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To: geode00 who wrote (204667)	9/28/2006 10:40:22 PM
From: Ichy Smith	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Bullies will pull carts if you train them, I just couldn't imagine me walking beside my dog and her cart when I could simply pop her in the back seat of the studebaker and go anywhere we wanted. Also the thought of me chasing a cat a dog and a bloody cart down the street was simply one of those visuals i didn't want to deal with.

To: geode00 who wrote (204667)	9/28/2006 11:15:10 PM
From: bentway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

I used to see a homeless guy in CA who had rigged a couple of poles from the front of his bike to a harness on his dog. His dog seemed to enjoy it.

To: geode00 who wrote (204667)	9/29/2006 7:27:18 AM
From: stockman_scott	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Bob Woodward's Bush/Iraq Book Will Further The Firestorm huffingtonpost.com By Brent Budowsky 09.28.2006 Early reports out of CBSNews.com make it clear that Bob Woodward's appearance with Mike Wallace on 60 Minutes this Sunday, beginning the media campaign for his book "State Of Denial" will add further fuel to the firestorm about Iraq. Most likely the book will include revelations that drive home the central point, that President Bush has not been honest with the American people about the level of violence in Iraq, about projections of trouble for the "stay the course" policy that will continue indefinitely unless there are dramatic changes. What will happen is this: Simon and Schuster will put out selected leaks about the more juicy revelations in the book, the CBS family will give wide exposure to the overpowering theme of "denial" in the title of the book, and the national debate about dishonesty from government about the policy will be front burnered to even higher levels of white hot intensity. Days and weeks from now, the profound import of the National Intelligence Estimate will rise in importance with time, not lessen. This is proof positive that the combined intelligence services of the United States believe that the Iraq War has created more terrorists, and more dangers. This directly and brutally contradicts what the President used 9-11 to tell the nation, and it directly and brutally contracts the core underpinning of the policy. Five years after 9-11 we have just witnessed the spectacle of the leaders of Pakistan and Afghanistan calling each other names and backstabbing each other in front of our President who was virtually a bystander during a fiasco. We have just seen polls that show 60% of Iraqis favor the killing of Americans and 60-70% favor Americans leaving Iraq within the year. We have just seen new revelations of the corruption surrounding the Iraqi police while Americans suffer casualties doing the job Iraqis refuse to do. We have seen active duty commanders speak out publicly expressing doubts about the current Iraqi government. We have seen the spectacle of the leader of the United States of America boasting of an upcoming signing ceremony to celebrate his victory continuing various forms of torture, which is not only an outrage in itself, which not only violates the legacy of every previous American President, which not only violates the good sense of all of our commanders, but which shows in the ugliest terms the lack of anything positive the President can credibly say. While I do not know the inside information about the second national intelligence estimate directly dealing with Iraq, it is very likely the sustance of the estimate, probably even darker than the partially released recent estimate, will somehow become public information soon. It would not be surprising if the Woodward book directly or indirectly publicizes the substance of the still-secret Iraq National Intelligence Estimate. And it is certain that the pre-publication publicity for the book State of Denial, and its actual publication with new revelations, will fuel this firestorm even more dramatically. Frankly, if the CBS report is correct, as it almost certainly is because it is CBS reporting about 60 Minutes, it will hardly inspire any confidence to know that one of the President's secret close advisors is Henry Kissinger making comparisons in his own way to Vietnam. The American debate on Iraq has now reached a critical mass. The demonization of those advocating change in the policy will no longer work. The combined agencies of the United States intelligence have now spoken. Every day brings public comments by commanders in the field today that make their views clearer by the hour. Bob Woodward's book will no doubt include new statements of views and new revelations of facts that will escalate the credibility gap of the Administration to even more Draconian levels. It is absurd, ridiculous and hapless that the Administration chooses this moment to yet again escalate taxpayer financed public relations from the people who have lost credibility, for the policies that have lost credibility, using the techniques that have lost credibility. We can only hope and pray that the President comes to his senses. In the CBS story the President is quoted as suggesting he wont change the policy even if he, Laura Bush and Barney were the only ones who support it. This is exactly what has gotten this President and this policy and our country into so much trouble in Iraq and throughout the Middle East. This is exactly why a Democratic Congress would serve the interest of the nation, the troops and America's reputation and strength in the world.