An activist judge strikes again! David C. Bury of the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the will of the people and enjoined enforcement of Arizona's Proposition 200, which would require Arizonans to provide proof of citizenship in order to register to vote and require valid identification when applying for state benefits.
They cite an incident in May when the IRA was accused of taking staff hostage at a retail superstore, then stealing more than $7.75 million in alcohol...
I've been reading about the Tsunami's and their effects. Damn. The power generated by that is astounding. The number of killed is hard to fathom. What a horrible, horrible thing.
I didn't understand your post, Bill. America always rushes to help in cases like this. It's what we do. Are you against it? Or are you saying we talk a lot and don't do anything?
But U.N. Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Jan Egeland suggested that the United States and other Western nations were being "stingy" with relief funds, saying there would be more available if taxes were raised.
I agree we could give more than $15 million, but who is he to tell us we should raise our taxes?
"There are several donors who are less generous than before in a growing world economy," he said, adding that politicians in the United States and Europe "believe that they are really burdening the taxpayers too much, and the taxpayers want to give less. It's not true. They want to give more."
Yes, we probably do want to give more, but we don't want the Government deciding what we should and shouldn't donate to.
They're gonna give more anyway it was the first installment. Not to mention the other millions we give to other relief organizations that will be heading over there. I think we ought to help, absolutely, no question as it's a horrid tragedy. But to insult people and entire countries  before the first check is mailed is bullshit. Someone should have walked up to this asshat and told him to open his wallet and checkbook.
Maybe Kofi's son has some money hidden. There's probably millions stuffed in someone's oil for food program slush fund. they could tap.
Don't get me wrong I think we ought to help as much as we can, I just don't like being castigated before the first check is cashed.
Yeah, it's totally unbelievable. They're calling it the costliest disaster ever and the biggest world wide relief effort ever. And I assume that's including the AIDS epidemic relief.
There's sadly too many of stories like that. I read one account of a local villager who saw the waves coming, he ran over and grabbed his son, he had a grip on his son but lost it and his child was swept away. He returned home to find his wife and other child gone. They were found later dead. In seconds he lost his family, home, and income, literally everything he had was gone. I can't fathom it.
On another note - it's getting hard to breathe here in the cities:
Today, an Air Pollution Health Advisory was issued for the Twin Cities metro area. This means that the AQI is expected to reach close to 100 today or tomorrow, which is rated "unhealthy" for "sensitive" groups (people with heart or lung disease, children and athletes).
Health Precautions
Postpone or reduce vigorous activity if you have heart or lung disease, including asthma. Even if you are not in the "sensitive" group, you may wish to reduce vigorous activity that leads to deep breathing.
To reduce air pollution:
Limit driving
Reduce use of small engines
Postpone lighting your fireplace and other fires
Turn off as many electric devices as possible to reduce power plant pollution.
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 30 (Bernama) -- The death toll in Acheh, the region worst hit by last Sunday's tsunami, may exceed 400,000 as many affected areas could still not be reached for search and rescue operations, Indonesia's Ambassador to Malaysia Drs H. Rusdihardjo said Thursday.
He said the estimate was based on air surveillance by Indonesian authorities who found no signs of life in places like Meulaboh, Pulau Simeulue and Tapak Tuan while several islands off the west coast of Sumatera had "disappeared".
He said the latest death toll of more than 40,000 in Acheh and northern Sumatera did not take into account the figures from the other areas, especially in the west of the region.
"Aerial surveillance found the town of Meulaboh completely destroyed with only one buiding standing. The building, which belonged to the military, happens to be on a hill," he told reporters after receiving RM1 million in aid for Indonesia's Tsunami Disaster Relief Fund here Thursday.
Rusdihardjo said there were about 150,000 residents in Meulaboh, which was located 150km from the epicentre of the earthquake while Pulau Simeuleu had a population of 76,000.
Sri Lankan wildlife officials have said the giant waves that killed over 24,000 people along the Indian Ocean island's coast seemingly missed wild beasts, with no dead animals found.
"No elephants are dead, not even a dead hare or rabbit. I think animals can sense disaster. They have a sixth sense. They know when things are happening," H.D. Ratnayake, deputy director of Sri Lanka's Wildlife Department, said on Wednesday.
I also heard on the radio that some wackos ARE blaming Bush. Ya see, the pollution from carbons falls down into the ocean and lubricates the tectonic plates and then they move and create earthquates.
"two Twin Cities lawyers are behind the magazine's first-ever Blog of the Year. "
They're part of that Northern Alliance Boy's Club (No liberals allowed).
They have a radio show on THE PATRIOT. They sit around a jaw about how cutting-edge and New Media they are. They're on the Internet,doncha know.
They're pretty pleased with themselves.
The casualties are not coming in so fast that this level of humanity would be that much of a burden, would it?
But...I heard somewhere that it was another vietnam with huge casualties and such. Which is it?
Not from me.
Want to answer the question, maybe stay on topic or something, Dan?
They're pretty pleased with themselves.
As they should be.
New home for turncoat.
Zellout Miller joins Fox News. Is that a surprise, or what? ::::rolls eyes::::
I thought Bush would give him a job, but this would be the next logical move.
An activist judge strikes again! David C. Bury of the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the will of the people and enjoined enforcement of Arizona's Proposition 200, which would require Arizonans to provide proof of citizenship in order to register to vote and require valid identification when applying for state benefits.
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/phyllisschlafly/ps20041221.shtml
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6741411/?GT1=5936
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holy crap...I want to see the movie!!!
one of the world’s biggest robberies
They cite an incident in May when the IRA was accused of taking staff hostage at a retail superstore, then stealing more than $7.75 million in alcohol...
burp.
Here's an annual favorite around these parts. Santa rocks. I hope he brings me my bottle of Don Julio this year.
http://wcco.dayport.com/viewer/viewerpage.php?Art_ID=4557&tf=wccoviewer.tpl
And Bill Fold knows everything there is to know about insanity.
Go attack the 9th Circuit Court first, Foldo.
Sad stuff!! Huge loss of life.
http://video.msn.com/video/p.htm?t=1&i=35dbd5c5-3860-4f8e-832b-afae1a7ad205&rf=
It keeps getting worse It smells so bad ... The human bodies are mixed in with dead animals like dogs, fish, cats and goats," said marine colonel Buyung Lelana, head of an evacuation team in Sumatra's Aceh province searching for more dead. Volunteers laid bodies of children in rows under sarongs at makeshift morgues. Others were stacked in white fish crates. Wailing mothers clutched dead babies.
http://www.michaelmoorehatesamerica.com
http://www.fahrenhype911.com/
Bill-Fold and Michael Moore. The bitter new tag team against America.
I've been reading about the Tsunami's and their effects. Damn. The power generated by that is astounding. The number of killed is hard to fathom. What a horrible, horrible thing.
And as usual America rushes to help, not that the world gives us credit for it.
Muskwa 12/27/04 5:53pm
So it often seems.
This only underlines America's greatness.
How many countries sent help to FL last summer??????????????????
We should just relish a job well done.
Disaster teams and money have already been dispatched. More will follow.
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2004/12/28/latest/20388USdispatc&sec=latest
I didn't understand your post, Bill. America always rushes to help in cases like this. It's what we do. Are you against it? Or are you saying we talk a lot and don't do anything?
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Here ya go, Conspiracy Theorists:
Was Flight 93 shot down?
http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=42112
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And the carping begins:
http://washingtontimes.com/national/20041228-122330-7268r.htm
Damn Westerners don't pay enough taxes!
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Gee that's a sure way to get someone to donate more. Goad them then insult them, ingrate. Jan Egelend ought to have a nice cup of STFU.
But U.N. Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Jan Egeland suggested that the United States and other Western nations were being "stingy" with relief funds, saying there would be more available if taxes were raised.
I agree we could give more than $15 million, but who is he to tell us we should raise our taxes?
"There are several donors who are less generous than before in a growing world economy," he said, adding that politicians in the United States and Europe "believe that they are really burdening the taxpayers too much, and the taxpayers want to give less. It's not true. They want to give more."
Yes, we probably do want to give more, but we don't want the Government deciding what we should and shouldn't donate to.
They're gonna give more anyway it was the first installment. Not to mention the other millions we give to other relief organizations that will be heading over there. I think we ought to help, absolutely, no question as it's a horrid tragedy. But to insult people and entire countries  before the first check is mailed is bullshit. Someone should have walked up to this asshat and told him to open his wallet and checkbook.
Maybe Kofi's son has some money hidden. There's probably millions stuffed in someone's oil for food program slush fund. they could tap.
Don't get me wrong I think we ought to help as much as we can, I just don't like being castigated before the first check is cashed.
http://wcco.com/topstories/local_story_363111411.html
Big Explosion in Ramsey
Man, the more I read about this tragedy, the harder it seems to grasp. What a horrible thing. Now they are talking 60,000 plus dead.
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Yeah, it's totally unbelievable. They're calling it the costliest disaster ever and the biggest world wide relief effort ever. And I assume that's including the AIDS epidemic relief.
http://www.twincities.com/multimedia/twincities/Fronts/A1.PDF
This is just so sad.
There's sadly too many of stories like that. I read one account of a local villager who saw the waves coming, he ran over and grabbed his son, he had a grip on his son but lost it and his child was swept away. He returned home to find his wife and other child gone. They were found later dead. In seconds he lost his family, home, and income, literally everything he had was gone. I can't fathom it.
On another note - it's getting hard to breathe here in the cities:
Today, an Air Pollution Health Advisory was issued for the Twin Cities metro area. This means that the AQI is expected to reach close to 100 today or tomorrow, which is rated "unhealthy" for "sensitive" groups (people with heart or lung disease, children and athletes).
Health Precautions
Postpone or reduce vigorous activity if you have heart or lung disease, including asthma. Even if you are not in the "sensitive" group, you may wish to reduce vigorous activity that leads to deep breathing.
To reduce air pollution:
Visit the
AQI Web site
for air quality updates by the hour.
Does anybody think that this is a bit messed up?Â
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Can't see anything
Mark my words, the Left will somehow blame Dubya for this.
and global warming
You're back with the bald head, JT.
Ya got nothin' else?
got any better pictures of Dolly?
Can't see anything
Sorry about that.
Here
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/12/30/asia.quake/index.html
Death toll tops 116,000
Oh boy, it just gets worse and worse.
Poor folks.
http://www.allvantage.com/
cheapest dial up i know..
Holy shit.
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 30 (Bernama) -- The death toll in Acheh, the region worst hit by last Sunday's tsunami, may exceed 400,000
as many affected areas could still not be reached for search and rescue operations, Indonesia's Ambassador to Malaysia Drs H. Rusdihardjo said Thursday.
He said the estimate was based on air surveillance by Indonesian authorities who found no signs of life in places like Meulaboh, Pulau Simeulue and Tapak Tuan while several islands off the west coast of Sumatera had "disappeared".
He said the latest death toll of more than 40,000 in Acheh and northern Sumatera did not take into account the figures from the other areas, especially in the west of the region.
"Aerial surveillance found the town of Meulaboh completely destroyed with only one buiding standing. The building, which belonged to the military, happens to be on a hill," he told reporters after receiving RM1 million in aid for Indonesia's Tsunami Disaster Relief Fund here Thursday.
Rusdihardjo said there were about 150,000 residents in Meulaboh, which was located 150km from the epicentre of the earthquake while Pulau Simeuleu had a population of 76,000.
http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v3/news_lite.php?id=111574Â
Damn! I remember seeing the story Christmas night when I freaked that the first count was 800 dead. Either way, this sucks big time.
Oh, and that pix of the AOL 'Black Focus' disc wasn't posted to show the rip off that they are. Although that's true anyway.Â
I might sign up but I'm waiting for the white power version first. ;-)
http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/12/30/quake.animals.reut/index.html
Sri Lankan wildlife officials have said the giant waves that killed over 24,000 people along the Indian Ocean island's coast seemingly missed wild beasts, with no dead animals found.
"No elephants are dead, not even a dead hare or rabbit. I think animals can sense disaster. They have a sixth sense. They know when things are happening," H.D. Ratnayake, deputy director of Sri Lanka's Wildlife Department, said on Wednesday.
If that was the case, why weren't there reports of any scenes out of Jumanji? jk
Although there are plenty of reports to support such behavior
http://videodetective.com/home.asp?PublishedID=6092
Your tax dollars at work
Information on quakes and tsunamis from the USGS.
That, is big
I heard that it shook 3 seconds from the Earth's clock. Big is an understatement.
I also heard on the radio that some wackos ARE blaming Bush. Ya see, the pollution from carbons falls down into the ocean and lubricates the tectonic plates and then they move and create earthquates.