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Tuesday, March 30, 2004   STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE Kerry Actually Spoke Against It Before He Announced He Was For It _____________________________________________________KERRY FOUR YEARS AGO SAID SPR WOULDN’T AFFECT GAS PRICES In February 2000, Kerry Said Release Of Oil From Strategic Petroleum Reserve Would Not Be “Relevant.” “Without being specific, Kerry, a key member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, suggested the US could retaliate economically in other trade areas. He also said he does not want a release of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. A release ‘is not relevant. It would take months for the oil to get...

Kerry Tries to Have It Both Ways on Issue After Issue In October, John Kerry was one of only twelve Senators to vote against funding for our troops in Iraq, including money for body armor, higher combat pay and better health care for reservists and their families. Here's Kerry yesterday, backpedaling furiously from that vote: Mr. Kerry added, "I actually did vote for the $87 billion before I voted against it," referring to an amendment he supported that would have rescinded some tax cuts to finance the war. Kerry's tortured explanation of his vote is problematic on a number of...

Kerry Previews His General Election Attacks On the day that Senator Kerry emerged as the Democrats’ presumptive nominee, President Bush called to congratulate him. That goodwill gesture has been met by attacks and false statements. John Kerry yesterday, on President Bush: "Let me tell you, we've just begun to fight," Kerry said. "We're going to keep pounding. These guys are the most crooked, you know, lying group I've ever seen. It's scary." Note to Senator Kerry: We don't think you're a crook, but we do think that raising taxes and refusing to acknowledge that the war on terror is actually...

EVEN FELLOW DEMOCRATS WARNED KERRY ABOUT HIS DANGEROUS CUTS Kerry’s Senate Colleagues Warned His 1994 Six Billion Dollar Intelligence Cut Proposal Was Too Deep And Ignored Terrorist Threats _______________________________________________________________________FELLOW DEMOCRATS WARNED AND ADMONISHED KERRYSen. Dennis DeConcini (D-AZ), Chairman Of Senate’s Select Committee On IntelligenceKerry Amendment Would Cut Intelligence Budget By Six Billion Dollars.  “Mr. President, the Kerry amendment includes a $1 billion cut in fiscal year 1994 and $5 billion over the next 5 years from intelligence activities.”  (Sen. Dennis DeConcini [D-AZ], Congressional Record, 2/10/94, p. S1360)Senate Already Slashed Intelligence For FY 1994.  “Last year I was able to put...

Below are a few legal terms that seem to apply to the current news reports. These are provided only because they offer interesting insight into what some lawyers in the Department of Justice may (or should) be thinking if they read the same news reports we do. Just for kicks, we picked the oldest law dictionary on our shelf: "The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary" by James C. Cahill, dated 1922. This dictionary was chosen because it was published before American law was corrupted by the FDR administration. Conspiracy: "A combination of two or more persons by some concerted action to accomplish...