Archive for February, 2005
Monday, February 28th, 2005
Too True
Fighting for peace is like screwing for virginity.
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Monday, February 28th, 2005
I Think They Are
from the February 28, 2005 edition - http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0228/p17s01-cogn.html Budget critics: What would Jesus cut? By David R. Francis Immoral. That’s what several religious groups are calling President Bush’s latest budget. The charge has political ramifications. It threatens to undermine some of Mr. Bush’s support from voters concerned with values. But it also raises a deep […]
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Monday, February 28th, 2005
It’s About Time!
U.S. Court Orders ‘Enemy Combatant’ Freed 2 hours, 3 minutes ago MIAMI (Reuters) - A U.S. federal judge ruled on Monday that President Bush (news - web sites) has no authority to order an American citizen jailed indefinitely as an enemy combatant, and ordered terrorism suspect Jose Padilla be released within 45 days. Padilla, who […]
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Monday, February 28th, 2005
And Who Cites Us?
U.S. Cites Nations on Human Rights Abuses Mon Feb 28,10:33 AM ET By BARRY SCHWEID, AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON - Man’s inhumanity to man was documented anew Monday by the State Department as it surveyed human rights abuses last year in scores of countries and found systematic torture in Syria, serious abuses in China and […]
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Sunday, February 27th, 2005
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Saturday, February 26th, 2005
This Made Me Laugh
One night, George W. Bush is tossing restlessly in his White House bed. He awakens to see George Washington standing by him. Bush asks him, “George, what’s the best thing I can do to help the country?” “Set an honest and honorable example, just as I did,” Washington advises, and then fades away. […]
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Saturday, February 26th, 2005
‘Free Maggie’ debate goes Hollywood
MSNBC.com ‘Free Maggie’ debate goes Hollywood By Jeffrey Hope KTUU-TV AnchorageAlaskaUSA - Maggie the elephant could find international fame, and it’s not in a way the Alaska Zoo would like. A company known for taking sides is threatening to make a movie about Maggie if the zoo doesn’t move her out of Alaska.The threat comes […]
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Saturday, February 26th, 2005
Now, This Is Strange!
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Saturday, February 26th, 2005
Female Soldiers Face More Danger in Iraq
2 hours, 10 minutes ago By ROBERT BURNS, AP Military Writer WASHINGTON - When a roadside bomb in Iraq (news - web sites) exploded on Feb. 9, Army Sgt. Jessica M. Housby became the 21st female soldier killed in action since the war began nearly two years ago. That may seem a small number, given […]