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I thought it was probably at least exaggerated, so stalled on forwarding it to friends since being burnt here by the Palin banned book list. Don<BR>
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sidenote: <BR>
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Figi Water inc. produces more than a million bottles a day while more than half the population of Figi do not have reliable drinking water.<BR>
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Americans used spent $15 Billion on 50 BILLION bottles in 2006 and only recycled 20%!! (I've heard it only take about 30 bottles to make a sweatshirt)<BR>
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That's 1.5 million barrels of crude that could have run 100k cars for the entire year, plus the gas to transport the stuff around that already comes directly into your house <BR>
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(Talkin' Trash waste-wise news for Latah County Issue#27 Fall/Winter 2008)<BR><BR><BR>
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> From: vision2020-request@moscow.com<BR>> Subject: Vision2020 Digest, Vol 28, Issue 436<BR>> To: vision2020@moscow.com<BR>> Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 10:39:03 -0700<BR>> <BR>> Send Vision2020 mailing list submissions to<BR>> vision2020@moscow.com<BR>> <BR>> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<BR>> http://mailman.fsr.com/mailman/listinfo/vision2020<BR>> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<BR>> vision2020-request@moscow.com<BR>> <BR>> You can reach the person managing the list at<BR>> vision2020-owner@moscow.com<BR>> <BR>> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<BR>> than "Re: Contents of Vision2020 digest..."<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Today's Topics:<BR>> <BR>> 1. October Surprise: Alien Endorses McCain! (Tom Hansen)<BR>> 2. Complaint Targets Palins' Travel (Tom Hansen)<BR>> 3. Re: McCain: The Bully in Fiji (Kai Eiselein, Editor)<BR>> 4. BREAKING: Obama Really the Son of Malcolm X! (Andreas Schou)<BR>> 5. Re: BREAKING: Obama Really the Son of Malcolm X!<BR>> (Kai Eiselein, Editor)<BR>> 6. Re: they can check Joe the Plumber?s background but Obama<BR>> won?t prove his NBC (lfalen)<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------<BR>> <BR>> Message: 1<BR>> Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:46:56 GMT<BR>> From: Tom Hansen <thansen@moscow.com><BR>> Subject: [Vision2020] October Surprise: Alien Endorses McCain!<BR>> To: vision2020@moscow.com<BR>> Message-ID: <200810301446.m9UEkvlK007099@mail-gw.fsr.net><BR>> <BR>> >From The Weekly World News at:<BR>> <BR>> http://tinyurl.com/6fybza<BR>> <BR>> ------------------------------------------------------------<BR>> <BR>> OCTOBER SURPRISE: ALIEN ENDORSES MCCAIN!<BR>> <BR>> WASHINGTON, DC - In a shocking reversal, the Alien has switched his <BR>> endorsement from Barack Obama to John McCain.<BR>> <BR>> With major implications for the U.S. presidential election, political <BR>> kingmaker the Alien has changed his endorsement amid furor. Both political <BR>> camps are buzzing about the implications, as the Alien has correctly <BR>> predicted the winning president in every election for the past 28 years.<BR>> <BR>> Ongoing investigation points to Cindy McCain as being the cause for this <BR>> historic shift in allegiances.<BR>> <BR>> Uncovered photos suggest that in a last ditch effort to help her husband’s <BR>> failing campaign, Cindy McCain seduced and then blackmailed the Alien for <BR>> his endorsement.<BR>> <BR>> --------<BR>> <BR>> Exclusive photo of Alien with Cindy McCain<BR>> http://tinyurl.com/5rrhc5<BR>> <BR>> --------<BR>> <BR>> At a recent McCain rally, inside sources say Cindy McCain disappeared with <BR>> the Alien after sharing several champagnes with the notorious <BR>> intergalactic lightweight. Ms. McCain’s alien-like good looks and natural <BR>> blood temperature of 54 degrees Fahrenheit may have proved too much for <BR>> him to resist as she reportedly put her cyborg husband into sleep mode and <BR>> worked her charms.<BR>> <BR>> This is not the first time the Alien, who sources say is no prude, has <BR>> been in political “hot water.” During the 2004 election he was <BR>> photographed in a hot tub with Laura Bush and Teresa Heinz Kerry. As the <BR>> Alien is now married with children the release of these photos could be <BR>> devastating for him.<BR>> <BR>> What impact this news will have on the election has yet to be determined. <BR>> Swing state voters, who will decide this election, have the highest rate <BR>> of alien abductions and UFO sightings and are known to vote in accordance <BR>> with supernatural forces.<BR>> <BR>> ------------------------------------------------------------<BR>> <BR>> Seeya at the polls, Moscow.<BR>> <BR>> Tom Hansen<BR>> Moscow, Idaho<BR>> <BR>> "We're a town of about 23,000 with 10,000 college students. The college <BR>> students are not very active in local elections (thank goodness!)."<BR>> <BR>> - Dale Courtney (March 28, 2007)<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> ---------------------------------------------<BR>> This message was sent by First Step Internet.<BR>> http://www.fsr.com/<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> ------------------------------<BR>> <BR>> Message: 2<BR>> Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:42:08 GMT<BR>> From: Tom Hansen <thansen@moscow.com><BR>> Subject: [Vision2020] Complaint Targets Palins' Travel<BR>> To: vision2020@moscow.com<BR>> Message-ID: <200810301542.m9UFgAAI010955@mail-gw.fsr.net><BR>> <BR>> >From the Anchorage Daily News at:<BR>> <BR>> http://www.adn.com/sarah-palin/story/572474.html<BR>> <BR>> -------------------------------------------------------<BR>> <BR>> Complaint targets Palins' travel<BR>> TICKETS FOR KIDS: Personnel Board will review accusation.<BR>> <BR>> By KYLE HOPKINS<BR>> khopkins@adn.com<BR>> <BR>> A new complaint accuses Gov. Sarah Palin of breaking state ethics rules by <BR>> charging the state for her kids' airline tickets to various events. <BR>> <BR>> Frank Gwartney, a retired electrical power lineman from Anchorage, filed <BR>> the complaint with the attorney general Friday. The state Personnel Board -<BR>> - which is currently investigating the governor's firing of her former <BR>> public safety officer -- will review this accusation too. <BR>> <BR>> "It's just such a blatant misuse of state money," Gwartney said Wednesday.<BR>> <BR>> Palin's office says the state considers the kids' publicly funded travel <BR>> as official First Family business and that Palin only takes her kids to <BR>> events they're invited to.<BR>> <BR>> The Washington Post and Daily News reported in early September that the <BR>> state has spent tens of thousands of dollars on Palin family travel. The <BR>> topic grabbed headlines again last week when The Associated Press reported <BR>> that the state paid $21,000 for commercial flights for Palin's daughters. <BR>> <BR>> Some event organizers were surprised to see the children arrive, or agreed <BR>> to a request from the governor to allow them to attend, the AP reported.<BR>> <BR>> Gwartney's complaint says Palin broke rules that forbid state officials <BR>> from using their jobs for personal gain -- in this case buying tickets <BR>> that she would otherwise have to pay for herself. It cites various news <BR>> reports as evidence. <BR>> <BR>> Palin, a Republican, is running for vice president. Gwartney is a <BR>> registered Democrat and said he has donated to Sen. Barack Obama's <BR>> presidential campaignbut is not working for the Obama camp. <BR>> <BR>> His complaint also criticizes the governor for amending travel records to <BR>> say that family members were on official business while on the road. <BR>> <BR>> Palin spokeswoman Sharon Leighow said the reports were amended to make <BR>> them more accurate, not to mislead.<BR>> <BR>> Assistant Attorney General Dave Jones said any pending ethics complaints <BR>> are considered confidential and couldn't confirm the state had received <BR>> the complaint. In general, he said, accusations against the governor are <BR>> handled by the Personnel Board rather than by the Department of Law.<BR>> <BR>> A McCain-Palin spokesman dismissed the complaint.<BR>> <BR>> "This is a purely political stunt less than six days from the election <BR>> that not only violates the law that requires Personnel Board complaints to <BR>> be confidential, but raises serious questions about the motives of Mr. <BR>> Gwartney, a stated Obama supporter," said campaign spokesman Taylor <BR>> Griffin. "Governor Palin has always acted with the highest standards of <BR>> ethics."<BR>> <BR>> Another ethics complaint, filed in August by former state employee Andree <BR>> McLeod, alleged the state circumvented hiring practices to help a <BR>> Fairbanks Palin supporter get a job. In that case, Palin has said the <BR>> state fixed a "glitch" that prevented an applicant from moving through the <BR>> hiring process.<BR>> <BR>> An investigator hired by state legislators reported on Oct. 10 that Palin <BR>> abused her power in pressing for the firing of a state trooper who was <BR>> once married to her sister but acted within her authority firing her <BR>> former public safety commissioner. <BR>> <BR>> -------------------------------------------------------<BR>> <BR>> Seeya at the polls, Moscow.<BR>> <BR>> Tom Hansen<BR>> Moscow, Idaho<BR>> <BR>> "We're a town of about 23,000 with 10,000 college students. The college <BR>> students are not very active in local elections (thank goodness!)."<BR>> <BR>> - Dale Courtney (March 28, 2007)<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> ---------------------------------------------<BR>> This message was sent by First Step Internet.<BR>> http://www.fsr.com/<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> ------------------------------<BR>> <BR>> Message: 3<BR>> Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 09:30:02 -0700<BR>> From: "Kai Eiselein, Editor" <editor@lataheagle.com><BR>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] McCain: The Bully in Fiji<BR>> To: <nickgier@roadrunner.com>, <vision2020@moscow.com><BR>> Message-ID: <B781C80B84A14A13B109BAC42ECAEAE1@KaiPC><BR>> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";<BR>> reply-type=original<BR>> <BR>> Dr. Gier,<BR>> I am surprised that you would post something like this, without researching <BR>> it. I truly thought that you were a man of higher integrity than this.<BR>> I spent some time last night checking out the truthfulness of this, and, at <BR>> best, it is sketchy.<BR>> The purported author has not stepped forward to claim credit, only people <BR>> who say "My mom's coworker's cousin knows Anasuya" or "I've known Anasuya" <BR>> have tried to add credibility to it. That alone should raise red flags. <BR>> There apparently is an Ansuya Dubey in the Bay Area, but she isn't speaking. <BR>> (Don't bother with an Ana Dubey, she's a teacher in Hawaii and has nothing <BR>> to do with it.)<BR>> Various sources on the web have stated that a major newspaper, or magazine <BR>> has interviewed Anasuya and is about to break the story. One states that <BR>> Jane Kramer of The New Yorker is the reporter, but Kramer is the European <BR>> correspondent for the magazine, so that doesn't make sense.<BR>> Additionally, there are claims that others who were there are publically <BR>> backing the statements made, but no names were given. Without names, there's <BR>> no way to verify it.<BR>> The story has a viral feel to it, it's just plausible enough to be true, but <BR>> it's sketchy enough to be unverifiable at this point. It seems to me if it <BR>> were true, major news organizations would have been all over it by now.<BR>> What else I find surprising is that NO ONE else on the viz has posted <BR>> anything to refute or prove the truth of this story. I suspect had a charge <BR>> like this been made against Obama, there would have been dozens of responses <BR>> of outrage.<BR>> Either way, if this is untrue, no one deserves a smear like this. If it IS <BR>> true, then people need to know that it is.<BR>> So, here's my challenge:<BR>> Since there are so many of you in academia here, with contacts at <BR>> institutions on the west coast. How about tracking this woman down? San <BR>> Francisco isn't that far away, surely one of you knows "somebody who knows <BR>> somebody".<BR>> So here is what is needed: Proof that Anasuya is who she says she is and was <BR>> in Fiji at the time, travel documents, a stamp in her passport would be <BR>> golden, along with a way of proving she was at Turtle Island at the same <BR>> time as McCain.<BR>> Her phone number, statement from her saying that she wrote the story, that <BR>> it is true and names of anyone else that was there to verify it.<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> --------------------------------------------------<BR>> From: <nickgier@roadrunner.com><BR>> Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 6:29 PM<BR>> To: <vision2020@moscow.com><BR>> Subject: [Vision2020] McCain: The Bully in Fiji<BR>> <BR>> > The Bully in Fiji<BR>> ><BR>> > My Holiday with McCain By ANASUYA DUBEY<BR>> ><BR>> > It was just before John McCain's last run at the presidential nomination <BR>> > in 2000 that my husband and I vacationed in Turtle Island in Fiji with <BR>> > John McCain, Cindy, and their children, including Bridget (their adopted <BR>> > Bangladeshi child).<BR>> ><BR>> > It was not our intention, but it was our misfortune to be in close <BR>> > quarters with John McCain for almost a week since Turtle Island has a <BR>> > small number of bungalows and their focus on communal meals force all <BR>> > vacationers who are there at the same time to get to know each other <BR>> > intimately.<BR>> ><BR>> > He arrived at our first group meal and started reading quotes from a pile <BR>> > of William Faulkner books with a forest of Post-Its sticking out of them. <BR>> > As an English Literature major myself, my first thought was "if he likes <BR>> > this so much, why hasn't he memorized any of this yet?" I soon realized <BR>> > that McCain actually thought we had come on vacation to be a volunteer <BR>> > audience for his "readings" which then became a regular part of each meal. <BR>> > Out of politeness, none of the vacationers initially protested at this <BR>> > intrusion into their blissful holiday, but people's buttons definitely got <BR>> > pushed as the readings continued day after day.<BR>> ><BR>> > Unfortunately this was not his only contribution to our mealtime <BR>> > entertainment. He waxed on during one meal about how Indo-Chinese women <BR>> > had the best figures and that our American corn-fed women just couldn't <BR>> > meet up to this standard. He also made it a point that all of us should <BR>> > stop Cindy from having dessert as her weight was too high and made a few <BR>> > comments to Amy, the 25 year old wife of the honeymooning couple from <BR>> > Nebraska that she should eat less as she needed to lose weight.<BR>> ><BR>> > McCain's appreciation of the beauty of Asian women was so great that David <BR>> > the American economist had to move his Thai wife to the other side of the <BR>> > table<BR>> > from McCain as McCain kept aggressively flirting with and touching her.<BR>> ><BR>> > Needless to say I was irritated at his large ego, and his rude behavior <BR>> > towards his wife and other women, but decided he must have some redeeming <BR>> > qualities as he had adopted a handicapped child from Bangladesh . I asked <BR>> > him about this one day and his response was shocking -"Oh, that was <BR>> > Cindy's idea - I didn't have anything to do with it. She just went and <BR>> > adopted this thing without even asking me. You can't imagine how people <BR>> > stare when I wheel this ugly, black thing around in a shopping cart in <BR>> > Arizona . No, it wasn't my idea at all."<BR>> ><BR>> > I actively avoided McCain after that, but unfortunately one day he engaged <BR>> > me in a political discussion which soon got us on the topic of the US <BR>> > bombing of Iraq at that time. I was shocked when he said "if I was <BR>> > incharge, I would nuke Iraq to teach them a lesson". Given McCain's <BR>> > personal experience with the horrors of war I had expected a more balanced <BR>> > point of view.<BR>> ><BR>> > I commented on the tragic consequences of the nuclear attacks on Japan <BR>> > during WWII - but no, he was not to be dissuaded. He went on to say that <BR>> > if it was up to him he would have dropped many more nuclear bombs on Japan <BR>> > . I rapidly extricated myself from this conversation as I could tell that <BR>> > his experience being tortured as a POW didn't seem to have mellowed out <BR>> > his perspective but rather had made him more aggressive, and vengeful <BR>> > towards the world.<BR>> ><BR>> > My final encounter with McCain was on the morning that he was <BR>> > leavingTurtle Island . Amy and I were happily eating pancakes when McCain <BR>> > arrived and told Amy that she shouldn't be having pancakes because she <BR>> > needed to lose weight. Amy burst into tears at this abusive comment. I <BR>> > felt fiercely protective of Amy and immediately turned to McCain and told <BR>> > him to leave her alone. He became very angry and abusive towards me, and <BR>> > said "don't you know who I am" and I looked him in the face and said "yes, <BR>> > you are the biggest asshole I have ever met" and headed back to my cabin. <BR>> > I am happy to say that later that day when I arrived at lunch I was given <BR>> > a standing ovation by all the guests for having stood up to McCain's <BR>> > bullying.<BR>> ><BR>> > Although I have shared my McCain story informally with friends, this is <BR>> > the first time I am making this public. I almost did so in 2000, when <BR>> > McCain first announced his bid for the Republican nomination but it soon <BR>> > became apparent that George Bush was the shoo-in candidate and so I did <BR>> > not act then.<BR>> ><BR>> > However, now that there is a very real possibility that McCain could be <BR>> > elected as our next president, I feel it is my duty as an American citizen <BR>> > to share this story. I can't imagine a more scary outcome for America than <BR>> > that this abusive, aggressive man should lead our nation. I have observed <BR>> > him in intimate surroundings as he really is, not how the media portrays <BR>> > him to be. If his attitudes toward women, and his treatment of his own <BR>> > family are even a small indicator of his real personality, then I shudder <BR>> > to think what will happen to America were he to be elected as our <BR>> > President.<BR>> ><BR>> > Anasuya Dubey is a clinical psychologist in California .<BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> > =======================================================<BR>> > List services made available by First Step Internet,<BR>> > serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994.<BR>> > http://www.fsr.net<BR>> > mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<BR>> > =======================================================<BR>> ><BR>> Kai Eiselein<BR>> Editor, Latah Eagle <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> ------------------------------<BR>> <BR>> Message: 4<BR>> Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 09:52:39 -0700<BR>> From: "Andreas Schou" <ophite@gmail.com><BR>> Subject: [Vision2020] BREAKING: Obama Really the Son of Malcolm X!<BR>> To: "Vision 2020" <vision2020@moscow.com><BR>> Message-ID:<BR>> <a80566c40810300952m286277cbq675cbb808c4d2106@mail.gmail.com><BR>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"<BR>> <BR>> No, really. The right wing is really pushing this story.<BR>> http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2008/10/how-could-stanl.html<BR>> <BR>> -- ACS<BR>> -------------- next part --------------<BR>> An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<BR>> URL: http://mailman.fsr.com/pipermail/vision2020/attachments/20081030/5e239d25/attachment-0001.html <BR>> <BR>> ------------------------------<BR>> <BR>> Message: 5<BR>> Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 10:37:55 -0700<BR>> From: "Kai Eiselein, Editor" <editor@lataheagle.com><BR>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] BREAKING: Obama Really the Son of Malcolm X!<BR>> To: "Andreas Schou" <ophite@gmail.com>, "Vision 2020"<BR>> <vision2020@moscow.com><BR>> Message-ID: <EDEABCD5AA314D8CBFEF67C6840A24F1@KaiPC><BR>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"<BR>> <BR>> Ummm, yeah, right.....<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> From: Andreas Schou <BR>> Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2008 9:52 AM<BR>> To: Vision 2020 <BR>> Subject: [Vision2020] BREAKING: Obama Really the Son of Malcolm X!<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> No, really. The right wing is really pushing this story. <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2008/10/how-could-stanl.html<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> -- ACS<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> =======================================================<BR>> List services made available by First Step Internet, <BR>> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. <BR>> http://www.fsr.net <BR>> mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<BR>> ======================================================= <BR>> Kai Eiselein<BR>> Editor, Latah Eagle<BR>> -------------- next part --------------<BR>> An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<BR>> URL: http://mailman.fsr.com/pipermail/vision2020/attachments/20081030/650e50af/attachment-0001.html <BR>> <BR>> ------------------------------<BR>> <BR>> Message: 6<BR>> Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 10:39:01 -0700<BR>> From: lfalen <lfalen@turbonet.com><BR>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] they can check Joe the Plumber?s background<BR>> but Obama won?t prove his NBC<BR>> To: "No Weatherman" <no.weatherman@gmail.com>, "Vision 2020"<BR>> <vision2020@moscow.com><BR>> Message-ID: <5af5188f8bb1ae9c429eb9ee91668acc@turbonet.com><BR>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"<BR>> <BR>> This should scare the hell out of everyone. An average citizen gets extensive veting, yet there is a lot that we do not know about Obama's background. This type of thing is truly Orwellian. Are we all going to be afraid to voice our opinions.<BR>> Roger<BR>> -----Original message-----<BR>> From: "No Weatherman" no.weatherman@gmail.com<BR>> Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 06:16:21 -0700<BR>> To: "Vision 2020" vision2020@moscow.com<BR>> Subject: [Vision2020] they can check Joe the Plumber?s background but Obama won?t prove his NBC<BR>> <BR>> > Checks on 'Joe' more extensive than first acknowledged<BR>> > Tax, welfare info also sought on McCain ally<BR>> > By Randy Ludlow<BR>> > <BR>> > A state agency has revealed that its checks of computer systems for<BR>> > potential information on "Joe the Plumber" were more extensive than it<BR>> > first acknowledged.<BR>> > <BR>> > Helen Jones-Kelley, director of the Ohio Department of Job and Family<BR>> > Services, disclosed today that computer inquiries on Samuel Joseph<BR>> > Wurzelbacher were not restricted to a child-support system.<BR>> > <BR>> > The agency also checked Wurzelbacher in its computer systems to<BR>> > determine whether he was receiving welfare assistance or owed<BR>> > unemployment compensation taxes, she wrote.<BR>> > <BR>> > Jones-Kelley made the revelations in a letter to Ohio Senate President<BR>> > Bill M. Harris, R-Ashland, who demanded answers on why state officials<BR>> > checked out Wurzelbacher.<BR>> > <BR>> > Harris called the multiple records checks "questionable" and said he<BR>> > awaits more answers. "It's kind of like Big Brother is looking in your<BR>> > pocket," he said.<BR>> > <BR>> > If state employees run checks on every person listed in newspaper<BR>> > stories as buying a business, "it must take a lot of people a lot of<BR>> > time to run these checks," he said. "Where do you draw the line?"<BR>> > <BR>> > The checks were run after the news media reported that Wurzelbacher<BR>> > was considering buying a plumbing business with more than $250,000 in<BR>> > annual income, Jones-Kelley wrote.<BR>> > <BR>> > "Given our understanding that Mr. Wurzelbacher had publicly indicated<BR>> > that he had the means to purchase a substantial business enterprise,<BR>> > ODJFS, consistent with past departmental practice, checked<BR>> > confidential databases ," she wrote.<BR>> > <BR>> > "Not surprisingly, when a person behind in child support payments or<BR>> > receiving public assistance is receiving significant media attention<BR>> > which suggests that the person appears to have available financial<BR>> > resources, the Department risks justifiable criticism if it fails to<BR>> > take note and respond," Jones-Kelley wrote.<BR>> > <BR>> > The results of the searches were not publicly released and remain<BR>> > confidential, she wrote. Wurzelbacher has said he is not involved in a<BR>> > child-support case and has not purchased any business.<BR>> > <BR>> > Jones-Kelley wrote that the checks were "well-meaning," but<BR>> > misinterpreted amid the heated final weeks of a presidential election.<BR>> > <BR>> > Wurzelbacher became a household name when Republican presidential<BR>> > hopeful John McCain frequently referred to "Joe the Plumber" during<BR>> > his Oct. 15 debate with Democrat nominee Barack Obama. The checks<BR>> > began the next day.<BR>> > <BR>> > Wurzelbacher, who has endorsed and campaigned for McCain, had been<BR>> > caught on videotape challenging Obama about his tax proposals during a<BR>> > campaign visit to "Joe's" neighborhood in the Toledo suburb of<BR>> > Holland.<BR>> > <BR>> > Republicans have painted the checks on Wurzelbacher as a politically<BR>> > motivated bid by Democrats to dig up dirt and discredit the McCain<BR>> > ally. The Obama campaign has said it has no ties to the checks and<BR>> > supports investigations.<BR>> > <BR>> > The administration of Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland has said the<BR>> > information was not improperly shared and that there were no political<BR>> > motives behind the checks.<BR>> > <BR>> > The Dispatch has uncovered four uses of state computer systems to<BR>> > access personal information on Wurzelbacher, including the<BR>> > child-support check authorized by Jones-Kelley.<BR>> > <BR>> > She said on Monday that her department frequently runs checks for any<BR>> > unpaid child support obligations "when someone is thrust quickly into<BR>> > the public spotlight."<BR>> > Republican legislators have challenged Jones-Kelley's reason for<BR>> > checking on Wurzelbacher as "frightening" and flimsy.<BR>> > <BR>> > Jones-Kelly also has denied any connections between the computer<BR>> > checks on Wurzelbacher and her support for Obama. She donated the<BR>> > maximum $2,500 this year to the Obama campaign.<BR>> > <BR>> > Ohio Inspector General Thomas P. Charles is investigating whether the<BR>> > child-support check on Wurzelbacher was legal.<BR>> > http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/10/29/joe30.html?sid=101<BR>> > <BR>> > =======================================================<BR>> > List services made available by First Step Internet, <BR>> > serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. <BR>> > http://www.fsr.net <BR>> > mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<BR>> > =======================================================<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> ------------------------------<BR>> <BR>> =======================================================<BR>> List services made available by First Step Internet, <BR>> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. <BR>> http://www.fsr.net <BR>> mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<BR>> =======================================================<BR>> <BR>> End of Vision2020 Digest, Vol 28, Issue 436<BR>> *******************************************<BR><BR><br /><hr />Store, manage and share up to 5GB with Windows Live SkyDrive. <a href='http://skydrive.live.com/welcome.aspx?provision=1?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_skydrive_102008' target='_new'>Start uploading now</a></body>
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