WHERE'S THE TAN?... NOW HE LOOKS LIKE MICHAEL JACKSON.
After a deluge of campaign speeches and hostile television ads, President Bush and challenger John Kerry will get their chance to face each other directly Thursday night before an audience of tens of millions of voters in a high-stakes debate about terrorism, the Iraq war and the bloody aftermath.

My Way News

QUESTION: WOULD YOU HIRE THIS PERSON?
- From www.bushcountry.org

CAMERON DIAZ ON OPRAH, URGING WOMEN TO VOTE (SO RAPE CAN BE OUTLAWED?)
Ms. DIAZ: We have a voice now, and we're not using it, and women have so much to lose. I mean, we could lose the right to our bodies. We could lo--if you think that rape should be legal, then don't vote. But if you think that you have a right to your body, and you have a right to say what happens to you and fight off that danger of losing that, then you should vote, and those are the...

WINFREY: It's your voice.

Ms. DIAZ: It's your voice. It's your voice, that's your right.

Oprah's Voting Party (for the Democratic Party)

NEW FROM CLINIQUE: KERRYFACE IN A TUBE

PTD COMMENT ABOUT JFK'S OSTENSIBLE USE OF ORANGE-FLAVORED FACE PAINT> Ok, this has been way too much fun. Code orange, agent orange, spray tan, tan-in-a-tube, tan-in-a-can. Pumpkin-Pigmented Facemask. Here's the real deal: John Kerry polls lower than Bush in sex appeal and masculinity and way better than Bush in "Frenchness". Something had to be done.

It's all quite simple: The debates draw nigh... American women will soon get a stomach-turning glimpse of Senator Kerry... His advisers, eager to present a more appealing cadaver to the female electorate, ruled out a prostetic face (too noticeable), a better haircut (can't do better than perfect hair), and botox (already in use).

Bob Shrum's deputy secretary looks up from proof-reading Kerry's next class warfare piece with a winner: "A tan!... get a tan!"

One hour of getting pummled by Al Gore's daughters in a game of touch football in the shade does not produce an evenly-dispersed, female-bodybuilder-grade, flourescent orange tan that makes Hawaiians look like albinos. Those are available only at Sally's Beauty Supply... in a can. Or tube.

He'll be in Florida this week. I hope he stays out of the sun. I fell asleep on the beach in Puerto Rico with that fake "blonde" spray in my hair and it turned green. Thank God I wasn't running for office. But wouldn't that be fun for Thursday's debate?

We know Kerry. He'll claim he's a punk rock star. The women will swoon...

For Bush.

SORRY, THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CACHED

BEFORE THE CANCELLATION MESSAGE APPEARED ON THE OFFICAL KERRY SITE FOR THIS CANCELED EVENT... WE COPIED THE PAGE. THANKS TO DRUDGE FOR ALERTING ALL TO ITS EXISTENCE...

IT SAID:

Emily's Debate After Party
WHEN: September 30 @ 10:30 PM
WHERE: Emily's apartment
College Park, MD 20740
University of Maryland

HOST: Emily Guskin
INFO: Since my apartment is teeny, this is an invite only event. Please
let me know if you're coming or not. After the debate we can bitch and
moan about Bush and drink more beer and boxed wine (I'm a college
student, what do you expect?) If you can, bring some beverages because I
do not meet certain requirements to purchase them at local
establishments, but I'm still planning on having a bit.

URL IS (OR WAS): https://volunteer.johnkerry.com/event/view/?id=20380

INTERESTING HOW THIS WORKS

-RECEIVED VIA EMAIL TODAY...

Clinton awards Halliburton no-bid contract in Yugoslavia - good...
Bush awards Halliburton no-bid contract in Iraq - bad...

Clinton spends 77 billion on war in Serbia - good...
Bush spends 87 billion in Iraq - bad...

Clinton imposes regime change in Serbia - good...
Bush imposes regime change in Iraq - bad...

Clinton bombs Christian Serbs on behalf of Muslim Albanian
terrorists-good...
Bush liberates 25 million from a genocidal dictator - bad...

Clinton bombs Chinese embassy - good...
Bush bombs terrorist camps - bad...

Clinton commits felonies while in office - good...
> > Bush lands on aircraft carrier in jumpsuit - bad...

No mass graves found in Serbia - good...
> > No WMD found in Iraq - bad...

Stock market crashes in 2000 under Clinton - good...
Economy on upswing under Bush - bad...

Clinton refuses to take custody of Bin Laden - good... World Trade
Centers fall under Bush - bad...

Clinton says Saddam has nukes - good...
Bush says Saddam has nukes - bad...

Clinton calls for regim e change in Iraq - good...
Bush imposes regime change in Iraq - bad...

Terrorist training in Afghanistan under Clinton - good...
Bush destroys training camps in Afghanistan - bad...

Milosevic > > not yet convicted - good...
Saddam turned over for trial - bad...

Ahh, it's so confusing!

HEY JEANNE: 'SHOVE IT'
Thanks for your prayers... we survived Jeanne. Hopefully, this guy, right down the street from us, did as well.

THANKS FOR YOUR PRAYERS...AGAIN.

Hurricane Jeanne has provided us time to work on a couple exciting new projects... not the least of which is a total overhaul of the existing PTD website... and the addition of two sister sites... details to come.

- R.

...AND SOON TO CARRY NUCLEAR TIPS?
Iran added a "strategic missile" to its military arsenal after a successful test, and the defense minister said Saturday his country was ready to confront any external threat.

The report by state-run radio did not say whether the test involved the previously announced new version of the Shahab-3 rocket, capable of reaching Israel and U.S. forces stationed in the Middle East, or a different missile.

OOPS... IT'S BIN LADEN, NOT BIN LADIN
The Yusuf Islam incident earlier this week, in which the former Cat Stevens was denied entry into the U.S. when federal officials determined he was on the government's "no-fly" antiterror list, started with a simple spelling error. According to aviation sources with access to the list, there is no Yusuf Islam on the no-fly registry, though there is a "Youssouf Islam."

TIME.com: You Say Yusuf, I Say Youssouf...

PRE-EMPTIVE FLIP-FLOPPING
"We know we can't count on the French. We know we can't count on the Russians, we know that Iraq is a danger to the United States, and we reserve the right to take pre-emptive action whenever we feel it's in our national interest."

- Kerry on CNN's "Crossfire" in 1997

ENOUGH ALREADY. KILL HIM.
The chances of tryingformer Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein in 2004 are remote, a U.S. official said Friday, casting doubt on remarks by Prime Minister Iyad Allawi who said the trial could begin as early as October.

Allawi, who has urged Iraq's Special Tribunal to speed up proceedings against Saddam and his associates, has said he wants the trial to begin next month, before elections set for January.

But the U.S. official told reporters: "If you are talking of a Saddam Hussein trial in 2004, I think that is remote. It's a very difficult schedule to meet ...

More...

LET'S HOPE HE DOES YOU CRAZY NUT... AFTER ALL, HE KILLED 3,000 OF US
In regard to the hunt for terror leader Osama Bin Laden, Heinz Kerry said she could see the al-Qaida chief being caught before the November election.

"I wouldn't be surprised if he appeared in the next month," said Heinz Kerry, alluding to a possible capture by United States and allied forces before election day.

More Teresa Heinz Krazy

OK, UH... GOODBYE.
Happiness and joy: What made a recent vacation perfect was the first sign of dour Democrats packing their French suitcases at the prospect of President Bush’s re-election.

Having escaped Florida's dog days and Hurricane Frances, we were passing through beautiful Utah when, to check a restaurant listing, we picked up something called City Weekly, one of those free left-wing yuppie tabloids that infest most sizable cities.

More...

HEY DEMOCRATS... It's YOUR vicious anti-Bush BS that inspires this. God rest her son's soul, but the Left should be ashamed of the hate their vitriol has inspired.

Make us proud... if you can't debate without breathing fire and inflaming hatred,... shut up.

Direct all rage to our highly trained hatemail processing staff at info@preventtruthdecay.com. Thank you.

LOW-DOWN KERRY/EDWARDS EVENT, IN LAZY, RAMBLING FREE-STYLE:
- from PREVENT TRUTH DECAY

This is a quick recap of the night spent rubbing shoulders with the Democratic faithful - attending the Kerry/Edwards event in Orlando, Florida last night. For all of those who couldn't make it, or couldn't trust themselves to... well, not get thrown in jail, as one of our contributors feared... here's what you missed:

...AND IT WENT A LITTLE SOMETHIN' LIKE THIS:
They hate Bush
Lots and lots of Haliburton
Ubiquitous Bush Lies/Kills/Profiteers T-Shirts
Hippy hard-selling voter registration spent
Man complaining in line that he likes Kerry because "Bush doesn't have a clear message"
I thought to myself... true... Kerry has a lot of clear messages on any given issue.
Non-stop "Bush's daddy" references
Corrine Brown can yell ... a lot.
Corrine Brown said Kerry is going to "take off the gloves" - and then she whipped out a pair of gloves (ostensibly to drive her point home).
They were WORK gloves.
Edwards opened for Kerry as the Beatles would have opened for the Backstreet Boys (when they were still a garage band)
Kerry served in Vietnam
Kerry, apparently, served in the Senate as well
Kerry's speech was delivered in a lazy, rambling free-style fashion (not in fashion of Genghis Khan... he was a much more exciting speaker)
The Democrats "WELCOMED" Republicans to the event, insisting their minds would be changed
The UCF Republican Club came, and were shouted down, booed at, and shooed away. Welcome.
A scary paper mache Bush mask (I debated Kerry's viability as my candidate of choice based on the presence of the mask - it's a convincing argument)
Kerry served in Vietnam
Our Mayor (Buddy Dyer) said it's a first - the 2 senators are ON TIME
While we were waiting for them, an hour after their scheduled arrival time, I told a buddy nearby: "See... typical Democrats: they're late, unreliable, and you can't trust them"
Spectators nearby weren't amused with my synopsis on the late arrival.
Theorizing out loud that Kerry was "in a room trying to figure out which position he'd take on Iraq tonight" didn't help much either
It's very metrosexual to be "fashionably late" you know...
Kerry served in Vietnam
The "No More Bush" scream that interrupted the silence before the national anthem was a nice touch.
A woman in line from the union "SEIU", wearing a t-shirt "SEIU FOR KERRY/EDWARDS" - didn't know what SEIU stood for
Guys near me decided it must have something to do with "Sex Education... something or other"
Girls on the other side of me wondered as well what SEIU stood for... "C-E-I-U.... wonder what that stands for" one asked the other.
Kerry served in Vietnam
Lots of tattoos, piercings, and those square-rimmed glasses that make you smart.
No attractive women.
Welcome to the Democratic Party.

CNN.com - Kerry promises to protect seniors - Sep 22, 2004

I'M SURE THERE'S PLENTY OF GAY MEN THAT WOULD LIKE TO DO THE SAME TO JIMMY IF HE LOOKED AT THEM WITH HIS OWN HOLIER-THAN-THOUNESS...

(IF HE BELIEVES THAT HOMOSEXUALITY IS A SIN, AND THAT ALL MEN ARE SINNERS, IS HIS NOT AS "BAD" AS THEIRS?)

Evangelist Jimmy Swaggart apologized Wednesday for saying in a televised worship service that he would kill any gay man who looked at him romantically.

A complaint was filed with a Canadian broadcasting group, and Swaggart said his Baton Rouge-based Jimmy Swaggart Ministries has received complaints from gay groups over the remarks made on the Sept. 12 telecast.

In the broadcast, Swaggart was discussing his opposition to gay marriage when he said "I've never seen a man in my life I wanted to marry."

"And I'm going to be blunt and plain: If one ever looks at me like that, I'm going to kill him and tell God he died," Swaggart said to laughter and applause from the congregation.

RIGHT IN THE WING DING.
So, we're going to this tonight to check out the interior of the dark side... and I asked a friend today if I should have the displeasure of shaking Kerry's hand, what he thought of me slipping Kerry a "Give Terrorism a Chance - Kerry for Prez" sticker.

His response: "I think you should punch him in the wing ding."

AND WHAT, SENATOR, WOULD YOU HAVE DONE?
Staking out new ground on Iraq, Sen. John Kerry said Monday he would not have overthrown Saddam Hussein had he been in the White House, and he accused President Bush of "stubborn incompetence," dishonesty and colossal failures of judgment. Bush said Kerry was flip-flopping.

Less than two years after voting to give Bush authority to invade Iraq, the Democratic candidate said the president had misused that power by rushing to war without the backing of allies, a post-war plan or proper equipment for U.S. troops. "None of which I would have done," Kerry said.

John Kerry Fan

A teacher in a small Vermont town asks her class how many of them are John Kerry fans.
Not really knowing what a John Kerry fan is, but wanting to be liked by the teacher, all the kids raise their hands except one boy.

The teacher asks Johnny why he has decided to be different.

Johnny says, "I'm not a John Kerry fan."

The teacher says, "Why aren't you a John Kerry fan?"

Johnny says, "I'm a George Bush fan."

The teacher asks why he's a George Bush fan.

The boy says, "Well, my mom's a George Bush fan and my dad's a George Bush fan, so I'm a George Bush fan!"

The teacher is kind of angry, because this IS Vermont, so she asks, "What if your mom was a moron and your dad was an idiot, what would that make you?"

Johnny says, "That would make me a John Kerry fan."

AND WHEN IT DOES COME OUT, RATHER WANTS TO BREAK THE NEWS
President Bush questioned the authenticity of documents aired by CBS News that said he received special treatment during his Vietnam-era service in the National Guard, according to a Bush interview published on Saturday.
"There are a lot of questions about the documents and they need to be answered," Bush told the Union Leader newspaper of Manchester, New Hampshire, after a week in which some experts questioned whether the documents had been fabricated by those seeking to damage Bush in his re-election race.

"I think what needs to happen is people need to take a look at the documents, how they were created, and let the truth come out," Bush added.

DIDN'T I HEAR SOME KIND OF BIBLICAL PROPHECY AKIN TO THIS U.N. REVELETION?
Hurricanes, floods and other natural disasters hit a growing number of people worldwide and are on the increase due partly to global warming, the United Nations' disaster reduction agency said on Friday.

More than 254 million people were affected by natural hazards last year, a near three-fold jump from 1990, according to data released by the inter-agency secretariat of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UN/ISDR).

The random nature of disasters renders mapping their impact more difficult as droughts in 2002 pushed the figure of people affected above 734 million.

But the long-term trend over the past decade shows a steady rise in victims, according to the statistics from the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disaters at the University of Louvain in Belgium.

"Not only is the world globally facing more potential disasters, but increasing numbers of people are becoming vulnerable to hazards," the UN/ISDR said in a statement.

Hazards, ranging from storms, earthquakes and volcanoes to wild fires, droughts and landslides killed some 83,000 people in 2003 compared with about 53,000 deaths 13 years earlier, it noted.

A lack of facilities such as schools, jobs and hospitals in rural communities is forcing more and more people to live in urban areas where they stand a greater risk of being affected, said UN/ISDR director Salvano Briceno.

"Urban migrants settle in exposed stretches of land either on seismic faults, flooding plains or on landslide prone slopes," he said in a statement.

In addition, cyclones and freak temperatures appear to be on the rise with 337 natural disasters reported in 2003 up from 261 in 1990, the agency said.

"The urban concentration, the effects of climate change and the environmental degredation are greaty increasing vulnerability," said Briceno.

"Alarmingly, this is getting worse," he warned.

An onslaught of deadly hurricanes that have battered the southern United States supported theories that such storms were occurring more frequently, said John Harding, a programme officer at the UN/ISDR.

"Look at the number of hurricanes this year, it is hard to keep up with all the names," he told AFP.

"The scientific community tells us that the intensity and frequency of disasters are very likely to increase in the medium-term due to climate change and that increase may well be occurring at this stage," he said.

Underscoring the chaos inflicted by natural hazards, the latest storm to hit the United States -- Hurricane Ivan -- has killed at least 14 people, with three states declared official disaster areas and three cities under dusk-to-dawn curfews.

DRUDGE REPORT FLASH

DIDN'T I HEAR SOME KIND OF BIBLICAL PROPHECY AKIN TO THIS U.N. REVELETION?
Hurricanes, floods and other natural disasters hit a growing number of people worldwide and are on the increase due partly to global warming, the United Nations' disaster reduction agency said on Friday.

More than 254 million people were affected by natural hazards last year, a near three-fold jump from 1990, according to data released by the inter-agency secretariat of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UN/ISDR).

The random nature of disasters renders mapping their impact more difficult as droughts in 2002 pushed the figure of people affected above 734 million.

But the long-term trend over the past decade shows a steady rise in victims, according to the statistics from the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disaters at the University of Louvain in Belgium.

"Not only is the world globally facing more potential disasters, but increasing numbers of people are becoming vulnerable to hazards," the UN/ISDR said in a statement.

Hazards, ranging from storms, earthquakes and volcanoes to wild fires, droughts and landslides killed some 83,000 people in 2003 compared with about 53,000 deaths 13 years earlier, it noted.

A lack of facilities such as schools, jobs and hospitals in rural communities is forcing more and more people to live in urban areas where they stand a greater risk of being affected, said UN/ISDR director Salvano Briceno.

"Urban migrants settle in exposed stretches of land either on seismic faults, flooding plains or on landslide prone slopes," he said in a statement.

In addition, cyclones and freak temperatures appear to be on the rise with 337 natural disasters reported in 2003 up from 261 in 1990, the agency said.

"The urban concentration, the effects of climate change and the environmental degredation are greaty increasing vulnerability," said Briceno.

"Alarmingly, this is getting worse," he warned.

An onslaught of deadly hurricanes that have battered the southern United States supported theories that such storms were occurring more frequently, said John Harding, a programme officer at the UN/ISDR.

"Look at the number of hurricanes this year, it is hard to keep up with all the names," he told AFP.

"The scientific community tells us that the intensity and frequency of disasters are very likely to increase in the medium-term due to climate change and that increase may well be occurring at this stage," he said.

Underscoring the chaos inflicted by natural hazards, the latest storm to hit the United States -- Hurricane Ivan -- has killed at least 14 people, with three states declared official disaster areas and three cities under dusk-to-dawn curfews.

DRUDGE REPORT FLASH

DIDN'T I HEAR SOME KIND OF BIBLICAL PROPHECY AKIN TO THIS U.N. REVELETION?
Hurricanes, floods and other natural disasters hit a growing number of people worldwide and are on the increase due partly to global warming, the United Nations' disaster reduction agency said on Friday.

More than 254 million people were affected by natural hazards last year, a near three-fold jump from 1990, according to data released by the inter-agency secretariat of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UN/ISDR).

The random nature of disasters renders mapping their impact more difficult as droughts in 2002 pushed the figure of people affected above 734 million.

But the long-term trend over the past decade shows a steady rise in victims, according to the statistics from the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disaters at the University of Louvain in Belgium.

"Not only is the world globally facing more potential disasters, but increasing numbers of people are becoming vulnerable to hazards," the UN/ISDR said in a statement.

Hazards, ranging from storms, earthquakes and volcanoes to wild fires, droughts and landslides killed some 83,000 people in 2003 compared with about 53,000 deaths 13 years earlier, it noted.

A lack of facilities such as schools, jobs and hospitals in rural communities is forcing more and more people to live in urban areas where they stand a greater risk of being affected, said UN/ISDR director Salvano Briceno.

"Urban migrants settle in exposed stretches of land either on seismic faults, flooding plains or on landslide prone slopes," he said in a statement.

In addition, cyclones and freak temperatures appear to be on the rise with 337 natural disasters reported in 2003 up from 261 in 1990, the agency said.

"The urban concentration, the effects of climate change and the environmental degredation are greaty increasing vulnerability," said Briceno.

"Alarmingly, this is getting worse," he warned.

An onslaught of deadly hurricanes that have battered the southern United States supported theories that such storms were occurring more frequently, said John Harding, a programme officer at the UN/ISDR.

"Look at the number of hurricanes this year, it is hard to keep up with all the names," he told AFP.

"The scientific community tells us that the intensity and frequency of disasters are very likely to increase in the medium-term due to climate change and that increase may well be occurring at this stage," he said.

Underscoring the chaos inflicted by natural hazards, the latest storm to hit the United States -- Hurricane Ivan -- has killed at least 14 people, with three states declared official disaster areas and three cities under dusk-to-dawn curfews.

DRUDGE REPORT FLASH

DIDN'T I HEAR SOME KIND OF BIBLICAL PROPHECY AKIN TO THIS U.N. REVELETION?
Hurricanes, floods and other natural disasters hit a growing number of people worldwide and are on the increase due partly to global warming, the United Nations' disaster reduction agency said on Friday.

More than 254 million people were affected by natural hazards last year, a near three-fold jump from 1990, according to data released by the inter-agency secretariat of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UN/ISDR).

The random nature of disasters renders mapping their impact more difficult as droughts in 2002 pushed the figure of people affected above 734 million.

But the long-term trend over the past decade shows a steady rise in victims, according to the statistics from the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disaters at the University of Louvain in Belgium.

"Not only is the world globally facing more potential disasters, but increasing numbers of people are becoming vulnerable to hazards," the UN/ISDR said in a statement.

Hazards, ranging from storms, earthquakes and volcanoes to wild fires, droughts and landslides killed some 83,000 people in 2003 compared with about 53,000 deaths 13 years earlier, it noted.

A lack of facilities such as schools, jobs and hospitals in rural communities is forcing more and more people to live in urban areas where they stand a greater risk of being affected, said UN/ISDR director Salvano Briceno.

"Urban migrants settle in exposed stretches of land either on seismic faults, flooding plains or on landslide prone slopes," he said in a statement.

In addition, cyclones and freak temperatures appear to be on the rise with 337 natural disasters reported in 2003 up from 261 in 1990, the agency said.

"The urban concentration, the effects of climate change and the environmental degredation are greaty increasing vulnerability," said Briceno.

"Alarmingly, this is getting worse," he warned.

An onslaught of deadly hurricanes that have battered the southern United States supported theories that such storms were occurring more frequently, said John Harding, a programme officer at the UN/ISDR.

"Look at the number of hurricanes this year, it is hard to keep up with all the names," he told AFP.

"The scientific community tells us that the intensity and frequency of disasters are very likely to increase in the medium-term due to climate change and that increase may well be occurring at this stage," he said.

Underscoring the chaos inflicted by natural hazards, the latest storm to hit the United States -- Hurricane Ivan -- has killed at least 14 people, with three states declared official disaster areas and three cities under dusk-to-dawn curfews.

DRUDGE REPORT FLASH

DIDN'T I HEAR SOME KIND OF BIBLICAL PROPHECY AKIN TO THIS U.N. REVELETION?
Hurricanes, floods and other natural disasters hit a growing number of people worldwide and are on the increase due partly to global warming, the United Nations' disaster reduction agency said on Friday.

More than 254 million people were affected by natural hazards last year, a near three-fold jump from 1990, according to data released by the inter-agency secretariat of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UN/ISDR).

The random nature of disasters renders mapping their impact more difficult as droughts in 2002 pushed the figure of people affected above 734 million.

But the long-term trend over the past decade shows a steady rise in victims, according to the statistics from the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disaters at the University of Louvain in Belgium.

"Not only is the world globally facing more potential disasters, but increasing numbers of people are becoming vulnerable to hazards," the UN/ISDR said in a statement.

Hazards, ranging from storms, earthquakes and volcanoes to wild fires, droughts and landslides killed some 83,000 people in 2003 compared with about 53,000 deaths 13 years earlier, it noted.

A lack of facilities such as schools, jobs and hospitals in rural communities is forcing more and more people to live in urban areas where they stand a greater risk of being affected, said UN/ISDR director Salvano Briceno.

"Urban migrants settle in exposed stretches of land either on seismic faults, flooding plains or on landslide prone slopes," he said in a statement.

In addition, cyclones and freak temperatures appear to be on the rise with 337 natural disasters reported in 2003 up from 261 in 1990, the agency said.

"The urban concentration, the effects of climate change and the environmental degredation are greaty increasing vulnerability," said Briceno.

"Alarmingly, this is getting worse," he warned.

An onslaught of deadly hurricanes that have battered the southern United States supported theories that such storms were occurring more frequently, said John Harding, a programme officer at the UN/ISDR.

"Look at the number of hurricanes this year, it is hard to keep up with all the names," he told AFP.

"The scientific community tells us that the intensity and frequency of disasters are very likely to increase in the medium-term due to climate change and that increase may well be occurring at this stage," he said.

Underscoring the chaos inflicted by natural hazards, the latest storm to hit the United States -- Hurricane Ivan -- has killed at least 14 people, with three states declared official disaster areas and three cities under dusk-to-dawn curfews.

DRUDGE REPORT FLASH

DIDN'T I HEAR SOME KIND OF BIBLICAL PROPHECY AKIN TO THIS U.N. REVELETION?
Hurricanes, floods and other natural disasters hit a growing number of people worldwide and are on the increase due partly to global warming, the United Nations' disaster reduction agency said on Friday.

More than 254 million people were affected by natural hazards last year, a near three-fold jump from 1990, according to data released by the inter-agency secretariat of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UN/ISDR).

The random nature of disasters renders mapping their impact more difficult as droughts in 2002 pushed the figure of people affected above 734 million.

But the long-term trend over the past decade shows a steady rise in victims, according to the statistics from the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disaters at the University of Louvain in Belgium.

"Not only is the world globally facing more potential disasters, but increasing numbers of people are becoming vulnerable to hazards," the UN/ISDR said in a statement.

Hazards, ranging from storms, earthquakes and volcanoes to wild fires, droughts and landslides killed some 83,000 people in 2003 compared with about 53,000 deaths 13 years earlier, it noted.

A lack of facilities such as schools, jobs and hospitals in rural communities is forcing more and more people to live in urban areas where they stand a greater risk of being affected, said UN/ISDR director Salvano Briceno.

"Urban migrants settle in exposed stretches of land either on seismic faults, flooding plains or on landslide prone slopes," he said in a statement.

In addition, cyclones and freak temperatures appear to be on the rise with 337 natural disasters reported in 2003 up from 261 in 1990, the agency said.

"The urban concentration, the effects of climate change and the environmental degredation are greaty increasing vulnerability," said Briceno.

"Alarmingly, this is getting worse," he warned.

An onslaught of deadly hurricanes that have battered the southern United States supported theories that such storms were occurring more frequently, said John Harding, a programme officer at the UN/ISDR.

"Look at the number of hurricanes this year, it is hard to keep up with all the names," he told AFP.

"The scientific community tells us that the intensity and frequency of disasters are very likely to increase in the medium-term due to climate change and that increase may well be occurring at this stage," he said.

Underscoring the chaos inflicted by natural hazards, the latest storm to hit the United States -- Hurricane Ivan -- has killed at least 14 people, with three states declared official disaster areas and three cities under dusk-to-dawn curfews.

DRUDGE REPORT FLASH

DIDN'T I HEAR SOME KIND OF BIBLICAL PROPHECY AKIN TO THIS U.N. REVELETION?
Hurricanes, floods and other natural disasters hit a growing number of people worldwide and are on the increase due partly to global warming, the United Nations' disaster reduction agency said on Friday.

More than 254 million people were affected by natural hazards last year, a near three-fold jump from 1990, according to data released by the inter-agency secretariat of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UN/ISDR).

The random nature of disasters renders mapping their impact more difficult as droughts in 2002 pushed the figure of people affected above 734 million.

But the long-term trend over the past decade shows a steady rise in victims, according to the statistics from the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disaters at the University of Louvain in Belgium.

"Not only is the world globally facing more potential disasters, but increasing numbers of people are becoming vulnerable to hazards," the UN/ISDR said in a statement.

Hazards, ranging from storms, earthquakes and volcanoes to wild fires, droughts and landslides killed some 83,000 people in 2003 compared with about 53,000 deaths 13 years earlier, it noted.

A lack of facilities such as schools, jobs and hospitals in rural communities is forcing more and more people to live in urban areas where they stand a greater risk of being affected, said UN/ISDR director Salvano Briceno.

"Urban migrants settle in exposed stretches of land either on seismic faults, flooding plains or on landslide prone slopes," he said in a statement.

In addition, cyclones and freak temperatures appear to be on the rise with 337 natural disasters reported in 2003 up from 261 in 1990, the agency said.

"The urban concentration, the effects of climate change and the environmental degredation are greaty increasing vulnerability," said Briceno.

"Alarmingly, this is getting worse," he warned.

An onslaught of deadly hurricanes that have battered the southern United States supported theories that such storms were occurring more frequently, said John Harding, a programme officer at the UN/ISDR.

"Look at the number of hurricanes this year, it is hard to keep up with all the names," he told AFP.

"The scientific community tells us that the intensity and frequency of disasters are very likely to increase in the medium-term due to climate change and that increase may well be occurring at this stage," he said.

Underscoring the chaos inflicted by natural hazards, the latest storm to hit the United States -- Hurricane Ivan -- has killed at least 14 people, with three states declared official disaster areas and three cities under dusk-to-dawn curfews.

DRUDGE REPORT FLASH

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- Sources: Bush warned about bleak prospects for Iraq

- Kerry: Bush lives in 'world of spin' on Iraq | Video

- Laura Bush heckled by mom of soldier killed in Iraq

SUGGESTED 5TH HEADLINE:

- Poll: Most Americans like Bush, but millions don't

WHAT LIBERAL CNN?

TODAY'S HEADLINES ON CNN.com

- 8 killed in Baghdad car bombing | Video

- Sources: Bush warned about bleak prospects for Iraq

- Kerry: Bush lives in 'world of spin' on Iraq | Video

- Laura Bush heckled by mom of soldier killed in Iraq

SUGGESTED 5TH HEADLINE:

- Poll: Most Americans like Bush, but millions don't

WHAT LIBERAL CNN?

TODAY'S HEADLINES ON CNN.com

- 8 killed in Baghdad car bombing | Video

- Sources: Bush warned about bleak prospects for Iraq

- Kerry: Bush lives in 'world of spin' on Iraq | Video

- Laura Bush heckled by mom of soldier killed in Iraq

SUGGESTED 5TH HEADLINE:

- Poll: Most Americans like Bush, but millions don't

AGAIN, SIGNING UP ISN'T ALL ABOUT HANGING OUT AT THE PX
The mother of a soldier killed in Iraq was arrested Thursday after interrupting a campaign speech by first lady Laura Bush. As police hauled her away, she shouted, "Police brutality."

Wearing a T-shirt with the message "President Bush You Killed My Son," Sue Niederer of nearby Hopewell screamed questions at the first lady as the audience tried to drown her out by chanting, "Four more years! Four more years!"

JOHNNY RAMONE, CONSERVATIVE PUNK ROCKER, DIES
"The Ramones had it rough," said Vega, who's worked with the band for 30 years. "The band almost had to be protected from people who were taking advantage of them. There was never any money made."

Johnny Ramone changed that by demanding more money for performances, but still kept a close watch on the band's budget; Vega recalled how he would insist that the band drive nonstop between Boston and New York for shows instead of spending the night in a hotel.

In addition to his financial conservatism, the guitarist was politically conservative -- the late Ronald Reagan was Ramone's favorite president, Vega said.

Fans have remained loyal to the Ramones, and the Ramones over the years have been loyal to their fans. In 1979, while shooting scenes for the film "Rock 'n' Roll High School," the Ramones -- ignoring the director's order -- played a concert-length session for fans who had paid to be extras, Vega said.

PTDcomment > Be careful when you... er... we try to squeeze people into politically ideological boxes.

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WHY NOT THE ADULTS?
"Clothing is wonderful, but let them go naked for a while, at least the kids"

- Teresa Heinz Kerry, the wife of Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry Heinz, speaking of foreign hurricane victims (U.S. South)

DON'T BEAT AROUND THE BUSH OPPONENT

PTDcomment > Dick Morris really needs to tell it like it is... stop sugar-coating the titles of your opinion columns... like, for example, your latest work about Presidential candidate John Kerry, titled "NOBODY LIKES HIM".

SNIPIT:
JOHN Kerry is in deeper trouble than the polls indicate. While the Fox News survey taken last week after the Republican convention shows Bush with a small lead over Kerry, the internal data indicates big shifts against the Democrat.
For example, Kerry is now seen unfavorably by a record 44 percent of the voters (his personal worst), giving him a slightly higher unfavorable ratio than Bush — whom 43 percent dislike. (Bush's edge comes from the fact that he gets 51 percent to rate him favorably, while Kerry has only a 46 percent favorable rating.)

But worse, the poll shows that Kerry must face a basic problem: His own voters don't like him very much. Read the rest...

CNN 'HEADLINE'

CNN.com Headline today: Bush 'proud' of Guard duty

HEY C'N'N... PERHAPS BUSH IS JUST PROUD OF HIS GUARD DUTY.

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JUST WHAT KERRY NEEDS... THE FAT PRINCE OF CHAPPAQUIDICK DRIVES INTO THE RIVER TO SAVE THE DAY
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, often credited with giving a boost to John Kerry (news - web sites)'s presidential campaign, is launching a seven-week election drive for his Massachusetts colleague that will pair fund raising and travel with a barrage of speeches condemning President Bush's policies. More...

2-HEADED GEORGIAN BEACH BABES?
Government experts are investigating a claim that an unarmed nuclear bomb, lost off the Georgia coast at the height of the Cold War, might have been found, an Air Force spokesman said Monday.

The hydrogen bomb was lost in the Atlantic Ocean in 1958 following a collision of a B-47 bomber and an F-86 fighter.

A group led by retired Air Force Lt. Col. Derek Duke of Statesboro, Georgia, said in July that it had found a large object underwater near Savannah that was emitting high levels of radioactivity, according to an Associated Press report. More...

ZELLING IT LIKE IT IS
I will never trust John Kerry with my family's safety.

BY ZELL MILLER

My critics in the national media are working overtime trying to paint me as an angry nut who got the facts all wrong in my speech to the Republican National Convention. Since there's not enough time to challenge all of these critics to a duel, let me set the record straight here and now.
First, the anger. A lot has been said about my angry demeanor. I've made enough speeches to know that you're supposed to connect with the audience by telling a joke or a humorous anecdote or some amusing tale. It's a tried-and-true formula that I've used for most of my life. But this was not a normal speech in a normal time.

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KERRY: RACE INSTIGATOR
John Kerry suggested Saturday night that Republicans may try to keep black voters from casting their ballots to help President Bush win in November. "We are not going to stand by and allow another million African American votes to go uncounted in this election," the Democratic presidential nominee told the Congressional Black Caucus.

"We are not going to stand by and allow acts of voter suppression, and we're hearing those things again in this election."

Kerry has a team of lawyers to examine possible voting problems to try to prevent a repeat of the 2000 election disputes. He also has said he has thousands of lawyers around the country prepared to monitor the polls on election day.

"What they did in Florida in 2000, some say they may be planning to do this year in battleground states all across this country," Kerry said. "Well, we are here to let them know that we will fight tooth and nail to make sure that this time, every vote is counted and every vote counts."

AL GORE... FAT AND UNHINGED (AGAIN)

Al Gore's stiff jokes are gone now, replaced by recount jokes. The cautious campaigner of 2000 is gone, too, replaced by a fire-breathing Bush basher.

When Gore delivered his latest-in-a-series slam at the Republicans last week, faulting Vice President Dick Cheney for "sleazy and despicable" criticism of the Democrats, a White House spokesman dismissively responded: "Consider the source."

Well, Gore used to be the vice president. And, as he likes to say, he used to be the next president of the United States.

Now, he is Al Gore, private citizen _ unleashed.

Gore Unleashes Fury on Democrats' Behalf

YEP, THEY'RE THERE
Talk about provocative titles: This one comes up in the newish series "The AMC Project" and is called "Rated 'R': Republicans in Hollywood."

Is there such an animal in ferociously Democratic Hollywood? Are there any dodo birds left around? Unicorns? AMC thinks there are some of those Republican animals around (hidden in closets?), and so does documentarian Jesse Moss, who did Democratic activism and now has been commissioned to find these elusive beasts..

Moss works low budget and hangs around these scenes for his mission, but to little good effect, though he has some chats with such admitted Republicans as Drew Carey (who prefers "libertarian," which is "a conservative who still gets high"), John Milius, Pat Sajak, Patricia Heaton, Vincent Gallo, Ivan Reitman, Lionel Chetwynd and Ben Stein.

They think Republicans are becoming more emboldened. But the case isn't very well made, and Moss puts the message on his screen that Mel Gibson, Chuck Norris, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Bruce Willis and Heather Locklear "declined to participate in this program." (Coincidentally, the episode is sandwiched between reruns of "The Terminator.")

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EVIL BUSHIES, TAKE HEART... KERRY IS A LOSER
- This, accoring to Maureen Dowd
It's a remarkable feat, but teeter-tottering John Kerry is even managing to land on both sides of the ambition issue.

For his entire life, he was seen as so ambitious to be president, as so eager to consort with heiresses, that it was off-putting; his St. Paul's classmates played "Hail to the Chief" on kazoos when he walked by, and in the Senate, Bob Dole mocked the Massachusetts senator's love of cameras by nicknaming him Live Shot.

But this summer, when that lust for power should have been coursing through his veins, Mr. Kerry grew timid and logy. He let the Bush crowd and Swift boat character assassins stomp all over him and, for the longest time, didn't fight back. He stumbled into every trap Bush Inc. set.

Finally, the only Democrat who has fended off the WASP Corleones reminded the nominee of the prep-school mantra: punch the bully in the face, and do it in the same news cycle.

When he hasn't been busy with his quadruple-bypass operation, Bill Clinton has been chatting with John Kerry on the phone from the hospital, urging him to juice it up. The Clinton posse - James Carville, Paul Begala, Joe Lockhart, Mike McCurry, Stan Greenberg, Lanny Davis - has intervened to prop up the sagging leadership of Bob Shrum, who had advised Mr. Kerry not to go negative (and allowed the once-hot John Edwards to vanish without a trace).

Mr. Kerry listened to Shrummy, despite the fact that the strategist renowned for his speechwriting talents had not even given his candidate a single stirring speech.

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CBS HID ANTI-BUSH WITNESS
In its controversial report on President Bush's National Guard record, CBS "60 Minutes" anchorman Dan Rather failed to include accounts from witnesses who challenged the content of memos now believed to have been forged because they were deemed too "pro-Bush."
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I’m John Kerry’s Record and I’m Reporting for Exposure
EDITORIAL Frank Salvato
September 9, 2004

“I’m John Kerry and I’m reporting for duty.” Those were the words that opened the dog and pony show that was John Kerry’s acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention. As Kerry has told us ad nausem, he served in Vietnam. What he hasn’t told us could be compiled on a list that would make Santa Claus’ “naughty and nice” list look like a Post-It Note.

Let’s first expose the fact that John Kerry was not the enthusiastic patriot he portrays himself to be. This isn’t to say he is unpatriotic even though I believe his patriotism should be examined. His insistence that the UN, especially in light of the Oil-for-Food scandal, approve any US military action suggests he would acquiesce to the whim of the international community before taking action to secure our nation. This sentiment alone mandates an examination of his patriotism, especially when one considers the “over the top” rhetoric he used in false testimony before the Senate in 1971, but I digress. Read the rest from theRant.us

We Are So Sorry for 9-11

This September 11 marks the third unforgettable anniversary of the worst mass murder in American history.

After September 11, many in the Muslim world chose denial and hallucination rather than face up to the sad fact that Muslims perpetrated the 9-11 terrorist acts and that we have an enormous problem with extremism and support for terrorism. Many Muslims, including religious leaders, and “intellectuals” blamed 9-11 on a Jewish conspiracy and went as far as fabricating a tale that 4000 Jews did not show up for work in the World Trade Center on 9-11. Yet others blamed 9-11 on an American right wing conspiracy or the U.S. Government which allegedly wanted an excuse to invade Iraq and “steal” Iraqi oil.

After numerous admissions of guilt by Bin Laden and numerous corroborating admissions by captured top level Al-Qaida operatives, we wonder, does the Muslim leadership have the dignity and courage to apologize for 9-11?
If not 9-11, will we apologize for the murder of school children in Russia?

If not Russia, will we apologize for the train bombings in Madrid, Spain?

If not Spain, will we apologize for suicide bombings in buses, restaurants and other public places?

If not suicide bombings, will we apologize for the barbaric beheadings of human beings?

If not beheadings, will we apologize for the rape and murder of thousands of innocent people in Darfour?

If not Darfour, will we apologize for the blowing up of two Russian planes by Muslim women?

What will we apologize for?

What will it take for Muslims to realize that those who commit mass murder in the name of Islam are not just a few fringe elements?

What will it take for Muslims to realize that we are facing a crisis that is more deadly than the Aids epidemic?

What will it take for Muslims to realize that there is a large evil movement that is turning what was a peaceful religion into a cult?

Will Muslims wake up before it is too late? Or will we continue blaming the Jews and an imaginary Jewish conspiracy? The blaming of all Muslim problems on Jews is a cancer that is destroying Muslim society from within and it must stop.

Muslims must look inward and put a stop to many of our religious leaders who spend most of their sermons teaching hatred, intolerance and violent jihad. We should not be afraid to admit that as Muslims we have a problem with violent extremism. We should not be afraid to admit that so many of our religious leaders belong behind bars and not behind a pulpit.

Only moderate Muslims can challenge and defeat extremist Muslims. We can no longer afford to be silent. If we remain silent to the extremism within our community then we should not expect anyone to listen to us when we complain of stereotyping and discrimination by non-Muslims; we should not be surprised when the world treats all of us as terrorists; we should not be surprised when we are profiled at airports.

Simply put, not only do Muslims need to join the war against terror, we need to take the lead in this war.

As to apologizing, we will no longer wait for our religious leaders and “intellectuals” to do the right thing. Instead, we will start by apologizing for 9-11.

We are so sorry that 3000 people were murdered in our name. We will never forget the sight of people jumping from two of the highest buildings in the world hoping against hope that if they moved their arms fast enough that they may fly and survive a certain death from burning.

We are sorry for blaming 9-11 on a Jewish or right wing conspiracy.

We are so sorry for the murder of more than three hundred school children and adults in Russia.

We are so sorry for the murder of train passengers in Spain.

We are so sorry for all the victims of suicide bombings. We are so sorry for the beheadings, abductions, rapes, violent Jihad and all the atrocities committed by Muslims around the world.

We are so sorry for a religious education that raised killers rather than train people to do good in the world. We are sorry that we did not take the time to teach our children tolerance and respect for other people.

We are so sorry for not rising up against the dictators who have ruled the Muslim world for decades.

We are so sorry for allowing corruption to spread so fast and so deep in the Muslim world that many of our youth lost hope.

We are so sorry for allowing our religious leaders to relegate women to the status of forth class citizens at best and sub-humans at worse.

We are so sorry.

PTDcomment > If this is not an internet hoax, or ill-motivated prank of some sort, it's about time. We have said that if Muslims truly felt their 'Religion of Peace" was being hijacked, the passengers sure weren't fighting back. Perhaps now they are? Time will tell...

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DAN RATHER, UNSHAKABLE BIAS, EVEN IN THE FACE OF CONTRARY FACTS
CNN TRANSCRIPT, as posted by Drudge:

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

DAN RATHER, CBS NEWS ANCHOR: I know that this story is true. I believe that the witnesses and the documents are authentic. We wouldn't have gone to air if they would not have been. There isn't going to be -- there's no -- what you're saying apology?

QUESTION: Apology or any kind of retraction or...

RATHER: Not even discussed, nor should it be. I want to make clear to you, I want to make clear to you if I have not made clear to you, that this story is true, and that more important questions than how we got the story, which is where those who don't like the story like to put the emphasis, the more important question is what are the answers to the questions raised in the story, which I just gave you earlier.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

CBS NEWS executives on Thursday launched an internal investigation into whether its premiere news program 60 MINUTES aired fabricated documents relating to Bush's National Guard service, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned. "The reputation and integrity of the entire news division is at stake, if we are in error, it will be corrected," a top CBS source explained late Thursday.

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HOWARD DEAN'S RAPID SLIDE INTO INSANITY

To the AP:

"The Republicans have the best propaganda out there since Lenin, and they just make stuff up and they keep repeating it, and hope people are going to believe it."

"I think that George Bush is certainly going to have a draft if he goes into a second term, and any young person that doesn't want to go to Iraq might think twice about voting for him."

Somebody's been hanging out with Al "I Really AM the President" Gore too much.

KERRY WOULD BE WEAKER ON TERROR. THERE... CLEANED UP.
Vice President Dick Cheney sought to "clean up" a controversy over comments he made this week, saying that the country must brace for a potential terrorist attack no matter who is elected president.

Electing Democrat John Kerry does not mean the United States will be hit again, he said in a newspaper interview published Friday.

On Tuesday, Cheney told supporters in Iowa that there's a danger the United States will be attacked again "if we make the wrong choice" on Election Day.

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PTDcomment > Here are the memos CBS is showcasing as a smoking gun to questions about Bush's National Guard Service... apparently produced with Microsoft Word in 1972. CBS is on the verge of having as much credibility as Michael Moore. Congratulations. That's hard to do.

BASH FATHER, BASH SON...The George Bush reelection team is bracing itself tonight as it prepares for another primetime assault by CBS News.

Five months after Dan Rather denounced the just-formed Swift Boat Veterans for Truth as "an experienced and successful Republican operation made up of veterans attacking Vietnam war hero John Kerry," the 72-year-old anchor and avowed Democrat is set to unveil an extensive interview with Ben Barnes, a former Texas Democratic politician who claims he helped a young Bush avoid service in the Vietnam War by getting him into the Texas National Guard in 1968.

Tonight's Bush attack marks the latest broadside that Rather and his CBS colleagues have launched against the Bush family. Beginning with his infamous ambush of George H. W. Bush during the Republican primaries in 1988 (which CBS beforehand promised would be softball "candidate profile" interview), Dan Rather and his colleagues have had it in for the Bushes.

Later in the same year, on the eve of the Republicans' convention, Rather was the sole network anchor to report on a lone man who accused the then-veep of lying about his service in World War II.

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DAN RATHER BIASED? YES, ACCORDING TO RATHERBIASED.com
Saddam Hussein: You can moderate [a debate between Bush and Hussein].
Dan Rather: With respect, Mr. President, I've got enough problems already.
Hussein: The responsibility of displaying the truth as an outstanding man of the media, to carry out this responsibility is something that-- of course you will do that.
Rather: I appreciate your confidence--- Mr. President. I'm pausing because I'm tempted to ask a favor of the president. He has surprised me. I wonder for my good health if he could denounce me? [Laughter]
Hussein: Denounce you?
Rather: Yes.

> The rest of the interview...

BLOW AL, BLOW HARD.
Gore’s mouth tightened. A Southern Baptist, he, too, had declared himself born again, but he clearly had disdain for Bush’s public kind of faith.

“It’s a particular kind of religiosity,... It’s the American version of the same fundamentalist impulse that we see in Saudi Arabia, in Kashmir, in religions around the world: Hindu, Jewish, Christian, Muslim. They all have certain features in common. In a world of disconcerting change, when large and complex forces threaten familiar and comfortable guideposts, the natural impulse is to grab hold of the tree trunk that seems to have the deepest roots and hold on for dear life and never question the possibility that it’s not going to be the source of your salvation. And the deepest roots are in philosophical and religious traditions that go way back. You don’t hear very much from them about the Sermon on the Mount, you don’t hear very much about the teachings of Jesus on giving to the poor, or the beatitudes. It’s the vengeance, the brimstone.”

- AL GORE, Loser of the 2000 Presidential Election

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BREAKING: KERRY DISAGREES WITH HIS SUPPORT FOR THE IRAQ WAR

REMOVE BUSH, INSERT A COMMUNIST SYMPATHIZER
Interesting... but not surprising... look who's pushing for Kerry...

IS IT OUR FAULT MOST TERRORISTS ARE MUSLIMS?
American Muslim leaders ended their largest annual meeting with a rousing plea to thousands of community members that they vote in the presidential election.

Muslims urgently want to register their political presence in this country as a step toward ending what many believe are excesses in the war on terror.

"We have to demand justice," said Mahdi Bray, head of the Muslim American Society Freedom Foundation, as the convention wound down Sunday night. "We have to stand up to this government and say, `What you're doing is wrong."'

PTDcomment > Perhaps a more sensitive approach is in order...

FROM DRUDGE: CLINTON CALLS KERRY FROM HOSPITAL BED: STOP TALKING ABOUT VIETNAM
Bill Clinton spoke with John Kerry from his hospital bed on Saturday night in a 90-minute conversation in which he offered Kerry detailed advice on how to reinvigorate his candidacy... Clinton told Kerry that he should move away from talking about Vietnam... Developing...

PTD COMMENT > But that's all he's got... what's be going to campaign on now? - his windsurfing skills?

DRUDGE REPORT

I KNOW IT'S NEWS... I'M IN THE MIDDLE OF IT, BUT THE MEDIA HAS GOT TO LOVE THE FACT THAT FRANCES IS CASTING A SHADOW OVER