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I just thought he looked and sounded great. Gone is the smiling Jack, affable-fella demeanour. He must have had some nails with his granola today.... Here's a guy that can talk tough on Iran, and knows what he's talking about in specifics... And, I'm a McCain skeptic. Stark contrast to the Obama and his Platitudes -- which sounds like an oldie's band. Anybody else see it?

GULFPORT --A small group of youngsters in sailboats made it safely back to shore Monday after one of them capsized in the Mississippi Sound during an afternoon thunderstorm, authorities said. "The storm came up on them and they were trying to get everybody back when it happened," said Fire Chief Pat Sullivan. ------ SNIP ------ "The most heroic job, in my opinion, was the boy that brought his boat back in by himself," Clark said. "It was incredible. He looked to be 11 or 12 years old, out there battling against God and nature in a little-bitty sailboat."

This website is dedicated to telling the totally true story of John Ziegler's experience at KFI in Los Angeles. John realizes that the creation of this website probably ends any chance that he will ever again hit the highest levels of talk radio and may very well end his talk radio career totally. But he is at peace with that potential consequence because he feels there are certain truths that are worth the risk to tell, especially when you are really the only person in the world in a position to do so. This website is devoted to one of...

WASHINGTON — The Architect of the Capitol, responding to a public outcry, ruled Thursday that, from now on, the word "God" may be inscribed on certificates accompanying flags that have flown over the U.S. Capitol. Acting Architect Stephen T Ayers said in a statement that the policy of disallowing political and religious statements on flag certificates has been inconsistently applied and does not fulfill the objectives of the office. "It is inappropriate and beyond the scope of this agency’s responsibilities to censor messages from members," Ayers said. The issue gained widespread attention this week after 17-year-old Andrew Larochelle of Dayton,...

Reno & Gonzales, Apples & Oranges Posted by Andrew Cohen (CBS)Lawyer Andrew Cohen analyzes legal affairs for CBS News and CBSNews.com. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- There is so much disinformation and misinformation floating around cyberspace these days about the firing of eight federal prosecutors that you would almost think people on one side of the debate and the other are writing about and analyzing two completely different stories. Over and over again, supporters of the White House, and Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, seem to want to compare the current controversy with, especially, the decision by President Bill Clinton in 1993 to dismiss all...

Explosive devices can be used to kill prairie dogs, the Colorado Wildlife Commission decided Thursday - giving farmers one more tool to get rid of the burrowing animals. "I'm tickled pink," said Matt Fickes, a Sterling farmer who has sought to use the devices. "I've got prairie dogs so thick I can't see straight. "Ever see that Star Trek episode, 'The Trouble With Tribbles'? It's like that," he said. "They are born pregnant." Landowners have been allowed to shoot, vacuum, poison and drown prairie dogs - but not blow them up. Now they'll be permitted to use hand-held devices, such...

Seizing on the recent foiled terrorist plot to blow up airliners bound for the U.S. from England, Republican congressional candidate Mark Flanagan called for closer screening of Muslims at U.S. airports as a way of preventing future attacks. And the Bradenton Republican went a step further, calling racial profiling "a tool of war," and grabbing international media attention in a race in which he's been largely outgunned -- Flanagan was featured on a Sunday morning Fox News show, and Arab news outlets, including Al-Jazeera, have picked up his comments.

Here is a light-hearted Saturday story of chivalry with a dash of comedy.Japanese TV reported this story today. Here is the video clip.It seems a young Japanese lady, minding her own business, became the target of a sexual harasser (so-called "chikan") at an underground stairway in a Tokyo subway station.Just as the women was being accosted by the perp, it happened that too rather beefy, young, sumo wrestlers were passing by. Great timing.Needless to say, they made 'chanko nabe' of that little pervert in no time at all, grabbing a hold of him, getting him in a headlock, and...

See for example this thread first. Floyd Landis won the maillot jaune What's more, he did it on his own Winning Stage seventeen The best comeback I've seen After Lance, you can still hear France moan

The firestorm over her comments about the 9/11 widows showed that America’s obsession with loving or hating Coulter is a psychological phenomenon almost unique in our culture Ann Coulter's new book, Godless: The Church of Liberalism, has just been published by Crown Forum. With predictable celerity, it has inspired another multiplatform media conflagration between her admirers and her opponents, some of whom don't seem to understand that controversy doesn't hurt book sales. I had resolved never to write about Coulter again, after my cover story on her from last year received 6,360 letters — most of them not warmly positive,...

Liberals in America have been staging a new strategy on winning public-policy debates: Simply provide spokespeople that no one is allowed to respond to. Ann Coulter had the gall to challenge that and let loose with some direct observations in her newest best seller, "Godless: The Church of Liberalism," and true to form, liberals have been fomenting in response. The reason they are is not because Ann has broken some sacred respect that one should have for a grieving mother, wife or relative. Rather, the reason they are so outraged by this is because it stabs through the heart the...

Late last night, or early this morning, some kind of stimulant, coffee was much needed. I was watching this great Bowl game, West Virginia vs. Georgia. It was a near epic performance by both teams. Georgia falling behind 28-0 early fought back and nearly won the game.But around midnight, after about four hours of viewing this game, my 59 year old eyes were closing, and I needed something to keep me awake..... so to the kitchen, the little 5 inch black and white tv on ABC to make some coffee.By the time I got back in the bedroom it was...

No more Patriot Act means Operation Able Danger and 9/11 all over again. Don't let the sun set on the Patriot Act. Call your state senator at 202-225-3121. Freed Iraq. No thanks to Democrat oposition. Cowards cut and run. Marines never do. Stay the course. Peace with God. I believe in a time when Americans had guts. Maximum Effort. Abandon Iraq? NO! Thank you, FreeRepublic, for allowing me to post my work!

What happened? Hello? Hello? Anybody home? "MESSAGE TO DISABLED FLORIDIANS" December 1998, Florida By Governor-elect Jeb Bush "Talking with a variety of Floridians with disabilities and their families has helped understand a lot more about the lives, challenges and dreams of those with disabilities. However, I know that my education continues with everyone new I meet. People with disabilities are no different than anyone else. They want to work, have families, and live independently. As Governor, I would work hard to create an environment that gives people with disabilities every opportunity to be independent and play an active role in...

Baird wants to make sales tax deduction permanent Thursday, January 27, 2005 The Columbian Congressman Brian Baird, D-Vancouver, will introduce legislation that would extend a two-year tax cut expected to save Washington residents $500 million this year. Baird announced Wednesday that he and Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, will sponsor legislation so taxpayers in seven states can permanently deduct state and local sales taxes when filing their federal tax returns. Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., will introduce companion legislation in the Senate. Washington lost the deduction when Congress rewrote the tax code in 1986, but taxpayers in Oregon and other states have...

It is now disturbingly clear that French President Jacques Chirac's low opinion of America and American foreign policy is due not to any philosophical disagreement or even an inherent Gallic moodiness, but is essentially a gutless response to bullying and intimidation by his country’s Muslim minority and their allies of the intellectual left. Just last month the French president told the BBC that he was "not at all sure" the world has become safer after the removal of Saddam Hussein. No other European leader could possibly spout such gibberish and expect to be taken seriously. The world not safer after...

I ask each of you just to look into your hearts, look into your guts. Gut-check time.

CONTEMPLATING KERRY'S "GUT"   Sunday, August 22, 2004 ELECTION 2004Ed Koch: I'm voting for BushNew York Democrat: Kerry doesn't have stomach to go after terrorists Posted: August 22, 2004 7:02 p.m. Eastern   By Aaron Klein © 2004 WorldNetDaily.com   Former New York City Mayor Edward Koch, a Democrat, will for the first time in his life vote for a Republican presidential candidate this year because he feels Kerry "doesn't have the stomach" to fight terrorism, Koch told WorldNetDaily. "While I don't agree with Bush on a single domestic issue, they are all trumped by the issue of terrorism, where he has...

Kerry, NOT Bush, paralyzed by 9/11 attacksHear Kerry admit he could not thinkWHY JOHN KERRY IS DANGEROUS FOR AMERICA by Mia T, 8.07.04   (viewing movie requires Flash Player 7, available HERE) johnkerryisdangerousforamerica.blogspot.com ATLANTA - Thursday Senator John Kerry criticized President Bush for his immediate reaction to the 9/11 attacks on America soon after Michael Moore's use of the footage in Fahrenheit 911. Addressing minority journalists in DC, Mr. Kerry said he would have moved into action much faster than the President on that morning. Kerry said, "Had I been reading to children and had my top aide whispered...

Kerry, NOT Bush, paralyzed by 9/11 attacksHear Kerry admit he could not thinkWHY JOHN KERRY IS DANGEROUS FOR AMERICA by Mia T, 8.07.04   (viewing movie requires Flash Player 7, available HERE) johnkerryisdangerousforamerica.blogspot.com ATLANTA - Thursday Senator John Kerry criticized President Bush for his immediate reaction to the 9/11 attacks on America soon after Michael Moore's use of the footage in Fahrenheit 911. Addressing minority journalists in DC, Mr. Kerry said he would have moved into action much faster than the President on that morning. Kerry said, "Had I been reading to children and had my top aide whispered...

July 2, 2004 -- IT had to end this way, of course, because the Yankees simply do not lose games when Derek Jeter acts as if it's October already. They do not lose when their captain dives into the stands on the dead run, when he steals two extra-inning runs away from the Red Sox, when he disappears into a crowd and emerges with his face looking like Chuck Wepner's. When Jeter does this, it isn't a contribution, it's a demand.

<p>Hau Thai-Tang got his first glimpse of Ford cars in war-torn Vietnam. The Ford Mustang served as a backdrop to USO shows staged for American troops.</p> <p>Hau Thai-Tang, seen as a boy in the United States, fled with his family from Vietnam just days before democracy crumbled on April 30, 1975.</p>

Video Stream from Japanese TV (NNN Tokyo) showing "New Years Jumping" off of the highest building in the world, the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Watch these idiots fly! You can view by hitting the link, (above) for 300 k. Or, try this for 56k viewing. All Windows Media.http://www.bcast.co.jp/cgi-bin/yahoo/news.asx?cid=20040108-00000020-jnn-int-movie-000&media=wm56k

**Why are you for going to war in Iraq? The primary reason of course is national security. September 11 was a clarion call that America faces a new threat, a threat perhaps even more dangerous than the Soviet Union. That threat is Islamo-fascism. Now due to a successful campaign in Afghanistan, the Taliban is no more, and Al-Qaeda was largely disrupted. However, it is not enough to simply go after the terrorists themselves, we must also change the conditions that breed them. The reality is that Muslims are no different than any other group of people, in that when a...

MAR. 3, 2003: DECISIVE DAYS Guts ... ... President Bush sure doesn’t lack them. As if an impending war in Iraq were not enough, the Bush Administration is expected to announce today a detailed framework for Medicare reform. The latest version will be more generous than some earlier drafts: It will add drug coverage to existing Medicare (albeit with a large deductible) – and will offer seniors even more comprehensive drug coverage if they enter newer Medicare plans that cost the taxpayer less. Haggle over the details if you like – proposing this plan at this time is still an...

Special Dispatch Series - No. 379 May 14, 2002 No.379 Iranian Daily: All Muslims Must Come Together to Overcome the U.S. In its "Viewpoint" column last week, the conservative daily Kayhan International criticized the apathy of the Muslim nations and called upon them to unite against the U.S. The following are excerpts from the column: [1]"Where is human [consciousness]? What has happened to the Islamic spirit of Jihad? Whither Arab honor and dignity?" "A 'notorious terrorist' - Ariel Sharon is currently in Washington… to seek official support and blessings for state terrorism… Despite this… no Muslim head of state...

Smoke Out the Clintons! We will smoke them out of their holes. We’ll get them running and we’ll bring them to justice. -- President George W. Bush Just one day after Hillary Clinton called for an investigation into President Bush’s prior knowledge of information regarding the September 11th attacks, Friday night she reportedly told a Dix Hills, New York audience that national security is her new top priority. I’ll shuffle my papers here a few moments while you recover. Okay, glad you’re back. I know what you’re thinking. You’re thinking, “Is this the same Hillary Clinton who reportedly despises the...