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It’s not often that George Soros, the billionaire financier and philanthropist, makes an appearance before a Jewish audience. It’s even rarer for him to use such an occasion to talk about Israel, Jews and his own role in effecting political change. So when Soros stepped to the podium Wednesday to address those issues at a conference of the Jewish Funders Network, audience members were listening carefully. Many were surprised by what they heard. When asked about anti-Semitism in Europe, Soros, who is Jewish, said European anti-Semitism is the result of the policies of Israel and the United States. “There is...

Snow: Flow of illegals not an 'invasion' Spokesman says Article 4 of Constitution doesn't apply to border issue Saying Mexico is "not the enemy," presidential press secretary Tony Snow today rejected the characterization of the constant flow of illegal aliens over the U.S. border as an "invasion." At today's White House press briefing, WND asked the spokesman: "Article 4, Section 4 of the Constitution says, 'The United States shall guarantee to every state in the Union a republican form of government and shall protect each of them from foreign invasion.' My question is, does the president believe this foreign invasion...

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AP) — President Bush says the deal allowing an Arab company to take over six major U.S. seaports should go forward and he will veto any bill that would stop it.

Dear Michael, Will the real Michael Moore ever re-emerge and shut the door on the theatre of the absurd? Weeks of standing before large college audiences mixing a portion of book and movie promotions with a message that was more laughable than producing laughter.Now that you no longer have to pose as a 'least worster' with no more tatical excuses, what is your post election confession? So far your website has dodged this question, unless that is you have no reflections on the merit of abandoning your principals and your authentically progressive friends for candidates--US Sens. John Kerry & John...

5) Resolution on the Homeland Security Act/Patriot Acts I and II Whereas the Constitution of the United States of America and the Bill of Rights enumerating our fundamental freedoms is the supreme law of the land and Whereas, the Homeland Security Act/Patriot Act I and II violates the Constitutional rights of United States citizens by treating every major violation of law as if it were an act of terrorism even if clearly it is not, and Whereas, in the Patriot Act any citizen tried under this act is denied attorney/client privileges, peaceful protests and demonstrations against governmental policies are also...

Bush, the Conservative Imposter By Robert S. McElvaine OpEdNews.Com Conservative voters, we hear, are solidly behind George W. Bush, “because President Bush is a strong conservative.” But, just what is it that makes President Bush a conservative? He says he’s a conservative, but what if we follow the advice of Nixon Attorney General John Mitchell to “watch what we do, not what we say”? Bush says he’s a conservative, but what he does sure doesn’t make him a fiscal conservative. He has transformed a $230 billion surplus he inherited from the “liberal” Bill Clinton into a $440 billion deficit in...