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...senior White House official dismissed the criticism as coming from "outliers who have a hard time accepting bipartisan cooperation," but the President clearly got the message. On Friday, Bush sounded newly combative as he stood with Vice President Dick Cheney and Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill in the Rose Garden and declared, "In order to stimulate the economy, Congress doesn't need to spend any more money. What they need to do is cut taxes." But he also indicated that some reductions should go to low- and moderate-income workers--a key Democratic demand...
...fact is there's going to be no grand mobilization for which we can sacrifice. It's not our parents' war, with its visible monsters, quantifiable victories and necessary sacrifices. The Greatest Generation got to save old tires, dig a Victory Garden and forgo sugar. The Richest Generation is being asked to shop. Last week Republican Senator Jon Kyl proposed a "Travel America" tax credit to encourage us to check in to the Bellagio or go lie on the beach...
Residents have also suggested other uses that they say they would find acceptable for the Mahoney’s site, such as creating a public sculpture garden or turning over the land to the city in order to build affordable housing...
...much different from many you'd hear in the U.S. Syed also brought his eight-year-old niece. She was a sweet kid, friendly and smiling, and a little wild. And she kept sneaking away from the table to play beside a stream that ran through the hotel garden. Then her uncle asked her: "Who is Osama bin Laden? And the girl replied: "He's a kind man. Osama's helping the Muslim people...
...eyebrows at me. "But who bombed the World Trade Center?" he asked her. The girl's answer chilled me: "American Jews." Where was an eight-year-old picking this up? From her parents? Classmates? "I just know," she replied matter-of-factly, as she skipped off to the garden stream. She was so sweet, and she gave such twisted answers. Nobody in the Muslim world really understands what the U.S. is trying to do, and we sure don't understand them. It's going to be a long war against terrorism...