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Posted on 12/06/2003 7:29:58 AM PST by BigWaveBetty
For those of you who watch what you eat, here's the final word on nutrition and health. It's a relief to know the truth after all those conflicting medical studies.
1. The Japanese eat very little fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than the British or Americans.
2. The Mexicans eat a lot of fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than the British or Americans.
3. The Japanese drink very little red wine and suffer fewer heart attacks than the British or Americans.
4. The Italians drink excessive amounts of red wine and suffer fewer heart attacks than the British or Americans.
5. The Germans drink a lot of beers and eat lots of sausages and fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than the British or Americans.
CONCLUSION: Eat and drink what you like. Speaking English is apparently what kills you.
Al Gore's eldest daughter vehemently defended the 2000 Democratic nominee yesterday from presidential candidate Joe Lieberman's allegations that Gore blindsided him with his surprise endorsement of rival candidate Howard Dean. ...
Yesterday Karenna Gore Schiff told me her dad "really wanted to make calls not only to Dean's opponents, but also to his own longtime friends and supporters. But the news leaked before he had a chance to do that."
"I was with him that night as he was trying to get Lieberman on the phone the whole night. He was calling literally every few minutes. He definitely called many times, and he was told that there was a Lieberman event and the senator wasn't with a staff person, and he couldn't get him on the phone."
Schiff, 30, added: "My father behaved incredibly honorably in his own process, in his own thinking and on his own terms. [I'm sure this is supposed to mean something in her puny mind] The timing of the leak was, of course, the only thing that was a disappointment. He would have liked very much to have talked not only to Senator Lieberman, but to everyone else."
A top Lieberman aide angrily disputed Schiff's account, noting that news reports said Gore informed Dean last Friday.
"If Gore called Dean to tell him that he was endorsing him, that means he just as easily could have called Lieberman and extended him the courtesy of letting him know what his decision was," the Lieberman aide told me. "The bottom line is this: Gore could have called anytime after Friday but did not. Basically, Gore and Dean made a political calculation to maximize the surprise of this announcement, and it is disingenuous for anyone to now suggest otherwise."
Contrary to speculation that Schiff, wife of New York physician Drew Schiff, was "a guiding hand" in her dad's decision, she insisted: "I was shocked when my father initially said he was going to endorse somebody. He made up his mind pretty much on his own, and, it's safe to say, very recently."
She added: "I think it was a bold move. Any time you make a bold move, you ruffle some people's feathers. But if you've paid attention to my father's speeches for the last year, particularly his foreign-policy speeches, the natural choice for him was Dean." NY Daily News
That pretty much says it all.
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MoveOn.org's soaring national visibility and exponential growth has Republican strategists concerned. This is especially the case as the group has linked up with the almost limitless deep pockets of billionaire financier George Soros. Soros, who is loudly and repeatedly expressing his determination to help drive Bush out of office, announced in mid-November, along with Progressive Insurance founder Peter Lewis, that they would match contributions to MoveOn.org's Bush-basing ads on job losses in the targeted cities. ... complete article
I was just considering what will happen if Howard Dean just happens to pilfer the election in November 2004.
First, President Dean will immediately start evacuating all military personnel from Iraq and Afghanistan. President Dean will instantly offer his heart-felt apology to Sadam and Osama, if they are still alive. Howard Dean will be honored by the entire Muslim world as their new idol. He will go down in the history of the world as the greatest simpleton since Bill Clinton.
Second, President Dean will set forth a plan for a total elimination of the United States military. He knows that all other nations will follow this worldwide disarmament initiative and, for the first time in the history of the world, will live in total peace and harmony without having to worry about some rogue nation's aggression.
Third, President Dean will immediately insist that the congress raise the taxes back to the point where they are generating a substantial surplus. When the economy starts to falter there will be a massive outcry for major government unemployment benefits programs. This will require even more tax increases. If all goes as planned, the federal tax rate should level off at 90%.
Fourth, President Dean will demand that Senator Kennedy and Clinton be allowed to write a new social medicine and security program for the nation. They will spend several months studying the national programs of France and Switzerland and make sure that these programs are properly adapted for the United States. Just think, anything over two hours' work in a day will not be allowed.
Fifth, President Dean will immediately promise to subordinate the United States to the United Nations so that, never again, will this great, deliberative world body, ever make a stand on anything. Therefore, proving once and for all that you can talk all problems to death if you can talk long enough.
I am sure that you will want to join me in November showing Howard Dean how much we appreciate his efforts on our behalf. Remember, the Democrat Party belongs to those who support it. Make sure that you vote early and repeatedly in each election.
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