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A Washington, D.C., wannabe has taken the opportunity afforded by the 2008 election campaign to speak to a meeting of the American National Socialist Workers Party, which lists a "nazi.org" address on its website. And Tony Zirkle, a candidate in Indiana's 2nd congressional district race, is defending his recent appearance in Chicago as an opportunity to witness to the needy about his Christian faith. In a statement on his campaign website, Zirkle said he was "cracked up" by a reference on MSNBC to his being the "world's 2nd worst person after Bill O'Reilly." "What cracks me up is that he...

Tony Zirkle, a candidate in the Republican primary for Indiana’s 2nd Congressional District seat gave a speech to a rather unique audience, the Nationalist Socialist Worker’s Party, or the Nazi Party. ...This kind of attitude of racism and anti-Semitism is simply un-American. To his credit, it was a fellow Republican opponent for the primary, Luke Puckett, who brought this meeting to the attention of the media, and stated, “I can't believe, in 2008, someone could have such backward opinions." The point of mentioning this isn’t to paint the Republican Party as pro-Nazi, racist, or anti-Semitic; quite the contrary. owever, when...

By Wade Zirkle SINCE THE Global War on Terror was launched four and half years ago, Americans are now only casually reminded of the sacrifices that our new generation of warriors are making in Afghanistan, Iraq and other desperate corners of the world. Usually these reports come in the form of terse, sterile news briefs: a fleeting portrait of a service member flashing across a TV screen or a radio sound-bite at the top of the hour that notes that soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb. When there is an occasional in-depth story, it often focuses on the nature...

Zirkle suggestions stir attention pot Candidate to shred Playboy magazine; discusses Korea. JAMES WENSITS Tribune Political Writer SOUTH BEND -- Give Tony Zirkle props for knowing how to get attention. Zirkle, who is seeking the Republican nomination in the 2nd District congressional race, already has proposed putting deadbeat dads on U.S. border patrol duty and said he would be willing to debate the notion of bringing back the guillotine to punish "porn-pimps" who prey on children. Now, Zirkle says, he will shred a copy of the "original Marilyn Monroe Playboy magazine" at a Monday news conference in his South Bend...

Troops in Support Of the War By Wade Zirkle FrontPageMagazine.com | April 17, 2006 Earlier this year there was a town hall meeting on the Iraq war, sponsored by Rep. Jim Moran (D-Va.), with the participation of such antiwar organizations as CodePink and MoveOn.org. The event also featured Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.), a former Marine who had become an outspoken critic of the war. To this Iraq war veteran, it was a good example of something that's become all too common: People from politics, the media and elsewhere purporting to represent "our" views. With all due respect, most often they...

Dear Fellow American, In January 2006, a number of veterans decided the time had come to change the direction of American political discourse with respect to the Iraq War. As we began to speak to other fellow veterans, family and friends, the response we received was overwhelming. They also were desperate for veterans to have a voice in the debate over the Iraq War. They also were also desperate for someone to speak for them. As a result, we formed Vets for Freedom, an organization to give Iraq and Afghanistan War veterans, their families and other supporters a long overdue...

Candidate proposes chopping block for 'porn-pimps' Congressional hopeful Zirkle wants to spark debate. JAMES WENSITS Tribune Political Writer SOUTH BEND -- Republican 2nd District congressional candidate Tony Zirkle has proposed a four-stage approach to stopping sex- related crimes such as child pornography, rape, sexual slavery and human trafficking. Stage 4 contemplates the reintroduction of the guillotine and lynch mob into the criminal justice process, although Zirkle said in an interview that he is taking that position "to stimulate debate." He also said he is in favor of the death penalty. ...

SOUTH BEND -- Republican 2nd District congressional candidate Tony Zirkle has proposed a four-stage approach to stopping sex- related crimes such as child pornography, rape, sexual slavery and human trafficking. Stage 4 contemplates the reintroduction of the guillotine and lynch mob into the criminal justice process, although Zirkle said in an interview that he is taking that position "to stimulate debate." He also said he is in favor of the death penalty. "If I am elected to Congress, I will introduce a declaration of war against human traffickers, porn-pimps and child rapists," Zirkle said in a campaign release. "We must...

A $1.3 million settlement reached by lawyers in a case against executives of Zirkle Fruit received preliminary approval Friday from U.S. District Court Judge Fred Van Sickle. Lawyers now begin the task of locating and notifying Zirkle employees eligible for an undetermined share of the settlement funds. "It's always impossible to predict what level of participation you will get," Seattle attorney Andrew Volk said in the teleconference court hearing with the judge. Attorneys for U.S. workers sued Zirkle, alleging the company conspired to hire illegal workers in order to pay them less, resulting in the depression of wages for legal...

Olivia Mendoza is an agricultural worker in Washington state?s fruit industry, and, while the fruit business in Washington is a billion-dollar-per-year industry, she and many of her co-workers live in poverty. Part of their poverty is due to the fact that some employers, like Ms. Mendoza?s, lower industry wages by illegally hiring low-skill foreign nationals without proper work authorization. Not only do these illegal aliens work for less than US citizens and legal workers, like Ms. Mendoza, they also accept inferior and even unsafe working conditions. Aside from perpetuating poverty among illegal aliens themselves, the hiring of illegal aliens also...