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Does their funding cease immediately? Below is from PP's website. This needs to end immediately and they need to fold completely Most of Planned Parenthood’s federal funding is from Medicaid reimbursements for preventive care, and some is from Title X. There’s no keep-Planned-Parenthood-running part of the federal budget. Here’s where “defunding” comes in: At least 60% of Planned Parenthood patients rely on public health programs like Medicaid and Title X for their preventive and primary care. So, when you hear extreme politicians talking about “defunding” Planned Parenthood, they really mean blocking patients who rely on public health care programs from...

LAND DOWN UNDER CLICK FOR MIDI SITE It is time that he finally checked out It's a shame it wasn't decades sooner He was a man who was so truly evil The news came on my FM tuner Yasser's gone to the place down under Where's all the virgins he wonders Yasser's gone to the place down under Refusing peace had been a big blunder That guy had been the scum of the earth I know that this may sound scary I had never thought I could say this That Arafat might have been worse than even John Kerry He's...

Has anyone else noted today is the 5th anniversary of the Impeachment of Bill Clinton?

Today is Friday, Dec. 19, the 353rd day of 2003. There are 12 days left in the year. The Jewish Festival of Lights, Hanukkah, begins at sunset. Today's Highlight in History: On Dec. 19, 1843, "A Christmas Carol," by Charles Dickens, was first published in England. On this date: In 1732, Benjamin Franklin began publishing "Poor Richard's Almanac." In 1776, Thomas Paine published his first "American Crisis" essay. In 1777, Gen. George Washington led his army of about 11,000 men to Valley Forge, Pa., to camp for the winter. In 1907, 239 workers died in a coal mine explosion in...

Congratulations! It was five years ago today the House of Representatives impeached President William Jefferson Clinton for perjury and obstruction of justice.Those brave representatives survived an all-out war of political brinksmanship which included public threats of retaliation and private threats to bring down the government if Clinton was impeached.James Carville threatened Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr with "kneecapping;" Alec Baldwin called for the murder of House Judiciary Committee Chairman Henry Hyde; George Stephanopoulos passed along the threat to employ the "Ellen Romesch defense"--a public blackmailing of Congress; Hillary Clinton said on the Today Show that those plotting against her husband "would...

G'day, It was a beautiful spring day today at our Nation's Capital. The cherry blossoms are just coming out now. I arrived about 12:45 at the Lincoln Memorial. The sound stage was already set up. Promptly at 1:00, Kristinn opened up the rally. Taxman did the Pledge of Allegiance Red Skelton Style, and Angelwood's daughter sang the Star Spangled Banner. Speeches were given by James Parmalee, Aziz Al-Taee, Rep. Steve King (R-IA), former Rep. Bob Dornan, former Rep. Bob Livingston, and several Iraqi nationals. The crowd today was about 1000. There were at least 500 people at the rally at...