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question everything Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-27-05 10:21 AM
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Mirror: GIRLS' FEAR
Mirror.co.uk
7 September 2005
GIRLS' FEAR
By Daniel Boffey

MICHELLE Andrews, 20, spent four days sleeping on the streets fearing rape and starvation.

She said police told her and friend Zoe Hadlum they must fend for themselves as gangs looted shops and homes.

Homeless men jeered that the thugs were coming to get them.

(snip)

Ged Scott, of Wallasey, Merseyside, said leering police made young women flash their breasts in return for help.

(snip)

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=15938968&method=full&siteid=94762&headline=girls--fear--name_page.html

I guess this is the event that caused Leonard Pitts Jr. to write this column http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=4897738&mesg_id=4897738

Also, from moron.org http://web.morons.org/article.jsp?sectionid=10&id=6505

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shilohtd Donating Member (20 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-27-05 10:30 AM
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1. that is so wrong
I cannot believe those cops. Here is another fine example of moronic conservatives.


WOULDN'T IT BE GREAT TO TURN ON THE TV AND HEAR ANY U.S. PRESIDENT,

DEMOCRAT OR REPUBLICAN GIVE THE FOLLOWING SPEECH?



My Fellow Americans: As you all know, the defeat of Iraq regime has

been completed. We are currently in the bloody process of reconstruction and the institution of democracy and freedom.

It is now to begin the reckoning.



Before me, I have two lists. One list contains the names of countries

which have stood by our side during the Iraq conflict. This list is short.

The United Kingdom, Spain, Bulgaria, Australia, and Poland are some of

the countries listed there.



The other list contains everyone not on the first list. Most of the

world's nations are on that list. My press secretary will be distributing

copies of both lists later this evening.



Let me start by saying that effective immediately, foreign aid to

those nations on List 2 ceases immediately and indefinitely. The money

saved during the first year alone will pretty much pay for the costs of the Iraqi war.



The American people are no longer going to pour money into third

world Hell-holes and watch those government leaders grow fat on

corruption.



Need help with a famine? Wrestling with an epidemic? Either clean up your act or... call France.



In the future, together with Congress, I will work to redirect this

money toward solving the vexing social problems we still have at home and fixing Iraq. On

that note, a word to terrorist organizations. Screw with us and we will

hunt you down and eliminate you and all your friends from the face of the

earth.



Thirsting for a gutsy country to terrorize? Try France, or maybe Germany. I am ordering the
immediate severing of diplomatic relations with

France,Germany, and Russia. Thanks for all your help, comrades. We are

retiring from NATO as well. Bon chance, mes amis.



I have instructed the Mayor of New York City to begin towing the many

UN diplomatic vehicles located in Manhattan with more than two unpaid

parking tickets to sites where those vehicles will be stripped, shredded and

crushed. I don't care about whatever treaty pertains to this. You

creeps have tens of thousands of unpaid tickets. Pay those tickets tomorrow

or watch your precious Benzes, Beamers and limos be turned over to some

of the finest chop shops in the world. I love New York . A special note to

our neighbors. Canada is on List 2. Since we are likely to be seeing a

lot more of each other, you folks might want to try not pissing us off

for a change.



Mexico is also on List 2. President Fox and his entire corrupt

government really need an attitude adjustment. There's a reason why Mexicans are migrating northward.

Oh, and we don't mind having your people work for us either.

So start doing something with your oil.



Oh, by the way, the United States is abrogating the NAFTA treaty
-

Starting now. We are tired of the one-way highway. Immediately, we'll be drilling

for oil in Alaska - which will take care of this country's oil needs for

decades to come. If you're an environmentalist who opposes this
decision, I refer you to List 2 above: pick a country and move there. They care.



It is time for America to focus on its own welfare and its own citizens.

Some will accuse us of isolationism. I answer them by saying, "darn

tootin." Nearly a century of trying to help folks live a decent life around

the world has only earned us the undying enmity of just about everyone on

the planet. It is time to eliminate hunger in America. It is time to

eliminate homelessness in America. It is time to eliminate World Cup Soccer

from America. To the nations on List 1, a final thought. Thanks guys. We

owe you and we won't forget.



To the nations on List 2, a final thought: You might want to learn to speak Arabic. God bless America.

Thank you and good night. If you can read this, thank a teacher.

If you are reading it in English, thank a soldier.
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zbdent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-27-05 12:16 PM
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3. "countries which have stood by our side"
So, of course, those who haven't stood by our side decide to cut off all their cheap imports to us.

And the US slowly starves as it also runs out of oil . . .
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whatever4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-27-05 10:33 AM
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2. I also noticed
In the http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=15938968&method=full&siteid=94762&headline=girls--fear--name_page.html

the last sentence said "The Foreign Office said 96 Brits are still missing."

But we're to continue believing the death toll was low. Sure.
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