GAS PIGS 2006 GAS guzzlers 2006 automobiles
most are SUV's
these leaves out some imports* which are very bad
but does not provide focus needed
source: http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/download.shtml

CLASS	MFR	CAR LINE	CITY MPG	HWY .MPG.	COMB MPG
S.U.V. - 2WD	DODGE	DURANGO 2WD	9	11	10
S.U.V. - 4WD	DODGE	DURANGO 4WD	9	11	10
truckS 2WD	DODGE	RAM 1500 PICKUP 2WD	9	11	10
truckS 2WD	DODGE	RAM 1500 PICKUP 2WD	9	12	10
truckS 4WD	DODGE	RAM 1500 PICKUP 4WD	9	11	10
truckS 2WD	DODGE	RAM 1500 PICKUP 2WD	9	15	11
truckS 4WD	NISSAN	TITAN 4WD	10	13	11
S.U.V. - 2WD	CHEVY	C1500 AVALANCHE 2WD	11	14	12
S.U.V. - 2WD	CHEVY	C1500 SUBURBAN 2WD	11	14	12
S.U.V. - 4WD	CHEVY	K1500 AVALANCHE 4WD	11	14	12
S.U.V. - 4WD	CHEVY	K1500 SUBURBAN 4WD	11	14	12
S.U.V. - 4WD	CHEVY	K1500 TAHOE 4WD	11	14	12
S.U.V. - 2WD	GMC	C1500 YUKON XL 2WD	11	14	12
S.U.V. - 4WD	GMC	K1500 YUKON 4WD	11	14	12
S.U.V. - 4WD	GMC	K1500 YUKON XL 4WD	11	14	12
truckS 2WD	NISSAN	TITAN 2WD	10	14	12
S.U.V. - 2WD	CHEVY	C1500 TAHOE 2WD	11	15	13
truckS 4WD	CHEVY	K1500 SILVERADO 4WD	11	14	13
S.U.V. - 2WD	DODGE	DURANGO 2WD	12	15	13
S.U.V. - 4WD	DODGE	DURANGO 4WD	12	15	13
truckS 2WD	DODGE	RAM 1500 PICKUP 2WD	12	15	13
truckS 4WD	DODGE	RAM 1500 PICKUP 4WD	12	15	13
S.U.V. - 2WD	GMC	C1500 YUKON 2WD	11	15	13
truckS 4WD	GMC	K1500 SIERRA 4WD	11	14	13
S.U.V. - 4WD	JEEP	GRAND CHEROKEE 4WD	12	15	13
MIDSIZE	BMW	M5	12	18	14
truckS 2WD	CHEVY	C1500 SILVERADO 2WD	12	16	14
MINIVAN - 2WD	DODGE	CARAVAN 2WD	13	17	14
LARGE	FORD	CROWN VICTORIA	12	18	14
VANS, psngr	FORD	E150 CLUB WAGON	13	17	14
truckS 2WD	GMC	C1500 SIERRA 2WD	12	16	14
LARGE	LINCOLN-Merc	GRAND MARQUIS	12	18	14
LARGE	LINCOLN-Merc	TOWN CAR	12	18	14
LARGE	MERCEDES	MAYBACH 57	12	17	14
LARGE	MERCEDES	MAYBACH 62	12	17	14
TWO SEATERS	MERCEDES	SLR	13	17	14
LARGE	VOLKSWAGEN	PHAETON	12	18	14
S.U.V. - 4WD	CADILLAC	ESCALADE AWD	13	17	15
S.U.V. - 4WD	CADILLAC	ESCALADE ESV AWD	13	17	15
S.U.V. - 4WD	CADILLAC	ESCALADE EXT AWD	13	17	15
truckS 4WD	CHEVY	K1500 SILVERADO 4WD	14	17	15
S.U.V. - 4WD	CHEVY	K1500 SUBURBAN AWD	13	17	15
S.U.V. - 4WD	CHEVY	TRAILBLAZER AWD	14	17	15
S.U.V. - 4WD	DODGE	DURANGO 4WD	14	18	15
truckS 4WD	DODGE	RAM 1500 PICKUP 4WD	14	18	15
VANS, CARGO	FORD	E150 ECONOLINE 2WD	14	17	15
S.U.V. - 4WD	FORD	EXPEDITION 4WD	14	17	15
truckS 4WD	FORD	F150 PICKUP 4WD	14	18	15
truckS 4WD	GMC	K1500 SIERRA 4WD	14	17	15
truckS 4WD	GMC	K1500 SIERRA AWD	13	17	15
S.U.V. - 4WD	GMC	K1500 YUKON AWD	13	17	15
S.U.V. - 4WD	GMC	K1500 YUKON XL AWD	13	17	15
S.U.V. - 2WD	INFINITI	QX56 2WD	13	19	15
S.U.V. - 4WD	INFINITI	QX56 4WD	13	18	15
S.U.V. - 4WD	L ROVER	RANGE ROVER	13	18	15
S.U.V. - 4WD	L ROVER	RANGE ROVER SPORT	13	18	15
S.U.V. - 4WD	LEXUS	LX 470	13	17	15
truckS 4WD	LINCOLN	MARK LT	14	18	15
S.U.V. - 2WD	LINCOLN	NAVIGATOR 2WD	13	18	15
COMPACT	MERCEDES	CL600	13	19	15
COMPACT	MERCEDES	CL65 AMG	13	20	15
S.U.V. - 4WD	MERCEDES	R500	13	18	15
LARGE	MERCEDES	S600	12	19	15
LARGE	MERCEDES	S65 AMG	13	20	15
TWO SEATERS	MERCEDES	SL600	13	19	15
TWO SEATERS	MERCEDES	SL65 AMG	13	19	15
S.U.V. - 2WD	NISSAN	ARMADA 2WD	13	19	15
S.U.V. - 4WD	NISSAN	ARMADA 4WD	13	18	15
truckS 4WD	NISSAN	TITAN 4WD	14	18	15
truckS 4WD	NISSAN	TITAN 4WD	14	18	15
S.U.V. - 4WD	PORSCHE	CAYENNE TURBO	13	18	15
S.U.V. - 4WD	TOYOTA	LAND CRUISER WAGON 4WD	13	17	15
S.U.V. - 4WD	VW	TOUAREG	14	18	15
LARGE	CADILLAC	ARMORED DTS	14	20	16
S.U.V. - 2WD	CADILLAC	ESCALADE 2WD	14	18	16
LARGE	CADILLAC	FUNERAL COACH/HEARSE	14	20	16
LARGE	CADILLAC	LIMOUSINE	14	20	16
MIDSIZE	CADILLAC	STS	14	20	16
S.U.V. - 2WD	CHEVY	C1500 AVALANCHE 2WD	14	19	16
truckS 2WD	CHEVY	C1500 SILVERADO 2WD	14	19	16
S.U.V. - 2WD	CHEVY	C1500 SUBURBAN 2WD	14	19	16
VANS, CARGO	CHEVY	G15/25CHEV VAN 2WD CONV	14	18	16
VANS, CARGO	CHEVY	G15/25CHEV VAN 2WD CONV	14	18	16
VANS, psngr	CHEVY	G1500/2500 CHEVY EXPRESS 2WD	14	18	16
VANS, psngr	CHEVY	H1500 CHEVY EXPRESS AWD	14	18	16
VANS, CARGO	CHEVY	H1500 CHEVY VAN AWD CONV	14	18	16
VANS, CARGO	CHEVY	H1500/2500 CHEVY VAN AWD	14	18	16
S.U.V. - 4WD	CHEVY	K1500 AVALANCHE 4WD	14	18	16
truckS 4WD	CHEVY	K1500 SILVERADO 4WD	15	18	16
truckS 4WD	CHEVY	K1500 SILVERADO 4WD	15	19	16
S.U.V. - 4WD	CHEVY	K1500 SUBURBAN 4WD	14	18	16
S.U.V. - 4WD	CHEVY	K1500 TAHOE 4WD	14	18	16
truckS 2WD	CHEVY	SSR PICKUP 2WD	13	20	16
LARGE	CHRYSLER	300C/SRT-8	14	20	16
LARGE	DODGE	CHARGER	14	20	16
S.U.V. - 2WD	DODGE	DURANGO 2WD	14	19	16
S.U.V. - 4WD	DODGE	DURANGO 4WD	14	19	16
S.U.V. - 2WD	DODGE	MAGNUM	14	20	16
truckS 2WD	DODGE	RAM 1500 PICKUP 2WD	14	19	16
truckS 2WD	DODGE	RAM 1500 PICKUP 2WD	14	19	16
truckS 4WD	DODGE	RAM 1500 PICKUP 4WD	14	18	16
truckS 4WD	DODGE	RAM 1500 PICKUP 4WD	14	18	16
VANS, psngr	FORD	E150 CLUB WAGON	14	18	16
VANS, CARGO	FORD	E150 ECONOLINE 2WD	15	19	16
S.U.V. - 2WD	FORD	EXPEDITION 2WD	14	19	16
S.U.V. - 4WD	FORD	EXPLORER 4WD	14	20	16
truckS 2WD	FORD	F150 PICKUP 2WD	14	19	16
truckS 2WD	FORD	F150 PICKUP 2WD	15	19	16
truckS 4WD	FORD	F150 PICKUP 4WD	14	18	16
TWO SEATERS	FORD	GT 2WD	13	21	16
truckS 2WD	GMC	C1500 SIERRA 2WD	14	19	16
S.U.V. - 2WD	GMC	C1500 YUKON XL 2WD	14	19	16
S.U.V. - 4WD	GMC	ENVOY XL 4WD	14	20	16
S.U.V. - 4WD	GMC	ENVOY XUV 4WD	14	20	16
VANS, CARGO	GMC	G15/25 SAVANA 2WD CARGO CONV	14	18	16
VANS, CARGO	GMC	G15/25 SAVANA 2WD CARGO CONV	14	18	16
VANS, psngr	GMC	G1500/2500 SAVANA 2WD PASSEN	14	18	16
VANS, CARGO	GMC	H1500 SAVANA AWD CARGO CONV	14	18	16
VANS, psngr	GMC	H1500 SAVANA PASS VAN AWD	14	18	16
VANS, CARGO	GMC	H1500/2500 SAVANA CARGO AWD	14	18	16
truckS 4WD	GMC	K1500 SIERRA 4WD	15	18	16
truckS 4WD	GMC	K1500 SIERRA 4WD	15	19	16
S.U.V. - 4WD	GMC	K1500 YUKON 4WD	14	18	16
S.U.V. - 4WD	GMC	K1500 YUKON XL 4WD	14	18	16
S.U.V. - 4WD	JEEP	COMMANDER 4WD	14	18	16
S.U.V. - 4WD	JEEP	GRAND CHEROKEE 4WD	14	19	16
S.U.V. - 4WD	JEEP	WRANGLER/TJ 4WD	14	18	16
S.U.V. - 4WD	JEEP	WRANGLER/TJ 4WD	15	19	16
S.U.V. - 4WD	KIA	KIA SORENTO 4WD	15	20	16
S.U.V. - 4WD	L ROVER	LR3	14	18	16
S.U.V. - 4WD	L ROVER	LR3	14	19	16
S.U.V. - 4WD	L ROVER	RANGE ROVER	14	18	16
S.U.V. - 4WD	L ROVER	RANGE ROVER SPORT	14	19	16
truckS 2WD	LINCOLN	MARK LT	15	19	16
S.U.V. - 4WD	MERCEDES	ML500	14	19	16
TWO SEATERS	MERCEDES	SL55 AMG	14	20	16
S.U.V. - 4WD	MERCURY	MOUNTAINEER 4WD	14	20	16
S.U.V. - 4WD	MITSUBISHI	MONTERO	15	19	16
truckS 2WD	NISSAN	TITAN 2WD	14	18	16
truckS 2WD	NISSAN	TITAN 2WD	14	19	16
S.U.V. - 4WD	PORSCHE	CAYENNE S	14	18	16
S.U.V. - 2WD	TOYOTA	SEQUOIA 2WD	15	18	16
S.U.V. - 4WD	TOYOTA	SEQUOIA 4WD	15	17	16
truckS 4WD	TOYOTA	TOYOTA TUNDRA 4WD	15	18	16
LARGE	AUDI	A8 L	15	21	17
COMPACT	AUDI	S4	15	21	17
SMALL stwgn	AUDI	S4 AVANT	15	21	17
SUBCOMPACT	AUDI	S4 CABRIOLET	15	21	17
SUBCOMPACT	BMW	650CI CONVERTIBLE	14	22	17
SUBCOMPACT	BMW	650CI CONVERTIBLE	15	21	17
LARGE	BMW	760I	15	22	17
LARGE	BMW	760LI	15	22	17
S.U.V. - 4WD	BMW	X5	15	21	17
S.U.V. - 4WD	BUICK	RAINIER AWD	15	21	17
S.U.V. - 2WD	CADILLAC	SRX 2WD	15	21	17
S.U.V. - 4WD	CADILLAC	SRX AWD	15	20	17
S.U.V. - 2WD	CHEVY	C1500 TAHOE 2WD	15	20	17
S.U.V. - 2WD	CHEVY	C1500 TAHOE 2WD	15	20	17
S.U.V. - 2WD	CHEVY	C1500 TAHOE 2WD	16	20	17
VANS, psngr	CHEVY	G1500/2500 CHEVY EXPRESS 2WD	15	19	17
VANS, CARGO	CHEVY	G1500/2500 CHEVY VAN 2WD	15	20	17
VANS, CARGO	CHEVY	G1500/2500 CHEVY VAN 2WD	15	20	17
truckS 4WD	CHEVY	K1500 SILVERADO 4WD	15	19	17
truckS 4WD	CHEVY	K1500 SILVERADO 4WD	15	19	17
truckS 4WD	CHEVY	K1500 SILVERADO 4WD	15	19	17
truckS 4WD	CHEVY	K1500 SILVERADO 4WD	15	20	17
S.U.V. - 4WD	CHEVY	K1500 SUBURBAN 4WD	15	19	17
S.U.V. - 4WD	CHEVY	K1500 TAHOE 4WD	15	19	17
truckS 2WD	CHEVY	SSR PICKUP 2WD	15	19	17
S.U.V. - 2WD	CHEVY	TRAILBLAZER 2WD	15	19	17
S.U.V. - 4WD	CHEVY	TRAILBLAZER 4WD	15	21	17
S.U.V. - 2WD	CHEVY	TRAILBLAZER EXT 2WD	15	20	17
S.U.V. - 4WD	CHEVY	TRAILBLAZER EXT 4WD	15	20	17
S.U.V. - 4WD	CHEVY	TRAILBLAZER EXT 4WD	15	20	17
MIDSIZE	CHRYSLER	SEBRING 4-DR	15	20	17
MIDSIZE	CHRYSLER	SEBRING 4-DR	15	20	17
COMPACT	CHRYSLER	SEBRING CONVERTIBLE	15	20	17
COMPACT	CHRYSLER	SEBRING CONVERTIBLE	15	20	17
truckS 2WD	DODGE	DAKOTA PICKUP 2WD	15	20	17
truckS 2WD	DODGE	DAKOTA PICKUP 2WD	15	20	17
truckS 4WD	DODGE	DAKOTA PICKUP 4WD	15	19	17
truckS 4WD	DODGE	DAKOTA PICKUP 4WD	15	19	17
truckS 4WD	DODGE	DAKOTA PICKUP 4WD	15	20	17
S.U.V. - 2WD	DODGE	DURANGO 2WD	15	20	17
truckS 2WD	DODGE	RAM 1500 PICKUP 2WD	15	19	17
MIDSIZE	DODGE	STRATUS 4-DR	15	20	17
MIDSIZE	DODGE	STRATUS 4-DR	15	20	17
S.U.V. - 2WD	FORD	EXPLORER 2WD	15	21	17
S.U.V. - 2WD	FORD	EXPLORER 2WD	15	21	17
S.U.V. - 4WD	FORD	EXPLORER 4WD	15	20	17
truckS 2WD	FORD	F150 PICKUP 2WD	15	20	17
truckS 2WD	FORD	F150 PICKUP 2WD	16	20	17
truckS 4WD	FORD	RANGER PICKUP 4WD	15	19	17
truckS 4WD	FORD	RANGER PICKUP 4WD	16	19	17
LARGE	FORD	TAURUS	15	20	17
S.U.V. - 2WD	GMC	C1500 YUKON 2WD	15	20	17
S.U.V. - 2WD	GMC	C1500 YUKON 2WD	15	20	17
S.U.V. - 2WD	GMC	C1500 YUKON 2WD	16	20	17
S.U.V. - 4WD	GMC	ENVOY 4WD	15	21	17
S.U.V. - 2WD	GMC	ENVOY XL 2WD	15	20	17
S.U.V. - 4WD	GMC	ENVOY XL 4WD	15	20	17

* not show and very bad also:
LAMBORGHINI ,BENTLEY, FERRARI,ASTON MARTIN, ROLLS-ROYCE

Rights in Humanitarian Crises: Genocide in Darfur Join UUSC at the Rally to Stop Genocide

What: SAVE DARFUR: Rally to Stop Genocide When: April 30, 2006 — Program 2-4 p.m. (Crowd Assembly 1:30-2 p.m.) Where: Washington, D.C. National Mall, between 3rd and 4th Streets in front of the U.S. Capitol (Metro Station — Federal Center SW on the Orange and Blue subway lines) Who: Leading voices in the effort to stop the genocide in Darfur, including a broad spectrum of prominent faith leaders, political figures, human rights activists, celebrities, and survivors of the Holocaust and genocides in Cambodia, Kosovo, Srebrenica, Rwanda, south Sudan and Darfur. Contact: Let us know if you will attend the rally. Contact Claire DeWitte at 800-388-3920, ext. 378, or savedarfur@uusc.org Background: UUSC is a member of the Save Darfur Coalition, an alliance of more than 155 faith-based, humanitarian and human rights organizations that are organizing the Rally to Stop Genocide. The rally is part of the Million Voices for Darfur campaign to generate one million postcards for delivery to President Bush, who recently pledged to push for additional U.N. and NATO assistance to protect the people of Darfur. We are urging President Bush to take steps necessary to end the genocide and build a lasting peace. Send an electronic postcard now! For details about rally logistics, organizing tools, and featured speakers, visit the Save Darfur Coalition. direct source for posting :http://www.uusc.org/darfur/rally.html

Playtime
virtual spirograph - java spirograph
ahh so much easier than the real spirograph
http://www.wordsmith.org/anu/java/spirograph.html

Jill Carroll is released!! thank god! I hope it lifts spirits and provides momentum to the others not yet freed Reem Zeid and Marwan Khazaal !!
we know so little:
"TV reporter Reem Zeid and her colleague, Marwan Khazaal, who both work for local station Al-Sumariya, were kidnapped by four gunmen after leaving a news conference at the headquarters of the Iraqi Islamic Party in Baghdad on 1 February." http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/73F087B9-3814-4EF1-B569-B56CD645E613.htm

"Journalists Marwan Ghazal and Reem Zaeed, from the privately owned television station Samaria TV, were abducted by gunmen in Baghdad's Yarmouk district after covering a meeting at the offices of the Iraqi Islamic Party, The Associated Press reported, citing a cameraman working for the station. The cameraman said two other journalists were briefly seized but released."
the International Freedom of Expression Exchange (IFEX)
http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/71968

also see Reporters Without Borders
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=16351

"Al-Sumariyah (reference to Sumer, an ancient region of southern Mesopotamia in present-day southern Iraq) - This satellite TV channel began broadcasting from Beirut in mid-October 2004, via the Nilesat 101 satellite. Its shareholders are predominantly Iraqi." Radio Netherlands Media Network
http://www.radionetherlands.nl/features/media/dossiers/iraqmediasurvey.html

Al-Sumariyah TV has a website at http://www.alsumaria.tv  
spource http://www.worldofradio.com/dxld6037.txt

george bush is an intelligent man .....Not!
Here Bush Explains Medicare Drug Plan:

Q -- really understand how is it the new plan is going to fix that problem?

Verbatim response: PRESIDENT BUSH:

'Because the -- all which is on the table begins to address the big cost drivers.

For example, how benefits are calculated, for example, is on the table.

Whether or not benefits rise based upon wage increases or price increases. There's a series of parts of the formula that are being considered. And when you couple that, those different cost drivers, affecting those -- changing those with personal accounts, the idea is to get what has been promised more likely to be -- or closer delivered to that has been promised.

Does that make any sense to you?

It's kind of muddled.

Look, there's a series of things that cause the -- like, for example, benefits are calculated based upon the increase of wages, as opposed to the increase of prices.

Some have suggested that we calculate -- the benefits will rise based upon inflation, supposed to wage increases.

There is a reform that would help solve the red if that were put into effect. In other words, how fast benefits grow, how fast the promised benefits grow, if those -- if that growth is affected, it will help on the red.'

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/02/20050204-13.html

Pressure reliever
create your own virtual people

Here is a demo site that lets you play with

• face m/f
  
• age
  
• lips
  
• nose
  
• hair
  
• glasses
  
• height
  
• shoulders width
  
• colors - hair face
  
• dress - shirt necklace
  

(each or three tabs on site's right side give you control)
then play some recorded messages(left side)
This is good for a few laughs when having a crappy day
move mouse around head like a fly, your person just can get enough of it

Nobel peace prize - everything you wanted to know including:
laureates - with links to there lectures

seems nice, but sickening that they post the dinner menus for the last umpteen years
isn't there something ....Well just plain wrong! Maybe the should post the menu found at each refugee camp each year!!!!

In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out.
It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being.
We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.
Albert Schweitzer

this was the reading today in the santuary. so beautifully simple

Sweet / cool / rad / hip / whateva
Google maps goes to mars
mars maps
with text search to find locations

"...We've[google] included three different types of data in Google Mars:

• Elevation - A shaded relief map, generated with data from the Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA) on NASA's Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft. This map is color-coded by altitude, so you can use the color key at the lower left to estimate elevations.
• Visible - A mosaic of images taken by the Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) on NASA's Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft. MOC is like the digital camera you have at home. Basically, this is what your eyes would see if you were in orbit around Mars.
• Infrared - A mosaic of infrared images taken by the Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) on NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft. Warmer areas appear brighter, and colder areas are darker. Clouds and dust in the atmosphere are transparent in the infrared, making this the sharpest global map of Mars that's ever been made."

From reporters without boarders
International Women’s Day : Two women journalists are being held hostage and six others are imprisoned worldwide
7.03.2006 - On the eve of International Women’s Day on 8 March 2006, Reporters Without Borders calls for the release of Jill Carroll and Rim Zeid, held hostage in Iraq, and for six other women journalists who are imprisoned in Cuba, Ethiopia, Iran, Maldives, Nepal and Rwanda.

Darfur can not be erased from our minds

"You may have thought the terrible situation in Darfur couldn't get worse, but it has," Peter Takirambudde, executive director of the Africa division of Human Rights Watch, said in a recent statement. "Sudan's policy of arming militias and letting them loose is spilling over the border, and civilians have no protection from their attacks, in Darfur or in Chad." '

reads the latest NYT story:
"Refugee Crisis Grows as Darfur War Crosses a Border",
Interview with John Prendergast in The New York Times
February 28, 2006
The New York Times
reprinted in http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=3998&l=1

save us all!
where is that which can?
where is the one who will?

pray for Jill Carroll and her family
and family of Atwar Bahja
with this in mind:
Emily saliers poem / lyrics for this prayer with agnostic modification

now everybody's looking for a little peace of mind
we're a generation running out of time
there's a bomb, there's a man
there's a gun in his hand yeah
nobody smiles at strangers we're scared from birth
afraid the man's gonna take us for all that we're worth
strip us of our pride
make a strike from inside
come on and tell me
how long will we be victims of fear
with a man and a gun and the "day after" fear
...[someone] smile down upon your children
smile down upon your family

even lovers have trouble at hand

what's your preference where do you stand
you get all uptight about it
wanna fight about it
wanna fight about love
no no no
wanting independence separate but equal
a lover here another there
one more for the sequel to the heartache
how much more can we take
won't you tell me
how long will we be victims of fear
with a man and a gun and the "day after" fear
...[someone] smile down upon your children
smile down upon your family

now i'm talking about

altruism and unification
we forgotten what that means
cynicism in this mighty nation
and hatred is spitting us right at the seams

oh but i still believe that good will prevail

and if we don't ever try
it's damn sure that we'll fail
lose another day
the american way
so come all believers
come all races
start looking at the souls
not at the faces
and we're there
and we're learning to care
i want to know baby
how long will we be victims of fear
with a man and a gun and the "day after" fear
...[someone] smile down upon your children
smile down upon your family
...[someone] smile down upon your children
smile down upon your family

impeachment moves from way left to center
Here is an excellent article I read in my son's Harper's magazine......
that shall move the centerists

The Case for Impeachment

Why we can no longer afford George W. Bush

Posted on Monday, February 27, 2006. An excerpt from an essay in the March 2006 Harper's Magazine. By Lewis H. Lapham.
The complete essay, available in the March 2006 issue of Harper's Magazine.

Shooting in Boston
there is an
incredible story in the Boston globe magazine this week
called Silence .....

"Jenry Gonzalez was shot in a crowded park while trying out for Pop Warner football. His unsolved shooting shows how reversing Boston's climate of witness fear will take a lot more than pulling "Stop Snitchin'" T-shirts off the shelves. By Neil Swidey | February 26, 2006"

the story is nothing new, but it is all new, and sends renewed chills into our thoughts....
Prehaps one of the best quotes is from the sister of the boy who was shot:

"...You look at other people, and you see their gray hair, and you think, `How would I look with gray hair? Would I ever get to that age?' ..."

the other is

"IT'S LATE JANUARY, AND BEATRIZ GARCIA is back in her kitchen. The chairs are overturned on the table, so she can get her mop underneath. A year and a half ago, when her son's name was on the news every night, a lot of people made her assurances. They promised help getting her family moved to new subsidized housing. They promised uniformed patrols at all Pop Warner games. They promised to keep her updated on the investigation. And, of course, they promised to bring her son's shooter to justice.

She leans on the mop and squints one eye. "Everything they said they were going to do never happened."

She sees no use in dwelling on that. "Forget them," she says. "I just want for my son to be OK. That's all I need. ..."

what can we do?

PRIMARY COLOUR COLOR COLOURS COLORS
color colour
what are primary colors ... Easy enough to explain to my
techno friends or so I thought
its Yellow red blue . . . YRB
well sort of, but not really
to my surprise there is the old color wheel above
and the REAL color wheel and additive and subtractive

www.realcolorwheel.com/othercolorwheel.htm is link to compelling text for a new color wheel for kids.
This is part of subtractive color. Light comes from a source (the sun)
it hits an object and some is absorbed. The light that bounces back is less!
Something has been subtracted from it. A red ball is reflecting what is left -
"red"! The rest of the color (colour) has been absorbed!

• For a good basic explanation click here
• good java applet for mixing subtractive colors
• good app for showing how printing is done with color

The there is additive RGB which is used on computers. Here are some god java applets

• with hex values as mouse travels over color grid
• mixing additive RGB as move circles of color
• Using with RGB sliders in one square
• Using spot lights and RGB sliders (emission)

pray for peace
enough?
is it enough
is praying for peace enough?
blood stained guilt
want something more

messing with bush's head

http://www.geocities.com/acurran/fun.html

good way to let off some steam

Linear thinking ?
Lineal thinkers ?
binary questions Yes??
binary solutions No???
cause and effect
cause and effect
cause and effect
why not causes and effects
are we not capable
...Again binary!! Damn!
reach again we must
for peace

A drawing is worth 10,000 words
10,000 words can trigger 1,000,000 tears
but linking tears to anger and fears .... How does one postulate it

I fear our thoughts on this subject of freedoms of speech ....Are ....
... Are too shallow too narrow to bring us to where we need to be...
freedomS of speech not freedom of speech ? yes yes yes
"freedoms of speech" is to be saved? From what?
from us I fear......

Best Short Film, Animated
Nominees:

Badgered (2005) - Sharon Colman The Moon and the Son (2005) - John Canemaker, Peggy Stern The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello (2005) - Anthony Lucas 9 (2005) - Shane Acker One Man Band (2005) - Mark Andrews, Andrew Jimenez

Langston Hughes - Dream Deferred
What happens to a dream deferred?

Does it dry up
Like a raisin in the sun?

Or fester like a sore--
And then run?

Does it stink like rotten meat?
Or crust and sugar over--
like a syrupy sweet?

Maybe it just sags
like a heavy load.

Or does it explode?


so  where is that dream o yours?

bush - can he blance
The Concord Coalition shows he cant

GLUG GLUG GLUG
Pumped directly from your wallet to their profits
oh I'm sorry I have that wrong ..... its:
taken directly from your hide to their obscene profits !
Exxon Mobil post 4th qtr profits : FULL YEAR HIGHLIGHTS

• Earnings excluding special items were $33,860 million, an increase of 31%, with strong contributions from all segments of the business. Net income increased by 43%.
• Earnings per share excluding special items increased by 35% reflecting strong earnings and the reduction in the number of shares outstanding.
• Special items of $2,270 million included a $1,620 million special gain related to Gasunie, a
• $460 million positive impact from the sale of the Corporation's stake in Sinopec, a
• $390 million gain from the previously disclosed litigation issue, and a charge of $200 million for Allapattah. Net income for 2004 included a $550 million special charge for Allapattah.
• Cash flow from operations and asset sales was approximately $54.2 billion, including $6.0 billion from asset sales.
• ? The Corporation distributed a total of $23.2 billion to shareholders in 2005 through dividends and share purchases to reduce shares outstanding, an increase of $8.3 billion versus 2004.
• Capital and exploration expenditures were $17.7 billion, an increase of $2.8 billion versus 2004.

source http://library.corporate-ir.net/library/11/115/115024/items/181178/xom_013006news.pdf

somethings wrong? ....yah think !?
how many poor....... well here is a quick guess:

                                               Number(k)  
                                                of  poor       Poverty
Year          in thousands                      families      rate for
                Number of        Poverty    with female       families
                     poor       rate for          (NSP)    with female
                 families       families    householder    householder
______________________________________________________________________
2004......         7,854            10.2         3,973            28.4
2003......         7,607            10.0         3,856            28.0
2002......         7,229             9.6         3,613            26.5
2001......         6,813             9.2         3,470            26.4

Weighted Average Poverty Thresholds for Families
year     3 people  4 people  5 people

2002.....14,348    18,392    21,744
2003.....14,680    18,810    22,245 
2004.....15,067    19,307    22,831

 source
http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty/histpov/hstpov1.html
http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty/histpov/hstpov13.html

Today in the sanctuary it was brought up
that sometime the litany of fact, especially horrid fact
(global warming in this case) can cause use to
Succumb rather than act.

When is it too much?
when does the gravity of a situation overwhelm use
numbness sets in, apathy takes hold

how do we feel the cold breeze
but not Succumb to its chill?

have to give credit to
http://www.natashatynes.org/
for great coverage of jll carroll

as i write "we" free prisoners and there renewed
hope for jill

If Bush were not in terror of huge losses in midterm elections
I fear we would not see hope for Jill
thus the merrit are far less than nobel
but

life is not logical nor fair

yet on Occasion a sole is to be saved

damn, how do I pray , as pray we must!!!

here is an enlightening site


http://boingboing.net/

has a great collection of snippings, all related stuff to make one ponder
with obligatory links to sites where one can indulge in the details

of special note is their excellent assemblage of coverage on Jill Carroll's plight

moose
on the loose
nova scotia

we want to go back

Happy Pongal
wishing my new and old friends a joyous Pongal, which I just learned of yesterday
Pongal

"The spirit of Pongal, the harvest festival of Tamil Nadu, is giving thanks to God for a bountiful harvest as people prepare a special dish called 'Sarkkarai Pongal' and pray for the blessings of the Sun God. One of the most popular Tamilian festival, it is celebrated on January 14th every year coinciding with Makar Sankranti in the North, Lohri in Punjab, Bhogali Bihu in Assam and Bhogi of Andhra Pradesh. One of the very few Dravidian festivals that have survived the Indo-Aryan influences, Pongal finds little reference in Puranas. Falling just after the winter solstice and a bountiful harvest, Pongal marks the season of celebration and joyous activities. Mainly a three-day festival, the fourth day just after the festival is dedicated to outdoors and excursions.

Pongal also marks the beginning of a New Year and is the day to praise and thank God with full devotion and faith and sincerity of heart. Old vices and past should be abandoned forever on this day as we get ready to start life afresh. The festival covers all living beings including humans, cattle and birds and crops. Even the insects have not been overlooked and are offered rice flour to feed on in the form of 'Kollam' on the entranceway of the houses. Thus, Pongal is a day for peace and happiness for all." - from http://festivals.iloveindia.com/pongal/

also see https://www.nehti.org/home.aspx

GWB can not be supported , must not be supported but we must support the people, the proverbial "troops". These people, that are serving in IRAQ, who have real faces and name, are the ones we so readily forget in our day to day frantic pace. We only try to know a name, put it with a face when they become a casualty of the god forsaken struggle for stability. Can we take a moment to connect, to bolster them, reminding them that we are despite all diversity are caring people. here are some places ways to support our troops our soldiers in Massachusetts

Operation USO Cares

http://www.usocares.org/
You can sponsor care packages provided by the USO with a $25 donation. The United Service Organizations (USO) has created Operation USO Care Package. Operation USO Care Package provides care packages to deployed service members. Through Operation USO Care Package, you can sponsor a care package which includes requested items such as pre-paid worldwide phone cards, sunscreen, disposable cameras, travel size toiletries, and a personal note of thanks for their service and sacrifice. Approved and endorsed by the Department of Defense, Operation USO Care Package is a way to send a message of encouragement thanking the troops for their service and sacrifice.

Operation USO Phone Home Program
Since it launched Operation Phone Home in March 2003, the USO has distributed more than 80,000 free cards, and included them in several hundred thousand care packages.

The USO is a registered 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization.
http://www.operationusocarepackage.org

VFW’s Operation Uplink

http://www.operationuplink.org
Operation Uplink is a unique program that keeps military personnel and hospitalized veterans in touch with their families and loved ones by providing them with a free phone cards. Using contributions, Operation Uplink purchases phone cards and distributes them to servicemen and women who are separated from those they care about.

Operation Pride

http://operationmilitarypride.org/index.html
Volunteer organization, founded by military spouses, sends cards, letters and care packages to troops. Also distributes names and addresses of participating service members for people wishing to send messages or gifts directly. If you fill out a form at their web site they claim they will put you in touch with the service member. They also have lists of needed items and instructions for shipping.

Operation Iraqi Children

http://www.operationiraqichildren.org
Sends school supplies to the children of Iraq. In March of 2004, actor Gary Sinise (Forrest Gump, Apollo 13) and author Laura Hillenbrand (Seabiscuit: An American Legend) announced the launch of Operation Iraqi Children, a program that enables Americans to send school supply kits to Iraqi children. Through the School Supple Kit Program, American children, can help Iraqis by gathering school supplies in local drives, assembling them in kits, then sending them to the OIC Warehouse for transport to Iraq, where our soldiers will take them to Iraqi villages. The kits include:

· pair of blunt-end scissors,12-inch ruler with metric markings, 12 new pencils with erasers , small pencil sharpener, large eraser, box of colored pencils (Crayons melt in the Iraqi summer heat!), package of notebook paper, composition book, Three folders with inside pockets, and a zippered pencil bag

Massachusetts Based Organizations

Cell Phones for Soldiers
http://www.cellphonesforsoldiers.com/pages/10/index.htm
Since April, the brother-sister team in Norwell has made thousands of hours of conversation possible between deployed U.S. forces and their loved once. The have distributed $100,000 in prepaid calling cards to deployed troops, free of charge, through their "Cell Phones for Soldiers" program. Using cash contributions and money obtained by recycling donated used cell phones, the program buys calling cards and distributes them to deployed or deploying units.

The Friends of National Guard and Reserve Families Foundation
http://www.mangfriends.org/
Provides financial gifts to citizens of Massachusetts who are members of the National Guard and all other Reserve components and who are suffering financial hardship due to activation or extended military commitment. All members of the Massachusetts National Guard and Massachusetts residents serving in the U.S. Armed Forces Reserve components who have been deployed for at least 30 consecutive days are eligible to apply for a need-based grant for up to $1,000. In order to qualify, the financial hardship must be a direct result of activation or extended deployment.

political comments are mine only, but source of links is Massachusetts Teacher association "MTA is encouraging members to show support for the troops .... throughout the year through Operation Home Front."

CensureBush.org Campaign Launched in Response to New House Legislation
source Democrats.com

The AfterDowningStreet.org coalition, an alliance of over 100 grassroots organizations, has launched a new campaign called CensureBush.org in order to support new legislation introduced by Congressman John Conyers that would censure President Bush and Vice President Cheney and create a select committee to investigate the Administration's possible crimes and make recommendations regarding grounds for impeachment.

H.Res.635 would create a select committee - modeled after Sam Ervin's Watergate committee - to investigate the Administration's intent to go to war before congressional authorization, manipulation of pre-war intelligence, encouraging and countenancing torture, and retaliating against critics, and to make recommendations regarding grounds for possible impeachment.

H.Res.636 and H.Res.637 would censure, respectively, Bush and Cheney for failing to respond to requests for information concerning allegations that they and others in the Administration misled Congress and the American people regarding the decision to go to war in Iraq, misstated and manipulated intelligence information regarding the justification for the war, countenanced torture and cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment of persons in Iraq, and permitted inappropriate retaliation against critics of the Administration, for failing to adequately account for certain misstatements they made regarding the war, and – in the case of President Bush – for failing to comply with Executive Order 12958.

These two efforts are complementary - H.Res.635 seeks accountability for the Bush administration's monumental crimes, while H.Res.636 and H.Res.637 seek accountability for their coverups.

Ask your Congress Member to support these efforts!
http://capwiz.com/pdamerica/issues/alert/?alertid=8329176

More information:
http://www.censurebush.org

Bush speech Sunday 12/18/2005
Transcript GWB
it's time to IMPEACH!!!

Good evening. Three days ago, in large numbers, Iraqis went to the polls to choose their own leaders -- a landmark day in the history of liberty. In coming weeks, the ballots will be counted, a new government formed and a people who suffered in tyranny for so long will become full members of the free world.

This election will not mean the end of violence. But it is the beginning of something new: constitutional democracy at the heart of the Middle East. And this vote -- 6,000 miles away, in a vital region of the world -- means that America has an ally of growing strength in the fight against terror.

All who had a part in this achievement -- Iraqis, Americans, and coalition partners -- can be proud. Yet our work is not done. There is more testing and sacrifice before us. I know many Americans have questions about the cost and direction of this war. So tonight I want to talk to you about how far we have come in Iraq, and the path that lies ahead.

From this office, nearly three years ago, I announced the start of military operations in Iraq. Our coalition confronted a regime that defied United Nations Security Council resolutions, violated a cease-fire agreement, sponsored terrorism and possessed, we believed, weapons of mass destruction. After the swift fall of Baghdad, we found mass graves filled by a dictator, we found some capacity to restart programs to produce weapons of mass destruction, but we did not find those weapons.

It is true that Saddam Hussein had a history of pursuing and using weapons of mass destruction. It is true that he systematically concealed those programs, and blocked the work of UN weapons inspectors. It is true that many nations believed that Saddam had weapons of mass destruction. But much of the intelligence turned out to be wrong. And as your president, I am responsible for the decision to go into Iraq.

Yet it was right to remove Saddam Hussein from power. He was given an ultimatum -- and he made his choice for war. And the result of that war was to rid the world of a murderous dictator who menaced his people, invaded his neighbors, and declared America to be his enemy. Saddam Hussein, captured and jailed, is still the same raging tyrant -- only now without a throne. His power to harm a single man, woman, or child is gone forever. And the world is better for it.

Since the removal of Saddam, this war -- like other wars in our history -- has been difficult. The mission of American troops in urban raids and desert patrols -- fighting Saddam loyalists and foreign terrorists -- has brought danger and suffering and loss. This loss has caused sorrow for our whole nation -- and it has led some to ask if we are creating more problems than we are solving.

That is an important question, and the answer depends on your view of the war on terror. If you think the terrorists would become peaceful if only America would stop provoking them, then it might make sense to leave them alone.
'Campaign of murder'

This is not the threat I see. I see a global terrorist movement that exploits Islam in the service of radical political aims -- a vision in which books are burned, and women are oppressed, and all dissent is crushed. Terrorist operatives conduct their campaign of murder with a set of declared and specific goals -- to demoralize free nations, to drive us out of the Middle East, to spread an empire of fear across that region and to wage a perpetual war against America and our friends.
We do not create terrorism by fighting the terrorists. We invite terrorism by ignoring them.
-- President Bush

These terrorists view the world as a giant battlefield -- and they seek to attack us wherever they can. This has attracted al Qaeda to Iraq, where they are attempting to frighten and intimidate America into a policy of retreat.

The terrorists do not merely object to American actions in Iraq and elsewhere -- they object to our deepest values and our way of life. And if we were not fighting them in Iraq, in Afghanistan, in Southeast Asia and in other places, the terrorists would not be peaceful citizens -- they would be on the offense, and headed our way.

September 11th, 2001 required us to take every emerging threat to our country seriously, and it shattered the illusion that terrorists attack us only after we provoke them. On that day, we were not in Iraq, we were not in Afghanistan, but the terrorists attacked us anyway -- and killed nearly 3,000 men, women, and children in our own country.

My conviction comes down to this: we do not create terrorism by fighting the terrorists. We invite terrorism by ignoring them. And we will defeat the terrorists by capturing and killing them abroad, removing their safe havens and strengthening new allies like Iraq and Afghanistan in the fight we share.

This work has been especially difficult in Iraq -- more difficult than we expected. Reconstruction efforts and the training of Iraqi security forces started more slowly than we hoped. We continue to see violence and suffering, caused by an enemy that is determined and brutal -- unconstrained by conscience or the rules of war.

Some look at the challenges in Iraq, and conclude that the war is lost, and not worth another dime or another day. I don't believe that. Our military commanders do not believe that. Our troops in the field, who bear the burden and make the sacrifice, do not believe that America has lost. And not even the terrorists believe it. We know from their own communications that they feel a tightening noose -- and fear the rise of a democratic Iraq.

The terrorists will continue to have the coward's power to plant roadside bombs and recruit suicide bombers. And you will continue to see the grim results on the evening news. This proves that the war is difficult -- it does not mean that we are losing. Behind the images of chaos that terrorists create for the cameras, we are making steady gains with a clear objective in view.
'Three-pronged strategy'

America, our coalition, and Iraqi leaders are working toward the same goal -- a democratic Iraq that can defend itself, that will never again be a safe haven for terrorists, and that will serve as a model of freedom for the Middle East.

We have put in place a strategy to achieve this goal -- a strategy I have been discussing in detail over the last few weeks. This plan has three critical elements.
Iraqis of every background are recognizing that democracy is the future of the country they love.

First, our coalition will remain on the offense -- finding and clearing out the enemy, transferring control of more territory to Iraqi units, and building up the Iraqi security forces so they can increasingly lead the fight. At this time last year, there were only a handful of Iraqi army and police battalions ready for combat. Now, there are more than 125 Iraqi combat battalions fighting the enemy, more than 50 are taking the lead and we have transferred more than a dozen military bases to Iraqi control.

Second, we are helping the Iraqi government establish the institutions of a unified and lasting democracy, in which all of Iraq's peoples are included and represented. Here also, the news is encouraging. Three days ago, more than 10 million Iraqis went to the polls -- including many Sunni Iraqis who had boycotted national elections last January.

Iraqis of every background are recognizing that democracy is the future of the country they love -- and they want their voices heard. One Iraqi, after dipping his finger in the purple ink as he cast his ballot, stuck his finger in the air and said: "This is a thorn in the eyes of the terrorists." Another voter was asked, "Are you Sunni or Shia?" He responded, "I am Iraqi."

Third, after a number of setbacks, our coalition is moving forward with a reconstruction plan to revive Iraq's economy and infrastructure -- and to give Iraqis confidence that a free life will be a better life. Today in Iraq, seven in 10 Iraqis say their lives are going well -- and nearly two-thirds expect things to improve even more in the year ahead. Despite the violence, Iraqis are optimistic -- and that optimism is justified.
'Defeatists'

In all three aspects of our strategy -- security, democracy, and reconstruction -- we have learned from our experiences, and fixed what has not worked. We will continue to listen to honest criticism, and make every change that will help us complete the mission.
To retreat before victory would be an act of recklessness and dishonor and I will not allow it.
-- President Bush

Yet there is a difference between honest critics who recognize what is wrong, and defeatists who refuse to see that anything is right.

Defeatism may have its partisan uses, but it is not justified by the facts. For every scene of destruction in Iraq, there are more scenes of rebuilding and hope. For every life lost, there are countless more lives reclaimed. And for every terrorist working to stop freedom in Iraq, there are many more Iraqis and Americans working to defeat them. My fellow citizens: not only can we win the war in Iraq -- we are winning the war in Iraq.

It is also important for every American to understand the consequences of pulling out of Iraq before our work is done. We would abandon our Iraqi friends -- and signal to the world that America cannot be trusted to keep its word.

We would undermine the morale of our troops -- by betraying the cause for which they have sacrificed. We would cause tyrants in the Middle East to laugh at our failed resolve, and tighten their repressive grip. We would hand Iraq over to enemies who have pledged to attack us -- and the global terrorist movement would be emboldened and more dangerous than ever before.

To retreat before victory would be an act of recklessness and dishonor and I will not allow it.

We are approaching a New Year, and there are certain things all Americans can expect to see. We will see more sacrifice -- from our military, their families, and the Iraqi people.

We will see a concerted effort to improve Iraqi police forces and fight corruption. We will see the Iraqi military gaining strength and confidence, and the democratic process moving forward.

As these achievements come, it should require fewer American troops to accomplish our mission. I will make decisions on troop levels based on the progress we see on the ground and the advice of our military leaders -- not based on artificial timetables set by politicians in Washington. Our forces in Iraq are on the road to victory -- and that is the road that will take them home.
'Have patience'

In the months ahead, all Americans will have a part in the success of this war. Members of Congress will need to provide resources for our military. Our men and women in uniform, who have done so much already, will continue their brave and urgent work.
I have a request: do not give in to despair, and do not give up on this fight for freedom.


And tonight, I ask all of you listening to carefully consider the stakes of this war, to realize how far we have come and the good we are doing and to have patience in this difficult, noble, and necessary cause.

I also want to speak to those of you who did not support my decision to send troops to Iraq: I have heard your disagreement, and I know how deeply it is felt.

Yet now there are only two options before our country -- victory or defeat. And the need for victory is larger than any president or political party, because the security of our people is in the balance. I do not expect you to support everything I do, but tonight I have a request: do not give in to despair, and do not give up on this fight for freedom.

Americans can expect some things of me as well. My most solemn responsibility is to protect our nation, and that requires me to make some tough decisions.

I see the consequences of those decisions when I meet wounded servicemen and women who cannot leave their hospital beds, but summon the strength to look me in the eye and say they would do it all over again. I see the consequences when I talk to parents who miss a child so much -- but tell me he loved being a soldier, he believed in his mission and Mr. President, finish the job.

I know that some of my decisions have led to terrible loss -- and not one of those decisions has been taken lightly. I know this war is controversial -- yet being your president requires doing what I believe is right and accepting the consequences.

And I have never been more certain that America's actions in Iraq are essential to the security of our citizens, and will lay the foundation of peace for our children and grandchildren.

Next week, Americans will gather to celebrate Christmas and Hanukkah. Many families will be praying for loved ones spending this season far from home -- in Iraq, Afghanistan, or other dangerous places. Our nation joins in those prayers. We pray for the safety and strength of our troops. We trust, with them, in a love that conquers all fear, and a light that reaches the darkest corners of the Earth.

And we remember the words of the Christmas carol, written during the Civil War: "God is not dead, nor [does] He sleep; the Wrong shall fail, the Right prevail, with peace on Earth, good-will to men."

Thank you, and good night.

give me a break!!!!! IMPEACH THIS GUY!

Can you take the truths?
the truth about President George Bush
http://www.whitehouse.org/administration/georgew.asp
the truth about DICK Cheney:
http://www.whitehouse.org/administration/dick.asp

IMPEACH !! impeach !!
it is not beyond our reach !!!

cut you own snowflakes
wicked cool snowflake web application
snowflakes.lookandfeel.com
you can save print and email snowflakes
oops cut to much there is the undo command
the galary is awsome to look at
you can even save a snowflake from there!

How fast is fast...?..
Venerable Dictionary goes real time.....
Will it keep up, can we keep up
this is so bad cool mad awesome and yes the newest: dank.......,
(but now surly dank is old hat as you read this. )
merriam-webster.com opendictionary : ".... Merriam-Webster's Open Dictionary where you can 1) submit and share entries that aren't already in our[Merriam-Webster] Online Dictionary, and 2) browse entries submitted by other members of the Merriam-Webster Online community."

cool virtual kaleidoscope
a must have if you need to remove political stress

Doubts about the war ...Need help

here is an excellent debunking, by Peter Daou, of 10 pro war pro GWB statements
THE STRAW MEN OF IRAQ: Ten Pro-War Fallacies
at Salon.com

new geroge bush bumpersticker reads:
GWB: An intelligent design failure!

Bush To Appoint Someone To Be In Charge Of Country | The Onion - America's Finest News Source: "Bush To Appoint Someone To Be In Charge Of Country" so so funny so so sad because it needs to be.

Sad to say: It is time to impeach GWB.
We have been and continue to be mislead about the war
check out http://www.operationtruth.com/
" THE TRUTH ABOUT THE WAR ON TERROR FROM THOSE WHO SERVED "

is georgia crazy?
why is no one calling for a boycott?
have you seen what they did to Tony Goodman?
boycott boycott boycott boycott
On Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether the 41-year-old disabled inmate can sue the state of Georgia for his injuries and suffering.

UUSC Holiday Cards 2005
snow child is the 2005 UUSC holiday card I designed
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Imagination Cubed

" a very cool drawing site from GE"

Win Back Respect: "He Just Doesn't Get it"
this will shock you into voting AGAINST BUSH GWB
if id doesn't then we are in trouble

CBS News GIs Lack Armor, Radios, Bullets October 31, 2004 19:57:42: "GIs Lack Armor, Radios, Bullets"

we need a change NOW !!!!!, so lets start at the top!!!

GWB humor George bush humor
Seriously :-(
http://homepage.mac.com/duffyb/nobush/iMovieTheater221.html
site has too may funny clips ( do not watch with full blader)

Seriously :-(
http://www.optruth.org/main.cfm?actionId=globalShowStaticContent&screenKey=mediaCampaign&lnav=2

Falwell says evangelicals control GOP, Bush's fate The San Diego Union-Tribune: "Falwell says evangelicals control GOP, Bush's fate"
dont walk to vote, Run! RUN! RUN! We are in trouble - Stop Bush NOW!
Are you afraid yet? no? well read on:
Falwell said evangelical Christians are now "by far the largest constituency" within the Republican Party, their route to dominance beginning in 1979 with his founding of the Moral Majority, a precursor to the Christian Coalition.

"I tell my Republican friends who are always talking about the 'big tent,' I say make it as big as you want to, but if the candidate running for president is not pro-life, pro-family . . . you're not going to win," he said. ....

Falwell expressed confidence in a Bush victory over Democratic Sen. John Kerry, adding, "You cannot be a sincere, committed born-again believer who takes the Bible seriously and vote for a pro-choice, anti-family candidate."

learn more about falwell

Falwell was among roughly a dozen speakers at the Christian Coalition workshop, which was held in a Senate auditorium, a courtesy arranged by Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., the majority whip, the No. 2 Republican position in the Senate.
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CIA - The World Factbook oh now you can be as smart as Donny R. It is an interesting site. It has bsic facts on every country in the world, selectable from a drop down list. It includes some maps and flags.
test: where is Bassas da India..... This is a great site to get a grasp on what a country is about. IT even include hot international issues- Disputes - international and countries roll as a producer of drugs.....now sadly we need country's roll as a consumer of drugs..it also gives aids information. It goes without saying ...do not use it as your only source....same is true of anything on the web these days

Can you say quagmire quagmire quagmire quagmire quagmire quagmire
U.S. Abandons Idea of Bigger U.N. Role in Iraq Occupation: "U.S. Abandons Idea of Bigger U.N. Role in Iraq Occupation
By STEVEN R. WEISMAN with FELICITY BARRINGER

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 — The Bush administration has abandoned the idea of giving the United Nations more of a role in the occupation of Iraq as sought by France, India and other countries as a condition for their participation in peacekeeping there, administration officials said today.
Instead, the officials said, the United States would widen its effort to enlist other countries to assist the occupation forces in Iraq, which are dominated by the 139,000 United States troops there......"

AT WHOS G.D. expences are we playing this political game .... OUR CHILDRENS, that whos!!!!!!!! so BECHTEL and companies like Halliburton, the Texas oil services company where Vice President Dick Cheney was chief executive from 1995 to 2000 can have its fat profit from rebuilding IRAQ ?
BECHTEL is the same company responsible for the cost over-runs in the BOSTON BIG DIG!!

her is a cool site for museum "class A" Web exhibits
WebExhibits
it covers sites having exhibits for MANY subjects. Hear are two examples:
Music & dance
Photography
this was first mentined in ResearchBuzz great site for what new and cool on the web when it comes to searching, information, and data

It is a sad day for programmers and QA engineers. I ask you to stop primate programming before it get out of control. Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz sees it as a way for defense contractors to keep the fat, while trimming the costs of new military software use in the war on you know what.... Larry Ellison of ORacle said: no comment

Primate Programming Inc: The Evolution of Java and .NET Training

Enlightenment what is it?: one view on enlightenment
"...The Shambhala Dictionary of Buddhism and Zen - gives the following definition. "The word Enlightenment is used to translate the Sanskrit term bodhi (literally awakened) and the Japanese satori. A person awakens to the nowness of emptiness which he himself is - even as the entire universe is emptiness - and which alone enables him to comprehend the true nature of things. Since enlightenment is repeatedly misunderstood as an experience of light and experiences of light wrongly understood as enlightenment, the term awakening is preferable, since it more accurately conveys the experience. The emptiness experienced here is no nihilistic emptiness, rather it is something unpreceivable, unthinkable, unfeelable, and endless beyond existence and nonexistence. Emptiness is no object that could be experienced by a subject, since the subject itself is dissolved in the emptiness."

The Shambhala Dictionary goes on to say, "The perfect enlightenment of Buddha is the beginning of the buddhadharma, i.e., that which is known as Buddhism. Buddhism is basically a religion of enlightenment, without this experience there would be no Buddhism....." from The Dyad Way page at
www.dyad.org