Media Monitors Network (MMN)

"On Oct. 3, 2004, Philadelphia’s Cardinal Justin Rigali promoted in a homily, the presidential candidacy of the supposedly pro-life George Bush. Besides the fact that the IRS Tax Code proscribes the clergy from sticking their noses into politics, it is truly ironic that a raving warmonger, like Bush, can be considered pro life. Close to 15,377 civilians and 1,104 U.S. soldiers have died in the Iraqi War. Why isn’t Rigali concerned about that moral issue?"

"The myth of non-existence of the Palestinian people and a legitimate leadership takes on various forms and justifications."

"The future of India lies in education of the masses. It’s not enough that India has the world class Indian Institutes of Technology or Indian Institutes of Management. India needs to ensure that the villages of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Rajasthan have high quality schools that not just give a world class education but also help root out the existing caste and religion-based divisions in Indian society."

"Polls are just polls. The results depend on the mental health of the pollster. The mass media racketeers like to leave the impression that their numbers come with a seal of approval from a certified FDA clinic."

"The religious-rightist rebels are powerfully motivated. Many of them believe in the Kabbala – not Madonna’s fashionable Kabbala, but the real one, which says that today’s secular Jews are really Amalekites who succeeded in infiltrating the People of Israel at the time of the exodus from Egypt. God Himself has commanded, as everyone knows, the eradication of Amalek from the face of the earth. Can there be a more perfect ideological basis for civil war?"

"Most analysis of election financing tends to focus on the donors and their not so secret agendas. A more interesting approach is to figure out why candidates for high office need so much money. Where exactly do they spend all these billions? Why did they need a 30% increase to cover this year’s campaign expenses?"

"America, you elected this plodding creature, and it appears you are about to do so again."

"...the hostile media agencies have misled the world public opinion to believe that the Palestinians are the ones who are invading the Israeli territories and besieging Israeli cities."

"The gaps between televised appearances and real-world realities have never been more profound than the abyss between George W. Bush’s favorite televised personas and the consequences of his presidential reign. It may soon be this president’s misfortune that most voters have seen through the poses of a pleasant TV performer."

"The West, particularly the U.S., should pull out of all Muslim majority countries. The U.S. should withdraw all support from the puppets and let them fall so that Muslims gain their true freedom, not the fraudulent slogan of Bush and Blair. Settle the peace process by creating a multi-ethnic single country and stop the fraud of two states. Lastly, stop putting hurdles in the progress of the Muslim world in all spheres."

"The Government is making lots of promises and claims to build Pakistan a moderate and enlightened State and to provide better infrastructure to the country. On the other hand, there are hardly any foreign investment in term of establishment of new industries and increase of trade & export."

"Since Israel has effectively ended the “peace process” or whatever else it may have been called in different stages of its mutations, it desperately seeks new crutches to lean on."

"As long as the European Union continues to treat the "human rights clause" of its Association Agreement with Israel as a dead letter and fails to suspend the Agreement in response to Israel's crimes - possibly as the first step towards the imposition of full sanctions - the Union will be open to the accusation that it is sacrificing the Palestinian people on the altars of Mammon and bad faith."

"The violent events exposed the inherent paradox in Sharon's plan: in order to get out of the despised Gaza region, Israel is getting deeper into it. The unilateral idea of leaving a "security vacuum" on the other side, without a credible authority to assure security and quiet, threatens to turn disengagement into a bloody mess, with Hamas and others trying to hit at the departing Israelis. Keeping a "security zone" in post-withdrawal Gaza, no matter how narrow, is a recipe for ongoing violence, undermining Israel's claim to "end the occupation.""

"To perceive that there is no life after death, and to base this perception on the fact that we have not seen it, is akin to a group of savages mistakenly subscribing to the notion that there are no telephones, computers, radios, or jet planes, simply because they have never seen or experienced them."

"The policies of killing, forced labor and separation of families were continued for decades. The net result was the death of a nation. This continent should have at least one billion Americans of Color. Instead, it has only a few million Native Americans."

"When the Quaid entrusted the defence of our western frontiers to the tribals in what became known as the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), the brigade groups were pulled out."

"In 2001, an estimated 4 million Canadians were aged 65 and older; this was a 67 per cent rise over just two decades earlier. By 2020, the number of us at 65 years or over is expected to hit some 6.5 million, rising to an estimated 9 million in 2040. By that time, senior citizens will account for more than 20% of all Canadians."

"...these good folks are being preached to with the fear of hell fire and damnation if they vote against Bush. Make no mistake about it, this election more than any other, is about Fear."

"Do it for Rachel Corrie, Mr. President. Do you even recognize her name? She was a dedicated freedom lover – the genuine article from Olympia, Washington. While rocking Gaza with your songs of liberty, take the time to visit the little spot in Rafah where an Israeli Army Bulldozer terminated the life of America’s loveliest flower."