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To: Brumar89 who wrote (208637)	11/17/2006 1:34:36 PM
From: geode00	Respond to of 281500

THANKSGIVING CHARITIES 18th Annual Thanksgiving Charities Drive KGO Radio's Bernie Ward hosts KGO's 18th annual Thanksgiving Charities Drive to help the Bay Area's hungry and homeless. In the spirit of the season of giving, Bernie is asking you for donations to raise funds that will help in providing food and services to the hungry and homeless at Sacred Heart in San Jose, St. Anthony's in San Francisco, St. Vincent De Paul in Oakland and Fresh Start of Walnut Creek. Send donations, accompanied by a self-addressed stamped envelope, to: Thanksgiving Charities KGO Radio 900 Front Street San Francisco, CA 94111 Checks should be made out to KGO Thanksgiving Charities. Thank you! Listen to Bernie Ward live or in the archives 10 pm - 1 pm every weekday and for GodTalk on Sundays. Compare and contrast him to Lush Limbaugh or Sean Hannity or, for goodness sakes, to the Bushies. kgoam810.com

To: Brumar89 who wrote (208637)	11/17/2006 1:48:00 PM
From: geode00	Respond to of 281500

Bush, send in 20K more troops. Abizaid, NO! How silly is this? How incompetent can Bush look when his own commander disagrees with him IN PUBLIC? Get it together children and come out unified in something, anything NOW. -------------------- Syria ruled out of Iraq solution as state department looks to Iran Julian Borger in Washington Thursday November 16, 2006 The Guardian The US state department's top official on Iraq policy said yesterday that America had ruled out negotiations with Syria on curbing the violence in Iraq, but was considering talks with Iran. David Satterfield was giving testimony to the Senate armed services committee, which was reviewing Iraq policy for the first time since the Democrats' election victory and the resignation of the defence secretary, Donald Rumsfeld. "With respect to Syria, we do not believe that the issue involving Syria's negative behaviours toward Iraq, Hizbullah, Lebanon, Iran or Palestinian radical groups is a question of lack of dialogue or lack of engagement," Mr Satterfield said. "With respect to Iran, we are prepared, in principle, to discuss Iranian activities in Iraq. The timing of such a direct dialogue is one we still have under review." His remarks appeared to conflict with the position taken by President George Bush - that the Iranians would have to bring a verifiable halt to the enrichment of uranium before talks could occur. The Senate committee also heard from the head of the US central command, General John Abizaid, who is in charge of military operations across the Middle East and south Asia. He predicted that the next four to six months would be critical to prevent Iraq from reaching a "tipping point" and sliding into total chaos. However, he argued against a timetable for withdrawal, suggested by Democratic party leaders. "At this stage in the campaign we'll need flexibility to manage our force and to help manage the Iraqi force," Gen Abizaid said. "Force caps and specific timetables limit that flexibility." He also argued against an increase in US forces on the grounds that they would have little impact and would undermine the credibility of the Iraqi government. "I do not believe that more American troops right now is the solution to the problem," he said. "We need to put more American capacity into Iraqi units to make them more capable in their ability to confront the sectarian problem." ================= " President George Bush has told senior advisers that the US and its allies must make "a last big push" to win the war in Iraq and that instead of beginning a troop withdrawal next year, he may increase US forces by up to 20,000 soldiers, according to sources familiar with the administration's internal deliberations. Mr Bush's refusal to give ground, coming in the teeth of growing calls in the US and Britain for a radical rethink or a swift exit, is having a decisive impact on the policy review being conducted by the Iraq Study Group chaired by Bush family loyalist James Baker, the sources said..." guardian.co.uk