Luke_Wilbur

You posted you last comment at the same time I did. But, I will not tolerate any more profanity on these boards. Kids are reading them.

I will not tolerate threats of violence or the use profanity. Young adults and children are reading this forum. If I see any more of this I will start banning people from posting. This is my last warning.

I think Senator Brownback stated it best. Here is a quote from him about Miers. I have said in the past that I would like a nominee with a proven track record on important issues to all Americans and whose judicial philosophy is well-formed. I am not yet confident that Ms. Miers has a proven track record and I look forward to having these questions answered. President Bush has a long-standing working relationship with Ms. Miers and I trust the President knows her heart and her mind. Even so, the confirmation process has just begun and questions about her views on the Constitution need to be answered. As President Bush and President Reagan have commented in the past, in this regard I feel we must trust but verify.

Special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald set up an official Web site Friday http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/iln/osc/index.html This may be the web site where Mr. Fitzgerald will begin posting his indictments.

I appreciate you taking the time to set the record straight Mr. Rees. Good luck with your election.

There have been some very serious attacks on this section of DC Message Boards. I think this is due to the elections coming up. During this time period I requiring people to register before they post a new topic or reply to a topic. I hope people focus on the issues more than making personal attacks on individuals.

To not compromise the integrity of DC Message Boards I am requiring people to register before posting.

The New York Daily News reports Bush rebuked Rove -- who has made a number of grand jury appearances in the case and could face charges stemming from the revelation of Plame's name in the press. Citing sources, the newspaper said Bush was furious with Rove in 2003 when his deputy chief of staff conceded he had talked with reporters about the Plame leak. http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/357...7p-304312c.html

SPNN.Net, I am asking you again to please stop writing your message in all capital letters. I respect you, so please respect me. Thank you.

The new retail will consist of Marshalls (39,375 square feet) and Staples (20,000 square feet). An additional 17,500 square feet will be divided between three to four additional retail stores including Rainbow Kids, Downtown Locker Room and Dress Barn. These stores will occupy the site formerly slated for KMART and become a part of the Home Depot and Giant store complex located on Brentwood Road and Rhode Island Avenue, NE in Ward 5. It is projected that the new retail will generate approximately $14,979,938 in new sales, payroll, and business tax revenue over a ten-year period, $593,848 in sales tax on construction materials for years 1 and 2, and $1.2 million in real estate taxes for years 7, 8, 9 and 10. This is a grand total of new revenue for the District of Columbia in the amount of $16,773,786 for the ten-year period. The construction and lease-up of the commercial center will also create an estimated 250 new jobs in the District. Councilmembers Orange and Jack Evans (D-Ward 2) recently introduced emergency legislation on July 6th that created a six-year real property tax exemption for the site, which cemented the deal for this Ward 5 development. CM Orange stated "By foregoing approximately $177,000 in annual real estate tax revenue for six years, the District will receive approximately $1.2 million in new sales tax revenue and additional revenues in payroll and other business tax revenue.” CM Orange states, "This is another victory for teamwork and the District of Columbia. This is a great investment for the nation’s capital and will provide outstanding benefits to our community." CM Orange has been working diligently with Rick Walker and Scott Nordheimer; and a team of dedicated community leaders and government officials to bring this project to fruition.

Here is a release from Keith Sherman and Associates *************************************** Oscar winner Martin Landau plays wealthy Jewish steel magnate Josef Krauzenberg, who together with his wife Rachel (Judy Parfitt) is forced by Heinrich Himmler and Adolph Eichmann to turn over his empire to them to pay for his family's safe passage out of the country. Left behind are their servants -- (Kenny Doughty and Caroline Carver) who Krauzenberg is determined to save. Their escape is full of peril and suspense as they are hunted by the Nazis. "The Aryan Couple" is directed, produced and co-written by Award Winning John Daly ("Platoon," "The Last Emperor") and co-produced by Peter Beale ("Call From Space," "Five Days One Summer"). "The Aryan Couple" stars Martin Landau (Academy Award winner for "Ed Wood"), Judy Parfitt ("Hamlet," "Wilde," "Girl With A Pearl Earring"), Kenny Doughty ("Crush," "Elizabeth") and Caroline Carver ("A Rather English Marriage," "The Scarlet Pimpernel"). Martin Landau was honored last night with the highly prestigious Jewish Image Award at The Fifth Annual Jewish Image Awards for his portrayal of Josef Krauzenberg in "The Aryan Couple." Among the other honorees were Dustin Hoffman and Barbra Streisand. Film and Music Entertainment is an independent entertainment production and distribution company, which produces high quality, theatrical feature films for worldwide distribution. Statements included within this press release that are not historical in nature constitute forward-looking statements for the purpose of the safe harbor provided by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Investors are cautioned that this press release contains certain such forward-looking statements that involve substantial risks and uncertainties. When used, the words "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "expect," and similar expressions as they relate to the Company or its management are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. There can be no assurance that the Company will be able to market, sell or deliver successfully its services inside or outside the United States, given risk factors including but not limited to unexpected changes in regulatory requirements, export restrictions, tariffs and other trade barriers, longer payment cycles, and fluctuations in currency exchange rates, any of which could adversely affect the Company's operations. There can be no assurance that one or more of these factors will not have a material adverse affect on the Company's current or future operations and consequently, on the Company's business, results of operations, and financial condition.

Pope Benedict XVI called on the world community to be "swift and generous" in its help to South Asian countries overwhelmed by an earthquake that left tens of thousands of people dead and tens of thousands more injured. The magnitude 7.6 earthquake hit Pakistan, India and Afghanistan Oct. 8, and officials said the death toll could top 40,000. Pope Benedict said "it was with deep sadness" that he learned of the earthquake that caused "great damage and loss of life." After praying his Oct. 9 noonday Angelus with the faithful gathered in St. Peter's Square, he commended "to God's loving mercy all those who have died" and expressed his "deepest sympathy to the many thousands who are injured or bereaved." The pope called on the international community to be "swift and generous in its response to the disaster." He also asked God "to grant courage and strength to those involved in the task of rescue work and reconstruction." The early morning earthquake was thought to have been the strongest earthquake to hit the region in a century. Pakistani Bishop Anthony Lobo of Islamabad-Rawalpindi said homes and villages were leveled and some churches in his diocese were damaged. "People have lost their homes and will need a little bit of everything," he told the Italian Catholic daily, Avvenire, Oct. 9. Many families who live in the cities "will find hospitality with relatives," but those who live in small villages will have no one to turn to, he said. The bishop said he expected their local church efforts to concentrate on aiding the many villages that were "completely razed to the ground." Two days after the earthquake struck, rescuers were still working to reach remote, mountainous areas. Heavy rains in some parts of Pakistan cut off access to rural parts of the country. By Oct. 10, the death toll had topped 20,000, with hundreds of thousands homeless and tens of thousands injured. A member of the Focolare movement told Vatican Radio Oct. 9 that some areas affected by the earthquake were accessible only by helicopter. Veronica Semmier in Rawalpindi said the hardest-hit area was Kashmir, which has already borne the brunt of a war between Pakistan and India. She said the earthquake was "a tragedy on top of the tragedy" of war and poverty. These natural disasters "always hit the poorest people who have fragile homes, the first ones to collapse," she said. "But the people are enormously generous, everywhere. Everyone is trying to help where there can and however they can," she said.

Parents, Scientists Testify in Court on Major Flaws in “Intelligent Design” The plaintiffs in Kitzmiller v. Dover, the first legal challenge to teaching “intelligent design,” are expected to wrap up their case by early next week. Eleven parents filed the federal lawsuit against the Dover Area School Board arguing that presenting “intelligent design” in public school science classrooms violates students’ religious liberty. The parents are represented by the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania, Americans United for Separation of Church and State and the law firm of Pepper Hamilton LLP. The lawsuit challenges a controversial decision made in October 2004 by the Dover Area School Board to require biology teachers to present “intelligent design” as an alternative to the scientific theory of evolution. “Intelligent design” is an assertion that an intelligent, supernatural entity has intervened in the history of life. Witnesses have demonstrated that such an assertion is inherently a religious argument that falls outside the realm of science. While the trial has frequently been dubbed Scopes Two, attorneys representing the parents say comparisons to McLean v. Arkansas Board of Education and Edwards v. Aguillard are more accurate. In McLean, a federal judge ruled that “creation science” did not qualify as a scientific theory, striking down Arkansas’ law requiring equal time for “creation science” and evolution. In Edwards, the Supreme Court ruled that a law requiring that creation science be taught with evolution was unconstitutional, because the law was specifically intended to advance a particular religion. The defense, which is led by the Thomas More Law Center, a Christian law firm, has repeatedly denied any connection between creationism and “intelligent design.” However, the testimony of Barbara Forrest, Ph.D., an expert on “intelligent design” and co-author of Creationism’s Trojan Horse: The Wedge of Intelligent Design, undermined such claims. Forrest traced the development of Of Pandas and People, an “intelligent design”-focused textbook that is at the center of the Kitzmiller case. Comparing drafts of the textbook received after attorneys subpoenaed the book’s authors, Forrest showed that the publishers simply replaced the word “creationism” with the phrase “intelligent design” after the Supreme Court decision in Edwards. “Creationism means a number of things,” Forrest testified. “First and foremost it means rejection of evolutionary theory in favor of special creation by a supernatural deity. It also involves a rejection of the established methodologies of science, and this is all for religious reason.” Forrest also noted that “intelligent design” proponents hope to discredit evolution as part of a bigger push to give religion a more central role in American life. A strategy document written in 1999 by the Discovery Institute, the organization at the forefront of this movement, states, “Design theory promises to reverse the stifling dominance of the materialist worldview, and to replace it with a science consonant with Christian and theistic convictions.” Expert witness John Haught, a theology professor at Georgetown University, reinforced the religious nature of “intelligent design.” “In my view, the way in which ‘intelligent design’ is used in the discourse that's in dispute, it does entail an essentially biblical and specifically Christian view of the world,” Haught said. The parents who brought the lawsuit testified that they witnessed such religious motivations expressed by members of the Dover Area School Board when they voted to promote “intelligent design.” One of the parents, Beth Eveland, said, “I remember [Dover School Board member] Bill Buckingham saying, '2,000 years ago someone died on a cross. Isn't someone going to take a stand for him?'” Casey Brown, who served on the school board with her husband, resigned after the contentious vote to adopt “intelligent design.” During her testimony, Brown said that she and her husband were called atheists for opposing the instruction of religious belief in science classes, and the board president told her she “would be going to hell.” Ignoring such statements so far, the defense continues to assert that “intelligent design” is rooted in science, frequently citing Dr. Michael Behe’s work. However, expert witness Kenneth Miller, a biology professor at Brown University, said that Behe’s attempts to negate evolutionary theory does not demonstrate positive evidence for “intelligent design.” “‘Intelligent design’ is not a testable theory and as such is not generally accepted by the scientific community,” said Miller. Christy Rehm, another parent represented in the lawsuit, echoed this sentiment. “‘Intelligent design’ is not a scientific concept. It's a religious concept. And because I don't subscribe to that particular brand of religion, I feel that I and my daughter, my family, are being ridiculed, and my daughter feels the pressure,” testified Rehm. “I reserve the right to teach my child about religion. And I have faith in myself and in my husband and in my pastor to do that, not the school system.” In addition to Forrest, Haught and Miller, expert witnesses for the plaintiffs included Robert T. Pennock , Ph.D., an associate professor of science and technology at Michigan State University; Brian Alters, Ph.D., an associate professor of education at McGill University; and Kevin Padian, Ph.D., a professor of integrative biology at University of California, Berkeley and curator of the university’s Museum of Paleontology. The trial has sparked a national debate prompting school districts, elected officials, academics and religious leaders to publicly oppose teaching “intelligent design” in the science classroom. In a recent statement, California State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Jack O’Connell said that the introduction of “intelligent design” in natural science courses “would be a blow to the integrity of education in California.” Similarly, a spokesperson for Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell said the governor believes that “intelligent design” should not be taught in science classes in public schools. Kitzmiller v. Dover is being argued in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. The defense is expected to start its case early next week. The trial is scheduled to end on November 4. For more information on the case, visit www.aclu.org/evolution.

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Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf Sunday appealed the United States and all other international organizations for donating generously as Pakistan is facing a national calamity and need help. "I take this opportunity to appeal to the United States and all other international organizations to donate generously, We are facing a national calamity and need all the help that we can get," he said in his message on the World Food Day falling on Oct. 16. He thanked the international community and the UN agencies which within no time have provided assistance to Pakistan. Musharraf said that the earthquake which struck Pakistan on Oct. 8 is the most devastating in the country's history. It has caused immense loss of lives and property in remote and inaccessible hilly areas of the North West Frontier province and Azad Kashmir, he said. Musharraf said that the World Food Day is once again being marked with celebration all over the world this year, with an innovative theme of "Agriculture and Intercultural Dialogue". He complimented and appreciated the efforts of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations for promotion of agriculture across cultures, nations and civilizations and its drive to reduce hunger, malnutrition and poverty in the world. The FAO, as a forum, he said, is facilitating interaction and dialogue among the diverse member nations and geographical regions and has been catalytic in establishing the pace of agriculture development across the globe. Musharraf added that the organization's role as a policy advisor, a technical assistance agency and a center of excellence on agriculture, has no less been instrumental in assisting the many food deficit nations in producing and procuring food for its population. Pakistan, he said, actively participates in all international and regional seminars, workshops and meetings to take part in intercultural dialogue and get benefit from the experience and findings of other nations. "It also provides us opportunity and access to new and innovative recent findings, techniques, approaches, visions, solutions to various problems and thus help accelerate the tempo of agriculture development", he said.

Take it one step further AC, Judith Miller says that she made a strong recommendation that a story be pursued on Joe Wilson, but that her editor told her no. Judith Miller refused to identify the editor. Jill Abramson, who was the Washington bureau chief at the Times, said it was not the editor Miller was talking about. Why is Miller refusing to supply the name? Why is Abramson stating she regrets "the entire thing?" Those two women know something that should be both their civic and journalistic duty to review.

Blacksun, You IP is different, so I will take your word. I do understand what the big deal is but lets just end it. This wastes too much time.

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The White House found itself at the centre of another public relations disaster yesterday after a Pentagon official was seen coaching a group of handpicked US troops before a live teleconference with President George Bush. Despite sliding poll ratings for his policies in Iraq and criticism that the Bush administration has no clear end in sight for bringing US troops home, Bush reiterated his stance against setting a timetable for US troop withdrawal and vowed to stay in Iraq until "total victory" is achieved. This is an important time," Allison Barber, deputy assistant defense secretary, said, coaching the soldiers before Bush arrived. "The president is looking forward to having just a conversation with you." Barber said the president was interested in three topics: the overall security situation in Iraq, security preparations for the weekend vote and efforts to train Iraqi troops. "As she spoke in Washington, a live shot of soldiers (Sgt. Maj. Kenneth O. Preston, Command Sgt. Maj., V Corps; Sgt. Maj. Michael Bush, U.S. Army 1st Armored Division; and Sgt. Maj. Charles Fuss, U.S. Army 4th Infantry Division.) from the Army's 42nd Infantry Division and one Iraqi soldier was beamed into the Eisenhower Executive Office Building from Tikrit the birthplace of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. "I'm going to ask somebody to grab those two water bottles against the wall and move them out of the camera shot for me," Barber said. A brief rehearsal ensued. "OK, so let's just walk through this," Barber said. "Captain Kennedy, you answer the first question and you hand the mike to whom?" And so it went. "If the question comes up about partnering — how often do we train with the Iraqi military — who does he go to?" Barber asked. "That's going to go to Captain Pratt," one of the soldiers said. "And then if we're going to talk a little bit about the folks in Tikrit — the hometown — and how they're handling the political process, who are we going to give that to?" she asked. The president then engaged in the staged question and answer session with 10 soldiers, who he saw on a large video screen set up in a room of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, next to the White House. The truth is that many question and answer sessions are choreographed. The military likes to have everything orchestrated to allow the subject of the interview to do whatever research is necessary to come up with a more detailed answer.

You really should submit your web site in the Realtors section of DCpages.com

Thanks for the kind words stig. I hope you take the time to talk and work things out.

Affordable housing and a great improvement for our community. The new apartments will be located on the grounds of the old "Saint Martin's School" (currently the City Lights School and Catholic Charities House) on Summit and T Street NE. There is a special meeting for the neighbors on Tuesday October 11, 2005 For more information please call 202.232-1144

Just to let everyone know that Espionage Act of 1917 and the Intelligence Identities and Protection Act of 1982 are posted on the first page of this topic. Perjury is lying or making verifiably false statements under oath in a court of law. Perjury is a crime because the witness has sworn to tell the truth, and for the credibility of the court, witness testimony must be relied on as being truthful. It is seen as a very serious crime as it seeks to usurp the authority of the courts, because it can lead to miscarriages of justice. A miscarriage of justice is primarily the conviction and punishment of a person for a crime that they did not commit. Bill Clinton was impeached by the House of Representatives on grounds of perjury and obstruction of justice on December 19, 1998. Karl Rove and Scooter Libby may face the same charges.