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Racism propelled Falwell's career Wednesday, May 30, 2007 3:55 AM In his May 17 Dispatch Forum column, "Rev. Falwell changed the face of politics," appraising the late minister's legacy, Cal Thomas disingenuously characterized the Rev. Jerry Falwell's 1965 sermon, "Ministers and marches," as a critique of religious political activism. The sermon was actually an expression of Falwell's white-supremacist ideology. Falwell was an outspoken segregationist. Racism, not "values," launched Falwell and the Christian Right into politics. In a 1958 sermon to his Lynchburg, Va., congregation, one of many decrying civil rights, Falwell said, "When God has drawn a line of distinction,...

US Source "Patriotism threatens free speech with death. It is infuriated by thoughtful hesitation, constructive criticism of our leaders and pleas for peace. It despises people of foreign birth. It has specifically blamed homosexuals, feminists and the American Civil Liberties Union. In other words, the American flag stands for intimidation, censorship, violence, bigotry, sexism, homophobia and shoving the Constitution through a paper shredder. Whom are we calling terrorists here?" -- Barbara Kingsolver, novelist, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, September 27 Syrian Source "How can the U.S. claim itself to be the defender of justice, democracy and freedom and the staunch protector of...

There are two misconceptions held by many Americans. The first is that communism ceased to be a threat when the Soviet Union imploded. The second is that the New Left of the Sixties collapsed and disappeared as well. “The Sixties are dead,” wrote columnist George Will (Slamming the Doors, Newsweek, Mar. 25, 1991) Because the New Left lacked cohesion it fell apart as a political movement. However, its revolutionaries reorganized themselves into a multitude of single issue groups. Thus we now have for example, radical feminists, black extremists, anti-war ‘peace’ activists, animal rights groups, radical environmentalists, and ‘gay’ rights groups....

Many argue that communism will never be possible because of "human nature". The essence of this false argument is the belief that a communist society would consist of an all-powerful central government that would tell everybody what to do--and would therefore undermine the creative initiative of individuals and the search for happiness. • This argument is based on two false assumptions: (1) It assumes that a communist society will look like the former Soviet Union, or the current China, North Korea, etc (ie: corrupt police states with a feudal-style ruling class) (2) It assumes that people will only work in...

More than a dozen traumatized John Kerry supporters have sought and received therapy from a licensed Florida psychologist since their candidate lost to President Bush, the Boca Raton News learned Monday. Boca Raton trauma specialist Douglas Schooler said he has treated 15 clients and friends with “intense hypnotherapy” since the Democratic nominee conceded last Wednesday. “I had one friend tell me he’s never been so depressed and angry in his life,” Schooler said. “I observed patients threatening to leave the country or staring listlessly into space. They were emotionally paralyzed, shocked and devastated.”

Girl Assaulted At Local School POSTED: 11:20 p.m. EST November 9, 2004 Rock Hill, SC -- Rock Hill, SC -- Police in Rock Hill say a student was assaulted because of who her parents voted for last week. Police say a seventh grade girl asked a sixth grade girl at Sullivan Middle School in Rock Hill who her parents voted for. When she said, "Bush", she was assaulted. A teacher was also assaulted trying to stop the fight. Police charged the girl with two counts of assault and battery and disturbing schools.

We can't tell if this is parody or self-parody, though we suspect the latter--and in either case, it's hilarious. Late last week a new Web site, SorryEverybody.com, appeared on the scene. Here's its manifesto:Some of us--hopefully most of us--are trying to understand and appreciate the effect our recent election will have on you, the citizens of the rest of the world. As our so-called leaders redouble their efforts to screw you over, please remember that some of us--hopefully most of us--are truly, truly sorry. And we'll say we're sorry, even on the behalf of the ones who aren't.The site features...

Two more men turned themselves in to Milwaukee police Saturday in connection with the slashing of tires on 20 vans and cars rented by the Republican Party on election day, according to department records. Lavelle Mohammad, 35, of Milwaukee and Justin J. Howell, 20, of Racine were booked on charges of criminal damage to property. Sgt. Ken Henning said no additional information about the case was available Saturday. On Friday, two other men - Lewis Gibson Caldwell III, 27, and Sowande Ajumoke Omokunde, 25, both of Milwaukee - surrendered to police on the same charge in connection with the incident,...

Have you all noticed how modern Israeli history is increasingly resembling the Biblical story of the ten plagues, right out of the Book of Exodus? First, we had the Oslo team who supplied us with lots of Blood and the Deaths of the Firstborn. For Frogs, you need look no further than the photos on the front pages today of His Ugliness in Paris. The Lice are those tenured traitors at Israeli universities calling for boycotts of Israel. The evil Beasts are now running the Gaza Strip. Darkness has long covered Israel's entire media. Anyway, this week, the Locusts are...

Anti-American feeling was one of the reasons behind the shock departure of the former dean of Wellington's Anglican cathedral. Speaking from the United States, Douglas Sparks said Kiwi kids taunted his children for being Americans and told them they hoped Iraqis would kill American soldiers. "We realised six-year-old children don't come up with those kinds of statements on their own. They have to have heard it from some other adult or influential person in their lives. "My daughter came home from school and said, `I am so upset about what George Bush has done to my life'." Despite receiving an...

Americans flock to Canada's immigration Web site Fri November 05, 2004 01:30 PM ET

NEW YORK -- A young man who told his family that he was distraught over the result of the presidential election was found dead Saturday, apparently from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, inside the gated pit where the World Trade Center once stood, authorities said. He was identified as Andrew Veal, 25, of Athens, Ga. Veal had worked for the University of Georgia's Survey Research Center, where the center's director, James Bason, said: "He was a great worker. And he got along well with everyone. Again, we are all at a loss at to why something like this would happen."

NEW YORK - A 25-year-old man from Georgia who was apparently distraught over President Bush (news - web sites)'s re-election shot and killed himself at ground zero. Andrew Veal's body was found Saturday morning inside the off-limits site, said Steve Coleman, a spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. A shotgun was found nearby, but no suicide note was found, Coleman said. Veal's mother said her son was upset about the result of the presidential election and had driven to New York, Gus Danese, president of the Port Authority Police Benevolent Association, told The New York...

San Francisco in no mood for tolerance after Bush win Sun 7 November, 2004 14:13 By Andrea Orr SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The summer of love has given way to the autumn of fear in San Francisco, a liberal stronghold where residents bitterly disappointed by the Bush victory are in no mood to reach out and mend divisions. Rather, they are waving "United States of Canada" maps, redrawn to show Canada extending down to include California, New England and the other so-called "blue states" that voted decisively for Massachusetts Democratic Senator John Kerry in the U.S. presidential race. Some are...

Were we able to build a resource link for all the examples of dem violence at all state GOP headquarters? I know someone had made a huge pic of all the different thugs, and someone else had all the new stories. Please direct me as I'm doing battle on another posting board and they say there were only a "few". Thanks!

<p>NEW YORK — A 25-year-old university worker from Georgia shot and killed himself at ground zero (search) Saturday morning, authorities said. The man, Andrew Veal (search), of Athens, Ga., was found atop the structure housing the 1 and 9 subway lines after a hotel worker spotted what he believed was somebody sleeping inside the site around 8 a.m., said Steve Coleman, a spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. A shotgun was found near the body, Coleman said. No suicide note was found, he said. Veal apparently was distraught over President Bush's (search) re-election, Newsday reported Saturday on its Web site edition, citing an unnamed police source. The newspaper also said the man was a registered Democrat who opposed the war in Iraq. Coleman said he could not confirm Newsday's account. Police were investigating how Veal entered the former World Trade Center (search) site, which is protected by high fences and owned by the Port Authority. Veal worked in a computer lab at the University of Georgia and was planning to marry, friends said Saturday.</p>

LOS ANGELES -- About 1,000 protesters gathered in Hollywood Saturday to rally against President Bush's re-election and U.S. military operations in Iraq, police said. Four people were arrested. Demonstrators chanting anti-war slogans and waving signs marched to a military recruiting office at a busy intersection as police in riot gear looked on. "What is it going to take for the American people and the world to understand that George W. Bush is not good for America?" protester Franco Massimo said on KNBC-TV. A scuffle broke out after authorities stepped between the protesters and a military recruiting office. Demonstrators were arrested...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Vandals spray painted vulgar messages on the walls of the North Carolina Republican Party headquarters and left a burned effigy depicting President Bush and Sen. John Kerry, police said. Authorities detained several suspects early Saturday, hours after the attacks took place Friday night, but had not filed any charges, police spokesman Jim Sughrue said. A police officer reported Friday that about 100 people wearing masks and gloves were walking down a street near the headquarters, authorities said. The Republican president won re-election Tuesday after a challenge by Kerry, a Democrat. John Edwards, who was Kerry's running...

November 7, 2004 Suicide Is Suspected in Death at World Trade Center Site By MICHAEL BRICK young man who told his family he was distraught over the result of the presidential election was found dead yesterday, apparently from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, inside the gated pit where the World Trade Center once stood, the authorities said. The man was identified as Andrew J. Veal, 25, of Athens, Ga. A woman who answered the telephone at the home of Mr. Veal's parents, Jerry and Sharon Veal of Temple, Ga., identified herself as a close friend and said the family would not...

<p>These photos were taken at the post-election anti-Bush rally in San Francisco on November 3, 2004.</p> <p>The rage and frustration of another Bush victory was more than many San Franciscans could take. As soon as Bush's re-election was confirmed in the middle of Wednesday, November 3, people started gathering at Powell and Market streets. By 5pm the crowd had swelled to several thousand.</p>

The 25-year-old son of newly elected congresswoman Gwen Moore was arrested Friday by Milwaukee police and later released in connection with the election day slashing of tires on 20 vans and cars rented by the Republican Party, according to police records. Advertisement Sowande Ajumoke Omokunde, also known as Supreme Solar Allah, arrived at the Milwaukee police administration building Friday morning with his attorney, was arrested at 9 a.m. and held in the police holding facility for several hours before being released, according to records. Omokunde is one of three suspects who had been arrested as of late Friday. Opel E....

Area church target of vandals By CAROLYNN BRIGHT - IR Staff Writer - 11/03/04 Rev. B.G. Stumberg doesn't think that gay and lesbian marriages should be recognized by law and he emphasizes that, in a free country, it's his right to hold that belief. However, since he shared his opinions on CI-96 with the media recently, he's learned that not everyone agrees with that philosophy — and his parish at the Canyon Ferry Road Baptist Church paid the price for that. On Tuesday, Stumberg arrived at the church to find that vandals had spray-painted several phrases on the walls of...

Named today as suspects in the election day tire slashing of GOP rented vans to help the elderly and disable get to the polls were the sons of two prominent MIlwaukee politicians. The son of former democratic mayor MARVIN PRATT, and the son of NEWLY ELECTED CONGRESSWOMAN GWEN MOORE have been identified as suspects in this incident. I will post most details as they become available. GWEN MOORE was just elected tuesday to her first term as a UNITED STATES CONGRESSWOMAN, the first african american in WISCONSIN history to be elected to the US HOUSE. She is currently a member...

Charlottesville, VA—America's "culture war" was on full display last night at the Joan Baez concert. Tickets to the concert were a present to my mother-in-law for her 69th birthday. My mother-in-law certainly fit the demographic of the audience, or as she described it, "All the old hippies are out tonight." Let's just say that by attending, my wife and I dropped the average age of the audience by several months. Sixty-three year old Baez came out on stage and asked how the audience felt about the election? Of course the audience groaned and moaned—after all, this IS a Joan Baez...

Police are planning to question the adult children of two prominent Democrats as early as today in the wide-ranging probe into who, early on election day, slashed the tires of 20 vans and cars rented by the Republican Party. The investigation has already led to the Tuesday arrest of Opel E. Simmons III, a veteran party activist from Virginia in town to work on John Kerry's presidential campaign. Simmons, 33, was released Thursday afternoon without being charged. Sources told us that police, who are being assisted by the FBI, plan to speak to Michael Pratt, son of former Acting Mayor...

I cannot believe this...ho here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=1316497

Gwen Ifill leads a discussion about how the country can reunite after the hotly contested election. GWEN IFILL: Both President Bush and Senator Kerry appealed across party lines today for unity in the wake of another election that left the nation split in shades of blue and red. But in a year when gay marriage bans passed in 11 states, to what degree is the debate over values contributing to that split? For more on that, we turn to: Rick Warren, founding pastor of Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California, and author of the best-selling book, "The Purpose Driven Life";...

Stan Stafford of North Park didn't want to risk any more trouble. So on Saturday, three days before the presidential election, he took down the big Bush/Cheney yard signs that had dominated his North Park front yard. It didn't matter. Vandals trashed his house sometime early yesterday morning, splashing red paint on his sidewalks, plants, garage and house. "Charles Manson did this," he said. Stafford, a diehard Republican who lives on the busy corner of Texas and Meade streets, has been the target of several attacks. This most recent one did the most damage, he said. He had hoped to...

What now? Three local progressives reflect and talk about the future By Aaron Nathans November 4, 2004 'There's absolutely no reason why religious Americans should feel obligated to vote Republican to be consistent with their faith. We simply have to break that stranglehold.' Alta Charo What does the progressive movement do now, after suffering a major political loss in Tuesday's election? The Capital Times posed this question to three prominent professors at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, all with ties to the political left. Alta Charo, an associate dean in the Law School, noted the struggle for civil rights began in...

Hours after the election returns showed that a Bush win was inevitable, Rev. Al Sharpton told a reporter for the Black Press USA Network: "Let’s all head to the airport and get out of the country." The remark was supposedly delivered in a facetious tone, but Sharpton said he had serious concerns about a second Bush term. I think we are in for some serious times. He will appoint judges to the Supreme Court that I think will try to erode some of the gains we made under the Civil Rights Movement and he clearly will have economic policies that...

Milwaukee's News Radio 620 WTMJ reported today that Milwaukee police are investigating the children of prominent local democrat politicians in connection with the election day tire slashing incident involving approximately 30 vans rented by the local GOP for use in getting out the GOP vote. Stay tuned . . . .

We wonder where people get the idea that Republicans are so mean and evil. Well the liberals start something like this and people start to believe it. They have now introduced the yellow star of liberalism campaign. Origins:The Jewish Badge The yellow star, inscribed with the word "Jude," has become a symbol of Nazi persecution. Its likeness abounds upon Holocaust literature and materials. But the Jewish badge was not instituted in 1933 when Hitler came to power. It was not instituted in 1935 when the Nuremberg Laws stripped Jews of their citizenship. It was still not implemented by Kristallnacht in...

In the biggest fight of his charmed life, John Kerry swung between bewilderment and anger when things didn't go his way on the campaign trial. "I can't believe I'm losing to this idiot," the Massachusetts Democrat sighed to a staffer when President Bush's poll numbers surged in April. "Why the f--- didn't he take it?" he wondered when Republican Sen. John McCain refused to be his running mate a half-dozen times. "It's a pack of f---ing lies, what they're saying about me," he shouted at an adviser as a group of Swift boat veterans stepped up attacks on his Vietnam...

I erroneously stumbled across this pile of steaming offal when I attempted to access the SwiftBoat Vets page in order to thank them for their heroic "last mission".

. No, not from us liberals, but you can't alienate 6 billion people without serious repercussions, and much as you'd like to, you can't kill off 1.3 billion Muslims. More lethal terrorists are, as I write, being created. There will be a day of reckoning, probably sooner, rather than later. My regret, is not that you will suffer, but that the rest of us will. There will be a terror attack that will dwarf 9/11, both in terms of human loss and financial devastation. And the world will not only turn its back, it will take the opportunity to strike...

"Started by Arkel at 06:02pm Nov 3, 2004 BST" "Does what it says on the tin. Democracy has failed, the time must surely have come for a world patriot to perform this act for the good of humanity. " "You seem to be quite offended by this thread but don't seem to offer alternatives to mass murderers." Etc. . .

Threats of Rape or Death? Throughout this Election we've seen the worst behavior, or have we? Talk Show Lars Larson http://www.larslarson.com/ from AM KXL 750 Portland, Oregon Recieves Ongoing threats.

I've been collecting many hundred stories and threads identifying confirmed democratic vote fraud, indications of democratic vote fraud, and suspicions of democratic vote fraud since early 2000. Notably, I cannot recall ANY stories confirming Republican vote fraud - in ANY state. Click on my "profile" (my name = [Robert Cook PE] on any story or reply I've written -> then select the blue "Links" button at the top of my [Profile Page] to see all the vote fraud stories I've found in the 2000, 2002, and 2004 elections. Vote Fraud stories/references are grouped by Year, State, and thread title, though...

GOP headquarters burglarized A computer that contained valuable Republican strategies and local voter data was stolen. A $500 reward is being offered. By BRIDGET HALL GRUMET, Times Staff Writer Published November 2, 2004 NEW PORT RICHEY - Naomi Miller knew something was wrong the moment she turned the doorknob. The office was unlocked. Miller, who had locked the door the previous night, opened the door to the Pasco County Republican Party headquarters Monday morning and made a heart-sinking discovery: A burglar had entered the office overnight and snatched the office computer, including the monitor and the printer. The loss wasn't...

Arab students physically assault conservatives at San Francisco State University. San Francisco, November 1, 2004- A mob of Arab students at San Francisco State University attacked a group of College Republicans on the San Francisco State University campus at noon today during a “Turnout the Vote” event in front of the campus student union building. Derek Wray, President of the SFSU College Republicans, told Front Page Magazine that an angry mob of Palestinian students attacked the club’s table, as well as individual members of the Republican club who were handing out pro-Bush/Cheney campaign materials. According to Wray, campus police were...

A voter called into WTAM, a Cleveland radio station, to report that Moveon.org had signs posted at the entrance of a polling place, against state law prohibiting signs to about 150 to 175 ft. Complaint to precinct captain at 157th street was met with they are taking exit polls, "call this number". When voter called, he got a recorded message.....

We'll pick a president Tuesday, and perhaps bring closure to an acrimonious year. But it's highly unlikely that either George W. Bush or John Kerry will be able to bridge the partisan divide and usher in a new era of civility. In pursuit of victory, both have uttered grand promises - Bush talks about overhauling the tax code and partially privatizing Social Security, while Kerry touts an ambitious health-care plan with a price tag in excess of $600 billion - but they have rarely leveled with the voters about a few fundamental truths: The bitter ideological conflicts that predate this...

Scope: Covering the years1962-1977, this file provides descriptions of anti-war rallies and materials produced by the Students for a Democratic Society. It also has detailed information on the protests at the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago, a "defining moment" of the SDS. "The Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), a progressive, radical reformist student group, grew from the ranks of the League for Industrial Democracy (LID), whose own student group, the Student League for Industrial Democracy (SLID) had become all but defunct by the end of the 1950s. . .Under new Field Secretary Robert Alan Haber, University of Michigan graduate...

Some places, one can even smell this election: In southern Ohio, a masked man unleashed a live skunk at a county Bush-Cheney headquarters, spraying GOP activists

LIE, CHEAT, STEAL THE DEMOCRATS WILL DO IT ALL:What is becoming plainly obvious is how badly the leftists in America are adopting the "anything we have to do to win - even if its illegal" approach to tomorrow's voting process. Fred Barnes in this morning's edition of the Weekly Standard  summed it up  best. "We are entitled to do whatever it takes to defeat him (BUSH), to say whatever we want. You see it in the bumper stickers (re-defeat Bush..., in the destruction of Bush yard signs..., in the harrassment at least in the blue states of anyone wearing a Bush...

The SCUM who assaulted Ann Coulter have appeared in this website, and the website links to a donation fund to pay their egal bills!

Title: "Freeper report: News media concealing swastika grafitti of Bush signs" A long-time Freeper I know and trust and who wishes to remain anonymous sent me this report: This is a photo from a residential neighborhood in Carson City, Nevada. Homes in the $300k-$400k price range. The brownshirts have painted swastikas on this large Bush/Cheney sign, and it has been this way for at least 2 days. The Freeper-photographer contacted the Nevada Appeal local daily newspaper, and the newsroom personnel explained that there were many of these incidents, and they are not reporting them in order not to provide glory...

Title Description Placer County Republican HQ's Burglarzied personally visited the Placer Country Republican Headquarters today after hearing about a break-in overnight, Saturday into Sunday morning, at the location. Placer County is the most Republican (registered voters) County in California, more than Orange County. An event like this has Republican workers shocked that it can happen in a community like Roseville, California and Placer County. The vandals had to break into two separate doors to access the inner office of the complex. Then the vandals broke into the 'interior office complex door' by using a crow bar to pry open the...