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To: American Spirit who wrote (394)	11/2/2004 1:04:58 PM
From: StockDung	Respond to of 1449

Sounds like a bunck of Cra-poll-a

To: American Spirit who wrote (394)	11/2/2004 1:06:11 PM
From: StockDung	Respond to of 1449

Bin Laden: Goal is to bankrupt U.S. Al-Jazeera releases full transcript of al Qaeda leader's tape Tuesday, November 2, 2004 Posted: 0107 GMT (0907 HKT) Osama bin Laden delivers a videotaped message broadcast on Arabic-language network Al-Jazeera. (CNN) -- The Arabic-language network Al-Jazeera released a full transcript Monday of the most recent videotape from Osama bin Laden in which the head of al Qaeda said his group's goal is to force America into bankruptcy. Al-Jazeera aired portions of the videotape Friday but released the full transcript of the entire tape on its Web site Monday. "We are continuing this policy in bleeding America to the point of bankruptcy. Allah willing, and nothing is too great for Allah," bin Laden said in the transcript. He said the mujahedeen fighters did the same thing to the Soviet Union in Afghanistan in the 1980s, "using guerrilla warfare and the war of attrition to fight tyrannical superpowers." "We, alongside the mujahedeen, bled Russia for 10 years until it went bankrupt and was forced to withdraw in defeat," bin Laden said. He also said al Qaeda has found it "easy for us to provoke and bait this administration." "All that we have to do is to send two mujahedeen to the furthest point east to raise a piece of cloth on which is written al Qaeda, in order to make generals race there to cause America to suffer human, economic and political losses without their achieving anything of note other than some benefits for their private corporations," bin Laden said. Al-Jazeera executives said they decided to post the entire speech because rumors were circulating that the network omitted parts that "had direct threats toward specific states, which was totally untrue." "We chose the most newsworthy parts of the address and aired them. The rest was used in lower thirds in graphics format," said one official. U.S. intelligence officials Monday confirmed that the transcript made public Monday by Al-Jazeera was a complete one. As part of the "bleed-until-bankruptcy plan," bin Laden cited a British estimate that it cost al Qaeda about $500,000 to carry out the attacks of September 11, 2001, an amount that he said paled in comparison with the costs incurred by the United States. "Every dollar of al Qaeda defeated a million dollars, by the permission of Allah, besides the loss of a huge number of jobs," he said. "As for the economic deficit, it has reached record astronomical numbers estimated to total more than a trillion dollars. The total U.S. national debt is more than $7 trillion. The U.S. federal deficit was $413 billion in 2004, according to the Treasury Department. "It is true that this shows that al Qaeda has gained, but on the other hand it shows that the Bush administration has also gained, something that anyone who looks at the size of the contracts acquired by the shady Bush administration-linked mega-corporations, like Halliburton and its kind, will be convinced. "And it all shows that the real loser is you," he said. "It is the American people and their economy." As for President Bush's Iraq policy, Bin Laden said, "the darkness of black gold blurred his vision and insight, and he gave priority to private interests over the public interests of America. "So the war went ahead, the death toll rose, the American economy bled, and Bush became embroiled in the swamps of Iraq that threaten his future," bin Laden said. U.S. government officials said Friday that the tape appeared to be authentic and recently made. It was the first videotaped message from the al Qaeda leader in nearly three years. edition.cnn.com

To: American Spirit who wrote (394)	11/2/2004 2:09:39 PM
From: StockDung	Respond to of 1449

DeadBrain Time Machine: Source Confirms John Edwards Forgot to Vote Nov 2 2004 by Elliott McMillan November 3, 2004 - A source close to the Kerry/Edwards campaign has confirmed that John Edwards forgot to vote yesterday. According to the source, he was so busy campaigning, he couldn't get home in time to vote. "He was in the air at the time the polls in North Carolina closed. He kept banging his head on the seat in frustration that he missed his chance," said the source. The source also went on to quote Senator Edwards as saying, "If the recount shows we lost the race by one vote, I'm not sure what I'll do!" deadbrain.com

To: American Spirit who wrote (394)	11/2/2004 2:14:24 PM
From: StockDung	Respond to of 1449

Red Sox star pitches for Bush By Times Online October 29, 2004 John Kerry may have Springsteen and Streisand on his side, but he didn't get past first base with the star of his home town's World Series-winning baseball team. The Democratic presidential candidate was still glowing yesterday in the Red Sox's first championship in 86 years when the team's pitcher Kurt Schilling revealed his political stripes and backed President Bush in next Tuesday's election. Schilling, who ignored a painful ankle injury to lead the Red Sox to the title, signed off an ABC television interview with: "Make sure you tell everybody to vote, and vote Bush next week." The Bush campaign also said that the 37-year-old right-hander would appear with the President today in the northeastern state of New Hampshire, a key battleground state. With the presidential race neck-and-neck, both candidates are wheeling out the big-name celebrities in the final stretch. President Bush will get some celebrity muscle today from Arnold Schwarzenegger, the former film star who is now Governor of California. But Mr Schwarzenegger says he will hit the stumps only once alongside Mr Bush because he does not want to alienate Democratic voters back in California, or his own Democratic wife, Maria Shriver, a member of the Kennedy clan. His support for the Bush campaign has already cost the former Mr Universe support in his native Austria. Residents of his home town of Graz are so angry with his support for Mr Bush that that they have decided to stop the construction of an 80-ft statue of him in a classic Terminator pose. Angered by Mr Schwarzenegger's support for the war in Iraq, his fans are also asking local authorities to rename the town's Arnold Schwarzenegger football stadium.

To: American Spirit who wrote (394)	11/2/2004 2:25:47 PM
From: StockDung	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1449

The Weekly Reader, a publication for elementary and secondary school students, has polled students since 1956. They have correctly picked the winner in 11 of 12 elections, according to the Weekly Reader Corp.'s Web site. This year, the students gave Bush 60 percent of their votes.