Topic: Crime/Corruption
UPDATE 63 year old woman brutally murdered by recidivist juvy offenders
News Keywords: guns
Source: The Commercial Appeal
Published: 6/18/99 (Tom Bailey Jr)"Shackled brothers in court to face charges in carjack fatality New details and evidence emerge By Tom Bailey Jr. The Commercial Appeal SOMERVILLE, Tenn. - Two brothers wearing blank faces and lots of prison chain shuffled into Fayette County Court Thursday to face first-degree murder charges in the carjacking death of Barbara Ann Lee of Germantown. Robert Lewis Carpenter Jr., 19, and Antonio Dewayne Carpenter, 18, simply shook their heads when General Sessions Judge Weber McCraw asked if they had, or could afford, a lawyer. They left the picturesque courthouse clutching paperwork to fill out showing they qualify for a ..."
Posted on 06/18/1999 06:03:03 PDT by GailA
THE UNITED NATIONS:*PRESSING FOR U.S. GUN CONTROL*
Announcement
Source: http://www.un.org/ AND http://home.sprintmail.com/~jimneel/UN_Commies.html"FROM THE HORSE'S MOUTH The documents from the U.N.'s own webpage (http://www.un.org) make it clear that they are very serious about disarming American civilians. Excerpts from: http://home.sprintmail.com/~jimneel/UN_Commies.html For example, on December 22, 1995, the UN announced the launch of a study of small arms. According to the U.N., small arms" are increasingly associated with crime, accidents and suicides, and form a major source of illicit profits for transnational criminal networks.... While trade in major weapons is on the decline, small arms are spreading." That sounds like something Sarah Brady or Rep. Charles Schumer, among others, could have written. This worldwide ..."
Posted on 06/17/1999 19:54:11 PDT by HeilToTheChiefNOT!
Do We KILL her? Carjackers debated as victim held dog
News Keywords: guns
Source: The Commercial Appeal
Published: 6/17/99 (Bill Dries, Tom Bailey, Jr. & John Semien)"Do we kill her? Carjackers debated as victim held dog By Bill Dries, Tom Bailey Jr. and John Semien The Commercial Appeal In a field south of Moscow, Tenn., Barbara Ann Lee sat in the back seat of her Chevy Blazer, holding her dog Otis. The three young men in the truck with her debated whether to kill her. "Two of them told us they tried to talk the third out of hitting her with the gun," Fayette County Sheriff Bill Kelley said of the suspects in Tuesday's slaying of the 63-year-old Germantown woman. But the one assailant stood his ..."
Posted on 06/17/1999 07:15:26 PDT by GailA
Adams Meets DA Lynne Abraham
News Keywords: Adams
Source: Self
(Self)"We (Don and I) were accompanied to the meeting with two fellow freepers-Doctor Raoul and Lonnie and also a Clinton protester, Jodi Pessalano who witnessed the October 2 incident. Several friends and neighbors awaited us inside. There were about 40 people total in attendence. At a local Town Meeting, Don Adams got to meet one of his accusers. The event opened with the typical discussions-neighborhood disturbances, teenage drinking, and forgive me, the old dog doo doo left on unsuspecting lawns etc. I was awaiting the right moment to pop my question to the hopefully surprised Ms. Abraham but how would ..."
Posted on 06/16/1999 17:57:13 PDT by TAdams8591
Adams Meets DA Lynne Abraham
News
Source: Self
(Self)"We (Don and I) were accompanied to the meeting with two fellow freepers-Doctor Raoul and Lonnie and also a Clinton protester, Jodi Pessalano who witnessed the October 2 incident. Several friends and neighbors awaited us inside. There were about 40 people total in attendence. At a local Town Meeting, Don Adams got to meet one of his accusers. The event opened with the typical discussions-neighborhood disturbances, teenage drinking, and forgive me, the old dog doo doo left on unsuspecting lawns etc. I was awaiting the right moment to pop my question to the hopefully surprised Ms. Abraham but how would ..."
Posted on 06/16/1999 17:56:13 PDT by TAdams8591
Clinton Intel Panel Confirms that D.O.E. Security Melt-down, Begat by Hazel O'Leary, Continues Under Bill Richardson
News Keywords: treason
Source: The Center For Security Policy / http://www.security-policy.org/latest.html
Published: 6 15 99"(Washington, D.C.): Today, the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board (PFIAB) released the findings of its 90-day study of security issues at the Department of Energy. Although the report itself was unavailable at this writing, press reports indicate that the PFIAB analysis not only paints a grim picture of past breaches of the most basic procedures for safeguarding classified nuclear weapons data. It also reveals that the gross disregard for elementary physical, information and personnel security -- encouraged by Mr. Clinton's first Energy Secretary, Hazel O'Leary, and epitomized in her infamous December 1993 declaration that, "Someone else has the job of ..."
Posted on 06/16/1999 17:32:15 PDT by vitolins
Indonesian power and corruption (Suharto got Clinton kickbacks)
Front Page News Keywords: Clinton Ron Brown Suharto Riady CITIC
Source: worldnetdaily
Published: 15 June 1999 (Charles Smith)"In 1994, U.S. Commerce officials knew there was a crime in progress -- a crime that involved millions of U.S. taxpayer dollars being used to pay off corrupt foreign politicians. Did the Commerce Department attempt to stop this crime? No. As a matter of fact, the federal agency appears to have done its best to help the criminals succeed. On Nov. 16, 1994, Bill Clinton and the late Ron Brown traveled to Jakarta, Indonesia, for the Asia Pacific Economic Conference, at which Clinton signed deals to supply Indonesia with electric power using U.S. taxpayer loans. The deals were worth billions ..."
Posted on 06/16/1999 15:47:45 PDT by flamefront
Drug Legalization, Criminalization, and Harm Reduction (Excerpts)
News Keywords: Drug Prohibition testimony Congress crime prison Cali Cartel Friedman Buckley Shultz
Source: Congressional Testimony / Cato Institute
Published: June 16, 1999 (by David Boaz)" Intellectual history teaches us that people have a strong incentive to maintain their faith in old paradigms even as the facts become increasingly difficult to explain within that paradigm. But when a paradigm has manifestly failed, we need to think creatively and develop a new paradigm. The paradigm of prohibition has failed. I urge members of Congress and all Americans to have the courage to let go of the old paradigm, to think outside the box, and to develop a new model for dealing with the very real risks of drug and alcohol abuse. If the 106th Congress will ..."
Posted on 06/16/1999 14:37:09 PDT by Anthem
Husband wishes he'd finish teaching her to shoot, wife, carjacked, robbed and murdered
News Keywords: guns
Source: The Commercial Appeal
Published: 6/16/99 (Michael Erskine & Yolanda Jones)"Carjackers beat, rob, kill woman, 63 3 teens held in Collierville abduction By Michael Erskine and Yolanda Jones The Commercial Appeal A 63-year-old Germantown woman was carjacked while having lunch with her dog at a Collierville Sonic Drive-In Tuesday, then beaten, robbed, killed and thrown in a ditch. Three teenage suspects were later caught in Marshall County, Miss., after a chase and search that involved nearly a dozen law enforcement agencies. Barbara Ann Lee, known simply as Ann, was at the Sonic on U.S. 72 near Poplar when she was abducted at gunpoint. Lee's husband, Robert C. Lee, said his ..."
Posted on 06/16/1999 13:42:23 PDT by GailA
BILL CLINTON PERSONALLY INTERVENES IN FILEGATE CASE
Opinion Keywords: Judicial Watch
Published: June 16, 1999 (Judicial Watch)"FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 16, 1999 Contact: Tom Fitton(202) 646-5172 BILL CLINTON PERSONALLY INTERVENES IN FILEGATE CASE Asserts Privileges For Private Investigator Terry Lenzner Clinton Seeks to Prevent His Private Investigator from Answering Questions about Filegate Witness Linda Tripp Clinton Political Appointees Secretary Defense Cohen and Pentagon Spokesman Bacon Involved in Tripp File Release Scandal (Washington, June 16) Judicial Watch, the public interest legal group, has learned President Clinton personally intervened in Judicial Watch’s Filegate lawsuit on behalf of those staffers from the Reagan and Bush Administrations and others whose FBI files were illegally obtained, accessed and misused by the ..."
Posted on 06/16/1999 13:15:45 PDT by Judicial Watch
Drug Smugglers Build Bridges Over Rio Grande
News Keywords: Drugs, Border Patrol, Mexico
Source: Reuters
Published: June 16, 1999" For education and discussion only. Not for commercial use. EL PASO, Texas - Drug smugglers are using collapsible bridges assembled on the spot to move trucks across isolated stretches of the Rio Grande from Mexico into Texas, the U.S. Border Patrol said Tuesday. Border Patrol agents stumbled across one such bridge as it was being built over the river near the West Texas border town of Fort Hancock, an area with heavy cross-border narcotics smuggling, officials said. Traffickers have probably been using similar bridges, made up of several metal sections that can be quickly bolted together, for the past ..."
Posted on 06/16/1999 12:22:45 PDT by Willie Green
ChinaGate in Taiwan??: Report: China Infiltrates Taiwan Firm
Front Page News
Source: http://www.insidechina.com/news.php3?id=73670
Published: 6/16/99 (AFP)"For Editorial and Discussion use only: Report: China Infiltrates Taiwan Firm TAIPEI, Jun 16, 1999 -- (Agence France Presse) Taiwan intelligence authorities are investigating a computer company suspected of being infiltrated by mainland China, it was reported Tuesday. The National Security Council was alerted when a Taiwanese printed circuit board company operating in the mainland recently took control of a local computer firm listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange, the state-run Central News Agency said. It said the Chinese firm was capitalized at only 100 million Taiwan dollars ($3.08 million), only one-tenth of that of the company it took over. ..."
Posted on 06/16/1999 12:08:00 PDT by Thanatos
ChinaGate in Taiwan??: Report: China Infiltrates Taiwan Firm
Front Page News
Source: http://www.insidechina.com/news.php3?id=73670
Published: 6/16/99 (AFP)"For Editorial and Discussion use only: Report: China Infiltrates Taiwan Firm TAIPEI, Jun 16, 1999 -- (Agence France Presse) Taiwan intelligence authorities are investigating a computer company suspected of being infiltrated by mainland China, it was reported Tuesday. The National Security Council was alerted when a Taiwanese printed circuit board company operating in the mainland recently took control of a local computer firm listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange, the state-run Central News Agency said. It said the Chinese firm was capitalized at only 100 million Taiwan dollars ($3.08 million), only one-tenth of that of the company it took over. ..."
Posted on 06/16/1999 12:06:48 PDT by Thanatos
ChinaGate: Hong Kong Chief Secretary Takes Objections To Chinese Spy Report Author Rep Christopher Cox
Front Page News Keywords: ChinaGate China spying nuclear Hong Kong
Source: http://www.insidechina.com/news.php3?id=73694
Published: 6/16/99 (AFP)"For Editorial and Discussion use only: Hong Kong Chief Secretary Takes Objections To Chinese Spy Report Author WASHINGTON, Jun 16, 1999 -- (Agence France Presse) Hong Kong's chief secretary said Tuesday she had defended the territory's export controls to the author of a US report alleging that China uses Hong Kong as an illicit transshipment point for high-tech US goods. Anson Chan said that she told Republican Representative Christopher Cox during a Monday meeting that "our control system is one of the world's best, (and) that we are determined to keep it that way (maintaining) close cooperation with trading partners ..."
Posted on 06/16/1999 12:03:38 PDT by Thanatos
No Ifs, ands, or buts: Govt. says it didn't implant device in reputed Mobster
News Keywords: Mob, Government, implants, chips
Source: Associated Press
Published: 6/16/99 (AP)"WORCESTER, Mass. -- Reputed mobster Vincent "Gigi Portalla" Marino for years claimed that surgery to remove a bullet from his buttocks also included an unwelcome addition: a federal tracking device. After a judge issued an order to reveal the truth, the region's top federal law enforcement official said Tuesday that agents never went that far. "We can confirm that the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration did not implant a tracking device in defendant Vincent M. `Gigi Portalla' Marino's buttocks," U.S. Attorney Donald Stern said in a statement. "But we cannot speak, however, for any extraterrestrial beings. I hope that this will ..."
Posted on 06/16/1999 09:12:43 PDT by sinkspur
Ft. Worth Employee Testifies on Shootings
News Keywords: Guns, Gangs,
Source: Ft. Worth Star-Telegram
Published: 6/16/99 (Bob Mahlburg)"FORT WORTH -- A clash in which two teen members of a city-supported gang- intervention program were wounded by gunfire escalated when one youth challenged another by shouting, "Shoot me! Shoot me!" a city employee testified yesterday. Ken Martinez, who ran the "Comin' Up" gang- intervention program at the Diamond Hill recreation center, said he later saw Michael "Ice Mike" Boyd fire into a crowd, wounding two people. Boyd, 18, could face life in prison if convicted on charges of engaging in organized criminal activity in the May 1998 shooting. Youths involved in the much-lauded Comin' Up program were hanging ..."
Posted on 06/16/1999 09:01:09 PDT by sinkspur
Boy's Joy Ride Aloft Alarms, Amazes Pilot
News Keywords: weird news, delinquency, aviation
Source: Los Angeles Times
Published: 6-16-1999 (Claudia Kolker)"HOUSTON--As a sandy-haired boy with watchful eyes waits inside a detention center this week, pilot Michael Moore looks into the cloudy Hill Country skies every night and asks himself: How? How was it possible? How could a 16-year-old, with less than four hours of flight experience, break into Moore's plane in Georgetown, Texas, take off in the dark, then careen through the Texas skies for close to eight hours before landing the vehicle gracefully in Brownswood more than 100 miles away, using only the instrument panel? A foster care child at Texas Baptist Children's Home, the young boy and the ..."
Posted on 06/16/1999 07:44:06 PDT by boris
Teamsters Under Ron Carey: Report on the Financial, Operating, and Political Affairs
News Keywords: Teamsters;Ron Carey; DNC; Terrence McAuliffe; Harold Ickies; Charles Ruff;Jack Palladino
Source: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
Published: February 24, 1999 (Rep. Pete Hoekstra's Committee on Education & the Workforce)"Here's another one the press "missed" -- How a 94 year old Harry Truman appointed Federal judge, a troika of political hacks and Janet Reno have keept another Clinton scandel from the public eye....And the Republicans?.....Ron Carey said it best, "The Hoekstra Committee couldn't fit a hat on the head of a drunken sailor in a bath tub". Committee on Education and the Workforce Teamsters Hot Topic--- With the "Lacey Letter" and Ann Morgan's Will inserted ------------------------------------------------------ TEAMSTERS CHRONOLOGY 1989 - Present------------ March 14, 1989 U.S. Government and International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) enter into Consent Decree, settling the civil ..."
Posted on 06/16/1999 06:10:16 PDT by Elle Bee
Letter From America
Opinion Keywords: ADA Corrupts
Source: BBC World Service
Published: June 8, 1999 and Currently (unk)"Laws doomed from the start You don't have to be Sherlock Holmes to notice that in the past few years most of the corners on the sidewalks in New York City are shaved as they slope into the pavement. But what if you're crippled or otherwise need a wheelchair? Somebody has to tilt the chair up and try not to bump it down. Now you'll say that in big cities the end or corner of a sidewalk tends to be worn down, which is true - but in New York and other American cities what I'm saying is that many ..."
Posted on 06/16/1999 06:09:57 PDT by zorro107
THE HILLARY CLINTON CHEAT SHEET (A guide to Scandals and Issues That Could Stall Her Senate Bid)
Opinion
Source: Village Voice
Published: June16- 22,1999 (William Bastone)"For fair use bywilliam bastone The Hillary Clinton Cheat Sheet A Guide to the Scandals and Issues That Could Stall Her Senate Run (illustration: Gary Aagaard) Every night before her latest hairdo hits the pillow, Hillary Clinton probably crams a few more facts about New York into her head. Like an immigrant studying for a citizenship test, she must prepare for the pop quiz that, were she to flunk, could hobble her nascent Senate campaign. You can almost hear Hillary reciting the names of the Five Towns or practicing a soliloquy on the gustatory wonder of Buffalo's beef on ..."
Posted on 06/16/1999 05:12:06 PDT by lonnie
Gore Announces for President
Announcement Keywords: gore, algore, child-sacrifice
Source: ABC Radio News
Published: June 16, 1999"How appropriate that Algore has announced for President in Carthage, Tenn. Carthage--renowned center of baby-sacrifice. Carthago delenda est! "
Posted on 06/16/1999 05:09:27 PDT by Arthur McGowan
Beverly teen assaulted in motel during D.C. outing
News Keywords: crime Washington DC
Source: Boston Herald
Published: Wednesday, June 16, 1999 (Ed Hayward )"After the sexual assault of a Beverly middle school student at knifepoint in a Washington D.C. motel, parents who sent their children on a class trip to the nation's capital want to know how officials picked a motel in a crime-ridden neighborhood. On June 10, the 14-year-old girl reported to police that at 12:50 a.m. a man knocked on the door of the room she shared with another student inside the Travel Lodge at 1201 13th St. N.W., police records show. Her classmate opened the door and the suspect said he had an urgent message for the victim. At his ..."
Posted on 06/16/1999 04:27:40 PDT by Lou in Mass.
Man Pleads Guilty in Jury Tampering
News Keywords: OKC Bombing
Source: Daily Oklahoman
Published: 06/12/1999 (Diana Baldwin)" The only person indicted by the grand jury investigating the Oklahoma City bombing pleaded guilty Friday to jury tampering. David Hoffman, 38, received a suspended sentence and 200 hours of community service for his plea to the two misdemeanor counts. Hoffman was charged with sending a letter and a copy of his book, "The Oklahoma City Bombing and the Politics of Terror," to the home of an alternate grand juror. "They sentenced me to community service, but I think I have done the biggest community service that any Oklahoman could do," Hoffman said after Special District Judge Russell D. ..."
Posted on 06/15/1999 22:00:49 PDT by agrandis
ChinaGate: Hong Kong Chief Secretary Lashes Out At Report On Chinese Spying
News
Source: http://www.insidechina.com/news.php3?id=73487
Published: 6/15/99 (AFP)"For Editorial and Discussion use only: Hong Kong Chief Secretary Lashes Out At Report On Chinese Spying WASHINGTON, Jun 15, 1999 -- (Agence France Presse) Hong Kong's chief secretary, Anson Chan, opened a two-day US visit Monday by lashing out at congressional allegations that China uses the territory as an illegal transshipment point for high-tech US goods. Referring to the so-called Cox report on alleged Chinese spying here, Chan specifically took issue with charges that Chinese army vehicles pass uninspected through Hong Kong and that its personnel have unrestricted access to Hong Kong computers. The lengthy report was produced by ..."
Posted on 06/15/1999 18:07:04 PDT by Thanatos
Is Reno attempting to coerce Starr to abandon investigations?
Opinion Keywords: Judicial Watch
Source: Judicial Watch
Published: June 14, 1999 (Judicial Watch)"FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, June 14, 1999 Contact: Tom Fitton (202) 646-5172 Is Reno attempting to coerce Starr to abandon investigations? Recent Leak Through Reno's Favorite Reporter At The Washington Post Suggests "Linkage" With Justice Ethics Probe REPORT THAT STARR IS WRAPPING UP INVESTIGATIONS MAY BE TIMED (Washington, June 14) Last week, Roberto Suro, Attorney General Janet Reno's and the Clinton Justice Department's favorite reporter at The Washington Post -- and the person who routinely discloses tactically-timed Justice Department leaks -- published an article on Sunday, June 6, 1999, entitled "Justice Department Puts Starr Investigation on Hold, Sources Say," which suggested ..."
Posted on 06/15/1999 15:40:23 PDT by Judicial Watch
Feds: No Bug in Mobster's Buttocks
News
Source: AP
Published: 6/15/99" WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) -- There's no bug in a reputed mobster's buttocks, the government says. For years, Vincent ``Gigi Portalla'' Marino claims, a federal drug agent had told him that a tracking device was inserted in Marino's rear end when he underwent surgery to remove a bullet. This week, a federal judge ordered authorities to say whether they did, in fact, implant such a device. ``We can confirm that the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration did not implant a tracking device in defendant Vincent M. `Gigi Portalla' Marino's buttocks,'' U.S. Attorney Donald K. Stern said in a statement. ``But we ..."
Posted on 06/15/1999 14:54:14 PDT by Earl B.
Who Pays for Bill?
Front Page News Keywords: IRS
Source: Judicial Watch
Published: 6/15/99 (Larry Klayman and Monty Warner)"Who Pays For Bill? By Larry Klayman & Monty Warner Imagine you founded an organization dedicated to the preservation of the basic principles upon which this county has thrived. Issues like individual freedom, personal responsibility, and ethics in journalism. Not horrible terms, and not even so much because you wanted to antagonize those who didn't share your view; rather, because you firmly believed in these principles as a means by which an orderly society should function. Imagine then if you lived under a government which didn't share your principles, and because they didn't, they decided as arbitrarily as you would ..."
Posted on 06/15/1999 14:47:11 PDT by Clinton's a liar
Hillary taking side trips
News Keywords: Hillary, Travel
Source: UPI Wire
Published: Tuesday, 15 June 1999 21:11 (GMT)" WASHINGTON, June 15 (UPI) - Hillary Rodham Clinton and daughter Chelsea will travel with President Clinton (Tuesday) to Europe, but will break off for a couple of days for sidetrips. Marsha Berry, the first lady's press secretary, says Mrs. Clinton has a speech in Paris, and then will visit Palermo, Italy and Fez, Morocco. Berry explained that Fez was one of the main cities the first lady missed when she visited Morocco last April and decided to make a quick trip there with her daughter. They will join the president in Cologne, Germany where the president will attend the ..."
Posted on 06/15/1999 14:41:13 PDT by Earl B.
60,000 in jail in US for POT
News Keywords: War on Drugs
Source: UPI
Published: 06/15/99 (UPI Spotlight)"Study: 60,000 behind bars on pot charges Tuesday, 15 June 1999 18:57 (GMT) (UPI Spotlight) WASHINGTON, June 16 (UPI) - A new study (Tuesday) says nearly 60,000 marijuana offenders are in jail in the United States at any given time. The study, by the Federation of American Scientists, says more than one- fourth of those inmates are incarcerated for personal possession of marijuana, with no other drugs involved in the offense. Copyright 1999 by United Press International "
Posted on 06/15/1999 13:57:41 PDT by Melinator
Alarming Surge In Assult Cases (Gun Control Down Under)
News " Alarming surge in assault cases By BRONWEN GORA ASSAULTS have soared by almost 50 per cent in the last four years, new figures reveal. Crime statistics show that, since 1994, assaults have leapt 47.3 per cent, from 39,132 a year to 57,646. In the last two years alone, assault rates in NSW have risen almost 20 per cent. The Australian Institute of Criminology's Dr Satyanshu Mukherjee said the rise was substantial. "If you look at the national statistics, NSW is moving fastest," Dr Mukherjee said. In Sydney, the worst areas for assault are the entertainment strip near George St ..."
Posted on 06/15/1999 12:55:27 PDT by robnoel
Question about rumor of ban on import gun parts and ammunition
Miscellaneous
Source: self
Published: 06/15/99 (Self)"question about ban on foreign guns, parts and ammunition. "
Posted on 06/15/1999 11:38:13 PDT by lexxpexx
Some Reasons for 'Wilding'
News
Source: Congressional Record(Extension of Remarks)
Published: November 20, 1989 (Cong. Bob McEwen/Susan Baker and Tipper Gore)"Mr. McEWEN. Mr. Speaker, I would like to bring to the attention of my colleagues a recent article written by Susan Baker and Tipper Gore, founders of Parents' Music Resource Center. The article discusses the affects of the entertainment industry on the development of values and social morality in the youth of our Nation. I would ask that the article appear in its entirety. (BY SUSAN BAKER AND TIPPER GORE) `Wilding.' It's a new word in the vocabulary of teenage violence. The crime that made it the stuff of headlines is so heinous, the details so lurid as to make ..."
Posted on 06/15/1999 11:33:07 PDT by d14truth
ChinaGate: Where it all began: The Executive orders that allowed Clinton and Gore to commit Treason and Sell out our Country
Front Page Opinion
Source: www.whitehouse.gov
Published: 1993 to 1994 (Bill Clinton)" THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary ________________________________________________________________________ For Immediate Release May 28, 1993 EXECUTIVE ORDER 12850 - - - - - - - CONDITIONS FOR RENEWAL OF MOST FAVORED NATION STATUS FOR THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA IN 1994 WHEREAS, the Congress and the American people have expressed deep concern about the appropriateness of unconditional most-favored-nation (MFN) trading status for the People's Republic of China (China); WHEREAS, I share the concerns of the Congress and the American people regarding this important issue, particularly with respect to China's record on human rights, nuclear nonproliferation, and trade; WHEREAS, I ..."
Posted on 06/15/1999 11:18:27 PDT by Thanatos
Ft. Worth Robbery Victim Chases, Shoots Suspect
Front Page News Keywords: Robber, Gun, Self-Defense
Source: Ft. Worth Star-Telegram
Published: 6/15/99 (Bill Hanna)"FORT WORTH -- A Fort Worth man who was robbed late Sunday grabbed his gun and chased the suspect, firing at least eight shots and critically wounding the suspect as they ran through downtown streets. The gunman finally caught the suspect in the 800 block of Taylor Street and stood over him with his gun drawn until off-duty North Richland Hills police officer Tim Gilpin, who lives in a nearby apartment, disarmed him. The robbery suspect, identified as Roberto Sorta, 31, was in critical condition yesterday at Harris Methodist Fort Worth. He was shot once in the chest and has ..."
Posted on 06/15/1999 10:13:40 PDT by sinkspur
Ft. Worth Robbery Victim Chases, Shoots Suspect
Front Page News Keywords: Robber, Gun, Self-Defense
Source: Ft. Worth Star-Telegram
Published: 6/15/99 (Bill Hanna)"FORT WORTH -- A Fort Worth man who was robbed late Sunday grabbed his gun and chased the suspect, firing at least eight shots and critically wounding the suspect as they ran through downtown streets. The gunman finally caught the suspect in the 800 block of Taylor Street and stood over him with his gun drawn until off-duty North Richland Hills police officer Tim Gilpin, who lives in a nearby apartment, disarmed him. The robbery suspect, identified as Roberto Sorta, 31, was in critical condition yesterday at Harris Methodist Fort Worth. He was shot once in the chest and has ..."
Posted on 06/15/1999 10:13:37 PDT by sinkspur
Ft. Worth Robbery Victim Chases, Shoots Suspect
Front Page News Keywords: Robber, Gun, Self-Defense
Source: Ft. Worth Star-Telegram
Published: 6/15/99 (Bill Hanna)"FORT WORTH -- A Fort Worth man who was robbed late Sunday grabbed his gun and chased the suspect, firing at least eight shots and critically wounding the suspect as they ran through downtown streets. The gunman finally caught the suspect in the 800 block of Taylor Street and stood over him with his gun drawn until off-duty North Richland Hills police officer Tim Gilpin, who lives in a nearby apartment, disarmed him. The robbery suspect, identified as Roberto Sorta, 31, was in critical condition yesterday at Harris Methodist Fort Worth. He was shot once in the chest and has ..."
Posted on 06/15/1999 10:13:07 PDT by sinkspur
Ft. Worth Robbery Victim Chases, Shoots Suspect
Front Page News Keywords: Robber, Gun, Self-Defense
Source: Ft. Worth Star-Telegram
Published: 6/15/99 (Bill Hanna)"FORT WORTH -- A Fort Worth man who was robbed late Sunday grabbed his gun and chased the suspect, firing at least eight shots and critically wounding the suspect as they ran through downtown streets. The gunman finally caught the suspect in the 800 block of Taylor Street and stood over him with his gun drawn until off-duty North Richland Hills police officer Tim Gilpin, who lives in a nearby apartment, disarmed him. The robbery suspect, identified as Roberto Sorta, 31, was in critical condition yesterday at Harris Methodist Fort Worth. He was shot once in the chest and has ..."
Posted on 06/15/1999 10:12:59 PDT by sinkspur
With Guns, a Safer World for Women?
Opinion
Source: New York Times
Published: 6/15/99 (By JOHN TIERNEY)" With Congress primed to pass gun-control legislation, New Yorkers may be tempted to feel smug. The rest of the country is finally starting to share the prevailing distaste in the city for guns. Urbanites seem to be triumphing over the plaid-shirted guys driving the back roads in pickup trucks with N.R.A. decals. But it's hard to remain smug if you talk to Dr. John R. Lott. He believes that thousands of New Yorkers, particularly women in poor neighborhoods, are victims of violent crimes each year because of the city's strict controls on guns. And he is not one of ..."
Posted on 06/15/1999 09:44:23 PDT by PrinceOfCups
With Guns, a Safer World for Women?
Opinion
Source: New York Times
Published: 6/15/99 (By JOHN TIERNEY)" With Congress primed to pass gun-control legislation, New Yorkers may be tempted to feel smug. The rest of the country is finally starting to share the prevailing distaste in the city for guns. Urbanites seem to be triumphing over the plaid-shirted guys driving the back roads in pickup trucks with N.R.A. decals. But it's hard to remain smug if you talk to Dr. John R. Lott. He believes that thousands of New Yorkers, particularly women in poor neighborhoods, are victims of violent crimes each year because of the city's strict controls on guns. And he is not one of ..."
Posted on 06/15/1999 09:42:37 PDT by PrinceOfCups
Secret Government Slush Funds
News
Source: WorldNetDaily
Published: June 14, 1999 (Sarah Foster)"By Sarah Foster © 1999 WorldNetDaily.com At a time when Americans are forced to dig deeper than ever in their pockets to pay the high cost of government, politicians and bureaucrats at all levels of government -- local, state, and federal -- are sitting on tens of trillions of public dollars stashed away in secret "slush funds," a WorldNetDaily investigation reveals. All levels of government conceal the existence of these vast sums of money by keeping and filing what amounts to two sets of financial books -- one for the general public, which shows a very limited revenue stream, and ..."
Posted on 06/15/1999 07:55:44 PDT by Lurker
Government Money Hoarding Racket Exposed
Opinion
Source: WorldNetDaily
Published: June 15, 1999 (Joseph Farrah)"Ever wonder why no one in government seems particularly concerned about debt? Maybe a series in WorldNetDaily this week begins to explain. According to the report, prompted by the research of former Wall Street commodities trader Walter Burien, it appears government resources far exceed any debt. In fact, it would appear that government -- at all levels -- is hoarding assets, saving up for a rainy day at your expense. Tens of trillions of dollars are stashed away in what amounts to government "slush funds," charges Burien. And, an investigation by WorldNetDaily for the last several months suggests his allegations ..."
Posted on 06/15/1999 07:13:53 PDT by Lurker
"China's New Hostages"
Editorial Opinion Keywords: China, Clinton, Pollard
Source: <A HREF="http://www.FreeRepublic.com/perl/redirect?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jewishworldreview.com%2F">Jewish World Review</A>
Published: June 15, 1999 (Angelo M. Codevilla)"CHINA'S ACQUISITION of U.S. strategic technology threatens to undo the United States' World War II victory in the Pacific. The Clinton Administration's complaisance about it can not be understood as an intellectual error. The private interests of William Jefferson Clinton and of his closest associates explain that complaisance all too well. The military technology that China has acquired from the U.S. through espionage, through U.S. companies' stretching the bounds of cooperation, as well as by legal means, adds up to more than the Soviet Union got a half century ago through atomic espionage, the capture of a B-29 bomber, and ..."
Posted on 06/15/1999 06:59:08 PDT by Zionist Conspirator
Man arrested outside courthouse with gun, bomb materials
News
Source: AP
Published: 6/15/99" FARGO, N.D. (AP) - A man arrested in a courthouse parking lot with an assault rifle, ammunition and bomb-making materials told police he planned to confront a judge. ``There's no doubt in my mind this man intended violence,'' police Sgt. Paul Laney said. ``The statement he made was that he was there to speak with the judge, but he also said he was going to shoot up the courthouse and anyone else that got in his way.'' Jeffrey Maasjo, 23, was arrested early Monday and faces charges of terrorizing and carrying a loaded gun in his vehicle. Two officers ..."
Posted on 06/15/1999 06:51:25 PDT by BobSmithee
LEO INSTRUCTERS "POLICE STATE 1999"??
Free Republic
Source: WWW.INFOWARS.COM
Published: There TODAY (ED HOHLMAN)"ALL, This is an excerpt from a story at [www.infowars.com]. Another story on the same site details new listening devicesthat "will be a good addition to our cameras. “On the opposite side of the truck, Sgt. McFadden finally got the passenger door open. He yanked little Krystal out of the truck as if she was a common criminal, with complete disregard for the sharp glass that was all over her and the seat. As he stood there now with his "collar", holding Krystal by both shoulders, a strange look came over his face, as if, "Oh-oh! What have I done? ..."
Posted on 06/15/1999 05:45:20 PDT by George From Brooklyn Park
Report details U.N. aid project waste
News Keywords: 40% wasted in Vietnam
Source: AP-Montgomery Journal (Maryland)
Published: June 15, 1999 (by Anya Schiffrin, Associated Press)"HANOI, Vietnam - In a revealing glimpse of how aid programs can go wrong, the U.N. Development Program estimates in a new report that 40 percent of the money spent on a project in Vietnam was wasted. An internal report obtained by Dow Jones Newswires details how local officials took junkets abroad, purchased office equipment at inflated prices and bought an excessive number of motorbikes and cars. Ironically, the project was designed to improve government administration in Quang Binh province. The report is particularly significant as Vietnam is becoming increasingly dependent on aid, given the collapse in foreign investment since ..."
Posted on 06/15/1999 05:30:55 PDT by Steve Schulin
China's New Hostages
Opinion Keywords: espionage Clinton spying
Source: Jewish World Review
Published: 6-15-99 (Angelo M. Codevilla)" China's New Hostages --> By Angelo M. Codevilla (JWR) ---- (http://www.jewishworldreview.com) CHINA'S ACQUISITION of U.S. strategic technology threatens to undo the United States' World War II victory in the Pacific. The Clinton Administration's complaisance about it can not be understood as an intellectual error. The private interests of William Jefferson Clinton and of his closest associates explain that complaisance all too well. The military technology that China has acquired from the U.S. through espionage, through U.S. companies' stretching the bounds of cooperation, as well as by legal means, adds up to more than the Soviet Union got a half ..."
Posted on 06/15/1999 05:28:33 PDT by M²
Fund-raising probe stonewalled
News Keywords: LaBella Trie Reno Justice coverup china
Source: Chicago Sun-Times
Published: June 10, 1999 (ROBERT NOVAK)" n the first week of July 1997, the Justice Department dispatched a lawyer from its campaign-finance task force and an FBI agent to Little Rock, Ark., in quest of a warrant to search the home and offices of restaurateur and Clinton fund-raiser Charlie Trie. But they were called back to Washington before any warrant could be issued. Not until 3 1/2 months later was the search made. By that time, as court testimony has shown, material subpoenaed by Senate investigators was destroyed by Trie's order. After the story of the aborted search warrant was confirmed last week by Justice ..."
Posted on 06/15/1999 05:16:02 PDT by BigChiefEddieLightningFrog
ChinaGate: Suspect in Loss of Nuclear Secrets Unlikely to Face Spying Charges
Front Page News
Source: http://www.nytimes.com/library/world/asia/061599china-nuke.html
Published: 6/15/99 (NY Times)"June 15, 1999 Suspect in Loss of Nuclear Secrets Unlikely to Face Spying Charges By DAVID JOHNSTON ASHINGTON -- Three months ago, a research mathematician was dismissed from his job at the Los Alamos nuclear weapons laboratory for security violations. Monday Federal authorities say it is most unlikely that the mathematician, who is at the center of the uproar over the suspected theft of nuclear secrets by China, will ever face criminal charges of espionage. Moreover, the officials are unsure whether the scientist, Wen Ho Lee, will be accused of any wrongdoing, even though investigators found in March that he ..."
Posted on 06/15/1999 01:39:31 PDT by Thanatos
Library survivor breaks silence
Front Page News Keywords: Columbine Littleton
Source: Denver Post
Published: June 12 (Woody Paige)"Library survivor breaks silence By Woody PaigeDenver Post Staff Writer June 12 - Pretzeled inside an old, orange cupboard inside the Columbine High School library, her body bleeding, sweating and shaking and her mind wondering and wandering - a terrified Patti Nielson vividly heard the shots echoed round the world. A few feet away, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold were committing conjoint suicide in the early afternoon of April 20 and in the aftermath of the nation's most horrific school shooting spree. But the ordeal wasn't over, and still isn't, for Nielson. A color-splashed abstract hangs in the powder room ..."
Posted on 06/15/1999 00:53:40 PDT by Plummz
Columbine Teacher Witness Talks: Invaladate Official Accounts
News Keywords: Columbine, Littleton
Source: NewsHawk, Inc.
Published: 6/15/99 (John Quinn)" SIGHTINGS COLUMBINE TEACHER/WITNESS TALKS Statements Invalidate Official Accounts Update: Authorities Question Klebold Suicide Afters Teacher's Testimony Invalidates Scenario! By John A. Quinn <jaq@mcn.org> © 1999 NewsHawk Inc. All Rights reserved Nearly 2 months after the nation's worst school shooting incident, Columbine High School art teacher Patti Nielson has given her first public statements to the Denver Post about her experiences at the school on 4/20/99. The implications of Patti Nielson's statements, although thoroughly edited and perhaps unintentionally shaped by the Post to correlate more closely with the "official" version of the circumstances of the ..."
Posted on 06/14/1999 22:47:31 PDT by Arator
ChinaGate: Hong Kong Rejects U.S. Technology Spying Allegations
News Keywords: ChinaGate China spying nuclear
Source: http://www.insidechina.com/news.php3?id=73306
Published: 6/14/99 (Reuters)"For Editorial and Discussion use only: HK Rejects U.S. Technology Spying Allegations HONG KONG, Jun 14, 1999 -- (Reuters) Hong Kong will make a forceful defense of its customs system next week in a bid to dispel allegations that imported strategic commodities were filtering into mainland China, a government spokesman said on Friday. The government will present a paper to legislators on Monday rejecting a recent U.S. Congressional report that said Hong Kong was being used as a transshipment point for illicit technology transfers and that Chinese army vehicles were moving in and out of the territory unmonitored. The paper, ..."
Posted on 06/14/1999 22:43:55 PDT by Thanatos
Close Encounters Of The Worst Kind: Meet Annappolis Bookseller Visited By King Billy & Monica
Miscellaneous Keywords: Monica, Dirtbag, National Disgrace,....
Source: 10/2/98 OIC Supplemental Documents
(Dukeman)"Recall, gentle readers, that among the gifts Monica gave to King Billy was an antique book she bought for him in Annapolis, Maryland. On a 1997 visit to Annapolis, the King Billy train pulled into the Briarwood Bookstore, owned and operated by one David Grobaine. Always the stalker, Monica learned of Billy's visit to the bookstore and set out to purchase the perfect gift for her man, er....boy.At pages 1257 to 1260, we see Mr. Grobaines's impression of his brush with history as reflected in two FBI interview summaries:"During March or April of 1997, the President of the United States, ..."
Posted on 06/14/1999 22:06:18 PDT by Dukeman
A Prosecutor Bound by Duty
Opinion Keywords: Starr, Woodward,Shadow
Source: Washington Post
Published: 6-15-99 (Bob Woodward)"A Prosecutor Bound by Duty Behind the Scenes, Starr's Zeal Led the Charge By Bob Woodward Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, June 15, 1999; Page A01 This is the last of three excerpts from "Shadow: Five Presidents and the Legacy of Watergate." Copyright (C) 1999 by Bob Woodward, Simon and Schuster. The morning of Sept. 9, 1998, was D-Day for independent counsel Kenneth W. Starr, the final deadline he had set for completion of his impeachment referral against President Clinton. As far as Starr was concerned, this was the last opportunity to deliver his findings to Congress without seeming to ..."
Posted on 06/14/1999 21:27:50 PDT by Aleutian Longliner
Deb Weiss:The Very, Very Coincidental World of Bill and Hillary Clinton
Opinion Keywords: Deb Weiss, high quality
Source: http://www.drudgereport.com/Weiss/weiss.htm
Published: 6-14-99 (Deb Weiss)" A VIEW FROM HERE by deb weiss The Very, Very Coincidental World of Bill and Hillary Clinton June 14, 1999 Of course there's such a thing as being too suspicious. It's possible there's sheer coincidence in the timing of the latest whispers against Independent Prosecutor Ken Starr. Sudden snickering "leaks" that hint Starr can't indict, but will merely, prissily, scold the First Couple: excerpts from a new Bob Woodward book, taking potshots at this most vulnerable of public men -- these simultaneous eruptions could be coincidental. Such ..."
Posted on 06/14/1999 20:39:01 PDT by Aleutian Longliner
ChinaGate:Clinton's own Advisory Board Says his Nuclear Security Policy "Falls Short" and is ``culture of arrogance''
Front Page News
Source: http://www.newsday.com/ap/rnmpwh12.htm
Published: 6/14/99 (AP)"For Editorial and Discussion use only: Panel Urges Nuke Security Changes By H. JOSEF HEBERT Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- Describing a ``culture of arrogance'' at the Energy Department and nuclear labs, an influential intelligence advisory panel told President Clinton Monday that his proposed security improvements fall short of what is needed to protect against nuclear thefts. The panel, asked by the president three months ago to closely examine security problems at the Energy Department, strongly recommended that nuclear programs be placed under a new agency either within the department or altogether independent. In a scathing 57-page report, the ..."
Posted on 06/14/1999 20:09:51 PDT by Thanatos
Gun law requires tougher controls
Editorial Opinion Keywords: Gun control, 2nd Amendment
Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Published: June 14, 1999 (Post-Intelligencer editorial board)" The majority of Americans believe that protecting individuals' rights to own guns is secondary to controlling gun ownership. They should demand that their representatives, not the National Rifle Association, write the legislation to tighten gun show sales. If this doesn't bring constituents to their feet -- the NRA dictating how House Judiciary Committee. aides write the bill -- what will? The NRA may demur, but don't discount the influence of its $1.6 million contribution in the last congressional campaign cycle along with the $1 million it has spent in the weeks since the Columbine High School massacre. The practice ..."
Posted on 06/14/1999 19:13:39 PDT by IronJack
Book: Clinton Lawyer freaked when he heard Clinton was to say "Oral sex is not sex", Says it ``shows how pathetic Clinton is"
News
Source: http://wire.ap.org/APnews/center_story.html?FRONTID=NATIONAL&STORYID=APIS6TIPT480
Published: 6/14/99 (AP)"For Editorial and Discussion use only: Book: Clinton Excuses Irked Lawyer By CALVIN WOODWARD Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) One of President Clinton's lawyers hit the roof when he heard the president might argue that he was truthful when he denied having a sexual relationship with Monica Lewinsky because oral sex did not fit the definition, a new book says. ``You can't do this,'' the book quotes lawyer Robert Bennett as telling a Clinton adviser. ``It's insanity.'' But Clinton made that argument anyway, in testimony to independent prosecutor Kenneth Starr's grand jury. And Clinton's assertion that oral sex was ..."
Posted on 06/14/1999 17:54:30 PDT by Thanatos
ChinaGate: Democratic fund-raiser Huang arraigned on campaign finance violation: Expected to plead GUILTY!!
Front Page News Keywords: huang chinagate DNC fundraiser democrat
Source: http://www.tampabayonline.net/news/news1015.htm
Published: 6/14/99 (AP)"For Editorial and Discussion use only: 6/14/99 -- 8:06 PM Democratic fund-raiser arraigned on campaign finance violation LOS ANGELES (AP) - Democratic Party fund-raiser John Huang was arraigned Monday on a conspiracy charge as part of a plea bargain that was reached after he helped the government's campaign finance investigation. He is expected to plead guilty in federal court next Monday. Prosecutors are seeking a sentence of a year's probation, 500 hours of community service, a $10,000 fine and a requirement that he continue cooperating with the government. Huang's plea agreement specifies that he has already participated in 21 interviews ..."
Posted on 06/14/1999 17:44:01 PDT by Thanatos
Help!! Don Adams Case Update!!
News
Source: Self
(Self)"Two weeks ago we last informed you that Don Adams, myself and another Clinton Protester filed private criminal complaints against additional Teamsters who should have been charged in the October 2 beating of Don Adams and others, but were not. Ray Harley third man in charge at the Philadelphia District Attorney's office called the Clinton Protester, who he knows personally, and asked him to withdraw his private criminal complaint. Thus far, the Clinton Protester has not done so. Today, twice, Mr. Harley in two different phone conversations, asked Mr. Adams to reveal the person or persons who helped to identify ..."
Posted on 06/14/1999 17:07:41 PDT by TAdams8591
Starr To Continue Clinton Probe: Looks forward to a Trial this Summer with Webster Hubbell
Front Page News
Source: http://dailynews.yahoo.com/headlines/ap/washington/story.html?s=v/ap/19990614/pl/starr_clinton_4.htm
Published: 6/13/99 (AP)"For Editorial and Disucssion use only: Monday June 14 2:17 AM ET Starr To Continue Clinton Probe Starr To Continue Clinton Probe By PETE YOST Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - He has been in office through three election seasons and is heading into a fourth. So where will Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr be in the year 2000?He's not sure, Starr says of his nearly five-year investigation, declaring he still has work to do.The next critical step is the trial of Webster Hubbell for allegedly concealing his own and Hillary Rodham Clinton's legal work on a fraudulent Arkansas land deal.``We're ..."
Posted on 06/14/1999 11:33:35 PDT by Thanatos
Taxpayer Uncovers Va. Mayor's Spree
News Keywords: theft
Source: The Associated Press
Published: Monday, June 14, 1999 (---)"CHINCOTEAGUE, Va. - Charlie Kambarn wanted to find out what his town leaders did during an official trip to Florida, so he spent $1,300 of his own money following the paper trail. As a result of what he found, the mayor was suspended, the town manager resigned and the police chief was fired. The three men, it turned out, had skipped most of a hurricane conference in Florida and run up big bar and restaurant tabs at taxpayer expense. ``No one thought in their wildest dreams I would get this far,'' said Kambarn, whose Freedom of Information Act request documented ..."
Posted on 06/14/1999 11:24:33 PDT by Lou in Mass.
Mary's Lamb at school
Miscellaneous
Source: Email
Published: June 14, 1999"Mary had a little Lamb, His fleece was white as snow. Everywhere that Mary went, The Lamb was sure to go. He followed her to school each day, when it wasn't against the rules. It made the children laugh and play, to have the Lamb at school. Then the rules had changed one day, against the law it became. To bring The Lamb of God to school, or even speak His Name. Every day got worse and worse, and days turned into years. Instead of hearing children laugh and play, You heard them crying tears. What must we do to ..."
Posted on 06/14/1999 10:57:55 PDT by ekklesia libertae
PRESIDENTIAL TREASON: a Sequel to Presidential Treason 101 and 102
Miscellaneous Keywords: Lawyers, China, Clinton
Source: Ether Zone Online
Published: June 1, 1999 (Gretchen Glass)"PRESIDENTIAL TREASON 103 A Sequel to Presidential Treason 101 and 102. Connecting more dots… By Gretchen Glass As demonstrated in Presidential Treason 101, a President need not directly perform the treasonous acts himself to sell out our country. He need only open the doors, put the ‘right' people in charge and let the Communists and their sympathizers have full run of the labs and key departments of our government. From the beginning, Clinton's success has depended upon creating an enabling environment to facilitate the demise of our national security - and you will certainly have to give him credit for ..."
Posted on 06/14/1999 09:54:39 PDT by MI_too
Parents want Jacobs student to learn from jail time
News Keywords: parent knife school teen drug
Source: Yahoo Dailynews
Published: 11 June 1999 (Unknown)"Parents want Jacobs student to learn from jail timeThe Jacobs High School student who reportedly brought a pellet gun and at least 10 knives to school, leading to a tense two-hour lockdown, remains in jail a week later.Christopher Heineman's parents are able to put up the $7,600 necessary to bail out their son but have chosen not to, the teen's attorney said."They want to make sure Chris understands this is a serious situation, and he has to address it," attorney Hank Sugden said.The high school junior appeared in McHenry County court Thursday, where Sugden asked for a pre-trial services investigation ..."
Posted on 06/14/1999 04:24:37 PDT by Marcus Welby
Southwestern States: Latino War Zones
Opinion Keywords: illegal"Because of illegal immigration, Arizona, Texas, New Mexico, and especially California have become virtual war zones for latino gangs that battle each other night and day. Police scanners tell no lies. Each night, as the police patrol the various cities I happen to be in while doing my job in these various states, you hear them working all races of course, but one race creates more police calls than all others. Odds favor this increasing problem to be related to the absolutely huge influx of illegal aliens in these four states. Historically, the American citizen with brown skin has not ..."
Posted on 06/14/1999 00:04:56 PDT by tracey12
Heston ** NRA's American Hunter Magazine: The President's Column
Opinion Keywords: 2nd amendment
Source: NRA's American Hunter/ Transcribed by moi
Published: 6-13-99 (Charlton Heston)" NRA American Hunter Magazine The President's Column 6-99 As you surely know by now, several U.S. Cities have filed suit against american firearms manufacturers, and dozens more are reportedly considering filing lawsuits of their own. I say it's time to meet these political profiteers and ambulance-chasing trial attorneys head-on. Our most potent weapon is the truth: Guns make society safer. They save cities far more tears and treasures than criminals with gins could ever cost. Instead of suing the firearms industry for the costs of criminal violence, if anything those mayors should pay gunmakers ..."
Posted on 06/13/1999 21:31:32 PDT by Trailer Trash
Opinion from the The Clearwater, Idaho Progress
Editorial Opinion Keywords: "War Criminals" " Bald Statements by Bill Glenn, editor The Clearwater, Idaho Progress June 2, 1999 "War Criminals" Since members of the so-called "International Community" have, in essence (with help from the media) charged, tried and convicted Serbian strongman Slobodon Milosevic of "war crimes", maybe we, as upstanding members of the "International Community", should file charges against William Jefferson "Adolph" Clinton. Consider the following: 1) Despite political rhetoric to the contrary, Clinton has violated the Constitution by placing American troops in combat without Congressional approval; 2) Clinton has violated the Constitution by using American forces to attack a sovereign nation which poses ..."
Posted on 06/13/1999 20:11:46 PDT by spiker
Redefined (Admin gives new meaning to embryo)
Opinion Keywords: Embryo, Abortion
Source: Front Page Magazine
Published: 6-11-99 (Weinkopf)"WEBSTER’S WILL SOON NEED two separate dictionaries, the first defining words as they are commonly understood, the second providing their meanings according to the Clinton Administration. The White House’s latest linguistic distortion concerns the term "embryos," specifically as they relate to a four-year-old congressional ban on federal funding for research involving their creation or destruction. New studies indicate that pluripotent stem cells (the building blocks for almost all human tissue, including body parts, nerves, and organs)could be instrumental in curing for most major diseases. Because stem cells are abundant in human embryos, the Administration has decided to sidestep the congressional ..."
Posted on 06/13/1999 19:46:11 PDT by VRW Conspirator
Take a Break from Political News and Kill Some Hamsters!
Opinion
Source: Hamster Blast -- A Parody of Hamster Dance Web Site
Published: 6-13-99 (Myself)"Is this web site just a lot of fun or is it reflective of our troubled society? I don't think this web site has influenced any kids to buy guns and kill other kids .... Take a break from political news and White House Spin -- go shoot some hampsters! Visit Hamster Blast Here "
Posted on 06/13/1999 16:00:43 PDT by Sigi
Rep Weldon & Gary Aldrich URGENT CALL TO ACTION
Front Page Announcement
Source: Rep Weldon, Gary Aldrich, FReepers
Published: 6/13/99 (Rep Weldon, Gary Aldrich, FReepers)" This is a Call to Action Call to Action! Rep Curt Weldon has asked us to put the pressure on Congress to release the Labella memo Gary Aldrich has asked us to put the pressure on to stop the punishing of Lt Col Ed McCallum for blowing the whistle on lax security in the Department of Energy. 6/8/99 Congressman Curt Weldon (Penn. 7th) Congressional Record, Proceedings of the U.S. House of Representatives "…Madam Speaker, the individual that Louis Freeh assigned to investigate this, Charles LaBella, when he got through all of this evidence, well beyond what I have, ..."
Posted on 06/13/1999 15:50:09 PDT by Alamo-Girl
Tentacles of Latin Drug Lords Extend Well Beyond Borders
News
Source: LA Times
Published: 6/12/99 (Sebastian Rotella)" BUENOS AIRES--In the Latin American nations that are the worst-case showcases of sinister drug cartels, the wealth, firepower and agility of the traffickers enable them to overwhelm almost every sector of society. Not only do drug lords finance guerrilla armies that have driven government forces out of large areas of Colombia, they have so warped social attitudes that hit men pray to their own patron saint before they go out to do a job. Not only do Mexican cartels buy politicians and police, their tentacles allegedly extend into the banking system, the Roman Catholic Church and even show business, ..."
Posted on 06/13/1999 14:07:36 PDT by arcane
Security Problem Extends Beyond Labs
Editorial Opinion Keywords: keystone cops
Source: Albuquerque Journal
Published: June 13, 1999 (unsigned editorial)"The Cox report on Chinese nuclear espionage hit with an impact that might be gauged by the Richter scale of last week's House vote on strengthening lab security; the tally was 428-0. The labs are a politically safe focus for Congress in the wake of an espionage scandal, but the attitudes that sapped security and counterintelligence efforts extend up the chain of command. A 428-0 margin raises questions. Either the measure is perfect or perfectly ineffectual, giving offense to no one. Or the single-minded vote reflects a herd mentality that could be stampeded toward policy that assures absolute security for ..."
Posted on 06/13/1999 11:22:06 PDT by Steve Schulin
Staff: Starr won't indict Clintons
News
Source: Miami Herald
Published: June 13, 1999 (by Neil A. Lewis, Herald Washington Bureau)"Staff: Starr won't indict Clintons But report might disrupt First Lady's campaign for Senate WASHINGTON -- Whitewater prosecutor Kenneth Starr will not seek indictments of President Clinton or Hillary Rodham Clinton but has tentatively decided to issue a final report about their behavior, several associates of Starr said. The report, which could land in the middle of Mrs. Clinton's Senate campaign, might be ``blistering'' in its descriptions of her actions, one Starr associate said. Starr, the associates said last week, decided that he would not seek criminal indictments after discussions in his office about that possibility. But as Starr winds ..."
Posted on 06/13/1999 10:29:49 PDT by Steve Schulin
URGENT CALL TO ACTION - Rep Weldon & Gary Aldrich
Front Page Announcement Keywords: TREASON CHINA
Published: 6/13/99 (Alamo Girl, Thantos and Various Freepers)" Rep Weldon & Gary Aldrich URGENT CALL TO ACTION Rep Curt Weldon, Gary Aldrich and Various FReepers 6/12/99 Thanatos and Various FReepers This is a Call to Action Call to Action! Rep Curt Weldon has asked us to put the pressure on Congress to release the Labella memo Gary Aldrich has asked us to put the pressure on to stop the punishing of Lt Col Ed McCallum for blowing the whistle on lax security in the Department of Energy. 6/8/99 Congressman Curt Weldon (Penn. 7th) Congressional Record, Proceedings of the U.S. House of Representatives "…Madam Speaker, the individual ..."
Posted on 06/13/1999 10:13:22 PDT by madmomma
KLEBOLD SUICIDE RULING QUESTIONED
News Keywords: Columbine Shooting
Source: Denver Rocky Mountain News (InsideDenver.com)
Published: June 13, 1999 (Kevin Vaughan and Dan Luzadder, Staff Writers)" Some officers wonder whether Harris shot partner in left temple. Some investigators in the Columbine High shooting still have questions about whether one of the gunmen actually took his own life or was killed by his partner. The questions revolve around the death of Dylan Klebold, 17, who died in the Columbine library during the April 20 assault on the school. Klebold was shot once in the left side of the head,apparently by one of two 9 mm weapons -- either a semiautomatic assault pistol or a carbine rifle -- that he and fellow gunman Eric Harris carried, said ..."
Posted on 06/13/1999 09:39:24 PDT by arizona
Filegate, Chinagate updates on Judicial Watch website
Front Page News Keywords: Judicial Watch, Larry Klayman, Filegate, Chinagate
Source: Judicial Watch
Published: 6/13/99 (JW)"Over the last two months, Judicial Watch has deposed several individuals and made progress in its litigation of the Chinagate and Filegate scandals. The Judicial Watch website has been updated to include the text and some video clips from those depostions and other info of interest. Click here to link to the Judicial Watch website. "
Posted on 06/13/1999 09:30:41 PDT by judicial watch
The Filth of Willie's Hand
Opinion "Yesterday, at the University of Chicago's graduation ceremony, after making one of his standard presentations, Clinton stood on the receiving line as each graduate accepted his or her diploma. Several brave young graduates refused to shake his hand and moved on. One young man brushed Willie away with the back of his hand as though he was rejecting a pamphlet from a Hare Krisna in the airport.I saw this first before 6:00 PM on the CBS national news and later on a different, unremembered channel. I believe it was CBS where this was characterized as a protest against the bombing ..."
Posted on 06/13/1999 07:23:51 PDT by tacis
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