Free Republic

The House on Saturday also advanced a bill (HB 1563) that would impose steep fees for certain driving violations to help generate money for road improvements. Under the proposal, the Department of Motor Vehicles would impose fees of $250 for driving with a suspended or revoked license, $350 for reckless driving and $750 for drunken driving. The fees would be paid annually for three years after the offenses. The DMV also would impose a $100 fee for Virginia drivers with four demerit points on their licenses and $75 for each additional demerit point up to seven.

This is a horrible vanity, excuse me but I thought I'd share. My first grader came home last weekend with a new project due at the end of the month. Give a report on a famous American. One of the suggested Americans to do a report on was none other then Janet Reno. LMAO!!!! They had other truly great Americans listed but that one caught my eye.

The charges stem from nearly two dozen letters she allegedly wrote, some sent to actor Michael Douglas, the husband of Zeta-Jones. One letter read: "We are going to slice her up like meat on a bone and feed her to the dogs."

Again, I share conspiratorial whispers. Lou “admits” he is a moderate Democrat. “Back home, after a lot of thought,” he says, “I put a 'Kerry for President' bumper sticker on my truck. It was weird. On the highway, people were honkin' at me and givin' me the finger. Occasionally, someone would drive by and give me thumbs up. But truthfully, I got nervous. I thought someone might pull a gun.” Lou is scared. Dissent is now undemocratic.

(Translated from Aramaic and Latin) Pontius Pilate (Hristo Shopov) stands with the scourged and thorn-crowned Jesus (James Caviezel) before a throng of Jews, all of whom shout for Christ's crucifixion. Pilate has a bowl of water brought to him so he can wash his hands' of Christ's condemnation. Assorted Jews: Crucify him! Pontius Pilate: I am innocent of the blood of this just; [knocks over bowl of water, which spills down steps] oh, [bleep]. Jesus Christ: [smiling] Good one, Hristo. Pilate: Nice crown, Jim. Assorted Jews: [laughter] Off Camera: Cut! * * * Christ, shackled to a stone, is...

The only thing interesting in this article is the blatant admission of a Virginia Democrat. "``Anybody but Bush,'' said Charles Edwards, 50, of Falls Church, Va., who decided to vote for Kerry as he entered the voting booth. ``I'd vote for the devil.''

Beware this is a large image 9 mb. But underneath the "Rock Outcrop" about 3 quarters the way down in the dirt is an interesting looking thingy. It's looks like two fingers raised in the peace sign coming out of the dirt.

French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin says France is keen to carve out a key role in aiding Iraq and is prepared to write off some of the war-torn country's debts.

<p>A student expelled from Parkway High for a year for having Advil, an over-the-counter pain reliever, will not be allowed to return to the school.</p> <p>Kelly Herpin and daughter Amanda Stiles, a sophomore, appealed the one-year expulsion to a Bossier Parish School Board committee Thursday night, spending about 10 minutes with the board's administrative committee behind closed doors.</p>

Other than supposedly supporting our besieged troops, are there any of you folks out there who feel that Pres. Bush's surprise visit actually did anything to deter terrorism, at home and abroad? Just curious. · Yes, helped to deter Iraqi resistence 4% · No, helped to incite more Iraqi/Moslem/terrorist resistence 63% · Yes, will help re-elect GWB 31%

Excuse the vanity question here. Can we buy land in Iraq or Afghanistan? Anyone know how?

A group of Hispanic illegal immigrants sued seven state colleges and universities yesterday in federal court, claiming the schools denied them admission because of their immigration status. The lawsuit, made public yesterday, says the schools' presidents and rectors are following ill-conceived legal advice from state Attorney General Jerry W. Kilgore, who last fall issued an opinion recommending that all Virginia colleges deny admission to illegal immigrants and suggesting that admissions officers report potentially illegal applicants to federal authorities. The schools are George Mason University, James Madison University, University of Virginia, Virginia Tech, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), the Northern Virginia Community...

from: http://armedndangerous.blogspot.com/2003_08_17_armedndangerous_archive.html#106157186387886957 Mr. McBride: Late yesterday. I learned that you have charged that your company is the victim of an insidious conspiracy masterminded by IBM. You have urged the press and public to believe that the Open Source Initiative and the Free Software Foundation and Red Hat and Novell and various Linux enthusiasts are up in arms not because of beliefs or interests of their own, but because little gray men from Armonk have put them up to it. Bwahahaha! Fire up the orbital mind-control lasers! Very few things could possibly illustrate the brain-boggling disconnect between SCO and reality with...

Found this on Ebay. No I am not trying to sell it.

Not sure if this has been suggested but: How do we organize a line the streets type welcome for Jessica on her return trip home? Not just in her town, (which I think they have covered) but along any routes she would take to get there. I think it would be nice.

To: United States Congress, Assembled Congressman Ron Paul, Texas, has introduced H.R. 1146, The American Sovereignty Restoration Act of 2001. H.R. 1146 would get the United States completely out of the United Nations. We, the Citizens of the United States of America, do hereby declare that we support H.R. 1146, and we declare that we accept no other authority on earth but the Constitution of the United States of America and it's Amendments. Futhermore, we refuse to have our country, the United States of America, be involved in and/or in support of, the affairs of the United Nations. Sincerely,

Yesterday before the Home Depot killing my brother was complaining of the canceled football practices, games and school precautions and ended it with..."I guess when I was a kid we worried about getting nuked." This was my response: Ah the simpler times...I wonder if Washington worried about getting scalped as a youngster. Well, in my opinion this reaction of fear is panic and just plain sad. People around here still worry about the old fashioned nukes. Now they also can worry about the smaller suitcase nukes, kidnappers, bio warfare, our mail, snipers, bombs, drunk drivers, cell phone radiation, listeria, child...

"Tijuana and San Diego are one city, that like Berlin, got divided by accidents and things of destiny. Tijuana and San Diego are the same city, the "i" city, the point that unites the first and the third world. The border imposes it self like a dimensional vortex swallowing the travelers with out papers" (metro-pop) "Borderhack!" is an event, which central themes are borders, and the impact that they have in our lives, may they be physical or electronically; to bring conscience worldwide and try to understand the reasons for the problems that come with them and hopefully come up...

Environment & Climate NewsOctober 2001Contents "Shrub Man" out of jail Zoning ordinance violator forced to sell part of golf range by James M. Taylor John Thoburn, the "Shrub Man" of Reston, Virginia who was sent to jail for violating zoning ordinances on the planting of trees, has been released from jail but must sell part of his golf range to cover his mounting legal expenses. Thoburn spent three months in a Fairfax County jail for refusing to plant the requisite number and pattern of eight-foot evergreen trees on his property. Prior to being imprisoned, Thoburn contended the ordinance would...

ISLAMIC BELIEFS AND PRACTICES CalgoldMay 28, 2002 While researching the Qur'an (Koran) for insights into the intellectual thinking and behaviors of the Islamic people, the author of this article had numerous occasions to converse with individual Americans concerning Islamic religious beliefs. Soon, it became obvious that most Americans appeared to know very little about religions in general. Rather, they entertained awareness and knowledge about some specific Christian cult only. That knowledge was quite obviously held as Christian Biblical truth, probably imbedded on their minds during childhood and youth. Therefore, the purpose of this dissertation is to provide a thumbprint...