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11.3.2004  SEE:   My Country Tis Of Shit

Filed under: Words In Digital Form JasonC @ 7:54 am
NOTE: yes, we know theyre still counting the votes or something like it. Regardless of whether Kerry can somehow win (we give it a million to one chance), we mean every word

What a sad little place weve come to be, this America experiment of ours. A sad indictment of its people. You want this fraud for four more years? Fuckin have him. You think youve seen a mess? You havent seen shit. Well sit back and politely watch it all rot and wither before our eyes, and remember what it was like back when we had a real place to call home; remember when Americans cherished the value of a job well done not this miserable failure.

War? Infinite debt? Unending culture of fear? Economic incompetence? Here, take another term.

Excuse me, Kos, but now is not time for this tired, ridiculous and insulting dont get mad, get organized bullshit. Shut the fuck up. Every fucking year I hear this same shit. You know what? Maybe this country doesnt deserve us anymore. As far as Im concerned, they can go fuck themselves with their tax cuts for the wealthy with their oil wars their contempt for the environment for a womans right to choose their homophobia.

Turn us into a Christian Iran, Mr. President. Mold us in your fucking image, like the children we all must be.

This country is fucked and dont start saying, Oh, but Jason, dont forget about the 48% of us who voted for Kerry this country has a lot of good people like you and me. Partly true, but give me a fucking break. If this country werent fucked beyond repair, Bush would have been laughed out of office There would have been no need for an election or at least, only an election to decide who should replace the fuck. No president in our time has accomplished less, damaged more, been responsible for more death and destruction, showed less competence, than George W. Bush.

And yet, here I am looking at this electoral map. Fucking sick inside. Not for myself, really Ill be fine, life will go on as normal, I will probably wake up tomorrow, and the sun will probably still be shining, Ill still be able to pay my bills, and write little things on the internets but for my once proud country. A place where men and women and children from around the world used to aspire to emulate. Look at us now. How far weve fallen in so little time.

But this is what we want I guess a one-party fascist state. What was that Bush said not long ago about wishing he could be dictator? Well, mein furherer, heres your chance. Take it and run. Fuck up what you wish, because, as you must now know, you certainly wont be held accountable. We wont bother trying anymore. Rape the Alaskan wilderness to get your oil fix like a fucking desperate junkie bankrupt this country so you can throw away Social Security and end the New Deal once and for all consolidate the corporate oligarchy in the name of progress. Do it all. Fuck us hard.

Our assholes are wide open.

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On the bright side, I am infinitely proud of my state for saying no to the man. Thank you everyone for all the work you did to accomplish this.
 

11-03-04

Global monitors find faults
By Thomas Crampton International Herald Tribune
Wednesday, November 3, 2004


MIAMI The global implications of the U.S. election are undeniable, but international monitors at a polling station in southern Florida said Tuesday that voting procedures being used in the extremely close contest fell short in many ways from the best global practices.

The observers said they had less access to polls than in Kazakhstan, that the electronic voting had fewer fail-safes than in Venezuela, that the ballots were not so simple as in the Republic of Georgia and that no other country had such a complex national election system.

"To be honest, monitoring elections in Serbia a few months ago was much simpler," said Konrad Olszewski, an election observer stationed in Miami by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.

"They have one national election law and use the paper ballots I really prefer over any other system," Olszewski said.

Olszewski, whose democratic experience began with Poland's first free election in 1989, is one of 92 observers brought in by the Vienna-based organization, which was founded to maintain military security in Europe at the height of the Cold War.

Two-member observer teams have fanned out across 11 states and include citizens of 36 countries, ranging from Canada and Switzerland to Latvia, Kyrgyzstan, Slovenia and Belarus.

Formation of the U.S. election mission came after the State Department issued a standard letter on June 9 inviting the group to monitor the election.

All 55 states in the organization have, since 1990, agreed to invite observation teams to their national elections.

The decision to observe a presidential election for the first time was made because of the changes prompted by controversy over the U.S. elections in 2000, involving George W. Bush and Al Gore.

"Our presence is not meant as a criticism," said Ron Gould, Olszewski's team partner and the former assistant chief electoral officer for Elections Canada. "We mainly want to assess changes taken since the 2000 election."

Speaking as voting began at 7 a.m. in the Firefighter's Memorial Hall for precincts 401 and 446 of Miami-Dade County, the observers drew sharp distinctions between U.S.-style elections and those conducted elsewhere around the world.

"Unlike almost every other country in the world, there is not one national election today," said Gould, who has been involved in 90 election missions to 70 countries. "The decentralized system means that rules vary widely county-by-county, so there are actually more than 13,000 elections today."

Variations in local election law not only make it difficult for election monitors to generalize on a national basis, but also prohibit the observers from entering polling stations at all in some states and counties. Such laws mean that no election observers from the OSCE are in Ohio, a swing state fraught with battles over voter intimidation and other polling issues.

As for electronic voting, Gould said he preferred Venezuela's system over the calculator-sized touchpads in Miami.

"Each electronic vote in Venezuela also produces a ticket that voters then drop into a ballot box," Gould said. "Unlike fully electronic systems, this gives a backup that can be used to counter claims of massive fraud."

Venezuela had trouble implementing the system, Gould added, because the ticket printers kept breaking down.

The United States is also nearly unique in lacking a unified voter registration system or national identity card, Gould said, adding that he would ideally require U.S. voters to dip a finger in an ink bowl or have a cuticle stained black after voting.

"In El Salvador, Namibia and so many other elections, the ink was extremely important in preventing challenges to multiple voting," Gould said. "In Afghanistan it didn't work so well because they used the dipping ink for the cuticles, so it wiped right off."

To observe elections in Florida, Gould and his partner first stopped to meet state election officials in Tallahassee.

Their visit to Miami included failed attempts to witness election preparations at two polling stations on Monday evening. After a two-hour drive through heavy traffic, the observers found both polling stations deserted.

"In Venezuela we drove around to all the polling stations ahead of time to make sure this didn't happen," Gould said. "Here we consider studying the system more important than looking at actual voting."

Indeed, the team left the Miami polling station little more than half an hour after voting began to make a live interview scheduled on CNN. Media relations has become a major part of their mission, with reporters mobbing the monitors at every stop in Florida and a Japanese television crew from NTV tailing them across the state since Friday.

"There is a lot of interest in Japan where this election observation is seen as a kind of satire," said Fumi Kobayashi, the New York-based correspondent for NTV. "So strange to imagine Europeans coming to monitor elections in the U.S., don't you think?"

A selection of voters and election officials questioned as they left the Miami polling station said they mainly found the election monitors reassuring.

"The United States has long been a model for the world," said Richard Williams, a poll-watcher officially designated by the Democratic Party. "If we allow international observers we will continue to have a leading role."

Not everyone agrees. Jeff Miller, a Republican congressman from Florida, considers the monitors an insult and has publicly urged them to leave. "Get on the next plane out of the United States to go monitor an election somewhere else, like Afghanistan," he said.

Notes taken by the observers, which Gould said often take up just a few pages from his pocket-sized reporter's notebook, will be fed into a national assessment issued by the organization two days after the election. Following standard procedure for all elections, a more detailed report will be issued one month later.

11-01-04

The Chimp Wins Colorado

Except the Election Hasn't Started Yet!!

BUSH WINS COLORADO

11-01-04

The Slaughter Continues in Iraq 50/

KERRY BLOG COMMENTS/

BUSH PAGE /

The End Is Near

10-30-04

The Slaughter Continues in Iraq 49/

The FINAL Push Begins/

BIN LADEN ENDORSES BUSH

SEE:  GEORGE BUSH'S MESSAGE TO ALL OF US

NO GEORGE YOU CAN'T, WE ARE NOT GOING TO ALLOW YOU TO DO THAT ANYMORE,

AND YOU KNOW WHAT? WHY DON'T YOU JUST...

GO F**K YOURSELF!!!!!

Intimidation

SEE:  NEW YORK TIMES

CCiting July Speech, I.R.S. Decides to Review N.A.A.C.P.
By MICHAEL JANOFSKY

Published: October 29, 2004

ASHINGTON, Oct. 28 - The Internal Revenue Service has begun reviewing the tax-exempt status of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, citing concerns over a speech given by its chairman, Julian Bond, at its annual convention last July in Philadelphia.

In a letter dated Oct. 8 and released Thursday, the I.R.S. told the association it had received information that Mr. Bond conveyed "statements in opposition of George W. Bush for the office of presidency" and specifically that he had "condemned the administration policies of George W. Bush in education, the economy and the war in Iraq."

The letter reminded the association that tax-exempt organizations are legally barred from supporting or opposing any candidate for elective office.

Mr. Bond's speech on July 11 included a long section that sharply criticized the Republican Party, Mr. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney for their positions on an array of issues important to black Americans.

In an interview Thursday, Mr. Bond defended his remarks, saying they focused on policy, not politics.

"This is an attempt to silence the N.A.A.C.P. on the very eve of a presidential election," he said. "We are best known for registering and turning out large numbers of African-American voters. Clearly, someone in the I.R.S. doesn't want that to happen."

He added, "It's Orwellian to believe that criticism of the president is not allowed or that the president is somehow immune from criticism."

I.R.S. officials said they could not discuss the specifics of any case. But Mark W. Everson, the agency's commissioner, issued a statement denying that the agency's interest in the group was politically motivated.

"The I.R.S. follows strict procedures involving the selection of tax-exempt organizations for audit and resolution of any complaints about such groups," Mr. Everson said. "Career civil servants, not political appointees, make these decisions in a fair, impartial manner. Any suggestion that the I.R.S. has tilted its audit activities for political purposes is repugnant and groundless."

The N.A.A.C.P. is hardly the first organization to raise questions about I.R.S. actions around an election. In the 1990's, so many organizations accused the I.R.S. of engaging in politically motivated examinations that the Congressional Joint Committee on Taxation reviewed all examination data for tax-exempt organizations between 1990 and 1998. It found "no credible evidence" of wrongdoing by the agency or the Clinton administration.

Mr. Bond, who has been chairman of the N.A.A.C.P. for six years, said he knew of no other time the I.R.S. had challenged the 95-year-old association's tax status on political grounds.

Mr. Bond said that the association had a chilly relationship with Mr. Bush, who declined to speak at its last four annual conventions, and that black voters were worried that the problems that kept thousands of them from voting in 2000 could recur this year in Florida and elsewhere.

With association officials now immersed in efforts to register new voters and to make sure early voting proceeds smoothly, he said the I.R.S. request was placing new financial and personnel demands on the group.

The I.R.S. has asked it to provide a written response that includes detailed financial information about its 2004 convention, personal information about its 64 board members and relevant information about Mr. Bond's speech.

"Of course, we're concerned," Mr. Bond said. "I feel we'll be vindicated in the end because we have not violated any I.R.S. rules or regulations. But this takes a great deal of effort and money to defend and could take up to two years to resolve."
 

More reasons to oust the emperor chimp...

SEE:  JOHN KERRY BLOG

Ripped From the Headlines
A DOSE OF REALITY FOR THE EXCUSES PRESIDENCY: BUSH CANT ESCAPE HIS RECORD OF FAILURE

From Iraq violence and missing explosives to FBI probe, bad news dogs Bush as election nears [Florida Times-Union, 10/29/04]

BUSH CANT ESCAPE REALITY OF HIS WRONG CHOICES IN IRAQ & AFGHANISTAN

Video: Arms at Site After Invasion; The TV footage was Shot By an Embedded Journalist Nine Days after Hussein Fell. [Philadelphia Inquirer, 10/29/04]

Video Shows Slaying of 11 Iraqi Guardsmen [Washington Post, 10/29/04]

Survey suggests war-linked deaths in Iraq may be as high as 100,000 [Philadelphia Inquirer, 10/29/04]

Afghan Gunmen Abduct 3 Foreign Workers [Washington Post, 10/29/04]

Homeland Security Disavows Document Touting Successes; Officials Say Agencys Public Relations Plan Was Not Approved [Washington Post, 10/29/04]

BUSH CANT ESCAPE REALITY OF HIS WRONG CHOICES IN HIS CAMPAIGN

Bush Campaign Replaces Ad That Had Doctored Images [New York Times, 10/29/04]

Bush Seeks Limit to Suits Over Voting Rights; Administration lawyers argue that only the Justice Department, not the voters, may sue to enforce provisions in the Help America Vote Act. [Los Angeles Times, 10/29/04]

GOP Operative Under Fire Over Tactics [Minneapolis Star Tribune, 10/29/04]

BUSH CANT ESCAPE REALITY OF HIS WRONG CHOICES ON HEALTH CARE

Bush Aides Seek to Calm Flu-Shot Fears [Wall Street Journal, 10/29/04]

State Joins Canadian Drug-Import Program; Missouri has joined Illinois and Wisconsin in a new drug-import program to make cheaper prescription drugs available from Canada and Europe, despite a federal ban. [Los Angeles Times, 10/28/04]

Cheneys AIDS remark shows contempt for Black Americans; Three Black Caucus members excoriate the administrations healthcare policies [Minnesota Sportsman-Recorder, 10/29/04]

Approved Stem Cells Potential Questioned [Washington Post, 10/29/04]

BUSH CANT ESCAPE REALITY ON HIS ADMINISTRATIONS CORRUPTION SCANDALS

FBI Probes How Work was Won by Halliburton [Orlando Sentinel, 10/29/04]

Doors Opened for Gas Firm Tied to Neil Bush [Los Angeles Times, 10/29/04]

More reasons to oust the emperor chimp...

SEE:  BIN LADEN FOR BUSH

CAIRO, Egypt - Osama bin Laden (news - web sites), injecting himself into the campaign four days ahead of presidential elections, said in a videotape aired Friday that the United States can avoid another Sept. 11 attack if it stops threatening the security of Muslims.
AP Photo
Slideshow: Osama bin Laden & al-Qaida

In the segment broadcast, the al-Qaida leader refrained from directly threatening new attacks, although he said "there are still reasons to repeat what happened."

"Your security is not in the hands of Kerry, Bush or al-Qaida. Your security is in your own hands," bin Laden said, referring to the president and his Democratic opponent. "Any state that does not mess with our security, has naturally guaranteed its own security."

Admitting for the first time that he ordered the Sept. 11 attacks, bin Laden said he did so because of injustices against the Lebanese and Palestinians by Israel and the United States.

In what appeared to be conciliatory language, bin Laden said he wanted to explain why he ordered the suicide airline hijackings that hit the World Trade Center and the Pentagon (news - web sites) so Americans would know how to act to prevent another attack.

"To the American people, my talk is to you about the best way to avoid another Manhattan," he said. "I tell you: Security is an important element of human life and free people do not give up their security."

It was the first footage in more than a year of the fugitive al-Qaida leader, thought to be hiding in the mountains along the Pakistan-Afghanistan (news - web sites) border. The video, broadcast on Al-Jazeera television, showed bin Laden with a long gray beard, wearing traditional white robes, a turban and a golden cloak, standing behind a table with papers and in front of a plain, brown curtain.

His hands were steady and he appeared healthy.

The Bush administration said Friday it believes the videotape was authentic and had been made recently. White House press secretary Scott McClellan said the administration did not plan to raise the nation's threat level for now.

A U.S. official in Washington said the 18-minute tape lacks an explicit threat and repeats well-worn themes.

Al-Jazeera broadcast about one minute of the tape. The station's spokesman, Jihad Ali Ballout, said they aired what was "newsworthy and relevant" and refused to describe the unaired portions, including whether they included any threats.

There was no way to determine exactly when the tape was made but it offered evidence that bin Laden was alive and following events. Sen. John Kerry (news - web sites) emerged as the Democratic candidate in the spring.

In Florida, Kerry said all Americans are united against bin Laden, adding he would "stop at absolutely nothing to hunt down, capture or kill the terrorists wherever they are, whatever it takes, period."

Bin Laden accused President Bush (news - web sites) of misleading Americans by saying the attack was carried out because al-Qaida "hates freedom." Bin Laden said his followers have left alone countries that do not threaten Muslims.

"We fought you because we are free ... and want to regain freedom for our nation. As you undermine our security we undermine yours," he said.

He said he was first inspired to attack the United States by the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon in which towers and buildings in Beirut were destroyed in the siege of the capital.

"While I was looking at these destroyed towers in Lebanon, it sparked in my mind that the tyrant should be punished with the same and that we should destroy towers in America, so that it tastes what we taste and would be deterred from killing our children and women," he said.

"God knows that it had not occurred to our mind to attack the towers, but after our patience ran out and we saw the injustice and inflexibility of the American-Israeli alliance toward our people in Palestine and Lebanon, this came to my mind," he said.

Bin Laden suggested Bush was slow to react to the Sept. 11 attacks, giving the hijackers more time than they expected. At the time of the attacks, the president was listening to schoolchildren in Florida reading a book.

"It never occurred to us that the commander-in-chief of the American armed forces would leave 50,000 of his citizens in the two towers to face these horrors alone," he said, referring to the number of people who worked at the World Trade Center.

"It appeared to him (Bush) that a little girl's talk about her goat and its butting was more important than the planes and their butting of the skyscrapers. That gave us three times the required time to carry out the operations, thank God," he said.

In planning the attacks, bin Laden said he told Mohammed Atta, one of the hijackers, that the strikes had to be carried out "within 20 minutes before Bush and his administration noticed."

Bin Laden also said the Bush administration was like repressive Arab regimes "in that half of them are ruled by the military and the other half are ruled by the sons of kings and presidents."

The image of bin Laden reading a statement was dramatically different from the few other videos of the al-Qaida leader that have emerged since the Sept. 11 attacks.

In the last videotape, issued Sept. 10, 2003, bin Laden is seen walking through rocky terrain with his top deputy Ayman al-Zawahri, both carrying automatic rifles. In a taped message issued at the same time, bin Laden praises the "great damage to the enemy" on Sept. 11 and mentions five hijackers by name.

In December 2001, the Pentagon released a videotape in which bin Laden is shown at a dinner with associates in Afghanistan on Nov. 9, 2001, saying the destruction of the Sept. 11 attacks exceeded even his "optimistic" calculations.

But in none of his previous messages, audio or video, did bin Laden directly state that he ordered the attacks.

U.S. authorities have long said they believe bin Laden is hiding in a rugged, mountainous tribal region of Pakistan that borders Afghanistan, but there has been no firm evidence of his whereabouts for three years.

The last audiotape purportedly from bin Laden came in April. The speaker on the tape, which CIA (news - web sites) analysts said likely was the al-Qaida leader, offered a truce to European nations if they pull troops out of Muslim countries. The tape referred to the March 22 assassination by Israel of Hamas founder Sheik Ahmed Yassin.

Al-Zawahri, bin Laden's Egyptian deputy, has spoken on three recent audiotapes that emerged on June 11, Sept. 9 and Oct. 1 this year. In the latest, he called on young Muslims to strike the United States and its allies.

10-21-04

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Why would those who are profiting the most from 9-11 want to track down Bin Laden??? 9-11 was made to order for BushCo, George Bush stated he had, hit the trifecta!, regarding the events of 9-11, it should make that clear for everyone, they will not go after Bin Laden, nor will they actually fight an effective war against terror, it goes against their own interests to do so Now we have to ask ourselves; Are people who put their own personal gain, and the advancement of a SECRET AGENDA, ahead of the lives of the American people, worthy of being in power? NO! With the Bushies there is not only the appearance of impropriety, but mountains of evidence pointing to deeds so evil that they defy belief. One of the most startling and irrefutable pieces of evidence that I have seen are photographs which prove an airplane never hit the Pentagon, then there are the thousands of statements, actions, and slips of the tongue, coming at us on a daily basis which point in one direction, yet no one wants to go there, because it defies belief to imagine, that the President of the United States and those who put him in the White House are guilty of involvement in the single most horrific act of terrorism in modern history, orchestrated to allow them to go ahead with their Hidden Agenda, complete world domination just being one aspect of it So Agent TOM OSSMAN aka Osama bin Laden will continue to go free and they will continue to try to stifle dissent, cow us into submission, twist the truth, and pull the wool over our eyes. And dear reader have no doubt, they will do, ABSOLUTELY ANYTHING, to stay in power

10-20-04

The Slaughter Continues in Iraq 47/

Republicans Continue to Jump Ship/

Illegal Micro-Implants/Smirky the Chimp's

Brother: Rat the Arrogant/Radical Teachers

Arrested for Wearing T-Shirts

The Republicans continue to bail out on chimpy....

SEE:  JOHN KERRY BLOG

Conscience of a Conservative
The New Republic's October 25 issue contains the latest anguished letter from another Republican who has decided to vote for John Kerry. In a truly impassioned plea, New York Post editorial writer Robert A. George lays out a damning case against George Bush for violating the fundamental tenets of conservatism, including fiscal responsibility, smaller government, and accountability for all of the activities of the executive branch, even in a time of "war." (Keep in mind that the New York Post is owned by Rupert Murdoch, the arch conservative media mogul.)
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"Conscience of a Conservative":
Robert A. George
The New Republic

Sixteen years ago, just out of college, I volunteered at the Republican National Convention as a man named George Bush prepared to begin a fall campaign that would see him defeat a Democrat from Massachusetts. The sparkling words of an acceptance speech crafted by Peggy Noonanand delivered almost flawlessly--helped him inspire his party and a country that saw him as an extension of Ronald Reagan. It fell to that George Bush to "close out" the cold war and launch a different one in the Persian Gulf.

Now, sixteen years later, after tenures working for the party and a couple of Republican members on Capitol Hill (including a speaker named Newt Gingrich) and becoming an earnest fellow traveler of the conservative movement, I find it impossible to support the current George Bush--whom his party sees as the ideological extension of Ronald Reagan--as he faces his own showdown with a Democrat from Massachusetts and oversees a war centered n the Middle East.

At the Republican National Convention, George W. Bush mocked John Kerry's claim of having "conservative values." But what are conservative values? Two of the core principles at the heart of modern conservatism are a belief in the virtue of smaller government and a conviction that government must be accountable to the public. Those principles were enunciated ten years ago in the Contract with America, which helped Republicans take full control of Congress for the first time in four decades. That document sought "the end of government that is too big, too intrusive, and too easy with the public's money." In this context, Bush's first term has represented a betrayal of conservative values.

The are getting under our skins....

SEE:  MICRO-SCOPIC IMPLANTS    ZIPPED PDF WITH PICTURES   SOURCE

Criminal and Scientific Misconduct Involving Neural Prosthesis Research Funded by the NIH/NINDS/NPP and The Alfred E. Mann Foundation

The photos contained in this document are of microstimulator devices that were surgically recovered and analyzed by using microscopy and by materials charcterization techniques. The recovered devices are an exact match for the devices that were developed by research scientists Joseph Schulman, Gerald Loeb and Philip Troyk under contract from the National Institutes of Health. There are about 4 contracts involved, but the initial contract was #N01-NS5-2325 and funded by the NIH/NINDS/NPP. More information regarding these contracts can be found at the NIH Neural Prosthesis Project website. The following list briefly outlines some of the evidence presented in this document:
 

Florida again!!!

SEE:  JEB THE RAT

Investigate Jeb Bush!
      People For the American Way Foundation President Ralph G. Neas said today that new revelations from a "smoking e-mail" about Governor Jeb Bush's involvement in the attempted implementation of a voter purge list in Florida demand the appointment of a special counsel by U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft

The land of the free???????????

SEE:  OREGON

       October 14 - MEDFORD President Bush taught three Oregon schoolteachers a new lesson.

      Three Medford school teachers were threatened with arrest and escorted from the event after they showed up wearing T-shirts with the slogan "Protect our civil liberties." All three said they applied for and received valid tickets from Republican headquarters in Medford

       When Vice President Dick Cheney visited Eugene, Oregon on Sept. 17, a 54-Year old woman named Perry Patterson was charged with criminal trespass for blurting the word "No" when Cheney said that George W. Bush has made the world safer.

       One day before, Sue Niederer, 55, the mother of a slain American soldier in Iraq was cuffed and arrested for criminal trespass when she interrupted a Laura Bush speech in New Jersey. Both women had tickets to the event.
 

10-13-04

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Conservatives are Dumping Smirky/

"Real President", Vladimir Putin Takes

Important Step Toward Unifying Central Asia

and Russia

The following article makes a great case for even the "conservatives" to vote for Kerry...

SEE:  President Putin

"President Vladimir Putin has signed an order on signing the protocol on the Russian Federation joining the agreement founding the Central Asian Cooperation Organisation.

The text of the instruction On signing the protocol on the Russian Federation joining the agreement between the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Republic of Kyrgyzstan, the Republic of Tajikistan and the Republic of Uzbekistan of February 28, 2002, founding the Central Asian Cooperation Organisation.

"1. Approve the proposal of the Russian Foreign Ministry, approved by the Russian Interior Ministry, the Russian Defence Ministry, the Russian Ministry of Economic Development and Trade, the Russian Finance Ministry, the Russian Justice Ministry, the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service and the Russian Federal Security Service on signing the protocol on the Russian Federation joining the agreement between the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Republic of Kyrgyzstan, the Republic of Tajikistan and the Republic of Uzbekistan of February 28, 2002, founding the Central Asian Cooperation Organisation.

2. Consider it as expedient to sign the protocol referred to in the present order at the highest level."

The following article makes a great case for even the "conservatives" to vote for Kerry...

SEE:  JOHN KERRY BLOG

"The conservative case for Kerry "
Clyde Prestowitz
Washington, DC

As a former Reagan-administration official, registered Republican, born-again Christian, and traditional conservative, I am going to vote for John Kerry. So are many other old-line Republicans. Here's why.

While the Bush administration calls itself "conservative," its use of the term is frankly Orwellian. It not only deprives the word of meaning, but also presents the administration's philosophy as the opposite of what it actually is.

Conservatives have always believed in fiscal responsibility: in being sure you could pay your way and in providing for the future. Conservatives pay down debt, rather than adding to it. This doesn't necessarily mean balancing the budget every year, but at a minimum it means striving toward balance as a top priority.

The Bush approach is completely at odds with such thinking. If any proof were needed, it was amply provided in the president's acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention. With Congressional Budget Office projections showing oceans of red ink for the indefinite future, President Bush promised more tax cuts. His audience cheered.

Conservatives are often well off, but they understand that the best way to preserve the society in which they are doing so well is to ensure that all its members can survive at a reasonable standard of living. It was the conservative Otto von Bismarck, after all, who first introduced social-security programs in 19th Century Germany for just that reason.

Conservatives do not loot the Treasury or bet the future health of their society on the chance that the best-case scenario will actually materialize. They provide for the worst case. So a conservative would have expected that the president's tax cuts and promises of more to come would at least have been accompanied by plans for cutting expenditures.

That expectation would have been disappointed, however, as the president promised about $1 trillion of new spending programs that, given his tax cuts, can be paid for only with red ink.

Which brings us to a second fundamental principle of conservatism: small government. From the founding of the Republic until now, conservatives have feared the threat to liberty posed by big government.
Conservative icon Ronald Reagan came to power primarily by focusing on big government as the source of most of the country's problems. But the Bush administration has presided over a steady increase in the size of government, as federal expenditure has risen as a percentage of gross domestic product, after declining in the late 1990s.

Conservatives have never been enthusiastic about foreign adventures or about messianic undertakings. John Adams made the point early in our history when he emphasized that "America does not go abroad to slay dragons."

It was the liberal Democrats Woodrow Wilson and John Kennedy who committed the United States to making the world safe for democracy and to "bearing any burden and paying any price to assure the success of liberty." These are fine-sounding words, but they are not the words of conservatives. Thus, when President Bush promises to democratize the Mideast, conservatives cringe. So much so, in fact, that several former high-ranking officials of the Reagan and first Bush administrations have told me that they are not supporting the president for re-election.

This is because they know that, administration rhetoric to the contrary notwithstanding, we are not safer today than we were three years ago. Far from destroying al-Qaida and cutting its alleged links with Saddam Hussein, we have made Iraq into a magnet for terrorists. Worse, there is a real possibility that Osama bin Laden could gain control of our ally Pakistan, with its nuclear weapons and operational long-range missiles. Safe? Not on your life.

Nor are we freer. Conservatives are nothing if not steadfast defenders of individual rights, rule of law, and due process. Yet the Patriot Act and the procedures at Guantanamo Bay and elsewhere have visibly infringed on all of these. It is ironic that even as it preaches about widening the circle of freedom abroad, the administration is reducing it at home.

Before the current campaign, it might have been argued that at least in affirming the importance of faith and respecting those who profess it the administration had embraced traditional conservative views. But in the wake of the Swift Boat ads attacking John Kerry, even this argument can no longer be maintained. As an elder of the Presbyterian Church, I found that those ads were not at all in the Christian tradition. John McCain rightly condemned them as dishonest and dishonorable. The president should have, too. That he did not undermines his credibility on questions of faith.

Some say it's just politics. But that's the whole point. More is expected of people of faith than "just politics."

The fact is that the Bush administration might better be called radical or romantic or adventurist than conservative. And that's why real conservatives are leaning toward Kerry.

Posted by DickBell on October 15, 2004 at 11:33 PM

10-13-04

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Milli-Chimp Loses Again-

Strike Three!! You're Out !!!!!

The stinking weasel loses again an unprecedented third debate loss for an incumbent president.

SEE:  JOHN KERRY BLOG

RESULTS ARE IN!
Kerry Wins Third Debate

ABC Who won the debate?

Among Democrats Kerry: 81%

Among Republicans Bush: 73%

CBS Poll uncommitted voters:

Who won the debate:

Kerry-Edwards: 39

Bush-Cheney: 25

Tie: 36

CBS POLL, Kerry has clear positions on issues:

Before: 29%

After: 60%

CNN Poll:

Kerry 52%

Bush 39%

MSNBC Keith Oberman:

12 Rounds Kerry

4 Rounds Bush

MSNBC Online poll:

Who won the debate?

Kerry 75, Bush 25%

KERRY WINS ABC REPUBLICAN HEAVY POLL:

Of the 566 People Polled (38% Were Republican, 30% Democrat, 28% Independent) Kerry Won 42%-415

Kerry In Control And Winner

Bob Novak: Kerry seems to be overpowering Bush. [cnn.com, 10/13/04]

Candy Crowley: If what youre looking for in a candidate is the best debater, I mean, that is definitely John Kerry. He has a quick command of the facts, he is very articulate, and I think the poll reflects that. [CNN, 10/13/04]

Ron Reagan: I will predict that the polls tomorrow, just as they have in the two previous presidential debates, will say that Kerry won. [MSNBC, 10/13/04]

Pat Buchanan: Kerry was, I thought, very much at the top of his game and I thought toward the end, when you saw Kerry, you saw more of the humanity of the man in some of those questions, which was very helpful to them; talking about the daughters and things. I thought he had some excellent moments. [MSNBC, 10/13/04]

John Roberts: I would probably have to give it to John Kerry. He seemed a little bit more poised. [CBS, John Roberts, 10/13/04]

Joe Scarborough: It gave Democrats a reason to be excited about John Kerry. [MSNBC, 10/13/04]

Jon Meacham, Newsweek: John Kerry took the populist war straight to the President. [MSNBC, 10/13/04]

Tavis Smiley: I think, Peter, that you have to shore up your basesI think Mr. Kerry did that with people of color on the left. [ABC, 10/13/04]

Bill Schneider: Well this was a decisive win for John Kerry. It was just about as decisive as his win in the first debate, which everyone agreed was a blowout. His, the first debate he won by 16 points; this debate, Kerry won by 13 points. According to the views of the viewers polled immediately after the debate so they had no chance really to be influenced by the spin. [CNN, 10/13/04]

Andrea Mitchell: Kerry says, well we all, you know, married above ourselves and some would say, me more than most joking about Teresa Heinz and her extraordinary fortune and I thought that was actually showing a lot of self confidence of John Kerry to joke about that disparity. [MSNBC, 10/13/04

Kerrys Momentum Grew And Grows

David Gergen: "John Kerry, Sen. Kerry gained strength as the debate went on and I thought he became much more effective and if anything I thought the last part of the debate was his." [PBS, 10/13/04]

Carlos Watson: As we went along, as we talked about social security, as we talked about immigration, as we talked even about the Supreme Court, I thought John Kerry ultimately found his voice. And when all is said and done I think Kerry will be proclaimed the winner, which I think will be significant because I think he will be viewed as having won all three debates. [CNN, 10/13/04]

Dean Reynolds: I think the candidate whose numbers have been moving in the right direction for the last 10 days has been Senator John Kerry, this debate did nothing to stop that, and I think from the Kerry point of view theyll be happy about the results tonight. [ABC, 10/13/04]

Anthony Mason: Dan, the uncommitted voters in our survey have given the edge in this debate, to this final debate, to John Kerry. [CBS, 10/13/04]

Kerry Appealed To Voters

David Gergen: "What I thought John Kerry did very effectively tonight was reach out to women voters and they've become critical to his election Charlie, its the bigggest change that's taken place since these debates started. And tonight, I would imagine with the Yankees and Red Sox on, there were probably a lot of women in that audience tonight." [PBS, 10/13/04]

"After viewing two presidential debates, a group of local independent voters has decided whom to support - and will use tonight's face-off simply to make sure they've got it right. Currently, Kerry is the pick of the majority. The Denver Post gathered the five panelists last month to view the debates. At the time, none of them had decided." [Denver Post, 10/13/04]

Seniors Weigh In For Kerry. AARP hosted a debate watch party in Las Vegas they were asked: Which presidential candidate best addressed the issues important to you? 76.2% for John Kerry, 15.1% George W. Bush, 8.7 Draw

Kerry More Presidential

Bill Schneider: Well I think he did appear more presidential than the president, which is exactly why he won the first debate and why he won this debate. [CNN, 10/13/04]

Richard Wolfe: John Kerry has looked more presidential and more personable as these debates have gone on. [CNN, 10/13/04]

Perry Bacon, Time Magazine: And still, Kerry came out looking more presidential [CNN, 10/13/04]

Kerry Clear On Issues

Andrea Mitchell: I think Kerry cleared up any confusion that might have existed about how he as a Catholic was dealing with this very complex issue [abortion]. [MSNBC, 10/13/04]

George Stephanopoulos: I thought Senator Kerry was most effective on talking about jobs, minimum wage, healthcare and social security. [ABC, 10/13/04]

"Kerry's answer on health-care costs may be his best yet. He lays out the case against the administration logically and clearly." [Kit Seeyle, New York Times online, 10/13/04]

"In response to the flu vaccine, Bush narrowly focuses on the question and tells people not to get a flu shot. Kerry smartly takes the topic back to health care." [Kit Seeyle, New York Times online, 10/13/04]

Chris Wallace: "I thought perhaps because of the subject matter that John Kerry did better in the second half on subjects like minimum wage which the president seemed somewhat uncomfortable on." [Fox News, 10/13/04]

Mark Shields: I thought Kerry's best answer by far was on the assault weapons. When the President begged off, it was Bob Schieffer's question to him Jim, why didn't you, you said you'd sign it, why didn't you lift a finger to do it, he said well they told me in Congress they didn't have the votes to do it and he said I would have gone to Tom Delay, and said we're going to have a fight, we'll go to the country on this. I thought that was probably Kerry's best answer. [PBS, 10/13/04]

Chris Matthews: Senator Kerry tonight was able to score on the class issue. [MSNBC, 10/13/04]

Tom Brokaw: I think that they were seeing on the war issue that John Kerry had tapped into something out there in America. That there were doubts even among the presidents supporters on the Republican side of the agenda and especially in a lot of those traditionally red states where they have a lot of people overseas and beginning to wonder if this was going well or not. So they had to move it; move the agenda, if you will, off the war and harder onto the social issues. [MSNBC, 10/13/04]

Bush Fell, Kerry Cleaned-Up

Ron Reagan: George Bush made a mistake. Kerry quoted him accurately as it turns out in saying hes not really worried about Osama bin Laden and Bush came back and said, well I dont recall ever saying anything like that, well youll see the clip of him saying exactly that tomorrow. [MSNBC 10:32 pm]

Mark Shields: I think Kerry is far more factual. [PBS, 10/13/04]

Brian Williams: We heard the name Osama Bin Laden mentioned again tonight and tonight our fact checkers found the President in a major contradiction. Here is what the President said on stage tonight in response to a charge by Sen. Kerry [Bush clip, exaggerations]. But here is what the President said about Bin Laden in March of 2002 [Bush clip saying he is not concerned about Bin Laden]. [NBC, 10/13/04]

Chris Jansing: He painted the president as some one who led us to a misguided war, who has put Americans at risk because they don't have health insurance, who has lost more jobs than any president. [MSNBC, 10/13/04]

Bush Mission To Win Debate: NOT ACCOMPLISHED

George Stephanopoulos: Most Americans believe were going in the wrong direction right now. [ABC, 10/13/04]

Jeff Greenfield: I think to the extent that the Republicans were looking for the president to lay the heavy lumber on John Kerry, that did not happen. And so if weve gone this last ten days with Kerry slowly moving up on Bush, I dont see anything in this debate that will change that. [CNN, 10/13/04]

John King: I do think Republicans will agree that the president was perhaps not emphatic or focused enough in doing as much as he wanted to do to calling the Senate record into play and put the liberal label on Senator Kerry. [CNN, 10/13/04]

Bob Novak: Bush looks wishy-washy on the assault-weapons ban. [cnn.com, 10/13/04]

Richard Wolfe: John Kerry, I thought, took this one by points. The president really needed to get a big victory tonight and he fell short of that. You know, he beat himself in the previous debates, but that really wasnt good enough. [CNN, 10/13/04]

Bushs Expressions Showed His Weakness

"Bush seems more on edge than Kerry. His voice is rising, almost to a shout. And he pounds his hand for emphasis. Kerry is trying to show he is cool, calm and collected." [Kit Seeyle, New York Times online, 10/13/04]

Bob Novak: Bush's chuckles are not so good. [cnn.com, 10/13/04]

Chris Matthews: I think the president had sort of an unhappy look but it was a very controlled and disciplined look. He was obviously told theyre looking at you, dont put on a show. But he didnt look happy. He wasnt used to this kind of brow-beating. [MSNBC, 10/13/04]

Posted by Ari Rabin-Havt on October 14, 2004 at 12:18 AM

10-13-04

The Slaughter Continues in Iraq 44/

1,111 US Dead/Chimp Wore Wire

The stinking weasel who can not form coherent sentences in even unable to do so when he is wired directly to Karl Rove.

SEE:  BUSH

The same situation is observed regarding the ridge that runs from bulge across this right shoulder blade and over his collar bone. Despite his movements the ridge does not move relative to his body, but the suit coat moves relative to it. This element behaves almost identically to the bulge between his shoulder blades and it also appears to be something close fitting and likely secured to his oxford shirt or undershirt.

Additionally, his shoulder blades, collar bone, and spine are not printing properly through his clothing and his clothing is not hanging properly on his frame. This appears to be caused by several milli-meters of stiff ballistic fabric being worn close to his body in the form of soft body armor.
 

1,111 US dead

SEE:  1,111 DEAD

Latest Dead of 1,111
12 October 2004. Soldier Spc. Morgen N. Jacobs, 20, of Santa Cruz, Calif., died Oct. 7 in Tikrit, Iraq, of injuries sustained in Aaliyah on Oct. 6 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his patrol vehicle. Soldier Pfc. Aaron J. Rusin, 19, of Johnstown, Pa., died Oct. 11 in Baghdad, Iraq, of injuries sustained on Oct. 10 when his military vehicle came under fire from enemy forces.

10-12-04

The Slaughter Continues in Iraq 43/

OIL !!!/

SENT BY OLGA

10-11-04

The Slaughter Continues in Iraq 42/

DYING FOR OIL/

2001-2004 Civil Rights Report Complete

BushCo does not want you to see this. So here you are.

SEE:  2001-2004 Civil Rights Report Complete

Failing to build on common ground, the Bush administration missed opportunities to build consensus on key civil rights issues and has instead adopted policies that divide Americans. President Bush could have, early on, called on public officials to unify and show America and the world that, together, the nation could improve its voting systems. Likewise, he could have
exerted leadership on affirmative action by soliciting diverse viewpoints and promoting policies that achieve diversity. Future presidential administrations, in fulfilling their duty to advance civil rights, should inspire Americans to unity, not divisiveness.

Dying for Oil

SEE:  JAR2

George Herbert Walker Bush and two other partners owned Pennzoil Motor Co at the time it acquired 9.2% of Chevron. In fact, it is quite possible that the Bush family fortune including controlling interest in a company called CalTex, which held the exclusive contract worth hundreds of billions of dollars to distributre 100% of all oil pumped by the old Saudi Aramco, throughout the entire planet. (which was Texaco/Amaco/Shell etc. before OPEC took over). When OPEC took over..CALTEX keep handling most of the global distribution for the OPEC member nations. Very lucrative...the largest in the history of the World...especially if you are an Arbusto! If the Bush family did in fact own CalTex, Bush, Sr. disclosure of a net worth of only $3.0 Million at the time he assumded the Presidency was a fraud. That means George Bush's dad owns a controlling interest in Chevron. Chevron subsequently purchased Gulf and Texaco and now operates as ChevronTexaco, regardless of the oil-soaked media's attempt to call it "Unocal", which no longer exists.

None of this makes sense unless you keep in mind that "Chevron" was the primary contractor for "UN Food for Oil" Catastrophe. That means that every bribe and completed only further engorged "Chevron's" profits. Keep in Mind also that Paul Bremer was working with Kissinger & Associates, representing Chevron during its' successful contract negotiatons with the Taliban leaders in the Pakistani Government in l998. The Contract required the Taliban to provide security for the Caspian Sea Pipeline link that travelled through Pakistan and Afghanistan. I Understand that Chevron made a down payment of approx $140. to the Pakistani Govt but my info may be outdated. When Clinton hit the Afgans in l998, there is a rumor that he was actually trying to submarine Chevron negotiations with the Taliban, who by then had permitted bin Laden to destoy the embassies in Africa. So, in a nutshell, connecting the dots with Condoleeza Rice...we must all remember that she was on the Board of Directors of Chevron at the time of the negotiations. She was also on the ExxonMobil Board as well as the Board of J P MOrgan/Chase which owns controlling interest in General Electric which owns NBC,...on which you will NEVER see this story reported! See the connections? What has all this to do with Kay Bailey!....not so fast!

Muhammad Karzai, the current "acting Governor" of Afghanistan was also Chevron's main Pipeline consultant in Afghanistan. The Bush administration is having trouble selecting "leaders" in Iraq that don't have apparent Chevron connections, since the world is getting wise to the ploy! Furthermore, Bush/Chevron has no intention of handing over Sovereignty to the IRaqi people until Chevron can regain control of the Iraqi oil fields, which is by no means, certain, UNLESS they can get the UN back in to start up "Blood For Oil". The reason why Bush needs the old Saddam Intelligence regime back in place is because they are already the "keeper of the keys" on the issues of keeping quiet and discreet about Chevron oversight. In other words...it worked once..why fix it if it aint' broke. (I'll explain why Chevron didn't want Saddam captured in Gulf War 1 at a later time) Keep in mind that the Iraqi oil fields were originally nationalized by Saddam Hussein. At the time they belonged to British Petroleum. Subsquently, they came under the control of ChevronTexaco.

I just LOVED this picture.

SEE:  YAHOO NEWS

"...and the meek shall inherit the earth."

Kendrick Meek, Jr., 7, and his sister Lauren Meek, 9, children of Rep. Kendrick Meek, D-FL, stand at Sunday Services as Democratic Presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass, arrives at the Friendship Missionary Baptist Church in Miami, Fla. Sunday, Oct. 10, 2004
 

10-10-04

The Slaughter Continues in Iraq 41/

Monkey Debates Mr. Kerry/

Even With the Reactions Below the Press

Calls it a TIE !! Unbelieveable !!

SEE:  JOHN KERRY BLOG   NEW PICTURES

Bush's Temperature Rises

BUSH GOES NEGATIVE ON CHARLIE GIBSON?

President Bush smirked and winked and chuckled to himself. He jumped from his stool, chopped at the air and interrupted the debate moderator. As he fought to keep his emotions in check in a testy, personal debate with Sen. John Kerry, the president asserted, That answer almost made me scowl. [AP, 10/8/04]

An angry Bush at one point cut off moderator Charles Gibson to upbraid Kerry for criticizing the size of the coalition backing the United States in Iraq, saying it denigrated allies like Britain and Poland. [Reuters, 10/9/04]

During his [Bushs] own answers and rebuttals, he was pugnacious. He overrode moderator Charles Gibson's protests at one point, saying loudly, I have to answer this. [USA Today, 10/9/04]

BUSH ON DEFENSE

Mark Shields: I thought the President played defense on an awful lot of issues tonight. I mean including the Canadian importation of drugs and so much on the economy, and as well as Iraq. [PBS, 10/8/04]

Liz Marlantes, Christian Science Monitor: I actually would in many ways characterize the presidents performance as heated and to me, at times; it seemed very defensive, actually. [MSNBC, 10/9/04]

John Harwood, Wall Street Journal: [Bush] was quite agitated at the beginning. He looked defensive, he looked like somebody who was sort of trying to push the rock up hill, convincing people why he really should have gone to war against Iraq even though there were no weapons of mass destruction. [CNN, 10/8/04]

BUSHS ANGER MANAGEMENT

ANGRY MAN

Jon Meachan: That was so interesting to me about President Bush is that he seemed like an angry man tonight, and clearly Kerry got under his skin in the first debate and instead of frankly not letting butter melt in his mouth, tonight he seemed to me to be speaking very loudly. [PBS, 10/9/04]

Melinda Henneberger: [Bush] seemed angry to me. [MSNBC 10/9/04]

TIGHTLY COILED

Liz Marlantes, Christian Science Monitor: [Bush] still has some of those things I mean, you look at his face, hes so tightly coiled; hes got the jaw, hes doing the blinking thing. [MSNBC, 10/9/04]


TENSE AND ANGRY

Joe Klein: Bush seemed tense and angry. The person who wins is the person when you turn off the sound, the one who looks better to the public that was Kerry tonight. Bush is supposed to be the laid back regular guy, [but] he seems more tense than Kerry does. [CNN, 10/9/04]

When Mr. Kerry accused the president of going to war unilaterally, Mr. Bush could not suppress his anger. He jumped off his stool and interrupted the moderator, Charles Gibson of ABC, saying, I've got to answer this. Mr. Gibson wanted to pursue the subject of whether deploying Reserves constituted a form of military draft, but Mr. Bush was adamant. Let me just answer what he just said about going alone, he insisted. You tell Tony Blair we're going alone! Tell Tony Blair we're going alone! [New York Times, 10/9/04]

STRIDENT AND INTENSE

At the outset, Bush seemed strident and intense, as if over-eager to avoid a repetition of his pained performance eight days ago. [New York Times, 10/9/04]

[Bush]...could have used more humility and was almost shrill at times. [Editorial, Dallas Morning News, 10/9/04]

The president seemed to fall back frequently on name-calling.... [Editorial, New York Times, 10/9/04]

NIXON-LIKE

Bush seemed wound a bit too tight. He was a little like Nixon sort of jumping out of his suit, said David Niven, political science professor at Florida Atlantic University. He looked bad on the TV close-ups. [AP, 10/9/04]

HOT UNDER THE COLLAR

The president...let his feelings get the better of him, getting hot under the collar in a medium best served cold. From the outset, his clenched jaw twitched, and he blinked repeatedly, like a man whose contact lens hurt. And when Senator John Kerry turned and confronted him face to face with the latest report on the absence of illicit weapons in Iraq, President Bush snickered derisively - the first sign that the president, though more combative than in the first debate, was not on his game. [New York Times, 10/9/04]

AGITATED

Bush, curbing most of the signs of frustration that marked his performance in last week's debate, grew agitated after Kerry asserted the United States is bearing the burden in Iraq. [Houston Chronicle, 10/9/04]

FLUSTERED

[Bush]...did come across as flustered at a couple points in the evening, referring to his opponent as Sen. Kennedy, who is the senior senator from Massachusetts. When asked about the draft, Bush declared: I hear there is a rumor on the Internets. [Chicago Tribune, 10/9/04]

BUSHS DEJA VU EXPRESSIONS

Mr. Bush seemed hesitant and spoke loudly when he took the stage...at times he flashed glances of anger at Mr. Kerry that were reminiscent of his demeanor the week before. [New York Times, 10/9/04]

And not unlike that first battle, the president sounded angry and defensive, as if scolding the undecided. Yeah, great question, he said when a man asked him about the draft. [New York Times, 10/9/04]

Bush kept his smirks and other body language in check more so than he did in the first debate, though at times he still let them roam. At one point, Bush even interrupted moderator Charles Gibson to lecture Kerry about the allied coalition in Iraq: You tell (British Prime Minister) Tony Blair we're going alone! [Arizona Republic, 10/9/04]

Posted by DickBell on October 9, 2004 at 01:08 PM

SEE:  JOHN KERRY BLOG

The NY Times on the Town Hall Debate
 

In a board editorial the New York Times weighs in on Friday night's Town Hall debate, and on George Bush's difficulty coming to grips with reality:

"The president's insistence on defending his decision to go into Iraq seemed increasingly bizarre in a week when his own investigators reported that there were no weapons of mass destruction there, and when his own secretary of defense acknowledged that there was no serious evidence of a connection between Saddam Hussein and Al Qaeda."

...

"And the president was utterly incoherent when asked about whom he might name to the Supreme Court in a second term. His comment about how he didn't want to offend any judges because he wanted "them all voting for me" was a joke - but an unfortunate one, given the fact that the president owes his job to a Supreme Court vote."

The Town Hall Debate
Published: October 9, 2004

Town hall meetings are one vestige of early American democracy that modern presidential candidates know very well. No one who has survived a New Hampshire primary season needs to be told what it's like to answer questions tossed out by a group of average citizens. It's the democratic process in its most amiable state: earnest Americans asking serious questions about the issues. Last night's format was much more suited to George Bush's talents than the hard-edged debate last week, but John Kerry still managed to goad him to irritable near-shouting at some points.

One of the uncommitted voters in the audience sensibly asked President Bush to name three mistakes he'd made in office, and what he had done to remedy the damage. Mr. Bush declined to list even one, and instead launched into an impassioned defense of the invasion of Iraq as a good idea. The president's insistence on defending his decision to go into Iraq seemed increasingly bizarre in a week when his own investigators reported that there were no weapons of mass destruction there, and when his own secretary of defense acknowledged that there was no serious evidence of a connection between Saddam Hussein and Al Qaeda.

Even worse, the president's refusal to come up with even a minor error - apart from saying that he might have made some unspecified appointments that he now regretted - underscores his inability to respond to failure in any way except by insisting over and over again that his original decision was right.

Unfortunately, for long stretches of the evening, the format did not lead to such telling responses. On occasion, the arguments were impossible to follow. Heaven help any citizen who relied on last night's debate to understand what is going on with North Korea or who tried to understand the fight about tax cuts on Subchapter S corporations.

Mr. Bush was deeply unpersuasive when asked why he had not permitted the importation of cheaper prescription drugs from Canada. He claimed that the reason was "I want to make sure it cures you and doesn't kill you." Mr. Kerry cleanly retorted that four years ago in a campaign debate, Mr. Bush had said importing medicine from Canada sounded sensible.

And the president was utterly incoherent when asked about whom he might name to the Supreme Court in a second term. His comment about how he didn't want to offend any judges because he wanted "them all voting for me" was a joke - but an unfortunate one, given the fact that the president owes his job to a Supreme Court vote.

Mr. Kerry was weaker when he had to respond to a woman who wanted to know about spending federal money on abortions. Social issues seem to bring out the senator's worst tendencies to paint a word picture in shades of gray and equivocation.

Both men seemed overly defensive at times, as if they were fighting shadow opponents that were not even in the hall. Mr. Kerry seemed intent, without much prompting by Mr. Bush, on countering the attack ads run by the president's campaign and by other Republican organizations. Mr. Bush sometimes seemed as if he was trying to make up for his weak performance in Debate No. 1.

Mr. Kerry demonstrated, at the very minimum, a stature that was equal to the president's. If Mr. Bush was hoping to recover all the ground he lost last week, he failed in his mission.

The president seemed to fall back frequently on name-calling, denouncing his opponent as a liberal and a tool of the trial lawyers. "The president's just trying to scare," Mr. Kerry said. It will be another few weeks before we see how well that works.

http://www.nytimes.com/

Posted by DickBell on October 9, 2004 at 04:14 AM

10-03-04

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1,091 US-Up to 15,033 Civilians/

PRAVDA !!! Bush a Fool !!!/

And a Pendejo!!!

Bush's "friend", President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, ("Pooty-Poot" as the smirking chimp (bush) calls him),  is probably not too pleased with idiot boy after he dares to criticise his policies. How could a complete and utter failure try to pass judgement on a real President, fighting real terrorists. You don't hear Mr. Putin saying "Bring 'em on!", Want to know why Georgy? Huh? Cuz Smirky, over here they are real, and no one is using them and inventing them to make money. So go Cheney yourself!

SEE:  PRAVDA

With this in mind, Nemtsos appears in a rather strange position before Russians. However, American president George W. Bush appears to be even a greater fool. Failing to study Putin's initiatives in greater detail, Bush Jr. has publicly expressed his discontent. More so, he has even criticized them. One might get an impression as though by the end of his first presidential term this Republican did manage to learn the names of some countries; he did however fail to perceive the difference between them. In any case, the man who managed to become president of the United States as a result of a major scandal looks rather foolish in his attempt to teach others what to do, especially while electoral legislation in his own country is a mess. But these are the problems American public should be concerned with.

SEE:  IRAQ BODY COUNT

Minimum 12,976-Maximum 15,033

SEE:  CRYPTOME: LATEST DEAD of 1,091
30 September 2004. Soldier Sgt. Tyler D. Prewitt, 22, of Phoenix, Ariz., died Sept. 28 in Landstuhl, Germany, from injuries sustained in Baqubah, Iraq, on September 24 when a rocket-propelled grenade struck his vehicle and exploded. Soldier Pfc. Joshua K. Titcomb, 20, of Somerset, Ky., died Sept. 29 in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, of injuries sustained on September 28 when an improvised explosive device exploded near his military vehicle. 79 deaths in September.

09-30-04

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One Debate Down/Kerry Wins

I was extremely disappointed in the fucking-excuse-for-a-primate-smirky-the-chimp-boy, after all, this was supposed to be his strong point, but listening to him I felt sorry for him, he was so human; first becoming flustered, then seeming confused, and even seemed on the brink of flying into a rage. I actually thought at one point he would just tell Mr. Kerry to go Cheney himself and leave the stage. Mr. Bush was so sure that what he has been doing was right that to me he appeared cocky and extremely defensive. He did a good job of trying to paint Mr. Kerry as someone who sends mixed messages, but it was clear the argument was hollow, and of himself as someone with, steadfast resolve, no matter what! He did not present anything new other than his steadfastness in pursuing his failed policies. His mangled simplistic use of the English language was also extremely irritating to listen to, but it is part of his charm and helps him to gain the sympathy he so desperately needs. These qualities made me feel sorry for him but in light of his record and off all the people who have died, quite frankly, he made me sick. Sure his steadfast resolve no matter what and his aw shucks fabricated twanging way of talking have some appeal, but they are not the qualities I want in a President! I think the American people agreed. 

Mr. Kerry on the other hand showed quiet strength, dignity, composure, intelligence, restraint, diplomacy, and a serious command of the issues, all lacking in Bush. The substance and thoughtfulness of his words seemed a breath of fresh air compared to Bushs tired old hollow rhetoric. I think that even the Bush supporters came away saying of Mr. Kerry, Now that is a President! even though their support was mostly unchanged. Listening to callers on C-Span after the debate I was struck by several callers who supported Bush, they called Mr. Kerry President Kerry, two of these individuals did not even realize that they had said that. I think it is pretty clear no matter what camp you belong to, after watching or listening to the debate Mr. Kerry obviously has all the Presidential qualities that Bush is severely lacking in. Mr. Kerry instilled a feeling of comfort, trust, and intelligent competence, and the feelings of pity I came away with for Bush pale in comparison. Mr. Kerrys statements about Iraq, Korea, and the way our allies have been ostracized by Bushs policies, made it clear that he will give America and Americans their dignity and position back on the world stage. He obviously is ready to pursue a new direction using diplomacy and the help of our allies that will bring about peace.

I think it is very clear, if we want to continue to live in a world of terror and fear, where the US is a pariah then we can resolutely stick with Bush, if we want our dignity, security and peace back we can welcome a man who already has shown he is fit for the job, who cares, and is intelligent enough to weigh his options, listen and process new information when making decisions, and make the right choices, not only for himself and his base but for all of us.

JOHN ROBLES II

SEE: FULL TRANSCRIPT OF DEBATE

09-30-04

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Bed-side manner???

SEE: OBGYNs

"We got an issue in Merika. Too many good Docs are getting out of business...Too many OBGYNs aren't able to practice their...their... Love with women all across this country."
George the Smirking Chimp

09-28-04

The Slaughter Continues in Iraq 37.5

09-27-04

The Slaughter Continues in Iraq 37/

Using Terror to Stay in Power !

Bush skating on thin ice! Even sharks have rules they play by!

SEE: NEW YORK TIMES EDITORIAL

President Bush and his surrogates are taking their re-election campaign into dangerous territory. Mr. Bush is running as the man best equipped to keep America safe from terrorists - that was to be expected. We did not, however, anticipate that those on the Bush team would dare to argue that a vote for John Kerry would be a vote for Al Qaeda. Yet that is the message they are delivering - with a repetition that makes it clear this is an organized effort to paint the Democratic candidate as a friend to terrorists.

When Vice President Dick Cheney declared that electing Mr. Kerry would create a danger "that we'll get hit again," his supporters attributed that appalling language to a rhetorical slip. But Mr. Cheney is still delivering that message. Meanwhile, as Dana Milbank detailed so chillingly in The Washington Post yesterday, the House speaker, Dennis Hastert, said recently on television that Al Qaeda would do better under a Kerry presidency, and Senator Orrin Hatch, the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, has announced that the terrorists are going to do everything they can between now and November "to try and elect Kerry."

This is despicable politics. It's not just polarizing - it also undermines the efforts of the Justice Department and the Central Intelligence Agency to combat terrorists in America. Every time a member of the Bush administration suggests that Islamic extremists want to stage an attack before the election to sway the results in November, it causes patriotic Americans who do not intend to vote for the president to wonder whether the entire antiterrorism effort has been kidnapped and turned into part of the Bush re-election campaign. The people running the government clearly regard keeping Mr. Bush in office as more important than maintaining a united front on the most important threat to the nation.

Mr. Bush has not disassociated himself from any of this, and in his own campaign speeches he makes an argument that is equally divisive and undemocratic. The president has claimed, over and over, that criticism of the way his administration has conducted the war in Iraq and news stories that suggest the war is not going well endanger American troops and give aid and comfort to the enemy. This week, in his Rose Garden press conference with the interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi, Mr. Bush was asked about Mr. Kerry's increasingly pointed remarks on Iraq. "You can embolden an enemy by sending mixed messages," he said, going on to suggest that Mr. Kerry's criticisms dispirit the Iraqi people and American soldiers.

It is fair game for the president to claim that toppling Saddam Hussein was a blow to terrorism, to accuse Mr. Kerry of flip-flopping and to repeat continually that the war in Iraq is going very well, despite all evidence to the contrary. It is absolutely not all right for anyone on his team to suggest that Mr. Kerry is the favored candidate of the terrorists. And at a time when the United States is supposed to be preparing the Iraqi people for a democratic election, it's appalling to hear the chief executive say that loyal opposition gives aid and comfort to the enemy abroad.

The general instinct of Americans is to play fair. That is why, even though terrorists struck the United States during President Bush's watch, the Democrats have not run a campaign that blames him for allowing the World Trade Center and the Pentagon to be attacked. And while the war in Iraq has opened up large swaths of the country to terrorist groups for the first time, any effort by Mr. Kerry to describe the president as the man whom Osama bin Laden wants to keep in power would be instantly denounced by the Republicans as unpatriotic.

We think that anyone who attempts to portray sincere critics as dangerous to the safety of the nation is wrong. It reflects badly on the president's character that in this instance, he's putting his own ambition ahead of the national good.

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Global Eye
By Chris Floyd
          How many times must the truth be told before it conquers the lies? Again and again, the brutal realities behind the rape of Iraq -- that it was planned years ago, that the aggressors knew full well that their justifications for war were false and that their invasion would lead to chaos, ruin and unbridled terror -- have been exposed by the very words and documents of the invaders themselves. Yet the reign of the lie goes on, rolling toward its final entrenchment in November.
         Last week, as hundreds of Iraqi civilians were being slaughtered by insurgents and invaders, as more pipelines exploded, more hostages were seized, more families sank into poverty and filth, the cynical machinations of the oh-so-Christian Coalition of Bush and Blair were revealed yet again. This time it was a tranche of leaked documents from March 2002, a full year before the war: reports to Tony Blair from his top advisers plainly stating that the intelligence about Iraq's weapons o