news and comment - tehrawr

2006-07-06T22:37:00.000-07:00

i got this from here.U.S. Stocks Fall on North Korea Missiles, Oil, Economic Reports July 5 (Bloomberg) -- The Nasdaq Composite Index had its biggest decline in three weeks as U.S. stocks were buffeted by North Korea's launch of test missiles, record oil prices and economic reports that pointed to higher interest rates. ``The combination of

2006-06-25T03:40:00.000-07:00

Story from BBC NEWS:US plans 'robot troops' for Iraq The US military is planning to deploy robots armed with machine-guns to wage war against insurgents in Iraq. Eighteen of the 1m-high robots, equipped with cameras and operated by remote control, are going

2006-04-19T21:34:00.000-07:00

Bringing pragmatic savvy to job pitchBy Tim Colebatch, CanberraNovember 2, 2005FOR 30 years, every change of administration in Mexico was accompanied by a currency crisis. Speculators would swarm in to force a devaluation — often with good reason.When it was Angel Gurria's turn to hand over as finance minister in 2000, he got in first. Through his contacts with international financial

2006-04-15T15:14:00.000-07:00

Law penalizing homeless rejectedL.A. MUST FIRST PROVIDE SHELTER, PANEL RULESBy Robert JablonAssociated PressLOS ANGELES - The city cannot arrest homeless people for sleeping on the sidewalks until it provides enough beds for the thousands who lack shelter each night, a federal appeals court ruled Friday.In a 2-1 decision, a panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a lower court

2006-03-16T18:14:00.002-08:00

Town: Pot Paintings on House Not IllegalWINSTED, Conn., Mar. 16, 2006(AP) Having marijuana in your house is illegal, but having marijuana images on your house is not, according to town officials.Five months after Christopher Seekins was arrested and charged with cultivating marijuana in his home, neighbors have complained about the giant marijuana leaves he has spray-painted on the outside of his

2006-03-14T14:31:00.000-08:00

placed call on 14mar2006 at ~2:30 to general local pd number:spoke with front desk. asked the following two simple questions.are your police vehicles equipped with front mount cameras?- yeswhat is the retention policy on recorded footage? placed on hold as front desk did not know the answer off hand.- 2 yearsthanked her and hung up.friday, the watch commander and i will have a nice sit down as

2006-03-13T23:29:00.000-08:00

jaywalking. a very serious offence. at least in upscale southern california at 11:05pm on a monday.where? i crossed the southbound and northbound lanes of where there was no marked crosswalk. there was only one vehicle on that stretch even remotely close to me, heading northbound on towards. it was a police chevrolet suburban. i know this because i read the words you so nicely put on the

2006-03-12T23:34:00.000-08:00

well the ports thing didn't happen. no surprise there. it's still a yet though. enter the reinsurers.the midwest is getting it's ass kicked by more severe weather. and while it never rains in southern california, it sure as hell snows. brr.and why is it that places that need a lot of aid tend to have high population densities? something to think about as we approach limit break, which i

2006-02-22T15:10:00.000-08:00

sourceDubai, 24 January 2006: - Global ports operator DP World today welcomed news that one of its senior executives, Dave Sanborn, has been nominated by US President George W. Bush to serve as Maritime Administrator a key transportation appointment reporting directly to Norman Mineta the Secretary of Transportation and Cabinet Member. The White House has issued a statement from Washington DC

2006-01-13T21:28:00.000-08:00

remember, your kid is only as wacked out, panicky, racist, trashy and all around fubar as the parents that spawned them and who are the parent(s) now RESPONSIBLE for them.don't be an ass, especially if you have a kid.

2005-12-13T16:19:00.000-08:00

Dec. 12, 2005, 9:14PMFeds Raid 13 San Diego-Area Marijuana Shops© 2005 The Associated PressSAN DIEGO — Federal agents raided 13 San Diego-area marijuana dispensaries Monday, seizing large quantities of the drug, computers and records in one of the largest crackdowns of its kind in California.Authorities said the shops were selling marijuana to people who weren't using it for medicinal purposes.

2005-10-26T15:24:00.000-07:00

Bolivian coca hero runs for presidentCOCA POWER: Indian coca farmers in Bolivia are pinning their hopes on Evo Morales winning the Dec. 4 elections. As one of them, he promises to safeguard their interests AP , ASUNTA, BOLIVIA Tuesday, Oct 25, 2005,Page 7 The coca farmers on these steep mountain slopes have long felt their livelihood and Indian identity threatened by US-backed efforts to uproot

2005-10-08T12:04:00.000-07:00

Dying to get to the promised landBy Chris MorrisBBC News, MelillaDespite their fortifications, Spain's enclaves remain a tempting target for migrants desperate to reach Europe. The last two weeks have seen mass assaults on the border and many have been injured or even killed while attempting to scale the razor wire fences, as Chris Morris reports from the enclave of Melilla.You can see them

2005-09-26T15:44:00.000-07:00

KABUL, (AFP) -Afghanistan urgently needs to legalise its massive opium crop, which supplies most of the world's heroin, to avoid becoming a narco-state and to fund reconstruction, a think-tank said here.The recommendations were part of a study released by The Senlis Council at a conference in the Kabul to push for the destitute nation to legalise opium production and channel the crop into the

2005-09-07T00:22:00.000-07:00

Cheney cancels Canada oil trip after hurricane Sun Sep 4, 2005 9:09 PM EDT TORONTO (Reuters) - Vice President Dick Cheney has canceled a planned trip to Canada's main energy producing region because of Hurricane Katrina, the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers said on Sunday. The association was one of the organizers of the trip, which was designed to give Cheney an insight into

2005-09-06T18:19:00.000-07:00

america has an arabian horse commissioner running FEMA.i'm no leftist, but during clinton's reign, FEMA was a Cabinet level position. makes sense to me.not wrapped up in some feelgood kneejerk ineffective 'Department of Homeland Security'. a pork filled money vacuum.sounded good at the time after 9-11. might work if there were some rational personnel staffing the group. not a bunch of campaign

2005-08-18T21:44:00.000-07:00

if you want to know how to fix a lot of the mess in iraq, one need look no further than canada.how is that?less 'foreign oil dependence' can be achieved. henry ford understood this. so did charles kettering.

2005-08-17T00:03:00.000-07:00

Story from BBC NEWS: Controversy over US drug adverts By Matthew Davis BBC News,

2005-08-15T20:22:00.000-07:00

Millions to fight marijuana, with little to show for itRonald FraserFraser writes on public policy issues for the DKT Liberty Project, a Washington-based civil liberties organization. Virginians spend about $99 million each year to enforce state and local marijuana laws. What are taxpayers getting for their money? Not much, according to a recent study. Jon B. Gettman, a senior fellow at George

2005-08-12T00:07:00.000-07:00

cindy sheehan - media whorethere are plenty of other grieving mothers of fallen soldiers in this war and others who aren't making a spectacle of themselves as you are. and unlike you, they don't need several camera crews to broadcast their pain and anger to the world. you have thrown yourself out into the public eye, forgoing your right to privacy.your son died so you have the freedom to go to

2005-08-08T15:44:00.000-07:00

an example of why negotiating with a fundamentalist is futile, despite what peace loving people think: peace loving person: what is it you want? fundamentalist: you to see things my way. it is the only way. peace loving person: there can be more than one way, if i respect your beliefs. fundamentalist: you cannot respect my beliefs without seeing it my way. peace loving person: sure i can, that

2005-08-05T10:20:00.000-07:00

I'll be 'sacrificial lamb' if it gets pot legalized activist: A jailhouse interview with 'Prince of Pot' Marc Emery Brad Badelt Vancouver Sun Friday, August 05, 2005 Vancouver pot crusader Marc Emery said Thursday he is prepared to spend 20 years in a U.S. prison in order to galvanize the marijuana legalization campaign, claiming it to be his life's work. "Ultimately, if I have to be

2005-08-02T22:12:00.000-07:00

the crescent, the cross, the star. 3 symbols, 1 holiest of places. how can this be?what we have here is a sharing issue.

2005-06-06T14:22:00.000-07:00

if a child is told from the time they are born there is a man named jesus christ and he is your savior, they tend to believe it. the same is true of most religious 'indoctrinations'. i call it brainwashing.can the same parallel not be made with the notion that sensamilla is a gateway drug, as this is also jammed into the skulls of our youth?think about that.

2005-05-25T22:28:00.000-07:00

Dr. Romero,as a psychologist, i'm sure you're adamantly concerned about the welfare of the citizens of your state. in reading through my state's medicinal cannabis bulletin site, canorml.org, i have come across this bill, that has your name on it as the author.http://canorml.org/leg/SB797...http://info.sen.ca.gov/cgi-bin/postquery?...why should i trust someone who is bought and paid for by the

2005-04-27T00:13:00.000-07:00

are those horns you're throwing up, mister bolton?nice ring. yale?

2005-04-26T22:42:00.000-07:00

Organic hemp interesting alternative for Californian growers California Certified Organic Farmers (CCOF) is the first major agricultural organization to support Assemblyman Mark Leno’s new industrial hemp bill based on the huge economic potential represented by the production of organic hemp in California. Currently, all hemp products sold in California are grown in Canada or

2005-03-05T22:03:00.000-08:00

Armstrong Heads to Paris to Train for TourBy SAMUEL PETREQUINAssociated Press WriterLance Armstrong returns to Paris this weekend to start training for a seventh straight Tour de France victory.Armstrong will compete in the 63rd edition of the Paris-Nice race beginning Sunday, hoping to use the event to ramp up his preparations for the Tour in July. The gentle 2.5-mile prologue is intended to

2005-03-05T01:43:00.000-08:00

2005-03-01T16:36:00.000-08:00

Posted date: 3/1/2005Broadcom: Options Would've Driven LossChipmaker Said It Would Have Lost Money Last Year Under Pending RuleBy Michael LysterOrange County Business Journal StaffAccount for options, forget about profits.Irvine chipmaker Broadcom Corp. said treating stock options as expenses would have cost some $677 million last year and resulted in a loss.Broadcom would have lost about $395

2005-02-28T13:49:00.000-08:00

AN INSECURE NATIONFollow the Port Security MoneyPublished: February 28, 2005 efending the United States from terrorist attack requires an enormous budget, skillfully spent. So why is the federal government spending money to protect Martha's Vineyard while underfinancing New York and Los Angeles? A new audit of spending on port security - often called the nation's "soft underbelly" - reveals a

2005-02-21T21:18:00.000-08:00

MAG: Avian Flu, On the Verge of an EpidemicSun Feb 20 2005 11:30:41 ETThe vicious avian flu that has killed dozens of people in Vietnam, Thailand, and elsewhere in the region "has caused the deaths of hundreds of millions of animals in nearly a dozen Asian countries" in the past two years and could kill millions of people if it becomes capable of spreading efficiently among humans, Michael

2005-02-21T20:31:00.000-08:00

Al-Qaeda number two warns West it faces thousands of dead, economic collapseSun Feb 20, 2:53 PM ET DUBAI (AFP) - Al-Qaeda number two Ayman al-Zawahiri warned the West it faced defeat in what he termed its "new crusade" against the Islamic world, as well as thousands of dead and economic collapse, in a videotape aired by Al-Jazeera television. "Your new crusade will end, God willing, with the

2005-02-10T13:21:00.000-08:00

Supreme Court Skeptical of Medical Marijuana at Raich-Monson Hearing - Decision Expected in Spring 2005 Washington DC, Nov 29. The Supreme Court reacted skeptically to claims by Prop. 215 patients Angel Raich and Diane Monson that federal laws against marijuana should not apply to their personal possession and cultivation of marijuana for medical purposese under California law. The government

2005-02-09T20:37:00.000-08:00

Marijuana is the Drug War keystone. Subtract 25 million current U.S. pot users from the battlefield and 40 Billion dollar war budgets are difficult to justify. Without Marijuana, insufficient people remain to arrest, evict, drug test, prosecute, jail and parole. Without Marijuana, police, judges, attorneys and jailers will pursue other criminals. Without Cannabis, asset forfeiture will yield

2005-01-31T10:14:00.000-08:00

Dubai buys $1B stake in DaimlerChrysler Arab emirate becomes third largest shareholder, may lead to Dubai-based manufacturing facility. January 30, 2005: 1:28 PM EST DUBAI (Reuters) - The government of the Gulf emirate of Dubai has bought a $1 billion stake in DaimlerChrysler AG, becoming the auto maker's third largest shareholder, it said on Sunday. The purchase was made through the

2005-01-25T16:32:00.000-08:00

End of Boeing 717 could yield 90 acres of prospects for Long Beach Empty site will be a developer's dream after firm shuts 717 plant. By Felix Sanchez Staff writer LONG BEACH — In a city that basically is built out, with little undeveloped land available for new commercial projects, news that nearly 90 acres may soon be free has planners salivating. The prospects come with the announcement

2005-01-24T23:36:00.000-08:00

January 25, 2005 INSURGENCY Militant Imams Under Scrutiny Across Europe By DON VAN NATTA Jr. and LOWELL BERGMAN ONDON, Jan. 24 - In nightly sermons broadcast on the Internet, Sheik Omar Bakri Muhammad, a 46-year-old Syrian-born cleric, has urged young Muslim men all over the world to support the Iraq insurgency on the front line of "the global jihad," investigators say.

2005-01-04T01:11:00.000-08:00

Baghdad fears rise of 'Iraqi Hitler' LONDON, England -- Iraq's interim president has criticized U.S. and British forces for dismantling Iraqi security forces and warned that long-term instability could give rise to an "Iraqi Hitler." Ghazi al-Yawer said Monday the decision to dismantle Saddam Hussein's defense and interior ministries contributed to the violence and disorder seen since the Iraqi

2004-12-29T15:26:00.000-08:00

Is the L.A. Hamburger Stand Cooked? By Bob Pool, Times Staff Writer They're taking a stand for Los Angeles' disappearing hamburger stand. Customers of Irv's Burgers shoved aside their cheeseburger combos, signed petitions and wrote protest letters when they learned a month ago that their West Hollywood burger joint was about to be torn down to make way for a chain coffee outlet. Calling

2004-12-01T11:14:00.000-08:00

pissing the value of the dollar away, and forgetting to zip up afterwards. i think condi likes it.

2004-11-20T21:46:00.000-08:00

Posted on Fri, Nov. 19, 2004 Dutch Lawmaker Urges Halting Immigration ANTHONY DEUTSCH Associated Press HE HAGUE, Netherlands - One of the most popular politicians in the Netherlands said Friday the country's democracy is under threat and called for a five-year halt to non-Western immigration in the wake of the killing of a Dutch filmmaker by a suspected Muslim radical. "We are a Dutch

2004-11-18T19:41:00.000-08:00

Thursday, November 18, 2004 Laborers assail Redondo crackdown on job-seekers Advocates for workers file a lawsuit calling Redondo Beach's ban on work solicitation a violation of civil rights. By Kristin S. Agostoni Daily Breeze n the suit filed Tuesday, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund and National Day Laborer Organizing Network contend a provision in the city's Municipal

2004-11-17T14:56:00.000-08:00

Disguised in Iraqi Uniforms, Rebels Kill a Marine By DEXTER FILKINS Published: November 13, 2004 ALLUJA, Iraq, Nov. 12 - The farther south the marines push through this rebellious city, the more often they notice that the men shooting at them are wearing tan uniforms with a smart-looking camouflage pattern that is the color of chocolate chips. Those are the uniforms of the Iraqi

2004-11-14T20:17:00.000-08:00

Members of Cuban Troupe Say They Will Seek Asylum By NICK MADIGAN AS VEGAS, Nov. 14 - In what appears to be the largest mass defection of Cuban performers to date, 44 dancers, singers and musicians, here to stage a revue, plan to seek political asylum in the United States, troupe members said on Sunday. Most of the artists intend to deliver their applications for asylum

2004-11-11T18:57:00.000-08:00

Arafat the monster By Jeff Jacoby, Globe Columnist | November 11, 2004 YASSER ARAFAT died at age 75, lying in bed surrounded by familiar faces. He left this world peacefully, unlike the thousands of victims he sent to early graves. In a better world, the PLO chief would have met his end on a gallows, hanged for mass murder much as the Nazi chiefs were hanged at Nuremberg. In a better world,

2004-10-26T01:26:00.000-07:00

2004-10-10T02:28:00.000-07:00

my latest incarnation of a party ticket. mccain-lieberman didn't pan out for crap. poor johnny became a whore of the demopublicans. tom tancredo/michael bloomberg that's my vote as of now.

2004-10-03T22:23:00.000-07:00

Posted on Sun, Oct. 03, 2004 LA hospital's emergency room to close Monday Associated Press LOS ANGELES - A hospital emergency room whose doctors see an average of 80 patients a day is closing Monday because of a shortage of on-call surgeons and specialty physicians, hospital officials announced. The emergency room closure at Northridge Hospital Medical Center's Sherman Way campus was ordered

2004-09-30T22:41:00.000-07:00

LEHRER: Good evening from the University of Miami Convocation Center in Coral Gables, Florida. I'm Jim Lehrer of "The NewsHour" on PBS. And I welcome you to the first of the 2004 presidential debates between President George W. Bush, the Republican nominee, and Senator John Kerry, the Democratic nominee. These debates are sponsored by the Commission on Presidential Debates. Tonight's

2004-09-07T14:16:00.000-07:00

things you don't want to be seen while trying to sell your home.

2004-08-28T20:47:00.000-07:00

source New super strain of coca plant stuns anti-drug officials JEREMY MCDERMOTT IN BOGOTÁ DRUG traffickers have created a new strain of coca plant that yields up to four times more cocaine than existing plants and promises to revolutionise Colombia’s drugs industry. The new variety of coca, the raw material for cocaine, was found in an anti-drug operation on the Caribbean coast, on the

2004-08-25T18:06:00.000-07:00

i so loathe when someone with skills and genuine talent gets blatantly ripped off. comedy central has this new show, crossballs, which is a total lift of the phil hendrie show. my comments submitted to the IMDB listing for this show are shown below. i doubt they will publish it, because i use URL, which is against their policy or whatever. stand up for real talent, and don't watch this flaming

2004-08-15T23:08:00.000-07:00

for all the money we as americans spend on ONDCP ad campaigns against cannabis, the emphasis on this over alcohol is absurd. their slogan should really be: "1930's-style propaganda - the anti-drug" the prevalent attitude of expecting the alcohol industry to police itself is working out great. at least there is an industry, not a black market forced by irrational policy. drunk driving is hardly

2004-08-09T01:03:00.000-07:00

al jazeera nothing. kudos to iyad alawi and ilk for shutting the terrorist mouthpiece out of baghdad for one month. and someone please tell me how a television network became blessed by allah and muhammad themselves to deserve the 'al' in front of jazeera. i call credibility gap! and nevermind their satellite broadcast location from Qatar, the safest middle eastern state, maybe due to the BIG

2004-08-01T20:37:00.000-07:00

Couple kicked off Miami-New York flight because of T-shirt MIAMI — A couple returning home from a Costa Rican vacation was ejected from an American Airlines flight because the man was wearing a T-shirt depicting a bare breast. Oscar Arela and his girlfriend, Tala Tow, were removed from Flight 952 on Saturday after he refused to change the shirt or turn it inside out at Miami International

2004-07-30T02:24:00.000-07:00

taken from the place linked in the pictures. so (c) them and their information. "NO MORE DEATHS" VOLUNTEER WORKSHOP REVEALS TACTICS TO ASSIST ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS By: Ursulina Vargas and Chris Simcox "No More Deaths" an illegal immigrant assistance group has set up an aid camp only a few hundred feet within the boundary of the United States border with Mexico. The group operates on a

2004-07-27T12:38:00.000-07:00

The International Criminal Court, proudly brought to you by the United Nations. What crimes will the Court try? The Court has a mandate to try individuals rather than States and to hold them accountable for the most serious crimes of concern to the international community - genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity, and, eventually, the crime of aggression. A common misperception is

2004-07-26T22:44:00.000-07:00

google searches reveal some interesting history, hmm? http://www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/iraq/decade/sect2.html --- Saddam Hussein has repeatedly violated sixteen United Nations Security Council Resolutions (UNSCRs) designed to ensure that Iraq does not pose a threat to international peace and security. In addition to these repeated violations, he has tried, over the past decade, to circumvent

2004-07-25T21:14:00.000-07:00

teresa heinz-kerry is un-american. - she lied about the use of the word to a reporter - she then told the reporter to go shove it after lunging towards him is this where i supposed to go and compare this to dick cheney? one problem with that. patrick leahy deserved to be told to go f himself, because he's a moron. what is it with the northeastern part of the country, at least the politicians

2004-07-23T14:07:00.000-07:00

today's terror alert level

2004-07-19T14:41:00.000-07:00

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Jimmy Carter, Mikhail Gorbachev, the American Medical Association and 48 nations are among those lobbying the Supreme Court to end the execution of killers who committed their crimes before age 18. The United States is among only a handful of nations that allow the practice. The high court will reconsider this fall whether such executions are constitutional. A collection of

2004-07-18T23:39:00.000-07:00

how to save water and get a good shower at the same time. and here you thought i was just some negative person. anyways, check this showerhead out. these showerheads are teh win! 7$ at home depot [the one on the right, i wanted the button, they didn't have] i went to costco today, what a splendid place. sonicare refill 2 packs? 18$. razor blades are still expensive to ensure gilette

2004-07-09T10:07:00.000-07:00

JERUSALEM (AP) - Palestinians called Friday's decision by the International Court of Justice on the massive West Bank wall "historic," while Israel rejected the world court's authority in judging the matter. Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia hailed the ruling as the court in The Netherlands was still reading its decision. The court's decision, however, had leaked out ahead of time. "The

2004-07-09T09:52:00.000-07:00

Jul 9, 1:47 AM (ET) By ALEXANDRA ZAVIS ON THE SUDAN BORDER (AP) - Hawa Sabir's family hid in the hills for six months, foraging for food in the trees and sneaking into a nearby town at night to look for water. Hunted down from village to village, terrified black African farmers like Sabir have taken to the hills in Sudan's violence-torn Darfur region to escape the Arab militias that human

2004-07-02T11:31:00.000-07:00

my name is stanley miller. i was beaten by the police in los angeles, california. at the time, i was leading police on a pursuit in a stolen car. after i ran a red light. since i was hit with a flashlight, i'm now a victim. i'm looking forward to my multimillion dollar payout. my attorney says i have brain damage from the beating. i'm the new martyr for my 'community' to use to further their

2004-06-29T15:38:00.000-07:00

the american legal system in a brief definition: the system will work for you if: - you have a lot of money - there are some circumstances around your case which the braindead media can make into a story for stay at home parents to sit and chew on as if it is really that important. - you aren't white and something happens to you by a white person. - you do something so horrible then follow it

2004-06-25T17:19:00.000-07:00

okay this 'outrage' over seven minutes of no reaction by bush in that classroom on 9-11 is total crap. why is it the same people that lampoon and point and cry foul about this behavior, in the next breath say something stupid about how bush does not care about american youth and sends them off to die pointlessly in iraq. here is the deal for those who don't get it. kids aren't stupid [well

2004-06-22T14:44:00.000-07:00

hi, my name is scott, i murdered my wife. i also killed my unborn baby which everyone calls connor. i'm only significant because of a retarded sensationalist media. they made a 'made for tv' movie about me killing my wife. some women apparently think i'm hot. i'd like to kill them too. i like to have affairs with trashy whores. my daddy defends me from the mean public like my loser attorney. my

2004-06-01T15:52:00.001-07:00

yet another al-qaida endorsed terror attack over the weekend. this time in saudi arabia. these 'holy warriors' don't follow conventions and don't care about soveriegn borders. their goal is simple. disrupt the economy of the world, which hurts everyone, not just americans. i'm wondering how serious the wahabbi saudi royal family is on fighting essentially themselves. i guess we will find

2004-05-29T09:40:00.000-07:00

honorable representative pelosi, in reading your press release in regards to the healthcare reform bill, i see that this is nothing more than a democrat/republican issue to you. as a person of neither of these affiliated parties, i'm telling you you're dead wrong. let me lay it out for you. "One of the great things about this country is that hospitals provide care for anyone who walks through

2004-05-28T17:25:00.001-07:00

"the pain of war can not exceed the the woe of aftermath" .:Led Zeppelin - The Battle of Evermore:. please think of the men and women who voluntarily put themselves in harm's way so that you may enjoy the freedoms we have left this memorial day. think positive about june 30, 2004, when the world will know what is the iraqi people's decision is; to allow continued american intervention or to cut

2004-05-26T12:40:00.000-07:00

who's a dumb senator? here is the list of them for today! Sen Leahy, Patrick J. [VT] Sen Alexander, Lamar - 5/12/2004 [TN] Sen Hatch, Orrin G. - 3/25/2004 [UT] Sen Schumer, Charles E. - 5/3/2004 [NY] why are they dumb you ask? see for yourself or if you don't want to click, here is the deal. A bill to amend chapter 5 of title 17, United States Code, to authorize civil copyright enforcement

2004-05-24T15:15:00.000-07:00

thought for the day. look at the graph and see if you can spy a potential problem. nope, no problem here....

2004-05-19T23:22:00.000-07:00

more political activism. this time ben from ben&jerry wants the world to just chill, man. let's all get along like rodney king. and michael moore is a piece of trash for adding more insult to the wounds we are all licking. you just can't enough of those abuse videos, can you? if you're so american, let an american company develop and host your website. but no, you're 'offshoring' jobs to

2004-05-01T01:56:00.000-07:00

gmail address. another triumph of the internet! well, a little one. 1 free GB of storage? nice. will it be used for anything more than dumb anonymous blogging crap? no. why? well you see there is this thing called archiving, and your personal data may still be resident on server 31 in cabinet 42, row 5, after you delete your message [send to trash, whatever]. and i'm just not too

2004-04-18T03:55:00.000-07:00

http://www.un.org/News/ossg/sg/pages/sg_iraq.htm quotes from that piece of human waste kofi annan. someone ought to have the urge to ship him back to ghana, because he is a weak leader and represents a weak spirit among internationally defined nations. condemning, urging, and hoping gets nothing done. how about controlling the birthrate in your own country please?^ ^sourced from http://

2004-04-17T00:16:00.000-07:00

"Meanwhile, Iraq's top Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Husseini al-Sistani, warned the U.S. military against entering the holy city of Najaf to capture a radical cleric wanted for murder." it's the old 'holy' protectionism. a man robs a liquor store and shoots a clerk dead, runs into a church. can the police go in and get the killer? in 2004 iraq, a 'top' cleric from iraq, says no.

2004-04-16T18:14:00.000-07:00

a nice message from the people @ moveon.org and my reply to this is below: > Dear friend, > The violence in Iraq is escalating beyond our control. It's time to recognize that we need the world's help to reach the hearts and minds of Iraqis. We've got to transfer management authority over Iraq to the United Nations, to enable a real transition to peaceful Iraqi self-rule. Please join me in

2004-03-18T22:14:00.000-08:00

join the zerg!!! [if you don't want to read about my opinion on the sad state of religion, please go here instead. you might as well actually learn something.] take a trip to boycottliberalism.com and you get "Our greatest responsibility is the active defense of the American people." - George W. Bush okay. fair enough. then you look at the content. you notice the: Boycott of the Week

2004-02-24T18:20:00.000-08:00

this is my message sent to all the house and senate people we foolishly elected. like they can do a damn thing, but at least i'm participating by giving my input. i encourage you to do the same. unless you like voter fraud. note- only a moron uses their real name in their blog. i encourage anyone who reads this in the great damn near bankrupt state of Arnoldfornia to send the text below and

2004-01-21T00:31:00.000-08:00

$4.30/hr - grocery store nonsense yes, four dollars and thirty cents an hour. that is how much the evil stores are willing to cap the medical benefits at for every employee, every hour. i worked my benefits out, and it's about $1.75 an hour. and this is a company that has excellent, as in > 'competitive'. the grocery stores will go under unless they cap this expense. accurate financials