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President George W. Bush Straddles Diplomacy and Re-Election
Politics
9-23-04. On Wednesday, September 22,
President Bush met with Pakistan’s president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf,
a crucial ally in the war against terrorism. Musharraf says he will
end the presence of al-Qaida in his country; however, the U.S. needs
to gain the confidence of the Muslim community. Musharraf seized
power in a bloodless coup back in 1999. His main political strength
is from the military.
With less than six weeks before the
presidential election in the United States, it is no coicidence that
Bush is trying to flex his muscle in foreign policy. He also met
with Iraq, Japan, and Afghanistan the day before. Bush’s response to
spreading violence: “is not to retreat it is to prevail.”
After New York, Bush is set for
Pennsylvania, a state at the top of his campaign wish list. He lost
the state in the 2000 election and has visited it more than any
other – 37 times. He will stress his education and health care
agendas and visit the flood damage in Allegheny County.
According to four polls, the race in
Pennsylvania is “a statistical dead heat.”
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The
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(6/10/04). The national bird has made a comeback
in the last few decades, after being on the verge of
extinction from vast DDT poisoning in the ‘60s and ‘70s that
thinned their eggshells and crashed their birth rate,
destruction of their habitats with the growth of the
country, contamination of waterways and food sources, and
shootings by ranchers trying to protect their sheep. They
can now be found nesting in places like Llano, Texas, where
it was a rarity to see them that far west. Although, DDT
pesticide is outlawed in the U.S., it is still used on South
American crops, which may have contributed to their return
to U.S. skies.
In 1997, they were down-listed from the federally
endangered species list. Endangered species are those
that are in danger of extinction throughout all of its
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From the Dumb Majority
a poem by Malcolm Pugh, 4-2-04
Gifted others will tell the nation, And
annotate the slippery specifics, Of the lying, deceit and
fabrication, Half hidden in statistical hieroglyphics, The
stark fact is that here instead Of it being hard to find the
faults, They are incessantly raising their heads, Those not
tucked away in time vaults, No, it is not purely and simply
lies, Or the incompetence that has occurred, It is more the
assumption we are dumb, And simple, too brainless for words,
We will tell them some glib fairy tale, That
would not even fool a troll, And dress it all up, have it
regale, Like some burlesque talking doll, And they will
swallow it all in, For they are gullible and easy led, They
will surely quickly fall in, And take the bait that we have
fed, And so it eventually came to pass, That they deemed us
so enthralled . . .
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Poetry
From the Dumb Majority
by malcolm pugh, April 2, 2004
Gifted others will tell the nation, And annotate the slippery specifics,
Of the lying, deceit and fabrication, Half hidden in statistical
hieroglyphics, The stark fact is that here instead Of it being hard to find
the faults, They are incessantly raising their heads, Those not tucked away
in time vaults, No, it is not purely and simply lies, Or the incompetence
that has occurred, It is more the assumption we are dumb, And simple, too
brainless for words,
We will tell them some glib fairy tale, That would not even fool a troll,
And dress it all up, have it regale, Like some burlesque talking doll, And
they will swallow it all in, For they are gullible and easy led, They will
surely quickly fall in, And take the bait that we have fed, And so it
eventually came to pass, That they deemed us so enthralled, So overcome by
their Quatermass, That they could tell us anything at all.
But now surprise, we hear your lies, But now shock, we see your face, We
can feel the deceit materialise, And smell the policies put in place, And
the odour is unpleasant, The sight is quite grotesque, They are ruining the
present, Making the future Kafkaesque, For lo, we see, we hear, we smell, We
touch, and yes we taste, But amazingly we think as well, And perceive we
believed in haste, We trusted those who should be truthful, Accepted their
promises and explanations, Gave benefit of doubt when they were youthful,
And forgave their strange aberrations,
Now we find this trust misplaced, What we believed in was a sham, Not
honourable but two faced, Not a planned future but a scam, Who is looking
more stupid now, That the dominoes have started, We will soon show them how,
Their lessons have been imparted, For we are not devoid of intellect, We
just wanted to believe their schemes, We wanted to trust those we elect,
Wanted to share in their dreams, We are not imbeciles to be fed spin, When
buried bodies rematerialise, We all know when we see sins, We all know when
we hear lies, We all know that waste is waste, Know borrowing has a payback
day, Know now that lying bare faced, Is the theme of His third way, Know
being paid for canal watching, Whilst manufacturing out sources and dies, Is
just another means of botching, Another affront to our eyes, We all know
credit at the core, Is a sure way to debt and sorrow, Yet we applaud a
chancellor, Who is over hocked to tomorrow, Who under borrows year on year,
And fills the hole with more loans, Come next year he will have no fear, But
we will lose our homes, For funding his economy on tick, In a headlong
lemming surge, He is counting on this trick, He is feeding on this urge,
When we come to pay this back, Will he be there to lend a hand, Or will he
be borrowing in the outback, Whilst we struggle on in our own land.
We have waited long in patience, Hoping against hope they are cool, But
it has turned to pure impatience, When they treat us as if fools, And take
our seeming calm compliance, As if a tacit, if dumb, approval, When it is a
menacing angry quiet, Merely awaiting their removal.
It is criminal to deliberately lie, To those who trusted you their
future, To take away their blue skies, To leave a wound without a suture, To
paint a glorious valhalla sunset, After an epic adventure so exciting, To
promise that we will all get, Whatever we would take delight in, To prey
even on our very dreams, And whisper they can be fulfilled, Telling us to
trust in what it seems, To partake in what is billed, And weave a talismanic
illusion, Wrapped in candy floss by elves, Which has now slipped into
confusion, As we slowly realised ourselves, That the reality is as it always
was, But while we were in there dreaming, He was trying to make Himself a
God, He was lying and He was scheming, Thankfully now we are awakening,
Whilst He is into disintegration, We will have to try to rebuild, What He
has left us of our nation, The cruelty is in the fostering, Of a future in a
golden land, He has ruined via his posturing, He has trampled on our plans
He had promised us Houdini like, A miraculous escape from strife, But after
the great illusionist, Life here is still life.
Malcolm Pugh may be contacted at
http://www.stiffsteiffs.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk
mb012b0076@blueyonder.co.uk.
He is 50, an ex-systems programmer and originally a Civil Engineer.
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3/1/04. "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King"
won all 11 of the Oscar awards it was nominated for on Sunday.
This set an Oscar record. Peter Jackson, who won as best director
said" Wow, you're giving us an incredibly overwhelming night."
Filming of the J.R.R. Tolkien work as a trilogy lasted over a
seven-year period, costing New Line Pictures $300 million. "Return
of the King" was the most successful of the the three films
financially, earning $1 billion worldwide. "Titanic"
was the only other movie to do this. Past films to win all of
its nominations include 19587's "Gigi," and 1988's
"The Last Emperor." 1997's "Titantic" and
1959's "Ben-Hur" both one of all of their 11 nominations
like "Return of the King."
Charlize Theron won the best actress award for her role as
serial killer Aileen Wuornos in "Monster." Sean
Penn won best actor for "Mystic River." Renee Zellweger
won best supporting actress for "Cold Mountain," her
third nomination. Tim Robbins won best supporting actor for "Mystic
River." Sofia Coppola won for best original screenplay.
"Finding Nemo" won for best animated feature.
What Oscar Awards did "The Lord of the Rings: The Return
of the King" win?
- best picture
- best director
- best adapted screenplay
- best song
- best score
- best visual effects
- best art direction
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- best makeup
- best sound mixing
- best film editing
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Colin Powell Says Violence Down in Haiti
3/1/04. U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell is pleased with
the international community response to the crisis in Haiti.
He says, "the looting and violence has gone somewhat overnight.
We'll have to see what daylight brings." Powell, who constantly
has to defend President Bush, rejected critics' claims that the
administration waited too long to take action. Bush has said
that "I urge the people of Haiti to reject violence and
give this break from the past a chance to work and the United
States is prepared to help."
Troops Deployed to Haiti
3/1/04. United States, Canadian, and French peacekeeping troops
have been deployed to Haiti, including 200 marines to Port-au-Prince..
On Sunday, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Haitian President, resigned
and left Haiti, reportedly in Bangui. New interim president,
Boniface Alexandre, Haiti's Supreme Court Chief Justice, was
installed as mandated by Haiti's constitution. Aristide was the
first democratically elected president in Haiti's 200 years of
independence. His term was set to end in 2006; however, his election
was allegedly fraudulent and opponents wanted him out. The United
Nation's Security Council has voted unanimously send a multinational
peacekeeping force to Haiti for about three months.
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(2-26-04). Rosie O'Donnell plans
to marry her girlfriend, Kelli Carpenter, in San Francisco,
where over 3,000 same-sex couples have done the same thing since
February 12. O'Donnell says that President Bush's call for a
constitutional amendment banning gay marriage inspired her to
act. Although state courts are still considering the legality
of same-sex marriage, the city is still officiating weddings.
According to O'Donnell, "the actions of the president are,
in my opinion, the most vile and hateful words ever spoken by
a sitting president. I am stunned and I'm horrified."
She and Carpenter, a former dancer
and Nickelodeon marketing director, applied for spousal privilege
during her recent trial related to her defunct magazine and were
denied it by the state. She says, "as a result, everything
that I said to Kelli, every letter that I wrote her, every e-mail,
every correspondence and conversation was entered into the record."
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Ivan—the Storm that Won’t Quit—Takes Aim at
Louisiana and Texas
9-23-04. Tropical Storm Ivan,
formerly the hurricane that wrecked havoc on the Florida Panhandle
and Alabama has regenerated itself in the Gulf after traveling north
through the southern and mid-Atlantic states, then drifting
southward back to Florida. 50 mph winds and five to 10 inches of
rain are expected. Barrier islands and beaches from both states are
at risk. Minor coastal flooding and beach erosion is expected. As a
Hurricane, Ivan caused 52 deaths in the United States and 70 in the
Caribbean. Flooding has been the major cause of destruction.
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