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I believe the Republican resurgence in 2010 will retake control of Congress. In fact, I think that the above statement is a given. Why am I not happy? I am far from happy. I am fearful. The Republicans are coming to town without a clear plan, without direction, without expressed objectives, without a timetable, and perhaps worst of all, without a leader. It is essential for our national recovery that an easily understood, step by step plan be put forward, promoted, and thoroughly explained. Who will lead? The GOP must lead forward. If we fail, the country will plunge into...

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NPR today announced the removal from office of President Zelaya of The Republic of Honduras. He was ousted by a vote of the congress of that country according to the rules set forth in their constitution for the removal of a President, somewhat similar to the impeachment process in the USA. Zelaya, with the support of Fidel Castro, Hugo Chavez, Lula, Morales of Bolivia, and other communist and extreme left-wing leaders, was seeking to hold a referendum to allow him to continue in power beyond constitutionally set term limits for the Presidency of The Republic of Honduras. Of late, President...

Kenya and Iran have agreed to establish Specialised Working Groups to accelerate the implementation of signed agreements and memoranda of understanding between the two countries. These include Economic, Trade and Banking Co-operation, Agricultural and Educational Cooperation, Energy, Oil and Industry Cooperation; and Political, Cultural, Health and Housing Cooperation. The two countries also underscored the importance of expanding economic, political, cultural and international ties and welcomed the exchange of high-ranking delegations. The resolutions are part of a joint communiqué signed by Kenya and Iran to further consolidate and strengthen relations between the two countries. The first vice-president Dr Parviz Davoudi signed...

Over the past few years, a new technology has sprung up: Search Engine Optimization, or SEO. It is the creation of Internet Marketers, and Spammers, who seek ways to get our attention, to defeat spam blockers, and to zero in on our individual demographic and perhaps more important, psychographic profiles. At its worst, it is an invasion of privacy on an unprecedented scale. It invades e-mail by using spyware to build specialized vocabularies for every customer. It looks over browser inquiries, even private correspondence with commercial entities. Then, SEO techniques are able to help create messages, using key words, or...

WASHINGTON —EcoAmerica's summary of the group’s latest findings and recommendations was accidentally sent by e-mail to a number of news organizations. They say "Global Warming" turns people off, fostering images of shaggy-haired liberals, economic sacrifice and complex scientific disputes. Instead, talk about “our deteriorating atmosphere.” Drop discussions of carbon dioxide and bring up “moving away from the dirty fuels of the past.” Don’t say cap and trade; use “cap and cash back” or “pollution reduction refund.” Another key finding: remember to speak in TALKING POINTS: shared American ideals, freedom, prosperity, independence and self-sufficiency while avoiding jargon and details about policy,...

an e-mail to the Muslim Student's Association in response to the students' protest of Danish cartoons of the Prophet Muhammed as a terrorist, as "hate speech." from:Indrek WichmanMichigan State University Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Dear Moslem Association, I intend to protest your protest. I am offended not by cartoons, but by more mundane things like beheading civilians, cowardly attacks on public buildings, suicide murders, murders of Catholic priests (the latest in Turkey ) burnings of Christian churches, the continued persecution of Coptic Christians in Egypt the imposition of Sharia law on non-Muslims the rapes of Scandinavian girls and women (called...

WHY DO VOTERS CONSIDER THIS IRRELEVANT? So Obama raises $1Million for Odinga. Violent, Radical Marxist Muslim Odinga pays Dick Morris to run campaign for President of Kenya, in a deal brokered by Obama and Bill Clinton. Obama campaigns all across Kenya, right beside East German-trained, violent Marxist Muslim Odinga. It's on film. Odinga is Obama's Cousin. Both are members of the heavily Muslim Luo Tribe, which is in opposition to the heavily Christian Kikuyu Tribe. Odinga loses. Starts campaign of Terror. It's on film. Churches are burned. It's on film. Christians are killed and forced to flee. It's on film....

An expert from the National Autonomous University of Mexico predicted that the Earth will enter a "Little Ice Age" which will last from 60 to 80 years and may be caused by the decrease in solar activity. Victor Manuel Velasco Herrera, a researcher at the Institute of Geophysics at UNAM, showcased his theories during an international conference he led at the Centre for Applied Sciences and Technological Development. Velasco, a specialist in remote sensing systems, said that the recent rupture of the Perito Moreno glacier on the border of Chile and Argentina, unusual for having produced a full austral winter,...

The Left has one thing right. The oilcos are screwing America. What they have wrong is the method they allege. The Left trots out its marxist litany of greed, monopoly, speculation, oppression of the poor, etc. and inf nauseamque. That's where they're dead wrong. Here's exactly how we are being screwed, Left, Right, and Oilco: The United States is the world's third largest oil producer, pumping from established wells that were bought and paid for many times over, and operating steadily with what amounts to federal subsidy in the form of tax incentives and depletion allowances, etc. etc. That oil,...

<p>IF AL GORE can pull himself away from saving the planet long enough, he might want to consider rescuing the Democratic Party from the clutches of utter self-destruction.</p> <p>With an unpopular war in Iraq, a sputtering economy and a disappearing dollar, Democrats cannot lose in November.</p>

Al Gore has been roughly handled in an important new book by former French Inerior Minister Claude Allegre, a physicist. He calls Fat Albert a "crook." He says the evermore rotund former Clinton lackey ihas made himself head of an insane cult ... one that spins off lots of cash. Allegre points out in his book that although the Arctic Ice Cap is indeed somewhat smaller, the Antartic Ice Cap, 95% of the Earth's ice, is growing dramatically. "Mais oui," says the former minister and physicist, the Earth is warmer, however it is extremely doubtful that we here on Earth...

For the AKP, democracy is merely a means to a higher Islamic goal, If you thought Turkey was no threat to the West, think again. A new generation of politicians is aiming to Islamise the state by stealth. The AKP - Adalet ve Kalkinma Partisi, or Justice and Development Party - has a stranglehold on Turkey for the foreseeable future. The AKP was founded to replace a previous Islamic party banned for extremism. It benefited hugely from the corruption scandals that dragged down the previous government, taking two-thirds of parliament in the 2002 general election (on a third of...

Veiled: Sarah Dacre keeps the 21st century at bay No, she's NOT a beekeeper. This woman believes that her bizarre headgear can save her from the dangerous electrosmog all around us. Can she possibly be right? Before knocking on Sarah Dacre's door, I take the precaution of checking my mobile phone. It's switched off, as she has requested. "Last time someone came to visit," she warns, "I started feeling awfully nauseous. It turned out he had a picture phone with him and had left it switched on. A picture phone!" She pauses, looking genuinely horrified. Apparently, this type of mobile...

A second congresswoman said Thursday she is quitting the Congressional Hispanic Caucus over opposition to its male leadership. The announcement came from Rep. Linda Sanchez, D-Calif., whose sister, Rep. Loretta Sanchez, D-Calif., quit the caucus in January and accused the group's leader of calling her a "whore." The chairman, Rep. Joe Baca, also a Democrat from Southern California, has denied saying that. But other women also have complained about his leadership. When Baca was elected chairman in November, he was supported by only one of the six women in the caucus. Since January, the 21-member, all-Democratic group has been meeting...

In re Guns:The problem of illegal guns now rampant among the urban underclass cannot be solved by depriving all American citizens of their Second Amendment rights. The elites, concentrated in their metropolises, extrapolate local issues to the nation as a whole.Warming....... I am a skeptic. My fellow Democrats seem peculiarly credulous at the moment, as if, having ground down organized religion into nonjudgmental, feel-good therapy, they are hungry for visions of apocalypse. From my perspective, virtually all of the major claims about global warming and its causes still remain to be proved. Climate change, keyed to solar cycles, is built...

It is this reporter's opinion that it is now time to tell the story of former Border Patrol agent Gary Brugman — how in the performance of his duty he was falsely charged and convicted of violating the civil rights of an illegal caught entering the U.S. at the Mexican border. The case of Brugman, along with the cases of Ignacio Ramos and Jose Alonso Compean, Gilmer Hernandez, David Sipe, and others unjustly accused, serves as proof of the malicious prosecution brought by the U.S. attorney, Johnny Sutton, against our brave and dedicated law enforcement officers who dare to uphold...

.....But Sutton wasn’t on Fox to address the House of Death. In fact, Sutton has refused to comment publicly on that case... strange seeing him make an appearance on national TV to address another case that has caused quite a stir in the conservative blogosphere. ... a prosecution carried out by Sutton’s office that was brought to national attention by Lou Dobbs of CNN. Sutton’s appearance was an effort to spin the story in his favor. .... found it very fascinating, given that Sutton has refused to talk to Narco News (or any other media for that matter) about the...

Israel's Lost Moment Israel's leaders do not seem to understand how ruinous its disappointing performance in Lebanon has been to its relationship with America. At critical moments in the past, Israel has indeed shown its value. In 1970 Israel saved King Hussein and the monarchy of Jordan. In 1982 they shot down 86 MiGs in one week without a single loss, revealing Soviet technological backwardnesss. Hezbollah's unprovoked attack on July 12 gave them our green light to defend themselves; an act of clear self-interest, because America needed a decisive Hezbollah defeat. Hezbollah is a wholly owned Iranian subsidiary, making Islam...

Author Jerome Corsi and Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., will be guests tomorrow on G. Gordon Liddy's radio show to discuss the White House's effort to implement a trilateral agreement with Mexico and Canada that could lead to a North American union, despite having no authorization from Congress. Corsi and Tancredo will join Liddy for the entire 11 a.m. hour, Eastern time, and take calls from listeners. Corsi reported this week that Bush administration working groups have not disclosed the results of their work despite two years of massive effort within the executive branches of the U.S., Mexico and Canada. The...