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Once upon a time. . . the land of the free and the home of the brave was governed by a peanut-brained, red-necked, buck-toothed imbecile named (what else) Jimmy (sorry about that insult all you peanuts out there). {Turn the virtual page to read more about our brave hero Jimmy and his adventures}.....

WASHINGTON -- President Bush joined prominent Republicans yesterday in blasting Senator John F. Kerry for comments they said demeaned the intelligence of US troops, after Kerry gave a speech at a political rally where he said that students who don't perform well "get stuck in Iraq." But Kerry, insisting the comment was a "botched joke," struck back with a furious, nationally televised press conference at which he attacked the entire GOP for divisive campaign tactics.

Attorneys called it a legal victory for Jefferson Parish homeowners who’re suing the parish over the decision to evacuate pump operators for the storm. It's a decision they said caused their houses to flood, but while the cases against Parish President Aaron Broussard can now move forward, parish attorney's said a resolution was a long way from being found. When Broussard made the decision to remove the pump operators for safety reasons during Hurricane Katrina, attorney Darleen Jacobs said he sealed the fate of her Metairie townhouses. “See the water? That’s right after the flood,” Jacobs said while flipping through...

TOKYO (Reuters) - A would-be Japanese bank robber asked staff how he should carry out the crime before meekly obeying a request to leave and then accidentally stabbing himself in the leg with a knife he was carrying. The 58-year-old unemployed man went into a branch of the Saitama Resona Bank in the town of Kumagaya, north of Tokyo, on Wednesday, intending to rob it, a police spokesman said. According to local media reports the man first asked a bank teller, "Any idea how you rob a bank?" The teller alerted another member of staff, who asked the man to...

The exotic chicken that was saved from drowning by mouth-to-beak resuscitation more than three months ago has died, her owner said. Boo Boo, the chicken who was revived after she was found floating face down in the family pond in February, died recently, said owner Jackie Calhoun. The fowl's story was featured on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and the Animal Planet network. "She had seizures," Calhoun said. "I've come to the conclusion that's what put her in the pond in the first place." In February, Calhoun said he removed the chicken from the water and his sister Marian...

A tourist was just killed on the new "The Mummy" ride at Universal Studios,Orlando. This just broke on the local news here in Orlando. Apparently the gruesome death was all caught on camera. Ride malfunction.

Some critics of Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry have questioned the circumstances surrounding the first of three Purple Hearts Kerry won in Vietnam. Those critics, among them some of Kerry's fellow veterans, have suggested that a wound suffered by Kerry in December 1968 may have made him technically eligible for a Purple Heart but was not severe enough to warrant serious consideration, even for a decoration that was handed out by the thousands. Whatever the case, Kerry was awarded the Purple Heart, and, along with two others he won later, it allowed him to request to leave Vietnam before his...

Boy, am I ticked! I created my Mexiconservative Blog a few weeks ago, and I forgot my password! Anyway, this is my second attempt at blogging, and this time I won't forget the password. BUCKS PAID OUT FOR HRC CHAIRWARMER'S STUPID COMMENTA lot of interesting things have been happening in the Fresno area. We have the "I have a better job waiting" resignation of Mr. Debbie Reyes (note the "Mr. - aren't we all equal?), the chairwarmer from the Human Relations Commission. As the informed can recall, this intellectually bankrupt woman notified police that there might be possible conflicts at...

<p>TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — The state's first bear hunt in more than three decades entered its third day Wednesday with hunters hoping that warmer temperatures might tempt some bruins to leave their dens.</p> <p>Hunters also had an extra 33,000 acres to scout in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area after a federal judge on Tuesday lifted a temporary ban on bear hunting there.</p>