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Looks like Iraq and Iran will lead the show tonight...No, they're not at war
again...Iranian President Mohammad Khatami was in Afghanistan and was taking shots at
President Bush over 9/11...We'll take a look plus veteran journalist Peter Arnett will
join us to discuss the latest on Iraq...Bill Gertz has a smokin' piece in the
Washington Times today...He's on vacation and not available but we'll throw the MIddle
East Forum's Daniel Pipes in A plus another guest tbd...
Jesse Jackson will join us tonight to discuss his upcoming March on Washington...He'll
be protesting the Bush administration (surprise, surprise)...We'll find out why...
The D Block debate will be on the sacredness of 9/11...Should there be a national
holiday commemorating the attack? Lawrence O'Donnell says No...
The buzz will be Ann Coulter and Ed Rendall...Issues floating in my Buzz ether: Latest
Gallup numbers, Bush economic summit, Iraq, McAuliffe's comments...
As you can see, we got a lot of stuff up in the air...Join us tonight and I promise
you won't be disappointed...Dominic
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Fun Hillary News...
Page Six: An uninhibited aide to Sen. Hillary Clinton was thrown out of the
Ritz-Carlton in Battery Park City the other night after stripping down to her bra in
the hotel bar. http://pagesix.com/pagesix/pagesix.htm
Fun Celebrity News...
Susan Sarandon blasts George W...Susan Sarandon has added her voice to the growing
chorus of celebs who are criticizing George Bush post-9/11. Jeannette Walls Delivers
The Scoop.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/793729.asp
Gertz: U.S. intelligence agencies spotted activity at an Iraqi factory last week that
is increasing fears that Saddam Hussein is advancing his germ-weapons program, The
Washington Times has learned.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20020814-70344777.htm
President Mohammad Khatami, on the first visit to Afghanistan by an Iranian head of
state in four decades, said Tuesday that the United States had created a "war-like"
atmosphere throughout the world since Sept. 11. (The New York Times)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20020813/wl_nm/afghan_iran_dc_5
Iran enabling al Qaeda...Iran is allowing al Qaeda terrorists to cross its borders
from neighboring Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said yesterday.
(AP) http://washingtontimes.com/national/20020814-81797281.htm
Smucker: Arab anger limits US battle strategy...Arab allies - including Egypt, Jordan
and Saudi Arabia - are increasingly critical of US plans for attacking Iraq.
http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0814/p01s04-wome.html
Global warmth for U.S. after 9/11 turns to frost Military plans repulse even European
allies (USA Today) http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20020814/4358473s.htm
Nevada voters evenly split on pot issue (Reno Gazette Journal)
http://www.rgj.com/news/stories/html/2002/08/04/20879.php
President Bush takes his prescriptions for the ailing U.S. economy on a two-day
Midwestern road trip on Wednesday and will raise money for Republican candidates in
November mid-term elections. (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=544&ncid=703&e=1&u=/ap/20020814/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_3
Security for George W. Bush's visit to the Iowa State Fair will be much tighter today
than it was in 1954, when Dwight Eisenhower paid the first visit to the event by an
American president. (Des Moines Register)
http://www.dmregister.com/news/stories/c4788998/18958664.html
The Republican campaign committees overseeing contests for the Senate and the House
announced Wednesday they won't be doing any political ads on Sept. 11, joining their
Democratic counterparts who announced a similar decision earlier in the week. (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=548&ncid=703&e=3&u=/ap/20020814/ap_on_el_ge/politics_sept_11_2
A shocking new poll shows Al Sharpton looms as a player in Democratic presidential
politics who could become the new Jesse Jackson, although Al Gore remains the favorite
by a mile. (NY Post) http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/54730.htm
Republicans are hoping to spoil Rep. Richard A. Gephardt's campaign swing through Iowa
this week with a new radio ad charging the House Democrats' leader tried to foil
Iowans' attempt to get better Medicare reimbursement rates for their hospitals. (The
Washington Times) http://washingtontimes.com/national/20020814-82173.htm
Slavery-reparations supporters from all over the country will converge on the National
Mall this weekend, seeking trillions of dollars from the public treasury. (The
Washington Times) http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20020814-85796766.htm
Companies take SEC filing down to wire...As Wednesday's 5 p.m. EDT deadline approaches
for chief executives and chief financial officers to swear to their companies'
accounting accuracy, some companies are taking the decision down to the wire.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/793844.asp
Ben Stein goes bye-bye: Comedy Central suits have pulled the plug on the long-running
quiz-show featuring know-it-all Ben Stein, a comic actor and former speech writer for
Richard Nixon, and a triumvirate of co-hosts, including ABC's future late-night star,
Jimmy Kimmel (NY Post) http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/54766.htm
Other Views: Politics magnifies corporate scandals (Chicago Sun Times)
http://www.suntimes.com/output/otherviews/cst-edt-laney14.html
"If (Fox News chief) Roger Ailes judged O'Reilly after four weeks, O'Reilly would be
selling hot dogs in Times Square" -- MSNBC "prime time chief" Phil Griffin on
"Donahue"'s falling ratings (NY Daily News)
http://www.nydailynews.com/business/story/10651p-10040c.html
Must Read: The Art of the Leak (NY Observer)
http://www.observer.com/pages/offtherec.asp
Lloyd Grove: Grieving relatives of American students killed in the July 31 bomb attack
at Israel's Hebrew University are upset that they haven't heard from President Bush or
anyone else at the White House.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14736-2002Aug13.html
Opinion/Editorial
Bush's fake forum...The President's Economic Forum was advertised as an exchange
between Bush and the public; instead, Cabinet members and corporate execs did most of
the talking, writes Will Saletan in Slate
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/793684.asp
Kelly: Properly provoked http://www.jewishworldreview.com/michael/kelly.html
Parker: What has soft-core pornographer Eszterhas been smoking?
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/kathleen/parker.html
Taranto: The New Red Scare...Is America in danger of "creeping totalitarianism"? No.
There's no such thing.
http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110002127
Du Pont: Hello, Larry?...President Bush needs a growth agenda--fast.
http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/pdupont/?id=110002125
Blankley: War comes closer...A period of 'measureless peril� could be in the offing
http://washingtontimes.com/op-ed/blankley.htm
Bowyer: Analyze This...Most of the corporate misdeeds happened on Clinton's watch.
http://www.nationalreview.com/nrof_comment/comment-bowyer081302.asp
Limbaugh: More venom from Terry McAuliffe and his party
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/david/limbaugh.html
Etzioni: Why Martha 'needs' more http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0813/p09s02-coop.html
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