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DEAR PEGGY: LETTERS TO THE EDITOR                                                                                                                             peggy-north@monthlyherald.com

MAIL: THIRD POUCH

COMPARING PRESIDENT BUSH TO HITLER

Photo: Ad created by MoveonOrg.

Dear Peggy: The liberal and morally bankrupt politicians activist on their site Moveon.org. ran a contest, Bush in 30 Seconds, asking people to create and submit political TV ads against President George Bush. They compared our president to Hitler. What a disgrace. How do you expect the world to respect the United States, when at home, we throw dirt on our leaders.  CBS has refused to air the ads and I am proud of them. This is not a freedom of speech. It is lack of civility and respect for humanity. I so ashamed to call myself American but I am proud to be American. Maybe I am contradicting myself but I am really hurt and our national pride is hurt too. And now we have this lunatic George Souros of Hungary who is spending millions of Dollars to tell lies about the president, finance the campaign of Kerry and telling the world how bad we are. Souros is a billionaire. Tell me something, how Souros could have made so much money if the United States did not welcome him and gave him the opportunity to do business? Ungrateful people. Shame on him! Elias Estephanides, Fresno, California, USA.

THE 100 MOST POWERFUL WOMEN IN THE WORLD

Hi Peggy: I enjoyed reading your small articles on the most powerful politician women in the world. Where did you get all these photos. Incredible! Now and then, many magazines publish lists of important and powerful men and women in politics, business and fashion. Some are serious and some are ridiculous. I am interested in an unbiased list of the most powerful international women from all the countries. A serious not silly list. Do you have such as list? If not, where can I find it? I absolutely love the Monthly Herald. It is the best. Isaac Poliakoff, El Paso, Texas, USA.

Here is an interesting list published by the Australian. The 100 Most Powerful Women in the World:

1. 1. Benazir Bhutto - Pakistan, 42
2. 2. Hillary Clinton - US, 48
3. 3. Queen Elizabeth II - UK, 70
4. 4. Margaret Thatcher - UK, 70
5. 5. Alice Mitchell Rivlin - US, 65
6. 6. Tansu Ciller - Turkey, 49
7. 7. Gro Harlem Brundtland - Norway, 57
8. 8. Wu Yi - China, 57
9. 9. Germaine Greer - Australia, 57
10. 10. Oprah Winfrey - US, 42
11. 11. Sadako Ogata - Japan, 68
12. 12. Christine Todd Whitman - US, 49
13. 13. Anson Chang - Hong Kong, 55
14. 14. Katharine Graham - US, 78
15. 15. Laura d'Andrea Tyson - US, 49
16. 16. Rachel Lomax - UK, 50
17. 17. Madeleine Korbel Albright - US, 58
18. 18. Tutut Suharto - Indonesia, 47
19. 19. Aung San Suu Kyi - Burma, 50
20. 20. Mary Robinson - Ireland, 51
21. 21. Vidgis Finnbogadottir - Iceland, 66
22. 22. Janet Reno - US, 58
23. 23. Nafis Sadik - Pakistan, 61
24. 24. Hanan Ashrawi - Palestine, 49
25. 25. Queen Beatrix - The Netherlands, 58
26. 26. Charlotte Beers - US, 59
27. 27. Sheila Widnall - US, 58
28. 28. Sheila Maureen Copps - Canada, 43
29. 29. Nguyen Thi Binh - Vietnam, 69
30. 30. Dianne Feinstein - US, 63

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