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To: American Spirit who wrote (77503)	9/7/2006 12:56:31 AM
From: Hope Praytochange	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 173976

demoRATS: we still have our troop in South Korea and ... Germany ???

To: American Spirit who wrote (77503)	9/7/2006 12:57:21 AM
From: Hope Praytochange	Respond to of 173976

Message 22787974

To: American Spirit who wrote (77503)	9/7/2006 9:36:48 AM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

we are still in Japan and even Bosnia, which Clinton PROMISED would be home in one year

To: American Spirit who wrote (77503)	9/7/2006 1:57:56 PM
From: JeffA	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

Hey American Sycho You owe Rove an apology along with everyone else mentioned in this article. One Leak and a Flood of Silliness By David S. Broder Thursday, September 7, 2006; A27 Conspiracy theories flourish in politics, and most of them have no more basis than spring training hopes for the Chicago Cubs. Whenever things turn dicey for Republicans, they complain about the "liberal media" sabotaging them. And when Democrats get in a jam, they take up Hillary Clinton's warnings about a "vast right-wing conspiracy." For much of the past five years, dark suspicions have been voiced about the Bush White House undermining its critics, and Karl Rove has been fingered as the chief culprit in this supposed plot to suppress the opposition. Now at least one count in that indictment has been substantially weakened -- the charge that Rove masterminded a conspiracy to discredit Iraq intelligence critic Joseph Wilson by "outing" his CIA-operative wife, Valerie Plame. I have written almost nothing about the Wilson-Plame case, because it seemed overblown to me from the start. Wilson's claim in a New York Times op-ed about his memo on the supposed Iraqi purchase of uranium yellowcake from Niger; the Robert D. Novak column naming Plame as the person who had recommended Wilson to check up on the reported sale; the call for a special prosecutor and the lengthy interrogation that led to the jailing of Judith Miller of the New York Times and the deposition of several other reporters; and, finally, the indictment of Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Vice President Cheney's chief of staff -- all of this struck me as being a tempest in a teapot. No one behaved well in the whole mess -- not Wilson, not Libby, not special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald and not the reporters involved. The only time I commented on the case was to caution reporters who offered bold First Amendment defenses for keeping their sources' names secret that they had better examine the motivations of the people leaking the information to be sure they deserve protection. But caution has been notably lacking in some of the press treatment of this subject -- especially when it comes to Karl Rove. And it behooves us in the media to examine that behavior, not just sweep it under the rug. Sidney Blumenthal, a former aide to President Bill Clinton and now a columnist for several publications, has just published a book titled, "How Bush Rules: Chronicles of a Radical Regime." It is a collection of his columns for Salon, including one originally published on July 14, 2005, titled "Rove's War." It was occasioned by the disclosure of a memo from Time magazine's Matt Cooper, saying that Rove had confirmed to him the identity of Valerie Plame. To Blumenthal, that was proof that this "was political payback against Wilson by a White House that wanted to shift the public focus from the Iraq War to Wilson's motives." Then Blumenthal went off on a rant: "While the White House stonewalls, Rove has license to run his own damage control operation. His surrogates argue that if Rove did anything, it wasn't a crime. . . . Rove is fighting his war as though it will be settled in a court of Washington pundits. Brandishing his formidable political weapons, he seeks to demonstrate his prowess once again. His corps of agents raises a din in which their voices drown out individual dissidents. His frantic massing of forces dominates the capital by winning the communications battle. Indeed, Rove may succeed momentarily in quelling the storm. But the stillness may be illusory. Before the prosecutor, Rove's arsenal is useless." In fact, the prosecutor concluded that there was no crime; hence, no indictment. And we now know that the original "leak," in casual conversations with reporters Novak and Bob Woodward, came not from the conspiracy theorists' target in the White House but from the deputy secretary of state at the time, Richard Armitage, an esteemed member of the Washington establishment and no pal of Rove or President Bush. Blumenthal's example is far from unique. Newsweek, in a July 25, 2005, cover story on Rove, after dutifully noting that Rove's lawyer said the prosecutor had told him that Rove was not a target of the investigation, added: "But this isn't just about the Facts, it's about what Rove's foes regard as a higher Truth: That he is a one-man epicenter of a narrative of Evil." And in the American Prospect's cover story for August 2005, Joe Conason wrote that Rove "is a powerful bully. Fear of retribution has stifled those who might have revealed his secrets. He has enjoyed the impunity of a malefactor who could always claim, however implausibly, deniability -- until now." These and other publications owe Karl Rove an apology. And all of journalism needs to relearn the lesson: Can the conspiracy theories and stick to the facts. davidbroder@washpost.com

To: American Spirit who wrote (77503)	9/8/2006 11:25:08 AM
From: Peter Dierks	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 173976

You are a serial liar. When you call someone else a liar it gives that person the appearance of being totally credible and honest.

To: American Spirit who wrote (77503)	9/9/2006 5:10:33 PM
From: Crimson Ghost	Respond to of 173976

Zionist extremists and AIPAC will do all they can to defeat the small number of Congressmen and women who opposed giving Israel a blank check in Lebanon. And guess what -- most of them are DEMOCRATS. The following E-mail ia now making the rounds. Anti-Israel Members of Congress FYI...Please remember these names: The 23 anti-Israel members of Congress. Friends, if ever there was a definitive list of the anti-Israel members of Congress, we have it now. Surprisingly they are mostly Democrats. It's these 23 members who voted against last week's House and Senate resolutions of support for Israel. No other issue and no US political party allegiance is more important in these times than the safety and security of Israel. Following is a list of legislators who voted "No" on yesterday's resolutions of support for Israel: SENATORS VOTING "NO" (2) Robert Byrd, Dem., W.Va., Ernest Hollings, Dem. S.C. HOUSE MEMBERS VOTING "NO" (21) Neil Abercrombie, Dem., Hawaii, David E. Bonior, Dem., Mich., Rick Boucher, Dem., Va., Gary A. Condit, Dem..., Calif., John Conyers Jr.,Dem., Mich., Peter A. DeFazio, Dem., Ore., John D. Dingell, Dem., Mich., Earl F. Hilliard, Dem..., Ala., Jay Inslee, Dem., Wash., Jesse L. Jackson Jr., Dem., Ill (Please note this is Jesse Jackson Sr's son) Gerald D.Kleczka, Dem., Wisc., Barbara Lee, Dem.,Calif., Cynthia A. McKinney,Dem., Ga. (This creep will be gone very soon from Congress 'cause she just lost in the Democratic primary) George Miller, Dem.,Calif., David R. Obey, Dem., Wisc., Ron Paul, Rep., Tex., Thomas E. Petri, Rep., Wisc., Nick J. Rahall II, Dem.,W.Va., Dana Rohrabacher, Rep., Calif., Nick Smith, Rep., Mich., Fortney Pete Stark, Dem., Calif. Thank you. Please pass this around.

To: American Spirit who wrote (77503)	9/11/2006 7:11:19 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	Respond to of 173976

OPEC Holds Production Steady ( credited to GOPwingers ) By JAD MOUAWAD 4:16 PM ET The decision could lead to a further decline in oil prices, which have dropped more than $11 a barrel from their July peaks.

To: American Spirit who wrote (77503)	9/11/2006 8:32:36 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

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To: American Spirit who wrote (77503)	9/11/2006 8:35:31 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	Respond to of 173976

DemoRATS drowning in crude oil spilling into sewers: OPEC Maintains Output, Crude Cracks $65 (Headlines - scroll down for full stories) 1. OPEC Maintains Output, Crude Cracks $65 4. U.S. Gas Prices Tumble for a Second Week 1. OPEC Maintains Output, Crude Cracks $65 The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) today agreed to keep production levels unchanged. The decision sent crude oil prices below $65 a barrel. OPEC, which supplies 40 percent of the world’s crude oil, was widely expected to maintain its production levels. OPEC sets oil-production quotas for each of its member countries. The group currently targets an output of 28 million barrels of oil per day, a level it has maintained since July 2005. OPEC wants oil prices to stabilize so that elevated energy prices don’t cause a pullback in demand from its customers, especially the U.S., which is the world’s largest consumer of oil. Talk that the U.S. economy may slump into a recession or a protracted slowdown is causing OPEC to continue pumping oil, even though prices have slipped recently. "Don't take this blip as significant," Saudi Arabia’s oil minister Ali al-Naimi said, declining to give specific price forecasts. "This is a cyclical business. It's not the first time prices go up or prices go down." Crude oil prices fell below $65 a barrel after OPEC’s announcement, and have slipped more than 17 percent in the past month. Oil prices have fallen from $78.40 in mid-July to $64.85 in midday trading today. Bloomberg News is reporting that oil prices may continue to slide. According to a survey of oil analysts and traders, 48 percent said they expect oil prices to fall this week, citing sufficient U.S. supply. Don’t expect OPEC to stay idle if some members have their say, though. Algeria’s oil minister Chakib Khelil said OPEC will "watch the market very closely." "For next year, we can see already that we have a high build in inventories," said Khelil. "We have signs of recession. And we have a contra-seasonal build, which we haven't seen for a while. So all of these things point to a situation of over-supply." Venezuela’s Energy and Oil Minister Rafael Ramirez warned, "Inventories are above the normal level. We are open to study which are the best decisions to defend the price." Editor's Note: * In April 2004, Financial Intelligence Report predicted that oil prices would skyrocket from $29 per barrel to over $60 within a year. That forecast was dead-on. Our investors made a fortune on that advice. Since then FIR has been warning that oil prices would collapse in the next 12 months and could go as low as $40 per barrel. Discover the top 5 ways you can profit from the coming Oil Bust. It's already begun!