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  • CA: Unlikely pair ignite brouhaha over Iraq (idiots on parade)

    06/25/2005 10:19:09 AM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 13 replies · 791+ views
    Mercury News ^ | 6/25/05 | Becky Bartindale
    Gina and Bob Fesmire come across as the average couple next door, taking care of the home front in jeans and sweatpants, struggling to stay one step ahead of a hectic Silicon Valley life. But they didn't realize how crazy life could be until last month, when Gina Fesmire launched the site www. downingstreetmemo.com on a whim. The site, which has become a bona fide phenomenon, features secret British documents on the lead-up to the Iraq war, first leaked to the press in England. The site has drawn 700,000 visits since the site went up May 11 with the goal...
  • Dean Condemns 'Anti-Semitic Literature' (passed out at Conyers Downing St. forum yesterday)

    06/17/2005 5:23:41 PM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 97 replies · 2,865+ views
    AP on Yahoo ^ | 6/17/05 | AP
    WASHINGTON - A handful of people at Democratic National Headquarters distributed material critical of Israel during a public forum questioning the Bush administration's Iraq policy, drawing an angry response and charges of anti-Semitism from party chairman Howard Dean on Friday. "We disavow the anti-Semitic literature, and the Democratic National Committee stands in absolute disagreement with and condemns the allegations," Dean said in a statement posted on the DNC Web site. Rep. John Conyers (news, bio, voting record) of Michigan, the senior Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, organized the forum on Thursday at the Capitol to publicize and discuss the...