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SPINNING IN CIRCLES
By Peter Fredson
A minor rant in the aftermath of Katrina
September 4, 2005
Coincidence? Just before the Twin Towers attack George W. Bush was on vacation, getting on with his life, cutting brush on his ranch. After the attack Bush was reading a kid’s book, got on a plane, headed for a bunker, then later stood on rubble with his arm around a fireman. For the next 2 years he made speeches about his heroic action in failing to recognize that terrorists would strike (…)

The president of Jefferson Parish in New Orleans, Aaron Broussard, just issued an emotional appeal on NBC’s Meet the Press. By the end, he was completely broken down, sobbing uncontrollably:
[Crooks and Liars, as always, has the video.]
RUSSERT: You just heard the director of homeland security’s explanation of what has happened this last week. What is your reaction?
BROUSSARD: We have been abandoned by our own country. Hurricane Katrina will go down in history as one of the worst (…)

I just got this urgent message in my e-mail.
We need a sense of urgency ... before Venezuela becomes another Iraq...
VHeadline.com commentarist Oscar Heck writes: This is an update regarding the urgency of implementing a Venezuelan government-run English-language campaign to spread the truth about Venezuela to the English-speaking world, most particularly, to the People of the USA...
... before it is too late!!!
Below are excerpts from some letters I have received recently from (…)

Sydney Morning Herald (Australia): Venezuela ’prepares for US invasion’
Venezuela has uncovered plans for a US-led invasion and is preparing to defend the country against invading forces, President Hugo Chavez said in a report carried by the state-run news agency.
The Bolivarian News Agency reported late on Friday that Chavez made the comments during an interview with CNN. It was unclear when the interview was to be aired.
"If it occurs to the United States to invade our country — (…)

Taken from November 2004 archives at www.valenzuelasveritas.blogspot.com
Parts of this article say it all about the GOP.....
Republican Leadership, Corporatist Owned
In America’s case, it is the Republican leadership, those evildoers extraordinaire, exploiters of fear and insecurity, usurpers of patriotism, pilferers of freedoms and rights, enemies of free speech and assembly, those hypocrites espousing the cross yet holding the gun, preaching poverty yet seeking wealth, espousing (…)

"...also, the seas will lose their salt and become oceans of lemonade." conjecture from poster at Redstate.org concerning ID definition Intelligent design or ID is in the news recently after President Bush gave proof that he thought that ID deserved debate. Intelligent design is an argument looking for an argument and the proof of ID influence is in the Presidents desire to introduce the ID debate into schools. Support for ID can be found on red state web pages, people convinced that (…)

Does anyone have information on all the flood enabled Humvees which used to be in Louisianna and Mississippi. Apparently they were all shipped to Iraq and were criticised over there as being defficient in protecting against roadside bombs.
Floods in the desert? Well I’ve got an open mind there.
The question of the Humvees will be very important as its has a ring to it which is easy for Mr Average to grasp.
Real facts and figures required or links.

President’s photo-op may fool you, but not me
by Jennifer Monroe
NEW ORLEANS, LA — (OfficialWire) — 09/04/05 — More than five days after it should have happened, thousands of storm victims in New Orleans and the surrounding area are finally being bused and airlifted to safety.
Because the Bush administration does not want to admit the truth, the public isn’t being told how many people were killed by Hurricane Katrina’s floods and how many more American citizens succumbed waiting to be (…)

Support the People of New Orleans: Sept. 7 National Day of Emergency Action
Join a protest on September 7 see below for details of protests in Washington DC, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Seattle - or organize one in your community or on your campus. List your event on the A.N.S.W.E.R. website! www.pephost.org/Sept7localaction
What is taking place today in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama is a crisis rarely seen in this country. It has provoked an outpouring of concern for the (…)

The purpose of the war on terror is to eliminate extremism. Invading and occupying another country Ie. iraq breeds this extremism. There we’nt as many terrorists in iraq until we occupied there country and caused this instabhility.
Bush manipulated us into this war through 9-11 and othe scary facts which turned out to be untrue. Even though bush planned to go to war through his whole election and presidency it seems the simplist things keep getting screwed up. Not enough troops, no (…)