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Cost of War
as if anyone needed more rationale as to why we should not have gone to war in iraq and why we need to refocus on building a better country and better society and let that be our weapon to fight terrorism and hate.

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* News Update *
>SPAIN: Police identify five new Moroccan suspects in Madrid train bombings that killed 201 people.
>GAZA STRIP: Israeli helicopters fire missiles at building & two cars in Gaza City, killing at least two people.
>OH: Police are searching for 28-yr-old man they believe was gunman in two dozen highway shootings.
>BORDER FIGHT: Pakistani troops kill 24 suspects in crackdown on al-Qaida & Taliban fugitives in tribal regions bordering Afghanistan.
>FRANCE: Reports say officials are investigating threats against country by radical Islamic group.
>IRAQ: Two U.S. Army medics apply for conscientious objector status & want to be honorably discharged from military.
(c)2004 DATACAST(R)

* News Update *
>SPAIN: Police reportedly now suspect at least six Moroccans took part in Madrid train bombings that killed over 200 people.
>GAZA STRIP: Israeli helicopter fires missiles at building, killing two Palestinians & wounding 14.
>OH: Authorities say man wanted by police in string of highway sniper attacks has history of mental illness.
>PAKISTAN: Paramilitary troops storm compound w/ machine-gun fire, killing 24 suspects in crackdown on al-Qaida & Taliban fugitives.
>IRAQ: Drive-by gunmen kill two Europeans working on water project south of Baghdad.
>D.C.: Pres. Bush argues in new campaign ad that John Kerry has turned his back on U.S. soldiers engaged in war.
(c)2004 DATACAST(R)

* News Update *
>TALKS: European Union will hold security talks on Fri. to assess what additional anti-terrorism measures to take in wake of bombings in Spain.
>N.Y.: Martha Stewart resigns from board & as chief creative officer of Martha Stewart Living.
>Two Unitarian Universalist ministers are charged for marrying 13 same-sex couples.
>ISRAEL: PM Ariel Sharon rules out peace negotiations w/ Palestinians.
>D.C.: White House suggests that John Kerry had lied when he said some foreign leaders privately back his candidacy.
>SPAIN: Leader of victorious Socialists says he will withdraw his nation's support for U.S.-led occupation of Iraq.
(c)2004 DATACAST(R)

leadership
leadership is exhausting. for the past 10 years, i have been in positions of leadership within pretty much every organization i have been a part of. when you're a leader, you take shots from all sides. from below, from above, from the side. still, even knowing this, it doesn't make it easier. and when you're in a group that supposedly has some ideological underpinnings and ideas to bring people together, it seems that these shots you take are that much more personal and serious.

3 days off. whee ha! now to catch up on life, bills, friends, dance, sleep, cleaning, everything. and then back on to the campaign trail. and almost one whole day down and the only thing that has happened is i've done some cleaning and updated my computer to protect it against these new viruses. maybe tomorrow will be a little more productive . . .

too tired to really post much. i'm working on a hospital campaign, organizing the whole dang hospital. long hours, tough work. and some fun standing outside handing out leaflets at shift change in the freezing cold. one old white man gave me the finger from inside his volvo tank without having the balls to actually look at me while he insulted me. i hope he could hear me laughing through his steel doors and nordic windows. another old white man took the flyer and thought he was threatening me by telling me he'd take it right to management. as if they hadn't read the first dang flyer to hit the streets. whatever.
but some other old white men gave me a bit of hope for myself and other white boys as we age. one guy came out and told us he'd already given out a stack to other workers inside, and could he have some more. nice.

i got to talk to a really sweet old man today. he was telling me how he had _started_ work at a paper mill at age 70. this man is still going. he signed a card for the union, joining again after having been a teamster driving trucks in the south. anyway, we got around to talking politics, and he was telling me how much he didn't like bush, and reagan, and for that matter, gore. it made me really realize how much the media and tv is messing with our perceptions and therefore our reality.
day after day i talk to people, everyday kind of people, working people, folks who are low-wage workers or stuck firmly in the lower middle class. they overwhelmingly feel the same as i do on many issues. which makes me feel quite wierd. looking at tv or listening to the radio, it seems like the whole country supports bush. THEY DON'T!
stay away from that evil tv. and get out to rock the vote. donate some cash to someone of the Dems running. drag out a couple apathetic friends. get them to regsiter to vote. get them to vote. gotta get bush gone.