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OHIO GOVERNOR SPEAKS AT CAIR BANQUET (COLUMBUS, OH, 6/18/2007) - Ohio Governor Ted Strickland spoke last night at the tenth annual banquet of the Council on American-Islamic Relations chapter in that state (CAIR-OH). Governor Strickland addressed the crowd of 350 people, saying: “On behalf of all Ohioans, [my wife and I] appreciate your vision to promote justice and mutual understanding. We gather under CAIR-Ohio's theme this year, ‘American Muslims: Connecting and Sharing,’ to do just that, to connect and share and get to know each other better.” Governor Strickland also expressed appreciation for "the Muslim traditions of strong family, hard...

Blackwell's TEL Amendment Pushed Back a Year! It won't be this year, but you'll see it in 2006. It's actually quite simple. Issue 1 won the state for Bush, and Blackwell assumes the TEL will keep the state in GOP control in 2006. Now let's look at this deeper, Blackwell consulted with Ohio GOP Chairman Bob Bennett about this move (remember Bennett is the one who pushed Blackwell out of the governor's race in 1998 to clear the way for Taft, so there's no love loss between the two), the only reason this happened is that Bennett is now convinced...

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that health-care costs rose 7.5 percent in 2004, well under the 11.4-percent rise in 2002. The BLS also reports that employers’ costs for health insurance per employee per hour worked has slowed even more. From March 2001 to March 2002, it rose 11 percent; from March 2002 to March 2004, it rose 9 percent each year. But from March 2004 to December 2004, it rose only 3 percent. Something is going on out there. Politicians and political commentators always assume that government must do something new and different if healthcare costs are to be...

ROOT CAUSES OF TERRORISM TIMELINE 450 million years ago: First cartilaginous fishes 240 million years ago: Gore Vidal born 6000 BC Sumerians invent beer in Fertile Crescent; Madonna born 2000 BC Gore Vidal publishes first in long line of books blaming world's problems on America; no one knows wtf he's talking about

Israeli intelligence says that between January 10th and March 10th, the transfer of Iraqi chemical (and possibly biological) weapons to Syria and Lebanon's Bekaa Valley was completed. They were placed in giant tankers and taken to Syria, and then to the Bekaa Valley under the protection of Syrian special forces and air-force intelligence units. Syrian army engineers then took over supervising the tankers at the poppy fields and used special drilling equipment to dig holes approximately 20-26 feet across and 82-115 feet deep. The weapons were buried under the poppy fields grown for heroin and under the rows of cotton...

Yankee fans in NJ have a chance to screw BoSox "fan" John Kerry. Vote Bush!

When the stakes are not high it is sometimes acceptable, even desirable, to vote for a "minor party" candidate who cannot possibly win, just to "get the word out" and to promote the ideals for which that candidate stands. But when the stakes are high, as they are in this election, it becomes imperative that one should choose, not the candidate one considers philosophically ideal, but the best one available who has the most favorable chance of winning. The forthcoming election will determine whether it is the Republicans or the Democrats that win the presidency. That is an undeniable reality....

Conover notes that 6.8 million people lack health insurance due to regulatory costs, or about one in six of the average daily uninsured. He goes on to note that the costs of regulation could translate into 22,200 deaths annually, which would be over 4,000 more than supposedly linked to a lack of insurance coverage. Raymond J. Keating Chief Economist Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council

My son needs to interview a Democrat for school; can anyone help? Only serious Democrats please!

My son needs to interview a Democrat for school; can anyone help? Only serious Democrats please!

I am increasingly aware of an oft misunderstood phenomenon in American life– the follow-up. We are very used to this from televised press conferences from the White House, but do not avail ourselves of this technique in our every day life.

VII. Conclusion The economy has added more than 1.5 million payroll jobs over the past year and nearly 2 million jobs on the household survey. Most indicators point towards continued growth. Output is booming, the manufacturing outlook is positive, business confidence is high, and productivity continues to set records. Even such favorites among economic pessimists like data on long-term unemployment, manufacturing employment, and worker discouragement are showing marked improvement. Unfortunately for the pessimists, these are the facts that frame the debate on the economy today.