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A lot of people wonder why the president of the United States doesn't show up on the Lycos 50 more often. Both President Bush and his election opponent, Al Gore, were Lycos 50 staples back in the summer of 2000, and Bush reappeared on the list after September 11.But for the most part, Bush doesn't get enough searches to make our list. Last week, for example, President Bush was at a level about 80 percent below the #50 item on the Lycos 50, Anna Nicole Smith. He got the same number of searches as Snoop Dogg or hunting.What about...

WHO'S HOT.... 1. CONDOLEEZA RICE The Bush administration appears to be turning up the volume on the diplomatic drums of war as it gets ready to womp the daylights out of the celebrated Iraqi auteur and psychotic, Saddam Hussein. And in order to counter the international diplomatic rif-raff opposing such an initiative, Mr. Bush has deep-sixed his wussy Secretary of State Colin Powell and has unleashed a diplomatic counterattack featuring the administration's only foreign-policy guru with balls -- the very feminine but otherwise capable and assertive Condoleeza Rice. Ms. Rice, the White House national security adviser, tells it like it...

<p>LONDON (AP) --  Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is an evil man who will wreak havoc on the world if the West does nothing to stop him, National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice said in an interview broadcast Thursday.</p> <p>Rice said the U.S. belief was undiminished that there was a "moral case" for removing Saddam.</p>

(CBS) Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is an evil man who will wreak havoc on the world if the West does nothing to stop him, National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice said in an interview broadcast Thursday. Rice said the U.S. belief in the "moral case" for removing Saddam from power was undiminished. "This is an evil man who, left to his own devices, will wreak havoc again on his own population, his neighbors and, if he gets weapons of mass destruction and the means to deliver them, all of us. (It) is a very powerful moral case for regime change," she...

.c The Associated Press LONDON (AP) - National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice called Iraq's Saddam Hussein an ``evil man'' in a broadcast interview Thursday, saying he would wreak havoc on the world if the West does nothing to stop him. In an apparent attempt to sway sagging British public support for any U.S. move to oust the Iraqi president, Rice told the British Broadcasting Corp. the U.S. believes it has a ``moral case'' for removing the Iraqi leader. There is mounting speculation the United States soon will launch a military campaign to remove Saddam. ``This is an evil man who,...

Key Bush Aide Says Saddam Must Be Dealt With Thu Aug 15, 6:33 AM ET By Mike Peacock LONDON (Reuters) - The United States has no choice but to take action against Iraqi President Saddam Hussein White House National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice said on Thursday. But President Bush had not decided "how he wants to do it" or how to "make the case for particular methods," she said. "We certainly do not have the luxury of doing nothing," Rice, a pivotal player in Bush's administration, told BBC radio. "We believe the case for regime change is very powerful." Bush...

Toward the end of the day on July 16, Jay Nordlinger sat down with Condoleezza Rice, the president's national security adviser, in her West Wing office. They had last talked for NR in the summer of 1999, resulting in the piece "Star-in-Waiting: Meet George W.'s Foreign-Policy Czarina" (August 30, 1999). By now, obviously, Condi Rice needs no introduction. The recent conversation was, in part, a follow-up to the earlier discussion. Below are excerpts. JN: Such a simple-minded question, but one asks it. What have you learned? What's been surprising? CR: There's no major surprise. I certainly knew what to expect...

I thought I would post a list of books about or including Dr. Condoleezza Rice that I've run across. Others can add to this thread as books are discovered-- so feel free to bookmark this post. Hindsights: The Wisdom and Breakthroughs of Remarkable People (1994). A collection of interviews with thirty-three people from all walks of life. Each answered the question: What have you learned from your life that you would like to share with the next generation? Their responses--full of wisdom gained from hindsight--form a message of hope, progress, and growth. (Dr. Rice is profiled in the Contemplating History...

The Democrats elected California Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi House Democratic Whip. The National Organization for Woman (N.O.W.) lauded this event. ``We don't get to break a glass ceiling in Congress very often,'' said Kim Gandy, president of the National Organization for Women. Great! However, where were those congratulatory remarks when Dr. Condolezza Rice broke the White House glass ceiling as the first female National Security Advisor? Dr. Rice is the first woman to serve in that position. Isn’t being the President’s chief foreign policy advisor or a presidential cabinet member a major accomplishment, too? Let’s review Dr. Rice’s appointment from a ...

Kyoto: still signed WASHINGTON -- Is the Bush administration going to "unsign" the Kyoto global warming treaty just as it unsigned the International Criminal Court (ICC) treaty? "We can do that," replied one senior official, "but we won't do it." The principal reason: quiet but decisive influence by National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice. Advocates of scrapping the pact initialed at Kyoto in 1997 until recently were on course to make it the latest of Bill Clinton's diplomatic agreements to be stripped of its U.S. signatures. Dick Cheney, perhaps the most active, powerful vice president ever, was behind the effort. That...

Special Dispatch Series - No. 385 May 31, 2002 No.385 Egyptian Opposition Weekly: Condoleezza Rice "Has Damaged the World of the Blacks," and "She Is Suited Only to Work at a Nightclub or to Make Her Bed in the Heart of the Jungles" In an article titled "The American Snake," Kamal Sa'ad, a columnist for the Egyptian opposition weekly Al-Usbu', attacked U.S. National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice, writing: "Within a few days, Condoleezza Rice, the black woman, became the most famous woman in the world when American president George Bush appointed her his top advisor. She does not flinch...

<p>JERUSALEM — Yasser Arafat criticized U.S. National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice yesterday for condemning his Palestinian Authority, saying she has no right to dictate to Palestinians how their future state should look.</p> <p>Mr. Arafat spoke shortly after a Palestinian blew himself up in Israeli territory near the West Bank, killing only himself.</p>

PA paper mocks "the dark-complexioned" Condoleezza Rice By MICHAEL FREUND An article which appeared this week in the official Palestinian Authority newspaper, Al-Hayat al-Jadeeda, and translated by Palestinian Media Watch, criticizes US National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice as "the dark-complexioned lady" whose policies have "dealt a blow to the image of the African-American in the eyes of the vast majority of the world's inhabitants." The article continues, "My enthusiasm for George Bush increased after he entered the White House and chose to appoint to his administration two people from among the colored, a first in the history of American administrations:...

Rice: entire PA leadership must goBy Aluf BennHaaretz Daily | July 12, 2002 In an interview with Israeli Channel 2 news, National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice said Thursday that the administration of President George W. Bush had reached the conclusion that the entire Palestinian Authority leadership should be replaced, and not just chairman Yasser Arafat. "It's not just a question of one man," said Rice, "it's an entire politcal regime that needs to be changed, so that one man does not control the lives of the entire population." Later Thursday, Arafat told CNN that the United States should recognize the...

Bush's secret weapon Is Condoleezza Rice set to become the first black female US vice-president? Sharon Krum reports Monday May 6, 2002 The Guardian Condoleezza Rice once described her childhood as one where she couldn't sit at the lunch counter at Woolworths, but her parents still told her she could grow up to be president. Racism and segregation ruled her world in the deep south, but inside the Rice home, the great American myth prevailed. Stay in school, work hard, trust in God, and yes, you - a little black girl from Birmingham, Alabama - might actually move into the...

Bush's secret weapon Is Condoleezza Rice set to become the first black female US vice-president? Sharon Krum reports Monday May 6, 2002 The Guardian Condoleezza Rice once described her childhood as one where she couldn't sit at the lunch counter at Woolworths, but her parents still told her she could grow up to be president. Racism and segregation ruled her world in the deep south, but inside the Rice home, the great American myth prevailed. Stay in school, work hard, trust in God, and yes, you - a little black girl from Birmingham, Alabama - might actually move into the...

'08 Jockeying Already For those who believe it is a bit too early to talk about the 2004 presidential race, click away now, because this week we're devoting space to the very early jockeying that's already taking place for the 2008 presidential race. We'd pick Frist above the rest of these folks as the most likely Cheney replacement in '04. Believe it or not, there is maneuvering, especially among Republicans, for 2008. This activity is not overt, and the candidates would steadfastly deny their current actions have anything to do with future White House aspirations. But it's there. For instance,...

<p>WASHINGTON -- When President Bush announced last week that the United States would back a Palestinian state once Yasser Arafat was replaced, standing at his side were Secretary of State Colin Powell, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and national security adviser Condoleezza Rice.</p>

An article appearing this week in the Palestinian Authority newspaper, Al-Hayat Al-Jadeeda, criticizes US National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice as "the dark- complexioned lady" whose policies have "dealt a blow to the image of the African-American in the eyes of the vast majority of the world's inhabitants." Itamar Marcus, director of the Israeli Palestinian Media Watch, quotes the article published on Sunday as saying: "My enthusiasm for George Bush increased after he entered the White House and chose to appoint to his administration two people from among the colored, a first in the history of American administrations: Secretary of State...