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Mo was known on the colorful Miami-Dade County Commission, as the guy with a scheme.

In fact a scheme a minute! - The stranger the better. Assassinated live on the telee by perenial rival madmad
[death by dueling press-release] - Joltin Joe Corrollo.

The challenge when speaking to Mo was to somehow scrape him off his latest scheme to talk about the actual world -
No matter who he was speaking to his one simple message was PANDER-PANDER-PANDER.

If he hopes to win Hispanic dems simply because of his heritage and thus cynically split the party -
his misunderstanding of Florida's democratic party is even MORE GIGANTIC than his ego.
Get out of his way folks - he's heading off a cliff at true Guinness Record speed. more

solidarity & peace

RW Spisak
www.AveryVoice.com 
www.deadpeasants.BZ
Asked by radio host Don Imus today what aspects of the Senate Finance Committee’s health care bill he supported, Lieberman struck a negative tone, saying, “I’m concerned that there’s a danger that we’re trying to do too much”:

"LIEBERMAN: I’ve been saying for a couple of months now that I’m concerned, that I’m concerned that there’s a danger that we’re trying to do too much here and the president is trying to do two good things. But doing them at once in the middle of a recession may be hard to pull off. ...
IMUS: Do you support the Baucus bill? LIEBERMAN: Not, not, no. I mean, not the way it is now.
ORIG Alternet Story

Who could imagine, Ol Joe would be standing ready in the wings, ready to throw a wrench into our sweet perfection of a HEALTH CARE BILL [not].

Its just good to know that our favorite arsenic delinquent, whose only a dem, when he needs a harff-arsed disguise, but if you need a democrat... don't asked him. Tell us Harry [solid as a dry Reid] Senate Dem leader, this guy is rewarded with Democratic leadership WHY???

Joe [Benedict Arnold] Liberman - why don't you just slime your way home to the republican muckhole where your teeny tiny heart flops.

We don't need you, and besides your repulsican stench distracts, such solid DEM-PUBLICANS like Harry Reid and Bill [what did I say] Nelson who brings his own special sauce of silent absentee advocacy to the good people of FLORIDA - whether we like it or not! Oh, do pay attention dear voter, do pay attention!
solidarity & peace

Rick Spisak
www.AveryVoice.com
www.deadpeasants.BZ
From a story reported on Truth Out

Essay by RW Spisak Jr.
for AveryVoice.com

 "For example, Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite, a Florida Republican, bought Citigroup stock valued between $1,001 and $15,000 on Oct. 2, the day before the House passed the financial rescue bill and President George W. Bush signed it into law, records show. She opposed the bill.

    Eleven days later, she bought $1,001 to $15,000 worth of Bank of America stock. It was on the same day that then-Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson told leading banks that he expected them to accept billions in bailout money to prevent a financial meltdown.

    Brown-Waite, who has since left the committee to join the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee, and her spokeswoman would not comment for this article. The precise value of her investments is not publicly known because financial disclosure reports provide only broad ranges, although some members include detailed brokerage reports."

The original article from the Cleveland Plain Dealer further states that "The transactions may not have been illegal or against congressional rules, but securities attorneys and congressional watchdog groups say they raise flags about the appearance of conflicts of interest."

How can you face your constituents and tell them you are carefully weighing banking policy or TAX POLICY when it seems that you took time away from overseeing the largest credit and banking crisis since The Great Depression to line your pockets? more
It's time for a Virtual March on Tallahassee!
by RW Spisak Jr.

Government in the Moonshine (by the light of a New Moon) Government lit by a nightlight - out of the Sunlight is how they like to run the people's business in Tally. They purposely exempted themselves, so that they and their colleagues the lobbyists, can meet under the tables, behind closed doors, inside the pockets of wealthy corporate interests, and only emerge blinking into the sunlight after the deals are done. And after those same wealthy pockets have been carefully re-feathered with the peoples tax-money!

Another hand out to the insurance industry, no problem! All the lobbyists thought it was a great idea. No pesky reporters needed, nor need any time be made for public testimony. On the otherhand there is time for the DRILLING LOBBY! Offshore oil drilling pipes up onto the former white sand, no problem. The tankers, drilling platforms and storage tanks will look good alongside the bikinis. If these knowledgeable ladies and gentlemen suggest that overnight the lost tourist dollars will be replaced by environmentally friendly DRILLERS no problem, we heard no facts that might contradict. They all nodded in unison, like windup dolls. If their friends the lobbyists, propose that drilling and pipelines will fit well alongside the former tourist friendly beaches, no one testified otherwise. They didn't have time for that kind of testimony?

If they decide to gut voter rights and open the pipeline to unregulated outside political money with no oversight? It's strictly the lobbyists business not any business of the public. After all two secret minutes of scheduled public comment is more than enough? All the lobbyists agreed.

Floridians, we need a VIRTUAL MARCH on the secret business conducted in the Tallahassee backrooms.
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South Florida Environmental Activists sought and won the reopening of Barley Barber Swamp in Western Martin County reports Environmental Activist Rachel Kijewski.

Listed by Florida' Conservation Commission as a prime viewing site in Martin County for a variety of Florida Wildlife, public access has been blocked in recent years. While specuclation is rampant on the actual reasoning behind owner FLORIDA POWER & LIGHTS the fact remains that Public Access has been restored .MORE


The founders, with all their faults were trying to do something profound, they were trying to break with MONARCHY.

It wasn't, that they didn't specifically like King George; they just didn't like "The Divine Right of Kings" as a principle.  Despite history not being taught anymore, some of you nevertheless know the phrase "The Divine Right of Kings". It means, for those of you educated more recently, since GOD has obviously selected "THE KING", and if you reject the King, you reject GOD.

Simultaneously, since GOD by definition cannot be wrong, the judgment of the KING is likewise infallible. The King (like GOD) exists in a sphere above human frailty and is UNDENIABLE, UNQUESTIONABLE, and from whose awful justice, there is no APPEAL.

 There were people who believed that if you denied the infallibility of the King you were also denying GOD, and would be struck down. John quipped, "Luckily they had Ben Franklin on their side, so they knew how to deal with bolts from above". This was an incredibly bold and dangerous proposition. Since religion had previously been  woven so tightly to political authority in most monarchies, making this clean break with state religion was part of the rejection of the "Divinity of the King".   [more]

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$enatorial $eat Open for Bid eh?

I guess you forgot, Jebby's nefarious plan to torpedo the class size limitation?

I mean really fifty points for VOCABULARY but a political leader speaking near a microphone, characterizing his OWN PLANS as nefarious??

How about Jebby the Crusader for Vouchers, determined to undermine Public Schools?  Yet $till flogging it after two defeats. ... Privatizing everything?

Sell off and privateer the State's Water Resources? Bush family's not content with S. American Aquifer?

Anybody remember those $tate of Florida's Inve$tments in ENRON - that really paid off?  WOW -  Now that's leadership - I can really bid against. (more)

I can understand your unease if, you haven't understood, what CHANGE Senator, now President Elect Obama will bring. Let me try to help define the change that President Obama brings.

CHANGE from a politics of division, to a politics of HOPE. That is a significant change for an America who has been divided again and again by "FAKE" culture wars, intended to keep Americans bathed in fear and trumped up hate. You know, divide and conquer. What color is George Bushes fear level today?

CHANGE from a politics of CORPORATE WELFARE to the people's welfare. Where helping citizens is more important than helping WALL STREET. While the Bush Administration was cutting student loans, they were boosting corporate goodies, removing safeguards for American workers and removing environmental regulations. Maybe we can turn our attention and resources from benefits for MEGA-CORPORATIONS to benefits for ordinary Americans.

CHANGE from a reliance on MILITARY ONLY solutions to using diplomatic methods and missions to augment our brave young people under arms. CHANGE from an emphasis on building up ARMS MERCHANTS AND CORPORATE BUCCANEERS to rebuilding our crumbling roads and bridges here in America?

Regarding the Reverend Jesse Jackson, whose honest tears you doubted. I had the pleasure of hearing him speak about the candidate, Senator Obama, during the heat of the convention in Denver at an event hosted by the Progressive Democrats of America. Reverend Jackson spoke eloquently about what a victory by Senator Obama would mean to a man like himself who walked those brave roads beside Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.. Remember Dr. King didn't walk all those miles through the water hoses and night sticks just for African Americans or Hispanics or even Original Americans. He walked those miles for every child of these shores.

He walked for you and he walked for me. You and I are rescued by his steps. And I believe that Reverend Jackson's honest tears, were shed that glorious election night not just for his children or our children but those were some of the same tears shed in Memphis, and in Birmingham and in LA. Those tears were part of the birthing of a newer and better America.

I'm sure you heard voices as I did, that America wasn't ready for a CHANGE like Senator Obama brings. But more that once America has shown herself better than our fears, better than our weaknesses and sometimes America has shown herself better than our fondest hopes.

That is the defined CHANGE that this President Elect brings, us all, all of Americas' children.

From a Letter to the Editor, Stuart News (11/9/08)

Well since hanging out with and being in the same organization with, are really not the same thing.

Lets' take a look at the "character" argument. Senator Obama came from a humble working class background, yet a working class background that prized education. He studied hard, worked and was rewarded with an excellent education at one of the best known schools in America.

What did he do with these credentials, that he worked so hard to earn, did he cash in, as so many complainers and whiners might have. No, he took that education, those achievements and those superb academic credentials and instead of heading to Wall Street, and cashing in, or to "K" street in DC and parlaying those Harvard credentials into a lucrative Lobbyist job, which no republican would have deemed a "BAD CHOICE".

His values, steered him to a position as a community worker assisting unemployed steel workers and their families. What does this reveal about his character? It shows a type of commitment to the REAL AMERICA, to those in need, that many in the religious communities would find worthy. Then since he valued education he taught the American Constitution. Wouldn't it be refreshing to have a president with more than a passing acquaintance with the American Constitution.

He joined a committee to improve Chicago education. revealing isn't it. Senator Obama has seen up close, America's poor, and needy. He was raised by grandparents and by a single mom. He knows that America must do better for the poor and disadvantaged. He understands the power of education to empower the poor. He even understands the American Constitution.

Senator Obama knows first hand, the benefits of a good education to open doors and broaden opportunities. Senator Obama is committed to making opportunity available to a larger portion of Americans.

RE Early Voting, given the number of voters (nearly 50%) in the Treasure Coast region who have taken advantage of early voting, it seems that limiting or restricting voting access is an idea whose time is passed. Americans want fuller access to participate in their governance, not less. Restricting the vote, limiting access to voting, even access based on tests or property ownership... These are ideas of the past.

Republican Dirty Tricks Alert "FAUX - MORAL OUTRAGE MAILING"

 Our local TV Station WPBT TV reported tonight 10/5 that several McCain Supporters in a Palm Beach neighborhood [with McCain signs in their yards] Received disturbing letters through the mail, that showed a picture of their yard signs and denounced them and their family for supporting the McCain Campaign. [Using the mail to threaten ? Federal Crime?]

This is not a democratic party tactic. I suspect this is a GOP BLACK FLAG OP of Desperate Renegade Republican Dirty tricksters -

The Station, (WPBT) Channel 25 reported that one of the recipients has notified the police. Other recipients intended to do so as well. Needless to say, the material came with very little post mark info simply the phrase "MORAL OUTRAGE" -

I believe this is an attempt to discredit Florida Democrats and the state and local party should take a strong stand in opposition to such tactics.

Further Details to come.

Richard W. Spisak Jr.
Progressive Democratic Activist
AveryVoice.com

by R.W. Spisak Jr.

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surged past the other runners>
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Great post from Rick Spisak of Avery Voice. -Ray

Reverend Jesse Jackson pulled up in front of the Central Presbyterian Church in NE Denver on a beautiful sunlit morning. The Sherman street church had been home to "Progressive Central" an event created by the Progressive Democrats of America, running the week of the Democratic National Convention.

This beautiful Church, was clearly the home to more than just this weeks political activism. This was a church that was an active participant in compassionate future building. I wandered a bit, in this cornucopia of activism. It's entire lobby witness to a wide variety of causes and activist opportunities. There were tables spread around the room like a glorious smorgasbord of activism. Impeachment, Anti-War, Peace and Justice, Code Pink, book-publishers, "Got Spine?" activists, Health Care not Warfare campaigners, and more, all filling a lobby that rang with activism.

 Reverend Jackson walked across the street into the church and was greeted by one after another happy activists. He walked down toward the front of the chapel to speak, this battle scarred veteran of the human rights movement striding purposefully with the firm knowledge of battles won and good progress made. His legacy will long be remembered as one in which although not without travail, certainly as one who spent his life deeply committed to human rights and dignity.

He started out with a discussion of the long slow arc of progress on the human rights front. He spoke of those who through the decades of history have made a begrudged place for the disenfranchised. He spoke of the civil rights marches and the freedom rides, and of all those many brave hearts who gave their blood and lives so that later others could stand on those powerful shoulders. He explained it was because of these freedom fighters Rosa Parks could take her seat, and Senator Obama could find his place at the table of American politics.

He reminded us that the contemporary glow surrounding Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. "I have a dream" speech often obscures the ugliness that surrounded it. The reality of it's surroundings should not be completely lost from sight. He explained he'd come from jail, to stand beside Dr. King as the "I have a dream" speech was etched in the hearts of America. He described how as they traveled across the south, reaching out to communities, the forces that opposed them, extracted a heavy price for the temerity of these dreams.

Even the indignities of not being able to use motels or restaurants as they made their slow dangerous path across an apartheid ravaged America. The beautiful glow of the march on Washington and its power as a vision of a future America, all too often obscures the reality of that painful desperate time. Our progress today, was so dependent on those who gave all, with no sure sense into what future they were delivering their own lives and those of their families. We do those heroes no favors, failing to remember what that slow, painful, and brutal birthing cost.

Reverend Jackson, the activist and speaker knows how to reach past the despair into those deep wells of resolve that must feed the struggle for dignity. He called upon us and asked us to repeat along with him, "KEEP" he intoned... making the acoustic space for our echo. "Keep" we would respond, with fervor, faith and certainty. "Hope" he challenged pausing again, building a rhythm. "Hope" we agreed. Smiles all around the great stained glass lined chapel, "Alive" he insisted. Feeling all history leaning it’s heavy presence into our midst, "Alive", we agreed.

"Keep" he urged again, "Keep" we promised. "Hope" he called, speaking with, and yet beyond us, to that larger often brutal world. "HOPE" we promised, each catching a small part of that historic flame. That had stood in Selma, that had marched into an unknown future beside Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.. While they drafted a revised history for our divided America. "ALIVE" he proclaimed. "ALIVE" we spoke, knowing what world we faced beyond these dream-etched walls. That America has made progress, is indisputable, that we have succeeded in bringing this country further toward an understanding of the basic humanity of every child of these shores is true. And as true as that is, the work continues. That Senator Barak Obama has achieved the leadership of the Democratic party ticket is now a historic fact.

In today's America we face as in no previous time, an opportunity to make a small down payment on that sacrifice by freedom fighters from the past. We can stand with them an oppose the remaining poisonous vestiges of that brutal time. We stood that day in the chapel of Central Presbyterian Church and said with Reverend Jackson. "Keep" he demanded. "KEEP" we responded. "HOPE" he urged. "HOPE" we agreed. "ALIVE" he insisted. There, in that church, in the hearts of these activists, and outside in the sunny streets of Denver, where a few blocks away history will report that 45 years after Dr. King and the bearers of a brighter banner for humanity called out.... the "I have a dream" speech defying the haters... "Alive" we promised. Standing as we did that morning in the colored light falling through those beautiful golden hued stain-glass windows these hundred passionate souls poised on the surface of a planet spinning through the great void of space. We promised... "KEEP"...against time... against hatred... "HOPE" in the face of corporatism... "ALIVE" in the face of the simple fact of grey-haired feeble mortality.

Reverend Jackson included one final anecdote, revealing another glimpse of the shimmering illusions that obscure the truth.

He spoke of visiting the ailing Governor George Wallace, who had been one of the staunchest proponents of American Apartheid. He was in the final time of his life succumbing to both the effects of the failed assassination attempt, and the cancer that would end his days. Reverend Jackson had gone to pray with him and hoped to better understand the heart of the man who had done much to stop the march of human freedom in America.

"I asked him, why was it, that he set the dogs and the police on horse back on the Freedom marchers?" Wallace said, "I did it to protect them". Reverend Jackson paused, showing that the response he hadn't understood the answer. It didn't make any sense. He asked Wallace, "what did he mean, he set the dogs and police on the marchers, to protect them?" Wallace replied, "there was a mob on the other side of the bridge, and if the marchers had crossed the bridge, they would have all been murdered."

Like him, we understood, that many things are not what they seemed. "KEEP" he said, "KEEP" we vowed. "HOPE" he insisted. "HOPE" we promised. "ALIVE", he insisted. Energized and inspired as we were, yes, "ALIVE" we affirmed. And we will take his message along with us.

REPORT from Invesco Stadium

By Richard Spisak
Posted August 29, 2008

I asked "what else should I know about Senator Obama? Well, he thought a minute and said, "I played poker with him, on many Saturday nights, and he's a very conservative poker player". Read more...

The next president inherits...

By Richard Spisak
Posted August 28, 2008

"The next president inherits the worst opening situation of any President since Lincoln...." - former Ambasador Richard Holbrooke Read more...

All the plates stayed in the air

By Richard Spisak
Posted August 27, 2008

All the plates stayed in the air, Hillary, politician, acrobat, American Leader Read more...

 "The work begins anew... the dream lives on!"

By Richard Spisak
Posted August 26, 2008

Senator Kennedy spoke powerful and prophetic words as he concluded his remarks in a standing room only coliseum last night. He prepared the way for a new generation of party leadership with character, fresh vision and renewed hope. Read more...

by RW Spisak Jr.  I have heard presentations by labor leaders who spoke of the economic maelstrom encompassing the folks still clinging to what's left of the middle class. The AFL-CIO has come to understand that they cannot support the important changes necessary to this economy by investing in the political system just between now and November.

   Richard Trumpka, AFL-CIO Secretary Treasurer was asked what will you do, when the democrats you supported don't actually vote the way they promised.  Without hesitancy he responded saying we'll be withholding money. He then stopped and corrected himself, saying we won't be withholding money, we'll still be spending money, but we're going to spend it on people whose agenda is that of working families. We have to stay in the fight, no matter who is president. If Senator Obama is elected we will continue advocating for the working men and women of America. Trumpka added, in the past we used to pack up the whole operation after the election, those days are gone, there is too much left to do.

    Suddenly the elephant in the democratic rumpus room surfaced. He was asked by the moderator, what about your members who have trouble, voting for an African American? He replied without hesitation or uncertainty, "Without exception I will tell them, they will have to put that behind them.  It is up to us to face racism head-on. When someone says they are not ready for an African American president,   We tell them, WE ARE, our communities are, our economy is and our nation is ready to support Senator Barak Obama. If you support your families you shouldn't have any problem supporting him either. Voting for Barak Obama will be the best  thing you can do for your family this November". The more they know about him, the more they will embrace him. Wrapping up the Raising All Boats conference Senator Amy Bouchar reminded us, when anyone asks why they should vote for Senator Barak Obama over Senator John McCain, she said its simple, look at their voting records. Senator Obama has voted for working people all the way and Senator McCain has stood with the large corporations all down the line. She said in closing, " people who live in seven houses, shouldn't throw stones."

    Later at the BIG TENT the new media technology nerve center of the Democratic Convention I heard Leo Gerard, International President, United Steelworkers discuss the impact of globalism on American  Workers and their families. He reminded us, that the cheap prices in  WalMart mask some very high hidden costs. The amount of jobs we have lost just during the Bush years will continue to wreak it's devastation and have long term repercussions, far beyond the horrendous job loss numbers. He reminded us, that we must be aware that globalism and the Free Traders are not working for American jobs and that any future trade pact must include labor rights and environmental details. He said any Free-trader who insists that "Buy American" is a bad idea, doesn't understand that American manufacturing jobs are a national security issue.

    The Free Traders with their multinational tax-breaks and privatized extra-national tax-free profits have not brought us what they promised. Policies that prioritize war and occupation at the expense of infrastructure, healthcare and education are not where America should be investing it's capital.



    *BIG TENT has once again offered the New Media Community more than just wifi and an electric outlet, they have provided a common ground for a community of writers producers and presenters to share insight and information.
  Senator Kennedy spoke powerful and prophetic words as he concluded his remarks in a standing room only coliseum last night. He prepared the way for a new generation of party leadership with character, fresh vision and renewed  hope.

    "The work begins anew, hope rises again, and the dream lives on!" Senator Kennedy's words connected in a direct line from the promises of the New Deal to the party's multi-decade struggle for a better life for all Americans. His words reached back to the promise of Jack Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson who both strove those many decades ago to fight poverty, and do the often arduous work  of improving opportunities for all Americans. He called upon the new generation of democratic leadership to make the promise of a fair deal, available to every American child. 

Video Clips from Monday

    What better embodiment of that American dream than the keynote speaker Mrs. Michelle Obama.  She grew up the daughter of a working class family who slept in the same room as her big brother on the South-side of Chicago. After a heart felt introduction by her big brother, Michelle told us about her childhood, her mother and father. She spoke of her father's hard work and dreams for his children. She spoke about her introduction to a young man with an unusual name and an excellent legal education. She discovered he was a person like herself, also drawn to community work.

    They had both chosen not big expense accounts and prestigious commercial law, but community work. They chose community. You could  not help but be moved by the character of a young woman, who with more than ample opportunity to rise above her family and her neighborhood, who instead turned her face toward a commitment to community. Michelle came to love a young lawyer who like her, sought out an opportunity to serve a working class neighborhood.

    Michelle and Barak brought character, education and heart  to their working life. They chose work not in a glamorous steel tower, but in the nitty gritty, of the neighborhood. No one could have expected her to return to her neighborhood, roll up her sleeves and give her life and her heart to Southside Chicago.

    I hope America deserves a woman the caliber of Michelle Obama. I know America will benefit from her grace and character.

 Video Clips from Monday


"Either your inside or your not!"
"They're so cynical!"
" I just want to know why there shouldn't be a vote!"

Talking with delegates enroute to Denver.

by Rick Spisak

Sitting next to a DNC SUPER delegate from North Carolina, who has been very active in democratic party  politics since the Viet Nam War. Unsolicited he offered this, "the thing that bothers me about the blogosphere is that they are HOT! They are interested and motivated but they are cynical. I see them involved at a white hot fervor and then they drop out! I've been trying to get them out, get them involved and have them come to party events and meet people. But many of them aren't comfortable meeting people. I just wish they weren't so damn cynical. Either your inside or your not, and If your inside, then you are the enemy!"

Waiting in Fort Worth, where American Airlines, had us change gates five times, we started talking about the convention with a Massachusetts Hillary delegate. I asked her if she thought a vote for Hillary would be a good idea or would it be divisive as some suggest? She looked at me with a look that said, I've made this speech before.
"I want someone to explain to me why we are having a Convention if not to establish by a VOTE who is the democratic candidate for the 2008 election. We voted for our nominee for as long as I've been going to conventions. I've been coming since 1960. I want someone to explain to me why there shouldn't be a vote. And then if she loses, then she loses."

I said "there are those who believe we should use the whole convention as a celebration of unity and not have a divisive vote for competitors." Then why are we even having a convention if not to select our candidate?" She shot right back.  more

(in celebration of the re-freezing of the Prague Spring)
by RW Spisak

Our Good Dixiecrat Senator Nelson, Weighed in on the Soviet Invasion, destruction, murderous occupation of Georgia, but you might have missed this during the quadrenial glorious race for national  gold.  Let's review our good Senator remarked last week, on the Bush prodded, Georgian military action in Osetia which by poking the Russian bear, one too many times instigated a Russian counter attack, invasion and massive loss of life and infrastructure  another picture-book example of our "over-promised/under supported" foreign policy promises.

Despite Soviet expert Ms. Rice's comments to the contrary.  Yes, Condi, it is, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and Poland all over again. You know the old SUPER-POWER Quadrille, where we stoke the dreams of some tiny inconsequential freedom loving country, just to poke their finger in the eye of a SUPER-POWER enemy.

Good Senator Nelson's comment "This could impact the cost of our hitchhiking with the Russians while we're between space trucks".
Our space shuttle fleet will be grounded and due to cuts in NASA funding, we will be dependent on Russian, or maybe Chinese space transport. And our good Senator, faced with the disaster of the invasion, counter invasion and now occupation. Nelson notices, ticket prices may rise.

Now Senator, I'm as pro-space as the next futurist. And I believe that  the Bush funding shifts away from NASA and toward military mis-adventures on our little blue dot has done everything to set us back in the long mission to deep space.

But can you find no room for criticism in this Bush, additonal inspired military disaster. Yes space is important, jobs in Florida are important, and a renewed investment in space technology is very important. BUT Senator, Bush Administration military adventurism is a disaster for many earthlings also.

Senator, can you find you voice supporting science? Can you just speak up for the principles of science that allowed you to travel up beyond the atmosphere? Our great country found time for a conference on FAITH, but no takers for a National Dialogue on SCIENCE? While the Bush Administration spends nearly a decade throttling scientists, shutting down research, ignoring data, and misplacing email on enforcing Environmental Quality.

Yes, Condi, yes Senator Nelson, it's "Prague Spring" all over again. And Condi all your Soviet "expertise" has taught you ... is to issue blustery anti-diplomatic messages  that stink of insult, without any fragrance of diplomacy.

Yes Senator, the price to ride with our once Russian Allies and now enemies again, will undoubtedly go up. Unlike our Space Shuttle fleet.  Heck of a job Condi!   Heck of a job!  Give this lady a medal of FREEDOM!
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