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To: American Spirit who wrote (48557)	5/31/2005 6:40:34 PM
From: geode00	Respond to of 173976

Hey it's June soon. The drumbeats get ever louder and more like Iraq. Time's a wasting though and it sure seems like June is a bad time of year for ground troops. Bombers, OTOH, don't care about the heat so much. I wonder when the idiots and incompetents of the Potted Plant Administration will start up with the constant refrain of: danger - danger - danger in oil-rich Iran! If we were to actually invade Iran, would their newly found friends, the Iraqi government turn against us? Zounds ------------------ Iran successfully tests solid fuel missile By Yoav Stern Iran announced yesterday that it has successfully tested a missile engine powered by solid fuel - something that would constitute a significant advance in the country's missile program, as solid fuel gives ballistic missiles greater accuracy. Solid fuel would also enable Iran to mount its warheads on two-stage rockets, which would increase its missiles' range to more than 2,000 kilometers, surpassing the current limit of the Shihab-3 missile, for which the new engine is intended. Such rockets could also be used in Iran's space program. In addition, solid fuel has greater longevity, and it allows missiles to be fired more rapidly, because they can be filled with fuel in advance. Liquid fuel, in contrast, must be put into a missile immediately before firing. An announcement issued by Iranian Defense Minister Ali Shamkhani pronounced the test "a 100 percent success." However, he denied an earlier report by Iranian television that Iran had successfully tested a two-stage rocket - something that would enable it to threaten various locations in Europe. Even without the new engine, the Shihab-3 can already threaten many parts of the Middle East, including Israel. haaretz.com

To: American Spirit who wrote (48557)	6/1/2005 12:02:03 AM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 173976

A Grimmer Primer huffingtonpost.com A is for Abu-Graib. Admission accomplished. Happily, all of the women responsible for perpetrating the torture, degradation and unspeakable humiliation have been named and/or punished. B is for Bolton, hard-driving, hard-headed, abusive, butt-kicking diplomat. C is for Congress. A debatable society - formerly a separate branch of the US government. D stands for the Reverend Dobson, Man of God, who acts with the certainty that the term is meant to be read the other way around. E is for Enron, a firm which could publish a cooking-the-books cookbook, whose executives will answer for their crimes just as soon as the office cleaning women all fess up. F is for Senator Frist, who would obviously rather be righteous than president. G stands for Guantanamo Bay. And for gulag. And for Goebbels. And, sadly, for GWB. H is for Huffington, whose space has launched a thousand quips; whose post at times resembles a rich kids' high school newspaper. I is for Iraqmire - a situation created when you bring the Wild West into the Middle East. J stands for Jeb, a member of the dynasty that has caused all too many others to do just that. K is our man in Afghanistan, Karzai - as played by another K: Ben Kingsley. L is for Lynne Cheney, logical enough for the L word. M is for the Media, the means by which a handful of enlightened men make billions by keeping billions in the dark. N stands for Nixon, patron saint of the gates: first, Watergate, next Iran-Contragate, and hopefully the inevitable accounting by the present administration: Abrogate. O is for O'Reilly, fair and balanced moralist/phone sex enthusiast. P brings us to Richard Perle - smooth as silk, and the worms that make it. Q is for the Queer Guy who seems forever stuck in the straight eye. R stands for Mr. Rove, the hand inside our bully puppet. S is for Arlen Spector, whose words from the heart go unheard by those in the White House who have none. T is for Trent Lott. And whoever thought we'd ever miss him? U is for the United Nations - still the best hope to protect civilization from itself. V stands for Vladimir Putin, or "Vlady," as he is called by the same man who dubbed the above Mr. Rove "Turd Blossom." W Who else but Wolfowitz to lead the World Bank? Who else but a man who has trouble adding up body bags? X is for Tom DeLay, the ex-exterminator. (A bit of a cheat but, then, sweets for the sweet.) Y Young Man's Christian Association = Ralph Reed and Gary Bauer. Z is for Zell - loud, living proof that there is no fury like a Democrat scorned.