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To: bentway who wrote (343558)	7/18/2007 10:08:24 AM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 1575173

She's a phoney. Only a few people have seen the real evil person

To: bentway who wrote (343558)	7/18/2007 10:11:46 AM
From: SilentZ	Respond to of 1575173

>I think many more Americans will come around as I have the more they see of her. Yeah, I'd be OK voting for her vs. any of the Republican field. She's not great on Iraq, but better than they are. She has some labor positions I'm extremely uncomfortable with (she's sat on the board of Wal-Mart, she's in the pocket of Big Pharma, and the head of her campaign is a union buster), but she's far better than the Republicans. Having said that, I wouldn't vote for her over Edwards or Obama. I've been saying all along that she has a better chance of winning the general election if she wins the primary than she does of actually winning the primary. I still believe that. -Z

To: bentway who wrote (343558)	7/18/2007 10:34:54 AM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 1575173

Arrogance 101 by Charlie Rangel Andrew Roth From Kim Strassel in the Wall Street Journal's Political Diary ($): Accuse Congressman Charlie Rangel of what you will, but don't ever suggest he's humble. The Harlem Congressman recently offered one of the more blatant, if amusing, earmarks on record: a $2 million request for the City College of New York to establish the "Charles B. Rangel Center for Public Service." The House intends to start marking up its big labor and health spending bill this afternoon, stuffed with at least 1,300 earmarks. Congressmen must put their names to their earmark requests for first time, and some of the more embarrassing pork demands are beginning to slip out. Nevada's Shelley Berkley wants taxpayers to fork over $200,000 for a Las Vegas school set up by Andre Agassi (who in 2004 was listed as the nation's 27th richest individual under the age of 40), while the infamous John Murtha is seeking $750,000 for the United Mine Workers -- a union with a heavy presence in Pennsylvania. But few live up to Mr. Rangel's request to name a public building in his own honor. The New Yorker filed the requisite paperwork certifying that he has no financial interest in the earmark he requested. The lack of any direct monetary benefit, however, hardly negates the psychic rewards and other benefits of having his name on a prominent New York City building. The Republican Study Committee, which has been doggedly going after the most egregious of these earmarks in recent weeks, will reportedly target Mr. Rangel's on the floor in the coming days. But despite all the rhetoric from both parties about cleaning up the earmark mess, members have so far only voted down one small earmark. Don't expect the popular Mr. Rangel's earmark to be the second. www.clubforgrowth.org

To: bentway who wrote (343558)	7/18/2007 11:30:53 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575173

Hillary is THE top candidate in the debates. She just stands head and shoulders above the rest of them. I've personally come around from thinking I'd just not vote if I had to choose between Hillary and some (R) stiff white man, to being comfortable with the idea of voting for her if I have to. I think many more Americans will come around as I have the more they see of her. I look at her fundraising to determine her strength and so far, Obama comes out ahead. I am not sure why the polls are reading so positively for her but I think they are wrong. I would vote for her over a Republican but I would vote for Obama or Edwards before I would vote for her.

To: bentway who wrote (343558)	7/18/2007 11:50:16 AM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575173

ONLY one week after Live Earth, Al Gore's green credentials slipped while hosting his daughter's wedding in Beverly Hills. Gore and his guests at the weekend ceremony dined on Chilean sea bass - arguably one of the world's most threatened fish species. Also known as Patagonian toothfish, the species is under pressure from illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing activities in the Southern Ocean, jeopardising the sustainability of remaining stocks. The species is currently managed by the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Living Marine Resources, the body which introduced a catch and trade documentation scheme as an attempt to tackle illegal poaching of this species. Working with non-government organisations, the Humane Society International's focus is now on pursuit of illegal fishing operators who, in the rush to cash in on the highly valued species, plunder stocks with no regard for sustainability. ... news.com.au