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To: Sully- who wrote (2873)	5/30/2004 12:09:57 AM
From: abstract	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 35834

I have reread the thread header. So what? I am more in compliance with it than you are with Silicon Investor's Terms of Use. As an example of the Bush administration's usurping of common decency I suggest that Halliburton being paid anything by the federal government is wrong. There are, of course, more examples, but I really don't feel compelled to follow your dictates to satisfy your whim. "Theodore Roosevelt used "bully pulpit," meaning a terrific platform from which to persuasively advocate an agenda." You are not an advocate. You are a denigrator.

To: Sully- who wrote (2873)	5/30/2004 12:15:01 AM
From: abstract	Respond to of 35834

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (AP) -- In an unused interview shot in Virginia for Michael Moore's latest film, the American who was beheaded in Iraq said he was concerned about security there as he prepared to seek work as an independent businessman, his family said Saturday. . . . David Berg said Moore handled the situation with "dignity, respect and discipline." "Michael Moore has really been a total class act with this whole thing," David Berg said. "He could have sold this to the media or stuck it in his movie." Sara Berg said she saw the video footage as a "gift." cnn.com

To: Sully- who wrote (2873)	5/30/2004 12:18:48 AM
From: abstract	Respond to of 35834

McCain Inspires Rocky Revival By Moderates by Ben Smith Moderate Republicans—remember them? With their quaint fiscally conservative, socially liberal outlook and their patrician accents? You’ve been reading their political obituary every six months for at least the last quarter-century. But in recent weeks, you can’t turn on the television without seeing their 21st-century equivalents, John McCain and Rudolph Giuliani. And then there’s Arnold Schwarzenegger, George Pataki and Michael Bloomberg, all pro-choice and pro–gay rights, in control of the biggest local governments in the nation. Even former New Jersey Governor Thomas H. Kean—a throwback to old-fashioned blue-blood Republicanism—has emerged from political oblivion to head the Sept. 11 commission. Four Republican Senators are blocking tax cuts on Capitol Hill, and another, Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, just survived a vigorous primary challenge from his right. "Some of the more extreme, litmus-test types of Republicans are becoming so visible that some of the moderates are saying, ‘We have to act," said Christie Todd Whitman, the former governor of New Jersey and former administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. observer.com

To: Sully- who wrote (2873)	5/30/2004 12:33:22 AM
From: abstract	Respond to of 35834

Bush dynasty ex-wife set to spill the beans "The Family: The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty" by Kitty Kelley will have an initial print run of 500,000, and the main source is believed to be Sharon Bush, the ex-wife of Neil, President George W Bush's wayward brother. . . . The book could be the most damaging yet for the President, with the publishers, Random House, promising it will "cause controversy". news.independent.co.uk

To: Sully- who wrote (2873)	5/30/2004 12:43:16 AM
From: abstract	Respond to of 35834

Army Report Warned in November About Prison Problems . . . The confidential survey by Maj. Gen. Donald J. Ryder highlighted numerous prison shortcomings . . . Ryder reported that some detainees had been jailed for more than six months without a required review of their incarceration. He said many more had been imprisoned without a required screening -- within 72 hours -- to verify that their arrests were justified. . . . Ryder('s)... report, was appended in March to a classified report by Maj. Gen. Antonio M. Taguba. washingtonpost.com

To: Sully- who wrote (2873)	5/30/2004 9:22:27 AM
From: abstract	Respond to of 35834

Bush Cuts Children's Health While Rewarding HMOs During today's trip to Tennessee, President Bush will hold a photo-op at a children's hospital and then attend a $2,000-per-person fundraiser at the home of a top health insurance executive. The two events provide a perfect display of how the President has misled America on health care policy: at the same time that he has tried to slash funding for children's hospitals, his budget lavishes billions of dollars on health insurance companies who fund his campaign. During today's first event, the President is expected to praise children's hospitals. However, his budget this year proposes to freeze funding for grants to these hospitals, preventing their federal grants from keeping pace with inflation. He also proposes a $94 million cut to the Community Access Program - effectively eliminating another program that provides grants to children's hospitals in need. misleader.org

To: Sully- who wrote (2873)	5/30/2004 9:29:18 AM
From: abstract	Respond to of 35834

GEORGE BUSH: “Our first goal is...an economy that grows fast enough to employ every man and woman who seeks a job.” THE TRUTH: Bush is the first President since Hoover to preside over an economy that has lost jobs, not created them – more than 2.9 million since 2001. misleader.org

To: Sully- who wrote (2873)	5/30/2004 11:51:18 PM
From: abstract	Respond to of 35834

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Vice President Dick Cheney's office denied Sunday that he was involved in a coordinated effort to secure a multibillion dollar Iraq oil deal for Halliburton, his former employer. A reference to such an arrangement was made in an internal Pentagon e-mail from an Army Corps of Engineers official to another Pentagon employee, Time magazine reports in its June 7 edition, which is due on newsstands Monday. The existence of the e-mail was confirmed to CNN by a senior administration official familiar with it. The e-mail -- dated March 5, 2003 -- says Douglas Feith, undersecretary of defense for policy, approved the arrangement to award the contract to the oil-services company, the administration official said. According to an e-mail excerpt in Time, the contract was "contingent on informing WH [White House] tomorrow. We anticipate no issues since action has been coordinated w[ith] VP's office." The Corps of Engineers gave Halliburton the contract three days later without seeking other bids, Time reports. cnn.com

To: Sully- who wrote (2873)	5/30/2004 11:59:59 PM
From: abstract	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 35834

Bush campaign accents the negative Scholars say volume of attacks is unprecedented msnbc.msn.com

To: Sully- who wrote (2873)	5/31/2004 12:03:51 AM
From: abstract	Respond to of 35834

Report cites cutbacks at National Parks According to the Coalition of Concerned National Park Retirees the Bush Administration has been less than forthright about its budgeting for the parks. msnbc.msn.com

To: Sully- who wrote (2873)	5/31/2004 12:16:16 AM
From: abstract	Respond to of 35834

Bush Campaigns Heavily on Air Force One By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: May 31, 2004 WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush is using Air Force One for re-election travel more heavily than any predecessor, wringing maximum political mileage from a perk of office paid for by taxpayers. While Democratic rival John Kerry digs into his campaign bank account to charter a plane to roam the country, Bush often travels at no cost to his campaign simply by declaring a trip ``official'' travel rather than ``political.'' nytimes.com

To: Sully- who wrote (2873)	5/31/2004 8:17:59 AM
From: abstract	Respond to of 35834

. . . aspects of the Iraq war have reinforced the Chinese belief that the United States’ long-range strategy is to dominate Asia by containing the growth of Chinese power, the report said. These include recent Pentagon decisions to base long-range bombers, cruise missiles and nuclear attack submarines to the Pacific island of Guam — moves related in part to the Iraq conflict. msnbc.msn.com

To: Sully- who wrote (2873)	5/31/2004 8:20:47 AM
From: abstract	Respond to of 35834

CHICAGO May 31, 2004 — Parishioners who wore rainbow-colored sashes to Mass in support of gays and lesbians were denied communion in Chicago, while laymen in Minnesota tried to prevent gay Roman Catholics from getting the sacrament. abcnews.go.com

To: Sully- who wrote (2873)	5/31/2004 10:20:15 AM
From: abstract	Respond to of 35834

Dalai Lama Laments Abuse of Iraqi Prisoners LONDON (Reuters) - The Dalai Lama said on Monday he had been shocked by U.S. soldiers abusing prisoners in Iraq's notorious Abu Ghraib prison, according to Britain's Guardian newspaper. "America generally we consider a champion of liberty, justice -- these things -- so then for something such as this to happen, we regard as shocking," said the exiled leader of Tibet's Buddhists. channels.netscape.com

To: Sully- who wrote (2873)	5/31/2004 8:36:08 PM
From: abstract	Respond to of 35834

Wouldn't it be unfortunately ironic if Bush's non-support of the Kyoto Agreement led to the global warming that enables terrorists to attack the United States from the North: "The talk of global warming is a double-edged sword for skeptics who don't believe it, but are nevertheless intrigued by the possibilities a warmer arctic may bring. One possibility is an open water shortcut over the top of the world that may already be emerging. The normally ice-choked bay will be part of a summer-long ice-free Northwest passage. "It cuts thousands and thousands of miles off the sea route between Europe and the Orient, and would be irresistible to commerce," says Dennis Conlon, with the Office of Naval Research. Conlon wrote a recently declassified document exploring the military implications of a watery arctic. Conlon says an open Northwest passage makes America open to new threats. "We'd have to counter terrorism, we'd have to protect assets, we'd have to perform search and rescue. Every function the Navy performs, we'd have to perform in the Arctic." " "(Also) less ice means more areas of warm water. And pockets of warm air that are helping to change the global temperatures and wind patterns. As a result, one new study suggests that desperately needed storms will be steered away from the drought-plagued American west, drying it by as much as 30 percent more, and increasing the wildfire danger." cbsnews.com

To: Sully- who wrote (2873)	5/31/2004 9:59:50 PM
From: abstract	Respond to of 35834

The U.S. Army "dropped the ball" and treated Iraqi police officers like second-class citizens when they arrived to begin joint patrols with coalition troops in Najaf, an American adviser said Monday. The adviser said no sleeping arrangements were made, they were given no personal gear for their duties, and were given military rations for meals that included pork. cnn.com

To: Sully- who wrote (2873)	6/1/2004 7:46:31 AM
From: abstract	Respond to of 35834

WASHINGTON -- The anti-terrorism agency that Congress rushed into existence just weeks after the Sept. 11 attacks to protect America's planes, trains and trucks is shrinking, and could all but fade away. (House Aviation Subcommittee Chairman, John) Mica and other Republicans, who were never entirely comfortable with creating a new bureaucracy, want to return all airport security screener jobs to the private sector, where they were before Sept. 11, 2001. If so, the federal screeners would get the first opportunity to apply for the private jobs. ... many Democrats believe the federal agency is needed to protect travelers. They say Republicans set it up to fail by refusing to give it enough money. suntimes.com

To: Sully- who wrote (2873)	6/1/2004 8:12:30 AM
From: abstract	Respond to of 35834

Army checks into possible thefts, assaults WASHINGTON — The Army is investigating reports of assaults against Iraqi civilians and thefts of their money and jewelry by U.S. troops during patrols, raids and house searches, U.S. officials said yesterday. The New York Times said the Army was investigating at least two dozen cases, including the suspected theft of cash from Iraqis stopped by soldiers at roadside checkpoints, apparently under the pretext of confiscating money from suspected insurgents or their financial backers. "Almost everyone has something to say about gold, money and other valuables going missing and they don't believe they'll ever get them back," said Adel Alami, an Iraqi lawyer. seattletimes.nwsource.com

To: Sully- who wrote (2873)	6/1/2004 10:32:47 AM
From: abstract	Respond to of 35834

"Very few Catholics are completely worthy every Sunday of receiving what we believe to be the body and blood of Jesus. The Church understands this - and has long left it up to the individual to wrestle with his or her conscience as to whether going to Communion is appropriate. To turn the tables, and to make the giving of Communion contingent on a public, political litmus test, would politicize a sacred ritual that is and always should be beyond politics." chicagoreport.net