"Okeydoke"
History
Today is Monday, Nov. 14, the 318th day of 2005. There are 47 days left in the year.
1851, Herman Melville's novel "Moby-Dick" was first published.
1889, inspired by Jules Verne, New York World reporter Nellie Bly (Elizabeth Cochrane) set out to travel around the world in less than 80 days. (She made the trip in 72 days.)
1900, Aaron Copland, one of America's leading composers of the 20th century, was born in New York City.
1900 The Washington Society of Colored Dentists, the first organization for Colored dentists is founded.
1915 Booker T. Washington, educator and writer, dies in Tuskegee, AL. He will be honored with a U.S. Postal stamp for the 100th anniversary of his birth
1922, the British Broadcasting Corporation began its domestic radio service.
1935, President Roosevelt proclaimed the Philippine Islands a free commonwealth.
1940, during World War II, German planes destroyed most of the English town of Coventry.
1943, an American torpedo was mistakenly fired at the battleship USS Iowa, which was carrying President Roosevelt and his joint chiefs to the Tehran conference; the torpedo exploded harmlessly in the Iowa's wake.
1956 During a mass meeting of the Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA), it is decided to discontinue boycott as soon as the Supreme Court's decision is implemented.
1968, Yale University announced it was going co-educational.
1969, Apollo 12 blasted off for the moon.
1972, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above the 1,000 level for the first time, ending the day at 1,003.16.
1973, Britain's Princess Anne married Captain Mark Phillips in Westminster Abbey. (They divorced in 1992, and Anne remarried.)
Ten years ago: The U.S. government instituted a partial shutdown, closing national parks and museums while government offices operated with skeleton crews.
U.S. Rep. Enid Greene Waldholtz, R-Utah, filed for divorce from her husband, Joe, who was under federal investigation for possible campaign financing improprieties. (Joe Waldholtz spent 22 months in federal prison.)
Five years ago: Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris certified George W. Bush's fragile 300-vote lead over Al Gore, hours after a judge refused to lift a 5 p.m. deadline; however, the judge gave Harris the authority to accept or reject follow-up manual recount totals.
Pioneering CBS Radio newsman Robert Trout died in New York at age 91.
One year ago: Mahmoud Abbas, the temporary successor to Yasser Arafat, escaped unharmed when militants firing assault rifles burst into a mourning tent for the deceased Palestinian leader in Gaza, killing two security guards.
Usher was honored with four trophies at the American Music Awards in Los Angeles, including favorite male soul-R&B artist, best pop-rock album, best pop-rock artist and best soul-R&B album
Missing in Action
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1967 SULLIVAN TIMOTHY B. SPRINGFIELD MA 03/14/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE AND WELL 98
1970 KLUGG JOSEPH R. OKEMOS MI
November 13
1964 BLOOM DARL R. MORRISDALE PA AIR COLLISION NO PARA SEEN
1965 JENKINS HARRY T. WASHINGTON DC 02/12/73 RELEASED BY DRV DECEASED
1968 ERSKINE JACK D. VC SKETCHES OF ERSKINE FOUND
1969 RAY RONALD E. PORT ARTHUR TX
1970 BANCROFT WILLIAM W. INDIANAPOLIS IN
1970 WRIGHT DAVID I. ANNAPOLIS MD
November 12
1965 HUNTING PETER M REMAINS RETURNED 11/13/65
1966 FROSIO ROBERT CLARENCE WARRINGTON FL
1966 JONES JAMES GRADY BIRMINGHAM AL
1967 CAYCE JOHN D. SAN ANTONIO TX
1967 ROARK JAMES D. ABINGDON VA
1969 BODAHL JON KEITH BOISE ID
1969 DENNANY JAMES E. MATTAWAN MI
1969 HELMICH GERALD ROBERT MANCHESTER NH
1969 SMITH HARRY WINFIELD BATON ROUGE LA
1969 TUCCI ROBERT L. DETROIT MI
The China Daily
Anhui reports newest outbreak of bird flu
(AP)
Updated: 2005-11-14 21:59
China on Monday reported a new case of bird flu in poultry in the country's east — its ninth outbreak since Oct. 19.
Chinese health worker disinfects a motorcycle at the entrance to a bird flu-hit village in Jingshan County, central China's Hubei province November 13, 2005. [Reuters]
The news, announced on government television, came as experts from the World Health Organization were in central China to help determine whether bird flu killed a 12-year-old girl and sickened two other people in a village that suffered an outbreak in poultry last month.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-11/14/content_494546.htm
North Korea proposed five-step plan to disarm at latest talks
North Korea proposed a five-step plan to abandon its nuclear weapons programs at the latest round of disarmament talks that ended inconclusively last week, South Korea's top official on relations with the nation said Monday.
North Korea insists on end to US sanctions
North Korea is insisting the United States lift sanctions against eight companies as South Korea voiced optimism the row would not sidetrack six-way nuclear talks.
China: Little progress on N. Korea talks
By day's end, little progress had been made, said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang, adding that "but all the six parties are working earnestly
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/focus/world_koreantalk_page.html
Take H5N1 seriously, but no need for panic
(HK Edition)
Updated: 2005-11-14 05:48
The world has good reasons to take seriously the spreading cases of influenza, especially since H5N1 can be fatal, but that doesn't mean we all have to panic. Prior pandemics, such as those that occurred in 1918, 1957 and 1968, have demonstrated that when the bird-derived influenza virus enters the human body, it can adapt to become transmissible among humans themselves. It was reported, for example, in 1918 that a kitchen staff member of the US Army fell sick with flu one day, and 500 other soldiers contracted the same illness two days later. A week later, the flu spread around the US and one month later became a pandemic affecting the entire world. Forty million people died as a result.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-11/14/content_494485.htm
Greenpeace releases shoppers' guide on GM
By Yuan Wu (China Daily)
Updated: 2005-11-14 05:15
Coca-Cola has been named along with 106 brands in a Greenpeace guide of companies that have committed not to use GM (genetically modified) ingredients.
The shoppers' guide was released by Greenpeace in Beijing yesterday.
"In China, we use high fructose corn syrup produced from non-biotech corn, sugar cane and beet, for which biotech versions are not being commercially grown," Coca Cola told Greenpeace China.
It is the second shoppers' guide Greenpeace has compiled for consumers in China.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-11/14/content_494376.htm
Environmentalists vie for Green Figures awards
By Sun Xiaohua (China Daily)
Updated: 2005-11-14 05:15
Competition in an online poll to elect China's top 5 environmentalists is heating up.
Voters are currently faced with a shortlist of 20 nominees, but by the end of the month five will have been selected as China's Green Figures of 2005.
The list of 20 candidates came out last week, based on 35,823 Internet votes, letters and phone calls to the organizing committee.
The five winners will be announced at the opening ceremony of China's Environmental Cultural Festival at the end of this month .
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-11/14/content_494375.htm
Properly using funds for greener energy
China Daily Updated: 2005-11-14 05:18
Going green has become a new consensus among the government, corporations and the public, and initiatives are being taken by major developed countries to shift to a more diversified energy consumption portfolio.
Calls from the Beijing International Renewable Energy Conference 2005 (IREC) last week best illustrate that consensus. The world has realized the danger of relying primarily on fossil energy when the environment and global energy security are both undergoing fast changes.
The fact that one topic of bilateral talks between President Hu Jintao and German leaders is renewable energy is the latest sign of North-South co-operation in the field of new energy sources, as called on by the IREC.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-11/14/content_494359.htm
France extending emergency order to Feb.
(AP)
Updated: 2005-11-14 21:05
The French Cabinet approved a bill Monday to extend the country's state of emergency for three months, while youths set schools ablaze and waged other scattered arson attacks across France.
A firefighter stands near a car set ablaze in the La Reynerie housing project of Toulouse, southern France, Sunday, Nov. 13, 2005. France's worst rioting since the 1960s seems to be nearing an end, the national police chief said Sunday, with fewer cars torched nationwide. [AP]
Though the unrest is abating, the bill, if approved by parliament as expected, would allow a 12-day state of emergency to be prolonged until mid-February if needed. The emergency measures empower regions to impose curfews on minors, conduct house searches and take other steps to prevent unrest.
"It is a measure of protection and precaution," President Jacques Chirac said.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-11/14/content_494538.htm
Gays in Guangdong show unity and pride
Updated: 2005-11-11 10:13
Zheng Yuantao: Proud to be gay.
On Monday, Zheng Yuantao and a dozen other gay men attended a speech in Guangzhou by Li Yinhe, a renowned researcher in homosexual studies, entitled "Emotion, sex and social reform."
Their appearance, as unashamedly homosexual men, attracted considerable public attention.
"I am a gay man," Zheng Yuantao told China Daily yesterday.
Zheng said he believes he has an obligation to be forthright about his sexuality, and is thought to be the first gay man in China to broadcast his sexual orientation.
"I announced my homosexuality to the public on last World AIDS Day (December 1) on a local television programme," Zheng said.
After that, he was interviewed on a talk show in Tianjin, a city in North China.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-11/11/content_493911.htm
New Castle - Wilmington (Delaware) News Journal
Colleges stay credible when crime reports are reliable and timely
One of the best ways to fight crime is to shed light on it. Let people know something's going on and they're likely to take steps to protect themselves.
Most police departments in Delaware want to get that sort of news out to the citizens. Security forces on colleges campuses, however, sometimes need a nudge.
A recent incident at Delaware State University illustrates the problem. A man who was living on campus has been charged with assaulting two students. Critics slammed the college for being so slow in warning students, teachers and staff of possible dangers.
http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051114/OPINION11/511140332/1004
Walkable = Livable
Planning agency calls on residents to advocate walkable neighborhoods
Brandywine Hundred resident Don Carbaugh walks his dog around the neighborhood at least once a day, but the pair don't often find the courage to traverse the intersection of Marsh and Silverside roads.
Although it's less than half a mile from his house and there are plenty of destinations to visit -- a drug store, grocery store, Starbucks, bagel shop -- Carbaugh steers clear. With no sidewalks or crosswalks and cars zipping by from four directions, the busy retail area is difficult to maneuver on foot.
"My guess is, if it were safer, if you didn't feel like you were taking your life into your own hands, there'd be more pedestrian traffic," said Carbaugh, 65, who lives in a town house on Marsh Woods Lane.
http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051114/NEWS/511140348
Pike Creek fire displaces 30
• Suspect sought in Newark shooting
• Teen shot in fight about basketball
• Hornets win, clinch winning season
http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051114/NEWS11/51114003
The Boston Globe
World forest losses slowing but still alarming -UN
By Crispian Balmer November 14, 2005
ROME (Reuters) - Some 32.5 million acres of forests are destroyed around the world each year, an area the size of Greece, although the net loss of trees has finally slowed thanks mainly to new plantations, the United Nations said on Monday.
The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said its Global Forest Resources Assessment was the most exhaustive such survey undertaken, covering 229 countries and territories.
Taking into account plantations, landscape restoration and the natural expansion of some forests, the FAO said the net loss of forest area between 2000-2005 was some 18.25 million acres a year against 22.25 million acres in the 1990-2000 period.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2005/11/14/un_says_world_forest_losses_slowing_but_still_alarming/
Court rules against special ed. parents
November 14, 2005
WASHINGTON --The Supreme Court ruled Monday that parents who demand better special education programs for their children have the burden of proof in the challenges.
The 6-2 decision, written by retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, said that if parents challenge a program, they have the burden in an administrative hearing of showing that the program is insufficient. If schools bring a complaint, the burden rests with them, O'Connor wrote.
The ruling is a loss for a Maryland family that contested the special education program designed for their son with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2005/11/14/court_rules_against_special_ed_parents/
Court lets stand law denying felons a vote
By James Vicini November 14, 2005
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court let stand on Monday a Florida law that generally bars convicted felons from voting, even after they have completed their term of prison, probation and parole.
The high court rejected an appeal which argued that the law could be challenged under a section of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which prohibits voter disqualification based on race.
Every state in the nation, except for Maine and Vermont, prohibit, to one degree or another, felons from voting. Fourteen states, including Florida, generally bar felons from voting even after they have served their sentences and have completed their terms of probation and parole.
Approximately 5 million felons who have been released from prison are legally disenfranchised, civil rights experts have estimated. About 1.4 million black men remain permanently disenfranchised.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2005/11/14/court_lets_stand_law_denying_felons_a_vote/
Abused by the Senate
November 14, 2005
PEOPLE IN the custody of the federal government should not be without basic human rights. The Senate needs to rescind its vote last week that would prevent 750 so-called ''illegal combatants" at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, from appealing their imprisonment in federal court.
Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina, offered this proposal because many inmates have filed suit in response to a Supreme Court decision saying they could challenge their detentions. ''It is not fair to our troops fighting in the war on terror to be sued in every court in the land by our enemies," he said.
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/editorials/articles/2005/11/14/abused_by_the_senate/
Dartmouth to avoid investing in companies with ties to Sudan
November 14, 2005
HANOVER, N.H. --Dartmouth College has voted to avoid investment in six companies closely tied to the Sudanese government, a country that the U.S. government has accused of staging a genocidal campaign in the nation's Darfur region.
The college's board of trustees reached the decision during its quarterly meeting over the weekend, College President James Wright and Chair of the Board of Trustees William Neukom said.
The college currently does not hold stock in any of the companies, they said.
"The practical effect of this would be that our various fund managers," Wright said, "will be instructed not to purchase in these companies."
Earlier this year, Harvard University decided to sell an estimated $4.4 million stake in PetroChina, whose parent company is tied to the Sudanese government.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/new_hampshire/articles/2005/11/14/dartmouth_to_avoid_investing_in_companies_with_ties_to_sudan/
Putin reshuffle sparks succession speculation
By Richard Balmforth November 14, 2005
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin promoted his two closest allies -- his chief-of-staff and his defense minister -- in a government reshuffle on Monday that made both of them strong contenders to succeed him in 2008.
In televised comments, Putin said chief Kremlin aide Dmitry Medvedev, also chairman of gas giant Gazprom, had become first deputy prime minister in the government of Mikhail Fradkov.
Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov, a close political confidant, will take on the extra job of deputy prime minister, a rank already held by key liberal economic strategist Alexander Zhukov.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2005/11/14/putin_reshuffle_sparks_succession_speculation/
A look at the highest-paid college presidents
By The Associated Press November 14, 2005
A look at the compensation (salary plus benefits) of the highest-paid college presidents.
Private Universities (fiscal 2004)
School Compensation
1. Donald E. Ross Lynn University (Fla.) $5,042,315
2. Audrey K. Doberstein Wilmington College (Del.) $1,370,973
3. E. Gordon Gee Vanderbilt University $1,326,786
4. John R. Silber Boston University $1,253,352
5. John M. McCardell Middlebury College $1,213,141
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Note: Figures for all five presidents include some deferred compensation. Doberstein, Silber and McCardell have all retired or taken other jobs.
http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2005/11/14/a_look_at_the_highest_paid_college_presidents/
Colleges make presidents millionaires
By Justin Pope, AP Education Writer November 14, 2005
Curious where those extra tuition dollars are going? One place to look would be the pockets of college presidents.
Five presidents have cracked the $1 million compensation barrier, including John R. Silber, the now-retired president of Boston University, according to an annual survey by The Chronicle of Higher Education to be released Monday, and more are sure to follow. Nine earned more than $900,000 -- a figure none broke in last year's report.
http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2005/11/14/ranks_of_millionaire_college_presidents_up/
New dams said to destroy water sources
By Sam Cage, Associated Press Writer November 13, 2005
GENEVA --New dams intended to provide cheaper power and support irrigation systems are destroying important water sources and causing economic disruption, a leading environmental group said in a report released Monday.
The report by the World Wide Fund for Nature noted that dams can destroy wetlands, which hold water like sponges and cannot be replicated by manmade storage facilities.
"The world's ailing rivers and the communities that depend on them face a bleak future without prompt action," WWF said in the report, which assessed the environmental effects of six dam projects around the world.
http://www.boston.com/news/science/articles/2005/11/13/new_dams_said_to_destroy_water_sources/
Michael Moore Today
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Students rebuffing military recruiters
More high schoolers in state opt out of lists
By Maria Sacchetti and Jenna Russell / Boston Globe
More than 5,000 high school students in five of the state's largest school districts have removed their names from military recruitment lists, a trend driven by continuing casualties in Iraq and a well-organized peace movement that has urged students to avoid contact with recruiters.
The number of students removing their names has jumped significantly over the past year, especially in school systems with many low-income and minority students, where parents and activists are growing increasingly assertive in challenging military recruiters' access to young people.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=4857
"Resistance is Fertile"; A stroll down counter-recruitment memory lane
A MichaelMoore.com exclusive...
On January 20th, thousands of high school and college students walked out of classes across the country in protest of Bush's inauguration. At Seattle Central Community College, students surrounded two on-campus U.S. Army recruiters and made it clear they weren't welcome at the learning institution. After a ten-minute standoff, the recruiters retreated from their table and were escorted from the college by security guards.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2706
NOVEMBER 17, 2005 ..... ACROSS THE COUNTRY
http://216.69.129.146/nyspc/doa/notyoursoldier.asp
NOV. 17 PROTEST THE MILITARY RECRUITERS!
Thu.Nov.17.2005@5:00PM to Thu.Nov.17.2005@7:00PM
DEMONSTRATION AT ARMED FORCES RECRUITING CENTER IN SILVER SPRING SET FOR THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 5PM – 7PM
Sgt. Thomas Kelt, a U.S. Army recruiter, left this message on a young man’s cell phone: "Hey Chris, this is Sgt. Kelt with the Army man. I think we got disconnected. Okay, I know you were on your cell probably and just had a bad connection or something like that. I know you didn't hang up on me. Anyway, by federal law you got an appointment with me at 2 o'clock this afternoon at Greenspoint Mall, okay? That's the Greenspoint Mall Army Recruiting Station at 2 o'clock. You fail to appear and we'll have a warrant. Okay? So give me a call back."
http://www.dawndc.net/float.php?annc_id=264§ion_id=1
National Stand Down Day - Nov. 18, 2005
End The Iraq War - Demonstrations and Nonviolent Resistance at Recruiting Stations Across the Country
Young Americans sign on to go into harm’s way to defend their country if necessary, but instead they are being turned into harm’s ministers in a war that has claimed more then 100,000 Iraqi lives and nearly 2,000 Americans. The President and Congress have breached a sacred trust with our soldiers and abused their oath to defend the Constitution by leading young Americans to kill and die in a war based on lies.
As the Bush Administration refuses to make plans to bring our troops home, join us for “National Stand Down Day,” as we halt the machinery that takes young Americans off to this illegal and endless war in Iraq.
The Iraq Pledge of Resistance,
founded in September of 2002, is a nationwide network of activists and organizations committed to ending the war in Iraq through nonviolent, Gandhian and Kingian resistance.
http://www.iraqpledge.org/nov18.htm
A National Call for Nonviolent Resistance
to the Continuing War in Iraq
“The great initiative in this war is ours;
the initiative to stop it must be ours.”
— Dr. Martin Luther King
The war in Iraq continues to escalate, with more and more killed every day. The human toll has been enormous, claiming over 1,500 American lives and more than 100,000 Iraqi lives, while wounding, maiming and psychologically scarring hundreds of thousands more. This is not a war of liberation, or against terrorism. This is a war of empire building and corporate profiteering that threatens to destabilize Iraq for many years to come, while sowing new seeds of hate against the U.S. and fueling the cycle of violence and revenge.
The war in Iraq is a war based on lies. It is a war which violates both the U.S. Constitution and our obligations under international law. Characterized by the use of torture, collective punishment, mass bombardment and the destruction of civilian areas, it is a war that shames us morally before the world. And it is a war that is devouring hundreds of billions of dollars, robbing us of resources desperately needed in our own country for health care, housing, education, and jobs.
http://www.iraqpledge.org/national_call.htm
Three U.S. troops killed in Iraq
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Three U.S. service members have died in separate incidents in Iraq while insurgents targeted Iraqi security forces, authorities said Sunday.
A roadside bomb killed two U.S. Marines during "combat operations" in Amiriya, about 30 miles (48 kilometers) west-southwest of Baghdad, the Marines said.
The military statement gave no details about the attack, which happened Saturday, the same day a U.S. soldier died in a vehicle accident near Rawa.
Rawa is 140 miles (209 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad in Anbar province, near the Syrian border.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=4860
Find your School District Superintendent
To create an Opt Out form for your child, we need to identify your local superintendent. Enter your email and zip code below to continue to the next step.
http://www.leavemychildalone.org/index.cfm?event=showContent&contentid=11
Fahrenheit 911 Recruitment Clip
http://www.michaelmoore.com/_images/splash/f911recruiters.mov
Libby May Have Tried to Mask Cheney's Role
By Carol D. Leonnig and Jim VandeHei / Washington Post
In the opening days of the CIA leak investigation in early October 2003, FBI agents working the case already had in their possession a wealth of valuable evidence. There were White House phone and visitor logs, which clearly documented the administration's contacts with reporters.
And they had something that law enforcement officials would later describe as their "guidebook" for the opening phase of the investigation: the daily, diary-like notes compiled by I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, then Vice President Cheney's chief of staff, that chronicled crucial events inside the White House in the weeks before the identity of CIA operative Valerie Plame was publicly disclosed.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=4861
Ellsberg Warns Iraq Is Similar to Vietnam
By Rosa Cirianni / Associated Press
MAPLEWOOD, N.J. - The former Defense Department official who leaked secret documents about the Vietnam War said Saturday that he sees many similarities between that conflict and the one in Iraq.
Daniel Ellsberg, 74, became famous for his release of the Pentagon Papers, which indicated the government had deceived the public about whether the war could be won and the extent of casualties.
He spoke to a crowd of more than 400 people at a New Jersey high school, telling them that the Vietnam War and the war in Iraq were both based on lies, referring to the such as the claim that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=4859
At Peace With Its Purpose
88-Year-Old Quaker Group Takes Aim at War
By Robert Strauss / Washington Post
PHILADELPHIA -- When Mary Ellen McNish walks out of the office in her low-slung, understated brick building, she looks up at the peaceful statue atop the tall building down the street.
"What other city has William Penn, the great man of peace, atop City Hall? Where else would be a better place to promote peace?" asked McNish, the general secretary of the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), which for nearly a century has been the point organization for promoting peace in conflicts or potential conflicts around the world.
Now, as the Iraq war grows more and more unpopular, the AFSC is again tromping at the front, unfurling the banner of peace.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=4858
Poll: Most Americans Say Bush Not Honest
By Will Lester / Associated Press
WASHINGTON - Two crucial pillars of President Bush's public support — perceptions of his honesty and faith in his ability to fight terrorism — have slipped to their lowest point in the AP-Ipsos poll.
While the CIA leak investigation, the mishandling of Hurricane Katrina and high energy costs have all taken their toll, the polling found the Iraq war at the core of Americans' displeasure with the president.
All of those concerns are cutting into traditional Bush strengths.
Almost six in 10 now say Bush is not honest, and a similar number say his administration does not have high ethical standards.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=4850
Talk host's towering rant: S.F. not worth saving
By Joe Garofoli / San Francisco Chronicle
Conservative talk-show host Bill O'Reilly is ready to scratch San Francisco off the map of the United States. Gone. Coit Tower? Terrorists can blow it up, and the rest of the country shouldn't care.
The Fox News talk-show host and one-man conservative media juggernaut has concluded that the United States and San Francisco just don't go together anymore. Voting to oppose military recruitment in public schools and to ban handgun ownership, as San Franciscans did Tuesday, means the city should be cut off from federal dollars. And then some.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=4855
The Nation's Homophobe ! Bill O'Reilly !
http://www.michaelmoore.com/_images/splash/bringemon_oreilly.mov
Can't blame the nation's problems on O'Reilly's Factor. Or can we?
O'Reilly Blasted for Coit Tower Comments
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- Supervisor Chris Daly is firing back at Fox News commentator Bill O'Reilly for comments he made on his radio show Wednesday that encouraged al-Qaida to "blow up" Coit Tower.
O'Reilly reacted to San Franciscans' approval of Proposition I, which discourages military recruiters on public high school and college campuses.
He advised President George W. Bush to react by withdrawing any military protection for the city. "...If al-Qaida comes in here and blows you up, we're not going to do anything about it. We're going to say, look, every other place in America is off limits to you, except San Francisco. You want to blow up the Coit Tower? Go ahead," O'Reilly said.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=4854
O’Reilly Responds: “What I Said Isn’t Controversial. What I Said Needed to Be Said.”
Appearing yesterday on a conservative San Francisco radio show, Bill O’Reilly offered his first public comments since being criticized for saying he would approve of an al Qaeda terrorist attack on the California city.
O’Reilly not only stood by his comments, but claimed they “needed to be said”:
I mean, look, everybody knows what’s going on there. What I said isn’t controversial. What I said needed to be said. I’m sitting here and I’m looking at a city that has absolutely no clue about what the world is. None. You know, if you had been hit on 9/11 instead of New York, believe me, you would not have voted against military recruting. Yet the left-wing, selfish, Land of Oz philosophy that the media and the city politicians have embraced out there is an absolute intellectual disgrace.
Full transcript below (or listen to the audio):
http://thinkprogress.org/2005/11/12/oreilly-responds/
NOTHING BILL O'REILLY SAYS NEEDS TO BE SAID ! BIGGEST LOUD MOUTH PERVERT ON THE PLANET !
This is not from Michael's Site.
O'Reilly Hit With Sex Harass Suit
Female Fox coworker details lewd behavior of cable TV star
OCTOBER 13--Hours after Bill O'Reilly accused her of a multimillion dollar shakedown attempt, a female Fox News producer fired back at the TV star today, filing a lawsuit claiming that he subjected her to repeated instances of sexual harassment and spoke often, and explicitly, to her about phone sex, vibrators, threesomes, masturbation, the loss of his virginity, and sexual fantasies. Below you'll find a copy of Andrea Mackris's complaint, an incredible page-turner that quotes O'Reilly, 55, on all sorts of lewd matters. Based on the extensive quotations cited in the complaint, it appears a safe bet that Mackris, 33, recorded some of O'Reilly's more steamy soliloquies. For example, we direct you to his Caribbean shower fantasies. While we suggest reading the entire document, TSG will point you to interesting sections on a Thailand sex show, Al Franken, and the climax of one August 2004 phone conversation. (22 pages)
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/1013043mackris1.html
22 pages of Bill O'Reilly's sexual fantasies
October 13, 2004 02:21 PM
We've all been waiting for this moment for a very long time. Finally, Bill O'Reilly, the sex freak, has been exposed. The Smoking Gun's got the goods:
Hours after Bill O'Reilly accused her of a multimillion shakedown attempt, a female Fox News producer fired back at the TV star today, filing a lawsuit claiming that he subjected her to repeated instances of sexual harassment and spoke often, and explicitly, to her about phone sex, vibrators, threesomes, masturbation, the loss of his virginity, and sexual fantasies.
UPDATE: Here's the 22 pages in a printable PDF (1.7MB).
http://www.jimgilliam.com/2004/10/22_pages_of_bill_oreillys_sexual_fantasies.php
The Moscow Times
Khodorkovsky Sets Out Vision for 2020
By Catherine Belton
Staff Writer
Mikhail Khodorkovsky attacked President Vladimir Putin's regime in a withering missive from his east Siberian prison camp that said time was up for the "parasitic" policies of the current elite and, for the first time, presented what appeared to be his own manifesto for the presidency.
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2005/11/14/002.html
Russians Killed in Afghan Il-76 Crash
The Associated Press
TBILISI, Georgia -- A Soviet-built cargo aircraft crashed into mountains near the Afghan capital Friday and at least eight people were killed, officials said. The plane had been leased to a Pakistani-based airline by a Georgian company, company and aviation officials in Georgia said Saturday.
A spokesman for the NATO-led force in Afghanistan said 10 people were on board, while Aijaz Faizi, manager of Pakistani-based Royal Airlines, said there were only eight: five Russians, two Ukrainians and a Pakistani.
The 20-year-old Il-76 was carrying cargo for the U.S.-led coalition when it crashed into mountains near Afghanistan's capital, Kabul, on Friday. A police commander at the crash site said there were no survivors.
Russian magazines and rubles were scattered around the blackened wreckage of the plane, which was near a few houses on the mountainside some 30 kilometers northwest of Kabul.
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2005/11/14/014.html
Iran Rejects Uranium Enrichment in Russia
By Ali Akbar Dareini
The Associated Press
TEHRAN, Iran -- The head of Iran's nuclear agency ruled out a compromise proposal that uranium enrichment for his country's controversial nuclear program be carried out in Russia, saying Saturday that enrichment must be done in Iran.
European negotiators and the United States were reportedly willing to accept the arrangement as a compromise to allow Iran to move ahead with its nuclear program while ensuring it does not produce nuclear weapons. Enrichment can produce material for bombs and for nuclear reactor fuel.
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2005/11/14/011.html
20,000 Azeris Protest Election Result
The Associated Press
Demonstrators waving orange flags during an opposition rally in Baku on Sunday. The protest lasted two hours.
BAKU, Azerbaijan -- More than 20,000 opposition supporters crammed into a Baku square on Sunday demanding a rerun of last weekend's disputed parliamentary elections in the second mass protest in recent days.
Hoping to emulate demonstrations that propelled opposition leaders to power in three other former Soviet republics in recent years, opposition groups were counting on Sunday's rally to build pressure on the government for a new election.
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2005/11/14/015.html
Global Eye
The White Death
By Chris Floyd
Published: November 11, 2005
This week, the broadcast of a shattering new documentary provided fresh confirmation of a gruesome war crime covered by this column nine months ago: the use of chemical weapons by U.S. forces during the frenzied destruction of Fallujah in November 2004.
Using filmed and photographic evidence, eyewitness accounts and the direct testimony of U.S. soldiers who took part in the attacks, the documentary -- "Fallujah: The Hidden Massacre" -- catalogs the American use of white phosphorus shells and a new, "improved" form of napalm that turned human beings into "caramelized" fossils, with their skin dissolved and turned to leather on their bones. The film was produced by RAI, the Italian state network run by a government that backed the war.
Vivid images show civilians, including women and children, who had been burned alive in their homes, even in their beds. This illegal use of chemical weapons -- at the order of the Bushist brass -- and the killing of civilians are confirmed by former U.S. soldiers interviewed on camera. "I heard the order to pay attention because they were going to use white phosphorus on Fallujah," said one soldier, quoted in The Independent. "In military jargon, it's known as Willy Pete. Phosphorus burns bodies; in fact it melts the flesh all the way down to the bone. ... I saw the burned bodies of women and children. Phosphorus explodes and forms a cloud. Anyone within a radius of 150 meters is done for."
...'''Let's give the last word to Jeff Engelhardt, one of the ex-servicemen featured in the documentary, who recently issued this plea to his fellow U.S. soldiers on Fight to Survive, a new dissident web site run by Iraqi War vets:
"I hope someday you find solace for the orders you have had to execute, for the carnage you helped take part in, and for the pride you wear supporting this bloodbath. Until then, you can only hope for an epiphany, something that stands out as completely immoral, that convinces you of the inhumanity of this war. I don't know how much more proof you need. The criminal outrage of Abu Ghraib, the absolute massacre of Fallujah, the stray .50 caliber bullets or 40mm grenades or tank rounds fired in highly packed urban areas, 500-pound bombs dropped on innocent homes, the use of 25mm depleted uranium rounds, the inhumane use of white phosphorus, the hate and the blood and the misunderstandings ... this is the war and the system that you support."
http://context.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2005/11/11/120.html
Decide for yourselves
Fight To Survive
this site is the mouthpiece for a group of soldiers who are fighting in a war they oppose for a president they didn't elect while the petrochemical complex turns the blood of their fallen comrades into oil
http://ftssoldier.blogspot.com/
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