gwb told the Press Association he would meet the families of British victims of September 11 and of the 54 British soldiers killed in Iraq, who died in a "noble cause". "There's two messages [for the families]," he said. "One, the prayers of the American people and the prayers of the president are with them as they suffer. Secondly, that I will tell them that their loved ones did not die in vain. The actions we have taken will make the world more secure and the world more peaceful in the long run."

mred - more 911/saddam insinuations

He said, "This project has been very moving. Occasionally it catches you off-guard emotionally, to sit and listen to Oswald. He had never been called 'Lee Harvey Oswald,' you know, only 'Lee,' " Jennings said. "I read that it was William Manchester who wrote that the country needed to call him 'Lee Harvey Oswald.' That the president should have been assassinated by a drifter just named 'Lee' was not enough."

They don’t compare to Harry Potter, but early sales for Pfc. Jessica Lynch’s authorized biography have topped those for such high-profile works as Toni Morrison’s “Love” and Anne Rice’s “Blood Canticle.”

(October 28, 2003) The White House advisors have been making discreet inquiries on the Hill about the Bush plan to reinstitute a universal draft in America…this in spite of the potentially deadly reactions that could blast the President out of the White House. Wolfowitz and Rumsfeld are pushing this in spite of repeated warnings, even from inside the Pentagon, that this would be political suicide. “We need this and we are going to get it” Wolfowitz said to one of our senior editors on Monday.

No, repeat, no, pictures of dead Iraqi civilians and most surely, no dead or wounded GIs. Two foreign reporters have been shot very dead for disobeying these orders.

The current Administration will never tell the truth if a lie will suffice…

Right-To-Kill Advocate Opposes Right-To-Die Measure

After Republicans walked into the Senate chamber together to begin the extraordinary session, Democrats argued that their move was not a show of unity but rather a television stunt orchestrated for Fox News. They pointed to a memo from Elizabeth Keys, a senior communications advisor for the Senate Republican Conference, which said:
"It is important to double efforts to get your boss to S-230 on time ... Fox News Channel is really excited about this marathon and Brit Hume at 6 would love to open with all our 51 senators walking onto the floor -- the producer wants to know will we walk in exactly at 6:02 when the show starts so they get it live to open Brit Hume's show? Or if not, can we give them an exact time for the walk-in start?"

Bush said, "Successful nations recognize the rights of women." Why then is he actively engaged in repealing a woman's right to choose, and why did he invade Iraq where the rights of women were greater than in any other Arab nation?
Bush said, "Successful nations prohibit and punish official corruption, and invest in the health and education of their people."
Bush said, "Successful nations allow room for . . . independent newspapers and broadcast media." Why then is his administration actively engaged in paving the way for even greater right-wing media consolidation?
Bush said, "Successful nations protect freedom with the consistent and impartial rule of law instead of selectively applying the law to punish political opponents." Why then do Bush and Ashcroft use secret courts and prosecutors to punish their political opponents and why are they actively engaged in shredding our Constitution and Bill of Rights? Why then does Bush not speak out against the millions of people incarcerated in America for low-level nonviolent crimes while thousands of high-level corporate crooks remain free and even work within his regime at the highest levels?
Bush said, "Successful nations limit the power of the state and the power of the military, so that governments respond to the will of the people, and not the will of the elite."

Remember the plane crash that killed Diebold chief operating officer Wesley B. Vance in May? In the light of all the many amazing things that have happened to Diebold since May, doesn't that mysterious death take on an added significance? After Vance's death, extreme partisan Republican Walden W. O'Dell took over running the company "until a successor is named", and is still running it.

CIA: "GROWING CONCERN" ABOUT SYRIA NUKES
"In a marked shift from previous assessments, the CIA said in a report released today that it is monitoring Syrian nuclear intentions with 'growing concern,'"
Concerning biological and chemical weapons, the report says that it is “highly probable” that Syria has continued to work to develop an offensive biological weapons capability and that Syria continues to seek foreign assistance and equipment for its chemical weapons program.
In equally grim news, today's Newswire also reports that the "Iran has systematically concealed wide-ranging nuclear activities including the production of small amounts of plutonium and low-enriched uranium," according to the International Atomic Energy Agency. However, "it is not clear whether the country has tried to develop a nuclear weapon."

Here's a simple lesson I've learned the hard way:
Watch what people actually do.
Next lesson: Trust but verify.

For many days, aides have portrayed California Governor-elect Arnold Schwarzenegger as hard at work in meetings on his new administration which takes office on Monday.
It turns out that the actor and his wife Maria Shriver have been vacationing in Hawaii with their four children, a person close to the family told Reuters.

The cells organized bomb-making factories and booby-trapped copies of the Koran, Islam's holy book, showing that the terror network is targeting Saudis, other Arabs and Muslims, he said.

Radio talk show host Jon Matthews, who has been a fixture of the Houston broadcast scene for more than a decade, was indicted by a Fort Bend County grand jury on a charge of indecency with a child.