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FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 23 2005 Five years after the controversial 2000 presidential election, ex-President Jimmy Carter now says he's certain Al Gore defeated George W. Bush. "Well I would say that in the year 2000, the country failed abysmally in the presidential election process," Carter told a panel Monday at American University in Washington, D.C. "There's no doubt in my mind that Al Gore was elected president." Those in attendance broke out in applause for that statement. "[Gore] received the most votes nationwide, and in my opinion, he also received the most votes in Florida," Carter continued. "And the decision was...

This is the story of a hero, the true story of a man who lived thru a version of hell that is simply unimaginable. That he got through it, is amazing. That he survived the madness and escaped to go on living, is a miracle. The story told by Lt. Gen. Romeo Dallaire in his magnificent book "Shake Hands With the Devil – The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda" (Carroll & Graf Publishers, New York) is beautifully written, but is horrifying, infuriating and discouraging. It's a portrait of evil that was ignored and allowed to happen. He worked on the...

ATLANTA - Former President Jimmy Carter on Tuesday called for the United States to shut down its Guantanamo Bay prison to demonstrate the country's commitment to protecting human rights. "Despite President George W. Bush's bold reminder that America is determined to promote freedom and democracy around the world, the U.S. continues to suffer terrible embarrassment and a blow to our reputation as a champion of human rights because of reports concerning abuses of prisoners in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Guantanamo," Carter said in a news conference following the close of a two-day human rights conference at his Atlanta center. In addition...

/begin my translation The Great North-South Divide of Public MoodHamkyong/Yanggang (N. East)  -- "War is not my concern" Pyongan/Hwanghae   (S. West) -- "Will follow (Kim Jong-il's) order" [ 2005-05-20 11:34 ] Pyongyang citizens passing by(Yonhap News)  A N. Korean defector, Ahn Young-bae(alias, entered S. Korea in 1998) in Pusan, had a phone conversation with his family back in N. Korea not long ago, and they told him, "There are words going around here, which say, 'The South goes its own way, and so does the North.'"We are not talking about S. Korea and N. Korea. What it means is that public mood in the Southern region of...

Woman Raped on Street While People Watch The Epoch Times May 08, 2005 About 10 p.m. on April 27, a criminal forced a 23-year-old woman down on the ground and raped her near a construction company in Baofeng county of Henan province. The woman loudly and repeatedly called for help. He had a knife and stabbed her right hand. He threatened to suffocate her if she continued to shout. More than a dozen onlookers responded to her calls for help, but then watched silently, not offering help. The assault ended with the arrival of the police who responded to a...

The current heat surrounding the case of Terri Schindler-Schaivo underscores the need for moderation. Rather than continue to hold the national will captive to the extremists on either side, the majority in the middle need to step up to the plate and assert themselves. What we are saying is that there aren't only two choices in this matter. It is reactionary to assume that a husband must either decide to kill the wife, or not decide to kill the wife. All that many people are asking for is that each husband be allowed to decide on his own whether or...

Fewer young people likely to vote in election than for reality TV shows Mon Mar 7,12:33 PM ET LONDON (AFP) - Fewer young people are likely to vote at the general election expected in May than have already voted in reality television shows, according to a survey. Fewer than 42 percent of first-time voters think they will vote for a political party, yet 46 percent have already voted for contestants in shows such as "Big Brother" and "Pop Idol," said the YouGov poll. The 18 to 24-year-olds, who account for nearly one out of every ten voters, are more turned...

Jimmy Carter told NBC's "Today" show in September that he was confident the elections would not take place. "I personally do not believe they're going to be ready for the election in January ... because there's no security there," he said.

Good evening. I want to have a frank talk with you tonight about our most serious domestic problem. That problem is inflation. Inflation can threaten all the economic gains we've made, and it can stand in the way of what we want to achieve in the future. This has been a long-time threat. For the last 10 years, the annual inflation rate in the United States has averaged 6-1/2 percent. And during the 3 years before my inauguration, it had increased to an average of eight percent. Inflation has, therefore, been a serious problem for me ever since I became...

At the risk of being labeled an inveterate pessimist, as we approach what may prove to be the most critical election day in our republic’s history, I cannot help but feel a sense of discouragement about America’s future (accompanied, of course, by the knowledge that He works in miracles, so nothing is ever hopeless). As I see it, we will witness one of three likely outcomes of the November 2nd vote: (1) If the election is close, the thousands of leftist trial lawyers hired by the DNC and/or Kerry/Edwards, who are already gearing up to take this election out of...

Why Christians and the Church are unable to fight the culture waralthough it's still not too lateOctober 23, 2004http://www.nodnc.com Often, in and out of church walls today, we hear about the apathy of the religious community. Hardly a month goes by that the church is not embroiled in some major controversy to the glee of the anti-christian left. The Church in America has lost its soul. The American church no longer fears God, and no longer loves God. If this sounds like harsh criticism, I intend to fully support it in just a moment. First, a little background. Since as...

Voter apathy Younger citizens less likely to cast their ballots By Ilene Olson rep3@wyomingnews.com Published in the Wyoming Tribune-Eagle CHEYENNE - Mark Egge has definite opinions about politics, despite the fact that he just turned 18 a month ago. He cast his first votes in the primary election Tuesday. "I guess I vote because I'm somewhat idealistic," he said. "I care about the direction the nation is going. I don't think I have a right to complain if I don't vote." Although politics are not regular dinner conversations at home, Egge said his parents have set a good example by...

SECOND LETTER TO Michael Jeck Mjeck@afi.com *** Please write to this individual *** Mr. Jeck decided to show "Fahrenheit 9/11" but rejected ABIP "COVERING CUBA 3: Elian calling it "controversial". July 25, 2004 American Film Institute Dear Mr. Jeck: According to most critics, Moore's film is not only controversial, but it is filled with lies; makes a mockery of our capitalist and democratic system and most controversial of it all, it appeals to our worst enemies. So much for this American laughing on his way to the Bank while soldiers are dying to protect his rights! Still, Mr. Moore has...

Hillary, The Dirty Dozen and Karl Marx by Kerry L. Marsala "The average age of the world's greatest civilizations from the beginning of history, has been about 200 years. During those 200 years, these nations always progressed through the following sequence: From Bondage to spiritual faith; From spiritual faith to great courage; From courage to liberty; From liberty to abundance; From abundance to complacency; From complacency to apathy; From apathy to dependence; From dependence back into bondage." -Alexander Tyler (Lord Woodhouselee, Alexander Fraser Tytler a Scottish historian/professor who wrote several books in the late 1700s and early 1800s.) Over the...

When societies become exceptionally decadent, when decency is under attack and immorality defended, we naturally seek the source of such a nightmare. Certainly, evil cannot thrive without the cooperation of man. But what men are most culpable for our present decadence, the blatant instigators of the revolution against Our Lord, or the “silent majority”? By silent majority it is meant those that look the other way in the presence of evil or sigh and say: “Oh well...”. Such “Ohwellians” would prefer to let their heads remain firmly in the sand than acknowledge evil for what it is and take an...

BROWNSVILLE -- Former President Carter on Thursday called the Bush administration's decision to wage war against Iraq "ill-advised and unnecessary," adding the resulting campaign "has turned out to be a tragedy." The former Democratic president also said Bush's environmental policies are perhaps the worst in the nation's history. Carter made the comments at the Rio R.V. Park after wrapping up a four-day birding trip with his wife, Rosalynn, in the lower Rio Grande Valley. "President Bush's war was ill-advised and unnecessary and based on erroneous statements, and has turned out to be a tragedy," Carter said. "And my prayer has...

<p>Turnout in the Democratic primaries, heralded by party leaders as a strong showing of unity and outrage against President Bush, was actually in line with past primaries, lower than many recent Republican contests, and included some record lows in later states, according to a full accounting released yesterday.</p>

While Big Print Media has headlines today of "Kerry in Big Victories Across Nation", and "Kerry Rout, Edwards Out"... and Big Broadcast Media opens their newscasts with "John Kerry wins big on Super Tuesday", here's what they're NOT reporting: VOTER APATHY ABOUT THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES IS OVERWHELMING!! Take a look at the number of votes cast in the 10 Democratic Primaries on Tuesday as compared with the number of registered voters in each state: California - 15.4M Registered Voters - 2.6M Votes Cast for Democratic Candidates = 17% New York - 11.0M Registered Voters - 646K Votes Cast for Democratic...

<p>After John Kerry's Tuesday win in Wisconsin, it's fairly safe to say he's the Democrats' presumptive presidential nominee. But is it also safe to say, as a number of polls suggest, that Democrats, believing he is their party's best chance to beat George Bush, have been turning out for Mr. Kerry with zeal?</p>

I apologized to an important political figure in Washington last week on behalf of my profession. I started my professional life as a journalist. Later, when I came to Washington, it was to work with the media from the inside. Then throughout my career, which has included the initiation of eleven conservative institutions, I always considered myself a journalist. When, in 1980, we began to publish what is now Stu Rothenburg's Political Report, I insisted on journalistic standards. Former Speaker of the House, Tom Foley (D-WA.), called me once and said Stu had written the most objective report about his...