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You May Be A Left Wing Moonbat If... Before we leave 2004, HundredPercenter wants to make sure that the phrase "left wing moonbat" is properly defined. (Don't we all?) The year 2004, as far as HP is concerned, will forever be the year when the moonbats broke the Democrat establishment, and turned the DNC into a traveling circus act for all the world to laugh and jeer at. Therefore, it is imperative that we define them now, for the sake of historical reference. You may be a left wing moonbat if you believe Michael Moore is a great patriot....

PRESS RELEASE THINK TANK PICKS TOP LEADERS OF 2004 After extensive research, the Patrick Henry Democratic Club, a progressive think tank, has selected the four individuals who had the greatest impact on the world in 2004. World Leader of the Year: Jose Zapatero, President of Spain Jose Zapatero campaigned for President in Spain against the odds and won. He followed through with his campaign promise to pull Spain’s troops out of Iraq. Zapatero instituted civil rights reforms in Spain. He restored integrity and honesty to the Spanish government. Zapatero also asked the European Union to re-open discussions with Cuba. (The...

Cash-strapped hometown of Steinbeck plans to close libraries RACHEL KONRAD Associated Press SALINAS, Calif. - Mary Jean Gamble organized the John Steinbeck historical archives, supervised the Steinbeck literature collection and ranks as an authority on local history and genealogy. After nearly 23 years with the Salinas Public Library, she may know more about the "Grapes of Wrath" or "Cannery Row" than anyone else in the author's humble hometown. Gamble doesn't hesitate when asked how Steinbeck might react upon learning that the city's libraries are scheduled to close permanently next spring. Facing record deficits, the Salinas City Council voted Dec. 14...

SAN DIEGO, Dec. 20 - Every year at this time, the restaurant kitchens and vegetable fields of California empty out. Prayers are said to San Cristofo, money is removed from mattresses, and Mexicans head home. The United States-Mexico border is broken, say United States immigration and customs officials. And at no time is the stress on the border more visible than the holidays, when immigration and customs officials say they are most overwhelmed. At the San Ysidro crossing here, on one side of the toll gates, immigrants head back to Mexico for the holidays, their pickup trucks and vans packed...

Ronald Reagan changed history with his tough-minded stance on the Soviets and his insistence on the importance of tax cuts. His influence rings throughout the White House, the Congress and the nation's state capitals, and seemed to sound even louder this election year. Yasser Arafat was a hero to the Palestinian people, bringing their cause to the world stage, but was a terrorist to many. It could be years before we learn whether his long-term influence will be for the good or ill. They are two notables who died in 2004 who profoundly influenced world history. Francis Crick helped alter...

ACTOR BRUCE WILLIS OFFERS LAND FOR AIRPORT It's not like Bruce Willis to sit quietly. At least that's not what he did in the movies "Die Hard" and "Pulp Fiction." Now Willis wants to get into the airport game. He surprised the Friedman Airport Authority in Hailey, Idaho, when he offered to donate land for a new airport. Willis showed up at one of the authority's recent meetings and sat in the back of the room until it was time to make his presentation, The Associated Press reported. It was met with applause. The airport authority has been looking for...

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted 8-2 Tuesday to approve a resolution urging Caltrans to rename the Bay Bridge the "Emperor Norton Bridge." If you didn't already know... Joshua Norton was a Gold Rush businessman who lost his fortune in 1859, and then declared himself "Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico."

Holding Fast Greenpeace action director sees the forest and the trees - Sam Whiting Sunday, December 12, 2004 Mateo Williford, 32, was just another tree-sitter for Greenpeace until he turned up in the last photo essay compiled by the late portraitist Richard Avedon. The 33-page montage, titled "Democracy 2004," appeared in the Nov. 1 New Yorker issue. . ............. Have you put yourself in harm's way? Absolutely. At Vandenberg Air Force Base, I ended up with a gun in my face. We snuck in to attempt to stop the Star Wars missile test. I got caught by an 18-year-old soldier....

Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2004 1:47 p.m. EST Annan Refuses to Stop 'Carrying On' at U.N.; Congressman Suggests Jail Scandal-plagued U.N. boss Kofi Annan today rejected the calls of U.S. lawmakers to resign and insisted he would "carry on" as secretary-general for two more years. "I have quite a lot of work to do, and I'm carrying on with my work," Annan said. "We have a major agenda next year, and the year ahead, trying to reform this organization. So we'll carry on." Here's the first definition for the intransitive verb "carry on" in our dictionary, Miriam-Webster's Collegiate: "to behave or...

A republican admits that bush stole the election (albany / el cerrito) Reply to: anon-51272523@craigslist.org Date: 2004-12-05, 1:38PM PST Voter Fraud - Please Read My Explanation Below 27.Nov.2004 Brad Menfillink Brad Menfil is not my real name. I work for the RNC. I fear reprisals if I'm found out. The truth about this election is this: Florida and Ohio had to go for Bush in order for him to "win" the election. In reality he lost both states. In fact, he did not even win the popular vote. He lost the national popular vote by at least 1,750,000. This shows...

How al-Qaeda's London plot was foiled By Michael Evans and Sean O'Neill AL-QAEDA terrorists had to abandon a plan to fly hijacked airliners into Canary Wharf, the London skyscraper, and Heathrow airport after being “rumbled” by British and European intelligence services. The plot was made public this year but senior Whitehall sources gave further details yesterday of the intelligence work involved. Reports on ITV News and in a newspaper implied that the attacks had been thwarted recently. But, the sources said, the intelligence operation was in fact completed at least two years ago. Plots against Canary Wharf, in London Docklands,...

Protesters descended on the San Francisco International Auto Show at the Moscone Center on Sunday to demand better fuel efficiency from Detroit. "We're five percent of the world's population. We consume 25 percent of the world's oil," Jason Mark of Global Exchange told KCBS reporter Doug Sovern. "We just can't keep living that way. The costs are very real and they're immediate." Mark said that besides costs to the economy and the environment, expenditures by U.S. military and the deaths of Iraqi civilians caught in the war could be connected to Americans' driving habits. He characterized the war in Iraq...

Who do you think should be named Time's Person(s) of the year!? I've heard one person the Swift Boat Guys should be - but probably won't.... But, the NRO (corner) said how about US BLOGGERS? HMMM [KJL] A reader: Time's Man of the Year? Oughta be bloggers. What do you think?

Kerry Strategists: Clintonistas Torpedoed Our Campaign Top strategists with John Kerry's presidential campaign are blaming his crushing defeat last week on bad advice from Clinton operatives who took over the campaign after Labor Day. "When [James] Carville and [Stan] Greenberg tell reporters that the campaign was missing a defining narrative, they forget that they were the ones insisting we had to keep beating the domestic-issues drum," complained David Thorne on Thursday.

I understand the Turkish Press Site has been hard to access all day - but wanted my freeper buddies to be able to read this article..... Arafat's personal doctor calls for autopsy AFP: 11/11/2004 CAIRO, Nov 11 (AFP) - The personal physician of Yasser Arafat called for an inquiry into the cause of the veteran Palestinian leader's death on Thursday. "I demand an official inquiry and an autopsy ... so the Palestinian people can learn in all transparency what caused the death" of their leader, Dr Ashraf al-Kurdi said on Al-Jazeera television only hours before Arafat was due to be...

Straight male seeks Bush supporter for fair, physical fight - m4m --------------- Reply to: anon-47785163@craigslist.org Date: Wed Nov 03 19:11:50 2004 I would like to fight a Bush supporter to vent my anger. If you are one, have a fiery streek, please contact me so we can meet and physically fight. I would like to beat the shit out of you. http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/nyc/47785163.html