Daschle remembers to forget

Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle is such an aggressive class warrior he would rather plead implausible ignorance than acknowledge the significant tax savings middle-class families will realize from President Bush's 2001 tax-cut package.

posted by Frodgie at 1:08 PM

 

Bloomberg Defends NYC Smoking Ban

This guy is a complete Nimrod!!!
May 13, 2003 -- Mayor Bloomberg defended his smoking ban again yesterday after some businesses complained that it was killing them.
"Let's give it some time," Bloomberg said.
"There are 18,672 restaurants in this city. Unfortunately, every day a handful go out of business. Fortunately, another handful start into business," the mayor added.


posted by Frodgie at 11:20 AM

 

Blocking immune system may prevent SARS

WASHINGTON, May 12 (UPI) -- U.S. health officials said Monday they are eager to try a radically different and seemingly counterintuitive approach to fighting severe acute respiratory syndrome that involves suppressing the immune system
posted by Frodgie at 10:29 AM

 

Democrats Continue To Grouse Over President Bush's Landing on the USS Abraham Lincoln

This is completely awesome. These guys never, ever stop. It is so silly and meaningless and yet a big deal is made. What are all you Democratic voters thinking about this? I just want to know. You people claimed the Republicans were making a big deal about Clinton's blow job fiasco, but now you are making a big deal about Bush landing on an aircraft. Make up your mind. Oh, by the way guys, Bush has the 2004 election locked.....see you in 2008!!!!
posted by Frodgie at 8:14 AM

 

At least 10 Americans killed in Saudi bombings

(CNN) -- U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell on Tuesday condemned the "cowardly individuals" who were behind simultaneous explosions that rocked the Saudi capital, killing at least 10 Americans and many others.

"Terrorism strikes everywhere and everyone," The Associated Press quoted Powell as saying after arriving in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, on a previously scheduled visit. "It is a threat to the civilized world."


posted by Frodgie at 6:20 AM

 

N. Korea fired laser at troops

North Korea's military fired a laser in March at two U.S. Army helicopters patrolling the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas in what U.S. officials call a provocative action, The Washington Times has learned.


posted by Frodgie at 6:14 AM

 

Bush Urges Americans to Call for Tax Cuts

Why does Bush have to call for tax cuts? They destroyed his father for not cutting taxes. Well in that case, just raise taxes to 50% for everybody. The Democrats are totally amazing. No matter what the reason, they will disagree just to disagree. Terrible.

BERNALILLO, N.M. - Convinced that persistent persuasion is the way to sway the Senate, President Bush renewed his call for hefty tax cuts Monday, exhorting citizens to tell their lawmakers to support his plan.

"The unemployment rate hit 6 percent," Bush said. "That should serve as a warning signal for the reluctant members of the United States Congress that we need to hear the voices of those who are looking for work."

Bush's stop at a factory in primarily blue-collar Bernalillo, just outside Albuquerque, began a two-day swing through three states to promote his tax-cut proposal.


posted by Frodgie at 1:44 PM

 

Lawsuit seeks to ban sale of Oreos to children in California Nabisco taken to task over trans fat's effects

Oreo cookies should be banned from sale to children in California, according to a lawsuit filed by a San Francisco attorney who claims that trans fat -- the stuff that makes the chocolate cookies crisp and their filling creamy -- is so dangerous children shouldn't eat it.

Stephen Joseph, who filed the suit against Nabisco last week in Marin County Superior Court, is a public interest lawyer who last battled the city to remove graffiti from traffic signs.


posted by Frodgie at 12:16 PM

 
Boxster 'S' is a delight to drive just anywhere
The Porsche Boxster name was derived from the flat-opposed "boxer" engine and its roadster configuration. It competes in the marketplace with the likes of Audi's TT roadster, BMW's Z4, the Honda S2000 and the Mercedes-Benz SLK, at least in its presentation format of a two-seat convertible roadster.
posted by Frodgie at 6:27 AM

 
U.S.: Saddam's Baath Party Dissolved
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- The United States declared Saddam Hussein's Baath Party dead Sunday, with the war's commander telling Iraqis that the instrument of their deposed dictator's power was dissolved and promising to purge its influence from the country it dominated for 35 years.

Gen. Tommy Franks' message, delivered in Arabic by an announcer on the coalition's Information Radio, broadcast a clear message over the AM radio waves across postwar Iraq: Any activity by Baath Party holdouts who oppose U.S. occupation will not be tolerated.


posted by Frodgie at 6:25 AM

 
Times Reporter Who Resigned Leaves Long Trail of Deception

A staff reporter for The New York Times committed frequent acts of journalistic fraud while covering significant news events in recent months, an investigation by Times journalists has found. The widespread fabrication and plagiarism represent a profound betrayal of trust and a low point in the 152-year history of the newspaper.

The reporter, Jayson Blair, 27, misled readers and Times colleagues with dispatches that purported to be from Maryland, Texas and other states, when often he was far away, in New York. He fabricated comments. He concocted scenes. He lifted material from other newspapers and wire services. He selected details from photographs to create the impression he had been somewhere or seen someone, when he had not.
posted by Frodgie at 9:34 AM

 
Photo of Kentucky Derby winner leads to investigation

ATLANTA (CNN) -- The Kentucky Racing Commission announced Saturday it has initiated an investigation into last week's victory by Funny Cide in the Kentucky Derby.

The investigation was inspired by a call and a picture received Thursday from a reporter for the Miami Herald, said chief steward Bernie Hettel, executive director of the Kentucky Racing Commission.

The photograph appeared to show something besides the riding crop in the right hand of jockey Jose Santos, Hettel said.

A meeting was scheduled for Monday that will include Santos, Funny Cide owner Jack Knowlton said. One Churchill Downs steward called the photo "very suspicious."

posted by Frodgie at 9:32 AM