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To: tejek who wrote (153078)	10/10/2002 11:42:27 AM
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1585038

Barbra Streisand and now Harry Belafonte... Harry Belafonte likens Colin Powell to slave news.yahoo.com LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Singer Harry Belafonte (news) lashed out at Secretary of State Colin Powell (news - web sites) in a racially charged radio interview, likening the former general to a plantation slave who had sold out his principles "to come into the house of the master." Belafonte, 75, who has long been outspoken on civil rights and other political issues, leveled his criticism at Powell during an appearance on Tuesday on a morning talk show airing on AM station KFMB in San Diego. A partial transcript of his remarks, and a link to a recording of the interview, were posted Wednesday on the radio station's Web site (http://www.760kfmb.com). The entertainer, who like Powell is a black man of Jamaican descent, criticized the secretary when asked by radio host Ted Leitner whether he thought Powell had taken a low profile as the Bush administration pressed its case against Iraqi ruler Saddam Hussein (news - web sites). Powell initially had been seen as a leading proponent in the administration for seeking U.N. support for any military force against Iraq as opposed to unilateral action by the United States. "There's an old saying, in the days of slavery, there were those slaves who lived on the plantation and were those slaves that lived in the house," Belafonte said. "You got the privilege of living in the house if you served the master ... exactly the way the master intended to have you serve him. "Colin Powell's committed to come into the house of the master," the performer continued. "When Colin Powell dares to suggest something other than what the master wants to hear, he will be turned back out to pasture." Belafonte went on to suggest that Powell's presence in the Bush cabinet amounted to racial tokenism, saying, "What Colin Powell serves is to give the illusion that the Bush cabinet is a diverse cabinet, made up of people of color ... when in fact none of that is what is true." Belafonte, who popularized calypso music with such 1950s hits as "Banana Boat (Day-O)" and "Jamaica Farewell," also repeated his criticism of Powell and the Bush administration for not attending an international conference on racism in South Africa. In Washington, State Department spokesman Richard Boucher told reporters that Powell "smiled" when he heard of Belafonte's remarks. "He also said that both the IRS and his accountants thought he was better off as a field hand," Boucher said, adding that Powell had no other particular comment. The State Department has not tried to contact Belafonte, he said. Leitner, a local sportscaster who hosts his morning talk show on KFMB each weekday, told Reuters that Belafonte was in San Diego for a performance there on Saturday. Leitner said he was struck by the bluntness of Belafonte's remarks. "People have become so politically correct," Leitner said. "Even on talk radio nowadays, for someone to come out, an African American, to go after Colin Powell like that ... was so unusual in this day and age that it really stood out."

To: tejek who wrote (153078)	10/10/2002 1:23:23 PM
From: i-node	Respond to of 1585038

There is no end to Clinton sleeze and corruption. NEW YORK (AP) _ During the Clinton presidency, the first couple received lavish gifts from supporters including Denise Rich and Nelson Mandela, but did not disclose them because they were intended for his presidential library, according to a new congressional report. Among the items were $45,000 diamond and emerald encrusted cufflinks, a $90,000 framed letter handwritten by President Truman and a $10,000 Mickey Mantle trading card from 1952. Under federal law, gifts that the first family does not keep for itself are exempt from the public disclosure requirement on presidential gifts, according to the report issued by Rep. Doug Ose, R-Calif., who has tried to change the rules governing gifts to presidents. The gifts are detailed in a report compiled after an inquiry by Republican investigators on a subcommittee of the House Government Reform Committee. Ose has suggested that people who gave gifts to the Democratic first couple could have been trying to influence policy decisions. A report released by the committee in February found that former President Clinton left office with more than $400,000 in gifts. It alleged that the couple undervalued some items and failed to report others that were below the price limit for disclosure. Among the roughly $1 million worth of gifts detailed in the new report were a $2,000 bronze angel statue from Rich and several items totaling $6,000 from Mandela, including a cheese plate and a gold cross. The former president came under criticism for granting a last-minute pardon to Rich's ex-husband, the fugitive financier Marc Rich. The Manhattan U.S. attorney has also been investigating the pardon. Rep. Henry Waxman, the ranking Democrat on the House Government Reform Committee, dismissed the report as "a hack job." "The apparent sole focus of the report is to rehash old news and embarrass former President and Mrs. Clinton," Waxman said. Philippe Reines, a spokesman for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, said: "Despite a concerted effort to turn a partisan preoccupation into a gift that keeps on giving, there is nothing new here." Questions over the Clintons' presidential gifts first arose last year when the couple disclosed they had received gifts worth $190,027 during the president's final year in office. According to investigators' records, the Clintons returned 21 items worth $44,000 after some donors complained the gifts were for the White House, not the former first family. Jim Kennedy, a spokesman for the former president, dismissed the new report, saying, "this story is so old, it's not just dated, it's carbon-dated." The $200 million library in Little Rock, Ark., is set to open in 2004. Its nearly 100 million documents, 75,000 gifts and artifacts and more than 2 million photographs are the largest presidential collection ever amassed.

To: tejek who wrote (153078)	10/10/2002 1:25:14 PM
From: i-node	Respond to of 1585038

More sleezy politics from the Democrat party. Man, it just never ends. foxnews.com

To: tejek who wrote (153078)	10/10/2002 1:34:08 PM
From: g_w_north	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1585038

<F is crumbing and about to go under. Currently, it is trading at $7. Just in case you don't know what F stands for......that's Ford, our second largest car maker. Its sitting on a ton of debt and its feared it will default. I am trying to remember what O'Neill or Bush are doing about it...oh, wait, nada. Let me try to remember what they are saying they are going to do about it.........oh, wait, nada. Let me try to remember what they are even saying about F.......oh, wait, nada!> No offense but... Ford's suck. Is the government supposed to bail out every company that has made bad business decisions? For made its own bed. I don't agree with the airline bailout either. Their are way too many anyway.