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Whatever you may have thought about John McCain's running mate -- about whether she was qualified, prepared or experienced enough for the job -- try to put all of that aside for just a moment, because Sarah Palin is who she is. She did not become measurably more intelligent or measurably less intelligent during this campaign. Remember, she was only part of the campaign for a matter of nine weeks. Sarah Palin is who she is, which is why I find it so stunning that the very people who introduced us to her, who told us she would make a...

News clip from just played FNC broadcast that features Gov. Palin's command of the National Guard in Alaska. Should definitely be sent to the crack news team at CNN. http://www.foxnews.com/video/index.html

Former South Bay lawmaker considers run at governorship SACRAMENTO - Former South Bay Republican congressman Tom Campbell - a fiscal conservative, social moderate and respected academic who twice before unsuccessfully sought statewide office, is eyeing a possible run in 2010 to replace Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Campbell, 55, filed papers last week to form an "exploratory committee" for governor, which allows him to begin raising money for a potential bid. He joins two other GOP moderates from Silicon Valley - state Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner and former eBay chief Meg Whitman - among Republicans who have expressed interest in running. On...

LONDON (AFP) - Supermodel Naomi Campbell has been charged with a string of offences after allegedly assaulting a police officer at London's Heathrow airport, her lawyer said Thursday. Campbell, 37, was taken off a British Airways plane by officers on April 3 after she boarded a flight to Los Angeles in the United States and was told before takeoff that one of her bags was missing. She is charged with five offences -- three counts of assaulting a constable, one of disorderly conduct likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress and one of using threatening or abusive words or behaviour...

Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is: Earlier this week, Senator Hillary Clinton said "We didn't ask for George Bush's tax cuts. We didn't want them and we didn't need them." Earlier this year, Warren Buffett testified before Congress saying in part "I think we need to....take a little more out of the hides of guys like me." Barbara Streisand once said "Republicans cater to the rich. I'd rather pay more taxes, see social reform, health care and research for AIDS." All of these people could have voluntarily paid more in taxes. But they chose not to. Maybe that's because...

Naomi Campbell banned by British Airways By Anita Singh and agencies Last Updated: 12:17pm BST 08/04/2008 Naomi Campbell has been banned from flying with British Airways following a row about lost baggage. Miss Campbell has been involved in disruptions at Heathrow before The supermodel, famed for her fiery temper, was removed from a BA flight last Thursday and arrested on suspicion of assaulting a police officer at Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5. Miss Campbell, 37, allegedly spat at the officer during a furious dispute with airline staff. A British Airways spokesman declined to comment, saying: "We do not comment in detail...

Q:My grandson is marrying a lovely young lady of a different faith. She did not want a wedding in her church because instrumental music was not allowed. She also did not want to get married in our church. She wanted a backyard wedding. Would you please enlighten us on the beliefs of the Church of Christ? Elaine, Piedmont A:Each Church of Christ traces its heritage to the Restoration Movement that swept the new American nation in the late 1700s and early 1800s. Baptists in New England, Methodists along the Middle Atlantic Coast and Presbyterians in the Appalachian Mountains, among others,...

Check out the video below. Rep. John Campbell gave John Murtha a lesson on why the pork-barrel spending process is fundamentally flawed. This is arguably the best debate on the House floor that I've ever seen about earmarking. Jeff Flake provides an excellent encore, too. video at link

Former Rep. Bob Schaffer (R-Colo.) said Saturday at a Lincoln Day Dinner that he would run for U.S. Senate in 2008... Speaking at a small dinner in Teller County, Schaffer told a crowd of about 100 ... “He announced that we were the first to know that he is a candidate,” said County Commissioner and former county Republican Party Chairman Bob Campbell. Campbell added that Schaffer said a formal announcement and release would be coming at a later date. Current Teller County Republican Party Chairman Mark Sievers also confirmed Schaffer’s announcement: “He did say that. He was unequivocal.”

Just more than 200 Silver Stars have been awarded for Operation Iraqi Freedom since it began in 2003, and three of them now belong to Soldiers from one Fort Campbell platoon.

Supermodel held on assault charge POSTED: 1534 GMT (2334 HKT), October 26, 2006 LONDON, England (CNN) -- Naomi Campbell has been arrested and questioned by police in London after a woman alleged the supermodel assaulted her. Campbell was taken to a central London station for questioning on Wednesday after the assault allegation. The Press Association said Campbell, who has appeared on the covers of Vogue and countless other fashion magazines, was released later on bail. (Watch what an anger management expert had to say about Campbell's rap sheet -- 1:29) A police spokesman told CNN a 36-year-old woman had been...

FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (Army News Service, Aug. 31, 2006) – The active Army reached its fiscal 2006 retention goal one month early today when a Fort Campbell Soldier reenlisted. Staff Sgt. Michael Obleton, a truck driver assigned to the 101st Airborne Division, became the 64,200th reenlistment since Oct. 1, 2005. Vice Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. Richard Cody presided over the ceremony. “What a commitment. Our Army has been at war longer than we fought in World War II. Soldiers still reenlist knowing full well the dangers, knowing full well the sacrifice,” said Cody. Obleton, of Columbus, Ga.,...

PARDON RAMOS & COMPEAN WE THE PEOPLE WILL NOT LET US BORDER PATROL AGENTS RAMOS & COMPEAN be imprisoned! IT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN! PARDON U.S. BORDER PATROL AGENTS RAMOS & COMPEAN event EVERYONE - VISIT your congress member - take them a letter - tell your congress member they MUST take the lead in a congressional hearing on this miscarriage of justice!!! Let's make this an election year issue!! PARDON RAMOS and COMPEAN We the people will call upon Congressman Campbell to take a leadership roll in the matter of convicted US Border Patrol Agents Ramos and Compean...

Coffee with Congressman John Campbell Saturday, August 12, 2006 9:00 – 11:00 AM Diedrich Coffee 30065 Alicia Parkway Laguna Niguel Join John in Laguna Niguel. He will be there to take your questions and update you about the latest from Washington.

International Solidarity Movement, Electronic Intifada, Boycotting Israel Since I started my column here at Canada Free Press it seems the Palestinian propaganda movement, which also likes to call itself the International Solidarity Movement, is upset with me. After all, a movement that likes to tell the world it is a "peace and human rights" movement out for "social justice," but then works to steal foreign aid money and to aid terrorists to murder women and children can get very upset when it is exposed to the light of day. They are so upset with me that no less than five...

Campbell in court accused of injuring maid with phone By Jack Fairweather in New York (Filed: 28/06/2006) Naomi Campbell appeared in court yesterday accused of assaulting a former housekeeper with her mobile phone. The model, who could face up to seven years in prison if found guilty, did not speak during the brief pre-trial hearing in New York. Naomi Campbell leaves the court escorted by her bodyguard The court was told that there had not yet been an action to indict her on a charge of second-degree assault and the judge adjourned the case until September ahead of a possible...

FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (June 8, 2006) -- The Fort Campbell, Ky., Fisher House opened its doors June 6 to Soldiers and families in need of a place to stay during hospitalization at Blanchfield Army Community Hospital. The grand opening showcased the eight-family “comfort home” designed to give Soldiers and families a home away from home. The facility has private bedrooms and bathrooms with a shared kitchen, living and laundry room. There are now 35 Fishes Houses around the world. Each was built to honor the sacrifices of Soldiers and families for what they do for the country, said Arnold Fisher,...

WASHINGTON – Crusty and unapologetic, Donald H. Rumsfeld is the public face of an unpopular war and a target of unrelenting criticism. A growing number of commanders who served under him say he has botched the Iraq operation, ignored the advice of his generals and should be replaced. The White House insists the defense secretary retains President Bush's confidence. Few close to the administration expect him to be shown the door. “The president believes Secretary Rumsfeld is doing a very fine job during a challenging period in our nation's history,” Bush spokesman Scott McClellan said Thursday as the administration circled...

Embattled Texas Republican Tom DeLay’s decision to give up his House re-election bid — and soon to resign from Congress — has many Republicans sizing up their chances in the newly open suburban Houston district DeLay has represented for more than 20 years. But these prospective successors don’t know precisely when the 22nd District seat will be vacated by DeLay, or how exactly it will be filled. And it is not only Republicans who face uncertainty in the wake of DeLay’s stunning announcement late Monday. Democrat Nick Lampson, himself a former House member, entered the race to combat the controversial...

NAOMI Campbell has been charged with assaulting her housekeeper, New York police said after arresting the supermodel at her Park Avenue home today. A police spokesman said Campbell had been charged with second degree assault and the housekeeper was taken to hospital after the incident. The spokesman had no further details on the woman's injuries. Campbell, still one of the biggest names in fashion at the age of 35, was fingerprinted and photographed at a police station and was due to be taken to court later for arraignment, a police spokeswoman said. Campbell's agent, Amanda Silverman, said in a statement:...

Former Mayor Bill Campbell was acquitted on Friday of lining his pockets with payoffs while guiding Atlanta through a period of explosive growth that helped secure its place during the 1990s as a world-class city. However, the jury did find him guilty of three counts of tax evasion. Campbell had no visible reaction as the verdict was read. The 52-year-old Campbell could get up to nine years in prison. However, legal experts have said its doubtful he would get the maximum sentence in this case. The judge didn't immediately set a sentencing date. The federal jury took a day and...

Ex-Atlanta Mayor Convicted in Tax Evasion Saturday March 11, 2006 2:16 AM By HARRY WEBER Associated Press Writer ATLANTA (AP) - Former Mayor Bill Campbell was acquitted Friday of lining his pockets with payoffs while guiding Atlanta through a period of explosive growth that helped secure its place during the 1990s as a world-class city. But the jury convicted him of tax evasion. Campbell, 52, could get up to nine years in prison and $300,000 in fines, but legal experts have said it's doubtful he would receive the maximum sentence. (...) But, Campbell said, he was vindicated by the ``substance''...

Tomorrow’s Republican primary in Texas’ 22nd Congressional District will test how much damage has been inflicted on former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay by a series of legal and ethics controversies. And lawyer Tom Campbell has emerged as the strongest of three Republican challengers in the district that includes parts of Houston and its suburbs. Campbell, who met with CQPolitics.com senior reporter Greg Giroux in Washington on Feb. 8, has some experience in the nation’s capital, as a former counsel to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. He does not claim any major policy differences with the activist conservative agenda...

"I'm like a cemetery — I'll take anything!" That was the exhortation from U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay, Sugar Land Republican and certified auctioneer, as he squeezed $16,600 from the crowd during a live auction at a Harris County Republican Party dinner last week. DeLay knew the name of just about every bidder and used rapid-fire, joke-laced persistence to prompt high offers from the crowd. The hubbub even spurred Houston bootmaker Rocky Carroll to chip in five more pairs of handmade boots than he originally had pledged to the auction. There is no question that DeLay is an able auctioneer, but...

A witness in the federal corruption trial of former Atlanta Mayor Bill Campbell, who admitted passing cash to the Georgia mayor, testified last week that he also made a large cash payment to Memphis Mayor Willie Herenton. Memphian Dewey Clark, a former aide to Campbell, made the statement while under cross-examination by the defense, court transcripts show. Clark, 45, who once worked as the Atlanta mayor's personal assistant-- and lived in his basement apartment for six years-- testified he gave Herenton thousands of dollars in cash. Questioned about payments to Herenton, Clark responded, "I gave the mayor $9,000 cash in...

Fifteen-year-old Chelsey Campbell will take your prayers and well wishes, but you can keep your pity. She doesn’t want it. The former Santa Fe High School cheerleader and softball player would rather focus on trying out for cheerleading again in March, instead of the cancer that has invaded her lungs, liver, pancreas and spine. She’s more interested in defying the odds doctors give people with that kind of cancer — a 1 in 10 chance — than in feeling sorry for herself. “When you think of cancer, you think of death, but I don’t,” said Campbell. “I’m going to live...

The Hugh Hewitt Show is heard on 112 radio stations nationwide. You may obtain information about affiliates by e-mailing: johagan@hughhewitt.com. Location Call Letters Frequency Show Times Ashburn, GA WTIF 107.5 6-9 PM Sat., Sun Atlanta, GA WLTA 1400 AM 10-12 PM WNIV 970 AM 10-12 PM WGKA 1190 AM 6-9 PM - "Best of" 7-10 Sat. Bakersfield, CA KNZR 1560 AM 7-10 PM Baltimore, MD WITH 1230 AM 6-9 PM Bartlesville, OK KWON 1400 AM 7 PM Black Mountain, NC WFGW 1010 AM 6-9 PM Boone, IA KFFF 1260 AM 99.3 FM 5-8 PM Boston, MA WTTT 1150 AM 6-9...

The Hugh Hewitt Show is heard on 112 radio stations nationwide. You may obtain information about affiliates by e-mailing: johagan@hughhewitt.com. Location Call Letters Frequency Show Times Ashburn, GA WTIF 107.5 6-9 PM Sat., Sun Atlanta, GA WLTA 1400 AM 10-12 PM WNIV 970 AM 10-12 PM WGKA 1190 AM 6-9 PM - "Best of" 7-10 Sat. Bakersfield, CA KNZR 1560 AM 7-10 PM Baltimore, MD WITH 1230 AM 6-9 PM Bartlesville, OK KWON 1400 AM 7 PM Black Mountain, NC WFGW 1010 AM 6-9 PM Boone, IA KFFF 1260 AM 99.3 FM 5-8 PM Boston, MA WTTT 1150 AM 6-9...

The Hugh Hewitt Show is heard on 112 radio stations nationwide. You may obtain information about affiliates by e-mailing: johagan@hughhewitt.com. Location Call Letters Frequency Show Times Ashburn, GA WTIF 107.5 6-9 PM Sat., Sun Atlanta, GA WLTA 1400 AM 10-12 PM WNIV 970 AM 10-12 PM WGKA 1190 AM 6-9 PM - "Best of" 7-10 Sat. Bakersfield, CA KNZR 1560 AM 7-10 PM Baltimore, MD WITH 1230 AM 6-9 PM Bartlesville, OK KWON 1400 AM 7 PM Black Mountain, NC WFGW 1010 AM 6-9 PM Boone, IA KFFF 1260 AM 99.3 FM 5-8 PM Boston, MA WTTT 1150 AM 6-9...

IRVINE, Calif. - A GOP state lawmaker will be sworn in to represent a reliably Republican congressional district, a day after withstanding a strong third party showing by an opponent of illegal immigration.

The Hugh Hewitt Show is heard on 112 radio stations nationwide. You may obtain information about affiliates by e-mailing: johagan@hughhewitt.com. Location Call Letters Frequency Show Times Ashburn, GA WTIF 107.5 6-9 PM Sat., Sun Atlanta, GA WLTA 1400 AM 10-12 PM WNIV 970 AM 10-12 PM WGKA 1190 AM 6-9 PM - "Best of" 7-10 Sat. Bakersfield, CA KNZR 1560 AM 7-10 PM Baltimore, MD WITH 1230 AM 6-9 PM Bartlesville, OK KWON 1400 AM 7 PM Black Mountain, NC WFGW 1010 AM 6-9 PM Boone, IA KFFF 1260 AM 99.3 FM 5-8 PM Boston, MA WTTT 1150 AM 6-9...

# hanks to activist Jim Gilchrist, immigration is the hot issue in a House election, dividing the right and maybe setting the tone for other states. By Jean O. Pasco and Dan Weikel, Times Staff Writers Tuesday's special election to fill Rep. Christopher Cox's seat might have been a bland affair with the Republican primary winner preordained — year after year, congressional elections in coastal Orange County usually are. This year, the politics of immigration have changed that. Jim Gilchrist, cofounder of the border security group called the Minuteman Project and candidate of the American Independent Party, has run an...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A California congressional election featuring the dark-horse candidacy of border-control activist Jim Gilchrist has thrust the issue of illegal immigration to the political forefront. Gilchrist became a lightning rod in the immigration debate by founding the local Minutemen volunteer border patrol and is a long-shot candidate in Tuesday's special election in one of California's most solidly Republican districts. But political analysts say his presence on the ballot forced Republican Party favorite John Campbell and others to take a hard line on immigration -- or risk alienating voters frustrated over the issue. Gilchrist, running as an American...

Bill Moyers, the former host of the "Now” program on PBS, brushed aside the claim that his show had a liberal bias, carping that conservative critics unfairly tarred him with the "liberal” brush. Perhaps Moyers forgot that he clearly showed his liberal stripes when he devoted his last "Now” broadcast to a fierce blast at "the right-wing media.” Moyers became embroiled in controversy after Kenneth Tomlinson took over as chairman of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and cited "Now” as a chief reason why he wanted to bring "balance” to public broadcasting with more conservative programming. In an interview with...

This race to replace former Rep. Christopher Cox, who left Congress in August to become chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, includes 17 candidates – 10 Republicans, four Democrats and three independents – plus two write-ins. If any candidate gets 50 percent plus one vote, that person will automatically become the next House member from the coastal Newport Beach-based district. If not, a general election will be held Dec. 6 and the top vote-getters from each party will be on that ballot. The candidates for this race: Republicans: • Marilyn Brewer • John Campbell • David R. Crouch •...

A car wash in the South Bay is offering a reward for the identification of a man who deliberately ran over and killed 10 of the ducks that have been an attraction at the business for years. A grainy surveillance tape at the Delta Queen Classic Car Wash -- a “theme” wash shaped like a Mississippi riverboat -- shows a man in his late teens or early 20s driving through the parking lot three or four times, aiming for the animals and running them down. “It’s sickening,” said Chris Foley, a manager at the business, popular for its duck pond...

Friday, 5 August 2005, 10:45 GMT 11:45 UK Blues musician dies after stroke US blues musician "Little" Milton Campbell has died at the age of 71 after a stroke. The Grammy-nominated singer and guitarist never awoke from a coma that followed the stroke he suffered on 27 July in Memphis. Campbell was best-known for writing and recording the blues anthem The Blues Is Alright, released in 1982. "We've lost a great soldier," Valarie Kashimura of Malaco Music Group, his record company, said. Hall of Fame Campbell was the son of "Big" Milton Campbell, a local blues musician in the Mississippi...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Blues musician "Little" Milton Campbell, whose gritty vocals and songwriting recalls B.B. King's rough-edged style, was in a coma after suffering a stroke, a friend said on Wednesday. The 71-year-old Grammy-nominated guitarist and singer known for writing and recording the blues anthem "The Blues Is Alright" suffered a stroke July 27 and lapsed into a coma at a Memphis, Tennessee, hospital, friend Larry Chambers said in a telephone interview. Born to sharecropping farmers near the Mississippi Delta town of Inverness -- his father, "Big" Milton Campbell, was a local blues musician -- "Little" Milton picked up a...

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DEP chief outranks game council under 'ambiguous' law The state environmental commissioner and the Fish and Game Council have shared authority over hunting, the New Jersey Supreme Court said yesterday as it explained why it blocked a bear hunt just days before it was scheduled to begin in December. The unanimous 22-page ruling, written by Justice Virginia Long, gave the court's rationale for its brief Dec. 2 order blocking what would have been only the second black bear hunt in New Jersey in 33 years. During the first, in 2003, hunters killed 328 bears. The case required the justices to...

Alastair Campbell is at the centre of a row after an obscene outburst aimed at BBC journalists.(It was about ads produced by the Labour Party) They showed Tory leader Michael Howard as "Fagin" and as a flying pig and were branded anti-Semitic before being withdrawn. After Newsnight the BBC's flagship current affairs programme, followed up the story they received the email apparently written in a fury by Mr Campbell. The message by the former spin chief and now election strategy supremo was littered with grammatical and punctuation errors. It referred to Trevor Beattie, the head of advertising agency TBWA. It...

The Army has taken on a new mission: to help mend war-torn marriages. It's an admirable effort, as young service men and women are sent to harm's way for extended periods of time - including some stationed at Fort Huachuca. When they come home, they may have trouble adjusting back to everyday life, especially with children and spouses. As The Associated Press reported this week, 300 couples with the Fort Campbell-based 101st Airborne Division, which has had troops serve in Iraq, have attended "marriage enrichment" seminars. And surely there are others who need the help, too. According to the story,...

WASHINGTON -- Scientists hoping to study the ancient skeleton known as Kennewick Man are protesting a bill by Colorado Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell that they say could block their efforts. A two-word amendment would change an Indian graves-protection law to allow federally recognized tribes to claim ancient remains even if they cannot prove a link to a current tribe. Scientists say the bill, if enacted, could have the effect of overturning a federal appeals court ruling that allowed them to study the 9,300-year- old bones.

Former Atlanta Mayor Bill Campbell watched calmly last week as acting U.S. Attorney Sally Quillian Yates accused him of managing City Hall as a racketeering enterprise. Moments after Yates left the room, Campbell stared into a bank of cameras and microphones and vehemently denounced his accusers. "The only thing correct in this indictment is the spelling of my name," Campbell asserted. The case pits seasoned prosecutors against a high-profile defense team. Each side has made impressive strides already. PROSECUTION • Has obtained 10 convictions in City Hall probe, including for two of Campbell's top aides. • Has the cooperation of...

Many reports say that Retiring moderate Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell is considering a run for Governor in Colorado in 2006. Interesting ...

Facing the prospect of a federal corruption indictment, former Atlanta Mayor Bill Campbell took the offensive Friday with the announcement he had passed a polygraph examination. The examination, which cost Campbell $600, was administered Friday by a former director of the FBI's polygraph unit who is now a private examiner in Knoxville. Kendall Shull, who retired from the FBI in 2001, said he asked Campbell questions about whether he took bribes as mayor and engaged in illegal fund-raising activities. "He passed," Shull said. This summer, federal investigators have interviewed witnesses and lawyers representing witnesses who are cooperating in the corruption...

O.K. FREEPERS, Here's the list of the six (6)GOP Senators who voted with the Dim-o-rats AGAINST the Family Marriage Act today: Campbell (CO), Chafee (RI), Collins (ME), McCain (AZ), Snowe (ME), and one that was somewhat of a shocker for me, Sununu (NH).

A-10 Pilot Wows Smithsonian Crowd by Senior Master Sgt. Rick Burnham Air Force News March 30, 2004 WASHINGTON -- The Iraqi republican guard may have had luck on their side that miserable Baghdad day, but they did not know who was flying the A-10 Thunderbolt II they had just hit with a rocket. It was April 7, 2003, and an elite unit of Iraqis had U.S. forces pinned down along the Tigris River, firing rocket-propelled grenades into their position, not far from the North Baghdad Bridge. The word from the forward-air controller on the ground with the U.S. forces indicated...

DENVER - Former Rep. Bob Schaffer on Friday became the first Republican candidate in the race to replace retiring GOP Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell. Schaffer made the announcement just hours after Reps. Scott McInnis and Tom Tancredo joined a growing list of Republicans who declined to run. Schaffer said a formal announcement would come next week. "I've filed and I have an organization that I've put together, an exploratory team and a team that is getting larger," he said. "I see nothing that discourages me." Schaffer was elected to the House of Representatives in 1996 and served three terms, stepping...

Two years after he left the House to honor his pledge of "three terms-I'm-out" and barely a week after Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R.-Col.) dropped the political bombshell that he was retiring this year, Bob Schaffer looms large as the probable Republican Senate nominee in the Centennial State. "I'm running and the phone is ringing off the hook!" a breathless Schaffer told HUMAN EVENTS, as he hastily cobbled together a campaign from his home in Fort Collins. The stalwart conservative lawmaker, who once made headlines by refusing to attend the State of the Union address because Bill Clinton was delivering...