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I got my first Happy Holidays today and I decided to wish all my freeper friends out there a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS and a happy and Prosperous NEW YEAR. To JimROB and the rest of his motley crew, you promised to come back down to Texas and "set a spell". To Mr and Mrs Trooprally, thanks for keeping me from freezing to death on my trips to DC. To BufordP, well thanks for going down that road to temporary insanity with me. To Albion Wilde, thanks for making us feel right at home. To Kristinn, Merry Christmas to you and...

Code Pink comes to Fort Hood Last night I got a call from Kristinn about a possible invasion of my city by the Code pink freaks. After talking to Dr. Raul and looking it up on the Net, I was astonished to learn that this was true. Code pink Austin Chapter has decided to stage a protest outside the East Gate of the large Military Base in the Free world. As the only know Freeper here, I took it upon myself to make sure that this does not go unnoted so here is a little info for all of you...

Just Breaking!!!! Supreme Court Upholds "Colleges who accept Federal Funds must allow Military Recruiters"

CNN LOSES 63% OF AUDIENCE OVER INAUGURATION 2001 Fri Jan 21 2005 23:52:24 2005 CNN hemorrhaged more than half their audience from the 2001 Inauguration, overnights show. The troubled news network only averaged 779,000 viewers during yesterday's Inauguration coverage from 10am-4pm with just 168,000 of those viewers landing in the coveted 25-54 demo. Like CNN, MSNBC also suffered major losses, only averaging 438,000 viewers throughout yesterday's coverage (141,000 in 25-54), down a whopping 68% over 2001 and faring even worse in primetime with just 385,000 viewers. In contrast, Fox News averaged 2,581,000 viewers from 10a-4p (up 30% over 2001) and...

United States President George Bush was tonight accused of trying to undermine the United Nations by setting up a rival coalition to coordinate relief following the Asian tsunami disaster. The president has announced that the US, Japan, India and Australia would coordinate the world’s response. But former International Development Secretary Clare Short said that role should be left to the UN. “I think this initiative from America to set up four countries claiming to coordinate sounds like yet another attempt to undermine the UN when it is the best system we have got and the one that needs building up,”...

How long are we going to tolerate senators and congressmen who divulge our most closely-held secrets to the public in search of cheap political gain? We have laws that make those leaks serious federal crimes. We're spending enormous resources on finding out who leaked Valerie Plame's identity as a CIA agent to the press. Leaks that are vastly more important -- and which should be pursued with no less determination and resources -- are regularly ignored because the culprits are sitting members of Congress. These leakers should be thrown out of office and prosecuted. It's been about two years since...

1035549, DNC Press Release: Sinclair Broadcasting Group Posted by Skinner on Mon Oct-11-04 02:15 PM For Immediate Release October 11, 2004 SINCLAIR BROADCASTING GROUP The Sinclair Broadcasting Group is a conservative broadcasting network that controls television airwaves in dozens of major television markets, including markets in battleground states such as Florida and Ohio. Recently, it has banned shows that are critical of the war on terror, ordered its stations not to air a tribute to our fallen U.S. soldiers, and now plans to air an anti-Kerry movie days before election day. The Sinclair Broadcasting Group has historically contributed thousands of...

Before John Kerry, the only alumni of Swiss finishing schools I'd ever met (in my younger days) were a certain type of lively English girl, a couple of minor princesses from Gulf emirates and a charming young Iranian lady whose family had been forced to flee after the shah fell. Collectively, they all fell into the category the British call ''posh totty.'' And, although they were way out of my league, the one thing I noticed was their impeccable carriage -- they'd done all the walking-around-with-books-on-your-head stuff -- and how exquisitely well-mannered they were. Even when giving you the brush...

Quoting U.S. Criminal Code, Chapter 63, Section 1343, New York Times columnist William Safire went straight to the heart of the CBS Rathergate scandal, writing, "At the root of what is today treated as an embarrassing blunder by duped CBS journalists may turn out to be a felony by its faithless sources." Writing in Wednesday's New York Times, Safire noted that the statute holds that "Whoever, having devised any scheme or artifice to defraud transmits or causes to be transmitted by means of wire, radio or television communication in interstate or foreign commerce, any writings for the purpose of executing...

1. How to Obtain Standard Form 180 (SF-180), Request Pertaining to Military Records There are several ways to obtain an SF-180. You can: a. Download and print a copy of the SF-180 in PDF format. o You need access to a printer and the Adobe Acrobat Reader software (see link below). The form is a total of 3 pages. o The SF-180 is formatted for letter size paper (8.5" x 11"). If your printer can not accommodate this, select "shrink to fit" when the Adobe Acrobat Reader "Print" dialog box appears. o This is also a fillable version of the...

Kerry's Despicable Military Record Geoff Metcalf Friday, Sept. 10, 2004 Careful what you ask for ... Since February I have been ranting that the veteran community would eventually, inevitably become the prime contributor to the destruction of the John Kerry campaign. For months, I have been the Lone Ranger and viewed as a moderately amusing gadfly. Guess what? I was right in February, and March, and April, and May. I was right in June, July and August … and despite what smarter, more insightful and ‘connected’ pundits maintain, Kerry is TOAST! In March, I wrote in “The Kerry Count,” “Friends...