The GUILD - Jan. 31, 2003 - Do they stand with us or with terrorists? Contact European nations

Jan. 31, 2003

[mountaineer]

Some European nations' leaders oppose the United States' policy regarding Iraq, while others offer firm support. It has been suggested that we might boycott tourism and the agricultural products of countries like France and Germany, for example, who oppose President Bush's efforts.

Some also have suggested offering words of support and thanks to those nations that have chosen to stand with us. The eight nations whose leaders endorsed a letter of support of the U.S. were: the United Kingdom, Spain, Hungary, Denmark, Italy, Poland, Portugal and the Czech Republic:

Washington, 31 January 2003 (RFE/RL) -- With an array of European countries voicing support for U.S. policy on Iraq, President George W. Bush moved closer to securing a broad "coalition of the willing" to back possible military action against Baghdad.

Yesterday, leaders from Britain, Italy, Spain, Denmark, Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Portugal signed a letter expressing support for the tough U.S. stance on Iraq, which the United States accuses of hiding weapons of mass destruction. Slovakia later said it supported the letter and today government leaders in Latvia, Romania, and Slovenia said they also back the contents of the letter. source

In any event, contacting foreign countries takes some doing. This thread attempts to provide some practical suggestions.

[lodwick]

Except for the Guild, we are intelligent and funny.


...hmmm...I would say that except for the Guild, we are lame a lot the time...correct me if the GT's have addled me.

Thanks, JL

[pubmom]

Since the official winter weather prognosticator is close to my neck of the woods, here's Phil's official prediction from his website:

Phil Says Six More Weeks of Winter

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

I am steaming mad!! All these idiot democrats on the air today talking about the space program not having enough money, so we have to take money away from the DEFENSE DEPARTMENT because it's flush with cash and divert it to NASA!!

Excuse me, Congressman..... but it was MISTER IMPEACHED CLINTON that cut funding to NASA by 40 freakin' percent!!!!

And not to mention that the Defense Department is fighting things called WARS because that imbecile Clinton never took care of business in his 8 years in office.

Sorry for the rant, I am a little on edge from all these morons.

[pubmom]

I share your anger.

Every idiot that voted those morons into office should hang their heads in complete shame. Amazing how when it comes to something like defense the $$$ automatically should be diverted to something else.

Stupid, stupid people.

Let's yank money from Planned Parenthood or some other rotten program instead.

[mountaineer]

Jose Garcia, a retired NASA technical assistant, said budget cuts throughout the 1990s resulted in the elimination of many safety checks during launch preparations. He went public with his concerns, all the way to President Clinton, but said nothing changed.

"The managers always say, `It's safer than it's ever been. Safety first.' All those words come easy," Garcia said.

http://abcnews.go.com/wire/US/ap20030202_635.html

[mountaineer]

Nancy Pelosi is wasting no time getting the Dems, prone to posting presidential criticisms in cant that only a nerd could love, on message with big metaphors. Says plain-talkin' Nancy, "The president's tax plan is a 'Joe Millionaire' tax plan ... it romances middle class Americans with the promise of big bucks, but in the end the surprise is ... they get pennies." ... source

[lodwick]

Well rats - I can only hope Phil is phunning us this year.

What's up with rodents having their own websites?

[MaeWest]

I've wondered if some of these stock shenanigans were part of a money laundering scheme funneling money to certain politicians.

[lodwick]

I'm sure that certain politicians got their piece of the pie.

[mountaineer]

Clinton does another big bucks speaking gig, this time for a pharmaceutical company, story here.

[lodwick]

Gag - thanks for the link and the post. ;-)

[Endeavor]

RE:Dems on tv today criticizing underfunding NASA: If the interviewer was worth his/her salt, he/she would have nailed them on that fact.

[lodwick]

DID I REALLY SAY THAT?

Question:
-----If you could live forever, would you and why?
Answer:
-----"I would not live forever, because we should not live forever, because if we were supposed to live forever, then we would live forever, but we cannot live forever, which is why I would not live forever."
-- Miss Alabama in the 1994 Miss USA contest.

"Smoking kills. If you're killed, you've lost a very important part of your life."
-- Brooke Shields, during an interview to become spokesperson for a federal anti-smoking campaign.

"Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the country."
-- Mayor Marion Barry, Washington, D.C.

"I'm not going to have some reporters pawing through our papers. We are the president."
-- Hillary Clinton commenting on the release of subpoenaed documents.

"Without censorship, things can get terribly confused in the public mind."
-- General William Westmoreland.

"The private enterprise system indicates that some people have higher incomes than others."
-- Gerry Brown.

"We've got to pause and ask ourselves: How much clean air do we need?"
-- Lee Iacocca.

"Please provide the date of your death."
-- From an IRS letter.

[lodwick]

Registered's at it again

[lodwick]

Did someone kill the Guild? Dang.

[mountaineer]

vomitus alert:

SHE doesn't graduate from Oxford until the spring, but Chelsea Clinton may have already lined up a job in New York. The former first daughter has been offered a position with McKinney, the powerhouse consulting firm. "I know she had an interview and got a good offer," a pal of Chelsea's tells New York magazine. Sources say her starting salary would be about $65,000. Page Six

[mountaineer]

While Cindy Adams reports:

DONNA Brazile, chief adviser to Al Gore during his presidential campaign, now doing a book for Simon & Schuster. Due spring 2004. Before the elections. "I'm dishing it out," she says. "I've worked with the best - Mondale, Geraldine Ferraro, Gore." So what's she going to call this dishing out? "Cooking With Grease: Stirring the Pot in American Politics." So she writing it herself? "Girl," she told me, "I am doing every word." Right. I did not tell Miss Donna I'd heard that a judge once declared Mr. Gore "legally bland."

[Iowa Granny]

We can only hope Chels will give them what they're paying for ;~). What "fun" it will be to discuss 'that'.

[mountaineer]

Remember a while ago we read that x42 had visited the NY Post and had to look at the Clinton jokes and cartoons on the walls there? Well, now we know what he was doing there -he's written an op-ed:

A REBUILDING CZAR?

By BILL CLINTON

February 3, 2003 -- AS someone who lives near and works in New York City, [ha ha ha] I follow the news about the rebuilding of Lower Manhattan with great interest. I don't have a favorite plan for what should arise from the ashes of Ground Zero, but I have been impressed by the recent imaginative designs and the public's desire to ensure that whatever is built will speak to the ages about what happened to the city on 9/11 and how strongly New York and America rebounded from that tragic day. link to drivel

[mountaineer]

No doubt, some FOB runs that firm.