http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/editorialsopinion/2002452326_wared26.html
'There's something happening here' - "Those of us who are old enough have seen this movie before were reminded of other presidents, Lyndon B. Johnson and Richard M. Nixon, who were haunted by another war and dogged by war protesters and a nation that lost confidence in their leadership and wound up divided against itself. Will history remember this week as the tipping point for George W. Bush and the Republicans who control Congress? Can they stay the course as they head into mid-term elections next year?"
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/krwashbureau/20050824/ts_krwashbureau/_bc_galloway_column_wa_1
Love Your Country? Demand Impeachment - "It was Theodore Roosevelt, twenty-sixth President of the United States and a Republican, who famously said in 1918, "To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public." Put differently, and in modern context, blind, unquestioning faith in President Bush is not only foolish and obsequious, but it is also contrary to the fundamental principles of this country, as set forth in the Constitution. Indeed, those who would merely sit by, without protest or question, while our President sends our armed forces off to kill and die in a nation which did not and could not do us any harm, are more than simply slavish sycophants. Those who refuse to acknowledge, much less criticize, the wrongs committed by this President in the name of the United States, while simultaneously denigrating those who do dare protest, betray this country and the promise it stands for. In short, they are positively un-American. They are traitors."
http://dissidentvoice.org/Aug05/Sanders0824.htm
Poll: Many Back Right to Protest Iraq War - " An overwhelming number of people say critics of the Iraq war should be free to voice their objections — a rare example of widespread agreement about a conflict that has divided the nation along partisan lines. ... The AP-Ipsos poll found that Republicans are the most likely to disapprove of people voicing opposition to the war." -- I think people who support the war are just too weak to admit to themselves that they fell for a lie. Life is easier when wearing blinders.
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/08/25/national/a235234D81.DTL
US heading for house price crash, Greenspan tells buyers - "WALL STREET shuddered yesterday after Alan Greenspan, the United States’ central banker, warned American homebuyers that they risk a crash if they continue to drive property prices higher. He said that the US house-price spiral had become an economic imbalance, threatening stability like the country’s trade gap or its budget deficit."
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,16849-1752866,00.html
JFK was ready to use nuclear bomb on China, tapes reveal - "There are crackles on the tape but the message is clear. President John F Kennedy and his advisers considered using nuclear weapons against China if the Communist nation attacked India a second time."
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article308341.ece
Girl's story of dad was a hoax, paper says - " For two years, Carbondale residents have been riveted by the writing of a little girl imploring her father in Iraq: "Don't die, OK?" Only now are they learning there was never any danger of that. ... In fact, the newspaper will report today, the man identified as the girl's father was never in Iraq, and it was the woman who apparently wrote the letters and regular columns that were published under the little girl's name - and even impersonated the girl in telephone interviews." -- The pro murder crowd (aka, the pro war crowd) will apparently stop at nothing to convince others that murder and mahem are legitimate actions of civilized beings.
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/metroeast/story/3109F1F7B6512D6A862570690017E0E4?OpenDocument
Adam, Eve and T. Rex - "Dinny's new owners, pointing to the Book of Genesis, contend that most dinosaurs arrived on Earth the same day as Adam and Eve, some 6,000 years ago, and later marched two by two onto Noah's Ark. The gift shop at the attraction, called the Cabazon Dinosaurs, sells toy dinosaurs whose labels warn, "Don't swallow it! The fossil record does not support evolution." The Cabazon Dinosaurs join at least half a dozen other roadside attractions nationwide that use the giant reptiles' popularity in seeking to win converts to creationism. And more are on the way."
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-dinosaurs27aug27,0,6894033.story?coll=la-home-local
Humans on Display at London Zoo - "Caged and barely clothed, eight men and women monkeyed around for the crowds Friday in an exhibit labeled "Humans" at the London Zoo. ... "A lot of people think humans are above other animals," he told The Associated Press. "When they see humans as animals, here, it kind of reminds us that we're not that special.""
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050826/ap_on_fe_st/britain_human_zoo_3&printer=1;_ylt=Auu5OSQkBuEzndgcWYsImJQuQE4F;_ylu=X3oDMTA3MXN1bHE0BHNlYwN0bWE
Hollywood's horrible summer - "The summer holidays are almost over, kids are heading back to school and in Hollywood, movie executives are pulling their hair out. That's the picture being painted by industry insiders and the trade dailies after a disastrous summer of cinema which saw box office receipts drop by 9% and attendance fall by 11% over the same period last year. ... Many industry executives believe the age of cinema might be coming to a close." -- Put out better movies.
http://www.news24.com/News24/Entertainment/Abroad/0,,2-1225-1243_1760017,00.html
A Doll That Can Recognize Voices, Identify Objects and Show Emotion - "Judy Shackelford, who has been in the toy industry for more than 40 years, has seen a lot of dolls. But none, she says, like her latest creation, a marvel of digital technologies, including speech-recognition and memory chips, radio frequency tags and scanners, and facial robotics. She and her team have christened it Amazing Amanda."
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/25/technology/circuits/25doll.html
Quote of the Day
"Everybody knows that the world is full of stupid people."
~ The Refreshments
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