Archive for November, 2004
Tuesday, November 23rd, 2004
Did They Tell Arline and Harold This???
We’re about to enter the peak of the hurricane season in Florida. If you’re new to the area, you’re probably wondering what you need to do to prepare for the possibility that we’ll get hit by “the big one.” Based on our experiences, we recommend that you follow this simple three-step hurricane preparedness plan: STEP […]
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Tuesday, November 23rd, 2004
ET! Phone Home!
It’s located in the seat back in front of you:
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Tuesday, November 23rd, 2004
War! What Is It Good For?
November Death Toll In Iraq Tops 100 Associated Press November 23, 2004 WASHINGTON - Three Marines who were wounded in action during the Fallujah offensive later died at American hospitals in Germany and the United States, the Pentagon said Monday, raising the U.S. military death toll in Iraq for November to at least 101. Since […]
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Tuesday, November 23rd, 2004
Only Those Who Have Been To War …
… can understand its contradictions, which at times bordered on “schizophrenia”. For example, for those of us who were officers flying out of Thailand, we would leave the Officer’s Club, essentially a “country club,” go kill people, tghen copme back to the Officer’s Club. Though I met a few in the “Kill A Commie For […]
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Tuesday, November 23rd, 2004
Nice Quote
Let nothing trouble you Let nothing frighten you Everything passes God never changes Patience Obtains all Whoever has God Wants for nothing God alone is enough. -St. Teresa of Avila
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Tuesday, November 23rd, 2004
We May Not Be Wiired For Racism, But ….
FBI Reports More Than 7,400 Hate Crimes Associated Press Washington, Nov. 22 - Racial prejudice, most often directed at black people, was behind more than half of the nation’s 7,400 reported hate crime incidents in 2003, the FBI said Monday. Reports of hate crimes motivated by anti-black bias totaled 2,548 in 2003, more than double […]
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Monday, November 22nd, 2004
From Sally Firestone
> > Psalm 23 in 2004 > > > > Bush is my shepherd, I shall be in want. > > He maketh me to lie down on park benches, > > He leadeth me beside the still factories, > > He restoreth my doubts about the Republican party. > > He leadeth me onto […]
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Monday, November 22nd, 2004
The Beginning of the End of my Innocence
It is hard for someone not my age to understand the impact of this - and that is was just the start - Bobby Kennedy, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Medger Evers, the rest of many civil rights activists and innocent children, and, of course, all those who died daily in Viet Nam, plus the […]
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Monday, November 22nd, 2004
We Shall Not Overcome?
These are the Bush years: November 22, 2004 Enforcement of Civil Rights Law Declined Since ‘99, Study Finds By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 (AP) - Federal enforcement of civil rights laws has dropped sharply since 1999, as the level of complaints received by the Justice Department has remained relatively constant, according a study […]
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Monday, November 22nd, 2004
Oops!
No More Christmas Candles? Church Air Poses Risk Mon Nov 22, 9:36 AM ET AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A visit to church may be good for the soul but not so good for the lungs, a new study shows. Scientists from Maastricht University found that burning candles and incense in church can release dangerous levels of […]