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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Ann Corrigan who wrote (236545)	3/11/2002 11:03:06 PM
From: 10K a day	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

I think if bush used BIO weapons against his own people...His ratings would fall below 70 percent...Guaranteed...

To: Ann Corrigan who wrote (236545)	3/11/2002 11:04:11 PM
From: Lino...	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

There are those that say "Good ol' Hillary" and then there are those that say "screw the bitch" Monday, March 11, 2002 9:43 p.m. EST Hillary & Co. Bump Fireman From 9/11 Tribute to Olympic Golden Gal Great Neck, N.Y., firefighters wanted to honor Olympic gold medal winner Sarah Hughes with a hometown parade and an awards ceremony on Sunday, but had the rug pulled out from under them by Sens. Hillary Clinton, Chuck Schumer and lesser political stars. "It was kind of like snatched out from underneath us," Alert Fire Co. Chief Raymond Plakstis told WABC Radio's Sean Hannity on Monday. "The political people came in, overrode us - you know, more or less [they said], 'Thank you very much but you can sit in the back seat.'" Great Neck's Sarah Hughes parade drew saturation media coverage with TV cameras everywhere, a combination that's all but irresistible to attention-loving legislators like Clinton and Schumer. And so the three Great Neck fire companies that were among dozens from Long Island to respond to the 9/11 attacks got nudged aside. "The Alert Fire Co. was down [at Ground Zero] for five days straight. Roughly 87 members went down, along with Manhasset-Lakeville and the Vigilant Fire Co.," Chief Plakstis explained. "The Vigilants actually lost one of their assistant chiefs [in the WTC disaster]." The Great Neck firemen wanted to honor the Olympic golden girl because, as Plakstis put it, "On Feb. 21 Sarah skated for herself and won the gold but on the 22nd she skated for the victims and heroes of 9/11." But instead of getting a chance to respond to the gesture publicly, Chief Plakstis said, "They told us we can't have marchers and we can't present anything. ... We were forced out." "It's just a sad situation when a home town can't bring home one of its own without everybody getting shoved to the side because the politicians want to be politicians," he added.

To: Ann Corrigan who wrote (236545)	3/12/2002 8:32:20 AM
From: rich4eagle	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Who ever said that they wanted to put their head in the sand and hope terrorists go away? What has really happened is a lot of people had their head yanked out of the sand to the realization that terrorism can happen anywhere and that the threat of weapons of mass destruction is real. Saddam isn't doing as much as he did when George's father ruled, so this has been convenient as an excuse to take him out. He might be replaced by a worse threat. It was the US that put the Taliban in power and that backfired didn't it. So unless you are prepared to occupy all countries of the world, the threat will remain. The only real way to counter the threat is through economic interaction and dependence and raising the level of poor countries.