The  Rocky  View  of
News, Current Events
& Comment
Whatever the evil (poison) is, it must be presented in a mix of something good, or good for you.
Rat poison is like this, 99.5% of the ingredients are tasty and nutritious for the rat
(otherwise, they wouldn't eat it, would they?).  Only .5% (1/2 percent) is deadly.
I am reminded of Dad's special brownies.  It is the same truth.

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If you want to remain in your ignorance then take this blue pill -

Tonight July 31, 2003, on a Little Rock, Arkansas TV station, KARK (ch4) was a commercial teasing the viewer to watch the 10pm news.  The teaser was about
the Dixie Chicks concert to be held Friday night in North Little Rock.

The announcer said “… have Arkansan fans forgiven the Dixie Chicks or will the arena be less than full?”.  Clearly the message is that there are only 2 choices for gauging or judging the Dixie Chicks.  Click here to hear a 46Kb audio file of this announcement.

Is it just me or are some options missing from the selection.  Both options posed assume that the attitude toward the Dixie Chicks is only negative and the only question is how much negative.  Is it not possible that attitudes toward the Dixie Chicks is positive?  The answer is an obvious yes.  Even using the KARK postulate, what is the rationale if the arena is FULL?  After all, they only offered the possibility of forgiveness (meaning the Chicks are in less favor with the fans) or of it NOT being full (meaning the Chicks are in less favor with the fans).

This is a version of the Delphi technique.  Margaret Thatcher once described the Delphi technique this way --

"Ah consensus … the process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values and policies in search of something in which no one believes, but to which no one objects;
the process of avoiding the very issues that have to be solved, merely because you cannot get agreement on the way ahead.  What great cause would have been
fought and won under the banner 'I stand for consensus'?"

You can learn more about the Delphi technique at these sites.

http://www.icehouse.net/lmstuter/page0003.htm

http://www.learn-usa.com/cgi-bin/search.pl
generally
http://www.learn-usa.com/acf001.htm
specifically

http://www.premier1.net/~barkonwd/school/DELPHI.HTM

We are influenced and manipulated by governments, media, churches and even parents.  The trick is to be alert to the bias and making your own conclusions based upon a BALANCED (not biased) view of the evidence.
 

[I am trying to decern what and if any significance this close encounter has with Biblical prophecies - Rocky]

DISCOVER Vol. 24 No. 8 (August 2003)
Table of Contents

This month, Mars makes its big move on Earth, but there is no need to worry: What we are about to face is not an invasion from Mars but an invasion by Mars. On August 27 the Red Planet will approach to 34,649,589 miles, closer than it has been at any time in recorded history. Mars will attain a magnitude of -2.9, far outshining everything else in the night sky. Finding it will be easy. Just glance up a couple of hours after sunset on a clear evening and let the dazzling, non-twinkling "star" low in the southeast grab your attention.

A Martian crater, photographed by NASA's Mars Global Surveyor, displays a remarkable vista of sinuous gullies, possibly carved by moving water.
Photograph courtesy of NASA/JPL/MSSS.

Never again in your lifetime will Mars be so spectacular. Planetarium computer programs such as Starry Night make it a snap to figure out when Mars will next pay such a close call: August 28, 2287. Ascertaining the last time Mars came this near is more challenging. The gravitational interplay of the planets constantly alters the shapes of Earth's and Mars's orbits, from rounder to more oval and back again. As a result, the narrowest gap between the two worlds continually mutates. Orbital calculations get ever fuzzier the farther back in time you go. We do know it has been at least 5,000 years, and probably more like 60,000 years, since Mars cozied up this close to us.
 

A Martian crater, photographed by NASA's Mars Global Surveyor, displays a remarkable vista of sinuous gullies, possibly carved by moving water.  Photograph courtesy of NASA/JPL/MSSS

Strictly speaking, Earth is the one doing the cozying. Our planet, circling the sun at 18.3 miles per second, overtakes Mars, which lopes along at 16.4 miles per second in its orbit. As Earth approaches, Mars appears to stop its normal west-to-east motion across the sky and to temporarily track east to west (known as retrograde motion) among the dim stars of Aquarius. At the beginning of the month, the planet will rise at 10 p.m. and reach its pinnacle at about 3 a.m. By the end of August, the planet will rise at nightfall and reach its highest point at 12:30 a.m. The planet will also grow steadily bigger and brighter as it migrates to more convenient viewing hours.

At its peak, Mars will appear 25.11 arc seconds wide in the August sky. At a modest 75-power magnification, the planet will look as large as the full moon does to the naked eye. All the same, backyard telescope owners may be slightly disappointed by what they see. The real Mars is yellow orange, not red, and its dusky surface features do not have the dramatic contrast of the color-enhanced images NASA distributes. Observers will need a sharp eye to see the subtle markings that pop into focus during the moments when Earth's atmosphere steadies. During those seconds of clarity, look for the white south polar cap, tiny now because the southern Martian summer is about to begin.

 Use a pair of binoculars to look just above Mars for a faint but vividly green "star": That is Uranus. The solar system's two most colorful planets float near each other for several weeks, coming closest in late September, when Mars will shine 1,500 times brighter than distant, dim Uranus.

The Mars Odyssey spacecraft, orbiting the planet since 2001, recently revealed that the southern cap consists mostly of water ice, not frozen carbon dioxide as astronomers had believed for decades. That discovery enhances the odds that life once took hold in or under the rusty sands of Mars, although the total amount of water we have detected there is minuscule compared with Earth's oceans.

Use a pair of binoculars to look just above Mars for a faint but vividly green "star": That is Uranus. The solar system's two most colorful planets float near each other for several weeks, coming closest in late September, when Mars will shine 1,500 times brighter than distant, dim Uranus.

Fortunately, Mars stays adequately large this month and the next. That will give you plenty of time to badger any friends who have large telescopes.

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RELATED WEB SITES:
Learn exactly where to look for Mars over the next couple of months, and find out more about the various probes and landers that are heading toward the Red Planet right now: www.spaceweather.com/delights/ mars2003_Invade.html.

It's tangential to this month's Sky Lights, but wouldn't you like to know about Martian calendars? See Martian Time: pweb.jps.net/~tgangale/mars/index_new.htm.

Read a Caltech press release about the recent discovery that the southern Martian ice cap is made of water ice, not frozen carbon dioxide, as had been suspected: pr.caltech.edu/media/Press_Releases/ PR12342.html.

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duh

Brain Cramps
contributed by Valtaree

Question: If you could live forever, would you and  why?Answer: "I would not live forever, because we  should not live forever, because if we were supposed to live  forever, then we would live forever, but we cannot live forever,  which is why I would not live forever,"--Miss Alabama in the  1994 Miss USA contest.

 "Whenever I watch TV and see those poor starving kids all over the world, I  can't help but cry. I mean I'd love to be skinny like that, but not with all  those flies and death and stuff." --Mariah Carey  ``

"Smoking kills. If you're killed, you've lost a very important part of your  life," --Brooke Shields, during an interview to become Spokesperson for  federal anti-smoking campaign.

"I've never had major knee surgery on any other part of my body,"  --Winston Bennett, University of Kentucky basketball  forward. `

"Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in  the country," --Mayor Marion Barry, Washington, DC.

"I'm not going to have some reporters pawing through our papers. We are  the president." --Hillary Clinton commenting on the release of  subpoenaed documents.

"That lowdown scoundrel deserves to be kicked to death by a jackass,  and I'm just the one to do it," --A congressional candidate in Texas.

"Half this game is ninety percent mental." --Philadelphia Phillies  manager, Danny Ozark

"It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our  air and water that are doing it." --Al Gore, Vice President `

"I love California. I practically grew up in Phoenix." --Dan  Quayle

" It's no exaggeration to say that the undecideds could go one way  or another"--George Bush, US President

"We've got to pause and ask ourselves: How much clean air do we  need?"--Lee Iacocca `

"I was provided with additional input that was radically different from the  truth. I assisted in furthering that version." --Colonel Oliver North,  from his Iran-Contra testimony.

"The word "genius" isn't applicable in football. A genius is a guy like  Norman Einstein." --Joe Theisman, NFL football quarterback &  sports analyst.

"We don't necessarily discriminate. We simply exclude certain  types of people."--Colonel Gerald Wellman, ROTC Instructor. ````

"If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure." --Bill Clinton,  President

"We are ready for an unforeseen event that may or may not  occur." --Al Gore, VP

"Traditionally, most of Australia's imports come from  overseas." --Keppel Enderbery

"Your food stamps will be stopped effective March 1992 because we  received notice that you passed away. May God bless you. You may  reapply if there is a change in your circumstances." --Department of  Social Services, Greenville, South Carolina

"If somebody has a bad heart, they can plug this jack in at night as  they go to bed and it will monitor their heart throughout the night.  And  the next morning, when they wake up dead, there'll be a record."    --Mark S. Fowler, FCC Chairman
 

    (CNSNews.com) - Federal jurors in Brooklyn, N.Y., must decide the fate of Jason Vale, a cancer survivor, former arm wrestling world champion and self-described entrepreneur, who is on trial for allegedly violating a government order that he stop promoting the use of apricot seeds as a cure for cancer.

    Closing arguments in the case were held Thursday with Vale serving as his own attorney and accusing the government of setting him up. But Vale's alleged defiance of the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) consent decree, issued in 2000, could land him with a 20-year prison sentence.

    The FDA claims the Apricot pits, more than 100,000 of which federal agents reportedly seized in a raid on Vale's basement, have no therapeutic value.

    Vale was diagnosed with terminal cancer in 1986 and suffered from the disease for eight years, enduring chemotherapy, radiation treatments and an operation to remove a tumor. But in 1994, Vale saw a video touting apricot seeds as a cure for cancer and began taking the seeds, which release organic cyanide into the system. Vale claims his use of the seeds along with his faith in God eliminated the tumor and saved his life.

    "I have watched first-hand as apricot seed consumption has helped to shrink tumors in almost every cancer patient [with whom] I've dealt," said Vale. "I have also followed horror stories from many of those using highly toxic chemo and radiation therapies."

    Vale's legal troubles began when he started selling a concentrated form of the vitamin found in apricot seeds, known as laetrile or amygdalin, to other cancer patients over the Internet.

    The FDA is currently refusing comment on this matter, but according to a warning letter sent to Vale in 1998, the agency stated that it considered laetrile to be a "new drug," and as such, was not approved for sale or importation.

    The FDA obtained an injunction in November 2000, forbidding Vale and his company, Christian Brothers Contracting Corporation, from selling or promoting the use of laetrile as a cancer treatment.

    Following undercover investigations by the FDA, the agency alleged that Vale had continued to sell and promote laetrile in violation of the consent decree and recommended in March 2002 that Vale be prosecuted for criminal contempt.

    Eliezer Ben-Joseph, a doctor of naturopathy and host of the Natural Solutions talk radio show in El Paso, Texas, describes the government's efforts as "ludicrous."

    "It's a vindictive prosecution," said Ben-Joseph. "We're talking about apricots , and yet the government is so drastically opposed to having this information out."

    The U.S. government maintains that because Vale made therapeutic claims about his laetrile products, the apricot seeds should be treated as drugs and therefore require FDA approval before they could be sold or distributed within the United States.

    Furthermore, the government maintains that laetrile has no medicinal benefits. A National Cancer Institute report obtained by CNSNews.com concluded that, "laetrile has shown little anti-cancer activity in animal studies and no anti-cancer activity in human clinical trials."

    Ben-Joseph doubted the credibility of those clinical trials, and noted that, "several concerns have been expressed about the way the study was conducted." He pointed out that some recently developed cancer treatments use artificial cyanide, which is very similar to the organic cyanide that laetrile emits.

    "It's not a cure; there is no cure for cancer, but there are things that we can do that augment how metabolism works," he noted. "These are chemicals that the body would use to detoxify or get rid of cancer."

    Regardless of their efficacy, Ben-Joseph argues, apricot seeds are no more dangerous than other natural remedies, and he believes they should be legal for use as a cancer treatment.

    Vale is not alone in touting laetrile as a cure; Donald Factor, the son of cosmetic tycoon Max Factor, sought natural cancer treatment in Mexico 17 years ago. After being treated with laetrile and other natural remedies, Factor's cancer disappeared, and he is still alive today.

    And Vale claims that his apricot seed products have helped over 30,000 cancer patients, many of whose personal testaments are documented on Vale's website.

    Ben-Joseph considers Vale's case a "freedom issue" and calls the government's prosecution an inappropriate use of the judicial system.

    "To make a law that says that the public cannot eat an apricot pit, because they think it might keep people from going to regular cancer therapy, I think is a ludicrous jump in jurisdiction," he said.
 

[Have you ever heard of self destruction or self annilation?  What about a self correcting problem?  Orin Hatch is supposed to represent the uSA and not give it away.]

 NEW BEDFORD -- U.S. Sen. Orrin G. Hatch, R-Utah, introduced a proposed constitutional amendment this week that would allow foreign-born citizens to become president. For one New Bedford resident, this is a victory.

 A bipartisan group of House legislators introduced a similar amendment about a month ago.

 "This is a major, major, historical step," said Raimundo Delgado, a New Bedford resident who has spent 25 years fighting for such an amendment. "Now we have another front that we were looking for in the Senate side. This guy is the leader of the Republicans. He has been in the Senate for 27 years. He is a very prominent leader."

 Sen. Hatch made a strong statement in favor of the proposed amendment on the Senate floor Thursday.

 "This restriction has become an anachronism that is decidedly un-American," Sen. Hatch said. "Consistent with our democratic form of government, our citizens should have every opportunity to choose their leaders free of unreasonable limitations."

 Sen. Hatch argued that the decision to include the natural-born citizen requirement in the Constitution was driven largely by the concern that a European monarch, such as King George III's second son, the Duke of York, might be imported to rule the United States.

 "The purpose of the native-born citizen requirement has long passed," he said.

 Sen. Hatch also gave examples of prominent immigrants, such as former secretaries of state Henry Kissinger and Madeline Albright, who cannot run for president under the Constitution.

 "Perhaps the most disturbing is that the scores of foreign-born men and women who have risked their lives defending the freedoms and liberties of this great nation remain ineligible for the office of president," he said.

 Mr. Delgado said Sen. Hatch's arguments under the "Equal Opportunity to Govern" constitutional amendment echo his.

 "Equal opportunity, that's all we're looking for," said the 49-year-old Azorean immigrant. "I think Sen. Hatch is in tune with our initial proposal.

 "I'll be 50 in October, so this is the best birthday present I could get," he said.

 The Senate amendment proposal differs from the House version regarding one detail.

 While the House's proposed constitutional amendment would require that someone born in another country be a naturalized U.S. citizen for 35 years in order to run for president, the Senate version lowers the requirement to 20 years.

 A similar amendment proposal was introduced on the House floor by U.S. Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., in 2000. The proposal never made it out of the subcommittee for a vote in the House.

 Only native-born Americans can hold the country's highest office, as written in the Constitution. They also must live in the United States for at least 14 years and be at least 35 years old.

 An amendment to the Constitution requires hurdling a substantial number of legislative obstacles before becoming law. The amendment must receive a favorable two-thirds vote from both the House and Senate; be approved by the president; and then receive a "yes" vote from at least 38 state legislatures, all within a seven-year time frame.

 Mr. Delgado, who recently gave interviews to national radio and Portuguese international radio, said he is ready for the fight.

 "Up to now I didn't think this was going to happen in my lifetime," he said, vowing to lobby on behalf of the proposed amendment. "Now I'm convinced that this is going to happen in my lifetime."

This story appeared on Page A1 of The Standard-Times on July 12, 2003.
 

a r t i c l e   /   c o m m e n t a r y

Burglars "Need Protection" British Government Claims
contributed by D & ArkDixieCapt

[If you are one of those who choose to not believe that the Western world has things upside down and/or that the governments thereof do not mistreat the people of their societies, then try explaining this story]

British government lawyers arguing to deny parole to imprisoned Norfolk farmer Tony Martin claimed May 7 that burglars are members of the public who must be protected from violent householders. Martin's rural home had been burglarized and robbed at least two dozen times when on the night of Aug. 21, 1999, he heard burglars and confronted them with a shotgun. He wounded one thief and killed another. A third criminal escaped.

Despite the fact that the three burglars had been hauled before the court on criminal offenses more than 110 times between them, it was Tony Martin who was prosecuted with the greatest zeal. He was found guilty of murder and sentenced to life in prison. The conviction was later reduced to manslaughter and a fiver year prison sentence.
 

a r t i c l e   /   c o m m e n t a r y

The Passion
contributed by D & Anton

If you have not yet heard about the movie Mel Gibson is making with his own funds, then you might want to get on the ball and pay attention.  Here is a link for a 1 minute 45 second clip preview of the movie. http://www.aintitcool.com/ThePassion.mov

The Passion is a movie by Mel Gibson to tell the story of the last hours of Jesus Christ, true to the Bible.

It seems moving and powerful, possibly the most moving film about the life of Jesus.

So did Hollywood get one right and produce a Christian film?  NO!!!  The antichrist forces despise Jesus and the
Bible.  They have fought this film from the outset.  Mel Gibson personally financed this film, and said he did not care
about the consequences.

Other links about The Passion:

http://www.sassiweb.it/thepassion/ Unofficial site of The Passion

http://www.adl.org/PresRele/Mise_00/4275_00.asp AntiDefamation League's statement against The Passion
because it shows the Jews "as blood-thirsty, sadistic and money-hungry enemies of Jesus"

http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/2003/06/30/news/opinion/6201183.htm Will Mel Gibson's `Passion' fuel
anti-Semitism? - "Mel Gibson, who insists Jews will have nothing to worry about in his new, self-financed, $25 million
film, "The Passion.""

http://www.jewishtimes.com/News/3170.stm 'Passions' Rising On Controversy Gibson Film - Jewish Times

http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wxxi/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=519870 Capturing the passion
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Gibson guided by 'Holy Ghost'
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/07/02/1056825444711.html

July 2 2003

Hollywood star Mel Gibson believes he was guided by the Holy Ghost while making his controversial new film about the life of Jesus Christ.

The actor, who is a devout Catholic, said the force was so strong that Muslims and agnostics who worked on the set of The Passion converted to Christianity.

"I really feel my career was leading me to make this," he said.

"The Holy Ghost was working through me on this film, and I was just directing traffic. I hope the film has the power to evangelise."

The $22.32 million ($US15 million) production, which Gibson directs, stars James Caviezel as Christ during the last 12 hours of his life and Monica Bellucci as Mary Magdalene.

It was shot entirely in the Aramaic language of the time and includes a brutal depiction of the Crucifixion.

Some Jewish groups in the United States have criticised it for its violence and alleged anti-Semitism.

Religious scholars who have read the script claim that it leans too heavily on an 18th century book of Catholic mysticism that paints Jews in a harsh light.

Gibson, 47, said: "Anti-Semitism is not only contrary to my personal beliefs, it is also contrary to the core message of my movie."
 

 http://www.thedubyareport.com/quotes.html
contributed by Bob & Jan

[Some of these you have to read carefully, or maybe that would be too confusing.]

We're laying the groundwork for a national campaign -- a national campaign that I believe will result in a great victory in November 2002. -- Tampa, Florida, June 30, 2003

Wait for us to succeed peace. Wait for us to have two states, side by side -- is for everybody coming together to deny the killers the opportunity to destroy. -- Kennebunkport, Maine, June 15, 2003

I'm also not very analytical. You know I don't spend a lot of time thinking about myself, about why I do things. -- aboard AirForce One, June 4 2003

I recently met with the finance minister of the Palestinian Authority, was very impressed by his grasp of finances. -- Washington, DC, May 29, 2003

First, let me make it very clear, poor people aren't necessarily killers. Just because you happen to be not rich doesn't mean you're willing to kill. -- Washington, DC, May 19, 2003

So one of my visits -- one of the reasons I'm visiting here is to ask the question to people. Because if there's -- moving too slow, or people are saying one thing and the other thing is not happening, now is the time to find out.  -- Pierce City, MO, May 13, 2003

I think war is a dangerous place. -- Washington, DC, May 7, 2003

I don't bring God into my life to -- to, you know, kind of be a political person. -- interview with Tom Brokaw aboard Air Force One, April 24, 2003

We're fighting an enemy ... that will wear civilian uniforms.... -- Washington, DC, March 25, 2003

...If we use military force, in the post-Saddam Iraq the UN will definitely need to have a role. And that way it can begin to get its legs, legs of responsibility back. -- Lajes, Azores, March 16, 2003

We appreciate our own support for ensuring that the just demands of the world are enforced. -- Washington, DC, March 13, 2003

I know there's some concern about overstating of numbers, you know, invest in my company because the sky's the limit. We may not be cash flowing much, but the sky's the limit. Well, when you pay dividends, that sky's the limit business doesn't hunt.  -- Kennesaw, GA, February 20, 2003

...[A]s we insist that Congress be wise with your money, we're going to make sure we spend enough to win this war. And by spending enough to win a war, we may not have a war at all. -- Kennesaw, Georgia, February 20, 2003

So today I ask you to challenge your listeners ... to start a ministry, which will find the children of those who are incarcinated and love them. -- Addressing the National Religious Broadcasters' Convention, Opryland Hotel, Nashville, TN, February 10, 2003. The quote was cleaned up before the speech was posted on the White House web site.

I believe we can achieve peace at home.... -- Washington, DC, January 30, 2003

Should any Iraqi officer or soldier receive an order from Saddam Hussein or his sons or any of the killers who occupy the high levels of their government, my advice is don't follow that order. If you choose to do so, when Iraq is liberated, you will be treated, tried and persecuted as a war criminal. -- St. Louis, MO, January 22, 2003

I'm the person who gets to decide, not you. -- reacting to a reporter's statement in the lead-in to his question that "we're headed to war in Iraq," Crawford, TX, December 31, 2002

I had a cordial meeting at that meeting last night. We greeted each other, cordially. -- Prague, Czech Republic, November 21, 2002

One of the problems we have is that enough people can't find work in America. -- Bentonville, AR, November 4, 2002

The solid truth of the matter is, when you find -- if you want to help heal the hurt -- if you want to hurt people and help people in pain, the best way to do so is to call upon the great strength of the country, which is the compassion of our fellow Americans. -- Bentonville, AR, November 4, 2002

Who is this chicken shit? -- "Poppy" Bush at a White House reception in 1991, after Senator Paul Wellstone had urged Bush Sr. to focus more on education issues and less on the Gulf War.

It's been raining, so she needs to sweep the porch, because the President of China is coming tomorrow. -- explaining Laura Bush's absence to an audience in Charlotte, NC, October 24, 2002. Asked the next day if she appreciated the remark, Mrs. Bush shook her head and mouthed, "No."

All of us here in America should believe, and I think we do, that we should be, as I mentioned, a nation of owners. Owning something is freedom, as far as I'm concerned. It's part of a free society... It's a part of -- it's of being a -- it's a part of -- an important part of America. -- Washington, D.C., October 15, 2002

You need to listen carefully to the debates that goes on in our nation's capital. You see, some of them are -- goes on with people trying to get to the nation's capital. Some of them, they talk about the government's money. -- Manchester, NH, October 5, 2002

The definition of a patriot in the face of the evil done to America is to serve something greater than yourself in life, is to help somebody in need, is to love a person one at a time, as we remember that -- which I know we will. -- Manchester, NH, October 5, 2002

We need an energy bill that encourages consumption. -- Trenton, NJ, September 23, 2002

There's an old saying in Tennessee -- I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee -- that says, fool me once, shame on -- shame on you. Fool me -- you can't get fooled again. -- East Literature Magnet School, Nashville, Tennessee, September 17, 2002. Couldn't quite get out "... fool me twice, shame on me."

...[T]here is a value system that cannot be compromised, and that is the values that we praise. And if the values are good enough for our people, they ought to be good enough for others, not in a way to impose because these are God-given values. These aren't United States-created values. These are values of freedom and the human condition and mothers loving their children. -- interviewed by Bob Woodward, Crawford, TX, August 20, 2002

I'm the commander -- see, I don't need to explain -- I do not need to explain why I say things. That's the interesting thing about being the president. Maybe somebody needs to explain to me why they say something, but I don't feel like I owe anybody an explanation. -- interviewed by Bob Woodward, Crawford, TX, August 20, 2002

I'm thrilled to be here in the breadbasket of America. -- Stockton, CA, August 23, 2002. Stockton is 60 miles east of the Bay Area, and 25 miles west of the Sierra Nevada, known for watersports on the Sacramento Delta, perhaps, but not much grain production....

I believe the enemy has wakened a spirit in this country that understands in order to fight evil, in order to fight evil -- that in order to fight evil, you can do so by loving your neighbor just like you'd like to be loved yourself.  -- Stockton, CA, August 23, 2002

There was certainly a very strong sentiment that we're on the right track when it comes to holding people to account who lie, steat or cheal.... -- responding the question of what was the most important thing he learned from the recent so-called economic forum. Crawford, Texas, August 16, 2002

Let's see. There I was sitting around the table with foreign leaders looking at Colin Powell and Condi Rice.... -- responding the the question of why he was not addressing the National Association for the Advancement of Colored Peoples convention, Washington, DC, July 10, 2002

There was no malfeance, no attempt to hide anything. -- explaining the difference between Harken Energy's sale of subsidiary Aloha Petroleum, and similar transactions involving Enron shell companies "Jedi" and "Chewco," Washington, DC, July 8, 2002.

Everything I do is fully disclosed, it's been fully vetted. -- responding to (and not denying) the suggestion in Paul Krugman's op-ed column that Bush's past included the corporate misbehavior he was now criticizing. Milwaukee, WI, July 4, 2002

As the United States works to bring peace around the world our diplomats and/or soldiers can be drug into the court. That's very troubling. -- Milwaukee, WI, July 2, 2002

I read the report put out by the bureaucracy. --referring to his own Environmental Protection Agency report to the United Nations on global warming, June 4, 2002

Very good, the guy memorizes four words, and he plays like he's intercontinental. -- at a news conference in Rome, Italy, after NBC News correspondent David Gregory followed a question to Bush in English with one in French to President Jacques Chirac. Gregory's question to Bush was, "I wonder why it is you think there are such strong sentiments in Europe against you and against this administration?" May 26, 2002

We hold dear what our Declaration of Independence says, that all have got uninalienable rights.... -- addressing community and religious leaders in Moscow, May 24, 2002

There is a sniff of politics in the air. -- in a closed door session with congressional Republicans, Washington, DC, May 16, 2002

I'm not familiar with the anacronyms. -- Ari Fleischer, White House press conference, Washington, DC, May 16, 2002

My foreign policy is -- Fidel Castro is a dictator. -- Washington, DC, May 14, 2002

You see, the President is -- can still learn. -- First African Methodist Episcopal Renaissance Center, Los Angeles, California, April 29, 2002

Some of the biggest sources of air pollution are the power plants, which send tons of admissions into our air. -- Wilmington, NY, April 22, 2002 (Earth Day)

And so, in my State of the -- my State of the Union -- or state -- my speech to the nation, whatever you want to call it, speech to the nation -- I asked Americans to give 4,000 years -- 4,000 hours over the next -- the rest of your life. -- Bridgeport, CT, April 9, 2002

I appreciate Lieutenant Governor Judi Kell for being here. Great to see you again, Judi. -- referring to Connecticut Lieutenant Governor Jodi Rell, Bridgeport, CT, April 9, 2002

Sometimes when I sleep at night I think of "Hop on Pop." -- Penn. State University, April 2, 2002

But there needs to be a focused, coalition effort in the region against peace. -- discussing the Middle East, Crawford, TX, March 30, 2002

I talked about making the death tax permanent, so that Rolf can pass his assets to a family member, if he so chooses. -- O'Fallon, MO, March 18, 2002. The White House official transcript added a footnote indicating Bush meant "repeal" of the tax.

My trip to Asia begins here in Japan for an important reason. It begins here because for a century and a half now, America and Japan have formed one of the great and enduring alliances of modern times. -- from the transcript of Bush's remarks to the Diet of Japan. Reported by U.S. Newswire, February 19, 2002. The White House transcript amended the statement to "half a century."

We've not got no better friend than South Korea. -- greeting the South Korean press, February 17, 2002

It isn't really a sissy pretzel. -- Laura Bush, appearing on The Tonight Show, February 11, 2002

He was a supporter of Ann Richards in my run in 1994. And she did name him the head of the Governor's Business Council, and I decided to leave him in place just for the sake of continuity. And that's when I first got to know Ken and worked with Ken, and he supported my candidacy. -- responding to a question about ties to former Enron chairman Kenneth Lay, reported in the Houston Chronicle, January 10, 2002.

I don't intend to read it all. -- referring to the education bill he had just signed, Hamilton, OH, January 8, 2002

We are working hard to convince both the Indians and the Pakis there's a way to deal with their problems without going to war. -- Washington, DC, January 7, 2002. The term 'Paki' is considered an ethnic slur in Britain. "The President has great respect for Pakistan and for the Pakistani people," White House spokesman Scott McClellan later clarified.

Not over my dead body will they raise your taxes. -- Ontario, CA, January 5, 2002

I know the governor likes to hunt rabbits down in Louisiana. Sometimes those rabbits think they can hide from the governor. But, eventually, he smokes them out and gets them. And that's exactly what is happening to Mr. bin Laden, and all the murderers that he's trying to hide in Afghanistan. -- with Governor Mike Foster, Washington, DC, December 19, 2001. Foster later admitted "... I don't know anybody who hunts [rabbits] that way."

And we have a role in the government -- in the state government, in the federal government -- to provide immediate help as part of an economic security package, is to provide immediate help. -- Orlando, FL, December 4, 2001

I want to go back to Washington. There is strong advice that I not, primarily from the vice president. -- reported in Newsweek (International edition) December 3, 2001

I can assure you, when I was a senior in high school, I never sat in an audience saying, gosh, if I work hard I'll be President of the United States. -- Crawford, TX, November 15, 2001

We don't have a beef with Muslims. -- Washington, DC, October 25, 2001

You know, if you find a person that you've never seen before getting in a cropduster that doesn't belong to you, report it. -- answering a reporter who asked what Americans should be on the lookout for in response to the announcement of a general terrorist threat, news conference, Washington, DC, October 11, 2001

I am here to make an announcement that this Thursday, ticket counters and airplanes will fly out of Ronald Reagan Airport. -- Washington, DC, October 2, 2001

...[W]hen nations are under attack, now is not the time for politics. -- with Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien, Washington, DC, September 25, 2001

This crusade ... is going to take a while. -- Washington, DC, September 16, 2001

There's one terrible pilot. -- Sarasota, FL, September 11, 2001. During a town hall forum in Orlando, FL, December 4, 2001, Bush described his first reaction to the report that a plane hit the World Trade Center tower.

A vampire is a -- a -- cell deal you can plug in the wall to charge your cell phone. -- Denver, CO, August 14, 2001

My administration has been calling upon all the leaders in the -- in the Middle East to do everything they can to stop the violence, to tell the different parties involved that peace will never happen. -- Crawford, TX, August 13, 2001

A dictatorship would be a heck of a lot easier, there's no question about it. -- Washington, DC, July 26, 2001, commenting on negotiating with Congress

First, let me say how honored I was to be able to be in the presence of the Holy Father... He's an extraordinary man who is, by virtue of his leadership and his conscience and his presence has not only affected political systems, but affected the hearts and souls of thousands of people all around the world.  -- Rome, July 23, 2001

I haven't thought about the nuance of it. -- Washington DC, June 24, 2001, when asked by Peggy Noonan about the prospect of Russia joining NATO

They're not talking about firm price controls. They are talking about mechanism to -- as I understand it, a mechanism to mitigate any severe price spikes that may occur, which is completely different from price controls. -- reported in Molly Ivins's syndicated column, June 26, 2001

Africa is a nation that suffers from incredible disease. -- Gotheburg, Sweden, June 14, 2001

Can't living with the bill means it won't become law. -- Brussels, Belgium, June 13, 2001

So on behalf of a well-oiled unit of people who came together to serve something greater than themselves, congratulations. -- greeting the University of Nebraska women's volleyball team, Washington, DC, May 31, 2001

If you're like me you won't remember everything you did here. -- Yale University, New Haven, CT, May 21, 2001

There's no question that the minute I got elected, the storm clouds on the horizon were getting nearly directly overhead. -- Washington, DC, May 11, 2001

But I also made it clear to [Russian President Vladimir Putin] that it's important to think beyond the old days of when we had the concept that if we blew each other up, the world would be safe. -- Washington, DC, May 1, 2001

Neither in French nor in English nor in Mexican. -- Declining to answer reporters' questions at the Summit of the Americas, Quebec City, Canada, April 21, 2001. When asked about the remark later, his staff said he was joking.

This administration is doing everything we can to end the stalemate in an efficient way. We're making the right decisions to bring the solution to an end. -- Washington, DC, April 10, 2001

You can fool some of the people all of the time and those are the ones you want to concentrate on. -- Washington, DC March 31, 2001

As you know, we're studying safe levels for arsenic in drinking water. The scientists told us we need to test the water glasses on 3,000 people. Thank you for participating. -- Washington, DC, March 31, 2001

Do you have blacks, too? -- Washington, DC, March 2001, during Bush's first meeting with Brazilian President Fernando Henrique Cardoso. Reported April 28, 2002 by columnist Fernando Pedreira of the Estado Sao Paulo in an article titled "An Overwhelming Ignorance."

You teach a child to read and he or her will be able to pass a literacy test. -- Townsend, TN, February 18, 2001.

Natural gas is hemispheric. I like to call it hemispheric in nature because it is a product that we can find in our neighborhoods. -- Austin, TX, December20, 2000

The great thing about America is everybody should vote. -- Austin, TX, December 8, 2000

They misunderestimated me. -- Bentonville, AR, November 6, 2000

They want the federal government controlling Social Security like it's some kind of federal program. -- St. Charles, Missouri, November 2, 2000

This is an impressive crowd, the haves and the have-mores. Some people call you the elite. I call you my base. -- Al Smith Memorial Dinner, New York, NY, October 19, 2000

It's important for us to explain to our nation that life is important. It's not only life of babies, but it's life of children living in, you know, the dark dungeons of the Internet. -- Arlington Heights, IL, October 24, 2000

...a hemispheric energy policy where Canada and Mexico and the United States come together. I brought this up recently with Vicente Fox, who's the newly elected president. He's a man I know from Mexico. And I talked about how best to be able to expedite the exploration of natural gas in Mexico and transport it up to the United States, so we become less dependent on foreign sources of crude oil. -- during the first Presidential debate, Boston, MA October 3, 2000

I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully. -- Saginaw, MI, September 29, 2000

More and more of our imports are coming from overseas. -- reported in Slate, September 25, 2000

Bush: There's Adam Clymer, major league asshole from the New York Times. Cheney: Oh yeah, he is, big time. -- Labor Day Rally, September 4, 2000

After all, religion has been around a lot longer than Darwinism. -- reported in George Magazine, September, 2000

It's clearly a budget. It's got a lot of numbers in it. -- Reuters, May 5, 2000

I'm a uniter not a divider. That means when it comes time to sew up your chest cavity, we use stitches as opposed to opening it up. -- on David Letterman, March 2, 2000. (the audience booed)

I understand small business growth. I was one. -- New York Daily News, February 19, 2000

The most important job is not to be governor, or first lady in my case. -- Pella, IA, as quoted by the San Antonio Express-News, January 30, 2000

Rarely is the question asked: Is our children learning? -- Florence, SC, January 11, 2000

I know how hard it is for you to put food on your family. -- Nashua, NH, January 28, 2000

No. -- responding to Dallas Morning News reporter Wayne Slater's 1998 question asking "Were you ever arrested after 1968?", reported in The New Republic, November, 1999. Bush's 1976 DUI arrest received wide publicity in October 2000.

Kosovians can move back in. -- quoted on CNN's Inside Politics, April 9, 1999

I was a pit bull on the pantleg of opportunity -- quoted in Shrub by Molly Ivins.

It's not the governor's role to decide who goes to heaven. I believe that God decides who goes to heaven, not George W. Bush. -- Houston Chronicle.

I didn't -- I swear I didn't -- get into politics to feather my nest or feather my friends' nests. -- Houston Chronicle

When I have been asked who caused the riots and the killing in LA, my answer has been direct and simple: Who is to blame for the riots? The rioters are to blame. Who is to blame for the killings? The killers are to blame....
 

[Some of us do not have much cause to be concerned if their identity is stolen, since we do not practice the trappings of society that are listed herein.  For example, if and when you learn that you are not required to have a SS#, you might quit using it and rebuke it, then naturally, there is no # to be stolen.  The same is true with a DL#.  But, I know this is not for most sheeple, and for those sheep who choose to be in the beast system, what follows is some good advice.  I am sure some people can and have thought of other things to do or not do.]

 A corporate attorney sent the following out to the employees in his company:

* The next time you order checks have only your initials (instead of first name) and last name put on them.

* If someone takes your check book they will not know if you sign your checks with just your initials or your first name but your bank will know how you sign your checks.

* When you are writing checks to pay on your credit card accounts, DO NOT put the complete account number on the "For" line. Instead, just put the last four numbers. The credit card company knows the rest of the number and anyone who might be handling your check as it passes through all the check processing channels won't have access to it.

* Put your work phone # on your checks instead of your home phone. If you have a PO Box use that instead of your home address. Never have your SS# or Driver's License printed on your checks (DUH!) . You can add it if it is necessary. But if you have it printed, anyone can get it.

* Place the contents of your wallet on a photocopy machine, do both sides of each license, credit card, etc. You will know what you had in your wallet and all of the account numbers and phone numbers to call and cancel.

* Keep the photocopy in a safe place. I also carry a photocopy of my passport when I travel either here or abroad.  (Related notes from Tom - Keep the photocopy somewhere totally separate from your actual passport, so if you lose one, you don't automatically lose the other.  I keep mine in a pocket in my shave kit, which is a carry-on item and not likely to get lost in transit.  I also give a copy of my passport to a responsible friend or relative before going overseas, so that IF I do lose every record I have with me, there is someone I can call and have them fax it to me. That's probably a good person to leave a copy of your itinerary with also.)

* We've all heard horror stories about fraud that's committed on us in stealing a name, address, Social Security number, credit cards, etc.

Unfortunately I, an attorney, have firsthand knowledge because my wallet was stolen last month. Within a week, the thieve(s) ordered an expensive monthly cell phone package, applied for a VISA credit card, had a credit line approved to buy a Gateway computer, received a PIN number from DMV to change my driving record information online, and more.

But here's some critical information to limit the damage in case this happens to you or someone you know:

We have been told we should cancel our credit cards immediately. But the key is having the toll free numbers and your card numbers handy so you know whom to call. Keep those where you can find them easily.

* File a police report immediately in the jurisdiction where it was stolen, this proves to credit providers you were diligent, and is a first step toward an investigation (if there ever is one).

But here's what is perhaps most important: (I never even thought to do this).

Call the three national credit reporting organizations immediately to place a fraud alert on your name and Social Security number. I had never heard of doing that until advised by a bank that called to tell me an application for credit was made over the Internet in my name.

! The alert means any company that checks your credit knows your information was stolen and they have to contact you by phone to authorize new credit.

By the time I was advised to do this, almost two weeks after the theft, all the damage had been done.

There are records of all the credit checks initiated by the thieves' purchases, none of which I knew about before placing the alert. Since then, no additional damage has been done, and the thieves threw my wallet away this weekend.(someone turned it in). It seems to have stopped them in their tracks.

The numbers are:

Equifax: 1-800-525-6285

Experian (formerly TRW): 1-888-397-3742

Trans Union: 1-800-680-7289

Social Security Administration (fraud line): 1-800-269-0271

We pass along jokes on the Internet; we pass along just about everything.

Pass this information along. It could really help someone you care about.
 

GREAT TRUTHS THAT LITTLE CHILDREN HAVE LEARNED

1) No matter how hard you try, you can't baptize cats.
2) When your Mom is mad at your Dad, don't let her brush your hair.
3) If your sister hits you, don't hit her back. They always catch the second person.
4) Never ask your 3-year old brother to hold a tomato.
5) You can't trust dogs to watch your food.
6) Don't sneeze when someone is cutting your hair.
7) Never hold a Dust-Buster and a cat at the same time.
8) You can't hide a piece of broccoli in a glass of milk.
9) Don't wear polka-dot underwear under white shorts.
10) The best place to be when you're sad is Grandpa's lap.

GREAT TRUTHS THAT ADULTS HAVE LEARNED

1) Raising teenagers is like nailing Jell-O to a tree.
2) Wrinkles don't hurt.
3) Families are like fudge...mostly sweet, with a few nuts.
4) Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.
5) Laughing is good exercise. It's like jogging on the inside.
6) Middle age is when you choose your cereal for the fiber, not the toy.

GREAT TRUTHS ABOUT GROWING OLD

1) Growing up is mandatory; growing old is optional.
2) Forget the health food. I need all the preservatives I can get.
3) When you fall down, you wonder what else you can do while you're down there.
4) You're getting old when you get the same sensation from a rocking chair that you once got from a roller coaster.
5) It's frustrating when you know all the answers but nobody bothers to ask you the questions.
6) Time may be a great healer, but it's a lousy beautician.
7) Wisdom comes with age, but sometimes age comes alone.

THE FOUR STAGES OF LIFE

1) You believe in Santa Claus.
2) You don't believe in Santa Claus.
3) You are Santa Claus.
4) You look like Santa Claus.

SUCCESS

At age 4 success is . . . . not peeing in your pants.
At age 12 success is . . . having friends.
At age 16 success is . . . having a drivers license.
At age 20 success is . . . having sex.
At age 35 success is . . . having money.
At age 50 success is . . . having money.
At age 60 success is . . . having sex.
At age 70 success is . . . having a drivers license.
At age 75 success is . . . having friends.
At age 80 success is . . . not peeing in your pants.
 

[What we must be asking is - When is a crime a HATE crime or something else?  If we belive what the long established media (controlled by governmental interests) tell us and what the government tells, then negative actions against whites are anything but "hate" related.  If you pay attention, you will notice that if the same acts (or related) are committed by whites on non-whites, then it is called "hate".  You do not have to belong to a particular group of people to notice that bias.  The really sad part is that many of those reporting this slant are white.  Either they are not paying attention to what they are being told to report or they hate their own, while others openly show pride and support for their own.  The following article is well documented.]

June 25, 2003

Hate Crime in Phoenix? Police, Press Don’t Want to Know; Etc.
The Fulford File, By James Fulford
contributed by D

On Saturday, June 15, three Hispanics fatally shot a young blonde woman named Lynsey Chainhalt, and wounded three of her friends.

But the people who cover “hate crimes” seem to have missed this one. It’s being reported as a “road rage” incident.

Three men in a blue SUV followed Lynsey’s Chevrolet Cavalier as she drove home from her job at Coco’s Restaurant in Phoenix, Arizona.

“Somewhere on Arizona 51, the survivors said the gunmen pulled alongside Chainhalt's car and started gesturing, at one point throwing beer bottles from their dark blue Tahoe or Yukon sport utility vehicle.

“Chainhalt attempted to lose the men by exiting the freeway, but they cut off her car in a driveway in the 17800 block of North 20th Street. The men got out of the SUV and opened fire….

“Phoenix police said the victims didn't know the gunmen.

“‘It appears to be just one of those times when aggravations or irritations get the better of people,’ Phoenix police Sgt. Lauri Williams said. …..

“Police have not determined what prompted the shooting.”

Gunfire victim called sweet, loving | Police haven't determined what prompted apparent road rage. Sean L. McCarthy and David J. Cieslak, The Arizona Republic. Jun. 16, 2003 12:00 AM

Chainhalt’s funeral was held on the 20^th. [ABC-TV video]

The press template for this story includes the following:

Chainhalt died in a “road rage” incident
She was a “shooting victim” killed in a hail of “gunfire”
She was killed by SUV drivers

Aside from that, neither the press nor the police have any idea what happened.

The Arizona Republic even published a letter from a Joseph Gutierrez of Phoenix, AZ, explaining that it was America that was to blame:

“But Americans love their violence. They love to kill things so much they will surely try to execute those responsible for the tragic slaying of Lynsey Chainhalt. People will say that's justice. It is not.  (“ Violence: The American way”)

There’s no suggestion of a possible hate crime.

But, tipped of by a VDARE.COM reader, I was able to find one story from Fox News in Arizona that said this:

“Police are looking for three Hispanic males, all between 19 and 22 years old.

“They were driving a dark blue Chevy Tahoe or GMC Yukon with tinted windows. ...”

You can watch this on video here or here, and you’ll see that - after about a minute and 40 seconds - the newscaster mentions the Hispanic angle.

Neither of the stories in the Arizona Republic mention the word Hispanic at all.

But that kind of detail is important in crime stories, especially since it’s the first thing police will ask you about when taking down a description of your attacker.

When three young men of one race shoot four members of another race for no apparent reason, it might seem to be a hate crime until proven otherwise.

(And yes, hate crime laws are very bad, but Arizona has them, and this seems an obvious case.)

I’ve written about this before, and I might as well quote myself here:

“But media blackouts on race and crime produce what Marxists call a "false consciousness".  People don't know the facts about crime. And they can't decide on public policy because they don't have those facts.

“The US has freedom of the press. No-one is forcing journalists to suppress this information.

“Why don’t they just do their job?”

[Ask the Arizona Republic’s editor]

Reference the above piece using this permanent URL:
http://www.vdare.com/fulford/phoenix.htm#hate
 

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