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I have not seen Lord of the Rings. I do not want to see Lord of the Rings. I have no intention of seeing Lord of the Rings. I am tired of hearing about Lord of the Rings. There is life without Lord of the Rings.

Folks, there's a great bin Laden animated cartoon on Art Bell's website! "bin Laden Has Nowhere to Run" you gotta see this! Enjoy!

Washington, D.C.: The Twilight Zone By Kent Snyder © 2001 The Liberty Committee Washington, D.C., is commonly referred to as "inside the Beltway" or the "belly of the beast." However, our nation's capital could also be referred to as "The Twilight Zone." When writing stories and scripts for "The Twilight Zone," Rod Serling would often use dialectic (the technique of changing the meaning of words and symbols to their exact opposite) to transport his characters, step by step, to that now-legendary point of the absurd. Serling played games with our minds. In his hands, dialectic altered our reality and entertained ...

RUSSIA PROJECTS MIDDLE EAST WAR WITHIN SIX MONTHS SPECIAL TO WORLD TRIBUNE.COM Monday, August 13, 2001 MOSCOW — Russian defense officials and strategists project that an Arab-Israeli war could erupt in the Middle East over the next three to six months. The widely-held scenario described a war that would engulf Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria, according to Middle East Newsline. The officials and strategists said Egypt could be swept into such a conflict. "We are moving inexorably toward a war," a senior Russian diplomat said. "Russia has tried and the United States has tried to stop this, but to no ...

Alarming Statistics... Number of physicians in the US: 700,000. Accidental deaths caused by physicians per year: 120,000. Accidental deaths per physician....0.171 (U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services) Number of gun owners in the US: 80,000,000 Number of accidental gun deaths per year (all age groups) 1,500. Accidental deaths per gun owner....0.0000188 Statistically, doctors are approximately 9,000 times more dangerous than gun owners. "FACT: Not everyone has a gun, but everyone has at least one Doctor." Please alert your friends to this alarming threat. We must ban doctors before this gets out of hand. Remember: guns don't kill people, doctors ...

June 18 — Is Barbra Streisand in her backyard hanging out the laundry? That’s what the multimillionaire performer is advising fans to do. Streisand's spokesman declined to say whether the diva herself is practicing what she preaches. On her Web site, www.barbrastreisand.com, Streisand is suggesting that Californians use the clothesline rather than the dryer whenever possible to conserve electricity in the energy-crunched state. When asked if Streisand is using clothespins herself these days, her spokesman could barely contain his guffaws. “Do you really expect me to ask her that?” he said. He promised to call back with a comment but ...

This email was in my box this morning: WE ALL NEED TO DO THIS!! Clark Howard says that the gas prices are going to start going up again and will be high this summer, $2.00 and up. We need to do whatever we can, and do it NOW!!!! The following idea may just make more sense than the "don't buy gas on a certain day" routine that was going around last year. Whoever started this had a good point. By now, you're probably thinking gasoline priced at about $1.49 is cheap. Me too, as it is now $1.55 for ...

QUEBEC –– Police sealed off the heart of old Quebec City on Thursday, creating a heavily guarded security zone to keep protesters and possible violence away from a summit of 34 leaders, including President Bush. Forklifts hoisted concrete blocks topped with wire mesh into busy intersections, and hundreds of police in bulletproof vests stood guard at spots along the 2.3-mile fence encircling meeting sites of the Summit of the Americas. More than 6,000 police officers will patrol the security zone Friday through Sunday to guard against incursion by the expected 10,000 or more protesters. Quebec City residents and demonstrators from ...

OLD NEWS The Balance Sheet makes every attempt to base its quiz on the hottest-button issue of the week. Well, frankly, a quiz on terror in our schools just isn’t appropriate so we’re going to go with one about television news: 1. What is the longest running show in television history? 2. In the 50’s, John Cameron Swayze hosted a 15-minute evening newscast. Who was the sponsor? 3. When reports came in that James Brady had been killed in the Reagan assassination attempt, which anchor yelled ‘can’t anybody here get this thing right?’ 4. Who preceded Walter Cronkite at the ...

I have a 1954 LASSIE TV show on video, complete as it was originally aired on a Sunday night on CBS, with all commercials for Campbell Soups and Kelloggs Corn Flakes. At the end of the story, actress Jan Clayton, who played the mother in the show, appears on camera sitting fireside in a wingback chair. She addresses the parents in the audience:"Hello, I'm Jan Clayton. None of us can afford to be indifferent to the problem of juvenile delinquency. It's a problem of frightening porportions and serious implications. But, there are a couple of angles I think we often ...

All media have reported in the last five minutes that George W. Bush, ensconced in high level meetings concerning selection of a vice presidential candidate, was seen at 5:17 pm eastern time today, leaning forward and whispeing in the ear of an aide, then bolting quickly from the room.Several sources sitting near Bush at the time say they distinctly heard him whisper to the aide, "I have to go potty".At this moment, Bush has been gone from the room for nearly half an hour, and discussions have come to a virtual standstill. Nobody seems to know at this time how ...

Bohemian Grove, the dark and mysterious northern California forest retreat for the elite, has been infiltrated by a clandestine photographer, and his pictures are on the internet for all to see!Alex Jones, a minister and journalist, has managed to get inside Bohemian Grove despite top secrecy and tight security, and has taken photographs of the annual opening night's festivities, a Druidic style occult ceremony called the "Cremation of Cares".Bohemian Grove is legendary as a tightly guarded playground open only to the powerful and rich, and a precious few who seek power. George Bush and Ronald Reagan have been there, as ...

And it came to pass in those days, there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that the whole world should be taxed.(And this taxing was first made when Cyrnius was governor of Syria)And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.And Joseph also went from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem (because he was of the house and lineage of David) to be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being with child.And so it was that, while they were there, the days were accomplished ...

Here is the main body of a letter I received from my senator, Bill Frist in response to my Email concerning executive orders:I understand your concern about Executive Orders, and many people agree that Executive Orders give the President too much law-making authority. However, I believe the Framers of our Constitution envisioned a government where the president must be granted certain powers as long as those powers are not abused. In addition, there are still several questions surrounding the exact implications and implied force of executive orders.As you know, H. R. 2655, the Separation of Powers Restoration Act, seeks to ...