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College shutdown for two weeks because of a possible gun threat.

After 8 years of 24 hr Bush bashing on the major news network, the American people believe that every thing that goes wrong in their life is Bush's fault. The failures of democratic leadership seem to be ignored. The housing crisis is also being blamed on Bush. One fact I have not seen reported is that Barack received the second most amount of lobbying funds from FNME and FNMC. He is not as innocent of the debacle as he claims. Mr Obama despite running as a change candidate is just as involed in the whole meltdown as other Senators. The...

Lawmakers hoping to propel Maryland into a more prominent role in presidential campaigns have introduced bills that would award the state's electoral votes to the candidate who wins the most votes nationwide. The aim is to prevent a repeat of the 2000 presidential election, in which Democratic nominee Al Gore won the popular vote but lost to Republican George W. Bush in the contest for electoral votes. Advertisement <A TARGET="_blank" HREF="http://ad.doubleclick.net/click%3Bh=v8/34f2/3/0/%2a/n%3B70524412%3B0-0%3B0%3B12924986%3B4307-300/250%3B19890320/19908214/1%3B%3B%7Esscs%3D%3fhttp://freetopay.provbank.com"><IMG SRC="http://m1.2mdn.net/1214273/300_250_0129.gif" BORDER=0></A> The Electoral College, which dates to the nation's founding and whose members are elected on a winner-take-all basis in most states, chooses the president weeks after the...

I am trying to figure out exactly what Ehrlich did wrong in MD to get thrown out by the voters. He balanced the budget taken over from Paris Spenddenning. Was not this election about fiscal spending. SO far all I can figure is that he was not a Dem is what the problem was. Anything else?

After watching a soundbyte for the local news last night i am outraged. They showed the video that threatened the president and the white house. It was a "Warning to President Bush". Now I am very upset. Look at all the crazy conspiracies that Bush has been accused of. He has been accused of controlling gas prices, not just causing 911 but actually planning one and being the cause of terrorism. He got clobbered by the 911 commision by members of his own party(Kean,Chafe,Dewine). Gore and Clinton and Kerry were oversees calling him a liar and a coward. But yet...

So what happened to all the power conspiracies? 1) Bush had Saddam on ice. So where is he now? 2) Votes would be rigged? I guess we rigged them the wrong way. 3) Bush is a Nazi and was drunk with power. Nazis are not what they used to be are they? 7) Our freedoms are being taken away. Somebody tell the people of Ma who just had their petition rejected by the legislature. This wont be in the media. 6) Bush is controlling gas prices! Wait until they start taxing big oil, then prices will go up.(But it will...

Democratic candidate considered one of the most outspoken critics of the Iraq war was clobbered by one of its biggest supporters in a Minnesota race that's received little media coverage. Incumbent Republican John Kline trounced anti-war activist Coleen Rowley by double digits in their bid for the state's 2nd congressional district. The blowout bucks conventional wisdom that anti-war sentiment worked in Democrats' favor across the board. Rowley, often compared to anti-Bush peace activist Cindy Sheehan, made a name for herself as an FBI whistleblower. Time magazine named her one of its "Women of the Year" in 2002, after she testified...

Election paradoxes.

Publish Date: 10/17/06 By Some local Democratic strategists were recently on "Pressing Issues" discussing how unhappy Frederick County residents are with Republicans right now. I couldn't agree more. It is a crime that Frederick County has one of the lowest unemployment rates in the nation. Those dirty, rotten Republicans! What an absolute shame that the stock market has hit its highest level in history. Or that the federal budget deficit is shrinking so fast it's 40 percent less than predicted just eight months ago. Where is the recession that the Democrats keep promising? It is high time that we are...

More than half of a small number of local residents interviewed for The Frederick News-Post's Oct. 1 lead story said they believed that the recent precipitous decline in the price of gas had been orchestrated by "the government" in at attempt to manipulate the November general election. Apparently, Frederick area residents are not alone in holding that belief. A mid-September Gallup poll showed that 42 percent of those surveyed also believed their pocketbooks and their votes are both subject to the long, powerful arm of government. Is this a simple example of paranoia in the heartland, or is there something...

MOUNT AIRY - Petitioners aiming to bring the controversial Zeltman annexation to a public vote turned in about double the number of necessary signatures Thursday. Resident Patty Williamson, who has been circulating the petition with the help of some 40 volunteers, turned in a bulky manila folder she had been tightly clutching under her arm to Mayor James Holt and Town Clerk B.J. Dickson at the Town Hall Thursday afternoon. That folder - which Williamson kept in her safe until Thursday - contained a 160-page petition signed by 1,944 people. In order to bring an annexation to referendum, petitioners must...