Who is the Enemy?
The USA has enemies outside it’s borders as well as within and it does not need political parties who see the people of this country as a commodity, ‘voters’ rather than those they serve.
The enemies of the USA have finite definition and they are primarily the terrorist networks of the world. Those terrorists seek any avenue that will bring the USA or any other major nation of the world to it’s knees.
What do I mean, to it’s knees?
Weak.
Impoverished.
Psychologically depleted due to internal strife and fear through the very ‘idea’ of loss of safety in day to day life.
Due to the priorities of the Bush/Cheney White House these directives have been achieved by one terrorist attack on the USA orchestrated on September 11, 2001. The Political Machine of the Repuglicans saw the opportunity to ‘rise’ to the occasion and has made the trauma of September 11th the center of everything they do. They have attempted to demoralize this country by moralizing in a manner that has become so obviously political and not religious they are becoming laughable at every turn. The most dramatic example is ‘Terri’s Law’ which served no purpose except as a ‘hot topic’ political issue to their ‘base’ constituency.
The current administration has completely depleted the Treasury surplus, sent the USA into insoluble debt while lavishing images of grandeur by changing the face of USA dollar bills impregnated with gold. They have proposed incredible changes to USA entitlements without first returning the Treasury to a balance whereby the people of this nation can once again enjoy the surplus Bush took away. Bush has replaced Patriotism with greed and rewards anyone who sees it the same way.
The USA has realized a doubling of it’s military budget while it is ‘strapped’ for methods to deal with it’s correct place in Iraq. A doubled budget which defies Non-Proliferation with Don Rumsfeld planning for Nuclear Research while the multi-billion dollar MDS has failed miserably. The USA is so weak militarily due to the quagmire in Iraq that it has pulled troops from South Korea for the first time in fifty years. The USA military still serves in places around the world but are not respected in countries like Indonesia where they are made to take a back seat to pursuits of terrorist networks because of atrocities as realized in Abu Ghraib following the fact the USA disregarded the UN Security Council and the USA Legislative Branches when it entered into an illegal invasion into Iraq.
The weakened nation we now are is a direct result of political greed with an unresponsive economy built on the false promise of ‘real estate’ wealth rather that expanded expertise in the nation’s ‘Brain Trust.’ Bush/Cheney has sought to weaken the economic resolve of this country to force unemployed and underemployed into the military to serve their false agenda of hope through global democracy. At a time when technologies should be growing through the roof of every major economic venue the USA has regressed into deeper and deeper understandings of religious fundamentalism rather than reaching for the ‘Capitalistic’ Brass Ring in genetic research, space exploration, new venues of energy and transportation while new breeds of crops can be found to grow with less water and still have higher yields. At one time the USA fed the world and now our harvests sit in fields waiting for Climate Change events to pass long enough for the soil to dry and support the weight of combines and grain trucks. At a time, when we could be realizing economic growth in making our country safe we are being promised more border guards sometime in 2006 if we are lucky.
In Afghanistan, Osama bin Laden is still at large, the poppy culture is still flourishing to the point Russia is identifying it as a national security issue and we may see Russia move into that still unstable nation after four years of USA influence.
In Iraq, due to the USA’s inability to secure the people’s safety and loyalty mostly because those same people know first hand the problems of Iraq while it takes months and only when media companies like CBS turn on the government to expose the ‘w’rongs of Iraq do we know the truth. The people are unprotected by our military and have formed ethnic militias to protect their hamlets. Those militias have come to be known as benevolent to the people of Iraq and approval of the Iraq Central Government has come as a surprise but a correct one. The USA Coalition has been unsuccessful in developing an Iraqis Military and Police so the people have solved their own problems. The USA military is now running into problems with these militias as demonstrated by confrontation of the Fallujah militia left record numbers of USA women soldiers dead and injured. There is no place for the USA in Iraq anymore as their raids are actually upon government sanctioned militias the people approve of. By running raids on innocent civilians the USA is causing insurgency and not eliminating it.
The USA has exposed itself to a Evangelical Bigot in the White House who would seek to ‘sell’ democracy to countries globally with nothing to offer in the way of economic assistance. Bush and Rice have become the Bully Pulpit for democracy seeking unrest in any country with an oil pipeline such as Georgia.
The people of this country should no longer flounder in any confusion as to whether they are patriotic. To oppose a false agenda of hope through nationalism is wrong and they need to realize putting America First rather than Iraq is the patriotic nature of who we have become under leadership who would seek to make us weak and impoverished.
Enjoy the Fourth of July. Be Patriotic. Oppose Nationalism. Bring the troops home.
Saturday, June 25, 2005
Rove's Remarks
This is nothing more than an inflammatory event to CONVERT the nation to 'one mind' and supposedly trying to ostracize 'liberals' from ANY Mainstream Political Party.
No one in the Repuglican Party could get away with saying these horrible things except Karl Rove. No one will criticize a failing White House to try at any cost including the pandering, jailable media to 'redirect' a national conversation to further victimize the people of academia, people who would see children have rights of privacy rather than viewed as a national pentagon register, people who see Global Warming and Climate Change as an eminent directive, a national emergency.
This is horrible use of the media to promote hatred of people who believe in peace.
Rove's remarks
June 25, 2005
Liberals woke up yesterday morning wondering what happened to their Democratic Party. Literally overnight, the Democrats had become the President's staunchest supporters in the war on terror. As much as we welcome the party's change of heart, we were surprised to see that it was precipitated by the architect himself, Karl Rove. The White House Deputy Chief of Staff, speaking at a dinner Wednesday night of the New York State Conservative Party, had a few words on "state of liberalism." In particular, Mr. Rove compared the conservative reaction to September 11 to the liberal reaction. "Conservatives saw the attacks and prepared for war," he said. "Liberals saw the savagery of the 9/11 attacks and wanted to prepare indictments and offer therapy and understanding for our attackers." Pretty much sums up the last four years for us. Michael Moore, George Soros and MoveOn.org would certainly agree.
No one in the Repuglican Party could get away with saying these horrible things except Karl Rove. No one will criticize a failing White House to try at any cost including the pandering, jailable media to 'redirect' a national conversation to further victimize the people of academia, people who would see children have rights of privacy rather than viewed as a national pentagon register, people who see Global Warming and Climate Change as an eminent directive, a national emergency.
This is horrible use of the media to promote hatred of people who believe in peace.
Rove's remarks
June 25, 2005
Liberals woke up yesterday morning wondering what happened to their Democratic Party. Literally overnight, the Democrats had become the President's staunchest supporters in the war on terror. As much as we welcome the party's change of heart, we were surprised to see that it was precipitated by the architect himself, Karl Rove. The White House Deputy Chief of Staff, speaking at a dinner Wednesday night of the New York State Conservative Party, had a few words on "state of liberalism." In particular, Mr. Rove compared the conservative reaction to September 11 to the liberal reaction. "Conservatives saw the attacks and prepared for war," he said. "Liberals saw the savagery of the 9/11 attacks and wanted to prepare indictments and offer therapy and understanding for our attackers." Pretty much sums up the last four years for us. Michael Moore, George Soros and MoveOn.org would certainly agree.
Patriotism vs. Nationalism
Patriotism is the love for or devotion to one’s country.
Nationalism is loyalty to a sense of national consciousness exalting one nation above all others and placing primary emphasis on promotion of its culture and interests as opposed to those of other nations or supranational groups.
Patriotism is limited to loving the country you were born or you have come to be a citizen. Nationalism is an aggressive act of promoting one culture, one nation’s interests, one nation’s authority throughout the world.
To Stand Against Nationalism Is Patriotic.
Nationalism is loyalty to a sense of national consciousness exalting one nation above all others and placing primary emphasis on promotion of its culture and interests as opposed to those of other nations or supranational groups.
Patriotism is limited to loving the country you were born or you have come to be a citizen. Nationalism is an aggressive act of promoting one culture, one nation’s interests, one nation’s authority throughout the world.
To Stand Against Nationalism Is Patriotic.
Born in the U.S.A.
Born down in a dead man's town
The first kick I took was when I hit the ground
You end up like a dog that's been beat too much
Till you spend half your life just covering up
Born in the U.S.A.
I was born in the U.S.A.
I was born in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.
Got in a little hometown jam
So they put a rifle in my hand
Sent me off to a foreign land
To go and kill the yellow man
Born in the U.S.A.
I was born in the U.S.A.
I was born in the U.S.A.
I was born in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.
Come back home to the refinery
Hiring man says "Son if it was up to me"
Went down to see my V.A. man
He said "Son, don't you understand"
I had a brother at Khe Sahn fighting off the Viet Cong
They're still there, he's all gone
He had a woman he loved in Saigon
I got a picture of him in her arms now
Down in the shadow of the penitentiary
Out by the gas fires of the refinery
I'm ten years burning down the road
Nowhere to run ain't got nowhere to go
Born in the U.S.A.
I was born in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.
I'm a long gone Daddy in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.
Born in the
U.S.A.Born in the U.S.A.
I'm a cool rocking
Daddy in the U.S.A.
The first kick I took was when I hit the ground
You end up like a dog that's been beat too much
Till you spend half your life just covering up
Born in the U.S.A.
I was born in the U.S.A.
I was born in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.
Got in a little hometown jam
So they put a rifle in my hand
Sent me off to a foreign land
To go and kill the yellow man
Born in the U.S.A.
I was born in the U.S.A.
I was born in the U.S.A.
I was born in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.
Come back home to the refinery
Hiring man says "Son if it was up to me"
Went down to see my V.A. man
He said "Son, don't you understand"
I had a brother at Khe Sahn fighting off the Viet Cong
They're still there, he's all gone
He had a woman he loved in Saigon
I got a picture of him in her arms now
Down in the shadow of the penitentiary
Out by the gas fires of the refinery
I'm ten years burning down the road
Nowhere to run ain't got nowhere to go
Born in the U.S.A.
I was born in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.
I'm a long gone Daddy in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.
Born in the
U.S.A.Born in the U.S.A.
I'm a cool rocking
Daddy in the U.S.A.
Morning Papers - It's Origins
Rooster "Crowing"
"Okeydoke"
History . . .
1852, Antoni Gaudí y Cornet, architec
1864, Walther Nernst, physical chemist
1903, George Orwell, pseudonym of Eric Arthur Blair (1903-1950), British novelist, essayist, and critic, whose brilliant reporting and political conscience fashioned an impassioned picture of his life and times. A writer of remarkable clarity, Orwell claimed that fine prose should be transparent, “like a window-pane.” In his essays “Shooting an Elephant” and “Politics and the English Language,” he asserted that dishonest politics and slipshod language are inseparably connected evils. His essays provide models of what he preached. Orwell felt impelled to write on political themes to counter the totalitarian tendencies that he felt threatened his age. Such concerns prompted the two satirical novels for which he is best known, Animal Farm (1945) and Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949).
1908, W. V. Quine, philosopher
1913, Aimé Césaire, poet and political leader
1925, Robert Venturi, architect
1876: A force of Sioux and Northern Cheyenne led by Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull wipes out about 260 U.S. cavalry lead by Lt. Col. George A. Custer and his Seventh Cavalry in the Battle of the Little Big Horn in Montana.
1942, some 1,000 British Royal Air Force bombers raided Bremen, Germany, during World War II.
1944, The final strip of George Herriman's innovative Krazy Kat comic strip appears, two months after Herriman's death.
1950, The Korean War begins with the crossing of the 38th parallel into South Korea by North Korean troops.
1951, the first commercial color telecast took place as CBS transmitted a one-hour special from New York to four other cities.
1962, the Supreme Court ruled that the use of an unofficial, non-denominational prayer in New York State public schools was unconstitutional.
1967, the Beatles performed their new song, "All You Need Is Love," during a live international telecast.
1973, Former White House counsel John Dean begins his televised testimony before the Senate Watergate committee. His account, corroborated by secret White House tapes, will lead to President Nixon's resignation.
1975, After 470 years of rule by Portugal, the former colony of Portuguese East Africa gains its independence the People's Republic of Mozambique came into being.
1991, the western Yugoslav republics of Croatia and Slovenia declared their independence.
Missing in Action
1965 MONGILARDI PETER JR. HALEDON NJ REMAINS RETURNED ACCORDING TO SON 1994
1966 MARIK CHARLES W. OAKLAND MO GOOD CHUTE
1972 SHUMWAY GEOFREY RAYMOND SKANEATELES NY
June 24 ...
1842, Ambrose Bierce, satirist and journalist
Jack Dempsey (CMG Worldwide)
1895, American boxer Jack Dempsey was born on this day. This site contains a short biography of this sports superstar of the 1920s, images, and quotes by and about him.
Happy Birthday to a boxing legend
His opponents feared him. His fans adored him. No matter what category you fell into, Jack Dempsey had a knack for delivering a fitting finale. Today, June 24th, we say “Happy Birthday” to a man regarded as an All-American boxing superstar.
http://www.cmgww.com/sports/dempsey/index.php
Dempsey, Jack (1895-1983), American professional boxer, whose nickname, the Manassa Mauler, is derived from his birthplace and his aggressive style as a fighter. He was born William Harrison Dempsey in Manassa, Colorado. Dempsey became world heavyweight champion in 1919, when he defeated the American boxer Jess Willard. Among his many successful bouts in defense of his title were defeats of the French boxer Georges Carpentier in 1921 and the Argentine boxer Luis Angel Firpo in 1923. In 1926 Dempsey lost the title to the American boxer Gene Tunney. In a rematch with Tunney in 1927, Dempsey again lost by a decision; in this famous fight, known as the Battle of the Long Count, Dempsey ignored the rule requiring a fighter to return to a neutral corner during the count after a knockdown. With Tunney knocked to the canvas and down for several seconds, the referee stopped the count until Dempsey reached a neutral corner. Ringside observers claimed these extra few seconds allowed Tunney time to recover and defeat Dempsey. After this loss Dempsey retired. He fought a career total of 69 professional fights, with 47 wins by knockout. With the exception of a lucrative exhibition tour in 1931 and 1932, he did not fight again. An enormously popular figure, Dempsey did much to make professional boxing a profitable and popular enterprise.
1901, Harry Partch, composer and instrument maker
1930, Claude Chabrol, French motion-picture director and screenwriter
1937, Anita Desai, novelist
1497, An English expedition led by John Cabot makes the first recorded sighting of North America by a European, landing at what may have been Cape Breton Island.
1647, Margaret Brent, a niece of Lord Baltimore, was ejected from the Maryland Assembly after demanding a place and vote in that governing body.
1901, Painter Pablo Picasso has his first exhibit in Paris, at the age of 19.
1922, German nationalists assassinate foreign minister Walther Rathenau, a German Jew, in response to his policy of paying reparations for Germany's role in World War I.
1647, Margaret Brent, a niece of Lord Baltimore, was ejected from the Maryland Assembly after demanding a place and vote in that governing body.
1940, France signed an armistice with Italy during World War II.
1947, An American pilot reports seeing objects he describes as "saucers" flying near Mount Rainier in Washington, leading to the popular term "flying saucers."
1948, Communist forces cut off all land and water routes between West Germany and West Berlin, prompting the Western allies to organize the massive Berlin Airlift.
1964,The Federal Trade Commission requires that a message be placed on all cigarette packages that warns consumers that cigarette smoking is dangerous to their health.
1968: Rail go-slow begins
The country's rail network has been thrown into disarray by the National Union of Railwaymen's (NUR) work-to-rule.
The union, which rejected a last minute pay and productivity offer by British Rail (BR) on Saturday, began its work to rule and ban on overtime at midnight last night.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/24/newsid_2943000/2943686.stm
1974: Labour rift over nuclear test
The Labour Government has admitted Britain exploded a nuclear device in the United States a few weeks ago.
It is thought the underground trial at America's desert test range in Nevada was carried out on one of the new warheads for the Polaris submarine missiles.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/24/newsid_2526000/2526963.stm
1975, 113 people were killed when an Eastern Airlines Boeing 727 crashed while attempting to land during a thunderstorm at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport.
1983: US astronaut Sally Ride returns
America's first woman in space has returned safely to Earth in the Challenger space shuttle after a successful six-day flight.
Sally Ride, aged 32, captured the media's attention over the weeks leading up to blast-off on 19 June as the public realised history was in the making.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/24/newsid_4489000/4489579.stm
1985, a federal judge in New York found former Wall Street Journal reporter R. Foster Winans guilty of illegally using his position at the paper in a get-rich-quick insider-trading scheme. (Winans served eight years in federal prison.)
1986: Ian Paisley's battle cry condemned
Hard-line unionist leader the Reverend Ian Paisley has warned that Northern Ireland is on the verge of civil war.
In an outburst strongly criticised by government ministers, the leader of the Democratic Unionist Party called on Protestants in the province to mobilise for action.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/24/newsid_2519000/2519077.stm
1993: Minister resigns over business links
Northern Ireland Minister Michael Mates has resigned over his links with fugitive tycoon Asil Nadir.
In a letter to the prime minister, Mr Mates said he had done nothing wrong, but had decided to step down from government in the interests of the Conservative Party.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/24/newsid_2519000/2519201.stm
Missing in Action
1965 VAN CAMPEN THOMAS C. OROVILLE CA WOUNDED SEPARTED FROM UNIT
1966 ELLIS WILLIAM SUMMERVILLE SC
1967 SHERMAN ROBERT C DANVILLE IL 11/23/68 DIC REMAINS RECOVERED 03/20/85
1968 CARPENTER NICHOLAS MALLOR CINCINNATI OH PROB DIED IN WRECKAGE REMAINS RETURNED 9/90
1968 MOBLEY JOSEPH S. INDIANAPOLIS IN "03/14/73 RELEASED BY DRV (MANHATTAN BEACH, CA)" ALIVE IN 98
1972 BEEKMAN WILLIAM D. TOLEDO OH 03/28/73 RELEASED BY DRV
1972 GRANT DAVID B. CHATTANOOGA TN 03/28/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE AND WELL 98
1972 JACKSON CHARLES A. CHARLESTON WV 02/12/73 RELEASED BY DRV INJURED ALIVE AND WELL IN 98
1972 MC CARTY JAMES L. MC LEAN TX REMAINS RETURNED 13 SEPT 90 REMAINS IDENTIFIED11 JUNE 97
The New York Times
Worship, Dark and Steamy, for Murderers and Rapists
By MAREK FUCHS
Published: June 25, 2005
SUFFIELD, Conn. - Two dozen murderers, rapists and other felons sat unclothed save for shorts in the pitch darkness of a tent made of sticks and wool blankets that had been set up in the prison yard.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/25/national/25religion.html?hp
Why is this an issue? If there is testimony from experts stating revisons are necessary then they are necessary. This seems like a lot of double talk. They are literally allowing plants that state anti-pollution laws are 'UNATTAINABLE' to remain in business. We need Carbon Dioxide Limits across the board. There are no Carbon Dioxide limits set by the EPA so it's not even a consideration in these hearings. The Mercury, SOX and NOX issues are outrageously defeated to benefit the health of people. Literally you light switch might be causing your asthma. This is the way it is in Texas. They don’t care about people's health. Business is business and moving to Crawford might save your life away from city pollution. If the poor are stuck living with a power plant that causes their asthma then they should have done better in life.
U.S. Court Backs Bush's Changes on Clean Air Act
By MICHAEL JANOFSKY
Published: June 25, 2005
WASHINGTON, June 24 - A federal appeals court sided with the Bush administration on Friday, upholding its revisions of the Clean Air Act to allow plant operators to modernize without installing expensive new pollution control equipment. The ruling turned back challenges to the revisions by New York, California and a dozen other states.
In upholding central provisions of the regulations known as New Source Review, the court concluded that the Environmental Protection Agency had acted within its rights in issuing rules in 2002 that allowed operators of power plants, refineries, and factories greater flexibility in controlling emissions of air pollutants than they had previously.
Representatives of the electric power industry, which had strongly supported the new regulations, hailed the ruling as a victory. The new rules require owners of older plants to upgrade emission-control equipment to standards for new plants only if they make substantial improvements. Plant owners and the E.P.A. have consistently disagreed over how to differentiate between routine maintenance and large-scale upgrades.
Jeffrey Holmstead, the agency's assistant administrator for air and radiation, said the court "recognized the value of common sense reforms" included in the new rules. Mr. Holmstead noted that the panel "simply did not buy" the argument made by the states and other critics that allowing the rules' provisions to remain intact would cause "environmental devastation."
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/25/politics/25enviro.html?hp&ex=1119758400&en=8da9b1eaade458c1&ei=5094&partner=homepage
I wouldn't call it 'Pulsing a new..' it's more like a return from the shadows. There was life under Saddam. American Press always want to window dress this thing.
Riverbank Promenade in Basra Pulses Anew With Life
By EDWARD WONG
Published: June 26, 2005
BASRA, Iraq, June 25 - There is a famous Iraqi folk song called "He Went to Basra and Forgot About Us." It tells of love and broken promises and wounds that cannot be healed.
Alan Chin
As days have grown longer, Basra residents have returned to Corniche, the city's riverbank walkway, and it is again the center of night life.
Abdul Raheem Sultan listened to a tape of it on Thursday as he drove the six dusty hours to Basra, his hometown, from Baghdad. He said he had not been back in 20 years, and he wanted to see it one last time before moving his family to Cairo to escape the war.
..."It pains me just to look at it," he said. "It's not easy putting up with such problems in our country. The entire country is destroyed. People in Europe are planting flowers, and our country is destroyed."
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/26/international/middleeast/26basra.html?hp
Suicide Car Bomb Kills 6 At Home of Iraqi Officer
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By JOHN F. BURNS
Published: June 26, 2005
BAGHDAD, Iraq, June 25 - A suicide car bomber killed at least six people on Saturday when he slammed his vehicle into the wall outside an Iraqi police officer's home in Samarra, an insurgent stronghold 60 miles north of Baghdad. Local police said the officer who had been targeted in the attack had survived, but at least four civilians on the street and two insurgents, besides the suicide bomber, had been killed.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/26/international/middleeast/26iraq.html?hp&ex=1119758400&en=1ca71939fd4ca0ff&ei=5094&partner=homepage
Testing Changes Ordered After U.S. Mad Cow Case
By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.
Published: June 25, 2005
Substantial changes in the nation's mad cow testing system were ordered yesterday after British tests on a cow slaughtered in November confirmed that it had the disease even though the American "gold standard" test said it did not.
"The protocol we developed just a few years ago to conduct the tests might not be the best option today," Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns said in making the announcement. "Science is ever evolving."
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/25/national/25cow.html
Voluntary Changes will not work. This is empty legislation.
Senate Passes Amendment to Combat Climate Change
By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK
Published: June 22, 2005
WASHINGTON, June 21 - Acting to address the contentious subject of global climate change, the Senate passed an amendment to pending energy legislation on Tuesday calling for voluntary reductions in some emissions and spending money to promote technology to reduce pollution.
The measure, adopted by a vote of 66 to 29, was the least stringent of three competing amendments intended to address climate change.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/22/politics/22energy.html
Environment: Linking High Ozone to Increased Death Rates
By ERIC NAGOURNEY
Published: June 21, 2005
Three teams of researchers conducting separate studies have concluded that high ozone pollution is linked to higher death rates.
The studies, which appear in the July issue of Epidemiology, "point to the urgent need to reduce public exposures to ambient ozone by all possible means," an accompanying editorial argues.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/21/health/21envi.html
Rules Altered on Depletion of Fish Stocks
By CORNELIA DEAN
Published: June 23, 2005
The Fisheries Service has proposed fishing guideline revisions that it says will speed the restoration of depleted fish stocks. But in some cases, other fisheries experts say, the proposals could have the opposite effect.
The service, an arm of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, posted the proposed revisions yesterday in the Federal Register. They relate to provisions of a law that sets standards for the eight regional councils that manage fishing in national waters.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/23/national/23fish.html
continued . . .
"Okeydoke"
History . . .
1852, Antoni Gaudí y Cornet, architec
1864, Walther Nernst, physical chemist
1903, George Orwell, pseudonym of Eric Arthur Blair (1903-1950), British novelist, essayist, and critic, whose brilliant reporting and political conscience fashioned an impassioned picture of his life and times. A writer of remarkable clarity, Orwell claimed that fine prose should be transparent, “like a window-pane.” In his essays “Shooting an Elephant” and “Politics and the English Language,” he asserted that dishonest politics and slipshod language are inseparably connected evils. His essays provide models of what he preached. Orwell felt impelled to write on political themes to counter the totalitarian tendencies that he felt threatened his age. Such concerns prompted the two satirical novels for which he is best known, Animal Farm (1945) and Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949).
1908, W. V. Quine, philosopher
1913, Aimé Césaire, poet and political leader
1925, Robert Venturi, architect
1876: A force of Sioux and Northern Cheyenne led by Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull wipes out about 260 U.S. cavalry lead by Lt. Col. George A. Custer and his Seventh Cavalry in the Battle of the Little Big Horn in Montana.
1942, some 1,000 British Royal Air Force bombers raided Bremen, Germany, during World War II.
1944, The final strip of George Herriman's innovative Krazy Kat comic strip appears, two months after Herriman's death.
1950, The Korean War begins with the crossing of the 38th parallel into South Korea by North Korean troops.
1951, the first commercial color telecast took place as CBS transmitted a one-hour special from New York to four other cities.
1962, the Supreme Court ruled that the use of an unofficial, non-denominational prayer in New York State public schools was unconstitutional.
1967, the Beatles performed their new song, "All You Need Is Love," during a live international telecast.
1973, Former White House counsel John Dean begins his televised testimony before the Senate Watergate committee. His account, corroborated by secret White House tapes, will lead to President Nixon's resignation.
1975, After 470 years of rule by Portugal, the former colony of Portuguese East Africa gains its independence the People's Republic of Mozambique came into being.
1991, the western Yugoslav republics of Croatia and Slovenia declared their independence.
Missing in Action
1965 MONGILARDI PETER JR. HALEDON NJ REMAINS RETURNED ACCORDING TO SON 1994
1966 MARIK CHARLES W. OAKLAND MO GOOD CHUTE
1972 SHUMWAY GEOFREY RAYMOND SKANEATELES NY
June 24 ...
1842, Ambrose Bierce, satirist and journalist
Jack Dempsey (CMG Worldwide)
1895, American boxer Jack Dempsey was born on this day. This site contains a short biography of this sports superstar of the 1920s, images, and quotes by and about him.
Happy Birthday to a boxing legend
His opponents feared him. His fans adored him. No matter what category you fell into, Jack Dempsey had a knack for delivering a fitting finale. Today, June 24th, we say “Happy Birthday” to a man regarded as an All-American boxing superstar.
http://www.cmgww.com/sports/dempsey/index.php
Dempsey, Jack (1895-1983), American professional boxer, whose nickname, the Manassa Mauler, is derived from his birthplace and his aggressive style as a fighter. He was born William Harrison Dempsey in Manassa, Colorado. Dempsey became world heavyweight champion in 1919, when he defeated the American boxer Jess Willard. Among his many successful bouts in defense of his title were defeats of the French boxer Georges Carpentier in 1921 and the Argentine boxer Luis Angel Firpo in 1923. In 1926 Dempsey lost the title to the American boxer Gene Tunney. In a rematch with Tunney in 1927, Dempsey again lost by a decision; in this famous fight, known as the Battle of the Long Count, Dempsey ignored the rule requiring a fighter to return to a neutral corner during the count after a knockdown. With Tunney knocked to the canvas and down for several seconds, the referee stopped the count until Dempsey reached a neutral corner. Ringside observers claimed these extra few seconds allowed Tunney time to recover and defeat Dempsey. After this loss Dempsey retired. He fought a career total of 69 professional fights, with 47 wins by knockout. With the exception of a lucrative exhibition tour in 1931 and 1932, he did not fight again. An enormously popular figure, Dempsey did much to make professional boxing a profitable and popular enterprise.
1901, Harry Partch, composer and instrument maker
1930, Claude Chabrol, French motion-picture director and screenwriter
1937, Anita Desai, novelist
1497, An English expedition led by John Cabot makes the first recorded sighting of North America by a European, landing at what may have been Cape Breton Island.
1647, Margaret Brent, a niece of Lord Baltimore, was ejected from the Maryland Assembly after demanding a place and vote in that governing body.
1901, Painter Pablo Picasso has his first exhibit in Paris, at the age of 19.
1922, German nationalists assassinate foreign minister Walther Rathenau, a German Jew, in response to his policy of paying reparations for Germany's role in World War I.
1647, Margaret Brent, a niece of Lord Baltimore, was ejected from the Maryland Assembly after demanding a place and vote in that governing body.
1940, France signed an armistice with Italy during World War II.
1947, An American pilot reports seeing objects he describes as "saucers" flying near Mount Rainier in Washington, leading to the popular term "flying saucers."
1948, Communist forces cut off all land and water routes between West Germany and West Berlin, prompting the Western allies to organize the massive Berlin Airlift.
1964,The Federal Trade Commission requires that a message be placed on all cigarette packages that warns consumers that cigarette smoking is dangerous to their health.
1968: Rail go-slow begins
The country's rail network has been thrown into disarray by the National Union of Railwaymen's (NUR) work-to-rule.
The union, which rejected a last minute pay and productivity offer by British Rail (BR) on Saturday, began its work to rule and ban on overtime at midnight last night.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/24/newsid_2943000/2943686.stm
1974: Labour rift over nuclear test
The Labour Government has admitted Britain exploded a nuclear device in the United States a few weeks ago.
It is thought the underground trial at America's desert test range in Nevada was carried out on one of the new warheads for the Polaris submarine missiles.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/24/newsid_2526000/2526963.stm
1975, 113 people were killed when an Eastern Airlines Boeing 727 crashed while attempting to land during a thunderstorm at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport.
1983: US astronaut Sally Ride returns
America's first woman in space has returned safely to Earth in the Challenger space shuttle after a successful six-day flight.
Sally Ride, aged 32, captured the media's attention over the weeks leading up to blast-off on 19 June as the public realised history was in the making.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/24/newsid_4489000/4489579.stm
1985, a federal judge in New York found former Wall Street Journal reporter R. Foster Winans guilty of illegally using his position at the paper in a get-rich-quick insider-trading scheme. (Winans served eight years in federal prison.)
1986: Ian Paisley's battle cry condemned
Hard-line unionist leader the Reverend Ian Paisley has warned that Northern Ireland is on the verge of civil war.
In an outburst strongly criticised by government ministers, the leader of the Democratic Unionist Party called on Protestants in the province to mobilise for action.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/24/newsid_2519000/2519077.stm
1993: Minister resigns over business links
Northern Ireland Minister Michael Mates has resigned over his links with fugitive tycoon Asil Nadir.
In a letter to the prime minister, Mr Mates said he had done nothing wrong, but had decided to step down from government in the interests of the Conservative Party.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/24/newsid_2519000/2519201.stm
Missing in Action
1965 VAN CAMPEN THOMAS C. OROVILLE CA WOUNDED SEPARTED FROM UNIT
1966 ELLIS WILLIAM SUMMERVILLE SC
1967 SHERMAN ROBERT C DANVILLE IL 11/23/68 DIC REMAINS RECOVERED 03/20/85
1968 CARPENTER NICHOLAS MALLOR CINCINNATI OH PROB DIED IN WRECKAGE REMAINS RETURNED 9/90
1968 MOBLEY JOSEPH S. INDIANAPOLIS IN "03/14/73 RELEASED BY DRV (MANHATTAN BEACH, CA)" ALIVE IN 98
1972 BEEKMAN WILLIAM D. TOLEDO OH 03/28/73 RELEASED BY DRV
1972 GRANT DAVID B. CHATTANOOGA TN 03/28/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE AND WELL 98
1972 JACKSON CHARLES A. CHARLESTON WV 02/12/73 RELEASED BY DRV INJURED ALIVE AND WELL IN 98
1972 MC CARTY JAMES L. MC LEAN TX REMAINS RETURNED 13 SEPT 90 REMAINS IDENTIFIED11 JUNE 97
The New York Times
Worship, Dark and Steamy, for Murderers and Rapists
By MAREK FUCHS
Published: June 25, 2005
SUFFIELD, Conn. - Two dozen murderers, rapists and other felons sat unclothed save for shorts in the pitch darkness of a tent made of sticks and wool blankets that had been set up in the prison yard.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/25/national/25religion.html?hp
Why is this an issue? If there is testimony from experts stating revisons are necessary then they are necessary. This seems like a lot of double talk. They are literally allowing plants that state anti-pollution laws are 'UNATTAINABLE' to remain in business. We need Carbon Dioxide Limits across the board. There are no Carbon Dioxide limits set by the EPA so it's not even a consideration in these hearings. The Mercury, SOX and NOX issues are outrageously defeated to benefit the health of people. Literally you light switch might be causing your asthma. This is the way it is in Texas. They don’t care about people's health. Business is business and moving to Crawford might save your life away from city pollution. If the poor are stuck living with a power plant that causes their asthma then they should have done better in life.
U.S. Court Backs Bush's Changes on Clean Air Act
By MICHAEL JANOFSKY
Published: June 25, 2005
WASHINGTON, June 24 - A federal appeals court sided with the Bush administration on Friday, upholding its revisions of the Clean Air Act to allow plant operators to modernize without installing expensive new pollution control equipment. The ruling turned back challenges to the revisions by New York, California and a dozen other states.
In upholding central provisions of the regulations known as New Source Review, the court concluded that the Environmental Protection Agency had acted within its rights in issuing rules in 2002 that allowed operators of power plants, refineries, and factories greater flexibility in controlling emissions of air pollutants than they had previously.
Representatives of the electric power industry, which had strongly supported the new regulations, hailed the ruling as a victory. The new rules require owners of older plants to upgrade emission-control equipment to standards for new plants only if they make substantial improvements. Plant owners and the E.P.A. have consistently disagreed over how to differentiate between routine maintenance and large-scale upgrades.
Jeffrey Holmstead, the agency's assistant administrator for air and radiation, said the court "recognized the value of common sense reforms" included in the new rules. Mr. Holmstead noted that the panel "simply did not buy" the argument made by the states and other critics that allowing the rules' provisions to remain intact would cause "environmental devastation."
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/25/politics/25enviro.html?hp&ex=1119758400&en=8da9b1eaade458c1&ei=5094&partner=homepage
I wouldn't call it 'Pulsing a new..' it's more like a return from the shadows. There was life under Saddam. American Press always want to window dress this thing.
Riverbank Promenade in Basra Pulses Anew With Life
By EDWARD WONG
Published: June 26, 2005
BASRA, Iraq, June 25 - There is a famous Iraqi folk song called "He Went to Basra and Forgot About Us." It tells of love and broken promises and wounds that cannot be healed.
Alan Chin
As days have grown longer, Basra residents have returned to Corniche, the city's riverbank walkway, and it is again the center of night life.
Abdul Raheem Sultan listened to a tape of it on Thursday as he drove the six dusty hours to Basra, his hometown, from Baghdad. He said he had not been back in 20 years, and he wanted to see it one last time before moving his family to Cairo to escape the war.
..."It pains me just to look at it," he said. "It's not easy putting up with such problems in our country. The entire country is destroyed. People in Europe are planting flowers, and our country is destroyed."
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/26/international/middleeast/26basra.html?hp
Suicide Car Bomb Kills 6 At Home of Iraqi Officer
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By JOHN F. BURNS
Published: June 26, 2005
BAGHDAD, Iraq, June 25 - A suicide car bomber killed at least six people on Saturday when he slammed his vehicle into the wall outside an Iraqi police officer's home in Samarra, an insurgent stronghold 60 miles north of Baghdad. Local police said the officer who had been targeted in the attack had survived, but at least four civilians on the street and two insurgents, besides the suicide bomber, had been killed.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/26/international/middleeast/26iraq.html?hp&ex=1119758400&en=1ca71939fd4ca0ff&ei=5094&partner=homepage
Testing Changes Ordered After U.S. Mad Cow Case
By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.
Published: June 25, 2005
Substantial changes in the nation's mad cow testing system were ordered yesterday after British tests on a cow slaughtered in November confirmed that it had the disease even though the American "gold standard" test said it did not.
"The protocol we developed just a few years ago to conduct the tests might not be the best option today," Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns said in making the announcement. "Science is ever evolving."
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/25/national/25cow.html
Voluntary Changes will not work. This is empty legislation.
Senate Passes Amendment to Combat Climate Change
By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK
Published: June 22, 2005
WASHINGTON, June 21 - Acting to address the contentious subject of global climate change, the Senate passed an amendment to pending energy legislation on Tuesday calling for voluntary reductions in some emissions and spending money to promote technology to reduce pollution.
The measure, adopted by a vote of 66 to 29, was the least stringent of three competing amendments intended to address climate change.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/22/politics/22energy.html
Environment: Linking High Ozone to Increased Death Rates
By ERIC NAGOURNEY
Published: June 21, 2005
Three teams of researchers conducting separate studies have concluded that high ozone pollution is linked to higher death rates.
The studies, which appear in the July issue of Epidemiology, "point to the urgent need to reduce public exposures to ambient ozone by all possible means," an accompanying editorial argues.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/21/health/21envi.html
Rules Altered on Depletion of Fish Stocks
By CORNELIA DEAN
Published: June 23, 2005
The Fisheries Service has proposed fishing guideline revisions that it says will speed the restoration of depleted fish stocks. But in some cases, other fisheries experts say, the proposals could have the opposite effect.
The service, an arm of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, posted the proposed revisions yesterday in the Federal Register. They relate to provisions of a law that sets standards for the eight regional councils that manage fishing in national waters.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/23/national/23fish.html
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