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To: Road Walker who wrote (236485)	6/9/2005 10:34:49 AM
From: Skywatcher	Respond to of 1574307

Go to his home page and read the report from last month (May 24) about just how the media generates their reports from Iraq...very interesting and telling. It is sad how the media is being manipulated by this administration, and the media just 'takes it lying down'. This guys postitive report about life in Northern Iraq (the Kurd controlled area) really gives support to the notion of just how flawed the Bush plan of attack on Iraq was. If Bush was any kind of leader he would have been able to get Turkey's support for the idea of 'liberating' the northern third of Iraq (all that was needed was to promise Turkey a spot in the European Union). And then he could have taken the southern third by moving in through Kuwait. With those moves, one takes the oil cash flow away from Saddam, and allows for easy transport routes to supply food and medicine (as opposed to cash payments from the UN that went straight to Saddam's pocket) to the people of Bhagdad so no one starves while the blockade puts pressure on Saddam. This plan also restores Iraq to the natural cultural regions it was for 19 1/2 of the previous 20 centuries... - But junior wanted to play war...it's no fun unless you can light up the night sky over Bhagdad just like daddy did!! ------------------------------------------------- A Fork in the Road Dohuk, Northern Iraq Approaching Dohuk, a short drive north of Mosul, brings to mind the countryside in Italy. The war is over in Dohuk. After suffering perhaps a half century of fighting, the people have finally gotten the peace they wanted long ago. With the old Iraqi government vanquished, Dohuk is thriving. In fact, this Iraqi city appears to be doing at least as well as--perhaps remarkably better than--many comparably-sized towns in Italy. A visit to this place affords more than a break from the rugged routine of war; it also provides a postcard of a possible future for all of Iraq... michaelyon.blogspot.com in the POLICY COFFIN of Bush and his swaggering NEOCONS...some of whom can't seem to keep their dick in their pants and follow the 'Christian Ways'...right WOLFIE!?

To: Road Walker who wrote (236485)	6/9/2005 10:59:59 AM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574307

GOP Senators Shocked: Judge Brown is Black Republican Senators, who yesterday confirmed President Bush's appointment of Judge Janice Rogers Brown to the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, today expressed shock at learning that the California Supreme Court justice is black. The revelation comes in same week that Democrat party Chairman Dr. Howard Dean released his research showing that Republicans, and especially their leaders, "all look the same" because they're "white Christians". "I'm concerned about how this is going to play with the white base," said an unnamed Republican Senator upon learning of Judge Brown's non-mainstream race. "I feel betrayed by President Bush, who has now managed to sneak a number of non-whites, not to mention women, into high-ranking government positions. The White House tricked us into focusing on the accomplishments of nominees, distracting us from the key genetic and theological markers that Dr. Dean has identified as determining factors of Republicanism." The source claimed that Republican Senators were unaware of the racial and ethnic status of Cabinet members including Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierez, Labor Secretary Elaine Chao, Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta, HUD Secretary Alphonso Jackson and Secretaries of State Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice. "Now that we've seen the photos," the anonymous source added, "it seems that not even half of the Bush Cabinet members are white males, and some of those may not even be Christians. The president has secretly assembled a virtual rainbow coalition right under our noses." scrappleface.com