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To: Road Walker who wrote (195422)	7/22/2004 3:11:19 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571446

Kerry is just a stretch version of Dukakis. Dems are smart though, they vilify Bush and create a Bush or "not Bush" race. Kerry might as well be faceless.

To: Road Walker who wrote (195422)	7/22/2004 3:25:28 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Respond to of 1571446

JF, you don't suppose Kerry just enjoy's doing that stuff, do you? I thought I had already said that. But he's also propping his interests up for the sake of image. Most of the time, it's just a regular photo op, but that Harley thing on the Tonight Show was a little over the top. By the way, I would have thought it to be cool that he snowboards and windsurfs, just like me, if it hadn't been for the way he reacted after taking a spill on the slopes. Of course, he learned his lesson and is now taking other falls in stride, like the one on his bike. Tenchusatsu P.S. - Speaking of which, I remember when Bill Clinton threw the first pitch at a ball game. Until then, I was used to old men tossing it underhand no further than ten yards or so, but Bill was able to pitch from the mound right over the plate. And he didn't even need to try.

To: Road Walker who wrote (195422)	7/22/2004 4:22:11 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1571446

John, <font color=blue>Have you seen anything about this issue in the American press? I haven't.<font color=black> ted ********************************************** Grand jury probes Cheney's role in 'illegal' Iran trade** By Rupert Cornwell in Washington 22 July 2004 Yet another controversy has flared up around the Halliburton oil services company of which Vice-President Dick Cheney used to be chief executive - this time over whether during the 1995-2000 Cheney era it violated US law by doing business directly with Iran. The US Treasury has been probing the affair, which centres on a Dubai-based subsidiary of Halliburton and its work at Iranian oilfields, ever since allegations first surfaced in 2001. But this week it emerged that the group is under investigation by federal prosecutors in its home town of Houston. A grand jury has also subpoenaed various documents covering its Iranian operations, a sign that some evidence has surfaced indicating the company knowingly violated the sanctions. Halliburton claims it is the victim of an election season witch-hunt by the Democrats. It maintains it obeyed US regulations over dealings with Iran, which stipulate that subsidiaries doing business there must be registered abroad, employ no US citizens, and operate independently of the parent company. But these protestations will count for nothing amid the new clamour over Iran's possible ties with international terrorism, and an ever more heated election campaign in which the company has turned into one of the prime issues. Fairly or unfairly, the company has become symbol of the mismanagement of reconstruc- tion in Iraq, and more generally of corporate greed and cronyism, and the Bush Presidency's fondness for big business, at the expense of ordinary Americans. Iran is but the latest of at least five probes into the company currently in progress into allegations of bribery, kickbacks and overcharging.,/b> The controversy surrounding Halliburton has even had some Republicans urging Mr Bush to drop Mr Cheney from the Republican ticket. Both the White House and Mr Cheney reject all such talk, and political professionals say such a move is all but unthinkable, given the Vice-President's popularity with the conservative Republican base, his exceptionally powerful position within the administration, and Mr Bush's refusal to admit he has made a mistake. But Halliburton's latest legal misadventures have come to light at an awkward moment for the White House. The independent commission investigating the 11 September 2001 attacks today delivers its final report, likely to contain criticism of the Bush administration's alertness to the threat before the attacks on New York and Washington. Although there is no suggestion that the Tehran regime, any more than Iraq, was directly involved, the report will point to evidence that eight or more of the 19 hijackers transited through Iran en route to the US. Mr Bush has now promised to look further into the "Iran connection" - of which Halliburton has become another angle. news.independent.co.uk