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

To: longnshort who wrote (57717)	4/8/2006 6:36:29 PM
From: Land Shark	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 93284

What's that from? Another one of your Pro-Bushit sites? I'm sure that's really gonna save Chimpy's but LOL.

To: longnshort who wrote (57717)	4/8/2006 7:16:35 PM
From: paret	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 93284

Lefty Colon Bowel does his stuff: Powell Visits, Says Visa Requirements Too Strict CBS2CHICAGO ^ \| 04-08-2006 \| AP (AP) CHICAGO Former Secretary of State Colin Powell says the United States made visa requirements too strict for foreign students following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Powell spoke today at the National School Boards Association convention in Chicago. He says many of the world's brightest international students enrolled at foreign universities after deciding it would be too difficult to get a visa here. Powell says college presidents told him they couldn't afford to lose foreign students, who often pay higher tuition and take up little financial aid. Visa requirements got tougher after it was discovered one of the Sept. 11 hijackers entered the country on a student visa. International applications declined sharply after the State Department imposed the new rules. Powell says the restrictions are loosening, but still have a way to go.

To: longnshort who wrote (57717)	4/9/2006 1:04:15 AM
From: American Spirit	Respond to of 93284

Bushies need to quit lying. It's not doing you creeps any good and it's sinful, un-American, un-patriotic and un-Christian. Your polls numbers keep going down the more you lie and deny. So why continue? What you need to do, and the only thing that might work, is to confess all your sins, cheating, lying, stealing, gas gouging and smear campaigns, beg forgiveness, then change course on all your policies. Cheney should step down too, like crook delay did. He's a curse on this nation. Others who need to go are Rove, Rumsfield, Bolton, Frist, Blunt, Santorum, Pat Roberts, etc. Plus turn off the Hannity and Limbaugh for good. All proven liars and un-Americans.

To: longnshort who wrote (57717)	4/9/2006 8:17:02 PM
From: paret	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93284

Lefties hate it when someone mentions that their spokesman Ted Kennedy dropped a blond in the pond.

To: longnshort who wrote (57717)	4/9/2006 8:19:47 PM
From: paret	Respond to of 93284

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To: longnshort who wrote (57717)	4/9/2006 8:39:40 PM
From: paret	Respond to of 93284

This is so sick you won't believe it: ________________________________________________________ Montgomery County MD Schools Give Credits for Immigration Protests By Lori Aratani Washington Post Staff Writer Saturday, April 8, 2006; B01 washingtonpost.com The Montgomery County schools' decision to grant students community service credit for attending Monday's immigration rights protest is raising concern among some parents as well as activists who say officials should focus on education, not political advocacy. Montgomery is the only Washington area school system offering students credit for taking part in the event, to be held on the Mall -- a decision Superintendent Jerry D. Weast said is consistent with how the system has operated. "This is nothing new,'' schools spokesman Brian K. Edwards said about the decision. "Advocacy is allowed." But in the superheated atmosphere surrounding the immigration debate, the decision is drawing sharp criticism from many quarters. Yesterday, school system offices were flooded with angry phone calls as word of its action circulated among conservative radio hosts. In a memo sent to Board of Education members, Weast said that "callers were abusive to school system staff, using derogatory ethnic comments in expressing their views." He added, "This is not the first time the national debate on immigration policy has engendered harsh commentary for the school system and staff as a target for political purposes." Edwards said students will receive service learning hours for participating in the rally as long as they do so under the supervision of a community group that has been approved by the school system. Student participation in the event is being organized by CASA of Maryland Inc., a Silver Spring-based group that works with the Latino community. It is CASA's role -- as organizer -- that has some questioning whether the school system is allowing an outside group to push its political agenda on students. "I do understand that CASA offers some worthy services to immigrants and that's noble, but it's a stretch to allow students to protest for a particular side of an issue,'' said parent Melissa Andersen. "I'm taken aback by it. I think it's poor judgment." Maryland students are required to put in 60 hours of community service to graduate from high school. They can undertake a number of activities -- including working for political campaigns -- as long as the work is done for a secular, nonprofit community organization that is tax-exempt and that school officials have approved. Edwards said students who participate in the rally, which takes place during the school system's spring break, will be required to have a sponsoring organization verify their attendance. Students must complete a written assignment to be approved by their service learning coordinator. They receive one hour of credit for every hour spent on the activity, up to a maximum of eight hours in a 24-hour period. Brad Botwin, whose son is a senior at Richard Montgomery High School in Rockville, said student community service is important. But he doesn't view the rally as a community service so much as a political statement. "It's the wrong thing for the schools to be pushing,'' he said. "This is way outside the balance. You can send kids to a nursing home, but a rally? This is not learning." School board member Stephen N. Abrams (Rockville-Potomac) said students have the right to express their opinions, and if they choose to do so at a political rally -- as long as they abide by the credit rules -- they should not be barred from participating. "The last time I checked, the First Amendment is not a right to question what the speech is," he said. "I'm sure if students were participating in a tax cap rally, these same people would not be objecting to that." School systems in Virginia and the District do not have community service requirements. Although teenagers there have been among the most active in protesting the immigration legislation, no systems planned to grant credit for participation in Monday's rally. However, in Fairfax County, school officials said a teacher in a government class, where a service project is often assigned, may choose to consider the rally as part of that requirement. Staff writers Nick Anderson, Tara Bahrampour, Maria Glod and V. Dion Haynes contributed to this report.