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12/26/2006 Two U.S. Border Patrol Agents have been sentenced to a decade long prison terms for apprehending an illegal alien at our border! Almost as outrageous is that the illegal alien drug smuggler, who was given immunity for testifying against the agents is now suing the U.S. for $5 million, claiming he was permanently injured! I have just signed a petition calling for the President to pardon these two Border Agents and I’m asking you to join with me by clicking here for the full story and the petition:

I'm not sure how to do this and hope it is done correctly. Please delete if a dupe. I did not find it on search. This cartoon was in the Houston Chronicle today, Sunday Oct 17, 2004, but on tracking down the origin, it was in the LA Times Oct 14..... In any case, it depicts Kerry's "nuisance" statement quite succinctly!

SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 526 WHEREAS, April is the month in which the Confederate States of America began and ended a four-year struggle for states' rights, individual freedom, and local government control; and WHEREAS, The State of Texas declared herself to be a free and independent state and subsequently joined the Confederate States of America of which it was a member state from 1861 until 1865; and WHEREAS, The battlefields, monuments, museums, and other historical sites to be found in Texas allow our citizens and visitors to remember, study, and appreciate the men and women of that unique time in the...

Baxter killed by "rat shot"? Had to be *how* far away?

Just frustrated that I cannot do a "self search" to find replies to what I have posted. I am not able to log on to this site as often as I would like, and many times my replies have aged off, to the "more" category.Where might I find the "self search" feature? Thanks!

Excerpt from article: " The Texas hate-crimes legislation passed the Democratic-controlled state House easily last month but seemed inexorably stalled in the Republican-controlled state Senate. Backers could not muster enough votes even to get it to a vote. Then the vandalism occurred, and the following day several speakers took to the floor of the legislature in Austin and passionately pointed to the church vandalism as a flagrant hate-crimes act. The bill passed the Senate eight days later and was signed into law by Gov. Rick Perry on May 11."

Excerpt: "Even the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, James Lee Witt, could not escape the storm. Witt said he had been without electricity or water at his farm near Dardanelle, Ark., since Tuesday. "I tried to get Washington to send me a generator, but apparently I don't have enough pull," Witt said. And we were depending on this guy and gov't to advise us in Y2k scenarios? Didn't he say be prepared for at least a 3 day outage? *Do as I say but not as I do*, indeed..... Whole article here: Witt witless among other things

Anyone know how the Fla Senate leans? While the Fla House has certified the electors, what do ya think the Fla Senate do? And how does the Scotus opinion influence this, if at all? Just curious.....(sorry Illbay.....it's a vanity, but a worthy question, ya think?..:))

Interesting point brought up on local talk-radio this morning.... A guy had been in Fla not too long ago. His group was working in a warehouse where about 150 voting machines were being stored. Of course they ended up "playing" with the machines, and it seems that if more than one ballot was inserted, the first one was "punched"..the second one had a hanging chad, while the third one had a "dimple"....amazing.... Makes one wonder how many ballots were handed to those deemed to be voting the "politically correct" way.....hmmmmmmmm??????? On Brian Williams' show last night, he attempted to ...

Sorry if this is "old news"; it has just come to my attention and I am appalled! Will be writing my Rep immediately! Senate approves police searches and seizures without warrants Compiled by Dana Davis Excerpts: "The United States Congress is on the verge of passing a Republican sponsored bill that would eradicate the Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution. Article IV of the Bill of Rights states, "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon ...

Forgive if this is already common knowledge...I just found it and thought it worthy of a post, as this quote has so often been debunked as "no source": http://usa-patriot.net/pics/ne3.jpg Now this may be a very clever manipulation of a "photoshop" image, but I would think it could be easily verified at any major city library? (Perhaps someone more versed in html can post a hot link?)

I don't know where or how else to ask this (if this is considered a vanity post?). Where are the 900+ FBI files that the Clinton's say was a "snafu"? Are they still at the White House? Have the FBI demanded them back? Have the FBI received them back? If NOT, why not?

From Drudge: "XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX WED MARCH 15 2000 21:52:09 ET XXXXX CENSUS BREAKDOWN: CITIZENS TELL SAM TO SHOVE IT OVER PROBING QUESTIONS; WILL PAY FINE Americans from coast to coast are expressing shock and outrage over the level of detailed questioning from the federal government and the 2000 Census, with thousands of citizens vowing to pay fines rather than submit to the private nature of the inquisition, according to congressional sources. "The census count is already breaking down," said one Hill source. "People are in revolt! Calls are flooding into our office... They are very upset about the ...

Amendment 10: "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."

I'm having a discussion on another board with several "liberals", where I mantained that Hillary's meetings and proposed implementaton of "national health care", (taking over 7% of our economy), was UN-Constitutional. I have been called on to provide a "source" and I'm having a hard time trying to find articles referring to "Ira Magaziner" and all the others as well as all the "secret" meetings and "secret" participants she had during these meetings. I think I remember reading an article that it was against a Constitutional/Federal law to have such secret meetings? Can anyone help? Most appreciated! (I don't know ...

Anyone know anymore about this? Excerpts from article:"Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, traditional leader Dale Looks Twice told 7am.com. He said that those involved in the takeover are asking for a federal audit of millions of dollars in tribal monies that "never reached the people." "FBI officials removed records and computers relating to programs administered by the tribal housing program" "Clinton visited the reservation in July as part of his anti-poverty initiative." "Also under fire: the handling of a $7.8 million program for law enforcement, which, despite funding, on Friday laid off 60 tribal law enforcement workers."

Australia says Y2K bugs could take months to fix By Jane Nelson CANBERRA, Dec 31 (Reuters) - Australia said on Friday it still faced disruptions because of the Y2K computer bug and some problems were expected to take at least three months to fix. The rest of the world will be eagerly watching Australia and New Zealand, the first developed nations to move into 2000, for any major Y2K failures. Some problems would take weeks to emerge but the bug should cause little disruption to the economy or major infrastructure, said Ian Campbell, parliamentary secretary to Australia's communications minister. ``I ...

December 12, 1999 1:28am Y2K Paranoia or Greenspan's Irrational Exuberance? Reuters By Pierre Belec NEW YORK (Reuters) - The stock market just keeps on climbing and Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan has been making a massive amount money available in the financial system. Is it irrational exuberance or Y2K paranoia? Or Both? Greenspan has permitted the biggest expansion of money supply in the Fed's history in the weeks leading up to the end of the year, when the so-called Y2K computer bug could disrupt financial systems. The Fed's move has been explosive on Wall Street because a free flowing money ...

Story Filed: Wednesday, December 01, 1999 4:04 PM EST UPPER SADDLE RIVER, N.J., Dec 1, 1999 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Century Corp, in collaboration with The US Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), has published EMBEDDED SYSTEMS AND THE YEAR 2000 PROBLEM. The November 22, 1999 technical report disputes the myth that embedded systems can be ignored if they don't appear to use a date. This misconception has caused testing procedures to miss many critical time dependent functions that should have been tested. The report also concludes the vast majority of Y2K embedded failures will occur on January ...