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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Mr. Palau who wrote (648195)	10/19/2004 6:57:34 PM
From: ManyMoose	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

So is this: Interesting reading...not what we see & read in the media. Subject: Progress In Iraq..... As I head off to Baghdad for the final weeks of my stay in Iraq, I wanted to say thanks to all of you who did not believe the media. They have done a very poor job of covering everything that has happened. And just so you can rest at night knowing something is happening in Iraq that is noteworthy, I thought I would pass this on to you. This is the list of things that has happened in Iraq recently: (Please share it with your friends and compare it to the version that your paper is producing.) a.. Over 400,000 kids have up-to-date immunizations. b.. School attendance is up 80% from levels before the war. c.. Over 1,500 schools have been renovated and rid of the weapons stored there so education can occur. d.. The port of Uhm Qasar was renovated so grain can be off-loaded from ships faster. e.. The country had its first 2 billion barrel export of oil in August. f.. Over 4.5 million people have clean drinking water for the first time ever in Iraq. g.. The country now receives 2 times the electrical power it did before the war. h.. 100% of the hospitals are open and fully staffed, compared to 35% before the war. i.. Elections are taking place in every major city, and city councils are in place. j.. Sewer and water lines are installed in every major city. k.. Over 60,000 police are patrolling the streets. l.. Over 100,000 Iraqi civil defense police are securing the country. m.. Over 80,000 Iraqi soldiers are patrolling the streets side by side with US soldiers. n.. Over 400,000 people have telephones for the first time ever. o.. Students are taught field sanitation and hand washing techniques to prevent the spread of germs. p.. An interim constitution has been signed. q.. Girls are allowed to attend school. r.. Textbooks that don't mention Saddam are in the schools for the first time in 30 years. Don't believe for one second that these people do not want us there. I have met many, many people from Iraq that want us there, and in a bad way. They say they will never see the freedoms we talk about but they hope their children will. We are doing a good job in Iraq and I challenge anyone, anywhere to dispute me on these facts. If you are like me and very disgusted with how this period of rebuilding has been portrayed, email this to a friend and let them know there are good things happening. Ray, SFC Iowa Army National Guard 234th Signal Battalion

To: Mr. Palau who wrote (648195)	10/19/2004 10:58:45 PM
From: CYBERKEN	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Of course no one said the 1 to 2 million was a CAKEWALK. Looking forward to the BIG DAY?... TURNOUT DAY II: November 2, 2004-Democrat Style: Scene in a Van: [The big Chevy van with personalized California plates that say “TORT MAN” cruises an inner-city sewer somewhere in Ohio. The volunteer driver, known only as “PLOW”, suddenly slams on the brakes-everybody tumbling forward-and screams] No! NO! NOOOOO! It’s NOT RALPHS TERRY!! It’s JOHN KERRY, ya goddam moon crickets!! J-O-H-N K-E-R-R-Y!!! [Takes a deep breath and composes himself] Look guys. We got three precincts left. It’s JOHN KERRY. Can you get it RIGHT ? Even ONE TIME? Just so I can tell Bugsy and Terry you did it? Can you DO THAT MUCH? [In the back of the van] Yo! What dat white boy goin ON about? Ah don’t knows. Alfonzo say Plow woke up dis morning an heard hiz sig-nif-I-cant udder listening to Rush in da john agin. Drive him krazy ever tahm. Yeah? Well he drivin ME krazy. We bin to FOUR pee-sinks already, and I aint seen Ralphs Terry on de ballot onc’ed! That ain’t Plows’s fault! Dat BUSH be disenfranchizin DA BRUDDAHS agin. Yo kin blame dat BUSH fo dat. We see Ralphs Terry on de ballot at de nex stop I guarantee it. What yo NAME dis tahm? Mah ballot say…Michael Jordan. HAH! Yeah, right! You MI-KO all right. An I’s Jeffrey Dahmer. Well check YO ballot. It say Jeffrey Dahmer!!! Count YO blessings mah bruddah. Alfonso go in to a pee-sink last trip, and da bruddah had to explain why his name was Mary Poppins. Shoulda see da look in HIS eyes. Dey ALMOST didn't let vote. Hymies got him in, though. Dey don't fool around, dem hymies! Heh, heh, heh! Move it along now, PLOW. We goin make DA MAN, Ralphs Terry, da PREZ-DENT!!!…