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After reading all of the crap that people have been saying regarding Adult Private Social Clubs, I felt that I had to post an article and give my opinion. I am sick and tired of all the religous groups that are saying that there are drugs, prostitution, minors, non-consenting people, and just immoral people at these clubs! First of all, who do these people think they are to decide what is morally right or wrong for me? I believe that I have a good set of morals. I am a law abiding, tax paying citizen, I work full time and...

ALBANY, N.Y. - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton remains strong for her re-election bid this year, and a majority of New York voters think she would make a fine president, a statewide poll showed Friday. New Yorkers are not nearly as well disposed to the notion of Republican Gov. George Pataki running for president, according to the poll. Pataki, who is considering a run for the White House, announced in July he would not seek a fourth, four-year term this year. The poll, from the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute, found Democrat Clinton sporting 2-1 leads over her best-known potential challengers for...

A new book that argues parents should avoid spanking their children and instead form emotional connections with the kids is re-igniting the debate over how best to raise children in modern-day America. One member of the American Academy of Pediatrics calls the book, A Better Childhood Without Discipline, "all theory," and insists, "Nothing could be further from the truth." San Francisco-based clinical psychologist Dr. Theron Alexander explains his theory of "connectedness" in the new book. "Where discipline can bring about only temporary obedience through the rules and threat of punishment, connectedness forms the basis for long-term results," Alexander said. "The...

President Bush's advisers are resigned to the Democratic capture of the White House in 2008, according to senior Republican sources close to the White House. GOP sources said White House strategists have attempted to persuade Mr. Bush that Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, New York Democrat and her party’s current front-runner to be the next presidential nominee, cannot be defeated in 2008. Bush strategists said the president should instead focus on seeking to retain the Republican majority in both houses of Congress in 2006 and 2008. "There is nobody in the White House that will openly say we lost the presidency...

Reprinted from NewsMax.com Tuesday, July 19, 2005 12:36 p.m. EDTHillary Clinton: I Tried to Join the Marines USA Today's report on Sen. Hillary Clinton's newfound appeal as a possible commander in chief omitted a key part of her resume that proves she's long been a hawk on military and defense issues: her attempt to join the Marines 30 years ago. Or at least that's what she claimed. Seated beside her husband, the former first lady recounted her military experience during a 1994 TV interview. "Gee, now it was probably 19 years ago - in 1975," Mrs. Clinton recalled. "I decided...

QUICKLY, QUIETLY, THE EU GAINS SUPERPOWER STATUS: By DON MELVIN Cox News Service BRUSSELS, Belgium — Take a close look at that Coca-Cola bottle in your refrigerator. Ever wonder why this quintessentially American concoction is sold in containers that say "2 Liters" instead of "two quarts?" Blame it on the European Union. The EU says quarts are illegal, and bottlers — even those capping those ounces of liquid Americana — don't find it cost-effective to make two different sizes, one for Europe, the other for the United States. From dictating the size of Coke bottles to dissuading Iran from pursuing...

WASHINGTON -- The resignation of Secretary of State Colin Powell sends a bad signal to the rest of the world. It means that right-wing ideologues who believe in pre-emptive war and who ignore international treaties will be in charge of U.S. foreign policy during President Bush's second term. The president apparently believes that his election victory is a mandate for his ill-advised "might-is-right" foreign policy. Considering the Iraqi quagmire, I doubt that is what the voters had in mind. If he pursues that track over the next four years, the United States will be even more alienated from friends and...

Moore posts collage of war dead

President Bush's message for Eid al-Fitr, which marks this week's end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan: I send greetings to Muslims celebrating Eid al-Fitr, the Festival of Breaking the Fast. This festival marks the end of the month-long fast of Ramadan, the holiest period of the Islamic year. Eid al-Fitr is a time to give thanks to God for the blessings of renewed faith, to perform acts of charity, and to share traditional food and good wishes with family and friends. Islam is a religion that inspires its followers to lead lives based on justice, compassion and personal...

I am your worst nightmare - I have to admit it, I may be a GOOD American. My car gets 35 miles per gallon, I earn my pay check without manipulating stock prices and I don’t cheat on my tax. I believe the money borrowed by our government needs to be paid back and not stolen from my parent’s social security funds. I don’t trust some board room billionaire with a bad comb-over not to bribe his congressman into handing out both a corporate pocket liner and a personal tax break for him to buy his third Lexus. I believe...