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Obama blasts Bush, McCain over ‘attacks’

WATERTOWN, South Dakota (CNN) — Sen. Barack Obama slammed President Bush on Friday for launching exactly the kind of appalling attack that’s divided our country and that alienates us from the world.

He also took a shot at Sen. John McCain for embracing the president’s attacks on Democrats, and suggesting that I wasn’t fit to protect this nation that I love.

So much for civility, Obama said at a town hall meeting in Watertown, noting that McCain had talked about the need for civility in politics earlier Thursday.

Obama was responding to Bush’s remarks in Israel on Thursday that some want to appease the terrorists. White House officials denied Obama was a target of Bush’s remarks. But privately, White House aides indicated the criticism was aimed at various Democrats, including Obama and former President Jimmy Carter.

In speaking at an event marking the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Jewish state, Bush said, Some seem to believe that we should negotiate with the terrorists and radicals, as if some ingenious argument will persuade them they have been wrong all along.

We have heard this foolish delusion before. As Nazi tanks crossed into Poland in 1939, an American senator declared: ‘Lord, if I could only have talked to Hitler, all this might have been avoided.’ We have an obligation to call this what it is — the false comfort of appeasement. Watch more of the controversy surrounding Bush’s speech

Democrats, including Obama’s rival for the nomination, Sen. Hillary Clinton, condemned the president.

After almost eight years, I did not think I could be surprised about anything that George Bush says, but I was wrong, Obama said.

The president did something that presidents don’t do. That is launch a political attack targeted toward the domestic market in front of a foreign delegation, he said. Watch more of Obama’s comments

Later Friday, at a press conference, Obama criticized Bush’s speech again, saying, The speech yesterday wasn’t about an actual policy argument, it was about politics … about trying to scare the American people. And that’s what will not work in this election.

Who is this ’some’ that they were talking about? … Was this just a straw man that they were setting up? And if so … what was the purpose of the remarks? I’m less concerned about whether the remarks were being directed against me personally, because frankly there is no evidence out there that I’ve ever suggested that we should engage terrorists. So obviously, it didn’t apply to me.

McCain did not echo Bush’s remarks Thursday, but told reporters, It is a serious error on the part of Sen. Obama, that shows naivety and inexperience and lack of judgment, to say that he wants to sit down across the table from an individual who leads a country who says that Israel is a stinking corpse.

Obama has said he would meet with Iran’s firebrand president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad — who last week referred to Israel as a stinking corpse — in his first year of office without preconditions. Clinton said she supports diplomacy, but would not hold presidential-level meetings unless Iran took certain steps first.

But Obama said Friday, I have been adamant about not negotiating with Hamas, a terrorist organization that has vowed to destroy Israel and won’t recognize them.

Obama said McCain wants to double down on Bush’s failed policies, and that the senator still hasn’t spelled out one substantial way in which he would be different from George Bush when it comes to foreign policy.

If George Bush and John McCain want to have a debate about protecting the United States of America, that is a debate that I’m happy to have any time, any place, and that is a debate I will win because George Bush and John McCain have a lot to answer for, he said.

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Review: A glowing ‘Prince Caspian’

(CNN) — You may find Narnia a more savage place than you remember, the dwarf Trumpkin cautions the Pevensie children — Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy — on their return visit to the magical land they’d visited in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.

Fair warning. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian is, indeed, a darker and more violent episode than Wardrobe, the first film in the series based on the C.S. Lewis novels.

It is a year later — in the Pevensies’ time. In Narnia, centuries have passed. The castle at Cair Paravel lies in ruins. The trees no longer dance, the bears don’t talk, and the Old Narnians hide out in the woods, praying that one day they will recover their land from the godless, tyrannical Telmarines.

Lewis’ book was one of the weaker entries in the series. But the movie is a marked improvement on the novel and an altogether more robust, confident enterprise than director Andrew Adamson’s previous effort.

Even so, it can’t entirely dispel the aura of Tolkien-in-short-trousers that permeates Narnia, along with that quaint English sense of sovereign entitlement: the blithe conviction that paradise could be reclaimed, if only everyone understood the rules of cricket. At any moment you half expect someone to call a break for tea and crumpets.

That’s part of Narnia’s charm, of course, but also a real challenge for filmmakers addressing a very different audience than the readership Lewis had in mind. iReport.com: What did you think of Prince Caspian?

So the film includes two lengthy battle sequences to spice things up. The first is an invention of Adamson and his writing partners, Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely (You Kill Me), the second a significant elaboration on a mere two pages in the book. They both provide some welcome energy to the film.

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The Nifty Fifty House Party - Part III: Nevada

in our last stop, we encountered yet another state where only one house district can be inaugurate (first wyoming, then south dakota). but now, we are ready to go to a state known on the side of lady good fortune, lightning-fast expansion, and senate majority leader harry reid…nevadait is one of the, if not, fastest growing states in america. nevada’s economy is dominated by tourism, from skiing at lake tahoe to extravagant tourist resorts in las vegas, however in rural areas, mining and cattle ranching take value. as for taxes, there are no personal income taxes and no corporate revenues taxes. ride-thru marriages and divorces are common as well. to top it off, forming a corporation in nevada is relatively connect of cake. in unplentiful, nevada is a splendour with gigantic libertarian principles (not panacea laws such as those pertaining to marijuana, though).nevada is a reliable swing state in presidential elections. neither cocktail holds control of the whitish-grey conditions, and it voted for ronald reagan, bill clinton and george w. bush, every time each of the three got a chance. the democrats, however are aiming to take handle of the state’s congressional delegation in 2008, and the focus will be on making the fourth time a charm in one district.district 1 (s-factor 9.3 dem) shelley berkley has had no incommode captivating this seat since she first won it in 1998. at that temporarily, it covered the enlargement of the las vegas metropolitan area. since then, nevada gained a third seat which reduced the democrat’s locality to sin urban district itself and a insufficient surrounding areas. three republicans have filed to riff eventually, but the odds are no easier than somewhere in the arena of 250-1 for any of the three. prognosis: solid dem.district 2 (s-factor 7.5 gop) former nevada secretary of splendour dean heller snagged this reno-centric district last year with 50% of the vote over state university regent jill derby, who is gunning on this seat once again. while all three of nevada’s department are the same size, the right hand swamps almost the entire state, cutting into parts of clark county and taking in every other county, and consistently votes republican. heller should be a fine bet for re-election, but with the gop in a rocky situation, it’s anyone’s suppose and derby may pull off a winsome bet. prediction: favor dem.district 3 (s-factor 1.3 dem) jon door-keeper has never had an easy the dogs in his suburban las vegas surroundings, in a locality designed to be balanced between the two parties. his loss in 2000 to shelley berkley (see above) was a harbinger instead of his 2002 mastery and subsequent wins in 2004 and 2006. in the latter re-election bid, porter barely defeated tessa hafen by a meager one-percent margin. this year, the democratic congressional campaign committee went on a scavenger hunt to find the perfect candidate to wipe out on porter. they initially settled on robert daskas, a former clark county prosecutor who became a ace candidate amongst challengers to incumbent republicans. the good scoop is daskas later dropped in default of the nation, giving porter a glimmer of want. the spoilt news: the democrats have brought in 2006 gubernatorial candidate and former state senate minority leader dina titus. now this race is anyone’s guess, with the initial rim favoring railways redcap but an eventual Medicine sequela even more cloudy given the specter of the foreclosure crisis which has enveloped the las vegas metro area. prediction: tossup.next stop: new hampshire.

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What you missed while eating your $100 cheesesteak … NBA: Manu the Hour … Ginobli’s 25 points lead Spurs’ rout of Hornets, force game 7 in New Orleans. That should be fun, eh? MLB: No matter where you try to hide pitcher Jason Isringhausen, someone’s bound to find him. Pirates 11, Cardinals 5. NHL: Check that … Flyers stay alive with 4-2 win over Short, Stout Aquatic Birds.

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Fresh shocks hits China’s earthquake zone

BEIJING, China (CNN) — A strong aftershock hit parts of China already devastated by an earthquake Friday, triggering landslides, blocking roads, knocking out phone lines and burying vehicles, state-run media reported.

The 5.5-magnitude earthquake rattled Sichuan province shortly after President Hu Jintao arrived in the quake zone on Friday to get a first-hand look at the devastated region.

It was just the latest of dozens of tremors that continue to fray nerves across the region.

As frantic search-and-rescue efforts entered a fifth day, the official death toll issued by authorities in Sichuan Province now stood at 22,069, with 14,000 still buried, 159,000 injured and 4.8 million homeless, according to China’s Xinhua state news agency. China’s state council said Thursday that the number of dead could eventually top 50,000.

Yet hope still emerged from amid the horror of the nation’s worst disaster in recent years, with survivors pulled from the rubble four days after being buried by the 7.9 magnitude earthquake that rocked southwestern China Monday afternoon.

Rescuers pulled a student from the debris of Beichuan Middle School, 80 hours after the quake collapsed the building, Xinhua reported. Watch student being pulled from the rubble after 80 hours.

Two more people were saved after being buried for 95 hours, the agency added.

Rescuers said they could hear a weak yell for help from under the building’s rubble and are expecting more miracles, according to state-run media.

Hu flew to Mianyang in the hard-hit Sichuan province, which has become a massive refugee camp for survivors, China’s Xinhua news agency reported.

The challenge is still daunting, the task is still arduous and the time pressing, Hu said.

Thousands of people who were uprooted around the region have taken shelter at the city’s main sports gym and other facilities. Reports say 7,395 people have died and 18,645 are trapped in debris in the city.

Xinhua reported 135,000 Chinese troops and medics are involved in the rescue effort across 58 counties and cities.

The scope of the operation is such that Beijing has allocated until now nearly $5 billion for the rescue relief fund. Watch how Beijing’s response to earthquake disaster is unprecedented.

Search-and-rescue help is also coming from outside the country. A team from Japan entered Sichuan province early Friday, Xinhua reported. Rescuers from Russia, South Korea and Singapore were expected to arrive soon.

Saudi Arabia, the United Kingdom, Germany, Vietnam and Poland were among the countries providing humanitarian assistance, according to Xinhua.

Attention is now also switching to preventing the possible spread of disease, with 60 funeral workers being sent to Sichuan province to cremate thousands of bodies, according to Xinhua. Watch how rescuers search devastated town for earthquake survivors.

Leading the country’s disaster response, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao praised the country for its efficiency and order in the midst of the disaster.

Saving lives is still our top priority, as long as hope of survival still exists, Wen said, according to Xinhua.

But hope is running out for many trapped under tons of debris. The scene was especially painful in Beichuan, where parents of middle-school students waited Thursday, hoping recovery teams would pull their children alive from the rubble of a middle school.

They found little hope as search teams pulled out one lifeless body after another.

There are teenagers wearing jeans and gym shoes and their bodies are twisted, CNN’s John Vause said, reporting from just outside the school. The expression on one girl’s face was just pain — she was dead.

Similar scenes unfolded out across a vast expanse of southwestern China.

A few roads to Wenchuan county — the epicenter of the quake — started to open Thursday, allowing military trucks to begin their haul to affected sites, while rescuers continued attempts to save those trapped beneath the rubble at schools, businesses and homes.

Late in the day, a quake-damaged road from Lixian county into Wenchuan opened after around-the-clock repairs were completed, according to Xinhua.

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