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Sannum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-04 11:58 PM
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John Kerry's first act as POTUS
What do you want John Kerry's first act as President to be?

I want him to declassify all of the Bush records, as well as declassify the 911 report.
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Technowitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-15-04 12:02 AM
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1. Set his new Justice dept to investigating and prosecuting:
- Abu Ghraib, Gitmo and the rest of the war crimes of the Bush Administration
- Whether Halliburton has been defrauding the public
- GOP vote fraud and voter intimidation
- How faked 'intelligence' was used as an excuse for going to war
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Cleita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-15-04 12:04 AM
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2. I want him to press charges of treason against
the Supreme Court justices who enthroned Bush. There is evidence of treason, and we have to start at the beginning of our nightmare to right the wrongs. Everything else will fall into the place after the initial injustice is addressed. They must all go on trial. It seems like a big task but we have to do it.
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ldf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-15-04 09:18 PM
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29. i'm with cleita
except the very first thing is kerry should apologize to the world for the horror we have visited upon them.

THEN immediately go back to the beginning and address the stolen 2000 election.

as was said, everything else will fall into place.

and somewhere in there make sure that EVERY SINGLE PERSON who helped to defraud voters of their constitutional right to vote, whether in 2000, 2002, or 2004, and whether it be crooked voter registrars, hired vote getter front organizations, or computer software programers, ANYONE, be charged with treason, and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

months ago i actually sent emails to my senators, clinton and schumer, saying as much.

if our elected officials won't do it, we will somehow have to.
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TrogL Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-15-04 12:12 AM
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3. Prosecute every Repug in sight for war crimes
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Kanary Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-15-04 12:14 AM
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4. SAVE LIVES..... Restore the cuts to Section 8!!
I've said it every time this question comes up, and I'll say it again.

Maybe someday there will be some interest in those who are threatened right here in this country.

Kanary
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Cleita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-15-04 12:38 AM
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13. Blowing a few kisses to you.
You are making us think about positive things instead of revenge.

:hi:

I still want some justice though.
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Kanary Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-15-04 08:55 PM
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28. Saving lives and suffering is a positive, yes. ^_^
Thanks, Cleita. It's just so frustrating to me that people living in dire poverty is no longer a concern of Dems.

Don't think for a moment that I don't want revenge for the crimes committed by this misadministration! I want to see them all in their cute orange suits. :)

It's just that the question said, "What first"....... and we can't afford to allow more deaths to happen, when there is something that can be done to prevent them!!

Nothing bad will happen if our revenge is postponed a week so that people can be assured of their homes!!!

If we aren't big enough to wait that long for our revenge, then we can't blame * for all the problems in this country!

Kanary
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Ladyhawk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-15-04 09:34 PM
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31. Thanks for remembering the disabled poor.
Geez, I never thought I'd be "poor." It took me forever to get subsidized housing, too. Now I've been waiting a year for an MRI...ungh.

Republican Health Care = Don't Get Sick
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Alexander Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-15-04 12:15 AM
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5. Here are a few ideas.
-Decriminalization, or legalization, of marijuana. Kerry's been silent on this, but he has said he'll stop the DEA drug raids against sick patients who use marijuana for medicinal purposes. That's at least a start.

-Stricter regulation of the FCC, including reinstating the Fairness Doctrine and the Equal Time Provision.

-Scrapping of all Diebold electronic voting machines. They should be replaced by more primitive, and thus hacker-proof, methods of voting. A permanent marker and a piece of paper should be just fine.

-Establish consistent, nationwide standards for voting, and counting votes, and establish a Congressional committee to investigate any allegations of voting fraud.

-Establish new, nonpartisan committees to investigate the following:

-John F. Kennedy assassination
-Robert F. Kennedy assassination
-Ronald Reagan's attempted assassination
-Iran-Contra scandal
-Terrorist attacks of September 11th
-2000 Election voting fraud
-Halliburton's business practices during the 1990s
-Bush's alleged "insider trading" scandal with Harken Energy
-Abu Ghraib torture
-Valerie Plame scandal
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MajorFlaw Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-15-04 12:18 AM
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6. I want him to change all the locks on all the doors.
n/t
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devilgrrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-15-04 12:22 AM
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7. I want him to arrest every member of the Bush Administration!
Sent them to Guantanamo!!!!
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bobthedrummer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-15-04 12:24 AM
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8. Prosecute the neo-conservative traitors.
:grr:
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Cleita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-15-04 12:40 AM
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14. Yes, they should be brought to justice. I think it's important.
We won't heal well until that happens.
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TahitiNut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-15-04 12:25 AM
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9. "Federal Marshal! Arrest Mr. Bush and Mr. Cheney immediately."
If Bushocchio has issued pardons, send them to the Hague to stand trial for war crimes.
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Adenoid_Hynkel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-15-04 12:29 AM
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10. use the bully pulpit and emand media reform NOW
Edited on Fri Oct-15-04 12:29 AM by ann_coulter_is_a_man
so this level of deception that we're currently enduring never happens again. break up the sinclairs and the clear channels and bring back local tv and radio.

bring back the fairness doctrine and put an end to lying cable news show

anything kerry proposes is going to be distorted by the media, so this has to come first
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shraby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-15-04 12:31 AM
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11. Repeal the Patriot Act
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YankeeFan Donating Member (217 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-15-04 12:45 AM
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16. It's Slowly Being Dismantled As We Speak.
Please pay attention to the courts in the news.
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kodi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-15-04 12:36 AM
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12. re-insitute EPAs environmental regs on clean air and water
first things first, clean air and water are the most essential things we need to survive.

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TankLV Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-15-04 12:43 AM
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15. Kick bunkerboy out of HIS White House and then arrest and imprison him for
trespassing.

You just KNOW that bastard won't leave voluntarily!
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Lerkfish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-15-04 12:59 AM
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17. charge bush with treason for allowing Saudis to determine our policy
(didn't have room for foreign policy in the title)

Seriously, I find it treasonous that the country and ruling family of Sauds with the most connections to 9/11, including personnel, finances and logistics, is being coddled and protected because of close family ties with Bush family.

If this is not treason, please explain why it isn't.
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Morning Dew Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-15-04 01:26 AM
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18. Get the J and K keys back on the 'puter keyboards,
make sure the bushies didn't leave any surprises on the voice mail system and get the glue off the desk drawers.

Then Turn shrub over to the International Criminal Court.
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Xenus Sister Donating Member (354 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-15-04 03:52 AM
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19. FIRE PORTER GOSS'S ASS!
First thing! Nothing should come before it. Get that bastard outta there.

Then hire Vincent Bugliosi as Attorney General and sic him on the entire lot of neocons.

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Nile Donating Member (354 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-15-04 05:10 AM
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20. Raise taxes
Raise taxes on everyone. Only giving tax breaks to those of us who qualify by by doing what he wants us to do.
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RivetJoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-15-04 06:28 AM
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21. What does he want us to do?
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BlueCollar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-15-04 06:38 AM
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22. appoint an independent counsel to investigate
talk radio
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AliceWonderland Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-15-04 07:17 AM
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23. Tie: actual criminal investigation into the events of Sept 11, 2001
such as should have happened in the first place if we lived on Planet Grown-Up...and repeal the Patriot Act. And no, slow dismantling doesn't count.
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OneTwentyoNine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-15-04 07:20 AM
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24. Get all the damage reports of the WH and AF1 to the press..
As quickly as possible. Trashed computers,items em..."missing" from AF1. You know,the same shit they pulled on Clinton and his administration.

David
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in_cog_ni_to Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-15-04 07:20 AM
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25. Investigate this cabal!
Edited on Fri Oct-15-04 07:21 AM by in_cog_ni_to
EVERY ONE of them. He's already said that his first priority will be a health care bill, but investigating these treasonous bastards should be second and investigating the media should be #3...IMCPO.
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MarkTwain Donating Member (902 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-15-04 07:43 AM
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26. Pick Up The Phone and Call The Hague....
... saying "Gentlemen, I have a package for you."
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Ironpost Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-15-04 07:48 AM
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27. I want to see him send the whole bunch to Hague.
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Pegleg Thd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-15-04 09:30 PM
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30. Issue an Executive Order
abolishing EVERYTHING bushit has put his name on. This must include the patriot acts, homeland security, tax cuts-ALL-. Then sign an international environmental treaty and war crimes agreement that will send bushco members to the Hague.:nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke:
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GreenPoet64 Donating Member (897 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-15-04 09:39 PM
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32. Shut down Faux news by having the FCC draw distinct lines between
news an op ed, imposing heavy fines for organizations who market op ed as news.
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against all enemies Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-15-04 09:46 PM
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33. Same as Clinton's- restore women's international $ for family planning
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Kanary Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-15-04 10:15 PM
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36. But the poor women in the US can be put out on the streets?
??????????????
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against all enemies Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-16-04 09:30 AM
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38. please, one word and the funding is restored. Bush's policy is killing
women in third world nations. After we spend 10 seconds to save thousands of lives throughtout the world then we can then spend the rest of the time helping America's women. Don't we have the 10 seconds to do this?
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DianeG5385 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-15-04 10:04 PM
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34. Spitzer for Attorney General, Clark for NSA
Rubin back at Treasury. Shinseki, JCS. Gore, EPA. Mosely-Braun, HUD. Dean, chair, DNC. Bob Graham CIA. Lou Dobbs replaces Greenspan. Rob Reiner, FCC (hey, why not?)

Presidential records unsealed.

Fairness doctrine re-instituted.

Repeal don't ask, don't tell.

International Iraqi summit.

Appeal to the other side for the return to civility, if they don't want to play ball, hammer their a***s!

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NightTrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-15-04 10:10 PM
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35. Same thing Clinton did: sign a shitload of Executive Orders, reversing...
...his predecessor's more extreme decrees.
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Wapsie B Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-15-04 10:19 PM
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37. Arrest chimpy and crashcart
and hold them for trial for war crimes before the World Court. And fire Michael Powell.
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