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To: LindyBill who wrote (101671)	2/22/2005 6:48:03 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793964

Roger L Simon - Disturbing News According to this report, at least, the new Iraqi Prime Minister has deeply reactionary views on the rights of women. latimes.com In the early days of the now-defunct Iraqi Governing Council, Jafari was part of a group that moved for Sharia to govern family status, including marriage, divorce and inheritance. "Islam makes a woman the responsibility of her father until she marries," he said, "and then she is the responsibility of her husband." Let's hope this misogyny is resisted.

To: LindyBill who wrote (101671)	2/22/2005 10:21:12 PM
From: Volsi Mimir	Respond to of 793964

Thanks -- linking the name of an editorial in the Palm Beach Post (no mention of his title) to his jewish organization, I see there is a political angle to that, himself claiming he was one of the so called victims: 60 years later, baptized Jews deserve truth from Vatican By Abraham H. Foxman This article originally appeared in The Palm Beach Post on January 23, 2005 is the same as By Abraham H. Foxman National Director of the Anti-Defamation League I was interested in Odessa a long while back, that shady conspiracy stuff has faded on me. However, when I link from your link to the letters I found myself reading some of the only english articles about that era from that site and strikes me as a propanga piece of that author also. vaticanfiles.net who knows. oh well I was just reading editorials by Dan Moffet (defended veterans rights),who I like when I happened on that. Learning all the time, I did google 1946 catholic nazis and must of not got to the links you provided -- I was looking for a refutation or at least collaboration-- I see its a big ugly mess. Dean reflects party's weaknesses Vermont peacemonger won't turn red heads. By Dan Moffett Palm Beach Post Editorial Writer Sunday, February 20, 2005 Former presidential candidate and Vermont Gov. Howard Dean has taken over the chairmanship of the Democratic National Committee, and a feeling of quiet exhilaration must be taking over the leadership of the Republican Party. Dr. Dean got the job because of the energy and political courage he showed during the campaign in opposing the Iraq War. Were it not for his now-legendary primal scream, who knows? He might have become the party's nominee and been beaten no worse than John Kerry. More from Opinion • Sound off in the blog • Columnists • Editorials/Letters • Don Wright cartoons But as the architect of the Democrats' rehabilitation project, it's hard to imagine a choice more poorly suited for the business at hand. Dr. Dean's weaknesses are the party's weaknesses, and his selection accentuates the negatives that Democrats are supposed to be trying to erase. Dr. Dean says he will be spending much of his four-year term in the South and West, hoping to find some red states that can turn blue. During the past half-century, the Democrats have won the White House only when they have won a Southern state. It is difficult to imagine a hockey-loving Vermont peacemonger understanding Dixie well enough to make inroads in NASCAR country. Democrats always are among the last to recognize trends, but they still should have caught on long ago that Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter and Lyndon Johnson shared a certain demographic something that was useful when electoral votes were counted — something that Sen. Kerry, Michael Dukakis and Walter Mondale did not. Beyond regional barriers, Dr. Dean has demonstrated little talent for articulating the things the party must do to challenge the Republican opposition nationally. Democrats have to find a way to talk about religion and moral values without compromising themselves on abortion rights, tolerance and separation of church and state. And they also have to find a way to talk about defense and homeland security without sounding like, well, hockey-loving Vermont peacemongers. Some of Dr. Dean's most awkward moments last year came when he tried talking about religion or defense. He made an appearance on Meet the Press during which he confessed not knowing how many people were in the U.S. military, a number an aspiring commander in chief should have ready. When reporters asked him his favorite book in the New Testament, he answered Job, which is in the Old Testament. It was a forgivable error, of course, but a symptom of the party's inability to speak to the voters who are listening to the Republicans. Dr. Dean actually had to explain himself during the campaign, saying that people from the Northeast do not like to talk openly about religion, while Southerners find it easy to integrate religion more openly into their lives. It is the kind of regional disconnect Democrats seem unable to overcome. Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., is on the right track, however. Last month, she spoke about moving the party more to the center on abortion and called for finding "common ground" with people who oppose it for moral and religious reasons. She said reducing teen pregnancy was something people of all faiths, on both sides of the issue, could agree on to reduce the number of abortions. Dr. Dean has said he wants to be more inclusive toward abortion opponents and that he intends to talk about religion as it relates to the party's social initiatives. He will make the case that Democrats are doing God's work when they fight poverty, clean up the environment or take care of the elderly. True enough, but you get the feeling that Dr. Dean will need practice time in front of the mirror to be able to make these associations gracefully. Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., showed the Democrats' new approach to godliness during his response to the State of the Union address. "Do we believe that big corporations with powerful lobbyists should get special favors and that the wealthiest should get special tax breaks?" he said. "Or do we believe we are all God's children and that each of us should get a fair shot and a say in our future?" The correct answers are no and yes, by the way. Because Democrats are more religiously diverse than Republicans, any theological allusions come with internal perils. You can end up alienating your own faithful while you're trying to convert lost souls. The challenge for Dr. Dean is to show his party how to trump the Republicans' faith and fear cards. Based on what we've seen of him, he's uniquely unqualified to do that.