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To: Road Walker who wrote (200783)	9/7/2004 10:27:56 PM
From: Joe NYC	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574842

John, I take it you were not equally offended by the swift ads, and called then for scrapping 527's? Maybe you read too fast. I said that the whole McCain Feingold law should be scrapped. These 527 and their ads so blatantly violate everthing about the law (letter, spirit, intent). FEC is not going to do anything about it. When one side does it, the other has to respond, so everybody is basically a criminal. When the election is over, one side will win, the other side will lose. FEC will subsequently say that both sides violated the law. The supporters of the losers will say that their side lost because the winning side violated the law more, and that the victory was "stolen". It is a huge mess. It will not be solved in the next 60 days. As a result, the results of the elections (and the democracy itself) will be undermined. It seems like just the opposite of what the authors intended. Joe

To: Road Walker who wrote (200783)	9/8/2004 2:09:50 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574842

Some hurricane statistics you probably didn't need to know. <g> **************************************************** Fla. watches warily as next storm churns** By Patrick O'Driscoll, USA TODAY Hurricane Ivan is steaming west toward the Caribbean with 135-mph winds; it could reach Florida on Sunday if its path drifts north. Hurricane Charley blasted the state last month, killing 27 people and causing $7.2 billion in damage. Frances, larger but less powerful, struck Sunday and is blamed for 18 deaths in Florida and Georgia. It caused an estimated $4 billion in damage and has left millions without electricity. (Related story: Tempers flare amid heat, long lines) Experts predicted in April that this year's hurricane season could be one of the worst ever, fueled partly by unusually warm water in the Atlantic. There were eight named tropical storms in August, tying the U.S. record for most in a month. The hurricane season runs from June through November. Hurricane expert William Gray, who heads the Tropical Meteorology Project at Colorado State University, says the warm-water effect is one of two major factors in this year's above-average onslaught. The other is a lack of the west winds that can stop hurricanes from forming off Africa. Forecasters say it's too soon to say whether Ivan will hit Florida. But the State Emergency Operations Center has alerted all agencies to prepare for it. The National Hurricane Center says if Ivan reaches the Caribbean, that sea's warm water will be like "high-octane gas for hurricanes." President Bush asked Congress for $2 billion in emergency aid for Florida. The president will visit Florida today. "It almost seems like we've got a 'Kick Me' sign on the state here," National Hurricane Center Director Max Mayfield told the Associated Press. What's left of Frances soaked Georgia and the Carolinas and is pushing into Virginia, West Virginia and Pennsylvania. Hurricane season is at its height this week. On average, the season peaks Sept. 9-11. Ten named storms is average for a whole season. There have been nine already this year. usatoday.com