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A man who wore press credentials and took photographs from a platform interrupted Barack Obama's town-hall meeting Tuesday by shouting complaints that the Democratic presidential candidate had not called for the audience to say the Pledge of Allegiance. Obama invited the heckler to lead the audience in the pledge, and he did.

<p>ST. PETERSBURG, FL -- The gentleman is asking him about policy brutality and racism against the black community...Obama's crowd jeered.</p>

Three men looking to party with three females in a Calimesa motel instead found themselves ripped off by the trio after the victims removed their clothing, according to the Riverside County Sheriff's Department.

An apology issued by Barack Obama to two Muslim women booted from the front lines of a public appearance by the Democratic presidential candidate last week was orchestrated by Rep. Keith Ellison, the first Muslim ever elected to Congress. Multiple congressional sources confirm that it was Ellison, D-Minn., who confronted Obama over the issue during a meeting with the Congressional Black Caucus. Obama called the women to apologize after two volunteers with the campaign removed the women from the stage area behind the location where Obama would be speaking. The volunteers allegedly told the women it was because they were...

Bill Clinton takes on heckler January 31, 2008 Posted: 02:00 PM ET Watch Bill Clinton take on a heckler Thursday. (CNN) – Bill Clinton engaged with a heckler head on Thursday at a Denver campaign stop. The former president had just begun his speech when a man began to shout about 9/11 conspiracies. As security attempted to escort him out, Clinton stopped his speech, saying, "What are you screaming about? Let him talk." "Are you one of those it-was-an-inside-job guys? Let me tell you something… I let you be rude and interrupt me, scream at the top of your lungs....

CITY OF COMMERCE, Calif.—Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton wanted to talk about the economy. A voter in the audience wanted to talk marriage. After wrapping up a speech outlining her economic stimulus proposal, the New York senator took questions from the crowd. The first question from one man was: "Hillary, marry me, baby."

Bill Clinton Takes on 9/11 Truthers at Hillary Fundraiser By Noel Sheppard | October 26, 2007 - 09:56 ET Following in Bill Maher's footsteps, former President Bill Clinton told off some 9/11 truthers that were heckling him during a 50-minute speech he was giving at a fundraiser for his wife in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Tuesday. Sadly, he didn't say anything about Rosie O'Donnell. However, as reported by the Minneapolis Star Tribune, what the former President did say -- as shouts came from the crowd about 9/11 being an inside job -- was rather delicious (video available here, emphasis added, h/t...

===== http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2007/7/13/132934.shtml?s=lh Gen. McInerney: Treatment of Haditha Commander 'Despicable' Phil Brennan, NewsMax.com Friday, July 13, 2007 Retired Air Force Gen. Thomas McInerney is outraged at the recommendation by an investigating officer that Marine Lt. Colonel Jeffrey Chessani face a court martial for his actions during the Nov. 19, 2005 incident in Haditha, Iraq that left 24 Iraqi civilians and insurgents dead. In an exclusive interview with NewsMax.com the general, who served 35 years in the United States Air Force as a pilot, commander, and Joint Force commander, called the court martial recommendation by Col. Christopher Conlin "despicable." Said McInerney, "I'm...

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While discussing the Democratic ethics legislation, Rep. Rahm Emanuel, Democratic Caucus chairman, was interrupted by anti-war protestors lead by Cindy Sheehan, a well-known activist whose son was killed in Iraq. "We're here to let the Democrats know that the grass roots and the anti-war movement elected them to create change," said Sheehan. Sheehan said that she was joined by 70 protestors to hold the Democrats accountable, saying are pressing incoming Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the new Democratic leadership to stop authorizing additional funds for the Iraq war. Sheehan said any additional authorizations would make the Democrats "co-conspirators" with the Republican...

The UCLA student stunned with a Taser by a campus police officer has hired a high-profile civil rights lawyer who plans to file a brutality lawsuit. The videotaped incident, which occurred after the student refused requests to show his ID card to campus officers, triggered widespread debate on and off campus Thursday about whether use of the Taser was warranted. It was the third in a recent series of local incidents captured on video that raise questions about arrest tactics. Attorney Stephen Yagman said he plans to file a federal civil rights lawsuit accusing the UCLA police of "brutal excessive...

LAS VEGAS -- A partial review Thursday of surveillance video from a parking garage where a woman said the Republican candidate for governor assaulted her did not reveal the presence of either person, nor of an attack. A judge had ordered police to release 16 hours of surveillance video to lawyers for Rep. Jim Gibbons and Chrissy Mazzeo, who accused the candidate of pushing her against a wall inside the garage Oct. 13 and propositioning her after the two had drinks together at a nearby restaurant. Gibbons, 61, a married, five-term congressman from Reno, has denied any impropriety and says...

The money paragraph. --snip-- I've thought hard about what kind of TAKE ACTION would work, but there is really is none right now. Everyone already knows Foley's a self hating closet case. When we get closer to the mid-term elections, I am sure more will surface.

Information compiled from the Washington Post, “Congressional Sex Scandals in History,” and other sources. 10. Sen. Daniel Inouye. The 82-year-old Hawaii Democrat was accused in the 1990s by numerous women of sexual harassment. Democrats cast doubt on the allegations and the Senate Ethics Committee dropped its investigation. 9. Former Rep. Gus Savage. The Illinois Democrat was accused of fondling a Peace Corps volunteer in 1989 while on a trip to Africa. The House Ethics Committee decided against disciplinary action in 1990. 8. Rep. Barney Frank. The outspoken Massachusetts Democrat hired a male prostitute who ran a prostitution service from Frank’s...

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Former soldiers and parents of Americans fighting in Iraq opened anti-war, anti-Bush "Camp Democracy" in the heart of Washington, a demonstration planned to last several weeks. After spending early August near President George W. Bush's ranch in Crawford, Texas, and the end of the month at his family retreat in Kennebunkport, Maine, the protesters set up camp in the US capital between the Congress building and the White House. Started by anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan, "Camp Democracy" will welcome pacifists, Democratic lawmakers, union leaders, environmentalists, feminists and those fighting for immigrants' rights. Five tents will be open...

In Arabic it says: ""The massacre of children in Qana 2, is the gift of Rice. The clever bombs..Stupid," Banner appeard in downtown Beirut. Fifty-two people were killed, many of them sleeping children, when Israeli warplanes blitzed the Lebanese village of Qana, triggering global outrage and warnings of retribution for a "war crime" as a ceasefire appeared more remote than ever.(AFP/Ramzi Haidar)

A large Delaware school district promoted Christianity so aggressively that a Jewish family felt it necessary to move to Wilmington, two hours away, because they feared retaliation for filing a lawsuit. The religion (if any) of a second family in the lawsuit is not known, because they're suing as Jane and John Doe; they also fear retaliation. Both families are asking relief from "state-sponsored religion." The behavior of the Indian River School District board's behavior suggests the families' fears are hardly groundless. The district spreads over a considerable portion of southeast Delaware. The families' complaint, filed in federal court in...

WASHINGTON, April 12, 2006 – The Defense Department is moving to establish a worldwide group of joint intelligence organizations designed to rapidly gather, interpret and act on information to better meet 21st-century military needs, senior military officials said here today. On April 3, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld issued a directive to establish a Joint Intelligence Operations Center at DoD's Defense Intelligence Agency, at each unified combatant command and at U.S. Forces Korea, Army Lt. Gen. William G. Boykin, deputy undersecretary of defense for intelligence and warfighting support, told reporters at a news briefing. "What we're trying to do is...

THE ISSUE: Attorney General Eliot Spitzer's alleged threats and abuse of power. Attorney General Eliot Spitzer has demonstrated bad judgment (" 'Threat' No. 3," Jan. 4). His "spirited" conversations show an out-of-control temper, and it is entirely believable that all the allegations against him took place. Let's let the chief law-enforcement officer demonstrate his truthfulness by submitting to a polygraph test by an independent and recognized authority. Peter Welch Carmel **** Kudos to The Post for recognizing that John Whitehead is a person of considerable integrity and his allegation that Spitzer threatened him for defending his friend, former AIG chairman...

She was a freshman on an academic scholarship at Bryn Mawr College, preparing to fly home to California for Christmas, sleep-deprived, with questions from a calculus exam still racing through her head. In the space of a few hours on Dec. 21, 2003, Janet Lee landed in a Philadelphia jail cell, where she would remain for three weeks, held on $500,000 bail and facing 20 years in prison on drug charges. All over flour found in her luggage. "I haven't let myself be angry about what happened, because it would tear me apart," Lee said. "I'm not sure I can...

Clinton was interrupted several times during a speech at Roosevelt University Saturday morning by young adults protesting the Iraq war. The Democratic New York Senator was the keynote speaker during the American Democracy Institute's First Leadership Development Summit. She was there to give a speech about the power young people have in affecting policy in their communities. Clinton did address the protesters, but she never stopped her speech. First, a group in the balcony chanted and held signs that together read "Out of Iraq." They were silenced after a minute or so while someone else held up a sign nearby....

Bob Davidson is a scientist — a doctor, and for 28 years a nephrology professor at the University of Washington medical school. He's also a devout Christian who believes we're here because of God. It was these twin devotions to science and religion that first attracted him to Seattle's Discovery Institute. That's the think tank that this summer has pushed "intelligent design" — a replacement theory for evolution — all the way to the lips of President Bush and into the national conversation. Davidson says he was seeking a place where people "believe in a Creator and also believe in...

Lawmaker's Wayward E-Mail Refers To Constituents As 'Idiots' POSTED: 10:28 am EDT June 29, 2005 UPDATED: 10:50 am EDT June 29, 2005 POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. -- A New York state lawmaker says he's embarrassed, after he mistakenly sent out an e-mail message that referred to his Assemblyman Willis Stephens says he thought he was sending the e-mail to an aide. Instead, he sent the note to nearly 300 people on an online discussion group that focuses on the community of Brewster. The message included the comment that he was "just watching the idiots pontificate." Within an hour of sending the message...

WASHINGTON -- It was a different era with new values. There were ongoing battles in Vietnam with heavy U.S. casualties. The Vietnamese communists were finding assistance in America from our homegrown revolutionaries -- the Weathermen, the Black Liberation Army, the Puerto Rican Young Lords and a large anti-draft movement posing as peace-at-any-price groups.

Hillary Clinton would make a formidable presidential candidate, the head of the Republican Party said yesterday. "Sen. Clinton is smart. She's effective. And she certainly ... has a massive fund-raising network," Kenneth Mehlman, chairman of the Republican National Committee, said on NBC's "Meet the Press." "She is very hardworking," he added. "And she's effective politically." New York's junior senator has done nothing to quell heavy speculation she'll run for President in 2008, and Mehlman said Republicans shouldn't be licking their chops. "Just as in 1979 when Democrats were relishing the possibility of running against that right-wing crazy Ronald Reagan, they...

CUT Olbermann teased the May 16 Countdown, as watched by the MRC's Brad Wilmouth: "Which of these stories will you be talking about tomorrow? After riots, after taking hits from the White House, Newsweek apologizes, says it's not sure its story about interrogators flushing copies of the Koran down the toilet was entirely correct. But what about the half dozen previous media stories claiming that? And why does a book in a toilet start riots, but a war doesn't?" Olbermann set up his #5 story: "Good evening. What would foment more violence in this country and other western nations? Some...

Nine far right activists suspected of plotting to attack holy East Jerusalem site with issile, ‘explosive model airplane;’ suspects’ attorney says Shin Bet undercover agent attempted to persuade suspects to purchase missile Has the Shin Bet actually foiled attempts to carry out terror attacks on the Temple Mount – or is the affair indicative of the “hysteria” within the security forces regarding their battle against anti-disengagement right-wing activists? The Shin Bet and Israel Police detained two groups of far right activists who plotted to carry out terror attacks on the Temple Mount as part of the anti-disengagement efforts, it was...

SLAIN AGENT: I DON'T BELIEVE U.S. VERSION-COMMUNIST LEADER (AGI) - Rome, Italy, March 5 - "A day that was supposed to be happy changed into pain and anger. I don't believe a word of the American version. It's clear that they are trying to hide what really happened. The Americans deliberately shot at the Italians. It's huge," said the secretary of the Italian Communist Party, Oliviero Diliberto, commenting on what took place after the liberation of the journalist Giuliana Sgrena. Diliberto said that "the entire centre left (in Italy) should ask the withdrawal of our troops in Parliament. Enough...

The ACLU's "constitutional" lawsuit with this Tuesday's Presidential Inauguration is a three-way taxpayer hit: 1. By act of Congress, the ACLU is allowed to bill (likely at the highest rate possible) the government/taxpayers for the costs of bringing the suit, and automatically is paid, regardless of the suits' outcome. 2. By operation, the cost of defending against the suit is charged to the taxpayers, again, likely at the highest rate. 3. By function, the cost of hearing and adjudicating the suit is at taxpayer expense. Of course, it was members of the legal industry, Congress's largest and only functional built-in...

Gov. Bush Calls Reports Of Voter Registration Fraud 'Bizarre' POSTED: 5:40 pm EDT October 20, 2004 UPDATED: 5:41 pm EDT October 20, 2004 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Gov. Jeb Bush says he's bothered by reports of possible fraud involving some voter registration forms that have been turned in across the state. Election supervisors in a few counties have reported that the party affiliation of some voters have been changed without their approval. One of those cases was in Alachua County. The elections supervisor there gave more than 500 voter registration forms to local prosecutors. Some of the people whose names were...

Basketball star Kobe Bryant filed a formal answer Tuesday to Katelyn Faber's federal lawsuit, denying he raped her more than a year ago in Eagle County. "The plaintiff consented to all actions taken by Mr. Bryant during their encounter on June 30, 2003," the answer said. Bryant, who is married, has admitted having sex with Faber at the mountain resort where she was an employee and he was a guest, but he has insisted it was consensual. Bryant's answer agreed with Faber that, after he checked in, he asked her for a tour of the hotel. But it denied Faber's...

I am increasingly aware of an oft misunderstood phenomenon in American life– the follow-up. We are very used to this from televised press conferences from the White House, but do not avail ourselves of this technique in our every day life.

At this time of year, especially in a presidential election cycle, we are all a little bit jumpy, and perhaps trigger happy to uncover *anything* that could look like a huge scandal regarding the other side. Call me paranoid, but I get the feeling that some of the sourced articles coming through may contain subtle inaccuracies and intentional deceptive facts/ideas/concepts/etc. designed with the sole purpose to get us FReepers in a tizzy. I have been doing a great deal of recon over at that site that makes you scratch your head and say "DUh?" and they are taking great pleasure...

Tallahassee Democrat | 10/05/2004 | Voter receipts raise question of fraud 1,500 registrations from FAMU precincts photocopied By Bill Cotterell DEMOCRAT POLITICAL EDITOR On the last day voters could sign up for the Nov. 2 presidential election, Leon County's elections chief said he received up to 1,500 photocopied registration forms and asked the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to find out what happened to the originals. "The overwhelming majority of them were for African-Americans, and also the majority of them were Republicans," Elections Supervisor Ion Sancho said Monday. "That was one of the things that made us want to start...

Posted on Wed, Oct. 06, 2004 R E L A T E D L I N K S • FDLE probes voter forms • High court to review voting rights ELECTIONS Voter-form ruling is decried Rights groups asked that Florida accept incomplete voter registrations, and some counties will -- going against the secretary of state -- raising the possibility of legal action. BY NOAH BIERMAN, EVAN S. BENN AND GARY FINEOUT nbierman@herald.com Civil rights groups Tuesday called on Florida Secretary of State Glenda Hood to reverse a ruling that will leave perhaps hundreds of would-be voters ineligible for the upcoming...

Presidential debate moderator Jim Lehrer showed once again Thursday night why top aides to President Clinton used to call him "our moderator" when presidential debate time rolled around in 1996......

Critics Say Palm Beach County Absentee Ballot Even More Confusing Than One Used in 2000 Election The Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. Aug. 22, 2004 — Palm Beach County has introduced an absentee ballot that requires voters to indicate their choices by connecting broken arrows, sparking criticism that it is even more confusing than the infamous "butterfly ballot" used in the 2000 election. Theresa LePore, the elections supervisor who approved the 2000 butterfly ballot, opted for a ballot design for the Aug. 31 primary that asks voters to draw lines joining two ends of an arrow. Critics say the...

NewsMax Wires Monday, Aug. 23, 2004 HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- The three companies that certify the nation's voting technologies operate in secrecy, and refuse to discuss flaws in the ATM-like machines to be used by nearly one in three voters in November. Despite concerns over whether the so-called touchscreen machines can be trusted, the testing companies won't say publicly if they have encountered shoddy workmanship. They say they are committed to secrecy in their contracts with the voting machines' makers - even though tax money ultimately buys or leases the machines. "I find it grotesque that an organization charged with such...

ASHINGTON, Oct. 2 — The Central Intelligence Agency has refused to provide Congress a comprehensive report on its role in a possible American campaign against Iraq, setting off a bitter dispute between the agency and leaders of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Congressional leaders said today.In a contentious, closed-door Senate hearing today, agency officials refused to comply with a request from the committee for a broad review of how the intelligence community's clandestine role against the government of Saddam Hussein would be coordinated with the diplomatic and military actions that the Bush administration is planning. Lawmakers said they were further...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A gun dealer should not face a misdemeanor charge for selling a firearm to an undercover law enforcement officer who indicated it was for an underage person who didn't have a license, the Michigan Supreme Court said in a decision released Wednesday. The court ruled that longtime Detroit gun dealer General Laney didn't violate federal or state statutes that allow licensed 18-year-olds to buy or receive a pistol from a private party, but prohibits them from purchasing a gun from a federally licensed gun dealer. In April 1999, two Wayne County sheriff's deputies — Walter Epps...

ELECTION 2004 Did Kerry make up jet-pilot story? Seasoned flyers doubt yarn about taking controls over Israel -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted: May 5, 2004 1:00 a.m. Eastern -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- © 2004 WorldNetDaily.com It's been a tough week for John Kerry's credibility. He's been called unfit to be commander in chief by many of his Vietnam comrades and commanders. He's been criticized for accepting a Purple Heart for what amounts to a scratch on his arm treated with a Band-Aid. Now, seasoned jet pilots are calling into question his latest claim – taking the controls of a fighter and flying it over Israel in...

I've long thought that John Kerry's war record was phoney. We talked about it when you were here. It's mainly been instinct because, as you know, nobody who claims to have seen the action he does would so shamelessly flaunt it for political gain. I was in the Delta shortly after he left. I know that area well. I know the operations he was involved in well. I know the tactics and the doctrine used. I know the equipment. Although I was attached to CTF-116 (PBRs) I spent a fair amount of time with CTF-115 (swift boats), Kerry's command. Here...

The media frenzy over the alleged outing of Valerie Plame, a CIA employee, could be taking a new turn. Circumstantial evidence now suggests that Plame and her hubby, Joe Wilson, are not only using the incident to embarrass the Bush administration but they planned to embarrass it some time ago. What the media is deliberately overlooking is that it was Plame who recommended that Wilson be sent to Niger to determine whether Saddam was trying to buy uranium from that country. Both Plame and Wilson are partisan Democrats, with Wilson nursing an intense hatred of President Bush that runs so...

Jim Robinson is a bit tired of Religious folk bashing each other, and he's let it be known in a recent thread. So, in the name of bi-partisan ecumenicism I offer lighthearted thought. I am a Southern Baptist and I see things a certain way. But I've fashioned some compromises in the form of alternative song titles: "I Wish They All Could Be Southern Baptist Girls". or, "I wish they all could be Pentecostal Girls". How about "I wish they all could be Calv'ry Chapel Girls". No, well then, "I wish they all could be Plymouth Brethren Girls". Ok, why...

More than sodomy The Supreme Court is hearing a case challenging a Texas law against "homosexual conduct," but the real issue is whether the government can regulate private lives in the first place. March 26, 2003 | Conservatives and liberals alike have tended to avoid public debate about Lawrence vs. Texas, a case now before the U.S. Supreme Court that challenges a Texas law criminalizing "homosexual conduct" -- that is, sex between consenting adults of the same gender. The law is fundamentally un-American, but instead of opposition spanning the political spectrum, there have been the familiar unprincipled divisions along partisan...

Several House lawmakers say they?ve been the victims of an Internet extortion that attempted to link their names to a racist organization. The scheme also involved House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) and at least two senators. Sites named after Reps. John Mica (R-Fla.), Porter Goss (R-Fla.), Ric Keller (R-Fla.), Hastert and 18 other House members brought web-surfers to the National Association for the Advancement of White People and other unsavory home pages. Keller said he grew suspicious when he got an e-mail offering to sell him an Internet address bearing his name for $499. Rep. Adam Putnam (R-Fla) called...

<p>Though the ad was produced before the verdict, it came just a day after a Los Angeles jury agreed to levy $78 million in damages against his family's investment firm in a fraud lawsuit.</p> <p>The newest ad mentions two businesses that were accused of "accounting irregularities." The ad is referring to the failed Marina del Rey-based Western Federal Savings & Loan, a Simon family investment.</p>