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1) "It's time for a new beginning, for an end to government of the few, by the few, and for the few...and to replace it with shared responsibility for shared prosperity." A. Lenin B. Mussolini C. Idi Amin D. None of the Above 2) "(We)...can't just let business as usual go on, and that means something has to be taken away from some people." A. Nikita Khrushev B. Josef Goebbels C. Boris Yeltsin D. None of the above 3) "We have to build a political consensus and that requires people to give up a little bit of their own...in order...

A statement from Yale University, defending its decision to admit former Taliban spokesman Ramatullah Hashemi, explained that he had "escaped the wreckage of Afghanistan." To anyone who is aware of the Taliban's barbaric treatment of the Afghan people, such words are offensive--as if Mr. Hashemi were not himself part of the wrecking crew. It is even more disturbing to learn that, while Mr. Hashemi sailed through Yale's admissions process, the school turned down the opportunity to enroll women who really did escape the wreckage of Afghanistan. In 2002, Yale received a letter from Paula Nirschel, the founder of the Initiative...

By Maj. John Paradis, USAF Special to American Forces Press Service PEORIA, Ariz., Aug. 31, 2005 – Peoria became the first city in Arizona to begin airing the Pentagon Channel live on a municipal local access channel in an Aug. 30 ceremony here. Mayor John Keegan kicked off the broadcasting on his city's Peoria Channel 11 at city hall before a crowd of military personnel and area community leaders. Programming on the Pentagon Channel includes Defense Department news briefings, military news, interviews with top defense officials and information and features about the work of the armed forces. Keegan said his...

Senate to Vote on Religious Liberty Protection Act S.2081 Why do we not educate our children in all the philosophies instead of indoctrinating then to one? We should have the right of conscience; to say what we choose to say, or write what we choose to write, or read what we choose to read , or pray what we choose to pray, any place we choose to do it, even in government run schools. What has happened to freedom and liberty in our classrooms and Country? The socialist left has diminished liberty by banning and trying to ban what some...

A Statement of our Mission At Conservative punk, our mission is threefold: 1. To inform today's youth that identify themselves with the punk scene with the facts, rather than rumor and conspiracy theory. 2. To encourage today's youth to register to vote and become engaged in politics. 3. To encourage youth voters to draw there own conclusions rather than indoctrinate them into a certain way of thinking. Punk music has been, and still is, one of the most heavy-handed genres of music there is. Unfortunately the topics of such heavy-handed songs are almost always seeped in left wing propaganda, bumper...

COMING TO AMERICA $7.4 billion expense hurting American kids, group says An immigration reform group says in a new study it costs states more than $7.4 billion a year to educate illegal aliens, with budget-busted California spending more than any other. Worse, warns the Federation for American Immigration Reform report, the extra expenditures are taking funds away from American children at a time when "public schools throughout the country are facing some of the most significant decreases in state education funding in decades." Many Mexican children cross into U.S. from Mexico daily to go to school. (Jon Dougherty/WND photo) "With...