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Bush and Sadam Still At It

        The battle between the Bush Administration and Saddam Hussein has yet to cease. The United States and the world leader, Hussein, have altercated over religion and oil, but most of all secular power for decades. The many years of quibbling amid the two powers have ultimately led to the threat of nuclear war.
As the saying goes "If you feel froggy, Jump!"  Saddam Hussein is basically saying the same thing.  If the United States attacks Iraq, there will be retaliation.  The dictator warns the U.N. and more directly, the U.S. of Iraq's chemical and biological weaponry of mass destruction, and also assures that any U.S. invasion of Iraq will result in "disgraceful failure."  President Bush says he plans to "consult with others" before acting against Iraq, and his decision to act will be "based on the latest intelligence."  As for the civilian citizens of the United States, to whom are just as much affected by this matter as government officials… The White House reiterates that our military technology exceeds that of Iraq's, and Pentagon officials are  relentlessly devising a plan, or strategy, to rid future threats from Hussein, as well as reassure homeland security.
 Government officials also believe that Hussein would supply terrorist organizations with chemical and biological artillery.  That in itself is a major threat towards the well-being of U.S. citizens.  Although, Saddam Hussein and Iraq are not conclusively connected to the acts of Osama Bin Laden's Al Qaeda, the threat is just as immense and the outcome will be just as disastrous, if not more so.
 A priority of the Bush Administration is to settle the differences with Iraq without war on American soil.  As President Bush and the Pentagon continue to negotiate with Hussein, they're also composing back-up strategies based on the worst case scenarios.  Saddam Hussein has a lot to match up to going up against the U.S. of A.
 

 Although the actual football season hasn’t started yet, there is much excitement of the football field.  On Friday, August 16, the Crisp County Cougars played a jamboree against the Hawkinsville Red Devils.  Hawkinsville is a single A school, so much to our expectations we beat them 21 to 2.
 However on Friday, August 23, we weren’t so lucky against the 5-A Colquitt County Packers.  The Crisp County Cougars suffered a defeat of 28 to 6 to the Packers.  Coach Breeden was quoted after the game, “We could have played a lot better, Colquitt is very good, but we didn’t play up to our capabilities.”  Joe Brown thought along the same lines and had this to add, “Colquitt was good but the weren’t unbeatable.  Penalties killed us.”
 You can come and support the Cougars in action on their first game of the season on September 6 against the Dooly County Bobcats in Dooly County.

Stephanie Telfair
Guest Writer
 

            I know you’ve all heard, “Does this make me look fat?”  I know because it’s something I’ve said not only heard.  I know y’all are like what, but it’s just how I am.  I am 5’2 and weigh one hundred and twenty six pounds.  Right now I know you’re thinking she’s crazy, completely.  Let me see if I can sort of clear this up for you.  I know a lot of y’all see one hundred and twenty six pounds as thin, but to me I see it totally different.  The way I see it is I guess is a distorted vision.  Every morning I get up and look in the mirror and I don’t see what others see.  I see myself as this completely overweight chic that has no kind of lean muscle tone whatsoever.  I know it sounds freaky, but it’s true.
         When I see someone on television or someone I know they can weigh just as much, but look totally different.  I guess that’s what gets me sometimes.  Some of y’all are like people on television and magazines are airbrushed, cut, and pasted.  I know that already, but it still makes a huge impact on you.
 My friend Lauren tells me everyday I’m not fat, because usually I’m talking about it or pinching myself to see how much skin is there.  I totally understand where she is coming from because she’s my friend and she is supposed to worry about me.  Jus so I’m not leaving anyone out Malory and Brittany have told me the same exact thing.  I don’t think about it sometimes but there are times when I just can’t help but think about it.
 I’m not anorexic or bulimic for those of you who are wondering.  I’m willing to improve my self-esteem and image, but I’m so not willing to kill myself over some vision I have.  Maybe one day I really will be able to see myself as everyone else sees me; it would be a sort of comforting thing.  I’ve watched the MTV True Life “I’m Anorexic” and I don’t want to end up like that.  I don’t want to have to eat from a tube because my digestive system can no longer work for me.  I don’t want to have to worry about whether I will go into cardiac arrest any minute because my heart is being deprived of nutrients.  That is so not what I am heading for.
 Anyway, I’ll see if I can tell you what I want.  I want to be able to weigh the average weight for my height, but I want to be toned, so that it doesn’t look like I weigh that much.  I want to look like I’ve worked at what I want, not like it just comes naturally with a fast metabolism.  Do you kind of understand where I’m coming from?  Maybe I can explain it better later.
 Anyway I try to improve myself by doing aerobics and lift small weights, it just doesn’t seem to work right for me.  So now I’m on the Slim Fast fad.  I think I’m going to quit that though because that stuff gets kind of expensive. Don’t get me wrong now, I eat, I eat a lot it just doesn’t seem to leave; it kind of sticks around I guess that’s a way to put it.
 I had thought about having liposuction when I was older, but Chad Adkins gave me a reality check on that.  Didn’t think I wanted to try it the freaky thing is, when he had that talk with me I saw the horrible truth of what could happen if the procedure was done incorrectly.  Chad thanks so much for saying something to change my mind.
 Well I guess I can begin to wrap up my story.  Last year I wrote a poem called “Beauty is only Skin Deep”, and that’s not a problem with me.  Just wanted to clear that up so you wouldn’t think I was a hypocrite.  Self image though, exactly how deep is that?