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The White House says it won't stop gays and lesbians from being dismissed from the military while the Obama administration works to repeal a decade-old policy banning openly gay people from serving in uniform. White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said Tuesday that President Barack Obama does not plan to intervene in current cases against men and women who announce their homosexuality. Gibbs says the president wants to do away with the "don't ask, don't tell" policy through legislation. Gibbs says the policy does not serve the national interest and that Obama is working with lawmakers for what Gibbs calls a...

No, people who wanted a gun in their possession had one. The right to carry one openly will not encourage a normally anti-gun person to go out and buy one. If and when guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns. Give us the right to still bear arms if we feel the need. Jack Wirtz, Sheboygan There is absolutely no need for the average citizen to strap on a gun and parade around in public. Our police officers face enough danger every day. They certainly don't need to deal with this. Enough already. Grant Mattes, Town of Sheboygan I...

Those aren’t my words. They’re the words of a Riverside (Calif.) Press-Enterprise blog title under which journalist Ben Goad explains Paul’s vote last month against awarding Palmer the Congressional Gold Medal for his lifelong achievement in the game of golf. The tally was 422-1. The former presidential aspirant and presiding Texas Republican from the 14th District southwest of Houston was the only congressman to cast a vote against the distinction. Well then. I suppose he’ll never make officer in Arnie’s Army. Goad quoted Paul spokeswoman Rachel Mills: “It is certainly nothing personal against Mr. Palmer. In fact, Congressman Paul admires...

Hillary Clinton May Have Misled Congress on Botched Abortion Claims Washington, DC -- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton may have misled Congress during a hearing by claiming that she once visited a hospital in Brazil allegedly filled with women who were supposedly dealing with injuries from botched legal abortions. Clinton made the claim in an effort to bolster her pro-abortion position. Full story at: http://www.LifeNews.com/int1189.html

Campbell County Commonwealth's Attorney Neil Vener won't pursue charges against a woman who shot and killed a Gladys man early on April 15. "There's no basis for any criminal charges because of the circumstances," Vener said Friday. Alfred Dews Jr., 35, was killed in the incident on Mohawk Road in the Long Island area of the county. Vener said he was shot one time in the chest area with a bullet from a .22-caliber pistol. The incident happened about 4:30 a.m. Vener said authorities found the telephone lines had been cut, Dews' truck had been hidden and Dews broke the...

Ex-Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura appeared on CNN's Larry King Live last night for a thoroughly entertaining 20-minute interview. In it, Ventura said he'd been waterboarded, called for the legalization of drugs, threw his hat in the ring for ambassador to Cuba and called Norm Coleman a hypocrite. Some excerpts: Ventura said he was waterboarded as part of his Navy SEAL training. He was (typically) not shy about his views. "It's a good thing I'm not president," Ventura said. "I would prosecute every person involved in that torture. I would prosecute the people that did it. I would prosecute the people...

Re: "Students and guns: poor mixers," by Susan Sanders Wansbrough, Friday Letters. Wansbrough cites a Harvard School of Public Health study that indicates a high percentage of students are irresponsible, and then asks, "And our legislators want to let these people carry loaded firearms on campus?" No, what we, the electorate, have asked legislators to do is to change the rules so that responsible people who have obtained their concealed handgun licenses can avail themselves of their basic right to self-defense. CHL holders have been thoroughly investigated, and the dire predictions by many of blood in the streets after drunken...

JEFFERSON CITY - Only supporters made their voices heard at a Senate hearing on a bill that would allow guns on college campuses. Five people defended a measure which would allow for college students to carry and conceal firearms on the state's college campuses. Originally, House Bill 668 was a measure to lower the age for a gun permit to 21 from 23. But then the legislative process ran it course, which led to an additional amendment to allow for concealed handguns on college campuses. The University of Missouri System and Missouri State University each opposed the measure when the...

The expected announcement Tuesday by Florida Gov. Charlie Crist that he’s running for the Senate would seem to be a rare bit of good news for beleaguered Republicans. But while Crist is a brand-name recruit with sky-high approval ratings and bipartisan appeal, his path to keeping the seat of retiring Sen. Mel Martinez in GOP hands has at least one significant roadblock: Sunshine State conservatives. Despite Crist’s widespread popularity, he faces a primary in which he will have to make his case to a restless GOP base dissatisfied with his high-profile advocacy for President Barack Obama’s stimulus and his handling...

Harold Koh, the nominee for Legal Adviser to the State Department, supports “the global regulation of small arms” and a “global gun control regime.” And he believes it is “needlessly provocative” for any U.S. representative to refer to the right to bear arms when speaking to a foreign audience: the very mention of the Second Amendment, apparently, is offensive. That has very serious implications for domestic policy, but what does Koh want to do with the legal, international arms trade? The answer is simple: he wants to ban it. In 2002, Koh spoke on the subject at Fordham Law School....

Pro-Life Ad on Adoption, Abortion to Air on American Idol Finale Washington, DC -- The same pro-life organization that produced a well-received advertisement on President Barack Obama and abortion has another commercial it will air on the series finale of the popular television program American Idol. CatholicVote.org, sponsored by the pro-life Catholic group Fidelis, is behind the ad, which is part of its “Imagine the Potential” series of television commercials. The latest ad focuses on the lives of political and business leaders, sports figures, and others who all could have become victims of abortion, but, instead, were welcomed into loving...

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ASSEMBLY CONCURRENT RESOLUTION No. 228 STATE OF NEW JERSEY 213th LEGISLATURE INTRODUCED MAY 7, 2009 Sponsored by: Assemblyman GARY R. CHIUSANO District 24 (Sussex, Hunterdon and Morris) Assemblywoman ALISON LITTELL MCHOSE District 24 (Sussex, Hunterdon and Morris) SYNOPSIS Urges Congress and President to avoid the imposition of a nationwide vehicle miles traveled tax. CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT As introduced. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging Congress and the President of the United States to avoid the imposition of a nationwide tax on vehicle miles traveled. WHEREAS, The current United States Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood is considering the imposition on motorists of...

Because of President Obama's appearance and speech at Notre Dame this Sunday, some seniors will not attend their own graduation ceremony and instead join a University prayer service on the grounds at Notre Dame. No indication yet as to how many seniors will forgo the graduation ceremony. The student group behind this effort, ND Response, has made this wild hollywood style video showcasing their displeasure with Notre Dame and the President. I must say the production value is extremely high and I feel like I'm watching a trailor for some sort of hollywood blockbuster movie. Watch it here. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KUBdrrbF6o Read...

The Pathway For Biosimilars Act introduced by Eschoo (D-Ca), Inslee ( D-Wa) and Barton(R-Tx) will ensure enough time for companies to recoup their cost of research and development before a generic manufacturer could use the innovators research data. By doing so, companies will have an incentive to continue inventing life saving drugs. Join PRA in supporting H.R. 1548.

"Only 53 percent of American adults believe capitalism is better than socialism," according to an April survey by Rasmussen. Age made a large difference in how Americans viewed capitalism and socialism, according to the survey, with capitalism getting the worst grades among adults under 30. Only 37 percent of the under-30s favored capitalism, 33 percent preferred socialism, and 30 percent were undecided. ... In January, for instance, I surveyed 50 recent high school graduates, now all in college or on their way. To the question, "Define capitalism in 10 to 20 words," here are some of the written responses, not...

Yesterday at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Israel, Pope Benedict said victims of the Final Solution "lost their lives, but they will never lose their names." Earlier this year, the Pope told a group of American Jewish leaders that "any denial or minimization any denial or minimization" of the Holocaust "is intolerable and altogether unacceptable." Patrick Buchanan, a devout Catholic, might want to reacquaint himself with these declarations by the leader of his church, because the MSNBC political commentator and one-time candidate for the Republican presidential nomination is currently enabling Holocaust deniers. Buchanan.org, his official Web site, hosts, on...

Back in November, I predicted: "The yawning gap between Hope and reality will produce a bumper crop of ex-Democrats." Yet the crop had already been sowed and, at The American Thinker, ex-Democrat "Robin" explains that her conversion began more than a year ago:

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As was evident at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, it is deja vu, 1961, all over again. We have a young, cool, witty, personable president -- and an adoring press corps. "I am Barack Obama," the president introduced himself. "Most of you covered me. All of you voted for me. (Laughter and applause.) Apologies to the Fox table. (Laughter.)" What is also evident is that, without its new superstar in the lineup, the Democratic Party is a second-division ball club. Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi are not terribly formidable. Last fall, the Congress they ran had an approval rating below...