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THE STRANGER DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY ENDORSEMENTS For November 2, 2004, General Election... [Snipe] Out of respect for posting guidelines, the article snipes here as it has some profanity and I would like the reader to make the choice to review the entire article - or at least to the end of the first endorsement- U S President. Entire article: http://www.thestranger.com/2004-10-21/city.html

The jig may well be up: Iraq is now Vietnam and we are in full-on Vietnam mode. Day by day, the media chips away at the cause, the soldiers, the rationale, and the methodology and the media campaign appears to be succeeding. The incessant flailing of the public consciousness with rigged polls, interviews with school kids who don’t know why there is a war, and ''experts'' who play dumb as to the goals of the war, has induced a sufficient quotient of doubt adequate enough to loose the media dogs of war. These are the same dogs who brought us--from...

Driver fury over Euro cycle laws Motorists face soaring premiums for bike crashes Cyclists v motorists: talk about it here or email us at letters@observer.co.ukJoanna Walters, transport editorSunday August 4, 2002The ObserverA furious row is set to erupt between Britain and Europe over proposed legislation to make car drivers responsible for all accidents involving cyclists - even when the bike rider has broken the law and is in the wrong. To the delight of cyclists and the dismay of drivers, a European law is being planned to force motorists to pay compensation and damages in all accidents with cyclists. The...