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Peace Rallies May Impede Push for War President Bush says he wouldn't be deterred by global protests against war with Iraq, speaking to reporters after a ceremony to swear in William H. Donaldson as new Securities and Exchange Commission chairman at the White House in Washington, Monday, Feb. 18, 2003. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) February 19, 2003 03:23 AM EST WASHINGTON - President Bush is shrugging off global anti-war protests, saying his role as a leader is to put national security first and confront Saddam Hussein. Yet the size of the protests, drawing millions to the streets of world capitals last weekend, complicated White House efforts to rally world support for disarming the Iraqi leader. The administration mounted a public relations campaign Tuesday in an effort to liken the protests to demonstrations against NATO's staging of missiles in Germany in the early 1980s - rather than to the massive protests against the Vietnam War three decades ago. "I respectfully disagree" with those who doubt that Saddam is a threat to peace, Bush said. "I owe it to the American people to secure this country. I will do so." The weekend demonstrations, the largest anti-war protests since the Vietnam era, presented an unwelcome distraction to the White House as it joined with Britain in pressing for a new Iraq war resolution before the U.N. Security Council. More demonstrations are scheduled for March 1 in Washington and San Francisco. "These marches are 1983 all over again," White House spokesman Ari Fleischer said, referring to angry street protests against NATO's positioning of intermediate-range missiles in what was then West Germany. In that case, the missiles helped contribute to the collapse of the Soviet Union, the end of the Cold War and the reunification of Germany, Fleischer suggested. "There is no question that, as a result of peace through strength, communism was defeated and the Berlin Wall came down," Fleischer said. "The point I'm making is that mass street protests don't always lead to the results people think," the spokesman added. "Often the message of the protesters is contradicted by history." He also noted that there was substantial anti-war sentiment in the United States in the late 1930s and early 1940s, but that President Franklin D. Roosevelt rallied the U.S. public in World War II "to save the world." Historians and analysts suggested that the recent demonstrations are not really comparable to those against the Vietnam War - held as the war was going on and as thousands of Americans and hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese were losing their lives. Such protests "are not going to have the same policy implications as Vietnam, because this war is going to be over fast even if it goes badly," said Michael O'Hanlon, an analyst with the Brookings Institution. "So you're not going to have that sense of a protracted military stalemate." As with those missile protests in Europe, the current demonstrations are "serious but ultimately containable," O'Hanlon said. Even so, he said, the missiles-in-Germany flap "had the potential to really divide the alliance. And it took a lot of work to get beyond it." At the very least, O'Hanlon said, the level of global opposition now to war in Iraq makes it harder for Bush to press ahead with military action anytime soon. Demonstrators took to the streets on Saturday in London, Rome, Berlin, Madrid, Sydney and dozens of U.S. cities. Bush talked about the protests in a question-and-answer session Tuesday with reporters after a White House swearing-in ceremony for new Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman William H. Donaldson. "Democracy is a beautiful thing," Bush said. "I welcome people's right to say what they believe." But he said neither the size of the protests nor the anti-war message of the demonstrators would sway him. That would be "like deciding ... policy based upon a focus group. The role of a leader is to decide policy based upon the security - in this case, the security of the people," the president said. "War is my last choice. But the risk of doing nothing is even a worse option as far as I'm concerned," Bush said. As to negative public reaction, particularly in countries that are traditional U.S. allies, Bush said, "I think anytime somebody shows courage, when it comes to peace, that the people will eventually understand that." Polls show that Bush has persuaded a majority of Americans about the need for military action against Iraq, but most want more time for the United Nations to build a broad alliance. ps - Which polls? Totem polls? Flagpolls? Vaultpolls?

SP said: 2 qualifications must be there - faith in both God & mystic power. Y not condensation on her shoulder, hands, etc?

Drop Bush, Not Bombs AP wires now live: over 600 cities demonstrating London $ Wash DC redesigning, reforming Plans on hold due to China, France, Russia opposing invasion! WAR: What is it good for? Absolutely Nothing! If War is so good, our leaders should go there themselves & fight on frontlines. Teach by Example. Example before Precept. All 5 Pandavas + Krishna Himself were on the battlefield all 18 days. Where r your warmonger leaders? Hiding in bunkers? Lion-hearted or Chicken-hearted? Cowards at best. Pretending to defend democracy while trampling on human rights. Pff!

Arundhati Roy calling live from Kerala, South India right now. Her phone call was broadcast throughout both hemispheres, simulcast with SUNY Stonybrook WUSB 90.1 1.6 million reported gathered both in Barcelona & Rome 92% Spaniards want Peace, No Iraq Invasion, yet Madrid's politcians insist on backing Bush regime. 1ST AVE FLOODED WITH HUMANS FOR PEACE from UN up to 87St We're talking about 10, 20, 50 MahA-kumbha Melas put together... ==================== LONDON (Feb. 15) - Anti-war protests Saturday drew hundreds of thousands of people in cities around the world - from London to Canberra - united in their opposition to a threatened U.S.-led strike against Iraq. The British capital saw one of the largest marches for peace on a day of global protest - at least a million people, organizers claimed, although initial police estimates were about half that. They hoped to heap pressure on Prime Minister Tony Blair, who has been Europe's biggest supporter of the tough U.S. policy. ''I feel they should take more time and find an alternative, and not see the only solution to the problem in bombarding the country,'' said Maria Harvey, 58, a child psychologist, who said she hadn't marched since the protests against the Gulf War in 1991. There was another huge turnout in Rome, where many in the crowd displayed rainbow ''peace'' flags. Police offered no estimate, but organizers claimed 3 million people participated. Hundreds of thousands marched through Berlin, backing a strong anti-war stance spearheaded by Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder. Police estimated the crowd at between 300,000 and 500,000. ''We're not taking to the streets to demonstrate against the United States, or for Iraq. We're taking to the streets because we want a peaceful resolution of the Iraq conflict,'' said Michael Sommer, head of the German Federation of Unions. In Syria, a nation on the front line if war comes, some 200,000 protesters marched through Damascus. In Bulgaria, Hungary, South Korea, Australia, Malaysia and Thailand, demonstrations attracted thousands, while the crowds were in the hundreds or less in Romania, Bosnia, Hong Kong, Indian-controlled Kashmir and Moscow. Police estimated that 60,000 turned out in Oslo, Norway, 50,000 in bitter cold in Brussels, while about 35,000 gathered peacefully in frigid Stockholm. Crowds were estimated at 10,000 in Amsterdam and Copenhagen, 5,000 in Capetown and 4,000 in Johannesburg in South Africa, 5,000 in Tokyo, 3,000 in Vienna and 2,000 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. ''War is not a solution, war is a problem,'' Czech philosopher Erazim Kohak told a crowd of about 500 in Prague. Anti-war activists hoped to draw 100,000 people to the streets in New York City later for a protest near the United Nations. Police were planning extensive security that included sharpshooters and radiation detectors. In Baghdad, tens of thousands of Iraqis, many carrying Kalashnikovs, demonstrated across their country to support Saddam Hussein and denounce the United States. ''Our swords are out of their sheaths, ready for battle,'' read one of hundreds of banners carried by marchers along Palestine Street, a broad Baghdad avenue. Many Iraqis hoisted giant pictures of Saddam and some burned American and Israeli flags, while in neighboring Damascus, protesters chanted anti-U.S. and anti-Israeli slogans as they marched to the People's Assembly. Najjah Attar, a former Syrian cabinet minister, accused Washington of attempting to change the region's map. ''The U.S. wants to encroach upon our own norms, concepts and principles,'' she said in Damascus. ''They are reminding us of the Nazi and fascist times.'' Braving biting cold and snow flurries in Ukraine, some 2,000 people rallied in Kiev's central square. Anti-globalists led a peaceful ''Rock Against War'' protest joined by communists, socialists, Kurds and pacifists. Natalya Mostenko, 45, was one of several people in Kiev carrying a portrait of Saddam. ''He opposes American dictatorship and so do I,'' she said. In the Bosnian city of Mostar, about a hundred Muslims and Croats united for an anti-war protest - the first such cross-community action in seven years in a place where ethnic divisions here remain tense despite the 1995 Bosnian peace agreement. ''We want to say that war is evil and that we who survived one know that better than anyone,'' said Majda Hadzic, 54. In divided Cyprus, about 500 Greeks and Turks braved heavy rain for a march which briefly blocked the end of a runway at a British air base. Several thousand protesters in Athens, Greece, unfurled a giant banner across the wall of the ancient Acropolis - ''NATO, U.S. and EU equals War'' - before heading toward the U.S. Embassy. Police fired tear gas in clashes with several hundred anarchists wearing hoods and crash helmets, who broke from the otherwise peaceful march to smash store windows and throw a gasoline bomb at a newspaper office. In the Greek port of Thessaloniki, an estimated 10,000 people protested. About 2,000 demonstrators rallied in Sofia, the Bulgarian capital. In Moscow, 300 people marched to the U.S. Embassy, with one placard urging Russian President Vladimir Putin to ''be firmer with America.'' Six hundred people rallied in downtown Hong Kong, as did 50 or so in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Police in Srinagar in Indian-controlled Kashmir detained at least 35 protesters after about a hundred people, mostly supporters of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), marched through the city. Demonstrators clogged a downtown park in Seoul, South Korea, to chant and listen to anti-war speeches. ''I am scared, but the Iraqi people must be more scared than I am. I share their fear,'' said Eun Kook, a 23-year-old student planning to go to Iraq. ''My mission is to sympathize with the Iraqi people and to tell the world that we oppose war.'' The day of protest began in New Zealand, where thousands gathered in cities across the country. Over Auckland harbor, a plane trailed a banner reading ''No War - Peace Now,'' at the America's Cup sailing competition. Between 3,000 and 5,000 people marched through a suburb of Canberra, the Australian capital, to protest government support for U.S. policy. Australia has already committed 2,000 troops to the Persian Gulf for possible action. In Tokyo, where 6,000 protested on Friday, about 300 activists gathered near the U.S. Embassy. One placard depicted a U.S. flag emblazoned with a swastika. Demonstrators in Asia expressed skepticism that Iraq posed a threat to world security, saying that President Bush was seeking to extend American control over oil reserves. ''We must stop the war as it is part of the United States' plot for global domination,'' protest organizer Nasir Hashim told 1,500 cheering activists outside the U.S. Embassy in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur. AP-NY-02-15-03 1131EST Copyright 2003 Associated Press.

Jesus assured all of us: If u want to see God, to see Krishna face to face, u must be pro-peace. "Blessed r the Peacemakers, for they shall see God" "All we are saying is Give Peace a Chance" True Buddhists, True Christians, Ture Hindus, True Jews, True Muslims TRUE DEVOTEES OF THE SUPREME LORD can unite, cooperate peacefully. "The best way to neutralize your enemy --- is to make him your friend." - 16th US President Thank God for France! Viva La France! UN French delegate announced: "This United Nations is meant to promote PEACE, not war." Everyone cheered, even Rupert Murdoch, though privately. Manhattan's 1st Avenue is totally filled from 52St to 72St both sides. Similar Peace rallies r going on in 660 cities worldwide. Over one million gathered for PEACE in Rome today. In Gita KRSNa tells Arjun: Without Peace, How there can be Happiness? What is the question of happiness without Peace? Can u eat/honor your chapatis, dahl, rice, sabji while your country is blocking all food supplies to millions of people worldwide? Paying for 100 yr old Olive Trees to uprooted by US Army Tanks? One Olive Tree is worth millions of falsely selected rip-off presidents. Withholding food, destroying crops... Is this what PrabhupAd preached? Or your own disgusting concoction?

BAGHDAD, Iraq (Feb. 10) - Iraq reversed its opposition to U-2 surveillance flights over its territory on Monday, meeting a key demand by U.N. inspectors searching for banned weapons. The Bush administration, however, brushed aside the Iraqi concession as too little, too late. White House spokesman Scott McClellan said, ''The bottom line is the president is interested in disarmament. This does nothing to change that.'' President Bush accused Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein of regarding the Iraqi people as ''human shields, entirely expendable when their suffering serves his purpose.'' Iraq's acceptance of the U-2 flights, as well as its submission of new documents to the United Nations over the weekend, came as international opposition to U.S. military action intensified. France, Germany and Russia called for more inspectors to disarm Iraq without resorting to war. ''Nothing today justifies a war,'' French President Jacques Chirac said at a news conference in Paris with Russian President Vladimir Putin. ''This region really does not need another war.'' With the threat of war looming large, Baghdad appeared eager to display new cooperation with the inspectors in hopes of encouraging opposition to an imminent military strike. ''The inspectors are now free to use the American U-2s as well as French and Russian planes,'' Mohamed al-Douri, Iraqi ambassador to the United Nations, told The Associated Press in New York. On Sunday, chief U.N. weapons inspectors Hans Blix and Mohamed ElBaradei said they sensed a positive Iraqi attitude during weekend talks in Baghdad though they acknowledged they had achieved no ''breakthrough.'' Blix and ElBaradei had said they expected agreement on the surveillance flight issue by the end of the week. It was unclear whether U-2s have been flying over Iraq as part of secret U.S. intelligence-gathering. Now that Iraq has given its consent, the high-flying planes can operate over the country with Baghdad's permission and provide its findings to U.N. inspectors. Iraq had objected to such flights as long as U.S. and British jets continued patrols in the ''no-fly'' zones. On Monday, U.S. and British bombed a surface-to-air missile site Monday in the southern no-fly zone, the U.S. military said. The Iraqi News Agency reported two civilians were killed and nine others were wounded. Iraqi forces regularly shoot at allied aircraft patrolling the northern and southern no-fly zones that Washington and London say are designed to protect Shiite Muslims and Kurds. In Washington, State Department spokesman Richard Boucher described the Iraqi moves as tactical retreats. He said Iraq still had not indicated whether it would comply quickly and fully with U.N. disarmament demands. Britain's U.N. ambassador, Jeremy Greenstock, said Iraq's latest moves indicated ''some progress on procedure'' but ''that doesn't add up to the real change in Iraq's attitude that we're looking for.'' Blix and ElBaradei report on Friday to the U.N. Security Council about their weekend talks in Baghdad. The report will help the U.N. Security Council decide whether to support a new resolution authorizing the use of force against Iraq. Many on the council are waiting to hear the reports before deciding whether to allow the inspectors more time or move toward a military solution. Britain, America's staunchest ally, is preparing a new resolution that would authorize force against Iraq, diplomats have said, and Bush has said ''the game is up'' for Iraq. However, the use of military force faces strong opposition among key U.S. allies such as France and Germany, where opinion polls show overwhelming majorities of the populations support a peaceful solution. Those divisions widened Monday when France, Germany and Belgium blocked any planning by the NATO alliance for protecting Turkey in the event of war. The three opponents argued that supporting NATO's efforts would force the Iraq crisis into a ''logic of war.'' Turkey, the only Muslim member of NATO, fears retaliation from neighboring Iraq because it has authorized the United States to renovate bases on its soil that could be used in an attack on Iraq. American NATO ambassador Nicholas Burns accused the French, Germans and Belgians of plunging the alliance into crisis. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said the United States and willing allies would plan to help Turkey ''outside of NATO if necessary.'' France, Russia and Germany issued a joint declaration Monday calling for strengthened U.N. weapons inspections in Iraq. Chirac, reading the declaration in the presence of the Russian president, said waging war to neutralize Saddam's weapon's capability should be considered only as a last resort. As tens of thousands of U.S. military personnel train in the Gulf region for possible war, Bush said Monday that Saddam is positioning his military troops in civilian areas in a plan to ''blame coalition forces'' for casualties in the event of war. ''Saddam Hussein regards the Iraqi people as human shields, entirely expendable, when their suffering serves his purposes,'' Bush told an audience of religious broadcasters in Nashville, Tenn. ''America views the Iraqi people as human beings who have suffered long enough.'' The remarks were the latest step by Bush to prepare America and its allies for potential war with Iraq. Though Bush says he has not decided whether military action is necessary, senior advisers assert there is little hope of finding another way to disarm Iraq - regardless of international opposition. In New York, international missile experts began two days of meetings Monday to determine whether two Iraqi missile programs violate U.N. resolutions. The experts will examine Iraq's production of Al Samoud 2 and Al Fatah missiles, which in some tests exceeded the maximum 93-mile range allowed under Security Council resolutions. AP-NY-02-10-03 1656EST

So-called conservatives r hardly so. Disgusted Guest conserves his name from us, that's about it. His daily life is hardy conservative. Neither does he truly support those who do conserve. Neither does he know conservative's dictionary meaning. Puffery be his forte'.

Amazing Grace. These r not conservatives. These r outrageous scoundrels. Englad's John Ben secured interview with Saddam & others. More than Bombastic Bushkin could ever dream of.

What is this of, of, of this, of that!? Fancy talk? Just call it what it is: Oregano Oil, that's all.

Langa = prasAd. At home Sikhs may eat some meat, not cow. But at Sikh Gurudwars all langa MUST be vegetarian.

"Let me put it this way: those Afghani shepherds r no longer any threat to Austin, Texas."

One thing for sure: our modern education is not open to unusual cases. U either fit in as potential sudra or vaizya or u r labeled special ed. How can teachers fathom/accomodate students much more learned than themselves? NArada & VyAs could sit before Sukadev & listen. Could u? Would u? Modern education means how to remain in darkness, ignorance, tamoguN. We should call it "Ducation", not education.

U already knew these 2 were full of it, eyebrow deep. But did u know this: *Blair Government Facing Imminent Crisis **Revelation May Speed Up Iraqi Invasion ***Britain's Intelligence Dossier on Iraq Plagiarized from Grad Student by Michael C. Ruppert Feb. 6, 2003, 2230 hrs, PST, (FTW) - A story is sweeping the world tonight and it says a great deal about those who are forcing the world into a war it does not want. The famed dossier presented by British Prime Minister Tony Blair to his Parliament was plagiarized from two articles and a September 2002 research paper submitted by a graduate student. Worse, the Iraq described by the graduate student is not the Iraq of 2003 but the Iraq of 1991. So glaring was the theft of intellectual property that the official British document even cut and pasted whole verbatim segments of the research paper, including grammatical errors, and presented the findings as the result of intense work by British intelligence services. U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell both praised and quoted that same British report in his presentation at the United Nations yesterday. It is important that readers see and understand the enormity of this violation of public trust for themselves. The story was first broken by Britain's Channel 4 today and it is appearing in more papers and web sites by the hour. The following links lead directly to the Channel 4 story, to the British "intelligence" report and to the original student paper. What was also disclosed was that certain portions of the academic report were altered by the PM Tony Blair to make them more inflammatory. In one cited instance Blair changed "aiding opposition groups" to "supporting terrorists." The Channel 4 story is at: >http://www.channel4.com/news/home/z/stories/20030206/dossier.html The Official UK intelligence report is at: http://www.number-10.gov.uk/output/Page7111.asp The original student research paper is located at: >http://meria.idc.ac.il/journal/2002/issue3/jv6n3a1.html In the context of merely preventing or slowing a war with Iraq this would be earth shattering news. But in a world that is slowly beginning to feel the pressure of and admit the reality of dwindling global oil supplies the fallout from the story may actually accelerate hostilities. British Prime Minister Tony Blair will be, by tomorrow, facing monumental challenges in both Parliament and from British public opinion that is overwhelmingly opposed to an Iraqi invasion. The event could be enough to topple his government and cause new elections which might well result in a new government that is not mind-melded with the Bush administration. The Bush administration, faced with its own embarrassment over the issue, cannot wage a successful war without England. The first thought that came to my mind when I saw the story was that George W. Bush must pre-empt this story and make it moot to save not only Blair but himself as well. The only way to do that is to have the war begin before the justified outrage of the electorate which has been treated with utter contempt can make itself felt. I noticed tonight that Associated Press and news had reported that 101st Air Assault Division based at Ft. Campbell, Kentucky - the Army's premier "door kickers" had been given their deployment orders for the Gulf this afternoon. As I have previously reported, the 101st, along with units like the 75th Rangers can be deployed and operational within 96 hours, anywhere in the world. When the 101st heads out you know the war is going to start very soon. These are incredibly dangerous times, made more so because there is no turning back for the Bush administration. This story is incredible proof of the cynicism, dishonesty and callousness of the tyrants pushing the world toward destruction. And Iraq is merely the first stop on a sequential plan for control of the last remaining oil reserves on the planet. I encourage all who read the information contained in these links to spread it far and wide and also, by whatever means at their disposal, to tell the mainstream press, members of congress and the White House itself that we will not follow; we will not obey; and we will not kill on the orders of those who lie to us and who demonstrate the integrity of thieves and intellectual cowards. This might be our last chance before the bombs start falling, before young American men and many innocent Iraqi civilians are reduced to blood and ash. ================= NEW BOOK RELEASE!!! " The ASSASSINATIONS Probe Magazine on JFK, MLK, RFK and Malcolm X" Edited by James DiEugenio and Lisa Pease Introduction by Judge Joe Brown 677 Pages Not out in stores yet. But we have them! Available HERE

MAKE SURE TO SING THIS ONE LOUD & CLEAR WHILE SHOWERING... AND ON YOUR WAY TO BAGHDAD ============ If You're Happy And You Know It Bomb Iraq by John Robbin If you cannot find Osama, bomb Iraq. If the markets are a drama, bomb Iraq. If the terrorists are frisky, Pakistan is looking shifty, North Korea is too risky, Bomb IRAQ. If we have no allies with us, bomb Iraq. If we think that someone's dissed us, bomb Iraq. So to hell with the inspections, Let's look tough for the elections, Close your mind and take directions, Bomb IRAQ! It's pre-emptive non-aggression, bomb Iraq. To prevent this mass destruction, bomb Iraq. They've got weapons we can't see, And that's all the proof we need, If they're not there, they must be there, Bomb IRAQ. If you never were elected, bomb Iraq. If your mood is quite dejected, bomb Iraq. If you think Saddam's gone mad, With the weapons that he had, And he tried to kill your dad, Bomb IRAQ. If corporate fraud is growin', bomb Iraq. If your ties to it are showin', bomb Iraq. If your politics are sleazy, And hiding that ain't easy, And your manhood's getting queasy, Bomb IRAQ. Fall in line and follow orders, bomb Iraq. For our might knows not our borders, bomb Iraq. Disagree? We'll call it treason, Let's make war not love this season, Even if we have no reason, Bomb IRAQ.

If You're Happy And You Know It Bomb Iraq by John Robbin If you cannot find Osama, bomb Iraq. If the markets are a drama, bomb Iraq. If the terrorists are frisky, Pakistan is looking shifty, North Korea is too risky, Bomb Iraq. If we have no allies with us, bomb Iraq. If we think that someone's dissed us, bomb Iraq. So to hell with the inspections, Let's look tough for the elections, Close your mind and take directions, Bomb Iraq. It's pre-emptive non-aggression, bomb Iraq. To prevent this mass destruction, bomb Iraq. They've got weapons we can't see, And that's all the proof we need, If they're not there, they must be there, Bomb Iraq. If you never were elected, bomb Iraq. If your mood is quite dejected, bomb Iraq. If you think Saddam's gone mad, With the weapons that he had, And he tried to kill your dad, Bomb Iraq. If corporate fraud is growin', bomb Iraq. If your ties to it are showin', bomb Iraq. If your politics are sleazy, And hiding that ain't easy, And your manhood's getting queasy, Bomb Iraq. Fall in line and follow orders, bomb Iraq. For our might knows not our borders, bomb Iraq. Disagree? We'll call it treason, Let's make war not love this season, Even if we have no reason, Bomb Iraq.

"Come fly with me, let's fly, let's fly away!" Better we chant NArada Muni bhajay vina RAdhika-ramaNa nAme for permanent wings.

These other jokers: As, Bu, Ch, Ru, Wo have zero experience, zilch, therefore absolutely nothing at all to say. Nothing whatsoever. If they go lead our forces to Baghdad themselves, then they can talk. Otherwise, shut up please. PLEASE SHUT YOUR MOUTHS TIGHT & GO WATCH ROMPER ROOM. There at least u can all become heroic soldiers in a LOOKING GLASS kind of way.

Sell anything! Poison, pollution, fake, fraud, phony whatever it may be, sell it! Sell death by calling it life! Sell war by calling it peace! Sell irreligion by calling it religion! Sell hate by calling it love! Sell disease by calling it health! Sell poverty by calling it wealth! Sell hoodwink by calling it justice! Sell murder by calling it mercy! Sell ignorance by calling it wisdom! Sell misery by calling it prosperity. There's truly no end to Amerika's glories. Indeed, Ananta-sesa never has to repeat...

Mandela's trying to save President Select Bush from longer stays on various lower 'narak' planets. Chainey's linked below, pulling Bush down into the hole that he's in; Mandela's trying to uplift both. Johannesburg rape? Rape is what 6-7 European nations did to the rest. Amerika's continuing in that tradition. Higher Tech's being deliberately suppressed in favor of archaic, despicable, inefficient transport means. How to destroy village life in favor of lung disease. "Keep those hospital beds occupied." Oh how thoughtful. Billy Graham's playing SukrAcarya's role rather well, don'tcha think?

By pig out u really mean PIG OUT?

They should be nervous about YamadUtas, not veggies. - - - - - - - - - - Where's the Beef (In the Teenage Diet)? More teenagers, particularly girls, are turning to vegetarianism. And that's making America's beef producers very nervous By JESSICA REAVES BEEF STAKES: The beef industry is targeting girls with ads like this pitch from the Cool 2B Real Website Miami Herald: Going Vegetarian Increasingly Cool With Teens TIME Cover Package: Should You Be a Vegetarian? Thursday, Jan. 30, 2003 The Atkins diet may be hot among American adults, but its meat-heavy dictates apparently don't fly with the younger generation. According to a new study from market researchers at Teenage Research Unlimited, one in four teens now considers vegetarianism "cool." The study indicates a rise in vegetarianism in the teen population, particularly among girls. While some grown-ups, including those at animal-rights group PETA, are delighted by the trend, others — including those who work for beef production and marketing companies — are understandably miffed. Their goal now: come up with innovative ways to win back young salad-eaters. Enter the folks at the National Cattlemen's Beef Association, who have responded to the looming vegetarian crisis by launching a website, Cool 2B Real, in an attempt to link meat consumption with some degree of hipness. The site, which looks like a cross between a Barbie fan page and a Taco Bell ad (beef-filled tacos and gigantic hamburgers dot the screen), extols teenage girls to "Keep it Real" — "real" as in a person who eats beef, preferably three or four times a day. Visitors are also invited to send e-cards to their "real friends" and to tell the world why they are "real girls" (because they eat beef burritos, of course!) "We hope the 'Cool 2B Real' campaign helps girls make healthy decisions about food and exercise," says Mary Young, a registered dietician and Executive Director of Nutrition for the National Cattlemen's Beef Association. The NCBA, says Young, is concerned about the nutritional shortfalls of vegetarianism, which Young refers to as one of the "wacky eating behaviors" teenage girls tend to favor. Still, it's hard to wonder if they're going to be successful with this pitch. As any teenager could tell you, obvious pandering is not the way to go when you're trying to reach this audience. Back in the early 1990s, companies with experience in the teen market realized traditional marketing was not going to work; young consumers are too savvy for old-school ads, and too steeped in irony for sincere come-ons. While chipper taglines about "cool" are not going to affect any normal teenager, frank discussions about health just might. New findings from the University of Minnesota link teen vegetarians to a less health-conscious lifestyle than that of their carnivorous peers. Presented with a degree of subtlety, the U of M study may just succeed not only as an indicator of larger body-image and confidence problems among teens who choose vegetarianism, but also as a warning shot for young vegetarians. You may think you're eating healthfully by avoiding meat, but here are some low-protein pitfalls you could face: thin, brittle hair, bad skin, low energy. These are problems teenage girls care about — and they could be massaged neatly into a palatable pro-meat message.

Don't u wish u could trust politicians? Our president select's Union State speech included $1.2 million or billion for hydrogen-powered-automobile research. Should we hold our breath? Hold off petrol-powered car purchases? Formerly, Vedik kings were so responsible, not one son could die before his father's death. Nowadays, we can't even drink clean water or breathe properly. We're so advanced.

This is very good if it eliminates hunger & homelessness. Certain groups (u know which ones) don't want their tax dollars spent to promote charity in Jesus' or Krishna's Name.

SOTU: Bush Makes a Strong Case on Iraq Commentary by John Dickerson for TIME.com (Jan. 28) -- George Bush gave two speeches tonight: one on his domestic agenda and another on his plan for confronting Saddam Hussein. The first has already been forgotten. Many may remember the second as marking the first time they knew we were going to war. State of the Union Speeches are usually as much about the way a president delivers his remarks as they are about the remarks themselves. The theater is usually not very good. President's rouge up their plans, but the long list of programs and calls to grand action often feel as hollow as the many standing ovations. Tonight, when George Bush talked about Iraq there was only a lone cough. There didn't need to be the phony interruptions for applause and Bush didn't try to goose the audience into giving them. He put forward a powerful indictment without clinking his spurs too much or leaning on his holster. The speech was dead serious, and without lapses into the occasional I'm-looking-at-you-seriously-now furrow. It did not contain a single wisecrack; Bush stowed his famous snicker even during the entry glad-handing. He was a long way from the president who joked about his legitimacy in his first visit to that well of the House. Beyond the simple theatrics and straight delivery, Bush made news too. He charged that "thousands" of Iraqis were engaged in efforts to thwart inspectors and he made good on Deputy Secretary of Defense Wolfowitz's claim that the Iraqis had infiltrated the weapons inspection teams. He charged that Saddam is intimidating scientists and replacing them with imposters when the U.N. teams come knocking. If this stands up, these two charges may become the ones that tip the country and the U.N. Security Council fully in favor of U.S. military action against Saddam. Or, if Secretary of State Powell is unable to prove Bush's claims in his trip to the U.N. next week the new allegations may seem like desperate attempts to come up with any dirt that will work and undo the support the president rallied tonight. Before the first Gulf War, President Bush compared Saddam to Hitler to help explain him. Tonight, his son did a version of the same, putting forward a graphic litany of the Iraqi dictator's abuses: " electric shock, burning with hot irons, dripping acid on the skin, mutilation with electric drills, cutting out tongues, and rape." This was an abbreviated version of stories that have animated the president for months, according to White House officials. These are the tales that Bush tells in the private meetings. This barbarism is why, advisers say, Bush is so insistent, as he said in his speech: "Trusting in the sanity and restraint of Saddam Hussein is not a strategy, and it is not an option." The press is obsessed with the Iraq question and the country does want to hear what George Bush has planned for healthcare and the economy. In many polls, people say that the economy concerns them more than Iraq or the war on terror. But watching George Bush's body language and the way the speech developed shows that it isn't just the Washington media that is heavily focused on Iraq. Bush's case for his domestic programs seemed dutiful compared to his pitch against Saddam. Martial speeches are just easier than ones about tax and healthcare policy, but he toured through his domestic agenda quickly — from plans to spur production of hydrogen-powered automobiles to fostering healthy forests — getting his legs under himself only for his discussion of faith based initiatives. His plan for removing taxes on dividends is failing. Members of both parties oppose it and all he did was essentially re-read the talking points. Bush can be evangelical when talking about education. When he sold his first $1.3 trillion tax cut he became animated talking about single mothers trying to support a family. There was none of that tonight. The president appeared to tear up when he talked about his $15 billion AIDS initiative and again, when he promised "free people will set the course of history." (Memo to the TV producer of future speeches: don't focus on Tom Ridge for half a minute when the president is working his way through one of the most passionate parts of his speech.) For a president who is best when focusing on one task, the split in Bush's speech tonight raises the old issues about his administration's ability to multi-task. "We can walk and chew gum at the same time," says a senior White House official. But senior officials also joke that the administration has Attention Deficit Disorder and can't stay on message when it comes to domestic programs. In addition to his bold growth package, Bush is also taking on a substantial $400 billion reorganization of Medicare based on the politically charged strategy of inducing seniors into more cost effective plans by offering a prescription drug benefit. It's a big gamble and one that will require constant presidential tending. Even allies expect the program to get nowhere in Congress, winding up like Bush's plan for Social Security private accounts which he pushed in the 2000 campaign but which merited only a single sentence tonight. Issue overload hampered Bush's economic pitch last year and there are signs it will again. Last week, twice, when President Bush tried to draw headlines and attention to his growth package, he trumped himself by making more news with his remarks on Iraq. One aide was so focused on proving that the public supported the president's policy towards Saddam Hussein, he was willing to get off message about the economy. "The Iraq numbers are fine," he said, "it's the numbers on the economy that worry us." Tonight, Bush did more to help the first than to fix the second. ========= If President Select Bush was veggy & really ready to introduce 6-speed hydrogen-powered cars already in use in Europe, which is way ahead of Amerikan in every pious, progressive category, bar none, I'd enthusiastically support him. Destructive TamoguN Fogs may attract some; u know who u r.

Maybe this terribly cold weather we're having as of late is linked to their testing?