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The American Reporter Daily Newspaper. New York hotels

INSIDE A.R. TODAY

Vol. 14, No. 3,381W - The American Reporter - March 16, 2008



 

AR's Editor Joe Shea Talks About Elections On Iranian TV

 

 

Bear Stearns Saved By Fed As Lehman Bros. Falters; Major Bank
Failure Looms Over Wall Street, Sends Markets Into 200-Pt. Dive
Lie Upon Lie

Five Years Into the Iraq War
The Administration Still Churns Out Lies

by Randolph Holhut

 

 

 

 

A Small Tragedy

Even at 90, As Friends Turn Cool
She Knows the Show Must Go On

by Joyce Marcel

I'll Take Me

Imagine John Wayne or Arnold
In Heels, Silk and a Girdle

by Elizabeth Andrews

 

 

 

 

 

Sen. Nelson Calls For New Fla. Primary; Gov Crist Backs 'Do-Over'
Who'll Win? Ask Spock

Spock.com Engine Predicts Winners
By Site Searches; It Can be Wrong

by Jay Bhatti

Chatting Up The Cat

God Gave Me Dominion Over Him
But I Think He's a Non-Believer

by Constance Daley

Death of a Thug

The Life and Horrors of Suharto

 

by Andreas Harsono

___________________________

 

This Just In

Sierra Club: McCain Ducked All 15 Key Votes On Green Laws (AR)
A Work By AR's T.S. Kerrigan Is Chosen As 'Best Poem' By Wordpress Site
Murder At Mile 63
The Deadly Assault and
Bush Administration Cover-Up

by S. Eben Kirkesby
and Andreas Harsono

 

 

 

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On Native Ground
AFTER 5 YEARS, WE'RE STILL LIED TO ABOUT IRAQ
by Randolph T. Holhut

DUMMERSTON, Vt. -- Next week is the fifth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq. And it is likely that sometime in the next couple of weeks, the 4,000th American soldier will die in Iraq. [MORE]

 

Momentum
OFF TO SEE THE WIZARD
by Joyce Marcel

DUMMERSTON, Vt. - It's 1931, and a 14-year-old girl is standing alone on a stage. She's small and lively with dark curly hair, widespread hazel eyes, slender wrists and an open, eager face filled with the wonder of performing. Her name is Rose, and one day she will be my mother. But now she is performing an Eugene O'Neill monologue called "Before Breakfast" for a ladies' club in a wealthy suburb of Long Island. [MORE]

 

One Woman's World
COMFORTABLE WITH MYSELF
by Elizabeth T. Andrews

CARTERSVILLE, Ga. -- I'm not sure but I think I may be socially incorrect. [MORE]

 

On Native Ground
ENOUGH FOR A WAR, NOT FOR A PEOPLE
by Randolph T. Holhut

DUMMERSTON, Vt. -- Last week, the National Governors Assn. met in Washington, D.C. One of the tasks the NGA had on its agenda was to ask President Bush to increase federal spending on roads, bridges and other public works projects as a way to stimulate the economy. He rejected their pleas out of hand, claiming that infrastructure projects wouldn't offer any short-term economic boost. [MORE]

 

Brasch Words
BEWARE THE SELF-REVERENTIAL PRESS
by Walter Brasch

BLOOMSBURG, Pa. -- Shortly before the primary votes this past week, Newsweek's Jonathan Alter called Sen. Barack Obama's surge to the Democratic nomination "inevitable." It also called for Hillary Clinton to "start her campaign for Senate majority leader." [MORE]

 

Constance
A CONVERSATION WITH MY CAT
Constance Daley

ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. -- Normally, when the cat starts his evening rant of meowing continuously until he makes his point, I just take it as long as I can, pick him up, and put him in the garage for the night. He doesn't want to go, but the meowing stops and I don't care if he likes it or not. [MORE]

 

Momentum
OUT OF STRUGGLE, ART
by Joyce Marcel

DUMMERSTON, Vt. -- Here we are again at the crossroads of art and social change, having the opportunity to watch good and great films about the lives of women in support of the Women's Crisis Center. [MORE]

 

Campaign 2008
HOW TO PREDICT SUPER TUESDAY II WINNERS? ONLINE SEARCH
by Jay Bhatti

NEW YORK, March 4, 2008, 7:00PM ET -- With the outcomes of the Texas, Vermont, Ohio and Rhode Island primaries to be decided tonight, how possible is it that online searching can predict who will win tonight's primaries? [MORE]

 

One Woman's World
DON'T VOTE; IT ENCOURAGES THEM
by Elizabeth T. Andrews

CARTERSVILLE, Ga. -- Call me angry and disgusted but don't call me un-American because I won't be voting come November. [MORE]

 

On Native Ground
BUSH AND THE KEYBOARD COMMANDOS
by Randolph T. Holhut

DUMMERSTON, Vt. -- As the days tick down toward the eventual departure of President George W. Bush from the White House, it's a hopeful sign that most Americans are no longer moved by his Administration's constant exploitation of terrorism for political gain. [MORE]

 

Momentum
WHICH AMERICA DO YOU LIVE IN?
by Joyce Marcel

DUMMERSTON, Vt. -- It's a little confusing. [MORE]

 

Make My Dat
THE LAWYER THAT ATE NEW YORK
by Erik Deckers

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. -- I used to know a guy who, quite literally, didn't get hyperbole. He didn't understand exaggeration. As a result, he missed most jokes that came his way. [MORE]

 

On Native Ground
FIDEL RETIRES: NOW THE COLD WAR IS REALLY OVER
by Randolph T. Holhut

DUMMERSTON, Vt. -- Maybe now, we can finally say the Cold War is over. [MORE]

 

Make My Dat
THE LAWYER THAT ATE NEW YORK
by Erik Deckers

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. -- I used to know a guy who, quite literally, didn't get hyperbole. He didn't understand exaggeration. As a result, he missed most jokes that came his way. [MORE]

 

One Woman's World
POLITICS IS NO PARTY
by Elizabeth T. Andrews

CARTERSVILLE, Ga. -- Are you having a hard time focusing your eyes? Do you have faint red spots all over your body? Is there a ringing in your ears and do you see wavy lines when you look at your television set? Do your hands shake when you try to hold a cup of coffee? And have you recently been forgetting what day of the week it is - or what year? [MORE]

 

Make My Day
FOR BETTER OR WORSE ... A LOT WORSE
by Erik Deckers

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. -- "Marriage: It's Only Going to Get Worse." [MORE]

 

Constance
YOU CALL THESE RIGHTS?
by Constance Daley

ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. -- When you express an opinion you hope to persuade others to your point of view. It doesn't always happen but still, opinion writers try. [MORE]

 

Momentum
THE BRIDGE WOMAN
by Joyce Marcel

DUMMERSTON, Vt. - Out there in America - yes, still - is a generation of women who were born in the 1940s, raised in the 1950s, and who came to radical consciousness in the late 1960s and early 1970s. I am one of them. Hillary Clinton is one of them. [MORE]

 

On Native Ground
OBAMA AND MY GENERATION
by Randolph T. Holhut

DUMMERSTON, Vt. -- I originally planned on voting for Dennis Kucinich in the Vermont Primary on March 4. [MORE]

 

The Willies:
WARNING: THIS MEDICATION MAY MURDER YOUR FRIENDS
by Joe Shea

BRADENTON, Fla. -- You've heard the warnings, haven't you? Stop Prozac and you may take a shotgun, an Uzi or an AK-47 and mow down your family and friends, or even a whole classroom full of your fellow students. You didn't? Well, that warning is not on the bottle, but like countless mass-murder incidents before it, Friday's shootings at Northern Illinois University, as well as the Virginia Tech shootings that killed 32 last year, was probably precipitated by the effect of stopping medications that suppress anger and other powerful emotions but do not relieve the underlying cause. Isn't it time we started warning people - or stopped prescribing these medicines? [MORE]

 

One Woman's World
DON'T KNOCK ON MY DOOR
by Elizabeth T. Andrews

CARTERSVILLE, Ga. -- I wish I could feel delight in my poet's mansion being like Grand Central Station all the time, but I can't. And I wish my place was such a place that someone would one day write: "Her door was always open and she always made you feel all fuzzy and warm in her presence. She could make a cup of coffee seem like a banquet." [MORE]

 

Reporting: Panama
PANAMA'S VIOLENT LABOR UNREST INTENSIFIES
Mark Scheinbaum

PANAMA CITY, Panama, Feb, 15, 2008 -- After just one day of relative calm, wildcat construction strikes by some members of Panama's largest union flared up again Friday morning, four days after a police sniper shot one worker. More than 140 demonstrators have been injured and at least 500 arrested, authorities say. [MORE]

 

Brasch Words
TO STIMULATE ECONOMY, BUY A CHINESE-MADE U.S. FLAG
by Walter Brasch

BLOOMSBURG, Pa. -- Walking down Main Street, pushing a grocery cart loaded with clothes, toys, and appliances was Marshbaum. Fastened to the right front corner of the cart was an American flag tied onto a three-foot ruler. [MORE]

 

Make My Day
THE TOOTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TOOTH
by Erik Deckers

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. -- To commemorate the death of noted shark exploder Roy Scheider, and the "Jaws" movies that resulted in Erik never setting foot in the ocean again, we are reprinting this column from 2003. Shark Experts 0, Sharks 1 [MORE]

 

Momentum
THE WINTER OF MY DISCONTENT
by Joyce Marcel

DUMMERSTON, Vt. - As I write this, it's raining ice. Maybe a half a foot of snow and ice has already landed up here in the woods of Dummerston. Our cars are encased in it, and the door to the house is blocked. The satellite dish that brings in our Internet service quit about 20 minutes ago - frozen solid. [MORE]

 

The Willies
AMERICA TO HILLARY: GET OUT!
by Joe Shea

BRADENTON, Fla., Feb. 13, 2008 -- Sen. Hillary Clinton has adopted the Rudy Giuliani strategy, and it's working - for Sen. Barack Obama. It turns out to be the strategy all Democrats are seeking - an exit strategy. But it's not for Iraq. It's for her exit from the race for the 2008 Democratic Presidential nomination. [MORE]

 

Constance
CONFESSIONS OF A DISAPPOINTED VOTER
by Constance Daley

ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. -- A week ago at just about this time, I completed an article and was about to submit it as scheduled to The American Reporter. I was feeling rather elated, ready to show up on Super Tuesday morning, firmly touch the X next to Rudy Giuliani's name and get on with my day. He was my choice; he would get my vote. [MORE]

 

Reporting: Florida
SIERRA CLUB SET TO SUSPEND FLA. CHAPTER
by Joe Shea

BRADENTON, Fla., Feb. 10, 2008 -- The national Sierra Club is set to suspend its Florida chapter after years of divisive infighting, the president of the national club told Florida members in a letter delivered to some this weekend. It is the first time in its 116-year history that such a step has been considered by the club, according to news reports. [MORE]

 

One Woman's World
PLANT A NEW WORLD THIS SPRING
by Elizabeth T. Andrews

CARTERSVILLE, Ga. -- For a little while, the men will just have to toss and turn in their fear-free-women beds. For a small space of time Hillary Clinton will just have to trudge on toward the White House without my faint applause in the background. [MORE]

 

On Native Ground
VERMONT AND THE 5 STAGES OF CONSERVATIVE GRIEF
by Randolph T. Holhut

DUMMERSTON, Vt. -- First, Vermont tried to convince the nation to impeach President Bush and Vice President Cheney. [MORE]

 

Make My Day
REBEL WITHOUT A TONGUE
by Erik Deckers

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. -- Kids' brains work in amazing ways. At times, they can grasp complex concepts and make impressive discoveries. Other times, you have to wonder how we ever survived as a species. [MORE]

 

The Willies
FOR DEMOCRATS, NOW IT'S ABOUT RACE, INCOME AND GENDER
by Joe Shea

BRADENTON, Feb. 6, 2008 -- It's not a good time to be a Democrat. As the Super Tuesday results demonstrated, the presidential race between Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton has divided the partly along clear racial, income and gender lines - the very distinctions the party has sought to erase in principle but has emphasized in its pursuit of diversity. [MORE]

 

Momentum
SUPER TUESDAY BLUES
by Joyce Marcel

DUMMERSTON, Vt. -- Super Tuesday has come and gone and I still can't get excited about the upcoming presidential elections. [MORE]

 

The Willies
ON THE BRINK OF HISTORY, YOUR PUSH IS NEEDED
by Joe Shea

BRADENTON, Fla., Feb. 5. 2008 -- I'm expecting a sea change tonight. I believe that for the first time in this nation's history we will once and forever banish racism as the deciding factor in the destiny of African-Americans, and indeed adopt diversity as our path to the future. [MORE]

 

Campaign 2008
AT 88, EVERY VOTE REALLY COUNTS
by Ted Manna

DENVER, Feb. 5, 2008 -- Pearl Turner will caucus for Mitt Romney tonight in Denver. [MORE]

 

One Woman's World
STAND BY YOUR WOMAN
by Elizabeth T. Andrews

CARTERSVILLE, Ga. -- The black vote. The gay vote. The fundamentalist vote. The Hispanic vote. [MORE]

 

An AR Special
SUSPECTS IN BENAZIR ASSASSINATION HAVE TIES TO MUSHARRAF
by Ahmar Mustikhan

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- When Gordon Brown this past Monday feted coup-leader-turned-President Pervez Musharraf at 10 Downing Street, Britain's new prime minister probably didn't ask the Pakistani dictator a question that is now on many minds: Did you order the murder of Benazir Bhutto? [MORE]

 

Momentum
TO THE VERMONT DELEGATION: WHAT HAVE YOU DONE FOR US LATELY?
by Joyce Marcel

DUMMERSTON, Vt. — Back when President George W. Bush and Dick Vice President Dick Cheney were building up to their loathsome war in Iraq, very few people were brave enough to call the bullies' bluff. [MORE]

 

On Native Ground
IF BUSH HAS HIS WAY, WE'LL NEVER LEAVE IRAQ
by Randolph T. Holhut

DUMMERSTON, Vt. -— In his final State of the Union address on Jan. 28, President Bush cautioned against accelerating U.S. troop withdrawals from Iraq, saying that it would endanger the process that has been made over the past year. [MORE]

 

Campaign 2008
CLASH OF COMMENTS AND PROTESTORS AT CLINTON, OBAMA RALLIES IN DENVER
by Ted Manna

DENVER, Feb. 1, 2008 -- At least four presidential campaigns of both partiers rolled into in Denver this week ahead of the Feb. 5 "Super Tuesday" primaries in 22 states, but it was the Democratic presidential contenders who drew the big crowds and duked it out Wednesday. If sheer numbers are any indication, Sen. Barack Obama - preceded by a buoyant and beautiful Caroline Kennedy - won the round handily. He is the overwhelming favorite to win the Colorado primary next Tuesday. [MORE]

 

The Willies
WHY THE FLORIDA PRIMARY STINKS
by Joe Shea

BRADENTON, Fla., Jan. 30, 2008 -- I was with my wife and daughter driving the back way from Miami home to Bradenton when we stopped at a McDonald's in Clewiston, the only big town along the vast shore of Lake Okeechobee, the state's precious freshwater reservoir. The McDonald's had three televisions at a central seating area, each tuned to a different network, and our table was in front of CNN as the very first election results started to pour in around 7:30PM. With them, almost as counterpoint, suddenly came such an overwhelming odor of cow plop that my wife started to throw up as we all ran to the parking lot. [MORE]

 

Passings: Suharto
DEATH OF A KEMUSU THUG
by Andreas Harsono

JAKARTA -­ A few minutes after hearing that former president Suharto had died in his hospital bed, Marco, a militia leader in downtown Jakarta, raced to Suharto¹s house, wearing his jungle camouflage and began guarding the Suhartos¹ residence on Cendana Street. [MORE]

 

Constance
I REMEMBER YOU
by Constance Daley

ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga.. -- It seems to be more often lately that the sentiment is spoken but it's always been out there: "You never get over the death of your child." This is true. But the heartfelt expressions come from some who cannot fathom the notion of losing a child; their own child is who is in their mind, not another mother's child. [MORE]

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