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Guess elephants have some serious short-term memory issues! Everyone knows singer Jackson Browne is a serious liberal, everyone except, apparently, John McCain. Now Browne is fighting mad and has filed suit against McCain and his party, alleging they falsely suggested he was on their side. Browne claims the GOP used his epic hit "Running on Empty" in an ad for McCain without his permission, adding that the ad mocks Barack Obama, which Browne ain't none too happy about. The suit wants the ad to stop running -- STAT -- and is seeking damages. Browne's lawyer Lawrence Iser says this ain't...

July 31, 2008 Where in the World is Obama's Missing Thesis? Ed Lasky Barack Obama wrote his senior thesis at Columbia University on Soviet nuclear disarmament. Inquiring people have sought a copy of this thesis to no avail. Columbia says it cannot be found; Barack Obama says he lost it. How likely is that a person so impressed with himself that he writes an autobiography just a few years later would "lose" his senior thesis? After all, a Presidential Library must be filled. And as Jim Geraghty at National Review and others have noted there are a lot of blank...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama said Thursday he would not use nuclear weapons «in any circumstance. «I think it would be a profound mistake for us to use nuclear weapons in any circumstance,» Obama said, with a pause, «involving civilians.» Then he quickly added, «Let me scratch that. There's been no discussion of nuclear weapons. That's not on the table.

Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH) gave the following floor speech today on legislation he is introducing to abolish all nuclear weapons: “In the Hindu religion Brahma, the creator, Vishnu, the preserver, and Siva, the destroyer, exist simultaneously and represent the multiplicity of God. Today, we are going to be called upon to determine which of the principles - creator, preserver or destroyer - shall work through each of us. “If we continue to pursue nuclear proliferation embodied in the nuclear agreement with India we will be open to the principals of destruction. At this moment when world tensions are rising...

Communist Goals (1963) Congressional Record--Appendix, pp. A34-A35 January 10, 1963 Current Communist Goals EXTENSION OF REMARKS OF HON. A. S. HERLONG, JR. OF FLORIDA IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Thursday, January 10, 1963   Mr. HERLONG. Mr. Speaker, Mrs. Patricia Nordman of De Land, Fla., is an ardent and articulate opponent of communism, and until recently published the De Land Courier, which she dedicated to the purpose of alerting the public to the dangers of communism in America. At Mrs. Nordman's request, I include in the RECORD, under unanimous consent, the following "Current Communist Goals," which she identifies as an...

Action Alert! Oppose the President's Funds For More Nuclear Weapons. Tell your representative. On Monday, President Bush submitted his 2006 budget request to Congress. The request eliminates dozens of domestic programs, including funding for education, environmental protection, and grants to local police, firefighters and emergency rescue services. Not surprisingly, the administration proposes significant spending increases for the military—an indication that average Americans will suffer the costs of unilateral military policies and new nuclear weapons programs for years to come—unless we act now. Write your member of congress Encourage your representative to challenge President Bush’s 2006 budget request. If concerned citizens...

I'VE GOT TO GET A MESSAGE TO YOU We're warning all you mullahs, beware Just look up in the sky, we have drones in the air Your nuke program we're gonna deter There is no way in hell you can go nuclear All of your nuke plants are belong to us...you kooks, you kooks We will run over you like a bus...no nukes, no nukes Do you think that we are kidding you Just like Saddam Hussein you are gonna be so screwed Your nuke program we're gonna deter There is no way in hell you can go nuclear...

Kerry: I Wouldn't Respond to Nuclear Attack John Kerry told Democrats gathered in Boston two weeks ago that he defended his country as a young soldier in Vietnam and he would defend it again as president. But as Michael Dukakis' lieutenant governor, Kerry authored an executive order that said the state of Massachussetts would refuse to take part in any civil defense efforts in response to a nuclear attack on America. The presidential candidate was an ardent proponent of the nuclear freeze at the time, and viewed Cold War civil defense preparations as an attempt to delude the American people...

Every headline today should have been "Kerry says, if elected, he will shut down OUR nukes there by weakening AMERICA!" I am outraged! That is every bit as frightening as 911. God Help Us!

Planet in Peril is the poet’s lament on the frantic stockpiling of nuclear weapons imperilling all life on this planet of ours. Unlike modern day Neros who are seen fluting with sadistic ecstasy when all-engulfing flames are threatening to turn this only habitat of ours into a burning inferno, the poet’s soul weeps in mournful numbers when he reflects over the impending disaster.

November 6, 2003 - WE DID IT! - Deep Cuts to Nuclear Weapons Funding Dear Supporter of Peace, Thanks to your work, we achieved a decisive victory yesterday when a House-Senate conference committee made deep cuts to President Bush's funding request for several nuclear weapons programs. Over the past year, our work has demonstrated the recklessness of the Bush Administration's nuclear agenda. Yesterday, there was enough broad-based skepticism of the Bush plan that it was defeated in a Republican-controlled conference committee. Now some of the strongest opponents to an expanded nuclear weapons program include members of Bush's party. Two...