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To: combjelly who wrote (325948)	2/14/2007 10:33:40 PM
From: steve harris	Respond to of 1576179

Clinton sounds like Kerry.... Clinton was going to bomb North Korea's nukes before he decided to give them two of our own.... lol archives.cnn.com

To: combjelly who wrote (325948)	2/15/2007 4:54:07 AM
From: Elroy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576179

Published: 15/02/2007 12:00 AM (UAE) Nominal UAE GDP rises 23% to Dh599b Staff Report gulfnews.com Dubai: The UAE's nominal gross domestic products (GDP) rose 23 per cent to Dh599 billion last year, according to a top government official. "Our economy is going ahead in leaps and bounds. Growth for the UAE has been 23 per cent in nominal terms for 2006 and GDP was Dh599 billion for 2006. This is another record year for the UAE," Mohammad Ahmad Bin Abdul Aziz, undersecretary for Planning at the Ministry of Economy told delegates at the Greece Business Forum yesterday. "Oil prices have reached record levels and are likely to remain there or even rise further. These are good times for the UAE." The high crude prices may not seriously affect world growth, he said. "World economic growth currently is being driven by sectors such as services, technology and tourism." Bilateral trade between the UAE and Greece stood at about Dh395 million by the end of 2005. "Theses figures do not meet our expectations. There is a great deal we can do to improve on this situation," he said.

To: combjelly who wrote (325948)	2/16/2007 12:50:46 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1576179

I recognize that living in TX can be a tasking job esp. if you are a moderate but is there anything that can be done with these guys who want to defy the laws of nature? ___________________________________________________________ Warren "Anti-CopernicaChisum" by: Glenn Smith Thu Feb 15, 2007 at 19:38:25 PM CST It's not surprising that the earth doesn't move for Warren Chisum, and maybe it's not surprising that he blames a Jewish conspiracy for it. Still, it's enough to set the world a-spinning that the chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, the most powerful committee in the House, distributed to legislators a memo pitching crazed wingers who believe the earth stands still -- doesn't spin on its axis or revolve around the Sun -- that Copernicus was part of a Jewish conspiracy to undermine the Old Testament. That would be the same Old Testament that was written by the folks Chisum's friends say are conspiring to undermine it. Chisum has no problem believing that GOP interests revolve around the pocketbooks of its wealthy contributors. And that's why he wants to take dollars stolen from middle class Texans in higher tuition, double-taxed highways, underpaid teachers, sick kids and teachers and cut property taxes for those who own a lot of property -- businesses and the very, very wealthy. Children with no health insurance, Texas families who can't afford state colleges, crumbling schools -- to Chisum they are about as important as Pluto, a heavenly body no longer even called a planet. I am not advised whether Chisum believes in other planets. House Calendars has set the vote on Chisum's HB2 for Monday afternoon. The bill would strip about $6 billion from general revenue to fund a big hunk of a massive 2008-2009 property tax cut for the wealthy. (The rest of the $14 billion windfall for the wealthy comes from the puny business tax passed last year that has fallen way short of funding the property tax cut as promised.) It's clear Chisum's god, Craddick, doesn't want to fiddle around with open and public debate about whether the Legislature ought to stop strangling of the middle class before it tightens its grip on our throats and transfers more middle class money to the rich. Why fund public schools or keep colleges available to the middle class if they are filling our children's heads with damaging Kabbalistic fantasies? (Yes, Copernicus, Darwin et al are part of a Kabbalistic Conspiracy according to the fixed-earth crowd). Gravity (Pft!), night and day (bah!), biological reproduction (ugh!). Who needs such immoral ideas corrupting our kids? No, spend the money on those with more visible signs of God's Blessing. The Elect. The ones with the money. I hope Chisum has the decency to appropriate a little more for velcro, though. I'm worried about the gravity thing. Capitol Annex has the full Earth Doesn't Move Memo here. burntorangereport.com

To: combjelly who wrote (325948)	2/16/2007 12:59:23 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1576179

Texas Lawmaker Chisum Launches anti-Semitic Based Attack on Evolution Thursday, February 15 2007 @ 10:45 PM EST House Chair promotes bizarre idea that the sun revolves around the earth, the genesis of which came from Georgia Republican state representative Ben Bridges TFN via BBSNews 2007-02-15 -- AUSTIN – The second most powerful member of the Texas House should refocus his efforts on passing a good state budget, not promoting fringe ideas that would embarrass the state and threaten the education of our schoolchildren, the president of the Texas Freedom Network said today. "The House is in danger of becoming a breeding ground for fringe ideas instead of a body for serious lawmaking," TFN President Kathy Miller said. "Does Rep. Chisum really believe that our children should learn that the earth stands still while the rest of the universe revolves around it? The fact that we are even discussing this should be alarming to all Texans." Extremists have targeted the theory of evolution in a number of states. Just yesterday, the Kansas Board of Education repealed curriculum guidelines that attacked the theory of evolution and promoted creationism in science classes. That action was in direct response to the rout anti-evolution extremists suffered at the polls last November. Ironically, we learned today that state Rep. Warren Chisum, R-Pampa, circulated a memo that would take Texas in the opposite direction. That memo, authored by Georgia lawmaker Ben Bridges, claims the theory of evolution is part of an anti-religious plot with roots in an ancient Jewish sect. "That kind of nonsense will make our state a laughingstock and undermine the education of all our school kids," Miller said. "I'm sure that all of the states that compete with Texas for high tech and research jobs would love to see Texas send our kids into the 21st century with a 19th century education." Chisum is chair of the powerful House Appropriations Committee. The memo he distributed links to a Web site (www.fixedearth.com) promoting the claim that the sun and rest of the universe revolve around a stationary Earth. The Web site's diatribes against "Talmud/Kabbala-based Judaism" also play on anti-Semitic stereotypes: What kind of "Jewish physics" is it that has garnered 26% of all the Nobel Prizes awarded to all the Physicists in the world when the total Jewish population is only ¼ of 1 percent of the world's population?... The stated theological mission of Talmud/Kabbala-based Judaism is to destroy the credibility of Jesus and Bible-based Christianity. (http://fixedearth.com/HB%20179%20PART%20III%20ADDENDUM.htm) "By distributing this outrageous memo, Rep. Chisum provided a platform for claims that are at best ridiculous, and at worst, hateful," Miller said. bbsnews.net