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We are citizens who need responsible adults to represent us. We fought a bloody war to rid ourselves of a real king. We do not need to be ruled by childish bunglers who try to act like kings.

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Larry King's contract with CNN is set to expire in 18 months -- and the cable network's chiefs are busy lining up his successor in case he retires. King, 75, has been interviewing celebrities since 1985. Sources say CNN's first choice to succeed him would be Ryan Seacrest -- but his massive deal with "American Idol" makes him too expensive. Other contenders are CBS anchor Katie Couric, CNN "video wall guy" John King and Joy Behar, who is launching her own interview show on CNN's Headline News.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz was joined by world leaders and nearly 3,000 guests as he delivered the keynote address to inaugurate the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). Other speakers during the ceremony included the KAUST Chairman of the Board of Trustees and Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, His Excellency Ali Al-Naimi, Minister of Higher Education, His Excellency Dr. Khaled Al-Anqari, and the President of KAUST, Professor Choon Fong Shih.

On this episode of the Conscience of Kansas radio program I interview Miss Kansas 2009 Becki Ronen, Next we hear from Kansans at the Wasingtin TEA Party. I also talk with radio host Andrea Shea King. We also talk at length about the Joe Wilson comment during the Obama Speech. We invite you to listen and comment on the show.

ROCKAWAY--The niece of the nation's most famous civil rights activist, who has taken up the pro-life cause as her own civil rights crusade, plans to champion the rights of the unborn when she speaks at a church in Rockaway Friday.

A proud democrat around March 28, 1968 Senator Byrd said Dr. King ran like a "scared rabbit". Sheets Byrd.

The surviving children of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King are back in court, wrangling over their parents' estates. The Rev. Bernice King and Martin Luther King III sued their brother, Dexter King, last year ... A hearing in the case was set Monday morning. Dexter King also sued his sister, who administers their mother's estate. .. including love letters central to a now-defunct $1.4 million book deal.

George Will writes: Barack Obama in August became a Huey for today, a rabble rouser with a better tailor, an unrumpled and modulated tribune of downtrodden Americans, telling them that opponents of his reform plan—which actually does not yet exist—are fearmongers employing scare tactics. He also told Americans to be afraid, very afraid of health-insurance providers because they are dishonest (and will remain so until there is a “public option” to make them “honest”). And to be afraid, very afraid of pediatricians who unnecessarily extract children’s tonsils for monetary rather than medical reasons. And to be afraid, very afraid of...

Outraged.

A "furious" Rep. Peter King, the hawkish, maverick Long Island Republican, blasted a "disgraceful" Eric Holder for opening an investigation of CIA interrogators and chided his own party for what he described as a weak response to the move in an interview just now with POLITICO. "It’s bulls***. It’s disgraceful. You wonder which side they’re on," he said of the attorney general's move, which he described as a "declaration of war against the CIA, and against common sense." "It’s a total breach of faith, and either the president is intentionally caving to the left wing of his party or he’s...

The following image includes two screen shots from "Sharpe's Challenge," in which Richard Sharpe (in disguise as a deserter) receives a gold chain from a Raja named Khande Rao. The context and the body language show clearly that the gesture is that of a superior (the Raja) to a subordinate (Sharpe). The right panel shows Barack Obama accepting a gold chain from the King of Saudi Arabia. With the exception of the fact that the President of the United States is admittedly not on his knees in front of a foreign monarch, does anybody see any significant difference between the...

Says he flubbed stats Says he flubbed stats By CAROL E. LEE Before presenting tennis legend Billie Jean King with the Medal of Freedom Wednesday, President Obama ticked off some ... ... of her accomplishments: 12 Grand Slam titles, 101 doubles titles, 67 singles titles. “Pretty good, Billie Jean,” he quipped. But he didn’t get any of it right, according to King herself. “They didn’t get any of my facts right,” King lightheartedly noted afterward. “Did you see all the – how many titles I won? I was cracking up.” “Not even in the ballpark,” she continued. King found it...

TALLAHASSEE -- The voice of the Florida Senate is gone. Sen. Jim King, the longtime Republican legislator whose legacy was giving Floridians the right to refuse life-prolonging medical care, passed away Sunday. His death came less than three months after he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, the same disease that took his father. He was 69.

Washington D.C., Jul 23, 2009 / 05:20 pm (CNA).- The niece of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will take a stand Monday with other African American pro-life leaders in Washington to demand that abortion be barred from any health care legislation. "Our message is clear – abortion is neither health care nor a benefit. It's genocide," said Dr. Alveda King in a press release. Dr. King is scheduled to join other African American pro-life leaders on Monday at 10 a.m. in front of the Cannon House Office Building to calling for abortion and Planned Parenthood to be excluded from the...

Who knew? A billboard proclaiming that the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a Republican has stirred a religious and political hornets' nest in Houston, where a church leader is trying to draw black voters into the Republican Party. The jumbo-sized roadside ad made its contentious claim for about a week -- until a local black activist charged that the sign unjustly politicized King's legacy and was hurting his community by telling a "blatant lie." "Martin Luther King may have very well believed in some of the Christian principles of the Republican Party, but Dr. Martin Luther King was...

Gun rights advocates scored a victory Thursday as the House Financial Services Committee adopted an amendment to allow guns in public housing projects. The amendment, by Tom Price , R‑Ga., would bar any housing authority from restricting legal ownership of guns. It was adopted, 38-31, as the committee continued its markup of a housing bill (HR 3045) that the panel is expected to approve next week. “Seniors and other individuals have the right to protect themselves,” said Joe Baca of California, one of 13 Democrats who voted for the amendment. “Those guns would be registered, and those individuals have a...

Fans of the late Michael Jackson wanna be startin' somethin'.They consider the critical remarks of Rep. Peter King (R-New York) about Jackson to be really, really bad.King's tongue became a razor, in their eyes, and the congressman has to answer right now.An anonymous fan created an ad hoc group, Michael Jackson Fans AGAINST Peter King, at the liberal fundraising website, ActBlue.com, which describes itself as "the online clearinghouse for Democratic action." Here's the pitch from the site: Congressman Peter King is at again, this time defaming the late Michael Jackson, calling MJ a "pervert', 'low-life", and a "pedophile". As Rick Sanchez...

Do you think Rep. Peter King should apologize for the video in which he harshly criticized Michael Jackson? Yes, the comments have no backing, and the timing is terrible Yes, regardless of Jackson's lifestyle, many are still mourning his death No, King has a point about the excessive media coverage of Jackson Who cares? I'm sick of public figures putting their feet in their mouths

Staunch GOP conservative Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) doubts that Sarah Palin will be able to resurrect her political career after calling it quits as governor of Alaska. King says he was saddened by the news that Palin, "a star" of the party, gave up the job because he doesn't see how she can continue "her political career on the path ... it was going." "I don’t know of anyone who has successfully and voluntarily pulled themselves out of political office and been able to leverage that into more political success," King said in an interview with The Hill on Monday....

NEW YORK STATE government is not working. This has been true for some time. But the paralysis and confusion that has overtaken the capital demonstrates the need to confront this dysfunction directly and take decisive steps to solve it once and for all. That’s why I’m calling on Albany to convene a state constitutional convention. This is not a partisan criticism. There is enough blame for all to share. Recently, though, the situation in our state has gone from bad to worse. There are more New Yorkers unemployed than at any time in 33 years, and the poverty rate is...

While sitting in the Advanced Placement institute a week ago, the instructor posed a question to the history educators in the room. “Not counting presidents or their wives,” he began, “who would you consider the five greatest, most influential Americans in history?” My mind began to cycle through the most important figures to grace the stage. My first choice was John Marshall. As the first significant Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, he established the principle of judicial review, greatly expanding the power of the Court and making the Constitution, according to Jefferson, “a mere thing of wax in the...

The secret government “Terrorist Watch List,” reportedly already swelled to more than 1.1 million names, will have an addendum, if gun control advocates in Congress have their way. This new addendum — also to be cloaked in secrecy — would empower the U.S. Attorney General to deny a person the ability to exercise their Second Amendment rights to purchase a firearm. While it is not surprising that some members of Congress are again using fear of terrorism to implement a gun-control agenda, the openly unconstitutional legislative language proponents are employing is troubling. Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) is leading the effort...

A Republican lawmaker accused House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and congressional Democrats of "shutting down the process" in the House of Representatives to block his effort to investigate the national community organizing group ACORN. Rep. Steve King, Iowa Republican, said in an interview on The Washington Times' morning radio show "America's Morning News" that Mrs. Pelosi and the Democratic majority had recently authorized an unprecedented change in House rules to curb the right of the minority to offer amendments to appropriations spending bills. The debate over the new rules governing how bills are dealt with sparked a bitter partisan clash in...

Abraham Lincoln once remarked that “nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.� This week, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her liberal colleagues demonstrated once again that in matters where power may conflict with principle, these liberals will put power first every time. On Monday, I introduced two amendments to H.R. 2847, the Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations Bill. One amendment would have kept the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) out of the 2010 Census, effectively barring taxpayer dollars in the bill provided to the Census Bureau from being disbursed...

Great piece against ACORN, includes Senator Vitter, Rep. Bachmann, Rep. King and Capitol Research Center expert Matthew Vadum. Visit the video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaEnDOw3n3w

... The Guardian UK thankfully has the fortitude to tell the story of a Burger King Franchise in the Memphis area. They quote the local online paper, the Memphis Flyer (homepage), following up on the original story. In one fell swoop, the Guardian UK took an American Civil Rights issue as well as the Global warming Hoax to another level. A reporter for the Memphis Flyer Chris Davis, noticed a message on the marquis: “Global warming is Baloney”. He took a few pictures and made a few calls. He got a bit of a runaround at first, but he did...

A US "taster" tested the food being dished up to President Barack Obama at a dinner in a French restaurant, a waiter said on Sunday. "They have someone who tastes the dishes," said waiter Gabriel de Carvalho from the "La Fontaine de Mars" restaurant where Obama and his family turned up for dinner on Saturday night. "It wasn't very pleasant for the cooks at first, but the person was very nice and was relaxed, so it all went well," he said on the Itele news channel. Asked by AFP to comment, the restaurant confirmed the report.

Rep. King dismisses Democrats’ attacks as ‘waste of money’By Jeremy P. Jacobs Posted: 06/03/09 06:58 PM [ET] Democrats fired their first warning shot at Rep. Pete King this week, putting the outspoken Republican on notice that they see an opportunity to completely wipe out the GOP in New York. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) is running radio ads in King’s Long Island district that criticize him for his vote against President Obama’s stimulus package. And with King still in the mix as a possible 2010 Senate contender, Democrats are hoping to accomplish two goals with this salvo. “There is...

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — From the moment Barack Obama stepped off Air Force One, his first visit to Saudi Arabia as president was filled with, well, pomp and pageantry fit for a king. His host was, after all, the monarch who presides over the oil-rich nation. King Abdullah staged an elaborate welcome ceremony, showered Obama with compliments, put up the president at his lavish desert horse farm and gave him a gift — a bulky gold necklace that the king says carries special meaning.

Saudi King Abdullah (R) greets U.S. President Barack Obama upon his arrival at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh June 3, 2009. President Barack Obama receives a gift from Saudi King Abdullah at the start of their bilateral meeting at the King's Farm in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, June 3, 2009. U.S. President Barack Obama (L) and Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah meet at the King's farm outside Riyadh in Saudi Arabia June 3, 2009.

TALLAHASSEE -- State Sen. Jim King, a Jacksonville Republican and 22-year veteran of the Legislature, has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, the lawmaker's longtime spokeswoman said Saturday. “During a recent routine post-legislative session checkup, Senator Jim King was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. While Senator King plans to seek additional medical counsel and aggressive treatment, he is aware that this particular type of cancer is difficult to treat and manage, and that the outcomes are, at best, guarded," said Sarah Bascom, a political consultant and longtime spokeswoman for King, in a statement.

Print this page May 7, 2009 Unnecessary Firearms Restrictions Would Be Rolled Back With King Legislation Congressman Introduces Bill to Correct Errors in Federal Firearms Laws, Regulations Congressman Steve King, a member of the House Judiciary Committee, today introduced H.R. 2296, the “Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Reform and Firearms Modernization Act of 2009.� King’s legislation would roll back unnecessary restrictions and correct errors in federal firearms laws and regulations. The bi-partisan bill is a vital step to modernize and improve Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives operations. The legislation completely rewrites the system of administrative...

Here's what I get from King's bill: They will be able to put a person's name on their "prohibited" list using redacted documents that can be withheld from the victims under the guise that releasing the information compromises national security. They will be able to do this without having convicted that person of a thing in a court of law--the accusation is enough. At least the Salem witches got a trial, could face their accusers, and hear all the "evidence" against them. This is intended as an in-your-face threat against activist gun owners, a way to chill their agitation, and...

Blessed is the man that walketh not in the council of the ungodlt

***AS WE MARK THE FIRST 100 DAYS OF THE OBAMA PRESIDENCY, THIS IS THE PERFECT DAY TO REMIND YOU OF WHAT I WROTE THE DAY AFTER THE ELECTION. IT IS SOBERING TO READ WORDS I SHARED WITH YOU 6 MONTHS AGO, AND HOW EVERYTHING I WROTE HAVE COME TRUE IN THESE FIRST 100 DAYS. IF YOU NEED TO BE REMINDED OF HOW BAD THIS NATION NEEDS TO TURN BACK TO GOD, LET THIS MESSAGE TODAY BE THAT REMINDER!!! But when they said, "Give us a king to lead us," this displeased Samuel; so he prayed to the LORD. And the...

WASHINGTON – The family of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. has charged the foundation building a monument to the civil rights leader on the National Mall about $800,000 for the use of his words and image — an arrangement one leading scholar says King would have found offensive.

MEXICO CITY -- Mexico is protesting what it says is a whopper of an insult. An advertisement for Burger King's Texican Whopper burger that has run in Europe shows a small wrestler dressed in a cape resembling a Mexican flag. The wrestler teams up with a lanky American cowboy almost twice his height to illustrate the cross-border blend of flavors. "The taste of Texas with a little spicy Mexican," a narrator's voice says

The claims that Obama didn't bow to the Saudi King Abdullah are TRUE! See for yourself in this "Geeks On Caffeine" editorial cartoon...and scroll down for the slightly naightier version of the comic. NOTE: The author of this comic requests that you visit his web site and please refrain from copying the cartoon within this thread. Thank you.

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Barack Obama must be glad there will be no royalty at next week's Summit of the Americas in Trinidad and Tobago. They provide such an etiquette headache, particularly when it comes to the age-old dilemma for a republican leader greeting a monarch - to bow or not to bow. The protocol travails of Mr Obama's presidential travels are still dogging him back on American soil. For while he proferred the Queen a deferential nod in his audience at Buckingham Palace, he appeared to deliver a full-blooded and deeply reverential half-body bow to King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia at the G20...

Sometimes, protocol is not merely staid, formulaic and meaningless ritual. Sometimes it is founded in deeply held, core principles. One such example of a protocol based upon a core principle is that of the President of the United States never bowing to a foreign sovereign or lowering our flag in deference to said sovereign. We are not being disrespectful because we see ourselves as better than this or that leader. We are standing upon our principles. Unfortunately, as the controversy over President Obama’s bow before the King of Saudi Arabia has demonstrated, such core principles are lost on those who...

By now, we've all seen the video of what certainly appears to be Obama bowing before the Saudi King: This apparent shameless prostrating has sparked outrage in the United States. But the White House claims Obama did not bow before the king. The White House claims that Obama was just bending over to shake the King's hand because Obama is so tall. Well...There's only one way to know. We can examine Obama's handshaking habits. Does Obama have a habit of bending down low enough to sniff a man's private parts when he shakes hands with people shorter than himself? The...

Tonight, Hannity will show the video of Obama bowing to the Saudi King.

When President Obama met King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia during the Group of 20 summit in London last week, he made a deep bow from the waist, to which the reaction in conservative blogs was (paraphrased) "We fought a king in 1776, for this." Jeff Goldstein at Protein Wisdom recalled how New York Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani "once practically spit in the face of a presumptuous Saudi Prince" before going on to draw an obscenely unfavorable comparison to the regime to whose leader Mr. Obama was bowing. "Our President? He … bowed. He bowed to religious intolerance. He bowed to...

Here is CBS News video of Walter Cronkite announcing the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 41 years ago today, April 4, 1968. King was shot to death while he stood on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, by James Earl Ray. Below is audio of Robert F. Kennedy announcing the news of King's death to a crowd in Indiana. Robert Kennedy would himself be assassinated just two months later after winning the California Primary in the race for the Democratic Nomination for President in 1968 . . . . . (Watch Videos)

On April 4, 1968, LIFE photographer Henry Groskinsky and writer Mike Silva, on assignment in Alabama, learned that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., had been shot at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis. They raced to the scene and there, incredibly, had unfettered access to the hotel grounds, Dr. King's room, and the surrounding area. For reasons that have been lost in the intervening years, the photographs taken that night and the next day were never published. Until now.

President Barack Obama has stirred yet another controversy when he appeared to bow to the King of Saudi Arabia during the recent G20 Economic Summit. The appropriateness of an elected President bowing before an absolute monarch has been questioned. The writer Mark Steyn suggested, rather caustically, "So let me see if I understand American protocol in the age of Obama: The First Lady hugs Queen Elizabeth as if she's some granny at a seniors' center photo-op, but the President of this republic prostrates himself before King Abdullah as if he's a subject of the Saudi pseudo-Crown." While the behavior of...

Has anyone ever seen Barack Obama publicly bow and bend his knee when meeting someone prior to yesterday? I don't recall any photos of such a gesture of greeting, but I would be very happy if some of the President's defenders on the left could provide such evidence that his striking body language yesterday before the monarch of Saudi Arabia and custodian of the holy cities of Mecca and Medina was simply a habitual gesture of warmth. (See also: Obama bows down to Saudi King and Would Abe Lincoln bow down to a slave-keeping Arab king?) When meeting the Saudi...