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The current "solution" to the crisis that the FED and the Bush Administration have come up with allows the corrupt gains to remain privatized while socializing the losses that Wall Street and the global bankers have created. Its all a great evil scam and we, the public, are too stupid, too scared, too blind, too wrapped up in television/etc. to be educated as to what is really going on. And most importantly, we are simply too lacking in good morality to have the strength, the moral strength, to fight it. We are being told by the same governmental "leaders" that...

After listening to a week’s worth of “explanations” about why the financial system of the United States was in trouble, it occurred to me that, if we were China, a whole bunch of guys would have been hauled into stadiums in New York and Washington, D.C., and publicly executed. Fortunately for them at least, we are not China, but what emerged from the chatteratti was the conclusion that, since everyone was to blame, no one was to blame. Guess who gets to bail out those who made predictably greedy and really stupid decisions? Everybody. We are inclined to look back...

Let's cut to the chase: conservative Republicans have only one choice for President in 2008: Congressman Ron Paul of Texas. Unlike the GOP frontrunners, Paul is the real deal. No real conservative could support Rudy Giuliani, Mitt Romney, John McCain, Fred Thompson, or Newt Gingrich. When it comes to historic conservative principles, each of these men is as phony as a three dollar bill. That they are now attempting to cast themselves as conservatives is more than laughable: it is downright hilarious. [ snip ] If one wants a true photograph of how a congressman or senator votes on conservative,...

NEW YORK — It was an evening that elicited tears, standing ovations, raucous laughter and shouts of joy from the audience _ and that was just in the first few minutes. Yes, Barbra Streisand's return to touring after a 12-year absence was the extravaganza that it promised to be. Monday night's show at Madison Square Garden was the third stop of a 20-city jaunt across the nation _ a virtual lovefest between the ultimate diva and an adoring, sold-out, celebrity-dotted crowd.

Jill Tarter favors her flying-saucer/Martian salt-and-pepper set. But don't mistake her for one of those kookie types who live in desert trailers prepping for the aliens to arrive. Tarter, with a Ph.D. in astronomy, is director of the Center for the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Research, a northern California group of some 120 scientists and technicians who are listening for signs from outer space.

If someone attacked your mother, would you be upset? Would you protest? I’m sure you would. Well, the Mother of God is grossly insulted by the University of Virginia’s student newspaper, The Cavalier Daily, which printed a Nativity-like cartoon of Our Lady holding the Infant Jesus beside Saint Joseph on August 24. The figure depicting Saint Joseph says: "Mary…I don't mean to ruin this special moment, but how did you get that bumpy rash?” suggesting a sexually transmitted disease. To which a Mary-figure says, “I swear, it was Immaculately Transmitted.” This is outrageous public blasphemy! Click here to protest now....

A group of stunning Brazilian stewardesses from the former airline Varig are negotiating a contract with the Brazilian edition of Playboy magazine for the publication of nude photographs. Sources from the magazine in Brazil revealed the idea is a repeat of the Playboy 2002 experience in the United States with former personnel from the scandalous bankruptcy of the Enron Group. According to ER Communications, which manages Playboy's public relations in Brazil "a negotiation is on" with Varig staff, but no agreement has been reached yet, and if an agreement is reached, "there's no timetable for the publication of the pictures."...

The immigration rallies across America showed that restrictionists aren't the only ones with strong views. But beyond podium pounding, compelling arguments are also necessary. As the Senate goes back this week to the task of crafting an immigration bill, it is crucial to focus on the right reasons for creating a guest-worker program and legalizing 12 million illegal immigrants. The case for immigration doesn't have to do as much with the Latino vote or civil rights. It should center instead on America's growth, competitiveness and dynamism. This month's rallies of thousands of people in many major cities raised the importance...

Years ago I visited the Soviet Union before the collapse of Communism and witnessed how young Russian and Ukrainian children were expected to walk around with little pins showing Baby Lenin, the communist analogy to Baby Jesus, on their gray, poorly designed clothing. I was reminded of Baby Lenin pins when I ran across the newest initiative in the leftist brainwashing of the preschool set, "Why Mommy is a Democrat," a book being promoted to turn Barney fans into drooling Democrats and Pro-Terror Power Rangers. Its publishers proclaim that the book helps draw toddlers and young children to the...

Vice President Cheney's slow and unapologetic public response to the accidental shooting of a 78-year-old Texas lawyer is turning the quail-hunting mishap into a political liability for the Bush administration and is prompting senior White House officials to press Cheney to publicly address the issue as early as today, several prominent Republicans said yesterday. The Republicans said Cheney should have immediately disclosed the shooting Saturday night to avoid even the suggestion of a coverup and should have offered a public apology for his role in accidentally shooting Harry Whittington, a GOP lawyer from Austin. Whittington was hospitalized Saturday night in...

In this war freedom should come first not after! In New Hampshire the Motto is Live free or Die! I don't need Bush spying on law abiding americans and taking our freedoms. Anyone who surrenders a square inch of freedom to the government in the name of saftey is a traitor and should be treated like one! Let the Bush Fashists all drop dead! Filthy Commys! LET FREEDOM RING!

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...

(a) Due to a serious lack of credible GOP candidates from normal political venues (b) Due to the missing "backbone" that many GOP politicians have demonstrated (eg recent Senate vote on Iraq) (c) Due to his ability to ommunicate well and telegenic presence (awesome in a debate format) (d) Due to his incisive intellect demonstated time and again for the many years we've seen him on FNC . . . he'd make a far better candidate for the Republican party than any of the others prominently mentioned

Top California Republicans are wondering if Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is moving left politically following his appointment to chief of staff of Susan Kennedy – a leading liberal activist and former aide to Democrat Gov. Gray Davis. "We're not moving anywhere," Schwarzenegger says, insisting that he is continuing to go "in the same direction." Some of his Republican colleagues wonder what direction that may be. "I'm getting more e-mails off of this [the Kennedy appointment] than I do for Viagra," said Mike Spence, president of the California Republican Assembly, in an interview with the L.A. Times newspaper. "Since the special election,...

A Fostoria (Ohio) man pleaded guilty Wednesday to two counts of involuntary manslaughter in connection to the drowning-deaths of his 10-month-old twins. On August 7, Gregg J. Kleinmark, 24, left his sons unattended in a bathtub for 30 minutes while he played a “computer game” three rooms away. One report suggests that Kleinmark was playing a Game Boy Advance, which as we know, is portable and could have been just as easily used in the bathroom while supervising the infants. Kleinmark is facing up to 10 years in prison

Dean's latest Howard Dean, the Democratic National Committee chairman who was the hero of his party's anti-war wing before his gaffe-prone 2004 presidential candidacy crashed and burned in Iowa, still doesn't think the Iraqis are better off with dictator Saddam Hussein out of power and in prison. Appearing on CBS' "Face the Nation" yesterday, the fiery former Vermont governor said, "It looks like today, and this could change, as of today it looks like women will be worse off in Iraq than they were when Saddam Hussein was president of Iraq." Mr. Dean was the guy who said right after...

give them a call and state we want a division 1 football playoff too.

Last update - 21:49 12/07/2005 Abbas condemns Netanya bomb, vows to punish those behind it By News Agencies Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas condemned as "idiotic" Tuesday's suicide bombing in Netanya that killed two people, and said those behind it would be punished. "This was a crime against the Palestinian people and those who were behind it must be working against our people's interest and must be punished," Abbas told reporters. "Those behind it were behaving idiotically. U.S. State Department spokesman Tom Casey and White House spokesman Scott McClellan condemned the suicide bombing. "There is no justification for the murder of innocent...

Last night, while watching Hannity & Colmes, I resisted the temptation of throwing something at the television set. I’ve heard, consistently, from many conservatives who know him, that Alan is “really a nice guy”. Maybe so. But, his comments continue to be consistently absurd, mindless, immature, idiotic, perplexing and too many other adjectives defining ‘ludicrous’ to list here. One of his Wednesday comments, however, took the proverbial cake. Engaged in a conversation with Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North, regarding Jane Fonda and her new book, the inevitable subject of Fonda’s Viet Nam war atrocities came up in the discussion. Please bear...

Open Letter to the Illinois Republican Party Re: The Fall of the Illinois Republican Party For the past few years I've watched the Illinois Republican Party fall into complete disarray. First, there was the defeat of Jim Ryan. A Chicago Democrat ran on the platform to clean up Springfield and the voters bought it. That should have rang with earth shattering result in the IL GOP, but it didn't. Then came along with the 2004 race with the Jack Ryan / Alan Keyes fiasco. Going into the 2006 election with a very defeatable incumbent governor, the IL GOP seems to...

Hi my name is FuppyDog. I am new to this site. I am a concervative Yellow Lab who just got interested in politics do to the fact that the Democarts are starting to tick me off and I blame them for the rise in dog food. My liberal owner is a flaming lib who only gives me dry puppy food and woun't give me any meat products like a nice can or two of moist alpo. I also like hotdogs and other meat products. I will do anything for a hotdog and if you gave me some polish sausage I...

Here's something so sick it's almost laughable: the UN wants to run the Internet. Oh, they won't come out and just say exactly that, but a recent interview with the ITU's Houlin Zhao made it crystal clear what the UN is after, "Today the management by ICANN (is something that) people consider to be management by the United States, by one government. People definitely want to see some changes. I think everyone would agree that a better arrangement is something that we're looking for..." Bzzzzzt!! Wrong answer! Now I know the UN has had a stellar year...

Help me shut down this anti-Christian, anti-Semetic site on MSN. The management there silences anyone that disagrees with their anti-Christian, anti-Semetic message. Here's the site: http://groups.msn.com/whatisyourpoint2/general.msnw?action=get_threads Check out these threads, and you will see what I mean: http://groups.msn.com/whatisyourpoint2/general.msnw?action=get_message&mview=0&ID_Message=22756&LastModified=4675512655268494628 and: http://groups.msn.com/whatisyourpoint2/general.msnw?action=get_message&mview=0&ID_Message=22519&LastModified=4675510412477670721 Thanks.

A Glimpse Ahead Timothy Snodgrass The Impossible Will Come Alive In 2005 01/28/05 In January of 2004, as we began to intercede for the New Year the Holy Spirit gave us the prophetic slogan, "The Seas will Roar in 2004". This year we were given a new slogan, "The Impossible will come Alive in 2005". As the veil of darkness begins to come down over nations and regions, along with great shakings will come great breakthroughs; signs, wonders, healings and a spectacular release of miracles in impossible circumstances. This year, although we are ultimately poised to gain much ground, there...

You and your fascist co-horts will all be sorry when the Bush* administration is charged with stealing this election. His administration and this website is nothing more then propaganda for a fascist regime. We are watching you, and we will be there when you slip up and your face down on the ground because you slipped on your own Nazi style propaganda. John Kerry won this election and you know it! Everyone knows it!

What's the deal with all the dead scientists?

Ever hear of how republican's always call the liberal left "Whiner's"? Well, take a look at Wa. State, ...who are the Whiner's now? LOTS OF LAUGHS! Boy, the shoes on the other foot now! I think it's great, don't you? These people deserve it..! Has anyone seen the comedian on HBO, who gave a discription of a "Republican"? Wow was that great, and very very true.

Ted Rall says D.C. paper depriving readers while left under attack. The Washington Post's online edition has dropped the controversial political cartoons of Ted Rall, a self-described liberal who has been criticized many times over the past year for racist and insensitive attacks on conservatives. Rall told Editor & Publisher he believes the Universal Features Syndicate cartoon was let go because of Rall's Nov. 4 offering depicting a drooling, mentally handicapped student taking over a classroom. "The idea was to draw an analogy to the electorate -- in essence, the idiots are now running the country," he told the industry...

The absolute proof that John Kerry is right on the issue of the missing 380 tons of explosives missing in Iraq . The proof has to be in these writings somewhere. (Notice all the references to '04) Nostradamus - Almanac of 1562 Season of winter, good spring, sound, bad summer, Pernicious autumn, dry, wheat rare: Of wine enough, bad eyes, deeds, molested, War, mutiny, seditious waste in '04.

Dear Friends and Fellow Americans, The most critical truth is that the four primary candidates for the highest offices in our land, Mr. George W. Bush, Mr. Dick Cheney, Senator John Kerry and Senator John Edwards all voted for the war in Iraq. Period. Each man had an opportunity for greatness and they failed. John Kerry and John Edwards are followers. They are not leaders! They failed the American people and the world. Their names are forever etched in history along with Ms. Hillary Clinton and all the so-called leaders who voted for the war in Irag and for the...

Psychic dogs belonging to actor Sylvester Stallone's mother have projected President George W. Bush the winner in the November 2 election, the Los Angles Times reported Monday. The paper said that the dogs forsee the president will beat the Democratic challenger John Kerry by 15 percent.Jackie Stallone says the animals predict California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger will take advantage of a future constitutional amendment allowing foreign born US citizens to serve as president, and take on Kerry's running mate John Edwards in the presidential campaign of 2008.However, the dogs can't tell who will win that race. The Times said Mama Stallone's...

I have a hard time keeping up with what happens with this thing.It seems to me there is some loop hole by which any candidate can operate in, but I'm not that good at understanding (nor remembering) what.One syllable words work best.

If you want to understand the Middle East conflict, Iran has just provided all you need to know.   A massive earthquake kills between 20,000 and 40,000 Iranians, and the government of Iran announces that help is welcome from every country in the world … except Israel.  This little-reported news item is of great significance. It begs commentary.  Israel not only has the world's most experienced crews in quickly finding survivors in bombed out buildings, it is also a mere two-hour flight from Iran. In other words, no country in the world would come close to Israel in its ability...

By David Hendee | World-Herald Staff Writer Gas 'N Shop's letter of thanks aside, Schuyler Mayor David Reinecke said the Police Department probably won't participate in future fake robberies involving unknowing victims. Reinecke said Gas 'N Shop officials asked Schuyler Police Chief Leonard Hiltner to help stage a bogus armed robbery as a reality-training exercise for a group of its convenience store managers. "We probably wouldn't do it again," Reinecke said Wednesday. The Nov. 14 episode at the Gas 'N Shop in Schuyler involved two out-of-uniform police officers who burst into the convenience store with guns. One carried a handgun,...

Welcome to 'Veggieburg' Tue Apr 29, 9:34 AM ET Add Oddly Enough - Reuters to My Yahoo! By Dave GrahamHAMBURG (Reuters) - The German port of Hamburg has been offered $10,500 to change its name to "Veggieburg" by animal rights activists who are unhappy about the city's association with hamburgers.   "Hamburg could promote animal welfare and court sympathy for animals by changing its name to Veggieburg," the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) wrote in a letter sent to Hamburg Mayor Ole von Beust on Monday. The German chapter of PETA, which claims 750,000 members worldwide, said...

ON THE HOME FRONT Man calls yellow ribbons 'offensive' Tells city he might file suit if items not removed from public property Posted: April 2, 2003 1:00 a.m. Eastern © 2003 WorldNetDaily.com A disgruntled California man has demanded the mayor of Burlingame remove the many yellow ribbons displayed on a major retail thoroughfare and to apologize to "any person who may have been offended by his illegal actions," reports the San Mateo Daily Journal. Mayor Mike Coffey had decided the city would not enforce an ordinance against private displays on public property when a woman asked if she could put...

Presenter: Senior Defense Official Monday, January 13, 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Background Briefing on the All Volunteer Force(Backgrounder on the All Volunteer Force) Staff: I'm sure there will probably be a few more joining us this morning, but welcome to those of you that are here, and those of you that might be listening to us, and certainly those of you will be reading the transcript later. This summer marks the 30th anniversary of the all-volunteer force. The all-volunteer force has been in the news recently, so we thought it might be helpful for you to get some of the facts about...

Posters arrested...All two of them!

Here you will learn how to see the stunning melons of the sensual Land O Lakes® butter girl. And yes, kids... you can do this at home! Wholesome family fun can now be yours for the cost of a package of butter!

Believe It Or Not! A man by the name of Kevin Klerck has created a petition at PetitionOnline.com in opposition to the title of the next film in the "Lord Of The Rings" trilogy: "The Two Towers." The reason for this is...well...I think it is best served by simply showing it: "To: Peter Jackson and New Line Cinema Those of us who have seen The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring know what an amazing director Peter Jackson is. When I learned that there apparently was to be a sequel, I was overjoyed. However, Peter Jackson has...