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(CNSNews.com) – President-elect Barack Obama’s transition team is showing its hostility toward lawful firearm owners by “weeding out” job applicants who own firearms themselves, a Second Amendment group says. The Illinois State Rifle Association (ISRA) notes that question 59 – part of a 63-item questionnaire given to Obama administration job applicants – asks for information about firearms owned by the applicant and his or her family. Found in the questionnaire’s “Miscellaneous” section, question 59 reads, “Do you or any members of your immediate family own a gun? If so, provide complete ownership and registration information. Has the registration ever lapsed?...

The Secret Service traditionally has given pithy, private names to those whose lives they protect. The monikers are a throwback to a time when electronic communications were not encrypted, and they no longer serve a security function. Still, they give an occasional peek at the players' personalities, in addition to serving as great trivia questions. President-elect Barack Obama: Renegade Michelle Obama: Renaissance

I think we could send a note to Sarah, maybe flowers if you wish. Her email: governor@gov.state.ak.us Regular Address at the Mansion (she doesn't live in it though): Gov. S. Palin 716 Calhoun Ave. Juneau, Alaska 99811 An internet flower site: http://www.proflowers.com/

There's another Big O on Lovie Smith's mind lately, and it's not the Bears offense or quarterback Kyle Orton. The Bears coach believes Barack Obama should be the next president of the United States and, unlike his typically guarded approach, he wasn't afraid to say so Thursday. To the surprise of the Bears media contingent, Smith openly volunteered before he left the practice field that he already had registered his vote for Democratic presidential candidate by taking advantage of early voting. "Well, I'm from Chicago, correct, and one of the candidates is an Illinois guy," Smith began. "I'm a strong...

COLLEGE REPORTERS break story about 12 people that were OUT OF STATE Obama workers that registered to vote and placed early voting ballots in Franklin County, OH. View the Video at the website. ACTUAL lawyers for Obama, illegally voting in OHIO.

The McCain campaign is sending out direct mail in Virginia with images of Sen. Barack Obama and none other than William Ayers, the most famous former radical in America thanks to the Republican message machine. MORE at LINK!!

A Muslim student who said a masked gunman assaulted her after he wrote anti-Islamic slurs in a women's restroom at Elmhurst College was arrested Friday after an investigation concluded the attack never happened. A week after the case roiled the small college, Elmhurst Police Chief Steven Neubauer said Safia Jilani, 19, of Oak Brook had been booked on a felony charge of filing a false police report, which is punishable by 1 to 3 years in prison.

For some weird, unknown reason in the middle of the night I was awakened with a vivid flashback dream. The dream was a recollection of all the time we early Freepers spent on the Prodigy Whitewater Bulletin Board, discussing Clinton and his unfolding horrible presidency. Somebody told us about a book written by Terry Reed, a Viet Nam vet and how he and a cast of now famous names wound up all twisted in the Arkansas of then Gov. Bill Clinton. The long and detailed book opened up many of our eyes about where Clinton and G. H. W. Bush...

I received this email from COMCAST this morning: Dear Comcast Subscriber: ACTION REQUIRED: Comcast has determined that your computer(s) have been used to send unsolicited email ("spam"), which is generally an indicator of a virus. For your own protection and that of other Comcast customers, we have taken steps to prevent further transmission of spam from your computer(s). Comcast.Net WebMail Users If you use a web browser to access your email, this change will not affect your service. However, it is important that you take steps to remove the virus and secure your computer(s). This can be done by using...

Here's a listing of Biden's Earmarks: PDF File: PDF HERE Obama/Biden's Son Linked by EarmarksHere

DENVER—Let's hear it for youth and inexperience. After choosing little-known Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to be his running mate, it's going to be a little hard for Sen. John McCain to hold those qualities against Sen. Barack Obama. After all, the vice president's only official job is to be one heartbeat away from the presidency. Palin's rise raises intriguing questions, like how much does experience count anyway?

Annenberg Challenge information will be released Tuesday Tribune staff report 9:17 PM CDT, August 22, 2008 Documents related to U.S. Sen. Barack Obama's service for a nonprofit education project started by former 1960s radical William Ayers will be released Tuesday from an archive at the University of Illinois at Chicago library, the university announced. UIC said Friday it will make public its archive of documents from the Chicago Annenberg Challenge in the library's Special Collections Department. The Chicago Annenberg Challenge was formed in 1995 to fund education reform initiatives in the city. The university's Richard J. Daley Library had refused...

Hat tip to Mark Belling, late afternoon host on WISN radio in Milwaukee and part-time fill in for Rush Limbaugh.

Dr. Jerome Corsi on FoxNews this am at 722Central. Recording it now and will post more after the interview. His book is going #1, he's getting death threats, KOS posted his home address... More...

OK...new rules for fans at the game: Don't be rude, don't get drunk, don't go on the field, don't throw stuff, follow directions and don't talk nasty talk. More details and blah, blah at the linky. Maybe they should worry more about the players and their criminal records, alcohol use, steriods, shooting people and themselves?

In the path of lightning Valerie Jarrett is known as the other side of Barack Obama's brain. Can this tough-minded adviser, who is guided by aphorisms and gut instinct, help him reach the White House? Say you're Sen. Barack Obama, the hottest politician on the planet. You fill up stadiums like the Beatles. You're JFK-smooth, scary smart and, for a skinny middle-aged Ivy Leaguer who quit smoking not that long ago, your basketball game isn't half-bad. No African-American politician has soared this close to the sun. Everyone sings your praises, from Hollywood starlets to rappers on YouTube. One excitable cable...

I don't do prayer requests very well, but a dear friend of ours needs one. Their grandson has a Schwannoma tumor on the vagus nerve and will be undergoing surgery on July 25. Their Dr. wants to remove it before it grows into the brain stem or chest area. This is a very rare tumor for an adult to have let alone a child. There have only been a handful of these surgeries done. They will not know until they get inside if this growth is on the side of the nerve or surrounding the mass. Please Pray for Aaron,...

Here's an interesting representation of the "Blogosphere" and how Free Republic appears in this map. As far as I can tell, FR get's linked to or has links from? all these sites that we have a tie to...Red are conservative, Yellow are "InfoPits"? and Blue...the enemy...Go to the website and you can search on websites and vary the size of the display to achieve better resolution. Sorta fun to see...

Hillary yakking away, saying goodbye on Fox News now. Big Chipmunk cheeks...you all love me so much, 18million of you cast votes for ME ME ME!!!

Faith & Politics The Compassion Forum Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama face the hard questions on faith and politics. Join Campbell Brown for a 2-hour CNN special event..."The Compassion Forum" --Sunday at 8 p.m. ET.