] While each of the protesting groups has a different gripe
] with Mr. Schwarzenegger, they have united in depicting
] him as an uncaring, partisan Republican doing the bidding
] of big business.

Holy fucking hell! You mean traditional Republicans would sell their soul to Satan for a chance to pander to big business! No WAY!

"I think I'm gonna DIE from NOT surprise."

-janelane

Schwarzenegger's Star Dipping as Californians Feel Its Singe

Is it Georgia? Is it Alabama? No! It's Pennsylvania's first cousins that are taking a stand against fundamentalists who respect marriage yet deplore its implications. Take this, gays! Take that, Micheal Shiavo! First cousins are the wave of the future!

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Bennett led a 2002 study on risks of genetic problems in children born in such marriages. The study found that children born to couples who are first or second cousins have a lower risk for birth defects than commonly perceived.

On average, an unrelated couple has an approximately 3 percent to 4 percent risk of having a child with a birth defect, significant mental retardation or serious genetic disease.

Close cousins face an additional risk of 1.7 percent to 2.8 percent, according to the study, funded by the National Society of Genetic Counselors, and the U.S. Health and Human Services Department.

Christie Smith, 40, founded Cousins United to Defeat Discriminating Laws through Education, in 2002 to overturn laws banning such marriages. So far, the group hasn't found much success.

"People don't like what they don't understand," said Smith, who fell in love with her husband after seeing him at a family reunion.

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See article at:
http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/04/05/cousins.marriage.ap/index.html

] Capt. Tom Tennant with Charlie Company of the 1st
] Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, said one of the biggest
] challenges was transitioning from viewing Iraqi men as
] possible suspects to viewing them as respected heads of
] households.
]
] He said most of the feedback he got from residents was
] positive, and people seemed happy the Marines were in the
] city.
]
] But their needs are immediate and basic. Tennant said the
] most frequently asked question is when power will return.
]
] South of Dave's Field, in Falluja's Shuha'daa
] neighborhood, residents sifted through rubble and swept
] up broken glass as children darted around.
]
] Abd El-Rahman Al-Zobari, surveying the damage to his
] house, said he and his friends are not going to vote on
] Sunday. "Is this what they call democracy?" he said. "We
] don't want democracy that comes on the back of a tank."

{speechless}

CNN.com - Election leaves war-weary Fallujans cold - Jan 24, 2005

] NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - The CBS and NBC Networks have
] refused to run an ad by a liberal church promoting the
] acceptance of people regardless of sexual orientation
] because the networks believe the ad is advocacy
] advertising.
]
] The 30-second spot, run by the United Church of Christ,
] features two muscle-bound bouncers standing outside a
] church, selecting people who could attend service and
] those who could not. Among those kept out are two males
] who appear to be a couple. Written text then appears
] saying, in part, "Jesus didn't turn people away, neither
] do we."
]
] "It's ironic that after a political season awash in
] commercials based on fear and deception by both parties
] seen on all major networks, an ad with a message of
] welcome and inclusion would be deemed too controversial,"
] said Rev. John Thomas in the statement.

Rock that statement, Reverend!

Jesus accepting gays too hot for NBC, CBS - Dec. 1, 2004

] (CNN) -- Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge resigned
] Tuesday, but he will remain in the post until February 1
] unless a successor is confirmed sooner.
]
] "There will always be more to do, but today, America is
] significantly stronger and safer than ever before," he
] said in his resignation letter.

Ding...Dong...The Witch is Dead!

I like that bullshit about America being "safer than ever before." Yeah, nothing like a mounting list of enemies with big guns to make me feel safer at night.

CNN.com - Ridge steps down as Homeland Security chief - Nov 30, 2004

] TRENTON, New Jersey (AP) -- Camden has been named the
] nation's most-dangerous city, snatching the top spot from
] Detroit, according to a company's annual ranking based on
] crime statistics.
]
] Atlanta, Georgia, St. Louis, Missouri, and Gary, Indiana,
] rounded out the top five in the most dangerous city
] rankings, which was to be released Monday by Morgan
] Quitno Corp. The company publishes "City Crime Rankings,"
] an annual reference book that will be published next
] month. Detroit fell to second in this year's list.

3rd most dangerous in the country? Then I suppose 3 on-campus armed robberies a week is better than it could be.

-janelane

CNN.com - Camden, N.J., named most dangerous city - Nov 22, 2004

] Californians to Vote on Stem Cell Research Funds
]
] LOS ANGELES, Sept. 19 - The federal government spent $25
] million last year on studies involving human embryonic
] stem cells. But California, in an act of political and
] scientific rebellion against limits on stem cell research
] imposed by the Bush White House, may be on the verge of
] spending $300 million a year in each of the next 10 years
] on such research.
]
] A coalition of Hollywood producers and actors, technology
] billionaires, scientists, patient advocates and business
] organizations - including Michael J. Fox and Bill Gates -
] has marshaled emotion, scientific argument and money to
] underwrite a state ballot proposal that would let
] Californians make the decision. The initiative on the
] Nov. 2 ballot, known as Proposition 71, would authorize
] the state to issue $3 billion in bonds to pay for a range
] of stem cell research. This promising but ethically
] controversial field of biomedical research is now
] severely limited by the Bush administration's policy
] restricting public money for research on embryonic stem
] cells.

Way to go, California. Opposed to the technology or not, the United States must be on the cusp of new technology in order to remain an active World Power. Furthering agendas to suppress and regress technology will not enable us to keep our footing in the medical intelligence trades, something we desperately need to do with the state of healthcare and gynocology in this country.

Californians to Vote on Stem Cell Research Funds

] LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- If Doreen Seelig pocketed
] all the money she has spent on classroom supplies over 35
] years as a teacher -- the printer cartridges, the paper,
] the pencils and the paperback books lent to her Venice
] High School students -- she figures she would have a new
] car by now.
]
] Now, as the new school year gets under way, the burden on
] Seelig and other teachers around the country is even
] heavier.
]
] Because of a budget crunch, California has suspended a
] tax credit that reimbursed teachers up to $1,500 for
] classroom supplies. Meanwhile, a $250 federal tax
] deduction for teachers that helped defray out-of-pocket
] spending expired this year.

I. Hate. [expletive]. [expletive]. [expletive]. President Bush.

What good is No Child Left Behind since children can't possibly get "ahead" without any books or pencils?

CNN.com - Teachers lose tax breaks for class expenses - Sep 16, 2004

] LONDON, England (AP) -- A German who had his lower jaw
] cut out because of cancer has enjoyed his first meal in
] nine years -- a bratwurst sandwich -- after surgeons grew
] a new jaw bone in his back muscle and transplanted it to
] his mouth in what experts call an "ambitious''
] experiment.

EWWWW!!!!

CNN.com - Doctors grow new jaw in man's back - Aug 27, 2004

] "Cuba will not accept supposed help from the government
] of a country that harms us and tries to take us under
] with hunger and need," the statement added, referring to
] long-standing restrictions on trade and travel aimed at
] undermining Fidel Castro's communist government.
] ...
] "It's obvious the American government suffers from total
] amnesia," the statement said. "Otherwise it would be
] impossible to understand how it could pretend to assume
] the role of benefactor to the Cuban people just after
] once again tightening the cruel blockade," it added,
] referring to new U.S. restrictions on travel to the
] island.

TOTAL AMNESIA!! Good God, that's the perfect phrase to describe the Bush Administration! Foreign policy = Total Amnesia! Environmental policy = Total Amnesia! Social policy = TOTAL FUCKING AMNESIA!

CNN.com - Cuba rejects U.S. aid for Charley - Aug 23, 2004