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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: JDN who wrote (702244)	9/17/2005 6:51:04 AM
From: E. T.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Maybe the low ratings have to do with the nation reflecting on accomplishments of the presidency. What decisions has he made that have made America a stronger nation? Who has the president listened to to make the decisions he has made ie invading Iraq? And what have been the consequences of those decision? Are we any closer to finding Osama Bin Laden -- America's number 1 threat. Did the president play into OBL's hands by invading Iraq? I think so... Why did Saddam Hussien become a bigger threat when it was OBL and his Saudi henchmen that actually attacked America? In the aftermath of 911, how come our disaster relief agencies are doing such a sh*t poor job. Almost 2,000 dead troops now, for Iraqi freedom.... The president said, "mission accomplished." Don't look that way to me, maybe not to others in the survey too.

To: JDN who wrote (702244)	9/17/2005 9:27:18 AM
From: Proud_Infidel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Student Arrested After Pilot Uniform Found Friday, September 16, 2005 sfgate.com (09-16) 20:39 PDT Memphis, Tenn. (AP) -- A university student from Egypt was ordered held without bond after prosecutors said they found a pilot's uniform, chart of Memphis International Airport and a DVD titled "How an Airline Captain Should Look and Act" in his apartment. The FBI is investigating whether Mahmoud Maawad, 29, had any connection to terrorists. He is awaiting trial on charges of wire fraud and fraudulent use of a Social Security number. Maawad, who is in the United States illegally, told the judge during a hearing Thursday that he is studying science and economics at the University of Memphis. "My school is everything. I stay in this country for seven years; I stay for the school," he said. Assistant U.S. Attorney Steve Parker said Thursday that the airport-related items were found during a Sept. 9 search. "The specific facts and circumstances are scary," Parker said. U.S. Magistrate Judge S. Thomas Anderson ruled that Maawad be held without bond. "It is hard for the court to understand why he has a large concentration of those (aviation) items, and nothing else to indicate Mr. Maawad plans to stay in the community," Anderson said. Maawad had ordered $3,000 in aviation materials, including DVDs titled "Ups and Downs of Takeoffs and Landings,""Airplane Talk,""Mental Math for Pilots" and "Mastering GPS Flying," FBI agent Thad Gulczynski testified. The company reported Maawad to authorities when he didn't pay for $2,500 of merchandise it had delivered, Gulczynski said.