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Am I the only one to notice that most of the Wikipedia entry about FR is one big hit piece? Or does it not matter because it is editable? Don't meant to be dense...just curious.

This is no emo swan song, so please don't take it as such. I'm starting to see things in certain kinds of "conservatives" that I don't like.. things that the left is accusing us of turning into truths.. like knee jerk reactionism... like hate for the sake of hate...like judging people not on their character but on their appearance... like supporting the government even when its wrong as long as its Republicans running the farm.. like following straight party lines in all things... i.e. "republicans are always right, democrats are always wrong..".. I've done a lot of growing in the...

New Immigration Laws: Read to the bottom or you will miss the message... 1. There will be no special bilingual programs in the schools. 2. All ballots will be in this nation's language. 3.. All government business will be conducted in our language. 4. Non-residents will NOT have the right to vote no matter how long they are here. 5. Non-citizens will NEVER be able to hold political office. 6. Foreigners will not be a burden to the taxpayers. No welfare, no food stamps, no health care, or other government assistance programs. Any burden will be deported. 7. Foreigners can...

LOS ANGELES - Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa on Tuesday signed one of the nation's toughest laws on pet sterilization, requiring most dogs and cats to be spayed or neutered by the time they are 4 months old. The ordinance is aimed at reducing and eventually eliminating the thousands of euthanizations conducted in Los Angeles' animal shelters every year. "We will, sooner rather than later, become a no-kill city and this is the greatest step in that direction," Councilman Tony Cardenas said as he held a kitten at a City Hall news conference. The ordinance does exempt some animals, including those that...

Thousands of Internet radio stations and channels across North America are going silent today (6/26) as part of an industry-wide "Day of Silence". The landmark event is designed to draw attention to impending royalty rates that threaten to virtually shut down Internet radio as a medium. The future of Internet radio is in immediate danger. Royalty rates for webcasters have been drastically increased by a recent ruling and are due to go into effect on July 15 (retroactive to Jan 1, 2006!). To protest these rates and encourage you to take action and contact your Congressional representatives, we are taking...

A friend of my husband's knocked on our door early Sunday morning saying that his sister was in the hospital. Apparently she had been run over by her ex-husband's 16 yr old daughter. There's alot to the story so I won't go into too many details except to say that the sister has had a troubled life, filled with drugs and plenty of jailtime. We are all hoping that this incident may be her wake up call. We would like prayers for healing (spiritual as well as physical) for the sister, as well as prayers for the young girl who...

We got the word that Jacob's operation was a success! They removed fluid from his head that was causing some swelling. Now it is just wait and see. Thank you for your prayers and I ask for continued prayers for Jacob and his family.

It's hard to find fault with Whole Foods, the haute-crunchy supermarket chain that has made a fortune by transforming grocery shopping into a bright and shiny, progressive experience. Indeed, the road to wild profits and cultural cachet has been surprisingly smooth for the supermarket chain. It gets mostly sympathetic coverage in the local and national media and red-carpet treatment from the communities it enters. But does Whole Foods have an Achilles' heel? And more important, does the organic movement itself, whose coattails Whole Foods has ridden to such success, have dark secrets of its own? Granted, there's plenty that's praiseworthy...

I just got word that my 85 yr old Grandma Jo has been taken to the hospital. My aunt says she has fluid on one lung and her upper heart is fibrillating (sp). I know she is old, but she is tough. I do NOT know that she is a Christian however, I know her children are not. Please pray for healing and a new relationship with the Lord. Thank you in advance.

I woke up this morning to find a city worker peeking inside my trash cans, when asked just what the hey did he think he was doing, he replied, this isn't a warning, just information, but styrofoam doesn't go in the blue container! This is just one more indignity in the long line of city choke holds that goes on in Fresno, California. We have water nazis to make sure we water at the appropriate time and on the appropriate day, we have chimney nazis to make sure we don't light our fireplaces on an unnapproved day, and now, apparently,...

When I went to take my little one to school this morning, I noticed a woman with 2 babies rummaging through the trash cans looking for cans. I asked if she or the babies were hungry and asked if they wanted some food..she declined saying she was just trying to get extra money for treats for the little ones.. I kind of doubt that given the torn clothes and dirty faces on all 3 of them. I gave her some snacks I had bought for my girl's lunches and would have given her money if I thought she'd accept it....

As I was getting my 6 yr old ready for school this morning, my thoughts went to Russia, and the current tragedy that has unfolded there over the last few days. I take my little one to school every morning, fairly secure in the fact that she will be relatively safe at school. I don't worry about masked terrorists breaking in to her school and doing what they did in Russia. My heart breaks for all the parents and children over there right now. I can only imagine the pain and anguish that comes from having to wonder if your...

A gal on another board that I frequent just posted that her 5 yr old son has cancer. Please join with me in prayer for them.

I just saw Shep Smith on Fox, talking about the Swift Vets, and saying "hardly any of these guys actually served with Kerry, I mean they were in the same war..." He also has "experts" on the pro-Kerry side and no one on the other side...what's going on with Fox on this issue???

Has anyone else been offended by the latest AXE deodorant commercial? The one where all the women's clothes are popping open? In one scene the camera zeroes in on a woman's breasts and actually shows her nipple becoming erect! Am I the only one this bothers? They don't show the thing on late nite TV, this was during the dinner hour.