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This past Sunday, Gaudete Sunday, was also the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, who is the Patroness of the Americas and of the unborn. As we approach the days of the "O" antiphons, it is very appropriate to reflect on the relevance of Our Lady's apparition to Saint Juan Diego to the Americas today. Our Lady appeared to Saint Juan Diego as he was on his way to an offering of Holy Mass. The only Mass offered in the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church at that time was the Immemorial Mass of Tradition. Our Lady asked Juan Diego...

Buoyed by the defeat of a planned black bear hunt this year, one animal rights group has announced it has a statewide hunting ban in its sights. The newly formed Animal Protection Political Action Committee hopes to craft a network of more than 50,000 voters to oppose pro-hunting legislation and candidates. It's creation comes less than one week after the state Supreme Court halted the six-day bruin season, ruling Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Bradley Campbell had the authority to stop it. "The (National Rifle Association) and all these other groups pull together all of these people who are 100...

SARASOTA - A 46-year-old man has been arrested in connection with an aggravated assault incident against U.S. Rep. Katherine Harris (R-Sarasota). The incident happened when Harris and several supporters were campaigning on the northwest corner of the intersection at Fruitville Road and North Washington Boulevard Tuesday evening, according to Sarasota police. A vehicle headed toward them and swerved at the last moment and drove off. The police got a good description of the car and the suspect was brought in for questioning before being arrested. Barry M. Seltzer of Sarasota was arrested and charged with aggravated assault with a deadly...

Are you destroying the rainforest on your BBQ this weekend? Aug 28 Summer barbecues are contributing to the destruction of the Indonesian and Amazonian rainforests, Friends of the Earth said today, in a new briefing highlighting the damage caused by illegal logging and intensive production of soy and palm oil [1]. Chicken, beef burgers, veggie burgers, bread, crisps and prawns are all contributing to rainforest destruction - and yet UK consumers remain oblivious to the trail of destruction these every day goods leave in their wake. Friends of the Earth is calling on the Government to impose tougher social and...

June 29 (Bloomberg) -- A political activist rang me up and told me I had to see the new documentary about the president. ``It's chilling,'' he said. ``It shows what a slimeball this guy is.'' So I saw the movie, and it was -- how to put this? -- a crock. Watching it I thought: Whoever produced this slanderous mess deserves to be run out of polite society. That was 10 years ago, and the documentary was a slapdash confection of lies and innuendo called ``The Clinton Chronicles.'' It accused Bill Clinton -- slyly and indirectly -- of drug- running...

CAIRO, 6 July 2004 — Islamophobia is alive and well in the US, starting with the authorities down to individuals such as radio talk show host Jay Severin who, according to the Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) claimed that Muslims want to take over America even if it takes centuries, adding “I’ve got an idea. Let’s all kill Muslims”. Amazingly Severin is still in his job, although he has been forced to apologize on air. CAIR has also filed complaints over an offensive skit on the March 10 Bill Handel show on KFI AM 640 entitled “the New Iraqi...

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<p>Internal Revenue Service agents are investigating a Pensacola man who operates a creationist theme park and museum off Old Palafox Road and who they say is evading taxes on more than $1 million in income.</p> <p>This week, federal IRS agents raided the home and businesses of Kent Hovind, 51, in the first block of Cummings Road, confiscating all computer and paper records of financial activity since January 1997.</p>

<p>A California Institute of Technology graduate student was arrested Tuesday in connection with last summer's vandalism of 125 sport utility vehicles and fires set at a San Gabriel Valley auto dealership in apparent support of the Earth Liberation Front, the FBI said.</p>

Animal rights advocates will single out small children at performances of ``The Nutcracker'' in the next few weeks by handing out fliers saying ``Your Mommy Kills Animals'' to youngsters whose mothers are wearing fur.      ``Children can't look up to a mom in a battered-raccoon hat or a crushed coyote collar,'' said Ingrid Newkirk, president of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. ``Maybe when they're confronted by their own children's hurt looks, fur-wearers' cold hearts will melt.''      The fliers include a color drawing of a woman plunging a large bloody knife into the belly of a terrified rabbit. The fliers...

Fur flies over flier: PETA targets ‘Nutcracker’ kids By David Weber Wednesday, December 17, 2003 Animal rights advocates will single out small children at performances of ``The Nutcracker'' in the next few weeks by handing out fliers saying ``Your Mommy Kills Animals'' to youngsters whose mothers are wearing fur. ``Children can't look up to a mom in a battered-raccoon hat or a crushed coyote collar,'' said Ingrid Newkirk, president of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. ``Maybe when they're confronted by their own children's hurt looks, fur-wearers' cold hearts will melt.'' The fliers include a color drawing of a...

Fox news announces that the environmentalist whackos have now identified that there are as many as 500 types of dirt that might be endangered. (hello????) The dirt or soil is supposedly different than some other types of dirt and we should not build and destroy this dirt. Great way to stop building and progress.

Greetings Will, Sorry I have been out of touch! I do appreciate you keeping me posted and this thing is always in my thoughts. Your latest email reminded me of an incident that occurred last archery season with one of my guides and his hunters: Joe and Mike were glassing for elk on "Bucks Knob", a point which allows one to overlook nearly the entire East side of Dome Mountain. Joe and Mike had been hunting all week, the elk being the normal, elusive critters they are. Joe and Mike were good matches as far as hunters and guides go....

Thursday, September 25, 2003 By Theresa D. Mcclellan The Grand Rapids Press MECOSTA COUNTY -- Martiny Township Fire Chief Aaron Holsworth was worried enough Monday as a bomb squad investigated homemade incendiary devices discovered at Ice Mountain Spring Water Co.'s pumping station. On Wednesday, the chief learned the radical and violent Earth Liberation Front claimed responsibility. "It kind of changes my whole outlook," he said. Holsworth and his family live across the street from the pumping station on 13 Mile Road east of Big Rapids. "When an organization this big, that is known throughout the whole country, is making their...

ECONOT.COM "A Conflict of Values in the Arctic" and "Why Do They Hate Us?" New essays by Robert Bidinotto at: A Conflict of Values in the Artic Also, the latest news and commentary on environmentalism linked at: comentary

Please, read my comment after the following! Farrell does *not* speak for us! ====================== "'Top Ten List' and Campaign Action Photos" August 14, 2003 Dear Friends, Here's my gubernatorial campaign's first press release -- just off the press! (See the Top Ten List.) And you can now access my Gubernatorial web site directly: www.warrenfarrell.com/gov. (Enjoy the Action Photos.) Would you let me know if these make my purposes clear? Exhausted in California, Warren Contact: Ph: 760 753 5000 E: warren@w... Web: www.warrenfarrell.com or www.warrenfarrell.com/gov POLITICALLY INCORRECT AUTHOR ENTERS POLITICS Fathers' Issues Author Wants to be "Governor for Kids" CARLSBAD, Calif....

Animals Suffer a Perpetual 'Holocaust' By Stephen R. Dujack Stephen R. Dujack is the editor of an environmental magazine in Washington and a writer. Isaac Bashevis Singer fled Nazi Europe in 1935 and came to this country. He married my grandmother, who had escaped from Hitler's Germany in 1940. He went on to become a lauded author and won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1978. His family -- those who stayed behind -- were killed in the concentration camps. My grandfather was also a principled vegetarian. He was one of the first to equate the wholesale slaughter of humans...

COMPANY HISTORY: Ben & Jerry's Homemade, Inc., the Vermont-based manufacturer of ice cream, frozen yogurt and sorbet, was founded in 1978 in a renovated gas station in Burlington, Vermont, by childhood friends Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, with a $12,000 investment ($4,000 of which was borrowed)....Contact Info for the anti-Bush Susan Sarandon Loving, Saddam Hussein Hiney Kissing, Ice Cream Company: Ben & Jerry's 30 Community Drive South Burlington, VT 05403-6828 Phone: 802-846-1500 Comment by Recovering_Democrat:Ben Cohen sponsored the anti-Bush, pro-Saddam ads aired last night against our Commander in Chief. This man's company is being protected day and night by our...

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Should Americans be free to own Sport Utility Vehicles? - No. Allowing people to destroy the environment is talking freedom a bit too far. SUV’s should be banned. 68% - Yes. SUV’s are easier to drive in traffic, better for hauling kids, great for camping. Freedom is great! 32% Poll Link Here