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Perhaps this whole Amnesty business is a sublime and supremely cunning strategery. Now, I know you all may want to dismiss the possibility out of hand, but bear with me for a moment... By promoting this bill, in one fell swoop President Bush has managed to: a) Get almost the entire Democrat caucus in the Senate to come out in favor of Amnesty, which is very unpopular, b) Forever link his old arch-nemesis, John McCain, to this very unpopular bill, c) Get somewhere close to 80% of Americans to oppose Ted Kennedy, and d) Kill the possibility of comprehensive immigration...

Candidate: Use Textbooks As Shields From School ShootersUPDATED: 9:39 am EDT October 20, 2006 MINCO, Okla. -- One of Oklahoma's nominees for state superintendent of education has proposed a unique idea for protecting students from outbreaks of violence. Bill Crozier, a Union City Republican going against incumbent Democrat Sandy Garrett, said he believes old textbooks could be used to stop bullets shot from weapons wielded by school intruders. If elected, he said he would put thick used textbooks under every desk for students to use in self-defense. He had a videotape showing him and others shooting weapons, such as an...

Paintball imams spread militancy Abul Taher and Ali Hussain Activity days are 'front' to recruit young Muslims THE party of youths pulled on their blue overalls, snapped shut their visors and, taking aim with their paintball guns, prepared for four hours of licensed mayhem. But the men who pursued each other last Sunday morning through the wooded grounds of Delta Force’s paintballing park near Congleton, Cheshire, had little in common with the stag parties and company teams nearby. Instead of listening to corporate pep talks between sessions, the young Asian men were instructed by an imam dressed in fatigues on...

To: Assignment Desk, Daybook Editor Contact: Trevor Fitzgibbon, Kawana Lloyd or Alex Howe, 202-822-5200, all for Moveon.Org Political Action News Advisory: -- Katrina Evacuees to Tell President Bush His Administration Let Them Down -- Request Meeting with President to Demand Accountability -- Why Was Federal Funding Cut For Levee Maintenance? Hurricane Katrina evacuees flew into the nation's capital to tell President Bush to stop blaming local officials for his mistakes and acknowledge that budget cuts and indifference by his administration led to the disaster in New Orleans and along the Mississippi Gulf Coast. They intend to ask him why he...