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Janna Sundeyeva still remembers life in the Soviet Union, where stores in remote regions would lack meat for months at a time and toilet paper had to be snatched up quickly on the rare occasions it appeared. But the minor indignities paled in comparison to what happened to her grandfather: He had the chance to come to America in 1929, but he opted to stay, sensing an economic thaw. Seven years later, Sundeyeva says, he was arrested and never heard from again. Sundeyeva immigrated to San Francisco from Moldova in 1994, and now she and her husband run a Russian-language...

(Bob Filner says ... "Thanks") San Diego Sheriff Sets Up 'Filthy Filner' Sexual Harassment Hotline The San Diego County Sheriff has set up a hotline to deal with sexual harassment claims against the city's Mayor, democrat Bob "Filthy" Filner. The Sheriff's office announced on Friday that they will "be the lead investigative agency for any complaints against Filner and any information gleaned via the hotline would be turned over to the California Attorney General's office for possible prosecution." Filner responded: "I very much welcome the fact that some of these allegations will finally be addressed by an appropriate investigative...

Philadelphia-Area Families Latest to Get Discounted Venezuelan Heating Oil The Associated Press PHILADELPHIA - Low-income families in the Philadelphia area will receive discounted Venezuelan heating oil in the latest deal bringing fuel to U.S. communities that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez claims are neglected by Washington. Citgo, the Houston subsidiary of the Venezuelan national oil company, will ship 5 million gallons of heating oil marked down by 40 percent for distribution to low-income families next month in a deal brokered by Democratic Rep. Chaka Fattah. Similar shipments have been made to New York City, Vermont, Rhode Island, Massachusetts and American Indian...

Recent comments made by John Murtha have encouraged many people to stand up, and take notice. They are saying that John Murtha is their voice. The only unfortunate part of this is that they also happen to be the socialist voices in America. The self-proclaimed socialist propaganda site, "Worker's World" has thrown their support behind Democratic Congressman, John Murtha. The following is an excerpt from one of their (Worker's World) web postings by Fred Goldstein : START OF EXCERPT "The double talking of the Democratic Party leadership on the war flows from the fact that they are completely tied to...

Feingold's ignorant original article http://www.jsonline.com/news/editorials/jan05/291010.asp Reply Senator, don’t judge us so quickly! By MORGAN MANN Posted: Jan. 8, 2005 Recently Sen. Russ Feingold visited my place of residence, Greenville, Ala., and in a shameless example of political opportunism, penned an article the likes of which would have made our former Gov. George Wallace proud. Related Coverage Russ Feingold: Goin’ South and learning a lesson about the two Americas Feingold labeled Greenville “the reddest spot on the entire map,” a place of economic decay demonstrated by check-cashing stores on every corner, run-down used car lots peddling rusted-out hulks, a citizenry with...