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I have been listening to the Vice-Presidential debate this evening between Senator Lieberman and Secretary Cheney. I have heard every detail of what will happen, whose plan does what, what's wrong with their plan, how many people don't get that, who's getting the most money back, Whose gonna take what from whom it give it to who...Money, Money, Money.It dawns on me that not one man of the four who we have seen debate has stated his VISION FOR AMERICA. Remember Ronald Reagan? Reagan sounded BROAD THEMES."Communism is evil." "Big Government is the problem, not the solution." "You stimulate economic ...

Bush, Gore Debate Quotes By The Associated Press Quotes on presidential debate between Republican George W. Bush and Democrat Al Gore. ''I think most people's viewpoint, they're thinking Gore's answers are surpassing Governor Bush's.'' -- Gene Hart, social quarters manager for the Moose Lodge in Hot Springs, Ark., where a mix of Democrats and Republicans watched the debate. ''It's obvious that Bush is a lot stronger mentally than Gore. Gore looks scared. He's on the bandwagon. He just looks weak, he doesn't look like a leader. He's not a shoot-from-the-hip kind of guy.'' -- John Fontanini, of San Diego, eating ...

The national press corps is 90 percent Democrat. No matter how much they protest, it is clear that their ideology is reflected, not so much in their conscious thoughts, but certainly in the unconscious decisions they make regarding editing, story selection, and angles of thought regarding investigative aspects. Like an old, hulking galleon, the beltway media sails on through the waters of American public opinion, occasionally bringing its' cannon to bear on conservative targets like Newt Gingrich, Tom Delay, and Republicans in general. This year, the venerable SS Groupthink has come prepared for battle with it's usual weapons...stereotypes of those ...

I note with great pleasure on this fine, conservative television Sunday, that newly named Vice-Presidential candidate Dick Cheney, in his interview with Sam Donaldson on ABC, used the words "...shall not be infringed" in response to questions regarding gun control. I found myself thinking about the mechanics of the word "infringed".Why did the Founder's choose this particular word? Why not "shall not be taken away", "shall not be removed", or "shall not be withheld"? Why "infringed"?The greatest damage that could be done to the Right to Keep and Bear Arms would be the denial of it's existance, and refusal to ...

Released: July 25, 2000 86% voters want option to purchase medical savings accounts, New Zogby America survey shows Likely voters throughout the nation overwhelmingly want the option to purchase medical savings accounts, either through their employers or through other sources, a new Zogby America survey reveals. The survey of 890 likely voters nationwide conducted July 14 through July 17 showed that 82.1% of the respondents believe that employers should have the option of offering their employees a medical savings account, with just 7.5% disagreeing. While a majority in all age groups agreed, there were significant differences among age levels as ...

Back in the 1980 election, Ronald Reagan made the decision to choose one of his own adversaries for the Republican nomination, George HW Bush as his VP candidate. Despite the fact that Bush had labeled Reagan's economic policies "voodoo economics" during the race for the nomination, Reagan aparently decided that the addition of Bush to the ticket would heal the divides caused in a tough primary. We all know the results of that strategy.Now that W. is pulling ahead of McCain in most of the Super Tuesday primaries, his winning the nomination seems a strong possibility. In this election year, ...

Saturday February 26, 4:26 pm Eastern Time Company Press Release SOURCE: Newsweek Newsweek Poll: Campaign 2000; Bush Still Frontrunner Despite McCain's Primary Victories; Texan Leads With Independents Nationwide Only Five Percent of Dems Say They're Voting in GOP Primaries NEW YORK, Feb. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Despite Arizona Sen. John McCain's wins in the New Hampshire and Michigan Republican primaries, Texas Gov. George W. Bush still leads among registered Republicans and Republican leaners nationwide -- 56-to 27 percent -- as their choice for the party's presidential nomination, the latest Newsweek Poll shows. And though McCain and Bush run about even in ...

McCain's ancestors owned slaves The senator's family history includes a Civil War era plantation in Mississippi. By Suzi Parker and Jake Tapper Feb. 15, 2000 Columbia, S.C. -- Arizona Sen. John McCain is learning a lot about his family history in the course of this presidential campaign. Because of his bestselling family memoir, "Faith of My Fathers," which details the lives and military careers of his father, Adm. John McCain II, and grandfather, Adm. John "Slew" McCain, veterans flock to his campaign appearances and book signings. They trade stories about his heroic forebears and share anecdotes. The family's storied military ...

The most recent poll which compares Bush against McCain, with regard to their ability to defeat Al Gore, has Bush 4 points ahead to McCain's 2 points. The undecided vote jumps from 10 to 14 points, Bush to McCain, and is a sign that many voters nationally are still not sure about McCain. CBS News Poll 2/6-10/00 Gore 42% McCain 44% Undecided 14% Poll 1,265 Reg Vtrs +/- 3 CBS News Poll 2/6-10/00 Gore 43% Bush 47% Undecided 10% Poll 1,265 Reg Vtrs +/- 3In addition, the same CBS News poll has Bush still ahead of McCain by twenty points ...

Monday February 7 7:01 PM ET GORE HAS BIG LEAD IN NATIONAL POLLS WASHINGTON (AP) - Sen. John McCain has sharply cut into Gov. George W. Bush 's lead in national polls since late January when the Texas governor led by about 50 points, according to two surveys released Monday. For the Democrats, Vice President Al Gore has a 30-point to 40-point lead over Bill Bradley, depending on the poll. Bush, the governor of Texas, still leads the Republican race. But McCain, the Arizona senator, made progress in the national polls after his big win in New Hampshire last week. ...

School security in Lackawanna to carry pistols By TOM ERNST News Staff Reporter 1/20/00 Security guards in Lackawanna schools soon will be armed. The Board of Education on Wednesday night voted to require the guards, who are off-duty police officers, to begin carrying their service weapons. They wear civilian clothes, and the pistols will be concealed. "A recent incident opened a lot of eyes, Board President Kenneth Motyka said. "The problem was in the community, not the school, but we're being forced to take action, he said. He declined to identify the incident, but it was no secret the ...

WHY IS THE LEFT AGAINST THE AOL-TIME WARNER MERGER Today, on his show, Rush Limbaugh asked the question...why are leftist organizations opposed to the merger of Time Warner and America Online, when at first glance it seems that the powerful combination of two left-leaning organizations is a boon to liberal causes? The short answer is... Because they are jealously guarding their control of the free flow of information. In order to understand and accept this, it is necessary that we establish and agree on certain truisms... 1) That we are entering "The Information Age" in which the control of information ...

100 pounds of white rice...$30. 500 rounds of .223 ammo...$90. 3 cords of firewood and a wood stove...$300.A warm dish of food when my child tells me "Daddy, I'm hungry..."....priceless.

Remember the wave of outrage that swept the nation after Charlton Heston, the president of the National Rifle Association, told a radio interviewer that the best way to deal with liberal filmmaker Spike Lee would be to ''shoot him with a .44-caliber Bulldog'' revolver? Remember the scathing editorials and the full-page ads blasting Heston's appalling remark? You don't remember? Don't feel bad. It never happened. Heston never said that about Lee. Lee said it about Heston. He was speaking in May, just a few weeks after the slaughter in Littleton, Colo. Asked for his thoughts on Heston, Lee recommended ...

Today, while driving to work I heard the following on my local newsatation. New York City, in an attempt to limit terrorist bomb planting opportunities, will lock mailboxes, lock dumpsters, and weld manhole covers closed.Now the amount of work involved in welding shut, what, "thousands" of manhole covers is huge, not to mention unwelding them later. On top of this, what's to keep any would-be bomber from simply leaving the bomb in the trunk of his car?Now it is no secret that I wear my tin-foil hat proudly, and that I have been sounding the alarm regarding possible nuclear, chemical, ...

Militia joins up with FBI to fight anarchy Tom Rhodes Michigan THE commander of America's most powerful militia jumped out of the door half-naked, brandishing a revolver, as I approached his Michigan home. A decorated Vietnam veteran, Lynn VanHuizen, 53, is not a man prone to petty fears; but he is terrified of what the millennium may bring - above all, unwelcome guests. "Sorry about that," he said putting the weapon back inside his trouser band. "You can't be too careful these days." For the leader of the Michigan Militia Corps Wolverines, a 15,000-strong volunteer army, 2000 - and in ...

Strange developments have surfaced this week in the Nantahala National Forest area of western NC...the area which surrounds Andrews, NC and is host to the "search for Eric Robert Rudolph." This caption appeared in my local paper beneath an AP picture of protesting loggers...LOGGERS PROTEST"Joe Lyle of Black Mountain holds up a sign during a protest outside the US Forest Service office in Ashevile on Thursday. Lyle was among more than 200 protesters from the western counties of North Carolina who are upset over a ban on timber cutting in a four-county region. The rare Indiana bat has been found ...

Yesterday I saw a picture in my local paper. It is a picture of two young male Chinese spread eagled against a wall being frisked by an Immigration officer. The caption below the picture reads...ALIENS SEIZEDImmigration and Naturalization Service officers search two of 132 illegal aliens - most of them Chinese and all of them males ages 18-25 - after they were discovered hiding in the forward hold of the 44,000-ton freighter Prince Nicholas on Thursday in Savannah, GA. INS officers said the aliens had been sealed in the compartment of the Cypriot-flagged vessel for several weeks.I performed a search ...

In the interest of spreading as much information around as possible, while it is still possible to do so, I decided to post this portion of the Federal Response Plan. I have excerpted the portion which outlines the FEMA Emergency Support Function #6.You can read the rest of the report along with Mr. Frith's editorial comments here.And now the text...(March 2, 1999 - Supplement to the Feb.5 Y2K Consequences to Local Governments & Citizens Report - by Franklin D. Frith II) Under the FEMA Federal Response Plan - FEMA Emergency Support Function #6: I. INTRODUCTION A. Purpose The purpose of ...

No recent issue has divided Americans more than Y2K. Even as more evidence of the Y2K problem rolls in (Washington D.C. admitting they won't make it, the raw sewage spill in L.A., the increased food orders by Y2K programmers…), the two camps -- those who believe Y2K has been solved and those who don't -- appear to be hardening their positions. What can it be, then, that makes intelligent, everyday people look at this information and reach the conclusion that Y2K has already been solved? ORIGINS OF THE Y2K DISCONNECT It is, of course, the Y2K Disconnect -- a twist ...