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Published: Fri 21 Feb 2003 09:13 AM
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Yesterday’s top 30 rating items on Scoop were...
1: Exposing Bush and His "Techniques of Deceit"
President George W. Bush and his foreign-policy team have systematically and knowingly deceived the American people in order to gain support for an unprovoked attack on Iraq.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0302/S00061.htm
2: Bush Knows the Jig Is Up: Let's Hurry To Baghdad
One can almost sense a palpable shifting of momentum, from an unrestricted Bush war-juggernaut rolling to its bloody unfolding to an administration caught between Iraq and a hard place, condemned if it unleashes the dogs of war (imperial warmonger), condemned ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0302/S00140.htm
3: President Bush's Ratings Fall Sharply
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Feb. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- The last two months have taken a heavy toll on the president's popularity, but a modest 52% to 46% majority still gives him positive ratings. Two months ago, almost two-thirds of all U.S. adults (64%) ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0302/S00200.htm
4: Howard’s End – World Protests Irrelevant Says Bush
Despite the UN and the Security Council resolutions, war with Iraq is definitely on because US President George Bush says the millions who protested globally last weekend were irrelevant to his duty to protect America, he is alluding more and more ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0302/S00136.htm
5: US Senator Robert Byrd: We Stand Passively Mute
"To contemplate war is to think about the most horrible of human experiences. On this February day, as this nation stands at the brink of battle, every American on some level must be contemplating the horrors of war.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0302/S00153.htm
6: John Cory: Disturbing Questions
On a recent CNN International broadcast, I watched Tom Ridge being interviewed by Wolf Blitzer. Blitzer lobbed softball questions, picked up the slack and explained the White House position when Ridge was at a loss for words, and then framed several ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0302/S00143.htm
7: Arundhati Roy: An Old U.S. Government Sport
We know that every argument that is being used to escalate the war against Iraq is a lie. The most ludicrous of them being the U.S. Government's deep commitment to bring democracy to Iraq.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0302/S00142.htm
8: Rumsfeld & Bush's War Plan Was Formulated In 1998
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and Deputy Secretary Paul Wolfowitz undertook a full-fledged lobbying campaign in 1998 to get former President Bill Clinton to start a war with Iraq and topple Saddam Hussein’s regime claiming that the country posed ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0302/S00133.htm
9: Mike Moore's Memory Loss
Mike Moore's record shows that his claim to the moral highground over the Iraqi situation is undermined by his memory loss, says Progressive deputy leader Matt Robson.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0302/S00369.htm
10: Scoop Feedback: Cyberwar, Hypocrites And The ACC
In This Edition: CyberWar – Hypocrites - ACC Letters To The Editor - Self Serving MPs Voting For Prostitution Reform
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0302/S00144.htm
11: John Chuckman: Answers To Two Great Mysteries
( YellowTimes.org ) – On Friday, February 14, the Foreign Minister of France, M. de Villepin, gave a remarkable speech to the U.N. Security Council. The precision and force of reason with which he put France's case concerning Iraq were nothing ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0302/S00127.htm
12: The Largest Coordinated AntiWar Protest In History
People throughout the world have thronged to anti-war demonstrations on February 14-16 in numbers that even protest organisers thought unimaginable. As Green Left Weekly went to press, it appears, based on conservative estimates, that more than ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0302/S00141.htm
13: HARD NEWS 19/02/03 - Fear and Sailing
More new posts from home and abroad. Don't forget to have a look at the Hard News Faith Challenge. Together we can find a better belief system for both sides of the war on terror ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0302/S00146.htm
14: Questions For Oral Answer - Thursday, 20 February
1. LUAMANUVAO WINNIE LABAN to the Minister of Transport: What reports has he received on the road toll for 2002?
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0302/S00364.htm
15: Democracy for the Middle East? Bah, Humbug!
Mainstream media, talk shows and online columns in the past few weeks have been festooned with the urgent call to liberate Iraq from dictatorship and install democracy in the region. "Liberating the Iraqi people," we are told makes for a sound ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0302/S00131.htm
16: Clampdown On Illegal Street Racing
More streets are to be restricted to non-residential traffic on weekends and public holidays in order to tackle the scourge of illegal street racing in Manukau. This will include a large stretch of Te Irirangi Drive between Dawson Road in Otara and ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/AK0209/S00105.htm
17: United Future’s Objectionable and Offensive Bill
SPCS opposes a Private Member’s Bill in the name of Marc Alexander, a first-term United Future Party MP and party spokesman on Internal Affairs, which is set down as item number six on the Order Paper for Wednesday 19th February 2003. United Future ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0302/S00138.htm
18: F19 Anti-War Rally At Parliament Panorama Images
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0302/S00134.htm
19: Questions Of The Day Transcript - 19 February 2003
1. Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS (Leader—NZ First) to the Minister of Immigration: What were the total numbers of immigrants that came to New Zealand in the 2001 calendar year and the 2002 calendar year?
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0302/S00345.htm
20: UK Prime Minister Tony Blair's presser - Feb 18th
Good Morning everyone, and welcome to the monthly press conference. Obviously I will take questions on any issues you want to raise, but there is no point in denying that the issue that is dominating people's minds at the moment is the issue of Iraq ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0302/S00191.htm
21: Act not abiding by Speaker’s ruling on votes
A lack of Act votes in Parliament this week appeared to contravene a ruling by the Speaker of the House, Tukituki MP Rick Barker said today following Parliament’s general debate.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0302/S00361.htm
22: Prostitution Bill Opposition Increasing
MP’s conscience vote on Tim Barnett’s private members bill to decriminalise prostitution has almost spilt parliament evenly.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0302/S00141.htm
23: Public’s Pro-Inspections Posture Is M.I.A. on TV
Memo To Talk-Show Bookers: If You Want A Genuine Opponent Of Bush’s Iraq Policy, Steer Clear Of Clinton And His Foreign-Policy Team By Dennis Hans
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0302/S00139.htm
24: UQ Wire: 911 - They Let It Happen On Purpose!
Imagine you wake up from a coma and you learn that 11 months ago, an "Attack on America" destroyed some significant buildings, killed 3,000 people and forced a war against terrorism. You switch on the news and see pictures of Afghanistan, Iraq, Israel, ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0208/S00068.htm
25: Norma Sherry: It's a Wonderful New World
"Doc, I have this searing pain in my neck, my eyes are burning and my gums are bleeding. I'm afraid of the dark - I feel as if there is always someone lurking around the corner."
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0302/S00129.htm
26: Inspections Will Go On Until SC Decides Otherwise
United Nations inspectors will carry on with their work until the Security Council decides otherwise, Secretary-General Kofi Annan said today in Rome, stressing that there is no time limit in the Council's resolutions and that a debate is going on ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0302/S00196.htm
27: How some ACC assessments predetermine outcomes
Assessors contracted by ACC are not providing claimants with a fair assessment of their injury and vocational ability, thus limiting the assistance provided by the Corporation.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0302/S00137.htm
28: Franco-German Resistance Toward US Power Politics
When the Bush administration took office international diplomacy received an injection of power politics. Beginning with the declaration that North Korea, Iran and Iraq comprised an "axis of evil," and culminating in the current aggression toward Baghdad, ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0302/S00128.htm
29: New SEC Chair Wm. H. Donaldson's Connections
New appointee to SEC lauded by Wall Street. Not only does he have close ties to the Bush family in several different ways (employed by them, educated at Yale with them), but he also worked under Henry Kissinger in the Nixon State Dept. during Watergate.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0302/S00145.htm
30: French Address By Dominique De Villepin to UN
To what extent do the nature and scope of the threat justify the recourse to force? Use of force can only be a final recourse. Why go to war if there still exists an unused space in resolution 1441?
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0302/S00059.htm
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