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Attorney General Eric Holder made a curious selection when he invited Arab American Institute President James Zogby to be the closing speaker last month at a Justice Department conference marking the 45th anniversary of the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964. It was curious because Zogby has no direct tie to the Civil Rights movement. And, despite his generally favorable public image, an examination of Zogby's record shows he is an apologist for Muslim Brotherhood-linked groups like the Muslim Students Association (MSA) and terrorist organizations like Hamas and Hizballah. On top of that, he is a strident foe of the...

As relations between Washington and Jerusalem veer onto unusually rocky terrain, two separate delegations of Congressional Democrats and Republicans will visit Israel in the next couple of weeks bearing a crucial message to the Israeli people: Congress' commitment to the U.S.-Israel relationship remains steadfast. America stands with Israel for both moral and strategic reasons. Israel is not only a democratic ally and our only true friend in the Middle East; it is also a vital pillar of U.S. national security strategy. When it is strong - its borders secure, its people free from the threat of Iran and its terrorist...

(02-26) 20:00 PST San Francisco -- U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is sending strong signals that President Obama - who as a candidate said states should be allowed to make their own rules on medical marijuana - will end raids on pot dispensaries in California. Asked at a Washington news conference Wednesday about Drug Enforcement Administration raids in California since Obama took office last month, Holder said the administration has changed its policy.

In remarks to his staff in honor of Black History Month, U.S. Atty. Gen. Eric Holder stoked coals of taboo by criticizing America’s handling of racial issues. Holder observed, “Though this nation has proudly thought of itself as an ethnic melting pot, in things racial, we have always been, and we, I believe, continue to be, in too many ways, a nation of cowards.” OK, so what’s the problem? I strongly criticized Holder’s past judgment during his nomination for attorney general, but I agree whole-heartedly with this assessment. However, I know the “R” word is to be broached with caution...

Obama pick faces questions over bombers' clemencyBy PETE YOST Associated Press Writer Originally published Wednesday, January 14, 2009 at 2:05 PM WASHINGTON — New York police detective Anthony S. Senft's life changed forever when a bomb set by Puerto Rican separatists exploded, blowing him 15 feet in the air and blinding him in one eye. Now, he's angry that Eric Holder, who played a key role in awarding clemency to the bombers, is in line to be attorney general. Holder, as President Bill Clinton's deputy attorney general, worked closely with the Justice Department's pardon attorney to raise the possibility of...

Obama's top choice for attorney general is Eric Holder, a former No. 2 Justice Department official in the Clinton administration ...would become the first African American to serve as the nation's chief lawyer. .... But the Obama official said the decision has not been finalized, and transition spokesmen said no decision has been made. ... In the past week, Obama aides have asked Senate Republicans whether they would support Holder. In particular, the aides questioned whether Holder's confirmation would be delayed because of his involvement in the 2001 pardon of Rich. ...Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, the top Republican on...

We encourage our readers to circulate this Web page as widely as possible, and especially to Jewish voters who usually vote Democratic. This official Democratic National Committee ad makes a point of stating that Eric Cantor is a Jew, and does so in derogatory contexts. This is consistent with the anti-Semitic hate speech that pervaded Barack Obama’s official campaign site (My.Barackobama.com, over which the campaign exercises editorial control) and also MoveOn.org’s now disgraced Action Forum. Here are the relevant excerpts from the Democratic National Committee’s Web page, and we have taken a screen shot. http://www.democrats.org/page/content/VPCantor ...The Democratic National Committee seems...

Eric Cantor: He’s Young, He’s Conservative, He’s against Dividing Jerusalem, and John McCain’s Considering Him for VP The news that Rep Eric Cantor (R-VA), the House chief deputy minority whip, has been asked for his family, health, and financial documents by the presumptive Republican Presidential candidate, John McCain, with an eye towards vetting him as a possible running mate, has excited not only some in the Jewish community. Many right-wing Evangelicals, sometimes referred to as the Republican core or base, say the Jewish Mr. Cantor may be the only possible running mate Mr. McCain can choose that will get them...

The Hunt for American al Qaeda The United States is turning up the heat in the hunt for the California boy turned al Qaeda operative, Adam Gadahn, who has been charged with treason and is believed to be hiding in Afghanistan. If caught and convicted, Gadahn could face the death penalty. The State Department along with the Department of Diplomatic Security announced the beginning of a publicity campaign in Afghanistan urging locals to provide any information on Gadahn's whereabouts, with a reward if the information leads to his capture. Radio advertisements with information concerning the $1 million reward have...

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“Where your opinion counts!” Thanks, in part to all of the listener support and to some forward thinking folks on Salem’s management team, it looks like Eric Hogue will be staying on the air. However, it will not be in his usual morning spot on 1380AM. That’s the motto at Salem radio station KTKZ. And it appears to be the motto of the network’s management as well. Read More...

ust when you thought copies and clones of "The Million Dollar Homepage" were becoming a thing of the past, here comes ... Buy Cartman - Own a piece of Eric Cartman!Now.. this one is not like just another pixel site clone. Here Eric Cartman (a lead character in Comedy Central's South Park series) seems to be making parts of his body (headgear, face, eyes etc.) available either for hire or for complete sale. I guess one can trust only Cartman to do such a thing, he apparently doesn't want to sell Mister Kitty nor Kyle as he doesn't really want...

Eric Haney, a retired command sergeant major of the U.S. Army, was a founding member of Delta Force, the military's elite covert counter-terrorist unit. He culled his experiences for "Inside Delta Force" (Delta; $14), a memoir rich with harrowing stories, though in an interview, Haney declines with a shrug to estimate the number of times he was almost killed. (Perhaps the most high-profile incident that almost claimed his life was the 1980 failed rescue of the hostages in Iran.) Today, he's doing nothing nearly as dangerous: He serves as an executive producer and technical adviser for "The Unit," CBS' new...

SNELLVILLE, Ga. — Earl Lazenby had delivered mail for years to the aging brown home with overgrown plants in the yard and a National Rifle Association sticker on the front door. The home's owner was always friendly, sometimes chatting with Lazenby at the grocery store in this Atlanta suburb. But what Lazenby didn't know was that William Crutchfield was deep in debt and looking for a way out. Crutchfield apparently watched with envy as Olympic bomber Eric Rudolph was headed to prison for life and aspired to the same fate — allowing him to live off the government while behind...

April 29, 2005 -- A fourth woman has accused Oppenheimer & Co.'s general counsel of sexual harassment. The Brooklyn woman — who worked for the firm for 10 months in 2001 and 2002 — said in court papers that Eric Shames harassed her physically and verbally. The suit, which also names Robert Pelham, Oppenheimer's branch manager, as a defendant, now seeks class-action status to include other women who might have been harassed. She joins three other former Oppenheimer employees in charging that Shames couldn't keep his hands or his improper comments to himself. Most startling, perhaps, Shames is the executive...

On Saturday, March 26, 2005, while watching "Viewer Favorites" on your public television station, I was shocked and offended by the singer Eric Burton - formerly of the group "The Animals" - wearing a Che Guevara shirt while performing a song on a segment of your presentation. As a Cuban American, as a writer and a filmmaker, I am acquainted with the Che as a mass murderer who executed, without trial, many Cubans at La Cabaña fortress in Havana as well as in the Sierra Maestra Mountains before 1959.

While certainly not limited to the 20-30 something crowd, viewers of South Park tend to be the latchkey offspring of the infamous Baby Boomers. These children of MTV and video games have extremely limited attention spans and as a result are always moving from one experience to the next in hopes of finding fulfillment. Unfortunately, all they are finding in South Park is a wasteland.

Deal Reached on Trial for Eric Rudolph By JAY REEVES, Associated Press Writer HUNTSVILLE, Ala. - A federal judge approved a plan Tuesday to try serial bombing suspect Eric Rudolph in Birmingham but pick jurors from throughout northern Alabama, instead of just a three-county area around the state's largest city. U.S. District Judge Lynwood Smith approved the joint proposal that had been agreed to by defense attorneys and federal prosecutors. Rudolph had been seeking a change of venue. U.S. Attorney Alice Martin said she was glad the Rudolph trial will be in Birmingham. Rudolph is accused of setting the Jan....

<p>June 16 issue — For the first few years on the lam, alone in the North Carolina woods and fearful of being discovered, Eric Robert Rudolph claims he lived off the fat of the land. He moved around constantly, surviving on a diet of acorns and salamanders. “I just swallowed them whole, like sushi,” he bragged to police officers who held him after his arrest last week.</p>

First it was foxes, now they are after the rosy red minnow. The Scottish Parliament, fresh from outlawing hunting with dogs, is to force fish-lovers to buy pet licences for exotic species in their garden ponds and aquaria.Fifteen years after the dog licence was abolished, the Labour-led Scottish government is planning a licensing system for exotic fish such as the rosy red minnow, the black bullhead catfish and the sterlet.Anyone who owns exotic fish without a licence will face fines of up to £2,500. Health and safety officials will also be given special powers to enter people’s homes to confiscate...

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