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An Iowa congressman says an Army general was not out of line when he addressed Senator Barbara Boxer (D-California) as "ma'am" during a recent Senate hearing. Brigadier General Michael Walsh, of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, was testifying last week before Boxer's Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works about the progress of the Louisiana restoration process in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Boxer: "Well, why has it been delayed? Walsh: "Ma'am, at the L-A-C-P-R is..." Boxer: "You know, do me a favor. Could say 'Senator' instead of 'ma'am?'" Walsh: "Yes." Boxer: "It's just a thing; I worked so...

“Gawd, I really looked like a b**ch!” exclaimed Mrs. Barbara Boxer, a California politician who occupies a political office in Washington, D.C., as she watched a replay of her disrespectful interruption of Brig. Gen. Michael Walsh, of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, during his testimony on the Hurricane Katrina restoration process. The General--who has served his country admirably, risked his life and limb, and devoted his life to preserve the lady’s freedom to disrespect him and others in uniform who are trained to refer to ladies as “Ma’am” and gentlemen as “Sir”--was rudely “dressed down” as they say in...

"Funny Girl" Barbra Streisand won't be laughing about this one: her assistant was busted on drug charges. Tina Fortenberry was arrested in Malibu on Wednesday after cops found cocaine, methamphetamines and a dangerous weapon inside her car, cops said Saturday. Police pulled over Fortenberry, 52, on the Pacific Coast Highway when they saw her vehicle had expired tags. When they searched her car, they allegedly found the drugs. They also seized a "sap," a blackjack-style weapon, according to the celebrity Web site TMZ. Malibu police couldn't confirm the type of weapon. Fortenberry - who was on her way to the...

Barbra Streisand sang and spoke out Tuesday night for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama at a star-studded fundraiser in Beverly Hills, Calif. She sang four songs, according to sources. They were interesting choices: "When the Sun Comes Out," "Make Someone Happy," "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?" and "Shining Hour." In between songs, Streisand spoke a little bit about Obama and the reason she was there. She said, "I'm not here to make a political speech... Tonight my thoughts are only personal... I can't wait for the morning on November 5th when the people who said 'Yes...

“A lot of people have gotten nervous and concerned. Why is this as close as it is? And what’s going on?” Mr. Obama said, speaking to about 300 people over dinner at the Greystone Mansion. “We always knew this was going to be hard – this is a leap for the American people.”

Maybe he was sick of the lack of media attention…maybe he had enough of the late night talk show hosts poking fun at his age…maybe he realized that belonging to a party that has been associated with rich, white men was not going to connect with voters in this historical election year. Or maybe he was just ready to take back some of the spotlight that has shined so brightly on Barack Obama and the Democrats since the beginning of the Democratic convention. Desperation can motivate people to make some pretty cynical and hypocritical decisions. Whatever the reason, John McCain’s...

A "Deal or No Deal" model claims she's been terrorized by Barbra Streisand's goddaughter. TMZ has obtained the restraining order filed today by Laura Mary Shields -- the chick who opens case #22 -- against Caleigh Peters, the daughter of Jon Peters (former boyfriend of Streisand), claiming "I have already been physically and verbally attacked in a public place and I'm scared if I see her again she will attack me." According to Shields' website (and you should see this website!), she has an IQ of 158 and is a member of Mensa, even appearing on a cover of Mensa...

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — The funny girl wasn't laughing. Barbra Streisand had a drink lobbed at her Monday after a mid-concert skit poking fun at President Bush. Streisand's publicist, Dick Guttman, said a paper cup filled with some sort of liquid was thrown on stage but apparently did not hit Streisand during her second performance in this Fort Lauderdale suburb.

During a recent concert Babs launched into one of her patented Bush tirades and when someone stood up to basically tell her to "shut up and sing", she responed as only a tolerant, compassionate lib could. Hit the link and allow the audio to load and play. If you have sensitive ears I suggest hitting the "STFU for kids" button. UNEDITED

From the October 11 Late Show with Davis Letterman, prompted by her lashing out at a Bush supporter at her concert, the "Top Ten Signs Barbra Streisand's Gone Nuts." 10. When a fan shouted, "Sing 'Memories'," she beat him to death with her high heel 9. Declared jihad on Liza Minnelli 8. At conclusion of "The Way We Were," bites off the head of a bat 7. Turned down an offer to save 15% on car insurance by switching to Geico 6. Invited Mel Gibson to come over and watch "Yentl" 5. Now believes that people who need people are...

I apologize for having to subject you to this photo, but it was necessary for the song. MIDI - LOVE HURTS A sow, a cow...she is, and how I am so aghast...got milk, I ask This is torturous...hit me with bus 'Cause I want to die...my poor bleeding eyes They hurt...they hurt Gee whiz, Babs, no...they hang so low Please make it stop...or else my head will pop This is torturous...hit me with bus 'Cause I want to die...my poor bleeding eyes They hurt...they hurt Some claim Abu Ghraib was bad...but I think they've all been had What is...

Drudge put these photos next to each other. Way to go, Matt. MIDI - THE WAY WE WERE Memories before Brolin went insane He could just not take it any more Oh, such mental pain When it's bedtime and he's turning off the light He was next to something hideous I feel for his plight He could have really made a better choice Perhaps a putrid old rotting skull If only he had listened to my voice Yes, he could have...should have Memories...running naked down the street He was screaming as the neighbors watched The loss of his mind's complete...

More than 1,000 tickets for the first United States concert tour of Barbra Streisand in more than a decade have been invalidated because they were bought with stolen credit card information, The Associated Press reported yesterday. Organizers announced that the tickets, bought through Ticketmaster, turned up on various Internet resale sites. With tickets priced at $100 to $750, the 19-performance tour is to begin in Philadelphia on Oct. 4. (Performances in Madison Square Garden are scheduled for Oct. 9 and 11.) The national promoter, Michael Cohl, and Ms. Streisand’s manager, Martin Erlichman, warned that no one holding the invalidated tickets...

People who need people are in luck. People who need tickets might be screwed. A host of Barbra Streisand fans will not be singing a happy tune Tuesday in light of Ticketmaster's announcement that more than a thousand tickets for Streisand shows in Atlantic City, New York, Las Vegas and several other venues were purchased using stolen credit card numbers from the company's Website, and therefore are no longer valid. The ticket peddler said that all Streisand tickets found to have been purchased with bogus info have been invalidated, leaving those who purchased any of the tickets in question through...

The Mirror Has Two Faces -- and Two Chins Oscar-winner Barbra Streisand was in total "Desperate Housewives" mode as she showed up in public at the construction site of her new home in Los Angeles Wednesday, sporting frumpy -- everything. Let's hope (for her sake) the disheveled diva cleans up before her high-priced concert tour in October.

Just call her money girl - Streisand tix demand off as price skyrockets By Scott Van Voorhis Boston Herald Business Reporter Friday, June 30, 2006 - Updated: 07:35 AM EST The days of being the music world’s top-priced ticket may just be memories now for Barbra Streisand. The 64-year-old crooner with a taste for trendy, lefty causes earlier this month rolled out grand plans for a 20-concert tour, her first in 10 years. But after taking a look at her ticket prices - including $5,000 deluxe packages - even Babs’ die-hard limousine liberal fans may be having second thoughts. And...

Uber-diva Barbra Streisand and TV actor James Brolin might be millionaires many times over, but don't expect them to pay $20 for a pair of movie tickets. Arriving at the Mann Agoura Hills 8 near their Malibu, Calif. estate to see "Mission: Impossible III" on Friday, the 64-year-old singer-actress and her hubby, 65, wheedled their way into free seats by schmoozing a teenage theater employee, the New York Daily News reports.

Here's one sure way to incite Barbra Streisand's wrath: Write a book about her. Christopher Anderson has learned that with his recently published biography, "Barbra: The Way She Is." Streisand has retaliated not with interviews or public statements, but by way of the Internet. On her Web site, she has issued a response she titles "Does the Truth Matter These Days?" "Normally, I would not dignify vicious, mean-spirited mythology masquerading as biography," she begins. "But it seems this latest rehash of other unauthorized biographies is getting a lot of attention. "Who is the person described in this book? From what...

Two years before 9/11, Presidential candidate George W. Bush was already privately talking about invading Iraq. Mickey Herskowitz, a long-time Bush family friend who worked with the candidate as a ghostwriter on his memoir, claimed Bush was obsessed with the notion and was simply just looking for justification to do so. Less than a year into his presidency, the warmongering Bush Administration was given the perfect rationale for waging a war: combating terrorism. Immediately following the 9/11 attacks, Bush saw himself surging to historical highs in the polls. His cabal of advisors saw the opportunity to cement their place in...

U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) today introduced legislation to provide for the Purple Heart to be awarded to all prisoners of war who die in captivity, regardless of the cause of death. The “Honor Our Fallen Prisoners of War Act,” which was previously introduced by Representative Bob Filner in the House, would make members of the Armed Forces who die in captivity under any circumstance eligible to receive the Purple Heart. Currently, only prisoners of war who die during their imprisonment of wounds inflicted by an instrument of war are eligible for posthumous Purple Heart recognition. Those who die of...

Streisand Cancels LA Times Subscription 2 hours, 52 minutes ago LOS ANGELES - Barbra Streisand has canceled her subscription to the Los Angeles Times over the firing of the paper's liberal columnist. The newspaper dropped Robert Scheer and several other columnists last month; Scheer speculated he was let go because the Times had tired of his politics. Perhaps the most liberal voice on the paper's opinion pages, Scheer had been a Times columnist for 12 years. He was a reporter for the newspaper for 17 years before that. "Robert Scheer's column, with its often singular voice of dissent and groundbreaking...

When it came to pardoning terrorists, discussing troop movements while being pleasured by an intern, running an obstruction-of-justice operation out of the Oval Office and suborning and committing perjury, Barbra Streisand put Bubba blinders on. Streisand was able to skillfully limit her scope of vision whenever any dirty deeds involved her dream prez, Bill Clinton. The singer-activist had a particularly large blind spot when it came to the Clinton-era Lincoln Bedroom sales. Not so long ago the New York Post let the cat out of the bag about Streisand's own overnight stay in the Lincoln Bedroom and how the sleepover...

"I don't own a single share of stock!" filmmaker Michael Moore proudly proclaimed. He's right. He doesn't own a single share. He owns tens of thousands of shares – including nearly 2,000 shares of Boeing, nearly 1,000 of Sonoco, more than 4,000 of Best Foods, more than 3,000 of Eli Lilly, more than 8,000 of Bank One and more than 2,000 of Halliburton, the company most vilified by Moore in "Fahrenheit 9/11." If you want to see Moore's own signed Schedule D declaring his capital gains and losses where his stock ownership is listed, it's emblazoned on the cover of...

Despite statements to the contrary from the director of the National Hurricane Center, Barbra Streisand is declaring a "global warming emergency." "We are in a global warming emergency state and these storms are going to become more frequent, more intense," the singer, actress and liberal activist told Diane Sawyer of ABC News.

XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX SUN SEPT 25, 2005 16:44:05 ET XXXXX STREISAND DECLARES 'GLOBAL WARMING EMERGENCY' THE SUPERSTAR SONGSTRESS SERENADED SAWYER WITH STORM SEASON ASSERTIONS. BUT TO SOME SHE'LL SOUND MORE LIKE A WINDSOCK SINGING LIBERALISM'S GOLDEN OLDIES! NEW YORK -- This summer's back to back superstorms are proof positive we have entered a new period of "global warming emergency," artist/citizen Barbra Streisand warns. Streisand is back on the scene to promote her reunion disc with Barry Gibb. As hellstorm "Rita" churned in the Gulf, Streisand sat down for a promotional interview with ABCNEWS's Diane Sawyer. "We are in a...

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadians can put away those extra welcome mats -- it seems Americans unhappy about the result of last November's presidential election have decided to stay at home after all. In the days after President Bush won a second term, the number of U.S. citizens visiting Canada's main immigration Web site shot up sixfold, prompting speculation that unhappy Democrats would flock north. But official statistics show the number of Americans actually applying to live permanently in Canada fell in the six months after the election.

How lucky for George Bush that his well-timed nomination of Judge Roberts to the Supreme Court has taken the heat off of Karl Rove. Let's hope that the press does not forget about Mr. Rove and the White House's role in the leak of undercover CIA agent Valerie Plame's identity. The Fitzgerald investigation and the Rove story are too important to stay off the front page. Not only does it reveal the truly secretive and subversive nature of this administration, but it exposes the major National Security implications of disclosing the identity of a covert intelligence officer. In addition, the...

According to senate minority leader Harry Reid and his friends, democrats must block the constitutional appointment process in order to protect you from right-wing radical judges. They say they use the filibuster only in the most extreme situations, to block confirmation of extremely dangerous radicals to the bench for sake of all mankind. Heroes they are really, at least in their own minds… I can almost see their point too. Who would want some extreme right-wing wacko deciding justice in America? I mean, what if judges actually just stuck to the written law and constitution and applied them to cases...

<p>WASHINGTON — Just a few weeks into the new congressional session, many are beginning to wonder aloud: "What's up with Barbara Boxer?"</p> <p>The first week of the session, the California Democrat led the Senate challenge over certifying the Ohio presidential vote, citing irregularities.</p>

It's only appropriate that we Republicans - in the spirit of appreciation, graciousness, charity and comity - give thanks to those whose contributions were instrumental in securing control of both houses of Congress, a majority of governorships, a plurality of state legislatures, a clear majority of the popular vote (for the first time in 16 years) and, of course, the re-election of President George W. Bush.

Cast Your Vote! ...Barbra Streisand Posted on December 9, 2004 Michael Moore's documentary, Fahrenheit 9/11, has been nominated for "Favorite Movie" in the 31st Annual People's Choice Awards. Winners will be decided this year by online voting. To cast your vote, please click on the link below: http://www.pcavote.com/voting/film/f01.shtml

'Gorilla Wake' At Zoo Allows Gorillas To Mourn 'Babs' 30-Year-Old Suffered From Kidney Failure   POSTED: 4:37 pm EST December 7, 2004 UPDATED: 3:13 pm EST December 8, 2004  BROOKFIELD, Ill. -- A 30-year-old Brookfield Zoo gorilla died Tuesday morning following a four-month-long battle with kidney disease, and zookepers allowed the surviving gorillas to mourn her death in a special way. NBC5 Image Babs died Dec. 7 at the Brookfield Zoo. After Babs the gorilla died, keepers decided to allow surviving gorillas to mourn the death of the most influential female in their social family. One by one on...

A Corporate Election ...Barbra Streisand Posted on December 6, 2004 Regardless of partisanship, the essence of our voting process must have integrity. Why are we allowing private for-profit corporations, loyal to politicians that give them lucrative contracts worth millions of dollars, manage our votes? How can we trust the outcome of our elections when we have outsourced the managing of our electoral process and the counting of the ballots to private corporations who keep secret from election administrators the program codes for their software and refuse to offer a verifiable auditable paper trail for each vote? We cannot have a...

I am conflicted about the upcoming film "Meet the Fockers." While I really enjoyed "Meet the Parents" and eagerly awaited the sequel, discovering that Barbara Streisand has been cast as Gaylord Focker's mother has sickened me in such a way that I will refuse to see it. As the cultural war has intensified and the battle lines etched deeper, I find myself incapable of getting past my disdain of these America hating, liberal celebrities. I just can't do it anymore. As a result, I won't see a film I was really looking forward to. Laura Ingraham is a good example...

This section contains statements and speeches by Ms. Streisand. We Must Have Patience ...Barbra Streisand Posted on November 8, 2004 In response to the results of the Presidential election last week, I would like to share with you a quote from Thomas Jefferson. Although written in 1798, I feel his words speak perfectly to the strong sentiments of frustration and disappointment 48% of the country feel. "A little patience, and we shall see the reign of witches pass over, their spells dissolve, and the people, recovering their true sight, restore their government to its true principles. It is true that...

MIDI - PEOPLE People...you pajama people Are the scariest people in the world At keyboards...online at your keyboards On the leftists you keep an eye I think that I could cry I don't like all you right wing people People...you bad pajama people Are the scariest people in the world And my spelling...you always check my spelling You people never retreat...although I am the elite You will not kiss my feet That's why I hate you pajama people Bad pajama people You're the scariest people in the world People...you pajama people Are the scariest people in the world On...

With two presidents bearing the name, the Bushes are now the most prominent family in American politics. Peter Schweizer is a research fellow at the Hoover Institution. Rochelle Schweizer is a writer and media consultant. For more than a century the Bushes have been at or near the center of America’s public life—as friends of presidents, captains of industry, capitalists, senators, congressmen, ambassadors, governors, federal judges, and two American presidents. Although the Bushes lack the flamboyance of the Roosevelts or the enormous wealth of the Kennedys, they have surpassed those two great dynasties. There can be little question that the...

Kerry’s Top Secret Election Memo! Does a mysterious cabal of cultural elites pull the strings of the Democratic Party? This shocking memo seems to prove it…and smells real pretty. Maxim, July 2004 To: Senator John Kerry Re: Saving America From Itself Dear John-baby, Darling! Can we talk man to man? If you screw up this election, I will be pissed, so pay attention—you don’t want to see my Botox-ironed face wrinkle like a donkey’s sack. I had a little chai tea colonic after my weekly kabalistic group chant with the usual suspects—Hollywood power brokers, actor/activists, an important minority leader who...

MIDI - PEOPLE People…stinking leftist people The most dangerous people in the world They’re airheads…hypocrites and airheads From inside their limousine They say to us "Go green" Wasting gas…their head is in their *** People…disgusting leftist people The most dangerous people in the world They want power…what they’re about is power For you, the rules they will make From them there is no escape You’re just supposed to take All the…B.S. from these leftist people Lying leftist people The most dangerous people in the world People…evil leftist people The most dangerous people in the world The Gipper…they hated The...

Babs Hypnotized? Is Barbra Streisand getting sleepy? I'm told that she's been having so much trouble sleeping that she's enlisted one of Hollywood's top hypnotists to help her nod off. The hypnotherapist may also be able to cure Babs of her noted stage fright in time for her big June 7 John Kerry fund-raiser in Los Angeles with Neil Diamond and Willie Nelson — reported here first exclusively. Meanwhile, Streisand fans are gearing up for June 5, when the Diva of Divas auctions off 400 lots of personal memorabilia, including most of her movie costumes, to raise money for her...

With actresses Terri Polo and Blythe Danner ( Gwynneth Paltrow's mom) Her character's name: Mother Fokker

HOLLYWOOD (Talon News) -- Entertainer Barbara Streisand this week joined those attacking President George W. Bush for his support for an amendment to the U.S. Constitution to protect marriage as only being between a man and a woman.

LOS ANGELES, Dec 3 (Reuters) - A Los Angeles judge on Wednesday dismissed a $10 million lawsuit filed by Barbra Streisand against a multimillionaire who posted photos of her Malibu estate on a Web site documenting erosion along the California coast. A longtime environmentalist who is also intensely private, Streisand sued Kenneth Adelman in May accusing him of violating California's anti-paparazzi law and her privacy rights. She demanded that Adelman remove her name and the photo of her estate from his Web site, (http://www.californiacoastline.org). But Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Allan Goodman on Wednesday ruled that the diva's lawsuit chilled...

A JUDGE today threw out a $US10 million lawsuit brought by superstar Barbra Streisand against an amateur photographer who snapped her cliff-top mansion from the air. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Allan Goodman dismissed the notoriously private diva's invasion of privacy suit, ruling that her action infringed on the right to freedom of speech. Software millionaire and photographer Ken Adelman said he was "ecstatic" that the suit filed against him and his wife Gabriella in May had failed. "It was a clean sweep,"he said. Adelman said he and his wife had taken pictures of Streisand's home that overlooks the coast...

Showtime plans to air the controversial movie "The Reagans" without commercials on Nov. 30, rather than in 2004. "We just thought it didn't make sense to prolong this and bring it on next year," said Robert Greenblatt, Showtime's entertainment president. "I'm just tired of people making judgments on this when they haven't seen it. Let them see it." Michael Paranzino, who set up the Web site boycottcbs.com to fight the TV movie, originally scheduled to air on CBS, told the Associated Press, "I think that Showtime realized they have a turkey on their hands, and turkeys don't last much beyond...

Here is the link: The ReagansYou will need Adobe and a good connection but may be worth it. Report here any "gems" you find.

On Barbara Streisand: Babs has again opened her mouth and put a pair of million dollar shoes in it. Seems that the hit piece “The Reagans” was deep sixed by CBS after a firestorm of criticism rained down upon the network. Babs has a great voice, don’t get me wrong. But when she spouts off about anything other than music, she leaves herself wide open for shots I feel it my civic duty to take. Memo to Babs: You mentioned many things about the CBS miniseries. You correctly stated it is a drama and not a documentary. Bravo. You failed,...

I am deeply disappointed that CBS, the network that in 1964 gave me complete artistic control in creating television specials, now caved in to right wing Republican pressure to cancel the network broadcast of the movie The Reagans. (And I say MOVIE - because this is NOT a documentary - it's a television drama.) The movie will now be aired on Showtime, where the difference in viewership is in the millions. One can only imagine the kind of pressure that would compel CBS to take such an extraordinary action. This was an organized Republican spin machine at work. Remember the...

(Boy, I hope this works) Dr. Scarpetta posted the list of sponsors for CBS's upcoming "Reagan Rip Job" movie to the PA board this morning.  I've compiled a list of links to e mail the sponsors so we can let them know exactly what we think of them helping to spread slanderous lies about one of the finest Presidents we've ever had.  If the links work like they should, you should go directly to a page to email them.   If anyone can find e mail addresses for the four that I couldn't, please post.   Thank you Dr. Scarpetta!!!...