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

To: PartyTime who wrote (489265)	11/7/2003 5:00:00 PM
From: jackhach	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769669

FASCISM or DEMOCRACY? Protestor subpoenas Ashcroft & Karl Rove Friday, November 7, 2003 Posted: 10:25 AM EST (1525 GMT) COLUMBIA, South Carolina (AP) -- A man charged with entering a restricted area during an October 2002 presidential visit has subpoenaed U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft and Bush political adviser Karl Rove to testify at his trial next week. Activist Brett Bursey, 55, said Thursday the men's testimony would show that the Bush administration tries to "sanitize" areas of dissent around the president during visits across the country. Assistant U.S. Attorney John Barton, who is handling the case, did not immediately return a telephone call. White House spokesman Taylor Gross said Rove had not been served with the subpoena and declined further comment. The trial is set for Wednesday. Bursey originally was charged by local authorities with trespassing when he refused to move to a "free-speech zone" at the Columbia airport. That charge was dropped, but the Justice Department decided to prosecute Bursey five months later under a statute that allows the U.S. Secret Service to restrict access to areas during the president's travels. He faces up to six months in prison and a $5,000 fine if convicted. "We intend to find out from Mr. Ashcroft why and how the decision to prosecute Mr. Bursey was reached," said Lewis Pitts, Bursey's lawyer. Bursey has said he was arrested because he was carrying a sign that read "No War for Oil" and contends others with pro-Bush placards were allowed to stay in the area. The U.S. attorney's office has said Bursey was arrested not for what his sign said but for where he was carrying it. Bursey, who began protesting war and inequities in the 1960s, attached $400 checks to the subpoenas for fees and mileage.

To: PartyTime who wrote (489265)	11/7/2003 7:01:36 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Respond to of 769669

OH, THAT'S the game. So you have $385 to your name. Suddenly the bank hits you with a $350 fee and you have 0nly $35 left. A 91% loss. But that's doesn't matter. FAR worse than that, obviously, is when you have $9605.51 in your account and the bank takes $684.81, leaving $8920.7. A horrendous 7% loss. Yeah. Obviously you're right. What you ignore is that a 684 point drop in 1929 was impossible. The Dow would have been negative.