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Free Congress Foundation frequently is asked for a recommendation for good institutions of higher learning. Paul T. Yarbrough agreed to undertake a review of the best institutions in this country. He spent months acquiring catalogues, reviewing materials and asking questions. What follows is his exclusive report. We hope this will be an annual exercise. [SNIP] For our survival as a nation, to advance the cause of liberty and preserve what is left of our Judeo-Christian culture, faith and reason must infuse the life of an American college. There is no other way to achieve excellence. Do any institutions in our...

Yesterday, liberal idiot (redundant) Congressman and Obama superdelegate William Delahunt (Communist, MA) asked the vice president's chief of staff David Addington about water boarding of terrorists in a Capitol Hill hearing. Addington declined to comment, stating that it is against President Bush's policies to discuss techniques used to attain vital intelligence, and added that another reason not to respond was that Al Qaeda is probably watching. Then the liberal scum piece of dirt Delahunt stated: "I'm glad they finally have a chance to see you." Here is a United States Congressman wishing harm from Al Qaeda against a fellow American...

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28, 2007 – Indiana National Guard Command Sgt. Maj. Michael S. McAllister is so impressed with the support provided by his employer, Con-way Inc., that he recommended that it receive a prestigious Defense Department award. Con-way Inc. is among 15 businesses and organizations selected to receive this year’s Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award. McAllister nominated the company for the annual award, which honors businesses and organizations that provide exemplary support for their employees in the Guard or reserves. McAllister is a coordinator at Con-way Freight’s trucking hub in Plainfield, Ind., located near Indianapolis. The Ann Arbor,...

Click, play and laugh...Rick Perry's ad lampooning "Real Men of Genius" - and nailing Chris Bell (Democrat for Gov candidate). It's laugh-out-loud funny.

Bush: I'd rather be right than popular President, wife sit down for wide-ranging birthday interview WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Bush isn't troubled by some of the weakest approval ratings of his presidency, he said Thursday in a wide-ranging birthday interview with CNN's "Larry King Live." "When history looks back, I'd rather be judged as solving problems and being correct, rather than being popular," Bush said. "The president that chases the opinion poll is the president that will have failed policy," Bush said in an exclusive joint interview along with his wife, Laura, at the White House. Some members of Congress...

Dear American Organized Labor Officials, I am “Lucifer” but you may call me “Satan”. SEE LETTERS FROM LUCIFER... http://michaelwestfall.tripod.com/index.html ... I am elated by how you use union resources to advance my issues like abortion or the destruction of the American family through your successful support for the homosexual agenda and same sex marriage. I am the beast of deception, mystification and doubletalk. I am out to exploit your families, destroy your culture, abandon your values, devastate your morality, kill your unborn, turn your children into practicing homosexuals and put America on its knees to my altar. I am lining...

WASHINGTON, March 1, 2006 – While economic and political discussions will dominate President Bush's time during his visit to India and Pakistan, security issues also are important. Bush will meet with leaders in India and Pakistan over the next three days. As part of the trip, he visited Afghanistan today and conferred with Afghan President Hamid Karzai. Pentagon officials speaking on background characterized U.S. military relations with India and Pakistan as excellent. India, with 1.1 billion people, is an increasingly important trading partner, and is the largest democracy in the world. Pakistan is a frontline state in the global war...

<p>It wasn't 30 minutes after Pittsburgh's win in the AFC Championship Game, but Randle El could count 17 text messages and even more voice-mails. This is what happens when you're headed to Detroit for the Super Bowl, after three road wins in a row. You're kind of hot.</p>

From a while back:WASHINGTON Jun 2, 2005 — William Rehnquist is a man of simple pleasures. He enjoys playing poker, a rare cheeseburger washed down with a beer, a good book, a movie. And he loves competition, from charades to tennis to trivia.

Sharapova saunters into quarters, joy for Lopez http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050627/sp_nm/sport_tennis_wimbledon_dc_1 LONDON (Reuters) - Russian defending champion Maria Sharapova enjoyed a sun-soaked stroll into the Wimbledon quarter-finals Monday. French pair Amelie Mauresmo and the revitalised Mary Pierce also coasted through to the last eight on a frantic day of action with all 16 fourth-round singles matches being played. Second seed Sharapova prevented Nathalie Dechy joining her French compatriots with a 6-4 6-2 victory on Court One, her fourth consecutive straight sets win.S

Montrose Michigan was where I was raised. Our fathers came back from the war to raise their boomer children. After a life of work spent enriching employers, paying into social security, paying into pension plans and paying the taxes to support our nation the Boomers have delivered our great country to the threshold of being the undisputable strongest and most desired nation on earth. Boomers have left a tremendous legacy and now they are retiring. …How are our retiring Boomers being treated in their golden years? ...THEY ARE BEING BETRAYED! Boomers are arriving to the gates of retirement to find...

Owners of pit bull terriers and four other breeds of dog will face heavy fines for breeding, selling or giving them away under laws planned by the State Government. All pit bulls, American pit bulls, Japanese tosas, and Argentinian and Brazilian fighting dogs, now restricted to owners aged over 18, will have to be desexed. "We want to breed these dogs out of existence," the Premier, Bob Carr, said yesterday. "They are killing machines on a leash." But pit bull owners and breeders have attacked the crackdown. Colin Muir, president of the American Pit Bull Club of Australia, said: "This...

Major decisions have been made at the polls, including...the controversial Issue 2, which would permit smoking in Columbus bars and taverns. With 99 percent of districts reporting in, voters have apparently rejected Issue 2, the smoking ban exemption. Bar owners and employees had campaigned hard for the exemption that would have allowed businesses that make most of their money from alcohol, bars and taverns, to permit smoking. On Tuesday, about a hundred supporters fanned out at polling places to reach out to voters. Bar owner Kari Hansley says, "We want them to know our business has dropped. We're laying off...

Critics like to give Hollywood a hard time for debasing American culture. While some flotsam does make it into theaters, I think moviemakers can pack an astonishing amount of wisdom into their products when they put their minds to it. Look no farther than the current sensation over The Incredibles, an animated film that manages not only to entertain, but to celebrate family solidarity and attack the leveling instinct towrad mediocrity that pervades our society. In this case, though, I have in mind an older film. Last weekend American Movie Classics presented a marathon of war movies in honor of...

I waited far too long to see Sideways, the latest film of Alexander Payne (the director of Citizen Ruth, Election, and About Schmidt). It is so good that I am kicking myself for having procrastinated. Gratification for the mind, the eye, the heart, and the sense of humor, unnecessarily delayed. Sideways initially opened on just three screens, in New York and Los Angeles, to allow word of mouth and critical reaction to spread, and build an audience from the ground up. The strategy seems to have worked well, with Sideways currently on 497 screens, and a very respectable per screen...

I have read several comments by FReepers about the slaugthering of Theo van Gogh and see a lot of half truths about it. Therefore I will write this short report from Utrecht (The Netherlands). Theo van Gogh was a very famous film maker and columnist in The Netherlands. His movies were about several topics including a remake of Romeo and Julia with a Dutch girl and a Morrocan immigrant. He was a very generous guy as all his friends mentioned at the funeral and a good citizen (working for his son's sportclub). His other side was his fun in provoking...

June 3, 2004 -- Excerpts from President Bush's remarks at yesterday's Air Force Academy graduation ceremony. IN some ways, this struggle we're in is unique. In other ways, it resembles the great clashes of the last century — between those who put their trust in tyrants and those who put their trust in liberty. Our goal, the goal of this generation, is the same: We will secure our nation and defend the peace through the forward march of freedom.

This morning my stepson woke me at 4 AM saying my car alarm was going off. I shucked on a pair of pants and went out. Mine had stopped but others were activated nearby. After a quick look around, and seeing my window shattered, I called 911. Lafayette and Orinda police and Contra Costa Sheriffs literally SWARMED into the area in a well oiled vehicular response and NAILED the loser who was looting cars throughout the area in a stolen Toyota SUV. The thing was filled to the ceiling in the cargo area and back seat with the booty of...

The all knowing, all caring, all feeling, all sensing Maha Rushie was kicking ass and taking names again today. He's back. He's not taking any crap either. If anybody thought that this rehab changed his ideology then they should listen to today's show. When Rush starts to speak louder and with more passion I'll highlight and enlarge the lettering. Here is part of Rush's show this morning. He kicked ass. He was talking about the "Hate Bush" meeting. ""You know this group of people. This actor Harold Ickes. These actors, the actors wives, and this whole bunch. Ron Emmanuel's brother...

The Fascist Epithet Mack Tanner Epithets are always good political weap- ons. If they are well chosen, they paint the opponent's reputation so black that further discussion is no longer required. If an opponent is inherently evil, then one has no reason to expect that rational discussion and debate would produce any useful result. Therefore, once a political opponent has been appropriately labeled, that person can be shouted down and driven from the po-dium without the need of further discussion. Using epithets is obviously not engaging in logical political discourse, but politics isn't about logic, it's about winning and...

Bin Laden in 'excellent health' months after Sept 11 attacks A Pakistani doctor says he saw Osama bin Laden last November and that the al-Qaida leader was in excellent health. Dr Amer Aziz has been released after being held for one month and questioned by US security officials. Aziz, a British-trained orthopedic surgeon, said he was summoned to a meeting in November, 2001 in Kabul, the Afghan capital. He was asked to treat top al-Qaida leader Mohammed Atef. Bin Laden and his deputy, Ayman al-Zawahiri, were present. Dr Aziz said bin Laden showed no signs of the kidney failure that...