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Politics : Impeach George W. Bush -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: zonkie who wrote (2112)	4/2/2001 3:50:10 AM
From: Patricia Trinchero	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93284

I suppose Bush was at Camp David dreaming of his Baseball idols and thinking of how he would set up his T-Ball on the White House lawn program when someone else was dealing with this problem described below. I would gladly vote to use tax payer money to buy this village idiot his own baseball team so we could get someone with a brain to guide this country in a forward direction. Hell, I'd throw in an extra couple of hundred bucks toward the cause! Maybe more! Or we could impeach the idiot before he sets us back 50 years! I think we should charge his mother and father for treason for allowing this fool to be nominated! They knew how incompetent he is! My God we are in trouble as a nation! U.S. surveillance plane lands in China after collision with fighter The U.S. Navy says the EP-3 aircraft was involved in a routine surveillance mission April 1, 2001 Web posted at: 10:25 a.m. EDT (1425 GMT) HONOLULU, Hawaii (CNN) -- A U.S. Navy reconnaissance plane made an emergency landing in China after colliding with a Chinese fighter jet sent to intercept it, U.S. officials said Sunday. The EP-3 Aries, an electronic surveillance aircraft with a crew of 24, landed on the Chinese island of Hainan after the collision, said Lt. Col. Dewey Ford, a spokesman for the U.S. Pacific Command in Hawaii. None of the crew was injured, he said. Chinese officials had no immediate comment on the incident. INTERACTIVE Details of the EP-3 aircraft "Our immediate concern is to make sure the crew is in good shape, and it looks like they are," Ford told CNN. He said a Chinese F-8 fighter sent to intercept the aircraft had bumped the U.S. plane in the process. The collision appeared accidental, he said. "They made contact, and there was enough damage that our aircraft had to land in the People's Republic of China," Ford said. The plane was based out of Kadena Air Force Base in Okinawa, Japan. Ford said it was over international waters when the incident occurred about 9:15 a.m. Sunday (8:15 p.m. EST Saturday). U.S. officials have communicated their concerns about the incident to the Chinese Embassy in Washington and through the U.S. Embassy in Beijing. "We expect the government to respect the integrity of the aircraft and have the crew's safety and well-being in mind," Ford said. Hainan, where the aircraft landed, is about 400 miles (640 kilometers) southwest of Hong Kong and about 200 miles (320 kilometers) east of the Vietnamese capital, Hanoi. There was no word on what happened to the Chinese aircraft involved in the collision. Ford said surveillance flights like the one Sunday morning are routine, and Chinese authorities should not have considered it threatening. "We can say we know our aircraft was in international waters, so there was no reason to think that," he said. Aviation analysts in Hong Kong told CNN the plane was likely equipped with highly sensitive equipment that could monitor electronic communications and aircraft movements well into the Chinese mainland. The incident occurs as hard-liners in both countries are urging their governments to take a tougher line toward each other. The Bush administration has tried to redefine the relationship between China and the United States from a "strategic partner" to a "strategic competitor," and is considering whether to sell destroyers equipped with the Aegis air defense radar system to Taiwan. A senior Chinese army officer recently defected to the United States, and Beijing is holding a Chinese-born U.S. resident accused of spying. The White House told CNN on Sunday that President Bush has been briefed on the situation but referred further comment to the Defense Department. Bush was spending the weekend at the presidential retreat at Camp David, Maryland. His national security adviser, Condoleezza Rice, also was at Camp David.

To: zonkie who wrote (2112)	4/2/2001 7:54:44 AM
From: Mephisto	Respond to of 93284

"The incident occurred in Fort Worth a few weeks ago when a "very intoxicated" college student was arrested at a rowdy fraternity party and was, according to the county sheriff, "very vocal" that his girlfriend was George W. Bush's teenaged daughter, who'd also attended the party. After the student used his cellular phone to make a call from his cell, Secret Service agents quickly arrived to get him out. Bush's daughter reportedly waited outside the jail in a Secret Service vehicle. " I recall when Clinton was elected. The Press and the Republican party were after him from day 1. If this had been Clinton's daughter the news would have been plastered on the front pages of US major newspapers. Clinton didn't have honeymoon. The fact that the survived always amazed me. The attacks were vicious. On the other hand, apart from Bush's cabinet picks, the press has been easy on Bush. Could be they don't want him to blow up the world either with nukes. Yet, I've read one editorial after another, in major newspapers, where Bush has pleaded with the press, "give me time." If he needed time, he shouldn't have accepted the job. Did he really expect the world to stop while he decides how he should learn to play the role of President? From what I've read, major newspapers, like The New York Times swallowed his lines.. M........... ..

To: zonkie who wrote (2112)	4/2/2001 8:08:56 AM
From: Mephisto	Respond to of 93284

"The Capitol Hill photo-op, with its sea of hard hats, looked good on TV for the Bush team and their tax cut. Media outrage over the deception was rare." Bush is rich and the people who surround him are very wealthy too. Let's not forget old Bush was President. Maybe the combination of money and a Poppy Bush who was President buys less scrutiny of "the little shurb" from the US press core. ((Indeed, a deceptive memo recently leaked to the Washington Post, but it wasn't the work of the Clintonites. The memo was circulated by the National Association of Manufacturers in response to a call from the office of Republican House Speaker Dennis Hastert. It urged corporate lobbyists to camouflage themselves as working class folks for a GOP rally on Capitol Hill in support of Bush's tax cut plan. "The theme involves working Americans," said the memo. "The Speaker's office was very clear in saying that they do not need people in suits. If people want to participate-- AND WE DO NEED BODIES-- they must be DRESSED DOWN, appear to be REAL WORKER types, etc. We plan to have hard hats for people to wear." The political director of the manufacturers' association, who normally wears a suit and tie, attended the Republican rally in a faded farmers' hat, rugby shirt and green pants. The Capitol Hill photo-op, with its sea of hard hats, looked good on TV for the Bush team and their tax cut. Media outrage over the deception was rare") It's sad and it makes me angry but the Bush administration makes class distinctions. In other words, a real worker can't wear a suit. If you think about it that says a lot about Bush and his team, doesn't it? There was an article in The New York Times over the weekend about Bush's work schedule. He squeezes time in for naps and exercise during his regular work day. How many REAL WORKERS can do that? JMOP Mephisto