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Communist Endorse Kerry

The Communist Party USA (http://cpusa.org) has endorsed John Kerry for president. Amazingly, their platform sounds very similar to the Democrats platform.

One of the key beliefs of the Communist party:

"Throughout our history, the Communist Party has recognized the need for fundamental change with a vision of a socialist United States..."

Some of the Communist top 10 reasons for defeating Bush include the outsourcing of jobs, the reduction of affirmative action instead of it's expansion, abortion rights, protection of corporate polluters, gay rights, and the illegal war in Iraq.

I asked my magic 8 ball this question:

Has the democratic party been hijacked by communist?

It's reply:

Kerry's Secret Plan

Actually, that's no secret.

But he does have a secret plan, and he's not telling it:

"I've been involved in this for a long time, longer than George Bush," he said. "I've spent 20 years negotiating, working, fighting for different kinds of treaties and different relationships around the world. I know that as president there's huge leverage that will be available to me, enormous cards to play, and I'm not going to play them in public. I'm not going to play them before I'm president."

I think Rush said it best:

"So he's got this super-secret plan. Bush is supposed to do everything in public that the 9/11 Commission says, but Kerry will not tell us what his secret plan is until after he's president? We're supposed to vote for him on the basis that he's "got a plan"? That's right. I guess if you want to see the plan, you have to elect him. If you want to find out how he's going to save St. Paul, you have to elect him. If you want to find out how he's going to give you your job back, you have to elect him.


If you want to find out how John Kerry is going to raise taxes on the upper 1%, you've got to elect him. If you want to find out anything he's really going to do, you have to elect him, folks, and if you deign to demand to know before he gets elected, you'll go to jail! You don't ask somebody of John Kerry's stature the details of the plan. You just accept it because you understand he's better than the rest of us.

Greyhound: We Don't Have A Seat For Your Type

Looks like Greyhound doesn't care much for people that wear the uniform of the US Military. An area Marine says he wasn’t allowed on a Greyhound Bus, despite having his ticket for several weeks.

All PFC Jay Griffin wanted to do was make it to combat training camp on time, he had his ticket in hand and was at the Greyhound Bus Station in Greenville before the bus arrived, but he was not allowed to board the bus. He was dressed in full uniform, and his mother says that may be the reason why he was denied the ride.

It was Griffin ’s first time using Greyhound, so he asked plenty of questions to make sure he was at the right place at the right time. Fifteen minutes before the bus even arrived, he says he was waiting with his bags at the curb. His mother, Carol Holden says when the bus got there, no one attempted to load his camouflage bags. "So I tapped [the baggage loader] and said, 'what about my son's baggage? And he looked at me and said he may not have a seat."

That’s when the bus driver called for all ticket holders.

"So Jay went on around and he went to board the bus and when he did, the driver put his arm across the doorway and said I don't have a seat for you," explains Carol.

It was later reported that Michael Moore and Jane Fonda have bought controlling shares in Greyhound Lines, Inc.

Al-Qaeda: Anybody But Bush

Quoting from unnamed US intelligence officials, The Washington Times said besides the United States, two possible places where the assassination would take place are Saudi Arabia and Yemen.

The assassination would signal the launch of more terrorist attacks involving "multiple targets in multiple venues" across the United States, the officials said.

They said the "very detailed" plans were found on a laptop computer of suspected Al-Qaeda computer expert Naeem Noor Khan, arrested in Pakistan last month.

"The goal of the next attack is twofold: to damage the US economy and to undermine the US election," an intelligence official said, referring to the November 2 presidential election pitting Republican President George W. Bush and Democrat John Kerry.

"The view of Al-Qaeda is 'anybody but Bush,'" said the official.

Terrorists know who will destroy them and who will pander to them.

Bush Ridicules Pro-war Anti-war Kerry

"Now, almost two years after he voted for the war in Iraq, and almost 220 days after switching positions to declare himself the anti-war candidate, my opponent has found a new nuance. He now agrees it was the right decision to go into Iraq," Bush told 10,000 cheering supporters, many of them veterans, today in Pensacola, Fla.

"After months of questioning my motives, and even my credibility, Senator Kerry now agrees with me that even though we have not found the stockpiles of weapons we all believed were there, knowing everything we know today he would have voted to go into Iraq and remove Saddam Hussein from power," Bush noted, with former rival Sen. John McCain at his side.

"I want to thank Senator Kerry for clearing that up," the President said.

Kerry's campaign response:

"The issue is that we went to war without our allies, without properly equipping our troops and without a plan to win the peace," He said. "Its time for George W. Bush to come clean with the American people about his Iraq policy."

Ummm....didn't Kerry vote against equipping our troops?

And by allies, does he mean the French, Germans, and Russians? What about England and the dozens of other countries that are there with us?

How can these people be taken seriously by Americans?

Millions View Kerry Iraq Documentary

Today Republican National Committee Chairman Ed Gillespie announced that more than three million Americans have now seen the Kerry On Iraq Documentary released by the Republican National Committee.

"Over the last week a record number of people have visited KerryOnIraq.com to view the Kerry On Iraq documentary. Over 3 million people have viewed the documentary with over 30,000 requests for copies and over 2,500 reviews submitted. In fact, more people viewed this documentary in its opening week than viewed Fahrenheit 911 in its opening weekend," said Gillespie.

"The Kerry On Iraq documentary clearly outlines the evolution of Senator Kerry's positions on Iraq. Senator Kerry and Democrats hope the Senator's position is too confusing for the American people to understand. That makes this stunning refutation of the notion that John Kerry is a strong leader the documentary Democrats hope the American people will never see," Gillespie said.

Doctors Diagnose Kerry As High Risk

From The Wall Street Journal

At a recent town-hall meeting in Grand Rapids, Mich., a doctor told John Kerry that many physicians oppose the Democratic presidential candidate because they think he wouldn't curb costly medical-malpractice lawsuits.

The Massachusetts senator's response: … Mr. Kerry would surprise physicians by moving on medical-liability suits -- despite the Democrats' longtime ties to trial lawyers.

But, to many doctors, Mr. Kerry is carrying heavy baggage … his running mate, Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina.

Mr. Edwards, a former trial lawyer, made a fortune suing doctors and others for medical malpractice. As a result, he has become the lightning rod in a well-financed doctors' campaign against the Democratic ticket. …

For years, Senate Democrats have thwarted Republican efforts to curb medical-malpractice awards …

Physician frustration over the impasse boiled over in two full-page ads that ran in The Wall Street Journal on July 27 during the Democratic convention. Paid for by the American Neurological Surgery Political Action Committee, the ads contended that "Kerry and Edwards care more about lawyers' wealth than patients' health." …

Other groups also are reacting to what they say are skyrocketing liability-insurance costs. Doctors for Medical Liability Reform, an umbrella group of the medical specialties that are sued the most … is spending $10 million this year to urge senators in about a half-dozen states to support efforts to cap liability awards.

In February, the group produced extended television advertisements, which are running in four states: North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Washington.

In the 30-minute programs … doctors and patients discuss the consequences of medical-malpractice suits … The group may expand the advertising to Illinois, Pennsylvania and Florida.

"We need to influence and educate key senators who were continually blocking any consideration by the Senate of overhaul legislation," says Katie Orrico, secretary-treasurer of the Neurological Surgery Political Action Committee, which is part of the umbrella group.

The neurological surgeons' political action committee is focusing on Senate races in North Carolina, Oklahoma and Florida. Ms. Orrico says that the day Mr. Kerry announced that Mr. Edwards would be his running mate, about a dozen neurological surgeons called to tell her "they were really concerned," she says. …

[T]he anti-Edwards sentiment is of particular concern to the Kerry campaign, which has made reassuring swing voters that Mr. Kerry isn't an economic liberal a central part of its strategy for winning business endorsements. …

For his part, President Bush has called upon Congress to take certain actions on medical malpractice, including capping noneconomic damages, which include pain and suffering, at $250,000; permitting payment of awards over time, rather than in a lump sum, and reducing the amount of judgments that doctors must pay by any amount the patient may have received from an insurer on the same claim.

Here in Ohio, malpractice insurance can cost as much as $300k per year for surgeons. A typical family physician will pay about $160k a year for coverage. It has gotten so bad in Dayton, Ohio that there are only 5 OB's left in the city. (I sure would hate my wife to be pregnant while living in that city.)

Something needs to be done and electing a ticket that includes a trial lawyer as V.P. certainly isn't the solution. That would be like letting the fox into the hen house.

Untold story: How Bush administration stands up for workers

[T]he Bush administration's record on behalf of American workers .. is that workers are safer, more financially secure and receiving more helpful job training assistance than before.

One example … is its new Overtime Security rules. … The revised rules dramatically expand the number of workers who can get overtime … This strengthens overtime protection for 6.7 million workers, including 1.3 million workers who were denied overtime coverage in the past.

We also added new sections that explicitly guarantee - for the first time ever - that "blue-collar" workers, police officers, fire fighters, paramedics, emergency medical technicians and licensed practical nurses are entitled to overtime protection. The new rules also ensure that union members and veterans who are entitled to overtime now are protected in the future …

President Bush is also pursuing major reforms to federal worker training programs - to double the number of workers who get job training assistance and to close the skills gap …

The most underreported story about this administration is its proven record … on protecting workers' safety and rights more effectively … Enforcement is up, penalties against unscrupulous employers are up, recoveries of back wages and employee benefits are up, and workers are safer and healthier. …

Workplace injury, illness and fatality rates are at an all-time low …

Total back wages, including overtime pay … jumped to an 11-year high, up 21 percent to $212.5 million in 2003.

The department recovered a record-breaking $1.4 billion in employee benefits for workers this year - a 60 percent increase over the previous year. …

Des Moines Register

Top 50% of Wage Earners Pay 96.03% of Income Taxes

This article is from 2003, but it's important to point out, now more than ever since we are dealing with a democratic opponent that believes in running a campaign based on class warfare, that tax cuts aren't only for the rich. They are for every working man and woman.

There is new data for 2001. The share of total income taxes paid by the top 1% fell to 33.89% from 37.42% in 2000. This is mainly because their income share (not just wages) fell from 20.81% to 17.53%. However, their average tax rate actually rose slightly from 27.45% to 27.50%.

Top 50% pay 96.03% of Income Taxes

Bush Might Name Thomas Chief Justice

Clarence Thomas has been interviewed by White House lawyers as a possible choice to be the next chief justice of the United States, says the author of a new biography.

http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-scotus08.html

Just goes to show you how Republicans are genuine about supporting diversity.