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To: goldworldnet who wrote (530287)	1/27/2004 12:18:59 AM
From: CYBERKEN	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

The archaic private-sector unions went down the sewer with Gephardt in Iowa... nationalreview.com NOW we go after the public-sector unions. Let's ROLL!!!...

To: goldworldnet who wrote (530287)	1/27/2004 12:21:41 AM
From: CYBERKEN	Respond to of 769670

The screaming traitors, atheists, and rump rangers are chasing away the working people from the thoroughly-corrupt Democrat party... <<As it turned out, both the private-sector unions and the public-sector unions took a hit in Iowa. According to entrance polls, union members accounted for just 23 percent of Iowa caucus attendance, down from 33 percent as recently as 2000. Of those union members voting, 29 percent backed John Kerry; Dean and John Edwards each got 22 percent, and Gephardt got just 19 percent. The polls also indicate that just 50,000 of Iowa's union members, less than a third, are now registered as Democrats.>>

To: goldworldnet who wrote (530287)	1/27/2004 2:02:34 PM
From: PartyTime	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

>>> I haven't heard any details on that. If it was anything like the UN putting Libya in charge of human rights, I can understand why.<<< Regarding Libya, if you do some research you'll learn that Libya had reformed well before it took it's rotating position as human rights chair in the UN. Regarding the conference, here's some info on it. Remember, this happened the month before 9/11. There has been some debate as to whether or not the US boycott threat contributed to the final go-ahead in terms of the Arab commitment for the terror of 9/11. But proof of this is about as credible as the kind of proof Bush had before he invaded Iraq. There is no proof. Here's some British reporting on the subject of the conference: US groups condemn wavering over racism conference Special report: World conference against racism Staff and agencies Wednesday August 29, 2001 US human rights groups condemned the US government today over its refusal to send a high-level delegation to the world racism conference. Before a crowd of about 50 people chanting, "where's the United States?" representatives from seven human rights organisations accused the US of refusing to confront its own racial issues. "Their lack of support, leadership and indeed their absence is disgraceful, reprehensible and morally indefensible," said Jonathan Hutto, an official with Amnesty International USA. The US secretary of state, Colin Powell, has refused to attend the conference, which begins on Friday, because of proposed language in its draft resolution that the US considers anti-semitic. The US government has not announced who will represent it at the conference or whether it will boycott it altogether. The world conference against racism, which runs until September 7, was planned as a gathering for world leaders, academics and private organisations to discuss issues of intolerance and ways to combat them. However, it has already been marked by controversy over efforts to equate Zionism with racism and demands for western governments to pay reparations for slavery and colonialism. American delegates to a forum of non-governmental organizations (NGO) preceding the racism conference said the US was wavering on coming because it was hoping to hide from its own racial problems, including discrimination in the criminal justice system and the abuse of Native Americans. "They are hiding because they are afraid to confront these issues on a world level," said Gayle Zepeda, an official with the Northern Circle Indian Housing Authority. Barbara Scott, a delegate from the Women's Institute for Leadership Development for Human Rights said the Bush administration was proving its intolerance on issues of race. "If it were Clinton or Gore, there would have been a greater commitment to it," she said. Many angry human rights activists at the NGO forum wore stickers reading: "US NGOs here, US gov't not. Why not?" "It is an example of the United States being on the wrong side of history when it comes to issues of racial justice and human rights," said Theodore Shaw, associate director of the NAACP Legal Defence Fund. "It sends a message of arrogance and insensitivity to the rest of the world." However, the conference will be important whether the US comes or not, he said. "The world keeps spinning. The US is not the world. It is the most powerful nation, but it's not the world," he said. Earlier today, Arab activists chanting "Apartheid in Israel" and "Zionism equals racism" confronted Jewish delegates to the forum over Israel's treatment of Palestinians. The Jewish representatives responded by singing, "All we are saying is give peace a chance." Police separated the two groups. At a ceremony raising the UN flag over the conference centre in the coastal city of Durban, the South African foreign minister, Nkosasana Dlamini-Zuma said the conference was an emotional occasion for the country, seven years after the fall of the racist, apartheid regime. "If this conference is a success, it would be one way of honouring all those people who have died, who have struggled, who have resisted, who have done everything to ensure the racists do not have the upper hand in the world," she said. guardian.co.uk