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

To: Arthur Radley who wrote (269562)	7/2/2002 10:04:49 PM
From: 49thMIMOMander	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Hye, please forget all of tha,t he spoke the unspeakable and unthinkbale, "multy-party", Clinton would never have dared that, not even Carter nor Reagan. That means many parties, like Perot and this Lani-quota-witch-hunt-queen. Ilmarinen Finally US goes back the the thirties, when this was a hot topic, something everyone has hoped for, hooking up all those missed links.(well, actually the middle 1800s, but 1930s isn't that bad, considering the US late 1800s)

To: Arthur Radley who wrote (269562)	7/2/2002 10:19:16 PM
From: Raymond Duray	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

THE KING GEORGE VERSION OF THE BIBLE, PLAGIARISM SUSPECTED TexasDude, First it was Steven Ambrose, then Doris Kerns-Goodwin, now, say it isn't so, Joe..... The Grand Poohbab, hisself seems to guilty of plagiarizing obscure talents. Yup, in yet another heart-wrenching defeat for the sacredness of OUR COW, I'm udderly devastated to have to inform the thread that our Resident may not be an original thinker. And of foreign relations, maybe not a thinker, a'tall.... washingtonpost.com 2002Jul1.html Is Natan Sharansky working in the White House speechwriting office? Sharansky, Israel's housing minister and deputy prime minister, is the former Soviet dissident and head of a right-wing Russian-immigrant party. But by coincidence -- or something more -- the Israeli-Palestinian peace plan Sharansky published in the Jerusalem Post on May 3 sounds a lot like the peace proposal Bush delivered in the Rose Garden on June 24. "The time has come for new leadership" for the Palestinians, Sharansky wrote. "The Palestinians must be encouraged to form an open and free society that is not burdened by the fear, hatred, and terror that have been sown in recent years by Arafat and his leadership." Here's Bush's version: "Peace requires a new and different Palestinian leadership so that a Palestinian state can be born. I call on the Palestinian people to elect new leaders, leaders not compromised by terror." Sharansky wrote that his seven-point plan "cannot happen overnight" and called for a "three-year transition period." Bush, in turn, said a final agreement "could be reached within three years from now." Sharansky envisioned an "international coordinating body" headed by the United States that could, with a Palestinian Administrative Authority, "develop the infrastructure for democratic life among the Palestinians." There would also be an "international economic fund" for industry and infrastructure. And Bush? "I've asked Secretary Powell to work intensively with Middle Eastern and international leaders to realize the vision of a Palestinian state, focusing them on a comprehensive plan to support Palestinian reform and institution building." The president said the United States would work with the World Bank and international donors on "a major project of economic reform and development." Finally, Sharansky argued that only a "free and open" society "can serve as a solid guarantee for normal relations between the two peoples." For this reason, "we owe it to ourselves and to our future to help the Palestinians help themselves." Bush, seven weeks later, submitted that "a stable, peaceful Palestinian state is necessary to achieve the security that Israel longs for." Israel should "take concrete steps to support the emergence of a viable, credible Palestinian state," he added. The Sharansky and Bush plans are not entirely the same; notably absent from Sharansky's version was Bush's call for Israel to freeze its settlements in Palestinian territory. Still, Sharansky themes began to tumble from the lips of Bush officials. Speechwriting director Michael Gerson did not return a phone call asking about the coincidence. """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" Get me a copy.... boy! Presto, Ramon