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Ex-Ark. Governor Loses Bid to Change Plea By KELLY P. KISSEL Associated Press Writer Jim Guy Tucker LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A federal appeals court rejected former Gov. Jim Guy Tucker's bid to withdraw his guilty plea in a tax fraud case that arose during the Whitewater investigation of his predecessor, Bill Clinton. Tucker admitted in 1998 that he conspired to impede the Internal Revenue Service by hiding the sale of a cable television business. The plea came two years after he was convicted of fraud in a case also brought by Whitewater prosecutor Kenneth Starr. Tucker resigned but was...

Aug 2, 2005 : 9:26 pm ET RALEIGH, N.C. -- Democrats worked Tuesday to settle differences over pay raises, cigarette taxes and a lottery so they can close a budget deal for state government. House and Senate Democrats, who hold a majority in the Legislature, met privately for much of the past three days -- in caucus meetings, negotiation sessions and one-on-ones between House Speaker Jim Black and Senate leader Marc Basnight. "We're getting closer on these things," said Black, D-Mecklenburg. Legislative leaders want to have their final $17 billion spending blueprint for this year by late Wednesday. The new...

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The Free Enterprise Fund PAC is running an online petition urging ex-U.S. Rep. Jim Rogan to enter the race for Chris Cox's seat in Congress. Add your name! Let Jim know you support the idea.

We live in a time of great change, in America and around the globe. Democracy is on the rise in parts of the world few thought possible, the Middle East of all places. But at the same time, nearly half of America is running toward socialism and most of them don’t even know it… The Democratic Party was full of glee when Vermont Senator Jumpin’ Jim Jeffords defected from the Republican Party, re-titling himself an "Independent", but becoming a boot licking lackey for the DNC in the process. He had a long history of voting the other side of the...

This site is a piece of crap. The Admins are completely selective concerning what is posted and who is banned. You're banned for a simple expression of disgust, without racism or anything, yet we can see posted people flipping the finger, as well as animals and other creatures while vile anti-Semitic remarks and hatred are spewed forth on an hourly basis. Rip this and screw off, Admins.

JIM CARREY TELLS '60 MINUTES': MORE GOD, LESS PROZAC Thu Nov 18 2004 16:29:15 ET Jim Carrey says the anti-depressant Prozac that he took may have helped him at one time, but he's better off without it now. In fact, says the actor, a no-drugs-or-alcohol policy and a spiritual life are the things that make him feel good. Carrey speaks frankly in a rare one-on-one interview with Steve Kroft to be broadcast on 60 MINUTES Sunday, Nov. 21 (7:00-8:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. "I was on Prozac for a long time," he tells Kroft. "It may have...

The pundits are already prognosticating about last night’s presidential debates. Many say John Kerry “won,” but that’s not yet entirely clear. Am I the only person who noticed Kerry’s constant smirking, nodding, head-shaking, and general smugness while the President answered questions? Didn’t anyone else notice Jim Lehrer’s loaded questions directed at President Bush? Maybe Kerry scored a few points for debating, but he certainly didn’t win the November election early. A CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll of 615 registered voters who viewed the debate showed that Kerry “fared better” than Bush, but also revealed that those same voters still preferred President Bush...

In the September 20 issue of Time Magazine, author David Van Biema/Jackson writes very flippantly about a “Muslims Only” event held at Six Flags in New Jersey. He seems irritated that anyone would raise objections to religious segregation at a public amusement park. Before objections were raised, just how did the event’s organizers, the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA), plan to enforce Muslim-only entrance to Six Flags? By the way people dressed? By their skin color? Would entrants to the park have been forced to recite verses of the Koran? Were Jews wearing yarmulkes and Christians wearing crucifixes to...

Minneapolis Star Tribune censors IPW cartoonist IowaPresidentialWatch.com’s political cartoonist, Linda Eddy, has been censored by the Minneapolis Star Tribune. Eddy distributes her cartoons by email and regularly sends them to the Tribune. Her latest, showing John Kerry during his 1971 Senate testimony, is titled “Silencing Veterans since 1971” and shows an American soldier in Kerry’s hand, his head covered. Tribune Deputy Editorial Page Editor B. James Boyd responded to Eddy’s latest cartoon by banning any future editorials from the artist: “Please take me off your e-mail list. Your latest statements about Kerry are too much. He said no such...

Last night on August 9, 2004 Jim Robinson paid a visit to Portland, OR and we had a grand ol' time at John Barleycorn's PubHere are some pictures for your enjoyment                         The Place                                             paul thomas, Mrs. Atos, Atos Jr.and Mr. Atos ( Thank you Mr. Atos for setting up this great evening)    The guests of honor: Jim Robinson, Sheila & Chris                Mrs. fire-eye, Mr.WHATNEXT, WHATNEXT, fortress & fire-eye         WHATNEXT, NamVet, son of NamVet, ex-texan                                      LayoutGuru2  &   AndyfromBeaverton                                                                                             The group             WHATNEXT, ex-texan, LayoutGuru2, NamVet&  JimRob                            The man, the legend: Jim RobinsonIt was an honor to...

John Fraud Kerry has been on the stump saying that he would leave NO American behind if he were elected. Well, the question needs to be this WHY are 9 people actually supporting Kerry's Vietnam lies? NOT, why are 60 people questioning him! Especially Jim Rassman! Jim Rassman was thrown off Kerrys boat after boat #3 was hit by a mine and kerry hit the gas! then Kerry fled the scene for 5 minutes, leaving Jim Rassman behind! then he came back to pluck him out of the water. If i was Rassman I would of kicked Kerrys ass! Kerry...

 On March 13, 1969, Jim Rassmann, a U.S. Army Green Beret, was aboard PCF-35 - one of three swift boats traveling together on the Bai Hap River - when one, the PCF-3, struck a mine and immediately began to take incoming fire from the river bank. Kerry's boat at some point turned around and headed toward the damaged vessel when a second mine exploded nearby, throwing him against a bulkhead, causing an contusion to his right arm. The explosion also tossed Rassmann out of a third vessel, the PCF-35. With Rassmann in the water, it is alleged that enemy...

A Frankford resident may be on his way out after refusing to take out his trash for more than 3 years. Neighbors say between the smell and the roaches, it's unlivable next door. We asked some of the neighbors along the stretch of Ditman Street how long it's been since Jim Robinson, the owner of this home, has taken out the trash. Edward Mizvitowicz/Frankford: "At least three years." Edward Mizvitowicz lives next door, and he showed us his most recent collection of roaches that spread their way from the other side of his row-home wall. Mizvitowicz says he's never been...

Got Me Lookin' Like Gomer Pyle* * If you didn't know, the subject line is from a marching cadence. Otherwise, this would be a "Separated at Birth?" post including the above picture of John Kerry and Gomer Pyle (Jim Nabors.)

FreeRepublic: the safe-haven of the world. The one place of sanity in a global insane asylum. But what makes it safe? Or more correctly, WHO makes it safe? Why, the AdminMods and Jim Robinson, of course, as well as several others (no, not you, you vain freeper). But we seldom take the time to tell them "thanks" or "keep up the good work". Oh sure, we do it NOW, when the fundraisers happen, and we do it when there is a ZOT thread. But what if an Admin exerpts that was left unexerpted? Do you FReepmail him and say, "Thanks,...

<p>The man whose efforts led to a requirement that any Nevada tax increases have the support of at least two-thirds of all state legislators says he's proud those efforts figured in the lawmakers'special session on taxes.</p> <p>"The Gibbons Tax Restraint Initiative is doing what it was designed to do and that is to keep bad ideas from getting passed,"said Rep. Jim Gibbons, R-Nev., whose tax restraint initiative was approved overwhelmingly by voters in 1996.</p>

US officials start leaning toward view Saddam dead By Tabassum Zakaria WASHINGTON, April 11 (Reuters) - The fate of Saddam Hussein is still unclear but U.S. officials have started leaning slightly toward the view that the Iraqi leader is probably dead, U.S. officials said on Friday. U.S. intelligence agencies have picked up communications or "chatter" by Iraqis on the periphery of Saddam's toppled government saying they believed he had died. But officials caution that that by itself is not conclusive proof. Those Iraqis either know that Saddam is dead, believe he is dead but may be wrong, or are trying...

from the May 24, 2002 edition - http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0524/p01s01-uspo.html What Jeffords got, a year after switchVermont senator has little clout to show for his role in tipping Senate to Democrats.By Gail Russell Chaddock | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor WASHINGTON - Vermont Sen. Jim Jeffords has lost that deer-in-the-headlights look that he wore like a uniform during his last days as a Republican. He looks relaxed. And he's more famous than he ever imagined possible. "I had no idea what the response would be, not just here [in Washington], but worldwide," he says. A year ago today, Senator...

OPEN LETTER TO CONRESSMAN NETHERCUTT Dear Congressman Nethercutt, I'm writing to you today to ask you to oppose the expulsion of Congressman Traficant from the House of Representatives. Rep. Traficant's trial took place in a Kangaroo Court. The judge didn't allow him to present most of his evidence, or to argue that the government had a vendetta against him. The Judge, on more than one occasion, conducted proceedings that normally would be conducted in private, in front of the jurors. Its obvious that Congressman Traficant's prosecution (or rather, persecution) was politically motivated. His behavior and tirades on the house floor...