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We just heard a blurb on the news (Fox28) about there being 110% of eligible voters in Franklin County registered... anyone else hear anything or see the full story earlier this evening?

Funny linkI love the John Kerry supports lying about penis size ones...

PRESIDENT ENCOURAGES GIRL WHO HAS HER SIGHTS SET ON HIS JOB DEAR ABBY: Last March you printed a letter I wrote. In it, I told you I had expressed my desire to become the first female U.S. president, but my teacher and fellow students laughed at me. Since writing to you, I have received a flood of support from friends, Dear Abby readers and you, yourself. But wait, there is more! I received a letter from Sen. John Kerry, and just recently, one from the White House signed by President Bush. The fact that I received a response to my...

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OK, here it goes. A friend of mine in PA was going through a nasty custody battle. The father didn't want the children at all until this past spring. Her 4 year old daughter told her that her daddy was touching her. After trips to the doctor and forensic psychologist, it was confirmed that there was digital genital abuse. This was revealed in August, and a detective still has her case. While this is going on, he is still fighting for custody. It was recommended by CYS that he not see the kids at all, but the judge gave him...

I know it is Thursday night, but if I don't do this now who knows when I will get to it tomorrow! Our prayers are with Grellis as she works to quit smoking! Today at the post office there was a mother with 2 young boys who were running wild while she waited in line. They were rummaging through the shipping supplies (that you have to pay for), were trying to take the pens attached to the stands, throwing change of address forms in the trash, running around, etc. She said nothing to them. An older woman who they nearly...

Valedictorian denied diploma The valedictorian of Brooklyn's High School for Legal Studies was denied her diploma because she criticized the school in her graduation speech. Tiffany Schley, who's heading to Smith on a full scholarship, refuses to apologize, reports the New York Daily News. Among her gripes: The school has had four principals in four years, overcrowded classes, a shortage of textbooks and other basic materials, unqualified teachers, unstable staffing and uncaring administrators who refused to meet with students to discuss the school's problems. "They always want to keep the problems hush-hush, but what goes on in this school is...

http://hq.protestwarrior.com/?page=/featured/PHS/PHS.php his web site, great stuff! Protest warrior Annoyed by a Chomsky-loving teacher, 18-year-old Bryan Henderson launched Operation Tiger Claw: He put up satiric signs in the halls of his Princeton, WV high school expressing his conservative views. For example: "Except for ending slavery, fascism, naziism and communism, WAR HAS NEVER SOLVED ANYTHING." On his site, Henderson describes his dogged attempts to defend his right to free expression and to stand up to students who accused him of racism and bias against Muslims. The principal ultimately decided he could hand out flyers but couldn't post signs, which seems a dubious...

Afraid to Say What We Think June 23, 2004 by Carey Roberts Some persons may get a chuckle out of the term. But Political Correctness is an implacable force that we must come to terms with, or else accept the reality that our First Amendment freedoms may become irrevocably lost. Political Correctness has its roots in Cultural Marxism. Cultural Marxists know that democratic capitalism cannot be overthrown by external force. So they seek to undermine Western society like a cancer attacking from within. The politically-correct view all of history through the prism of power. For example, radical feminism teaches that...

The Decline of Affirmative Action June 23, 2004 by Wendy McElroy, mac@ifeminists.net A year ago, on June 23rd, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of affirmative action (AA) in two cases that challenged the University of Michigan's (U-M) admissions policies. Yet Ted Shaw, president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Legal Defense Fund, has stated, "in the year since Michigan...some institutions have retreated from affirmative action even though we won the case." Why is AA on the decline? There are several reasons. First, the Supreme Court decisions were not a clear victory, with the main...

Non-citizen voters In some school districts in California, a large bloc of parents can't vote in school board elections because they're not citizens. San Francisco officials want to put an initiative on the state ballot to let non-citizen parents of public schoolchildren vote in school elections. Public school parents who are illegal immigrants also would be able to vote. Almost one-fifth of adult Californians are non-citizens, says the San Jose Mercury News: "It's almost a necessity for many cities,'' said Joaquin Avila, a law professor at the University of California-Los Angeles and a voting-rights expert who wrote a 2003 study...

Storm troopers of the American Civil Liberties Union have chalked up their latest victory in their ongoing campaign to stamp out any hint of religion in American public life. Under threat of an ACLU-initiated lawsuit, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted to remove a small cross from the seal of the State of California because of its alleged unconstitutional endorsement of Christianity. Contrary to ACLU claims, these actions make our country less rather than more free. This is of more than academic interest to me. The ACLU has invaded my home turf. The headquarters of my organization, the...

The Birth of Father's Day June 16, 2004 by Wendy McElroy, mac@ifeminists.net Modern Father's Day is uniquely American in its history. Together with Mother's Day, it is both a public and personal expression of the gratitude that is due to all caring parents. Why, then, has Mother's Day been a national holiday for almost a century, while Father's Day received that recognition only decades ago? The proposals for a Father's Day and Mother's Day -- for time set aside for children to honor their parents -- was introduced to American culture at about the same time. (Mother's Day was originally...

Americans Sharpen Shooting Skills Friday, June 18, 2004 LOS ANGELES — Shooting for sport is becoming more and more popular across the country. Along with Pilates and windsurfing, clay target shooting (search) and handgun target shooting (search) are some of America's fastest growing sports. Some 20 million Americans participate in recreational gun activities. Those who shoot clays call it "golf with guns." "It is being looked at more as a sport and recreation, it is not all about hunting," said Rick Matulich of the San Diego Shotgun Sports Association (search). Target shooting dates back to the 14th century, and it...

Air-Brushing Dads Out Of The Picture June 9, 2004 by Carey Roberts When Vladimir Lenin seized power in 1917, he knew full well that the traditional family would fiercely resist his grand scheme to consolidate state power. So he set out to ruthlessly destroy the family. Lenin banned church weddings. Women were sent out to work in the factories and the fields. Communal dining halls, sewing centers, and day care facilities were established. Abortion was legalized. Divorce became a simple administrative routine. So it's an interesting coincidence that over the last 30 years, an unholy alliance of feminists and liberals...

Jailing Fathers Who Can't Afford Braces (or why Charlottesville, Virginia is NOT the “Best Place to Live in America” for Divorced Fathers) by Larry White On March 30, 2004, Frommer's Cities Ranked and Rated gave Charlottesville, Virginia the rating of “Best Place to Live in America.” But, as a divorced father who's gone through Charlottesville's “family court” system I know that Frommer's rating is a long way from the real truth. By way of introduction, I am a fifty-one-year-old divorced father of five children and computer analyst living in Charlottesville, Virginia. My second oldest son, Daniel, is a former student...

Law.com Mother May Claim Emotional Damages for Harm at Birth Friday June 11, 3:01 am ET Cerisse Anderson, New York Law Journal A New York state appeals court has ruled that a woman may sue for emotional suffering caused by alleged medical malpractice that caused her baby to be born with serious defects. The Appellate Division, 2nd Department, expanded on a recent decision by the Court of Appeals to allow damage awards for malpractice that leads to miscarriages and stillbirths. The appeals court Monday unanimously reinstated claims in Sheppard-Mobley v. King, 2003-00782, on behalf of Karen Sheppard and her son,...

Second Front The United Nations is covering its rear in the oil for food (search) scandal. And now it's engaged on a second front as new evidence is emerging that a U.N. ambulance was used by Palestinian terrorists for their getaway following an engagement on May 11, in which 6 Israeli soldiers were killed. The Israelis have been making the charge for years that the U.N. and Red Cross have been providing cover for terrorists, with American taxpayers footing some of the bill. But now there's evidence to back up the charge. In video shot by Reuters in Southern Gaza,...

http://photos.allaroundcleveland.com/details.asp?imgID=7556_060704_WillBankRobbery.jpg&Newspaper=News%20Herald&ID=1698&Pub=News%20Herald&Category=News&DateRange=Last14Days&Keyword=&Photographer= in the above pic you can see the "no weapons" sign in the window while they are dusting for prints, guess criminals don't read the posted signs! The article is somewhere on the site, on another site the weapon he said he had was a firearm, but I couldn't find that one!

http://www.mises.org/TRTS.htm a few days ago someone mentioned the book The Road to Serfdom but Hayek. I found this web site that has the main points, illustrated. :) Enjoy