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Orange Alert Xmas On Sunday, Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge issued an "ORANGE ALERT" for the holidays, right after the capture of Saddam Hussein. Here's what folks saw when if they went to the Sludge, eh... Drudge Report: When Howard Dean stated his opinion that America is NOT safer with the capture of Saddam Hussein, he got a lot of flak from other politicians. So far, I've heard no comments on these very politicians on the news of the latest Homeland Security terror alert. If you missed Howard Dean's foreign policy speech on December 15th, check out: http://blog.deanforamerica.com/archives/002698.html * * * * * * * * * * * *

Bush Economics Explained and the Saddam Situation One of the biggest criticisms I've heard about Howard Dean is the idea he's going to raise taxes, and create a bigger government, with more entitlements for the welfare state. To those people, I've got this mesage: Under the George W. Bush administration, we've got the largest government in the history of America, and his handouts to his corporate buddies make standard welfare entitlements look like pennies in comparison. You can deny all you want, and you can recycle some partisan rhetoric B.S., but the facts speak for themselves. This month, Howard Dean and his staff created an excellent brochure that borrows from the principle themes that Thomas Paine used over 200 years ago during the revolutuionary war. The brochure is called "Common Sense for a New Century", and it features a lot of solid information. Here's one paragraph that I found especially intriguing: "In the last six years

The Republicard Miles of North Bay for Dean.org created an excellent new credit card for a Bush economy- "Spend Like There's No Tomorrow! * * * * * * * * * * * *

MAD magazine- The (P)resident Bush Action Figure Here's a link to an excelllent spoof of the G.W. Bush action figure, the "G.I. JOKE": http://www2.warnerbros.com/madmagazine/files/onthestands/ots_437/6.html * * * * * * * * * * * *

GOOGLE this "Miserable Failure" Type in "miserable failure" with GOOGLE, and what do you get? The folks at Blah3.com explain: "I'm taking part in a new web project... From this day forth, I will refer to George W. Bush as a Miserable Failure at least once a day. Why, you ask? Well, someone came up with this great idea to link George W. Bush and Miserable Failure in popular search engines. If you have a blog or web site, help raise the link between George W. Bush and the phrase ' miserable failure ' by copying this link and placing somewhere on your site or blog." http://www.blah3.com/graymatter/archives/00000654.html * * * * * * * * * * * *