tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34621872011-04-21T17:20:39.084-07:00Taking the Illusions Out of History-I would like to be able to love my country and justiceArticles and musings on the current state of affairs and references to contrarian histories. <b>In order not to see reality, the ostrich sinks its head in the television set. </b> Pessimism of the Intellect and Optimism of the Willaccesswater2030@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comBlogger13881100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462187.post-1095504531863661382004-09-18T03:48:00.000-07:002004-09-18T03:48:51.863-07:00Stories of World History and Geography 1 Migrations-moving-movements-20,000 years- Displacement- population growth environmental barriers and obstacles to living governance and exploitation slavery serfs indenture 2 Agricultural Revolution-Biological Revolution Recipes for Soil, Water, Sun, Living things Chinese Indians Native Americans Europeans 3 Democratic Stirrings-A accesswater2030@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462187.post-1095503252913752752004-09-18T03:25:00.000-07:002004-09-18T03:27:32.913-07:00World Environmental PROBLEMS 24 August 2004 Coal Takes Heavy Human Toll 16 June 2004 Dead Zones Increasing in the World's Coastal Waters 5 May 2004 World Food Security Deteriorating 28 April 2004 World Food Prices Rising 14 April 2004 Saudis Have U.S. Over a Barrel 10 March 2004 China's Shrinking Grain Harvest 2 March 2004 The Sixth Great Extinction 18 February 2004 U.S. Leading Worldaccesswater2030@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462187.post-1092426629738992702004-08-13T12:48:00.000-07:002004-08-13T12:50:29.736-07:00This is your copy of dates that your presentations are due. Scroll down and you will find the Ruberic for all writing. Name ____________________Per_____ Downey High School Room#______ R. Erickson Resources: ericksonhistory@blogspot.com, http://www.geographyiq.com/ , Geohive.com Card Country Names_________________________________ accesswater2030@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462187.post-1092426363863025672004-08-13T12:45:00.000-07:002004-08-13T12:46:03.863-07:00Writing Rubric for World History-Use this as your outline for each piece that you write. If you want to use it to write on you may copy it. You will need about 30 copies. Date:_____________ No._____________ Issue, topic, subject or theme__________________________________________ 5pts 1. 2. 3. 4. 5 30 pts Definitions: Minimum of 5 per week, Source(s) and Dates accesswater2030@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462187.post-1092426301246748322004-08-13T12:43:00.000-07:002004-08-13T12:45:01.246-07:00accesswater2030@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462187.post-1072240453674864092003-12-23T20:34:00.000-08:002003-12-23T20:35:12.403-08:00003 -- The Year We Almost Lost Honest News A Look Back and Ahead at the Year in Media By Danny Schechter, News Dissector MediaChannel.org NEW YORK, Dec 23, 2003 -- Congress declared the year 2003 the year of the blues. My own MediaChannel blog deems it a year in which we almost lost honest news. As the networks work up their greatest hits packages, those highly edited collages of the highs and accesswater2030@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462187.post-1072240230769921362003-12-23T20:30:00.000-08:002003-12-23T20:31:29.546-08:00 December 19, 2003 Technical Knockout Fox News Screws a War Opponent by Anthony Gancarski On the cold, blustery weekend after Thanksgiving 2003, north Florida AM radio firebrand and political activist Andy "Down to Business" Johnson made a rare appearance on the cable news circuit. The venue was Fox News' "From the Heartland", hosted by former Congressman John Kasich [R-OH]. Kasich brought accesswater2030@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462187.post-1072239568420420862003-12-23T20:19:00.000-08:002003-12-23T20:20:27.280-08:00 What a Tangled Web the Neocons Weave by Jim Lobe December 23, 2003 While most of the world is still trying to come to terms with the neo-imperial ambitions of the post-Sept. 11 Bush administration, U.S. political analysts, particularly those on the libertarian right and the left, have been trying to map out the various forces behind the administration's hawks in order to better understand accesswater2030@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462187.post-1072239426275011202003-12-23T20:17:00.000-08:002003-12-23T20:18:05.170-08:00 Antiwar.com Click Here to Print SAVE THIS | EMAIL THIS | Close times,="Times," serif="serif" size="6">If You Can't Beat 'Em, Hire 'Em: Rumsfeld and the Assassins by Christopher Deliso December 23, 2003 There's a new policy livening things up over at the Pentagon. Israeli-trained US Special Forces are planning to set up a "hit squad" of former Baathist Iraqi intelligence officers, men whoaccesswater2030@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462187.post-1072239240592917232003-12-23T20:14:00.000-08:002003-12-23T20:14:59.513-08:00ZNet | Race Content of Whose Character: Race, College Admissions and the Fallacy of Merit by Tim Wise; December 23, 2003 [This is a footnoted version of a ZNet Commentary for Dec. 22, 2003] One thing can be said for conservatives: they are nothing if not unoriginal. This truism was driven home yet again recently when I found myself in a debate over affirmative action with such a person,accesswater2030@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462187.post-1072236543633470932003-12-23T19:29:00.000-08:002003-12-23T19:30:02.373-08:00Message to Republican College Kids: Vote for Bush and You'll Get the Draft! A BUZZFLASH EDITORIAL According to a poll released this fall by Harvard's Kennedy School, 61 percent of college students -- about 10 percent more than the general public -- approve of President Bush's job performance. [Harvard.edu] The percentage hadn't budged since April, 2003, when a similar poll was conducted. Theseaccesswater2030@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462187.post-1071634489033131592003-12-16T20:14:00.000-08:002003-12-16T20:15:40.966-08:00[Print] [Close] CONGRESS Democracy crumbles under cover of darkness By SHERROD BROWN Published: Thursday, Dec. 11 2003 House Republicans bend rules, press for votes during wee hours to escape the light of accountability. Never before has the House of Representatives operated in such secrecy: At 2:54 a.m. on a Friday in March, the House cut veterans benefits by three votes. At 2:39 a.m. on a accesswater2030@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462187.post-1071449192008363772003-12-14T16:46:00.000-08:002003-12-14T16:47:21.356-08:00 Go to Original Keeping Secrets By Christopher H. Schmitt and Edward T. Pound U.S. News & World Report Friday 12 December 2003 The Bush administration is doing the public's business out of the public eye. Here's how--and why "Democracies die behind closed doors." --U.S. Appeals Court Judge Damon J. Keith At 12:01 p.m. on Jan. 20, 2001, as a bone-chilling rain fell accesswater2030@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462187.post-1070725784108809652003-12-06T07:49:00.000-08:002003-12-06T07:50:25.326-08:00Thursday, December 04, 2003 Diebold Election Systems Responds To Ohio Voting Machine Security Review Diebold Election Systems Responds To Ohio Voting Machine Security Review Ohio study reveals similar findings as Maryland review; Diebold Election Systems to quickly implement modifications NORTH CANTON, Ohio, December 2, 2003 – Ohio Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell today released accesswater2030@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462187.post-1070725267087492682003-12-06T07:41:00.000-08:002003-12-06T07:41:48.403-08:00Cheney's grab-and-go rubs some the wrong way By Richard Benedetto, USA TODAY WASHINGTON — Vice President Cheney is collecting millions in campaign contributions as he headlines fundraisers for the Bush-Cheney re-election bid and other Republican candidates. Vice President Cheney receives a standing ovation at a fundraiser in Syracuse, N.Y. By Kevin Rivoli, AP But his cool, all-business approach accesswater2030@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462187.post-1070724851224227782003-12-06T07:34:00.000-08:002003-12-06T07:34:52.610-08:00Reluctance to prosecute and keep accountable in return for contributions? December 02, 2003 09:28 AM US Eastern Timezone New Study in CFO Magazine Casts Doubt on U.S. Corporate Profits; Comparison of Cash Flow vs. Earnings Shows a Troubling Gap BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 2, 2003--CFO magazine reports that the recent upturn in U.S. corporate profits is not as significant as many press accesswater2030@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462187.post-1070723764210163072003-12-06T07:16:00.000-08:002003-12-06T07:16:45.763-08:00Dec. 5, 2003, 10:16AM Bush names Houston's Baker Iraq debt envoy Associated Press WASHINGTON -- President Bush today called on a longtime family troubleshooter, former Secretary of State James A. Baker III, to oversee the job of getting Iraq out from under its crushing $125 billion debt. "Secretary Baker will report directly to me and will lead an effort to work with the world's governments ataccesswater2030@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462187.post-1070723402623641472003-12-06T07:10:00.000-08:002003-12-06T07:10:44.216-08:00The Hightower Report BY JIM HIGHTOWER DELAY TURNS 'CHARITABLE' Do you love children? Of course you do. Does your heart break for abused and neglected children? Of course it does. Does your heart yearn so strongly to help such children that you'd be willing to make a tax-deductible contribution of $500,000 to (get ready to sob with the joy of charitable giving): Tom DeLay? Yes, DeLay, the accesswater2030@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462187.post-1070421834987822672003-12-02T19:23:00.000-08:002003-12-02T19:24:32.920-08:00Dan Carpenter They say this news didn't fit November 26, 2003 Think we've got a liberal media problem? OK, tell us when these scoops made the front page or led the nightly news: • The neoconservative plot for global dominance. • The threat to liberty posed by Homeland Security. • The war against labor unions. • Worsening poverty, unrest and repression of women in "liberated" Afghanistan. accesswater2030@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462187.post-1070336857761452282003-12-01T19:47:00.000-08:002003-12-01T19:48:14.610-08:00washingtonpost.com Europe's Cheap U.S. Labor By Harold Meyerson Wednesday, November 26, 2003; Page A25 It's time again to overeat and commemorate the Pilgrims coming to these shores to build their democratic theocracy and share some grub with the natives. The natives, we all know, didn't make out so well as the European conquest progressed, but that, at least, was then. Or was it? In fact, accesswater2030@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462187.post-1070246121879673172003-11-30T18:35:00.000-08:002003-11-30T18:35:57.670-08:00Patriot Act Author Has Concerns Detaining citizens as 'enemy combatants' -- a policy not spelled out in the act -- is flawed, the legal scholar says. By Richard B. Schmitt Times Staff Writer November 30, 2003 WASHINGTON — The Justice Department's war on terrorism has drawn intense scrutiny from the left and the right. Now, a chief architect of the USA Patriot Act and a former top assistant to accesswater2030@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462187.post-1070245707968471782003-11-30T18:28:00.000-08:002003-11-30T18:29:03.860-08:00Iraq Scientists: Lied About Nuke Weapons Sun Nov 30, 1:12 PM ET By CHARLES J. HANLEY, AP Special Correspondent Iraqi scientists never revived their long-dead nuclear bomb program, and in fact lied to Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) about how much progress they were making before U.S.-led attacks shut the operation down for good in 1991, Iraqi physicists say. Before that first Gulf War (news -accesswater2030@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462187.post-1070245377784977552003-11-30T18:22:00.000-08:002003-11-30T18:24:24.560-08:00Back Article published Nov 25, 2003 Fort Bragg: Deserters on increase, but will get caught A man gets pulled over for running a stop sign. The police scan his record. Within days, plucked from his jail cell, he is staring at a company commander who will determine his fate. Army Lt. Col. Susan Danielsen at Fort Bragg has heard multiple versions of this deserter scenario. The post's provost accesswater2030@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462187.post-1070200329971827962003-11-30T05:52:00.000-08:002003-11-30T05:52:45.030-08:00A Tale of Two Americas Melding the Elderly and the Anarchists by Anthony Gancarski Unsurprisingly, the mainstream media's coverage of upwards of 30,000 people marching in Miami in protest against the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) decontextualizes the act of protest itself. To the average person watching Wolf Blitzer hem and haw over the footage of baton-wielding police regulating an accesswater2030@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462187.post-1070200295231391462003-11-30T05:51:00.000-08:002003-11-30T05:52:10.326-08:00Will and should the euro become an international currency? Previous work has noted that measuring size by GDP, role in international trade or even financial markets, Europe matches the USA. On these grounds, the euro is expected to challenge the dollar’s supremacy. Cost – benefit analyses have looked at seigniorage, benefits for home financial institutions, relaxation of the external constraint, accesswater2030@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462187.post-1069903694509736872003-11-26T19:28:00.000-08:002003-11-26T19:28:46.483-08:00 America's Enemy Within By Naomi Klein The Guardian Wednesday 26 November 2003 Armed checkpoints, embedded reporters in flak jackets, brutal suppression of peaceful demonstrators. Baghdad? No, Miami In December 1990, President George Bush Sr travelled through South America to sell the continent on a bold new dream: "A free trade system that links all of the Americas." accesswater2030@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462187.post-1069902666399121332003-11-26T19:11:00.000-08:002003-11-26T19:11:38.590-08:00 Go to Original Senate Republican Staffer Put on Leave By The Associated Press Tuesday 25 November 2003 Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch said Tuesday he had put one of his staffers on administrative leave for improperly obtaining data from the secure computer networks of two Democratic senators. Hatch, R-Utah, said preliminary interviews suggested accesswater2030@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462187.post-1069814675112081102003-11-25T18:44:00.000-08:002003-11-25T19:01:51.436-08:00CityState On Ghetto Streets, It's Bloodshed and Tears All Over Again Double Dutch in a War Zone by Adamma Ince with additional research by Christine Lagorio November 26 - December 2, 2003 (illustration by Jonathan Barkat) There is no greater pain for a parent than to have a child die, except perhaps watching that child gunned down in the streets in cold blood. In one breath you could be accesswater2030@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462187.post-1069650366446491112003-11-23T21:06:00.000-08:002003-11-23T21:06:35.763-08:00 Operation American Freedom An expert in media studies, Mark Crispin Miller has taken his political angst on the road in Operation American Freedom. Photos by Jim Burger Mark Crispin Miller, A&S '74 (MA), '78 (PhD) Picking a Good Fight Mark Crispin Miller, A&S '74 (MA), '78 (PhD), who documented and analyzed the Bush Administration's words and actions in The Bush Dyslexicon: Observations on a accesswater2030@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462187.post-1069646683497033502003-11-23T20:04:00.000-08:002003-11-23T20:05:12.793-08:00Low-Yield Nukes Why spend money on useless weapons? By Fred Kaplan Posted Friday, Nov. 21, 2003, at 1:51 PM PT A little-noted clause of the Fiscal Year 2004 defense bill, which both houses of Congress passed with barely a shrug last week, puts the United States back in the business—after a decadelong moratorium—of developing, testing, and eventually building a new generation of exotic nuclear accesswater2030@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462187.post-1069644160223781622003-11-23T19:22:00.000-08:002003-11-23T19:27:28.996-08:00American Gods Alex Ross, one of America's preeminent comic-book artists, recounts the genesis of his 1997 Uncle Sam comic. "[Writer] Steve Darnall and I both felt that our culture was at a crossroads of its own selfishness," he says from his studio near Chicago. "The American spirit was at a very low ebb," he adds, pointing to the profligate Clinton economic boom as "a blinding factor." Asked accesswater2030@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462187.post-1069643692213898422003-11-23T19:14:00.000-08:002003-11-23T19:15:21.326-08:00 At Least 17 U.S. Troops Have Committed Suicide in Iraq; Army Seeks Answers By Randall Richard The Associated Press Saturday 22 November 2003 Rebecca Suell wants answers, and not the ones the U.S. Army is giving her. Why does the Army keep calling the last letter her husband sent to her, the one he mailed from Iraq on June 15, a suicide note? Can taking a accesswater2030@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462187.post-1069643580490959362003-11-23T19:13:00.000-08:002003-11-23T19:13:29.640-08:00Donkeys of Mass Destruction By William Rivers Pitt t r u t h o u t | Perspective Monday 24 November 2003 About a month into the Iraq invasion, Congress set aside $79 billion in funds for the military. Recently, Bush requested another $87 billion because the occupation was dragging on far longer, and was costing more in men and materiel, than the rosy pre-war forecasts had accesswater2030@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462187.post-1069617958935669312003-11-23T12:05:00.000-08:002003-11-23T12:06:58.076-08:00The Bubble by MARIA MARGARONIS [posted online on November 21, 2003] The explosions in Istanbul during George W. Bush's state visit to Britain lit up the unbridgeable gulf between the government officials sealed in their security bubble and the mass of protesters who filled London's streets for the fourth time in a year--a gulf made of deep disagreements about the roots of terrorism, ends and accesswater2030@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462187.post-1069613823927157842003-11-23T10:57:00.000-08:002003-11-23T10:57:32.936-08:00Couple This with the following report and we know the FBI's priorities Report: FBI Shielded Killers WASHINGTON, Nov. 21, 2003 A House committee concluded Thursday that the FBI shielded from prosecution known killers and other criminals whom it used as informants to investigate organized crime in New England. The scathing report also found the FBI attempted to impede the congressional accesswater2030@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462187.post-1069594877358298282003-11-23T05:41:00.000-08:002003-11-23T05:41:45.560-08:00The New York Times F.B.I. Scrutinizes Antiwar Rallies By ERIC LICHTBLAU Published: November 23, 2003 WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 -- The Federal Bureau of Investigation has collected extensive information on the tactics, training and organization of antiwar demonstrators and has advised local law enforcement officials to report any suspicious activity at protests to its counterterrorism squads, accesswater2030@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462187.post-1069556612819957892003-11-22T19:03:00.000-08:002003-11-22T19:04:01.090-08:00 Go to Original "The President Ought to be Ashamed" By Eric Boehlert Salon Friday 21 November 2003 Former Sen. Max Cleland blasts Bush's "Nixonian" stonewalling of the 9/11 commission, his "lies" about Iraq, and his flight-suit photo op on the USS Lincoln after "hiding out" during Vietnam. During his six years as a United States senator from the conservative state of Georgia, Max accesswater2030@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462187.post-1069382610640281402003-11-20T18:43:00.000-08:002003-11-20T18:43:56.530-08:00New Leak Smells of Neocon Desperation by Jim Lobe November 20, 2003 Save a link to this article and return to it at www.savethis.comSave a link to this article and return to it at www.savethis.com Email a link to this articleEmail a link to this article Printer-friendly version of this articlePrinter-friendly version of this article View a list of the most popular articles on our siteView a accesswater2030@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462187.post-1069179035747890692003-11-18T10:10:00.000-08:002003-11-18T10:10:59.670-08:00accesswater2030@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462187.post-1069178989741831092003-11-18T10:09:00.000-08:002003-11-18T10:10:13.653-08:00accesswater2030@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462187.post-1069178600473416932003-11-18T10:03:00.000-08:002003-11-18T10:03:44.450-08:00accesswater2030@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462187.post-1069130458780335742003-11-17T20:40:00.000-08:002003-11-17T20:41:21.670-08:00Bush: Your troops did not die in vain Meet the president ... Sun's Trevor talks with George Bush • The Sun Says • Bush must stand firm By TREVOR KAVANAGH Political Editor in the Oval Office PRESIDENT Bush sent a heartfelt message to the British people yesterday: Your troops killed in Iraq did not die in vain. He said that by fighting alongside Americans, our soldiers had made the world a accesswater2030@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462187.post-1069129645111439702003-11-17T20:27:00.000-08:002003-11-17T20:27:48.186-08:00Insurance Giants Search for Terrorists The Associated Press DETROIT - Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Aetna have scoured the records of millions of patients, employees and health care providers in search of terrorists. Representatives of the insurance companies said Blue Cross Blue Shield has checked 6 million Michigan files and Aetna has checked 13 million nationwide. None of the accesswater2030@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462187.post-1069129038592157572003-11-17T20:17:00.000-08:002003-11-17T20:17:41.796-08:00Bush administration prepares strategy to revamp Social Security By Leigh Strope, Associated Press, 11/17/2003 17:29 WASHINGTON (AP) With the stock market climbing and a re-election campaign approaching, the Bush administration is renewing its push to overhaul Social Security with personal investment accounts. The Social Security Administration, with AARP and the National Association of accesswater2030@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462187.post-1069128709742335212003-11-17T20:11:00.000-08:002003-11-17T20:12:13.030-08:00Red Dawn There's growing proof that America lost the Cold War. by Knute Berger THE RECENT CONTROVERSY over the CBS miniseries about Ronald Reagan brings to the fore the issue of the Gipper's legacy. The reason he deserves to be on Mount Rushmore, it is argued, is that he won the Cold War by out-poker playing the commies. But there's mounting evidence that we in fact lost the Cold War. This accesswater2030@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462187.post-1069127091404201302003-11-17T19:44:00.000-08:002003-11-17T19:45:14.200-08:00Omertà Is In Firm Control Of White House by Kevin According to Merriam-Webster, Omertà is the code for a way of life employed chiefly among members of the criminal underworld that enjoins private vengeance and the refusal to give information to outsiders. It seems that the Sopranos are not even in the same league as this Administration. Whenever there is a problem such as the truth about accesswater2030@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462187.post-1069046315132277052003-11-16T21:18:00.000-08:002003-11-16T21:18:57.403-08:00Dr Strangelove goes live as secret Israeli missile test is mistakenly shown on TV Chris McGreal in Jerusalem Friday November 7, 2003 The Guardian Reality television has finally caught up with the Israeli military. But the country's generals had no idea that their every move was being watched, their secret missile codes broadcast to their enemies or their conversations potentially overheard accesswater2030@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462187.post-1069045576134590252003-11-16T21:06:00.000-08:002003-11-16T21:06:38.576-08:00The Republican assault on "political hate speech" By Brendan Nyhan November 13, 2003 Over the last two months, the Republican Party has begun a systematic effort to label attacks on President Bush by Democratic presidential candidates as "political hate speech," a new piece of political jargon intended to delegitimize criticism of Bush. It appears this strategy will expanded in the coming accesswater2030@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462187.post-1069045479491333442003-11-16T21:04:00.000-08:002003-11-16T21:05:01.950-08:00Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist says Iraq is a massive failure Jin-Min Lee Daily Staff Writer Pulitzer Prize-winner Seymour M. Hersh criticized the Bush administration's operations in Iraq as a "massive failure" during a lecture at the Fletcher School yesterday. He is the winner of a Pulitzer-Prize and regular contributor to The New Yorker. The biggest problem, according to Hersh, is that "accesswater2030@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462187.post-1069045325605603202003-11-16T21:02:00.000-08:002003-11-16T21:02:28.090-08:00Richard Perle Libel Watch, Week 34 The neocon plays great offense. How's his defense? By Jack Shafer Updated Friday, Nov. 14, 2003, at 8:19 AM PT Richard Perle Perle: Not merely offensive Eight months ago, foreign policy hawk Richard N. Perle vowed to sue investigative reporter Seymour M. Hersh for libel over Hersh's New Yorker feature, "Lunch With the Chairman." Perle described the story as "accesswater2030@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462187.post-1069040072283443192003-11-16T19:34:00.000-08:002003-11-16T19:34:54.280-08:00Opposition to USA Patriot Act Swells Sat Nov 15, 2:13 AM ET Add U.S. National - AP to My Yahoo! By KEN RITTER, Associated Press Writer LAS VEGAS - Rebecca Foster couldn't believe it when a bank cited the USA Patriot Act and asked her and fellow homeowners association board members for their Social Security (news - web sites) and driver's license numbers. "They said they had to check us accesswater2030@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462187.post-1069039829186331632003-11-16T19:30:00.000-08:002003-11-16T19:30:51.233-08:00Budget Gloom State by State By David S. Broder Sunday, November 16, 2003; Page B07 Washington has responded to the favorable turn in economic news with enthusiasm. When the third-quarter gross domestic product showed an annual growth rate of 7.2 percent and the monthly unemployment rate dropped from 6.1 to 6 percent, euphoria gripped the capital. Meanwhile, in the real world, the struggles ofaccesswater2030@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462187.post-106903919616904352003-11-16T19:19:00.000-08:002003-11-16T19:20:18.340-08:00 The New York Times In America November 14, 2003 Deal on 9/11 Briefings Lets White House Edit Papers By PHILIP SHENON WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 — The commission investigating the Sept. 11 terror attacks said on Thursday that its deal with the White House for access to highly classified Oval Office intelligence reports would let the White House edit the documents before they were released to the accesswater2030@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462187.post-1069008584307280332003-11-16T10:49:00.000-08:002003-11-16T19:19:51.966-08:00Drug Companies will celebrate while seniors get screwed. Bush Praises Tentative Medicare Drug Deal 1 hour, 48 minutes ago Add Politics - U. S. Congress to My Yahoo! WASHINGTON - President Bush (news - web sites) hailed the tentative agreement on a new prescription drug benefit for older Americans and urged quick passage of legislation that would mark the largest expansion ever of Medicare. accesswater2030@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462187.post-1069008463465598662003-11-16T10:47:00.000-08:002003-11-16T10:48:04.966-08:00George W. Bush Resume Past work experience: * Ran for congress and lost. * Produced a Hollywood slasher B movie. * Bought an oil company, but couldn't find any oil in Texas, company went bankrupt shortly after I sold all my stock. * Bought the Texas Rangers baseball team in a sweetheart deal that took land using tax-payer money. Biggest move: Traded accesswater2030@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462187.post-1069008347403646742003-11-16T10:45:00.000-08:002003-11-16T10:46:08.936-08:00Bankruptcies at Record High Fri November 14, 2003 02:11 PM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The tight U.S. job market pushed personal bankruptcies to a record high in the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, a government report said on Friday. Non-business bankruptcies rose 7.8 percent in fiscal 2003 to 1.63 million, the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts said in a statement. All bankruptcy filingsaccesswater2030@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462187.post-1068606505045314312003-11-11T19:08:00.000-08:002003-11-11T19:08:22.620-08:00 The New York Times In America November 12, 2003 U.N. Estimates Israeli Barrier Will Disrupt Lives of 600,000 By GREG MYRE JERUSALEM, Nov. 11 — The route for Israel's planned boundary barrier would put nearly 15 percent of West Bank land on the Israeli side and disrupt the lives of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians, according to a United Nations report released Tuesday. The report is based accesswater2030@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462187.post-1068606384697841812003-11-11T19:06:00.000-08:002003-11-11T19:06:22.306-08:00by James Ridgeway 9-11 Questions Still Circling Where Was the FAA? Where Was NORAD? November 12 - 18, 2003 Mondo Washington this week: # What Would Demos Do? The Contenders' Exit Strategies # Ready, Aim, Fired! Rumsfeld Steps Onto the Demos' Target Range # The Hillary Watch New Hampshire Filing Deadline Approaches # 9-11 Questions Still Circling Where Was the FAA? Where Was NORAD? # Rumsfeld accesswater2030@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462187.post-1068606306853801732003-11-11T19:05:00.000-08:002003-11-11T19:05:04.480-08:00by James Ridgeway Ready, Aim, Fired! Rumsfeld Steps Onto the Demos' Target Range November 12 - 18, 2003 Mondo Washington this week: # What Would Demos Do? The Contenders' Exit Strategies # Ready, Aim, Fired! Rumsfeld Steps Onto the Demos' Target Range # The Hillary Watch New Hampshire Filing Deadline Approaches # 9-11 Questions Still Circling Where Was the FAA? Where Was NORAD? # Rumsfeld Watchaccesswater2030@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462187.post-1068606188155511692003-11-11T19:03:00.000-08:002003-11-11T19:03:05.810-08:00by James Ridgeway What Would Demos Do? The Contenders' Exit Strategies November 12 - 18, 2003 Mondo Washington this week: # What Would Demos Do? The Contenders' Exit Strategies # Ready, Aim, Fired! Rumsfeld Steps Onto the Demos' Target Range # The Hillary Watch New Hampshire Filing Deadline Approaches # 9-11 Questions Still Circling Where Was the FAA? Where Was NORAD? # Rumsfeld Watch Star Warsaccesswater2030@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462187.post-1068605369702751042003-11-11T18:49:00.000-08:002003-11-11T18:49:26.726-08:00 SF Gate www.sfgate.com Return to regular view FORBIDDEN FRONTIER Pakistani tribesmen stay fundamentally faithful to Taliban Farmers put down plows to take up arms against U.S. Juliette Terzieff, Chronicle Foreign Service Tuesday, November 11, 2003 ©2003 San Francisco Chronicle | Feedback URL: sfgate.com/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2003/11/11/MNGO22V8IN1.DTL Northwest Frontier accesswater2030@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462187.post-1068558572387035192003-11-11T05:49:00.000-08:002003-11-11T05:49:29.466-08:00 The New York Times In America November 11, 2003 U.S. Tariffs on Steel Are Illegal, World Trade Organization Says By ELIZABETH BECKER WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 — The World Trade Organization ruled on Monday that steel tariffs imposed by President Bush last year were illegal, clearing the way for the European Union to impose more than $2 billion of sanctions on imports from the United States unless accesswater2030@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462187.post-1068558389424608942003-11-11T05:46:00.000-08:002003-11-11T05:46:26.546-08:00Sprint. One Sprint. Many Solutions. washingtonpost.com Arrested Russian Businessman Is Carlyle Group Adviser By Greg Schneider Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, November 10, 2003; Page E04 The arrest of two of Russia's top businessmen in recent months was more than a distant headline for Washington's well-connected private equity firm, Carlyle Group. Carlyle, known for the glittering accesswater2030@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462187.post-1068558087504037302003-11-11T05:41:00.000-08:002003-11-11T05:41:24.706-08:00 Reid blasts Frist in Senate GOP to protest Democratic filibusters on judges By Steve Turnham CNN Washington Bureau WASHINGTON (CNN) --The No. 2 Democrat in the Senate brought legislative action in the chamber to a halt Monday, vowing to speak continuously for up to five hours to protest what he called the "rank amateur" leadership of the Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tennessee. Senateaccesswater2030@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462187.post-1068557885704491882003-11-11T05:38:00.000-08:002003-11-11T05:38:02.943-08:00Rumsfeld retreats, disclaims earlier rhetoric Rumsfeld denies he ever made several pre-war statements. Published November 09. 2003 8:30AM BY ERIC ROSENBERG HEARST NEWSPAPERS WASHINGTON - In the lead-up to the U.S. invasion of Iraq, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said U.S. forces would be welcomed by the Iraqi citizenry and that Saddam Hussein had large stockpiles of chemical and biologicalaccesswater2030@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462187.post-1068557734256756372003-11-11T05:35:00.000-08:002003-11-11T05:35:31.540-08:00 The New York Times In America November 11, 2003 OP-ED COLUMNIST Support the Troops By PAUL KRUGMAN Yesterday's absurd conspiracy theory about the Bush administration has a way of turning into today's conventional wisdom. Remember when people were ridiculed for claiming that Dick Cheney and Paul Wolfowitz, eager to fight a war, were hyping the threat from Iraq? Anyway, many analysts now accesswater2030@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462187.post-1068556156576967292003-11-11T05:09:00.000-08:002003-11-11T05:09:14.216-08:0010.11.2003 By ANDREW GUMBEL in Los Angeles An unprecedented array of United States intelligence professionals, diplomats and former Pentagon officials have gone on record to lambast the Bush Administration for its distortion of the case for war against Iraq. In their view, the very foundations of intelligence-gathering have been damaged in ways that could take years, even decades, to repair. accesswater2030@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462187.post-1068556077493038822003-11-11T05:07:00.000-08:002003-11-11T05:07:55.156-08:00Scotland Yard Fury Over Bush Visit //////////////////// by Patrick Sawer London Evening Standard http://www.thisislondon.com/til/jsp/modules/Article/print.jsp?itemId=7602 147 November 10, 2003 White House security demands covering President George Bush's controversial state visit to Britain have provoked a serious row with Scotland Yard. American officials want a virtual three-day shutdown of accesswater2030@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462187.post-1068435212605903392003-11-09T19:33:00.000-08:002003-11-09T19:33:30.250-08:00local6.com Report: Katherine Harris Considers Senate Run Harris Would Likely Be Republican Front-Runner POSTED: 8:22 a.m. EST November 7, 2003 UPDATED: 9:05 a.m. EST November 7, 2003 ORLANDO -- Published reports say Rep. Katherine Harris is "seriously considering" running for the U.S. Senate. Harris became a Republican darling during the 2000 presidential election problems in Florida. She was accesswater2030@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462187.post-1068434536635077942003-11-09T19:22:00.000-08:002003-11-09T19:22:14.383-08:00200 stake out sidewalks to air views Bush's visit is greeted with shouts and signs; protesters rally at park By Patrick Wilson JOURNAL REPORTER Saturday, November 8, 2003 Chanting and waving signs critical of President Bush, at least 200 protesters lined the sidewalks surrounding the Benton Convention Center yesterday. They shouted, "Shame on you" and "Feed the needy, not the greedy," at accesswater2030@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462187.post-1068434349815055962003-11-09T19:19:00.000-08:002003-11-09T19:19:07.590-08:00Published on Friday, November 7, 2003 by CommonDreams.org What I Have to Say About George W. Bush, Blood-thirsty Christians,Homophobes & People Who Don't Use Their Blinkers by Thom Rutledge Okay, that's it. I've had it. I have finally gotten old and tired enough to not worry so much about what everyone else in the whole damn world is going to think of me, so I can just begin to say exactly accesswater2030@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462187.post-1068432150048345552003-11-09T18:42:00.000-08:002003-11-09T18:42:27.600-08:00The Chicago Way By MAUREEN DOWD WASHINGTON In the movie "The Untouchables," Sean Connery, a cop named Malone, instructs a naïve Eliot Ness on going up against gangsters. "If you open the can on these worms you must be prepared to go all the way, because they're not gonna give up the fight until one of you is dead," he says. "You wanna know how you do it? They pull a knife, you pull a gun. He accesswater2030@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462187.post-1068431915488020492003-11-09T18:38:00.000-08:002003-11-09T18:38:33.086-08:00Posted on Tue, Nov. 04, 2003 Sundance docs raise old issues After the Republicans' decisive wins in the 2002 midterm election, one commentator perfectly captured the conventional thought of the time. President Bush, he declared, had "validated his presidency, something denied him in the 2000 election." Tonight at 8 ET -- one year before the next presidential election -- Sundance Channel accesswater2030@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462187.post-1068431807562360042003-11-09T18:36:00.000-08:002003-11-09T18:36:45.183-08:00It Was A Set-Up -- They Were Getting Too Close It turns out that the phony dispute over a leaked, never-circulated Senate Democrat committee memo that outlined ideas for what to do if the Republicans block the war intelligence probe was a complete set-up, providing cover for the Republicans to cancel the investigation. The thought of the Republicans accusing Democrats of politicizing national accesswater2030@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462187.post-1068431548908153332003-11-09T18:32:00.000-08:002003-11-09T18:32:26.560-08:00 Without Honor By William Rivers Pitt t r u t h o u t | Perspective Monday 10 November 2003 Very nearly 40 American soldiers have been killed in Iraq since the month of November began. 33 more were killed in October, and 16 more died in September. The total losses, to date, creep towards 400. Few American citizens are aware of this, because the Bush administration has accesswater2030@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462187.post-1068351992736841702003-11-08T20:26:00.000-08:002003-11-08T20:26:30.486-08:00ZNet | Iraq Pillage Is Forbidden Why the privatisation of Iraq is illegal by Aaron Mate; The Guardian; November 07, 2003 What are the US-UK's responsibilities as occupier of Iraq? On May 22 2003, the United Nations Security Council passed Resolution 1483, abolishing sanctions against Iraq and recognising the United States and United Kingdom as the country's occupying powers. The resolution accesswater2030@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462187.post-1068346535789129722003-11-08T18:55:00.000-08:002003-11-08T18:55:33.133-08:00The Christian Science Monitor - csmonitor.com from the November 07, 2003 edition - http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/1107/p03s01-uspo.html Bush takes quiet aim at 'green' laws Methods range from easing regulations to siding with industry in lawsuits. By Brad Knickerbocker | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor ASHLAND, OREGON - Slowly but surely, the Bush administration is using courts accesswater2030@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462187.post-1068346211427788522003-11-08T18:50:00.000-08:002003-11-08T18:50:08.856-08:00Sharon Feeling Pressure As Neocon, IDF Chief Slam West Bank Policy Wolfowitz Endorses Ayalon-Nusseibeh Plan By ORI NIR FORWARD STAFF WASHINGTON —Still smarting from an embarrassing dust-up with his top general a day earlier, Israel's Prime Minister Sharon received a stunning public rebuke last week from a key ally in Washington when Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz endorsed a peace plan accesswater2030@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462187.post-1068344807802698542003-11-08T18:26:00.000-08:002003-11-08T18:27:56.060-08:009/11 Commission to Subpoena NORAD Information Fri Nov 7, 7:24 PM ET Add Politics to My Yahoo! By Tabassum Zakaria WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The national commission investigating the Sept. 11 hijacked plane attacks decided on Friday to subpoena the military's North American Aerospace Defense Command records for information it promised but did not deliver. It would be the second subpoena issued by accesswater2030@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462187.post-1068344617484479312003-11-08T18:23:00.000-08:002003-11-08T18:23:35.283-08:00The New York Times In America November 8, 2003 The Fruits of Secrecy One of President Bush's first acts was to convene a task force to produce a national energy strategy. Led by Vice President Dick Cheney, the group met secretly with hundreds of witnesses. It heard from few environmentalists, but many lobbyists and executives from industries whose fortunes would be affected by any new policies. accesswater2030@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462187.post-1068344117256078662003-11-08T18:15:00.000-08:002003-11-08T18:15:15.180-08:00Published on Friday, November 7, 2003 by the Guardian/UK Iraq is Not America's to Sell International law is Unequivocal - Paul Bremer's Economic Reforms are Illegal by Naomi Klein Bring Halliburton home. Cancel the contracts. Ditch the deals. Rip up the rules. Those are just a few of the suggestions for slogans that could help unify the growing movement against the occupation of Iraq. So far, accesswater2030@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462187.post-1068303350951889352003-11-08T06:55:00.000-08:002003-11-08T06:55:48.373-08:00Click here! washingtonpost.com Education 'Miracle' Has a Math Problem Bush Critics Cite Disputed Houston Data By Michael Dobbs Washington Post Staff Writer Saturday, November 8, 2003; Page A01 HOUSTON -- When the state of Texas bestowed "exemplary" status on Austin High School in August 2002, ecstatic administrators compared the honor to winning the Super Bowl. There was more cheering and accesswater2030@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462187.post-1068302367616167482003-11-08T06:39:00.000-08:002003-11-08T06:39:25.260-08:00hite House - AP Cabinet & State Report: Pentagon Officials Fly in Style Thu Nov 6, 6:55 PM ET Add White House - AP Cabinet & State to My Yahoo! By LARRY MARGASAK, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON - Military and civilian defense officials improperly used government credit cards to buy 68,000 first-class or business-class airline seats when they were supposed to fly coach, congressional accesswater2030@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462187.post-1068302170804943672003-11-08T06:36:00.000-08:002003-11-08T06:36:08.500-08:00Mirage is rippled. Lynch Laments How Rescue Story Was Manipulated By ALLISON BARKER, AP Jessica Lynch (AP) PALESTINE, W.Va. (Nov. 7) - Former prisoner of war Jessica Lynch accused the military of using her capture and dramatic nighttime rescue to sway public support for the war in Iraq. Dramatic video of U.S. commandos whisking the former Army supply clerk from a Nasiriyah hospital to a accesswater2030@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462187.post-1068263530509560632003-11-07T19:52:00.000-08:002003-11-07T19:52:08.820-08:00WASHINGTON, D.C.—At the heart of Donald Rumsfeld's master plan for remaking the U.S. military lies the Defense Secretary's doctrine of the unilateral first strike. That means: Hit your enemy, be they rogue states or terrorist organizations, before they hit you. To do the job, the U.S. military is planning for possible deployment of mini-nuke weapons. And to protect ourselves from almost certain accesswater2030@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462187.post-1068260631549257382003-11-07T19:03:00.000-08:002003-11-07T19:06:52.450-08:001. Today's Mis-Lead: Government To Call More Troops One Week After Bush Says They're Not Needed 2. New Research Blog on Bush Economic Record: Will Short-Term Gain Lead to Long-Term Prosperity or Long-Term Pain? 3. New Spotlight: Profits for Halliburton, Nothing for Workers ---------------------------------------------------------------- TODAY'S MIS-LEAD: Government To Call More Troops One accesswater2030@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462187.post-1067968784831434372003-11-04T09:57:00.000-08:002003-11-04T09:59:42.720-08:00-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reagan Miniseries Irks RNC Chair WASHINGTON, Nov. 1, 2003 The chairman of the Republican National Committee has told the president of CBS that historians should review the miniseries “The Reagans” for historical accuracy, or the network should run a disclaimer that the program is fiction. “We live in a culture accesswater2030@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462187.post-1067968430209212112003-11-04T09:53:00.000-08:002003-11-04T09:53:48.176-08:00 MIT snared in dispute over voting machines Firm: Students posted stolen Diebold files By Hiawatha Bray, Globe Staff, 10/30/2003 Two students have embroiled the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in a nationwide controversy about the reliability of a company's high-tech voting machines. Diebold Inc., of North Canton, Ohio, on Tuesday sent letters to MIT demanding that the school cut off accesswater2030@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462187.post-1067915912444673332003-11-03T19:18:00.000-08:002003-11-03T19:24:46.156-08:00Posted 11/2/2003 9:52 PM Updated 11/3/2003 5:15 AM EPA to ease sewage treatment rules By Peter Eisler, USA TODAY WASHINGTON — The Bush administration is shifting policy so cities and towns can skip a required treatment procedure for sewage they pump into rivers, lakes and coastal waters during high rains. The change aims to settle years of disputes over how municipal sewage plants handle accesswater2030@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462187.post-1067820023364039792003-11-02T16:40:00.000-08:002003-11-02T16:41:06.763-08:00by James Ridgeway The Rumsfeld Watch More Quackery From the Secretary of Defense October 31st, 2003 3:00 PM WASHINGTON, D.C.—Despite arguments in the mainstream press that Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld is leading us down the road to defeat in Iraq, Rumy is being hailed anew as a great warrior and the sexiest man alive. His right-wing fans have opened an attack on the lefty worms and accesswater2030@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462187.post-1067815914797804732003-11-02T15:31:00.000-08:002003-11-02T15:31:53.286-08:00Rebel war spirals out of control as US intelligence loses the plot The ghosts of Vietnam are returning as Baathists, zealots, criminals, tribal leaders and al Qaeda unite in a deadly alliance of hatred. Special report by Peter Beaumont in London and Patrick Graham in Baghdad Sunday November 2, 2003 The Observer Sharp disagreements are emerging between the US and the UK over the exact nature ofaccesswater2030@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462187.post-1067815706064895792003-11-02T15:28:00.000-08:002003-11-02T15:28:24.600-08:00 Israel outraged as EU poll names it a threat to peace Peter Beaumont, foreign affairs editor Sunday November 2, 2003 The Observer Israel has been described as the top threat to world peace, ahead of North Korea, Afghanistan and Iran, by an unpublished European Commission poll of 7,500 Europeans, sparking an international row. The survey, conducted in October, of 500 people from each of the accesswater2030@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462187.post-1067814576916453102003-11-02T15:09:00.000-08:002003-11-02T15:09:35.710-08:00Winning Contractors U.S. Contractors Reap the Windfalls of Post-war Reconstruction WASHINGTON, October 30, 2003 — More than 70 American companies and individuals have won up to $8 billion in contracts for work in postwar Iraq and Afghanistan over the last two years, according to a new study by the Center for Public Integrity. Those companies donated more money to the presidential campaigns of accesswater2030@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462187.post-1067814165591938852003-11-02T15:02:00.000-08:002003-11-02T15:02:44.480-08:00This Is Your Brain on Public Relations By Kenny Ausubel, AlterNet October 28, 2003 New York Times columnist Frank Rich wrote last year to the effect that, "George W. Bush's harshest critics say he's dumb. But the real point is – he thinks we're dumb." Well, sure – W. may be a few beers short of a six-pack – but just how dumb does he think the American people are? Perhaps part of the problem accesswater2030@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462187.post-1067813768464295302003-11-02T14:56:00.000-08:002003-11-02T14:56:06.626-08:00Published on Saturday, November 1, 2003 by the International Herald Tribune A Fiction Shattered by America's Aggression by William Pfaff PORTO, Portugal -- More than nine months into the Iraq crisis, meetings between West Europeans and Americans of goodwill remain strained nondialogues in which most of the American participants find it hard to admit that the catastrophic loss of America's accesswater2030@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462187.post-1067810240285288612003-11-02T13:57:00.000-08:002003-11-02T13:57:18.453-08:00 The New York Times In America November 2, 2003 Blueprint for a Mess By DAVID RIEFF On the streets of Baghdad today, Americans do not feel welcome. United States military personnel in the city are hunkered down behind acres of fencing and razor wire inside what was once Saddam Hussein's Republican Palace. When L. Paul Bremer III, head of the Coalition Provisional Authority, leaves the compound, accesswater2030@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462187.post-1067809411573990852003-11-02T13:43:00.000-08:002003-11-02T13:43:29.916-08:00 washingtonpost.com Rumsfeld Calls Day Tragic, But 'Necessary' The Associated Press Sunday, November 2, 2003; 10:35 AM Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Sunday that the deadly downing of a U.S. military helicopter in Iraq was a national tragedy and that those responsible would be defeated. "It's clearly a tragic day for America ... In a long, hard war, we're going to have tragic accesswater2030@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462187.post-1067809254051066752003-11-02T13:40:00.000-08:002003-11-02T13:40:52.416-08:00Bush says God chose him to lead his nation Book reveals how President's religious and political beliefs are entwined - and claims he did pray with Blair Paul Harris in New York Sunday November 2, 2003 The Observer President George W. Bush stood before a cheering crowd at a Dallas Christian youth centre last week, and told them about being 'born again' as a Christian. 'If you change their accesswater2030@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462187.post-1067480857985280642003-10-29T18:27:00.000-08:002003-10-29T18:27:34.560-08:00**Today's Mislead: Bush's Medicare Plan Seeks to Move Seniors into Private Plans, Doesn't Decrease Prescription Drug Costs **Live Webcast of "New American Strategies for Security and Peace" **TODAY'S MISLEAD: BUSH'S MEDICARE PLAN SEEKS TO MOVE SENIORS INTO PRIVATE PLANS** President Bush has consistently expressed support for Medicare, saying, "Medicare is the binding commitment of a caring accesswater2030@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462187.post-1066795121591168122003-10-21T20:58:00.000-07:002003-10-21T20:58:41.716-07:00washingtonpost.com Wrong and Divisive Tuesday, October 21, 2003; Page A24 PRESIDENT BUSH rightly took issue yesterday with the anti-Semitic comments of Malaysia's prime minister. Mr. Bush took Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad aside during the economic summit in Bangkok "and told him that what he said was 'wrong and divisive,' " according to White House press secretary Scott McClellan. "It accesswater2030@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.com