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  • Kennedy Blames Accident on Sleep Medicine

    05/04/2006 7:06:03 PM PDT · by Jean S · 635 replies · 19,040+ views
    AP ^ | 5/4/06 | ANDREW MIGA
    Rep. Patrick Kennedy (news, bio, voting record) crashed his car near the Capitol early Thursday, and a police official said he appeared intoxicated. Kennedy said he had taken sleep medication and a prescription anti-nausea drug that can cause drowsiness. Kennedy, D-R.I., addressed the issue after a spate of news reports. His initial statement said: "I consumed no alcohol prior to the incident."'Later, however, he issued a longer statement saying the attending physician for Congress had prescribed Phenergan on Tuesday to treat Kennedy's gastroenteritis.Kennedy said he returned to his Capitol Hill home on Wednesday evening after a final series of votes...
  • Conservatism isnt' easy (at least not in Europe)

    08/16/2002 6:52:24 PM PDT · by Happygal · 12 replies · 66+ views
    Indigenous | Today | Me
    Conservatism isn't easy. It's not easy to try and attempt to inject common sense into a system so swamped in 'what feels good'. American friends..I come from Holy, Roman Catholic Ireland. Conservative you would think, eh? But yet, socialist in the extreme. The dumping pot for 'ethnic groups' who can no longer look to Britain's colonialism for a hand out. (I'm ALL for a hand up, btw...so don't put me in the 'racist brand'....I've looked to teach English as a foreign language for asylum seekers so they might, at least, be able to 'fit in', and express their demands, concerns,...