"Jerry Scheff" Bass.gov> wrote in message
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http://www.counterpunch.org/fiyouzat07072007.html

http://www.haloscan.com/comments/tf2777/article17969_htm/

Coincidental with the birth of the US,
fueled by the Industrial Revolution,
the capitalist system was beginning
to break the brutish shackles of
feudalism on the people of that day.

At the same time capitalism began
creating the only force capable of
destroying it-the working class.

Nascent capitalism enjoyed explosive
growth and it spawned revolutions
around the world,

Report: U.S. Aborted Raid on Al Qaeda Leaders in Pakistan in 2005
Sunday, July 08, 2007

A top-secret operation in early 2005 meant to "snatch and grab" top Al
Qaeda members in Pakistan was aborted at the last second when former
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld decided the raid was too risky,
according to The New York Times.

Intelligence officials were targeting a meeting that they thought
included Al Qaeda No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahri, the man believed to run much
of the terrorist group’s operations, a former senior intelligence
official involved in the mission told the Times.

But Rumsfeld called off the operation after deciding it had become too
risky in terms of American lives and relations with Pakistan. Rumsfeld
was apparently concerned with Pakistan's ban on the U.S. military
operating in its tribal areas and the rift the mission could cause.

The raid had started off as a small number of military and CIA
personnel but before launch ended up including several hundred people,
according to the report. Then director of the CIA, Porter Goss,
appealed to Rumsfeld to carry out the operation, but was rejected, the
Times reported.

torresdD wrote:
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Tax cuts for the poor, benefit no one since the poor pay almost nothing in
taxes and suck from the system at a far greater rate than their fair share
to begin with.

On Mon, 9 Jul 2007 17:39:18 -0400, "Steve" nospam.net> wrote:

Only the Middle Class pays tax.

"Irving C Saltzberg" wrote in message
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LOL Hardly. The richest 10%% supports the rest of the country.

On Mon, 9 Jul 2007 22:52:41 -0400, "Steve" nospam.net> wrote:

Stuff and nonsense.

But it's quite OK to tax The Rich. They have most of the money.

On Mon, 9 Jul 2007 22:52:41 -0400, "Steve" nospam.net> wrote:

In article news.sisna.com>, steve@nospam.net says...

As a matter of percentage, they pay a fuck of a lot higher rate in taxes
than any rich bastard.

Get an education.

jps

Idiot Bush...

USAT/Gallup Poll: Bush 'approval' at new low; Republican support
'eroding'

President Bush's "approval rating" has dropped to an all-time low 29%%
in the USA TODAY/Gallup Poll, USA TODAY Washington bureau chief Susan
Page reports this morning. Opposition to the Iraq War, which is at a
new high, has further cut into the president's standing, Page writes.
She adds that:

• Bush's support is eroding among Republicans: 68%% approve of him,
down from an average 92%% in his first term, 82%% in his second. Nearly
4 in 10 Republicans say the immigration debate, which ended in defeat
for Bush's overhaul proposal, caused them to lose confidence in him.

• Bush now has had both the highest approval rating in Gallup's
history -- 90%% in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks -- and one of the
lowest. Among modern presidents, only Richard Nixon, Harry Truman and
Jimmy Carter ever had a lower rating.