9 [nine] Numbers That Tell Just How Bad George Bush and the GOP Have Been For America

1] 1,841 is the number of soldiers killed in Iraq as of August 12, 2005.
2] $300 billion is spent on the Iraq war as of August 12, 2005.
3] 0 (zero) number of weapons of mass destruction found in Iraq.
4] 4 is the multiple by which North Korea has increased its nuclear weapons arsenal while George Bush led us into Iraq.
5] $236 billion is the SURPLUS President Bill Clinton left George Bush.
6] $333 billion is the current DEFICIT under George Bush.
7] 1 in 5 is the number of American children below the poverty line. An increase of 13% since George Bush took office.
8] 5 million is the number of people who have LOST their health insurance since George Bush took office.
9] 0 (zero) is the number of mistakes George Bush admits to making in his first term.

Let's make their days numbered! Visit the http://www.dscc.org website today.

PEARL JAM'S Fan Club Announced on September 5th that the Latin American Tour is Officially Scheduled!
At long last, South American Pearl Jam fans can rejoice! The band has scheduled eight dates in late November/early December 2005.

Nov. 22: Santiago, Chile
Nov. 25: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Nov. 28: Porto Alegre, Brazil
Nov. 30: Curitiba, Brazil
Dec. 2: Sao Paulo, Brazil
Dec. 4: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Dec. 7: Monterrey, Mexico
Dec. 9: Mexico City, Mexico

[Information on ticket sales and venues are still pending.]

SIT DOWN A SPELL, GET OUT THOSE READIN GLASSES, CAUSE WE'VE GOT LOTS OF NEWS FOR YOU ALL

THE BIGOTRY OF LOW EXPECTATIONS
Matt Welch
As Katrina wiped out New Orleans' communications infrastructure, rumors of violence quickly filled the airwaves. The only problem? Few of the reports were true.
http://www.alternet.org/story/25116/

IRAQ 100, LOUISIANA 8
Will Bunch, Attytood
In April 2004, some of the best minds who were supposed to be studying and improving Lousiana's damaged wetlands instead found themselves in the Persian Gulf -- restoring the Iraqi marshes.
http://www.alternet.org/story/25107/

THE ONE THAT'S LEFT BEHIND
Dorothy Gaines, Pacific News Service
If your leaders make you responsible for your own evacuation, what do you do when you don't have one dollar to buy gas, or even have a car?
http://www.alternet.org/story/25114/

HUGO'S HELPING HAND
Kelly Hearn, AlterNet
Hugo Chavez has responded to Pat Robertson's call to assassinate him by offering discounted heating oil and health care to poor Americans.
http://www.alternet.org/story/25067/

THE REAL REHNQUIST
David Corn, TheNation.com
In recent years, there has been no other Supreme Court justice who had a personal history so loaded with racism.
http://www.alternet.org/rights/25103/

THE RICHEST INHERITANCE
Stan Cox, Prairie Writers Circle
The estate tax is a crucial part of an economy that protects every family's legacy -- including treasures that have nothing to do with material wealth.
http://www.alternet.org/story/25120/