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(VANITY) For Open Discussion:Been noticing much more media proclivity to focus in on the big protest signs being carried at Terri's hospice.These signs say a lot in a few words. Because many Americans may focus in on them instead of the story. Busy folks multitasking who have the TV sound down. Folks in a department store or going through an airport terminal or at an auto repair shop waiting room or at a rental car agency, wherever in the heartland of America, this Saturday.The more thinking by all of us about these signs and their potent messages to millions of...

ALGIERS (UPI) -- Algerian officials said Sunday Iran asked them to send a message to the United States that Tehran will defend its right to nuclear energy. An official source told United Press International on condition of anonymity that the visit to Algeria last week by Hassan Rowhani, secretary-general of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, was aimed at "sending a clear message to Washington that Iran is ready to defend its right to possess nuclear energy for peaceful purposes." The source said Rowhani asked for Algeria's support on the nuclear issue and to tell the United States his country "is...

There have been huge disastrous floods in Guyana and the nation is openly appealing for help from the American military. This may seem like an old story, but it's not. I hope we help Guyana. There are good reasons, and it's in everyone's interest. The tsunami relief effort got word to the world that when you are in deep trouble, America is the one, the only one, you can reliably turn to. Swift efficient help to impossible areas, soldiers who are friendly and compassionate, soldiers who won't shake you down, soldiers who will treat you with dignity and help you...

As the day of President Bush’s inauguration draws near, liberal organizations seem to be on the brink of implosion; they don’t know what policies to pursue, they don’t know who their chairman should be, and they don’t know whether they should attack the presidential inauguration as a bourgeoisie-perpetrated fraud or as simply too expensive. Just recently on C-Span, a group of anarchists could be observed planning a protest to the inaugural ceremony. Other liberals have accused Bush of stealing 118,000 votes in Ohio. But as of late, the primary argument that they’ve asserted for the pursuit of their policies is...

So where does the shifting political landscape leave Democrats? Should they elect pro-life, pro-gun, pro-war presidential candidates? Not necessarily. But they may consider doing something radical: supporting candidates in Middle America that represent the viewpoints of... well, Middle America. Zell Miller is right. The Democratic Party is a national party no more. But give Ed Gilliespie, Ken Mehlman or myself the keys of the DNC for four years and we could once again put Democrats in power in the House and Senate. That's because Republicans understand middle America-national Democrats don't. Maybe if the Party of FDR listened more to Peter...

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope John Paul (news - web sites) led the world's one billion Roman Catholics into Christmas Day and said the troubled world needed the message of Jesus more than ever, braving Parkinson's Disease to deliver his sermon. The Pope celebrated Christmas midnight mass in St Peter's Basilica attended by some 10,000 people and watched by tens of millions live on television in more than 70 countries, including several predominantly Muslim nations. The 84-year-old Pope, who has difficulty speaking because of his illness, lessened the strain this year, limiting his sermon to a mere eight paragraphs --...

Democrats look for message, messenger to win back power and influence policy BY STEVEN THOMMA Knight Ridder Newspapers Posted on Wed, Dec. 08, 2004 WASHINGTON - (KRT) - Which should come first for Democrats as they retool for the future, message or messenger? In their first meeting since their dark Election Day, Democrats will gather in Florida this weekend desperate to find a way back to power. Their focus will be on a search for a new messenger in the form of a national party chairman to voice the party's ideals on such issues as national defense, Social Security and...

Among the things that were brought to light during the recent Presidential campaign was what I would term the "unconscious message" that the Democrats sent to Americans. This unconscious message was a function of, primarily, two things: The impact of standard-bearers — including Michael Moore, Susan Sarandon, and Whoopi Goldberg, among many others — who, because of their high profile, came to represent what the Democrat Party stood for to many Americans; and some of the tactics which the Democrats allowed to be employed in the name of electing their candidate. Indeed, while many high-profile Democratic spokespeople might have gotten...

NOTE: If I know anything about the rabid naysayers on FR, at least some of the RELIGIOUS [vs spiritual] types will wail and rant that ANYTHING having to do with numbers and The Bible has to be crossing the line into dealing with Biblically forbidden NUMEROLOGY. This is nonsense. The dictionary definition of “numerology” makes clear that numerology is the study of numbers, as the figures designating the year of one’s birth, “to determine their supposed influence on one’s life, future, etc.” [Quix color, bold emphasis on the definition from: HERE: http://www.infoplease.com/ipd/A0562554.html Clearly, the Biblically prohibited issue is INTEREST IN,...

He's won. Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has succeeded in cutting taxes. In Italy. The captain of his nation's ship, who had gripped the helm and vowed to hurl his entire balking government over the side if they refused to stand with him, took a tremendous risk. But last night, the storm ebbed and Berlusconi sailed to victory. Tax cuts, $8.6 billion, are coming at last to high-tax Italy, a country whose previous governments had driven 25% of its economy underground, and much more underwater, with Italy's crushing 43% of GNP tax burden. This portends well for tax-cutting in the...

Scientists recently decoded the first confirmed alien transmission from outer space. It said: "Please send 5x10 (to the 50th power) atoms of hydrogen to each of the five star systems listed below. Then, add your system to the top of the list and delete the system at the bottom. Transmit copies of this message to 100 different solar systems. If you follow these instructions, you are guaranteed that within 0.25 degrees of a galactic rotation you will receive in return sufficient hydrogen stores to power your own civilization until the universe reaches inevitable maximum entropy. This really works!" OK, it's...

LTG James R. Helmly Commanding General, U.S. Army Reserve Chief, Army Reserve "In the midst of a civil war of unequalled magnitude and severity," President Abraham Lincoln saw the need for Americans to pause and give thanks for the "blessings of fruitful fields and healthful skies." His original Thanksgiving Day proclamation was issued on October 3, 1863, the same year as the bloody battles of Chancellorsville, Gettysburg and Chickamauga. In the depths of despair, Lincoln's thoughts turned not to bitterness, but to gratitude. Once again, our Nation is at war and families and friends of our Army Reserve Soldiers face...

For the second straight week, the local Sunday editorial page was filled with different analysis coming from the left regarding how best to move the Democratic party forward. In one column the writer explained that Democrats have to do a better job of explaining their own vision of morality and religious views to counter the Republican success in that area. In another the writer suggested that the Democrats need to pretty much argue everything better than they have; implying the Democratic/liberal message can win if argued effectively. Several other letters to the editor were similar in the general theme that...

All the caterwauling by talking heads who insist the Democrats can win the presidency in 2008 with a religious Southerner has me laughing. Well, painfully chuckling anyway. The view from The New York Times and so many others that "moral values" jumped to new prominence, driven by ardent churchgoers worried about gay marriage, sounded right to me at first. But then I peered closely at the vote in California and other spots, and was reminded how absurd conventional media wisdom can be. Many seized on exit polls showing that 22 percent of voters said "moral values" were paramount. But as...

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looking for a video that can be emailed to moderates from either party that is humorous but has a good ,clear,convincing message. I'd like something that you can click on once or not at all and it will start to play. It needs to be something fairly short so the dial up folks can watch too.

Last week, Osama bin Laden delivered the following advice to Americans: Your security is not in the hands of [Democratic presidential candidate John] Kerry or Bush or al-Qaida. Your security is in your own hands and each state which does not harm our security will remain safe. Doesn’t it make you swell with pride for this madman, this human virus, to endorse American democracy? No wonder Michael Moore holds him in such regard; he’s just a scary version of Jimmy Carter! So long as we vote the right way, and live by bin Laden’s rules, we’ll be secure. Surely, all...

"Permission to fight (against disbelievers) is given to those (believers) who are fought against, because they have been wronged and surely, Allah is Able to give them (believers) victory" [Quran 22:39] "Those who believe, fight in the Cause of Allah, and those who disbelieve, fight in the cause of Taghut (anything worshipped other than Allah e.g. Satan). So fight you against the friends of Satan; ever feeble is indeed the plot of Satan."[Quran 4:76] ..... If the Americans refuse to listen to our advice and the goodness, guidance and righteousness that we call them to, then be aware that you...

GREENWOOD, Ind. -- Some neighbors aren't thrilled with the rock in gun dealer Don Davis's front yard promoting armed protection, but he vows that only a judge can make him move it. The 8-foot ornamental rock, in front of the home Davis recently built near this Indianapolis suburb, depicts an eagle and the U.S. flag. The inscription: ``It's better to own a gun and not need it than to need a gun and not own it.''

(A down home message for Dan Rather in the colorful Texas idiom he so loves) Y'all know what we all been thinkin' out here in Texas, Dan, since you started all this foolishness? We think y'all been pissin' down our necks an' tellin' us it's rain for so long that you boys done got to believin' it yourselves. Heck, we think maybe you been back East so long you got yourself thinkin' us folks out here couldn't hit sand if we fell off our horses; couldn't hit water if we fell outta the boat. Danged if you ain't been treatin'...