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Ask Auntie Pinko!	GW		Main Newslinks — Gay Marriage Newslinks and Information

Will San Diego help drive out the Bush regime? Stay tuned to January 31 at 6pm

America’s Finest City? Not any more...or is it?
“We couldn’t stake that claim anymore,” said SD’s director of public affairs...

so the self-proclaiming title was removed from the city website (but Jerry put it back)

Jerry Sanders was sworn-in as San Diego’s 34th mayor

before December 5th’s City Council meeting began.
Will he be able to get the city back on track?
Mayor launches 6-month effort to fix broken city.

“I came here today because I believe that American democracy is in grave danger. It is no longer possible to ignore the strangenes
s of our public discourse. I know that I am not the only one who feels that something has gone basically and badly wrong in the
way America’s fabled ‘marketplace of ideas’ now functions.” — former Vice President Al Gore

(Former mayor) Roger Hedgecock isn’t a bit shy about touting his credentials as a Christian, but Judge William L. Todd Jr. wasn’t impressed. When he sentenced him in 1985, the judge told him, “Your conduct ... is reprehensible in every sense of the word because you violated the public trust, completely,
over and over again.” Has he apologized yet?

Think it helped?!?
Bill Moyer, 73, wore a “Bullshit Protector”
flap over his ear while GW addressed the
Veterans of Foreign Wars in Salt Lake City
on August 21, 2005.

“The City Attorney is to be elected by the people. This is a guarantee that the legal head of the government will be able to fearlessly protect interests of all San Diego and not merely be an attorney appointed to carry out wishes of council or manager.”

— This quote was taken from a 1931 election brochure which asked voters to change the San Diego
City Charter and elect an independent City Attorney. San Diego voters approved the recommendation.

A deal soured, friends took a loss.
But Top Gun stands with Betsy Ross.
I love those lobbies, snatch their swag,
But don’t defile or burn our flag.
And let me make one further point:
I’ve never, ever smoked a joint.
— da Dukestir

“Should any political party attempt to abolish social security, unemployment insurance, and eliminate labor laws and farm programs, you would not hear of that party again in our political history. There is a tiny splinter group, of course, that believes that you can do these things. Among them are a few Texas oil millionaires, and an occasional politician or businessman from other areas. Their number is negligible and they are stupid.” — President Dwight D. Eisenhower, l952

The more President Bush stumps for restructuring Social Security, the less popular his plan seems to become.

“DeLay seems to be twisting in the wind right now.” — Comedian/author/activist Al Franken

“Dear, Condi: I know it seems improbable to your divinely guided master in the White House that mere mortals might disagree with participating in a missile-defence system that has failed in its last three tests, even though the tests themselves were rigged to show results. But, gosh, we folks above the 49th parallel are somewhat cautious types who can’t quite see laying down billions of dollars in a three-dud poker game.” — Lloyd Axworthy, former Canadian foreign affairs minister

Internet use is waaay up for political info (a 600% increase since 1996) with newspaper influence dropping sharply.

Those who ignore history are destined to repeat it.

“U.S. officials were heartened today at the size of the turnout in South Vietnam’s presidential election despite a Vietcong terrorist campaign to disrupt the voting. According to reports from Saigon, 83 percent of the 5.85 million registered voters cast their ballots yesterday. Many of them risked reprisals threatened by the Vietcong. A successful election has long been seen as the keystone in President Johnson’s policy of encouraging the growth of constitutional processes in South Vietnam.”

— Peter Grose, in a page 2 New York Times article titled “U.S. Encouraged by Vietnam Vote,” September 4, 1967

Who’s correct? Aguirre’s “wrongful conduct” or Murphy’s “political grandstanding”

In a scathing report delivered to City Hall after sundown yesterday, San Diego City Attorney
Michael Aguirre concluded that there is “substantial evidence” Mayor Dick Murphy
and the City Council committed civil violations of federal securities laws

From this week’s City Beat editorial...“Incidentally, isn’t Herring the guy who, back in 2002, sold the pension-underfunding-in-exchange-for-enhanced-retirement-benefits deal to the city’s retirement board? Right. Just checking.”

What’s happenin’ to America’s Finest City?

According to SD City Attorney Mike Aguirre...$$$ was diverted from the retirement system, pension plan earnings were siphoned off, benefits were increased without the money to pay for them and extra benefits were created for some union presidents.

San Diego treasurer’s office destroyed numerous records last month. What Ewell says.

Now the FBI and the Attorney General is looking into the purging of our city records.

“The purpose of (the meeting) is to have everybody explain what happened.” —Mayor Dick

Re: the transition to a “Strong Mayor” government (11 months away) ...
“The city’s task is sort of like rebuilding your house on the same foundation
while you’re still living in the old one. And the house San Diego’s living in is on fire.”
— City Attorney Mike Aguirre

City Hall humor: “Hi, I’m Mike Aguirre, your new lawyer. You have the right to remain silent...”

Now the SD retirement board sues to block a takeover by the City Attorney.

Senator Barbara Boxer at Rice Confirmation

Barbara wants to know
What is the TRUTH?

REALITY:
“What we have done
in Iraq is what bin Laden
could not have hoped for
in his wildest dreams.”
— Peter Bergen
MotherJones
July 2004

Rice wins the confirmation but

13 Senators voted against her.

“I think Condoleezza Rice is the most qualified person” for the job. — Senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson

Aye yi yi.... here’s the National Ledger’s take on it (they call themselves “honest and unmerciful”).

“There’s no accountability from this administration.” — Senator Robert Byrd

Howard Dean urges Democrats to “speak with conviction.”

“Here is this guy, Charlie Stenholm, who is no friend of the traditional Democratic community, he’s a huge supporter of private accounts, he’s got a relationship with some of the progressives and (Democratic House leader) Nancy Pelosi — and boom, they knock him out,” said a veteran liberal lobbyist who did not want to be named. “They needed him as a symbol, to be able to say this is not partisan. Had they kept him in, he would have been so useful to them. It was a big, big mistake.”

County Supervisor Toni Atkins (it has a nice ring to it!)

Nicole announced it in the GLT (January 6) — City Councilmember Toni Atkins will be running for the 4th District seat of the County Board of Supervisors in 2006. After much urging, support and commitments from labor unions, environmentalist, business and Democratic leaders (there currently is not one Democrat on the county board), Toni will be a candidate in this Democratic district. There is one major problem, though, and it’s that the current county supervisor who is running for re-election is our community’s longtime friend Ron Roberts. Many who are friends with both Toni and Ron are not looking forward to this race, but Toni will run even if Ron sticks to his decision to seek re-election. Fasten your seatbelt – it’s going to be a bumpy ride. We wonder who GLT publisher Michael Portantino will endorse.

A lawsuit seeking to overturn San Diego’s mayoral election was filed January 6th stating that election officials have “unlawfully and unconstitutionally disenfranchised thousands of eligible San Diego voters...and have denied them their fundamental right to vote and their rights to due process and the equal protection of the laws.”


Voices for open and truthful election results were raised January 2nd at a march to the Civic Center for a rally. Defend Democracy and Count Every Vote!

While in office, Inspector General of Homeland Security Clark Kent Ervin made some scathing findings. He reported that:

• Undercover investigators were able to sneak explosives & weapons past security screeners at 15 airports during tests in 2003.

• Federal air marshals, hired to provide a last line of defense against terrorists on airlines, slept on the job, tested positive for alcohol or drugs while on duty, lost their weapons & falsified information in 2002.

• Department leaders should have taken a more aggressive role in efforts to combine the government’s myriad terrorist watch lists since the department was created in 2003.

• The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) gave executive bonuses of $16,477 to 88 of its 116 senior managers in 2003, an amount one-third higher than the bonuses given to executives at any other federal agency.

• The TSA spent nearly $500,000 on an awards banquet for employees in November 2003. The cost included $1,500 for three cheese displays and $3.75 for each soft drink.

court rejects challenge

A rally December 23 called for a fair election.	Voter’s intent =	5,551 more votes for Donna!	Will our next mayor wear high-tops?

Can she fill Colin’s shoes?

Is Condoleezza Rice qualified?

Iraqi children

I am the president.

It is now possible to count on one hand the Bush cabinet members who may yet stick around for the second term.

Robert Scheer

Uncensored CRISISpictures

GI deaths: too many
The human faces killed in the Iraqi occupation and
the spiraling cost of war.

The Democrats’ mistake was thinking that a disastrous war and national bankruptcy would be of concern to the electorate. The Republicans saw, correctly, that the chief concern of the electorate was to keep gay couples from having abortions.
Greenspan concern rises	USA has entered rubber room territory	Goss orders CIA into goose step	Clinton Library
Blue state blues? IQ check		States best for women? Think blue	You’re an Asshole
17 reasons not to slit your wrists	God help America	Blonde woman...missing appendages	Sorry, everybody

Dear Friends,

As most of you probably know by now, the disqualified ballot count earlier this week revealed that the election would have ended differently had those votes been accepted. In a poll of San Diego voters conducted Wednesday regarding the non-bubbled votes, fully 60% of those surveyed believe that the disqualified votes should be counted. In addition, 58% believe our campaign should file a legal challenge to include the votes in the final tally. The full survey report is available on our website in PDF format at http://www.donnafryeformayor.com/files/kgtv041215frye.pdf.

While we are still carefully considering all the options at this point, I want to keep you all informed on this. Clearly the majority of San Diegans feel that every vote must be counted, and I believe that is exactly what will happen if we see this through.

Thank you and aloha,
Donna

Donna Frye for Mayor Campaign
www.DonnaFryeForMayor.com

<< the Real Deal ~~~ Riding the wave

An open letter from Donna

>> Bubble bubble, toil and trouble

Petition

157,459 —> 155,254 verified for Frye (4-5K additional votes for Frye didn’t fill in the bubble)
Dick’s got more verified votes than Donna — These numbers were announced at 6:10 Friday night.

Mayor Donna Frye’s supporters

Who is John Howard? (He supports gay marriage!)

“We don’t know how many of the outstanding votes will be for Donna at this point,” said Marco Gonzales, Donna Frye’s attorney. “But we do know there are a substantial number of votes out there where people have written in her name and not filled in the bubble. And we think those votes should count.”

“In this awful world where the efforts of caring people often pale in comparison to what is done by those who have power, how do I manage to stay involved and seemingly happy?” Thank you, Donna, for the zigs and zags toward a more decent society.

“I do love my country and it hurts me very deeply to see what’s happening here, to see us so far off course. But I’ve met a lot of evangelicals and they believe it deeply. They’d rather vote for fetuses and against gay people.”
Guess some of us should have moved to Ohio. (was it just a dream?) >>> W wins. No egg tossing on January 20. Sorry, everybody Daily Kos Anti-intellectualism rules the land. Smirks have replaced debate. Faith has fought off reason. Another gray four years Hillary in 2008 Canada is busy sending back Bush-dodgers.
... So, regardless of the election results, I am going to work on being happier. I might have to train myself to be happy about different things than I used to, but I need to find a space in my head where I can relax and not give in to the Dark Side.
Bush-Cheney’s campaign featured a “create your own banner” tool where you could enter your own slogan and print out your own poster with the Bush-Cheney logo and a note at the bottom “paid for by Bush-Cheney ‘04, Inc.” Clever Democrats couldn’t get enough. The original sloganator accepted everything, then it started censoring profanity and words like “dictator” and “evil.” Nevertheless, many exploited the sloganator before its sad demise only a couple of weeks after its birth and its mourners assembled some of the best for this slide show.

“I do love my country and it hurts me very deeply to see what’s happening here, to see us so far off course.
But I’ve met a lot of evangelicals and they believe it deeply. They’d rather vote for fetuses and against gay people.”

“[Bush voters are] self-righteous, gun-totin’, military lovin’, sister marryin, abortion-hatin, gay-loathin’, foreigner-despisin’, non-passport ownin rednecks who believe God gave America the biggest dick in the world so it could urinate on the rest of us and make their land ‘free and strong.’”

Brian Reade writing in London’s Mirror, November 4

Whatever one thinks of George W. Bush – do you see a smile or a smirk? – it is now obvious that the most powerful vice president in U.S. history is in charge of the White House. Cheney’s ultra-secretive, anti-democratic and crony-capitalist instincts have defined this administration.

“It’s like Plato’s republic, all of these well-meaning, smart people who want to do the right thing,” says one security contractor and Green Zone regular. “But they never leave here and they have no idea what’s happening in the country they’re supposed to be building. It’s totally absurd.”

“War should be the politics of last resort. And when we go to war, we should have a purpose that our people understand and support.”

– Colin Powell

“You can put as much lipstick you want,
but at the end of the day it's still a pig.”

— John Edwards

“If our choice is between a strip-searched Fortress America and, on the other hand, the beautiful world we all long for, what is keeping us from making the beautiful choice? Is it the distortions of the political system? The special interests? The selfish posturing of people who call themselves leaders but who, in fact, only take up valuable space at a critical time in the world’s history? Well, let us joyfully roll over them.”

— Granny D, running for U.S. Senate in New Hampshire

Quote of the day...	“We need to do something about these frivolous lawsuits that are running up the cost of your health care and running good docs out of business. We’ve got an issue in America. Too many good docs are getting out of business. Too many OB/GYNs aren’t able to practice their love with women all across this country.” — George W. Bush, at a political rally in Missouri (Sept 6, 2004)
In George W. Bush, we have a president for whom reading a teleprompter seems to be a physical exertion. Each line accomplished brings out a panting breath of release. His best trait is his doggedness. Another man would have realized his failings and tried to do something about them. In W., his indifference to his deficiencies, his shameless attempts to do things for which he is unfitted—e.g. read, speak, lead a political community of any size—are, alongside his noble birth, his main strengths.
Buchanan for Bush?	Pat Buchanan’s recently published book, “Where the Right Went Wrong,” calls the invasion of Iraq “the greatest strategic blunder in 40 years, a mistake more costly than Vietnam.”
Bush’s campaign mastermind has a simple rule: attack your opponent’s strengths (and fight dirty). As the polls show, it works.
	Comments by former Texas lieutenant governor Ben Barnes add fuel to a long-running controversy over how Bush got a slot in a National Guard outfit known as the “Champagne Unit” because it included so many sons of prominent Texans.
Molly Ivins Mom Jones	Two women from CODEPINK, the women‘s group that has pestered the Republican Convention with protests inside Madison Square Garden, were arrested last night during President George W. Bush's acceptance speech.
Osama: He Who Shall Remain Nameless The Republicans came to New York to get some mileage from 9/11 and their “war against terrorism,” yet the man behind the terrorist attacks on the United States does not merit a mention. Unlike the main stream media Jimmy Breslin noticed the omission. “In+n and Rudolph Giuliani on Monday night at the Republican convention, not once was the name of Osama bin Laden mentioned. . . Giuliani’s bothered the most. He left out bin Laden because Bush can’t get the words out of his mouth. Why shouldn’t his boss ignore bin Laden? He is the killer who got away and he stands for the war that kills Americans every day.”
Back to California Politics...	Christians Urge Hate Crimes Bill Veto Randy Thomasson, executive director of the Campaign for California Families, is concerned that SB 1234, if signed into law, will be used to punish Christians for speaking out on moral issues. “The attack upon religious freedom that we see happening in America will only be accelerated by hate crime laws.”
You’re Fired	George Bush really is doing God’s work — according to the Rev Evans’ best-selling book

	Wednesday was red-meat night... Tear up the opposition and throw them to the dogs, boyz!
Republican creep show in da Big Apple	ad #1 “America has turned the corner, but middle class families are feeling squeezed, paying a bigger share of taxes. Paying higher health care costs.” ad #2 “They supported tax breaks for companies that export jobs overseas. But we've lost 1 million jobs in four years." “Mission Not Accomplished”
Did you listen to Rudy?	>>> The first thing Guiliani thought when he saw people jumping from the twin towers was “Thank God George Bush is president.”
	Remember the August 6, 2001 PDB?
Duh...	The Log Cabin Club has woken up to the fact that republicans really don’t like homosexuals. Here’s their message: As our nation’s eyes are on New York City for the Republican National Convention, Log Cabin's mission, our courageous delegates and our GOP allies are under intense attack from the radical right. The Republican Party Platform is an outrageous insult to all of us and our families. The platform not only calls for an anti-family Constitutional amendment, but it also opposes civil unions and domestic partnerships. While thousands of courageous gay and lesbian Americans are fighting to win the war on terror, the platform also says, “Homosexuality is incompatible with military service.”
Cheney’s Strategic Dissent	Alan Keyes’ first comments about Mary Cheney came during an interview Monday night on Sirius OutQ, a New York-based satellite station that provides 24-hour gay and lesbian programming. After Keyes told the hosts that homosexuality is “selfish hedonism,” he was asked whether Mary Cheney is a “selfish hedonist.” “Of course she is,” Keyes replied. “That goes by definition. Of course she is.” On Tuesday, Keyes defended his remarks, adding that if his daughter were a lesbian, he would tell her she was committing a sin and should pray about it.

Oops...

Republicans have scrambled to find a replacement candidate after U.S. Representative Edward L. Schrock announced his retirement amid allegations that he is (oh no!) gay.

The retired Navy officer and Vietnam veteran, Schrock also has called for ending the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy in favor of asking enlistees about their orientation to prevent gays from entering the military.

Christopher Barron, political director of the Log Cabin Republicans, a gay conservative group, said, “We disagree strongly with the outing campaign, but we also strongly disagree with President Bush’s sponsorship of the anti-family Federal Marriage Amendment. It is all very unfortunate.”

Michael Rogers’ BLOG is aimed at exposing “hypocrites” in Congress.

Transcript of the tape (or click here for the audio).

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Final day for the GOPs! GW will share vision for his second term.
Convention center readys for Bush theatre in the round.

Letterman, Leno and O’Brien’s late night jokes about the GOPs

Iraq’s been a “ catastrophic success.”
GW switches view on winning the war against “terror” comment.
The number of protesters arrested at the convention since Thursday is 1,796.
The sign that was too controversial for the Log Cabin Club ad on CNN. Here’s the ad.
Where have all the real men gone? The Big Lie

Construction crews worked through the night and into the morning to transform the podium at Madison Square Garden into a giant, round platform emblazoned with the presidential seal.

United for Peace and Justice

“Attempts to redefine marriage in a single city or state could have serious consequences throughout the country,” the GOP platform plank read, “and anything less than a constitutional amendment, passed by Congress and ratified by the states, is vulnerable to being overturned by activist judges.”

That was pretty strong language. But social conservatives were so outraged by Cheney’s statement that on Wednesday they hardened the platform to be even more anti-gay, insisting not only on the amendment, but that same-sex couples not receive the legal benefits set aside for married couples. The platform writers urged that federal courts be stripped of any authority to overturn state laws banning gay marriage.

Log Cabin Club reaction?

Here’s the ad CNN won’t run.

“This prosecution is about getting even with the voters....”

Dear Update,
     On August 8, 2004, San Diego City Councilman Charles Lewis died at the age of thirty-seven from esophageal bleeding due to complications of cirrhosis of the liver. The unexpected news came as a shock to City officials who worked with Charles on a daily basis. Clinical explanations for the Councilman's early and untimely death may be offered by hospital staff, but no one should forget to figure in the harm done to Lewis' health as a result of the stress of his prosecution by US Attorney Carol Lam.
     Charles Lewis was one of the six progressive San Diego City Council Members who voted to make our fair town the largest city in the nation to formally adopt Medical Cannabis Guidelines to protect patients and caregivers in accordance with California's Compassionate Use Act of 1996. The Guidelines were drafted by the City's Medical Cannabis Task Force, of which I was a member.
     The vote in favor of the City's Medical Marijuana Guidelines came after Councilman Michael Zucchet said he had received a personal call, during lunch, from the Office of the President of the United States asking him to vote the Guidelines down.
     Weeks later, three of the six Council Members who voted for Medical Cannabis Guidelines — Michael Zucchet, Ralph Inzunza, and Charles Lewis — became the focus of a federal investigation into improper campaign financing involving strip club operators. A melodramatic raid of the Councilmen's offices and seizure of boxes of evidence by federal agents was soon followed by the arraignment of Zucchet, Inzunza and Lewis before a federal judge. The case of the two Councilmen is ongoing.
     US Attorney Carol Lam was appointed to her office by George Bush. Bush owns her. The prosecution of the three most enlightened councilmen in San Diego by Lam is not only about campaign finance regulations or secret campaign contributions by Las Vegas Strip Club owners. No, this scenario of indicting Democratic office holders is Bush's way of slapping around elected officials who don't obey his orders. This prosecution is about getting even with the voters of California.
     As with the campaign to recall Governor Davis, the attack on San Diego City Councilmen is part of the Republican strategy to remove California Democrats from office, one way or another. Dead or alive.

Steve McWilliams
Shelter From the Storm

Donna Fyre has pleaded with the mayor and her council colleagues to call a special meeting to allow Charles Lewis’ constituents to weigh in on when they’d like to elect a new representative, but her pleas have been ignored. That’s unfortunate and disappointing.

Over the next ten weeks, MoveOn PAC will be bringing us some GREAT ads.

Sheila Jackson for SD School Board — District E	“John Kerry is a flip-flopper,” — Peace/War President Bush: Flip-Flopper-In-Chief	Oops, I made a “miscalculation” and “No, I don’t think John Kerry lied.”
“I think credibility is important. It is going to be important for the president to be credible with Congress, important for the president to be credible with foreign nations.”

How to celebrate Women’s Equality Day (August 26th) Send a card. It’s been 84 years since women won the right to vote, but the only women in the race for White House housing are ladies, as in first lady. This year, Iraqi women, under their brand new constitution, will hold 25 percent of the government seats, but American women, under their venerable old Constitution, will hold only 13.8 percent of the congressional seats. “Failure is impossible,” said Susan B. Anthony. But she forgot to mention how slow success could be.
Aida and Gracia at the Women for Kerry press conference at City Hall today to mobilize efforts to get out the Women’s Vote, it also served to commemorate the 84th Anniversary of American Women’s Suffrage.	Susan B. Anthony was an amazing person. She worked every waking hour for 50 years so we could vote. Sadly, she died 14 years before the Constitution would allow it.	8.26.04 Alice Paul came to a park near you..... Celebrate Women’s Equality Day by watching HBO’s movie “Iron-Jawed Angels” at the Centro Cultural De La Raza in Balboa Park today (Thursday, August 26) Two showings at 5:30pm and 7:30pm FREE! Gracia Molina de Pick will host. If you don’t know this woman, she is reason enough to attend! Learn more about this film.
New 1360-AM radio weekday lineup > Al Franken has arrived in San Diego... Tune in & turn it up! KLSD 1360-AM from 9am-noon Ben Cohen’s Oreos	6am-9am 9am-noon Noon-3pm 3pm-6pm 6pm-9pm 9pm-Midnight Midnight-3am 3am-6am	Stacy Taylor, a longtime San Diego radio host who is currently heard on KOGO/600-AM in the evenings, will host a talk show dealing with local political and social issues. Al Franken with Air America. Ed Schultz of the Jones Radio Network. Randi Rhodes, a S. Florida talk radio host with Air America. San Diego’s Ray Lucia with financial and lifestyle advice. Lionel, WOR, New York. “The Majority Report” w/ Janeane Garofalo & Sam Seder. “Morning Sedition” w/ Mark Riley & Marc Maron.


	Scouting for All held a rally today outside BSA headquarters in Balboa Park to protest the organization’s discrimination policies. Former Eagle Scouts Bob Leyh, Brenda Watson and Mick Rabin took the podium along with M.E. Stephens, Scott Cozza and Ernie McCray. They urged the crowd to stay involved and to thank their city council representatives for the support.

Vote for a Man, Not a Puppet	What seemed like a good idea a year and a half ago, does not seem like such a good idea in the highly charged political environment now.
Question: How many members of the Bush administration are needed to replace a light bulb? Answer: Seven >>> “As people do better, they start voting like Republicans... unless they have too much education and vote Democratic, which proves there can be too much of a good thing.” — Karl Rove GW’s long-time political guru/handler Presidential Tracking Poll	1. One to deny that the light bulb needs to be replaced, 2. One to attack and question the patriotism of anyone who has questions about the light bulb, 3. One to blame the previous administration for the need of a new light bulb, 4. One to arrange the invasion of a country rumored to have a stockpile of lightbulbs, 5. One to get together with VP Cheney and figure out how to pay Halliburton Industries $1Million for a light bulb, 6. One to arrange a photo-op session showing Bush changing the light bulb while dressed in a flight suit and wrapped in an American flag, 7. And one to explain to GW the difference between screwing a light bulb and screwing the country.
Media Matters for America Straight Talk from White House West in Crawford, Texas After spending over $75 million on fraudulent attacks, Karl Rove is back to selling the true Texas cowboy. Throughout the month, Bush campaign commericals will feature President Bush at his ranch in Crawford. Click for Will Ferrell’s version...
Crawford is “full of snakes,” says local native	GW would rather be there.	Send him home.

“There’s talk that Dick Cheney may be dropped from the Republican ticket. There’s a good move: Lose the smart guy.” <— Jay Leno

(Here’s an interium report from the United States Grammar School to GW’s parents...thanks, Marisa)

The Republican National Committee has announced that the Grand Old Party is changing its emblem from an elephant to a condom. The committee chairman explained that the condom more clearly reflects the GOP’s present day stance, because a condom accepts inflation, halts production, destroys the next generation, protects a bunch of pricks and gives you a sense of security while you’re actually getting screwed.

In a speech to the NAACP Senator John Kerry promised never to seek to divide the nation “by race or riches or by any other label.”

Thingsyou have to believe to be a Republican today... GW: job ratings Check out > JibJab

Is GW ready for November 2?

2004 GOP Convention Schedule

6:00 Opening Prayer led by the Reverend Jerry Falwell
6:30 Pledge of Allegiance
6:35 Burning of Bill of Rights (excluding 2nd Amendment)
6:45 Salute to the Coalition of the Willing
6:46 Seminar #1: Getting Your Kid a Military Deferment
7:30 First Presidential Beer Bong
7:35 Freedom Fries served
7:40 EPA Address #1: Mercury: It’s What’s for Dinner
8:00 Vote on which country to invade next
8:10 Call EMTs to revive Rush Limbaugh
8:15 John Ashcroft Lecture: The Homos Are After Your Children
8:30 Round table discussion on reproductive rights (men only)
8:50 Seminar #2: Corporations: The Government of the Future
9:00 Condi Rice sings “Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man
9:05 Second Presidential Beer Bong
9:10 EPA Address #2: Trees: The Real Cause of Forest Fires
9:30 break for secret meetings
10:00 Second Prayer led by Cal Thomas
10:15 Carl Rove Lecture: Doublespeak Made Simple
10:30 Rumsfeld Lecture/Demonstration: How to Squint and Talk Macho Even When You Feel Squishy Inside
10:35 Bush demonstration of trademark “deer in headlights” stare
10:40 John Ashcroft Demonstration: New Mandatory Kevlar Chastity Belt
10:45 Clarence Thomas reads list of black Republicans
10:46 Third Presidential Beer Bong
10:50 Seminar #3: Education: A Drain on Our Nation’s Economy
11:10 Hilary Clinton Pinata
11:20 John Ashcroft Lecture: Evolutionists: A Dangerous New Cult
11:30 Call EMTs to revive Rush Limbaugh again
11:35 Blame Clinton
11:40 Laura serves milk and cookies
11:50 Closing Prayer led by Jesus Himself
12:00 Nomination of George W. Bush as Holy Supreme Planetary Overlord

“I remember the American soldier in Michael Moores’ movie “Fahrenheit 9/11” who said that a part of himself died each time he killed someone. Another soldier, Michael Pedersen, wondered whether there was any purpose to his presence there. He was killed when his plane was shot down after that last letter home to his loving family.

And what about the people of Iraq, the human beings? Will they ever know peace? What do their futures hold? They too are being imprinted with fear, hate and violence, imprints that are extremely hard to change and tend to breed more fear, hate and violence. This is our future.

Yes, this movie is upsetting. But more upsetting is to ignore what is going on. The movie raises difficult questions that deserve our attention, especially as we move toward the November elections and as more lives continue to be lost in Iraq. Everyone should see this movie and make up her/his own mind.”

More on Moore... “All I can say is, wow! The movie covered a lot of information that I was already aware of and some that I was not. I found it very informative, but more than that, I found it very patriotic. I am very proud to be an American, but I am not proud of what our administration is doing, and I am disgusted by what they are allowed to get away with.

We have alienated ourselves from the rest of the world, invaded a country that was not a threat, killed so many civilians and been responsible for the death of our own countrymen for no just reason. On top of that, we never even caught the man who was responsible for attacking America.”

“Thank God for patriots like Michael Moore who are not afraid to speak up for the American ideal of a free press and intelligent analysis of government policy. What a relief to know that people around the world will see that we are not all a bunch of ignorant, greedy bullies, but that Americans can be humane, compassionate and part of a world community.”

At New York Kennedy airport, an individual later discovered to be a public school teacher, was arrested trying to board a flight while in possession of a ruler, a protractor, a setsquare, a slide rule and a calculator.

Attorney general John Ashcroft believes the man is a member of the notorious Al-gebra movement. He is being charged with carrying weapons of math instruction.

“Al-gebra is a very fearsome cult,” Ashcroft said. “They desire average solutions by means and extremes, and sometimes go off on a tangent in a search of absolute value. They consist of quite shadowy figures, with names like ‘x’ and ‘y,’ and, although they are frequently referred to as ‘unknowns,’ we know they really belong to a common denominator and are part of the axis of medieval with coordinates in every country. As the great Greek philanderer Isosceles used to say, ‘There are three sides to every triangle.’”

When asked to comment on the arrest, President Bush said, “If God had wanted us to have better weapons of math instruction, He would have given us more fingers and toes.“

Most voters in this poll see bigger differences between the two parties than ever before.

“There’s the smell of blood still. All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand.”

democrats rock!

Oh my

Rumfeld

GW as Grinch

Tenet

Air America

“Yes, some of the current policies are an extension of the ’80s, but the overall thrust of this administration is not my father’s — these people are overly reaching, overly aggressive, overly secretive and just plain corrupt.” — Ron Reagan, Jr. (April 2003)

Reagan’s namesake vows to vote “for whoever the viable candidate is who can defeat George W. Bush.”

John Kerry, relying on donations big and small, raised $100 million in the three months after he wrapped up his party’s nomination, a Democratic record but still well short of the all-time presidential money leader — George W. Bush.

The swift reaction to the preliminary findings of the 9/11 commission showed the threat the 10-member panel poses to GW’s reelection.

To fully understand Cheney’s role in the administration’s war profiteering scheme, all we have to do is follow the money and connect the dots.

Click here for a mosaic of GW Bush (the “war president”) composed of the photos of American service men and women who have died in Iraq.

A new book by a prominent Washington psychoanalyst says President George W. Bush is a “paranoid meglomaniac” as well as a sadist and “untreated alcoholic.” The doctor’s analysis appears to confirm earlier reports the President may be emotionally unstable.

GW Bush is running for a second term on the basis of his performance in the defense of our national security. VP Cheney has flatly stated that if Bush loses in 2004, the terrorists win. In truth, however, the national security of our country has been raped by these people. ‘Rape’ is a strong word, but in truth, is not strong enough to describe what has taken place. This disaster can be summed up in one name: Ahmad Chalabi.

Many of the Bush scandals aren’t new at all; they’ve been brewing for a long time, with the White House
trying to push them off until after Election Day. But scandals, like viruses, erupt on their own schedules.

Florida Gallup Poll The Daily Mis-lead

Women do not change institutions simply just by assimilating into them. But — and this is the “but” on which
all my hopes hinge — a CERTAIN KIND of woman can still do that — and this is where you come in.

Charley Reese has been a journalist for 49 years, reporting on everything from sports to politics. From 1969–71, he worked as a campaign staffer for gubernatorial, senatorial and congressional races in several states. He was an editor, assistant to the publisher, and columnist for the Orlando Sentinel from 1971 to 2001. He now writes a syndicated column which is carried on LewRockwell.com. Reese served two years active duty in the US Army as a tank gunner.

Here’s what he thinks about our “puppet” president.

• • • • • Proud to be an American for Kerry • • • • •

“A new poll says that if the election were held today, John Kerry would beat President Bush by a double digit margin. The White House is so worried about this, they’re now thinking of moving up the capture of Osama Bin Laden to next month.”

— Jay Leno

Are you registered to vote? Are your friends and neighbors?!?

“Too many Americans don‘t understand what we have here, or how to keep it. I worry for my grandchildren, my great-grandchildren. I want them to have what I’ve had, and I sense it slipping away....” — Andy Rooney, 60 Minutes

According to an article in The New Yorker magazine, a policy put in place by Secretary Rumsfeld “encouraged physical coercion and sexual humiliation of Iraqi prisoners in an effort to generate more intelligence about the growing insurgency in Iraq.” Despite this horrible scandal and the cascading failures of US military policy in Iraq, President Bush says that Rumsfeld is doing “a superb job.”

“The bad news for Republicans is they’re in charge.
They can’t say, ‘Oh, it’s those terrible Democrats who prevented us from doing something.’”

Rep. Martin Frost, D-Texas

“The roots of the Abu Ghraib prison scandal lie not in the criminal inclinations of a few Army reservists but in a decision, approved last year by Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld...” — Seymour M. Hersh, The New Yorker

The Old Women’s Project has a new website. Here’s a link they’d like to share. Enjoy!

“Back in 2000, a Republican friend of mine warned me that if I voted for Al Gore and he won, the stock market would tank, we’d lose millions of jobs, and our military would be totally overstretched. You know what? I did vote for Al Gore, he did win, and I’ll be damned if all those things didn’t come true.” — James Carville, Democratic strategist

As the President is getting off the helicopter in front of the White House, he has a baby pig under each arm.

The Marine guard snaps to attention, salutes and says,“Nice pigs, sir.”

The President replies, “These are not pigs, these are authentic Texan Razorback Hogs. I got one for Vice President Cheney, and I got one for Defense Secretary Rumsfeld.”

The Marine again snaps to attention, salutes and replies, “Nice trade, sir.”

Aye yi yi...

First he used his special Pentagon intelligence sources to tell us that Saddam’s weapons of mass destruction were an imminent threat and we had to go to war. Then he told us that his Pentagon planners were sure that the war would be fast and cheap. Now he’s telling us that if those under him in the chain of command committed acts of torture, it’s not his fault.

(Submitted by Activist Anne)
A little boy goes to his dad and asks, “What is Politics?” Dad says, “Well son, let me try to explain it this way, I am the head of the family, so call me the President. Your mother is the administrator of the money, so call her the Government. We are here to take care of your needs, so we will call you the People. We will consider the nanny the Working Class. And your baby brother — we’ll call him the Future. Now think about that and see if it makes sense.”

So the little boy goes off to bed thinking about what Dad has said. Later that night, he hears his baby brother crying, so he gets up to check on him. He finds that the baby has severely soiled his diaper.

He goes to his parents’ room and finds his mother sound asleep. Not wanting to wake her, he goes to the nanny’s room. The door’s locked, so he peeks in the keyhole and sees his dad in bed with the nanny. He gives up and goes back to bed.

The next morning, the little boy says to his father, “Dad, I think I understand the concept of politics now.” The father says, “Good, son, tell me in your own words what you think politics is all about.” The little boy replies...

“The President is screwing the Working Class while the Government is sound asleep.
The People are being ignored and the Future is in deep shit.”

It’s a political technique known as bracketing.

No permit for protest at GOP convention.

The happy Christians...Thank you for sharing your insight on which San Diego bands are the Jesus flock of rock [City Beat “Sordid Tales,” March 31]. This has saved me many future disappointments of making these realizations at a live show.

I am so tired of this Prozac-induced, happy-Christian movement and the big Jesus blow-pop bandwagon of plastic smiles and hollow grins that follow behind it. It’s like Jesus is the new orange and people can’t get enough of being told what to do. From the looks of it, Jesus pays the bills, too—not to mention the mansions, the cars and the domestically financed foreign-fought wars in his name.

Didn’t somebody once say, ‘Thou shall not kill’? Hmmm… I wonder if our Christian commander in chief ever happened to read that one.

I’m sure this letter will strengthen the Christian “resolve” and inspire many to go out and do more of “God’s work,” and I applaud them for their efforts to do good. Lead by the example of kind actions—your words give me a headache and your narrow perspectives question the notion of human intelligence and bolster the growing numbers in the knee-jerk nation of stupidity.

By the way, I am a longtime fan of Switchfoot and I do pretend they are really singing about bitches and hos in order to get through the day.

H. Celine, Hillcrest

In Memory of Each Fallen Soldier. Last week’s Nightline on ABC.

Controversy over “The Fallen”

L. Paul Bremer, the US administrator in Iraq, said in a speech six months before the September 11, 2001
attacks that the Bush administration was “paying no attention” to terrorism.

The Center for American Progress has launched a comprehensive Claim vs. Fact database.

The heart of the Texas Bible belt (where a woman is being prosecuted for selling sex toys) a man with a cross-dressing past might seem like more fodder for a sermon full of fire and brimstone. But the staunch conservatives don’t seem to be rushing to criticize Republican Sam (or Samantha) Walls, who has acknowledged dressing like a woman. Her election’s Tuesday. She lost.

This AP-Ipsos poll statistics on President Bush, the election, the economy and Iraq is based on telephone interviews with 1,001 randomly selected adults from all states except Alaska and Hawaii.		<<< Interesting. (The interviews were conducted April 5-7 by Ipsos-Public Affairs.)
US national security adviser Condoleezza Rice remains at the center of a storm as she testified yesterday before the 911 commission in an attempt to counter bombshell charges that President Bush failed to make terrorism an urgent priority before that date. Her predicament... MoveOn.org has debuted a new anti-Bush ad. “Before 9/11 I was obsessed with Iraq. Then I used 9/11 as an excuse to invade Iraq. So now we’re less safe than we were before.”
Rice is also quoted as saying: “I’m just always watching out for him,” she said of President Bush, “and making sure he’s got the right papers and, you know, that he’s going to say exactly what he wants to say.” Well, if that’s correct, then she has an awful lot of explaining to do...
Congratulations, Pat Washington, as you take over the helm of San Diego’s NOW.		...and to Stephen Whitburn, the San Diego Democratic Club’s newest President.

County officials said yesterday they discovered a new problem with the flawed $31 million electronic
voting system used in the March primaries – 2,821 absentee ballots were miscounted. oops!

“Beautification Plan for Baghdad Ready to Begin,” one press release in late March said in its headline. Another statement last month cautioned, “The Reality is Nothing Like What You See on Television.”

Bush has often found himself boxed in by his own statements, sometimes making it hard to act until the pressure becomes overwhelming. “He is not the most subtle president in terms of leaving escape clauses in his statements about what he stands for,” said American University political scientist James Thurber. “So he seems as if he's digging in his heels — and then is forced to compromise.”

“The question is why this White House only does the right thing under political pressure. Their first instinct should be to answer questions about our security, rather than launch a public relations offensive and when that fails do what they should’ve done from day one.” — John Kerry, UCSD March 30, 2004

Sounds Good to me....

The No Carb Diet:

NO:

C        Cheney
A        Ashcroft
R        Rice/Rumsfeld
B        Bush (wanna see my resume?)

What’s Madeleine saying?

“How can anyone legislate who you can love?...”
Honored by the Human Rights Campaign Humanitarian Award on March 6, 2004,
Barbra Streisand gave this speech.

... The law cannot dictate matters of the heart. When two people form a deep bond, there is usually a soul connection, and the soul has no gender. Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness are fundamental rights in this country. Happiness can be many things — a good meal, a good friend, a warm puppy, and certainly...love. How can anyone legislate who you can love?
That is a human right, the right to love and be loved...

In the aftermath of Spain's general election the winning Socialist candidate for Prime Minster, José Luis Zapatero, said he will keep his campaign pledge to withdraw Spain's 1,300 soldiers from Iraq by the end of June.Voter outrage over Thursday's terrorist attacks and the government's handling of the investigation contributed to an unexpected Socialist victory over the ruling Popular Party. About 77 percent of Spain's more than 35 million voters cast their ballots on Sunday, including some of those who had been injured in Thursday's bombings. Zapatero says President Bush and British leader Tony Blair should do some “reflection and self-criticism” for the “lies” that led to the Iraq war.

3/10/04 story, Frye/Atkins 3/12 letter, City Beat, 3/14 editorial, 3/16. 3/30.

“This is the time when we most need the support of our non-gay friends. Especially now, when we are in the midst of a national debate over our basic civil rights, our professed allies need to step forward and stand up on our behalf. In light of the issues surrounding the move by the president to amend the US Constitution to prohibit members of the LGBT community from the right to marry, I am not prepared, at this point in time, to reaffirm my previous endorsement in the mayor’s race. I have not, and will not, make any further decision regarding an endorsement of any candidate in the mayor’s race in the general election until I have had a chance to witness how the candidates respond to our community’s need for support on this basic civil rights issue.”

— San Diego Deputy Mayor Toni Atkins
to the GLTimes, 3/25/04

Who will be our next mayor?
Environmentalist Jim Bell was our choice in the primary (his third attempt to claim the seat).

This fall we’ll have a run off between the top two vote getters — either re-electing
Mayor Dick Murphy or giving Supervisor Ron Roberts the brass ring he craves.
Wanna know which of the two Republicans Jim will be supporting? We do, too.

The San Diego Reader refused to run a paid display ad for last month’s VaginaFest in North Park. Why? They were told, “Would you take money from a cause that you do not believe in?” Even after telling them that we would change the wording of the event in any way that they liked, we were told “No. In principle, the owner will not do it.” In other words, The Reader does not believe in free health services for LBT women. However, a perusal of their ads suggests that they believe in causes like botox injections, breast augmentation, bars, liposuction, cell phones, casinos and nightclubs. What’s wrong with this picture?

The link below will allow you to express yourself to the San Diego Reader.

Best wishes, Heather

http://www.citizenspeak.org/campaign/1662.php

Molly Ivins >>>	“The George W. Bush strategy: bait, switch and wave the flag.
GW to Republican supporters >>>	Exuding confidence in his chances in the upcoming election, Bush declared, “Come November, we’ll be reelected.”
The basic reason for the jobless recovery according to Congressman Barney Frank	>>> “The boom in corporate profits and the rise in the stock market have been accompanied not just by joblessness, but a decline in real wages, a falloff in private health insurance and a rise in income inequality”

Walter Cronkite was speaking recently with Bill Moyers on PBS. He told of how several yers ago, as a way to putting him down, a friend had called him a “bleeding liberal.” He went to his office and looked up “liberal” in the dictionary. He knew what it meant, but he wanted an “official” definition of the word.	He found it and faxed it to his friend along with a list of synonyms and antonyms listed in the definition. He attached a note which thanked his friend for thinking so highly of him and for realizing that he was not like any of the antonyms would suggest. So next time you are called a liberal or think of calling someone a liberal, be sure you know what you are saying.
Liberal — Synonyms: Advanced, avant-garde, big, broad, broad-minded, Catholic, enlightened, flexible, free, general, high-minded, humanistic, humanitarian, impartial, intelligent, interested, lenient, magnanimous, rational, reasonable, receiving, receptive, reformist, tolerant, unbiased, unbigoted, understanding, unorthodox, unprejudiced.	Liberal — Antonyms: After, backwards, behind, conservative, obsolete, slow, cold-hearted, inadequate, insufficient, malevolent, malicious, mean, misanthropic, selfish, unkind, ungenerous, ungiving.

Scalia protesters (Old Women’s Project et al) blew duck calls at his appearance at the Prado Ballroom 2/13/04 because he won’t recuse himself from a case tied to his longtime hunter buddy, Dick Cheney. It’s a quagmire for these duck killers.

3/8/04 Another show of impartiality?!? As the Supreme Court was weighing a landmark gay rights case last year, Justice Antonin Scalia gave a keynote dinner speech in Philadelphia for a group waging a legal battle against gay rights.
4/9/04 A deputy federal marshal violated the law and “the fundamental tenets of press freedom” when she ordered two reporters to erase recordings of a speech by Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, a journalists’ advocacygroup said Thursday. >>> where’s the conservative media?

Kerry doesn’t have the war chest to run as many commercials as the Bush re-election team. See his ads here!