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In an article titled "Durbin wins battle to pass 'interchange fee' legislation, 64-33", Silla Brush reports for TheHill.com that Senator Dick Durbin's amendment passed on a 64-33 vote this afternoon in the Senate. Senator Durbin issued a statement following the amendment's passage

If you have not yet done so, you simply must visit the SCOTUS Florida Cases web site and read the PDF files below. Emergency application for stay in No 00-A504, Bush v. Gore Supplemental memorandum in support of stay application in No. 00-A504 These gentlemen, Carvin and Beck have argued so well in these documents that they have saved the Republic. The quality of this overnight work is so outstanding that it simply cannot be understated.

The GOP Needs More Florida Votes Current strategy seems to be centered on a firewall at the Florida Sec'y of State's office. After watching the news, seeing a court case go down today, and sampling the lefties opinions, that strategy is not likely to be successful. There is only one way to beat the DEMS who have sunk their canines into the hand count bone and are not about to let go. Why should they, it looks as though they've found a way to win. A new three point strategy is in order, IMHO. First, the press and the FLA ...

The issue that binds all FReepers is the catalogue of Clintoon's crimes. Given that Mr. Ray has empaneled a Grand Jury in order to investigate and indict on Fornigate only, let us draw upon our vast collective knowledge of the various crimes and their elements and predict the indictments and evidence. Some may feel perjury in the depositions, others may be be partial to perjury in the Grand Jury. Some may be most partial to David Schippers "misprision". Let us hear from our experts.

August 11, 2000 12:50 PM --------------------------------------- Patrick J. Buchanan Selection for Vice-President News Conference 11:00am PDT News Conference, Pine Avenue Circle (One block south of the Convention Center) Rainbow Harbor, Long Beach

From: Family Medical Care Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2000 9:22 PM Subject: Teleconference and Executive Committee meeting of July 20, 2000 Dear Colleagues: I thank you for your attendance last night in our teleconference. I also thank you for the vote of confidence you gave me in electing me as your new Regional Representative to the Executive Committee. I take that responsibility very seriously and will do my best to represent the National Committeemen of our Region. I will also take my fiduciary responsibility to the Reform Party to heart in any vote I make while I hold this office. ...

When Cornwallis refused to personally hand his sword to General Washington, the Great Man refused to take the bait, despite his seven years spent in pursuit of that very exultation. Instead he, with class and aplomb, instructed a junior to receive the King's tribute. Today, I must accept the junior's duty for the longtime Chief of the FReeper Brigades, our magnificent brother, Arator. For reasons beyond comprehension, he his not here to offer his usual great contribution, for he has been banned from the very forum to which he added so much. I have followed his work for years. In ...

It is happening again. Frankly, I don't like it. The Washington Post and UK Guardian have let loose the phony Buchanan racism innuendo in anticipation of his Reform Party Nomination and subsequent campaigning. These pieces say nothing directly about Buchanan for there is nothing to say in this vein. Instead they label his support as VERMIN. For the GOPers that may be reading this, it is no less dishonest than Richard Gephardt's 'Church Burning' commercials run in the last election in St. Louis, and replayed endlessly by Megadittoes. The Weakly Standard and Wall Street Journal have apparently given up recycling ...

An America First Energy Policy 10 Steps to Energy Independence for the USA 1. End all IMF and World Bank loans or foreign aid to any nation participating in the OPEC conspiracy against the U.S. 2. End the oil embargo of Iran and Iraq. Let them pump all the oil they can, but control military imports to these countries. 3. Open up the ANWR (Arctic National Wildlife Refuge) and Outer Continental Shelf to exploratory drilling. Vast oil and natural gas resources exist there. 4. Impose an oil import fee to maintain a $16-20 per barrel price level. Price assurance would ...

Subject: Your presidential primary vote for Pat! Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 15:57:36 -0400 From: update@buchananreform.com To: We urgently need you to send us your U.S. mail address, no later than Tuesday June 27th, so that we can forward it and your name to the Presidential Nominating Committee of the Reform Party. In early July, the Nominating Committee will mail official Reform Party primary ballots to those individuals whose names have been submitted to them by our campaign. This is the final, critical hurdle for Pat to win the nomination, and take our America First message to the voters against ...

Friends: I am here for my bruises. Unlike Justin Raimondo today at Antiwar.com, I'll not try and cover up or white wash over the fact that I bought the Fulani-Buchanan alliance hook, line and sinker. I praised her conservative posions in columns at Worldnetdaily. She said she was for school choice ! I explained how valuable she would be to the ballot access effort. I'll not pretend it never happened. I thought the alliance would help, I thought it would grow the Brigade. I defended her from charges that she is a whacko. She is. I never thought of Nader, ...

This is a two parter. Walter Willims first, then the Economic Policy Institute. Trading things http://www.jewishworldreview.com -- WITH THE RECENT DEMONSTRATIONS against international trade in Windsor, Canada, and Washington, D.C., not to mention the violent protests in Seattle, one might get the impression that trade -- particularly trade imbalances or deficits -- are evil. Let's look at it. I go to my grocer and buy $100 worth of merchandise from him. Should I or anyone else be upset? You say: "What's the beef, Williams? People do that every day!" Yes, but can't you see there's a trade imbalance? I buy ...

  I Hate Third Parties But... by Burton S. Blumert "I personally know most of the people running for president: Pat Buchanan, Harry Browne, Howard Phillips, and Joe Sobran, before he quit," I bragged to a friend. "Yeah, and you probably know most of the people voting for them," he observed. Very funny. Although hardly a card-carrying member of the Buchanan Brigade, I've been crazy about Pat ever since 1990. It's been a bumpy decade. The 1996 primaries provided the high point. Pat had swept the Republican New Hampshire and South Carolina primaries and was on a roll. Things ...

Watching a Special Orders debate on the China deal I witnessed Dana Rohrabacher call a spade a spade. And for that I am thankful. To any FReepers represented by this man, you are in possession of a national treasure. I suggest you take appropriate preservation measures ! I have seen Rohrabacher in Special Orders with Duke Cunningham and B1-Bob Dornan over the years carve up the rapist-in-Chief for draft dodging. I have seen him on Crossfire fight every good fight worth fighting. Tonight under the scornful eye of his fellow Californian, Chairman of the Rules Committee, David Dreir, he showed ...

Impeachment gets the Third Gate in the Preakness this Saturday: Preakness post positions Pos. Horse Jockey Trainer Odds 1 Hugh Hefner Victor Espinoza Martin F. Jones 20-1 2 Snuck In Cash Asmussen Steve Asmussen 12-1 3 Impeachment Craig Perret Todd Pletcher 8-1 4 Red Bullet Jerry Bailey Joe Orseno 9-2 5 High Yield Pat Day D. Wayne Lukas 10-1 6 Captain Steve Robby Albarado Bob Baffert 8-1 7 Fusaichi Pegasus Kent Desormeaux Neil Drysdale 3-5 8 Hal's Hope Roger Velez Harold J. Rose 20-1

Byrd and Lott are right; Junior is Wrong CNN’s Inside Politics tonight had a Bill Schneider (blech) "play of the week" type segment on the Governor of Texas regarding Kosovo. It seems that Senators Robert Byrd of West Virginia and John Warner of Virginia, despite all previous indications to the contrary want to bring the troops back home (which see: Justin Raimondo at antiwar.com today). President Clinton opposes this, Senator Lott supports it. Lott and Byrd are on CSPAN right now extolling the virtues of bringing the troops right now. The Dauphin, as he is called by some of those ...

Clintons vs. Fulanis                                               TUESDAY MAY 162000                 Clintons vs. Fulanis © 2000 WorldNetDaily.com The Fulanis, the West African tribe from whom I take my name, are warriors who -- some people say -- gather for sacred ceremonies around a Big Rock. The Clintons, a warrior family from West Arkansas, gather their forces at Little Rock. When the first lady slandered me at the New York Independence Party Senate forum ...

Another thread touting the "best caller in the history of Ruxh Limbaugh" has sprouted many reponses here this afternoon. That caller was full of hogwash, particularly regarding Giuliani, but nearly as so regarding George W. His premise is that the choice is what it is, ergo we must choose between the lesser of two evils is wrong. Gratuitous disparaging comments regarding Pat Buchanan aside, the caller, the host and the adoring FReepers answering this siren song could not be more wrong. Further it only encourages the squishy GOP to behave ever more squishy. Let us examine the current state of ...

Pols Are Going Overboard On Visa Program Where can you hire a skilled young computer programmer who will work long hours without protest and who can't quit for a better-paying job? Import one! Even though the country is awash in computer professionals, employers complain that after age 35 or so they are out of touch with the latest computer languages and, worse, want to stay home at nights with the wife and kids. New blood is desperately needed. The easy solution is to bring in workers from overseas. They're willing to work for 40% less than their American counterparts, according ...

Derby News For May 3, 2000 Derby Favorite 'Pegasus' in Auxiliary Gate By Daniel Shapiro Fusaichi Pegasus, the 9-5 favorite for Saturday’s Kentucky Derby, will start from post position 16 with jockey Kent Desormeux after Wednesday’s draw. Trainer Neil Drysdale had the 12th pick and passed up multiple inside positions to select 16, which is in the auxiliary gate. Fusaichi Pegasus was made the favorite based on his powerful victory in the Wood Memorial, according to Churchill Downs oddsmaker Mike Battaglia. But in that race, the imposing bay colt balked at galloping toward the starting gate. “I picked it ...