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For president Despite missteps, Bush is better able to steer nation through difficulties ahead Sunday, October 24, 2004 Like millions of American voters, The Dispatch is less than enthused about the choices in next week’s presidential election. Neither President Bush nor Sen. John Kerry has built a record that leads to a clear-cut decision. Since President Bush took office, this newspaper repeatedly has criticized his administration’s borrow-and-spend fiscal policies, which have resulted in massive deficits that weaken America. The Dispatch also strongly opposed the invasion of Iraq, contending the case had not been made that Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of...

Bush-bashing finds its way into bags 10:31 PM PDT on Tuesday, April 6, 2004 By ELISA HAHN / KING 5 News SEATTLE – How often do you read the washing instructions inside your bag or backpack? A local bag manufacturer has learned to read them more often after finding an apparent anti-President-Bush message in fine print. The cat's out of the bag at Tom Bihn Portable Culture, a Seattle retailer. The owners said the company found out Monday. Inside their laptop bags and backpacks was a dirty, little secret printed on the washing instructions. How fitting that it's in French....

Firefighters for Bush On March 4, 2004, President Bush released the first television campaign ad of the season. It was a powerful, upbeat, forward-looking message of hope, containing images from his presidency and a vision of a better future. It was also attacked immediately in the press as "exploitative" because the President had included some brief images from 9/11 which featured the crumbled towers and weary firefighters. IAFF president Howard Schaitberger joined the attack, claiming that the President was trying to "capitalize on the image of great heroics and a great tragedy." But other firefighters, incensed at the IAFF's statements,...

Saturday, June 28, 2003 · Last updated 7:33 p.m. PT Gay pride events become family gatherings By LISA LEFF ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER Lyn Shimuzu, left, and her partner, Silvia Castellanos, right, play with a train set with their children, 6-year-old twins Che, left, and Liana, right, at their home in San Francisco, in this photo taken June 25, 2003. An estimated 1 million to 9 million U.S. children have gay, lesbian, transgender or bisexual parents, according to the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. These parents are making their influence felt beyond once-a-year gay pride events, transforming social dynamics both...

<p>President Bush smiles as he walks to Marine One after speaking with reporters at the White House Friday.</p> <p>WASHINGTON, May 17 — President Bush appears to be in no political danger from the failure to find chemical, biological and nuclear weapons in Iraq, with Democrats reluctant to challenge Bush on any aspect of the successful war and polls showing Americans unconcerned about weapons discoveries.</p>

<p>Oakland -- At the Port of Oakland, some 300 to 400 protesters are picketing in front of two shipping companies that they say are linked to the war on Iraq and are blocking five company entrances.</p> <p>So far, there has been no confrontation between Oakland police and the demonstrators, in contrast to a April 7 rally that turned violent.</p>

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May 2, 2003 8:15 a.m. Geriatric Teenagers: The Paris-Berlin-Moscow axis needs some tough love. Victor Davis Hanson Imagine a continent that collectively budgets very little on its own defense, instead finding protection in a distant and democratic superpower that pays rent for the privilege of basing troops, planes, and ships to stop hooligans — sometimes, as in the case of an embarrassingly impolite Mr. Milosevic, right on Europe’s doorstop. In return, many European elites ridicule American values, naïveté, and insularity — even as their countries have raked in billions of American dollars in trade surpluses and tourism from mostly oblivious,...

Good Afternoon! Drove from our home in Port Angeles to the Support our Troops ceremony and rally in Port Townsend yesterday. Formal ceremony at 1PM at Union Wharf offered prayer and appreciation for our military; many veterans spoke of their experiences. Taps was played and a young lady sang "God Bless America." It was a nice ceremony attended by approximately 60 people. Afterwards, we walked a couple of blocks south to the ferry terminal where we remained until 3PM; we were surprisingly VERY well received! I estimate that 95-98% of public driving by honked, waved, and gave us "thumbs-up!" I...

Tacoma police chief shoots wife, kills himself By LEWIS KAMB, PHUONG CAT LE, ANGELA GALLOWAY and RUTH TEICHROEB SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTERS GIG HARBOR - Tacoma's police chief shot his wife and then himself in the parking lot of a strip mall Saturday afternoon while the couple's two young children were nearby. David Brame died at St. Joseph's Hospital in Tacoma about 6 p.m. His wife Crystal was in critical condition at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. On Friday, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reported that Crystal Brame, 35, had obtained a temporary restraining order in February against her husband. In subsequent court...

Inslee talks with BI kids about war, budget Marietta Nelson Sun Staff April 15, 2003 U.S. Rep. Jay Inslee brought his politics home Monday. The Democrat from Bainbridge Island spoke to 50 juniors and seniors at Bainbridge High School about his views on the war in Iraq and the federal budget. Earlier Monday, he visited Central Kitsap and Olympic high schools. With his son Joe in the front row on Monday afternoon, Inslee told the Bainbridge students that he voted late last year against giving President Bush the authority to wage war. Now that the action in Iraq is winding...

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A HERO'S WELCOME: HOMECOMING FOR A MARINE INJURED IN AFGHANISTAN A Welcome from the Heart(land) Lance Cpl. Ryan Mutek receives a huge welcome home from area supporters. Chris Barron Sun Staff April 12, 2003 Amid the commotion of a jubilant celebration, a young boy walked up to Ryan Mutek and thanked him. Mutek, a lance corporal in the Marines, didn't know the boy, 9-year-old Joey Brazeau of Kingston, but handed him his camouflage hat. It's a hat that's been with Mutek from boot camp to Afghanistan and now back home to Bremerton. "He was just the first person who walked...

Okay, who was it that said: "Where do we get such men....?" Let's post some great war quotes!

Urgent Updates: U.S. Forces Kill Seven Iraqi Women, Kids SIUHIN@aol.com SIUHIN@aol.com Mon, 31 Mar 2003 16:57:11 EST **U.S. Forces Kill Seven Iraqi Women, Kids; and US will Send more Guns to Kill More Iraqis! It's the same of US brutality and same old military spin saying they 'thoght'the women and children are the militarty target. Well, if not because the US military over ther to kill Iraqi civilians, the women and children will not fear and running away when they saw GI, and US troop will 'mistakenly' shoot them! (and this story, like the maket bombing last week, will be...

Cartoon incites all-night protest 60+ demand apology, protest newspaper in year's 2nd-largest rally By Jason Flanagan Senior staff writer Diamondback Editor in Chief Jay Parsons meets with more than 60 people protesting outside The Diamondback's newsroom yesterday. The protesters, upset the newspaper published a controversial editorial cartoon, demanded a published apology and said they would remain through the night. More than 60 students rallied against The Diamondback yesterday and staged a sit-in protest planned to last into today in front of the newspaper's office, demanding a public apology for a controversial editorial cartoon about the death of pro-Palestinian activist Rachel...

Olympia Woman Killed In Anti-Israel Demonstration March 16, 2003 By Emily Langlie GAZA CITY - Friends describe Rachel Corrie, from Olympia, as an especially caring and empathetic young woman. They say she was drawn to try to help in the Palestinians in Gaza. She was interviewed there just last week about her efforts to stop Israeli army bulldozers. On March 5th she said "these are homes that don't have any connection necessarily with suicide bombers. These are homes that just happened to be in a place that the Israeli military finds strategically important to them." Rachel was with a group...

<p>AMMAN, Jordan — Five volunteers who went to Iraq to serve as "human shields," including two Americans, were forced out of the country because they were critical of the government's choice of sites to protect, the head of the group said Wednesday.</p>