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Anti-Bush Protests
Bill Clinton Raises $3.5 Million for Democrats in Harlem
Pennsylvania Gains 66,000 Democrats
DNC Launches 'Every Vote Counts' Voter Registration Drive
Carville Reads Letter from Democrats.com Member Sam Park
Katherine Harris Lies Again - This Time About Getting Respect from Democrats
E-mail Reveals Bush Administration's Fascist Fantasies
RED ALERT: Bush Plans Massive Invasion of Iraq WITHOUT CONGRESSIONAL DECLARATION OF
WAR - We Must Elect a Democratic Congress to Impeach Bush!
Commander-in-Thief George W. Bush was AWOL
Bu$h Struggles with 'Foreign Policy Stuff' - and Puts Us All at Risk
Saudi Prince Sees More than One Turkey on His Trip to Crawford
Mike Ruppert Argues the Bush Administration Could Have Prevented 9-11
It's (Nearly) Unanimous: Folks Want a 9-11 Investigation
Bu$h Caught Lying About His CO2 Policy Reversal - We Demand His Impeachment!
Bu$h Rule Will Let Coal Miners Fill Valleys and Streams With Debris
Jeb's Education Ad Gets 'F' for Fraud
Fritz Hollings Denounces 'Fast Track'
Starting Saturday, the Government is Free!
YOUR Tax Dollars Promote Evangelical Christian Group
'The Conservative Comedy Club'
__Anti-Bush Protests
On 4/29, protest Bush in Los Angeles and Albuquerque, NM. On 4/30, protest Bush in
Foster City, CA. On 5/1, protest Injustice Kennedy in Boston, MA.
http://legitgov.org/action.html
__Bill Clinton Raises $3.5 Million for Democrats in Harlem
"It was showtime at the Apollo last night, but Bill Clinton left his saxophone home.
Still, he brought the house down by introducing Michael Jackson, who performed three
songs that had the crowd at the star-studded Democratic National Committee fund-raiser
snapping their fingers. Jackson's gig ended with wild applause and a shower of blue,
purple and gold confetti that covered the audience of 1,400 in the packed Harlem
landmark. Among others who performed were Tony Bennett, k.d. lang, Reuben Blades and
the Harlem Boys Choir. But the sweetest sounds might have been those from the cash
register. Organizers said "A Night at the Apollo" raised an estimated $2.7 million for
voter education and registration drives aimed particularly at minorities. Rep. Charles
Rangel (D-Harlem) drew cheers when he hailed Clinton as "the last elected president of
the U.S." and said, "It is our job to say we're not getting over Florida." So reports
the NY Daily News.
http://www.nydailynews.com/2002-04-25/News_and_Views/City_Beat/a-148808.asp
__Pennsylvania Gains 66,000 Democrats
"A southeastern Pennsylvania voter registration drive has added more than 66,000
Democrats in former Philadelphia Mayor Ed Rendell's back yard. Rendell, facing a
Democratic gubernatorial primary battle with Auditor General Bob Casey Jr., has openly
wooed Republicans and independents... Final voter registration figures will not be
available until next week, but most of the state's largest counties provided
unofficial estimates yesterday. They showed southeastern Democratic Party gains that
appeared to easily outpace those of the rest of the state. In Philadelphia,
Montgomery, Delaware and Bucks counties, nearly 17,000 voters switched their party
registration to Democratic for this primary. At least 49,000 more voters enrolled as
Democrats in those counties since November. Montgomery County led with a net
Democratic switchover gain of 6,048 voters. Philadelphia had 5,000 switchover
Democrats and registered 38,661 new Democrats." You go, Democrats!
http://www.pennlive.com/news/patriotnews/index.ssf?/xml/story.ssf/html_standard.xsl?/base/news/10198135312093358.xml
__DNC Launches 'Every Vote Counts' Voter Registration Drive
Newsday reports, "Democrats Wednesday kicked off a national voter registration drive
in Manhattan and urged voters not to forget the outcome of the 2000 presidential
election. 'This country belongs to you, but you have to claim it,' Clinton told the
cheering crowd gathered outside of New York University for the noontime rally. 'We
would win big for our side if all of you voted.' The Democratic kickoff of 'Every Vote
Counts' is part of a national effort to court people of color, particularly African
Americans and Latinos, who could be key to Democrats taking control of the House and
the Senate this fall. Across the country, Democrats also launched voter registration
drives at immigration and naturalization ceremonies and historically black colleges...
'It helps a lot (with Clinton) coming because it shows you that your right to vote is
important,' said [NYU Sophomore Anna Martin, 20] a Dramatic Writing major. 'It also
makes it a lot easier…to register and get out and vote.'"
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/newyork/ny-dnc0424.story?coll=ny%2Dnynews%2Dheadlines
__Carville Reads Letter from Democrats.com Member Sam Park
Letters from Democrats.com members are getting results! Here's an exchange from
Crossfire on 4-25-02. "CARVILLE: 'I understand the GOP elite has sent out the word for
top GOP leaders to stay off CROSSFIRE because they can't stand the heat. Waaaa! Da
wittle cry babies.' Sam Park, Van Nuys, California. I tell you something, Sam, about
these people. They can give it, but can't take it. And I found out something about
this right-wing crowd. They all got glass jaws. The good ones that come over here...
CARLSON: They all come on here. And I must say, to think that they're going to be
ignoring to be... CARVILLE: Why is Marc Racicot telling -- he's the chairman of the
Republican party! CARLSON: That is absolutely... CARVILLE: He's a weenie. From the
left, I'm James Carville." Congratulations to Sam Park!
http://www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0204/25/cf.00.html
__Katherine Harris Lies Again - This Time About Getting Respect from Democrats
Katherine Harris, a candidate for the 13th Congressional District from Florida, paid
for a 30-second television ad in Sarasota and Manatee counties. "It makes an oblique
reference to her role in the November 2000 election controversy, using a quotation
from an ABCNEWS broadcast about a 'standing ovation … from members of both parties,'
accompanied by a narrator who says, 'she was honored for her work, respected by
Democrats and Republicans alike.' But the 'respected by Democrats' line drew a sharp
response from members of that party. 'The only way that Katherine Harris can get votes
from Democrats is if she's counting the votes herself,' said Kim Rubey, spokesperson
for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. 'She has a host of
vulnerabilities and she's stretching the truth as much as she stretched the limits of
Florida laws. So it's no wonder she's running ads so early,' Rubey said." So reports
ABC News.
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/politics/DailyNews/harris_020419.html
__E-mail Reveals Bush Administration's Fascist Fantasies
"In an e-mail message sent last year while the Bush administration was formulating a
national energy policy, a senior Energy Department official posed this question to a
lobbyist for a major natural gas interest: 'If you were king, or Il Duce, what would
you include in a national energy policy, especially with respect to natural gas
issues?' The message was sent by Joseph Kelliher, who was a political appointee in the
Energy Department. Last spring, Mr. Kelliher was a major contributor to VP Dick
Cheney's energy task force. Mr. Kelliher's invitation for input was seized by the
lobbyist, Dana Contratto, who responded with an array of pro-industry proposals. The
e-mail exchange was released on Thursday night by the Energy Department in response to
[FOIA] lawsuits brought by Judicial Watch and the Natural Resources Defense Council.
Both groups had sued the Bush administration for records about White House energy
policy." Where is the outrage from WWII veterans like Bob Dole???
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/27/politics/27ENER.html
__RED ALERT: Bush Plans Massive Invasion of Iraq WITHOUT CONGRESSIONAL DECLARATION OF
WAR - We Must Elect a Democratic Congress to Impeach Bush!
Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution gives Congress - NOT THE PRESIDENT - the
power "to declare war." But George W. Bush is openly planning to use 70,000 to 250,000
American troops to INVADE IRAQ - WITHOUT A DECLARATION OF WAR! Has Bush simply
scrubbed the Constitution??? Call your Senators and Representatives (202-224-3121) and
demand immediate hearings on Bush's ILLEGAL plan to invade Iraq. And get busy
registering every young voter in America who will be sent to fight and die in Iraq to
make Bush's oil and weapons puppeteers infinitely richer. We must sweep ALL
Republicans out of office in November, and sweep in a Democratic Congress that will
IMPEACH GEORGE BUSH.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/28/international/middleeast/28MILI.html
__Commander-in-Thief George W. Bush was AWOL
Even prior to the 2000 "election", reports started to surface questioning the
legitimacy of George W. Bush's military records. Articles appeared in the Boston Globe
and the London Sunday Times, stating that Air National Guard Commanding Officer Bill
L. Burkett LTC (ret) and others alleged that the military records of the Gov. of Texas
had been "cleansed." Of particular interest was the fact that Bush reportedly refused
a physical and a drug test, which prompted disciplinary action in the form of
"Obligated Reserve Unit punishment detail." It is further alleged that there is no
evidence that Bush ever showed up to fulfill his obligation to our military between
1972 to 1973 and was therefore AWOL. A website called www.talion.com has chronicled
the story and is presenting what they claim are photocopies of government documents
which prove the allegations against Bush. (Scroll near the bottom to view linked
photocopies.)
http://www.talion.com/georgebush.html
__Bu$h Struggles with 'Foreign Policy Stuff' - and Puts Us All at Risk
Simon Tisdall writes in the UK Guardian, "Mr Bush repeated his hegemoniacal mantra
that, in the battle against global terrorism, 'nations must choose - they are with us,
or they're with the terrorists'... And he warned that the US would readily resort to
military means to 'defeat the threats against our country and the civilised world' --
without identifying the 'uncivilised' bits. There was a time, not so long ago, when
this sort of language from an American political leader would be discounted abroad as
mere demagoguery, aimed perhaps at winning an election. The problem... is that Mr Bush
really believes this stuff. It may... be counter-productive, having the effect of
alienating and alarming friendly countries and antagonising potential enemies. To
non-American ears, it certainly sounds arrogant and foolish in the extreme. But it has
become the 'Bush doctrine' and as such, it is official US policy, and everybody has to
deal with it."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/bush/story/0,7369,691138,00.html
__Saudi Prince Sees More than One Turkey on His Trip to Crawford
Every time some important world leader visits Bush's ranch, Bush's quotes in the press
make it painfully obvious that he's incapable of discussing anything more complicated
about the visit than whether or not he and the visitor use the same toothpaste or what
nifty, fun things they did together. Despite the fact that Crown Prince Abdullah came
to Crawford to discuss THE most important foreign policy issue Bush faces - the
Israeli-Palestinian conflict - it was the same drill. "He's a man who's got a farm and
he understands the land," Bush said, "and I really took great delight in being able to
drive him around in a pickup truck and showing him the trees and my favorite spots.
And we saw a wild turkey, which was good." Sounds a lot like a third grader in
show-and-tell class, doesn't it? After Abdullah left, the most cogent remarks Bush
could make were regurgitations of the same tiring, pre-programmed lines about how
Arafat must do more to stop terrorism and Sharon must pull out. Yawn.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-042602saudis.story
__Mike Ruppert Argues the Bush Administration Could Have Prevented 9-11
Former LAPD officer Mike Ruppert has studied the dark side of US foreign policy for
decades. He writes: "A dispassionate examination of existing reliable, open-source
evidence on advance warnings of the Sept. 11 attacks provides strong and sustainable
grounds to conclude the Bush Administration was in possession of sufficient advance
intelligence to have prevented the attacks, had it wished to do so. With a known
intelligence budget of approximately $30 billion, it must be assumed there are
classified files that only add to the weight of the available data presented here." He
focuses on four areas where the U.S. had advance info: "Documented warnings received
by the United States Government (USG) from foreign intelligence services; Obvious and
large scale insider stock trading in the days before the attacks; Known intelligence
successes achieved by the USG in its penetrations of Al Qaeda; and, the case of
Delmart 'Mike' Vreeland, a U.S. Naval intelligence officer jailed in Canada."
http://www.fromthewilderness.com/free/ww3/042202_bushknows.html
__It's (Nearly) Unanimous: Folks Want a 9-11 Investigation
Truthout asks, "Do you support a thorough public investigation of the events leading
up to the September 11th attacks that would include but not be limited to, what
warnings and information the executive branch of our government received about the
attacks prior to September 11th., and full disclosure of all contracts awarded to all
private entities with direct contacts to the executive branch as a result of the
attacks?" Over 99% say yes.
http://www.truthout.com/poll/911Probe.htm
__Bu$h Caught Lying About His CO2 Policy Reversal - We Demand His Impeachment!
The AP reports, "When President [sic] Bush reversed his campaign stance on regulating
carbon dioxide emissions from coal-fired power plants, he said the nation's energy
problems - not pressure from energy industry lobbyists - changed his mind. Documents
released by the Bush administration Thursday in response to a court order shed light
on the intense pressure [Bush] was under. Two weeks before Bush's decision, lobbyist
Haley Barbour virtually papered the White House, from VP Dick Cheney on down, with a
memo suggesting [Bush] must provide a sound energy policy by not taking action against
carbon dioxide. At the time, Barbour represented the interests of several energy
companies that gave substantially to Bush's campaign. 'A moment of truth is arriving,'
Barbour wrote Cheney on March 1, 2001... 'The question is whether environmental policy
still prevails over energy policy with Bush-Cheney, as it did with Clinton-Gore,'
Barbour stated." Bush lied - we demand impeachment!
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=536&ncid=703&e=4&u=/ap/20020426/ap_on_go_pr_wh/cheney_documents_2
__Bu$h Rule Will Let Coal Miners Fill Valleys and Streams With Debris
Katharine Seelye reports in the NY Times, "The Bush administration is preparing to
allow the coal mining industry to fill waterways and valleys with the rock and dirt
from mountaintop mining, particularly in West Virginia... Environmentalists oppose the
regulation, saying that filling streams and valleys destroys the ecosystem of the
waterways and forests... and is a serious rollback of the Clean Water Act. [Christie
Whitman says] 'It is not a giveaway to the mining industry -- It does not allow
activity that isn't already under way.' " Environmentalists say that the permitting
process is illegal, and has already erased more than 1,000 miles of streams in
Appalachia. Hey, Christie -- since George Bush has already stolen an election, does
that make stealing elections legal?
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/26/politics/26MINE.html
__Jeb's Education Ad Gets 'F' for Fraud
According to the Orlando Sentinel, "The Republican Party, airing costly new TV ads
touting Gov. Jeb Bush's concern for public schools, filmed its commercials in a
private Christian academy. Bush wanted to avert criticism for campaigning in a public
school, both the state GOP and the governor's campaign say, so he filmed the ads
picturing him with children at Florida Christian School near Miami. But Bush's move
has only invited criticism from Democrats challenging his commitment to public
education. 'The only refuge for him is the private schools,' said Tony Welch, a
spokesman for the Florida Education Association teachers union, which has endorsed a
Democratic rival to Bush. 'It's so fitting. We see this ad as fantasy.'... Opinion
polling has targeted education as the runaway concern among voters, and surveys show
few voters credit Bush with improving the public schools since his election in 1998."
That's because Jeb was way too busy disenfranchising voters and stealing the
Presidency!
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/education/orl-loc-bushadd042402.story
__Fritz Hollings Denounces 'Fast Track'
"In their eagerness to move production offshore, the National Association of
Manufacturers, the Chamber of Commerce and the National Federation of Independent
Business all join in a chant of 'free trade, fast track.' The retailers who make a
bigger profit on imported goods cry 'free trade, fast track,' and newspapers, who make
money from retail advertising, editorialize for free trade. But these cries are not
really for making trade free - they are for transferring power over trade to the
executive branch and favored corporate interests. This should not be the way economic
policy works in a democracy. The Bush administration contends that trade agreements
are passing us by because the president doesn't have fast track authority. This is
baloney. During the 90's we entered into nearly 200 international commercial
agreements without fast track, including the Caribbean Basin Initiative, and
agreements with sub-Saharan Africa, Jordan and Vietnam." So writes Sen. Fritz Hollings
(D-SC).
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/25/opinion/25HOLL.html
__Starting Saturday, the Government is Free!
"Starting Saturday, the government is free. For the rest of the year, you pay nothing
for police protection. You pay nothing for the military. You pay nothing for Medicare
or Medicaid. You pay nothing to keep our rivers navigable, our air paths clear, our
highways patched. You pay nothing to keep our courts open, our campgrounds safe, our
water clean. You pay nothing to house the poor or feed the hungry or clothe the needy.
You pay nothing to finance our wars on cancer or poverty or terrorism. You pay nothing
to finance government - local or state or federal. No property taxes. No sales taxes.
No income taxes. A ridiculous statement? Sure, but it's no more ridiculous than the
reverse, which is to say that until Saturday every penny you earned this year has gone
to pay taxes. Yet that's what many conservatives will be proclaiming in news releases,
legislative speeches and newspaper articles." So writes Michael Gardner.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/comment/2002/04/24/ncguest1.htm
__YOUR Tax Dollars Promote Evangelical Christian Group
Here is one more reason why Bush's Office of Evangelical Pork (aka "Center for
Faith-Based Initiatives") should be abolished. The Center's official Web site links to
something called the "Center for Public Justice" (scroll to bottom). The Center's page
called "What Distinguishes the Center for Public Justice?" (
www.cpjustice.org/stories/storyReader$38) says this: "This approach interprets
politics as part of the unfolding drama of world history in which God's rule is being
established by the lordship of Jesus Christ." Should YOUR tax dollars support this
evangelical agenda? Call HHS at 877-696-6775 or e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.hhs.gov/faith/contacts.html
__'The Conservative Comedy Club'
Oh, these guys are too damn funny. I first heard about the "trifecta" remark a long
while ago. And to be honest, I wasn't sure if it was really true or just a wishful
rumor started by some disgruntled Democrat. The story goes, Bush made this remark to
someone in the White House days after 9/11. I figured that it sounded like something
the Brat-in-Chief would say but because I hadn't heard him say it, well, it just
sounded like another justified but malicious rumor. He wouldn't really say that, would
he?
http://www.democrats.com/view.cfm?id=6701
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