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

To: American Spirit who wrote (488299)	11/6/2003 3:12:00 PM
From: PROLIFE	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

then you better go tell yo main squeeze, Kerry, that he was lying his butt off, because he sure knew they were there. "It is not possible to overstate the ominous implications for the Middle East if Saddam were to develop and successfully militarize and deploy potent biological weapons. We can all imagine the consequences. Extremely small quantities of several known biological weapons have the capability to exterminate the entire population of cities the size of Tel Aviv or Jerusalem. These could be delivered by ballistic missile, but they also could be delivered by much more pedestrian means; aerosol applicators on commercial trucks easily could suffice. If Saddam were to develop and then deploy usable atomic weapons, the same holds true." '[Saddam Hussein] cannot be permitted to go unobserved and unimpeded toward his horrific objective of amassing a stockpile of weapons of mass destruction. This is not a matter about which there should be any debate whatsoever in the Security Council, or, certainly, in this Nation." "In my judgment, the Security Council should authorize a strong U.N. military response that will materially damage, if not totally destroy, as much as possible of the suspected infrastructure for developing and manufacturing weapons of mass destruction, as well as key military command and control nodes. Saddam Hussein should pay a grave price, in a currency that he understands and values, for his unacceptable behavior. This should not be a strike consisting only of a handful of cruise missiles hitting isolated targets primarily of presumed symbolic value." "Were its willingness to serve in these respects to diminish or vanish because of the ability of Saddam to brandish these weapons, then the ability of the United Nations or remnants of the gulf war coalition, or even the United States acting alone, to confront and halt Iraqi aggression would be gravely damaged." "[W]hile we should always seek to take significant international actions on a multilateral rather than a unilateral basis whenever that is possible, if in the final analysis we face what we truly believe to be a grave threat to the well-being of our Nation or the entire world and it cannot be removed peacefully, we must have the courage to do what we believe is right and wise."

To: American Spirit who wrote (488299)	11/6/2003 3:21:00 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

We REALLY think you shouldn't miss this. If someone knows AS doesn't have them on ignore, post it to it. WHOOPS! Forget the Dems in '04. msnbc.com Oh, and don't forget this: Message 19462011 Weekly U.S. jobless claims plunge Worker productivity soared in the third quarter MSNBC NEWS SERVICES WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 — The number of Americans filing first-time claims for jobless benefits took an unexpectedly sharp plunge last week, reaching a level not seen since before the economy tumbled into recession in 2001, a government report showed on Thursday. A SEPARATE REPORT showed U.S. business productivity soared in the third quarter, suggesting little risk inflation will flare despite signs the economic recovery is on firmer ground. Initial claims for state unemployment aid fell 43,000 to 348,000 in the week to Nov. 1 from a revised 391,000 the prior week, the Labor Department said. It was the lowest level since late January 2001, two months before the recession began. Economists had expected claims to slip to 380,000 from 386,000 — a figure boosted by a grocery store strike in California — initially reported for the week to Oct. 25. “The large drop in claims ... confirms that firms have begun to hire and employment has turned up,” said Jade Zelnik, chief economist at RBS Greenwich Capital Markets. A spokesman for the department said he could not account for the big drop in claims last week, but said problems with seasonal adjustment of the data could be a factor. “Every week we encourage (looking at) the four-week average. This is certainly one of those weeks,” he said. The four-week average, which smooths weekly volatility to present a clearer picture of labor-market trends, fell 10,000 to 380,000 last week, its lowest level since March 2001. Initial claims and the four-week average have been below 400,000 for five weeks. Economists see that level as a divide between an improving and deteriorating labor market. PRODUCTIVITY SURGE Last week, the government reported that the U.S. economy grew at an annual rate of 7.2 percent in the third quarter, the strongest pace in nearly two decades. Despite that, the economy shed 41,000 non-farm jobs as gains in productivity enabled firms to meet increased demand for goods and services without expanding their workforce. The Labor Department said non-farm business productivity climbed at an 8.1 percent annual rate in the third quarter, accelerating from an upwardly revised 7.0 percent gain in the prior three months. The increase reflected a rise in output that was the strongest in over 10 years, and only a small increase in the number of hours workers put in on the job. The productivity gain pushed unit labor costs — a gauge of potential wage pressures — down at a 4.6 percent pace, suggesting a good quarterly performance for corporate profit. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast an 8.5 percent gain in productivity and a 4.7 percent drop in unit labor costs. Companies’ output in the July-to-September quarter rose at a 8.8 percent rate — the fastest pace since the end of 1992, and up from a 4.6 percent growth rate in the second quarter. Workers’ hours, meanwhile, increased at a 0.7 percent rate in the third quarter, a turnaround from the 2.2 percent rate of decline reported in the previous quarter and offering another hopeful sign for the labor market. For the economy’s long-term health and rising living standards, solid productivity gains are crucial. They allow the economy to grow faster without triggering inflation. Companies can pay workers more without raising prices, which would eat up those wage gains. And, productivity gains can bolster a company’s profitability. Analysts say the recent productivity pace is unsustainably strong, and some said the fall in jobless claims suggested firms were finally having to hire to meet demand. On Friday, the Labor Department releases its employment report for October. Financial market economists are looking for U.S. payrolls to rise 55,000 after a 57,000 gain in September. They expect the jobless rate to hold steady at 6.1 percent. Economists are hopeful that businesses will in time begin to hire more as profits improve. In deciding to hold a main short-term interest rate steady at a 45-year low of 1 percent last week, policy-makers at the Federal Reserve Board said such low rates, “coupled with robust underlying growth in productivity,” are providing significant support for overall economic activity.

To: American Spirit who wrote (488299)	11/6/2003 3:26:49 PM
From: TigerPaw	Respond to of 769670

<font color=brown>This philosophy is steeped in calculated practicality, avarice for the common man and a disdain for individualism. Strauss espoused the concept of the “noble lie.” This refers to the practice of willful deception, usually carried out by a popular and charismatic leader, with the goal of goading the ignorant public to actions which they would ordinarily find reprehensible. Noble lies have spawned many horrible actions in the past 100 years. Many of the prewar accusations against Iraq could be considered noble lies. Whether Saddam Hussein possessed nuclear, chemical or biological weapons was irrelevant to those spinning the noble lie. The lie’s desired effect was accomplished. Not only did we go to Iraq, but the war was also supported by the majority of Americans. They lied to us. We let it happen.</font>

To: American Spirit who wrote (488299)	11/6/2003 3:34:39 PM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769670

Kay did not find stockpiles. He did find samples (for example, of anthrax, mustard gas, and ricin), labs, evidence of ongoing research into increasing lethality of agents, the maintenance of dual- use production facilities, the maintenance of labs and equipment to use for the recommencement of nuclear research, and work to improve delivery systems.

To: American Spirit who wrote (488299)	11/6/2003 3:49:04 PM
From: slave	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

If Clinton would have even did 10% of his job we would not be involved in this war against terror.Bush told the world ,you are with us or against us, i agree..WMD or not Iraq was going down.With Clinton the only things going down were Monica, and at the end of his term the economy which he inherited from Bush and Reagan,and the stock market..Just the facts.