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ADMINISTRATION IGNORED IRAQ/AL-QAEDA INTELLIGENCE
The Senate Intelligence Committee released a report on Friday that does its
best to whitewash the Administration's role in hyping intelligence by
pinning the blame on the CIA.[1] The report distorts the truth by failing to
meaningfully investigate "the ways intelligence was used, misused,
misinterpreted or ignored by Administration policymakers... in making the
case to the American people that war with Iraq was necessary."[2] Those
issues, conveniently, will be addressed in a separate report scheduled to be
released sometime after the November elections.
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| Jon's Soapbox..... |
[14 Jul 2004|02:18am] |
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I am about as middle American white bread as you get, but this SUCKS!!!!!
BUSH MISLEADS ABOUT RACE RELATIONS
In 2000, Presidential candidate George W. Bush courageously chastised his
own conservative colleagues saying "while some in my party have avoided the
NAACP, and while some in the NAACP have avoided my party, I'm proud to be
here...I believe we can find common ground." [SOURCE: Bush Speech,
7/10/2000] But after refusing to speak at yesterday's NAACP's annual
convention, President Bush became the first President since Herbert Hoover
not to attend an NAACP convention.[1]
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[14 Jul 2004|02:24am] |
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Money
It can buy a house
But not a home
It can buy a clock
But not time
It can buy you a position
But not respect
It can buy you a bed
But not sleep
It can buy you a book
But not knowledge
It can buy you medicine
But not health
It can buy you blood
But not life
So you see money isn't everything
And it often causes pain and suffering
I tell you this because I am your friend
And as your friend I want to
Take away your pain and suffering!!
So
Send me all your money
And I will suffer for you!
Cash only please
Stolen from Joan. I would rather have her money. lol...
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[14 Jul 2004|04:44am] |
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THINGS YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE TO BE A REPUBLICAN TODAY:
Saddam was a good guy when Reagan armed him, a bad guy when Bush's daddy
made war on him, a good guy when Cheney did business with him and a bad guy
when Bush needed a "we can't find Bin Laden" diversion.
Trade with Cuba is wrong because the country is communist, but trade with
China and Vietnam is vital to a spirit of international harmony.
A woman can't be trusted with decisions about her own body, but
multinational corporations can make decisions affecting all mankind without
regulation.
Jesus loves you, and shares your hatred of homosexuals and Hillary Clinton.
The best way to improve military morale is to praise the troops in speeches
while slashing veterans' benefits and combat pay.
If condoms are kept out of schools, adolescents won't have sex.
Providing health care to all Iraqis is sound policy. Providing health care
to all Americans is socialism.
HMOs and insurance companies have the best interests of the public at heart.
Global warming and tobacco's link to cancer are junk science, but
creationism should be taught in schools.
A president lying about an extramarital affair is an impeachable offense. A
president lying to enlist support for a war in which thousands die is solid
defense policy.
Government should limit itself to the powers named in the Constitution,
which include banning gay marriages and censoring the Internet.
The public has a right to know about Hillary's cattle trades, but George
Bush's cocaine conviction is none of our business.
Being a drug addict is a moral failing and a crime, unless you're a
conservative radio host. Then it's an illness, and you need our prayers for
your recovery.
You support states' rights, which means Attorney General John Ashcroft can
tell states what local voter initiatives they have the right to adopt.
What Bill Clinton did in the 1960s is of vital national interest, but what
Bush did in the '80s is irrelevant.
* Feel free to pass this on.
FRIENDS DON'T LET FRIENDS VOTE REPUBLICAN.
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[14 Jul 2004|04:48am] |
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THINGS YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE TO BE A REPUBLICAN TODAY:
Saddam was a good guy when Reagan armed him, a bad guy when Bush's daddy
made war on him, a good guy when Cheney did business with him and a bad guy
when Bush needed a "we can't find Bin Laden" diversion.
Trade with Cuba is wrong because the country is communist, but trade with
China and Vietnam is vital to a spirit of international harmony.
A woman can't be trusted with decisions about her own body, but
multinational corporations can make decisions affecting all mankind without
regulation.
Jesus loves you, and shares your hatred of homosexuals and Hillary Clinton.
The best way to improve military morale is to praise the troops in speeches
while slashing veterans' benefits and combat pay.
If condoms are kept out of schools, adolescents won't have sex.
Providing health care to all Iraqis is sound policy. Providing health care
to all Americans is socialism.
HMOs and insurance companies have the best interests of the public at heart.
Global warming and tobacco's link to cancer are junk science, but
creationism should be taught in schools.
A president lying about an extramarital affair is an impeachable offense. A
president lying to enlist support for a war in which thousands die is solid
defense policy.
Government should limit itself to the powers named in the Constitution,
which include banning gay marriages and censoring the Internet.
The public has a right to know about Hillary's cattle trades, but George
Bush's cocaine conviction is none of our business.
Being a drug addict is a moral failing and a crime, unless you're a
conservative radio host. Then it's an illness, and you need our prayers for
your recovery.
You support states' rights, which means Attorney General John Ashcroft can
tell states what local voter initiatives they have the right to adopt.
What Bill Clinton did in the 1960s is of vital national interest, but what
Bush did in the '80s is irrelevant.
* Feel free to pass this on.
FRIENDS DON'T LET FRIENDS VOTE REPUBLICAN.
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| Jon's Green Soapbox..... |
[14 Jul 2004|08:14am] |
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It's not good enough to screw up our country Georgie has to go after Europe too.....
BUSH ADMINISTRATION STEPS UP PRESSURE ON EU TO WEAKEN PROPOSED
CHEMICAL LAWS
In its aggressive campaign to water down proposed new toxic
chemical regulations in Europe, the Bush administration is now
making vague accusations that the European initiative violates
World Trade Organization (WTO) agreements governing how nations
do business with one another.
At a July 1 meeting of the WTO's Technical Barriers to Trade
Committee meeting, the administration submitted general comments
that parroted the U.S. chemical industry's objections to the
proposed regulations, known as REACH (Registration, Evaluation,
and Authorization of Chemicals). However, U.S. officials failed
to spell out how REACH would conflict with current WTO
agreements -- despite recent demands from two U.S. senators that
they do so. [1]
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