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To: Coz who wrote (6690)	2/7/2004 10:20:26 AM
From: Ron	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20773

A fascinating story. Al Sharpton is a shameless egomaniac. No one even remotely familiar with his history could take him seriously. His antics make more sense, now.

To: Coz who wrote (6690)	2/7/2004 1:13:20 PM
From: The Philosopher	Respond to of 20773

Why disturbing? Politics makes strange bedfellows. Has ever since the concept of politics was invented. Sharpton is his own man, and will use who he wants to, what funds he wants to, and what advisors he wants to. He wants a place at the table come the convention. Right now, he is the only black Democrat with the balls to actually campaign for that place. If you see the concept of blacks actually having a voice in the convention, though, I can see why you'll find his attempts to have that voice disturbing. But the reality is he's a smart cookie doing whatever it takes to get his message heard. Nothing wrong with that.

To: Coz who wrote (6690)	2/11/2004 12:38:47 AM
From: Coz	Respond to of 20773

Did Bush Spike Probe of Pakistan's Dr. Strangelove? ============================== I found this Democracy Now news/opinion cast compelling. Especially hearing how the Bush administration interrupted ongoing investigations on the Bin Ladin family and on Pakistan's chief nuclear scientist, Dr. Kahn. --Cozzz ============================== Tuesday, February 10th, 2004 democracynow.org BBC investigative reporter Greg Palast and Tariq Ali discuss how the Bush administration stopped an investigation that might have revealed Pakistan's top nuclear scientist helped share nuclear secrets with Iran, North Korea and Libya. Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf acknowledged for the first time yesterday that he long suspected his country's top nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan was sharing nuclear secrets with other countries. This according to an hourlong interview with the New York Times. Khan stunned the country last week when he confessed on television to selling nuclear technology to Libya, Iran and North Korea. Khan invented Pakistan’s nuclear bomb and is considered to be a national hero. He claimed he had acted without authorization from the government and begged forgiveness. Musharraf pardoned him days later. At one point Musharraf suggested politics might have played a part in overlooking any suspected wrongdoing on Khan’s part saying "It was extremely sensitive. One couldn't outright start investigating as if he's any common criminal." But the reasons for the delayed investigation may run deeper. Musharraf insists that although he suspected Khan for at least three years, it was not until October of last year that U.S. officials provided specific evidence of Khan’s activities. A senior Bush administration official acknowledged that this was true. The official added that the U.S. conveyed more general warnings about Khan's activities starting in 2001. * Greg Palast, investigative reporter with the BBC and the author of the Best Democracy Money Can Buy. He recently wrote an article titled "Khan Job: Bush Spiked Probe of Pakistan’s Dr. Strangelove, BBC reported in 2001" * Tariq Ali, author of several books including Bush in Babylon: The Recolonization of Iraq. He is also the editor of New Left Review

To: Coz who wrote (6690)	2/13/2004 4:00:50 AM
From: Coz	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 20773

When I first started hearing the issue of gay marriage coming up as being something the homosexual community was going to push during this election cycle, I thought that it was an incredibly selfish thing to glom this emotionally charged issue onto this incredibly important election cycle. Then I read about Al Sharpton's campaign being run and financed by Roger Stone who is a right-winger who has never run a campaign for a democrat much less paid for it out of his own pocket (http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0405/barrett.php). I mean, this sounds like a covert dirty tricks effort being pushed to upset the Democrats. So now, I am wondering if this gay marriage thing is another covert Republican operation. I know that it is liberal judges who are giving heat to the proposition, but I cannot help but wonder how it is that at this moment in history, right before an election, these cases are suddenly on the docket. Gay marriages being conducted by magistrates in San Francisco (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37807-2004Feb12.html) even though this is not legal at this time. Could it be that all of this is Democrats being manipulated by Republican operatives? I know this all could be lumped into the "conspiracy theory" trash bin, but hey if it walks like a "conspiracy theory" and quacks like a "conspiracy theory" why not investigate it as such.... --Cozzz