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hereby officially pronounce the conservative movement dead. May it rest in peace. It was killed by its faith in men, not principles – men like George W. Bush. The appointments of John Roberts as chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court and Harriet Miers as associate justice serve as the epitaphs for the political movement. But even before these betrayals, conservatism was on life support. It could not have survived the irresponsible spending by the Republican Congress, approved by the president during the last five years. The conservative movement, in the best of times, represented a defensive effort to slow...

NEW DELHI, India - Two suspected Islamic militants were killed Saturday in a battle with New Delhi police, while security forces said they killed the mastermind behind the deadly attack on India's parliament in 2001 that brought India and Pakistan to the brink of war. Indian police claimed to have killed Ghazi Baba, the head of the Jaish-e-Mohammed militant group, during a fierce gun battle in Srinagar, the summer capital of India's portion of Kashmir. Indian security officials say Ghazi Baba has been the mastermind behind several deadly terror attacks in different parts of the country, including the December 2001...

NEVER FORGET ...As we bring Freedom to Iraq the... ...Free Vietnam Flag's usage in California by over 400,000 Freedom-Loving Vietnamese-Americans has just been suddenly killed without a Hearing by the Democrats in the California State Assembly's Committee on Rules. ...Democrat Committee Chairman JOE NATION (D) has just taken Assembly Bill ..ACR 68.. off the regular Consent Calendar and then suddenly had it voted down by a 5 Democrat - 3 Republican Vote, preventing it from going to the Assembly Floor for a Full Vote. It is most unusual for a Bill like this to be taken off the Consent List...