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'Million Muslim march' idea falls by wayside By News-Sentinel Staff Last updated: Friday, Aug 19, 2005 - 06:58:44 am PDT The idea of a "million Muslim march" event in Lodi by Muslims to publicly denounce terrorism has officially died, say those involved. Envisioned in late June as a response to the allegations of terrorists in Lodi's Muslim community, the idea drew the interest of Mayor John Beckman, conservative radio host Mark Williams, the Sacramento chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations and local Muslims. Interest waned, however, when it became apparent the deep division in Lodi's Muslim community would...

(Sacramento, California; Friday June 17, 2005) Lodi, California Mayor John Beckman and Sacramento radio talker Mark Williams today said that they are joining forces with the Lodi Muslim Mosque to stage what has been unofficially dubbed The Million Muslim March ...Williams has been attempting to rally Northern California Muslims to speak out against terrorism for more than three years now said that “this is a first step on a long road by Muslims to retake their faith from extremists who grip Islam by the throat.” The popular radio personality added “All of Northern California should turn out in support of...

NRA says Kaine ad misleading, wants it halted Candidate defends spot that uses remark by Charlton Heston The National Rifle Association is shooting at Democratic gubernatorial candidate Timothy M. Kaine. In a news release that invoked the name of actor and former NRA President Charlton Heston, Chris W. Cox, chairman of the NRA's political victory fund, accused Kaine of "a shameful and dishonest" attempt to mislead voters in a recent radio commercial. The ad uses Heston's name. (SNIP) In a conference call with reporters, Kaine stood by the ad. It is "extremely accurate," he said. The Kaine ad says he...

California Million Mom March Making Progress on Anti-Crime Bills; At Lobby Day Will Urge Legislators, Governor To Turn Bills Into Law 6/5/2005 12:01:00 PM To: Metro and Assignment desks, Daybook Editor Contact: Griffin Dix of California Million Mom March, 510-528-0255 News Advisory: -- California Million Mom March Making Progress on Anti-Crime Bills -- At Lobby Day, Chapter Members Will Urge Legislators, Governor To Turn Bills Into Law For News Media Planning Purposes The California members of Million Mom March chapters throughout the state will lobby legislators in Sacramento on Monday, June 6. The activists will honor State Senator Joe Dunn...

On its website, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) proudly proclaims its mission -- "To stop the defamation of the Jewish people … to secure justice and fair treatment for all." But when a Democratic ex-president supports a march by the most notorious anti-Semite and hatemonger in America, the ADL runs for cover. Bill Clinton has endorsed Minister Louis Farrakhan’s Million More March (scheduled for October 14-15, 2005, in Washington, D.C.). The event will mark the 10th anniversary of Farrakhan’s so-called Million Man March of 1995. (The 100,000-man march probably would be more accurate.) In an exclusive interview with the Amsterdam News,...

Ex-president Bill Clinton is endorsing Nation of Islam chief Minister Louis Farrakahan's "Million More March" over the objections of the Anti-Defamation League, which is urging top politicians to avoid the October event because they say that both Farrakhan and march organizer Malik Zulu Shabazz are anti-Semitic. "I think this is a very positive idea,” Clinton told the Amsterdam News this week in an interview from his Harlem office. "I like the idea of a march," he continued. "It’s fine to be concerned about [homeland] security, but we also have to keep trying to make America strong and better here at...

Million Mom March comes up a bit short Nick Coleman, Star Tribune March 16, 2005 NICK0316 There were a million moms at the Cathedral of St. Paul Tuesday. Minus 999,979. Five years ago, the moms could have taken a run at a million. But five years ago is a long time, when you are talking about politics. Five years ago, the Million Mom March turned out thousands against guns in St. Paul and then, on a beautiful Mother's Day in May of 2000, assembled three-quarters of a million strong in Washington, D.C., to demand that the nation's lawmakers put an...

This is a breaking news situation. A man entered a courtroom in the Fulton County Courthouse this morning and shot a Fulton County Sheriff's deputy, a clerk and a judge; there are reports from both WSB and WAGA, the judge is deceased. The perp has carjacked multiple vehicles -- now on his third -- and is still at large. I've just come from downtown Atlanta, and the city is a madhouse.

Nation of Islam leader the Rev. Louis Farrakhan is encouraging women and gay men to participate in the 10th anniversary of the Million Man March. “The makeup will be our people, whoever we are – male, female, gay, straight, White, dark rich, poor, ignorant, wise,” said Farrakhan Saturday during the sixth annual State of the Black Union symposium in Georgia. :: AD :: Keith Boykin of the National Black Justice Coalition – an organization of Black lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people – was pleased by Farrakhan’s open invitation. “I remember in October 1995, there were about 200 of us...

Nation of Islam leader Rev. Louis Farrakhan is encouraging women and gay men to participate in the 10th anniversary of the Million Man March.

A Springfield woman who began lobbying against gun violence after her son was shot to death in 2002 was arrested last week when police allegedly found an illegal gun and drugs in her home. Annette "Flirty" Stevens, however, said Monday she's innocent, and the arrest is an attempt by police to get her to give up information about unsolved crime in the city. The handgun, which had a scratched-off serial number, and drugs allegedly were discovered Friday morning inside Stevens' home in the 2500 block of South 15th Street. Authorities said they obtained a search warrant for the residence as...

The goal of gun control is not to actually control guns and make the world a safer place, but to control people. It is not as important for you can pass a criminal background check so much as it is that you feel obligated to ask the state for permission to buy a gun. Liberals know gun control laws will not stop criminals, but it will erode the sense of independence and self reliance of regular people until they feel that they can do nothing that does not meet government approval.

How does CBSNews handle their credibility issues? Why, they hire as a publicist the organizer of the Million Mom March. This is to let you know that Donna Dees, whom many of you may remember from her previous stint at CBS News (1987-93), will join our press office next Monday, Jan. 10, as senior press representative responsible for the CBS EVENING NEWS, the CBS EVENING NEWS weekend editions and FACE THE NATION. In the interim, Donna founded and organized the Million Mom March, which took place in May 2000, and served as a communications consultant for CBS for the LATE...

Toy Guns Pulled From Costume Shop Shelves Thousands of toy guns that were for sale in costume and novelty shops in New York state have been removed as part of a settlement between the state attorney general's office and two national wholesalers, the New York Times reported Dec. 20.Attorney General Eliot Spitzer had accused the wholesalers of distributing 12,000 toy guns in 2001 in violation of a state law which previously had applied only to retailers. New York State bans the sale of toy guns in stores unless they have a permanent orange stripe running down both sides of...

'No Credible Evidence' That Carrying Concealed Weapons Laws Decrease Crime Press ReleaseContact:Wisconsin Anti-Violence EffortP.O. Box 170393Milwaukee, WI 53217Phone: 414-351-9283'No Credible Evidence' That Carrying Concealed Weapons Laws Decrease Crime According to a New Report From the National Academy of Sciences: Statement by Wisconsin Anti-Violence EffortGun Lobby Shoots Blanks on False Claims That Wisconsin Families Will Be Safer If Residents Are Allowed to Carry Hidden and Loaded Handguns in Public Places MILWAUKEE -- A new report released from the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), "Firearms and Violence," found "no credible evidence" that carrying concealed weapons laws decrease crime. The gun lobby...

Bullets Come Down: Help Stop Celebratory Gunfire this New Years Action AlertBrady Campaign to Prevent Gun ViolenceUnited with the Million Mom March1225 Eye Street, NWWashington, DC 20005www.bradycampaign.orgBrady/MMM is joining with America's police departments to urge Americans not to engage in what police call "celebratory gunfire" -- the indiscriminate firing of weapons into the air. On New Years Eve, scores of people will place others at risk of injury or death because of celebratory gunfire. When a bullet is fired into the air, the bullet has to come down somewhere. This holiday season, help spread the word about the dangers...

Amazon.com, the online superstore, has united with the anti-gun movement this holiday season. Amazon.com is promoting the Million Mom March, a group known for its support of strict gun control laws and regulations. It will give five percent of every sale to the organization when visitors access Amazon’s website through the Million Mom March site. In 2001, the Million Mom March joined the Brady Campaign and the Brady Center to become the largest grassroots, non-partisan, anti-gun organization. Since then, the group has supported many anti-gun proposals, such as New Jersey Assembly Bill 3942, which was proposed to outlaw the sale...

Chocolate, wine can aid heart By Sharon Labi December 17, 2004 A DAILY meal of seven ingredients including wine and chocolate could cut heart disease by 76 per cent, Australian researchers have found. The diet comprising wine, fish, dark chocolate, fruit, vegetables, almonds and garlic, would also increase life expectancy by more than six years in men and five years in women. Researchers at Monash University, in Victoria, and the Erasmus University Medical Centre, in The Netherlands, studied the effects of the "polymeal" to see if its benefits could match those of a polypill. Research last year into a polypill...

Touring the country in an effort to renew the 10-year-old ban on so-called assault weapons, the numerically challenged Million Mom March has been conducting a campaign built largely on fiction. As far back as 1988, gun prohibitionists figured they could fool the public into supporting a ban that, as history has shown, has been essentially symbolic. Sixteen years ago, Josh Sugarman with the Violence Policy Center put the campaign in its proper perspective, admitting, "The weapons' menacing looks coupled with the public's confusion over fully automatic machine guns versus semiautomatic assault weapons -- anything that looks like a machine gun...

Anti-weapon campaign runs on fiction By JOE WALDRON AND DAVE WORKMAN GUEST COLUMNISTS Touring the country in an effort to renew the 10-year-old ban on so-called assault weapons, the numerically challenged Million Mom March has been conducting a campaign built largely on fiction. As far back as 1988, gun prohibitionists figured they could fool the public into supporting a ban that, as history has shown, has been essentially symbolic. Sixteen years ago, Josh Sugarman with the Violence Policy Center put the campaign in its proper perspective, admitting, "The weapons' menacing looks coupled with the public's confusion over fully automatic machine...