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Politics : GOPwinger Lies/Distortions/Omissions/Perversions of Truth -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: yard_man who wrote (36634)	2/1/2005 10:44:58 PM
From: Kevin Rose	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

Ack! He's been exposed! Quickly take him to the nearest evangelical Christian church and have him inoculated! They'll remove any irritating concepts such as compassion, understanding, and tolerance. They'll also rid his mind of any pesky residual knowledge of American history, the Constitution, and the Founding Fathers. They'll replace it with a convenient alternate history, mostly revolving around religious quotes from Patrick Henry, the renowned anti-Federalist.

To: yard_man who wrote (36634)	2/1/2005 10:45:14 PM
From: geode00	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 173976

Tinky Winkie, with a name like that he never had a chance LOL. ========= Meanwhile, outside of the bizarre sexually perverted fantasy world of closeted Republicans.........in other words, in the real world..... US warned over Afghan drug cull Afghan poppy destruction Afghanistan produces more than 75% of world opium, the UN says The US has been warned by some of the world's leading aid agencies that its plan to eradicate Afghanistan's opium fields could backfire. In a letter to new US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, they warn that any "premature" act risks destabilising large parts of the country. They call for a greater emphasis on providing rural development and alternative crops for opium farmers. The UN says drug exports now account for 60% of Afghanistan's economy. The US has strongly backed Afghan President Hamid Karzai's declared "holy war" against the drugs trade. Washington announced in November it would spend $780m in an attempt to eradicate the country's crop, which now supplies about 75% of the world's opium. But 20 non-government agencies - including Care, the International Crisis Group and Oxfam - have urged caution. Mystery crop-spraying They point out that many farmers depend on the crop to earn their living and any "premature effort" to wipe it out will play into the hands of government opponents. "It's a policy that needs to be handled in a very careful, progressive fashion - it needs to allow for the rise of alternative livelihoods before you start eradicating the drugs," said Robert Templer, the Crisis Group's Asia programme director. Afghanistan They say any short-term solution could just drive opium production underground or into more remote areas. Longer-term solutions are needed, they say. This includes greater rural development, the provision of alternative livelihoods, access to infrastructure and new ways for the communities to police themselves. The US has postponed plans to spray Afghan opium crops from the air, but says it will continue to destroy them on the ground. The move came after the Afghan government reacted angrily at the mystery spraying of herbicide on opium crops in eastern areas in November. Both the US and Britain denied involvement in any such activities. ========= Hands off our opium crops says the Afghan terrorists and warlords to US Troops. What WERE we thinking? George Bush loves illegal drugs.