The Guild 8-23-2003 Hamas Calls Bush 'Islam's Biggest Enemy'

WashPost ^ | 8-23-2003 | The Associated Press

[BigWaveBetty]

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - A leader of the Palestinian militant group Hamas on Saturday called President Bush an enemy of Islam because the U.S. government froze the assets of Hamas leaders in response to a suicide bombing of a bus in Jerusalem.

Speaking to Dubai-based Al-Arabiya TV, Abdel Aziz Rantisi called the action "a theft of Muslim money by the Americans" and said the frozen money doesn't belong to Hamas.

"Hamas does not have any money in the U.S., Europe or even in the Arab states. President Bush has become Islam's biggest enemy," Rantisi said in the interview.

On Friday, the United States froze the assets of six Hamas leaders, including Rantisi, an aide to Sheik Ahmed Yassin, the group's spiritual leader. The United States also froze the assets of five European-based organizations that it said raise money for the radical Palestinian group.

[Aggie Mama]

I can't believe you got them so fast! I'm no superwoman--I had 2 friends help me make some. Now, if I could keep my house clean--then I would be superwoman. =)

What does 10-Q mean?

[MaeWest]

Welcome back, IG. Was the resort as fabulous as it looked in the pics? I spent the weekend on yardwork and need a vicarious travel experience so do tell us about it.

[Iowa Granny]

Tan-Tara seemed to me to be a bit 'worn'. The grout between the tiles in the bathroom was dark and discolored. The balcony was secure, but could never be described as upscale.

The rooms were nice and recently redecorated, the bathrooms and balconies were in need of attention. The connecting halls, which connect the various buildings were adequet, brightly lit, but not equal to the newly redecorated rooms.

The resturant has a lovely weekend buffet breakfast. No complaints about the food. The decor in the resturant and bar is "Lodge",, the view of the water is lovely, but much of the waterscape is blocked by trees.

This would never be a destination for me, if I had a choice. The 'choice' wasn't mine. Hubby was in meetings on Friday,, I got a good start on Treason. It was too hot to sit on the balcony to read.

There is a very nice Outlet Mall not far away. Jones New York, Polo, Liz, Hartstrings (a Grandma's paradise), Coach. The stores and merchandise were quite similar to the Outlet Mall not far from my home,, except we have not Hartstrings here.

[MaeWest]

Is it my imagination or are a lot of resorts in the same situation? With the economy picking up perhaps they will have the cash flow to get their standards back up. Glad to hear the food was yummy. A good restaurant can really cover a multitude of weaknesses in my book.

[mountaineer]

Tan-Tar-A has to be around 40 years old, so I'm not surprised it's looking a bit worn. My parents went there on business junkets in the mid-1970s, and my Missouri prosecutors' meetings there were in the late 80s/early 90s. Glad you're back safely, though.

[mountaineer]

Today's news morsels:

THERE may soon be less of Star Jones to pass around. Spies say the corpulent commentator of "The View" is going to get gastric bypass surgery, which is now commonplace among portly celebs. Jones, who has battled her weight for years, has finally bit the bullet and hopes to shed the pounds like Al Roker and Carnie Wilson. Talk is that Barbara Walters will document the weight loss for an ABC special, but Walters' rep denied this. A rep for Jones snapped: "I don't know. I don't comment on my stars' personal lives."

If only she could do something surgically about her big mouth!

Knowing how much Hillary cares about the "little people" ...

HILLARY Clinton's memoir "Living History" earned the junior Senator an $8 million advance, but some say it cost 75 employees at Simon & Schuster their jobs. Just weeks after S&S published Clinton's autobio, the publisher laid off 75 employees. A company rep says "there's no connection" between Clinton's fat payday and the mass layoffs, but the New York Press begs to differ. The paper points out that even if Clinton manages to sell 1.5 million copies - 1.2 million have been sold since June 9 and sales are slipping rapidly - the publisher can't possibly make back the money it lavished on her. Of course, S&S can dole out whatever obscene sums it wants, but, the paper notes, it "should be known that the result of the overpayment . . . is that 75 men and women no longer have jobs." Page Six

[mountaineer]

Yikes, maybe Star Jones is contemplating gastric bypass because diets make her cranky:

A chubby Queens woman hacked her mother-in-law to death with a meat cleaver after the older woman refused to serve her rice with dinner because it's too fattening, authorities said yesterday. full story

[Timeout]

I just remembered (Slap my forehead!) I'm one of those who went to business conferences at Tan-Tar-A in the late 70's.

I'd forgotten all about it. I clicked on the link to look at it and....BANG!...the memory came back. It was considered quite La-De-Da back then, but it lives in my memory as "The Brady Bunch on a splurge vacation".

[mountaineer]

It always was hard for me to get real excited about a trip to the Ozarks, even to a ritzy resort. The Greenbrier or the Broadmoor, that would have been another story.

[Timeout]

Especially in AUGUST!

[pubmom]

10-Q = Thank you.

Just passing through to say hi, more work to do now that the kids are in school. How did that happen?

[Iowa Granny]

more work to do now that the kids are in school. How did that happen?

With the kids gone, you actually have a momment to look around and notice what needs to be done.

This is the first time in 30 years I haven't sent someone off to school. I am feeling very 'out of the loop' and certainly not with it.

[lodwick]

With the kids gone, you actually have a momment to look around and notice what needs to be done.


...and then you realize that you have neither the energy nor the desire to do any of it...

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

Since you are a farmer, I thought I would tell you about my farming experiences this summer.

I planted 10 tomato plants this spring. I like a nice fresh tomato, so I planted 10, just in case a couple died.

Why have I not been on FR lately?

BECAUSE IT'S FREAKIN' HARVEST TIME!!!!

I am overrun in tomatoes. I am picking them daily. My stovetop is all tomatoes, my windowsills are tomatoes, my plants are still covered in tomatoes.

I have made gallons of sauce, I have given bag upon bag to the homeless shelter.

I just went outside to water these evil beast of a plant, and those stupid things are growing more flowers. I have to get read for round two.

WILL THIS EVER END!!

[Iowa Granny]

10 plants is quite a few for one person. Unfortunately, tomatoes are not as difficult to give away as zucinni. There's a guy in our community who leaves zucinni on doorsteps, sort of like May Baskets, then rings the door bell and runs!

If you don't want anymore tomatoes, quit watering them. The vines will wither and die and your problem will be solved.

It has been so hot and dry here, my largest tomato has been no larger than a baseball. I am used to the softball sized ones which hang out on the sides of a hamburger bun.

[Timeout]

The French gov't has declared that Hamas and Islamic Jihad are NOT terrorist organizations. (This isn't a joke)

[Timeout]

Fuggedabout sharks...

Teen Dies When Fish Jumps in His Throat

Gag!

[pubmom]

I'm not laughing. Once again, the French show that they and reality are total strangers.

I wonder how long they think they'll be protected from terrorist attacks by siding with our enemies?

[Timeout]

The terrorist aren't going to attack France. They're gonna take over from inside the country.

[Iowa Granny]

WHY?

How hungry was the first person who opened an oyster and STILL ate it?

Who was the first person to look at a cow and say, I think I'll squeeze
these dangly things here, and drink whatever comes out!"

Who was the first person to say, "See that chicken there? I'm gonna eat
the next thing that comes outta it's butt"

Why do toasters always have a setting that burns the toast to a horrible crisp, which no decent human being would eat?

If Jimmy cracks corn and no one cares, why is there a song about him?

If the professor on Gilligan's Island can make a radio out of
coconut....why can't he fix a hole in a boat?

Why do people point to their wrist when asking for the time, but don't
point to their crotch when they ask where the bathroom is?

If quizzes are quizzical, what are tests?

If corn oil is made from corn, and vegetable oil is made from vegetables,
what is baby oil made from?

If electricity comes from electrons, does morality come from morons?

Is Disney World the only people trap operated by a mouse?

Does the Alphabet song and Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star have the same
tune?

Why do they call it an asteroid when it's outside the hemisphere, but
call it a hemorrhoid when it's in your butt?

Did you ever notice that when you blow in a dog's face, he gets mad at
you, but when you take him for a car ride; he sticks his head out the
window?