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HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY! SCHEDULED for the February 14, 2002 broadcast of Unspun With AnnaZ...   FUN, FROLIC, & THE INVISIBLE GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATES This installment...Unspun goes under the radar to interview four California gubernatorial candidates (three Republicans and a Libertarian) who would really like the listening audience to know they exist and how they differ from the more "visible", media / partisan popular candidates: Edie Bukewihge (R) Danney Ball (R) Nick Jesson (R) Gary Copeland (L)   CALL-IN EXTRAVAGANZA!! You requested it, you get it... give us a call at 1-866-RADIO FR (that's 866-723-4637) between 6:30 p.m and 8:30 p.m. PST ...

MISSION STATEMENT OF FREE REPUBLIC SECOND AMENDMENT TASK FORCE In a modern world where people can be educated of events at a moment's notice, those committed to the cause of preserving our Constitutional rights have good reason to be concerned. Even with the convenience of instantaneous information and a wealth of resources available at the click of a button to those who wish to educate and be educated as to the truth, such wonders of today can be exploited by those who have a great and driven passion to persuade, and in some cases bully, the citizens of our ...

Press release posted on monaco-tourism.com on January 10, 2002: PRINCIPALITY OF MONACO HOSTS BREAKFAST SEMINARS FOR CALIFORNIA AGENTS Seminars Highlight New Developments in the Principality   NEW YORK (January 10, 2002) This February, travel agents throughout California should make plans to attend one of four breakfast seminars hosted by the Monaco Government Tourist Office. These seminars, highlighting all that is new and marketable in Monaco, will take place from February 5-8 2002. The breakfast seminars will feature the most recent developments including the trendy new Columbus Monaco Hotel, the Grimaldi Forum Monaco, the new TGV Méditerranée line, exciting events ...

Name dropping is normally meant to define the use of one's alleged nearness, dearness even, to someone oh-so-much more famous and fabulous, making the user oh-so-much more famous and fabulous by the association. The key is, normally, in using it in a pseudo-innocuous way, as in, "Well, yesterday at lunch, when I told that joke, Cher almost choked on her chili." The media employs it as well; knowing full well that a cleavage shot of J. Lo in Versace sells more copies than an aerial of Ari Fleischer any day of the week. But that's not the thrust of ...

Having a night job and playing simple yet multiple games of juggling with what life throws at you during the conscious part of one's daylight hours normally impedes on one's abilities to wake up relatively early to do what I call "active business for a cause". (Not all of us have had our metal completely forged and perfected in the fire - heck, some of us don't even come close. But at least we're trying.) But it wasn't quite so difficult on Monday. Because of Jesse Lee Peterson's recent legal action against Jesse Jackson and Rainbow/PUSH due to a ...

A dear acquaintance of mine is an employee at one of the tonier eateries here in the greater Los Angeles area. He's a hard and cheerful worker. He was recently reprimanded, a rare occurrence in his over two years of employment. As a customer was leaving after having had lunch my pal called out, "Have a great day!", with sincerity, and within the owner's earshot. The owner quickly spun around and said, "Darling, you have no right to tell someone what kind of day they should have." The term of endearment did nothing to melt the ice of the ...

TONIGHT... ...put the blasted Rose Bowl game on MUTE for a while and join AnnaZ and Mercuria for A Very Unspun New Year!! Our guest line-up includes: Heidi Maher - If you haven't been reading about her husband Ted, who has now been imprisoned in Monaco for two years under the most suspicious circumstances, click HERE and bone up before the show! David Keene - Chairman of the American Conservative Union, who will be talking about the upcoming CPAC shindig! Sean Finnegan - columnist for Mercurial Times and Sierra Times, who will be rapping with us about Klamath, issues ...

The television in my house never gets turned on in the morning unless there's some earth-shattering event taking place. And if there weren't any Simpsons, it might never get turned on at all. This year had the power flowing early twice. The first was Inauguration Day. Even though this family had voted independent we had rallied hard for the legitimate winner, George W. Bush, and hard rallying was what was needed. We are of the side that knows that the U.S. Supreme Court simply upheld the law, and not twisting with the belief that a coup was enabled by ...

Got a good piece of cheese in the refrigerator? Go get it... So many things to complain about, so little time (mostly, however, because I have a typing skill of 90 words a week, but I digress). But what a year it has been in whine. Vintage, even. The positive news? Fewer people are buying, even though buying has become a patriotic duty. So also, I've read, is stopping the use of illegal drugs (that's enriching terrorists, you know) and dropping ten pounds (we're too hefty). Since I've already done the former and might disappear if I do the ...

Many things ended on September 11th, the least of which was the illusion of safety in our so-called "free country." The peace and prosperity that parents had provided for their children was nothing more than a fairy tale in the inferno of the vicious attacks. And if you pay attention you'll notice that as the days go by and the memories start to fade, or at least are better managed by those that manipulate images and information, the next step is not in the collective playbook. In the wake of an unprecedented act of war the hard news concentrated ...

Several weeks ago I took my sons to see that (noncontroversial) children's hit flick, Monsters, Inc., at a United Artists theater. We settled into our seats, my eldest navigating his posterior and the popcorn, I juggling the toddling one and the root beer and perusing the trailers for appropriate subject matter for the next family excursion. And then, for the first time in my life, I saw a propaganda piece. Live. Seeing as this is my first war as a (still only) resident of America it was inspiring, "uniting". I thought of Rosie the Riveter and all the "Go, ...

If there ever was an "Exhibit A"-type of illustration for the wisdom of "separation of church and state" in modern times (and I don't mean in a "let's revise the meaning of the First Amendment" kind of way) it would be terse, simple, to the point: it would say, see "Taliban". And although there are many, many times when I'm glad that the pioneers of America were predominantly Christians, I'm glad at this point in time that that particular religion is not in actual rule here today. In fact, were I to define what I believe is the religious ...

DEFENSE OF THE HOMELAND RALLY DECEMBER 8 -- 11 AM to 2 PM -- ANAHEIM CITY HALL One day after "Pearl Harbor Day," American Patrol and the California Coalition for Immigration Reform and others will sponsor a DEFENSE OF THE HOMELAND rally at the Anaheim City Hall on Saturday, December 8, from 11 am to 2 pm. (Take I-5 to Lincoln Ave. Go East to South Anaheim Blvd. Go South to 200 South Anaheim Blvd. There is convenient parking,) - (Map and directions) PLEASE PLAN TO ATTEND! Information: Orange County - CCIR: (714) 846-9682 - L.A. County, Statewide - ...

Even in the worst of times, there's always something to be grateful for, a silver lining in the darkest cloud. For my part, I'm grateful the attacks and the events after it didn't happen while Bill Clinton was in office. Clinton was fundamentally in love with power. As he did after the bombing in Oklahoma City, and school shootings, he would have taken advantage of the deaths of other Americans for his own political advancement. In an example of extreme hypocrisy, his backers would call his grubby exploitation honoring the dead, and would accuse anyone who disagrees of having ...

It takes a lot of chutzpah to make a negative public statement against one of the protected classes. Some people have it, some people don't. Franklin Graham does. Here in America, prior to September 11th, it seemed a lot easier to condemn acts done in the name of Islam, until the terror came home. Now that we ourselves have become their victims, we have to be nicer to them, it seems. Because, we're told, terrorists not only hijack planes, they've hijacked an entire religion. And a new protected class is born. Negative statements are tough calls. Regardless of who ...

Two businessmen indicted in intruder's shooting death Charges arise from warehouse shooting Two businessmen accused of shooting to death an intruder who broke into their East Baltimore warehouse in June surrendered to police yesterday after a grand jury indicted them on first-degree murder charges. The indictment contrasts with a similar Baltimore County case in which a grand jury declined to indict two brothers who shot and killed someone who broke into their warehouse in March. That grand jury said the men acted in self-defense. Kenny Der and Darrell R. Kifer, both 35, surrendered to police yesterday and were in ...

State worst in gun study Md. has highest rate of youth handgun killings, report says; Accidents, suicide excluded; Some are surprised by ranking, given toughness of laws A child is more likely to commit homicide with a handgun or be a victim of it in Maryland than in any other state, according to a study issued yesterday. In its report, the nonprofit Violence Policy Center said Maryland leads the nation in the rate of children involved in handgun killings. Louisiana and Illinois ranked second and third in rates of children killed in handgun violence and rates of children killing ...

To My Dear Friends and Supporters, I am writing you today regarding two very serious items: 1. To announce that I am running for the California State Assembly, District 56; 2. To let you know that I urgently need your help in this endeavor today. Please read on . . . Due to the combination of redistricting and term limits, there is no incumbent running for reelection in the 56th Assembly District. This resulting open seat is a wonderful opportunity for us to really make a difference in our State Government. As of this writing, there are only 2 ...

Right now, on Talk Radio Network, Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson, President of B.O.N.D. and author of "From Rage to Responsibility", is substitute hosting for "B-1" Bob Dornan!! Three hours with the REAL Reverend Jesse! He'll be interviewing Malik Shabazz re: Shabazz' press conference with C-SPAN. Shabazz made some pretty heavy-duty "blame Bush first" comments re: the current conflict in Afghanistan, and you can be certain Rev. Jesse is going to have something to say about THAT. Open lines this hour...talk with Rev. Jesse @ 800-449-8255.

Have you seen a Boneheaded Lie-beral Quote in the print media in the past week? Have you heard something so outrageously brainless from an ultra-leftie within the last seven-day period that you feel it merits the title of "Boneheaded Lie-beral Quote of the Week"? If you have...please site quote and source here! If we read yours, we'll give YOU the credit for finding it! Of course, "Unspun" is ONLY a two-hour show...so forgive us if we can't get to them all! TOMORROW NIGHT ON RADIO FREE REPUBLIC... "UNSPUN" WITH ANNA Z. (and Merc the Redheaded Wonder Banana!)... 6:00 p.m. ...