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Entries from August 2003

Bustamante May Renounce Ties to Racist Organization

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(2003-08-29) — California Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante today said he is considering renouncing ties to a so-called racist organization which persists in judging a person by the color of his skin rather than the content of his character.
“I don’t know if can stay with a group that promotes racial division,” said Mr. Bustamante. “Their ideas [...]

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Tags: Politics

Gibson: Jews Not to Blame for Slamming Film

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(2003-08-29) — Actor-director Mel Gibson said today that he does not hold the Jews collectively responsible for disparaging his upcoming film, The Passion.
“Some have said bad things about my film and tried to prevent its distribution or discourage people from viewing it,” said Mr. Gibson. “But they’re a small fraction of Jews worldwide, and only [...]

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Tags: Theology

Bloggers Release Statement on Hillary ‘04

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(2003-08-28) — The so-called ‘blogosphere’ today released an official statement on the potential 2004 presidential candidacy of Sen. Hillary Clinton. The complete statement reads as follows:
Please…Oh, Please…Oh, Please. Heh.
DEVELOPING…

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Tags: Politics

N. Korea Promises to Test Just One Nuke

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(2003-08-28) — A North Korean (DPRK) envoy to six-way talks in China said today that Kim Jong-Il has ordered “just one test” of the nation’s nuclear weapons technology.
“If the first test goes well,” said the unnamed diplomat, “then no further testing should be needed.”
Delegations from the other five nations signed a joint statement hailing the [...]

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Tags: Global News

Bush Seeks U.N. Troops in Iraq to Salvage Legacy

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(2003-08-28) — U.S. President George Bush may invite United Nations troops into Iraq in order to salvage his damaged leadership legacy, according to an unnamed White House source.
“We’re concerned about potential damage to Bush’s record as the greatest Democrat ever to occupy the White House,” said the source. “If he invites the United Nations in, [...]

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Tags: Politics

I Have A Dream, by Martin Luther King, Jr.

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[THIS POST NOT SATIRE]
Delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1963. Source: Martin Luther King, Jr: The Peaceful Warrior, Pocket Books, NY 1968
Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon [...]

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Tags: U.S. News

Saddam’s Bogus Intelligence Hyped Threat

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(2003-08-28) — The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) now believes that Saddam Hussein may have orchestrated a complicated web of lies and phony defectors in the months leading up to the war.
The Iraqi leader allegedly did it to give the impression that he was a despotic dictator who funded Palestinian terrorism, hated the United States [...]

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Tags: Global News