American Family Voices - Miriam V.

AM Feed - September 22, 2005

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Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) has some explaining to do regarding
his quickie stock sale of the family company. Frist offloaded all his shares
of HCA just days before its stock plummeted, a move his spokesman said Frist
made merely to avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest. Nice try, but
Frist steadfastly held onto his stock when such charges were leveled before.
That explanation does nothing to answer the pressing question: Why now? HCA
stock, which was under $40 earlier this year, peaked at $58 in June. Frist
told the managers of his blind trust to sell the stock just nine days before
its peak - and just a few weeks before a disappointing financial report
caused it to plummet by 9 percent.
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The Republican-controlled House of Representatives opened their version of
an investigation into the government?s response to Hurricane Katrina
yesterday,
as Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-IL) appointed 11 more GOP members to the group.
The Republican leadership has steadfastly ignored calls for an independent
investigation into this major issue, and Democrats have responded by
boycotting the committee, which would have been dominated by Republicans
even with
their participation. Only one member of the group hails from a state
actually hit by the hurricane.
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Who Says That?

"You know, the attacks of September the 11th really causes us to be more
determined than ever to defend our way of life. And it also gave us an
opportunity
to advance the cause of freedom that were previously unthinkable." -
President Bush, during his remarks to the Republican Jewish Coalition
yesterday.

Morning Snark
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You know, President Bush is exactly right: It was previously unthinkable to
invade a country like Iraq with no demonstrable ties to people that actually
attacked us.
Anyone want to bet that the House investigation into Hurricane Katrina
parcels out much of the blame to state and local governments (both run by
Democrats)?
Why not just dispense with the sham entirely and just get a bunch of
reporters from FOX News to write up the report?
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