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Keith and that dude Maddow are absolutely thrashing all of Palin's religious views right now.

This guy is throwing some gems.

Since President Bush spent no time at all defending himself (or conservatives) against leftist attacks on his character for the last eight years, I would like to hear some things said at the convention that need to be said. Do any of you have any such requests? Hopefully someone will read this and take some notes. Here are my requests: 1) It is time to STOP the leftists from calling the Republicans the party of the rich. The Dems have taken that title as they have big-business billionaires and celebrity millionaires arranging funding for their campaigns, websites, travels, publishings, parties,...

I recently signed up on Intrade two days ago and I managed to turn my $70.00 investment into $397.00. I suck at anything money so I am not trying to impress anyone. It was a fluke as I purchase Palin stock and I lucked out. I was tempted to try my hand in another area but common sense prevailed and I cashed out. I am done there but it sure was fun for two days.

It's official, Batboy has cleared his schedule and is being escorted around town by Black SUVs. His press office had no comment. This comes as a surprise to some who remember that Batboy offered his coveted endorsement to Al Gore in 2000.

Let it be known on this day that I predict Michelle Obama will come up pregnant before the election. Where would I get such a crazy idea? Hillary! That's right, Hillary Rodham Clinton. Let's see who can remember this gem from 1996. In the run up to the 1996 primaries, the polls were not looking so great for the Clintons and they had no idea there was a cake walk ahead of them. Although the Republicans were riding the "Contract with America" wave, Bob Dole was just beginning to spend his war chest fighting off party rivals, even though everyone...

I am neither against Scientology or am i a Scientologist. I am trying to educate myself and I want to know what other FReepers think about it. Please give me your honest impressions good or bad. Let it rip

Does any other person remember Cher on Larry King live during the '92 election? She was a rabid Democrat but she went on LKL and was encouraging all people to vote for Perot because he was something different and an alternative to the two party system. Larry actually asked her, "C'mon, are you really going to vote for Perot?". She looked him right in the eye and said she would. I think we should start a write-in Hillary movement. Maybe this could be phase II of 'Operation Chaos'.

Anyone else see the huge double cab Ford pickup ole Mr. Biden is driving these days? You cannot miss it if you watch the news and see the feeds coming out of Biden's driveway as the press is convinced that he is Obama's VP pick. It looked like a F-250 but it could be a F-150. Either way, he was using it to haul a cut up TREE to the dump today. I wonder why he had the tree cut down anyway, let alone why he did not recycle it in some fashion. You cannot make this crap up.

I tried to watch the Olympics but am I the only one that is sick of Beach Volleyball? This makes four nights now that they have shown the same women's duo and I know more about them than all other athletes (except Phelps). I give up and I guess politics is not the only thing NBC can ruin.

Joe Scarface just asked Mitchell if McCain's rebukes of the fawning press are valid and she said with a straight face that they "..have tried to balance their coverage".

By CINDY HORSWELL Copyright 2008 Houston Chronicle TOOLS Email Get section feed Print Recommend (2) Comments (63) Yahoo! Buzz RESOURCES A Continental airliner might have been only a minute away from colliding with what the pilot described as a model rocket that shot past his cockpit window, Federal Aviation Administration records obtained by the Houston Chronicle show. On Memorial Day, the Continental pilot reported being startled by his encounter with this object that "went straight up" and left a long white vapor trail.

Laura is looking good but they could have given her some music or something for the personal introduction part and not left her all alone on a deserted island. I think she will be great once they get her tuned up. Also, big guest, Mitt Romney, Fred Thompson, Bill O......

Romney could lock this thing up if he only leaked that Fred will be his VP. It would be over and McCain would have to quickly assemlbe a viable powerhouse VP. I bet he would ask Condi but I would really like it if he returned the favor and asked John Kerry. That would be sweet.

I have razzed a lot of "FredHeads" on here lately but I now feel sympathy for your guys. Everyone has a right to support whomever they want to, but it was even dissapointing to me to read that he is dropping out of the race. All of my disagreements with him are now moot and I think it is a shame to stir up that many loyal supporters and not continue for their sake. Playing the Devil's advocate, any other candidate could pass away or be lost to scandal or countless other things so why not stick around until the...

First there was Salt Lake City, and now Virgian Tech. Trey Perkins, a 19 year old student who is now on fox News spewed his story about being in the same room as the gunman while he reloaded his weapons at least once. Did he get up and charge the gunman with reckless abandon to save his fellow students? NO When the SLC shooting took place, the local news broadcast a cell video of the shooter discharging his weapons. While the owner of the cell phone stood there and filmed the shooter, who coincidently had his back to the camera,...

Lab mice with the mental retardation of Down syndrome got smarter after being fed a drug that strengthened brain circuits involved in learning and memory, researchers reported Sunday. After receiving once-daily doses of pentylenetetrazole, or PTZ, for 17 days, the mice could recognize objects and navigate mazes as well as normal mice did, researchers said. The improvements lasted up to two months after the drug was discontinued, according to the report in the journal Nature Neuroscience. Scientists said the study opened a promising avenue for research in a field that had seen little success.

My wife and I have a running joke about how many times the Hubble has been "rescued" and that there always seems to be an 11th hour mercy mission to repair this "camera". We call the Hubble the 'spy sattellite with the laser weapon'. Do you think we will one day read that the Hubble was an invaluable tool for gathering intelligence on our enemies and allies?

I am a documentary fan. I will even sit through bad documentaries, except anything put out by Mikey Moore, but I stumbled upon a gem a few days ago on television. It is called, Being Caribou. The premise was that these two canucks, male and female, would follow the migration of the Porcupine Herd of Caribou on their migration route in Alaska. No red flags were up yet, but then they said that they were going to do it on foot and I noticed right away that they had a 15" doll of President Bush strapped onto one of the...

Hey fellow Freepers, I just wanted to post a brief report regarding the small base I am currently at and the great individuals that operate in and around this place. The troops' morale is really great and I am with tons of the stop-loss crowd, so I speak the truth. The very few dissenters are actually disgruntled people that originally thought of the military as a different form of welfare, so therefore, they are shunned by the many. Before coming here, I wanted to eliminate my biases regarding the MSM's reporting of the Iraqis not liking us. So far, the...