created by the Bush administration to put an evil face on the Iraq opposition. They couldn't use bin Laden. That would only emphasize the fact that they didn't get him in Afghanistan. So they used a man who no one had seen and who had actually been reported killed in Afghanistan.

Now there are reports that the Pentagon fabricated the Zarqawi links. Looks like I might have hit the nail on the head.

But I'm no rocket scientist or psychic. I just don't trust the Bush administration and I don't believe anything they say.

I think the moral of the story is if you have doubts that Bush and his cartel are telling you the truth, trust your instincts because they're probably lying.



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Here are a few of the photos from our wedding. We were married on April Fools' Day in Port St Joe, Florida in a sunset ceremony on the beach. They had to chase me about half a mile but I eventually got bogged down in the sand and ended up married. It's hard to run with sand in your shoes!

Mr and Mrs Auburngrad82:


Mrs Auburngrad82 looking especially lovely:


The ring shot:


A twist on the standard garter shot:


Two old fogies looking out at the beautiful sunset:


All in all it was pretty painless. Except for the hangover from the party, of course.

I want him to be just another stain on the GOP's "blue dress". Keep him around and beat the GOP incumbents over the head with everything they let Bush get away with over the last 5 years. Then move onto other things, such as the culture of corruption that is the thread holding the blue dress together. The K-Street Project needs to be front and center this year. Randy "Duke" Cunningham needs to be front and center this year. Jack Abramoff needs to be- well, you get the idea.

There are so many reasons to oust the current regime and the right-wing government that supports them. Corruption, fiscal irresponsibility, a war based on lies, the potential that we could become embroiled in yet another war, Katrina and Wilma, vote fraud, Roe v. Wade.

The Republican Party is a part of extremists and radicals. I think that people are beginning to realize that "staying the course" will take America into a downward spiral. We need to change the course if we are to correct the mistakes the Republican Party has made for the last 12 years.

Look at it this way. Staying the course is what made the Titanic famous.

The question is, do we really want to go down with the ship?




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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11700472/from/... /

CHICAGO - Bringing a dog into the family should wait until the children are of school age, and even then parents might want to think twice about a Doberman pinscher or German shepherd, according to a study published Monday.

A review of dog bites treated at a trauma center in Austria over a 10-year period found that children aged 1 and younger ran the highest risk of being bitten though anyone up to age 10 runs a higher risk than in later years.

"Parents should postpone purchase of a dog until children are of school age," the study said. Children generally enter primary schools at age 5 or 6.

My comments: Maybe we can use this to educate people to always monitor their dog when around small children. Small kids and dogs should never be left alone together. Kids pull tails and ears and dogs only have so much patience.

He's toast. I want Democrats to focus on GOP corruption, the huge deficit which future generations of Americans will be dealing with for decades to come, the failed Iraq war, and the fact that the GOP has had control of Congress for 12 years and total control of the government for the last 5 years. There is no one to blame for the direction our country has gone except for the GOP.

Beating one man will not turn our country around. We need to beat the whole GOP. We can do it but we need to make sure the message gets out. Change the Course- Vote Democratic.

I want to see all of our children taken care of. There are millions of American kids without any kind of healthcare. We rank 41st in infant mortality rates per 1000 births, ranking two places behind Cuba. Life doesn't stop at birth. We need to provide adequate pre-natal and post-natal care for our children and their mothers. We are the greatest country in the world. We should have the lowest infant mortality rate in the world.

I want to reduce the number of abortions in our country by improving the quality of life of families. During the eight years previous to the current GOP-led government, abortions decreased annually because of a booming economy. Since the GOP took control of our government abortions have increased every year. People who are unsure of their economic futures and who live in the fear created by constant terrorist alerts are more likely to see abortion as a viable option while people who are financially secure are more likely to feel safe and better equipped to bring a child into this world.

I want to see our children educated. Providing an adequate education for our kids will insure that they will not be a burden on our government and that they will be successful and contributing members of our society. 90% of our nation's children attend public schools. Therefore we must fully fund public education in America. To not do so is to short-change our kids on their future potential. Yet the GOP-led government has consistently and relentlessly cut funding for public schools and have yet to adequately fund the ill-named "No Child Left Behind" program. The destruction of our public school system will lead to a permanent caste system of the educated few and the uneducated masses. In a country where "all men are created equal" we cannot allow this to happen.

I want our kids to live in a world that is safe. The GOP's aggressive and bullying attitude towards the rest of the world has INCREASED the number of potential terrorists in the world and has fueled a hatred against Americans that is unprecedented. We should be working towards regaining the respect that our country once had as the greatest country in the world. We can do this by working WITH our allies and neighbors rather than demanding that they do things our way.

I want our children to feel that they have hope for their future. Millions of Americans do not have healthcare. American ranks 46th in life expectancy of our citizens. We have the highest drug costs of any developed nation. This is unacceptable. We need to provide adequate affordable healthcare to ensure that our children can live long successful lives.

Stem cell research holds the potential to cure many illnesses, yet the GOP-led government chooses to not fund the research. Millions of Americans who could potentially benefit from stem cell-related medicine are being denied the hope that this research holds.

The tax cuts of the GOP-led government have led to the largest deficit in world history. This deficit amounts to a "birth tax" on our children and grand-children. Our kids will be paying this birth tax until the day they die unless we roll back the tax cuts and make the GOP accountable for the damage they have done to the financial stability of our country.

As Americans age need to ensure that they have the security needed by protecting their retirement programs from fraudulent and improper business practices. We also need to ensure that Social Security is protected from unscrupulous politicians who are set on destroying this much beloved American Institution.

I want our children to be able to see the beauty that is America. Our forests, rivers, lakes- even our air- is under attack by the GOP-led government. Rollbacks to environmental protections and weakening of regulations designed to protect our natural resources are endangering the air that our kids breath and the water that our kids drink.

As Americans we should all be Pro-Child. Unfortunately, in our current GOP-led country, the attitude seems to be "Leave all children behind". As Democrats we can change this. We must change this. Our kids depend on us to change this.