RIv is revved up.
www.airamericaradio.com
Ya know River,
the only thing I can add is both times we were attacked who was president ?
Bush 41 & Bush 43
nuf said
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> Hi Sherry,
>
> I totally agree with you about the rhetoric that people will believe.
> Amazing to me that a poll conducted by the Program on International
> Pollicy attitudes shows: According to a new PIPA/Knowledge Networks
> poll, a majority of Americans (57%) continue to believe that before
> the war Iraq was providing substantial support to al Qaeda, including
> 20% who believe that Iraq was directly involved in the September 11
> attacks. Forty-five percent believe that evidence that Iraq was
> supporting al Qaeda has been found. Sixty percent believe that just
> before the war Iraq either had weapons of mass destruction (38%) or a
> major program for developing them (22%).
>
> Despite statements by Richard Clarke, David Kay, Hans Blix and
> others, few Americans perceive most experts as saying the contrary.
> Only 15% said they are hearing “experts mostly agree Iraq was not
> providing substantial support to al Qaeda,” while 82% either said that
> “experts mostly agree Iraq was providing substantial support” (47%) or
> “experts are evenly divided on the question” (35%). Only 34% said they
> thought most experts believe Iraq did not have WMD, while 65% said
> most experts say Iraq did have them (30%) or that experts are divided
> on the question (35%).
>
> Not surprisingly, perceptions of what experts are saying are highly
> correlated with beliefs about prewar Iraq, which in turn are highly
> correlated with support for the decision to go to war.
>
> Perhaps most relevant politically, perceptions of what the experts
> are saying are also highly correlated with intentions to vote for the
> President in the upcoming election. Among those who perceived experts
> as saying that Iraq had WMD, 72% said they would vote for Bush and 23%
> said they would vote for Kerry, while among those who perceived
> experts as saying that Iraq did not have WMD, 23% said they would vote
> for Bush and 74% for Kerry.
>
>
> I hate to believe that so many people get their news from the
> blatantly biased FOX and even CNN. This administration is on the
> record for threatening to strip reporters of their press credentials,
> disallowing access to the whitehouse press meetings, if they tell the
> truth. And I'm tired of everyone asking me for my proof, find it
> yourself, read a book or look it up. Maureen Dowd, Richard Clark,
> David Kay, Wesley Clark , Ron Suskind, Peter Singer, Art Schlesenger,
> and Frances Fox Piven, are a few good places to begin. It's amazing
> how many people are making money off telling the TRUTH about this
> administration.
>
> Anyway, on to my point. Have you noticed that Democrats encourage
> people to vote and Republicans try to extinguish the vote? Get this,
> I'm in Ohio and the following excerpt from the New York Times about
> voter disenfranchisement in Ohio appeared last week: Among other
> things, he said, the recruits will be taught how to challenge mentally
> disabled voters who are assisted by anyone other than their legal
> guardians. In previous elections, he said, bus drivers who had taken
> group-home residents to polling places often helped them vote.
>
> This is a direct quote from the Republican Co-Chair of Cuyahoga County
> (Cleveland). How the hell are they going to determine who needs what,
> and who is the legal guardian and is this even legal under the ADA? I
> have to say this story made my stomach turn. There are more than a
> few of us who feel if the votes aren't counted correctly and if Kerry
> doesn't win, there will be a REVOLUTION, AKA Civil Unrest, Civil War.
> Bush is a great uniter isn't he?
>
> That's what I'm talking about, REVOLUTION, wanna come ? ;-)
>
> Peace and Justice,
> River
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>
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>> No political entity was involved with the making of 9/11. It was is
>> Michael Moores doing.
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>> I hardly think any democrat, nor independent, or republican for that
>> matter would ever "allow" any such thing as attacks on the U.S. Did
>> Bush "allow" the attack of 9/11?
>> The key is going to war for the right reasons, as well as using our
>> tax dollars effectively.
>> We are in Iraq, now for the wrong reasons, while N.Korea indeed has
>> nuclear weapons.
>> Pres. Bush hasn't, nor will he 'protect' us. No moreso than any
>> sitting President would.
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>> As for using Reeve ..Have you looked at any fact finding site ?
>> Not one that has bias slant, but pure basic fact finding?
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>> The Republican 'inaccuracies as vote garnering is to me nauseating.
>> But far too many people see or listen to rhetoric, and do not bother
>> to check facts or learn the true workings of our government.
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>> I'm a republican, and woefully ashamed because of this administration.
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>> The cost of lives will increase? Cost of living (finances?) Bush has
>> sent us into a greater deficit than ever before...and I'm old enough
>> to remember and know the horrors that brought in years past.
>> Bush did that, and at the same time wanting 3 trillion additional
>> dollars to go to Mars.
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>> You said you had already cast your ballot...
>> So this is moot.
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