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EST 56 Rangel Opposes the Troops Remember back in December, when Rep. Charles Rangel of New York proposed reinstating the draft? His stated rationale, as 57 we noted, was egalitarian: "A disproportionate number of the poor and members of minority groups make up the enlisted ranks of the military," he told CNN. Also voting "present" was Republican Ron Paul, the isolationist feather of the GOP. By our count, 23 members of the Congressional Black Caucus--a clear majority--voted either "no" or "present" on the resolution. This goes a long way in explaining why so few black candidates are able to win statewide office in America. Racial gerrymandering produces districts that elect black candidates who are so far to the left that they cannot even bring themselves to endorse a simple expression of patriotism during wartime. This question continues to prompt much speculation and many conflicting accounts. If it's not clear that the man in the video was Saddam, how could the purported eyewitnesses identify him when he was wearing a mask? Less than 48 hours after hostilities began, the world doesn't even know if Saddam is still alive. Because they fired a few missiles in the general direction of allied troops, all of which missed. Meanwhile, here's yet another obnoxious photo caption from 68 Reuters: " British Royal Marines take prisoners after securing the al-Faw oil field in southern Iraq March 21, 2003. Attack on Iraq"--but the dateline is Tehran (Iran is not an Arab country), and it concentrates mostly on government reactions. Marines hauled down giant street portraits of Saddam Hussein in a screeching pop of metal and bolts Friday, telling nervous residents of this southern Iraqi town that 'Saddam is done' ": A few men and boys ventured out, putting makeshift white flags on their pickup trucks or waving white T-shirts out truck windows. The prisoners, ranging from teenagers to older men, appeared thankful to turn themselves over. Many asked for food and water, which they would be given when taken to positions in the rear. The 82 Guardian also reports that all the EU leaders except Chirac offered their condolences to Blair on the deaths of eight British servicemen in a helicopter crash in Kuwait. Perhaps that will bring change to Iran," said Namin, a lanky engineering student strolling to class. If the war has good consequences, let it be," said another student, Mohammad. Writing in The Spectator, Boris Johnson has a hilarious account of the editing process at the New York Times op-ed page: "Booris," said Tobin the Times editor , "'we love it! I started to get a floaty, out-of-body sensation when he said that he had made a change to a sentence about donations of US overseas aid to key members of the UN Security Council. I had said something to the effect that you don't make international law by giving new squash courts to the President of Guinea. I began the piece with the words, "Gee, thanks, guys," and Tobin wanted those words removed. Svend Robinson, a British Columbian member of Canada's Parliament, says he plans to heckle President Bush if he speaks before Canada's House of Commons on a visit to Ottawa May 5, the National Post reports. Meanwhile, the 90 Associated Press reports that fans in Montreal booed the American national anthem when it was played before a game between the hometown Canadiens and the New York Islanders. The Montreal fans got what they deserved, though: the Islanders trounced the Canadiens, 6-3. Nearly 20 years ago we went to Berkeley to visit a friend who was a graduate student at the University of California. One weekend afternoon we went for a stroll in a park and found ourselves in the middle of an event called the Berkeley Anti-Reagan Festival, or BARF. That's the far left for you--always regurgitating the same old ideas. Deus, Fred Komarow, Daniel Goldstein, Hugh Shytle, Marc Whinston and David Wheeler.
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