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America hired a reality television star with no experience in government. All the electorate remembered was that Donald Trump was good at saying "you're fired" on prime-time television. So, they hired him as president, and, on Friday at around 5 p.m., they got their money's worth. Trump just accepted the resignation of disgraced Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price. It's the right thing to do, and it's a great move. What's more, by cutting Price, Trump has shown a leadership that Obama never would.For one of the first times in almost a decade, the buck has stopped at the...

Donald Trump today has issued a call to make permanent the Hyde Amendment that bans almost all federal taxpayer funding of abortions and is credited with saving the lives of over 1 million Americans from abortion. Trump‘s call comes as Hillary Clinton is campaigning in reversing Hyde and forcing Americans to fund free abortions for women with their tax dollars. Every year, Congress is forced to fight the battle to protect Americans from being forced to pay for abortions with their tax dollars. Democrats annually fight the pro-life budget provision and hope they can eventually reverse it should they take...

Come Out Pensacola! 2006 Wednesday through Oct. 15. Come Out Pensacola! is an annual series of events to celebrate the area’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender population and provide education and interaction with the overall community. With the exception of the Thursday night movie, all events in Bartram Park are family- and child- friendly. The events are sponsored by Gulf Coast TIDE (Together in Diversity and Equality). Schedule of events Wednesday 7 p.m.: National Coming Out Day Interfaith Worship Service at Bartram Park. Coordinated by the Rev. Ron Helms, president of Gulf Coast TIDE, the service is intended to...

Thousands of illegal aliens are walking through one of the military's most important live-fire training grounds. Will building a fence stop them? Viewed from a Black Hawk helicopter 1,000 feet up, there's no sign of the Mexican border in this southwest corner of Arizona's Sonoran Desert. No line in the sand. No fence. Not even a road. Yet it's clear we are flying over a major international thoroughfare. Hundreds of shiny footpaths and tire tracks weave through the desert below, where the temperature on the ground routinely reaches 115° F in the summer. You need to drink a gallon...

The U.S. has benefited from illegal immigrants, most economists say, though some low-skilled workers have been hurt. NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) - In the heated debate over the impact of illegal immigration on the U.S. economy, Andrew Sum is one of those focusing on the negative. The economist - the director of labor market studies at Northeastern University in Boston - argues that the large supply of immigrants has displaced low-skilled U.S.-born workers, particularly the young and the poor, from jobs. "About 85.5 of every 100 new workers are new immigrants in this decade," he said. "At no time in the...

Controversial book banned by college profs skyrockets up best-seller lists The book banned by the faculty of Ohio State University as "hate literature" and "homophobic tripe" is currently No. 1 on Amazon.com's "Current Events" best seller list. "The Marketing of Evil: How Radicals, Elitists, and Pseudo-Experts Sell Us Corruption Disguised as Freedom," by WND Managing Editor David Kupelian, is at the center of a major controversy at OSU's Mansfield campus. Recently, the entire faculty voted to investigate librarian Scott Savage on allegations of "sexual harassment" and complaints that he made the campus "unsafe" and "threatening" – all for suggesting the...

Good morning. This is Congresswoman Hilda Solis from California. As hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets of America's cities for comprehensive immigration reform, all of us got to see the real human face of this vital issue. The peaceful rallies all over the United States showed our country's great diversity, and showed that immigration affects not just Latinos, but also Asians, people from Africa, even the Irish. There was a wonderful coalition of Americans from every background who know that together, America can do better. Many of those who marched were the children or relatives of immigrants,...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate voted Thursday to allow the national debt to swell to nearly $9 trillion, preventing a first-ever default on U.S. Treasury notes. The bill passed by a 52-48 vote. The increase to $9 trillion represents about $30,000 for every man, woman and child in the United States. The bill now goes to President Bush for his signature. The measure allows the government to pay for the war in Iraq and finance Medicare and other big federal programs without raising taxes. It passed hours before the House was expected to approve another $91 billion to fund the...

When Edward Lucas Sr. checked to see why the neighbor's German shepherd was barking at Sunday at 5:40 a.m., he had no idea that minutes later an intruder would be lying dead on his living room rug. Lucas, 63, of the 3900 block of West Mallory Street, never wanted to have to use his .22 caliber rifle that way, but Tyrone Fyoungious Preyer, 29, would not stop breaking through the door, he said. "I yelled 'Get out of my house,' but he kept coming," said Lucas, a retired Sears employee who resided at that house for almost eight years. "I...

Steve Case resigns from board to devote more time to his new company, Revolution. NEW YORK (Reuters) - Steve Case, the founder of AOL, Monday said he has resigned from the board of Time Warner Inc. ending a painful chapter in the history of the world's largest media company. Case was one of the original architects of the merger of AOL and Time Warner (Research), which helped erase more than $200 billion in shareholder value from the stock. "On behalf of Time Warner's Board of Directors and senior management team, I thank Steve Case for his years of distinguished service...

Local government is preparing to set up a universal database that will contain all important records of the citizens of Holland.Every child born after 2007 will have a separate electronic folder which will hold all his/her records such as all family records, school grades and degrees, medical records, taxes paid, and even crimes the person committed. The government will create a folder for every citizen. The database will only be available for the government. Individuals will not have access to the records.

NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Volkswagen's latest product probably won't be very good on gas and it has a rather high price tag. But that hasn't stopped a handful of people from putting down payments on the car before production started earlier this month. Each Bugatti Veyron 16.4 will cost an estimated $1.24 million, according to media reports. For that, buyers will get an all-wheel-drive two-seat sports car with a lightweight carbon-fiber body and 16-cylinder engine capable of producing 1,001 horsepower. VW purchased the Bugatti name in 1998, according to a report in the industry newspaper Automotive News Europe, and introduced...

For the 19th time in the past 20 years, New Orleans has exceeded 200 murders. What is so disturbing is that it is only August and gruesomely high mark has already been exceeded. Where is the outrage? Where is the action? New Orleans is in the midst of a crisis, but the people have become so desensitized to the violence that the response is mere lethargy. New Orleans has so many incredible selling points—culture, food, people, history, architecture, festivals, charm and more; however, all of the attractiveness of New Orleans means nothing if citizens and tourists cannot feel safe. The...

I am very surprised how much Conservatives are confused when it comes to basic economics such as understanding the rising price of gas. I got the strangest replies from some of my Conservatives friends after telling them some plain facts about the economy: The real market value of gas is not determined by what gas stations are asking, but what people are willing to pay. For example, if people are willing to pay $4 for a gallon of gas and no more, then the price of gas is $4. Prices are always determined by how much the customers are willing...

Michael Moore's new movie about Hurricane Katrina & aftermath will be playing in movie theaters around the country starting in January, 20, 2006!

Pastor follows Baptists' lead in presenting resolution to denomination Following the lead of Baptist activists, a Tennessee pastor from the Presbyterian Church in America today is scheduled to introduce a resolution to the denomination's General Assembly to urge members across the nation to pull their children out of public school. As WorldNetDaily reported, a group of Baptists last year presented a resolution to the Southern Baptist Convention that eventually was killed. Noting that "the millions of children in government schools spend seven hours a day, 180 days a year being taught that God is irrelevant to every area of life,"...

In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, gas prices have soared at many locations. In Katrina's path of ruins, prices have risen almost a dollar overnight! Recently in Atalnta, one gas station was asking 5.36 for a gallon of regular unleaded! Premium was selling for more than 6 dollars a gallon!!! They did this, because GAS SHIPMENTS WERE DELAYED and a lot of people wanted gas. Had they sold a gallon for 2.70, they would have run out almost immediately. But because they raised the price, everyone who desperately needs gas will be able to buy a little. However, people...

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Nearly 1,000 detainees at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison were released this week at the request of the Iraqi government, Multi-National Forces said Saturday. "This major release, the largest to date, marks a significant event in Iraq's progress toward democratic governance and the rule of law, demonstrating the involvement of Iraq's government in the effort to provide both security and justice for all Iraqis," the forces said in a written statement. The detainees were released from Wednesday through Saturday, with the assistance of the Iraqi government, the statement said. They represent all Iraqi communities and had been...

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People living in America have little understanding about the conflict with the fanatics in Iraq. The talking heads on the news programs always judge the issue from a military or political standpoint. Every politician has a remedy they claim will work and many people blast the President for mishandling or misjudging events. The real problem is that most Americans, including the majority of politicians in the United States, have no concept of the Islamic traditions connected to Iraq and how this is coming into play in the war. The average American has these questions: - Why are fanatics blowing up...