Californians chase recall as Florida clings to Doofus tag
The columnist mocks California politics as Gray Davis faces recall amid a system that lets any resident run for governor. Larry Flynt and Arnold Schwarzenegger are among notable names on the ballot while Florida clings to its Doofus State title and vows revenge in the next election.
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California
Florida
Larry Flynt
Gray
Davis
United States
Democratic Party
Gray Davis
Larry
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Arianna Huffington
Michael Huffington
The
Huffingtons
Huffington Huffington
Demi Moore
Oakland Raiders
Bob Hope
Harold R. Wankmilker
Nevada
Puffington
Chads
Mysterious nine of spades message from a reader
A Kansas City editor recounts a puzzling envelope containing a nine of spades card sent to his paper. He reflects on cryptic mail, hate notes, puzzling emails, and a random gesture from a reader who handed him a card with a gem of a saying. He muses on meaning and humorously considers replying with the same card.
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Rukan Razaki
Abd Al-Ghafar Sulayman Al-Majid Al-Tikriti
Iraq
Rukan
Robert Wesley Pierson
Kansas City
Terror and tactics in the Israel Palestine conflict echoed in rhetoric
The piece argues that terrorism remains terror regardless of label, citing DeLay and Bush era conditions on Palestinian state support. It claims pressure on Israel fuels violence, notes Abu Mazen’s role in sustaining terror, and calls for dismantling terror infrastructure and a parallel US-Israel threat to pursue terrorists.
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Baghdad
Jerusalem
House
Tom DeLay
DeLay
Bush
United States
Israel
National Security
Brent Scowcroft
Washington Post
Afghanistan
Iraq
Mazen
PLO
Palestinian Authority
Hamas
Power politics and wind energy rage in Texas and New York
A tirade blasts Tom DeLay and The Wall Street Journal for anti wind and solar bias. It argues wind and solar offer clean cheap energy at 2.85 cents per kilowatt hour while subsidies favor fossil fuels and nuclear. It rails at Cheney’s plan and calls for rapid adoption of green power.
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Tom DeLay
The
Wall Street Journal
Mellon
Austin
Fort Stockton
West Texas
Bush Administration
New York City
New York Times
Cheney
Alaska National Wildlife Refuge
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Dave Barry
Star Times
Hays
Kan
Bill Tammeus
Kansas City Star
Cal Thomas Tribune Media Services
Molly
George Mellon
Indian Point
OPEC
Palm Springs
Austin Energy
Llulil
Texas
Dick Cheney
Oil, Gas and Coal
Ken Lay
Molly Ivins
Creators Syndicate
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