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To: tejek who wrote (188729)	5/18/2004 12:10:15 AM
From: Amy J	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578119

Tejek, amazing, a mountain lion in the heart of Silicon Valley: In Palo Alto, on Walter Hays Drive across from Eleanor Pardee Park: paloaltoonline.com "The mountain lion that strayed into Palo Alto residential areas this morning was shot and killed by a Palo Alto police officer about 1 p.m. today, ending a tense lion-hunt that started before dawn." Also at mercurynews.com Regards, Amy J

To: tejek who wrote (188729)	5/19/2004 5:10:45 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578119

I would have dropped the "Red States" refrence myself. My focus in posing the link was on the rest of the article. To get all of it you have to either register or follow the SI link Message 20132653 "... Why? Let's look at just what the Americans have done in the last year and two months (without us). They have freed 24-million people from what was reasonably described as one giant 36-year-long Gulag. Thirty-five percent of Iraqi households now have satellite dishes and there are 120 free newspapers, some sharply critical of the Coalition, most promoting democracy and encouraging debate. Only two which recommended violence against the Coalition have been shut down, one for only 60 days. Iraqis now have free use of the Internet, and Internet cafes litter Baghdad. There are 30 Iraqi blogs in Baghdad alone. All would have been killed under Saddam, users and producers. Six hundred judges are working in a fully functioning and independent judicial system. Iraqis now have a right to a fair, expeditious and open trial, the right to defense counsel at all stages of the proceedings, and the right to remain silent. The use of torture on civilians has been abolished. There is a new Bill of Rights, which is even more inclusive than that of the U.S. It includes the freedom of religious belief and practice, and the rights to free expression, to peacefully assemble, to organize political parties, and to organize and form unions. Twenty-five hundred of the 12,000 schools needing repairs have been renovated; 869 are currently under construction. The salaries of teachers have been more than doubled. The curriculum has been revised, Baath party officials fired and tens of thousands of new teachers trained. Fifty-nine million new textbooks have been supplied by the United States and the UN Oil for Food program. USAID officials edited schoolbooks to include Shia history and culture, which was hitherto excluded. Doctors' salaries have gone from an average of US$20 per month to a minimum of US$120 per month. Thirty million doses of children's vaccinations have been distributed. In 2002, Saddam's budget for his Ministry of Health was US$16-million; today, it is US$948-million. The health care system is now open to all Iraqis, with 30% more using it than before. Half the medical schools now have Internet access, with the rest planned to be up and running by the end of the summer. Saddam had isolated his medical community for 35 years; 52 primary health care clinics have been renovated and 600 have since been substantially re-equipped. Three-hundred -and-forty-thousand people now have cell phones, increasing by 15,000 each month. Iraqis can now make international calls. By summer, the average Iraqi will have 16 hours of electricity per day, a 40% increase from pre-war levels. USAID is building three sewage treatment plants (there were none), and their water and sanitation projects will benefit 14.5 million Iraqis. Pre-war, only 50-60% had clean water...."