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If there's an unintended consequence of lousy poll numbers, as President Bush is fast discovering, it's that sagging fortunes beget plenty of unsolicited advice, in this instance, how to put President Humpty Dumpty back together. The Washington Post, a reliable Bush critic, suggests that the president rebound by taking on climate change and lobbying reform, and "fess up to detainee atrocities." Fred Barnes, a Bush devotee and executive editor of the conservative Weekly Standard, has suggested a White House shakeup of 1906 proportions: elevate Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to vice president; shift Dick Cheney to the Pentagon after bidding...

If you signed-up ... thank you! If not, how about it? I am looking for a few good Men & Women Tired of talking? Take action! Do not wait for your neighbor to do our job! Let's roll! Follow me! It is planned to have a flag waving event - CINCO DE MAYO on May 5 on bridges over Hwy I-5 Between hours of 7:30 AM and 10:00 AM The best ones that are well protected and exposed to large traffic volume are exists over Hwy. I-5: Del Mar Heights Rd.., Del Mar, CA Birmingham Dr., Encinitas, CA LeucadiaBlvd., Encinitas,...

Supporters of a guest worker program that would let illegal immigrants stay in the United States said Tuesday they don't have enough Senate votes to overcome objections from conservatives who oppose the measure on grounds it amounts to amnesty. As negotiators worked on a compromise to let those who have been here longest remain, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said a majority in the 100- member Senate support his and Massachusetts Democratic Sen. Edward M. Kennedy's proposal to provide green cards to illegal immigrants after they've worked in the U.S. for six years. But it takes 60 senators to overcome opponents'...

The United States continues to struggle mightily with globalization. China bashing is on the rise in Washington once again, even as the national unemployment rate falls below 5%. There is a political firestorm over a proposed acquisition by Dubai Ports World of a UK operator of five East Coast container terminals in the United States. This backlash and the protectionist debate it has spawned reflect the dangerous mixture of macro and politics. America’s saving shortfall has triggered a classic political blame game. Ever-complacent financial markets could care less. Notwithstanding the understandable concerns over matters of national security in a post...

The U.S. intelligence community prefers to excommunicate or expel all who contradict its analytical edicts. If Iranian or Russian defectors are treated dismissively, it’s only because their truth is not acceptable to the American intelligence community (which favors its own version of “truth”). To judge information and people requires special intellectual qualities. I have long maintained that U.S. intelligence no longer possesses these qualities, but merely conforms to a predictable and self-serving bias. It is my contention that Americans have become psychologically captivated by a kind of consumer narcissism that muzzles security concerns about hostile infiltration of American government and...

LONDON -- The bottlenose whale spotted swimming past the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben captivated thousands with its appearance in the River Thames. The death of the ailing animal, wounded and swaddled in blankets, brought a sad end to the saga of London's most unlikely tourist. Around 3,000 people lined a stretch of the Thames on today, cheering as marine wildlife experts used a crane to haul the 20-foot-long whale onto a rusting salvage barge. The rescue crew then faced a race against time to reach deeper waters on England's southern coast -- as the whale's internal organs suffered...

LOS ANGELES -- Since 2001, Kiefer Sutherland's dedicated CTU agent Jack Bauer has dedicated his life to saving America and its designated leaders on Fox's Emmy-winning drama "24." Might Jack's next challenge be figuring out how to protect the domestic box office from rumors of a slump? Speaking with reporters at the semi-annual Television Critics Association press tour, Sutherland reiterated his long-expressed enthusiasm for bringing "24" to the big screen at some point, perhaps in the not-too-distant future. "It's certainly something that I have expressed an incredible amount of interest in doing," Sutherland says. "It is something that (producers) Joel...

An Interview with Senator George Allen Senator Allen, thank you for granting this interview. Readers of The North Carolina Conservative are very interested in your views on the issues facing our nation and our state. NCC: Tell us a little about your background, and how being a southerner has shaped your political and social views. I grew up in a football family, and I always say that the four “Fs” that were important were - faith, family, freedom and football. You learn a lot of things from football: teamwork, motivation, preparation to win, and that all the players are important....

RICK ROBERTS IS A CONSERVATIVE VOICE OF REASON ON THE MORNINGS ON CHANNEL 8 IN SAN DIEGO. THE LEFTISTS ARE SEEKING HIS OUSTER FOR COMMENTARY HE GAVE YESTERDAY THAT MERELY POINTED OUT THAT THE WORDS OF OSAMA BIN LADEN SOUNDED VERY SIMILAR TO DEMOCRATIC TALKING POINTS. THEY ARE THREATENING THE STATION AND THE ADVERTISERS. FUNNY HOW THE SO-CALLED "TOLERANT" LIBERALS CANNOT HANDLE SOMEONE ELSE'S FREE SPEECH. PLEASE CONTACT THE STATION IN SUPPORT OF RICK'S RIGHT TO CONTINUE PROVIDING HIS COMMENTARIES IN THE MORNING. THANKS. news8@kfmb.com,programming@kfmb.com,community@kfmb.com, mornings@kfmb.com

I'm trying to confirm this information, but several sources are telling me today that some investigators working on the NSA leak probe believe that Senator Jay Rockefeller may have been a little more than "concerned" about NSA. In fact, he may just be the leaker of the program to the NY Times, and is now being considered a "significant person of interest" in the probe. What I'm told that investigatiors have locked into is this fact that other pundits have identified, that Senator Rockefeller had stated that he went to to great lengths to lock away his memo of concern...

Ayman Taha, a Berkeley graduate who was described as athletic, a speaker of many languages, and a friend to all who met him, had only to write his dissertation to earn his PhD, his father said. But three years ago, Taha, a budding economist and the son of a Northern Virginia couple, Abdel-Rahman and Amal Taha, joined the Army to serve in the Special Forces. About a year ago, he was sent to Iraq. On Friday, as Staff Sgt. Ayman Taha, 31, was preparing a cache of munitions for demolition in the town of Balad, the explosives detonated and he...

WASHINGTON — Potentially explosive allegations from a 10-year independent counsel investigation may never see the light of day due to an appropriations bill negotiation that has some conservatives crying foul. The final report of David M. Barrett, independent counsel appointed in 1995 to investigate potential felonies committed by one-time Clinton administration Housing and Urban Development Secretary Henry Cisneros, is tentatively scheduled for release on Jan. 19, Barrett told FOXNews.com. However, Barrett and others say, thanks to an amendment to the November judiciary appropriations bill, key elements in the final report, which was completed in August 2004 and has been sitting...

Bring your flags and pro-troop, pro-Bush signs to the "Rush to War"/Downing Street Memo event hosted by Congresswoman Maxine Waters and San Diego mayoral candidate Donna Frye on Friday, Aug 26th. In recent days liberal Donna Frye has been trying to move to the middle politically in the hope of fooling some conservatives into voting for her for mayor. For example, last month she didn't attend the Gay and Lesbian Pride Parade, which she has routinely done for years. She said she had to attend to "city business." Right. So the news of her participating in an Anti-Bush, Anti-War, Anti-America,...