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To: exdaytrader76 who wrote (136916)	6/17/2004 8:11:24 PM
From: Andrew N. Cothran	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

To:Sam who wrote (136863) From: Andrew N. Cothran Thursday, Jun 17, 2004 7:02 PM Respond to of 136917 Now for the small print. USA Today, The New York Times, The Washington Post, ABC News, CBS News, NBC, News, et al All of the above and more disgorged themselves in an orgy of glee this morning with the NEWS (they reported) that 9/11 Commission, in its preliminary findings, had concluded that there was no evidence to support the thesis that there was a connection between Sadaam Hussein and al-Qaeda. Furthermore, these illustrious dispensers of wisdom and knowledge crowed loudly that the 9/11 finding debunked and disproved any claim by the Bush administration for its invasion of Iraq. Now, in the late afternoon, BOTH of the Co-leaders of the Commission DEBUNK the headline writers, accusing them of distorting the report at best and deliberately misleading the public at worst. Both Hamilton and Kean decry the interpretation that the popular Press placed on their report. Now, the question is: Will USA Today, The New York Times, The Washington Post, et. al. bother to CORRECT their highly biased and deliberately misleading reportage. The answer is "Don't hold your breath!" These newspapers and news outlets proved this morning and in highly dramatic fashion that they are not interested in reporting the truth. THEY WANT TO GET BUSH. THEIR REPORTING IS THE AMMUNITION THAT THEY USE. THEIR FALSE WORDS ARE THE BULLETS IN THEIR GUNS AND THE ARROWS IN THEIR QUIVER. It takes the truth a long time to catch up with the falsehoods. This is a fact that the dispensers of distortions know all too well. They have dispensed the distortions. They are not about to offer up any corrections however false their distortions and however true the corrections.

To: exdaytrader76 who wrote (136916)	6/17/2004 8:14:20 PM
From: Tom Swift	Respond to of 281500

SKY PILOT THE ANIMALS He blesses the boys as they stand in life The smell of gun grease and their bayonets they shine He's here to help them all that he can To make them feel wanted he's a good holy man. Sky pilot, sky pilot, how high can you fly You'll never never never reach the sky. He smiles at the young soldiers Tells them it's all right He knows of their fears in the forthcoming fight Soon there'll be blood and many will die Mother and fathers back home they will cry. Sky pilot, sky pilot, how high can you fly You'll never never never reach the sky. He humbles a prayer and it ends with a smile The order is given they move down the line But hell stay behind and he'll meditate But it won't stop to bleeding or is the hate. As the young men move out into the battle zone He feels good with god you're never alone He feels so tired and he lays on his bed Hopes the men will find courage In the words that he's said. Sky pilot, sky pilot, how high can you fly You'll never never never reach the sky. You're soldiers of god you must understand The fate of your country is in your young hands May god give you strength do your job really well If it all was worth in only time it will tell. In the morning they returned with tears in their eyes The stench of death drifts up to the skies A young soldier so it looks at the sky bright Remember the words thou shalt not kill.

To: exdaytrader76 who wrote (136916)	6/17/2004 8:19:41 PM
From: Jacob Snyder	Respond to of 281500

I'll put your 1960s: Uh ha haa ha War...huh...yeah up against my fin-de-siecle Victorians: If in some smothering dreams you too could pace Behind the wagon that we flung him in, And watch the white eyes writhing in his face, His hanging face, like a devil's sick of sin; If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs, Obscene as cancer, bitter as the cud Of vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues, - My friend, you would not tell with such high zest To children ardent for some desperate glory, The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est Pro patria mori.

To: exdaytrader76 who wrote (136916)	6/18/2004 10:17:08 AM
From: Dennis O'Bell	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

>> Vietnam didn't leave us with any memorable poetry. That's your opinion Luang Prabang - (Dave Van Ronk) When I came back from Luang Prabang I didn't have a thing where my balls used to hang But I got a wooden medal and a fine harangue Now I'm a fucking hero chorus: Mourn your dead, land of the free If you wanna be a hero, follow me Mourn your dead, land of the free If you wanna be a hero, follow me And now the boys all envy me I fought for Christian democracy With nothing but air where my balls used to me Now I'm a fucking hero One and twenty cannons thundered Into the bloody wild blue yonder For a patriotic balless wonder Now I'm a fucking hero In Luang Prabang there is a spot Where the corpses of your brothers rot And every corpse is a patriot And every corpse is a hero