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If Newt Gingrich were being nominated for sainthood, many of us would vote very differently from the way we would vote if he were being nominated for a political office. What the media call Gingrich's "baggage" concerns largely his personal life and the fact that he made a lot of money running a consulting firm after he left Congress. This kind of stuff makes lots of talking points that we will no doubt hear, again and again, over the next weeks and months. But how much weight should we give to this stuff when we are talking about the...

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, tucked away in the northwest corner of Michigan's Lower Peninsula, won the title of "Good Morning America's" Most Beautiful Place in America. Tens of thousands of viewers voted online for this Michigan park, which is one of the nation's best-kept secrets. The hidden gem boasts 64 miles of beaches along Lake Michigan, two islands, 26 inland lakes, more than 50,000 acres of land, and the monumental sand dunes from which it gets its name. In June, "GMA" set out in search of the most beautiful places in America. Viewers nominated their favorite places online, sending...

This the kind of question Mrs Merton might ask. "So, Vladimir Putin, President of Russia, what do you see in a 24-year-old, sensationally beautiful gymnast with a penchant for posing semi-naked that you don't see in your lovely, middle-aged, matronly wife Ludmilla?" It is also the kind of question that hardly needs answering for the millions who have tuned in to the YouTube film of Alina Kabaeva performing a decidedly provocative gymnastic routine.

Everyone knows views are best from above. That's why we asked pilots and flight attendants who've racked up millions of sky miles to locate the world's most beautiful approaches. You'll definitely want a window seat on these flights. Philipsburg, St. Maarten (see photo 1 of 2) Princess Juliana International Airport is one of the most infamous—and photographed—in the world because its runway starts on a peninsula just hundreds of feet off St. Maarten's shore. "The airport is framed by the beautiful water to the right and front, and the hills that rise in the background," says Captain Bob Raleigh, the...

This for something to warm the hearts and minds of those who are experiencing record colds throughout the US. Enjoy!

Sanziana Buruiana wants to heavily tax overweight citizens - at a rate of €10 per kilo overweight - and punish anybody making 'dumb blonde' jokes. ‘Anyone like that needs to be put in prison,’ said the 23-year-old.

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American video and is a Gospel animation of a rare parakeet called Perija out of the Colombian jungle.

Gospel animation of a rare parakeet called Perija out of the Colombian jungle!

Gospel animation of a rare parakeet called Perija out of the Colombian jungle and the Scripture presented is taken out of The Old Testament; Proverbs 15 :3 KJV!

This song video 2 has two verses of, Gathering Flowers For The Master’s Bouquet, is sung Bluegrass style by the Stanley Brothers.

This is a cut song, Gathering Flowers For The Master’s Bouquet, sung Bluegrass style by the Stanley Brothers.

Had a wonderful time in the Lower 48 this week. The weather has been just like home! Please enjoy the photos below from Texas, Virginia, Iowa, South Dakota, and Minnesota. - Sarah Palin Gov. Sarah Palin talks with a supporter during a “Going Rogue” book signing event at Legacy Books in Plano, TX, on Friday, December 4, 2009. Photo by Shealah Craighead. Copyright SarahPAC. Gov. Sarah Palin participates in a “Going Rogue” book signing event at Legacy Books in Plano, TX, on Friday, December 4, 2009. Photo by Shealah Craighead. Copyright SarahPAC. Gov. Sarah Palin and husband, Mr. Todd Palin,...

Forget immaculate make-up or witty one-liners. The secret of seduction is as simple as standing next to your less attractive friend. Studies show that our judgments of people vary according to the company they keep. And if that company is less attractive, or dare we say it, ugly, the first person seems all the more appealing.

"Grid girls" are as much a part of international motorsports as high-octane fuel, ear plugs, and fiery crashes. Before each race, grid girls take up positions behind the starting line, holding up the national flag of the team and the vehicle's number. They also, it seems, spend a good deal of time just hanging out and looking hot. Long may they wave.

Evolution has led to women, but not men, getting progressively beautiful, according to scientists. Researchers found that attractive women have more children than their less attractive counterparts and that a higher proportion of those children are female. Once those daughters become adult they tend to be good looking themselves and so the pattern is repeated as women over the generations become steadily more aesthetically pleasing. As attractive couples are less likely to have boy than a girl, men, in contrast, remain as aesthetically unappealing as their caveman ancestors, the scientists claim. The findings have emerged from a series of studies...

The list includes the first lady, of course. Not Bo. But five White House staffers and one cabinet secretary. Rahm? Yes.

Every year, PEOPLE Magazine gives recognition to good looking celebrities, and the results are finally in. After surviving a very public battle with breast cancer, actress Christina Applegate has been named one of the World's Most Beautiful People. The most beautiful celebrities dish about being honored by PEOPLE in its latest issue. After a very public battle with breast cancer and undergoing a double mastectomy, Applegate felt less than perfect. But the support from her boyfriend, Martyn Lenoble made her feel beautiful -- inside and out. "I'm very grateful to Martyn for coming along at a time that he did...

This video is arranged with a short instrumental medley of hymns, “Softly and Tenderly” and “Lord, I’m Coming Home”, with a flowery hummingbird scene.

This video is arranged with kittens, cats, dogs, family pets and the song is, He Is Lord, sung by children.

Anna Nicole Smith's daughter Dannielynn makes bizarre appearance on Larry King show By Daily Mail Reporter 03rd February 2009 American television's capacity to break strange new ground was proven once more when the judge who ruled on custody of the late Anna Nicole Smith’s body met her daughter. It was a case of three Larrys when Judge Larry Seidlin was introduced to Dannielynn when she and her father Larry Birkhead paid him a surprise visit on the American TV show Larry King Live. Surprise guest: Two-year-old Dannielynn Smith appeared on Larry King Live to meet the judge who famously decided...

This video of some family pets and various roses is accompanied with the Dottie Rambo song; It’s Me Again Lord and is sung by various artist unknown in Bluegrass style.

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This video is arranged with flowers and butterfly animation. The Bluegrass song, that is sung “One Rose Will Do”, is by the Lewis Family. This video arrangement has a little humor over all and is a Revski classic. :)

The video has pictures of earth’s universe and its grandeur. The pictures and images are of space Nebulas and show the magnificent awesomeness of our solar system.

This is a shortened version of the song, Good Religion. The video has pictures of earth’s universe and its grandeur. The pictures and images are of space Nebulas and show the magnificent awesomeness of our solar system.

You will be blessed to see this video of an Australian parrot called Riley. Real parrot not animated and holds a good conversation with its owners.

Through the business of each and every day, it seems to be hard to find time to pray. This beautiful inspirational soft sounding hymn, “Sweet Hour of Prayer”, will inspire you in it’s 3 minutes and 58 seconds to pray without distractions. May you find this song a true blessing! Revski

You know what I am sincerely tired of? A woman's physical appearance entering a political debate at any time, at any place, for any reason at all...as if it has any bearing on the discussion or is any kind of appropriate for what is being discussed. It started awhile ago, when I noticed that men in the Politics and Current Events forum would compliment my looks when I was trying to get a serious point across. Then I noticed this happening in my everyday life, along with men in my everyday life ignoring me to listen to something another man...

VINTON, Iowa -- It's one thing for Hillary Clinton's campaign to turn down interview requests for the candidate's daughter, Chelsea. But can't a 9-year old reporter catch a break? Sydney Rieckoff, a Cedar Rapids fourth grader and "kid reporter" for Scholastic News, has posed questions to seven Republican and Democratic presidential hopefuls as they've campaigned across Iowa this year. But when she approached the 27-year-old Chelsea after a campaign event Sunday, she got a different response. "Do you think your dad would be a good 'first man' in the White House?" Rieckoff asked, but Chelsea brushed her question aside. "I'm...

America has problems but all countries have them, so let this song, sung but Rev. Mide Purkey bless your heart. Revski

A team of international scientists has unveiled a mosaic map of Antarctica compiled from satellite images. The new map allows experts and laypersons alike to observe its majestic landscapes online and in stunning clarity. The Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica (LIMA) is composed of high-resolution images taken from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Landsat 7 satellite between 1999 and 2001. It offers accurate, true-color images of the polar region.

It all started with my old Toyota MR-2 that we painted and gave to my son. Since then in 2001 we have had several cars that we have painted like flags. This is our latest incarnation and I think it is possibly the best! We now have 3 special shape balloons. The American Flag - America One, the Space Shuttle - Patriot & our newest balloon- The Lighthouse we affectionately call Flighthouse. A little background on the balloons. I blame Jim Robinson and Free Republic. Coming to this forum, I really wanted to do something. Something big... After 9/11, we...

For generations we have sung a song about America that we learned as grade school children. It is a beautiful expression of what our great country means to us, and in fact the whole free world. Since it has probably been quite some time since we have thought about this song in its entirety, it seemed fitting to take a look at all of the words to America the Beautiful in the context of today’s world. America the Beautiful Words by Katharine Lee Bates, Melody by Samuel Ward O beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain, For purple...

Hello, I am planning to write a post on the Most Beautiful Blogs, and I was hoping Freepers could suggest some blogs they find beautiful. Since Beauty is very much in the eye of the beholder, the definition of what's beautiful is open-ended and reserved for your aesthetic pleasure. But lots of suggestions, please Freepers. Thanks very much. MG

Hot clouds again billowed down the slope of Mount Merapi Thursday morning over a distance of five kilometers in the direction of the upper reach of Gendol River, thus burning down northern part of Kaliadem forest area in the district of Sleman, Yogyakarta. The volcano erupted more than 10 times from 06:00 to 09:00 Thursday morning. Eruption of hot air had lasted for 25 minutes since 07:20 (0020 GMT). Such a long distance of hot clouds moving down from the mount's crater burning some forest areas in Kaliadem, but no casualty was reported in the disaster, official news agency Antara...

Just had to say this even though it's a little (or a lot) silly.Megan Kendall on FoxNews today is incredibly beautiful. Check her out.Yoi, she's fine!

In an article two days ago, "Muhammad Ali v. George W. Bush," I castigated President Bush bestowing a prestigious award on former boxer Muhammad Ali and for lavishly praising Ali's beautiful soul, his compassion, and his being a man of peace. I offered some evidence to the contrary and concluded by calling this incident "the nadir of his presidency."The column prompted a fair amount of comment, positive and negative. I'd like to note here two noteworthy responses. One is from Judea Pearl, father of the late Daniel Pearl, murdered by Islamists in Pakistan in 2002: When Danny was in captivity,...

My translation of the breaking news: 15 de septiembre de 2005 Jictzad Viña, Miss Sucre (province) is the new Miss Venezuela 2005, a young woman full of security, elegance, grace and beauty who happened to convert in her 22 years into one of the most beautiful women in Venezuela. At 7:00 p.m. the contest began, in the majestic cupola of the Poliedro of Caracas, to a new version of the contest more hopeful for the year in Venezuela and the world, the election of Miss Venezuela. They all were accompanied by a great technical and artistic display to reproduce a...

Hi ~ I wanted to let you know that my dear sister, Tammy, passed away unexpectedly on June 30th. She had gastric bypass surgery on June 27, came home from the hospital on June 29th and passed away in the early morning hours of June 30th. I'm not exactly sure of Tammy's username (something like "texaswarriorprincess") Tammy often talked about her involvement in this site and our family felt we should notify you of her death. We lost our Dad in October, 2004. I know Tammy shared the news w/ you of my Dad voting prior to his death. He...

I pick up today's WaPo out of the snow, and this was the front page image:Click for bigger. I don't think that anyone, anywhere, could ask for better imagery. Just look at the placement it got. Even more interesting, there is not a story about the Secretary of State on the front page. Applauding soldiers, the American flag, stylish in all black - those boots are made for walking, no doubt. I know the editorial board over at the Post loved General Powell, but he never got anything like this.

In the Feb. 15 edition of The American Thinker, Steven M. Warshawsky wrote a thought-provoking piece entitled “Beware the Condi bandwagon" that, essentially, warned the gathering numbers of “Rice for President” supporters that Sec. Rice cannot win the presidency in 2008, nor is she qualified to do so at this point in her career. A response from one of the passengers on this bandwagon seems apt. Mr. Warshawsky is right – not a lot of people start a career in elective politics by running for the White House. To do so is daring to be sure, but it is not...

Composing can be a lonely job. Hour after hour, the composer sits at a piano, trying to bring out the music in his head. But for Aaron Copland, composition was about the people. Working with people, learning from them, befriending them, organizing and mentoring them. His enthusiasm for combining music with humanity assured his place in music history almost as much as his compositions. "As organizer, teacher, propagandist, critic, lecturer and expositor, he has been by far the most voluble, articulate and respected American musician of his time," wrote Harold Schonberg in The New York Times in 1970. His ballets...

Laura Ingraham: The last time we checked in with Ted Kennedy he was questioning Alberto Gonzoles about water torture. Ted Kennedy is the last person who should be questioning anyone about 'water torture' OUCH!! That one had to hurt!!!!

This is probably one of the nicest cards I have ever seen on the internet, wanted to share with everyone. Hope this works out and it comes through.

Photo : AFP LONDON (AFP) - US pop star Madonna made a rare foray into politics, calling for her home country to withdraw its troops from Iraq during an interview with British radio."I just don't want American troops to be in Iraq, period," she said on BBC Radio."My feelings are 'can we just all get out?'," said the 46-year-old star, who lives mainly in London with British film director husband Guy Ritchie, who said she believes the US-led war will not help in the fight against terrorism.

Egypt has issued an order barring pop star Madonna from entering the country because she visited Israel. Members of Egypt's parliament have demanded Madonna, who has not requested entry into Egypt or announced any plans to visit the country, be barred from entering Egyptian soil. The parliament directed Egyptian embassies abroad to deny any visa requests from Madonna. The demand comes after Madonna, aka Esther, visited the Jewish state last week making daily headline news with midnight trips to a Jewish cemetery, a quick drive by past the Wailing Wall, and even the arrest of her security detail. The Material...

Sing, Muse, of your meteoric ascent from a seething pit of pure, all-American white trash. Sing, also, of five-figure fees for one evening's striptease, and of six-figure film contracts for the company you built. Sing of rape and addiction and suicide, of thieves and junkies and lies, of vodka, Vicodin, and crystal meth. But most of all, sing of Sex. The muse invoked here is, of course, porn goddess Jenna Jameson (formerly Massoli), the star of countless adult films, magazines, and strip clubs -- and CEO of ClubJenna Inc., her film production and online licensing company. "How To Make Love...