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Tuesday February 20

While the mainstream media concentrates on Anna Nicole's body, Brittny's bald head, and American Idol, most Senate Republicans still refuse to even consider debate on the non-binding resolution to stop Bush's escalation of the illegal and immoral slaughter in Iraq.

We'll examine the quality of our remaining troops: the maimed, untrained, and abused are all that are left to protect the "Homeland" Raisin Brain is always stammering about. And what's with the reversal on Al Qaeda? The Bushies claim they're on the way out, now say they're gaining stregnth again. Is ANY of their so-called "intelligence" on the mid east correct?

Has it ever been?

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:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:

[smokey nj]

1. Hi ralps and my fellow truthseekers!!!!!

Happy Mardi Gras!!!!
:hi: :grouphug:

[ralps]

4. Hi smokey nj, You're 1st! Happy Mardi Gras!!

:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:

[smokey nj]

13. Hey ralps!!!

Ash Wednesday always frightened me as a kid. The nuns would come into school with huge, black crosses smeared on their foreheads and it seemed evil to me.
:hi: :hug:

[tnlefty]

17. Hey smokey nj!

Happy Fat Tuesday! :hi:

[tnlefty]

2. Hi ralps and Fellow Truthseekers!

Happy Fat Tuesday! :hi:

[ralps]

7. Hi tnlefty

:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:

[smokey nj]

16. Hi tnlefty!!!!!

:hi: :hug:

[toadzilla]

3. Hello!!

[tnlefty]

8. Welcome to DU, toadzilla!

Good to see you. :hi:

[ralps]

9. Hi toadzilla, Welcome to the Truthseeker thread

:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:

[MzNov]

12. toadzilla, I love it.

:hi:

[smokey nj]

18. Hi toadzilla!!!!

Welcome!!!!
:hi:

[yellowdogmi]

5. Hi Ralps!! Hello Truthseekers!!

:hi:

[ralps]

10. Hi yellowdogmi

:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:

[smokey nj]

20. Hi yellowdogmi!!!!

How are you doing? How's my buddy, Max?
:hi: :hug:

[yellowdogmi]

61. He is bugging the crap out of me.

He has a lot of energy and he had a flying mishap last night so he is staying grounded. He is as quick as an ostrich in his head.

[smokey nj]

63. Flying mishap? Oh no, I hope he's ok - poor Max.

[yellowdogmi]

125. Ocassionally

He gets spooked and takes off flying in terror. He is getting better but last night he ended up behind the dresser. He is ok! Just trying to get the hang of this flying stuff.

[smokey nj]

128. Poor Max., I'm glad he's ok.

[tnlefty]

24. Hey yellowdogmi!

:hi:

[yellowdogmi]

62. Hi tnlefty!

:hi:

[Liberal_Dog]

6. Hello Truthseekers

Hi ralps. :hi: Hello Everyone. :hi:

:grouphug:

[ralps]

11. Hi Liberal_Dog

:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:

[smokey nj]

26. Hi Liberal_Dog!!!!!

:hi: :hug:

[Liberal_Dog]

39. Hi smokey nj

:hi:

[tnlefty]

30. Hey Liberal_Dog!

:hi:

[Liberal_Dog]

41. Hi tnlefty

:hi:

[Elwood P Dowd]

14. I don't want a pickle - - just want to ride my motorsickle

The Motorcycle Song
words and music by Arlo Guthrie

CHORUS:
I don't want a pickle
Just want to ride on my motorsickle
And I don't want a tickle
'Cause I'd rather ride on my motorsickle
And I don't want to die
Just want to ride on my motorcy...cle

It was late last night the other day
I thought I'd go up and see Ray
So l went up and I saw Ray
There was only one thing Ray could say, was:

CHORUS

This song is about the time that I was ridin' my motorcycle.
Going down a mountain road, at 150 miles an hour, playin'
my guitar. On one side of the mountain road there was a
mountain, and on the other side there was nothin' - there was
a cliff in the air.

Now, when you're going down a mountain road at I50 miles
an hour you gotta be very careful, especially if you're playin'
a guitar. Especially if that guitar is an acoustic guitar.
Because if it's an acoustic guitar, the wind pressure is greater
on the box side than on the neck side, because there's
more guitar on the box side. I wasn't payin' attention ..

Luckily I didn't go into the mountain - I went over the cliff.
I was goin' at 150 miles an hour sideways and 500 feet down
at the same time.

I knew it was the end. I looked down, I said ''Wow! Some
trip". I thought it...well I knew it was...I knew it was my last
trip, and in my last remaining seconds in world,I decided
to write one last farewell song to the world.

Put a new ink cartridge in my pen. Took out a piece of paper.
I sat back and I thought awhile. Then I started writin':
I don't want a pickle
Just want to ride on my motorsickle
And I don't want a tickle
'Cause I'd rather ride on my motorsickle

And I don't want to die
Just want to ride on my motorcy ...cle."

I knew that, it wasn't the best song l ever wrote, but I didn't
have time to change it. I was comin' down mighty fast.

But as you all know, and as fate would have it, I didn't die. I
landed on the top of a police car. And he died. I drove away
on the road that he was on. I came into town at a screamin'
175 miles an hour, playin' the motorcycle song.

I came into town, I jumped off my bike, the bike went around
the corner by itself, went up on the stand by itself, turned
itself off.

I walked over to my friend. He was standin' there eatin'
pickles. I said "Hi, what's happenin'?" He looked at me in the
eye and said "Nothin'".

You gotta sing it with that kind of enthusiasm. Like you just
squashed a cop...

CHORUS

:hi: :toast: :beer:

[ralps]

22. Hi Elwood P Dowd

:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:

[smokey nj]

29. Hi Elwood P Dowd!!!!!

Mmmmmmm pickles!!!
:hi: :hug:

[MzNov]

15. Hi Truthseekers!!

:hi: :loveya:

[ralps]

23. Hi Ms. November

:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:

[MzNov]

55. Hey there ralps!!!

:hi: :hug:

[smokey nj]

31. Hi Ms. November!!!!!

:hi: :hug:

[tnlefty]

36. Hey Ms. November!

:hi: "These Nazi bastards..." Oh yeah, Mike says it for me!

[MzNov]

53. Hi tnlefty !!!

:hi: :hug:

[Graybeard]

19. Hi ralps and everyone!...

...Happy Tuesday!

[ralps]

25. Hi Graybeard

:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:

[smokey nj]

32. Hi Graybeard!!!!!

:hi: :hug:

[gumby]

21. Checked In.!!.

:hi: ralps
:hi: Truthseekers

[ralps]

27. Hi gumby

:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:

[MARCUSCO]

33. Happy Mardi Gras everyone! Who has the gumbo cooking tonight??

:hi:

[smokey nj]

37. Hi MARCUSO!!!!

:hi: :hug:

[MzNov]

44. Hi MARCUSCO !! gumbo, yummmm

:hi: :hug:

[ralps]

46. Hi MARCUSCO, not I

:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:

[smokey nj]

34. Hi gumby!!!!!

:hi: :hug:

[gumby]

47. Hi smokey.!!.

:hi:

[MzNov]

28. thanks 109th Congress. You gave him EVERYTHING.

the elections
the judges
the invasion
the wiretapping
habeas corpus gone
torture
democracy

the list goes on and on and on and on

Way to go.

:-(

[smokey nj]

35. Have I mentioned yet tonight how much I hate these people?!!!

[bullimiami]

38. has mike mentioned it yet today?

hey gang.

[MzNov]

42. Hey bullimiami !

Tuesday yucks !!

:hi:

[smokey nj]

45. Hi bullmiami!!!!

:hi: :hug:

[ralps]

49. Hi bullimiami

:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:

[MzNov]

40. dirty filthy basturds....

I feel like we've all been HAD.

[lordsummerisle]

43. Well Said Ms. November

Does anyone have a link to the ruling Mike's been speaking of? I tuned in just before the break.
Thanks in advance...

[MzNov]

48. here's one link from Raw Story lordsummerisle

:hi: :hug:


http://www.rawstory.com//news/2007/Guantanamo_detainees_cannot_appeal_detention_in_0220.html

[ralps]

50. Hi lordsummerisle

:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:

[gumby]

51. BINGO!!!

Glad the Dems kept their powder dry for the Really Important Issues.!!!!!!!.

[MzNov]

54. Start a Revolution !!!!

not a Resolution. ya dumb bast-urds


:hi:

[roamer65]

73. Guess what has justed been re-started at the Univ of Mich?

SDS. Students for a Democratic Society has restarted meetings at U of M. Viva SDS.

[MzNov]

84. Woo Hoo. Did anyone contact Thom Hartmann? He was in the SDS.

that crazy kid.

I'm glad to see so many more college kids getting into it now. It took them a while, but then again, it took several years for the college crowd to revolt in the Vietnam era. And without the draft....

do you happen to have a link?

:woohoo:

:hi:

[ralps]

89. Hi roamer65, cool!

:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:

[roamer65]

99. The link to the SDS website.

http://www.studentsforademocraticsociety.org/

[MzNov]

102. Thanks roamer65, I had no idea the SDS still existed.

[roamer65]

107. It has been resurrected.

It was formed at the U of M under Tom Hayden. It went away for many years....BUT...


IT'S BACK!!!!! POWER TO THE PEOPLE!!!

:evilgrin:

[bdamomma]

85. hey ms november, yup they had everything planned, and they

gave our republic away, but we are the only ones to get it back. These are thugs we are dealing with that is all they are, evil thugs I should say. They just do not give a sh$t.

[MzNov]

88. I just don't know what it's going to take... something horrible in any case.

:hi:

[bdamomma]

98. easy to say, but we really have to dig deep to just believe in

ourselves, I have somewhat been really disgusted about the vote in Senate how they didn't get a vote about the resolution, these politicians walk the walk but they do not talk the talk, I like Murtha's solution on everything though. How much BS are we going to take? when we hit rock bottom and realize we have nothing to loose how much bending over can we do? * will he finish out his term sprinting like he said, and laughing away all the way to the bank, or did they steal that too.

[Greeby]

52. Woot, another email read

:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

[MzNov]

56. Greeby gets another star !!

:hi:

[ralps]

57. Hi Greeby, Cool!! Which one was it? edit & How are you doing?

:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:

[DKRC]

58. Hi everyone!! Hi ralps, smokey, & cal04!

:hi::grouphug:

:hi: :pals:
:hi: :pals:
:hi: :pals:

[ralps]

59. Hi DKRC

:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:

[smokey nj]

60. Hi DKRC!!!!

:hi: :hug:

[ralps]

64. Oh Dear Mike!!! Please stay around!!

:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :hug: :grouphug: :hug: :cry:

[MzNov]

65. Anyone want some chocolate milk?

My milkshake is better than your milkshake... la la la

where did everybody go...?

[ralps]

69. LOL I just had some Hot Chocolate! Yum!!

:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo: :rofl:

[MzNov]

72. oh that looks really good. yum!

So what's the temperature in your area now?

Sesame on lamp chop blankee now..

[ralps]

86. It's in the 30's today & Awwww Sesame looks comfy!!

:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:

[smokey nj]

96. Awwwww... Hi Sesame!!!!

Is she feeling any better?

[MzNov]

97. Hi aunt smokey. It's very strange. She's otherwise normal, but the backside

is so sensitive. I just can't pet her there. Bizarro...

I think I'll go get an Xray done in a week or so.

:shrug:

[smokey nj]

104. I hope she's ok. She's so damned cute, I just want to squeeze the stuffing out of her.

She's almost too cute to be real!!!

[MzNov]

132. I think she's fine, unless there is some nerve damage thing going on.

but my gut tells me not.

You just can't imagine smokey nj, how much I love this little cat. She is 3x as cute in person. And the personality is like no cat I've ever had. She's the sweetest animal I have ever seen. I'd like to sqeeze her till her eyes pop out too. Maybe I did, squeeze her too hard...

:-)

[smokey nj]

134. I can't help smiling whenever I see a picture of her. I've showed

Mr. smokey some of the photos you've posted and he fell in love with her too.

[MzNov]

136. In the morning, she comes up under my covers and curls up

and puts her little head on my left arm. And she snorts when she purrs, so you just have to laugh. She stays about 1/2 hr. then she's off to explore the back yard and to see where her "buds" went.

[smokey nj]

140. That's so freakin' cute!!!

[bdamomma]

109. what's wrong with your kitty. Chloe is resting comfortably on the

couch, and her allergy to fleas is acting up again, can you believe she is allergic to fleas!! She is even on monthly flea medication Advantage, I think the name is. It is affecting her lower back also, I keep telling her to stop licking herself, and I try not to give her steriods that apparently helps her, but tends to put on weight, but other than that she is okay.

[smokey nj]

113. Hugs to Ms. Chloe!! I'm sorry her allergies are acting up.....

You need to post a picture of her.

[MzNov]

130. Sesame has developed an unusally sensitive area near the

tail and vet can't find anything. Some cats are very senstive there, but this just came about a couple of weeks ago. I thought maybe my badass boycat Simon pounced on her, or maybe I stepped on her tail, but I just don't know.

Advantage has always worked very well for my cats. I had a tortie once who just had the worst allergies to fleas. The advantage took care of it. It's a year-round thing.

I heard the Pet Dr. tell someone to buy some flea collars, chop them up and put in your vacuum cleaner. then vacuum the crap out of your house. Think I will do that this summer.

Hi to chloe !!

[DKRC]

71. **snarffffff**

Just glad I wasn't drinkin anything!
:spray: :rofl:

[MzNov]

74. LOL

:hi:

[ralps]

66. Here's Disco Fluffy & her Friends

:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:

[smokey nj]

67. Hi Disco Fluffy and Friends!!

[MikeNearMcChord]

68. Don't let the bastards get you Mike!

teach your daughter and your grandchildren make sure they pass this on the next generation, it may be dark now, but it will get brighter if we all fight these bastards! When one man or woman says to Shrub and the RW/Freeper/Dittohead cabal NO I WON"T!, they begin to tremble!
FREEDOM!!!

[ralps]

70. Hi MikeNearMcChord, Hell Yes!!!!

:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:

[MARCUSCO]

82. Oh Shit, the hell is about to hit the fan..

Mike is going to talk about the Walter Reed Situation. If you haven't read it yet, Brace Yourself!!

It's enough to make you cry to see what recovering soldiers are going through, and then puke when you think what the Bush Cabal is doing.

:cry:

:puke:

[smokey nj]

83. I cried like a baby when I read the article.

[smokey nj]

78. Hi MikeNearMcChord!!!!

:hi: :hug:

[MikeNearMcChord]

90. Hello smokey!

I finally got tired of my local station, delaying Mike's show(even when they now air his show at 8:00pm PST), so I joined Nova M. So I listen live and I am happy!:woohoo:

[bdamomma]

75. good evening everyone!! how is everyone tonite?

:hi: :hug:

[smokey nj]

79. Hi alyce douglas!!!!!

:hi: :hug:

[MzNov]

80. Hi alyce douglas and Hi roamer65 !!! Tuesday yucks to you.

:hi: :hug:

[ralps]

91. Hi alyce douglas, I'm doing pretty good, how are you?.

:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:

[roamer65]

76. Hi everyone!

:hi: :hug:

[smokey nj]

81. Hi roamer65!!!!

How are you doing tonight?
:hi: :hug:

[ralps]

92. Hi roamer65

:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:

[MzNov]

77. This Walter Reed story is too much to handle... Randi was

talking about it today. It's just unbelieveable.

I hope the 2 reporters who sneaked into the Walter Reed buildings and did this story get Pulitzers.

:grr:

[MARCUSCO]

87. F-YOU TONY SNOW, YOU LYING SACK OF SHIT!!

:banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:

[bdamomma]

93. they do not care about these soldiers along how they do not

care about us middle class americans a dying breed now, huh? they do not care about the Gulf States either, right now it's Mardi Gras time and absolutely nothing has been done, it is truly astonishing, like Mike says. And it's getting old these thugs should just go back under their rocks this is too much BS.

[smokey nj]

94. We spend more on defense than all other countries combined.....

and yet we treat our veterans like dog shit. I'm fuming about this.
:grr:

[MARCUSCO]

95. All I know is that there needs to be asses KICKED all around for this shit!

(On my recomendation).

You're right Alyce, they just don't care!

[MzNov]

142. What Chairperson and Committee would this fall under???

[smokey nj]

145. Americablog posted a letter Louise Slaughter, Chair of the House Rules Committee

sent to the Pentagon. I like Louise Slaughter - a lot.

http://americablog.blogspot.com/2007/02/house-rules-committee-chair-louise.html

"Supporting our troops begins with giving them a mission that makes sense and that doesn't needlessly jeopardize their lives," the Congresswoman continued. "It ends with an unconditional commitment to men and women who have made sacrifices few of us can fully appreciate. If this Administration is going to order soldiers into battle, then it has no right to stand on the sidelines when they come home. We need a serious evaluation of the care being given to our veterans, and must immediately address holes and gaps in a system that can't afford either."

"Critics of the President's escalation of the war are told that they can't both support the troops and oppose their mission," Rep. Slaughter added. "I think that you can't support the troops if you send them into battle without proper armor, or deny them critical medical care and counseling after they are injured. That is the definition of hypocrisy, and our wounded soldiers are paying the price."

[MzNov]

155. Louise Slaughter rocks. I'd feel better knowing she's on this issue !

:bounce:

[bdamomma]

100. Is anyone considering goint to the March on the Pentagon?

Mike is angry, I totally understand that.

[smokey nj]

105. I'm going to try to go.

[bdamomma]

115. I got the time off, and probably staying at the Harrington.

this stuff has got to stop, I've got to yell and scream, it's building.

[smokey nj]

101. I really fucking hate Tony Snow!!!!

[MARCUSCO]

108. I can't watch his press briefings on C-Span, or on any TV screen for that matter.

At least I enjoyed watching Scott McClellan squirm through them while being a lying ass (and laughing my ass off a bit).

[smokey nj]

111. I miss the Duckman - he was almost too stupid to function.....

Tony Snow is nothing but a smarmy lying bastard.

[bdamomma]

119. yea, C span had something on tonite when KO was on

with a news panel, David Gregory NBC News, and that stupid Tony Snow, they were just all sitting there and discussing the topic the Bush Presidency, I returned to KO, this news media should be ashamed of themselves they are in the back pockets of this filthy regime.

[smokey nj]

122. They are complicit in his crimes.

[MzNov]

117. He's one of the most repulsive members of the entire BCF !

I'd like to poke my fingers right thru his eyes. :grr:

[smokey nj]

120. I know this is horrible......

but everytime I hear him, I can't help but think "Why couldn't he die from cancer like everyone else?" Too evil, I guess.

[bdamomma]

129. oh, I have a weird feeling these guys are going to die of

disease, look at Lee Atwater he had a brain tumor, oh, like they say every dog has it's day.

[mvd]

103. Hi, all!

:hi:

[smokey nj]

106. Hi mvd!!!!

:hi: :hug:

[Elwood P Dowd]

110. You're not old enough for this

Minimum age is 39. Delete yourself.

:hi:

[ralps]

112. Hi mvd

:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:

[Ilsa]

114. hi everyone! I can't believe I made it!

I have PBS Frontline on. Talking about media versus WH, Pentagon papers, pat buchanan is on, etc. I think I 'll turn it off. Good show, I bet, though.

I'm a mess tonight. My autistic son (twn years old) made a horrible nasty poop mess in the bathroom on the floor and was dancing and sliding around in it. He thought it was funny.

I'm having one glass of wine. It is a large goblet filled to the brim with a Chilean red wine, very mellow, like a table wine. Tastes like something I could serve every day. I'm getting a snack to go with it.

I hear the Autism Speaks ad on. NYTimes ran a great article on siblings of autistics, etc.

Rambling.... Mike is back...

[smokey nj]

118. Hi Ilsa!!!!!

:hi:
Extra huge hugs to you. :hug: :hug:

[Ilsa]

151. Thanks! hubby is out of town on a business trip. Also having fun--

he was at a restaurant with a huge crowd at 9:30 this evening. I don't begrudge him that, though. But I wish I could have an evening out.

[smokey nj]

157. Maybe when he gets home, you can have a girls night out with some

friends? You certainly deserve it!

[Ilsa]

173. Yeah, and this is really depressing:

I make new friends, and a year later they move away! Drives me ca-way-zy! I have a local friend who would enjoy a dinner out with me, or maybe a trip up to SugarLand for dining and shopping.

[ralps]

121. Hi Ilsa, Oh dear!!

:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :hug:

[Ilsa]

150. Yeah, my son's teacher told the bus driver to warn me, "Beware",

meaning my kid is in a real foul mood today. He didn't scream or throw any fits. His aggression was more passive.

But I'm getting through it.

[ralps]

116. Here's the link for americablog

http://americablog.blogspot.com/
:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:

[MARCUSCO]

123. I swear to god I want to punch the next republipuke that says the

democrats don't support the troops (why don't their ass pick up a weapon and go over and fight).

[bdamomma]

135. oh they keep on spewing up the same old lines, during the

House debates that is all they were saying all those stupid one liners, bad morale among the troops and emboldening the terrorists, what BS, we are the only ones who are emboldening the terrorists, and who is to say they are all terrorists, they are people who are trying to protect their country from occupiers, how would we react? now that is hard to say, because we have a domestic enemy right now, and what is being done? now, I am not directing this towards present company, but it is just sickening, the most admired country, and look at what these scumbags have done to the country. Unbelieveable and totally disgusting.

[ralps]

127. And here's an americablog article "Walter Reed statement: Washington Post article is a lie "

"Walter Reed statement: Washington Post article is a lie"
http://americablog.blogspot.com/2007/02/walter-reed-statement-washington-post.html
We've just received a copy of a letter sent by the general running Walter Reed to the entire staf. He needs to be fired, now.
To the Staff of WRAMC from MG Weightman
This letter is to address the issues that were raised in the Washington Post articles this weekend concerning the treatment of patients at WRAMC, specifically their outpatient care and administration. First and foremost, I want to assure all of the staff that I do not believe that there is the "other" Walter Reed. I firmly believe that we deliver the same level of world class healthcare to all of our patients and their families, regardless of whether they are inpatients or outpatients. I see that same level of competence and compassion regardless of what clinic or ward that I visit. I see you taking the same pride and honor in caring for our Nation's sons and daughters day in and day out. We have treated over 6000 OIF/OEF patients at WRAMC since 2002 and the vast majority of them are delighted with our care. We get a lot of visitors daily at WRAMC and they have numerous interactions with our patients and families. They have many opportunities to express both their satisfaction and dissatisfaction, and therefore I feel confident that we, as a staff, have both accurate and frequent feedback from our patients which is overwhelmingly positive. Because of this, I do not believe it is accurate to portray our outpatient population as being "invisible" to the public.

Information for this article was covertly obtained over more than 2 years by reporters who did not wish to bring their findings to the leadership for action. Many of the issues that were raised in the articles have been resolved or mitigated. A survey of outpatients done in our Brigade last month showed that only 2.6% of them expressed dissatisfaction with the administrative aspect of their care; certainly not the picture painted by the recent articles. We have numerous forums to obtain feedback from all of our patients and their family members because it is important for us to know, at all times, how our customers perceive their treatment. They are the reason we exist; their care and satisfaction must remain our highest priorities.

Having said that, I believe that the WP articles give us an opportunity to improve in many areas and I challenge all of you to help me fix both clinical and administrative areas that are not meeting the expectations of either our patients or their family members. We must be especially sensitive to their needs and actively seek their worries and concerns. We must never be accused of being complacent and resting on our well deserved reputation for being the crown jewel of the military health system. Our reputation must be earned every day with each and every patient. Over the next month, we will have numerous visitors who will be inquiring into the issues raised by the WP articles. I encourage all staff to be proactive and engage these visitors when approached. Tell them of the many wonderful things that you do, but do not shrink from admitting where we can be better and telling them what we are doing to get better. It is only through this process of constant self evaluation and challenge that we will be able to meet the needs of our patients.
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:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :grr: Asshole!!

[bdamomma]

124. remember Timothy McVeigh was a soldier in Desert Storm

and he went off his head, and John Mohammand who was a sharp shooter who also went off his head and killed all those people in Maryland, now they do not want to pay attention to these soldiers who are coming back with severe mental disorders and symptoms, think about it?? how many are going to come back with these symptoms, because * cut funds.

[lonestarnot]

126. Fat Tuesday.

Happy to you too!

[smokey nj]

131. Hi lonestarnot!!!!

:hi: :hug:

[ralps]

133. Hi lonestarnot

:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:

[proud patriot]

137. I'm way late checking , but I'm here

been listening via the net but my son had to type
some homework stuff for school ...

[smokey nj]

138. Hi proud patriot!!!!!

:hi: :hug:

[proud patriot]

148. hi smokey nj

:hug:

[MzNov]

143. Hi proud patriot !!

:hi: :hug:

[proud patriot]

149. Hi Ms. November

:hug:

[ralps]

144. Hi proud patriot

:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:

[MzNov]

139. Chili's !

[ralps]

141. Here's Disco Fluffy & her Friends again!

:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:

[MzNov]

146. Uh oh. Where is Nancy Pelosi? What's up with that?

[ralps]

152. This bill was introduced in 2005, so Yes Nancy where in the frell is your

signature!! :hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :grr:

[MzNov]

153. I guess she'll just have to get some email..... she probably has a file on me, I write so much

[ralps]

147. Yay!! For Tammy Baldwin!! One of the good Representatives from Wisconsin!!

& Here's the site for
H.R.676
Title: To provide for comprehensive health insurance coverage for all United States residents, and for other purposes.
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.00676:
Latest Major Action: 4/4/2005 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:

[flaminbats]

154. DU is full of truthseekers!

to Bush Oklahoma City was nothing but a sick joke..not an act of terrorism, but 9/11 is the reason we should never oppose him. :crazy:

thank god we have less than two years of this guy!! remember to watch this Democratic forum on Cspan. http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x256782

[MzNov]

156. the longest two years in the history of man **and women**

:hi:

[Elwood P Dowd]

158. On the bright side

Bush might just destroy the republican party if he stays the course.

[smokey nj]

160. I just hope he doesn't destroy the rest of us in the process.

[Elwood P Dowd]

166. Dat be possible

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[ralps]

159. Hi flaminbats, thanks for that info!

:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:

[smokey nj]

162. Hi flaminbats!!!!

:hi: :hug:

[Swamp Rat]

161. Happy Mardi Gras!!!!!!

I am exhausted! ... I played drums for 12 hours!!!

Way'at Truthseekers!!! :hi:

[smokey nj]

163. Happy Mardi Gras, Swamp Rat!!!!!

:hi: :hug:

[MzNov]

167. Hi Swamp Rat !! awesome graphic! Could ya do one with Tony McSnowJob?

I would not care HOW SCAREY !!

:hi: :hug:

[ralps]

168. Way'at Swamp Rat! Cool!! & Really great new graphic!!!

:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo: :applause: :applause: :patriot:

[gumby]

169. Paraguay.

Is that the same as Heaven? Looks pretty super.
Good One Swamp Rat.!!.

[gumby]

164. "Telescoping Time"

Great phrase. Yes, Bush has been Telescoping Time Through a Kaleidoscope.

It's enough to whack your mind... Mine has certainly been whacked.!!.

[MzNov]

165. That makes more sense about Pelosi. Big exhale on that one.

it's OK Mike. there is too much info to get it all straight....

[MzNov]

170. Happy Tomorrow everyone !!! Maybe tomorrow will have a little bit of good news. :(

[ralps]

171. Good Night Everyone, Have a great day Tomorrow, Take Care & Keep It Lit!

:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:

[smokey nj]

172. Good night truthseekers, have a great one tomorrow!!!!