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You're grasping for straws, deadender. If anyone reads the report I posted: http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/07/03/...US-Hostages.php ........read it ALL. Then read Patriot deadender's raving proclamation extolling Bush as our great protector that began this thread. I wouldn't be surprised if Bush didn't KNOW there were Americans held hostage in Columbia. I wouldn't be surprised if Bush only thinks of Columbia as a brand of bicycle!

Thank you for the sublime human encouragement. In an increasingly vicious world of gluttons and parasites wearing masks of god and patriotism driven by an insidious, contrived media, it's not easy identifying the truly perverse in our society and much more difficult learning how to DEAL with it! The United States of America is 232 years old today. Rome made it to approximately 1000. What's next?

I wonder if this "KILL MUSLIMS FOR CHRIST" deadender knows about OXYCOTIN RUSHBEE and the ACLU...........interestink....... http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,108140,00.html ACLU Comes to Rush Limbaugh's Defense Monday, January 12, 2004 By Catherine Donaldson-Evans WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Talk radio host Rush Limbaugh (search) probably never expected the American Civil Liberties Union (search) to become one of his staunch supporters. But the privacy rights group was on his side Monday when its Florida branch filed a "friend-of-court" motion on behalf of Limbaugh arguing state officials were wrong in seizing his medical records for their drug probe. "For many people, it may seem odd that the ACLU has come to the defense of Rush Limbaugh," ACLU of Florida Executive Director Howard Simon said in a released statement. "But we have always said that the ACLU's real client is the Bill of Rights, and we will continue to safeguard the values of equality, fairness and privacy for everyone, regardless of race, economic status or political point of view," Simon said. The ACLU contends that state law enforcement officers violated Limbaugh's privacy rights by taking possession of his medical records as part of their criminal investigation into the commentator's alleged "doctor-shopping" to feed his prescription-drug addiction. RelatedStories Judge OKs Review of Limbaugh Medical Records Limbaugh's Lawyer: Keep Medical Records Sealed Prosecutor Wants to Unseal Limbaugh Medical Records Limbaugh Attorney Blames Politics in Probe Prosecutors: Limbaugh Went 'Doctor Shopping' Rush Limbaugh Returns to Radio Talk Show Limbaugh Admits Painkiller Addiction Raw Data: Rush Limbaugh's Statement "While this case involves the right of Rush Limbaugh to maintain the privacy of his medical records, the precedent set in this case will impact the security of medical records and the privacy of the doctor-patient relationship of every person in Florida," Simon said in his statement. The motion, filed with the Fourth District Court of Appeal (search), claims the state encroached upon the Florida constitution's right to privacy when law enforcement officials confiscated Limbaugh's medical files. The ACLU said it was trying to "to vindicate every Floridian's fundamental right to privacy by ensuring that the state be required to comply" with the law. Its motion comes a week after a judge ruled that Limbaugh's medical records were to stay out of prosecutors' hands for at least 15 days more while his lawyers worked on an appeal to permanently seal them. Limbaugh's attorneys asked for the extension while they appealed the judge's earlier decision allowing prosecutors to examine the files for evidence that the commentator illegally purchased painkillers. The records included "the most private conversations between doctor and patient," the radio host's lawyer, Mark Shapiro, said last week. Investigators seized the records last month after discovering that Limbaugh received more than 2,000 painkillers, prescribed by four doctors, at a pharmacy near his Palm Beach mansion. Limbaugh's former maid told investigators she had been supplying him prescription painkillers for years. Limbaugh admitted his addiction to prescription painkillers in October, saying it stemmed from severe back pain. He took a five-week leave from his afternoon radio show to enter a rehabilitation program. Prosecutors have not filed charges against Limbaugh and their investigation will be delayed until the court decides whether to keep the records sealed past the new deadline. The radio host and his legal team have criticized Palm Beach State Attorney Barry Krischer (search), a Democrat, for opening the records and accused prosecutors of pursuing Limbaugh for political reasons. The Associated Press contributed to this report.

WAAAAA WAAAAA, I want my 6000lb SUV!!! (to drive 75 miles one way, to the office, single occupancy, just to impress people) http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/pre...esitem9507.html WWF Releases G8 Climate Scorecards, Urges Us Government To Strengthen Energy Efficiency And Energy R&D Efforts Four Days Ahead Of Summit, New Report Examines Progress Of G8 Countries Toward Addressing Climate Change For Release: Jul 03, 2008 WASHINGTON, July 3, 2008 – In advance of next week’s G8 summit in Japan, World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has released a new report examining the progress of each of the G8 countries toward addressing climate change, a main focus of this year’s meeting. The report, G8 Climate Scorecards 2008, shows the United States can make substantial progress on the climate front by improving energy efficiency and increasing research and development (R&D) funding for energy programs. The scorecards report ranks the G8 countries – United States, United Kingdom, Canada, France, Italy, Germany, Japan and Russia – on quantitative indicators such as emissions trends since 1990 and progress toward each country’s emissions target under the Kyoto Protocol. The report evaluates performance in three specific policy areas: energy efficiency, renewable energy and development of carbon markets. It also examines the climate and energy policies of five emerging economies: China, India, Brazil, Mexico and South Africa. The United States receives the lowest ranking, just below Canada and Russia, while the United Kingdom ranks highest, with France and Germany in second and third place, respectively. The scorecards report was prepared by Ecofys, an independent consulting firm, and was commissioned by WWF and Allianz SE, an international financial services provider. Dr. Richard Moss, vice president for climate change at WWF, said the report highlights significant opportunities for the U.S. to reduce its emissions by focusing on energy efficiency and R&D funding. “It’s still not too late for the current administration to take meaningful action on climate change,” he said. “This report illuminates a path toward greatly reduced emissions following the administration’s own stated goals of improving energy efficiency and ramping up investment in the research and development of new, clean, low carbon energy technologies. These are areas where the administration itself has indicated a need for faster progress. But by its own admission, the administration has lagged on these two fronts.” Dr. Joachim Faber, holding board member of Allianz SE, said, “The G8 countries have a responsibility to be high achievers in the race against climate change. They need to be role models trailblazing the way to steer the world towards a low carbon, clean energy economy.” While the U.S. lags far behind many of its allies in reducing emissions, it has made notable advances. Last year, President George W. Bush signed into law legislation that will require vehicles sold in the U.S. to be more fuel efficient and issued an executive order directing federal agencies to improve the energy efficiency of their facilities. Congress has created new programs to promote the development of low carbon energy options and has begun a serious debate on climate change legislation while the two leading candidates for president, Senators Barack Obama (D-Ill.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.) both support strong national climate change legislation. At the same time, many state and local governments have been showing strong leadership. Many U.S. cities and states have adopted emissions reduction targets and many state governments have implemented Renewable Portfolio Standards, which require a certain amount of the state’s electricity to be generated from low carbon energy sources. Several states have also formed regional carbon trading compacts that demonstrate, on a smaller scale, the potential of a national cap and trade program. Avoiding the worst impacts of climate change, though, will require national legislation that puts a price on carbon and an international treaty that will create a framework for reducing global emissions, Moss said. “The next administration will need to move swiftly on passing domestic legislation and negotiating a new global treaty. The current administration can support those efforts by investing in energy efficiency and energy R&D, which will greatly reduce emissions and at the same time strengthen our economy by spurring new innovation and creating green collar jobs.” Summary of each country’s scorecard: 1. United Kingdom – The UK’s emissions already register below its Kyoto target, largely due to a transition from coal to gas in the 1990s. The decrease in emissions, though, has levelled off since 2000 and emissions are expected to rise further. The strong national climate debate has led to innovative national policies although improvements should still be made in transportation and building energy efficiency. 2. France – Emissions rates in France are relatively low for an industrialized country, partially due to a high share of nuclear energy. Emissions have been roughly stable since 1990. France’s ambitious long term emissions targets still need to be implemented. France could strengthen its efforts in the building and transportation sectors and pursue a more ambitious program in the electricity sector. 3. Germany – Germany’s emissions declined from 1990 to 2000, partly due to the economic downturn in East Germany but also due to national policies. Emissions have since stabilized. Germany earns the highest score of the G8 countries on renewable energy. However, the country’s electricity sector is still quite dependent on coal and lignite. If no immediate measures are implemented, the country is expected to miss its Kyoto target. 4. Italy – Italy’s emissions have increased steadily and are well above its Kyoto target. However, the country has implemented a few key measures that have begun reducing emissions. 5. Japan – Japan has relatively low emissions compared to the average of industrialized nations, largely due to high energy efficiency and its use of nuclear power. However, absolute emissions are increasing and no mandatory emissions reduction mechanisms are in place. The lack of such policies has led to Japan’s relatively low ranking. 6. Russia – Russia ranks above the U.S. and Canada because of declining absolute emissions in the early 1990s and a large share of natural gas, which is less carbon-intensive than coal. Since 1999, emissions have increased steadily and there are few policies in place to curb them. 7. Canada – Canada has very high per capita emissions and its trend in total emissions is steadily increasing. A plan to curb emissions has been developed but has yet to be implemented. Canada will miss its Kyoto target. 8. United States – The U.S. is the largest emitter among the G8 countries and has the highest per capita emissions rate of any nation. Its total emissions are rising, due to the country’s heavy reliance on coal and oil. The U.S. has not ratified Kyoto and has not implemented national legislation to curb emissions. However, substantial progress has been taking place at the state level and the next administration will likely show much stronger leadership on climate change.

Hey Patriot deadender! When do YOU and your DEADENDER GOOMBAS collapse from sheer incessant hypocrisy and blow away? Perhaps you ENJOY being a messageboard forum punching bag? (pssssttttt.............."bring 'em on!!)

"Mission Accomplished!!', as represented by aviator CHIMPEROO on the USS Lincoln. Heck.......POTUS Mighty Monkus Mond invaded Iraq to steal the oil setting quite an example for all the little primates looking for a lil "go juice" here in Security Homeland........might makes right, right? (and stealth too)

President Monkey boy is an embarassing, dangerous malignancy who couldn't engineer three sequential sentences without buffooning. Dog bless the BUFFOON MONKUS! Apparently, Bushdim was comfortably numb to any US hostage rescue. Read this slowy, deadender. You may want to apologize to the forum for your empty sloganism honoring a dangerous nitwit. http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/07/03/...US-Hostages.php Contractors kidnapped by Colombian rebels were longest-held US captives in the world BOGOTA, Colombia: When the drug-surveillance plane carrying Pentagon contractors Marc Gonsalves, Thomas Howes and Keith Stansell went down in rebel-held Colombian jungle in February 2003, it seemed like any public efforts to rescue them disappeared as well. While France exhorted the world to care about the plight of French-Colombian hostage Ingrid Betancourt, and even sent a humanitarian mission in a failed rescue attempt this year, the U.S. government remained nearly silent about any efforts to free the men, employees of a Northrup Grumman Corp. subsidiary that has supported Colombia's fight against drugs and rebels. Long before their rescue Wednesday, the three Americans — who were being flown to Texas to reunite with their families and undergo tests and treatment at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio — had become the longest-held American hostages in the world. Howes is a native of Chatham, Massachusetts; Gonsalves' father lives in Hebron, Connecticut; and Stansell's family lives in Miami, Florida. These families eventually complained publicly about what seemed to be the U.S. government's failure to act. At one point, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez seemed like he was doing more than anyone in Washington to free them. "We didn't know what the heck was going on," Gonsalves' father George told reporters. "I'm getting information from you guys." The Americans' fate seemed particularly grim after "proof-of-life" images released last November showed them appearing haggard, even haunted, against a deep jungle background. The contractors and Betancourt were among a group of rebel-designated "political prisoners" whom the FARC planned to release only in exchange for hundreds of imprisoned rebels. But every attempt at talking about a prisoner swap seemed to go nowhere. Behind the scenes, however, Colombia's armed forces were closing in on the rebels, with the help of billions of dollars in U.S. military support. Last month, Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos said soldiers had spotted the three men in the southern jungles, but they disappeared into the forest before the troops could attempt a rescue. And after the men were freed Wednesday, U.S. Ambassador William Brownfield said U.S. and Colombian forces cooperated closely on the rescue mission, including sharing intelligence, equipment, training advice and operational experience. The Americans appeared healthy in a video shown on Colombian television, though Brownfield, who met with them at a Colombian military base, said two of the three — he didn't specify whom — were suffering from the jungle malady leishmaniasis and "looking forward to modern medical treatment." George Gonsalves was mowing the yard of his Hebron, Connecticut, home when an excited neighbor relayed the news he had seen on television: "I didn't know how to stop my lawnmower. I was shocked. I couldn't believe it." "We're still teary-eyed and not quite have our wits about us," said Stansell's stepmother Lynne in Miami. And Howes' niece in Massachusetts, Amanda Howes, says the rescue "redefines the word miracle." Congratulations poured in to Colombian President Alvaro Uribe from U.S. President George W. Bush and both presidential candidates. Republican Sen. John McCain said Uribe had told him in advance of the rescue plans while he was campaigning in Colombia. "It's a very high-risk operation," he said. "I congratulate President Uribe, the military and the nation of Colombia." Democrat Barack Obama also sent his congratulations, saying he supports "Colombia's steady strategy of making no concessions to the FARC, and its targeted use of intelligence, military, law enforcement, diplomatic, and political power to achieve important victories against terrorism." Gonsalves' father, who later got a phone call from the FBI confirming his son was free, expected an emotional family reunion in Texas, especially for his son's three children, now teenagers. "Think about your children if they don't see you for a week a weekend or a month," he said. "It's five years pulled out of your life."

Honestly...........I've seen seniors galore get computers and surf the Internet, like every other age group in society...........but Bulgeface John McCain? I'm truly shocked that he's such an embarassing sacrificial lamb coughed up by the disgraceful Republicans..........I cannot fathom how much FRAUD and DUPLICITY my fellow Americans are willing to tolerate from political DEADENDERS...........Bulgeface John McCain is pitiful and those people that assert to promote him to POTUS must think YOU and every other American are infinitely STUPID. http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/6/1.../659/888/534064 Tech illiterate by kos Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 04:30:20 PM PDT There are those who chafe a bit when we take shots at McCain's age, but there's always a deeper point lurking behind many of those shots (cheap or not) -- leading the world's sole superpower in this digital era should require basic understanding of those things which drive the modern culture and economy. Asked whether he is a Mac or PC person, McCain answered: Neither, I'm an illiterate that has to rely on my wife for all of the assistance I can get. Atrios responds, I think in 2008 computer use and understanding of the internet should be part of the basic skill set we expect from people in positions of prominent public leadership. It's pretty much impossible to have any kind of understanding of how people in the modern world go about their lives and work without that. The internet is not a fad or the playground for 17 year olds. Technology now infects every corner of our lives, from cell phones to computers to the internet. It has given us access to the worlds' libraries, empowering us with direct access to information. It has connected us with people all over this country and world, dramatically redefining what the word "community" means. It is dramatically reshaping entire sectors of our economy -- from the nation's thriving tech sector, to legacy sectors like publishing, music, motion picture, medicine, and retail. And how many workplaces remain without computers? How can a candidate who admits he is stuck in the 20th century lead a country in the 21st, when he lacks even the most basic understanding of how this brave new century operates? He doesn't know how people interact and communicate. He doesn't know have the faintest idea of how they work. And this from the guy who once chaired the commerce committee! Is it any wonder that McCain has been completely unable to adapt to the rigors of a 21st century campaign, in which YouTube and blogs can instantaneously expose every single one of his myriad flip flops and capture every one of his ghastly grins? And no, McCain doesn't have his 72 years as an excuse. The median age of a Daily Kos reader used to be 45 years old, but I think that number is actually increasing -- 44 percent of this site's readership is over 50 years of age. Only 15 percent of this site's audience is 18-34. Age isn't the dividing line. There are clearly those who evolve with the times, this site is testament to that fact. But there are those, like McCain, who insist on living in the era of James Garfield and Teddy Roosevelt. How that's supposed to help him lead the America of the 21st Century is beyond me.

Read these KOTW postings with some regularity, do you? Then, as you read the article folllowing this paragraph, please consider the childish, stupid and often PERVERSE retorts that come with grand predictabilty from the KOTW deadenders on this forum that are the rats that enjoy the stench of their sinking BUSH-ship. http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/23/mcc...rism/index.html FRESNO, California (CNN) -- An adviser to Sen. John McCain apologized Monday for saying a terrorist attack on the United States would be "a big advantage" for the Republican presidential candidate. Adviser Charlie Black apologized for saying McCain's campaign would benefit from another U.S. terror attack. McCain said he "strenuously" disagreed with the remark. Charlie Black, a senior adviser to McCain, said he "deeply regrets" his comments to Fortune magazine. "They were inappropriate," Black told reporters at a fund-raising event in California. "I recognize that John McCain has devoted his entire life to protecting his country." And McCain distanced himself from the comments, saying he "cannot imagine" why Black would make them. "It's not true," McCain said. "I've worked tirelessly since 9/11 to prevent another attack on the United States of America. My record is very clear." McCain cited his work on the Senate Armed Services Committee and his role in creating the 9/11 Commission in describing his efforts to stop terrorist attacks on American soil. "If he said that, and I do not know the context, I strenuously disagree," McCain said. Sen. Barack Obama's campaign called Black's remarks an example of "cynical and divisive" politics. "Barack Obama welcomes a debate about terrorism with John McCain, who has fully supported the Bush policies that have taken our eye off of al Qaeda, failed to bring Osama bin Laden to justice and made us less safe," said Obama campaign spokesman Bill Burton. "The fact that John McCain's top adviser says that a terrorist attack on American soil would be a 'big advantage' for their political campaign is a complete disgrace, and is exactly the kind of politics that needs to change," he added. In a Fortune interview, posted on the magazine's Web site Monday, Black said the Arizona senator demonstrated his fluency in foreign policy and security matters following the assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto in December. Bhutto's killing was an "unfortunate event," he said, but McCain's "knowledge and ability to talk about it reemphasized that this is the guy who's ready to be commander-in-chief. And it helped us." Asked if McCain would stand to benefit from a terrorist attack on U.S. soil, Black answered, "Certainly it would be a big advantage to him." A McCain campaign official said Black, the former chairman of the lobbying firm BKSH & Associates, does not explicitly remember saying the comment, but does not dispute it. According to the official, he was trying to emphasize that McCain is favored on national security issues. On the day of Bhutto's December assassination, McCain seemed to suggest the calamity could offer him some political benefit. "I'm the one with the experience, the knowledge and the judgment," he told CNN's Dana Bash. "So perhaps it may serve to enhance those credentials."

No surprise in the CNN posting below is there?. The Bush regime deadenders take their epic mess, BRAZENLY deny the reality of it, then desperately promote BULGEFACE JOHN McCAIN with what else but..................FEAR? Read these KOTW postings with some regularity, do you? Then, as you read the article folllowing this paragraph, please consider the childish, stupid and often PERVERSE retorts that come with grand predictabilty from the KOTW deadenders on this forum that are the rats that enjoy the stench of their sinking BUSH-ship. http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/23/mcc...rism/index.html FRESNO, California (CNN) -- An adviser to Sen. John McCain apologized Monday for saying a terrorist attack on the United States would be "a big advantage" for the Republican presidential candidate. Adviser Charlie Black apologized for saying McCain's campaign would benefit from another U.S. terror attack. McCain said he "strenuously" disagreed with the remark. Charlie Black, a senior adviser to McCain, said he "deeply regrets" his comments to Fortune magazine. "They were inappropriate," Black told reporters at a fund-raising event in California. "I recognize that John McCain has devoted his entire life to protecting his country." And McCain distanced himself from the comments, saying he "cannot imagine" why Black would make them. "It's not true," McCain said. "I've worked tirelessly since 9/11 to prevent another attack on the United States of America. My record is very clear." McCain cited his work on the Senate Armed Services Committee and his role in creating the 9/11 Commission in describing his efforts to stop terrorist attacks on American soil. "If he said that, and I do not know the context, I strenuously disagree," McCain said. Sen. Barack Obama's campaign called Black's remarks an example of "cynical and divisive" politics. "Barack Obama welcomes a debate about terrorism with John McCain, who has fully supported the Bush policies that have taken our eye off of al Qaeda, failed to bring Osama bin Laden to justice and made us less safe," said Obama campaign spokesman Bill Burton. "The fact that John McCain's top adviser says that a terrorist attack on American soil would be a 'big advantage' for their political campaign is a complete disgrace, and is exactly the kind of politics that needs to change," he added. In a Fortune interview, posted on the magazine's Web site Monday, Black said the Arizona senator demonstrated his fluency in foreign policy and security matters following the assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto in December. Bhutto's killing was an "unfortunate event," he said, but McCain's "knowledge and ability to talk about it reemphasized that this is the guy who's ready to be commander-in-chief. And it helped us." Asked if McCain would stand to benefit from a terrorist attack on U.S. soil, Black answered, "Certainly it would be a big advantage to him." A McCain campaign official said Black, the former chairman of the lobbying firm BKSH & Associates, does not explicitly remember saying the comment, but does not dispute it. According to the official, he was trying to emphasize that McCain is favored on national security issues. On the day of Bhutto's December assassination, McCain seemed to suggest the calamity could offer him some political benefit. "I'm the one with the experience, the knowledge and the judgment," he told CNN's Dana Bash. "So perhaps it may serve to enhance those credentials."

You, deadender, should start reading Jonathan Swift! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Swift

The teacher for bleeding jeezee is getting fired. Your "humor" rivals the hilarity surrounding the death sentencing and execution of William Tyndale.

Got a bunch of Exxon shares, deadender? Pleased that all our trusting military volunteers died, became maimed and RAVAGED a sovereign nation to the tune of maybe a MILLION DEAD IRAQIS (and much more displaced and ripped into partial living bodies) because of the assurance that WMDs and the dictatorship of Saddam Hussein was an imminent threat to the "free" world? And all along the Rush Limpie cult was denying it was about the SEIZING of Iraqi oil fields! Tell you what, deadender.........YOU WIN........and I submit to your dominance and your achievement. I see the light and I want to be on the side of the victor as championed by the Bush regime and his confederates............now tell me..........WHO in your cult can I trust?

WOW.............LOTZA HITS on KOTW!!

And to think those Iraqi INGRATES didn't welcome us with roses and their most sultry women! http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar...7&bolum=105 No-bid contracts for US oil firms raise eyebrows Four Western oil companies are in the final stages of negotiations this month on contracts that will return them to Iraq 36 years after losing their oil concession to nationalization as Saddam Hussein rose to power, the New York Times reported yesterday. The news is especially troubling to Turkey, as Iraq's Oil Ministry excluded Turkey's state-owned Turkish Petroleum Corporation (TPAO) from an April list of 35 companies qualifying to bid in tenders to develop the nation's oil and gas fields. The New York Times said Exxon Mobil, Shell, Total and BP -- the original partners in the Iraq Petroleum Company -- along with Chevron and a number of smaller oil companies, were in talks with Iraq's Oil Ministry for no-bid contracts to service Iraq's largest fields, according to ministry officials, oil company officials and an American diplomat. "The deals, expected to be announced on June 30, will lay the foundation for the first commercial work for the major companies in Iraq since the American invasion, and open a new and potentially lucrative country for their operations," the paper reported. According to report, the US companies were awarded with "no-bid contracts," which are unusual for the industry, and the offers prevailed over others by more than 40 companies, including companies in Russia, China and India. The New York Times stressed: "There was suspicion among many in the Arab world and among parts of the American public that the United States had gone to war in Iraq precisely to secure the oil wealth these contracts seek to extract. 20 June 2008, Friday

Voices from GAWD Bush and his BIZARRO world has a nasty contagion. BUST THE VIOLATORS UNTIL THEY KEEP THEIR gOd BULLSH*T off our taxes and OUT of our government. THE TIME HAS ARRIVED TO TAX ALL CHURCHES, TEMPLES AND MOSQUES. Doesn't anyone UNDERSTAND that freedom of religion is dependent upon ALL RELIGIOUS DOGMA kept BANNED FROM U.S. government function at all levels of our society? That includes pumping countless U.S. dollars into apartheid zionland, Bubsy. Dig this.........another bleeding Jeezee agent complete with cross embossments upon our wayward youth! ! http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080621/ap_on_...eacher_bible_12 Ohio board votes to ax teacher accused of branding By DOUG WHITEMAN, Associated Press Writer 21 minutes ago COLUMBUS, Ohio - The school board of a small central Ohio community voted unanimously Friday to fire a teacher accused of preaching his Christian beliefs despite staff complaints and using a device to burn the image of a cross on students' arms. School board members voted 5-0 to fire Mount Vernon Middle School science teacher John Freshwater. Board attorney David Millstone said Freshwater is entitled to a hearing to challenge the dismissal. Freshwater denies wrongdoing and will request such a hearing, the teacher's attorney, Kelly Hamilton, told the Mount Vernon News. School board members met a day after the consulting firm H.R. On Call Inc. released its report on the teacher's case. The report came a week after a family filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Columbus against Freshwater and the school district, saying Freshwater burned a cross on a child's arm that remained for three or four weeks. Freshwater's friend Dave Daubenmire defended him. "With the exception of the cross-burning episode. ... I believe John Freshwater is teaching the values of the parents in the Mount Vernon school district," he told The Columbus Dispatch for a story published Friday. Several students interviewed by investigators described Freshwater, who has been employed by the school district located 40 miles northeast of Columbus for 21 years, as a great guy and their favorite teacher. But Lynda Weston, the district's director of teaching and learning, told investigators that she has dealt with complaints about Freshwater for much of her 11-year term at the district, the report said. A former superintendent, Jeff Maley, said he tried to find another position for Freshwater but couldn't because he was certified only in science, the report said. Freshwater used a science tool known as a high-frequency generator to burn images of a cross on students' arms in December, the report said. Freshwater told investigators he simply was trying to demonstrate the device on several students and described the images as an "X," not a cross. But pictures show a cross, the report said. Other findings show that Freshwater taught that carbon dating was unreliable to argue against evolution.

Futures commodities speculators, Kenny Boy Lay, Bush 1, Bubba Clinton, Monkey boy and BULGEFACE JOHN McCAIN............and YOU! http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/25252591#25252591

Bulgeface: "My heart belongs to DADDY!" http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m157..._16/ai_61361646 Will `Ace' McCain Flame Out Again? - Brief Article Insight on the News, March 20, 2000 by Kelly Patricia O'Meara Over the years he's played many roles and worn many titles, including Navy aviator, prisoner of war, hero, congressman, U.S. senator, Washington insider, maverick outsider and, now, presidential candidate. But the one title of which few are aware is that of "service ace." John Sidney McCain III is known among many of his Vietnam flight buddies as "Ace" McCain. This title has not been bestowed upon McCain because he destroyed five enemy aircraft. On the contrary: It was five on our side -- in fact, five of his own. Since throwing his hat into the presidential ring, the fact that McCain was graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy nearly at the bottom of his class has been publicized. His star-crossed flying, on the other hand, remains unknown to most. Robert Timberg, author of The Nightingale's Song, a book about Annapolis graduates and their tours in Vietnam, wrote that McCain "learned to fly at Pensacola, though his performance was below par, at best good enough to get by. He liked flying, but didn't love it." Timberg counts himself a friend of McCain and has written a McCain biography. It wasn't long after arriving in Pensacola that McCain racked up the first of his five crashes, beginning in 1958, on his way to becoming a "reverse ace." As told by Timberg, "McCain was practicing landings; his engine quit and he plunged into Corpus Christi Bay. Knocked unconscious by the impact, he came to as the plane settled to the bottom." There was, however, no engine failure with the aircraft. According to one of McCain's former flight instructors, "The engine was removed from the aircraft that afternoon, mounted on a test stand and a new propeller installed. [it] was flushed with fresh water and started. It ran just fine. So the theory of engine failure was proven false." The instructor added that McCain was "positively one of the weakest students to pass our way, and received consistently poor marks and a number of Dangerous Down grades assigned by more than one instructor. He had no real ability and was clearly out of his element in an airplane, and way over his head even as a junior naval officer." The second of McCain's crashes occurred while he was deployed in the Mediterranean. "Flying too low over the Iberian Peninsula," reports Timberg, "he took out some power lines [reminiscent of the 1998 incident in which a Marine Corps jet sliced through the cables of a gondola at an Italian ski resort, killing 20] which led to a spate of newspaper stories in which he was predictably identified as the son of an admiral." Crash three occurred when McCain was returning from flying a trainer solo to Philadelphia for an Army-Navy football game. According to Timberg, McCain radioed, "I've got a flameout." He went through the standard relight procedures three times. At one thousand feet, he ejected, landing on the deserted beach moments before the plane slammed into a clump of trees." By 1967, McCain was ready for battle and assigned to the USS Forrestal as an A-4 Skyhawk pilot. While seated in the cockpit of his aircraft waiting for takeoff, a freak accident occurred when a rocket slammed into the exterior fuel tank of McCain's plane. Miraculously, McCain escaped from the burning aircraft, but dozens of his shipmates were killed and injured in the explosions that followed. McCain's final downing came just three months later when his A-4 Skyhawk was hit by antiaircraft artillery over Truc Bach Lake near Hanoi, North Vietnam. McCain spent the next five-and-a-half years as a prisoner of war and, upon return to the United States in 1973, like the other returning POWs, McCain became an instant hero. The POWs had been treated abominably, yet stood up to their torturers and were deserving of the accolades they received. But some questioned the number and types of medals bestowed upon "Ace" McCain, the son of the admiral commanding in the Pacific as well as the grandson of another admiral. "McCain had roughly 20 hours in combat," explains Bill Bell, a veteran of Vietnam and chief of the U.S. Office for POW/MIA Affairs -- the first official U.S. representative in Vietnam since the 1973 fall of Saigon. "Since McCain got 28 medals," Bell continues, "that equals out to about a medal-and-a-half for each hour he spent in combat. There were infantry guys -- grunts on the ground -- who had more than 7,000 hours in combat and I can tell you that there were times and situations where I'm sure a prison cell would have looked pretty good to them by comparison. The question really is how many guys got that number of medals for not being shot down." "John McCain," says another Navy pilot and acquaintance of that era, "was the kind of guy you wanted to room with -- not fly with. He was reckless, and that's critical when you start thinking about who's going to be the president," The old pilot laughs, and then continues: "But the Navy accident rate was cut in half the day John McCain was shot down." On a more serious note, however, there has been no discussion of what actions were or were not taken in dealing with McCain after each of the aircraft losses. Neither McCain's senatorial nor campaign offices returned Insight's calls on these matters. But a Navy insider notes that "after every such incident an inquiry is conducted to conclude the cause of the crash. If it were anyone other than the admiral's son, his wings would have been pulled. But that's where that kind of father comes in handy." "Thank God not all pilots are like McCain," jokes another pilot, "or the government would be buying a hell of a lot more planes."

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com:80/20...ened-by-floods/ Obama fills sandbags in Illinois town threatened by floods Posted: 09:30 AM ET Watch Sen. Obama fill sandbags Saturday in Illinois. QUINCY, Ill. (AP) — Barack Obama has stopped by the Mississippi River city of Quincy in his home state of Illinois where he used a shovel to fill sandbags as a precaution against the rising river. The Democratic presidential nominee-apparent says his thoughts are with the people of Iowa, where flooding has chased thousands from their homes. Obama said since he's been in public office he has not seen "this kind of devastation." Obama pledged to push the federal and state governments to provide aid to the stricken areas.

BUSH BIZARRO WORLD.............where peace is war, life is death and terror is what we are told it is!! (BTW, sorry about the "left wing" wacko news source for this nugget) http://online.wsj.com/public/article_print...2257659301.html Why Is Bush Helping Saudi Arabia Build Nukes? By EDWARD J. MARKEY June 10, 2008; Page A15 in the Wall Street Journel Here's a quick geopolitical quiz: What country is three times the size of Texas and has more than 300 days of blazing sun a year? What country has the world's largest oil reserves resting below miles upon miles of sand? And what country is being given nuclear power, not solar, by President George W. Bush, even when the mere assumption of nuclear possession in its region has been known to provoke pre-emptive air strikes, even wars? If you answered Saudi Arabia to all of these questions, you're right. Last month, while the American people were becoming the personal ATMs of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was in Saudi Arabia signing away an even more valuable gift: nuclear technology. In a ceremony little-noticed in this country, Ms. Rice volunteered the U.S. to assist Saudi Arabia in developing nuclear reactors, training nuclear engineers, and constructing nuclear infrastructure. While oil breaks records at $130 per barrel or more, the American consumer is footing the bill for Saudi Arabia's nuclear ambitions. Saudi Arabia has poured money into developing its vast reserves of natural gas for domestic electricity production. It continues to invest in a national gas transportation pipeline and stepped-up exploration, building a solid foundation for domestic energy production that could meet its electricity needs for many decades. Nuclear energy, on the other hand, would require enormous investments in new infrastructure by a country with zero expertise in this complex technology. Have Ms. Rice, Mr. Bush or Saudi leaders looked skyward? The Saudi desert is under almost constant sunshine. If Mr. Bush wanted to help his friends in Riyadh diversify their energy portfolio, he should have offered solar panels, not nuclear plants. Saudi Arabia's interest in nuclear technology can only be explained by the dangerous politics of the Middle East. Saudi Arabia, a champion and kingpin of the Sunni Arab world, is deeply threatened by the rise of Shiite-ruled Iran. The two countries watch each other warily over the waters of the Persian Gulf, buying arms and waging war by proxy in Lebanon and Iraq. An Iranian nuclear weapon would radically alter the region's balance of power, and could prove to be the match that lights the tinderbox. By signing this agreement with the U.S., Saudi Arabia is warning Iran that two can play the nuclear game. In 2004, Vice President Dick Cheney said, "[iran is] already sitting on an awful lot of oil and gas. No one can figure why they need nuclear, as well, to generate energy." Mr. Cheney got it right about Iran. But a potential Saudi nuclear program is just as suspicious. For a country with so much oil, gas and solar potential, importing expensive and dangerous nuclear power makes no economic sense. The Bush administration argues that Saudi Arabia can not be compared to Iran, because Riyadh said it won't develop uranium enrichment or spent-fuel reprocessing, the two most dangerous nuclear technologies. At a recent hearing before my Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman shrugged off concerns about potential Saudi misuse of nuclear assistance for a weapons program, saying simply: "I presume that the president has a good deal of confidence in the King and in the leadership of Saudi Arabia." That's not good enough. We would do well to remember that it was the U.S. who provided the original nuclear assistance to Iran under the Atoms for Peace program, before Iran's monarch was overthrown in the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Such an uprising in Saudi Arabia today could be at least as damaging to U.S. security. We've long known that America's addiction to oil pays for the spread of extremism. If this Bush nuclear deal moves forward, Saudi Arabia's petrodollars could flow to the dangerous expansion of nuclear technologies in the most volatile region of the world. While the scorching Saudi Arabian sun heats sand dunes instead of powering photovoltaic panels, millions of Americans will fork over $4 a gallon without realizing that their gas tank is fueling a nascent nuclear arms race. Rep. Markey (D., Mass.) is chairman of the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming.

Never forget the BUSH Katrina disaster! http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_...ma-in-iowa.html Not only is the Obama campaign helping to raise money for the relief effort, the websites Community Blogs are providing information on where volunteers who live in or near the affected areas are needed to assist local residents in building sandbag levees to protect peoples' homes. They had specific information on what towns needed help and where volunteers should go to offer their help. This included an appeal for volunteers to bring cold bottled water for the folks working at sandbagging - it is grueling hard work and the floods have contaminated many of the local water supplies.

Not all Republicans are DEADENDERS. Are you? http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/worl...icle4138151.ece From The Sunday TimesJune 15, 2008 Dismayed Republicans emerge as Barack Obama supportersSarah Baxter WHAT do the daughter of Richard Nixon, a speechwriter for Ronald Reagan and the son of Milton Friedman, the monetarist economist, have in common? They are all Obamacons: conservatives, Republicans and free market champions who support Barack Obama, the Democratic party nominee, for president. The Obama campaign has a sharp-eyed political operations team tasked with seeking out prominent endorsers “on both sides of the aisle”, according to a campaign official. It came tantalisingly close to securing one of the biggest names in politics when Colin Powell, secretary of state during President George W Bush’s first term in office, said last week that he might vote for Obama. Powell said Obama and John McCain, his Republican opponent, “have the qualifications to be president, but both of them cannot be”. He added that he would neither vote for Obama because he was African-Ameri-can nor for McCain because of his military service but for the individual who “brings the best set of tools to the problems of 21st-century America . . . regardless of party”. His argument was echoed by Peggy Noonan, a conservative commentator who wrote woundingly in The Wall Street Journal last week that: “Mr McCain is the old America, of course; Mr Obama the new.” Although she did not explicitly back either candidate, she said: “America is always looking forward, not back, it is always in search of the fresh and leaving the tired. That’s how we started.” The long war in Iraq, the curtailment of civil liberties and enhancement of executive power in the guise of fighting terror and profligate public spending by Bush and Congress have turned off a number of high-profile Republicans. Richard Nixon’s daughter Julie Nixon Eisenhower, who is married to a grandson of President Dwight Eisenhower and co-chairs her father’s presidential library, has donated the maximum $2,300 to Obama’s campaign. Susan Eisenhower, her sister-in-law, is another lifelong Republican and Obamacon. “I think everybody has different reasons but I think he’s seen as a fresh start for this country, and people like what they see,” she said. A Wall Street Journal/NBC poll showed Obama pulling into a lead of 47%-41% over McCain - a significant margin but not enough to constitute a huge postvictory bounce after Hillary Clinton’s endorsement last week. Obama officials predict more high-profile endorsements from Republicans in the weeks and months before election day on November 4. A prized catch would be Chuck Hagel, the Republican senator for Nebraska, who said last month he was “very upset” with his old friend, McCain. Hagel, who is tipped as a vice-presidential running mate for Obama by some campaign insiders, spoke almost proprietorially last month about the Illinois senator’s willingness to negotiate with Iran. “I am confident that if Obama is elected president that is the approach we will take,” he said. The Obamacons are not blindly loyal. They suspect Obama is too left-wing for their taste on matters of tax and spending and have listened with alarm to his antifree market criticism of Nafta, the North American Free Trade Agreement, in the course of an often-heated primary campaign. But their support is a useful riposte to the findings of the nonpartisan National Journal that Obama has the most liberal voting record in the Senate, a frequently repeated Republican line of attack. Bruce Bartlett, the author of Impostor, an influential critique of Bush’s overspending and “betrayal” of Reagan’s legacy, said many conservatives were attracted as much by Obama’s temperament as his policies. “He just seems like a thoughtful guy,” he said. “John McCain is not getting a lot of enthusiasm from Republicans – there is feigned enthusiasm, but there are not a lot of pure McCain Republicans out there.” Professor David Friedman describes himself as a “classic liberal”, who had a lively intellectual upbringing as the son of Milton Friedman, Margaret Thatcher’s economic guru. “I hope Obama wins,” he said. “President Bush has clearly been a disaster from the standpoint of libertarians and conservatives because he has presided over an astonishing rise in government spending.” Friedman believes Obama’s economic advisers, such as Austan Goolsbee and Jason Fur-man, a new appointee who has defended the giant Wal-Mart superstore chain for supplying cheap goods to the poor, “have new ideas about what it means to be on the left in a free market economy”. He suspects that Obama is sympathetic to school vouchers, a key demand for supporters of a free market in education, although the Illinois senator kept quiet about them while wooing Democratic activists in the primaries. Obama was clearly “uncomfortable” about compelling people to buy health insurance, Friedman noted, unlike Clinton, who attacked him mercilessly on the subject in the course of the Democratic election campaign. Friedman has also been appalled by the erosion of civil liberties under Bush and remains a harsh critic of the Iraq war. So was his father, who died in 2006 at the age of 94. “I was under the impression he was not very happy with the Bush administration and, like me, thought the Iraq war was a mistake,” he said. Jeffrey Hart, a former speechwriter for Reagan and editor of National Review, a leading conservative journal, predicted that Obama could win the election “handily”. It was time to lift the “curse” that had befallen America after Abraham Lincoln’s assassination in 1865, he argued. “I don’t regard Bush as a conservative, but as a radical and an incompetent one at that,” Hart added. “Conservatism is fact-based, prudent and com-monsensical.” Reflecting on Obama’s similarities to Reagan, he said, “Both men can give a public speech which comes over on television as if they are speaking directly to you.” Hillary Clinton, Hart added, lacked their charm: “She pushes people away.” Brink Lindsey of the Cato Institute, a libertarian free market think tank in Washington, said he was “seriously thinking of pulling the lever” for Obama in November. Although he is lukewarm about some of his policies - particularly on free trade and tax and spending - he believes that “the post-partisan, postcultural war rhetoric of Barack Obama is deeply appealing”. There is also the question of pay-back for eight years of Republican mismanagement. “There is a good chunk of people, like myself, who believe the Republicans ought to go down in flames,” he said. “They have made a complete hash of things and they deserve to pay.”

Nice call Senators! And Senator Obama, you are to be commended for ridding your presidential campaign of lobbyists and lobbyist money. Thank you for rising above the same old practices that your BULGED FACE opponent embraces even as he cackles about "change"....... http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/060...bying_bill.html June 12, 2008 Categories: John McCain Obama will co-sponsor foreign lobbying bill On a conference call with reporters, Chuck Schumer says his bill to force Americans to register for lobbying American officials abroad on behalf of foreign governments wasn't inspired by reporting on McCain campaign manager Rick Davis. He also says Obama will co-sponsor the bill, a fact of which he's "proud." “It is unacceptable that lobbyists can exploit a loophole to hide their lobbying contacts on behalf of foreign businesses and governments," Obama said in a statement. "I'd welcome John McCain to co-sponsor this legislation," Schumer said. McCain's aides declined to comment on the Times story.

DEADENDER, PLEASE DON'T BEAT YOUR WIFE INTO A BLOOD PUDDING WHEN THE PERVERSE REPUBS (INCLUDING YOUR (NON)-HERO JOHN McCAIN) GET LOOSE IN THE BOWELS COME THE NOVEMBER FLUSHINGS..........YOU DEADENDERS ARE LEGENDARY FOR FAIRY TALES FROM THE HOLY BIBICULAR TO THE "VICTORIES" IN VIETNAM AND IRAQNAM AND MANY DECENT PEOPLE LOOK UNEASY TO YOUR CULT INSTABILITIES CONCERNING HOW YOU ARE WILLING TO RESPOND TO THESE CHANGES THAT NOT SOON ENOUGH STRIP YOU FROM YOUR ABUSIVE POWER. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080614/ap_on_...2ggnda67rKWwvIE House GOP falls short on campaign cash By DAVID ESPO, AP Special Correspondent Sat Jun 14, 4:09 PM ET WASHINGTON - House rank and file Republicans are tens of millions of dollars short of meeting fundraising targets set by their own campaign committee in advance of this fall's elections, according to figures circulating among the leadership, heightening concerns inside the party about major losses in November. Most recent figures show that GOP lawmakers have brought $27 million into the coffers of the National Republican Congressional Committee in the past 17 months, far short of the target of about $58 million. Compounding the challenge, they will soon be asked to raise another $20 million or more to help candidates in selected battleground districts. Rep. Tom Cole of Oklahoma, chairman of the NRCC, provided the information recently to the leadership and to members of a newly formed committee charged with reinvigorating the campaign effort in the wake of the loss of three seats to Democrats in special elections.The AP obtained a copy of some of the documents involved in the presentations. The disclosure comes in addition to other unsettling news for Republicans, who trail Democrats badly in cash on hand and are grappling with the alleged theft of more than $700,000 by a former employee. The NRCC declined comment. Rep. John Boehner of Ohio, the party's leader in the House, is encouraging his colleagues to do more to help, a spokesman said. "Mr. Boehner's focus right now is doing everything possible to help House Republicans be successful this fall, and that includes pushing all our members to do more to help our team," said his spokesman, Kevin Smith. Republicans controlled the House for 12 years until they lost the majority in 2006. In the months since, their political position has eroded significantly, judging from polls, campaign fundraising and other factors. The result has been a private acknowledgment among lawmakers and aides alike that the GOP is highly unlikely to regain the majority in 2008 and will be fortunate to hold its losses to a minimum. Both parties have political committees that typically raise more than $100 million for the fall campaign. While much of the money comes from donors who receive mail or online solicitations or attend fundraising events, individual lawmakers also are expected to help. The information Cole distributed included the total each Republican has been asked by the NRCC to raise, an amount that is highest for members of the leadership and lowest for first-term lawmakers facing competitive races in the fall. Republicans who hold the senior positions on each committee — the men and women who would take over in a Republican-controlled House — are given higher assessments than more junior colleagues. The material also shows how much money individual lawmakers have brought in, either through fundraising calls to donors or from transfers from their own campaign treasury. Cole has donated or transferred $1.4 million so far, more than anyone else. Boehner, at $1.26 million, is the only other Republican to top six figures. Both men had two-year assessments of nearly $1.13 million, according to NRCC figures. Rep. David Dreier of California, who is the senior Republican on the Rules Committee, has raised more than $800,000, nearly meeting his assessment with several months remaining in the campaign. But Rep. Thaddeus McCotter of Pennsylvania, a member of the leadership, is credited with only $8,500 of nearly $950,000 he's been tasked with raising. "I've always met and exceeded whatever number they pull out of the air, and I intend to do so again," McCotter said in an interview. He said he represents a swing seat and usually takes care of his commitments to the committee later in the election year. And strikingly, Rep. Tom Davis of Virginia, who was appointed head of the committee formed after the three election defeats, has raised only $50,000 against his assessment of more than $605,000, according to NRCC figures. Davis was chairman of the NRCC while Republicans held the majority, and he recently warned in a blistering memo that the party faces a political environment that is "the worst since Watergate and far more toxic than the fall of 2006 when we lost 30 seats." Republicans concede that the perception of another impending defeat makes potential donors even less inclined to contribute. Democrats currently hold 235 seats in the House, compared to 199 for the Republicans, with one vacancy. The loss of formerly GOP held seats in Illinois, Louisiana and Mississippi in three special elections are the most dramatic demonstrations of the party's difficulties and sent shockwaves through the leadership. As a result, the new group was created, to be headed by Davis, to offer advice. Additionally, Ed Brookover, a highly respected former campaign committee aide, was recruited to return for the final months of the campaign. Compounding the problem, the committee has spent months trying to untangle the affairs of a former key staff member, Christopher Ward, who is alleged to have stolen at least $725,000 from the organization. An internal probe alleged that the former treasurer used his authority to siphon money from 2001 and 2007. The FBI is also investigating. Ward's lawyer, Ronald Machen, declined comment on the internal probe. The NRCC said it spent $500,000 to pay for the investigation and another $300,000 to upgrade its accounting operations. Overall, the NRCC, which began the election cycle with a debt of more than $10 million, showed cash on hand of $6.7 million as of April 30 in its most recent report to the Federal Election Commission. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee reported cash on hand of $45.2 million.

>>>“The American people are going to wake up tomorrow and be shocked to hear that a member of Al Qaeda has the same constitutional rights as an American citizen,” said Graham.<<< You're a Bush DEADENDER Grahamsy. Decent Americans with a BRAIN know that the USA is a FRAUD unless EVERY human being on the planet has the same constitutional rights as an American citizen!!!