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[03 Sep 2004|02:16am] |
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And they always said Chicago was full of voter corruption. I think these guys have them beat by a mile.
BUSH TRIED TO INSTALL CRONY AT FLORIDA ELECTION BOARD
President Bush has said "Every registered voter deserves to have confidence that the system is fair and elections are honest."[1] But according to a new report, the President is doing all he can to once again rig the election in Florida. ( Read more... )
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[03 Sep 2004|02:48am] |
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Silliness From a Friend.....
You know you're living in 2004 when...
1. You accidentally enter your password on the microwave.
2. You haven't played solitaire with real cards in years.
3. You have a list of 15 phone numbers to reach your family of 3.
4. You e-mail the person who works at the desk next to you.
5. Your reason for not staying in touch with friends and family is that they don't have e-mail addresses.
6. You go home after a long day at work you still answer the phone in a business manner.
7. You make phone calls from home, you accidentally dial "9" to get an outside line.
8. You've sat at the same desk for four years and worked for three different companies.
10. You learn about your redundancy on the 11 o'clock news.
11. Your boss doesn't have the ability to do your job.
12. You pull up in your own driveway and use your cell phone to see if anyone is home.
13. Every commercial on television has a website at the bottom of the screen.
14. Leaving the house without your cell phone, which you didn't have the first 20 or 30 (or 60) years of your life, is now a cause for panic and you turn around to go and get it.
15. You get up in the morning and go online before getting your coffee.
16. You start tilting your head sideways to smile. :)
17. You're reading this and nodding and laughing.
18. Even worse, you know exactly to whom you are going to forward this message.
19. You are too busy to notice there was no #9 on this list.
20. You actually scrolled back up to check that there wasn't a #9 on this list. AND NOW U R LAUGHING at yourself.
Go on, forward this to your friends ...you know you want to!
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| Jon's Green Soapbox..... |
[03 Sep 2004|08:07am] |
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Who needs those beautiful, clean wildernesses anyway???
BUSH TEAM REVERSING WILDERNESS ACT'S 40-YEAR SUCCESS
Forty years ago today, President Lyndon Johnson enacted one of the most forward-looking environmental laws in human history. By signing the 1964 Wilderness Act and creating the National Wilderness Preservation System, President Johnson endorsed a uniquely American philosophy: America's wild lands, untrammeled by industry or machinery -- yet open to the enjoyment of all citizens -- possess special values that merit permanent protection for their own sake. ( Read more... )
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