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Dr.Phool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-30-05 07:56 AM
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We got a twofer!
I got published in the St. Pete Times this morning and so did my friend Patsy. They edited me a little bit. They changed "messianic morons" to "these people".



Draw aside the curtain

The president's performance at Fort Bragg stretches disbelief to another level.

Top secret documents authenticated by the British government show that Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11. They reveal a president who knew that the intelligence was correct in that assessment, but who decided to go to war in Iraq anyway. And this is the same president who continues to evoke 9/11 to rally support for the war on Iraq?

I can't help but picture the Great and Powerful Oz who turned out to be an old coot behind a mask. Where's Toto when we need someone to pull the curtain?

-- Patsy Shafchuk, New Port Richey


A nation in distress

It's amazing how the president of the greatest country on earth can embarrass himself on prime time TV. He had an opportunity to come clean with the American people, but chose to continue to link the tragedy of Sept. 11 with the invasion of Iraq - even though he himself has said that no link existed. Several former members of his administration have come forward to say that invading Iraq was at the top of his agenda from Day 1. These include former Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill and counterterrorism czar Richard Clarke, among others.

This is also clear from the top secret minutes of the British Cabinet, known as the Downing Street memo, and several other leaked, highly classified documents. Some soldiers and U.N. inspectors have also said that the air war, and "softening up" of Iraq began six months before Bush went to Congress for authorization.

I'm going to take the president's advice and fly my flag on the Fourth of July. Except that I'm going to fly it upside down, the international signal of distress. And we're going to continue to be in distress as long as these people are in charge.

-- Rick Chapman, Holiday


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BurgherHoldtheLies Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-30-05 08:00 AM
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1. Nice work.
:applause:
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peace frog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-30-05 08:01 AM
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2. Both great LTTEs, but...
... do you feel comfortable printing your full names and locations on a public message board? For personal safety's sake might it be wiser to edit for the last name? Just a thought...
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Dr.Phool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-30-05 08:08 AM
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3. The names are printed in the paper
And on the web-site. Besides, I've got two big dogs. And if anybody tries something, they'll lick them to death.
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wakeme2008 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-30-05 08:13 AM
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4. LOL I know those dogs
" they'll lick them to death."

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
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in_cog_ni_to Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-30-05 08:15 AM
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5. Excellent letters!
Good job! :toast:
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Atman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-30-05 08:26 AM
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6. I was going to start a new thread on this very subject...
Edited on Thu Jun-30-05 08:27 AM by Atman
I'm going to take the president's advice and fly my flag on the Fourth of July. Except that I'm going to fly it upside down, the international signal of distress. And we're going to continue to be in distress as long as these people are in charge.


Seems like a natural to me!
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ms liberty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-30-05 08:36 AM
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7. Congrats! Excellent letters!
And hello to my fellow Floridians - I grew up in Tampa, in Town n' Country.
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raccoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-30-05 08:59 AM
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8. Great LTTE's, both of them nt
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