http://hvom.blogspot.com/2007/09/george-w-bush-is-world-class-thief.html
http://hvom.blogspot.com/2007/09/portrait-of-cowardly-murderer.html
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COLDPLAY
"Yellow"
I came along,
I wrote a song for you,
And all the things you do,
And it was called "Yellow".
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George W. Bush [ RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 ]
Remarks on Presenting the Commander in Chief's Trophy to the United States Air Force Academy Falcons
May 17, 2002
See, this enemy of ours, they don't understand the Air Force Academy or what it stands for. They thought we were weak—of course, they never saw the Air Force football team play. They thought we'd just roll over. They thought we might file a couple of lawsuits. They found out we think differently here in America.
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Memorable quotes for
Deliverance (1972)
Ed: Look, what is it that you require of us?
Mountain Man: What we, uh, "re-quire" is that you get your god-damn asses up in them woods.
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transcript
The Choice 2000
CLAY JOHNSON, Andover Classmate: He was telling me the story about his mother giving him a thesaurus as a going-away present and explaining to him what a thesaurus is used for, and be sure not to use the same word all the time in an essay.
And so he- his first English assignment at Andover was to write about some highly emotional time in his life, and he was writing about the time when his sister had died. And he was talking about it had made him cry, and he had used the word "tears" several times already in his essay. And he decided- remembering what his mother told him, he decided he needed to find another word for t-e-a-r-s.
So he got out his thesaurus and looked up t-e-a-r-s, and his next sentence was, "And the lacerates ran down my cheek." He turned in his paper, got it back two days later with this big, bold pen circled around, "See me immediately." And George said that the first thought that entered his mind was, "My God. I've been here one week. I may not make it to week two."
PETER BOYER: George W. made his way at Andover, but not in the fashion that Senator Prescott Bush or George Herbert Walker Bush might have imagined. He did not become senior class president or a star baseball player like his father, but he did discover his own persona: a cheerleader with an antic streak.
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Deliverance (1972)
Quotes
Lewis: Can that chubby boy handle himself?
Ed: Bobby? He's rather well thought of in his field, Lewis.
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George W. Bush [ RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 ]
Remarks to Employees at the Army Tank Plant in Lima, Ohio
April 24, 2003
But I've also come here to talk about peace and security and freedom. And this is a good place to talk about it. This is a fine place, right here in Ohio, to talk about peace and security, because after all, it is in this facility that has provided the American military with the most effective armored vehicle in the history of warfare, the mighty Abrams tank.
From 12/25/1991 ( as United States Marine Corps chief warrant officer Kerry Wayne Burgess I was prisoner of war in Croatia ) To 4/24/2003 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - the George Walker Bush speech in Lima Ohio ) is 4138 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 3/2/1977 ( Chris Martin ) is 4138 days
From 12/25/1991 ( as United States Marine Corps chief warrant officer Kerry Wayne Burgess I was prisoner of war in Croatia ) To 4/24/2003 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - the George Walker Bush speech in Lima Ohio ) is 4138 days
4138 = 2069 + 2069
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 7/3/1971 ( Jim Morrison dead ) is 2069 days
From 7/5/1954 ( Bob Ney ) To 12/25/1991 ( as United States Marine Corps chief warrant officer Kerry Wayne Burgess I was prisoner of war in Croatia ) is 13687 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 4/24/2003 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - the George Walker Bush speech in Lima Ohio ) is 13687 days
From 7/12/1943 ( the Battle of Prokhorovka ) To 4/24/2003 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - the George Walker Bush speech in Lima Ohio ) is 21836 days
21836 = 10918 + 10918
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 9/24/1995 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - premiere US TV series "Space: Above and Beyond" ) is 10918 days
From 10/30/1989 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - the George Herbert Walker Bush remarks at the groundbreaking ceremony of the National Law Enforcement Officers' Memorial ) To 4/24/2003 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - the George Walker Bush speech in Lima Ohio ) is 4924 days
4924 = 2462 + 2462
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 7/30/1972 ( premiere US film "Deliverance" ) is 2462 days
From 11/23/1952 ( premiere US film "No Holds Barred" ) To 4/24/2003 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - the George Walker Bush speech in Lima Ohio ) is 18414 days
18414 = 9207 + 9207
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 1/17/1991 ( the date of record of my United States Navy Medal of Honor as Kerry Wayne Burgess chief warrant officer United States Marine Corps circa 1991 ) is 9207 days
From 11/23/1952 ( premiere US film "No Holds Barred" ) To 4/24/2003 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - the George Walker Bush speech in Lima Ohio ) is 18414 days
18414 = 9207 + 9207
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 1/17/1991 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - the Persian Gulf War begins as scheduled severe criminal activity against the United States of America ) is 9207 days
From 1/17/1991 ( the date of record of my United States Navy Medal of Honor as Kerry Wayne Burgess chief warrant officer United States Marine Corps circa 1991 ) To 4/24/2003 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - the George Walker Bush speech in Lima Ohio ) is 4480 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 2/7/1978 ( Ashton Kutcher ) is 4480 days
From 1/17/1991 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - the Persian Gulf War begins as scheduled severe criminal activity against the United States of America ) To 4/24/2003 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - the George Walker Bush speech in Lima Ohio ) is 4480 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 2/7/1978 ( Ashton Kutcher ) is 4480 days
From 3/16/1991 ( date hijacked from me:my first successful major test of my ultraspace matter transportation device as Kerry Wayne Burgess the successful Ph.D. graduate Columbia South Carolina ) To 4/24/2003 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - the George Walker Bush speech in Lima Ohio ) is 4422 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 12/11/1977 ( premiere US TV movie "It Happened One Christmas" ) is 4422 days
From 11/18/1996 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - premiere US film "Star Trek: First Contact" ) To 4/24/2003 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - the George Walker Bush speech in Lima Ohio ) is 2348 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 4/7/1972 ( US Public Law 92-225 and the Federal Election Campaign Act in effect and the Federal Election Commission established ) is 2348 days
From 9/4/1976 ( the unpublished true birthdate of Destiny's Child singer Beyonce Knowles ) To 4/24/2003 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - the George Walker Bush speech in Lima Ohio ) is 9728 days
9728 = 4864 + 4864
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 2/26/1979 ( premiere US TV series "Mrs. Columbo" ) is 4864 days
From 9/4/1976 ( George Walker Bush the purveyor of illegal drugs strictly for his personal profit including the trafficking of massive amounts of cocaine into the United States arrested again by police in the United States ) To 4/24/2003 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - the George Walker Bush speech in Lima Ohio ) is 9728 days
9728 = 4864 + 4864
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 2/26/1979 ( premiere US TV series "Mrs. Columbo" ) is 4864 days
From 6/30/1957 ( premiere US TV series episode "See It Now"::"Conversation with Marshal Tito" ) To 12/20/1994 ( in Bosnia as Kerry Wayne Burgess the United States Marine Corps captain this day is my United States Navy Cross medal date of record ) is 13687 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 4/24/2003 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - the George Walker Bush speech in Lima Ohio ) is 13687 days
From 7/31/1955 ( premiere US film "Spy Chasers" ) To 1/19/1993 ( in Asheville North Carolina as Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess I was seriously wounded by gunfire when I returned fatal gunfire to a fugitive from United States federal justice who was another criminal sent by Bill Gates-Nazi-Microsoft-George Bush the cowardly violent criminal in another attempt to kill me the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) is 13687 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 4/24/2003 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - the George Walker Bush speech in Lima Ohio ) is 13687 days
From 10/31/1956 ( premiere US film "You Can't Run Away from It" ) To 4/22/1994 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - the Hillary Clinton Whitewater speech & all Hillary Clinton activity & the Starbucks New York retail store & all Starbucks corporation activity & premiere US film "Chasers" ) is 13687 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 4/24/2003 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - the George Walker Bush speech in Lima Ohio ) is 13687 days
From 5/28/1942 ( Stanley Prusiner ) To 4/24/2003 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - the George Walker Bush speech in Lima Ohio ) is 22246 days
22246 = 11123 + 11123
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 4/16/1996 ( premiere US TV movie "The Bombing of America" ) is 11123 days
From 8/3/1998 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - Tom Clancy "Rainbow Six" ) To 4/24/2003 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - the George Walker Bush speech in Lima Ohio ) is 1725 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 7/24/1970 ( premiere US film "You Can't Win 'Em All" ) is 1725 days
From 6/21/1963 ( premiere US film "A Gathering of Eagles" ) To 12/10/2000 ( premiere US film "Dude, Where's My Car?" ) is 13687 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 4/24/2003 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - the George Walker Bush speech in Lima Ohio ) is 13687 days
From 2/6/1933 ( premiere US film "Via Pony Express" ) To 4/24/2003 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - the George Walker Bush speech in Lima Ohio ) is 25644 days
25644 = 12822 + 12822
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 12/10/2000 ( premiere US film "Dude, Where's My Car?" ) is 12822 days
From 1/9/1991 ( premiere US TV movie "This Gun for Hire" ) To 4/24/2003 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - the George Walker Bush speech in Lima Ohio ) is 4488 days
4488 = 2244 + 2244
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 12/25/1971 ( George Walker Bush the purveyor of illegal drugs strictly for his personal profit including the trafficking of massive amounts of cocaine into the United States confined to federal prison in Mexico for illegally smuggling narcotics in Mexico ) is 2244 days
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http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/press/2003/apr03/04-24windowsserver2003launchpr.aspx
Microsoft News Center
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Is Available Worldwide Today
SAN FRANCISCO, April 24, 2003 — Microsoft Corp. today announced the general availability of Windows Server (TM) 2003
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The Seattle Times
Thursday, April 24, 2003
Gates gives $70 million for genome work at UW [ RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 ]
By Luke Timmerman
Seattle Times business reporter
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, in the largest donation ever to a Northwest university, today is announcing a $70 million gift to strengthen the University of Washington's already renowned center for human-genome research.
The money will be used to help build a state-of-the-art research building to foster scientific collaboration and lure more star scientists to his hometown, Bill Gates said in an interview.
"This will cement the leadership role the university is in, and holds great promise for pushing forward the contribution that genomics work will make to all kinds of diseases," said Gates, co-founder of Microsoft. "It also shows a commitment on my part, the foundation's part, to keep Seattle pre-eminent in these areas."
Gates said the bulk of his gift, $60 million, will go toward a new building on campus for the Department of Genome Sciences and Department of Bioengineering. The remaining $10 million will be used for genomics projects on diseases of the developing world.
Gates' gift will enable the UW to construct the kind of building that federal research grants don't cover. The entire building will cost $150 million. Other than Gates' gift, it will be built with $12 million in federal money, $10 million from the Whitaker Foundation, which supports biomedical research, plus money from other private sources and bond sales.
Construction is scheduled to begin in August, and the first phase is scheduled to open in the fall of 2005. A news conference is scheduled today for the formal announcement.
"The way it works," Gates said, "is a few places gather a lot of the great scientists, and that's where they get the grants and the equipment. You end up with three or four places that really do the best work. Almost anybody would put Seattle on the list in genomics as one of the three or four places where there's a lot of work going on. It's a leader, and I believe this community will stay a leader."
The gift is more than five times the size of the one Gates made in 1991 to attract gene-sequencing pioneer Dr. Leroy Hood from Cal Tech to the UW, a landmark event in the region's emergence as a biotech center.
Hood left the UW in late 1999 to found the nonprofit Institute for Systems Biology in Seattle, but the UW School of Medicine has since been on a roll.
Two years ago, the UW won $30 million in grants from the National Institutes of Health to establish two of the nation's three "Centers of Excellence" in genomics. The third is at Yale University.
Months later, two UW researchers were named among the eight most influential leaders of the Human Genome Project, the worldwide scientific collaboration to map and sequence the human genetic code. Then last summer, the university recruited a third person on that elite list when Dr. Robert Waterston accepted the new chair of its Department of Genome Sciences.
Waterston, who led one of the largest chunks of gene-sequencing work at Washington University in St. Louis, is considered by scientists to be in the same league as more famous scientists such as Dr. Craig Venter, the former head of a private company that raced with the public genome project.
Dr. Philip Green, one of the UW's top computational biologists and genomics leaders, said Waterston is the kind of leader with magnetic pull for scientists around the world, particularly because he keeps his mind on science instead of spending all his time on "power games" as an administrator.
Although the Human Genome Project has been his life's work, Waterston said in an interview the project has not yet lived up to the hype. He called the next stage of research, a critical one for using the genome in human health, "an exploratory phase."
For example, Waterston said the genomes of humans and malaria parasites have been sequenced, but now scientists need to look at more daunting problems about how proteins, the cellular workhorses, interrelate. Scientists will also want to learn how some people develop resistance, or why some respond better to vaccines than others.
And though the Human Genome Project had a clearly defined goal of mapping the book of life, Waterston said, it will be critical in the coming era to ask the right questions going forward, and set the right research priorities to advance human health.
Waterston said one of his first jobs is to recruit more scientists, which he now believes will be easier.
The new Gates-funded building will bring 20 existing faculty members together, he said, and have room for another 14 recruited from around the world, with space for a total of 300 to 400 people when including graduate students and staff.
"This is an amazing statement of the importance of this area," Waterston said. "I'm confident that this is the place."
Dr. Paul Ramsey, the dean of the UW School of Medicine who has been involved in plans to expand research at the Gates-funded building and at South Lake Union, said few outside the region realize it, but the school has been emerging for a long time. UW snagged $431 million in federal health-research grants in fiscal 2002, making it the second-biggest recipient of such grants behind Harvard. Grant money has been climbing by an average of more than 17 percent per year over the past decade, he said.
Ramsey said the new Gates-funded building, and a proposed campus at South Lake Union, will add a combined 1 million square feet for research.
Ramsey said the UW has risen and won so many grants because it has a longstanding culture of research collaboration across disciplines like computer science, engineering, biology and clinical medicine.
The university has long-standing relationships with the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and many local biotech companies. Ramsey said collaborative spirit is a regional edge, in a field that's notoriously competitive and cutthroat for money and fame.
In the past two decades of breakneck competition to learn more, Boston and San Francisco have emerged as the undisputed leaders.
They have outdistanced Seattle in key measurements such as number of research institutions, number of doctorates awarded, number of companies formed, number of biotech employees, venture capital and corporate investment in research and development.
Ramsey said the UW and Seattle's unusual blend of skills in computation, biology and clinical medicine has it well-positioned in a future where collaboration is a must.
"Seattle is very well positioned to be one of the handful of global leaders in the next step of research following the Human Genome Project," Ramsey said.
It also could put Seattle in the cross hairs of the pharmaceutical industry. Drug companies have been pouring money into leading research hubs just to nestle next to world-class academic scientists. Swiss drug maker Novartis has said it plans to invest $4 billion in research and development over the next decade in Cambridge, Mass., to be near Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
One major drug company already has a toehold here — Merck bought Kirkland-based Rosetta Inpharmatics two years ago, then decided to move the operation into a new building at South Lake Union to be near the Hutchinson Center and the UW.
Jeff Brotman, UW Regent and co-founder of Costco Wholesale, said he's convinced that biomedical research may be one of the few industries that can rev up Seattle's economic future and believes the Gates gift will be a "transformational event."
He's out trying to make another one happen by raising $60 million from the business community to help the UW lease space in South Lake Union. Fund raising has not been easy with a sluggish stock market, but Brotman said he is about one-sixth of the way toward the goal.
To push his case, Brotman says that when the UW School of Medicine's expansion into the Gates-funded building and South Lake Union is complete, the school's number of employees will rise from about 14,000 to 24,000 people, and they will earn a combined annual payroll of about $2 billion. That would place the impact of UW medical research, in terms of jobs and payroll, on a par with Microsoft in Washington, he said.
"This will have a tremendous catalytic effect," Brotman said. "If we can combine all of this with South Lake Union, it will change the face of Seattle from an economic standpoint."
Gates said his gift is a rare one that's intended to support his interests in the Northwest, education and the future of medicine. He said he has read papers by the UW scientists, met some of them and spent a lot of time with Ramsey.
"I admire him quite a bit, and all the different scientists here," he said.
Gates, the world's richest man, also has a personal connection to medical advances. He saw some new drugs for breast cancer were on the cusp of becoming available when his mother, Mary, a former UW Regent, died of the disease in 1994.
"Certainly advances in cancer make you think about people you care about who could have been saved if the technology was there," Gates said. "It would be great if progress was made there. If you think of the next 20 years, I'm confident those kind of advances will take place."
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George W. Bush [ RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 ]
Remarks to Employees at the Army Tank Plant in Lima, Ohio
April 24, 2003
Thank you for the warm welcome. It's great to be in Lima. It is great to be with the hardworking people, the incredibly skilled workers of the Lima Army Tank Plant.
I want to thank you for greeting me. I want to thank you for giving me a chance to come and talk to you about two things that are on my mind. The first thing I want to talk about is making sure that people in this country who want to work can find a job.
We've been through some tough times here in America. We've had a recession, and then we had an enemy attack us. Then we attacked back. There's been the uncertainty, uncertainty of war hanging over our heads. Then we had some of our corporate citizens forget what it means to be a responsible citizen, and they didn't tell the truth to employees and shareholders. And we had to deal with the corporate scandals that rocked the confidence of America.
But in spite of that, our economy is growing. In spite of that, we're the best economy in the industrialized world. But we're not growing fast enough. I don't like it when I hear stories about our fellow Americans looking for work and can't find a job. And therefore, I sent the Congress a package that will encourage economic vitality and job growth, a package that starts with this concept, that we need more demand for goods and services so our people can find work. And the best way to encourage demand for goods and services is, let the people keep their hard-earned money in the first place.
I put out a plan that says that a family of four making $40,000 a year will have their taxes reduced from about $1,100 to $50. That's 1,000 more dollars in their pocket every year, so they can spend; they can save; they can invest the way they see fit.
I start with understanding whose money we're talking about. We're not talking about the Government's money in Washington, DC, we're talking about your money. And the best way to get this economy started, the best way to make sure people can find work is have an economic stimulus package that focuses on jobs. And that's what I've sent to Congress. And for the sake of the American workers, Congress, when they get back from that Easter break, needs to pass a robust jobs-creation program.
But I've also come here to talk about peace and security and freedom. And this is a good place to talk about it. This is a fine place, right here in Ohio, to talk about peace and security, because after all, it is in this facility that has provided the American military with the most effective armored vehicle in the history of warfare, the mighty Abrams tank.
I'm here to thank you all for your service to our country and thank you for the vital contribution you have made to peace and freedom. You see, we're determined in this country to overcome the threat to our country, wherever they may gather. And each of you have had a part in this mission. Each of you are a part to making sure this country is strong enough to keep the peace.
In the liberation of Iraq, we've applied powerful weapons, like the tank you build here, to strike our enemy with speed and precision. In the use of the Abrams tank, we have got a vehicle that is the most safe vehicle for our fighting personnel, precise enough to protect innocent life.
Work is not done. There's still dangers and challenges to remain. But one thing is certain: Saddam Hussein is no longer in power. And thanks to the courage and might of our military, America is more secure today. And thanks to the courage and might of our military, the Iraqi people are free.
I appreciate Lieutenant Colonel Walsh for letting me come. [Laughter] He didn't have any choice. [Laughter] I want to thank General Thompson. I want to thank your plant manager, Gary King. I want to thank the UAW local president, Jeff Monroe. I want to thank all the workers who are here.
I want to thank you for bringing your families. I thank you for showing your families what you have done to help make history, to help make the world more peaceful. You tell your children, when they see the images of war on their TV sets, that we take the action we take and you build the products you build because we believe in peace in America. We understand we have an obligation to keep our nation secure. You build the weapons you build here because we love freedom in this country.
I want to thank some elected officials who have come, your Governor and your Senator DeWine and Congressman Oxley. Remember I talked about how we had some citizens who forgot to be responsible citizens when it came to whether or not they told the truth on the books. We passed a bill called Sarbanes-Oxley that said, if you cook the books, you're going to be held to account. The Oxley of Sarbanes-Oxley is with us today. And I want to thank Mike Oxley for his good work on behalf of honest government.
And Congressman Turner is with us and Congressman Gillmor and your mayor— your mayor, as well as local officials. Thank you all for coming. I'm honored to be here.
You see, it's a chance for me to remind the people of this country that we're witnessing historic days in the cause of freedom. This is an historic moment. Just over a month ago, not all that long ago, a cruel dictator ruled a country, ruled Iraq by torture and fear. His regime was allied with terrorists, and the regime was armed with weapons of mass destruction. Today, that regime is no more.
We have applied our might in the name of peace and in the name of freedom. That's why we applied our might. We gave our word that the threat from Iraq would be ended. And with the support of allies and because of the bravery of our Armed Forces, we have kept our word.
Last year, one of the first preparations for possible war, one of the first parts of our planning for war, came when General Tommy Franks—from Midland, Texas, I want you to know—went to the same high school as First Lady Laura Bush did—who, by the way, sends her love and her best. Tommy Franks asked—one of the first requests in preparation for possible war was that we send 1,200 Abrams tanks to the theater. That was one of the first decisions that Tommy made. And when the war came, in the initial stages of that war, units equipped with Abrams tanks and Bradley fighting vehicles led the charge, were first in as we crossed into Iraq to free the people of that country.
When our coalition met fierce resistance in An Nasiriyah and on the way up, south to north, our armored forces answered decisively. The tanks built right here in Lima, Ohio, charged through elements of the dictator's Republican Guards, led the forces of a liberation into the heart of Iraq, and rolled all the way into downtown Baghdad. Throughout the campaign, our enemy learned that when Abrams tanks are on the battlefield, America means business.
Our edge in warfare comes, in part, from the American spirit of enterprise—no question about that—from great companies and great workers like you all. During the fighting in Iraq, tank commanders sent word that they needed better ways to protect the Abrams exhaust systems from enemy fire. During the battle, word came back from Iraq, right here to Lima. And so engineers and machinists, pipefitters and welders and packers and transportation specialists of this plant went straight to work. Within a week, you had a new part designed and manufactured, and the first kits to deal with that problem shipped to Iraq. When our soldiers and marines needed you most, when the pressure was on, you came through, and America is grateful.
I understand that one welder here, Mark Springer, had a especially strong interest in completing the project, to making sure the Abrams were able to fulfill their mission. You see, his son Joshua is serving in Iraq as an Abrams tank commander. I thank Mark for his service. And the next time, Mark, you communicate with Josh, you tell him the Commander in Chief came to Lima to say how proud I am of his service and the others' service to our country.
I've seen buttons with pictures of troops on the shirts of moms and dads and loved ones. I want to thank you all for your prayers for the safety of our troops. I want to thank you for your love of your children. They need to know, over there in combat, that people here at home love them. I want to thank you for your patience and just let you know they'll be home when the mission is complete.
The mission is not complete. Our forces still face danger in Iraq. Our enemy is scattered, but they're still capable of doing harm. But we're not going to lose our focus. We're going to press on until the mission is complete.
In any conflict, America's greatest single asset is the character of the men and women who wear our uniform. In Iraq, they have shown us once again that powerful weapons are a great advantage in modern warfare, but courage is still decisive. Some of the bravest have been lost to us and to their families. Some of the best have not returned home, and we will never forget their sacrifice.
In Iraq, we are defending this Nation's security. After the attacks of September the 11th, 2001, we will not allow grave threats to go unopposed. We are now working to locate and destroy Iraq's weapons of mass destruction.
Iraqis with firsthand knowledge of these programs, including several top officials who have come forward recently, some voluntarily—[laughter]—others not—[laughter]—are beginning to cooperate, are beginning to let us know what the facts were on the ground. And that's important because the regime of Saddam Hussein spent years hiding and disguising his weapons. He tried to fool the United Nations, and did for 12 years, by hiding these weapons. And so it's going to take time to find them. But we know he had them. And whether he destroyed them, moved them, or hid them, we're going to find out the truth. And one thing is for certain: Saddam Hussein no longer threatens America with weapons of mass destruction.
We're not only in Iraq to protect our security; we're also showing that we value the lives and the liberty of the Iraqi people. We're pressing forward with the critical work of relief and reconstruction in that country. And the work will be difficult. You see, Iraq is recovering not just from weeks of conflict but from decades of totalitarian rule. The dictator built palaces in a country that needed hospitals. He spent money on illegal weapons, not on the education of the Iraqi children or food for the Iraqi people. Statues of the man have been pulled down, but the fear and suspicion he instilled in the people will take longer to pass away.
Yet I have faith in the Iraqi people. They have the resources, the talent, and the desire to live in peace and freedom. And in the hard work of building a free Iraq, they will have a consistent friend in the United States of America.
We have sent teams of people over to Iraq to make sure that they have adequate food. We're restoring electricity. We're making sure the hospitals are full of medicine and staffed with people to help the people of that country.
I've sent a good man to help the Iraqi people, retired General Jay Garner—sent him to Iraq, and he arrived in Baghdad just this week. You see, it wasn't all that long ago that our tanks were in Baghdad. It may seem like a lot of time—there's a lot on our TV screens—but it wasn't all that long ago that the people got the first whiff of freedom. And now we've followed up with a team of people, headed by this man Garner who's got one overriding goal, to leave a free nation in the hands of a free people. That is our goal in Iraq.
Our mission—besides removing the regime that threatened us, besides ending a place where the terrorists could find a friend, besides getting rid of weapons of mass destruction—our mission has been to bring a humanitarian aid and restore basic services and put this country Iraq on the road to self-government. And we'll stay as long as it takes to complete our mission. And then all our forces are going to leave Iraq and come home.
And we're making progress. There's tangible, visible progress on the ground there in Iraq. Step by step, the citizens of that country are reclaiming their own country. They're identifying former officials who are guilty of crimes. That deck of cards seems to be getting complete over time. [Laughter] They're volunteering for citizens patrols to provide security in the cities. They're beginning to understand that they need to step up and be responsible citizens if they want to live in peace and a free society.
Many Iraqis are now reviving religious rituals which were forbidden by the old regime. See, a free society honors religion. A free society is a society which believes in the freedom of religion. And many Iraqis are now speaking their mind in public. That's a good sign. [Laughter] That means a new day has come in Iraq. When Saddam was the dictator and you spoke your mind, he would cut out your tongue and leave you to bleed to death in a town square. No fooling. That's how he dealt with dissidents.
Today in Iraq, there's discussion, debate, protest, all the hallmarks of liberty. [Laughter] The path to freedom may not always be neat and orderly, but it is the right of every person and every nation. This country believes that freedom is God's gift to every individual on the face of the Earth.
Last week there was an historic gathering that occurred in the city of Al Nasiriyah, where Iraqis met openly and freely to discuss the future of their country. And out of that meeting came this declaration by the Iraqis that were there: Iraq must be democratic. And that's the goal, the commitment of the United States and our coalition partners: Iraq must be democratic. And as new Iraqi leaders begin to emerge, we'll work with them. One thing is certain: We will not impose a government on Iraq. We will help that nation build a government of, by, and for the Iraqi people.
Our country and our good allies are working to create the conditions for lasting peace. We're aiding the advance of peace by seeking the advance of freedom. Free societies do not nurture bitterness or the ideologies of terror and murder. Free societies are founded on the belief that every life has equal value. Free societies—free societies turn creative gifts of men and women toward progress and the betterment of their own lives. American interests and American founding beliefs lead in the same direction. We stand for human liberty.
This past month has been a time of testing for our country. And the American people have responded with resolve and strength and optimism. Whatever challenges may come, we can be confident our Nation is strong; our purpose is firm; and our cause is just.
Thank you for coming. May God bless you, and may God bless America.
NOTE: The President spoke at 2:13 p.m. In his remarks, he referred to former President Saddam Hussein of Iraq; Lt. Col. Damon T. Walsh, USA, Army plant commander, and Gary King, plant manager, Lima Army Tank Plant; Maj. Gen. N. Ross Thompson III, USA, commander, U.S. Army Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command; Jeff Monroe, president, UAW local 2075; Gov. Bob Taft of Ohio; Mayor David J. Berger of Lima; Gen. Tommy R. Franks, USA, combatant commander, U.S. Central Command; and Lt. Gen. Jay Garner, USA (Ret.), Director, Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance for Post-war Iraq, Department of Defense.
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This Gun for Hire (1991 TV Movie)
Release Info
USA 9 January 1991
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0242423/releaseinfo
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Dude, Where's My Car? (2000)
Release Info
USA 10 December 2000 (premiere)
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Ashton Kutcher
Biography
Date of Birth 7 February 1978 , Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA
Birth Name Christopher Ashton Kutcher
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No Holds Barred (1952)
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USA 23 November 1952
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DEMOLISHING THE MYTH. THE TANK BATTLE AT PROKHOROVKA, KURSK, JULY 1943: AN OPERATIONAL NARRATIVE
Author: Valeriy Zamulin (edited and translated by Stuart Britton)
A groundbreaking book when first published in Russia in 2005, now Valeriy Zamulin's study of the crucible of combat during the titanic clash at Kursk - the fighting at Prokhorovka - is available in English. A former staff member of the Prokhorovka Battlefield State Museum, Zamulin has dedicated years of his life to the study of the battle of Kursk, and especially the fighting on its southern flank involving the famous attack of the II SS Panzer Corps into the teeth of deeply-echeloned Red Army defenses. A product of five years of intense research into the once-secret Central Archives of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Zamulin lays out in enormous detail the plans and tactics of both sides, culminating in the famous and controversial clash at Prokhorovka on 12 July 1943. Zamulin skillfully weaves reminiscences of Red Army and Wehrmacht soldiers and officers into the narrative of the fighting, using in part files belonging to the Prokhorovka Battlefield State Museum. Zamulin has the advantage of living in Prokhorovka, so he has walked the ground of the battlefield many times and has an intimate knowledge of the terrain.
Examining the battle from primarily the Soviet side, Zamulin reveals the real costs and real achievements of the Red Army at Kursk, and especially Prokhorovka. He examines mistaken deployments and faulty decisions that hampered the Voronezh Front's efforts to contain the Fourth Panzer Army's assault, and the valiant, self-sacrificial fighting of the Red Army's soldiers and junior officers as they sought to slow the German advance, and then crush the II SS Panzer Corps with a heavy counterattack at Prokhorovka on 12 July. The combat on this day receives particular scrutiny, as Zamulin works to clarify the relative size of the contending forces, the actual area of this battle, and the costs suffered by both sides. The costs to General P. A. Rotmistrov's 5th Guards Tank Army and General A. S. Zhadov's 5th Guards Army as they slammed into 1st SS Panzer Grenadier Division Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler, 3rd SS Panzer Grenadier Division Totenkopf and a portion of 2nd SS Panzer Grenadier Division Das Reich were particularly devastating, and Zamulin examines the nuts and bolts of the counteroffensive to see why this was so.
Zamulin does not exclude the oft-overlooked efforts of Army Group Kempf's III Panzer Corps on the right-wing of the Fourth Panzer Army, as it sought to keep pace with the II SS Panzer Corps advance, and then breach the line of the Northern Donets River in order to link up with its left-hand neighbor in the region of Prokhorovka. Zamulin describes how the Soviet High Command and the Voronezh Front had to quickly cobble together a defense of this line with already battered units, but needed to reinforce it with fresh formations at the expense of the counterstroke at Prokhorovka.
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Space: Above and Beyond Season 1 Episode 1
Pilot (1)
Aired Sunday 7:00 PM Sep 24, 1995 on FOX
Quotes
Kylen: You believed in equal rights for the InVitro's.
West: Not at the expense of our rights! We've trained, we've sacrificed, we've dreamed! Together!
Kylen: Well, maybe we have to find another dream.
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Space: Above and Beyond Season 1 Episode 1
Pilot (1)
Aired Sunday 7:00 PM Sep 24, 1995 on FOX
The year is 2063, the final frontier is about to become a battlefield. Earth, united in peace, takes its first steps toward interplanetary colonization, only to be attacked by an enigmatic alien race. Enter the 58th Squadron, a group of wet-behind-the-ears pilots with the Marine Corps Air and Space Cavalry. Under the rigorous tutelage of Sgt. Maj. Frank Bougus, reluctant leader Shane Vansen and fellow cadets Nathan West, Cooper Hawkes, Vanessa Damphousse and Paul Wang embark on a dangerous mission to save the Earth.
AIRED: 9/24/95
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Quotes for
Lt. Cooper Hawkes (Character)
from "Space: Above and Beyond" (1995)
"Space: Above and Beyond: Pilot (#1.1)" (1995)
Sergeant Major Frank Bougus: I know that Tanks are lazy, and they don't care about anyone or anything.
Lt. Cooper Hawkes: I won't let you down.
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Quotes for
Lt. Col. Tyrus Cassius 'T.C.' McQueen (Character)
from "Space: Above and Beyond" (1995)
"Space: Above and Beyond: Pilot (#1.1)" (1995)
Lt. Col. Tyrus Cassius 'T.C.' McQueen: I've just been assigned as your squadron commander. And if you ever pull anything like what you did out there under my command, the only medal you'll be wearing are cuffs in the brig.
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