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To: stockman_scott who wrote (63977)	1/1/2003 9:14:05 AM
From: John Carragher	Respond to of 281500

A novel argument "Sixty-seven percent of supporters of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez say they favor new elections as the peaceful path out of their country's current political crisis, according to a poll published Friday in Venezuela's El Nacional," the Wall Street Journal says. "Maybe they know something that some of the sandalistas in the U.S. Congress don't. Thirteen members — including Barney Frank, John Conyers, Jose Serrano and Jan Schakowsky — have written President Bush to complain that the U.S. is not sufficiently protecting Mr. Chavez's increasingly authoritarian rule. For a crowd that has long worried about Yankee imperialism in Latin America, this is certainly a novel argument," the newspaper says in an editorial. "The letter writers are upset, it seems, because members of the opposition to Mr. Chavez met with Bush administration officials, a standard and sensible policy of all U.S. governments. They are incensed that those same U.S. officials agree with the two-thirds of Venezuelans who criticize Mr. Chavez's tactics. So while the Venezuelan president is trying to confiscate property, take over the labor unions and squash a free press, congressional Democrats believe that the biggest threat to life and liberty in Venezuela is America. "Another affront to the letter writers' sensibilities is the statement by Mr. Bush's special envoy to Latin America, Otto Reich, that 'an election is not sufficient to call a country a democracy.' Being in the minority themselves in Congress, Democrats might well understand that merely getting elected with majority backing is not enough to run the other side into the ground."

To: stockman_scott who wrote (63977)	1/1/2003 9:39:59 AM
From: Jim Willie CB	Respond to of 281500

sorry, wrong thread, my bad / jw

To: stockman_scott who wrote (63977)	1/2/2003 3:06:54 AM
From: tfrugal	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

"protecting...Eli Lilly from any and all lawsuits pertaining to the manufacture of thimersol, a mercury based preservative for childhood vaccines produced by Lilly for 40 years" Thimersol used to be put in soft contact lens saline solution as a preservative. I never understood the need to preserve salt water, a preservative itself. Some of us used to make our own rather than put mercury compounds in our eyes. There were scattered cases of reactions to it. I just love blanket immunity for large political donors.... especially when nobody will claim to placing it there. How can this Congress pass riders like this without having the 'totally' liberal press scream bloody murder about it? Perhaps totally corporate press is closer to the truth. Just to add some FA to this post, has anyone wondered if Bush put NK in the axis of evil due to some intelligence received? Suppose we had figured out they were cheating, but couldn't show the proof without tipping off the source. The cheating definitely preceded the labeling.