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Bush Proposals Aim to Ease Gas Prices By NEDRA PICKLER, Associated Press Writer 1 minute ago WASHINGTON - President Bush has decided to temporarily halt deposits to the nation's strategic petroleum reserve to make more oil available for consumer needs and relieve pressure on pump prices, a senior administration official said Tuesday Bush, under pressure to do something about gasoline prices that are expected to stay high throughout the summer, was to announce the decision in a speech. It was part of a flurry of actions designed to demonstrate that the administration was trying to deal with rising prices. The...

If we don't already have one, I think we need a thread demonstrating the breadth of the Democrats and their allies hopes against America. There have been many scattered quotes through FR of posters from DU and other sites, as well as comments by members of the media despairing that the U.S. is succeeding in Iraq, and that the economy is growing. Please help out and post links and brief (documentable/documented) quotes here.

Source Could Double U.S. Natgas Supplies WASHINGTON (Reuters) - There could be a backyard solution to the Bush administration's energy woes in the form of frozen natural gas deposits with the potential to double U.S. natural gas supplies, if consumers can just wait 50 years. The good news about the supplies, called methane hydrates or flammable ice, is that they are plentiful. The U.S. Geological Survey, the arm of the Interior Department charged with sizing up the country's oil and gas deposits, says hydrate supplies could be 300 times bigger than all other conventional U.S. natural gas supplies. The bad ...

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Lawyer summoned to Peeler trial Thursday, May 18, 2000 By DANIEL TEPFER Daniel.Tepfer@Thomnews.com BRIDGEPORT - When 8-year-old Leroy "B.J." Brown Jr. was gunned down last year, his best friend became the only witness left in a murder case against Russell Peeler Jr., a notorious killer and drug dealer. But 9-year-old Tyree Snead disappeared after B.J. and his mother, Karen Clarke, were murdered and his whereabouts remained unknown - until Wednesday afternoon. Peeler's eyes widened as the courtroom door opened and Tyree Snead walked in, accompanied by his mother and several police officers. Peeler quickly turned and began huddling with his ...

First, the 2nd Ammendment: A well regulated Militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed. Links to Court cases for reference: U.S. v. Miller, 1939 The seminal case that most anti-gun sources misstate. Miller was prosecuted for not paying taxes on a sawed-off shotgun. In it the Court Rules that the 1938 National Firearms Act is for Revenue purposes, and FOR THAT REASON it is not Unconstitutional when applied to weapons that are not "any part of the ordinary military equipment" or of use ...

Accurate data lacking on defensive gun use BY MARK JOHNSON Media General News Service WASHINGTON -- The FBI likely will never receive a police report on what Joe Megerle did during his morning run one day last August. Megerle, a retired electric company worker, was jogging through Devou Park, a Covington, Ky., hilltop that overlooks the Ohio River and the Cincinnati skyline when a man brandished a pistol and demanded money. Megerle, who holds a Kentucky concealed weapon permit, drew his own pistol and shot the man twice. The gunman was hospitalized and charged with attempted robbery. He's now ...

"I say confiscate the Washington Post. It's much more dangerous than all the guns in the USA!" --starlu In order to make our free speech safe we must enact the following guidelines: 1) Prior registration of all potential article writers. 2) A 5 day waiting period while all produced articles are vetted, before they may be subimtted for publication. Said articles, or prior works by the author may contain lies or offenses. 3) A ban on all words and phrases which SOUND bad (like 'niggardly', or 'teach a man to fish'). 4) A ban on all written works of more ...