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A piggy-back race with dwarfs dressed as jockeys has been slammed by critics as offensive and derogatory. Thousands watched the race at a Cranbourne racetrack in Victoria, dubbed the "midgets' cup", as part of Sunday's Cranbourne Cup meeting, Adelaide Now reports. What do you think of the race — was it harmless fun or just plain ridicule? Share your thoughts below. Three men raced down a 50m stretch with a short statured person on each of their backs. The race ended with one "jockey" falling and crashing headfirst into the dirt but he was uninjured. Victorian racing minister Rob Hulls...

Speaking about the need for health care on Fox Business, he quoted Jesus. He reminded us that Jesus said, ... "when I was hungry, did you feed me? When I was sick, did you care for me?"

<p>Earlier this month, we covered the story of the “Socialist Joker” Obama poster, which was spotted around Los Angeles and as far afield as Chicago. By early August, the image had gone viral, enraging progressives and earning plaudits from conservatives. Now, thanks to some gumshoeing by the folks over at the Los Angeles Times, the creator of the portrait has been unmasked.</p>

When cryptic posters portraying President Obama as the Joker from "Batman" began popping up around Los Angeles and other cities, the question many asked was, Who is behind the image? Was it an ultra-conservative grassroots group or a disgruntled street artist going against the grain? Nope, it turns out, just a 20-year-old college student from Chicago.

http://www.wtam.com/pages/triv/ondemand.html Click to listen or to download file to your computer. I missed much of the 4 hour townhall but have been listening to Bob Frantz's post-townhall show and have heard enough clips of it and citizen reviews of it. I am heartened by local callers who exposed the lies told by Dennis the Menace Kucinich(former mayor of Cleveland), especially the whopper "50 million uninsured". It's actually only 10 million uninsured people. I'll be listening to the whole thing before the weekend and encourage other Freepers to do likewise.

Seven House Democrats have written Attorney General Eric Holder invoking a list of grievances from radical Islamist groups and asking that Holder meet with representatives from those groups to hear their concerns, the Investigative Project on Terrorism has learned. The grievances include the use of convicted felons as informants in mosques, alleged religious profiling of Somali Muslims in Minnesota and elsewhere and allegations that the FBI is working with foreign governments to question American citizens who are terror suspects. In the letter, the representatives said: "These concerns raise legitimate questions about due process, justice, and equal treatment under the law....

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Washington, Jun 11 - Washington D.C. ( June 11, 2009) – Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), a leader in opposition to the original TARP I and TARP II bailouts, and Congressman Bob Filner (D-CA) today sent a letter to Members of Congress urging them to vote against a supplemental appropriations that may bring total funding for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to $108 billion. “The most plausible explanation for the request … is that the funding would be used to bail out private European banks with U.S. taxpayer money,” said Kucinich and Filner in the letter. The full text of the...

Rep. Steven LaTourette (R-OH) and Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) held a press conference on Capitol Hill to discuss the unexpected closing of five Chrysler plants. In response to the closures, Rep. LaTourette is introducing a bill to demand the Obama Administration to provide all information regarding the closing of all Chrysler plants and dealers nationwide.

Here is video of Democrat Dennis Kucinich speaking out against President Obama's plan to leave 50,000 U.S. Troops in Iraq following his August 2010 deadline for withdrawing all "combat" forces. Kucinich says it is "not satisfactory" to leave 50,000 troops there. Kucinich is one of the real flakes of the Democratic Party (There are many). Obama is right to listen to the military commanders and not pull all the troops out immediately. He is using the designation of withdrawing all "combat" forces by August 2010 as a fig leaf to cover his promise to the radical anti-war left of his...

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TITLE I--ELIGIBILITY AND BENEFITS SEC. 101. ELIGIBILITY AND REGISTRATION. (a) In General- All individuals residing in the United States (including any territory of the United States) are covered under the USNHC Program entitling them to a universal, best quality standard of care. Each such individual shall receive a card with a unique number in the mail. An individual’s social security number shall not be used for purposes of registration under this section. ... SEC. 103. QUALIFICATION OF PARTICIPATING PROVIDERS. (a) Requirement To Be Public or Non-Profit- (1) IN GENERAL- No institution may be a participating provider unless it is a...

Disappointed that the banks aren’t making more loans, Representative Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) suggested that “since the government now owns these banks, we should ensure that the money in them is used for the proper purposes.” “Banks are hoarding their money,” Kucinich argued. “They aren’t handing it out to people who need help like we want them to. Congress may have to step in so we can allocate these funds ourselves.” House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank (D- Mass) accused the banks of “being extraordinarily ‘anal’ with the funds. They’re sitting on this money when they should be spreading it...

Newly discovered video: When Rep Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) came to Hawai`i to line up support for his failed 2007 presidential campaign, he was greeted in Hilo by then-Hawai`i County Councilmember Bob Jacobson, Justin Avery, a failed 2006 County Council candidate head of the 9-11 'troother' Global Hope Club at UH-Hilo, and with this special song by RJ Hampton, who is now a legislative aide to Councilmember Emily Naeole. This newly discovered video features Hampton singing to Kucinich followed with a cameo appearance by Jacobson (at left) and Avery (at right). This important documentary evidence should help everyone to understand what...

Rep. Dennis Kucinich has parted ways with his Democratic colleagues and called for a United Nations investigation into what he calls Israel’s “disproportionate” attacks on Gaza. Referring to Israel’s air assault on Hamas targets in Gaza, the Ohio legislator issued a statement saying: “All this was, and is, disproportionate, indiscriminate mass violence in violation of international law. Israel is not exempt from international law and must be held accountable.” The perpetrators of the rocket barrages aimed at Israeli population centers should be brought to justice, said Kucinich, adding that Israel “cannot create a war against an entire people in order...

Kucinich criticizes Israel; wants U.N. probe By Ian Swanson Posted: 12/29/08 01:48 PM [ET] Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) is calling for a United Nations investigation into Israel’s attacks on Gaza, criticizing Israel for a disproportionate response to Hamas rocket attacks. The criticism stands in stark contrast to the statements of other Democrats, who have offered near-unanimous support for Israel amid the latest violence in the Middle East. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and other Democrats have blamed Hamas for the violence, which has left more than 300 people in Gaza dead. One person in...

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chastised the Pentagon for “actions leading to the dissemination of biased and one-sided opinions on the war on terror.” The FCC ruling came in response to complaints from Representatives Rosa L. DeLauro, (D-Conn.) and John Dingell, (D-Mich.). “This is George Bush’s war,” Dingell said. “Every time some general or one of his lackeys bad-mouths al Qaeda or the Taliban it’s like a political endorsement of his Republican administration’s policies. This is impermissible political speech. We have requested that the FCC put a stop to it.” At issue is the Pentagon’s habit of allowing retired personnel...

H.R.808Title: To establish a Department of Peace and Nonviolence. Sponsor: Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. [OH-10] (introduced 2/5/2007)      Cosponsors (70) Latest Major Action: 5/18/2007 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. Jump to: Summary, Major Actions, All Actions, Titles, Cosponsors, Committees, Related Bill Details, Amendments SUMMARY AS OF: 2/5/2007--Introduced. Department of Peace and Nonviolence Act - Establishes a Department of Peace and Nonviolence, which shall be headed by a Secretary of Peace and Nonviolence appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. Sets forth the mission of the...

A recent video from the officially nonpartisan ACORN intended to show how much clout ACORN has on Capitol Hill doesn't feature a single Republican lawmaker. The video called “ACORN Grassroots Democracy Campaign,” available on YouTube, showcases a parade of Capitol Hill Democrats as its allies. See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLCSnbN1lRI Shown are Senators Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and Robert P. Casey Jr. (D-Pennsylvania), and Representatives Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio), Donna Edwards (D-Maryland), Barney Frank (D-Massachusetts), and Brad Miller (D-North Carolina). The video also shows strategist Paul Begala flashing his creepy smile while praising ACORN for its focus on "meat and potatoes" issues. For more on...

THIS astonishing video footage is claimed to be the "most important images of a UFO ever filmed" – and is said to even depict ALIENS. The shots were captured by night guard Yalcin Yalman in a compound in Turkey earlier this year. The 42-year-old and a number of residents claim the UFOs were spotted over a four month period between May and September near the compound in Istanbul. He said: “I don’t know what these things are. We filmed them several times and they are totally unknown to us. I was very excited when I saw them and I want...

RTA To Cut 30 Bus Routes, Help Riders Get To Polls POSTED: 7:42 pm EDT October 1, 2008 UPDATED: 11:49 am EDT October 2, 2008 CLEVELAND -- The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority is cutting 30 bus routes. The cuts will start Nov. 2, which is two days before the presidential election. Congressmen are calling on the U.S. Justice Department to investigate RTA, saying the cuts will undermine a fair election. Riders are fuming about trying to find a ride to the polls. U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich agrees. "People have a right to vote," Kucinich said. "Their right to vote...

Anyone else see Kucinich on Fox News? He's RAILING against the bailout? Some of his complaints involved typical bashing of "trickle-down" concepts but some of them actually made a lot of sense.

"The $700 billion bailout for Wall Street, is driven by fear not fact. This is too much money in too a short a time going to too few people while too many questions remain unanswered. Why aren't we having hearings on the plan we have just received? Why aren't we questioning the underlying premise of the need for a bailout with taxpayers' money? Why have we not considered any alternatives other than to give $700 billion to Wall Street? Why aren't we asking Wall Street to clean up its own mess? Why aren't we passing new laws to stop the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich is asking the U.S. Department of Transportation inspector general to investigate the Regional Transit Authority's Euclid Corridor project. Kucinich wants to investigate whether the RTA's budget shortfall is linked to the project. The RTA this week announced major cuts to bus routes and is also seeking to increase fares. Kucinich, a Democrat, represents Ohio's 10th Congressional District.

CLEVELAND - In an exclusive interview Monday morning with NewsChannel5, U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich is proposing giving every American a stake in the Treasury Department's request for a $700,000 billion bailout. Kucinich wants to create a U.S. Mutual Trust Fund where every American taxpayer would be given $2,300 in shares of the companies that would benefit from the bailout. Kucinich will deliver his proposal to Democrats in Congress Monday night.

"Rep. Dennis Kucinich, erstwhile presidential candidate and strident opponent of the Bush administration, gave the most spirited speech of the session Tuesday condemning the war, the economy and the Republicans."

Rep. Dennis Kucinich, erstwhile presidential candidate and strident opponent of the Bush administration, gave the most spirited speech of the session Tuesday condemning the war, the economy and the Republicans Short in stature, the Ohio congressman leaped up onto his tip toes time and again, thrusting his arms out and up, getting the crowd to roar so loudly he had to yell into the microphone to be heard. It will become known as the “Wake Up, America” speech. “Fellow Democrats, are you ready for November?” he asked. “It’s election day 2008 and we Democrats are giving America a wake up...

GOP congressman pays price for opposing war By: Josh Kraushaar August 22, 2007 02:08 PM EST NEW BERN, N.C -- Rep. Walter B. Jones Jr. (R-N.C.) is a household name in this military-friendly district represented in Congress by his family -- first by his late father, a Democrat, and now by him -- for most of the past 40 years. Jones' folksy demeanor, commitment to constituent service and deeply Christian values made him virtually unbeatable since he won election to Congress in 1994. Until two years ago, Jones was probably best known nationally for championing "freedom fries" to replace "french...

A House Republican leader is lambasting President Bush on his decision not to call Congress back into session to deal with the energy crisis. In a legislative update sent to GOP members and staff on Tuesday, Republican House Policy Committee Chairman Thaddeus McCotter (Mich.) accused "Beijing George" Bush of throwing House Republicans "under the bone-dry bus" on his way to the Olympics in China. House GOP leaders last week called on Bush to convene an emergency session ofCongress, but the White House said such a move would not make a difference because Democrats would not call for an up-or-down vote...

He then reminded his audience that, “There are signs of this retreat all over the world, ‎including inside the US itself. When I was in New York last year, one of the American ‎presidential candidates told me, ‘I wish to advance in this country the very statements ‎that you make there.’ And when I asked him why, he said that people here like these ‎words. Your words resonate here and people embrace them. Today the heart of the whole ‎world is with us. The Iranian is dear wherever he goes around the world. I sent a message ‎to the US...

WASHINGTON (Map, News) - Call it the un-impeachment hearing. The House Judiciary Committee held a hearing Friday it insisted was not about removing President Bush from office. But critics of Bush's policies couldn't pass up the chance to charge the president with a long list of impeachable "high crimes and misdemeanors." Leading the way was Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, the former Democratic presidential candidate who has brought repeated impeachment resolutions on the House floor against Bush and Vice President Cheney. Kucinich got a rock star welcome of whistles, hoots and clapping as he walked into the hearing room, holding hands...

Big crowd gathers for House Judiciary hearing on Bush "impeachment" A boisterous crowd has already gathered for today's hearing in the House Judiciary Committee on the case for impeaching Presidnent Bush and Vice President Cheney. Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) has been leading the charge on the issue

WASHINGTON — Rep. Dennis Kucinich's quest to impeach President Bush will get an official airing in the House Judiciary Committee on Friday. The fact that the hearing is taking place was almost as improbable as its intended outcome — the ouster of the president. Under the Constitution, impeachment powers lie in the House. But despite deep divisions between the House Democratic Caucus and White House on a broad swath of issues — the Iraq war, the economy, energy, climate change, to name a few — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has pointedly said impeachment is off the table. The hearing Friday,...

Hugo Chavez visiting Tehran celebrated his alliance with Akmadinejad. Che Guevara's son Camillo visited Tehran last year. Fidel Castro was there and told his hosts that "Iran and Cuba, in cooperation with each other, can bring America to its knees." It's not just Latin American leftists who see potential in Islamism. There is Ken Livingstone, the Trotskyist mayor of London. Dennis Kucinich, during his first presidential campaign in 2004, quoted the Koran and roused a Muslim audience to chant Allahu akbar ("God is great") and he even announced, "I keep a copy of the Koran in my office." And there...

Over the past several years, Iranian leaders - most prominently, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad - have made numerous statements calling for the destruction of Israel and the Jewish people. Some of these statements have been interpreted by certain journalists and experts on Iran to be simple expressions of dissatisfaction with the Israeli presence in the West Bank or eastern Jerusalem, or with the current Israeli government and its policies. Juan Cole of the University of Michigan argues that Ahmadinejad was not calling for the destruction of Israel, saying, "Ahmadinejad did not say he was going to wipe Israel off the...

Representative Ron Paul says House Speaker Nancy Pelosi removed a section from a bill passed by Congress which would have barred the U.S. from going to war with Iran without a congressional vote, claiming she did so at the behest of the leadership of Israel and AIPAC. Paul, a former Republican presidential contender who formally removed himself from the party’s nomination race last week, makes the allegation on C-SPAN during a recently held foreign policy conference in Virginia. Paul says Pelosi’s first act as House Speaker in 2006 was to “deliberately” remove a portion of a legislative spending bill which...

H RES 1258 Title: Impeaching George W. Bush, President of the United States, of high crimes and misdemeanors. Sponsor: Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. [OH-10] (introduced 6/10/2008) Cosponsors (1)

The House has voted to send articles of impeachment against President Bush to a committee that is not likely to hold hearings before the end of his term. By 251-166, House members dispatched the measure to a committee on Wednesday — a procedure often used to kill legislation. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi long ago declared the prospects for impeachment proceedings "off the table." Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, who ran for president earlier this year, insists that his resolution deserves more consideration. He spent more than four hours Monday night reading his 35 articles of impeachment into the record, including charges...

Democrat Congressman calls for Bush impeachment10.06.2008 15:46 GMT+04:00 /PanARMENIAN.Net/ Democrat Dennis Kucinich introduced a 35-count resolution to impeach U.S. President George W. Bush, claiming that the president set out to deceive the nation, and violated his oath of office with the Iraq war. Addressing the House of Representatives on Monday evening, the Ohio congressman and former presidential candidate accused the administration of a number of offenses, including lying to Congress and the public about its reasons for the 2003 invasion of Iraq. He said Bush "fraudulently" justified the war on Iraq and misled "the American people and members of Congress...

In case you’ve been missing impeachment mob theater, the lead actor is back. Rep. Dennis Kucinich was back on the House floor tonight introducing a 35-count resolution to impeach President Bush. Kucinich delayed introducing the impeachment resolution after speaking with House Judiciary Committee members in January. Guess he got a green light. You’ll recall that five months ago, he promised to bring articles of impeachment against President Bush to the House floor on the day of the State of the Union address–and was forced to withdraw BDS remarks declaring the State of the Union a “lie.” (See WaPo editorial page...

WASHINGTON - Rep. Dennis Kucinich, a former Democratic presidential contender, said Monday he wants the House to consider a resolution to impeach President Bush. Speaker Nancy Pelosi consistently has said impeachment was "off the table." Kucinich, D-Ohio, read his proposed impeachment language in a floor speech. He contended Bush deceived the nation and violated his oath of office in leading the country into the Iraq war. Kucinich introduced a resolution last year to impeach Vice President Dick Cheney. That resolution was killed, but only after Republicans initially voted in favor of taking up the measure to force a debate.

Dennis Kucinich is currently on the floor of the House presenting his bill to impeach President George W. Bush. C-SPAN, 8:00 PM 9 Jun 2008.

Pump up the Carly Simon. President George W. Bush spoke to the Israeli Knesset on Thursday morning, to mark the nation’s 60th anniversary. The president said: Some seem to believe we should negotiate with terrorists and radicals, as if some ingenious argument will persuade them they have been wrong all along . . . We have heard this foolish delusion before. As Nazi tanks crossed into Poland in 1939, an American senator declared: 'Lord, if only I could have talked to Hitler, all of this might have been avoided.' We have an obligation to call this what it is —...

The Wall Street Journal reports that it's hard to sell political merchandise when a candidate drops out. Case in point: the ambitious 2004 presidential campaign of Dennis Kucinich. This isn't a plea for sympathy, since Keith Shirey, who was in charge of John Edwards and Kucinich merchandise this year, has made a good living. But, the Journal reports, Shirey had a predicament in 2004 after Kucinich, a congressman from Cleveland, left the race and the merchandiser had 25,000 T-shirts to unload. "Mr. Shirey tried to sell them to a car wash and investigated the possibility of bleaching the T-shirts to...

Rep. Ron Paul, the 72-year-old libertarian-like, 10-term Texas congressman who's also running for the Republican presidential nomination, easily won his 14th District primary Tuesday and is set for easy re-election in November. With about half the precincts counted (what's the rush--it's Texas) Paul was thumping Friendswood City Councilman Chris Peden by two-to-one. Paul, the only Republican presidential candidate to oppose the Iraq war, is no longer the oldest presidential candidate since the 74-year-old Ralph Nader began his quadrennial quest for 3% of the vote. Paul has declined to endorse McCain, which pretty much dooms the Arizonan's candidacy in the eyes...

UPDATE 8:36: Ron Paul has been re-elected to Congress in the Fourteenth District of Texas. Campaign manager Mark Elam: "Chris Peden is toast. It's just a question of how big the margin is." The campaign is looking at a result in line with its final internal polls, with about 70 percent of the vote going to Paul. With about 8,400 votes in, Paul is leading Peden 72-28. UPDATE 8:53: These are early votes being reported right now, but around 40 to 50 percent of votes were cast in early voting and the Paul campaign doesn't expect the election day results...

Dennis Kucinich, the liberal Ohio politician who made two failed White House campaigns, fought Tuesday in the Democratic primary to keep his seat against the toughest, best-financed challenger in his 12-year congressional career. For years, the 61-year-old Kucinich has won re-election by margins of up to 75 percent in a reliably Democratic district. But after sensing early that Joe Cimperman was a formidable opponent, Kucinich abandoned his presidential campaign on Jan. 25, months earlier in the race than he did in 2004, when he also was polling in low one-digit numbers. Joe Cimperman, a Cleveland City Council member and former...

Several weeks ago Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich announced articles for the impeachment and removal from office of Vice President Cheney. Whether it was part of his never-ending campaign for the Presidency, or done as a means of showing the Democratic Party’s far left base that the Democrats’ Congress is respondent to them is a moot and debatable point, but there is no way that these articles of impeachment can be sincere. They are false, misleading, and have no way of ever becoming the subject of real hearings.

"I guess she learned this childish tactic from her kids," countered David Almasi, executive director of the conservative National Center for Public Policy Research."What's next? Holding her breath until her face turns blue? Lawmakers should not be intimidated into action by force, graft or inane publicity stunts," Almasi told Cybercast News Service. ...well...at least America's Twinkies are safe for the time being. There was a time when Americans marched and protested with respect, honor, and integrity. Today, we get Code Pink and in general a carnival-like atmosphere rather than a Martin Luther King march. This is a sad story though....

AUSTIN -- American icon Willie Nelson says he supports efforts to impeach President Bush and "throw the bastards out," adding that the administration will do anything to stay in power, including staging an event to cancel the election. Nelson made the comments on a radio show Thursday, saying that he supported Dennis Kucinich's attempt to impeach Bush. "If you break the law you have to pay for it one way or another, and if these guys haven't broke the law nobody has," said Nelson. "The deck's been stacked and we need to figure out a way to get a new...