Friday, July 02, 2004
Keeping them honest
AFP is reporting that 9 members of Congress have requested that the U.N. send observers to monitor the Presidential elections on November 2. Given the embarassing debacle in Florida last time around and the seeming indifference of Florida officials to continuing flaws in their election system, I think perhaps we do need outside observers.
The Bush admin is defending a memo sent out to churches seeking to mobilize church members on behalf of the Republican candidate for President - one George W. Bush. Using a gross logical fallacy, Bush campaign spokesman Scott Stanzel defended the memo saying that, "people of faith have a right to take part in the political process." Yes they do. Much as members of corporations have a right to take part in the political process. That doesn't mean that Churches or Corporations can endorse candidates, though. Of course the Bush campaign understands this perfectly well. They're banking on YOU not being smart enought to see thru the smokescreen.
UPDATE Even The Southern Baptists are mad about this latest attempted breech of Church/State relations by Bush Inc. Chuck Currie makes a monumental understatement when he observes that "when the Southern Baptists tell a Republican they’ve crossed the line you know they are in real trouble." LOL
Apparently Lawyer-Client Talks Were Taped by officials at a federal prison in Brooklyn NY. The subjects were Arabs and Muslim immigrants detained after 9/11.
US economy generating fewer jobs than hoped. Only 112,000 jobs were created in June. Economists had expected about twice that many to be created. Approximately 150,000 new jobs must be created each and every month simply to keep up with population growth. To recover from job loss means that MORE than 150,000 jobs must be created each month. To date the Bush administration has presided over an economy that is still over 3 million jobs in the hole compared to when he was sworn in as President. About 4 million new jobs will have to be created in the next 4 months in order for Bush to break even.
Coast Guard Commandant Tom Collins said Thursday that the single biggest threat to the Coast Guard is the age of it's ships. More than 20 of 55 110-foot patrol boats have had their hulls breached over the past 2-1/2 years. One wonders just how seriously the Bush admin takes domestic security when the unproven "Star Wars" missle defense system remains a high priority while the organization tasked with protecting our borders from terrorists are having a hard time keeping aging equipment afloat.
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The Bush admin is defending a memo sent out to churches seeking to mobilize church members on behalf of the Republican candidate for President - one George W. Bush. Using a gross logical fallacy, Bush campaign spokesman Scott Stanzel defended the memo saying that, "people of faith have a right to take part in the political process." Yes they do. Much as members of corporations have a right to take part in the political process. That doesn't mean that Churches or Corporations can endorse candidates, though. Of course the Bush campaign understands this perfectly well. They're banking on YOU not being smart enought to see thru the smokescreen.
UPDATE Even The Southern Baptists are mad about this latest attempted breech of Church/State relations by Bush Inc. Chuck Currie makes a monumental understatement when he observes that "when the Southern Baptists tell a Republican they’ve crossed the line you know they are in real trouble." LOL
Apparently Lawyer-Client Talks Were Taped by officials at a federal prison in Brooklyn NY. The subjects were Arabs and Muslim immigrants detained after 9/11.
US economy generating fewer jobs than hoped. Only 112,000 jobs were created in June. Economists had expected about twice that many to be created. Approximately 150,000 new jobs must be created each and every month simply to keep up with population growth. To recover from job loss means that MORE than 150,000 jobs must be created each month. To date the Bush administration has presided over an economy that is still over 3 million jobs in the hole compared to when he was sworn in as President. About 4 million new jobs will have to be created in the next 4 months in order for Bush to break even.
Coast Guard Commandant Tom Collins said Thursday that the single biggest threat to the Coast Guard is the age of it's ships. More than 20 of 55 110-foot patrol boats have had their hulls breached over the past 2-1/2 years. One wonders just how seriously the Bush admin takes domestic security when the unproven "Star Wars" missle defense system remains a high priority while the organization tasked with protecting our borders from terrorists are having a hard time keeping aging equipment afloat.
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