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We the voters need to have far more concern about who we put in that office that holds the destiny of a nation and of generations yet unborn. There is no reason why someone as arrogant, foolishly clever and ultimately dangerous as Barack Obama should become president -- especially not at a time when the threat of international terrorists with nuclear weapons looms over 300 million Americans. Many people seem to regard elections as occasions for venting emotions, like cheering for your favorite team or choosing a Homecoming Queen. The three leading candidates for their party's nomination are being discussed...

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court affirmed Wednesday that police have the power to conduct searches and seize evidence. The unanimous decision comes in a case from Portsmouth, Va., where city detectives seized crack cocaine from a motorist

What Is Political Correctness? Political Correctness (PC) is the communal tyranny that erupted in the 1980s. It was a spontaneous declaration that particular ideas, expressions and behaviour, which were then legal, should be forbidden by law, and people who transgressed should be punished. (see Newspeak) It started with a few voices but grew in popularity until it became unwritten and written law within the community. With those who were publicly declared as being not politically correct becoming the object of persecution by the mob, if not prosecution by the state. The Odious Nature Of Political Correctness To attempt to point...

The last vestiges of Isiah Thomas’s authority were stripped away Friday afternoon, freeing the Knicks to begin fixing the mess he left behind. Skip to next paragraph Barton Silverman/The New York Times Isiah Thomas had a .341 winning percentage as the Knicks coach. More Photos » Multimedia Slide Show The Isiah Thomas Era Ends Graphic The Thomas Years Interactive For Thomas, Roundball Comes Full Circle N.B.A. Live Scoreboard Results and Schedule Teams | Statistics Knicks Schedule/Results Roster | Statistics Nets Schedule/Results Roster | Statistics Donnie Walsh fired Thomas as coach, two weeks after supplanting him as team president. Thomas will...

The mass suffocation of illegal Burmese migrant workers in an enclosed cold storage delivery truck heading for Phuket yesterday has highlighted the magnitude of the complex human trafficking network which the government must put an end to immediately, said human rights advocates.

each time i read part of a st pete times newspaper, i pledge to never do it again. today i was trapped in my car from orlando to spring hill with a part of the rag only to read.i get at least monthly offers to subscribe at very low price, so low i find it difficult to be believe they operate at a profit, and wonder if SOROS or SEAN PENN keep them afloat, just to get the bile on the street.i now carry a book to the DR office so i can avoid the radical writings of the extreme...