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Maryland Peace Forum
Last night Cindy Sheehan spoke at the University of Maryland--a large community of diverse opinions on every issue.
But this semester, there appeared a small cohort of student activists who understand what it takes to create change and bring justice to our country.
Monday night, they slept outside, in the rain (subsequent pre-timed sprinklers went off, adding to the overall cooling effect)in an act of solidarity with Cindy and the Crawford peacemakers.
I caught up with Jonathan and Rayyan yesterday afternoon. Several students stopped by while we were talking:
Jonathan was somewhat surprised to find some students did not know who Cindy Sheehan is. But while we were talking, a small buzz of others gathered around; many of whom had marched on Saturday, and all of whom were to attend last night's forum.
Jonathan said he was showing solidarity with all displaced persons: Iraq, Afghanistan, Palestine, and the Gulf states". Rayyan, who is also a Govt. and Politics major (as is Jonathan) believes we should pull out of Iraq right away. She spent the past eight years living in Oman, and she sees the attitude of those who believe we should "stay the course" as inherently racist. "Why do we believe people cannot govern themselves?", she asked.
After Monday's and Tuesday's conversations with young people just finding their voices, their newly minted opinions, strange situations, challenges and different perspectives, I feel a sense of hope that the status quo of ineptitude, criminality, graft, and general insensitivity that characterizes our government these days is being challenged by the young as well as us aging hippies...
My Alma Mater knows.
GO TERPS!
Ah... the young ones do give me hope. They'll be takin' it to the streets and teaching the next batch.
God bless 'em.
I'm fortunate to be with young ones on campus almost every day and I can tell you that they are motivated. They have more worries than the college students of the 90's. The kids in the 90's had great job opportunities; they jumped from job to job because they could; and they were not worried about war, drafts, living expenses, etc.
Those are the issues these kids are worried about. They see their opportunities shrinking and they see the warmongering increasing. They fear the draft.
Who would have ever thought when Bush ran in 2000 that he would bring so completely the opposite of what he promised--(no)compassion, (no)jobs, (no)unity, etc.
It's no wonder that the corruption in the election process had to be so drastically increased in 2004. Without all the suppression and fraud, we'd be saying "President Kerry."
Today may be a good news day...stay tuned...
DeLay Probe Winds Down; Charges May Loom
WASHINGTON -- A Texas grand jury's recent interest in conspiracy charges could lead to last-minute criminal indictments _ possibly against House Majority Leader Tom DeLay _ as it wraps up its investigation Wednesday into DeLay's state political organization, according to lawyers with knowledge of the case.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/27/AR2005092701566_pf.html
Just a little while ago I watched as Charlie Gibson on Good Morning America had a segment entitled "Urban Legends" and how rumors get started.
They spoke with a man in New Orleans who lives in a very wealthy area of uptown that only lost eletricity and water during Katrina and Rita, but stayed high and dry.
The man said, "No Charlie, I did not hear any gun-fire nor did I witness any looting...this is how rumors get started"
I just about threw my TV through a wall.
They are trying to cover up the utter horror and human suffering that was New Orleans for several days after Katrina.
I almost called ABC New York to tell them if they want the truth I know about 100 NOPD officers they could talk to about shooting and violence and looting and mercinaries and the complete and utter failure of FEMA.
I think a good strong letter to Charlie Gibson and the producers of the show will have to do, but will change little.
The orders have been re-issued from the DDC (Dangerous Dick Cheney) and again...they are reigning in the media.
This is headed to a very dark place.
Holding back the rage...
Not much longer...but for now.
Satire... or is it?
Bush Happy with Rita Photo Ops
But says government must create impression of concern faster in the future
By Andy Borowitz
Newsweek
Sept. 27, 2005 - In a televised speech to the nation last night, President George W. Bush praised the Federal government for responding swiftly to Hurricane Rita with well-crafted, high-quality photo opportunities showing him looking concerned. But he said that the government needs to create the impression of concern even faster in the future.
Mr. Bush said the fact that the government provided the first images of him looking grave and engaged in the crisis even before Hurricane Rita slammed into the Texas and Louisiana coastline showed that it had learned the lessons of Hurricane Katrina. "After Hurricane Katrina, it was hours before the American people saw the first photos of me furrowing my brow and looking serious," Mr. Bush said. "But with Rita, we had high-quality images of me looking worried right from the get-go."
While praising the swiftness of the government's photo-op response to Rita, the president said that "much work still needs to be done" to ensure that the government will produce high-quality post-disaster photo-ops even faster in the future.
To that end, he said he was creating a new government bureaucracy, the Federal Emergency Image Management Agency, which would provide the president with lighting, cameras, and dramatic backdrops within minutes of any national emergency.
"In times of crisis, the president needs to send the American people the following message," the president concluded. "Message: I look like I care."
© 2005 Newsweek, Inc.
Blanco goes to D.C. to answer Brown charge
08:14 AM CDT on Wednesday, September 28, 2005
Associated Press
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco will appear before a Senate panel this morning, but she's already come out swinging against former FEMA head Michael Brown.
Blanco takes strong exception to a charge by Brown that she waited until the eve of the storm to order an evacuation of New Orleans. She says Brown's comment clearly demonstrates what she says is the "appalling degree" to which he's "out of touch with the truth or reality."
During testimony before a special House panel yesterday, Brown defended his handling of Hurricane Katrina. And he laid blame for what went wrong on Blanco, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin and even the White House.
For his part, Nagin says it's too early to get into "name blame" but he says "a FEMA director in Washington trying to deflect attention is unbelievable."
On Tuesday, a combative Michael Brown blamed the Louisiana governor, the New Orleans mayor and even the Bush White House that appointed him for the dismal response to Hurricane Katrina in a fiery appearance Tuesday before Congress. In response, lawmakers alternately lambasted and mocked the former FEMA director.
House members' scorching treatment of Brown, in a hearing stretching nearly 6 1/2 hours, underscored how he has become an emblem of the deaths, lingering floods and stranded survivors after the Aug. 29 storm. Brown resigned Sept. 12 after being relieved of his onsite command of the Federal Emergency Management Agency's response effort three days earlier.
"I'm happy you left," said Rep. Christopher Shays, R-Conn. "Because that kind of, you know, look in the lights like a deer tells me that you weren't capable to do the job."
"You get an F-minus in my book," said Rep. Gene Taylor, D-Miss.
At several points, Brown turned red in the face and slapped the table in front of him.
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http://www.wwltv.com/local/stories/092805ccKatrinajcBlanco.d762f23b.html
Posted by: monkey at September 28, 2005 10:41 AM
Monkey irSee Monkey do.
Here's a story from the Dallas Morning News via WWLTV that's worth reading just to understand the impact that Katrina and Rita have had on people who work hard for a living every day, people whose futures have been wiped out...
Seafood industry forced over the edge
Rita dealt crippling blow to Louisiana fishermen
08:13 AM CDT on Wednesday, September 28, 2005
By LEE HANCOCK
The Dallas Morning News
~snip~
Fishermen and state officials fear that last weekend's storm may have dealt a mortal blow to Louisiana's $2.6 billion-a-year seafood industry, which had already been reeling from Hurricane Katrina. Losses from both storms could reach more than $2 billion.
That has heightened uncertainty about the future of an industry that provides nearly 30,000 jobs and lands almost half of the shrimp, 26 percent of the crabs and 37 percent of the oysters caught in the United States.
~snip~
Second only to Alaskan waters in profitability, Louisiana's coastal estuaries are the nation's most productive source of seafood. But many fishermen were struggling before the two hurricanes.
The shrimping fleet has dropped off by half over the last decade, pummeled by competition from imported shrimp and declining catches that shrimpers blame on turtle-excluder devices, or TEDs, which are mandated by federal law in order to protect endangered sea turtles.
Oystering – an industry built on leasing reefs on which oysters are planted and harvested like land crops – had already been hurt by saltwater intrusion from the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet, a controversial 76-mile canal constructed in 1968. The channel was designed to shorten the distance that deep-water transport ships had to travel to reach New Orleans from the open waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
IT ALSO MAY HAVE PROVIDED A DEVASTATINGLY EFFICIENT PATHWAY FOR KATRINA'S ENORMOUS STORM SURGE. [caps added for emphasis]
St. Bernard Parish and much of Plaquemines Parish, the state's two biggest seafood producers, were covered in 12 to 14 feet of water, and much of both parishes' fishing fleets were pushed onto nearby roads, bridges and levees. The storm smothered oyster beds in huge amounts of mud and debris, damage that experts say will take two years or more even to begin to undo.
~snip~
The U.S. Geological Survey says that before Katrina, Louisiana was losing almost 44 acres a day of the marshlands that serve not only as coastal buffers but also as nurseries for the state's fisheries.
THE USGS NOW ESTIMATES THAT THE HURRICANE OBLITERATED NEARLY 1 ½ TIMES THE AMOUNT OF LOUISIANA MARSHLANDS ERODED INTO THE SEA OVER THE PREVIOUS 48 YEARS. [caps added]
State fishery officials believe that Hurricane Rita's rampage across the southwestern coastal parishes wreaked similar havoc on Louisiana's remaining oyster beds and shrimping grounds.
~snip~
http://www.wwltv.com/local/stories/092805ccKatrinajcSeafood.d7310b3f.html
Many of these businesses are small, family-owned businesses, the boats, the shoreline processors. They are wiped out... go back up and look at the percentage of the US seafood industry that this represents. It's not as big a number as hurricane damage to the oil industry but this represents a huge blow to all these people and the state of Louisiana.
More Irony for the Bush Administration's Incompetence during the Katrina Disaster
The firm I will be returning to work with in New Orleans are co-designers of the National D-Day museum in New Orleans.
Americans need to be reminded why the war was really fought...not jsut because we were attacked by the Japanese at Pearl Harbor, but because of the scourge of Fascism spreading throughout the world...the same Economic Fascism promoted by the Bush Administration.
The museum was just about to open to the public when Katrina hit.
http://www.ddaymuseum.org/
Indy, this story had me on a soapbox last night in IRC. Part of my outrage comes from the fact that this reporter was there in the Superdome..
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9505408/
Anybody read 1984 lately?
Posted by: dwahzon at September 28, 2005 11:31 AM
The fisherman, a central thematic figure to the Bible, is all but wiped out... but by all means, let's reimburse faith based organizations for doing what the Good Lord commands of them... out of the genuine goodness of their hearts.
Higher Priorities, I guess.
Who else can envision Halliburton providing our Chicken-of-the-Sea and spineless shrimp by spring... or sooner?
Tell 'em Dick sent ya.
Posted by: dwahzon at September 28, 2005 11:31 AM
I heard a report about that canal (I'll try to find more info) that said that the vast majority of transport ships don't even use that canal.
Got PORK?
Anybody read 1984 lately?
Posted by: Ladytechie at September 28, 2005 11:36 AM
Revisionist History
And I guess the countless hours of video tape recording the horrors that were committed beneath the shredded and broken roof of the Superdome are all Hollywood special effects and it is a Liberal conspiracy to make the (p)Resident look bad.
Is Oprah in on it too?!?!
The Media have been given their marching orders by the Fourth Riech...conform or be destroyed.
Now surprising, but the very thing that will bring about the coming revolution...it is now up to those in power as to whether it will be one of conscience...or of civil war.
Posted by: Indy at September 28, 2005 10:44 AM
They played clips from Brownie's slap by congress on NPR. I was yelling at the idiot for his TOTALLY lame responses.
listen here:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4866193
About that violence in the SuperDome....
It DID happen.
They are HIDING OUR DEAD.
And thier own GUILT along with them.
If it WAS just a 'rumor', wouldn't that be oh so convienant for ALL the politicians involved....????
Revisionist History
Too many hours of video have been shot of the Superdome...too many survivors were there to witness the horrors.
The TRUTH will be revealed.
They think because they were able to scatter the people that their stories will not be told.
Christy -
You've been telling us about your thoughts on BushCo's plans for Venezuela and the connection to the port of N.O.
And now we hear that Bush thnks the military should lead the charge in disaster relief from here on out. Sounds like plans for a base in New Orleans to me.
Sounds like plans for a base in New Orleans to me.
Posted by: Carol at September 28, 2005 11:53 AM
Already there...to protect the Strategic Oil reserves and the port.
Naval Air Station, Joint Reserve Base, New Orleans, Louisiana is located 20 minutes south of downtown New Orleans, and is home to VP-94, VFA-204, VR-54, Louisiana Air National Guard, U.S. Air Force Reserve, U.S. Coast Guard, and the U.S. Customs Service. When the base was redesignated in May 1994 to add "Joint Reserve Base," it broke the paradigm of Naval Air Station.
NAS JRB New Orleans maintains a 24-hour operational capability to support launches and recoveries of U.S. Coast Guard Sea-Air Rescue, U.S. Customs Alert and 159th Fighter Group/Louisiana Air National Guard, North American Air Defense Command alert requirements.
Part of the joint-service business since 1957, the base provides Navy, Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard units the training ground for an array of fighter aircraft. Staging "mini-wars" over the Gulf of Mexico, F-18, F-16 and F-15 pilots engage in some of the most hotly contested bayou brawls since the Battle of New Orleans in 1815. For Air Force units "anchored" at NAS JRB New Orleans, these mini-wars offer vital dissimilar fighter training that many organizations elsewhere receive sporadically. But it's an everyday happening for the Reserve's 926th Fighter Wing (F-16s) and the Louisiana ANG's 159th Fighter Group (F-15s). And it kept them sharp for recent deployments supporting Operation Deny Flight in Italy and Operation Provide Comfort in Turkey.
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/nas-jrb-no.htm
thanks Indy :)
Molly Ivins has another zinger column here...
Breaking the 1st Commandment of Governing
By Molly Ivins, AlterNet. Posted September 28, 2005.
Reagan promised to rid the nation of waste, fraud and abuse. Bush and his cronies have turned waste, fraud and abuse into national policy.
read more...
http://www.alternet.org/story/26078/
Naval Air Station:
All should be reminded...
The exercises in which these pilots and support staff perform every day over the Gulf of Mexico are the very same that George W. Bush failed to show up for during his tenure with the Texas Air National Guard.
No Show...
No Go.
Goat Cheese Fruit Cup.
Desert anyone?
Battle of New Orleans
Music and lyrics by Jimmy Driftwood
In 1814 we took a little trip,
Along with colonel jackson down the mighty mississip.
We took a little bacon and we took a little beans,
And we fought the bloody british in the town of new orleans.
We fired our guns and the british kept a comin’,
There wasn’t ’bout as many as there was awhile ago.
We fired once more and they began to runnin’
On down the mississippi to the gulf of mexico.
Oh we looked down the river and we seen the british come.
There must have been a hundred of ’em beatin’ on a drum.
They stepped so high and they made their bugles ring.
We stood behind our cotton bales and didn?t say a thing.
Old hickory said we could take ’em by surprise,
If we didn?t fire our muskets till we looked ’em in the eyes.
We held our fire till we seen their faces well,
Then we opened up our squirrel guns and gave ’em a little...well....we...
....fired our guns and the british kept a comin’,
There wasn’t ’bout as many as there was awhile ago.
We fired once more and they began to runnin’
On down the mississippi to the gulf of mexico.
We fired our cannons till the barrels melted down,
Then we grabbed an alligator and we fired another round.
We filled his head with cannonballs and powdered his behind,
And when we touched the powder off, the gator lost his mind.
We fired our guns and the british kept a comin’,
There wasn’t ’bout as many as there was awhile ago.
We fired once more and they began to runnin’
On down the mississippi to the gulf of mexico.
We fired our guns and the british kept a comin’,
There wasn’t ’bout as many as there was awhile ago.
We fired once more and they began to runnin’
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.
Some inspirational Lyrics....
Back in '89 the lead singer of INXS (Michael Hutchence) did a solo project with a group of musicians who were a bit more political than INXS, the project called Max Q produced a very good compilation. One song in particular though rings so eloquently true today. Ollie Olson and Michael co wrote the entire album... If you can find it for download or sale somewhere I highly reccomend it as Michael put a lot of passion behind the words.
R.I.P. Michael....
Way of the World
You are born into this world
Looking down the barrel of a gun
And those who hold the gun
Want you to work fast and die young
And if you don't work
If you don't obey
They'll make you live in fear till your dying day
Those who govern hold the gun to your head
With religions, corporations, proud of blood
They've shed
CHORUS:
Whether it's God or the bomb
It's just the same
It's only fear under another name
(x2)
And the corporate snakes coming in to feed
On that pathetic fact known as human greed
Skin and bone being raked over those hot coals
This dump never seems to give time for human soul
And all those things that we have learnt
No time for questions, you'll just get burnt
You'll just get burnt
(CHORUS x2)
And those words crush you flat
Like your skull's under a brick
And the fear's so damnned strong
That it makes you sick
And you can see right through those eyes
That make you fear, that make you lie
And you're taught to hold high
Yet you wonder why
Dumb values forced upon you by the
Living lie
(CHORUS x5 to fade)
I know its not news... but Im just very very ticked by the happenings these days and this song always keeps it in perspective and real for me... hope you all dont mind this blog entry.
Peace Soon (but when)...
OK, my turn to sing...
Masters of War - Bob Dylan, 1963
Come you masters of war, you that build all the guns
You that build the death planes, you that build the big bombs
You that hide behind walls, you that hide behind desks
I just want you to know I can see through your masks
You that never done nothin' but build to destroy
You play with my world like it's your little toy
You put a gun in my hand and you hide from my eyes
And you turn and run farther when the fast bullets fly
Like Judas of old you lie and deceive
A world war can be won you want me to believe
But I see through your eyes and I see through your brain
Like I see through the water that runs down my drain
You fasten the triggers for the others to fire
Then you set back and watch when the death count gets higher
You hide in your mansion as young people's blood
Flows out of their bodies and is buried in the mud
You've thrown the worst fear that can ever be hurled
Fear to bring children into the world
For threatening my baby unborn and unnamed
You ain't worth the blood that runs in your veins
How much do I know to talk out of turn
You might say that I'm young, you might say I'm unlearned
But there's one thing I know though I'm younger than you
Even Jesus would never forgive what you do
Let me ask you one question, Is your money that good
Will it buy you forgiveness, do you think that it could
I think you will find when your death takes its toll
All the money you made will never buy back your soul
And I hope that you die and your death'll come soon
I will follow your casket in the pale afternoon
And I'll watch while you're lowered down to your deathbed
And I'll stand o'er your grave til I'm sure that you're dead
This WaPo column does a good job of documenting the "low points" of Brownie's appearance before Congress yesterday.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/27/AR2005092701650.html
OK, my turn to sing...
Posted by: madame defarge at September 28, 2005 12:17 PM
You sound like you are drunk, stoned and smoked a carton of cigs last night...
The beauty of poetry and graveled incoherence.
Karen Hughes defends womens' status in Iraq.
http://www.nynewsday.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-turkey-us,0,2842702.story?coll=sns-ap-world-headlines
Maybe she should just live there then!
Bush will go after chavez. When I said he NEEDS the port of Orleans to stage an invasion from, it is not just its location, Indy is right, they are shoring up the Oil Reserves to make sure they dont run out of gas before getting south of Mexico.
That helichopter that went down with Foxs friends on it. That was NO accident. That was the highest form of pressure to tell Fox they are NOT playing around.
Whatevers coming,
BTW Tom Delay has just been indicted.
The Politics of Distraction... Dan Froomkin named this one well and we would do well to keep it in mind...
The Politics of Distraction
By Dan Froomkin
Special to washingtonpost.com
Tuesday, September 27, 2005; 1:19 PM
President Bush yesterday called for Americans to cope with gasoline shortfalls by cutting down on their driving. And he continued to push for increased military authority in national disasters.
What do these two campaigns have in common? They're both red herrings, to some extent -- distractions in the wake of the shockingly botched government response to Hurricane Katrina.
Consider this, for instance: There is no gasoline shortfall.
And a broad range of experts agree that putting the military into a position to enforce martial law is not only unnecessary, it's dangerous. The Pentagon itself opposes the idea. And under existing rules, the president has ample discretion to send troops in to help disaster victims already -- discretion that he chose not to use for Katrina, but used amply for Rita.
One fair test of how seriously Bush takes his new energy conservation kick will be whether he exercises any self-restraint. But don't expect cardigans or thermostat-lowering in this White House.
Bush's gas-guzzling motorcade was whizzing all over town yesterday -- and today he flies off in his fuel-gulping 747 for his seventh trip to the Gulf Coast since Katrina struck a month ago.
~snip~
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2005/09/27/BL2005092700946_pf.html
[Dan covers a lot in this long column including this snippet which leads to another blog worth looking at if you want yet another example of Bush's inability to form a coherent sentence]
~snip~
Not Exactly Clear
Bush, who is not known for his strict adherence to grammar when speaking extemporaneously, was unusually unquotable yesterday.
Here's a topic Bush knows a lot about: Oil. But his remarks were full of fragment sentences, as well as small-bore statistics and industry lingo.
Blogger Holden blisteringly calls attention to some of the harder-to-follow passages.
~snip~
Here's a look at Holden's selections...
"Are these the utterances of a sober man?"
Governor Perdue of Georgia I thought did a -- showed some leadership by saying we've got to -- anticipating a problem, here's what we need to do to correct it.
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There's going to be some -- by the way, and here's what we have done and will continue to do.
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And so while there's a shortfall because of down refining capacity, we will work with -- we have instructed EPA to leave the rules in place, or to suspend the rules that were in place, keep the suspension in place, which would make it easier to increase supply, and continue to get supply of gasoline here.
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I look forward to dealing with local -- talking to local leaders about what -- the situation and the problems they face.
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The Homeland Security waived the Jones Act on restrictions on fuel transportation.
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And, therefore, we've got to have high standards and high expectations and focus money on Title I children to teach -- so that they -- so that children can learn to read.
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I mean, when I go down to Mississippi, I appreciate the vision that they're beginning to think about, but my first priority was to help those local folks remove debris. And then the next question is, what do we do with the debris once it's removed.
http://www.first-draft.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=4280
Delay indicted: one count of criminal conspiracy by Texas grand jury
FEC sues pro-Republican group for its undisclosed financial contributions in an attempt to get this 30k member group to comply with campaign finance laws.
http://tinyurl.com/8fohe
DeLay indicted in campaign finance probe
Charges could force House majority leader to step down
FULL STORY:
BREAKING NEWS
NBC News and news services
Updated: 12:39 p.m. ET Sept. 28, 2005
WASHINGTON - A Texas grand jury on Wednesday charged Rep. Tom DeLay and two political associates with conspiracy in a campaign finance scheme, an indictment that could force him to step down as House majority leader.
Earlier, lawyers for DeLay were at the criminal justice center in Austin on Wednesday, waiting to learn whether a grand jury — in the final hours of its term — would indict the Texas Republican in a campaign finance investigation.
“It’s a skunky indictment if they have one,” DeLay attorney Bill White told reporters before the indictment. “Like a dead skunk in the middle of the road. It stinks to high heaven.”
The grand jury, made its last day a cliffhanger for DeLay, and demonstrated a recent interest in conspiracy charges that could bring more indictments in the investigation of DeLay’s state political operation.
House GOP rules require any member of the elected leadership to step down temporarily if indicted, and it would be up to the rank and file to select an interim replacement. Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., could make a recommendation, whether choosing to elevate another member of the leadership or tapping an alternative to reduce the possibility of a struggle if DeLay were cleared and then sought to reclaim his post.
Staunch DeLay ally Rep. John Carter sought to rally House Republicans around DeLay at the weekly closed-door caucus meeting on Wednesday morning. Carter, a former Texas judge, urged members to stand behind their leader and was warmly received, according to an aide who was present.
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9507677/
Live Senate Finance Comittee Hearing:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8004316/
Its almost dinnertime at Andrees and she is making a dessert with pears
We were in a touristy part of Montmartre and a guy asked where to find the Salvador Dali museum
He was with his conservative family from Dallas - dad mom sister
I asked if they liked Bush and the sister enthusiastically said yes so I told them I hate him
The mother then said I didnt sound like I was an American; by my accent; and I should leave America
Then the dad said Bush should invade Paris with tanks and I told him that someone had already tried that - Hitler
Then I told the son how to find the Dali museum and drew him a map of how to get to Jim Morrisons grave later tonight when he ditches his famiily
He said he loved Seattle and next time would rent a car to get away from his religious relatives - I think he was definitely corruptible
still mastering the keybd
xo on both cheeks D
Delay indicted!!!!
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050928/ap_on_go_co/delay_investigation
PS
You know when cans are stacked into a pyramid and someone pulls out one of the bottom ones and they all crash down
Lets hope that can is Tom DeLay
Posted by: Indy at September 28, 2005 12:47 PM
You're faster on the double clicking than I am!
new thread
Lets hope that can is Tom DeLay
Posted by: DiAnne at September 28, 2005 12:53 PM
It is a can of Bug Spray...but a can is a can is a can.
Bon Jour mon amis!!!
Posted by: DiAnne at September 28, 2005 12:50 PM
Corruptable..HeHeHeHe
You go Momma!!!!
Oh, these Texans in Montmartre were quite fun. I would say that the young girl was the toughest in the family. There's little hope though. Their son in law is democrat and a lawyer for lance Amstrong. he even was with Kerry on the Tour de France....
We were lucky with the weather this afternoon since it's starting to rain in Paris now.
Sorry, I have to back to my kitchen or I'll ruin the cake for tonight, and DiAnne might sue me!!! You know how these Americans are!
So, the house of cards is falling??? Great news.
Something is going down here in Chicago too, but I cannot find out what it is. There are news cameras everywhere at the Federal Court and State Court buildings.
Oh, its just our corrupt republican ex-governor who is making traffic a mess here today--opening statements in his trial. But, they are talking about his case on television while showing tape of our new democratic governor and trying to smear him. republicans are really after Blagojevich in a huge effort to turn Illinois red and, unfortunately, a lot of dems are buying into it.
New thread...
For more info on Peace Forum and other UMD activist projects see
http://umcp.org
The photo of the people talking near the tent was staged, in case anyone still cares about photographs that depict actual events instead of staged ones.
The photographer moved the students together and instructed them to act like they were discussing something before framing and shooting the picture.
In my book, that's dishonest. Since I was there to see it happen and made sure to stay out of the resulting picture, it's now my job to speak up about the deceptive nature of the photo.
Actually, Ted--Since WE took the picture, WE can attest that what you are saying is a lie.