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To: LindyBill who wrote (70841)	9/16/2004 9:07:11 AM
From: Oral Roberts	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 794001

The Kerry campaign has got to be the worst run in history IMO. Every day it some kind of new gaffe and he is doing that without even giving interviews for crying out loud. Unreal. And of course the more the world is talking about Rathergate and phony documents the more he will slide. He is being bitch slapped from so many sides I'm almost beginning to feel sorry for him. NOT! :)

To: LindyBill who wrote (70841)	9/16/2004 9:28:22 AM
From: SBHX	Respond to of 794001

My sympathies to all too. But come on, poking fun at political candidates' spouses has long been a cherised american tradition, and Heinz Kerry makes it so easy, there will be urban legends about what she said and didn't say in snopes for years to come. It would be unamerican to not at least laugh it up. All of this has to be fodder for Leno.

To: LindyBill who wrote (70841)	9/16/2004 9:32:40 AM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 794001

STRATEGYPAGE takes a three-year look back at the war: After three years of the war on terror, the lack of a conventional "front line" or large battles, has made it difficult to easily determine who is winning. But a little effort reveals battles won and lost, and who is occupying what territory. Three years ago, al Qaeda had most of Afghanistan available for training camps and other facilities. There was even a "forged documents office" that operated openly in Kabul. Al Qaeda, or related organizations, operated extensively in over fifty countries, especially places like Indonesia, Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Chechnya, Iraq and Western Europe. Over 70,000 people were actively involved in planning and carrying out attacks. And the number of attacks against American targets grew during the 1990s, starting with a bombing of the World Trade Center in New York in 1993. But al Qaeda was handled as a criminal matter until September 11, 2001. After that, it was war. In three years, al Qaeda has been driven out of most of its sanctuaries. Initially, al Qaeda was very popular among Moslems, and the slaughter of thousands of infidels (non-Moslems) on September 11, 2001, caused spontaneous celebrations throughout the Moslem world. That celebratory mood has been slowly changing, as more and more Moslems see al Qaeda for what it really is. After the slaughter of children in southern Russia earlier this month, the Moslem media finally moved broadly against al Qaeda and its terror tactics. This is significant, for Islamic radical terrorists are nothing new in the Islamic world. There have been several outbreaks in the last few centuries. Such violence can be defeated, and always is. One of the key factors in defeating these outbreaks is the local media turning against the radicals. . . . The terrorists have been forced to make their attacks in out-of-the-way places. With thousands of similar targets world wide, and hundreds of thousands of eager young men and women willing to join their cause, al Qaeda has been able to accomplish little.

To: LindyBill who wrote (70841)	9/16/2004 9:33:15 AM
From: Andrew N. Cothran	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 794001

Yes, Lindy. She was right and she had her priorities right also. But so was Marie Antoinette on both counts. If you will study Marie's comment "let them eat cake" in the proper context, you will discover that it was a compassionate comment and not the snide remark that historians enjoy assigning it. Marie's "cake" was the equivalent of French country style bread during her day and what she was saying is that the peasants needed bread for survival and it should be provided them.

To: LindyBill who wrote (70841)	9/16/2004 9:44:56 AM
From: unclewest	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 794001

Teresa'a priorities are: "Water is necessary, and then generators, and then food, and then clothes." The priorities are medical aid, water, food, clothing, shelter. Electricity is out everywhere. That means gas pumps don't work and neither will generators. Giving a naked, hungry and thirsty person a generator first is dumb. Besides that. These were volunteers, packing up what was available in that warehouse to help folks about to become desperate. Her criticism of their efforts was the very worst kind of leadership. She would have been better off rolling up her sleeves and complimenting the volunteers as she helped pack a few boxes. Teresa is stupid enough to complain about American volunteers and their efforts. That is why I luv her so. Everywhere John and Teresa Kerry go they complain and whine.