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Chris Matthews, Keith Olbermann and Howard Fineman react to President Obama's Oval Office Address on the oil spill. Here are the highlights of what the trio said: Olbermann: "It was a great speech if you were on another planet for the last 57 days." Matthews compared Obama to Carter. Olbermann: "Nothing specific at all was said." Matthews: "No direction." Howard Fineman: "He wasn't specific enough."

LOOK, I know this isn't technically BREAKING NEWS and I hope the moderators will see that being placed here, we can communicate and support this idea of urgency. Rush just suggested that we, "God Fearing Freedom Loving Americans" should stimulate the economy by sending a FED EX and or UPS package to the "Fence Sitting Democrats" on Saturday. WE SHOULD! However to get hundreds of TRUCKS to descend on DC Saturday we have to do the following. Package the letter in a smallish BOX. The box will weigh nothing however it will occupy space in the truck. It will require...

23 mins ago WASHINGTON – The Bush administration in 2002 considered sending U.S. troops into a Buffalo, N.Y., suburb to arrest a group of terror suspects in what would have been a nearly unprecedented use of military power, The New York Times reported.

The body of Sir Mark Sykes - who died nearly 90 years ago from Spanish Flu - has been exhumed from his grave in the church of St Mary's, Sledmere, in a bid to help prevent a modern flu pandemic. The exhumation, on the morning of September 8, was carried out by a team led by one of the world's top virologists Prof John Oxford - Professor of Virology at Barts and The London, Queen Mary's School of Medicine and Dentistry. Prof Oxford previously told the Driffield Times: "If we can get samples, that will be wonderful for my team...

Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, met with House Democrats yesterday, talking about his trip abroad and his observations. Obama told the caucus, according to an attendee, "Nobody said this to me directly but I get the feeling from my talks that if the sanctions don’t work Israel is going to strike Iran." The notion that Israel is preparing for such an action against Iran's myriad nuclear facilities is not new, with conjecture heating up in May after an Israeli military exercise featuring 150 aircraft flying almost a thousand miles over the Mediterranean Sea in what was seen as a dress rehearsal...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day, long a time for reflection in the civil rights movement, finds black activists looking for new ways forward after a tumultuous year. It was a year in which comedian Bill Cosby issued a blistering attack on black America's ``dirty laundry'' of semiliterate, low-achieving children who drift into crime. It was a year in which President Bush [related, bio] snubbed the NAACP but saw his percentage of the black vote go up 2 percent from 2000. It was the year when black church leaders came out strongly against gay marriage. ``The events of 2004 have finally...

Dear Mr. McAuliffe: I am writing to request your immediate resignation as Chairman of the Democratic National Committee. Under your leadership the Democratic Party has lost its direction, no longer knows what it stands for and as a result is losing to many of the most extreme Republican candidates in history. You have taken the Democratic base for granted and as a result are losing support among Americans who should be supporting an alternative to the Republican Party, e.g., according to CNN exit polls 38% of union members voted for Bush as did 40% of those with union members in...

WASHINGTON - Despite promises to expand the election playing field, John Kerry has reduced his ad spending in Missouri, Arizona and throughout the South in the run-up to the Democratic presidential convention. Kerry's advisers said they were not shrinking their political map, only saving resources for later in the campaign and redirecting ad money to hotly contested states like Florida and Ohio. President Bush's campaign called the strategy a sign of weakness in GOP-leaning territory.

The Mollycoddling Milksops of Manila by Michelle Malkin Posted Jul 14, 2004 Add the flag of the Philippines to the International Hall of Appeasers. Sign this pitiful nation up for a lifetime membership to the Axis of Weasels. And remind me never again to brag about the proud fighting spirit of my ancestors. I never thought I'd say this, but I'm deeply, mortifyingly ashamed of my parents' native land. The island nation has gone and pulled a Spain (and a France and a Germany). Philippine president Gloria Macagapal-Arroyo has crumbled like a fried lumpia wrapper under pressure from radical Muslim...

I Was Kidnaped"--Aristide "I was kidnaped by U.S. Marines and forced to leave Haiti," Jean-Bertrand Aristide told Congresswoman Maxine Waters in a phone call Monday morning from the Central African Republic. "I did not resign." Photo: President Aristide lofting flag during bicentennial celebration. Waters said that Aristide told her that the U.S. "completed the coup and forced him out of office." Speaking to Amy Goodman on Democracy Now, Waters said that Aristide sounded angry and outraged about what had happened. "He said he and his wife were surrounded by military personnel and not allowed to make calls. ‘It's like being...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Martha Stewart (news - web sites) changed an incriminating telephone message after she discovered she was under investigation over an insider stock tip, but then immediately asked her assistant to restore the original, the aide testified on Tuesday. Federal prosecutors called Ann Armstrong to testify against her long time boss in an effort to show that the trendsetter was aware she had committed a crime in trying to cover up the insider stock tip from her former stockbroker Peter Bacanovic. Armstrong said Stewart altered a pivotal Dec. 27, 2001 telephone message that initially read, "Peter Bacanovic...

2003 Calendar with Islamic dates in North AmericaISLAMIC DATES BEGIN AT SUNSET THE PRECEDING EVENING NY=New Year Aa=Aashurah MN=Miladun-Nabi IM=Isra/Me'raj NS=Nisfu Sha'ban RM=Ramadan LQ=Lailatul-Qadr EF=Eidul-Fitr WA=Waqfatul-Arafat EA=Eidul-Adha Solar EclipsesT=Total    A=Annular    H=Hybrid (Tot./Ann.)    P=Partial Lunar Eclipsest=Total (Umbral)    p=Partial (Umbral)    n=Penumbral JanuaryShawwal/Zul-Qa'dah S M T W T F S 127 228 329 4ZQ 5 2 6 3 7 4 8 5 9 6 10 7 118 12 9 1310 1411 1512 1613 1714 1815 1916 2017 2118 2219 2320 2421 2522 2623 2724 2825 2926 3027 3128 FebruaryZul-Qa'dah/Zul-Hijjah S M T W T F S 129 230 3ZH 4 2 5...

NEW ORLEANS - About 229 guests on the cruise ship Carnival Conquest reported symptoms of a gastrointestinal illness on a voyage that ended Sunday, Carnival Cruise Lines said. Miami-based Carnival said it was working with the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to determine the cause of the outbreak. But the company said it was treating the illness as a Norwalk-like virus that has recently hit other cruise ships and was cleaning and sanitizing the entire vessel. The Conquest, which had 3,160 passengers, left New Orleans on Dec. 8 The next seven-day cruise to the western Caribbean was expected...

Conservatives consistently speak of grassroots this and grassroots that. We seem to view the word grassroots as meaning the little things to get out the vote such as block walking for candidates or making phone calls. There seems to be so much build up to the day of the election that once election day rolls around, the grassroots idea seems to be put away last cycle's yard signs. For those that do the block walking and make the phone calls, one would think they would like to see their work pay off in the long run. Grassroots people need to...

LOS ANGELES -- A man removing gym equipment found two guns in a barn behind the home of actor Robert Blake, according to a police search warrant affidavit. One of the guns was inside a wooden box behind a stereo cabinet suspended about seven feet above the floor. The man, who was removing the gym equipment Friday, "looked into the box and saw a blue steel gun in a holster," according to the search warrant. "He also saw a knit hat and a garment that he thought might be a pair of gloves. (The man) immediately became nervous and called...

    CLICK here for larger Mapquest  MAP   CLICK here for larger TERRA MAP    . It was 10:10 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 14.  Hillandale Beer and Wine store sits in a shopping center off the New Hampshire Avenue exit, the first exit off the Capital Beltway west of Interstate 95. CLICK here for larger TERRA MAP CLICK here for a MAP of all Michael Stores in the DC area.  CLICK HERE   - 5:20 p.m. Oct. 2: Windows shot at craft store in the unincorporated Aspen Hill area of Montgomery County, Md. No one hurt. CLICK here for...

Just heard a ship loaded with containers from Germany is being escorted by Coast Guard and will be investigated by the FBI. It is being said it may have explosives on the ship...will post when news comes through...think the ship was headed to a port in Florida, Miami. Going to Port Everglades...

Townsend Denies Blame For Lapse Of Maryland Gun Checks (CNSNews.com) - Maryland's Democratic Lt. Governor Kathleen Kennedy Townsend Thursday denied any responsibility for a decision that resulted in her state refusing to provide the FBI with criminal records of potential gun buyers. The records are needed for the FBI's National Instant Criminal Background Check System, which gun control advocates like Townsend support. Townsend, a Democratic candidate for governor this year, accused U.S. House Judiciary Committee Chairman James Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.) of "playing politics" with the issue of criminal background checks. In a Wednesday press release, Sensenbrenner said Maryland was the only...

Harris County Residents! I attended the 4 hour eSlate training Monday night, (made an easy 25.00) and will be an alternate judge Nov 5th. I have something of very great importance to share with all of you and it requires 12 hours of 2002! The eSlate training was well attended Monday night BUT sad to say...many folks walked out after 4 hours of training "did NOT get it"! The test presented to confirm competancy was not controlled and we have people who will be at the polling place who can NOT provide the services needed on Nov. 5th. The people...

Map Key and Store List:Stores are ordered by distance from the center of WASHINGTON, DC. [1] 6330 Seven Corners Shopping Center, Seven Corners Shopping C Falls Church, VA 22044703-237-6229 This Store's Events Street Map [2] 6303 Richmond Highway Alexandria, VA 22306(703) 768-0386 This Store's Events Street Map [3] 13850 Georgia Ave., Northgate Plaza/Aspen Hill Wheaton, MD 20906(301) 603-8001 This Store's Events Street Map [4] 1509 Rockville Pike Rockville, MD 20852(301) 881-8100 This Store's Events Street Map [5] 6717 Spring Mall Dr, Spring Mall Center Springfield, VA 22150703-924-1626 This Store's Events Street Map [6] 311 Maple Ave East Vienna, VA...