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Aw shoot, they're cute The NRA's flyer at gigantic weapons fest screams: 'Acres of guns! Bring the family!' Among the thousands of guns at NRA firearm sale, Emily Carlson, 4, jumps from her stroller to point out her favorite. MILWAUKEE - The flyer for the 135th annual gathering of the National Rifle Association said to "bring your whole family" to see "acres of the latest guns." And a man behind the registration desk at the exhibition hall on Friday guaranteed this was no exaggeration. "You won't believe it!" he said.  He was right, for to enter the cavernous Midwest...

An open letter to William P. Leahy, SJ, president of Boston College. I am writing to resign my post as an adjunct professor of English at Boston College. I am doing so -- after five years at BC, and with tremendous regret -- as a direct result of your decision to invite Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to be the commencement speaker at this year's graduation. Many members of the faculty and student body already have voiced their objection to the invitation, arguing that Rice's actions as secretary of state are inconsistent with the broader humanistic values of the university...

GOV. ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER hasn't just abandoned his campaign promise to fight the special interests that dominate Sacramento politics. He has thrown it from his favorite Hummer and driven over it. His craven surrender to the tyrannical prison guards union is so complete that his aides have been subverting the authority of the state corrections chief by consulting union officials on her choices for warden positions and other jobs. And that, according to one insider, is the explanation for the resignation Wednesday of Jeanne S. Woodford, acting secretary of the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Woodford quit just two months...

Stern weighed in yesterday with the confession that he had a nose job nine years ago — right after the filming of his movie, "Private Parts" — and liposuction not long after to suck out the waddle of fat under his chin. He explained that, while he'd always hated his nose, doctor after doctor told him not to touch it. Finally, he said, one sketched out a simple fix that would pare away his speed bump, so he decided to have the surgery.

REPORT: SCHWARZENEGGER STITCHED UP AFTER VEHICLE MISHAP

Yaa, you repukes are not doing so well, huh? Imagine, you repukes control the presidency, both houses of Congress, and appointed 7 of the 9 Supreme Court justices. Yet the Supreme Court thre out sodomy laws in all 50 states and recognized the right of government to seize land for any reason. And you couldn't pass your Social Security changes could you? Sorry, that was your last shot. Come November, we're going to start seeing more Democratic faces in the House. It's the end for you guys. You guys are celebrating when Bush's numbers go *up* to 45%. Then Faux...

Bush’s giant Right Wing Noise Machine (RWNM) loves to preach about the Bush economic miracle. In fact, the RWNM’s current thinking is Bush doesn’t spend enough time talking about his economic triumphs. If only he did, then everyone would fall in line and believe in the great Bush economic miracle. There is one problem with this argument: it’s a lie. Any way you look at the Bush economy, it comes up short. Today, I want to compare Bush’s job creation record with other economic recoveries. As usual, Bush comes up way short. The national Bureau of Economic Research has identified...

SISTERS, Ore. -- Tara O'Keeffe said even the manliest of men needs a good moisturizer. That's why the Oregon woman has created a moisturizer for the "working man" who frequents home-improvement stores. O'Keeffe's Working Hands is oil-free, hypoallergenic, unscented and sold in cans that look like car wax containers. She now sells 500,000 cans of the lotion annually in the United States. It's packaged in a fluorescent lime-green canister with tangerine print, a rubber grip and a holographic lid. The can is shaped like a hockey puck. The product has no fragrance and fits right into a tool chest. O'keefe...

Why does anybody support George w Bush as President? He is clearly the worst President I have ever seen -- a complete disaster. And before you say anything, I have been a registered Republican for 25 years.

Lies of omission about 9/11 -- stoking fears of terrorism THEY WANT YOU TO BE AFRAID The following post was censored by freerepublic.com shortly after it was posted on their "public" forum on 9/11/04. That forum is designed to appear as though it is a community forum open to all, but this post only received three responses before it and its replies were deleted, and a repeat posting at 4 am PST on 9/20/04 didn't stay online for 5 minutes! Someone is apparently watching closely over the content of the freerepublic.com forums and censoring them 24/7 (though they might have...

SAN ANTONIO) -- Saying the "idea that we're going to win the war in Iraq is an idea which is just plain wrong," Democratic National Chairman Howard Dean predicted today that the Democratic Party will come together on a proposal to withdraw National Guard and Reserve troops immediately, and all US forces within two years. Dean made his comments in an interview on WOAI Radio in San Antonio. "I've seen this before in my life. This is the same situation we had in Vietnam. Everybody then kept saying, 'just another year, just stay the course, we'll have a victory.' Well,...

Joseph Wilson, Valerie Plame's husband, will address the National Press Club on Oct. 31 -- Halloween -- it was announced on Wednesday. The luncheon will begin promptly at 12:30 p.m., with Wilson's address starting just after 1 p.m., followed by a question-and-answer session. (You need advance reservations.) Wilson's appearance on Monday suggests he expects indictments to come -- or something to happen in the White House leak case -- by Friday. The Washington Post on Tuesday described Wilson as a man of "flamboyant style and a love for the camera lens." The report noted that he propelled the leak involving...

NOW --- LET'S TALK A BIT ABOUT GUN CONTROL I mentioned this above .. but let's bring it up again. Gun control. For decades the left has been eager to disarm the American people. Democrats and liberals have been dedicated to the idea that only government should have guns, that the people should totally and completely put their right of self defense to government. How would you like to have been one of the people in New Orleans who sat out the storm in their house, only to now find to now find predatory looters trying to come through the...

ANOTHER AMERICA-HATER HEARD FROM (Friday, 6:30 pm, EDT) Randall Robinson wrote a book entitled "The Debt – What America Owes Blacks." That cracks the door on Robinson's entitlement mentality. Now the door has been thrown wide open by Robinson's contribution to the leftist Huffington Post on the Internet. Read what Randall Robinson has to say here. Then come back to read my response. Robinson is angry about the delayed response to the tragic situation in New Orleans. We all are, but Robinson goes too far. He calls America a "monstrous fraud." Even though I might be able to understand his...

The word is just getting out, a representative of Code PINK Women For PEacewill be on Alan Colmes radio show tonite in the midnight hour. Who's got the info on Colme's show? What's the call in number? What station? If you know yours, give call letters, frequency and City/State please...

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger frequently attacks legislators as spending addicts. He won his office largely by criticizing former Democratic Gov. Gray Davis for leading the state into the fiscal basement. And he is pushing Proposition 76, which includes restrictions that he says are necessary to rein in government spending. But the Republican governor also has found that slicing and dicing government spending in California is no easy task. Each of his first two budgets increased the size of state government, the more recent one boosting spending from the state's main bank account by nearly 13 percent. In the $117.3 billion budget...

Queen Guitarist Brian May Asks For Reasoning Why Terrorists Hate West Douglas Maher All Headline News Staff Reporter July 12,2005 12:04 PM EST London,UK (AHN)-Brian May,the guitarist for the legendary rock group Queen has made a comment regarding the recent terrorist attacks in London. "I sense there is a mood of quiet resolve among the people I speak to. We are feeling that we must not go any further down the road of escalation...this is old stuff, but I personally feel that in the wake of 9/11 an opportunity was missed...to seek understanding rather than revenge." May told Launch Radio...

Should a temporary majority of 50.7 percent have control over the entire United States government? Should 49.3 percent of Americans have no influence over the nation's trajectory for the next generation?

MIDI - DANCE OF THE SUGAR PLUM FAIRY Ronnie Reagan surely doesn't have, doesn't have, doesn't have His great father's brains In his tutu, Hitchens tore him up, tore him, tore him up Ronnie was in pain He just couldn't seem make a point, make a point, make a point It was all in vain What a sissy...Ron's a sissy...little girly...little girly man (cute little tippy toe music) Chris abused him and he wiped the floor, wiped the floor, wiped the floor With the little punk When it comes to terror, Ronnie is, Ronnie is, Ronnie is Really full...