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Congressional candidate found alive after car accident
By CLYNTON NAMUO Union Leader Correspondent 2 hours, 56 minutes ago
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ABOUT EASTER BUNNIES AND EGGS
By Peter Fredson
April 9, 2006
A nephew in Mexico e-mailed me a question concerning Easter. His wife is a school teacher, and her pupils wanted to know why in the U.S. bunnies and colored eggs are associated with Easter.
Most of the Mexican pupils were raised as Catholics and they only know of the alleged crucifixion, death, resurrection, and ascension of Christ in connection with Easter symbolism (Las Pascuas). No bunnies, no Easter Eggs. How did (…)

Published on Friday, April 7, 2006 by Ted Rall The Danger of Hugo Chávez’s Successful Socialism by Ted Rall When the hated despots of nations like Saudi Arabia and Kazakhstan loot their countries’ treasuries, transfer their oil wealth to personal Swiss bank accounts and use the rest to finance (in the House of Saud’s case) terrorist extremists, American politicians praise them as trusted friends and allies. But when a democratically elected populist president uses Venezuela’s oil (…)

Published on Saturday, April 8, 2006 by CommonDreams.org American Caesar by Ralph Nader
In the name of fighting stateless terrorism, George W. Bush is looming as the American Caesar running roughshod over the civil liberties of the American people who have turned against him in ever larger majorities.
In the name of fighting terrorism, George W. Bush fabricated numerous excuses for illegally invading Iraq and occupying it for now over three costly years in ways that are magnets for the (…)

APRIL 7, 2006 3:25 PM
CONTACT: Federation of American Scientists Ivan Oelrich, ioelrich@fas.org FAS Urges White House to Exclude Nuclear Weapons From National Security Strategy in War on Terrorism
WASHINGTON - April 7 - Strategic Security Experts Available for Interviews —
The new “National Security Strategy for the United States” published yesterday by the White House strengthens the role of nuclear weapons in preemptive military strikes against terrorists and hostile states (…)

Published on Sunday, April 9, 2006 by the Los Angeles Times Opportunity, Cubed, for World’s Organic Growers A sugar plantation in Brazil found dividends beyond its dreams after making the switch. The reason? U.S. farmers can’t meet demand. http://www.commondreams.org/cgi-bin/print.cgi?file=/headlines06/0409-07.htm
by Colin McMahon and Andrew Martin
SERTAOZINHO, Brazil - Growing up on his family’s sugar plantation, Leontino Balbo slept like a dream. The hard work, fresh air and lullaby (…)

True Iran in photos...
http://conflictiran.blogspot.com/2006/04/inside-iran-city-life.html

Most of us have fond memories of Charlie Chan. Here are some of his original aphorisms from films made in the 30s and 40s. Amazingly astute in relation to the current political arena.
Gonzales on NUKE use: "Executioner merely servant of law"
Observation on American public: "Eyes of kitten open only after 9 days"
On the current Republican Party: "Faces may alter, but finderprints never lie"
On impeaching Bush: "Fish in sea like flea on dog....always present but difficult to catch" (…)

The Neocon New York Times has posited a most unusual theory; to whit , King George of PNAC was aware of the plan to leak the CIA identity of Valerie Plame but is not directly implicated in the leak.... Say What ? "And nobody has suggested that the investigation directly implicates the president. Yet Mr. Bush has yet to address some uncomfortable questions....There is the broader issue of whether Bush was aware of any effort by his aides to use the CIA officer’s identity to undermine (…)

Three years after the invasion of Iraq have turned Iraq into chaos. We may look to what has happened through the following:- 1- The war on Iraq was raged against the will of the UN and its Security Council . 2- The reasons for the war, like weapons of mass destruction and relation with Al-Qaida, have proved to be false and even fabricated and has lead Mr Pual to step down Shamefully. 3- The claim that the war will save the Iraqi people from the dictator regime has put the Iraqis in the (…)