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House Panel Supports Bilingual Voting
Post Date: 2006-05-10 20:14:23 by A K A Stone
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What was to have been a simple renewal of the historic Voting Rights Act has become snarled in the heated debate involving immigration issues. Conservative House members tried Wednesday to end a requirement in the 1965 law that bilingual ballots and interpreters be provided in states and counties where large numbers of citizens speak limited English. The House Judiciary Committee rejected the effort. Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Texas, said voting in English should pose no problem for any U.S. citizen. "If you are born in America, you should know English," he said. "If you are a naturalized citizen, you should have passed an English proficiency test." The committee voted ...
Brother Jeb would make 'great' US president: Bush
Post Date: 2006-05-10 14:25:48 by A K A Stone
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Brother Jeb would make 'great' US president: Bush May 10 12:05 PM US/Eastern Email this story President George W. Bush praised his brother, Florida governor Jeb Bush, as an "excellent" leader who would make a "great president" of the United States, according to news accounts. "I think Jeb would be a great president. But it's up to Jeb to make a decision to run," Bush told reporters at a roundtable interview here with several Florida newspapers. "I would like to see Jeb run at some point in time, but I have no idea if that's his intention or not," said the president, in comments published in the St Petersburg Times, and other dailies. Bush said he ...
Of U.S. Children Under 5, Nearly Half Are Minorities Hispanic Growth Fuels Rise, Census Says
Post Date: 2006-05-10 14:21:55 by A K A Stone
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Nearly half of the nation's children under 5 are racial or ethnic minorities, and the percentage is increasing mainly because the Hispanic population is growing so rapidly, according to a census report released today. Hispanics are the nation's largest and fastest-growing minority group. They accounted for 49 percent of the country's growth from 2004 to 2005, the report shows. And the increase in young children is largely a Hispanic story, driving 70 percent of the growth in children younger than 5. Forty-five percent of U.S. children younger than 5 are minorities. The new numbers offer a preview of demographic shifts to come, with broad implications for the nation's schools, workforce ...
USA Network joins with Gibson, Grazer on series (Iraq)
Post Date: 2006-05-10 14:20:23 by A K A Stone
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NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - USA Network has joined forces with Mel Gibson's production company to develop an Iraq war drama, the cable channel said Tuesday. ADVERTISEMENT "Peace Out," from Gibson's Icon Prods. banner, is envisioned as a six-hour series that tells a fact-based story of two young American men who head out for adventure in Iraq after the fall of Baghdad. The announcement was made during USA's "upfront" presentation to advertisers. Also on the slate for next season is a limited series based on Gigi Levangie Grazer's best-selling novel "The Starter Wife," about a recent divorcee redefining herself in Hollywood after years of marriage to a ...
Hillary Clinton defends link with Murdoch
Post Date: 2006-05-10 00:01:10 by A K A Stone
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Hillary Clinton defended her warming relationship on Tuesday with Rupert Murdoch, the conservative media mogul. Commenting on Mr Murdoch's decision to host a fundraiser for her Senate-election campaign, Mrs Clinton said: "He's my constituent and I'm very gratified that he thinks I'm doing a good job." Mr Murdoch's New York Post tabloid newspaper initially attacked the New York Democrat's decision to stand for the Senate, running front-page headlines pleading "Don't Run". Mrs Clinton is the leading Democratic candidate for president in 2008. But one person involved in the event said Mr Murdoch's decision to support her reflected his opinion of her as a senator for New ...
Bush approval rating hits new low
Post Date: 2006-05-09 01:34:31 by Morgana le Fay
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Bush approval rating hits new low Only four presidents have scored a lower approval rating in a Gallup survey than Bush's current 31% number. WASHINGTON — President Bush's approval rating has slumped to 31% in a new USA TODAY/Gallup Poll, the lowest of his presidency and a warning sign for Republicans in the November elections. The survey of 1,013 adults, taken Friday through Sunday, shows Bush's standing down by 3 percentage points in a single week. His disapproval rating also reached a record: 65%. The margin of error is +/- 3 percentage points. "It is a challenging political environment," acknowledges Tracey Schmitt, a spokeswoman for the Republican National ...
"Real Conservatism Has Never Been Tried"
Post Date: 2006-05-09 01:28:40 by Morgana le Fay
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That has a kind of familiar ring to it doesn't it? Get used to this new permutation of a very old trope. It's about to enter the lexicon. Predictably, like the Trotskyites about whom the fathers of the modern conservative movement obsessed, (and the fathers of the neocons were) the modern conservatives are reaching the point at which that sad rationalization is all they have to hang on to. There is a very interesting discussion taking place all over the left blogosphere about how the conservatives have discovered that the entire Republican establishment, particularly the George W. Bush administration, are liberals. Glenn Greenwald has been directly taking on Jonah Goldberg on this subject ...
Spy vs. Spy
Post Date: 2006-05-05 20:34:21 by A K A Stone
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Neighbors spying on neighbors? Mothers forced to turn in their sons or daughters? These are images straight out of George Orwell's 1984, or a remote totalitarian state. We don't associate them with the land of the free and the home of the brave, but that doesn't mean they couldn't happen here. A senior congressman, James Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.), is working quietly but efficiently to turn the entire United States population into informants--by force. Sensenbrenner, the U.S. House Judiciary Committee Chairman, has introduced legislation that would essentially draft every American into the war on drugs. H.R. 1528, cynically named "Safe Access to Drug Treatment and Child Protection ...
Bush ignored advice to send more troops: Powell
Post Date: 2006-04-30 14:53:05 by A K A Stone
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LONDON -- Former U.S. secretary of state Colin Powell advised President George W. Bush before the Iraq war to send more troops to the country but the administration did not follow his recommendation, Powell said in an interview broadcast Sunday. Critics accuse Bush and U.S. Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld of failing to send enough soldiers to secure the peace in Iraq after the invasion three years ago. Powell said he gave the advice to now-retired general Tommy Franks, who developed and executed the Iraq invasion plan, and Rumsfeld while the president was present. "I made the case to Gen. Franks and Secretary Rumsfeld before the president that I was not sure we had enough ...
Tens of Thousands in NYC Protest War
Post Date: 2006-04-30 14:10:56 by A K A Stone
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NEW YORK (AP) - Tens of thousands of protesters marched Saturday through lower Manhattan to demand an immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, just hours after this month's death toll reached 70. Cindy Sheehan, a vociferous critic of the war whose soldier son also died in Iraq, joined in the march, as did actress Susan Sarandon and the Rev. Jesse Jackson. "End this war, bring the troops home," read one sign lifted by marchers on the sunny afternoon, three years after the war in Iraq began. The mother of a Marine killed two years ago in Iraq held a picture of her son, born in 1984 and killed 20 years later. One group marched under the banner "Veterans for Peace." ...
Suit against Vick settled before trial
Post Date: 2006-04-25 21:56:45 by Ron Mexico
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ATLANTA -- A lawsuit filed against Atlanta quarterback Michael Vick by a woman who claimed to be Vick's former girlfriend that contended he gave her a sexually transmitted disease has been settled, according to attorneys for both parties. "The case is resolved," Vick's attorney, V. Lawrence Woodward, said Monday. "That's all I can say." Cale Conley, attorney for plaintiff Sonya Elliott, used the same words to acknowledge the settlement and also declined any further comment. The attorneys did not provide any information as to when the agreement was reached or terms of the resolution. Neither side would confirm a confidentiality agreement with the settlement. A gag ...
Al Gore: Champion of Global Worming?
Post Date: 2006-04-23 07:02:59 by alwaysontheright
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Hero to..........????
Apple Computers says Web writers not legitimate journalists
Post Date: 2006-04-21 16:28:02 by A K A Stone
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A California court in San Jose on Thursday is scheduled to hear a case brought by Apple Computer that eventually could answer an unsettled legal question: Should online journalists receive the same rights as traditional reporters? Apple claims they should not. Its lawyers say in court documents that Web scribes are not "legitimate members of the press" when they reveal details about forthcoming products that the company would prefer to keep confidential. Advertisement That argument has drawn stiff opposition from bloggers and traditional journalists. But it did seem to be sufficient to convince Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge James P. Kleinberg, who ruled in March 2005 ...
Looking Forward to $5 a Gallon Gasoline? If so, Vote Democrat in November
Post Date: 2006-04-21 15:43:36 by alwaysontheright
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"endangered" species enjoy stroll on Alaska Pipeline As gasoline prices soar higher and higher, America's political leaders should be working to solve the supply and demand imbalance, the root- cause of skyrocketing oil prices. Unfortunately, the Democrat party is adamantly opposed to measures that would increase the supply of this precious commodity. Why? Because environmental elitists like Al Gore have decided that average Americans should not drive automobiles. In Gore's warped vision, the unwashed masses can damn well walk, skateboard, bike, hike or, preferably, not navigate at all. Except when headed to the polls to vote for Democrats, of course! Mind you, ...
China Silences Critics Inside America Bush To Senate And House: Shut Up About China
Post Date: 2006-04-20 21:29:06 by Coral Snake
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China Silences Critics Inside America Bush To Senate And House: Shut Up About China By Charles R. Smith 4-20-6 China has a new and very powerful lobbyist inside Washington, D.C., and his name is George. The word inside Capitol Hill is that President Bush personally met with Senate and House leaders from both parties and demanded that they keep the ranks silent on China. The move by President Bush followed a flurry of activity over a no-bid contract awarded to Hutchison Whampoa for the operation of a sophisticated radiation detection system in the Bahamas. The president reportedly told Democrat and Republican leaders to silence critics of the deal in Congress. The problem with the ...
Ben Affleck: Bush 'Can Be Hung' for 'Probably' Leaking Plame's Name
Post Date: 2006-04-10 11:15:03 by A K A Stone
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Reminiscent of Al Franken on the Late Show last October, on Friday's Real Time with Bill Maher on HBO, actor Ben Affleck charged that President Bush “probably also leaked” Valerie Plame's name and so “if he did, you can be hung for that! That's treason!” In full rant, an apoplectic Affleck asserted: “You could be killed. That's not a joking around Tom DeLay 'I'll do a year, I bribed the state officials with corporate money.' That's like they shoot you in the battlefield for doing that.” Affleck appeared on Maher's panel with Senator Joe Biden and Bill Sammon of the Washington Examiner. A couple of minutes later, after Sammon suggested Tom DeLay's resignation ...
Lawyer: Bush Left Leak Details to Cheney
Post Date: 2006-04-09 01:07:22 by A K A Stone
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WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush declassified sensitive intelligence in 2003 and authorized its public disclosure to rebut Iraq war critics, but he did not specifically direct that Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, be the one to disseminate the information, an attorney knowledgeable about the case said Saturday. Bush merely instructed Cheney to "get it out" and left the details to him, said the lawyer, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the case for the White House. The vice president chose Libby and communicated the president's wishes to his then-top aide, the lawyer said. It is not known when the conversation ...
WHITE HOUSE APPROVES NATIONAL CHAIN OF BROTHELS!
Post Date: 2006-04-07 19:28:59 by fishhead
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WHITE HOUSE APPROVES NATIONAL CHAIN OF BROTHELS! WENDY DEE-LITE is doing what she can to bring down the federal deficit. By MARK MILLER WASHINGTON, D.C. -- As part of his new campaign to lower the $512 billion U.S. Budget deficit, President Bush has approved a chain of federally supervised legal brothels which will open for business in June of 2006 in every state. Vice President Cheney is expected to attend the groundbreaking ceremony of the first federal brothel, scheduled to open in Los Angeles. According to Federal Brothels Program Director John Wilds, "Each of the prostitutes will be registered with the U.S. government, checked weekly for sexually transmitted diseases and monthly ...
'Gays' history in the making Progress for gender-neutralizing bill that could nix mention of 'mom,' 'dad'
Post Date: 2006-04-07 09:01:47 by A K A Stone
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A bill requiring students to learn about the contributions homosexuals have made to society and that could remove gender-specific terms including "mom" and "dad" from textbooks is making progress in California. The state's Senate Judiciary Committee has approved SB 1437, which would mandate grades 1-12 buy books "accurately'' portraying "the sexual diversity of our society.'' It also requires students hear history lessons on "the contributions of people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender to the economic, political, and social development of California and the United States of America.'' It also precludes textbooks, teaching materials, ...
Girl, 5, Forced To Apologize For Hugging Classmate
Post Date: 2006-04-07 08:45:54 by A K A Stone
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MAYNARD, Mass. -- A family in Maynard is outraged after their 5-year-old daughter was forced to write a letter denouncing hugging after a classmate embraced her. NewsCenter 5's Amalia Barreda reported that Brenda Brier and Michael Marino pulled their daughter, Savannah, out of school early Wednesday. The couple was angry after a meeting with officials at the Greenmeadow Elementary School in Maynard, where Savannah is in kindergarten. At issue is a hug Savannah said she got on the playground from a friend named Sophie. Savannah hugged Sophie back. The hugs resulted in Savannah having to write a letter, complete with teacher corrections, that read, "I touch Sophie because she touch me ...
SUPER BUSH
Post Date: 2006-04-04 23:12:08 by fishhead
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R BUSH cartoons ( super chicken) | 4 Apr 2006 | fishhead When you find youself in danger, When you're threatened by a stranger, When it looks like you will take a lickin', (puk, puk, puk) There is someone waiting, Who will hurry up and rescue you, Just Call for Super BUSH! (puk, ack!) Fred, if you're afraid you'll have to overlook it, Besides you knew the job was dangerous when you took it (puk, ack!) He will drink his super sauce And throw the bad guys for a loss And he will bring them in alive and kickin' (puk, puk, puk) There is one thing you should learn When there is no one else to turn to Call for Super BUSH! (puk, puk, puk) Call for Super BUSH! (puk, ack!)
Mass. Lawmakers OK Mandatory Health Bill
Post Date: 2006-04-04 22:31:18 by A K A Stone
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BOSTON - Lawmakers overwhelmingly approved a bill Tuesday that would make Massachusetts the first state to require that all its citizens have some form of health insurance. ADVERTISEMENT click here The plan — approved just 24 hours after the final details were released — would use a combination of financial incentives and penalties to dramatically expand access to health care over the next three years and extend coverage to the state's estimated 500,000 uninsured. If all goes as planned, poor people will be offered free or heavily subsidized coverage; those who can afford insurance but refuse to get it will face increasing tax penalties until they obtain coverage; and those ...
Open Letter To President Bush and Congress: Immigration Reform
Post Date: 2006-04-03 13:37:20 by alwaysontheright
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JOHN W LILLPOP San Jose, CA Mr. President, Honorable Members of Congress: Because our government has failed to secure America57;s borders and enforce our immigration laws, our nation is struggling to deal with 15-20 million aliens who have entered this great nation illegally. Many are 60;good-hearted, hard working61; folks, simply looking for a better life. However, that description also applies to millions of others throughout the world, just as eager for a chance at the American Dream. But while America is overwhelmed with illegal aliens from Latin nations, 60;good-hearted, hard working61; people in other parts of the world are ordered to stand in line, wait their turn, and do that which ...
GOP in danger of losing control of Congress, Gingrich says
Post Date: 2006-04-02 22:46:29 by A K A Stone
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WASHINGTON - A dozen years after he engineered his party's takeover of Congress, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich warned Friday that his fellow Republicans could be swept out of power themselves. "They are seen by the country as being in charge of a government that can't function," he told Knight Ridder editors and reporters in a wide-ranging luncheon interview. "We could lose control this fall." He cited a series of blunders under Republican rule, from failures in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina to mismanagement of the war in Iraq. He said the immigration bill passed by his former colleagues in the House of Representatives is unrealistic and too harsh toward ...
THE SEDITIONIST LEADERLESS RESISTANCE
Post Date: 2006-03-31 17:18:20 by A K A Stone
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The concept of Leaderless Resistance was proposed by Col. Ulius Louis Amoss, who was the founder of International Service of Information Incorporated, located in Baltimore, Maryland. Col. Amoss died more than fifteen years ago, but during his life was a tireless opponent of communism, as well as a skilled Intelligence Officer. Col. Amoss first wrote of Leaderless Resistance on April 17, 1962. His theories of organization were primarily directed against the threat of eventual Communist take-over in the United States. The present writer, with the benefit of having lived many years beyond Col. Amoss, has taken his theories and expounded upon them. Col. Amoss feared the Communists. This author ...
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