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August 10 , 2005

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When there's a bully in the White House, it brings out the bullies in the woodwork! What we thought was an unacceptable intolerable horribly shameful time in past history has re-emerged. Cross burnings are resurfacing around the country, with little negative reaction, what comes next in this age old repertoire of heinous hate crimes? I am appalled and deeply ashamed that we are now reliving intolerable atrocities with such little regard. I am disgusted that nothing more than "investigating" is taking place. Arrest and conviction should be the headlines!

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Now that's a concept, create a network of "sources" to whisper into the ears of reporters whatever fabrications you want published. You then have a number of "sources" to corroborate whatever tale you want to reach the eyes and ears of the public. Have Congress establish a shield law designed to protect the "reporters," but in effect it actually protects the liars who would weave whatever tale necessary to further the crimes of a power hungry, greedy, administration that doesn't really give a tinker's damn about the public in general!!! 

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Cruella is back and it's deja vu all over again! And just who is she emulating with, "an extended listening tour"? You guessed it, Hillary Clinton, I guess Katherine figures if it worked for Hill, then it should work for her! One can only hope the Floridians will win out over the "crackers" way down south when they go to the polls! But with "touch-screen" voting and Democrats more than willing to concede, who really believes Harris will lose?

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Recess appointments made at the request of a certain Senator is a sure sign of "absolute power corrupting absolutely." And some thought we still lived in a democracy!! The Repuglican party, drunk on their own power, is making sure the two-party system of government is in the dumpster! As long as the Democrats see fit to sit silently by, we the people no longer matter, we are no longer important to those who rule the government in these United States of America!

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In reviewing yesterday's news transcripts, I came to the realization: the blitz is on for another preemptive invasion. All the news coming out of the Middle-East is Iran, Iran, and more Iran! "Nuclear crisis," "arming the enemy," "blocking Iran," "Iranians defiant," "If Iran is truly determined to develop nuclear weapons, there seems little diplomacy can do to prevent it." Etc. etc. etc. Sounds like we're building a crescendo for another "shock and awe" in the Middle-East only this time the plan is to go nuclear! Prudence and restraint are certainly not virtues for the current administration, so disaster may very well be in our future. I continue to remember that line in "Hunt for Red October," "You arrogant ass, you've killed us"!!!

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"MESERVE: Military sources have confirmed to CNN that they are drawing up specific plans for homeland defense, how to deal with scenarios involving chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear weapons. The head of Northern Command, which coordinates military involvement in homeland security, says it's simply another part of the job." Sounds more like a precursor to martial law to me! It's called getting your ducks in a row for a coup d'etat to seize the country!

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Seems as though I'm not the only one who believes this administration either allowed 9-11 to happen in their efforts to garner support for an invasion in the Middle-East, or even worse, orchestrated the horrific tragedy!!  Simple logic tells us that when something has been in the planning stages for years, and several of those who developed and/or supported the plan find themselves in a positions of power, and all they need now is the full support of the country to carry out that plan, what exactly do you think will come next???

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What is this country coming to, when the populace is warned not to look out their windows because the president is driving by! Since when is it acceptable in America that citizens are "warned not to look out their windows" because the president is passing by? What's next, the prone position on your belly with your nose in the dirt so as not to offend the moron by looking at him? This sounds like some archaic edict when the masses were forbidden to look at royalty and I'm here to tell you, there's nothing royal about George Bush other than he's a royal pain in the ass! What was that they were saying about "brave and bold"? Cowardly bully afraid to look truth in the face would be the better descriptor!!!

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"The Choking Game" is a form of carotid massage, which means compressing the carotid arteries on both sides of the neck and stopping the flow of blood to the brain; it will cause the heart rate to drop and even worse, stop, thus death results.  Once had a guy brought in by ambulance to the ER, 6'1'', who committed suicide by hanging himself in the shower---a feat which some did not understand, how could a guy that tall hang himself on the shower nozzle while his feet were still on the floor, well folks he stopped the flow of blood to the brain, stopped his heart beat, and brought on death by applying pressure to both sides of his neck!!! This is not a game; it is a sure way to die!!!

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