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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: David Lawrence who wrote (411420)	6/4/2003 12:05:40 AM
From: Raymond Duray	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Dear Deluded, Re: The Left Coast self-imposed their own electricity crisis by not allowing development of their own generating capacity. You really ought to get out more often. If you did, you'd read that there have been several convictions for fraudulent trading schemes. One just recently: Message 18998963 *********** Re: By the way, 401(k) plans REQUIRE enrollment, which is a voluntary act. They are not imposed. There are no realistic choices offered, such as annuities or defined benefit programs. The entire nation's pension system is a damn mess. It's far too tied in to the manipulated and crooked stock market.

To: David Lawrence who wrote (411420)	6/4/2003 2:57:00 AM
From: Raymond Duray	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

LYING SCOUNDRELS RUN LOOSE IN WHITE HOUSE On Karl Rove: "And I also think it's possible that Karl is pathological." --James Moore, author of the best seller "Bush's Brain"... "Karl first met (FBI agent) Greg Rampton in 1986 when Karl bugged his own office" and then went on to use Rampton for political witch hunts.... buzzflash.com David, I have to admit, you keep some pretty interesting company. Politely, I believe the term is "ethically challenged". <g> I'll take my fantasy land to your version of Dante's Inferno any day. :) Known by the company you keep. In your case, bad company. **** <COPY> BUZZFLASH: How have we gotten to this point –- to a point Rove's skill can be confident of success in a situation like that, despite the gross and blatant hypocrisy of the situation? MOORE: They have a 24-hour machine that attacks. And it's constantly staffed and it intimidates and it distracts. It uses head fakes. They jump on John Kerry for saying that he is part Jewish. They jump on John Kerry and Howard Dean for debating each other too strongly. And any reporter who would deign to ask these kinds of questions of the Bush administration would get the White House in their face, saying: How dare you? And then they would be threatened with access. They play this game of access. They know very well that once a reporter loses his or her access to the White House, their job is gone. And so the reporter is sort of intimidated into not asking these kinds of tough questions. This is a game that they perfected here in Texas. As a matter of fact, in 1994, when he was running for governor for the first time against Ann Richards, I was panelist in his broadcast debate. And I was the first person in his life to ask him the question, particularly in public –- how he got into the Texas Air National Guard when there a hundred thousand young men on waiting lists around the country that ranged from three to five years. How did he get into the National Guard and avoid the draft? And he answered the question, not very well -– he didn't tell the truth. But after the debate, both Karl and Karen came up to me and jumped on me, and said: What kind of question was that? How dare you? Why would you ask such a question? That's so irrelevant. He served, you know. He was in the National Guard, et cetera, et cetera. And I said: Wait a minute -– I'm a few years younger than he was, and I know from my experience and my friends that we all tried to get into the Guard because it was a way to avoid combat. And we at least admitted it. And he's trying to pretend that no strings were pulled. I said I have a sense of obligation to ask that question because I lost friends in Vietnam -- and I tried to avoid it myself. And I know the way the game was played. If you had family connections, you were safe. If you didn't, you weren't. And he's got ‘em. The point is that they use rank intimidation to silence the media. And they certainly are not beyond going to management and asking questions. I had the office of former President Bush one time call a television station in Texas that I worked for, asking them why I had asked such a difficult question of the President during an appearance in San Antonio. Those are the games they play, and they work.