Posted on 09/19/2004 9:25:02 PM PDT by Mo1
What did Kerry place on the podium?
Video replays of the Kerry maneuver played all weekend long on the internet.
[A tight zoom analysis of the Boston.Com feed shows Kerry pulling a mysterious item his jacket [14 seconds into video, after commerical]. Kerry appears to unfold some sort of paper seconds later, at his podium.]
ANOTHER VIDEO
http://www.boston.com/news/special/politics/debate_video/sept29/1.html
A top Kerry campaign source explained to the DRUDGE REPORT late Sunday how Bush supporters were once again trying to distract.
"Kerry did not cheat," said the Kerry insider. "This is more lies from Republicans, who are hoping for a quick change of subject away from the president's performance, and the new polls."
Thanks for those interesting links Resty.. Sighhh... what next?
Very pretty Gran.
Silly wabbit.
Now what are you using to get that effect?
You know a pat of butter would help!
*L* a pat of butter would make sense...can't have that!
Resty, I would love to hear about living in NYC. I have never met anyone from the big apple, really, and I am so curious.
You mentioned once, that you had your groceries delivered. Do most stores deliver? And do New Yorker's actually go out on the sidewalk and wave down a cab? What is your apartment like and on what floor?
I will be glad to share with you!
Please excuse me for now will BBL!
Like you, I'll be waiting for Rush on Monday.. ;)
Oh, we are in the midst of planning a big cruise for Feb. Taking Dyan and Devin, Sherri, her husband Ernie, and Jessie. Will be going to the booking agent on Tues to set things all up.
The ship goes out of Cape Canaveral and we will drive over and meet them there. Ghod willin.. ;)
I am getting really excited about it. The kids keep us moving, thank goodness.
I do hate the thoughts of shopping for it tho..:(
Thanks Val.
Oh my goodness, it's just part of the software proggy I use. Sometimes it's several things at once.
Are the cruise prices still dirt-cheap? I hope.
Truly one of the finest ways of "getting away from it all."
FYI, guys:
1 Oct 2004 | Will Dunham
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Army, now mobilizing 5,600 former soldiers from a rarely used personnel pool to go to Iraq and Afghanistan, plans to summon a similar number next year for duty in those war zones, a senior official said on Friday.
The Army also said it plans to step up recruitment efforts to try to meet goals to sign up 80,000 new soldiers for the regular Army and 22,000 for the Army Reserve in the fiscal year that began on Friday. The Army recruiting command's chief acknowledged the wars were deterring some potential recruits.
To plug shortfalls in certain skills in units being deployed, the Army has tapped the Individual Ready Reserve (IRR), made up of 111,000 people who have completed voluntary military commitments and have returned to civilian life but remain eligible to be mobilized in a national emergency.
The Army said about 3,900 of the 5,600 IRR soldiers scheduled to be summoned to active duty already have received orders to report. The mobilization, which began in July, is intended to yield about 4,400 soldiers for duty in Iraq and Afghanistan in the coming weeks and months after the Army provides service exemptions for medical problems and other hardships.
Robert Smiley, a senior Army official involved in personnel mobilization, said the Army also expected in mid-2005 to begin mobilizing about another 5,600 from the IRR.
"It will be a one-for-one swap, essentially," Smiley told reporters, with the 5,600 IRR soldiers being mobilized next year, replacing the current IRR soldiers after they complete 12-month combat tours.
"It will be a one-for-one swap, essentially," for the IRR soldiers currently being mobilized after they complete 12-month combat tours, Smiley told reporters.
Critics have cited the Army's reliance on the IRR as evidence that it has too few soldiers to sustain force levels in Iraq and Afghanistan.
'A NATION AT WAR'
"We're a nation at war. And we need these people to come on active duty," said Brig. Gen. Sean Byrne, the Army's director of personnel policy.
Of the IRR members whose date to report for duty has already arrived, roughly one-third have not shown up on time, with most of those requesting service exemptions or a delay in reporting, Byrne said.
Lt. Col. Pamela Hart, an Army spokeswoman at the Pentagon, said the Army has identified six IRR members who have not reported by the date ordered, and have not requested an exemption from service or a delay in reporting.
These six people potentially could face future criminal charges if deemed absent without leave, or AWOL, although Hart said charges were unlikely and noted that commanders have a great deal of discretion in how to handle these cases.
A spokeswoman for the Army Human Resources Command had said on Tuesday that eight IRR members had been listed as AWOL.
Byrne said the Human Resources Command was mistaken, adding, "No one is considered in an AWOL status right now."
Meanwhile, Maj. Gen. Michael Rochelle, head of the Army Recruiting Command, said the Army is adding 1,000 recruiters and $12 million in advertising money to boost efforts to sign up fresh soldiers. In the fiscal year that ended Thursday, the regular Army and Army Reserve met recruiting goals, while the Army National Guard fell short.
"Obviously there's a war going on. No one would deny that. And for some people, for some of our prospects for our target age, young men and women, that is in fact a drawback. And it will deter some of them," Rochelle told reporters.
"Many of them, once presented with the facts, can be convinced otherwise."
Your place looks positively charming, Gran. Right out of a storybook.
Yes, and seeing as the kids will have each other for entertainment, it will leave Al and I for doing what we want more often.. Good planning, huh?
We have been to most of the places and lived in some, so we won't have to go where they go. I think it will work out well..
And...they have an internet cafe, and hookups for puters in the rooms for a minimal cost... lol lol. I will be sending pics of our trip along the way if all works out well.
You poor people... ;)
That process makes it look kind of quaint doesn't it?
Great!
We land-lubbers are looking forward to enjoying the cruise with you guys.
I'm ALMOST done with the 2003 fed/gov tax information...*sigh* (bye, bye, $$$)
Off to the accountant's, first thing in the morrow.
Thanks for your reply I am so tired today I had no hot water since yesterday for the boiler was on the fritz.
I have Hot water now and I guess I am also going stir crazy I need a knee replacement and everything takes time.
I like the old movies of NYC which someplaces have that charm. NYC has improved a lot under Rudy and now Bloomberg who had a good business vision for NYC.
When the "diehard liberals" were in office it was rampid with homeless and all kinds of entitlement programs and the quaility of life suffer.
I am tired now so I feel pooped!
To be con't soon on NYC
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