many Offices Holding the Line on Post-9/11 Security Outlays New York Times, NY

• Never a hostile question for campaigning Bush  AFP

• Bush: Europeans Should End Airbus Subsidy  AP

• Keyes Wants to End Election of Senators  AP

• Republicans quietly push idea to replace IRS  Houston Chronicle, TX 

"Go ahead, yell it out. If I don't like the question, I'll reinvent it." -- President Bush, hosting an "Ask President Bush" forum in which all the questions were planted in advance

 Good News

• 1994 Law Designed to Preserve Guard Jobs  AP

• Marijuana May Stall Brain Tumor Growth WebMD

• Florida Voucher Law Ruled Unconstitutional ABC News

800 Irish rescued from Florida
Ireland Online, Ireland

"I am a uniter, not a divider." -- George W. Bush

Bush-Prison-Torture News

• Rumsfeld escapes blame in 'whitewash' Abu Ghraib report Telegraph.co.uk

• American vigilante suspects deny Afghan abuse CTV, Canada

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Go-F*** -Yourself News

• Study: Tax Burden Shifts to Middle Class  AP

• FBI Tracks Potential GOP Protesters  AP

"I didn't think to tell them, 'Don't stick your tongue out at the press.'" -- First lady Laura Bush, on giving advice to her daughters

Kerry/Edwards News

• Massachusetts Republicans Eye Kerry's Senate Seat  AP

• Kerry leads Bush -- despite Nader: poll  AFP

• Kerry's Blue Blood a Winner, Say Royal Researchers  Reuters

"Tribal sovereignty means that; it's sovereign. I mean, you're a — you've been given sovereignty, and you're viewed as a sovereign entity. And therefore the relationship between the federal government and tribes is one between sovereign entities." -- President George W. Bush (Listen to audio clip)

Odd News

• 'Secret Pentagon' hidden under mountain Myrtle Beach Sun News, SC

• U.S. to Give Cuba $50,000 Hurricane Aid  AP

• "Fahrenheit 9/11" popular in Kuwait despite ban Bulgarian News Network, Bulgaria 

• Puerto Ricans slam dunk U.S. NBA stars in epic upset  AFP

• Heiress Nicky Hilton Marries in Vegas  AP

• German Cyclist Fined for Obscene Gesture

• Nebraska Newspaper Prints Edition Backward

• Angry doll marketer threatens to market Schwarzenegger urinal cakes

A section of North Captiva Island, Fla., the luxury vacation haven which can be reached only by air and boat, is seen in this aerial view Sunday divided in two by Hurricane Charley's storm surge. It created a new inlet that appears to be several hundred yards long, Lee County spokesman Pat O'Rourke said. (Sarasota Herald Tribune, Rod Mattson)

Peace.