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Rose Siding Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-05 06:23 PM
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Bush Invites Sharon to Texas Ranch - Sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush has invited Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon for the first time to his Crawford, Texas, ranch for talks on April 11 on boosting the Middle East peace process, U.S. government sources said on Thursday.

It will be Sharon's first visit to Bush's ranch after nearly 10 visits to the White House since taking office in 2001. Israeli officials said earlier this month that the meeting would take place in Washington.

The surprise change in venue can be seen as a move designed to bolster Bush's close ally, and comes at a time of growing optimism about jump-starting peace talks after the death of Palestinian president Yasser Arafat last November.

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=politicsNews&storyID=7936408&src=rss/ElectionCoverage
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leveymg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-05 06:31 PM
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1. They can sit on the porch and finalize the Iran strike plans.
Understand the desert skies over Bashehr are clear and lovely in June. Bet they pick a moonless night. Almanac out there, anyone?
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Gyre Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-05 06:39 PM
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5. Bingo!
Nailed it; unfortunately. :(

Gyre
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leveymg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-05 06:45 PM
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8. No spurr of the moment, It's been in the works for a long time.
Read: www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0410/S00146.htm

:nuke:
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ugarte Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-05 06:34 PM
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2. Wouldn't want to be Sharon's horse
nt
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punpirate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-05 06:49 PM
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10. No worry about that...
... no horsies at the Bush "ranch." Dubya doesn't like them.
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rockedthevoteinMA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-05 06:37 PM
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3. If they're going to work on the peace process in the ME, wouldn't
it make more sense to invite the head of Palastine as well?
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SlavesandBulldozers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-05 06:52 PM
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11. peace process bwahahahah
peace process. . . yeah, sure they're inviting everybody over to the "ranch" to plan peace. . . they got em working in shifts. . . bwahahahah. . . peace plan.. . haahahahaa

(with thanks to that cop scene from the big lebowski)
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rockedthevoteinMA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-05 09:16 PM
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16. I know, sorry didn't post the sarcasm off in the post. n/t
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Voltaire99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-05 11:37 PM
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17. LOL--nice one (n/t)
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havocmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-05 06:39 PM
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4. Are there really pigs at the Crawford Pig Farm?
Just sorta curious...

Think Dimson might do ribs?
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Spinzonner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-05 06:49 PM
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9. Don't know if Sharon keeps Kosher

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Rose Siding Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-05 06:59 PM
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15. You can't ever get rid of that smell
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Botany Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-05 06:39 PM
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6. And Sharon will get * to do what ever he wants him to. n/t
:nuke:
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NNN0LHI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-05 06:40 PM
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7. But who is going to release the wild turkeys out of their cages for...
Edited on Thu Mar-17-05 06:51 PM by NNN0LHI
...Bush and Sharon to admire now that Colin Powell is gone? :shrug:

Don
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MisterP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-05 06:53 PM
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12. is Rice there? Sharon says she's "hot."
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SlavesandBulldozers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-05 06:57 PM
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13. "War President Plots Peace"
it's like we hired a clown to give a eulogy.
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aint_no_life_nowhere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-05 06:58 PM
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14. Sharon must be a cowboy
When Bush went to Europe, he was asked whether he would ever invite Chirac to his Texas Ranch (he has never invited him, even before the hostility over Iraq). His answer was that he could always use another cowboy (an artless attempt to insult Chirac). It's interesting to note that Jacques Chirac was the very first leader in the world (even before Blair) to visit the scene of the former World Trade Center immediately after 911, and Bush barely acknowledged his visit.

Has Sharon even once visited the site of the former Twin Towers? Anyone out there know?
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DavidDvorkin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-18-05 10:56 AM
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18. Sharon's more a cowboy than Dubya
He's a big cattle farmer. See this link, for example: http://www.medea.be/?page=0〈=en&idx=0&doc=275

His politics are evil, but he's not a poseur, like Bush.
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DavidDvorkin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-18-05 10:58 AM
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19. Aargh. Bad link.
Why did it show up that way?

Anyway, try this one: http://journalism.uts.edu.au/studentwork/middleast/Keyplayers/people/sharon/sharon.html
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