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To: stockman_scott who wrote (18532)	5/1/2003 8:34:27 AM
From: T L Comiskey	Respond to of 89467

'the umpires sit in front of television cameras and work for major news networks. They look and speak like fashion models instead of journalists. They draw their paychecks from General Electric, Viacom, Disney, AOL/TimeWarner and Rupert Murdoch. There is no appealing the calls they make' And Wrightly so.........!! The 'Free Press ' was bought O.U.T.

To: stockman_scott who wrote (18532)	5/1/2003 8:39:57 AM
From: T L Comiskey	Respond to of 89467

scott...re The William Rivers Pitt Article.... In All fairness to George W Bush...... Im rather fond of the lapel pin he wears....... any chance it was Made in America..? I'd like one......... Thx in advance T

To: stockman_scott who wrote (18532)	5/1/2003 9:55:41 AM
From: Jim Willie CB	Respond to of 89467

key quote from Pitt on Iraq: "The war has set in motion the creation of a fundamentalist Shiite regime in Iraq, akin to the one currently in control of Iran. The Bush administration is shocked, shocked that a clear majority of Iraqis prefer this form of government to the quasi-democracy we promised them, and are working overtime to prevent it. Thus, the irony: Bush spent blood and treasure to “liberate” the Iraqi people, and now that they have a form of it, Bush is bending over backwards to deny them the most elemental aspect of liberty - the right to self-determination and self-rule. / jim

To: stockman_scott who wrote (18532)	5/1/2003 5:17:42 PM
From: Sully-	Respond to of 89467

U.S. Fumes Over Cuba's Seat on U.N. Rights Panel Wednesday, April 30, 2003 <http://www.foxnews.com/images/foxnews_story.gif> WASHINGTON The White House on Tuesday expressed outrage that Cuba has been re-elected to the U.N. Human Rights Commission (search), only three weeks after rounding up dozens of dissidents and sending them to prison. "This is a setback for the cause of human rights. Cuba does not deserve a seat on the Human Rights Commission. Cuba deserves to be investigated by the Human Rights Commission," said White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer. While the United States was preoccupied with the Iraq war, Cuban leader Fidel Castro (search ) arrested 78 dissidents, journalists and librarians and "tried" them for treason, giving them varying prison sentences of as long as 28 years. The same commission that by acclamation Tuesday allowed Cuba to remain a member, earlier this month voted to investigate the mass arrests. It was treated with resistance. "The Human Rights Commission wanted to send investigators into Cuba and Cuba said 'no.' And yet, today, Cuba gets re-elected to the Human Rights Commission. It raises troubling issues, and that's why the United States is speaking out about it," Fleischer said. The Bush administration lobbied against the vote to keep Cuba on the panel, but in the end threw up its hands, suggesting the commission is a lost cause. "You have to keep in mind that Libya is the chairman of this committee. There are some things that happen at the United Nations that it's very hard for anybody to explain," Fleischer said. U.S. ambassador to the U.N. Economic Social Council Sichan Siv (search ), who served as the U.S. representative at Tuesday's commission meeting, got up and walked out when it became clear Cuba was going to win the vote REST AT:http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,85526,00.html