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Lies of omission about 9/11 -- stoking fears of terrorism THEY WANT YOU TO BE AFRAID The following post was censored by freerepublic.com shortly after it was posted on their "public" forum on 9/11/04. That forum is designed to appear as though it is a community forum open to all, but this post only received three responses before it and its replies were deleted, and a repeat posting at 4 am PST on 9/20/04 didn't stay online for 5 minutes! Someone is apparently watching closely over the content of the freerepublic.com forums and censoring them 24/7 (though they might have...

Before I begin explaining my theory, can we all agree that illegal immigration is a problem that most Americans (even liberals are against it, most of the time) disagree with? I voted for G.W. Bush for his second term because I was most certain that such a "conservative" President would do us all a favor and stop the 15 million illegal immigrants in our country, sneaking into our country at the rate of 3 million per year. After all, if homeland security is so important during this unprecedented magnitude of war, surely securing the borders should be at the top...

Questions about John Bolton's fitness for representing the US at the United Nations were heightened today as more staffers came forward to describe his chronic abuse of his subordinates and volatile, unpredictable temper, as demonstrated in this Senate testimony: Q: Frank, could we go back? Could you characterize your meeting with Bolton? Was he calm? MR. FINGAR: No, he was angry. He was standing up. Q: Did he raise his voice to you? Did he point his finger in your face? MR. FINGAR: I don't remember if he pointed. John speaks in such a low voice normally. Was it louder...

Many argue that communism will never be possible because of "human nature". The essence of this false argument is the belief that a communist society would consist of an all-powerful central government that would tell everybody what to do--and would therefore undermine the creative initiative of individuals and the search for happiness. • This argument is based on two false assumptions: (1) It assumes that a communist society will look like the former Soviet Union, or the current China, North Korea, etc (ie: corrupt police states with a feudal-style ruling class) (2) It assumes that people will only work in...

Gas costs so much. I cant afford it. Why want Bush do something? Don't say he can't. His daddy or his handlers could be on the phone in 2 minutes with the Rothchilds and by 1 week, oil prices would be under $20 and gas would be 1 dollar a gallon. You know it and I know it. Why want he? Do you know? Is there sombody we can call? Plaese advice.

The federal lawsuit, which lawyers said would be filed here Tuesday, alleges that Caterpillar violated international and state law by providing specially designed bulldozers to Israeli Defense Forces that it knew would be used to demolish homes and endanger people.

A Glimpse Ahead Timothy Snodgrass The Impossible Will Come Alive In 2005 01/28/05 In January of 2004, as we began to intercede for the New Year the Holy Spirit gave us the prophetic slogan, "The Seas will Roar in 2004". This year we were given a new slogan, "The Impossible will come Alive in 2005". As the veil of darkness begins to come down over nations and regions, along with great shakings will come great breakthroughs; signs, wonders, healings and a spectacular release of miracles in impossible circumstances. This year, although we are ultimately poised to gain much ground, there...

What's the deal with all the dead scientists?

There has been an increase in the number of abortions in eight states, and it's all President Bush's fault, says pro-abortion Senator Hillary Clinton.

South Orange, NJ -- “Various groups and individuals claiming to be protecting humans, animals or the entire Earth managed to make complete fools of themselves in 2004,” said Alan Caruba, founder of The National Anxiety Center, a clearinghouse for information on scare campaigns. Founded in 1990, the Center has issued its 14th annual review of “The Most Dubious News Stories of the Year.” The news media was “pleased to report the end of the world despite evidence that the 4.5 billion year old planet was behaving the same as always, as is the case of the human race.”

At the risk of noting the obvious, Sunday's deadly confrontation between a semiautomatic weapon-wielding Minnesotan and a group of hunters in northern Wisconsin can and should be factored into debates about the availability of semiautomatic and automatic weapons. When hunters in Sawyer County confronted the Minnesotan - a 36-year-old Hmong immigrant named Chai Vang who was in a deer stand on private property and told him that he would have to leave - several of the greatest myths that are peddled by opponents of gun control exploded.To wit: • Myth One: A semiautomatic weapon is just another kind of gun.When...

Lakewood, N.J. -- Nine dogs, four cats, a stuffed unicorn and a pink stuffed pony all received the blessing of St, Francis during a rite yesterday at All Saints Espiscopal Church marking the feast day of the patron saint of animals.The Rev. Richard C. Wrede administered the blessing to the menagerie assembled at the Route 9 church, where he is pastor.Some owner sought a little extra help with the healing of pets. Others brought their animals, real and imaginary, to keep them in good spirits.Lorna Drexler, 5, and her 9-year old brother Maxwell, came to the parish to bless their...

Controversial for years because of thefts from its mayor's court and a reputation as a traffic ticket-trap, New Rome has been on a path toward dissolution since 2001. * Nov. 6, 2001: Jamie Mueller is elected mayor of New Rome. He receives six votes and is unopposed. A West Side business owner, Mueller vows to reform the police department, which raises more than $300,000 a year ticketing motorists on a 1,000-foot stretch of W. Broad Street. * Jan. 8, 2002: Mueller takes office despite threats by the police chief to arrest him on a charge of election fraud. The Franklin...

My plan is working well. When I, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the ruler of Iran, launched my plan to get you Americans to do our work for us - to destroy our personal enemy, Saddam Hussein, and also to destroy our historic enemy, the country of Iraq - I could only pray that my plan would work so quickly. Our weapon of mass destruction, of course, was Ahmad Chalabi. Please don't confuse me with my predecessor in power here: Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, who died in 1989. I've been the supreme leader ever since. And if my name sounds similar, I am...

A district attorney running for Pennsylvania attorney general is vowing to arrest anyone associated with same-sex weddings. "There should be no Rosie O'Donnell weddings in Pennsylvania, and there won't be if I'm the attorney general," Montgomery County District Attorney Bruce Castor Jr. told the Philadelphia Inquirer. Even though same-sex marriages are currently illegal in the Keystone State and there haven't been any homosexual couples forthcoming to seek a marriage license, Castor issued a letter to the local registrar of wills in Norristown, Pa., making his position clear. "Should you, as clerk of the Orphan's Court, permit to be issued a...

Al-Qaida number two Ayman al-Zawahri has called American soldiers cowards "with no faith in their leaders". In an audio tape broadcast on Aljazeera TV on Friday, al-Zawahri said al-Qaida is pursuing Americans everywhere, but especially "in Afghanistan, in Iraq, in Palestine and in the Arab peninsula". The tape, which has yet to be verified for authenticity, is said to have been made in November during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. It marks the second anniversary of the battle of Tora Bora, when US-led forces in Afghanistan sought to wipe out al-Qaida chief Usama bin Laden and other leaders of...

There a a few really long threads on both Campaign Finance Reform and Illegal Immigration. Let's strike while the iron is hot and put forth a concerted effort to contact the White House tomorrow. I would propose that between 9:30-11:30am we call them and comment on the fiasco that has arisen around Campaign Finance Reform and the Supreme Court's ruling. From 12:30-2:30 the topic is illegal immigration and Tom Ridge's lack of commonsense on this issue (Don't take that literally and call Tom Ridge an idiot on the phone). :-) If we can concentrate the number of calls during a...

California law pushed by animal group requires trapping license A California law requires a trapping license in order to kill mice. The Animal Protection Institute of Sacramento pushed the bill, which mandates anyone who takes furbearing mammals or non-game animals must purchase a trapping license by passing a complex test and paying a fee of $78.50, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. The Fish and Game Code 4005 defines non-game animals as including mice, rats, gophers and moles, the paper noted. However, Scott Paulsen, chief of law enforcement for the Department of Fish and Game, said the law would not be...

Mar. 11--PROVIDENCE, R.I.--The family of a woman who died in the West Warwick, R.I., nightclub fire contends in a lawsuit that two large corporations are partly responsible, Anheuser-Busch and Clear Channel Communications. The brewery sponsored the Feb. 20 concert at The Station nightclub, the suit said, and delivered "a batch of Budweiser" through a local distributor, so patrons "could have the freshest beer they were ever likely to have," a perk mentioned regularly by a disk jockey from WHJY who introduced the band Great White. "A number of interns" from that radio station, owned by broadcasting giant Clear Channel, distributed...