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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: American Spirit who wrote (63241)	6/16/2005 4:32:50 AM
From: tonto	Respond to of 81568

Ahahahhaaaahaaaaahaaaaa! AS, you have lost it in your own cocaine stupor... probably because he's been arrested for cocaine in Houston at the time.

To: American Spirit who wrote (63241)	6/16/2005 4:39:39 AM
From: tonto	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

Too funny. Any site that is not mainstream that criticizes Kerry is not worthy of a second. The same sites for Bush are acceptable. You are bogus... awolbush.com

To: American Spirit who wrote (63241)	6/17/2005 2:27:50 PM
From: Dan B.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

Actually, the "raw" data on your site is actually a mass of biased opinion, mixed with quotes which have been long since corrected by the source(s), per links I've provided. Given all we know, there IS no 25,000 dollar "clincher" left. That prize would never be paid to a man offering his mere testimony that he saw Bush. You aren't deceiving anyone with a brain. Here's a gal who saw Bush, but your site leaves SO much information out: "And after records were released, The Washington Times reported that a woman who had dated Bush during the summer of 1972, Emily Marks Curtis, says she "distinctly remembers" Bush returning to Montgomery after the election to fulfill his Air National Guard commitment. "I can say categorically he was there, and that's why he came back," the Times quoted her as saying. She added that Bush rented an apartment for a two-week stay and that she met him for dinner several times. While she did not claim to have witnessed him doing Guard duty, according to the Times she said, "He told me that was why he was in Montgomery. There is no other reason why he would come back to Montgomery." And in fact, Bush was at Dannelly Air National Guard base in Montgomery as late as Jan. 6, 1973, according to a document released by the White House Feb. 11. The document is a record of a dental examination of Bush on that date. The payroll records released two days earlier show Bush received pay and credit for service for Jan. 6 and for five other days closely clustered between Jan. 4 and Jan. 10." factcheck.org And maybe microfilm evidence is not good for you either: :The points total 56, exceeding the 50-point requirement for satisfactory service during the period, though barely. Other documents include one-page Air Force Reserve summaries of points earned in the 12-month period ending in May 1973, and the subsequent period running through Bush's last credited service in July 1973. (See "supporting documents"). Also released were copies of microfilm payroll records summarizing the days for which Bush was paid in 1972 and 1973. Though blurry and hard to read, they reflect payments for 82 days of services in 1972 and 1973. Also released was a memo the White House requested from Retired Lieutenant Colonel Albert. C. Lloyd Jr., a former personnel director for the Texas Air Guard during the time of Bush's service. Lloyd said of the payroll and personnel records, "This clearly shows that 1LT George W. Bush has satisfactory years for both 72-72 and 73-74 which proves that he completed his military obligation in a satisfactory manner." Oh, but what was good enough for the air force reserve, just like for so many men then when Bush was one who got an early out, is not good enough for you. You believe in the unproven and the highly unlikely, and purely because you are baised, IMO. Dan B.

To: American Spirit who wrote (63241)	6/17/2005 2:35:30 PM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

The bill introduced by Rep. Henry Hyde (R-IL), HR 2745, left committee yesterday evening and will go before the full House today for a vote. The bill would withhold half of the US’s dues to the Koffing #### Krooks Klub and demand reforms before funding is resumed. In lieu of just shutting the damned place down and kicking the ######## out, this sounds like a good plan to me .... WASHINGTON (AP) - The House is ready to decide whether to slash U.S. contributions if the United Nations doesn’t carry out reforms. Lawmakers had to weigh their frustrations with the international body against administration objections that the legislation could be counterproductive. The legislation under debate and facing a vote Friday would withhold half of U.S. dues to the U.N.’s general budget if the organization doesn’t meet a list of demands for change. Failure to comply would also result in U.S. refusal to support expanded and new peacekeeping missions. Before the final vote, legislators discussed the seating of such human rights abusers as Cuba and Sudan on the U.N. Commission on Human Rights and the oil-for-food program that became a source of up to $10 billion in illicit revenue for former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. Rep. Jeff Fortenberry, R-Neb., proposed an amendment under which the United States would use its influence to ensure that any member engaged in acts of genocide or crimes against humanity would lose its U.N. membersship and face arms and trade embargoes. “Over the years, as we listened to the counsels for patience, the U.N.’s failings have grown,” said House International Relations Committee Chairman Henry Hyde, R-Ill., sponsor of the measure. “The time has finally come where we must in good conscience say ‘enough.’” Hyde was joined by lawmakers with a litany of complaints against what they said was the U.N.’s lavish spending, its coddling of rogue regimes, its anti-America, anti-Israel bias and recent scandals such as the mismanagement of the oil-for-food program in Iraq and the sexual misconduct of peacekeepers. The bill lists 39 reforms sought. They include cutting the public information budget by 20 percent, establishing an independent oversight board and an ethics office, and denying countries that violate human rights from serving on human rights commissions. The secretary of state would have to certify that 32 of the 39 reforms have been met by September 2007, and all 39 by the next year, to avoid a withdrawal of 50 percent of assessed dues. U.S.-assessed dues account for about 22 percent of the U.N.’s $2 billion annual general budget. The financial penalties would not apply to the U.N.’s voluntarily funded programs, which include UNICEF and the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees.