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To: American Spirit who wrote (154146)	3/12/2003 10:03:52 PM
From: Victor Lazlo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

Well so far Kerry's raised the most money of the dems. Of course i dont know how much of that came from his ketchup heiress wife. But i think kerry needs to stop lying about his ethnic background. It's really ridiculus. And it doesn't matter as much as he obviously thinks it does. The main thing is that kerry really doesn't stand for anything, other than a TV camera. What has he ever done in the senate that has inspired you? Why are you so passionate about the guy? and another thing, have you ever heard of ed markey? Do you know if he's still alive? This guy gave us the telecom reform act, which enabled a train wreck in the teleco bsuness. And these days he's incognito.

To: American Spirit who wrote (154146)	3/12/2003 10:08:49 PM
From: Victor Lazlo	Respond to of 164684

<<John Kerry is running for president and on the road St Paddy's Day. >> Fact Check: John Kery is running for dem nomination for the party's pres candidate. And he's skipping the st patrick's day roast becayuse he'd be too emabarrassed to show up, now that he's no longer irish. But even in abstentia, kerry will be the biggest pincushion at the union hall that morning, trust me.

To: American Spirit who wrote (154146)	3/12/2003 11:22:28 PM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 164684

NEW YORKER COLUMNIST SY HERSH: 'NEVER SEEN MY PEERS AS FRIGHTENED' HARVARD CRIMSON - Journalist Seymour Hersh denounced the Bush administration's approach to Iraq last night after accepting the Goldsmith Career Award for Excellence in Journalism at the Kennedy School of Government's ARCO Forum. . . Hersh began his acceptance speech by portraying the difficulties that today's reporters face, especially in Washington. "I have never seen my peers as frightened as they are now," Hersh said. . . Hersh then turned his attention to the impending war with Iraq. Hersh said skepticism about a potential war is shared by many Washington insiders. "I have never seen such dissent even with three and four star generals. The war is particularly not popular with the marines," Hersh said. . . . "Congress has gotten so much dumber it's embarrassing," he said. "There has been a collapse of Congress. It's an incredible failure. A staggering failure."

To: American Spirit who wrote (154146)	3/13/2003 11:15:03 AM
From: Victor Lazlo	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 164684

bostonherald.com Kerry's Southie snub no lucky charm by Wayne Woodlief Thursday, March 13, 2003 Have you heard the latest John Kerry joke? He's suing his doctors for malpractice. They didn't really remove his ``aloof gland'' (as Kerry had quipped they did at the time of his recent prostate surgery). Nope, Kerry's just as aloof as ever. Or so it must seem to a lot of Massachusetts pols whom he is dissing this coming weekend by skipping South Boston's annual St. Patrick's Day roast. He's snubbing the homefolks after gallivanting around the country raising money for his presidental campaign. It may be a smart, safety-first move for Kerry in the short run: Duck-and-cover and don't give any more attention than he has to the story that he's not really Irish (as he has allowed us to believe for years), after all. The Kerry campaign must be musing: It's not a big story with the national press now, let's not make it one by going to the roast. But in the long run, the incident could be one more example of a pattern of expediency and one more piece to the puzzle that's always haunted his political career: Who is this guy, really? What's he hiding from us? And it could be one major-league blown opportunity for Kerry to show he's a regular guy, ready to face the music and maybe even have a little fun at his own expense. To Democratic consultant Michael Goldman, it's a coin flip: ``You could defuse the story by going to the breakfast and making fun of yourself. Or you might just revive it as a national story by being there.'' Besides, why bother about offending a few hundred sweaty pols in Southie when you've just wrung about $1 million out of the Bay State glitterati last night at a posh party at the Boston Sheraton? Todd Domke, a Republican consultant, said, ``It's predictable that Kerry would avoid the breakfast and any chance that by being there the questions about his `lost Irish heritage' would get even bigger national play. ``He also doesn't want to get thrust into the midst of this [William] Bulger-[Mitt] Romney issue,'' Domke said. No, sir, no way does Long Jawn want to have reporters who cover the breakfast start asking him about the bitter feud between new Republican Gov. Romney and University of Massachusetts President Bulger. See, Long Jawn is way beyond that kind of stuff now. He's on to a higher plane, out raising funds in New York and California, playing on the presidential field; too powerful to get dragged down into a hissing match between a GOP governor and the politican brother of a guy on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list. No good options there for an ambitious Democrat. So Kerry aims to play it safe this weekend. He'll be home resting at Louisburg Square on Saturday and Sunday, an aide said, after his hectic money-raising pace. Plenty of time for a St. Patrick's event next week in Manchester, N.H. Hey, the state with the first presidential primary trumps Southie anytime. But Romney will be in South Boston, seizing an opportunity. The governor will be walking right into Bulger's old Senate district, though Bulger stopped hosting the breakfasts or attending them after he left the Senate. Sen. John A. Hart Jr. (D-South Boston) carries on the emcee tradition now and said, ``Romney should be a star. He stole the show at the roast for [House Speaker Tom] Finneran at the Comedy Connection, was very self-deprecating.'' Maybe Romney won't be quite as clever or amusing as one of his wealthy Republican predecessors, former Gov. William Weld, was in 1991 at his first Southie St. Pat's breakfast: ``My ancestors arrived here with nothing but the shirt on their backs - and a couple of million pounds of gold,'' Weld quipped then. Weld knew how to zing Bulger and make him laugh at the same time, once hailing Bulger as ``the only man I know who never uses a steak knife but cuts his food with his tongue.'' But Romney should be funny enough and smart enough to do just fine. And he's not dissing a room full of Democrats as Kerry is. ``It exposes a weakness in Kerry's candidacy,'' Domke said, ``when he has to hide from so many politicians from his own state, including some who might be Kerry delegates in 2004.'' Wayne Woodlief is a member of the Boston Herald staff.

To: American Spirit who wrote (154146)	3/13/2003 2:06:23 PM
From: stockman_scott	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

Shell chief delivers global warming warning to Bush in his own back yard Terry Macalister Wednesday March 12, 2003 The Guardian guardian.co.uk Shell chairman Sir Philip Watts risks stirring up a controversy in America today when he calls for global warming sceptics to get off the fence and accept that action needs to be taken "before it is too late". At a presentation in Houston, the back yard of ExxonMobil, one of the most vocal antagonists to the Kyoto climate change treaty, the British oilman will say "we can't wait to answer all questions [on global warming] beyond reasonable doubt", adding "there is compelling evidence that climate change is a threat". Sir Philip expresses deep concern about the growing gulf between Europe and America over climate change and other issues - most notably Iraq. His purpose, he says, is not to create further discord but to argue for both sides to work together to remove what he describes as "the lingering animosity". Shell and BP have been keen over the past couple of years to be seen as progressive on green issues while ExxonMobil has been labelled a fossil fuel dinosaur by environmentalists. President Bush refused to sign the Kyoto protocol on global warming and Texas - based ExxonMobil has been a significant cheerleader for this position - although it, too, has been researching renewable technologies. Sir Philip's speech at the opening of a new Shell Center for Sustainability at Rice University in Houston shows the group's determination to be seen as a moderniser. "We know that greenhouse gas emissions from human activities ... largely burning fossil fuels ... bring about long-lasting atmospheric changes likely to affect climate. And our world does appear to be warming. "There are huge uncertain ties about the risks and the impact. Further research is essential. But we can't wait to answer all questions beyond reasonable doubt. There will always be uncertainty which we need to cope with." Shell has "seen and heard enough" to believe there is a problem related to the burning of fossil fuels. Because of this "we stand with those who are prepared to take action to solve that problem ... now ... before it is too late ... and we believe that businesses, like Shell, can help to bridge differences that divide the US and Europe on this issue". Shell has been pushing ahead with its own investments in wind, solar and other renewable fuel sources but still believes that hydrocarbons will not become scarce at least until 2025 - and probably quite long after that. And Sir Philip argues that "sustained expansion of renwable energy" will only start after developments in energy storage around the same period of 2025. It will be only by the middle of this century that renewables will take a serious grip on energy supply, possibly providing a third of the world's needs by 2050. Sir Philip argues there is no quick fix, with many hurdles to overcome before renewables can offer affordable mass energy. "Flying over for this speech, I had the distinct impression that the Atlantic is getting wider. Today the focus of that rift is on Iraq. But differences over environmental issues have hardened attitudes," Sir Philip argues. "With a $30bn footprint in the United States and a similar presence in Europe, we have a vested interest in the best possible relations on both sides of the Atlantic," he adds. guardian.co.uk