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Dutch Center-Right Coalition Stands up to Islamism By Andrew L. Jaffee, July 22, 2004 Home   Search   Forum   Terms Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende and his center-right coalition are standing up to Islamism, the true enemy of all civilized nations in the 21st century. Balkenende said Muslim groups “were sowing hatred, and [he] promised new anti-terror measures” in a speech to the European Parliament yesterday. On February 18 of this year, Dutch lawmakers promised to expel approximately 26,000 asylum seekers after digesting a parliamentary report which concluded … that the country's 30-year experiment in tolerant multiculturalism had been a failure, and has...

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Source: NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory Date: 2004-01-29 NASA's Mars Rover Opportunity Begins Standing Up NASA's Opportunity rover has untucked its front wheels and latched its suspension system in place, key steps in preparing to drive off its lander and onto martian soil. Overnight tonight, mission controllers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., plan to try tilting the lander platform down in the front by pressing the rear petal downward to raise the back. "What we want to do is lower the front edge by about 5 degrees," said JPL's Dr. Rick Welch, activity lead for preparing the rover for roll-off....

The United States often has been called “a nation of immigrants,” and most Americans—with the notable exception of Native Americans—have ancestors who arrived from other countries, either voluntarily or involuntarily as slaves. Throughout American history, immigrants helped build America’s cities, towns, farms, businesses, economies and civic and cultural institutions. Immigrants from around the world also helped build the American union movement, providing a generation after generation of members, activists and leaders. But today, immigrant workers in America often face the harshest forms of workplace problems that affect all workers, immigrant and nonimmigrant alike: employer interference with our rights to improve...

I have a court date tomorrow, to fight my citation for not wearing a seat belt! I can find nothing in the constitution that empowers Fed., State, or Local Gov. Org. to impose their judgment on me regarding what constitutes my minimum safety. I certainly see nothing allowing them to fine me for not complying with a "Law" that I believe may actually endanger me. I find this legislation to be a corruption of judicial process, which real purpose is merely revenue enhancement for the county via fines, and insurance companies via higher premiums. In many states these "laws" are...

Kneeling, Standing Tear Parish Apart Whose Authority Final in Fallbrook? By Robert Kumpel In a struggle to remain faithful to the Church, some parishioners at St. Peter's parish in Fallbrook are feeling more isolated than ever. Since February, Father Bud Kaicher and his associate Father Bernard Rapp have insisted that parishioners stand before the end of the Eucharistic Prayer. One Tuesday in early February, visiting priest Father Mel Young asked at morning Mass that people would not kneel or genuflect when receiving communion because a new General Instruction for the Roman Missal was about to be released which forbade such...

<p>Louisiana is one of the 10 worst states for women to live, raise families and work, according to a report recently submitted by a special study committee to the governor.</p> <p>Although women are making some strides in Louisiana, they are still trailing far behind their counterparts in other states, said Rep. Diane Winston, R-Covington, who chaired the Louisiana Women's Policy and Research Commission.</p>

America Standing Tall Words and music by Michael Yaccarino MickeyYak1@ComCast.net CONTACT FOR CHORDS America Standing Tall What you have tried to kill doesn’t live inside a wall. Not in buildings or even a shopping mall. You can’t destroy that which is deep inside of our hearts. You have enraged us now we’ll tear you all apart. Standing tall, Through it all, In this war. America is the best place on this mans earth. Where freedom lives we stand our ground against the very worst. We have a lot to keep we are the holder of the torch. Liberty is our...