Convention Opens With 9/11 Focus in New York

washingtonpost.com;" Aug. 29- Vice President Cheney launched the Republican convention in a speech hailing President Bush's war leadership, as more than 200,000 demonstrators took to the streets here in protest of the Bush administration's policies. All of us are gathering this week for one reason and one reason only, and that is to make certain that George W. Bush is president for the next four years," Cheney said. Demonstrators marched past Madison Square convention site, carrying mock flag-draped coffins and signs condemning the Iraq war. City under tense security, with thousands of heavily armed police guarding river crossings, closing streets and snarling traffic on a usually quiet summer Sunday. Bush accepts his party's nomination for a second term in the city where the twin towers once stood.interview with NBC News. Yet first lady Laura Bush, who typically avoids such issues, defended the group, Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, that has run ads questioning Kerry's decorations and antiwar activism. Asked whether the ads are unfair, Laura Bush told Time: "Not really. There have been millions of terrible ads against my husband." anti-Bush demonstrators here are determined to remind Americans of the subsequent division, particularly over the Iraq war, demonstrators marched carrying antiwar signs with messages such as "Bush Lies, Who Dies?" More than 350 demonstrators have been arrested since last week as law enforcement agencies attempt to deter terrorism and street violence with a massive show of force. New York Gov. George E. Pataki, a Republican, said he is confident that security in New York is under control and attendees will be safe. "In a word, yes, I'm very confident," Pataki said on ABC News."

First off let me say! The Gov. Of New York is Republican as you can see. Second, He's surely not going to admit that things could get ugly because of Bush being their in regards to 9/11 bombing. What he should of really said is - I PRAY!! - nothing bad happens while the R.N.C is in town, at least then people would see him as trying to try be honest about it... I'm sorry he's just the Governor, unless he knows something everyone else don't know and he can see into the future!!

Take the Iowa Republican Party

washingtonpost.com;"No question the Republicans, as the Democrats before them, will strive mightily to present a unified, moderate face this week in New York.The state party's platform, includes a number of planks that you probably won't read in the national platform the GOP will formally adopt this week.Among Iowa Republicans' positions: favoring the abolition of government-mandated minimum wages; supporting landlords who refuse to lease property to cohabiting gays "based on moral objections"; backing termination of parental rights for people convicted of a second drug offense; supporting the teaching in public schools of non-evolutionary theories such as "creation science" or "intelligent design science"; opposing a state program that awards scholarships to students who say they are gay; supporting U.S. withdrawal from the United Nations and the removal of U.N. headquarters from U.S. soil; opposing any socialized national health care system, based on the belief that "health care is a privilege and not a right"; and supporting a constitutional amendment that would prohibit the current practice of automatically granting citizenship to the children of illegal immigrants. Not surprisingly, New Yorkers hold a far higher opinion of themselves than Republicans do. Asked to compare themselves with the average American, New Yorkers rated themselves friendlier, more creative, more family-oriented, moral, religious, honest and patriotic than Republicans were willing to give them credit for."

I don't know about the rest of you but if this is the path, Bush is thinking of Taking. Better....Pray he don't get re-elected

Bringing in a Pro to Get the Drop on Balloons

washingtonpost.com;" Republican National Convention won't be anything like the Democratic version: This time, officials insist, the balloons will fall on schedule you might recall, the balloon drop at the end of the Democratic convention may have been the only thing off message during the whole week in Boston. Instead of thousands of balloons showering the party's nominees, John F. Kerry and John Edwards got only a trickle. Not gonna happen when President Bush and Vice President Cheney are renominated.To ensure that their convention comes to a well-choreographed finale, organizers have called on Treb Heining, perhaps the most respected name in the balloon drop community"

Well we all know they made darn sure, to rub it in. Well that's fine, that they have this kind of money to waste on balloons instead of using it for something more important, then balloons. As far as bragging about hiring the best person for the job, I think it's un-fair to say that. Kerry tried to hire the best person he thought too!! Well who's to say it couldn't happen again.

200,000- Demonstrators Lay Unwelcome Mat

washingtonpost.com;"Aug. 29 -- By the tens of thousands, demonstrators marched, chanted -- "No More Years!" -- and danced through the streets of Manhattan on Sunday, voicing their anger with President Bush, the war in Iraq and the Republicans' decision to hold a national convention in this most Democratic of urban bastions. Hundreds of police officers in riot gear lined the sidewalks, SWAT vans idled, and police helicopters whirred overhead. But the protest was as peaceful as it was vast. More than 200,000 demonstrators, according to a police estimate, packed dozens of blocks along Seventh Avenue and snaked down side streets.Many New Yorkers spoke of deeply felt indignation that the Republicans would come to their city, as though the convention starting Monday were a slap in their faces. As marchers passed Madison Square Garden, they often erupted in chants of "Liar! Liar!"a public school teacher and mother who lives in Chelsea, stood in the sharp, hot sun of midday holding this sign: "My son watched the towers fall from his school. I don't feel safer." "The Republicans have come here, to a place where they don't have a base, for one reason: To play with the image of 9/11," Abell said. "They are using fear and death to make Bush's policies seem more palatable."There were thousands of "John Kerry for President" pins in evidence. Sisters, passed out voter registration cards while their mother, held a poster saying, "If you think voting doesn't matter, then why did Republicans try so hard to prevent black Americans from voting?"

Well All I can say to New Yorkers, I hope nothing bad happens again to your fine city, because the Bush-
Party felt they should have the- RNC in New York. I myself don't feel after 9/11 was the proper place to hold something like this, I will say tho- I am happy to hear that People remain some what, calm while doing their protesting event.

Ashamed He Helped Bush

washingtonpost.com;"Ben Barnes said he is "more ashamed at myself than I've ever been" because he helped President Bush and the sons of other wealthy families get into the Texas National Guard so they could avoid serving in Vietnam. I got a young man named George W. Bush into the National Guard, and I'm not necessarily proud of that, but I did it," Barnes, in a video clip recorded.Bush joined the National Guard in 1968 and served until 1973. He has said he received no special treatment and did not seek help to be admitted to the Guard.I became more ashamed of myself than I've ever been, because it was the worst thing I did -- help a lot of wealthy supporters and a lot of people who had family names of importance get in the National Guard," he said. Five years ago, Barnes's lawyer issued a statement saying Barnes had been contacted by the now-deceased Sidney Adger, a Houston oilman and friend of Bush's father, who was then a congressman. Adger asked Barnes to recommend Bush for a pilot position with the Air National Guard, and he did, the statement said."

Just a little tid-bit for all you Bush- Fans

Reform Party -Ralph Nader For President

washingtonpost.com;" Ralph Nader yesterday accepted the Reform Party's nomination for president, and the ballot lines in seven states, including Florida and Michigan, that come with it. This is just to prevent any more court litigation with our brothers and sisters in the Democratic Party," O'Hara said, alluding to legal squabbles in several states where Democrats fear Nader will siphon votes from their nominee, Sen. John F. Kerry Nader spokesman Kevin B. Zeese sees it differently. "It's actually surprising how much Ralph and the Reform Party agree on," he said, citing electoral reform, ending corporate welfare, and opposition to the Iraq war as examples. Republicans, who think Nader's presence in the race helps President Bush, have gathered signatures for his petitions to get on the ballot in states such as Michigan, where officials refused to recognize his Reform Party endorsement. Nader is suing to reverse that decision. The Ballot Project Inc., a group of attorneys working to keep Nader off the ballot in numerous states, is considering asking the FEC to rule that the Reform Party is no longer a national party and should not be able to place Nader on the Nov. 2 ballot. Keep in mind, 80 out of 100 people did not vote for a Democrat or a Republican in the [primaries], so that is who we are appealing to," O'Hara said."

I had to go out and find a Ralph Nader post because I made a comment about him on one of my post, to a viewer. Just to let everyone know I am swinging in the wind as far as who I am voting for as of this time, in light of all that's been going on with the war and the swiftboat crap. So will gather different post on each person to get a collection of what's what with each of them and also, to open up my post to a wider view of posts and viewers.

GOVERNMENT TO TAKE OVER TERRORIST WATCH LISTS FROM AIRLINES

kpvi.com;"The federal government says it's taking over the task of checking names of airline passengers against terrorism watch lists. It says it can do a more comprehensive and secure job than the airlines, since the government doesn't give airlines complete terrorist lists. That's because the government worries the information could fall into the wrong hands. The new system is called Secure Flight and the Transportation Security Administration will begin testing it in the next two months. But it's already being criticized. The chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure subcommittee on aviation says it'll take a year to put Secure Flight in place after the testing. He thinks that's too long. Having the government take over passenger screening is a recommendation by the Nine-Eleven Commission."

I say sure Now! Mr. Bush wants to play the big guy and come in and do something with airlines. My question to this is..One-why didn't he do this back before 9/11 happened it wasn't like he didn't know their was a possible threat! Two- I truly feel this is nothing more then a re-elect ME-ME!! In to Office-Ploy on his part. If you want the truth, I bet, he knows he's being sent down the road and he's just trying to get the people to think he wasn't that bad of a President. So we will pick him back-up come November. I say Bush, just stick out your thumb and move on down the road. Because this Voter isn't buying your -Good-ole-boy Story!!

Remember, the next goofy moment is just around the corner

Journalnet.com;" Just when you think things are at an all-time low, and you feel like the only answer is to dive, head-first, off an Old Town building into a crater...Something happens... Something wonderful. Something magical. Something that will force you to blow milk right out of your nose. Milk blowing is way better than Prozac. When I am depressed, there is usually a warning sign telling me that total despair is about to do a one-eighty. A ninety happens in the middle. (That's when I lock up the Diet Pepsi.) Then I wait... The second hand slows to a snail's pace. The big hand and the little hand appear motionless until I want to choke the livin' bidness out of Mickey. But, I don't...I wait...Rotate with me now as I take you through three hundred and sixty degrees. The Circle of Life. About ten days or so ago, a fellow seemed bent on saying "Goodbye" to this cruel world by jumping off a downtown Pocatello roof. Fortunately, emergency personnel talked him down. It's a good thing, too, because otherwise he would have missed so very much. Take, for instance, the Squirrel Man story. The Squirrel Man's name is Jay Beasley and he lives in Idaho Falls.Idaho. He likes to rent traps from the Animal Shelter, trap little gray squirrels, cook 'em and eat 'em. He likes 'em with gravy. Jay?... Are you playing the home version of Fear Factor? If so, are you using the full deck? If not, I am concerned that you may have contracted Mad Squirrel Disease. I don't believe many guests will be joining you this Thanksgiving, whether you go with a rich, nutty Cabernet or choose a smokey Fume' Blanc.
Next, he would have missed that goofball bear, whose breath alone could have made Milwaukee famous.
Baker Lake Resort, 80 miles northeast of Seattle. That bear got into a cooler full of beer and was discovered, passed-out-cold on the campground lawn, surrounded by 36 empty cans of Rainier. That bear was hammered.
Fish and Game shrewdly realized that the bear could be a problem drinker and thought of the campground as his bar...Where everyday is Happy Hour...And "...Everybody knows your name...".Norm! Fish and Game woke Norm up and he lumbered into the woods, only to come back the next morning. (Probably looking for a Bloody Mary special.) Fish and Game was ready. They had a live-trap baited with two cans of the hair of the dog, a naugahyde bar stool and a neon sign. I reckon that nobody at Fish and Game wanted to pull that shift at The Bear Trap Bar. It was a self-serve deal. Word has it that Norm has been relocated to the Betty Ford Clinic.
Yes, sometimes the world can be a mighty cruel place. Sometimes people want to say "Goodbye" to it. Sometimes a problem can seem bigger than the world, but usually it's just a problem...And problems can be solved. If you need someone to talk to, then talk. Call a friend or call 1-800-564-2120. That way we'll all be here to enjoy the next goofy moment that is surely just around the corner. We can enjoy it together!

Found this in the Local-paper posted it because I liked the humor and also because, it has a 1-800-number for people to call into, that are depressed or suicidal.

EXPEDITION SEEKS 50-MILLION YEAR RECORD OF EARTH'S CLIMATE

kpvi.com;"Teams of scientists are looking deep in a mountain chain beneath the Arctic Ocean in hopes of finding a 50 (m) million year diary of the planet's climate. It's a technically complex drilling mission aimed at extracting sediment that scientists hope will provide the Earth's climatic history and help explain how humans are changing the planet. Starting this month, teams stationed near the North Pole will drill three 16-hundred-40 foot holes beneath the ocean floor to get at the needed sediment. The cores will then be taken to a university in Germany for further analysis. Scientists have been wanting to make this trip for decades but never had the equipment to pull it off."

Things like this I like to read, I figured after so much in every post about Kerry & Bush I wanted to add a few different things to read for you and myself. If by chance you come across more on this story , E-mail it to me and I will post it as a up-date to this one or add it on TX.

MAN BUYING DEMOCRAT DOMAIN NAMES TO LINK TO BUSH SITE

kpvi.com;"What would you expect to find at vermont-democrats-dot-com? The Web address is now owned by a Republican, Jed Merrill of Park City, Utah. He's registered a number of Democratic-sounding Internet addresses, including maine-democrats and massachusetts-democrats and linked them to the re-election Web site of President Bush. Merrill says he has been buying up the domain names this summer as they became available. But some Democrats are crying foul. Merrill says he'll also put a link to the Kerry-Edwards campaign on the Web pages. But as of late Thursday the Web sites were off-line."

My Question to this post is? Does this man work? and if he does, must be a good paying postion that he can afford to waste money on bad-judment calls!

BUSH SAYS HE EXPECTS TO WIN RE-ELECTION

kpvi.com;"Candid comments on Iraq and John Kerry from President Bush in two interviews. Bush told The New York Times that he made a "miscalculation of what the conditions would be" after U-S troops went to Iraq. In the same interview, he also said he doesn't think that John Kerry lied about his Vietnam War record. The group Swift Boat Veterans for Truth has aired advertisements claiming Kerry lied about circumstances surrounding his war medals. Bush told U-S-A Today that he stands by Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld despite two reports criticizing the Pentagon in the prisoner abuse scandal. He says the most disappointing thing about his term in office has been his inability to change what he calls the "harsh environment" in Washington. But he says the presidential campaign "really doesn't seem that ugly." Bush also said he expects to win."
Expects to Win? Hello Mr. Bush..have you even been reading the papers? people are not very happy with you. And you think you are a slam-dunk!

MIDWEST YIELDS BIGGER SPIDERS

kpvi.com;"Here's something for Midwesterners to ponder: you're never more than three feet from a spider. Experts say spiders are plentiful, fat and happy in the Midwest this year, thanks to a cool, wet summer. Spiders typically are plump this time of year as they prepare to lay eggs. But experts say they're even fatter than normal because the summer conditions have allowed them to munch more on their favorite snack -- insects. There are about 900 known spider species in Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin and Indiana. And experts say the rule of thumb is that no one is ever more than three feet from a spider."
Just what I needed to hear!! I don't know about all of you, but I"m afraid of- SPIDERS. We have a spider here called a HOBO, and they are damn mean spiders they chase you and their big too!!

Bomb Threat Made On Vet- Hospitals

kpvi.com;" Counter-terrorism officials are warning that al-Qaida may target U-S veterans hospitals -- possibly as an alternative to more heavily guarded military facilities. The F-B-I and the Homeland Security Department say there's no credible information on a specific threat against Veterans Affairs hospitals. But their new nationwide terrorism bulletin points to persistent reports of "suspicious activity" at medical facilities throughout the United States. The bulletin mentions "possible reconnaissance activities" this year at facilities in Bethesda, Maryland, and Aurora, Colorado -- although no terrorism links have been uncovered. The warning -- distributed among law enforcement and security personnel -- is urging continued vigilance at V-A hospitals nationwide. Officials have repeatedly said that al-Qaida may attempt an attack inside the United States before the November election."

This one is really one that bothered me about the wars. It's not bad enough these soldiers already were hurt in fighting a war for us against them, but now they want to come back and finish killing our soldiers they didn't get the first time around. I wish I knew a way to make all this just stop, Its gotten to the point of sinking to levels of plain dis-respect towards the weak and cripple, how cruel do you have to be to do this?

BRAIN PACEMAKER HELPS BOY WALK AGAIN

kpvi.com;" A marvel of science has allowed the family of a Michigan boy to see something they never expected: the ten-year-old leading his class down the aisle at church for First Holy Communion. A pacemaker implanted in Nolan Kashat's brain is helping the ten-year-old walk, sit up straight and ride a bike again. Nolan hadn't walked in three years due to dystonia -- a neurological disorder in which muscles contract uncontrollably. He dropped out of regular classes last year because he could no longer sit in his seat. Now, he's re-learning to ride a bike. The sixth-grader is believed to be one of the youngest people in the U-S to undergo a procedure called deep brain stimulation. It's more typically used to treat Parkinson's disease and tremor."

Just when you think that life is a bowl of crap, you read something heart-warming like this. Where a young boy got a second chance at life because of research. And this is also the reason I don't understand why Bush is so against -Stem Research?

Conservatives for Kerry? Here's Your Man.

washingtonpost.com;"Utter three words -- George Walker Bush -- and watch eminent author Kevin Phillips, a , pucker like he has inhaled a pickle. "I've never understood why we take Bush and his family seriously," he says. They come from the investment-inherited-money wing of the Republican Party. They display no real empathy for anyone who is not of their class. They aren't supply-siders; they're crony-siders. As far as I'm concerned, I would put Bush on a slow boat to China with all full warning to the Chinese submarine fleet" He describes the Bushes as second-tier New England monied types who made the strategic move from Greenwich, Conn., to Midland, Tex., just as the nation's power pendulum took a southern swing. This was not a particularly daring strike into the interior. Rather, like proper Wall Street capitalists, the Bushes and many other financier families had sniffed the scent of sweet cash and sent a relative or two to investigate. The Bushes settled in a west Texas city that, far from being the cowboy wildcatter's paradise of political myth, was a leafy enclave thick with Ivy League scions, street names such as Princeton and Harvard, and enough Wall Street gilt to keep everyone in country club fees. George W. Is the first president to come directly out of the oil industry, even if he was a failure at the actual business of looking for it," he says. "And who did he pick as his vice president? Another man from the oil industry. It's astonishing that nobody really questions the implications of this." The Democrats accumulated all this dirt on Bush, but they wouldn't use it," he says. "These people have no taste for the jugular. Bush proved swell at sweet-talking donors into parting with large sums of money for the sake of the party. (In this way, Phillips says, the father prefigured the son. George W. Bush never ran a profitable oil business, but he was terrific at raising copious sums of finance capital and walked away from each oil venture with a fatter bank account). Earlier generations of Bushes apparently profited handsomely from World War I contracts and from the reckless lending of bonds to a collapsing Weimar Republic government, not to mention some Bush-Harriman investments in Germany as it rearmed during the 1930s.) The Bush family would just appoint a Gucci-shoe-licking sycophant. The family has simply developed a culture of being enormously supportive of their class." As it stands, Kerry has my vote. "I'm hoping that Kerry's a seven on a scale of 10, but I'm afraid maybe he's just a five," Phillips says. "But Kerry's running against a zero. So my choice is clear."

Well it looks like this person has some dirt on the Bush family Tree, and don't care who he tells . and how anyone feels. Click the- link, read the full story. Then come back and leave a comment, let me know if you agree with him or not?

Our Second Civil War

washingtonpost.com;"Americans under 40 can be excused if they think that the presidential campaign went a bit nuts recently. After all, why has campaign coverage been dominated by a war that ended 29 years ago, even as a dozen Americans were dying and more than 130,000 fighting in Iraq? Well, kids, welcome to an encore presentation of our Second Civil War. The anger and viciousness of the Swift boat debate provide just a brief reminder of how Vietnam divided our nation for a decade. Anyone who was in Vietnam knows that "the fog of war" was more than a cliché.I did not know John Kerry in Vietnam, but I knew the area he was in, having served in the same area as a civilian. I've talked to him often about Vietnam in recent years, and there is no question in my mind that it was the defining experience of his adult years, just as it was for me and hundreds of thousands of other Americans, including those now attacking him. His personal saga embodies the American experience in Vietnam. First he was a good hero in a bad war when most of his college-educated contemporaries (including George W. Bush and Dick Cheney), found easy ways to avoid Vietnam John Kerry introduced his Vietnam record into his campaign because it is a central part of who he is. But stirring up the embers of our Second Civil War was not his intention. All those who served in Vietnam put their lives at risk, and at this distance from the war they all deserve respect. Those of us who survived should show younger Americans that we learned something from the war; John Kerry clearly did, while Americans are again in a war that seems to have no exit -- is particularly grotesque. Watching this debate over Vietnam while a new generation of Americans are risking their lives in Iraq. How long before the lessons from Vietnam can be absorbed into our national life without resurrecting a civil war that cleaves us still? The writer-former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, served as a civilian in Vietnam for three years in the 1960s."

Finally someone who was in the Vietnam War that speaks up, if you want to read all of his story click on the link. I myself thing this never-ending talk about he said-he did needs to stop, what do you think?

Government That Lies

Pocatello Idaho State Journal," The People, have a government that lies, supports two occupying armies, puts retarded people in prisons, has no separation of church and state, is in the starting of a financial meltdown, drug laws that compromise our children. The righteous beyond help. The wealthy out of control. Homeland Security? Patriot Act? Etc., etc., etc."

I think it's time we who have a chance to change this , do something when November comes. Remove

Mr. Bush from his post and get someone in their that cares about America, and not lining their own pockets and their rich-buddies!