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U.N. Helicopter Crashes off S. Leone
News/Current Events Breaking News News
Source: AP
Published: 11/08/01 Author: Clarence Roy-Macauley

Thursday November 8 5:47 PM ET U.N. Helicopter Crashes Off S. Leone By CLARENCE ROY-MACAULAY, Associated Press Writer FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) - Recovery teams searched the waters off the coast of Sierra Leone Thursday after a U.N. helicopter crashed into the sea. All seven people on board were presumed dead, U.N. officials said. The Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopter crashed at about 8:00 p.m. Wednesday near the U.N. headquarters in the capital, Freetown, with a four-member Ukrainian crew, two Zambian officers, and a Bulgarian U.N. civilian air operations staff member, U.N. spokesman Fred Eckhard said Thursday in New York. ``Initial indications ...

9995796 posted on 11/8/01 10:19 PM pacific by Freedom of Speech Wins

Capturing Afghan City Called Key
News/Current Events Extended News News
Source: AP
Published: 11/09/01 Author: STEVEN GUTKIN

JABAL SARAJ, Afghanistan (AP) - U.S. jets struck Taliban targets across northern Afghanistan on Thursday and fierce fighting was reported around the Taliban-held city of Mazar-e-Sharif, cornerstone of the Islamic militia's control of the north. The commander of the U.S.-led coalition confirmed a ``gunfight'' was raging south of Mazar-e-Sharif, although he refused to give details. Taliban and opposition spokesmen described intense fighting, with front lines moving back and forth around a key ridge south of the city. Opposition spokesman Ashraf Nadeem said the northern alliance was so confident of victory that commanders have met to discuss how to storm Mazar-e-Sharif ...

9995790 posted on 11/8/01 10:18 PM pacific by kattracks

"OMG - POLITICALLY INCORECT TONITE!!!!" (sic)
Politics/Elections Announcement Keywords: BILL MAHER POLITICALLY INCORRECT DU MICHAEL MOORE
Source: DU-H
Published: 11/8/01 Author: TNOE

FROM THE DU SITE


"OMG - POLITICALLY INCORECT TONITE!!!!" I am in Heaven!!! Politically Incorrect has Michael Moore, Ted Danson, Jeff Bridges and some broad from Fox on - and they are discussing the War - and Michael Moore just said - hey - why were 15 of the 19 higjackers Saudi Arabian - why aren't we bombing them - and Bill said - well duh, the oil! And Michael Moore said well yes of course. Michael Moore also said Bin Laden in on dialysis (which makes one beleive the story was true that Bin Laden was in the hospital in ...

9995771 posted on 11/8/01 10:17 PM pacific by Aztech

Results of poll sponsored by Israel Policy Forum, The Jewish Week, and the Wilstein Institute
News/Current Events News Keywords: POLL
Source: The Jewish Week
Published: Friday, November 9, 2001 Author: The Jewish Week
One comment.

Results of poll sponsored by Israel Policy Forum, The Jewish Week, and the Wilstein Institute of Jewish Policy Studies. 1. What do you believe is the most important issue or problem facing the Jewish community in the United States today? And the second most important issue or problem? 1st 2nd 23% 12% Anti-Semitism 12% 13% Peace and security for Israel 13% 10% Terrorism 12% 8% Intermarriage 8% 12% US-Israeli relations 4% 7% The relationship between Orthodox and non-Orthodox Jews 5% 6% Israeli and American Jewish relations 2% 3% Public education 1% 1% Poverty and hunger 1% 1% The environment ...

9995743 posted on 11/8/01 10:14 PM pacific by CommiesOut

Security beefed up at Nepal airport following letter threat (To Hijack & Crash Plane)
News/Current Events Front Page Editorial
Source: Kyodo News
Published: 11/09/01

KATHMANDU, Nov 09, 2001 (Kyodo via COMTEX) -- Security has been tightened at Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) in Kathmandu after an anonymous letter warned of a plot to hijack a plane departing the airport for an attack on targets in neighboring India, airport security officials said Friday. More than a dozen international airlines flying to the Nepalese capital have been alerted, the officials said. Local newspapers reported Friday that the letter sent from Chennai in southern India and received by a board of airline representatives here said that men under the control of Saudi-born militant Osama bin Laden entered ...

9995722 posted on 11/8/01 10:12 PM pacific by kattracks

Comments about DUers
Miscellaneous Miscellaneous
6 comments.

Folks, I have lurked here off and on for sometime. But I am new to posting on a regular basis. The other night I was introduced, unfortunatly, to DU. Well I decided to post several statements about their way of thinking. I was not rude, nor did I even curse. Maybe a tad sarcastic, but not rude at all. Their response was relenting, not that I care, but the amount of cursing and vulgar language was unreal. I just read one of their threads in regard to GW's speech tonight. One of these morons, YES morons was PROUD of his ...

9995721 posted on 11/8/01 10:12 PM pacific by gizman

I Hope George Harrison's Health is Improving
Culture/Society Miscellaneous Keywords: GEORGE HARRISON, BEATLES
Published: November 7, 2001 Author: Allan J. Favish
5 comments.

I hope George Harrison's health is improving, but I am not optimistic. I wish him well. Regards, Allan J. Favish http://members.aol.c...

9995676 posted on 11/8/01 10:09 PM pacific by AJFavish

Experts Offer Competing Theories for Source of Anthrax: Was it New Jersey Basement or Iraq? (or MD?)
Crime/Corruption Extended News News Keywords: ANTHRAX ORIGIN IRAQ, NEW BASEMENT OR FORT DETRICK BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS
Source: AP & New Jersey Online
Published: November 8, 2001 Author: MATT CRENSON
3 comments.

Experts offer competing theories for source of anthrax: Was it New Jersey basement or Iraq? By MATT CRENSON The Associated Press 11/8/01 9:35 PM NEW YORK (AP) -- Bioterrorism experts say the teaspoonful of powdered anthrax spores sent to Sen. Tom Daschle's office could have come from an Iraqi weapons laboratory or a New Jersey basement. They say it could have been made by experienced biological weapons scientists or educated amateurs with access to special equipment, techniques and advice. More than six weeks after anthrax-tainted letters began arriving, federal authorities say they still know almost nothing about where the deadly ...

9995657 posted on 11/8/01 10:07 PM pacific by t-shirt

French Reporter Tells of Days Held in Jail by the Taliban
News/Current Events Extended News News
Source: New York Times
Published: 11/09/01 Author: SUZANNE DALEY

ARIS, Nov. 8 — During the 25 days he was imprisoned by Afghanistan's Taliban authorities, Michel Peyrard, a French journalist, watched the makeshift jail where he was held fill with other prisoners. Some of the new arrivals at the detention center in Jalalabad, in eastern Afghanistan, he said, were just beggars in rags or mentally ill. One young man was there because he had shaved his beard. Others were mere children. But, many, he writes, were men of stature suspected of disloyalty and now in chains. The Taliban, he writes in this week's issue of the magazine Paris Match, ...

9995636 posted on 11/8/01 10:06 PM pacific by kattracks

Ashcroft: New Focus For Justice
News/Current Events News
Source: CBSNEWS
Published: Thursday, November 8, 2001

(CBS) Attorney General John Ashcroft said Thursday that America has "emerged victorious in the opening battle in the war against terrorism," avoiding another major attack through the hard work of law enforcement personnel and the patience and vigilance of the public. But the attorney general said the new reality in the world calls for a major shift in the priorities of the nation's justice and law enforcement resources. He unveiled a sweeping restructuring of the Justice Department to better position local FBI and immigration agents to combat terrorism. "Defending our nation and defending the citizens of America against terrorist ...

9995626 posted on 11/8/01 10:05 PM pacific by JohnHuang2

FBI Seeking Help In Anthrax Probe
News/Current Events News
Source: CBSNEWS
Published: Thursday, November 8, 2001

(CBS) Frustrated over its lack of progress, the FBI is preparing to share what its behavioral scientists have learned about who is behind the anthrax letters in the hope of shaking loose more tips from the public. Agents, including an FBI forensic linguist, will brief journalists Friday on the telltale signs the bureau has picked up from the letters. Sources tell CBS News Correspondent Jim Stewart they have concluded that the misspelling of "penicilin" in two letters, plus the word "can not" in another was deliberate. They will also point to the awkward way in which the numeral "1" ...

9995619 posted on 11/8/01 10:05 PM pacific by JohnHuang2

The Saddam Factor
News/Current Events News
Source: CBSNEWS
Published: Thursday, November 8, 2001

(CBS) After the attacks on America, U.S. officials quickly pinned the blame on Osama bin Laden, his terrorist network, and his Taliban protectors. But some suspect another old enemy might also be involved: Iraq's Saddam Hussein. That possibility is bolstered by new evidence turned up by "Frontline" on PBS, the New York Times and shared with CBS News. There's still no clear indication that Saddam Hussein played a role in the September 11 attack on America, CBS News Anchor Dan Rather reports, but the shadow of suspicion has grown darker now that Iraqi defectors have emerged saying that Saddam ...

9995613 posted on 11/8/01 10:05 PM pacific by JohnHuang2

Ending the 30-year bond
News/Current Events Editorial Editorial
Source: TownHall.com
Published: Friday, November 9, 2001 Author: by Bruce Bartlett

TownHall.com: Conservative Columnists: Bruce BartlettQUICK LINKS: HOME | NEWS | OPINION | RIGHTPAGES | CHAT | WHAT'S NEWtownhall.comBruce Bartlett (back to story)November 9, 2001Ending the 30-year bond On Oct. 31, Treasury Undersecretary Peter Fisher shocked the government bond market by announcing an end to the Treasury's 30-year bond. Although rumored for some time, the actual announcement still took markets by surprise, leading to charges that the Treasury Department is attempting to manipulate them for political purposes. Treasury bonds rise and fall in price, just as stocks do, because once a bond is issued its interest rate is fixed for ...

9995561 posted on 11/8/01 10:01 PM pacific by JohnHuang2

Utahns rush to bear arms
News/Current Events News
Source: The Deseret News
Published: 11/8/2001 Author: Pat Reavy

Applications for concealed weapons leap 61% in month Applications to carry a concealed weapon are on the rise in Utah and around the country as Americans deal with fears of terrorism. "We are seeing quite a big increase," said Nannette Rolfe, director of the Utah Bureau of Criminal Identification. Applications to carry concealed weapons in October 2001 jumped 61 percent compared to the previous October, Rolfe said. A total of 664 permits were issued last month. Before a person can submit an application for a concealed weapons permit, they must take a gun safety course, obtain two letters of reference ...

9995545 posted on 11/8/01 10:00 PM pacific by Utah Girl

Omens for '02
News/Current Events Editorial Editorial
Source: TownHall.com
Published: Friday, November 9, 2001 Author: by Robert Novak

TownHall.com: Conservative Columnists: Robert NovakQUICK LINKS: HOME | NEWS | OPINION | RIGHTPAGES | CHAT | WHAT'S NEWtownhall.comRobert Novak (back to story)November 9, 2001Omens for '02 WASHINGTON -- While Republican spinners publicly dismiss setbacks in Tuesday's scattered off-year elections as isolated mishaps, their leaders truly are filled with fear and loathing about next year. Anticipated Democratic defeats in New Jersey and Virginia, though hardly national barometers, expose weaknesses in the GOP that could lead to catastrophe in 2002. Defeats in the two states, especially New Jersey, revealed an ideologically and culturally divided party that is not ready for next ...

9995524 posted on 11/8/01 9:59 PM pacific by JohnHuang2

Weird Al
Crime/Corruption Editorial Keywords: COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS
Source: National Review
Published: Nov. 22, 1999 Author: Richard Brookhiser
6 comments.

Weird Al : A troubled and alarming vice president. There's a new, looser Al Gore. He left his assigned stool during his first debate with Bill Bradley at Dartmouth, to walk the stage, like Bill Clinton, and he invited questions from the audience before the show began. On the stump, he gestures broadly, spreading out his arms instead of holding them pinioned at his sides, elbows in, and jerking them up and down like pistons. When he smooches small children, he actually picks them up. (When a kid in New Hampshire started squalling at this close encounter, he murmured reassuringly, ...

9995513 posted on 11/8/01 9:58 PM pacific by Heuristic Hiker

Sept. 11th didn't change everything
News/Current Events Editorial Editorial
Source: TownHall.com
Published: Friday, November 9, 2001 Author: by Charles Krauthammer

WASHINGTON--So you thought that Sept. 11 changed everything, that the era of game-show frivolity, ``Survivor'' silliness and general self-indulgence had given way to an era of seriousness. Well, not quite. Here we are, for the second time in a decade, risking American lives in a war against an enemy fueled and fed by oil money. Here we are again decrying our dependence on oil from a particularly unstable, unfriendly part of the world. Here we are in desperate need of both energy conservation and new energy production. And here we see (Washington Post Tuesday, Oct. 30) that we may ...

9995501 posted on 11/8/01 9:57 PM pacific by JohnHuang2

Zero tolerance for the Red Cross
News/Current Events Editorial Editorial
Source: townhall.com
Published: 11/09/01 Author: Larry Elder

Hold the Red Cross accountable! The headlines seemed unmerciful. Red Cross CEO Bernadine Healy, on the job only two years, suddenly announced her retirement. According to the Los Angeles Times, "Healy resigned ... saying she had been forced out by her board over policy disputes." A USA Today editorial urged Americans to hold the Red Cross' feet to the fire. The organization raised over $500 million since the tragedy of Sept. 11, 2001. People gave expecting the victims to receive all of the monies, said USA Today. "Now the Red Cross appears intent on diverting a significant share to other ...

9995490 posted on 11/8/01 9:56 PM pacific by kattracks

Lear aims to revive patriotism
News/Current Events News
Source: The Deseret News
Published: 11/8/2001 Author: John Robinson
7 comments.

Norman Lear started to cry. "I looked over at an associate, and she was crying, too," he said. What had caused the flood of emotion was a piece of paper. During a lunch break he had gone to Sotheby's, the New York auction house, to see a 2-century-old document that states in part, "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." Lear is the producer who brought Archie Bunker into our living ...

9995477 posted on 11/8/01 9:56 PM pacific by Utah Girl

The chorus of criticism from abroad
News/Current Events Editorial Editorial
Source: townhall.com
Published: 11/09/01 Author: Steve Chapman

Before Sept. 11, when Afghanistan faced the specter of mass starvation, one country provided 80 percent of the support for the U.N. World Food Program's relief operations there. It was not an Arab country. It was not a Muslim country. It was not a Third World country. It was not a close neighbor. No, it was the United States, which provided seven times more money than the second-biggest donor. No other country on earth, in fact, received more food aid from the U.S. in the past year than Afghanistan. The war against the Taliban is only one part of a ...

9995459 posted on 11/8/01 9:54 PM pacific by kattracks

Through Another's Eyes (Mine: Refreshing Arab Viewpoint)
Culture/Society Editorial Editorial Keywords: MUSLIM INTELLIGENCE
Source: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Published: Nov. 8, 2001 Author: Abbas Baydoun (Lebanese Poet and Culture Editor)

BEIRUT. One of the symptoms of paranoia is that the sufferer is unable to put himself in someone else's position. It is highly likely that those who see only the reaction of the United States against Arabs and Muslims after the Sept. 11 attacks are unable to put themselves in someone else's place or see his reaction in the appropriate context. Arabs in the United States and Europe have undoubtedly experienced a climate of hatred. Their places of worship and religious symbols have been regarded suspiciously, and they have even met with occasional racist prejudice. Yet that is not solely ...

9995448 posted on 11/8/01 9:54 PM pacific by Migraine

Airport security debate exposes the liberals
News/Current Events Editorial Editorial
Source: townhall.com
Published: 11/09/01 Author: R. Emmett Tyrrell

WASHINGTON -- For months, the claim running through Washington and inspiring even hardened cynics scanning the political scene is that the Democrats really learned a lot during the 1990s. They are no longer the smug statists, the prodigal Keynesians. They now believe in the private sector and in markets. Unfortunately, our present impasses over airport security and economic stimulus suggest that what was learned in the 1990s has been forgotten. The airport security bill is being held up by the Democrats' insistence that security will be best ensured by a federalized security force, not by private security forces competing to ...

9995421 posted on 11/8/01 9:52 PM pacific by kattracks

The media and the terrorists
News/Current Events Editorial Editorial
Source: townhall.com
Published: 11/09/01 Author: Thomas Sowell

The media seem to be doing a major part of the terrorists' work for them. What is the point of terrorism, after all? To get the most bang for the buck from the limited resources at the terrorists' disposal. That means scaring as many people as possible from whatever actual damage you can do. The September 11th terrorist attacks were the exception, rather than the rule, in creating huge damage. Usually, it is a question of getting as much mileage as possible from actions that directly harm a relatively few people, but put fear into the hearts of millions and ...

9995368 posted on 11/8/01 9:50 PM pacific by kattracks

America's Worst Cliche
News/Current Events Editorial
Source: The Weekly Standard
Published: 11/09/2001 Author: Matt Labash
One comment.

If you don't read this article, the terrorists will have won. WITH TWO MONTHS GONE since September 11, my life, like that of so many others, has fallen into a strange new rhythm: Go to work. Surf the Internet for news updates until the point of catatonia. Go home. Kiss the dog, let out the wife, then flop into the Barcalounger for six more hours of the most riveting new show on television--"America Strikes Back." Lately, however, "Temptation Island 2" has been beckoning, if only so I can escape the most cloying, omnipresent cliche of post September 11 news coverage. ...

9995346 posted on 11/8/01 9:48 PM pacific by Pokey78

U.S. Jets Bomb Taliban Front in Fierce Night
News/Current Events Front Page News
Source: Reuters
Published: 11/08/01
5 comments.

KABUL/JABAL-US-SARAJ (Reuters) - In one of the heaviest nights of bombing in the 34-day-old U.S. war on the ruling Afghan Taliban, waves of jets pounded front line positions of the hard-line militia into the dawn Friday. At least 40 bombs were heard exploding on the front line where Taliban fighters are dug in facing the forces of the opposition Northern Alliance, said witnesses from the front. Four huge blasts rocked the area at about 6:00 a.m., rattling windows and shaking the ground in the town of Jabal-us-Saraj, several kilometers behind the front lines. The planes roared over the capital, Kabul, ...

9995336 posted on 11/8/01 9:47 PM pacific by kattracks

The New Black Panther Halloween Special
News/Current Events Editorial Editorial
Source: The Weekly Standard
Published: 11/09/2001 Author: Bo Crader
6 comments.

America's wackiest and most anti-Semitic hate group has a town hall meeting at the National Press Club. Hijinks ensue. SOME HALLOWEEN SPECIALS are funnier than others. Take, for instance, the New Black Panther Party's "Emergency Town Hall Meeting," at the National Press Club which was broadcast on C-SPAN as a "Forum on U.S. Anti-Terrorism Efforts & Muslims" on October 31. A surreal cross between a costume party, a pep rally, and a Public Enemy video, the event initially seemed like a public-access television production. The black-clad Fruit of Islam, sporting their trademark berets and dark sunglasses, flanked each speaker, occasionally ...

9995300 posted on 11/8/01 9:45 PM pacific by Pokey78

Ollie North and Osadam bin Laden
Your Opinion/Questions Miscellaneous Keywords: OLLIE NORTH AND OSADAM BIN LADEN
Source: unknown
Published: unknown Author: unknown
18 comments.

JUST RERCEIVED THIS AND FOUND IT INTERESTING. YOU KNOW, IT'S FUNNY, I REMEMBER VERY VIVIDLY THE OLIVER NORTH HEARINGS, BUT DID NOT RECALL THE NAME OF OSAMA BIN LADEN AS THE TERRORIST THAT NORTH WAS THREATENED BY. Has this slimeball been around that long? It's pretty evident, in hindsight that we should have listened to OLLIE! I was at a UNC lecture the other day where they played a video of Oliver North during the Iran-Contra deals during the Reagan administration. I was only 14 back then , but was surprised by this particular clip. There was Ollie in front ...

9995287 posted on 11/8/01 9:44 PM pacific by Robert Lomax

Judge Blocks Evangelist's Effort to Reopen a Refinery
Culture/Society News Keywords: PAT ROBERTSON
Source: New York Times
Published: November 9, 2001 Author: Greg Winter

November 9, 2001 Judge Blocks Evangelist's Effort to Reopen a Refinery By GREG WINTER ANTA FE SPRINGS, Calif., Nov. 8 — Browning with age, its spires slowly rusting, the old Powerine oil refinery sits dormant after decades of bellowing smoke so thick that residents complained it took the paint off their cars. For the last three years, Pat Robertson, the television evangelist, has been trying to start it again, but the going has been rough. First, Mr. Robertson accused large oil companies of intimidating bankers so they ...

9995278 posted on 11/8/01 9:44 PM pacific by gcruse

Big Bombs Are Best
Foreign Affairs Front Page News
Source: The Weekly Standard
Published: 11/09/2001 Author: Victorino Matus

Up in the sky! It's a nuke, it's napalm, it's . . . a Daisy Cutter? THIS PAST WEEK during a massive nighttime aerial bombardment near Kabul, the Al Jazeera network caught on video an enormous, fiery-red mushroom cloud with flames reaching 1,000 feet into the air. Had the United States, in its determination to win the war, decided to go nuclear? Hardly. But what everyone did see on the screen was the dropping of the world's largest non-nuclear weapon, the BLU-82. This bomb, popularly known as the "Daisy Cutter," but also bearing monikers like the "Commando Vault," "Big Blue," ...

9995263 posted on 11/8/01 9:43 PM pacific by Pokey78

Disarming conflicts in gender gap
News/Current Events Editorial Editorial
Source: TownHall.com
Published: Friday, November 9, 2001 Author: Suzanne Fields

TownHall.com: Conservative Columnists: Suzanne FieldsQUICK LINKS: HOME | NEWS | OPINION | RIGHTPAGES | CHAT | WHAT'S NEWtownhall.comSuzanne Fields (back to story)November 9, 2001Disarming conflicts in gender gapIs there a gender gap in this country in the war on terror? That depends on who you read. If you round up the usual suspects of the female persuasion on the media left, you'll find them (as usual) angry at the United States. Susan Sontag in the New Yorker blames our foreign policy. Katha Pollitt in the Nation scorns the new flag waving as the work of jingo yahoos. Robin Morgan ...

9995254 posted on 11/8/01 9:42 PM pacific by JohnHuang2

Holding legislators' feet to the fire on spending
News/Current Events Editorial Editorial
Source: TownHall.com
Published: Friday, November 9, 2001 Author: Mark Tapscott

TownHall.com: Conservative Columnists: Mark TapscottQUICK LINKS: HOME | NEWS | OPINION | RIGHTPAGES | CHAT | WHAT'S NEWtownhall.comMark Tapscott (back to story)November 9, 2001Holding legislators' feet to the fire on spendingPennsylvania taxpayers are lucky that Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reporter Brad Bumsted doesn’t give up. More than a few members of that state’s legislature probably wish he would just go away. Bumsted has spent a good part of 2001 proving that one journalist who believes the public has the right to know and is willing to act on his beliefs - persistently, sometimes obstinately - can shake things up for the ...

9995241 posted on 11/8/01 9:41 PM pacific by JohnHuang2

"Respectable" Terrorists
Crime/Corruption Front Page News Keywords: TERRORISTS BOMBINGS PENTAGON DOMESTIC
Source: The New American
Published: Nov. 19, 2001 Author: William Norman Grigg
2 comments.

In the 1960s, the Soviets began building an international network of terrorists. Today, veterans of that network hold key positions of respect in government and academia. ‘‘Everything was absolutely ideal on the day I bombed the Pentagon. The sky was blue. The birds were singing. And the b*****ds were finally going to get what was coming to them." These words are not drawn from the diseased mind of Osama bin Laden or other surviving accomplices to the Black Tuesday attack. They are from Fugitive Days, the new memoir of home-grown terrorist Bill Ayers. As leaders of the Weather Underground, Ayers ...

9995230 posted on 11/8/01 9:41 PM pacific by SEA

SONG PARODY: "Where have all the Commies Gone?"
Political Humor/Cartoons Miscellaneous Keywords: SONG PARODY LIBERAL COMMIE DEMOCRAT
Source: Myself
Published: last week Author: John in NY

For the folk song fans……................. ... Where have all the Commies gone? Long time passing.... Where have all the Commies gone? Long time ago. Where have all the Commies gone? Gone to Socialists every one. When will they ever learn? When will they ever learn? Where have all the Socialists gone? Europe's finest.... Where have all the Socialists gone? "Cradle to grave". Where have all the Socialists gone? Gone to Leftists every one. When will they ever learn? When will they ever learn? Where have all the Leftists gone? Radical loonies .... Where have all the Leftists gone? Sick SOB's.... ...

9995185 posted on 11/8/01 9:38 PM pacific by New York Republican

"Veteran's Day--What will YOU be doing???"
Your Opinion/Questions Editorial Keywords: VETERAN'S DAY
Published: 11/8/01 Author: Some guy in Utah
24 comments.

In just a few days VETERAN'S DAY will be here.In this current wave of Patriotism.....a question comes up.What will YOU do this VETERAN'S DAY to show those who have put their lives, and are currently putting their lives, "on the line" that you appreciate what they have done...and what they are doing??Will you finally find that Viet Vet and tell him/her "WELCOME HOME!!"??Will you take your children to a Veteran's Hospital...and listen to an aging WWII Vet tell you of his days???Will you tell your Father...Uncle...Bro... you are glad they made it home from the frozen Korean landscape??? It's only ...

9995175 posted on 11/8/01 9:37 PM pacific by redrock

Bush To Nation: 'Let's Roll'
News/Current Events News
Source: CBS News
Published: 11/08/01
One comment.

President Delivers Televised Speech On War To Nation An Update On Military Conflict And The Battle At Home Bush Calls For Citizen Participation In Fight ATLANTA, Nov. 8, 2001 AP President Bush waves to the crowd in Atlanta after his speech. (CBS) President Bush urged an uneasy nation Thursday night to meet "our great national challenge" to protect America against future terrorist attacks by volunteering for community service and remaining vigilant. He also delivered a two-word marching order to the nation: "Let's roll." "There is a difference between being alert and being intimidated, and this nation will not be ...

9995140 posted on 11/8/01 9:35 PM pacific by kattracks

Hillary's D.C. Fundraiser Flops -- Op. Infinite FReep Report 11/08/01
Activism/Chapters Breaking News News
Source: self
Published: November 8, 2001 Author: Kristinn
50 comments.

Senator Hillary Clinton ('Rat-NY) held a sparsely attended political fundraiser at her Washington, D.C. Embassy Row mansion this evening. The dozen-or-so anti-Hillary protesters who gathered at the entrance to her street almost out-numbered those who came to pay homage to the former first lady and her political agenda.One of the protesters walked up the road at 6:45 p.m. and observed the affair from across the street. What she saw shocked her; there was hardly anyone at Hillary's fundraiser. Around one hundred name tags were laid out on a table on the driveway in front of the house under a party ...

9995136 posted on 11/8/01 9:35 PM pacific by kristinn

U.S. Will Monitor Calls to Lawyers
Government Front Page News
Source: Washington Post
Published: 11/09/2001 Author: George Lardner Jr.
7 comments.

Rule on Detainees Called 'Terrifying' The Justice Department has decided to listen in on the conversations of lawyers with clients in federal custody, including people who have been detained but not charged with any crime, whenever that is deemed necessary to prevent violence or terrorism. Attorney General John D. Ashcroft approved the eavesdropping rule on an emergency basis last week, without the usual waiting period for public comment. It went into effect immediately, permitting the government to monitor conversations and intercept mail between people in custody and their attorneys for up to a year at a time. The move, which ...

9995132 posted on 11/8/01 9:34 PM pacific by Pokey78

Laura Bush: 'Age of self-absorption' is over
News/Current Events News
Source: CNN
Published: 11/08/01
9 comments.

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The September 11 terrorist attacks have become a defining tragedy for a young generation and have ended "an age of self-absorption and self-indulgence," first lady Laura Bush said in a speech to the National Press Club Thursday. The catastrophic event for her parents was the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, Bush said. For her generation it was the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963, she said, recalling that she was a senior in high school at the time. "I remember feeling as if a blanket had been thrown over ...

9995057 posted on 11/8/01 9:28 PM pacific by kattracks

Bin Laden Parodies
Political Humor/Cartoons Miscellaneous Keywords: BIN LADEN
Source: Mad Blast
Published: now Author: Mad Blast
5 comments.

Dubya White and the Seven bins No Place to run, No place to hide. The Taliban Can.

9995036 posted on 11/8/01 9:27 PM pacific by Big Guy and Rusty 99

(Houston) City (Employee) E-mail Endorses Terrorism
Crime/Corruption News Keywords: HOUSTON, 9/11, MUSLIM, BROWN
Source: Houston Press
Published: November 1, 2001 Author: TIM FLECK
5 comments.

Controller is appalled at the inaction of Mayor Brown On September 12, almost exactly 24 hours after terrorists slammed hijacked jets into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, an accountant in the Houston city controller's office sat at his keyboard and typed a gloating e-mail to a friend in the city legal department. "What's your take on this bombing?" asked the sender, a slight 30-year-old man of Pakistani descent. He went on to offer his view: "I say it's great and wonderful and probably the best thing I've seen in my life. "The world got what it deserved. "Persons ...

9995018 posted on 11/8/01 9:26 PM pacific by anymouse

Israelis Foil Suicide Bombing, Europeans Said to Be Formulating Peace Plan
Foreign Affairs Breaking News News
Source: TBO.com
Published: Nov 8, 2001 Author: Mark Lavie Associated Press Writer
3 comments.

Israelis Foil Suicide Bombing, Europeans Said to Be Formulating Peace Plan By Mark Lavie Associated Press Writer Published: Nov 8, 2001 JERUSALEM (AP) - A Palestinian suicide bomber blew himself up when Israeli commandos stormed his hide-out Thursday, while a Palestinian official said Europe is working on an initiative to stop 13 months of Mideast violence. Before daybreak, the Israeli border police special anti-terror unit stormed the building where the bomber was hiding in the West Bank town of Baka al-Sharkiyeh, just across the invisible boundary with Israel. The Palestinian detonated the explosives, killing himself and wounding two commandos, said ...

9994968 posted on 11/8/01 9:23 PM pacific by erizona

Hill fighter jets force an NBC plane to land; NBC gets LDS briefing
News/Current Events News
Source: The Deseret News
Published: 11/8/2001 Author: Lisa Riley Roche
7 comments.

Jet fighters from Hill Air Force Base forced a private plane carrying NBC executives to land Wednesday after the plane lost radio contact with the ground and circled the Great Salt Lake. Salt Lake Organizing Committee President Mitt Romney said the fighter jets took up positions off the wing tips of the NBC plane and their pilots, using hand gestures, had the private plane land at Ogden-Hinckley Airport. The NBC plane had left Salt Lake City Wednesday to return to New York City. The plane's passenger list included Dick Ebersol, the head of the network's Olympics division. "There are benefits ...

9994965 posted on 11/8/01 9:23 PM pacific by Utah Girl

Life Support
Foreign Affairs Editorial
Source: The New Republic
Published: November 8, 2001 Author: Peter Beinart

In the eyes of the world, we are told, the United States is losing the moral high ground in the war against terrorism. The reason: We are killing innocent Afghans. And if we kill innocent Afghans in retaliation for the killing of innocent Americans, how are we different from the Taliban? One obvious difference, of course, is intent: For the United States, killing civilians is a tragic by-product of war, not its purpose. But the question suggests another difference: We are killing innocent Afghans "in retaliation." Even if--God forbid--the United States killed as many people in Afghanistan as it lost ...

9994901 posted on 11/8/01 9:20 PM pacific by AndrewSshi

British Take a Blunter Approach to War News
News/Current Events News
Source: New York Times
Published: Friday, November 9, 2001 Author: By CARYN JAMES
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British Take a Blunter Approach to War News By CARYN JAMES fter taking a Taliban-guided tour into southern Afghanistan last week, along with other Western journalists, Simon Ingram wrapped up his four-day experience for "BBC World News." The cameras showed a crowd of village men in turbans, their fists raised in anger as soldiers looked on. "Within the Taliban stronghold of Kandahar, evidence of the challenge Washington is facing," Mr. Ingram said. He described the men chanting their allegiance to the Taliban and death to America and added, "No sign here that the intensifying American bombardment is achieving its ...

9994877 posted on 11/8/01 9:19 PM pacific by JohnHuang2

Small Government News
Politics/Elections Miscellaneous Keywords: CARLA HOWELL,MICHAEL CLOUD,MASSACHUSETTS INCOME TAX
Source: Small Government News
Published: 11/08/2001 Author: Carla Howell/Michael Cloud

Small Government News* November 8, 2001 Official Newsletter of Carla Howell's small government is beautiful* campaign! http://www.smallgove... +++ DOWN TO THE WIRE REQUEST FROM CARLA HOWELL & MICHAEL CLOUD +++ Dear Friends, We have 88,992 signatures to put our Libertarian Initiative to End the Income Tax in Massachusetts on the ballot. 6 days ago, we had 77,243 signatures. 11,749 signatures collected in 6 days! 1,372 signatures collected by volunteers. 10,377 collected by paid professionals. We need 100,000 by November 16th. 8 days from now. Between November 16th and November 21st, we must inspect, sort, count, and distribute 100,000 signatures to ...

9994858 posted on 11/8/01 9:17 PM pacific by havoc1us

The Leader in Airport Security, and in Lapses
News/Current Events Extended News News
Source: New York Times
Published: 11/09/01 Author: DAVID FIRESTONE

TLANTA, Nov. 8 — It seemed impossible, at a time when fingernail clippers are being confiscated by the hundreds at American airports, that a man could slip past a checkpoint at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago with a bag of knives, Mace and other weapons. But security experts in the aviation industry were not surprised to learn that the workers running the scanners at that United Airlines terminal on Saturday were employed by Argenbright Security, the nation's largest and most frequently criticized airport-security company. The incident in Chicago only added to a long list of security lapses involving the ...

9994827 posted on 11/8/01 9:16 PM pacific by kattracks

Emerging Challenge: [Another Blow to the Press -- Prez's Approval Ratings Still Overwhelming]
News/Current Events Front Page News
Source: ABCNEWS
Published: Friday, November 9, 2001 Author: Biased "Analysis" By Daniel Merkle
19 comments.

Nov. 8 — President Bush is facing his first challenges in managing public expectations of the war on terrorism. At home, he faces declining confidence in U.S. counterterrorism efforts; and on the war front, growing demands for Osama bin Laden's head, combined with tepid support for a high-casualty ground war. As Bush prepares to address the nation on homeland security tonight, the number of Americans saying the U.S. is doing all it reasonably can to prevent terrorist attacks has declined by 12 points, to 56 percent, from 68 percent in mid-October. Confidence that further terrorism can be prevented also ...

9994823 posted on 11/8/01 9:16 PM pacific by JohnHuang2

Top Ten Little-Known Duties Of The "New" Mayor Of New York City
Political Humor/Cartoons Miscellaneous Keywords: TOP TEN LETTERMAN HILLARY CLINTON
Source: David Letterman's Top Ten Contest Page
Published: 11/09/01 Author: -No Way- (Title Modification and Submission Only)

Top Ten Little-Known Duties Of The (NEW) Mayor Of New York City... Thinking the Diamondbacks had left... then having to put up with Hillary.... I just couldn't resist putting this entry in on Dave Letterman's online "Top Ten" contest...who knows... I may get a tee... <grin> Maybe we can get a Freeper comedy "trickle down" effect through sites like this... ( http://www.cbs.com/l... )

9994821 posted on 11/8/01 9:15 PM pacific by -No Way-

SONG PARODY: REM "Drive"
Political Humor/Cartoons Miscellaneous Keywords: REM SONG PARODY TALIBAN OSAMA BIN LADEN
Source: Myself
Published: The other day Author: John in NY

Af-ghans - Bush whacked!...... We'll try another one soon in Iraq, baby!..... Hey Bin Laden, out of your hole...... Nobody likes you here, a$$hole - plainly...... When we arrive, you want us to knock?..... What if we bomb around the clock? Tick Tock Tick Tock.... What if you hid? Heard you hardly walk, what if we try to rub you off, baby.... Ohhh.... Hey Taliban, screw you too. Nobody tells us what to do, baby.... Ohhh..... Rag Heads, break a leg..... Maybe we'll blow off yer friggin heads, baby!.... Ohhh.... Maybe you'd hide down in your hole...... Maybe you thought ...

9994811 posted on 11/8/01 9:14 PM pacific by New York Republican

Season of Renewal
Culture/Society Editorial Editorial
Source: Opinion Journal
Published: 11/09/2001 Author: DANIEL HENNINGER
2 comments.

The World Series took America to a mountaintop. To hell with Osama bin Laden and anthrax; we're going to talk about baseball this week. No more spores, no 15,000-pound Daisy Cutter bombs, no nervous John Ashcroft this Friday or even the president's address to the nation last night on being safe at home. Just Jeter and Johnson and Brosius and Schilling, on Dasher and Dancer and Comet and Cupid. Yes, America, we know there is a Santa Claus because after six weeks of stockings stuffed with death and threat, he delivered into our laps a World Series that was, Tim ...

9994796 posted on 11/8/01 9:13 PM pacific by Pokey78

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