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To: i-node who wrote (148864)	7/28/2002 2:38:26 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1575605

July 25, 2002 LIBERAL'S COMPREHENSION of corporate scandals is like the Woody Allen joke about what he knew about "War and Peace" after taking a speed-reading course and reading it in 20 minutes: "It involves Russia." I stopped reading right here. If this is the best you can do, give it up. This is not objective reporting or an example of good journalism, its conservative propaganda. The condescension is so thick, once again, I was reduced to projectile vomiting. I am convinced that conservatives have convinced themselves that they are so elite that the little people don't get when they are trashing them but what they don't get is that the little people don't bother to call you on your bs, they just vote you out of office. Slowly but surely, more and more 'stuff' is turning up re Bush and Cheney and their business dealings. It is clear to a number of people that they are not the saints that the conservative media so desperately tries to paint. Its also clear that disparaging the mainstream press, which the conservative sees as the voice box for liberals, is not doing the trick so they keep turning up the heat. Unfortunately, due to the lapse of time and their ability to cover things up, there may never be enough concrete evidence to hang Bush and Cheney but there's always the ballot box. Hopefully, FLA will have their sh*t together by then and what should have happened in 2000 will happen in 2004.........and this time, the Supreme Ct. won't be able to do a thing about it. Have a good one.

To: i-node who wrote (148864)	7/29/2002 3:01:28 AM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1575605

Another classy guy...... ____________________________________________________________ SPIRO T. AGNEW Biography Spiro Theodore Agnew, (1918- ), ag'noo, 39th VICE PRESIDENT of the United States (1969-1973). Agnew resigned that office when he was fined for income tax evasion. Spiro Agnew was born in Baltimore, Md., on Nov. 9, 1918, the son of a Greek immigrant whose name originally was Anagnostopoulos. During World War II Agnew was an army officer. He received a law degree from the University of Baltimore in 1947. In 1962, as a Republican reformer, he was elected chief executive of preponderantly Democratic Baltimore county. Democrats also helped elect him governor of Maryland in 1966. As governor, he backed tax and judicial reforms. Republican presidential candidate Richard M. NIXON chose him as his running mate in 1968. Vice President As vice president, Agnew soon gained wider attention with a number of controversial speeches. He charged that opponents of the Vietnam War were encouraged by "an effete corps of impudent snobs." While opposing violent dissent, he supported peaceful protest. He said that some newspapers and magazines critical of the administration were often unfair and inaccurate and contended that "a small and unelected elite," unrepresentative of the American people and often biased, controlled television news programs. It was assumed that in general Agnew reflected President Nixon's views. Though many persons deplored Agnew's attacks as vague and inflammatory, he became popular among political conservatives and at Republican fund-raising dinners. During the 1970 congressional campaign, Agnew was his party's major speaker. His severe criticism of Democrats, many of whom he called "radical liberals," was not very effective. When running successfully for reelection with Nixon in 1972, Agnew was more restrained. Resignation Agnew came under investigation by the U.S. attorney in Baltimore for allegedly receiving payoffs from engineers seeking contracts when Agnew was Baltimore county executive and governor of Maryland. Agnew asserted his innocence, but he then resigned on Oct. 10, 1973, and pleaded nolo contendere, or no contest, to a single charge that he had failed to report $29,500 of income received in 1967. He was fined $10,000 and placed on three years' probation. \| Grolier Interactive Products \| Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia (Subscribers Only) \| Copyright © 2000 Grolier Incorporated. All rights reserved.