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SRES 511 ATS 110th CONGRESS 2d Session S. RES. 511 Recognizing that John Sidney McCain, III, is a natural born citizen. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 10, 2008 Mrs. MCCASKILL (for herself, Mr. LEAHY, Mr. OBAMA, Mr. COBURN, Mrs. CLINTON, and Mr. WEBB) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary April 24, 2008 Reported by Mr. LEAHY, without amendment April 30, 2008 Considered and agreed to -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RESOLUTION Recognizing that John Sidney McCain, III, is a natural born citizen. Whereas the Constitution of the United States requires that, to be eligible...

Dear Mr. Robinson: I've given the matter quite a bit of thought and have decided it is time to ZOT you. I was tempted when I noticed posters were allowed to insult anyone who disagreed with them; even more tempted when I saw new posters banned for asking questions, or expressing an opinion outside the mainstream - (though I must confess anyone adopting the screen name "Christ was killed by conservatives" was not going to last very long ! I'm sure he was referring to the Sanhedrin, but still...) When I saw your post today about getting "millions of people"...

CYPRESS After months of searching, Cypress police have identified the suspect they say conned a 79-year-old Korean War vet out of $19,000 last fall. The problem is now getting him back to California. Las Vegas resident Rick Shawn, 43, is already in jail there, accused of similar crimes. (snip) Authorities believe Shawn has used at least 24 names, six different dates of birth, and seven Social Security numbers for a total of 1,008 possible identities.

I'm just curious. Does it matter that to anyone that I don't fill in the "source" part of posts? Is it not enough that I give the URL? Does anyone except pissant give a damn? Get off my back, pissant! Just trying to do my part to save conservatism and fight Obamunism. Your pettiness about formatting gives this whole site a bad name. Not trying to start a fight; but get over yourself with the "proper posting" crap already!

I received an e-mail today from john.excalibur at gmail.com regarding someone posting on FreeRepublic.com using the screen name "Larry Sinclair".The Larry Sinclair screen name was apparently registered yesterday and was used to post a thread from the Larry Sinclair website. So far there is just the one post. I don't know if the person posting under the Larry Sinclair screen name is in fact Larry Sinclair, the man who claims he did cocaine with Barack Obama and performed oral sex on him in the late Nineties.john.excalibur at gmail.com has apparently been used to send e-mails against Larry Sinclair.I have no...

Jim Robinson has created such powerful software for his site that evil and wicked people have found kinks in the armour to try to cause problems to this site. One such kink in the armour is spamming via FreepMail. Ol' Jim Rob forgot to program FreepMail with the: IF (newbie) AND (Spam Detected) AND (receipients more than 5000) THEN (ban poster forever) !!! With Extreme Prejudice!!! It is understandable that Ol' Jim Rob might have a minor oversight now and then like that. But nobody perfect (though Jim Robinson is somebody I wish I could have been). However, someone in...

I just received the strangest FReeper email from a "Be4Fred." I'll post it below. And did FReeper "pissant" really get banned for showing support for Duncan Hunter? This whole thing gave me a creepy feeling. ... Subject: Last Warning hello, this is a friendly reminder that you have not yet contributed to FRed’s campaign this month. Please take the time to do so now: https://www.fred08.com/contribute.aspx?RefererID=c637caaa-315c-4b4c-9967-08d864cd0791 And remember, we are coming down the final stretch and we must all rally behind FRed. Now is the time to say NO to RINOS like Duncan Hunter and Mitt Romney. Any show of support...

Sorry guys, but it is our duty to inform you that both Coors Light Twins are now off the market! Worcester homegal-turned-frat-house-pinup Elaine Klimaszewski tied the knot last weekend with her longtime S.O. Tyler Goldman in a three-day wedding blowout at the oh-so-swish Stein Erikson Lodge in Deer Valley, Utah. “It was the extravaganza of a lifetime,” Elaine told the Track. “Now we’re just trying to get back to reality.” Elaine, whose maid of honor was twin sis Diane, met her hubby on a blind date four years ago. A Dartmouth College and Northwestern Law grad, Goldman is a media...

A university professor has set aside all the popular opinion by saying that beer is a healthy beverage--if not more healthy--than wine, bringing cheers to all the beer lovers. Charles Bamforth, chairman of the food science department at the University of California at Davis and an Anheuser-Busch endowed professor, told food scientists assembled here Tuesday that beer contains valuable B vitamins, such as B12, folic acid and niacin, as well as antioxidants, such as polyphenols and ferulic acid. Bamforth, author of the book Beer: Health and Nutrition says beer also has soluble fiber, which is good for digestion, and the...

Lap Dances,Drugs and alcohol LAKEWOOD, Colo. (News 4) News 4 has learned of disciplinary action against baseball players and coaches at Bear Creek High School. The action came after players went to a strip club during a spring break trip. While in Arizona for a baseball tournament, some players and coaches drove south to Mexico. That side trip, and the activities in Mexico, led to a number of Jefferson County School District violations. The school District is now sharing all the details. They include talk of strippers, lap dances and drugs and alcohol. And in the end, no one is...

Women control us. They can catapult us into instant, spontaneous lust, and, at the same time, into a knee-buckling fear of rejection. The very thought of a ripe, firm body can tyrannize our thoughts, leaving us sweaty and panting and out of control. And the dangling promise of sex can have us jumping through every female hoop imaginable. Not a good situation. As men, we need to learn to turn the tables on this kind of female domination; to regain the upper hand in our interaction with the opposite sex. So how do we do this? Here are a few...

NEUNKIRCHEN, Germany — As ZZ Top’s song “Tush” blasted from the speakers, girls rushed to the center of the restaurant to hone their newly learned moves. “All right, are you ready to dance?” the American instructor shouted. The rookie waitresses standing among the empty tables instantly began clapping and dancing, bouncing up and down in their tight, orange shorts and low-cut, cleavage-revealing tank tops. The only thing missing from Germany’s new Hooters restaurant was an audience of customers ogling the routine as they throw back American burgers, wings and cold beer. That probably won’t be a problem this weekend, when...

Heidi Fleiss plans 'stud farm' LAS VEGAS, Nevada (AP) -- Former "Hollywood Madam" Heidi Fleiss says she's bound for a brothel in the southern Nevada desert that she wants to help remake into a resort featuring male prostitutes serving female customers. "I am moving to Crystal," Fleiss said Wednesday of a desert crossroads 20 miles north of Pahrump and about 80 miles outside Las Vegas. It features two bordellos and little else. "I am opening up a stud farm," Fleiss declared from her Hollywood home overlooking the Sunset Strip. "I am going to have the sexiest men on earth. Women...

Hollywood Madam to open Nevada 'stud farm' Thu Nov 17, 2005 10:11 PM ET   By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Former "Hollywood Madam" Heidi Fleiss, whose previous career running a call-girl ring landed her in prison, is returning to the world's oldest profession -- to open a Nevada brothel catering to women. Fleiss said on Thursday she has struck a deal with a licensed brothel owner in Nevada, where prostitution is legal, to turn one of his three establishments, the Cherry Patch, into a glitzy new bordello that she will rename "Heidi Fleiss' Stud Farm." She plans to...

A man dressed in women's clothing robbed a Hillcrest bank Monday, authorities reported. Police said just after 1 p.m., a man wearing a pink bra walked into the Union Bank on Fifth and University in Hillcrest and handed a demand note to a teller. The teller handed over an undisclosed amount of money to the man who then fled, 10News reported. Police described the robber as a Hispanic male in his 20s also wearing tight jeans and a black leather choker.

A Toronto woman has masterminded a Web-based tool of revenge for scorned women around the world. Tasha Joseph's DontDateHimGirl.com attracts an average 200,000 hits a day by allowing women to expose their former partners' cheating ways. After just a few months in operation, the site features profiles of 600 men -- many of them Canadian -- and has another 1,000 under review. Entries include the guy's full name, physical description, history of purported cheating and, in many cases, a recent photograph. "You know how the FBI has its Most Wanted list?" says Ms. Joseph, now working as a publicist in...

In the past month, I have seen a shift in Free Republic that makes me wonder if there is a coup d'etat going on. I haven't got a count, but it seems there has been more sex-related posts than in the past months since I started coming here. There have been threads about the gay life style, sex slaves, sex toys, a guy killed after having sex with a horse, numerous porn threads, and more. It is making me sick. I participated in many of the posts because I felt my input was valuable. However, every time I participate, I...

Thailand's prime minister is trying to ferret out a government minister who allegedly had a penis enlargement operation, saying news of it is affecting the Cabinet's reputation, a news report said on Wednesday. "Who did it? Tell me," Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra asked his ministers at Tuesday's Cabinet meeting, triggering a round of banter and causing some to squirm in their chairs, The Nation newspaper said. Last week, a woman -- being sued for defamation by a clinic after she claimed it gave her

On July 18, 2003, a man (presumably) walked off the streets and joined our little village here at Free Republic. Since that day, he has entertained so many with his wit and his deep emotional support of all of us. To celebrate his (BELATED) Anniversary - I thought we should all join together and ... do what we always do. Have fun!

We've all done it. You've just gotten home, logged on to FR, and are scrolling down the "Latest Posts" page, deciding which thread will get your attention this evening, when THAT SCREENNAME jumps out at you in a "to" or "from" position. You are powerless to resist; if THAT GUY's there, it's gonna be a good thread... All of us have our own "favorites" among the many colorful souls who congregate at this fine website. They could be someone you disagree totally with, agree completely with, or somewhere in between. They might be a fount of useful information, links, and...

Librarians in the US have had to admit they are baffled by the case of the urine-stained library books.Hundreds of books at two libraries, just 13 miles apart in Cleveland, have had to be thrown out. Linda Yanko, manager of Geauga West Library, told the Plain Dealer: "I can't even believe we're discussing something like this. It's appalling and disgusting." She said librarians had been finding new cases or urine-related vandalism about once a month with the recent case coming just this week. The problems at Aurora Memorial Library began more than two years ago and damaged books have been...

"Nurse Nasty," "Wicked Doctor," "The Prison Matron" … not the usual way to introduce yourself, but in the leather-clad world of sadomasochism, naughty is nice. And pain is pleasure. "I need stimulation and get a terrific high from playing rough," said Allena Gabosch, 52, a Seattle-based "bottom," meaning she's the one on the receiving end of spanking. The buxom, tattooed, alternative sex activist finds pain play very seductive but, "I still ask for Novocain at the dentist's office." While most couples don't need whips, paddles or ropes to get in the mood, a minority find sadomasochism, or S&M, erotic. They...

The following cautionary tale must surely rate in the top five of "most embarrassing things that can happen to you in public - ever". According to UK tabloid the Sun, a 33-year-old Welsh housewife ended up in hospital after wearing Ann Summers vibrating Passion Pants to her local Asda supermarket in Swansea. Unfortunately, she became "so aroused by the 2½-inch vibrating bullet inside that she fainted" then "fell against shelves and banged her head". This prompted the attendance of the paramedics who "found the black leatherette panties still buzzing". Having disabled the orgasmatronic underwear, they then whisked the senseless shopper...

Let's take a look at the Sexiest Men of County Music -- or as we like to call them Hunks! 1. Tim McGraw........OOOLAALAA!!! 2. Toby Keith......hubba hubba 3. Kenny Chesney 4. Alan Jackson 5. Keith Urban.... Grrrr.... 6. Jimmy Buffett 7. George Strait 8. Clint Black 9. Trace Adkins 10. Kenny Rogers 11. Troy Gentry of Montgomery Gentry 12. Joe Nichols 13. Gary Allan 14. Brad Paisley 15. Blake Shelton 16. Josh Gracin 17. Daryl Worley 18. The lead singer in Rascal Flatts - Gary Levox, I believe. 19. Randy Travis 20. Kris Kristofferson I would also like to nominate...

After having twins last November, Julia Roberts is even more beautiful, according to People magazine. She graces the cover of the mag's annual "50 Most Beautiful People" issue. It's record-breaking third time that Roberts has been the issue's cover girl. With over 500,000 votes cast, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie were the overwhelming winners of most beautiful man and woman. Here's the top ten: Julia Roberts Brad Pitt Angelina Jolie Jennifer Aniston Clive Owen Oprah Winfrey Lindsay Lohan Jamie Foxx Eva Longoria Dwyane Wade Full list . Jessica Alba • Jennifer Aniston • Drew Barrymore • Mischa Barton • David...

(Washington, D.C.): They're back. The people who tried to defeat George W. Bush are the same people who are now trying to defeat his nominee for the United Nations, John R. Bolton. And George Soros, MoveOn.org, the Democratic Party machinery and, not least, John Kerry are hoping to demonstrate, by so doing, that they were right all along on what is, arguably, the most important national security issue of our time: Does America need to pass a "global test" to protect its vital interests? Recount '04 Never mind that the voters of the United States last Fall decisively rejected the...

You don't have to look like Jennifer Anniston or Brad Pitt to make the guys (or girls) go gaga. All you need is your fabulous smile and a few surefire flirting tips like the ones you'll find below to attract the opposite sex like paparazzi to a movie star. For women, the key is to look approachable enough for men to feel comfortable in taking a risk. For men, the secret is in showcasing your masculinity. (And no, that doesn't mean adjusting yourself or proving once and for all that you are the Belching King.) 1) Lock Eyes Lock eyes...

A new online forum has been launched in the UK to introduce 'beautiful people to other beautiful people'. New members have to submit a photo of themselves and get booted off by other members if they don't measure up. BeautifulPeople.net, an elite online members' club, is based on a similar forum in Denmark. Its rating process invites existing members of the opposite sex to vote on whether a new applicant is beautiful enough to be granted a membership. Should an individual fail to impress, they are ruthlessly voted out with the recommendation that they re-submit a better photograph and profile....

Naturally, you'd be with a hot, confident, chick magnet of a boyfriend. But it's hard not to get steamed when other girls find him just a tad too irresistible. Here, expert coping tips: Resist the Urge to Bitch-Slap Trying to stop (or karate-chop) every girl who smiles at your guy will only make him want to run. Instead, feel proud that he's getting attention. "When other women have positive reactions to your man, it's an opportunity for you to see him with fresh eyes," says Nancy Rosenbach, Ph.D., a psychologist in New York City. "You're reminded, Damn, he's hot! And...

He may have drowned in a sea of red states, but John Kerry can't stop running against President Bush. The defeated Democrat candidate continues to lash out at the man who beat him last November, with attacks on the Bush budget and two of the President's appointments to top foreign policy posts. The budget Bush submitted to Congress, Kerry told the Center on National Policy, a liberal Democratic think tank, failed to uphold basic values of "honesty, opportunity and responsibility." Calling the budget dishonest, irresponsible and violative of the core values of average Americans, Kerry said, "This budget is like...

Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.), continuing his sharp attacks on the man who beat him in last year's White House race, on Thursday denounced President Bush's budget and his recent nominations of leading conservatives to two high-profile foreign policy posts. The budget Bush submitted to Congress failed to uphold basic values of "honesty, opportunity and responsibility," Kerry told the Center on National Policy, a Democratic think tank. In response to a question, Kerry charged that Bush's nomination of Undersecretary of State John R. Bolton as ambassador to the United Nations and Deputy Defense Secretary Paul D. Wolfowitz as president of...

I am about to call someone a name. This is not a decision I’ve reached lightly. Name-calling is not in my nature. True, I have cast more than my share of aspersions on others, but I have tried to do it with humor, or, even when I was seriously upset, I tried to modulate my tone. This is not to say that I don’t get angry, but I’m not a screamer. I tend to sulk and plot revenge. I’m sure there must have been times when, as a child, I called someone “stupid” or “ugly” or “fat” or some of...

Troop-bashing Democratic Sen. Ted Kennedy said Sunday that the historic election in Iraq doesn't really change much, repeating his call for the U.S. to begin pulling its forces out of the country immediately. Urging President Bush to "look beyond the election," Kennedy griped: The best way to demonstrate to the Iraqi people that we have no long-term designs on their country is for the administration to withdraw some troops now." "At least 12,000 American troops, probably more, should leave at once," Kennedy said, in order "to send a strong signal about our intentions and to ease the pervasive sense of...

Sen. John Kerry [related, bio] yesterday described the elections in Iraq as ``significant'' and ``important'' but said they should not be ``overhyped.''       ``It is hard to say that something is legitimate when whole portions of the country can't vote and doesn't vote,'' the Massachusetts Democrat said in an interview on NBC's ``Meet the Press.''      Although the Bush administration has said the mere fact that elections take place is a huge sign of progress, Sen. Kerry said the next step is more important.      ``What the administration does in these next few days will decide the outcome of Iraq. And this...

NEW YORK In a column noting the high number of U.S. military personnel in Iraq who will be far from home on Christmas, USA Today founder Al Neuharth declared today that if he were eligible to serve in Iraq, "I would do all I could to avoid it." He also wrote in his weekly column for the paper that America's New Year's resolution should be to bring the troops home "sooner rather than later." Neuharth, 80, a World War II vet, said he would happily volunteer for that kind of "highly moral duty again." But he would avoid serving in...

Former president Bill Clinton on Thursday slammed the handling of the war in Iraq by his successor George W. Bush, saying the conflict alienated the United States from the world. "I supported giving the president the authority to take action against Saddam Hussein if he did not cooperate with the UN inspectors or if he was found to have had weapons of mass destruction he wouldn't give up," Clinton, at the inauguration of his presidential library here, told ABC television. "I did believe that the administration made a mistake going to war when they did, and that's what alienated the...

John Kerry's presidential campaign is complaining that Vice President Dick Cheney, a heart patient, received a flu shot this week, even though health officials have urged that only those most vulnerable receive the vaccine. But apparently team Kerry didn't notice on Monday when Hillary Clinton announced that her heart patient hubby Bill also received a flu shot, during an address about the vaccine shortage at a New York City health center. "Once again, the Bush administration proves that it is the 'do as we say, not as we do' White House," the Kerry campaign said in a statement issued late...

ELYRIA, Ohio - President Bush and Sen. John Kerry, their animosity stirred by a contentious second debate, lit into each other over Iraq, jobs and debate performance on Saturday in critical battleground states. Instant polls did not give either Bush or Kerry a clear edge in Friday's wide-ranging debate in St. Louis before an audience of uncommitted voters. But Republicans were heartened by what they saw as a steadier, more focused and aggressive performance by the president than in the first debate, where he displayed bouts of impatience and peevishness. Kerry also criticized the administration for the shortage of flu...

ELYRIA, Ohio - President Bush (news - web sites) and Sen. John Kerry (news - web sites), their animosity stirred by a contentious second debate, lit into each other over Iraq (news - web sites), jobs and debate performance on Saturday in critical battleground states. Kerry also criticized the administration for the shortage of flu vaccine. "We now know the administration knew ahead of time that there wasn't going to be enough vaccine," Kerry asserted as he campaigned in Ohio. The administration has denied it had advance warning. Instant polls did not give either Bush or Kerry a clear edge...

Kerry: Bush 'Aggrandized, Fictionalized' Saddam Thu Oct 7, 2004 05:04 PM ET By Patricia Wilson ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (Reuters) - Democratic challenger John Kerry ripped into President Bush on Thursday for a pattern of deception on Iraq that made up Saddam Hussein as a threat to the United States. On the eve of their second debate, the Massachusetts senator previewed the tack he plans to take when he and Bush meet on Friday night in St. Louis, accusing his Republican rival of emboldening terrorists, leaving the United States more vulnerable and living in a state of denial. Citing a CIA report...

Philadelphia -- Escalating his critique of President Bush as commander in chief, Sen. John Kerry declared here Friday that the invasion of Iraq was "a profound diversion from the battle against our greatest enemy, al Qaeda," and asserted that he would refocus the nation's energies on "the real war on terror."

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry said Thursday that Iraq's Ayad Allawi was sent before Congress to put the ''best face'' on Bush administration policy. Shortly after Allawi, the interim government's prime minister, gave a bright portrayal of progress toward peace in Iraq, Kerry said the assessment contradicted reality on the ground. ''The prime minister and the president are here obviously to put their best face on the policy, but the fact is that the CIA estimates, the reporting, the ground operations and the troops all tell a different story,'' Kerry said. Allawi said democratic elections will take...

Kerry: Allawi's Take on Iraq Unrealistic Thursday September 23, 2004 4:46 PM AP Photo FLJC106 By NEDRA PICKLER Associated Press Writer COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry said Thursday that Iraq's Ayad Allawi was sent before Congress to put the ``best face'' on Bush administration policy. Shortly after Allawi, the interim government's prime minister, gave a rosy portrayal of progress toward peace in Iraq, Kerry said the assessment contradicted reality on the ground. ``The prime minister and the president are here obviously to put their best face on the policy, but the fact is that the CIA...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - President Bush (website - news - bio) 's statement that a "handful" of people are willing to kill to stop progress in Iraq is another blunder that shows he's avoiding reality, Democrat John Kerry (website - news - bio) told The Associated Press. "George Bush let Osama bin Laden (news - bio) escape at Tora Bora," Kerry said in a brief interview Wednesday. "George Bush retreated from Fallujah and other communities in Iraq which are now overrun with terrorists and threaten our troops. And George Bush said on the record we can't win the war on...

Kerry Says Bush in 'Make-Believe World' Email this Story Sep 22, 6:38 PM (ET) By NEDRA PICKLER (AP) Democratic Presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass, salutes as he is introduced during a... Full Image Google sponsored links Fahrenheit 9/11 Exposed - You knew it was lie! Find out why with the new DVD - FahrenHype 9/11 www.FahrenHype911.com Will George Bush Win? - Will Bush Win? Respond Now and You Can Get a Free $50 Gift Card! (aff) www.captainbargains.com WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - President Bush is living in a make-believe world in his understanding of Iraq, misleading the American...

NEW YORK - Staking out new ground on Iraq (news - web sites), Sen. John Kerry (news - web sites) said Monday he would not have overthrown Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) had he been in the White House, and he accused President Bush (news - web sites) of "stubborn incompetence," dishonesty and colossal failures of judgment. Bush said Kerry was flip-flopping. Less than two years after voting to give Bush authority to invade Iraq, the Democratic candidate said the president had misused that power by rushing to war without the backing of allies, a post-war plan or proper...

PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (AP) -- Vice presidential candidate John Edwards promised a West Virginia mother on Wednesday that if the Democratic ticket is elected in November the military draft would not be revived. During a question-and-answer session, the mother of a 23-year-old who recently graduated from West Virginia University asked Edwards whether the draft would be reinstated. ``There will be no draft when John Kerry is president,'' Edwards said, a statement that drew a standing ovation. Advertisement The current force is all-volunteer, and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has said he opposes reinstating the draft. But the Pentagon has taken several steps...

(CNSNews.com) - Sen. John F. Kerry released a statement on Sunday, saying, "The mere fact that we are even contemplating a nuclear weapons test by North Korea highlights a massive national security failure by President Bush." Kerry said that during Bush's presidency, North Korea has advanced its nuclear program. "A potential route to a nuclear 9/11 is clearly visible," Kerry said. "North Korea's nuclear program is well ahead of what Saddam Hussein was even suspected of doing -- yet the president took his eye off the ball, wrongly ignoring this growing danger. What is unfolding in North Korea is...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Senator John Kerry has accused the Bush administration of letting a "nuclear nightmare" develop by refusing to deal with North Korea when it first came to office. In a telephone interview with The New York Times, published on its website late on Sunday, Kerry said the current fear that North Korea may be preparing to test a plutonium bomb was a consequence of President George W. Bush's preoccupation with Iraq. The newspaper said the interview was initiated by the Massachusetts Democrat, who is running against Bush in November's U.S. presidential election. While...

WASHINGTON - John Kerry suggested Saturday night that Republicans may try to keep black voters from casting their ballots to help President Bush win in November. "We are not going to stand by and allow another million African American votes to go uncounted in this election," the Democratic presidential nominee told the Congressional Black Caucus. "We are not going to stand by and allow acts of voter suppression, and we're hearing those things again in this election." Kerry has a team of lawyers to examine possible voting problems to try to prevent a repeat of the 2000 election disputes. He...