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Politics : Impeach George W. Bush -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: American Spirit who wrote (53626)	2/12/2006 4:21:02 PM
From: Skywatcher	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 93284

Cheney accidentally shoots fellow hunter Texas lawyer 'alert and doing fine' in Corpus Christi hospital Sunday, February 12, 2006; Posted: 3:54 p.m. EST (20:54 GMT) WASHINGTON (AP) -- Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot and injured a man during a weekend quail hunting trip in Texas, his spokeswoman said Sunday. Harry Whittington, 78, was "alert and doing fine" after Cheney sprayed Whittington with shotgun pellets on Saturday at the Armstrong Ranch in south Texas, said property owner Katharine Armstrong. Armstrong said Cheney turned to shoot a bird and accidentally hit Whittington. She said Whittington was taken to Corpus Christi Memorial Hospital by ambulance. Cheney's spokeswoman, Lea Anne McBride, said the vice president was with Whittington, a lawyer from Austin, Texas, and his wife at the hospital on Sunday afternoon.

To: American Spirit who wrote (53626)	2/12/2006 4:24:20 PM
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Bush's allie!....HE'S NOW TOAST! Berlusconi: I'm Christ of politics Sunday, February 12, 2006; Posted: 11:44 a.m. EST (16:44 GMT) Silvio Berlusconi at his party's Forza Italia rally to launch the election campaign in Ancona on Saturday. Manage Alerts \| What Is This? ROME, Italy (Reuters) -- First it was Napoleon. Now it is Jesus Christ. Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has compared himself to both, prompting the open scorn of his political opponents and even the quietly raised eyebrows of his coalition partners. "I am the Jesus Christ of politics," Italian media quoted him as saying at a dinner with supporters on Saturday night. "I am a patient victim, I put up with everyone, I sacrifice myself for everyone." Giuseppe Giulietti, a leftist parliamentarian, joked that he was sure that "God the Father and the rest of Jesus' family did not take this very well." Marco Rizzo, a communist parliamentarian, called it a "grotesque comparison." Pierferdinando Casini, a sometimes uneasy Berlusconi ally and outgoing speaker of parliament, distanced himself. "I live on Earth. I don't want to mix foolish things with serious things," the Ansa news agency quoted him as saying when asked about Berlusconi's Christ comments. On Friday, Berlusconi compared himself to Napoleon, saying only the French emperor had done more for his country. Berlusconi will be competing against center-left opposition leader Romano Prodi in the April 9-10 general elections.