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WSWS : News & Analysis : North America Clinton's final budget calls for military buildup, fiscal austerity By Patrick Martin 12 February 2000 Use this version to print The fiscal 2001 budget unveiled February 7 by the Clinton White House is a remarkable demonstration of how far to the right the American political establishment in general, and the Democratic Party in particular, have shifted over the past quarter century. While projecting record government revenues and large surpluses, the Clinton administration proposes as its principal priorities to pay down the national debt, enact a major tax cut and beef up the...

With the coming of July 4th, this is well worth the time it takes to read. To ALL our Veterans, May God Bless You, and may the rest of us remember You! JUST A COMMON SOLDIER (A Soldier Died Today) by A. Lawrence Vaincourt He was getting old and paunchy and his hair was falling fast, And he sat around the Legion, telling stories of the past Of a war that he had fought in and the deeds that he had done, In his exploits with his buddies; they were heroes, every one. And tho' sometimes, to his neighbors, his...

Hamas, Islamic Jihad Declare Cease-fire with Israel Updated 10:25 AM ET June 29, 2003 GAZA (Reuters) - Palestinian militant groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad declared a three-month cease-fire with Israel on Sunday, a move which Israel immediately dismissed. Israeli Foreign Ministry deputy director-general Gideon Meir said the militants' plan was simply to regroup. "I will repeat what Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom said two hours ago to U.S. national security adviser Condoleezza Rice -- this cease-fire is a ticking bomb because it actually maintains the infrastructure of terror," Meir told Reuters. A statement from Hamas and Islamic Jihad, who have led...

Most in U.S. Back Use of Force Against Iran-Poll Updated 9:10 AM ET June 24, 2003 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Most Americans would back U.S. military action against Iran to stop it from acquiring nuclear weapons but concern was growing over U.S. troop casualties in Iraq, said an opinion poll released on Tuesday. The Washington Post/ABC poll found 56 percent of respondents endorsed the use of the U.S. military to block Iran from developing nuclear weapons while 38 percent opposed it. The United States has accused Iran of seeking nuclear weapons, supporting "terrorist" organizations and of meddling in the affairs of...

Here is an article from the Army Portal website that may interest some: Wall Street Journal June 2, 2003 U.S. Air Force Investigates Radiological Waste Burial By Peter Waldman, Staff Reporter Of The Wall Street Journal The U.S. Air Force is investigating whether radioactive waste is buried at more than 80 former and current air bases across the country, including the site of a new federal prison in central California. Air Force health experts believe the radioactive material, generated by nuclear-weapons maintenance in the 1950s and 1960s, poses "no immediate public health risk as long as these burial sites are...

Here is today's daily poll from the Worldnet Web Page cut and paste. I have gained an opinion that they are consistently fishing for liberal firepower. Well, this one blew up in their face: DAILY POLL How confident are you in the job President Bush is doing? Very confident: 43% Confident: 18% Somewhat confident: 14% Not confident at all: 25% Total Voters: 44015 Even with my limited math skills, (I'm not privy to liberal math), that adds up to a 75/25 split of approval. And if you take out the watered down catagories that were put in to stretch the...

Updated 6:56 PM ET May 3, 2003 - Does George W. Bush get it? That, more than anything, is the central political question at the doorstep of the 2004 presidential campaign. A new ABCNEWS/ Washington/Post poll finds that Bush crushes top Democratic challengers in head-to-head matchups. Yet at the same time, he looks vulnerable on the same issues that tripped up his father in 1992: economic discomfort, the empathy to recognize it, and the ability to fix it. Nearly half of Americans today say most people are worse off than they were when Bush took office — and that half...

I must not understand. While I was listening to Rush today, he brought up a mathmatical problem. To start with, it is my understanding that an economy is driven by basic supply and demand. If there is a demand, and it can be supplied, the dollar moves within the economy and it is made stronger because everyone gets a piece of the action. This is why a war time economy is normally stronger than a peace time as everyone is working because there are jobs created with the needs and everyone is getting a paycheck, so the economy is good....

AT&T Worldnet Can a Press Release Be False Advertising? Updated 10:37 AM ET April 23, 2003 - If a coffee chain falsely advertises that its beans are harvested in a "rain-forest friendly" manner or a tuna company labels its product "dolphin-safe" when it's not, both companies could be in violation of false-advertising laws. But what about public statements that a company issues through press releases and in letters to newspaper editors? Is this also advertising, and thus subject to consumer fraud charges if found to be false? Or is it political speech entitled to much broader protection under the First...

The following article was take from the Worldnet new site: Bush Sees Celebrations, Not Anarchy, Sweeping Iraq Updated 10:13 AM ET April 12, 2003 By Adam Entous WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush evoked upbeat images of Iraqis celebrating their freedom from Saddam Hussein on Saturday even as looting and lawlessness swept through major cities and threatened humanitarian relief efforts. But Bush warned in his weekly radio address that "hard fighting" might still lie ahead for U.S. troops putting down pockets of resistance. Recalling television pictures of a giant statue of the Iraqi president being toppled in the heart of Baghdad,...

Alabama State Auditor Beth Chapman. Attached is a copy of Mrs. Chapman's speech, which resulted in five standing ovations, tremendous applause and an encore. It's a short read and well worth it. Stand Up for America Rally Speech By: Beth Chapman I'm here tonight because men and women of the United States military have given their lives for my freedom. I am not here tonight because Sheryl Crowe, Rosie O'Donnell, Martin Sheen, George Clooney, Jane Fonda or Phil Donahue, sacrificed their lives for me. If my memory serves me correctly, it was not movie stars or musicians, but the United...