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To: LindyBill who wrote (35499)	3/19/2004 1:35:09 AM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793731

EconoPundit - They just keep coming in... ...former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad endorsed Kerry...on Thursday. The former prime minister, who made headlines in October for saying at an Islamic Summit Conference that "the Muslims will forever be oppressed and dominated by the Europeans and the Jews," said Kerry would keep the world safer than President Bush. "I think Kerry would be much more willing to listen to the voices of people and of the rest of the world," Mahathir, who retired in October after 22 years in power, told The Associated Press in an interview. "But in the U.S., the Jewish lobby is very strong, and any American who wants to become president cannot change the policy toward Palestine radically," he said. __________________ Rich Lowry doesn't know how right he is... Thanks to Charles Martin, who caught this even as I'd read it and moved on with glazed eyes. Rich Lowry comments on Al Franken: Franken also says the North Carolina SCHIP "was limited to children residing in families with income below 200 percent of the federal poverty level, not 200 percent above the poverty line." If true, this would mean that the program applied only to the poorest of the poor, leaving out many people who are below the poverty line. This is silly and incorrect, which Franken would know if he had even run a Google search. I think this actually demonstrates a number of things. Franken clearly is so far removed from actual people he can't see how 200% of the federal poverty level (roughly $34,000 for someone with a small family) isn't a lot of money. Therefore he thinks the argument's got to be in the ultra-poor area, you know, among those below the federal poverty level. But Rich Lowry, I'm afraid, demonstrates just a touch of innumeracy here. If, say, $17,000 is the federal poverty level, then 100% below this level is $0. And of course 200% below this level is minus or negative $17,000. Oopsies!

To: LindyBill who wrote (35499)	3/19/2004 1:42:45 AM
From: D. Long	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 793731

The Serbs will flee and the UN with them. Prophetic, if it wasn't so predictable. news.bbc.co.uk UN pulls out of Kosovo flashpoint Religious symbols are bearing the brunt of the violence UN staff have been pulled out of the flashpoint town of Mitrovica in Kosovo where two days of inter-ethnic clashes have left 31 dead. UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said the decision had been taken in view of the worsening security situation. He was addressing a special session of the UN Security Council after the worst violence since the 1999 Kosovo war.