An article that refutes Bush's U. N. speech point-by-point.

Some of the points are radical left schlock, but most of the points are well made, and sheds light on Bush's lies.

Toby talks about The Big Lie used by the Nazis and now by Bush. Basically, if you repeat a lie enough times, people accept it as truth. Bush has constantly repeated the lie that he has evidence that Iraq is a threat to the U. S. Whenever he lets us peek at his evidence, we see it is not evidence of anything. Still, he continues to beat his drum and march on.

It amazes me that some peole will work themselves up to a rabid anger over Clinton not telling the truth about a little affair, but have nothing bad to say about a lie that may lead us to war, and kill an uncalculated number of Americans. I would much rather have a president that lies about getting a little on the side, than a president who lies in order to get us into a war that will kill American soldiers in order to avenge his father, save his political career and help his cronies in the oil business. Of course many of the people I have met who abhor Clinton's behavior do so because they are unable to get a little themselves.

Georgia may not be following "No Child Left Behind" guidlines.

Many parents are alleging that they have faced obstacles when trying to transfer students out of lower-performing schools. Parents say they were offered even lower performing schools, they were not allowed to see score information on offered schools, and they were discouraged from transferring.

Some counties gave parents only one school to transfer to, and other put prohibative deadlines in place. It also seems that some Georgia schools are still under court orders to desegregate, and so allowed no students to transfer. Seeing that Georgia has had problem following desegregation guidlines after all these years, one wonders how long it will take to follow the "No Child Left Behind" guidelines.

Trees are dying due to drought.

For the past three summers Atlantans have witnessed trees shedding their leaves in the middle of the summer, many months before the fall season. After many years, the stress is getting to many of the older trees, and they are dying. Younger tress in the city, like the ones planted for the 1996 Olympics, are in trouble also. The weakened trees are under assault from disease and pests, such as the Southern pine beetle. The rain we are experiencing this week is too late for many of the trees. Atlanta used to be known for its green space, but developers and drought are changing that.

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