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Short Takes: News From All Over: May 13, 2004

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May 2004
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Tell John Kerry to ... GO BIG, ASK MORE!
By Arianna Huffington, Fanatics and Fools
Born-again liberal Arianna Huffington doesn't want Democratic candidate John Kerry to merely settle for the all-too 'familiar and failed Republican-lite swing voter strategy' that could end in another dead heat in the Florida swamps this November. So she's launching a petition drive to encourage the Boston liberal to 'own September 12th -- the spirit of generosity and community that poured forth in the aftermath of the attacks -- and the politics of hope.' Huffington will talk about her petition drive Friday on Good Morning America. -- Jacob Wheeler
http://www.fanaticsandfools.org/petition/

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Turn Off the TV
By Kristal Brent Zook, AlterNet
The numbers are shocking: 'By age 65, the average American will have watched nine years of television,' reports Kristal Brent Zook. That's the life span of some household pets! Are the reruns of MASH, or those pathetic sitcoms where the only laughter comes from on the set really worth it? The mind is a beautiful thing to waste, indeed. -- Jacob Wheeler
http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=18487

The Sins of Omission
By D.A. Byler, FlakMagazine
Byler gives props to ABC's Ted Koppel and kudos to Fox barnburner Bill O'Reilly. The former paid homage to America's fallen soldiers in the Iraqi adventure by flashing their photos across the screen during a special Nightline, while the latter responded by suggesting that Koppel's tribute was purely political. So Bill, what's 'political' about hundreds of boys coming home in body bags from a mission that's sinking deeper and deeper into quicksand by the day? -- Jacob Wheeler
http://www.flakmag.com/opinion/omission.html

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