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To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (401635)	5/1/2003 5:34:12 PM
From: PROLIFE	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

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To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (401635)	5/1/2003 5:38:14 PM
From: Jerrel Peters	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

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To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (401635)	5/1/2003 5:44:48 PM
From: Thomas A Watson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

poor kenny this economic news will diturb you greatly. Bad News for Democrats: Blacks Are Prospering Increasing numbers of black Americans are improving their educations and earnings, and the trend of single-mother households is in historic decline, the Census Bureau reports. According to the new stats: In 1980, 51 percent of blacks had a high school diploma. By 2002, that figure was 78.5 percent. In 1980, 8 percent of blacks had a bachelor's degree. By 2002, that figure was 17.4 percent. "The percentage of black Americans who have completed at least some college work or earned at least an associate degree is at an all-time high of 79 percent," the Washington Times noted. As education levels rise, so do incomes. "Married couples making more than $50,000 a year constitute 52 percent of the black population, with slightly more than half of those families earning more than $75,000 in annual income," the Times reported. Thirty-six percent of blacks live in the suburbs, up from 29 percent a decade ago. The percentage of black families led by husbandless women, which was about 50 percent in the mid-1990s, has fallen to 43 percent, the lowest percentage since at least 1980. Thank the GOP-led welfare reforms of 1996 for that. "Didn't that decline start when welfare reform was enacted?" David Almasi, director of Project 21, a conservative black think tank, asked the Times. "We reformed the welfare system, which so many people blamed for causing the chronic social problems of the black community. [Welfare] rewarded the splitting up of families." So what does all this mean? In addition to being good news for the families involved, it's also good news for Republicans and Libertarians as prospering blacks are increasingly likely to doubt the victim rhetoric of Jesse Jackson, Nancy Pelosi, Tom Daschle and the rest of the Democrat plantation. George Will Notes Political Gains Meanwhile, George Will notes that last year three blacks running statewide for offices in the same state were all elected, something that had never happened before. The state wasn't oh-so-liberal Massachusetts or California. And the candidates' party wasn't Democrat. "The state is Texas, and all three winners are Republicans. Their successes suggest how Republicans might make modest progress with African American voters. Modest progress - say, 15 percent rather than 8 percent of the African American vote - could have large effects," Will writes in his column. newsmax.com

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (401635)	5/1/2003 5:47:40 PM
From: PROLIFE	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

HEY KENNYBOY, CHECK THIS OUT!!!! Golden State, Smoggy Skies (AP) California cemented its notoriety as the smoggiest state by having nine counties and six metropolitan areas listed among the worst polluted areas of the nation, according to American Lung Association rankings released Thursday. The California counties of San Bernardino, Fresno and Kern retained the top three positions as reported last year. The metro areas of Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, Bakersfield and Fresno also reprised their top rankings. With its sunny skies, warm temperatures and reliance on the automobile, the Golden State has historically been the smoggiest place in America. While the air has gotten significantly cleaner — even as the population has swelled — haze continues to blanket large areas of the state in concentrations that violate federal standards. "Even in the last few years, where they've made some large strides perhaps, it's just that again they have such a large hill to climb that it's hard for that to show up at this point," said Janice Nolen, director of national policy for the lung association. Nationwide, nearly half of Americans are living in counties with unhealthy smog levels, the association reported. While 93 counties improved their marks from last year, 26 counties received lower grades this year. Improvements in rankings, mostly in the Southeast, were attributed to weather patterns that brought cooler temperatures or winds that diverted pollution elsewhere. The report gave 28 of California's 58 counties failing marks for air quality. Although nine counties improved their grades, the ALA said 33 million of the state's 35 million people are breathing dirty air. That number is up by nearly 4 million people from last year's report. Some experts, however, cautioned that the report is based on deceptive methodology that can give failing grades for entire regions based on a few air monitoring stations that register violations, while others in the area record safe smog levels. "It's incredibly misleading to tell people breathing clean air that they're in danger," said Joel Schwartz, a senior fellow at the nonpartisan Reason Public Policy Institute. "The report's been the same every year. It exaggerates air pollution levels and exaggerates risks each year." The report is based on EPA data from 1999-2001. The findings do not take into account a pollutant that's considered more dangerous than smog - tiny particles of soot that can lodge deep in the lungs and cause heart problems and even death. By Brian Melley cbsnews.com