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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1656188/posts NYT - Editorial - Finances of Terror - 9-24-2001 The New York Times ^ | September 24, 2001 | New York Times Editorial Posted on 06/26/2006 8:35:39 PM PDT by steveyp The New York Times September 24, 2001 Monday Late Edition - Final SECTION: Section A; Column 1; Editorial Desk; Pg. 30 LENGTH: 545 words HEADLINE: Finances of Terror Organizing the hijacking of the planes that crashed into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon took significant sums of money. [snip] Washington and its allies must also disable the financial networks used by terrorists. [snip] Much more is needed,...

by Mark Finkelstein June 27, 2006 If the mark of a person at ease with himself is the ability to have a chuckle at his own expense, then Rush Limbaugh is a supremely serene man. In the wake of the incident in which he was detained at the Palm Beach International Airport when it was discovered he had in his luggage a vial of Viagra with a prescription not in his name, you might have imagined that Rush would have begun today's show with an indignant denial of wrongdoing. He might have explained in tedious detail that in fact the...

Radio talk-show host Rush Limbaugh is joking about his police detainment at the airport yesterday for carrying Viagra in his luggage. "I've been racking my brain. I'm trying to figure out how Bob Dole's luggage got on my airplane," Limbaugh clowned as he opened his national program today. "I told the doctor, I said, 'Look, I'm worried about the next election, not ... .' A misunderstanding. Now, things are what they are." Former Sen. Bob Dole of Kansas is well-known for his use and endorsement of Viagra, a male sexual-enhancement drug. The host then changed subjects to discuss his visit...

Freudenschade, baby! They NEVER learn. Once again we had premature DUmmie celebrations over an event that fails to happen as you can see in this THREAD titled, "Limbaugh Detained At Airport (illegal prescription drugs...and viagra!)." In this case, the non-event that the DUmmies were celebrating was the "drug bust" of Rush Limbaugh yesterday at Palm Beach International Airport. I put "drug bust" in quotes because there was NO drug bust. What happened was that officials found Viagra in Rush's luggage, questioned him about it, and then released him. NO bust. The Viagra was prescribed by his doctor under his...

Rush Limbaugh was briefly detained Monday at Palm Beach International Airport when customs agents inspected the conservative talk show host's luggage and found Viagra that belonged to two Florida doctors, authorities said. "He was not arrested," Palm Beach County sheriff's spokesman Sgt. Pete Palenzuela said. Limbaugh's attorney, Roy Black, issued a statement through a spokesman saying that agents found a "non-narcotic prescription drug, which had been prescribed by Mr. Limbaugh's treating physician but labeled as being issued to the physician rather than Mr. Limbaugh for privacy purposes." Limbaugh, 55, of Palm Beach, and three others arrived on a private jet...

Rush Limbaugh Under New Investigation Sign In to E-Mail This Print Save By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: June 27, 2006 Filed at 11:45 a.m. ET WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- Rush Limbaugh could see a deal with prosecutors in a long-running prescription fraud case collapse after authorities found a bottle of Viagra in his bag at Palm Beach International Airport. The prescription was not in his name. Limbaugh was detained for more than three hours Monday at the airport after returning from a vacation in the Dominican Republic. Customs officials found the Viagra in his luggage but his name...

MIAMI, June 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Roy Black, Rush Limbaugh's attorney, issued the following statement today in response to several inquiries by the media: While going through routine Customs inspection of luggage at Palm Beach International Airport upon his return from an international trip, Rush Limbaugh was detained by customs agents after they noticed a non-narcotic prescription drug, which had been prescribed by Mr. Limbaugh's treating physician but labeled as being issued to the physician rather than Mr. Limbaugh for privacy purposes. After a brief interview, Mr. Limbaugh was permitted to continue on his journey.

Okay, take a breather from the Islam will consume the world, illegal aliens are swarming over the border, and the Democrats are gonna take the house, senate, and, even worse, Bush will NOT be re-elected!!!!! I think this link will work???? http://www.disneycentral.com/forum/showthread.php?t=25879

I emailed CBS letting them know I won't be watching 2 1/2 Men anymore. Just wanted to do something, anything, to voice my disgust at Charlie Sheen's latest antics. I truly believe, after reading his outlandish remarks regarding 9/11, that Charlie Sheen has lost his mind. From what I've understood, the show 2 1/2 Men is a hit. Do you think those ratings will suffer now, post-Charlie remarks re: 9/11?

If Jeanine Pirro drops out of the 2006 Senate race, the new Republican front-runner against Hillary Clinton would be a conservative former Yonkers mayor with traditional values and a nontraditional personal life. An unscripted, bare-knuckled combat vet and college dropout made good, John Spencer styles himself after Rudy Giuliani - and says he's nothing like Clinton. "We're the same age and we traveled through the same years, but I'm very much the opposite of her," he said. "I've governed and I've governed well," Spencer said. "I've led men in war, and we're a nation at war now. I experienced coming...

(Angus Reid Global Scan) – Many adults in the Empire State want a former New York City mayor to run for president in 2008, according to a poll by Strategic Vision. 62 per cent of respondents say they would like Rudy Giuliani to launch a White House bid.Giuliani—a Republican—garnered national and international attention in the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The former mayor currently heads Giuliani Partners, LLC—a consulting firm.Last week, Newsday reproduced the comments of John Dennehy—a strategist during the 2000 presidential run by Republican Arizona senator John McCain—on Giuliani’s possible presidential bid. Dennehy declared, "In my humble...

(AP) Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said Thursday he might run for the Republican presidential nomination in 2008 — unless some candidates promote his ideas. "There are circumstances where I will run," Gingrich told a news conference before a speech at the University of Mobile. Earlier this year, in an interview with The Associated Press, Gingrich said, "Anything seems possible." Asked under what circumstances he would enter the race, Gingrich, 62, said he plans to continue traveling the United States talking about the issues. "My hope is that five or six candidates are going to jump up, steal all of...

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich conceded Wednesday that he might run for president in 2008, but said he will spend the coming years focusing on changes needed in the nation and less time talking about his own political ambitions. "The message I'm trying to send is we need to have a discussion over the next three years about really big changes," he said in an interview with The Associated Press. "We need some time spent by would-be political leaders talking about their vision for the future and answering big questions - before they run out and hire the consultants and...

Spokesman Terry calls for action: We need EVERYONE READING THIS EMAIL to call Governor Jeb Bush RIGHT AWAY, and ask him to do one simple thing: "PLEASE EXERCISE YOUR LEGAL AUTHORITY, AND TAKE TERRI SCHIAVO INTO PROTECTIVE CUSTODY RIGHT AWAY." +++++++++++++++++++++++ ALERT: Wednesday was a rollercoaster of emotions for us, here in Tallahassee, Florida. We've lobbied the state Senators HARD this past week, trying to get just three swing votes to come our way. On Wednesday, the bill that could have saved Terri Schiavo from being starved to DEATH was defeated... by just three votes. There were a number of...

US political activist Jesse Jackson is to help motivate Britain's ethnic minority voters at a rally in London. Ethnic minority MPs and representatives from community groups will also speak at the event organised by campaign group Operation Black Vote (OBV).

Maryland politics has been roiled for the last couple of weeks by the resignation of Joseph Steffen, a former aide to Governor Robert Ehrlich who had to resign for spreading rumors alleging that Baltimore Mayor Martin O’Malley had an affair with a former WBAL-TV anchor now in New York and got her pregnant. Mayor O’Malley has denied having any affairs and Governor Ehrlich has denied any involvement in Steffen’s activities. Which one you believe seemingly depends on your partisan affiliation. For now, I believe them both. No evidence has come to light which establishes either that O’Malley has cheated on...

snip............ Fecund lawmaker A Tennessee state lawmaker who heads a committee on child welfare has acknowledged that he lives in separate homes with two women whose children he fathered. Sen. John Ford testified in a Juvenile Court hearing in November as part of his defense in a child-support case over increasing his financial support of another child he fathered with a third woman, the Commercial Appeal newspaper of Memphis reported Sunday. The Memphis Democrat has tried to make use of a law he authored that keeps court-ordered support lower when a father is financially responsible for other children. Mr. Ford...

Woman Makes Groping Allegations Against Bill Cosby Cosby's Lawyer Says Claims Are 'Categorically False' POSTED: 5:26 pm EST January 20, 2005 UPDATED: 7:01 pm EST January 20, 2005 The woman claims she was fondled by comedian Bill Cosby, who denies the allegations. No charges have been filed. But what we know is that the alleged victim is from Canada but lived here in Philadelphia and worked at Temple University for at least two years. And police say she is now making these allegations after leaving town more than nine months ago. Canadian police told NBC 10 that a Toronto-area woman...

Bill O'Reilly, one of the most ardent defenders of Christmas interviewed Peter Boyles of KHOW 630am radio about the talk radio and grass roots movement that put Christmas back into the annual Parade of Lights celebration here in Denver, Colorado. The local talk show hosts here in Denver who led the charge were Gunny Bob Newman, Mike Rosen, Donna Star all on KOA 850am and Dan Caplis on KHOW 630am. Add to that the coverage on FoxNews, Michelle Malkin's Lump of Coal campaign idea and the grass roots effort from the great Americans in our state and electronic activism from...

(12/05/04 - AUSTIN) — A state lawmaker says an election challenge against Sen. Mario Gallegos by his former opponent and ex-mistress should be dismissed. Susan Delgado had contended that the Houston Democrat lived in the 11th District, even though he represents the 6th District. Senator Jeff Wentworth, who was appointed as a special master in the case by Lieutenant Gov. David Dewhurst, said he based his recommendation on qualifications for a state senator described in the Texas Constitution, not on residency requirements outlined in the election code. Wentworth, a Republican from San Antonio, said the petition does not state the...