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NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct. 7 (UPI) -- The author of a best-selling book critical of Barack Obama was detained Tuesday by immigration officials in Kenya while on a publicity tour for his book. Jerome Corsi, who wrote "The Obama Nation: Leftist Politics and the Cult of Personality," was detained before a visit to one of Nairobi's slums to donate money to Obama's half-brother, George Obama, found several months ago living in poverty, The Times of London reported Tuesday. "He has not been arrested. He is just answering some questions about what he is doing here in Kenya," one of Corsi's assistants...

Disclaimer!I don't know if ANY of this stuff is true. I ask fellow FREEPers with more information than me to verify or deny. Thinking voters of course will not vote for BHO. But if this stuff is true, even unthinking voters will stay away from him. Some of it all sounds a bit far-fetched, but if not we may be facing a real life Manchurian Candidate. The next post contains the bulk of the email I received recently.

On or about October 5th, Biden will excuse himself from the ticket, citing health problems, and he will be replaced by Hillary. This is timed to occur after the VP debate on 10/2. There have been talks all weekend about how to proceed with this info. Generally, the feeling is that we should all go ahead and get it out there to as many blog sites and personal email lists as is possible. I have already seen a few short blurbs about this - the 'health problem' cited in those articles was aneurysm. Probably many of you have heard the...

Drill, Drill, Drill I am having Sarah Palin nightmares. I dreamt last night that she was a member of a club where they rode snowmobiles and wore the claws of drowned and starved polar bears around their necks. I have a particular thing for Polar Bears. Maybe it's their snowy whiteness or their bigness or the fact that they live in the arctic or that I have never seen one in person or touched one. Maybe it is the fact that they live so comfortably on ice. Whatever it is, I need the polar bears. I don't like raging at...

Here's the reality. John McCain and Sarah Palin are trying to lie their way into the White House. We cannot let them get away with it. But if you don't act to stop them, nobody will. Right now, the McCain-Palin method of stubbornly repeating lies and crying foul every time they're called on it is being imitated in GOP campaigns all across the country. So, unless we want to lose another election to Republican dishonesty and cowardice, we better take things into our own hands. Democrats are facing the last critical FEC deadline before the election on September 30th. And...

(This is from an email forwarded to me that allegedly came from a local pastor. I have followed up with the pastor personally, and he confirmed that the email was indeed originally sent by him, and accurately represents his experience. Even though he did not specifically ask me to do this, I have redacted the most easily identifying information - but I will provide it to folks who FReepmail me with a specific request for it.) Gentlemen, I never write mass emails and am repulsed by hyped up causes that are emailed to me. But I am writing to you...

A Washington , DC airport ticket agent offers some examples of 'why' our country is in trouble! 1. I had a New Hampshire Congresswoman ask for an aisle seat so that her hair wouldn't get messed up by being near the window. (On an airplane!) 2. I got a call from a candidate's staffer, who wanted to go to Capetown. I started to explain the length of the flight and the passport information, then she interrupted me with, ''I'm not trying to make you look stupid, but Capetown is in Massachusetts.'' Without trying to make her look stupid, I calmly...

Welcome to Toastmasters, June 13, 2033. That's right: 2033. Today Rick Campbell, one of our senior members at age 87, is here to reminisce a bit and give us a history lesson. He says he is so old that he learned to drive an internal combustion engine car (remember those) with a manual transmission. He once owned a typewriter. He remembers when bicycles had one speed, phones had two-party lines, and cameras had something called film. As incredible as this may seem, he says that when he was young, it was common for people to smoke in restaurants and public...

<p>At the stroke of midnight July 8, the Denver Water Board closed the road over Dillon Dam in Summit County, Colorado, citing security concerns. The board’s decision, which was implemented without advance notice to local governments and citizens, has not been well-received. It has sparked protests by enraged residents and has even prompted officials from Summit County, three affected towns nearby and the local fire and rescue department to file suit in state district court in a bid to force Denver Water to reopen the road.</p>

My spam filter grabs a non-spam email now and then and I've been monitoring what it does so I can adjust the settings and make sure it stops doing that. One of the spam I got last night had the title 'Obama found dead in shock accident'. I'm sure if it said 'Bush' or "McCain' instead of Obama conservatives would be up in arms about it, and so I hope also see this in the same light. I'm in Canada so I'm sure if this breaks a law or not up here. Have any of you in the USA received...

A pilots story about the SR-71 the Black Bird In April 1986, following an attack on American soldiers in a Berlin disco, President Reagan ordered the bombing of Muammar Qaddafi's terrorist camps in Libya. My duty was to fly over Libya and take photos recording the damage our F-111's had inflicted. Qaddafi had established a "line of death," a territorial marking across the Gulf of Sidra , swearing to shoot down any intruder that crossed the boundary. On the morning of April 15, I rocketed past the line at 2,125 mph. I was piloting the SR-71 spy plane, the world's...

Thank you for contacting me to express your concerns regarding our country's rising fuel costs. I appreciate your taking the time to convey your thoughts, and wanted to respond. Since the energy crisis of the late 1970's, our nation has failed to adopt a sound and comprehensive energy policy. That lack of action has forced our country to become more reliant on foreign oil to maintain our energy demands. Gasoline prices under the current 110th Congress have hit record levels with the average cost of gasoline reaching $3.98 nationally. During my service in the Florida State Legislature and Congress, I...

We know Dick Lamm as the former Governor of Colorado. In that context his thoughts are particularly poignant. Last week there was an immigration overpopulation conference in Washington , DC , filled to capacity by many of America 's finest minds and leaders. A brilliant college professor by the name of Victor Hansen Davis talked about his latest book, 'Mexifornia,' explaining how immigration - both legal and illegal was destroying the entire state of California . He said it would march across the country until it destroyed all vestiges of The American Dream. Moments later, former Colorado Governor Richard D....

Thank you for your email. We appreciate that you contact us to share your opinion. At ABSOLUT we are used to active reactions to our advertising, and we want our consumers to share their opinion - positive or negative. We have a policy to always reply to all emails individually, but due to the large amount of emails concerning the In an ABSOLUT World Mexico ad, we are unfortunately not able to answer all emails individually at this moment. We acknowledge the reactions and debate and want to apologize for the concerns this ad caused. We are truly sorry and...

Just received this a few moments ago ...

Subject: This is sobering. Needs to be read by both Democrats and Republicans alike! This one is from the guy who had his finger on the nuclear trigger for three years as head of our defense and response complex buried under Cheyenne Mountain at Colorado Springs . He was the only person who could initiate a nuclear attack after advising the sitting president of a missile launch by our enemies and our need to respond. No political or civilian type in the US had more knowledge about day to day military actions around the world. Everyone should find quiet time...

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — "Mitt Romney is single-handedly responsible for instituting same-sex marriage in Massachusetts." That’s the view of Republican presidential candidate Alan Keyes, who lobbied against the state’s adoption of same-sex marriage when it was imminent in 2004. "Most people are unaware of the way Massachusetts came to adopt same-sex marriage," the former Reagan administration diplomat said. "They think the state’s Supreme Judicial Court forced it to happen. That’s incorrect." Said Keyes, "The court merely issued an opinion stating that, in its view, the existing marriage law was unconstitutional because it failed to allow persons of the same...

Republicans no longer control the Republican Party and as a result, they can not advance a truly Republican candidate though the current liberal leaning primary process. By the time 99 percent of Republicans get a chance to vote in the primaries, all real Republicans have already been eliminated from the race. Lesser evil choices are all that remain by Super Tuesday…? How it Happened It happened by two important factors. First, Republicans refused to unite behind any of the conservatives originally in the race. They were divided, and all of their candidates failed as a result. Evangelicals think Pastor Huckabee...

<p>Many of you know that I am supporting Senator Clinton for President, but don't take my word for it, come and hear for yourself. This will likely be her last stop before Super Tuesday, and your last chance to see her before you decide who to support.</p>

From Victor Bean: As you already know, Tuesday, January 29, there is a presidential primary (here in Florida). Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. I am a registered Republican, and I will be voting for Senator John McCain. Governor Charlie Crist has also endorsed Senator McCain. Bill Bunting spoke personally with Senator John McCain, Governor Mitt Romney, and Governor Mike Huckabee over the weekend. As most of you know, Bill is chairman of the Republican Party of Pasco, FL. Senator McCain will sign on to a national right-to-carry bill if Congress brings it to his desk. As...

URGENT!! Proposed polar bear listing threatens YOUR future!! The Department of the Interior and its Fish and Wildlife Service are getting ready to trample on your rights, drive up your cost of living, and regulate virtually every aspect of your life. You need to act immediately - or your energy and economic life will soon be dictated by climate change alarmists in government agencies, courts and environmental groups. Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne is dropping hints that he will declare the polar bear a threatened species - within the next few weeks. If he does, any activity that arguably...

ESPN, ABC Refuse to Take Any Action ESPN and its parent company, ABC, have refused to take any action against ESPN anchorwoman Dana Jacobson for her hateful, slurring remarks against Jesus, saying "F-- -- Jesus." On January 11, Jacobson was speaking at a celebrity roast in Atlantic City, N.J., when she unleashed a profane tirade, saying, "F--- Notre Dame," "F--- Touchdown Jesus" and finally "F--- Jesus." "Touchdown Jesus" is the popular moniker for a statue of Jesus raising his arms, located on the Notre Dame campus. Catholic League president Bill Donohue spoke with ESPN about the attack and received an...

HOW LONG DOES THE USA HAVE? This is the most interesting thing I've read in a long time. The sad thing about it, you can see it coming. I have always heard about this democracy countdown. It is interesting and concerning to see it in print. God help us, not that we deserve it. How Long Do We Have? About the time our original thirteen states adopted their new constitution in 1787, Alexander Tyler, a Scottish history professor at the University of Edinburgh , had this to say about the fall of the Athenian Republic some 2,000 years earlier: 'A...

The Iowa Republican Party has neither counted nor reported the number of votes for Alan Keyes in the GOP caucuses held Jan. 3. "We didn't have the electronic means to record the tallies for Keyes, so we can't yet report to the public how many votes Keyes got," said John Lund at the Iowa GOP headquarters in Des Moines. "We can't report the Keyes votes until we've double-checked each individual paper ballot." Meanwhile, the Iowa GOP widely reported the vote tallies of all other candidates, including Tom Tancredo, who got 5 votes despite having quit the race. "I personally traveled...

DARWIN AWARDS 2007 And once again, it's time for the Darwin Award Nominees. The Darwins are awarded every year to the persons who died in the most stupid manner, thereby removing themselves from the gene pool. This years nominees are: Nominee No. 1: [San Jose Mercury News] An unidentified man, using a shotgun like a club to break a former girlfriends windshield, accidentally shot himself to death when the gun discharged, blowing a hole in his gut. Nominee No. 2: [Kalamazoo Gazette] James Burns, 34, (a mechanic) of Alamo, MI. was killed in March as he was trying to repair...

YOU WILL FIND THE SECRET SERVICE VIEWS ON THE PERSONALITIES OF PAST PRESIDENTS TO BE QUITE INTERESTING. For those who don't know... Capt. Denny Keast flies for UAL and flew many SAM's (Special Air Mission's) for the White House. Some of us flew these Presidential Support Mission. The only thing they left out was the pain in the ass communication people..........Shem I flew 4 Presidential support missions in the C-141 out of Dover AFB, DE.. Two for President Johnson and two for President Nixon. Johnson was a first class jerk and on the two occasions I flew for him, if...

This is from the National Education Association's Email received today: We are engaging in a comprehensive presidential recommendation process designed to ensure that NEA's candidate recommendation won't be based on personalities or partisanship. It won't be about who is more liberal or more conservative. It will be about what's best for students; what's best for educators; and what's best for public education, our communities, and our nation. NEA's recommendation process is fair, bipartisan, and open. A candidate's political party is never taken into consideration, and all presidential candidates, whether they are Republican or Democrat, are invited to participate. To be...

After being interviewed by the school administration, the teaching prospect said, Let me see if I've got this right: You want me to go into that room with all those kids, correct their disruptive behavior, observe them for signs of abuse, monitor their dress habits, censor their T-shirt messages, and instill in them a love for learning. You want me to check their backpacks for weapons, wage war on drugs and sexually transmitted diseases, and raise their sense of self esteem and personal pride. You want me to teach them patriotism and good citizenship, sportsmanship and fair play, and how...

ANAPOLIS, MARYLAND MEETING: PLAN: The U.S. is hosting a 3 day meeting in Anapolis, Maryland called a "Peace Summit." In a nutshell the USA is leading the pack in pressuring Israel during this meeting to: 1) Divide Jerusalem and give the Temple Mount to the Muslims 2) To cede all of Judea and Samaria and allow the establishment of an Arab terrorist state called Palestine with Jerusalem as its capital. ("West Bank" is the biblical Judea and Samaria, the heartland of Israel promised to the Jewish people by God's everlasting covenant.) 3) To give Palestinians control of the mountain ridge...

Dear Mr. (BLANK), Thank you for your email to The Home Depot Online Customer Support. The Home Depot has and will continue to include the word Christmas in a variety of communication efforts, including advertising, store banners and point of purchase displays near such items as Christmas trees. We also use the word holiday in our outreach to customers, as many of our store displays and other marketing efforts cover more than one holiday from Thanksgiving to New Years and stay in place throughout the entire holiday season from November through January. Please let us know if we can be...

Red Shirt If the Red shirt thing is new to you, read below how it went for a man... Last week, while traveling to Chicago on business, I noticed a Marine sergeant traveling with a folded flag, but did not put two and two together. After we boarded our flight, I turned to the sergeant, who'd been invited to sit in First Class (across from me), and inquired if he was heading home. No, he responded. Heading out I asked? No. I'm escorting a soldier home. Going to pick him up? No. He is with me right now. He was...

This comes from an aquaintance who just happens to live in Canada. His thoughts on the recent health care proposal might be of interest to some. Hey Guys; I saw on the news up here in Canada where Hillary Clinton introduced her new health care plan. Something similar to what we have in Canada. I also heard that Michael Moore was raving about the health care up here in Canada in his latest movie. As your friend and someone who lives with the Canada health care plan I thought I would give you some facts about this great medical plan...