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Why does it always seem like "stress free Friday" is the most stressful day of the
week? This has been one of the toughest days in recent memory, which is why I'm so
late today...Everyone's in exotic vacation spots (The Hamptons, Martha's Vineyard,
Europe) and not returning calls...I think everyone's experiencing a little bit of the
end of summer burnout as well...Oh well, another fun day in TV lala land....
Be that as it may, we've got a rather interesting show for you tonight before you head
off for your weekend travel plans...By the way, we're not resting on Monday so you can
finish off your holiday with us that night...Larry Klayman from Judicial Watch will
lead the show with the inside deal on some of the lobbyists who comment on Iraq...Guys
like Scowcroft, Kissinger, Baker & Eagleburger consult for large companies with an
interest in the Middle East and their clients could be adversely impacted by war in
Iraq...Is that clouding their on air punditry? We'll get into with Larry and Bill
Arkin, our resident military expert..
Most of you use the internet on a daily basis for wholesome and beneficial things to
your life, like The Hardball Briefing...But tonight, we take ride a through the
underbelly of the internet, where terrorism, pornography and illegal drugs
lurk...We'll talk to Donna Rice Hughes, ex-FBI profiler Candice DeLong and Business
Week's internet editor Heather Green...
In the Friday night Matthews group panel: Jeffrey, Carney, Keene & Sharpton tackle the
hot political issues of the week: Bush's big fundraising record this week, war with
Iraq and the big question: Is the Kennedy Camelot mystique dead?
Join us...Dominic Bellone, Hardball Briefing dude...Happy Labor Day Weekend...
The Iraq debate has featured a parade of foreign policy elders from previous
Republican administrations bearing advice on Iraq. Their counsel may differ, but they
share one thing in common: business clients with ties to the region. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=519&ncid=703&e=2&u=/ap/20020829/ap_on_re_us/iraq_advice_3
The Underground Web...Drugs. Gambling. Terrorism. Child Pornography. How the Internet
makes any illegal activity more accessible than ever (Business Week)
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/02_35/b3797001.htm
Another Day, Another $1.1 Million...Bush Fundraising Swings in Okla., Ark. Help
Shatter Record (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13627-2002Aug29.html?referer=email
His numbers far surpass the $50 million Democrats estimate President Clinton and his
wife, Hillary Rodham Clinton, raised in 1994 - the run-up to his first midterm
campaign as president. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=544&ncid=703&e=1&u=/ap/20020830/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_22
The Bush administration struggled Thursday with an increasingly skeptical Congress and
international community as it tried to gain support for deposing President Saddam
Hussein of Iraq. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=544&ncid=703&e=2&u=/ap/20020830/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_iraq_96
9/11 Hijacker Boasted Thousands Would Die...One of the Sept. 11 hijackers boasted a
year and a half before the attacks that the World Trade Center would be hit and "there
will be thousands of dead," Germany's chief prosecutor said Thursday. (The Washington
Post) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13682-2002Aug29.html?referer=email
Campaign to cut al-Qaida funds stalls...A U.N. commission has concluded that, after
initial success, the U.S.-led campaign to track down and eliminate financial support
for al-Qaida has stalled, according to a report published Thursday.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/800758.asp
Iraqi exile groups opposing Saddam Hussein are divided by religion, ethnicity and
clan, with crisscrossing agendas, rival outside patrons and clashing visions for the
future of their country. (The Washington Times)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/world/20020830-29395004.htm
After weeks of pressure from its allies around the globe, America has signalled that
it may be willing after all to seek United Nations backing for a war in Iraq (London
Telegraph)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/08/30/wirq30.xml&sSheet=/portal/2002/08/30/ixport.html
WashPost: Lieberman criticizes Bush on security...Senate debate on the Homeland
Security Department could be sidetracked if the White House continues to insist on
giving the new agency unprecedented management flexibility and spending powers, Sen.
Joseph I. Lieberman, D-Conn., warned Thursday.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/801229.asp
The United States will launch its all-out attack to oust - and kill - Saddam Hussein
by Nov. 30, according to a new report. (NY Post)
Most members of a Senate committee investigating the Sept. 11 attacks have agreed to
provide the FBI with details of their contacts with reporters as part of an
investigation into leaks of classified information. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=512&ncid=703&e=3&u=/ap/20020830/ap_on_go_co/intelligence_leaks_3
Baseball talks continue into Friday...With a strike deadline looming and progress
coming in "baby steps," baseball negotiators worked nonstop into Friday morning hoping
to reach a settlement in time to avoid a walkout later in the day.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/799051.asp
Sammon: Think big, president tells students in Little Rock...President Bush yesterday
told high school students not to worry about being called "nerds" for taking
challenging classes as they return to school amid new reforms.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20020830-9300169.htm
The Bush administration overturned a Pentagon plan to restrict foreign flights in New
York and Washington on Sept. 11 after concluding it would break international
agreements, officials said yesterday. (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13914-2002Aug29.html
A Washington-based group that raises money for pro-choice, female Democratic
candidates is being criticized for targeting Democratic men in recent primary
elections by resorting to negative ads and personal accusations. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20020830/ap_on_go_ot/emily_s_list_2
Gubernatorial candidate Bill Simon's outreach to gay Republicans has enraged
high-profile supporters on the Christian right, who charge the Republican with
reversing a preprimary pledge to protect marriage between a man and a woman. (San
Francisco Chronicle)
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/08/29/MN126843.DTL
Former D.C. Mayor Marion Barry yesterday threw his support to the Rev. Willie F.
Wilson in the Sept. 10 Democratic mayoral primary, saying he had little choice in the
matter (The Washington Times)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/metro/20020830-13992152.htm
'A Call to the Right' - Redux...On Media: What tends to irk people when it comes to
discussing media
coverage is the perception that one side often gets more time than the other.
(Christian Science Monitor) http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0829/p13s01-ussc.html
MTV hypefest turns into snoozer...'You think this show is entertaining?" the
notoriously harsh "American Idol" judge Simon Cowell asked midway through the MTV
Video Music Awards Thursday night.
http://www.suntimes.com/output/entertainment/cst-ftr-mtv30.html
Opinion/Editorial
West: What's out in cyberspace?...Intelligent life is hard to find
http://www.washingtontimes.com/op-ed/20020830-67493940.htm
Invitation to struggle...President Bush has yet to align forces in Congress, the
American people and the military to successfully prosecute a war with Iraq, Kenneth
Allard writes. As the rhetoric escalates, serious questions remain.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/800380.asp
O'Hanlon: Three months to Baghdad...If Bush wants to move on Iraq, he must weigh
logistics http://www.washingtontimes.com/op-ed/20020830-28268040.htm
The Wall Street Journal: One Faculty Indivisible...Even the press corps isn't this
uniformly liberal. http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110002200
Lithwick: Secrets and Lies...Seventy-five little reasons to be terrified of the FISA
court http://slate.msn.com/default.aspx?id=2070287
Right-Wing Envy...Do you have it? http://slate.msn.com/default.aspx?id=2070301
Peggy: The Fall After Sept. 11...The tenderness of autumn is back.
http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/pnoonan/?id=110002194
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/
Mallard Fillmore http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/fun/mallard.asp
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