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To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (77793)	9/11/2006 8:37:25 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	Respond to of 173976

Soros also predicts that oil prices will come down in the coming months, but only within normal price cycles. He added that production improvements will help keep prices lower. "There’s an awful lot of investment going on that in a year or two will lead to increased production," said Soros, noting the recent discovery of a new oil field in the Gulf of Mexico.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (77793)	9/11/2006 8:38:26 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	Respond to of 173976

U.S. Gas Prices Tumble for a Second Week The average price of a gallon of gasoline in the U.S. has dropped 21 cents in the past two weeks to $2.6598 a gallon, according to the Lundberg survey. This week’s average price for self-serve regular is the lowest since March 24, when gas prices averaged $2.4999. The survey’s editor, Trilby Lundberg, tells Reuters, "High refining capacity use rate and very heavy gasoline imports - both required to meet summer demand - have now met with September’s perennial demand drop off, which was accompanied by a sizable drop in crude oil prices." The end to the summer driving season has the biggest impact on gasoline prices, says Lundberg. When demand falls, so do gas prices. But crude oil accounts for about half of the price of a gallon of gas. Crude prices have dropped 17 percent in the past month to below $65 a barrel today (see above article). If they continue to plummet, gas prices could fall even more. Lundberg doesn’t expect gas prices to fall at this magnitude in the near future, but qualifies that forecast. Says Lundberg, "If there are more gasoline price cuts, they are likely to be much more modest. The big change has been coming out of our high gasoline consumption season. Only dramatic crude oil price cuts, beyond what we have seen, would allow this pace of price cutting at the pump to continue." Lundberg adds that a sharp slowdown in the economy could drive prices lower.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (77793)	9/11/2006 8:39:27 PM
From: Thomas A Watson	Respond to of 173976

Dear quite mentally ill Kenneth E. Phillipps. Monday, September 11, 2006 THE LEFT'S SEPTEMBER 11th CREED Since an anonymous commenter on the last post has seen fit to call me a "hatemonger" for choosing to focus on the left's paychological denial since 9/11; and since my email is running along similar lines, it occurs to me that I have hit a nerve that desperately needs to get hit. Not being someone to quit while I am ahead, I thought I'd continue to focus on that aspect of today. In the 5 years since 9/11, we have heard promulgated just about every possible theory, from every possible font of leftist wisdom about the root causes of that horrible day. Taken as a whole, the leftist theories add up to a compelling case of psychological denial, displacement, projection, and frank paranoia. The high levels of delusion and hysteria exhibited by the left since then should clue any reasonble person in to the fact that the events of that day were intensely threatening at a fundamental level to their ideology--hence the need to deny any thing of real importance occurred; or the need to find ways to blame it on the left's "real enemy of civilization" - George W. Bush. But the events of 9/11 and its aftermath shattered an already-crumbling leftist dogma, and in the vacuum that resulted, a variety of sick conspiracy theories flowed in to shore up the foundation of that dogma--the belief that the U.S. is always in the wrong on every issue. In May, 2004 by Robert Alt wrote a piece titled "The Liberals' Creed" which outlined some of the unquestioned religious beliefs of the liberal left. Since almost every aspect of the "creed" remain a fundamental part of the left's mantra to this day; and since the hyperreligiosity of their position-- which relies on feelings and emotions rather than facts or reason--eludes any attempt to be reasonable with them; and since their accusations are as persistent and repetitive as someone afflicted with Tourette's Syndrome-- I have taken the liberty of writing a "The Leftist's Creed on 9/11" (recited in unison) : We believe that Bush, Cheney, and Republicans bear sole responsibility for 9/11; We believe that the United States and its policies are responsible for making terrorists attack this country; We believe that if we get rid of George Bush and the Republicans, we will once again be safe; We believe that the people of America who supported those policies over the years (during Republican administrations) are little Eichmanns, and deserved to die on 9/11 ; We are ready to believe (if the polls support thinking that way) that Bush and Cheney actually planned the events of 9/11 as a prelude to taking over this country, destroying our civil liberties; and instituting a fascist state. We believe that Israel probably had a part in the events of 9/11, working with Bush and Cheney in some sort of neocon plot; We believe that the only people who are innocent of 9/11 are the actual terrorists who plotted and executed it; We believe that Bill Clinton and his administration had absolutely nothing to do with 9/11 and that, if Al Gore had won the 2000 election then 9/11 would never have happened; We believe that anyone who disagrees with the above statement is trying to distort history and their views should be prohibited. Only we --and Michael Moore-- know the truth and should be heard. We believe that Bill Clinton and Sandy Berger have never lied; We believe that the most serious outcome of 9/11 is the Islamophobia and the unconscionable backlash that has victimized Muslims in the U.S.; We believe that the greatest threat to freedom in this country occurs when images of 9/11 are used to further the warmongering plans of the Bush Administration; We believe that all the rhetoric used by the Bush Adminsitration is pure evil, designed to manipulate people to hate; but that the rhetoric used by Iran and the fatwas of Al Qaeda are "only words" and should not be taken at all seriously; We believe that the people who flew airplanes into buildings on 9/11 are reasonable people who you can trust, and with whom you can discuss reality; We believe that the Bush Administration is irrational, unreasonble and certainly cannot be trusted; and that they are completely out of touch with reality. We believe that Iraq had nothing--nothing--to do with 9/11 because Saddam Hussein and his lieutenants have clearly said so, and we believe and trust them. We believe that the deaths of almost 3000 Americans on 9/11 is not a big deal; certainly doesn't deserve the disproportionate response that the Bush Adminsitration has taken in the last 5 years; and that the threat to the U.S. has been grossly overblown and manipulated so that the Bush Adminsitration and Republicans can accumulate political power. We believe that our motives in saying all this are pure, holy, and extremely patriotic; because we have no desire to acquire political power for ourselves and that it is our selfless duty to make sure the American people accept our creed. We believe this country has suffered horribly under George W. Bush, whose policies have caused us to descend into hell. But in November, 2006 , we will rise from the dead. and ascend into congressional heaven and shall sit once again at the right hand of power from whence we shall judge the current administration. We believe in the perfection of the U.N., the communion of multiculturalism, the victimhood of the oppressed, the resurrection of a dead ideology, and denial everlasting. Amen. - Diagnosed by Dr. Sanity @ 2:02 PM Comments (34) \| Trackback (0) drsanity.blogspot.com

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (77793)	9/11/2006 8:54:42 PM
From: jlallen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

Your nonsense is endless..... Iraq is a difficult mission....that does not make it a "mess"....the mess is made by idiots like you who help to embolden the enemy and make the mission that much more difficult.....the enemy can not win militarily but with the help of you and useful idiots like you.....they may be able to outlast the public determination necessary to prevail.... J.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (77793)	9/11/2006 10:03:39 PM
From: Doug R	Respond to of 173976

Pinky and The Brain syndrome. In an Armed Forces Magazine article calling for redrawn borders in the Middle East and Africa (an entire continent), retired General Ralph Peters shows how deluded the neocon agenda is. One of the neocons' hegemonic aims is to "remake" the Middle East...as recently stated by condi rice. Peters agrees. The problem is that he also says, "Of course, no adjustment of borders, however draconian, could make every minority in the Middle East happy." armedforcesjournal.com His use of the words "however draconian" is a bit unsettling to say the least. These people are all about the draconian and don't flinch from draconian measures. He also goes on to clue us in on just what these draconian measures will include by saying, in a paragraph all by itself, "Oh, and one other dirty little secret from 5,000 years of history: Ethnic cleansing works." And the plans for Iran; "Iran, a state with madcap boundaries, would lose a great deal of territory to Unified Azerbaijan, Free Kurdistan, the Arab Shia State and Free Baluchistan, but would gain the provinces around Herat in today's Afghanistan — a region with a historical and linguistic affinity for Persia. Iran would, in effect, become an ethnic Persian state again, with the most difficult question being whether or not it should keep the port of Bandar Abbas or surrender it to the Arab Shia State." So make no mistake, conquering entire regions, and continents no less, through warfare and dictating what will exist in the aftermath is, by definition, that always crazy goal of literally ruling the world. And they can always do some ethnic cleansing after lunch. "What are you going to do today cheney?" "The same thing I do every day, attempt to rule the world!!"

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (77793)	9/12/2006 7:02:51 AM
From: Crimson Ghost	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 173976

The face of a madman September 12, 2006 6:31 AM \| Rant \| 0 Comments . By DOUG THOMPSON One needed only to look into the angry, out-of-control face of George W. Bush during an interview broadcast on NBC Monday to realize the President of the United States is a madman. Bush lost his cool with, of all people, Matt Lauer of NBC's Today Show. If Bush can't handle himself with a pabulum producing journalistic wannabe like Lauer, how in the hell can we expect him to protect this nation in times of crisis? Veins bulged in Bush's face. Anger flashed through eyes that darted from side to side. This was not a man in control. You normally find full transcripts of Bush's interviews on the White House web site but the transcript of this one, taped Friday, is conveniently missing. I'm sure someone in the West Wing sent down the order: "Don't put anything about the Lauer interview on the White House. Jesus Christ! The President comes off like a crazy man!" Maybe Bush comes off like a "crazy man" because that's exactly what he is. He's a partial transcript courtesy of the Crooks and Liars web site: Matt Lauer: And yet you admitted that there were these CIA secret facilities. OK? President Bush: So what? Why is that not within the law? Matt Lauer: The head of Amnesty International says secret sites are against international law. President Bush: Well, we just disagree with him. Plus, my job is to protect you. And most American people, if I said [to them] that we had who we think is the mastermind of the 9/11, they would say, "Why don't you see if you can't get information without torturing him," which is what we did. Matt Lauer: I don't want to let this "within the law issue" slip though. I mean, if, in fact, there was water boarding used with Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, and for the viewers, that's basically when you strap someone to a board and you make them feel as if they're going to drown by putting them underwater, if that was legal and within the law, why couldn't you do it at Guantanamo? Why did you have to go to a secret location around the world? President Bush: I'm not going to talk about techniques. And, I'm not going explain to the enemy what we're doing. All I'm telling you is that you've asked me whether or not we're doing things to protect the American people, and I want the American people to know we are doing so. Those of us who have watched Bush over the years already knew he was an arrogant SOB. We've also seen increasing evidence that questions his mental stability. Now, as he flits about the country trying, one more time, to sell his failed Iraq war and make political hay out of the 9/11 attacks, the nation gets more and more chances to look into the eyes of a madman. Dr. Justin Frank, the prominent George Washington psychiatrist who wrote Bush on the Couch: Inside the Mind of the President, has cast a professional eye on Dubya for years. He doesn't like what his clinical and analytical mind finds. "With every passing week, President Bush marches deeper and deeper into a world of his own making," Dr. Frank says. "Bush, when cornered, is a dangerous fighter. He makes choices that are not good for the country. They are good for him and for rubbing our noses in his shit." We saw some of that in the Matt Lauer interview. Bush got in Lauer's face, jamming his finger at the reporter, shaking with rage. Dr. Frank long ago concluded that Bush is a paranoid megalomaniac, a despot out of touch with reality. He writes: Psychoanalytic theory suggests that Bush's true enemy is an aspect of himself -- the overwhelming anxiety he works so hard to manage. For Bush, lying remains a central defense mechanism in managing his fears; he lies foremost to himself, altering his perception of external or internal reality to fulfill his psychic need to maintain order. His anxiety is so great that he cannot shift his thinking to account for new information. In other words - a madman. Will somebody please call the guys in the white jackets to haul this lunatic off to the place with the padded rooms before he destroys us and the rest of the world?