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Hi, sorry for the dumb question. This will be my first contribution to a political campaign; is there a way I can contribute DIRECTLY to McCain/Palin? If I have to, I'll give to the RNC, but I'd prefer that none of my money go to a few of these pinhead RINO's the RNC might want to spend on. I also don't quite understand what the whole "public financing" thing is about...

If you feel that the conservative movement has no voice, and you have been stabbed in the back by the the MSM!

HONG KONG - Ships belching toxic fumes from diesel fuel contribute to the deaths of tens of thousands of people in Europe, Asia and the United States each year, claims a U.S. report released this week. As many as 60,000 people living in coastal communities along major shipping routes died from lung and heart complaints as a result of high sulfate emissions from ships in 2002, according to the study released Wednesday by the American Chemical Society. With international maritime trade on the rise and little regulation of ship emissions, that death toll could rise to as many as 82,000...

PAKTIKA PROVINCE, Afghanistan, Nov. 6, 2007 – U.S. Army engineers are building forward operating bases and roads in support of forces providing security to the people of Afghanistan. A soldier from Alpha Company, 864th Engineer Battalion, puts finishing touches on a B-Hut that will house Polish soldiers in the village of Kushamond in Afghanistan’s Paktika province. Photo by Capt. Ashley Dellavalle, USA  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. Despite harsh conditions due to “moon-dust” -- very fine silt that permeates every crevice at Forward Operating Base Kushamond -- the soldiers of Company A, 864th Engineer Battalion, from Fort Lewis,...

Corning, N.Y. -- You can definitely smell it, but you can't see it. The United States Department of Agriculture has released reports stating that when you smell cow manure, you're also smelling greenhouse gas emissions. That will be the focus of new research that might happen right here in the Southern Tier. Agriculture Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment, Mark Rey, was in Corning Wednesday morning at the Big Flats Plant Materials Center to annouce the award of nearly $20 million in Conservation Innovation Grants to fund 51 research projects across the country designed to refine new technologies helping...

WASHINGTON - Scores of actors, writers, producers and others from the entertainment industry have contributed to Al Franken's Senate campaign, helping the Minnesota Democrat get off to a strong fundraising start. Franken, a former "Saturday Night Live" star who hopes to take on GOP Sen. Norm Coleman (news, bio, voting record) next year, raised the maximum $4,600 from actors such as Tom Hanks, Paul Newman, Jason Alexander and Larry David, according to a campaign finance report filed Friday. That helped Franken pull in $1.35 million in the first quarter of the year — despite not beginning his fundraising effort until...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 — For all the talk about the political baggage that President Bush carries this year, his stop in Indiana on Saturday showed that he could still turn on — and, White House strategists say, turn out — the most faithful party voters. Women screamed his name, men chanted “U.S.A.,” and no one doubted that the 4,000 people packed into a high school gymnasium for a rally in Sellersburg were primed to urge friends and neighbors to vote on Nov. 7 for Representative Mike Sodrel, who won his seat by just 1,300 votes two years ago. The scene...

On Monday President Bush flies into Houston to campaign for a congressional candidate who — at one point — looked like a long shot. But an exclusive poll indicates that Shelley Sekula-Gibbs may pull off a political upset and win her write-in campaign for Congress.

White House political strategist Karl Rove said Tuesday that the highly charged immigration debate has "clouded" the views of some Americans, leading them to dismiss the importance of immigrants and their contributions to the nation. "Everything that this country is, everything that we have achieved, everything that we hold, everything that we promise, is because we are a nation of diversity, brought together by immigration, and sharing a common dream," Rove told members of the nation's largest Hispanic civil rights group, the National Council of La Raza, gathered in Los Angeles. Alluding to the deadlock over immigration reform on Capitol...

The magnitude of human suffering caused by the 26 December South Asian Tsunami Disaster is only now becoming apparent. Tens of thousands are dead, entire communities have been washed out to sea with all souls, already crumbling drainage systems have been swamped, drinkable water sources have been contaminated, and housing has been destroyed on a massive scale. The need of the victims of this nightmare for medical supplies, fuel, food, water, and dry goods is immense, and will only grow in scope. It is our duty to help in this time of crisis. Funds are the immediate need. To this...

DID FREE REPUBLIC CONTRIBUTE TO THE RE-ELECTION OF PRESIDENT GEORGE W.BUSH? Did we FREEPERS, contribute to his re-election? .... IF SO HOW....

For anyone interested in supporting the swiftvet ads, they do need more money, and today is the last day we can contribute to get ads out before election. You can go see the latest swiftvet ads at www.swiftvets.com. (I still haven't learned how to post a pic or a link so you can click on it.) Here's the email I just received from them:If you have not made a second contribution, would you please provide us with this support today. We must purchase our final ads on Tuesday morning. We know we are asking a lot, but you also know...

While browsing fundrace.org, the site that tells you what your neighbors (friends, celebrities, enemies) contribute to political campaigns, I saw this. (I'm assuming there is only one Jamie Farr, self employed, actor.)Fundrace listing

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