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Subject: Is it just me, or.....

Dear Buzz,

Is it just me, or is every mother who kills her kids these days a "Christian" nutcase?

Accused mother described as gentle soul (AP/Seattle PI)

Just asking....

Mike in Spokane

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Subject: CIA Leak Investigation

The news reports of the ongoing CIA leak investigation have been surprisingly absent from our national media coverage. This brings to mind certain questions in that the last news report I saw several months ago reported that at least 10 reporters were being charged with contempt of court unless they revealed their anonymous sources of the "leak" inside the Bush administration. Some are facing up to 18 months in prison.

Our national security was compromised at the highest levels of our government when the identity of an undercover CIA operative was published to silence Joe Wilson's objections to the Iraq invasion.

The seriousness of the charges coupled with the important debate of a free press vs. national security is of great concern to me. The implications that the Bush administration so recklessly compromised our national security places our democracy at risk not to mention that this country will suffer a great embarrassment on the world stage which will undermine our credibility.

I am appalled that more journalists aren't interested in the outcome of this investigation as it could become a matter of spies being protected by the very press shield laws that now protect anonymous sources and journalists from prosecution.

Brian Stettler
Tampa, Florida

[BuzzFlash Note: Maybe they're intimidated?]

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Subject: Kerry felled by Invisible 1-2 punch!

John Kerry, much like boxer Sonny Liston, was dropped to the canvass in Fl. by an "invisible" 1-2 punch. Most boxing aficionados believe the Clay-Liston bout was fixed. Liston took the dive -- and gave away the heavyweight championship to a young Cassius Clay, the latter day Muhammad Ali. Most political experts -- off the record -- believe Kerry took the dive into political oblivion. Like Liston, Kerry seemed all too ready to call it quits. No murmur from JFK about results from rural Florida that seemed to indicate that a whole lot of 1-2 or double punching was going on in punch card polling stations in the hillbilly/Bible Belt strongholds of the Sunshine State.

Examples:

1) Bay County: Bush gains 2,172 votes from '00 while Kerry gets 212 less votes than Al Gore. Bay County had a voter turnout of only 9,918 votes.

2) In Holmes County: Bush receives 6410 votes (+ 1,402 from '00), while "Sonny" Kerry loses 267 votes from Gore's tally in '00. Total turnout in Holmes was only 8210.

Then there is the outstanding issue of 232,000 more Fl. "voters" casting a ballot for President than showed up to vote.

I did a little experiment to see if the entire state of FL. had been gripped with Bush Fever. I focused on three counties in the state whose '00 results most closely matched the Fl. '00 statewide vote, Bush 48% Gore 48%. Pollsters call these jurisdictions bellwether counties. If there were to be any areas of Fl. that would demonstrate actual Bushmania--rather than "E-Voting, Opti-scan or double-punching" Bushmania--it would be found in these counties.

Result: An ever slightly more Bush-friendly climate.

1) In small Madison County, the Bush/Gore race was Bush 49%, Gore 49%. In '04, Bush 51% Kerry 49%.

2) In slightly larger Monroe County, Gore bested Bush 49%-47%. In '04, Kerry 50%, Bush 49%.

3) In very large Orange County, Gore defeated Bush 50%-48%. In '04, Kerry defeated Bush 50%-49%.

Now let's check in on 2 Counties where "ghost voting" was most prevalent: 1) In Volusia County, Gore defeated Bush 53%-45%. In '04, Kerry squeaked by, 51%-49%. A Red Margin swing of + 6.

2) In Osceola County Gore defeated Bush 51%-47%. In '04, Bush defeated Kerry 53%-47%. A Red Margin swing of 10%!

Most of the Ghost Vote is found in Palm Beach (90,774) and Miami-Dade (51,979). "Coincidentally," they form 2 parts of Kerry's (alleged) Big 3 County strategy--the other being Broward County. Broward was not spared the sword of Bush. They were attacked by different means--like those 58, 000 "lost" absentee ballots, etc.

On 3 November, shocked Fl. Democrats could not understand how Bush kept pace with Kerry gains in the Big 3. Now we know, or as they used to say in the golden days of radio, ONLY THE SHADOW KNOWS.

Brad F.

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Subject: Show me what democracy looks like

The Ukraine has showed us what democracy looks like. A questionable election day outcome, where only 1-3% of the popular vote separated the candidates, and the results were at odds with exit polling, has brought tens of thousands of citizens out to protest. The protestors have been camped out in the capital of the Ukraine, Kiev, for some 10+ days. I wonder if they got the appropriate permits....

Read it with the links at http://thesquidsink.blogspot.com/

dave

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Subject: Re Social Insecurity

The problem of Social Security may be the worst one affecting every individual in the next several years. The security and health care of increasing numbers of elderly may become a burden too heavy to bear. Placing part of payroll taxes into stocks will not help those retiring in the next few years, and will likely cause a faster reduction in the trust fund.
The "voodoo economics" of the Bush administration are ensuring a fiscal crisis of gigantic proportions, including inflation and currency devaluation.

Social Insecurity/Attention recent grads: Your parents are charging your future. (The Village Voice)

RB

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Subject: Big phony thank you

I must agree with Tom’s comment in the 12/2 mailbag on Bush thanking the Canadians for their efforts after all commercial jets were grounded on 9/11. How hypocritical of a person who presided over one of the worst attacks on America to thank the Canadians THREE years later. I watched the clown’s speech live and screamed at the TV when the imbecile
proudly thanked the Canadians. He is truly the armpit of the world!

I noticed many Buzzers personally thanked the Canadians within weeks of finding out about their kind gestures, but hey, when you’re the illegal prez, you can thank people as late as you want, especially when you’re a phony. I hope all Canadians saw this clown for what he really is.

Cathy

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I've always thought of the Dubya, his family, and associates as a mafia. Interesting that you refer to them as the WASP Corleones! Do you think the Bush mafia aims to replace Annan with one of their own? I've never been into conspiracy theories, but the Bush mafia seems so transparent.

Am I nuts or onto something?

Debra

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Subject: Let NBC and CBS's Lay Clergy Write Your Church Ad

Dear Crusaders of the airwaves,

When did this administration or any other administration get the right to say what churches can say in their ads?

There is absolutely no way you can be seen as anything other than what you are, which is biased.

Churches have always forbid people from the sacraments. They may let you in, but that doesn't mean they won't treat you like crap and ostracize you later.

Every Southern Baptist Church I ever went to had closed communion for the Lord's Supper, which meant you weren't supposed to participate if you weren't a member of that local church. In a large church you could get by with it.

The idea that CBS or NBC are somehow the watchdogs of church propriety is absurd. There is not one minute of that ad that is offensive. There are plenty of churches that, while saying everyone is welcome, make it very plain that certain people are not welcome.

The problem is you apparently do not want gays to feel welcome anywhere unless they like being told they are going to hell and that their sins are worse than everyone else's. You are welcome only if you behave the way they want you to behave.

This is just about as outrageous as you can get. The day I need CBS or NBC to give me a lesson in church ethics will be the day we all wear parkas in July. This is pure and simply a pandering to the White House, where they take from the poor to give to the rich and the rich never have enough.

The Bush administration can't even spell morality, much less define it. CBS and NBC are allowing a slaughter in Iraq and won't even report on it.

Karen Webb
Moore, Ok.

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Subject: Kerry

Dear Buzz,

Just an observation......I myself have stated among others, that John Kerry conceded way to early. But upon thinking about that, I realize that Kerry did not say anything about possible fraud because you and I know that the self righteous Repugs would have been crying foul for weeks on end, and being that John Kerry has more class in his little
finger than that slimy, beady eyed, pencil neck, deserting smirk-faced retard in the White House, I think that's why he backed out so quietly.  Kerry has class and that should say
something in itself.

Another thing...the reason we didn't win is that Democrats don't play dirty like the Repugs do. I know if the Democrats acted like pit bulls and didn't let up, the Repugs would by far back down. They'd have to. But being that Democrats are acting so wishy washy, no wonder the Repugs are like pit bulls at a dog fight! The object here is not to back down! Like right now I don't hear of any mass demonstrations going on, or many law suits. Quit heeling like some mangy dog and get out there and fight as if your life depends on it...which it does! Get down and dirty, and watch the Repugs raise their eyebrows at us for a change...just a thought.

A Loyal Buzz Fan Forever!

Sharon Carlton
Bellevue, Nebraska

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Subject: The Bush Moralistic Conservative Republicans . . .

BuzzFlash,

Well, if people had any doubt as to what Bush thinks we should do with our "old forests," the name of his 2 million dollar yacht (Sequoia) should give them a hint.

See this from the League of Conservation Voters:

Congress Approves $8.08 Billion for EPA, First Budget Cut in Recent Years

They didn't purchase this before the election. Why anyone voted for these criminals, I will never understand, even if they had never heard of the other candidate, their pillage, stealing from our government, robbing the poor to pay off the wealthy, and the poor are more worried about two gay people living together or a woman having control over her own body. Do people really think Bush cares about any of those things . . . no, easy answer. Bush cares about Bush.

I also don't hear him talking too much about the carnage in Iraq, a Country that I think he should have to walk the whole of it to see what he has done because of his lies.

If Bush never has to pay for these crimes then there is no justice in this world. None.

Thanks BuzzFlash,

Shirley Smith

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Subject: Worst President EVER

Well, I guess I’m ready now to remove the John Kerry bumper stickers from my car. I had never put political bumper stickers on my car before, and I’m kind of sorry to see them go. Right after the election, though, I wanted to rip them off out of frustration, anger, and even a little embarrassment. But I am no longer embarrassed in the slightest. I am proud that I voted for Kerry and a better America! The people driving around with Bush stickers are the ones who should be ashamed of themselves!

But now the time has come for the election to be officially stolen and declared over. Kerry will then officially be electoral toast. But now I want a replacement sticker. I want something anti-Bush. Something funny, maybe? Here’s what I want:

I want the face of Comic Book Guy and the words, “Worst President Ever!”

I know some of you know what I mean.

Please let me know where I can find one or how I can make one myself.

Thank you! Stay positive in the face of evil! We shall overcome!

History and the world are on our side!

Joseph Luna

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Subject: MOVE ON !

The election is OVER. Move us forward! BuzzFlash is playing into GOP hands by re hashing Ken Starr for Christ sakes. So much is happening NOW. Rome is burning ! Let's put out the fire together! ROCK AND ROLL! NOW!!!!!!!!!

Donna Menke

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Subject: Regarding "Axis of Evil"

Axis of Evil Deconstructs the President's Catchphrase and Illuminates the Manipulation of Truth, Language and the Media

Although all of this sounds extraordinarily interesting and was a great read, I think there is too much emphasis and speculation on the phrase. If you'll remember a visit to S. Korea early in the Bush Administration, he referred to the two Axes displayed in the 'Peace Museum' in N. Korea which were used by the N. Korean soldiers to kill the two U.S. Soldiers as 'Axes of Evil'. His speech writer thought it'd be a great idea to reference this thought into his State of the Union Speech, only switching a vowel. I caught this while watching the speech and thought, 'You Cads'.

So, an offhand remark with a completely different meaning has become major Foreign Policy, and everyone just let it happen. Seems to be the norm these days.

Thank you.

Jennifer Babb
Illinois

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Subject: mailbag.....12/2/04

To a few contacts in this bag...

SB, I am in total agreement with everything you say!

To Bob Lambert....Yeah, I am with you, too, I am sick to death right now of every
yellow bellied democrat on television. Including the wonderful "egg smashing on his face
of Carville"...he who I would never have thought would sell out...on Meet the Press with
his right winger wife, of all people...when asked about the election...and his prediction
that Kerry would get 52% to Bush's 47%...he was likely right...but, could never fight
for his right to be right! I was embarrassed...and of course...Russert laughed and Mary
said, "Oh, that's why I love this man!" I say...."Disgusting"!!

Dems have dropped to a new low...so maybe true, there is nothing we can do about it
this country is now on lock down...at least that is the way I see it. We can all do our
parts...at least things that give us satisfaction. You, Bob, are right about Carville,
Hilary Clinton, all all the wussy democrats who have sold out to the other side...Kerry
is the worst...Edwards is pissed at him...and I do not blame him.

I have a feeling though...that many people are going to live to regret this evil administration.

There is a sign in West County of St. Louis that says..."so many have lost their
overtime....why Mr. President?"....but, on a sign coming from the Illinois side...there is
a sign that I do not understand and plan to do whatever I can to get it explained.
The sign coming off the ramp from Interstate 55, as it comes into the Missouri side,
says, "The only legislation to start a draft has been by democrats."  I am not understanding that, and plan to try to find out what the meaning of it is. I understand
that a democrat and a republican...I think Hagel and maybe Durbin...have proposed an
amendment...that if the draft is reinstated....that....not one soul can get out on
a college deferment. That is the only news I have found about any kind of amendment
about the draft.

If anyone out there knows....please straighten me out...otherwise, I am going to find
out from the state of Missouri....or the city of St. Louis.

Shirley............St. Louis

PS: We do need to get our party back..the one that we had with a back bone!!!!

[BuzzFlash Note: The Chicago Trib had this today on the size of the military and recent rumors of a draft...Fears grow of military spread thin: Expanded force needed, some say.]

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Subject: Crossfire

Dear Buzz,

I wonder if anyone noticed the Liberty University sweat shirt in the audience when Jerry Foulwell and Paul Begala met Thursday evening on Crossfire. Did that explain the applause when Foulwell spoke? Did he think it was necessary to bring along his cheering section? He got that idea from George Bush, who did the same thing for the last 4 years. Always salt the audience with your rabble rousers and their cheer leaders to tell them when to whistle and shout and cheer madly.

Harold Martin
Waynesboro, PA

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Subject: Giuliani and Co-Liar Bernard Kerik getting their reward for being lying loyal soldiers.

CNN HEADLINE [updated]:

"President Bush to tap former New York police commissioner Bernard Kerik as next homeland security chief, administration officials say."

Isn’t this the same Bernard Kerik who Rudy Giuliani said seconded his now famous "Thank God George Bush is our President" statement on 9/11, while standing at the ground zero of the WTC?

Bernie got his payback for seconding the Giuliani lie more quickly than I had imagined.

And this reminds me why I’m a Democrat; because I don’t own a single pair of boots that’s tall enough to stand in this kind of Bull Sh!+ without getting it all over me.

Carolyn in Tennessee

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Subject: My letter to the Globe

Dear Boston Globe:

Brian C. Mooney writes:

Does Mooney really question the probability of GW Bush's receiving fewer votes in a Democratic stronghold than he did in 2000? Just because there were more ballots cast? Stands to reason that such a result could be attributed to a strong GOTV uprising for the very purpose of ousting Bush. And it more closely corresponds with accounts about the mood and the energy on Nov. 2, from those who were on the ground.

Mooney asserts that those doing statistical analysis believe in a "vague conspiracy" to manipulate elections on behalf of Bush and then he goes on to say such studies "have not stood up to scrutiny from academics and other analysts." Does Professor Hout know that Mooney is calling his University of California team conspiracy theorists? And where are the unnamed academics who refute the study, according to Mooney? That still leaves "other analysts" and since none of them are named, either, we can conclude Mooney is referring to himself as an analyst.

The Boston Globe might consider treating its readers to a better analyst. Might I suggest Juan Gonzalez, who in the New York Daily News, noted a similar pattern in Ohio? Only in this case, John Kerry was the one who netted fewer votes than Al Gore did in 2000, despite record turnout. In black communities, who vote overwhelmingly Democratic. Where did the extra votes go? This year, to obscure third party candidates, whose votes skyrocketed in those same precincts, compared to the last Presidential election.

Does this pass the smell test? Or is the Globe's news hound only trained to sniff out "conspiracies" when presented with facts.

Ohio tally fit for Ukraine (NY Daily News)

rs

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Subject: Check out WSJ.com - Politics & People

Unfortunately, this is more than just the fringe effort it should be. This Congress came within two votes in the House of eliminating five specific NIH grants. Dr. Chris Beyrer, a professor of epidemiology at Johns Hopkins and one of the House targets, recalls a meeting in which an NIH program director warned scientists that any NIH grant proposal that includes words like "sex" or "gay" or "prostitute" would be rejected.

Politics & People: Beware the Moral Cops (Wall Street Journal)

A BuzzFlash Reader

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Subject: liberal media...where?

It is amazing how the so called "liberal media" had no qualms with the advertising of the Vietnam Liars ads, but now has with a religious ad, which only claims that they do not discriminate against anyone and that everybody is welcome at their church. Every single commercial on the Bu$h campaign was negative and controversial, including that in which they even doctored a picture in order to show more military personnel supporting the occupier of the White House.

After reading your article:

Tell CBS & NBC That Inclusion Is Not "Too Controversial!" (People for the American Way)

my only question is WHERE IS THE LIBERAL MEDIA?

Do the airwaves no longer belong to we, the people?

just asking,

Jocelyn
Miami, Florida

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Subject: Abstinence Ed. Report from Waxman

Sirs:

The NY Times had a disturbing story this morning about Henry Waxman's new report that cites gross inaccuracies in abstinence-only educational curricula. It took a while, even using Google (and isn't that strange), but I found the text in .pdf. It is attached. You may well have seen the story, but in case you didn't find the report, I think the issue is troubling. As a high-school teacher, I can tell you that I have little regard for the efficacy of such a curriculum.

Randy Fritz

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Subject: UCC ad

Dear BuzzFlash,

Thank you for including the links concerning the UCC ad campaign. I belong to a 277 year old UCC church a block away from the new Constitution museum in Philly. It is getting more apparent that the museum was needed as a monument to something that is now gone. Thank you in helping out with our fight for religious freedom and freedom of speech.

Keith

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Subject: Miami Herald Suspends Bush PR Stunt in Suwannee County

The Miami Herald stopped their recount of Suwannee County, Fl. with nearly 60% of the votes recounted when it was becoming obvious they would be forced to write the following headline: "Kerry makes 1200 vote gain over Bush way down upon the Suwanee River" .... They stopped their "investigation" and sneakily claimed that the vote Count in this county was basically in line with the official vote." NOT TRUE.

Miami Herald hand recount of 3 Florida counties indicates significant Kerry gain (Independent Media TV)

Review finds Fla. counties voted for Bush  (AP/Independent Media TV)

CNN and other pro-Bush outlets fobbed off this scam on the public. This county, along with 10 other northern counties investigated, was cited for possible pro GOP vote scamming four years ago in the Online Journal Special Report: "Bush's fifth ace: A crooked Panhandle" by Elizabeth Jordan and Oliver Dawshed.

Brad F.

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Subject: Hey BuzzFlash- Editorial Suggestion- No Confidence Resignations

Someone might find it illuminating to write and distribute a piece on the similarity between the current Cabinet resignations and the "No Confidence Votes" or resignations from parliamentary governments.... and

ALSO: Draw the analogy to the current Ukraine changes with Government Officials; Institutions like Supreme Court, Parliament, and News Media Outlets, and the Public-- defecting publicly--

And taking a stand- literally- in the Public Square. Very "Carpe Diem- Captain My Captain, Dead Poet Society Kind of Courage"

The Right Stuff, eh! Let's Multiple and Amplify-- and Have A New Crescendo of Enlightenment as we Birth into the 21st Century!

People of Conscience Are Admirably Stepping Down and Stepping Out -- All over the World-- From Doctors at the FDA to Journalists in the Ukraine. And Putin is Calling the US Foreign Policy Dictatorial! Let Freedom Ring!

Robert A.

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Subject: When will the Bush Twins begin their careers?

Does anybody have any information about when the two Bush twins will begin their jobs now that the campaign is over? I seem to recall that the one will be helping AIDS babies in Africa and the other will be teaching poor children in inner city schools in New York City. Which twin was going to Africa I can't remember. I am not holding my breath waiting for this to materialize.

BuzzFlash Addict

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Subject: Ukraine LTE or commentary or correction

Think France, Germany, Italy and 99% of the rest of the world, other than "The" US. You would never put "The" in front of those countries.

Ditto Ukraine. It is just Ukraine. Not The Ukraine. Are we perhaps in a USSR holdover trying to put "The" in front of it?

Please help educate Americans on this. Saw "The Ukraine" on the Washington Journal on C-Span this morning. Saw it on your election cartoon. Cringed both times.

Here's to Ukraine free of Bush influence on its elections!

Christy Day
Amherst, NH

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Subject: Kofi Annan....(To THE NEW YORK TIMES)

Annan is teetering on his pedestal (Warren Hoge, NY Times/Int'l Herald Tribune)

I find this article typical of U.S. media and the current administration. Because Kofi Annan has the ability to see the world from a much broader perspective, and disagrees with the U.S. over its policies, he is being discredited. The oil for food business has little to do with any of this. It does, however, serve as a great excuse for the media and the administration to misrepresent Mr. Annan. Anyone who disagrees with the current administration, is currently being painted similarly. This is disgusting, to me, as an American. I find it contradictory to our very democracy.

It is well past time that you, in the media, quit sidling up to this disreputable administration. The attacks being made against Mr. Annan demonstrate clearly the very same meanness of spirit that Bush displayed via the Swift Boat Veterans against John Kerry. Anyone with half a mind, can see how this same game is played over and over...while the media acts as if it knows nothing...and then determines a way to side with the president regardless of whether he is right or wrong. How many times have you kowtowed to this administration when you knew that it was wrong. You, gentlepersons, are not doing your jobs. Forget journalism, you folks can't even distinguish between right and wrong anymore. You are doing a disservice to the American public by continually allowing this administration to carry on with absolutely no responsibility or accountability.

I belive Mr. Annan to be a person of complete and unvarnished integrity. The latter is something that you in the media, and the current administration, will be hard-pressed to find. It should also come as no surprise, that this entire affair reeks of an institutional racism, which only the most naive in this country would deny.

With all due disgust,

Frank X. Kleshinski
Jeannette, PA

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Subject: Gestapo...where's the outrage

If no one knows about what the Bush Cartel is up to, because the mass media never report it or, heaven forbid, question anything they do, then how the hell can there be "outrage"?!?

Just asking.

D.J. Zaido

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Subject: How They spent Their Days

George W. Bush's day yesterday:
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tm pl=story...

Karl Rove & Condi Rice's day yesterday:
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story...

John Kerry's day yesterday:
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story...

Mark Cashman
Yonkers, NY

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