Frank:

Here's some information that might put you in touch with reality. Don't tell John Kerry though. He thinks he IS in touch with reality:

"Czech police officers train Iraqi cadets in Jordan "
http://www.radio.cz/en/article/57241

"Turkey Wants to Train Iraqi Police in Jordan"
www.bianet.org/2004/08/01_eng/news38887.htm

"Jordan will train Iraqi police, troops "
www.jordanembassyus.org/09302003001.htm

"CANADIAN POLICE OFFICERS HEAD FOR JORDAN TO TRAIN IRAQI POLICE. "
www.rcmp.ca/news/n_0401_e.htm

"The Iraqi female recruits are currently being trained in Jordan by the Jordanian army, which has females in its army and knows how to train them" www.tradoc.army.mil/pao/TNSarchives/May04/050104.htm

"843 Iraqi Officers Graduate in Jordan (June 21"
www.defense-aerospace.com/produit/40960_us.html

"NATO Partners Agree to Train Iraqi Troops White House Wins Support It Had ... allows for the possibility that some of the training will take place outside Iraq "
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/ articles/A10255-2004Jun27.html

"US to train Iraqi police volunteers in Hungary. "
www.occupationwatch.org/article.php?id=640

"Germany is willing to help instruct the Iraqi police. Furthermore, the Iraqi military can be trained at our federal army academies. We will, of course, bear the expenses for these measures as we always do wherever we are present."
http://www.aicgs.org/research/focus2002/kempeiraqi.shtml

"Paris -- John Kerry may be overstating his ability to broaden the international coalition in the Iraq war and to win back countries alienated by President Bush's military strategy, European analysts say."
"German and French officials, for example, have stated repeatedly that they will not join any coalition in Iraq "
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/10/05/MNG6K93PEA1.DTL

"Kerry says the Iraq invasion was a pointless diversion from the real war on terror, which was in Afghanistan against Al Qaida. He says Bush fought the wrong war at the wrong place and wrong time.
Really? And he expects France and Germany to belatedly join this pointless diversionary war, at the wrong time and wrong place? And win it? "
http://www1.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/880031.cms

"Kerry's magic alliances will not materialize, because some nations have their self-interest at stake and choose a path of anti-Americanism in the hopes of appeasing their own peoples and the beheaders at large."
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=7§ion=0&article=52194&d=30&m=9&y=2004

Posted by: Admin on Thursday, November 21, 2002 - 11:41 AM GMT
According to a Nov. 20, 2002 AP story:
    Each automaker's fleet of light trucks — a class that includes SUVs, pickups and minivans — would have to get 22.2 miles per gallon by the 2007 model year, compared with the current requirement of 20.7 mpg, Bush administration officials said.

    The 1.5 mpg increase would be phased in by half-gallon steps beginning in 2005."
http://www.underreported.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=444&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0

Bush Statement on Energy Efficiency February 25, 2002 : "Hybrid cars, the likes of which we just saw over there, are already in existence. They run on a mixture of gas and electric power. They are several times more fuel efficient than most cars on the road today.

I was told by the representatives of the manufacturing companies that more and more hybrid cars will be available in the marketplace next year. And this is good news. It's good news for our environment, and it's good news for American consumers who are not only worried about the environment, but understand the ramifications of dependency on foreign sources of crude oil.

And then the fuel cells are being developed. Fuel cells will power cars with little or no waste at all. We happen to believe that fuel cells are the wave of the future; that fuel cells offer incredible opportunity.

Now, there's a lot of obstacles that must be overcome in order to make fuel cells economically viable. And, therefore, we're promoting more research and development. In January, Secretary Abraham announced a $150 million FreedomCAR plan, focused on development of fuel cell technologies that run on hydrogen, whose only emission is water vapor."
http://japan.usembassy.gov/e/p/tp-gl0214.html
"Because of Al Gore, We Are Twice as Dependent on Foreign Oil as We Were in the 1970s Clinton-Gore Opposition to Domestic Oil Production Enriches Arabs By: Mary Mostert, Analyst, Original Sources (www.originalsources.com) July 6, 2000" http://www.bannerofliberty.com/OS7-00MQC/7-6-2000.1.html

"Although he does not like to talk about it now, Kerry once even bragged about supporting a 50-cent tax on gasoline.
Among the "alternative" fuels that Kerry promotes is wind power. Yet Kerry has refused to endorse one specific wind-farm project for his home state that a power company is already set to build. Why? One suspected reason: The site of this proposed windmill farm is in Nantucket Sound, at a location the Kerrys can see from their summer mansion on Nantucket Island."
http://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?id=5006

"in February, when speaking before a union group in Detroit (the SUV capital of the United States), Kerry was proud of his collection. When asked what vehicles he owns, Kerry replied, "We have some SUVs…I have an old Dodge 600 that I keep at the Senate…and also a Chevy, a big Suburban.
on April 22, when speaking to a group of reporters on a conference call, Kerry outright denied his previous statement, definitively claiming, "I don't own an SUV."
http://www.intellectualconservative.com/article3396.html

"Kerry said it's important for his family to buy American cars and pledged to keep car manufacturing jobs in the country if elected."
www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/ story/0,1280,-4009850,00.html
"
There are eight "family" cars and SUVs, including the 1995 Suburban (15 mpg highway, 12 mpg city), a 1993 Land Rover Defender (12 mpg highway, 10 mpg city), a 1989 Jeep Cherokee (20 mpg highway, 16 mpg city), a 1994 Jeep Grand Cherokee (20 mpg highway, 15 mpg city), a 2001 Audi Allroad (21 mpg highway, 15 mpg city), a 2001 Chrysler PT Cruiser (25 mpg highway, 20 mpg city), a 1985 Dodge 600 Convertible (26 mpg highway, 23 mpg city), and a 2002 Chrysler 300M (26 mpg highway, 18 mpg city). Kerry, however, only owns up to the latter two.
    Then there's the 2002 Harley Davidson (his), two powerboats (one his, one hers), a power inflatable 2001 Novurania (his), and a Gulfstream II private jet (hers)."
http://john-kerry.tonyspencer.com/john-kerry-environment-suv.htm

"The old guard is scrapped, card by card, only to be replaced by a Governing Council that, despite being handpicked by the US occupying authority, promises sovereignty and prosperity."
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/023B71D9-9C84-4DC8-969E-32AD55B82A3D.htm

Gerhard Schroeder: "I do know George Bush as someone whose political approach is rational and who, regardless of our differences in the Iraq question, always knows what needs to be done."
http://www.aicgs.org/research/focus2002/kempeiraqi.shtml

"the continuing defeatism is causing real harm. It is very demoralizing for us here in uniform to read & hear such negativity in our press. It is fodder for our enemies to use against us and against the vast majority of Iraqis who want their new government to succeed. It causes the American public to start thinking about the acceptability of 'cutting our losses' and pulling out, which would be devastating for Iraq for generations to come. Muslim militants would claim a huge victory, causing us to have to continue to fight them elsewhere (remember, in war 'Away' games are always preferable to 'Home' games). Reports like that also cause Iraqis to begin to fear that we will pull out before we finish the job, and thus they are less willing to openly support their interim government and U.S./Coalition activities."
http://newsmax.com/archives/articles/2004/9/30/92736.shtml

"Congressmen who willfully take actions during wartime that damage morale and undermine the military are saboteurs who should be arrested, exiled or hanged." Abraham Lincoln

"When asked whom they would trust as commander in chief, people in military service and their families chose President Bush over Sen. John Kerry, a decorated Vietnam veteran, by almost a 3-to-1 margin."
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/10/15/politics1323EDT0590.DTL

I could be wrong.

Old Guy