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"The creation of the United States of America is the central event of the past four hundred years." Thus does Walter A. McDougall of the University of Pennsylvania begin the first volume of his acclaimed new American history, Freedom Just Around the Corner (HarperCollins).Not surprisingly, this central event has evoked a wide range of opinions. Tens of millions of immigrants have voted with their feet to slough off prior allegiances and join the boisterous experiment that makes "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" its official goal.The result has been an astounding success. "We dominate every field of human endeavor...

Kerry's bio is a bomb   Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry wants us to look at 4 months of his bio and judge him as a strong, capable, honest, trustworthy leader. What about the rest of John Kerry's bio? What about the 17 months after he returned from Vietnam? Months spent with folks like Hanoi Jane Fonda, Scott "The Assassin" Camil? Time spent at the Kansas City meeting of Vietnam Veterans Against the War, where they discussed assassinating U.S. Senators? It was called "The Phoenix Project", after a military op in Vietnam. Here's what Scott Camil, the instigator of...

4 years after return to Cuba, Elian a normal schoolboy BY MAKI BECKER New York Daily News Posted on Sat, Jul. 31, 2004 NEW YORK - (KRT) - Elian Gonzalez, now 10, hits the books in Cardenas, Cuba, where he lives with his father. Four years after little Elian Gonzalez was plucked from the seas off Florida's coast and sparked an international custody battle, the young boy is leading a sheltered and almost normal life back in Cuba. Elian lives with his father in their hometown of Cardenas and he still sports the same impish grin that captivated the world...

Iraqi Justice Minister Escapes Bomb Blast 20 minutes ago By DANICA KIRKA, Associated Press Writer BAGHDAD, Iraq - A car bomb struck the Iraqi justice minister's convoy as it passed through western Baghdad on Saturday, killing four of his bodyguards. The minister was unhurt in the blast, one of several bloody attacks across Iraq and the latest attempt on the life of a top government official. The blast hit the tail end of Justice Minister Malik Dohan al-Hassan's convoy at an intersection 500 yards from his home. About the same time, a car bomb exploded outside an Iraqi National Guard...

This year, firework enthusiasts can get their hands on some of the world's most notorious terrorists at some of the firework stands. Stars and Stripes at the corner of 23rd Street and 33rd Avenue carries the new "Exploding Terrorist Heads." These cone-shaped devices have cartoon images of Osama Bin Laden, Saddam Hussein and Yasser Arafat on them - all with a fuse located atop each fountain head. "We don't show them or promote them," said Tammi Gotschall, who was in charge of sales Tuesday afternoon. "People will see them."

After my previous post about the new waffles googlebomb, I noticed something interesting on JohnKerry.com (click here for a screen capture of the site.) The graphic featured above includes the NCAA's logo for the Final Four and the logo found on the Kerry site that is very similar to it. When you click on it on Kerry's site you go to another page with a poll (to see a screen capture of the poll click here.) I did some quick googling and was able to find some background information on the NCAA and its rights to the "Final Four"...

Guantanamo Four are too dangerous to free, says US By David Rennie in Washington (Filed: 08/03/2004) The United States has disclosed its case against the Guantanamo Four, telling the Telegraph that the four imprisoned British Muslims were trained al-Qa'eda terrorists who would return to the fight if released. Senior US officials, abandoning their policy of keeping secret the details of the allegations against the Guantanamo detainees, said they were convinced that if freed all four would pose "a serious threat" to America and Britain. Azmat Begg, father of one of the detainees, at a press conference with Terry Waite The...

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Are you just four steps away from a genius? 5 February 2004Belle Dume The world of science is a small one, according to a new statistical analysis by a US physicist. Mark Newman at the University of Michigan studied the collaboration patterns between researchers and found that most scientists are separated from each other by only about 4 to 7 links. He believes this and other results that he has unearthed could have implications for the way science is practised in the future (Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci to be published) Collaborative networks - such as the patterns of links between...

ADVENT WREATH "Customarily the Advent Wreath is constructed of a circle of evergreen branches into which are inserted four candles. According to tradition, three of the candles are violet and the fourth is rose. However, four violet or white candles may also be used” (Book of Blessings 1510).The rose candle is lit the third Sunday of Advent, for this color anticipates and symbolizes the Christmas joy announced in the first word of the Entrance Antiphon: "Rejoice" (Latin, Gaudete). For this reason the Third Sunday is also called Gaudete Sunday, and rose color vestments are permitted.The Advent Wreath represents the...

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America's excessive gun ownership results from an inordinate, unfair and implicitly fear of blacks.

US Says Kills Four Fighting Off Afghanistan Ambush Wed Aug 7, 5:46 AM ET BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan (Reuters) - U.S. special forces soldiers killed four attackers on Tuesday after being ambushed for a second day in a row in eastern Afghanistan ( news - web sites), U.S. military officials said Wednesday. About 30 American special operations soldiers were conducting a vehicle-mounted reconnaissance patrol near Asadabad, in eastern Konar province, when five men opened fire at them from their own vehicle, Roger King, a spokesman at Bagram Air Base, just north of Kabul, said on Wednesday. "The patrol returned fire,...

Just heard on Fox News, Four people have been arrested outside CBS studios in LA. I was just there Monday, my son and I saw the taping of Craig Kilborn Show then. Security was pretty tight then. Searched our cars, and purses, and had to go through metal detectors. But this incident today was outside. They don't have it up on their website yet. John Gibson just reported it.

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