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To: Cisco who wrote (976)	10/14/2000 5:00:33 PM
From: Vendit™	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1719

The "Vendit poll": Bush 46.25 Gore 42.50 This was done buy averaging all 4 national polls that were just mentioned in your news release.

To: Cisco who wrote (976)	10/14/2000 6:09:30 PM
From: Vendit™	Respond to of 1719

Thursday October 12, 2000; 5:19 PM EDT Hillary Booed off Stage in Wake of Mideast Violence New York Senate candidate Hillary Clinton was booed off the stage at a "Solidarity for Israel" rally held outside the Israeli consulate in Manhattan Thursday afternoon. "We are here today to say to the world that we stand firmly behind Israel," said the first lady as the crowd erupted in loud jeers. Mrs. Clinton was reportedly forced to curtail her remarks as the booing continued, and she left the scene minutes later. "It was unbelievable," New York City Council member Noach Dear told WABC radio's Sean Hannity. "She gets up there and she starts to speak and they don't let her speak. She's trying to say something but they don't let her." "There was a spontaneous uprising of anger and boos from the crowd," Jewish Action Alliance spokeswoman Beth Gilinsky told WOR radio's Bob Grant. "And we sustained [the boos] for quite a while to the point where she finally just walked off the stage." The first lady's hostile greeting came just hours after news of the deaths of two Israeli soldiers reached America. They were captured early Thursday and were being held in a Palestinian jail when an angry mob stormed the police station and beat them to death. Their bodies were dragged through the streets of the West Bank town of Ramallah. Over the weekend Mrs. Clinton said she opposed a U.N. resolution condemning Israel for the current Mideast violence. But she apparently did little to persuade President Clinton, who personally ordered that the U.S. remain neutral on the issue. The excuse seemed lame to many and angered even some of her most avid Jewish supporters. The "Solidarity for Israel" crowd - estimated to be 10,000 strong and stretching for six blocks - was much larger than expected. Mrs. Clinton's Senate rival Rick Lazio also spoke and got a much warmer reception, as did speeches by New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and Gov. George Pataki. newsmax.com

To: Cisco who wrote (976)	10/14/2000 6:11:19 PM
From: Vendit™	Respond to of 1719

Saturday October 14, 2000; 5:35 PM EDT Clinton-Gore Navy Cutbacks Led to USS Cole Disaster: Hackworth Cutbacks in U.S. Naval forces during the Clinton-Gore administration are responsible for forcing the destroyer USS Cole to refuel in the port of Aden, Yemen, despite the city's reputation as a known terrorist hotbed, defense expert Col. David Hackworth said on Saturday. Seventeen U.S. sailors are now believed dead after an explosion opened up a 20 by 40 foot gash along the Cole's waterline on Thursday as it docked for refueling. Hackworth based his assessment on a recent statement by the Navy's Chief of Operations. The decorated combat veteran made his comments to WABC radio's Mike Gallagher, who asked about persistent rumors that budget constraints during the Clinton-Gore years have forced the Navy to mothball ships that could have refueled the USS Cole at sea. GALLAGHER: Does this all go back to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., in your view? HACKWORTH: Well, I don't want to politicize a great tragedy, seventeen young people dead. (But) when we look at the size of the U.S. fleet when Reagan turned over the reigns to Bush and Bush turned it over to Clinton, it was in the range of 520 ships. And now we're down to 320. The Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Clark, recently said -- when the question was put to him: why wasn't this ship refueled at sea -- he said, 'We don't have enough oilers.'" Compounding the problem, said Hackworth, is the Navy's dwindling fleet, a predicament that forced the USS Cole to enter the Aden port without any escort. "That ship was part of a battle group with a carrier," Hackworth told Gallagher. "It was stripped off from that mission, which was looking after the Middle East, and sent up by itself, with no escort, with no other ships, to go into the Gulf area." Hackworth said the USS Cole had been dispatched to relieve another ship that was part of the Navy's effort to keep Saddam Hussein in check. newsmax.com

To: Cisco who wrote (976)	10/14/2000 10:31:11 PM
From: sandintoes	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1719

HOW TO SING THE BLUES by Lame Mango Washington (attributed to Memphis Earl Grey with revisions by among others Little Blind Carl R.) 1. Most Blues begin, "Woke up this morning." 2. " I got a good woman" is a bad way to begin the Blues, 'less you stick something nasty in the next line, like " I got a good woman, with the ugliest face in town." 3. The Blues is simple. After you get the first line right, repeat it. Then find something that rhymes ... sort of: "Got a good woman - with the ugliest face in town. Got teeth like Janet Reno - and she weigh 500 pound." 4. The Blues are not about choice. You stuck in a ditch, you stuck in a ditch; ain't no way out. 5. Blues Transportation: Most Blues transportation is a Greyhound bus or a southbound train. Most Blues cars are Chevys and Cadillacs and broken-down trucks. Blues don't travel in Volvos, BMWs, or Sport Utility Vehicles. Jet aircraft an' state-sponsored motor pools ain't even in the running. Walkin' plays a major part in the blues lifestyle. So does fixin' to die. 6. Teenagers can't sing the Blues. They ain't fixin' to die yet. Adults sing the Blues. In Blues, "adulthood" means being old enough to get the electric chair if you shoot a man in Memphis. 7. Blues can take place in New York City but not in Hawaii or any place in Canada. Hard times in Princeton or La Jolla is just depression. Chicago, New Orleans and Kansas City still the best places to have the Blues. You cannot have the blues in any place that don't get rain. 8. A man with male pattern baldness ain't the Blues. A woman with male pattern baldness is. Breaking your leg cuz you skiing is not the blues. Breaking your leg cuz an alligator be chomping on it is. 9. You can't have no Blues in an office or a shopping mall. The lighting is wrong. Go outside to the parking lot or sit by the dumpster. 10. Good places for the Blues: a. highway b. jailhouse c. empty bed d. bottom of a whiskey glass Bad places: a. Ashrams b. wine tastings c. Ivy League institutions d. golf courses 11. No one will believe it's the Blues if you wear a suit, 'less you happen to be an old ethnic person, and you slept in it. 12. Do you have the right to sing the Blues? Yes, if: a. you're older than dirt b. you're blind c. you shot a man in Memphis d. you can't be satisfied No, if: a. you have all your teeth b. you once were blind but now can see c. the man in Memphis lived. d. you have an IRA or trust fund. 13. Blues is not a matter of color. It's a matter of bad luck. Tiger Woods cannot sing the blues. Gary Coleman could. Ugly white people also got a leg up on the blues. 14. If you ask for water and Baby give you gasoline, it's the Blues. Other acceptable Blues beverages are: a. wine b. whiskey or bourbon c. muddy water d. black coffee The following are NOT Blues beverages: a. mixed drinks b. Kosher wine c. Snapple d. Perrier 15. If it occurs in a cheap motel or a shotgun shack, it's a Blues death. Stabbed in the back by a jealous lover is another Blues way to die. So's the electric chair, substance abuse and dying lonely on a broken down cot. You can't have a Blues death if you die during a tennis match or getting liposuction. 16. Some Blues names for women: a. Sadie b. Big Mama c. Bessie d. Fat River Dumpling 17. Some Blues names for men: a. Joe b. Willie c. Little Willie d. Big Willie 18. Persons with names like Sierra, Sequoia, Auburn, and Rainbow can't sing the Blues no matter how many men they shoot in Memphis. 19. Make Your Own Blues Name Starter Kit: a. name of physical infirmity (Blind, Cripple, Lame, etc.) b. first name (see above) plus name of fruit (Lemon, Lime, Kiwi, etc.) c. add last name of a President (Jefferson, Johnson, Fillmore, etc.) For example, Blind Lime Clinton or Cripple Kiwi Fillmore, etc. (Well, maybe not "Kiwi.") 20. I don't care how tragic your life: you own a computer, you CANNOT sing the blues. You best destroy it. Try fire, a spilled bottle of Mad Dog or get out a shotgun. Maybe your big woman just done sat on it. Don't much matter to me… Thas why I done lak da Blues