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<p>Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), another member of the panel, said he would not object to August: “I’m more concerned about when [hearings] end than with when they start. I’m agnostic on that.”</p>

The Source The Quote The Translation July Quotations MoveOn.Org, July 27, 05 “We can't afford to have a right-wing ideologue on our nation's highest court.” We can't afford to have anyone who insists on applying the constitution. James P. Hoffa, July 25, 05 "We must have more union members in order to change the political climate that is undermining workers' rights." I need more union members in order  to preserve my cushy job, and maintain our sweetheart labor deals. Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich. July 19, 05 "It appears that an administration that came to office promising 'honesty and integrity'...

SPID crossroads becomes a circus An animal rights protester went topless because of the big top Thursday at one of the busiest intersections in Corpus Christi. Allison Ezell, 24, of Indianapolis, crouched on a brick median wearing only pasties, black underwear and shackles during the lunch hour Thursday at the southeast corner of Staples Street and South Padre Island Drive. She turned her back to traffic, showing three imitation scars slashed along her ribs, symbolic of allegations that circus animals are regularly beaten. "A naked woman laying on the sidewalk is symbolism," Ezell said of the theatrical presentation. "She's very...

In the year 2005, the Lord came unto Noah, who was now living in the United States, and said, "Once again, the earth has become wicked and overpopulated, and I see the end of all flesh before me. Build another Ark and save 2 of every living thing along with a few good humans." He gave Noah the blueprints, saying, "You have 6 months to build the Ark before I will start the unending rain for 40 days and 40 nights." Six months later, the Lord looked down and saw Noah weeping in his yard -- but no Ark. "Noah!"...

VP Cheny has announced that he will not run for President in 2008, thereby saving the life of veteran White House correspondent, Helen Thomas. Dressed in her traditional ratty suit and 'bed head', she declared that she would commit suicide if VP Cheney ran for President. Showing compassion for this long-time denizen of the White House Press Room, Cheney has officially bowed out of the 2008 run.

At yesterday's press gaggle, Scott said this: MR. McCLELLAN: Ken, go ahead. Q Scott, last night on the Tonight Show, Jay Leno, who apparently is subbing for Johnnie, displayed a video of the President at the Capitol yesterday. In that video, the President walking away from the press lifts his hand and raises a finger. Mr. Leno interpreted it as, shall we say, a finger of hostility. Each of our fingers has a special purpose and meaning in life. (Laughter.) Can you tell us what finger it was he held up? MR. McCLELLAN: Ken, I'm not even going to dignify...

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If this southern French city had a motto, it might be, "Say what you like about me, just make sure you spell my name right." This summer, the annual theater festival in Avignon, arguably the best known in France, appeared to be putting that age-old publicity strategy to the test. First, the papers reported booing and catcalls accompanying a performance directed by the choreographer Christian Rizzo. Many in the audience could not stand an electronic buzzing that accompanied the show. Then most of the audience walked out of a play, called "After/Before," by the French director Pascal Rambert. Much of...

WYMT Mountain News Camper Speaks Out About Snake Invasion An invasion of poisonous snakes ran some Floyd County campers out of their campsite twice in less than one week. Campers say they killed dozens of copperheads as well as one rattlesnake and a water snake at their favorite campsite. Quincy Cook has been camping with his friends and family at this campsite for years and says he's never seen poisonous snakes until a few days ago when they were invaded. "I had a light on my head and looked down and they was crawling everyway like night crawlers. We shot...

What time is it when the clock strikes half past 62? Time to change the way we measure time, according to a U.S. government proposal that businesses favor, astronomers abominate and Britain sees as a threat to its venerable standard, Greenwich Mean Time. Word of the U.S. proposal, made secretly to a United Nations body, began leaking to scientists earlier this month. The plan would simplify the world's timekeeping by making each day last exactly 24 hours. Right now, that's not always the case. Because the moon's gravity has been slowing down the Earth, it takes slightly longer than 24...

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The VFW is asking for names for Jane Fonda's vegetable oil powered bus tour in March. What say you Freepers? Post them here and then go to the VFW's website and share it with them.

At the Experimental Aircraft Association’s (EAA) AirVenture gathering being held in Oshkosh, Wisconsin yesterday, Sir Richard Branson, founder of Virgin Galactic, announced that George Whitesides, the Executive Director of the National Space Society and his bride-to-be, Loretta Hidalgo, will be the first honeymoon couple to take a trip on the fledgling space tourism company’s sub-orbital craft when the company goes into operation

DEM CHAIR DEAN TO HOLD 24-HOUR "ABORT-A-THON" FUNDRAISER (Stalingrad, Vermont) -- Democrat National Committee Chairman Howard Dean announced today that in order to promote pro-choice awareness, and raise badly needed funds for the DNC, he will personally perform non-stop pregnancy terminations in the world's first televised 24-hour "Abort-A-Thon." The event will be televised on MSNBC on August 15th and will be hosted by Air America's Janeane Garofalo. "Flag-waving, apple pie, and motherhood are all characteristics of the far-right extremists," said Dr. Dean. "We Democrats believe in flag burning, tofu and baby killing. I mean, who needs babies anyway? They smell...

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If Vice President Cheney is indeed a “serious darkhorse” candidate for president in 2008, as Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward recently suggested, he probably won’t want to enlist legendary White House reporter Helen Thomas to help with his press relations, even though she has proposed a campaign strategy he could run on. Thomas, a syndicated columnist for Hearst Newspapers who has covered the White House since the Kennedy administration, wrote in May that Cheney “certainly could campaign on the theme that he has had experience in running the White House.” Thomas made the suggestion in a column she wrote about...

U.S. Army soldiers have used "excessive" and "unauthorized deadly force" in Iraq to defend supply convoys because they did not have the proper weapons, according to a commander's secret internal memorandum. The memo says soldiers need precision-guided pistols, in addition to heavy-fire machine guns, to ensure that innocent people are not killed. The memo was written by Brig. Gen. Joseph J. Chaves, who commands an Army National Guard brigade that performs the perilous job of guarding convoys that move in and out of Camp Anaconda, a sprawling logistics base near Balad, north of Baghdad... ...In the March 15 memo, Gen....

The last time... Schumer tried prying answers out of John G. Roberts about his legal views was in 2003, when the Judiciary Committee held hearings.... Schumer did not get far.... "I hate to say it," Mr. Hatch said. "I feel badly saying it, between you and me, but I do know dumb-ass questions when I see dumb-ass questions."... "I'm not trying to box him in," said Mr. Schumer, who has repeatedly said that he wants to support the nominee. "All I need is enough answers to get a real feel for what kind of judge he would be." But Senate...