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DROPSONDE DATA FROM AN AIR FORCE RESERVE UNIT RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT AT 623 PM CDT...2323Z...INDICATED THE CENTRAL PRESSURE HAS FALLEN TO BELOW 899 MB...OR 26.55 INCHES. THE DROPSONDE INSTRUMENT MEASURED 32 KT/35 MPH WINDS AT THE SURFACE...WHICH MEANS IT LIKELY DID NOT RECORD THE LOWEST PRESSURE IN THE EYE OF RITA. THE CENTRAL PRESSURE IS PROBABLY AT LEAST AS LOW AS 898 MB...AND PERHAPS EVEN LOWER. FOR OFFICIAL PURPOSES... A PRESSURE OF 898 MB IS ASSUMED... WHICH NOW MAKES RITA THE THIRD MOST INTENSE HURRICANE IN TERMS OF PRESSURE IN THE ATLANTIC BASIN. SOME ADDITIONAL DEEPENING AND INTENSIFICATION IS POSSIBLE FOR...

We have kept the Republic. - Senator Bob Byrd. I believe that goodwill will prevail. - Senator John McCain. Politicians are in politics. They are less self-denying than self-aggrandizing. They are given fame, respect, the best health care in the world; they pass laws governing your life and receive a million perks including a good salary, and someone else--faceless taxpayers, "the folks back home"--gets to pay for the whole thing. This isn't public service, it's more like public command. - Peggy Noonan. For the last week bloggers, Free Republicans, editorialists and all manner of conservatives have erupted in righteous anger...

Father-Daughter Talk A young woman was about to finish her first year of college..........

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per COURT TV. Baseball Great's Ted Williams' son died today of luekemia. Details to follow.

clinton's non-endorsement endorsement of Wesley Clark WHAZZUP? by Mia T, 6.30.03 "While I cannot take sides in the Democratic primary, I believe Wes, if he runs, would make a valuable contribution because he understands America's security challenges and domestic priorities," Clinton said. "I believe he would make a good president." Clinton: Clark Would Make Good PresidentAP ^ | 06/29/03 | JAMES JEFFERSON The impeached ex-ersatz prez "it was the terrorism, stupid" utter failure should know what it takes, eh? So exactly what is the co-rapist couple up to now with this non-endorsement endorsement of fellow inept provincial operator, Wesley...

Why are you going to bomb them? I mean, how do you bomb people back to democracy? This is a question of conquest. They didn't ask to be liberated by the United States. This is our self-imposed political solution for them. (Helen Thomas's question to White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer, Office of the Press Secretary, February 26, 2003.) I have a quick and ready answer for Ms. Thomas, the first woman White House Correspondent, who now has four decades reporting experience at the White House, and currently, at 82, covers the White House for UPI. That is, Ms....

Freep Back California!Time to turn the tables.  Know the the opposition camp It's time for California Conservatives to get mad as heck and not take it any more! Need motivation? I watched the evening news spin the truth about Bush and Bill Simon tonight.  Let's UNITE! They have!Sample Post... #Tuesday, 20-Aug-2002#PROTEST BUSH IN LOS ANGELES! No New War Against Iraq No Union Busting--Hands Off ILWU Workers Fund Jobs, Schools & Healthcare - Not War Saturday, August 24th at 7 am at The Regency Club 10900 Wilshire Blvd, L.A. George W. Bush is coming to honor Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill...

Show me a honest politician and I will show you someone who has never won an election.