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The Preambles of all 50 States Of The United States: Alabama 1901, Preamble. We the people of the State of Alabama, invoking the favor and guidance of Almighty God, do ordain and establish the following Constitution. Alaska 1956, Preamble. We, the people of Alaska, grateful to God and to those who founded our nation and pioneered this great land. Arizona 1911, Preamble. We, the people of the State of Arizona, grateful to Almighty God for our liberties, do ordain this Constitution... Arkansas 1874, Preamble. We, the people of the State of Arkansas, grateful to Almighty God for the privilege of...

On Tuesday morning, an urgent correspondence from Senator Edward M. Kennedy to President George W. Bush was inadvertently delivered to the publishing headquarters of The Patriot. It seems that one of Mr. Kennedy's aides mistakenly put the letter to President Bush in a Patriot donor-support envelope—which means that the White House instead received a priority message from Sen. Kennedy with a profane "cease and desist" note addressed to your humble editorial staff. Our editors wrestled with the legal and ethical implications of reprinting this letter for at least 60 seconds before concluding that we should disclose its contents to you,...

Subj: FW: Worth the Read !! This (unfortunately) hits it right on the head. Well worth the read. Welfare State by Robert Tracinski Sep 02, 2005 It has taken four long days for state and federal officials to figure out how to deal with the disaster in New Orleans. I can't blame them, because it has also taken me four long days to figure out what is going on there. The reason is that the events there make no sense if you think that we are confronting a natural disaster. If this is just a natural disaster, the response for...

New York Gang Member Faces Trial as Terrorist 2 hours, 46 minutes ago By Maria Castro NEW YORK (Reuters) - Every time Lourdes Morales watches the TV news and sees a story on terrorism, she weeps. Family members have stopped trying to console her, but they, too, cannot understand why Edgar Morales, the family's youngest son, will see the new year arrive in prison where he is waiting to be tried as a terrorist. "They are comparing my son to (Osama) bin Laden ... and all those people who used bombs and killed thousands of people at random," said Morales....

By mutual agreement, the University of Louisville is withdrawing the contract of sociology lecturer John McTighe for the spring semester pending completion of a review of a student's allegations concerning comments made following the Nov. 2 presidential election. The university is continuing to review an incident in which a student alleges McTighe made comments to his class that could be interpreted to advocate gun violence against "religious zealots." "We strongly support academic freedom," said President James Ramsey. "The quote attributed to Professor McTighe is unacceptable and not an issue of academic freedom." "Students are leaving the campus for the holiday...

The community of Rabbit Hash will hit the big screen next month hoping to earn the attention of the national film industry. "Rabbit Hash: The Center of the Universe," an 80-minute documentary that looks at the Boone County hamlet and its 1998 mayoral election that saw a dog emerge as the top vote-getter, will have its Midwest debut at the Madison Theatre in Covington on Dec. 18. "I think it's the greatest thing to happen to Boone County since Kenny Price," said Rabbit Hash Historical Society President Don Clare, referring to the local country singer's song, "Sheriff of Boone County,"...

Patriotic Great-Grandma Volunteers For Iraq Duty Oklahoma Woman, 72, To Be Deployed To War Zone POSTED: 7:16 am EST November 22, 2004 LAWTON, Okla. -- A 72-year-old great-grandmother from Oklahoma is preparing for deployment to the war zone in Iraq. Lena Haddix will be a civilian employee of the Department of Defense and volunteered for the duty. She said she wanted to do something for her country. Haddix was a military wife and has worked at the Fort Sill PX since 1977. She's expected to have a similar job in Iraq, working 10 hours a day. Her preparation for deployment...

From Mr. Mom's Mailing List (742) Watching... - November 17, 2004 Zechariah 9: 8 But I will defend my house against marauding forces. Never again will an oppressor overrun my people, for now I am keeping watch. Believe it or not, yesterday I learned a lesson in watching by observing the Bighorn sheep behind my house. It's mating season, and my husband and I are blessed to live exactly where the entire life cycle of the sheep takes place. They give birth to their babies on our land in the spring, and in the fall the big rams come out...

Subject: George Bush Testimony - Very Insightful - From About 4-5 Years Ago Moral values accounted for 22% of the reasons people voted for who they voted for in this week's election (2000). The following is very insightful into who our president really is. Please take time to read in its entirety. I CHALLENGE YOU TO READ THIS ENTIRE TESTIMONY. YOU WILL NOT BE SORRY! -------Original Message------- From George Bush: "Actually, the seeds of my decision had been planted the year before, by the Reverend Billy Graham. He visited my family for a summer weekend in Maine. I saw him...

Black lab sweeps Rabbit Hash race -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Stephenie Steitzer Post staff reporter A black Labrador Retriever pulled ahead at the last minute and swept the mayoral race in Rabbit Hash. All week long, Higgins the donkey was leading the race, but Junior Cochran, the dog, got a 1,000-vote boost in the last 20 minutes of voting. "Higgins thought he would be mayor," said Higgins' owner and Rabbit Hash Historical Society president Don Clare. "When I came home I told him he was. I didn't burst his bubble." The mayoral race, with 14 candidates, including a pig, turtle and several...

"Montana's Top 10" 11/1/2004 Montana's term limits law is under attack by legislators and lobbyists. Their latest? Constitutional Amendment 42, or CA-42 for short. Politicians put this on the ballot, with 70 percent of legislators saying "yes" to keeping themselves in office longer. Funny, that's about the reverse of what voters said, passing term limits with a 66 percent "yes" vote. But Trevis Bucher, who's defending the limits, keeps a sense of humor. Move over David Letterman, his "No on 42" campaign has come up with a Top 10 Reasons Career Politicians Want to Kill 8-Year Term Limits: 10. So...

FROM THE NATIONALLY KNOWN COLUMNIST.... By Ann Coulter: Kerry was indisputably brave in Vietnam, and it's kind of cute to see Democrats pretend to admire military service. Physical courage, like chastity, is something liberals usually deride, but are tickled when it accidentally manifests itself in one of their own. One has to stand in awe of Kerry's military service 33 years ago. Of course, that's where it ends, including with Kerry -- inasmuch as, upon his return from war in 1970, he promptly began trashing his fellow Vietnam vets by calling them genocidal murderers. But if Bush can't talk to...

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Bush and GOP Web Sites Suffer Outages Thu Oct 21,12:54 AM ET By ANICK JESDANUN, AP Internet Writer NEW YORK - Web sites for President Bush (news - web sites)'s campaign and the Republican National Committee (news - web sites) suffered outages for several hours on Wednesday. It was not immediately clear whether a systems failure or a hacking attack was to blame. Campaign and committee officials would only say they were investigating. The sites began experiencing problems about 11 a.m., according to two companies that monitor Internet performance. AlertSite.com, which had monitors probing the sites every 15 minutes from...

October 18, 2004 THE 2008 ELECTION Bush's Brother Rules Out Bid for Presidency By ABBY GOODNOUGH IAMI, Oct. 17 - Gov. Jeb Bush of Florida on Sunday publicly ruled out running for president in 2008, quashing for now, talk of a third Bush in the White House. The governor, who is President Bush's younger brother, said on ABC's "This Week" that he would return to Miami when his second term ended in 2006. Mr. Bush was a real estate developer here before he entered politics. "I'm not going to run for president in 2008," Mr. Bush, who rarely grants interviews...

The mayoral race in Rabbit Hash is heating up once again, with several dogs, a pig, a turtle named Sam and a jackass -- the four-legged variety -- among the 14 candidates for the office. And CNN has come to this teensy but folksy Ohio river town to focus the world's attention, if only for few moments, on the political doings. A crew from the network came calling Wednesday on Don Clare, president of the Rabbit Hash Historical Society, to inquire about the race in general and, specifically, about Higgins, the donkey Clare has running on the Republican ticket. His...

**EXCLUSIVE** A QUOTE ATTRIBUTED TO PRESIDENT BUSH IN NEXT SUNDAY'S NEW YORK TIMES HAS IGNITED PREPUBLICATION SPARKS, THE DRUDGE REPORT HAS LEARNED. FORMER WSJ REPORTER AND BEST-SELLING AUTHOR RON SUSKIND QUOTES BUSH AS TELLING A PRIVATE LUNCHEON OF TOP SUPPORTERS: 'I'M GOING TO BE REAL POSITIVE, WHILE I KEEP MY FOOT ON JOHN KERRY'S THROAT.' SUSKIND, A REGISTERED DEMOCRAT, WILL CLAIM BUSH MADE THE COMMENTS LAST MONTH IN WASHINGTON. A SENIOR BUSH CAMPAIGN STAFFER EXPLAINS THE BUSH COMMENT IS JUST TEXAN FOR 'I'M NOT GOING TO LET HIM DODGE HIS LIBERAL RECORD.' THE STAFFER ADDED, 'SUSKIND IS JUST ONE MORE...

*************** COMMON SENSE *************** “Ich Bin Ein Hong Konger” “Hong Kong Elections a Blow to Democrats," the headline caught me off guard. There are many differences among peoples throughout the world, but I think the similarities are stronger. One similarity is the desire to be free. I've been inspired by the struggle of Hong Kong's democrats against the same regime in China whose tanks rolled over students in Tiananmen Square. This headline suddenly called my optimism into question, since the election results weren’t what the pro-democracy side wanted. But there was more to the story than one could glean from...