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13 February 2005
Asian writing that doesn't mean what you think it does...
This is a fun site, basically some folks that know Japanese and Chinese, and look at tattoos to see if they mean what people think they mean... I think the "crazy diarrhea" tattoo above the butt is my favorite... hehe.
12 February 2005
US al-Qaeda warning revealed
So why is there no accountability here? Is all of American feckin' sleeping? Rice and Bush have been lying for years!!!
US al-Qaeda warning revealed
From correspondents in Washington
11feb05
EIGHT months before the September 11 attacks the White House's then counterterrorism adviser urged then national security adviser Condoleezza Rice to hold a high-level meeting on the al-Qaeda network, according to a memo made public today.
"We urgently need such a principals-level review on the al-Qaeda network," then White House counterterrorism adviser Richard Clarke wrote in the January 25, 2001 memo.
Mr Clarke, who left the White House in 2003, made headlines in the heat of the US presidential campaign last year when he accused the Bush White House of having ignored al-Qaeda's threats before September 11.
Mr Clarke testified before inquiry panels and in a book that Rice, his boss at the time, had been warned of the threat. Rice is now US Secretary of State.
However, Ms Rice wrote in a March 22, 2004 column in The Washington Post that "No al-Qaeda threat was turned over to the new administration".
Mr Clarke told a commission looking into intelligence shortcomings prior to the attacks, "There's a lot of debate about whether it's a plan or a strategy or a series of options - but all of the things we recommended back in January were those things on the table in September. They were all done, but they were done after September 11."
The document was released by the National Security Archive, an independent US group that solicits government documents for public review.
Another document released by the archive said that from April to September 2001, the US Federal Aviation Administration received 52 intelligence reports on al-Qaeda, including five that mentioned hijackings and two that mentioned suicide operations, according to today's New York Times.
The Times quoted a previously undisclosed report by a commission set up to investigate the September 11 attacks on New York and Washington.
The report criticises the FAA for failing to strengthen security measures in light of the reports and describes as "striking" the false sense of security that appeared to predominate in the civil aviation system before the attacks, the paper said.
US al-Qaeda warning revealed
From correspondents in Washington
11feb05
EIGHT months before the September 11 attacks the White House's then counterterrorism adviser urged then national security adviser Condoleezza Rice to hold a high-level meeting on the al-Qaeda network, according to a memo made public today.
"We urgently need such a principals-level review on the al-Qaeda network," then White House counterterrorism adviser Richard Clarke wrote in the January 25, 2001 memo.
Mr Clarke, who left the White House in 2003, made headlines in the heat of the US presidential campaign last year when he accused the Bush White House of having ignored al-Qaeda's threats before September 11.
Mr Clarke testified before inquiry panels and in a book that Rice, his boss at the time, had been warned of the threat. Rice is now US Secretary of State.
However, Ms Rice wrote in a March 22, 2004 column in The Washington Post that "No al-Qaeda threat was turned over to the new administration".
Mr Clarke told a commission looking into intelligence shortcomings prior to the attacks, "There's a lot of debate about whether it's a plan or a strategy or a series of options - but all of the things we recommended back in January were those things on the table in September. They were all done, but they were done after September 11."
The document was released by the National Security Archive, an independent US group that solicits government documents for public review.
Another document released by the archive said that from April to September 2001, the US Federal Aviation Administration received 52 intelligence reports on al-Qaeda, including five that mentioned hijackings and two that mentioned suicide operations, according to today's New York Times.
The Times quoted a previously undisclosed report by a commission set up to investigate the September 11 attacks on New York and Washington.
The report criticises the FAA for failing to strengthen security measures in light of the reports and describes as "striking" the false sense of security that appeared to predominate in the civil aviation system before the attacks, the paper said.
10 February 2005
Thanks Doug for the wise words!
Last Wednesday was Groundhog Day and the State of the Union address in the United States.
In an ironic juxtaposition; one involves a meaningless ritual in which they look to a creature of little intelligence for prognostication, and the other involves a groundhog.
doug
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Heh, nice.
Charlie
In an ironic juxtaposition; one involves a meaningless ritual in which they look to a creature of little intelligence for prognostication, and the other involves a groundhog.
doug
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Heh, nice.
Charlie
dude, this is extremely fecked up...
Wow, Rice supposedly has a history education? I can't believe she said this...
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The policy being carried out today by the US and Israeli governments is that "Jews must be expunged from the living space of the Arab people."
An excerpt referring to the planning of Nazi Germany...
In moving entire populations, professionally known as cargo, punctuality is a must.
Transportation - that was the main item on the agenda at Wannsee. The delegates had to form a plan of action that would meet two primary objectives. As taken directly from the minutes: 1. "The expulsion of the Jews from every sphere of life of the German people." 2. "The expulsion of the Jews from the living space of the German people."
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The policy being carried out today by the US and Israeli governments is that "Jews must be expunged from the living space of the Arab people."
An excerpt referring to the planning of Nazi Germany...
In moving entire populations, professionally known as cargo, punctuality is a must.
Transportation - that was the main item on the agenda at Wannsee. The delegates had to form a plan of action that would meet two primary objectives. As taken directly from the minutes: 1. "The expulsion of the Jews from every sphere of life of the German people." 2. "The expulsion of the Jews from the living space of the German people."
Looks like an interesting blog: on the face
on the face from Tel Aviv, Israel... "The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing" - Socrates
My pal Gregg's new little man!!!
Wow, so Gregg and Amy made a baby! Wyatt is a grumpy lookin' bugger, but cute, as all new babies are... 8-) Congrats friends!!!!!
09 February 2005
The Wedding...
The wedding was great, we had a brilliant time. Marcela's mother and sister came into Austin for the wedding. Along with many of my family from Florida, Wisconsin and Washington, DC... my mother, all my brothers and sisters and their significant others, as well as my Aunt Bridget (my "Best Man") and my GrandMother, and Aunt Ginny. My GrandMother is getting on in the years, and has some significant health issues, so it was amazing that she and Bridget could make it. They really helped make the even more special.
I had a pretty silly "bachelor" party, with my aunt and my mom attending... 8-) we just went downtown to 6th street for a few mexican martinis... it was fun. Played pool, mom got wild, it was a good (if tame) time.
The rehersal and rehersal dinner was nice, just the basics with family meeting each other for the first time, catching up and generally having a good time. We had the rehersal dinner at one of our favorite places, and the place where Marcela and I had our first date, NXNW. Thanks much to them.
The wedding was great, a masterpiece of organization by the staff of HamiltonTwelve, Lissa, and especially by Marcela. Parts were beautiful, parts were touching and there were lots of silly and fun times. We danced our asses off with the Argentines setting the pace, they never seem to run out of energy!!! My brother and I even got thrown into the "decorative" swimming pool... it was freeeeezing! It took me a while to defrost before I could perform my "husbandly" duties that night... 8-)
The honeymoon in Kauai, Hawai'i was a welcome rest... I'll post some notes on that soon.
Pix and more soon!
Charlie
I had a pretty silly "bachelor" party, with my aunt and my mom attending... 8-) we just went downtown to 6th street for a few mexican martinis... it was fun. Played pool, mom got wild, it was a good (if tame) time.
The rehersal and rehersal dinner was nice, just the basics with family meeting each other for the first time, catching up and generally having a good time. We had the rehersal dinner at one of our favorite places, and the place where Marcela and I had our first date, NXNW. Thanks much to them.
The wedding was great, a masterpiece of organization by the staff of HamiltonTwelve, Lissa, and especially by Marcela. Parts were beautiful, parts were touching and there were lots of silly and fun times. We danced our asses off with the Argentines setting the pace, they never seem to run out of energy!!! My brother and I even got thrown into the "decorative" swimming pool... it was freeeeezing! It took me a while to defrost before I could perform my "husbandly" duties that night... 8-)
The honeymoon in Kauai, Hawai'i was a welcome rest... I'll post some notes on that soon.
Pix and more soon!
Charlie
06 February 2005
So it's over and we are back!!!
Marcela and I had a great wedding, and a brilliant honeymoon in Kauai, Hawai'i... we just got back on friday. Still recovering from jetlag and so much time off... 8-) I'll work on pictures of the wedding and trip soon, and I'll post a link here.
Hope you are all well!
Charlie and Marcela
Hope you are all well!
Charlie and Marcela
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