Whittaker shoots 4th RD 67 to finish -5 (T34) at Sugarloaf

Nice finish Ron Ron.. way to get back in the groove

Rice admits "thousands" of errors in Iraq

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060331/pl_nm/britain_usa_rice_dc_8

BLACKBURN, England (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza accepted on Friday the United States had probably made thousands of errors in Iraq but defended the overall strategy of removing Saddam Hussein.

"Yes, I know we have made tactical errors, thousands of them," she said in answer to a question over whether lessons had been learned since the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003.

Secretary Rice, let me help you with that math. These are rough estimates because we don't know for sure how many you have slaughtered but here goes:

2,400+ American Soldiers Dead
30,000+ wounded (most are without limbs)

100,000+ Iraqi civilians dead

i'd say there were a few thousand errors..... you evil bitch

Prayer Doesn't Aid Recovery, Study Finds

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/30/AR2006033000902.html?referrer=email&referrer=email

Praying for other people to recover from an illness is ineffective, according to the largest, best-designed study to examine the power of prayer to heal strangers at a distance.

The study of more than 1,800 heart-bypass patients found that those who had people praying for them had as many complications as those who did not. In fact, one group of patients who knew they were the subject of prayers fared worse.

Surprisingly, 59 percent of the patients who knew they were being prayed for experienced complications.

No shit... that's because there is no God, you freaks.

YO, FUCK YOU... YOU MUTHA FUCKIN' MOOLIE

EVA HERD OF THE JUDCIAL BRANCH?

http://news.bostonherald.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=132848

THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT JERKOFF... TAKE IT UP WITH MY BOSS... JESUS FUCKIN CHRIST

LEAVE THE GUN, TAKE THE CANNOLI

uh.uh..uh... i, mean what do you think? i'm some sort of dumbass?

don't be silly Mr. President. we don't think you are a dumbass. we think you are a dumbass lying sack of shit for brains.....

is this the gesture the kid uses after being Scaliad???? he he he he

Debt Snowball - Prime goes to 7.75%

a little humor from the folks at snl......

http://www.devilducky.com/media/41738

Eclipse Tomorrow Will Blot Out the Sun

ACCRA, Ghana - Tourists and scientists were gathering at spots around the world for a solar show — the first total eclipse in years, which will sweep northeast from Brazil to Mongolia, blotting out the sun across swathes of of the world's poorest lands.

Wednesday's eclipse will blot out the sun in highly populated areas, including west Africa, where governments scrambled to educate people about the dangers of looking at the eclipse without proper eye protection.

One Indian paper advised pregnant women not to go outside during the eclipse to avoid having a blind baby or one with a cleft lip. Food cooked before the eclipse should be thrown out afterward because it will be impure and those who are holding a knife or ax during the eclipse will cut themselves, the Hindustan Times added.

2ND PLACE.......

Everybody's talking at me
I don't hear a word they're saying
Only the echoes of my mind... wah.... wah, wah, wah

Johansson Tops FHM's 'Sexiest Women' Poll

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Bush Was Set on Path to War, Memo by British Adviser Says

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/27/international/europe/27memo.html?hp&ex=1143522000&en=1a8220fd45b2aca0&ei=5094&partner=homepage

this story is getting surprisingly little coverage in the main press... it basically confirms what we already knew: George Bush is a lying sack of shit for brains.

New Home Sales Plummet in February

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/060324/economy.html?.v=6

puke factor setting in...
West saw 29% decline
South saw 6.4% decline
inventories are rising with over 6 months supply on the market... look out in chenal

At Least 56 Dead in Latest Iraq Violence - and still counting....

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Despite assurances from the Bush Administration and Republican Presidential hopeful Gov Mike Huckabee that talks of a civil war are "blown out of proportion", at least 56 Iraqis died Thursday in violence, including a car bombing that killed 25 people in the third major attack on a police lockup in three days.A suicide car bomber detonated his explosives at the entrance to the Interior Ministry Major Crimes unit in Baghdad's central Karradah district, killing 10 civilians and 15 policemen employed there, authorities said.

Before Dubya and Huck-a-fuck make such moronic and outlandish comments i think they need to strap on a flak jacket and make a little visit to the hornets nest.....

Bernanke Says Yield Curve Doesn't Signal Slowdown

http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000006&sid=aGM4EaFiVQDo&refer=home

no worries, the chairman of the federal reserve said we don't have to worry about the inverted yield curve. it doesn't predict recessions.
uhhhh.... what did he say?
also from the article: ``If spending depends on long-term interest rates,'' Bernanke said, and special factors lower those rates, then demand will be stimulated and `a higher short-term rate is required.''
that should be interpreted as meaning that he will not only continue to raise short term interest rates which drive prime, but that the lower the long-term yields stay the more stimulative they are thus requiring more tighting of the short rates..
he also said some other stupid shit and i am very concerned this guy doesn't know his head from his ass.... very concerned.

Memo to Democrats - Bring back our heros

It's simple.. in order for the Democratic party to take the nation back is to embrace the values and wisdom of our former leaders who have been tossed out with history. We should ask these two men to help formulate a unified agenda and roadmap for execution. it's not too late and it can be done.

http://www.habitat.org/how/carter.aspx

http://www.garyhartnews.com/hart/about/resume.php

Weakening Home Sales and Recessions

Note the white shaded areas are times of recession. This is no surprise as the housing market is very cyclical. It does make one wonder if this time a slowdown in the housing market would drive us into another recession. the pundits say no. looking at this chart and knowing that the whole rebound in the economy was driven by cheap money and a real estate boom (most new jobs since Bush elected in housing business) then you would have to conclude a slowdown in housing would put pressure on jobs and consumption. With 70% of US GDP consisting of consumer spending, you would have to then conclude a sharp deceleration in economic growth due to a housing slowdown would have a negative affect on US output

some debt tidbits from WSJ

Congress Raises Debt Cap, Fourth Increase Under Bush

March 16 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. Congress approved a $781 billion increase in the federal government's debt limit, the fourth time lawmakers have raised the cap since President George W. Bush took office.
The Senate voted 52-48 to increase the legal limit on federal borrowing to $8.97 trillion, up from $8.18 trillion. The House approved the measure last year, meaning the legislation now goes to the president for his signature.
Treasury Secretary John Snow warned Congress in increasingly dire terms that the government couldn't keep paying its bills, and risked defaulting on its debt, without an immediate increase in the cap. The ceiling was lifted about 30 minutes after the Treasury postponed the scheduled announcement of the sale of three-month and six-month Treasury bills. An hour later Treasury said it would sell $37 billion in bills.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000103&sid=a8BKSum9ZWeU

Federal Borrowing to hit $9 trillion in a $12 trillion economy? no way the next President won't have to raise taxes.. no way. that debt can't be paid off at this rate. Bush has completely wrecked the financial discipline excercised under Clinton.....

Hot pepper kills prostate cancer cells in study

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Capsaicin, which makes peppers hot, can cause prostate cancer cells to kill themselves, U.S. and Japanese researchers said on Wednesday.
Capsaicin led 80 percent of human prostate cancer cells growing in mice to commit suicide in a process known as apoptosis, the researchers said.
Prostate cancer tumors in mice fed capsaicin were about one-fifth the size of tumors in untreated mice, they reported in the journal Cancer Research.
"Capsaicin had a profound anti-proliferative effect on human prostate cancer cells in culture," said Dr. Soren Lehmann of the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and the University of California Los Angeles School of Medicine.

Bring on the Nachos.....

Halliburton Failed to Protect U.S. Troops' Water

WASHINGTON - Halliburton Co. failed to protect the water supply it is paid to purify for U.S. soldiers throughout Iraq in one instance missing contamination that could have caused "mass sickness or death," an internal company report concluded.
The report, obtained by The Associated Press, said the company failed to assemble and use its own water purification equipment, allowing contaminated water directly from the Euphrates River to be used for washing and laundry at Camp Ar Ramadi in Ramadi, Iraq.
The problems discovered last year at that site — poor training, miscommunication and lax record keeping — occurred at Halliburton's other operations throughout Iraq, the report said.

3 words: NO BID CONTRACTS

where is the outrage?

Jessica Simpson snubs Bush

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Concerned about politicizing her favorite charity, singer-actress Jessica Simpson on Wednesday turned down a invitation to meet with U.S. President George W. Bush, a snub that left Republicans dismayed.
The apparent final word that Simpson would be a no-show at a major Republican fund-raiser with Bush and congressional leaders on Thursday night came after a day of conflicting reports from her camp and organizers of the event.
The blond star of the film "The Dukes of Hazzard" still plans to visit Washington on Thursday to lobby members of Congress on behalf of Operation Smile, a non-profit venture offering free plastic surgery for disadvantaged children overseas with facial deformities.