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MASSIVE Anti-Illegal Immigration Rally at the Democrat Convention! August 25th! We've got some BIG NEWS for you -- the all-star lineup of speakers at the Rally Against Illegal Immigration just got even BETTER! We've just confirmed that Ambassador Alan Keyes, Congressman Bob Barr, and Reverend Chuck Baldwin -- all of them running for U.S. President -- PLUS anti-amnesty hero Rep. Tom Tancredo, will ALL be speaking at the day-long rally, right near the Democratic National Convention! You DO NOT want to miss this event!!! This MASSIVE Anti-Illegal Immigration Rally in Denver is less than ONE MONTH AWAY -- August 25th...

Hillary supporters not giving upBy Sara Burnett, Rocky Mountain News Updated 08:26 p.m., August 5, 2008 Hillary Clinton supporters will march through Denver during the Democratic National Convention to show appreciation for the New York senator's historic primary run and urge the party to place her name in nomination. The city issued a permit Tuesday to Colorado Women Count/Women Vote for a parade on Aug. 26 — the 88th anniversary of women's suffrage and the date Clinton is rumored to be speaking at the DNC. The group also will team with 18 Million Voices, a national organization of Clinton supporters,...

[Placed in the public domain, copying and widespread circulation are encouraged] Obama’s Sword of Damocles: October Surprise Won’t Surprise UsLooming Scandal Will “Toricelli” Barack Obama After Democratic National ConventionThe Democratic Party’s superdelegates, even those who have endorsed Barack Obama, need to do some serious reconsideration between now and the convention. Should Obama become the nominee, the Democrats are likely to find themselves in the same situation as they did with Robert Toricelli (D-NJ) in 2002. As described by Wikipedia (more information at the Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A20602-2001May12), In the middle of an increasingly competitive race against Republican Doug Forrester, Torricelli decided...

The passionate debate over immigration and workers' rights has dropped a few degrees from past years, but hundreds or thousands of demonstrators are expected to march through downtown Seattle during afternoon rush hour Thursday with a basic message:   "We are not undocumented. We are not illegal. We are workers." Or, as a bilingual flier for the event states in Spanish, "No somos ilegales. No somos indocumentados. Somos trabajadores."Until the nation's broken immigration system is repaired -- a process that might take years -- the rights of workers must be protected, organizers said Monday in announcing the ninth annual march.They...

Summary: "The average global temperature (land and ocean surface combined) for last month was the 2nd warmest on record for March, while the average temperature for the contiguous U.S. was near average (ranking the 63rd warmest), according to an analysis by NOAA's National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, N.C." U.S. Temperature Highlights "In the contiguous United States, the average temperature for March was 42°F, which was 0.4°F below the 20th century mean, ranking it as the 63rd warmest March on record, based on preliminary data. Only Rhode Island, New Mexico and Arizona were warmer than average, while near-average temperatures occurred...

As the state's population continues to grow in its urban centers, expansion plans for the highway system continue to be the focus for transportation improvements. The Trans Texas Corridor proposal is aimed to alleviate traffic congestion, improve air quality and provide safer traveling for drivers, among other goals. In 2002, Texas Governor Rick Perry released the plan to create the passageway, which spans northeast from Laredo to Oklahoma and is set to total 4,000 miles in the next 50 years. The $140 billion project calls for the incorporation of new toll roads, commuter railways, power lines and gas pipelines, while...

For Peyton Gilbert, the battle over the Trans-Texas Corridor is reminiscent of the moment in 1836 when Lt. Col. William Travis drew a line in the sand at the Alamo and invited those willing to fight thousands of Mexican soldiers to step across. "That line in the sand is the Trans-Texas Corridor, and it's a threat to our sovereignty again, just like at the Alamo," said Gilbert, 14, who is from Whitehouse, near Tyler. Gilbert was among a large crowd of people who marched down Congress Avenue to the Capitol on Saturday afternoon to demonstrate against the proposed highway-rail-utility corridor...

Lufkin Mayor Jack Gorden has been selected by the Texas Transportation Committee to serve on a citizens' advisory committee for putting together information regarding the proposed Interstate 69/Trans-Texas Corridor. According to Texas Department of Transportation officials, advisory committee members represent a cross-section of community and business leaders, landowners, local transportation experts and others. "Our goal is to enhance the public dialogue and meaningfully involve more Texans in transportation decisions," said Texas Transportation Commission Chair Hope Andrade. "These committees will have an important seat at the table as we work together to shape the future of transportation for our state." Gorden...

The Texas Transportation Commission today selected members to serve on two citizens’ advisory committees for the Trans-Texas Corridor. Area residents on the I-35 Corridor Advisory Committee include Karen Marstaller of Waco, Don Greene of Lorena and John Erwin of Hillsboro. Each committee will advise the Texas Department of Transportation in the planning of two priority corridors. One committee will focus on Interstate 35 corridor and TTC-35, while the other committee will advise the department on the proposed Interstate 69 corridor and I-69/TTC. The Corridor Advisory Committees represent a cross-section of community and business leaders, land owners, local transportation experts and...

There's been a lot of talk about the new Trans-Texas Corridor — the next-generation "super-highway" — and opinions are varying. Now the debate is coming to Lufkin's doorstep. On Monday, the American Land Foundation, Stewards of the Range and TURF will hold a workshop at Lufkin's Pitser Garrison Civic Center on how to stop the Trans-Texas Corridor 69. The event runs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. A portion of Texas citizens have voiced their opposition to the TTC-69 in public meetings held by the Texas Department of Transportation, but believing they are not being heard, four cities and their...

In the midst of inflation, funding difficulties and halted expansion projects, a budget error on the part of the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) may have exacerbated their challenges. "TxDOT does some mysterious accounting," said Rep. Chuck Hopson (D-Jacksonville). "They had close to $1 billion counted in their budget twice." "That was a serious error on our part and we have made changes to try to prevent that type of error from occurring again," said TxDOT Spokesman Chris Lippincott, adding that the amount added twice in their financial statement was unrelated to the $1.2 billion in federal rescissions, which are...

Protesters against the Texas-Mexico border fence will launch a nine-day march at the Rio Grande today, starting at Roma, Texas, and ending in Brownsville. The 115-mile march is organized in part by schoolteachers at U.S. border schools who say they don't want to see a fence cleave through entwined communities.

(IsraelNN.com) The Czech Federation of Jewish Communities has filed a legal complaint against a march of neo-Nazis on the Sabbath in the city of Plzen. The complaint includes charges that marchers demonstrated Nazi salutes outside a synagogue and chanted anti-Semitic slogans, such as "Jews to gas." Police did not intervene despite being told of the incidents, and city officials said they permitted the march because there had not been any history of such behavior.

Last Sunday's Million Mom March, the gun-control protest organized (as the major media is finally admitting) by the sister-in-law of Hillary Clinton's longtime lawyer pal and hatchet woman, surly Susan Thomases, may not do the Democrats much good this year. ...It doesn't take a weatherman to figure out that the average citizen doesn't want national policy determined by packs of weeping women led by a shrill, dimwitted talk-show host (Hillary sycophant Rosie O'Donnell).

WASHINGTON -- President George W. Bush voiced support for abortion opponents attending this year's March for Life rally in Washington. Tens of thousands of abortion protesters gathered on the National Mall on Tuesday for the annual event. In remarks being broadcast to demonstrators, Bush said biology confirms that from the start, each unborn child is a separate individual with his or her own genetic code.

A few pictures from the Walk for Life 2008 in San Francisco. It takes a great deal of courage to do this in the belly of the beast by the Bay. Thousands turned out and were blessed with excellent weather.

Thursday, December 20, 2007 MITT ROMNEY, 2008 HOMEPAGE CAMPAIGN BOXDid Romney's Father Really March With MLK? (UPDATED)I had seen this story yesterday, and been not quite sure what to make of it - some folks said they couldn't find anything to verify Mitt Romney's story of his father, Michigan Governor George Romney, marching with Martin Luther King. Romney said he remembered watching it, and David Broder had apparently made a reference to it in one of his books. And in the passing decades, records get lost, photos (if any) get lost. Memories fade.But it looks like Mitt Romney and his...

Clinton-backed group diverted tax exempt money to political campaigns, filed questionable tax return The anti-Second Amendment Million Mom March is yet another example of Creative Clinton Campaign financing, with 501(c)(3) tax exempt money being redirected for political campaign and electioneering purposes. Not only did the organization use tax deductible money to support the election campaigns of Al Gore and other candidates, it filed a very creative Form 990 tax return for the year in question. Hillary Clinton was closely involved in orchestrating the Million Mom March, and its questionable activities reflect very strongly on her personal character and integrity. For...

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Hundreds of gunmen from the shadowy Army of Islam marched in a funeral for five Gaza militants Thursday, firing in the air in their first public appearance in such large numbers. The five Army of Islam members buried Thursday were among a total of 12 Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes over two days. The Israeli military said it has targeted militants involved in rocket fire on Israeli border towns. A statement from the group posted on Islamic Web sites on Thursday said a sixth member wounded in Wednesday's strike against its men had since died...

20,000 march against Myanmar government About 20,000 people led by Buddhist monks demonstrated against Myanmar's military junta Sunday, in what has quickly become the largest anti-government demonstrations since the failed democratic uprising in 1988. The 10,000 monks marched from Yangon's famous Shwedagon Pagoda to the nearby Sule Pagoda before passing the U.S. Embassy, witnesses said. Monks shouted support for detained democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, while the crowd of 10,000 protected them by forming a human chain along the route. It was the sixth straight day monks have marched in Yangon, and came a day after they were allowed...

        Abortion Methods     PoliticsInternationalWhat Can I Do? Educational InformationNews PartnersCulture Features Crisis Pregnancy Support Free DailyE-News Subscribe Friends New on LifeSite Donate About Us Contact Site Map Wednesday July 25, 2007 Printer friendly version Email to a friend   Canada's Crossroads Walkers Enter Toronto With Parliament Hill Only Two Weeks Away By Elizabeth O'BrienTORONTO, ON, July 25, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - With thousands of kilometers behind them and just over two weeks away from their final goal at Parliament Hill, the Crossroads pro-life walkers will be entering Toronto this weekend.Since they started walking in Vancouver,...

Dublin, July 9, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - "The turnout was far beyond expectations, we were thrilled with the day", said an ecstatic Eoghan De Faoite, Chairman of the organising rally committee and leader of the pro-life group Youth Defence. The Irish pro-life rally, called 'Celebrate Life', which set off from the General Post Office, on Dublin's main street, had heads spinning as the colour and the enthusiasm of the crowd grabbed the attention of thousands of Dublin shoppers on a busy Saturday afternoon in Ireland's Capital. The rally was headed up with a banner, held by a number of young women,...

Noting that today is July 4, we thought it might be instructive to show how the Million Mom March (the brainchild of Hillary Clinton's friend Donna Dees-Thomases, with considerable backing from Hillary Clinton) displays the American flag. This picture was on the Million Mom March's home page shortly after the Mother's Day rally in 2000. According to the four adult Million Mom Marchers in the picture, the photographer who took the picture, and the Webmaster who posted it, this is how Hillary Clinton's friends think our country's flag should be displayed. Res ipsa loquitur, the thing speaks for itself.

The organizer of the Million Mom March scheduled to take place in Washington, D.C., this Sunday, Mother's Day, is the sister-in-law of first lady Hillary Clinton's closest friend and political advisor and has served as publicist for CBS News anchor Dan Rather. As reported by columnist Tony Blankley in yesterday's Washington Times, virtually all major media coverage of march organizer Donna Dees-Thomasas has failed to disclose that she is the sister-in-law of Susan Thomasas, Mrs. Clinton's chief political advisor and close friend."To deny the readers (and viewers) such necessary -- and available -- information is to breach ... the moral...

'Smoking Gun' Clinton Tape Released to Public By Fred Lucas CNSNews.com Staff Writer June 22, 2007 (CNSNews.com) - The video described in a civil suit as "smoking gun" evidence that Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) committed felonies became available on the Internet Friday. On the tape the former first lady and leading Democratic presidential contender is heard speaking in 2000 with Hollywood mogul Peter Paul, comic book icon Stan Lee, and director Aaron Tonkin about a massive fundraising event for her 2000 Senate race. Paul spent about $2 million of his own money to produce the event but later had a...

Ottawa, Canada (LifeNews.com) -- A leading pro-life advocate in Canada is chiding the nation's media there saying that it ignored the recent March for Life that took place. As LifeNews.com previously reported, thousands of Canadians went to the nation's capital to register their opposition to abortion. Corrie Haas, president of Renfrew County Right to Life in Ontario said there were 6,800 people attending but was chagrined that CBC-TV reported only about 1,500 people in attendance. She said that there was no room left in standing room only areas for two church services that led off the march. "Pro-Lifers who have...

DAMASCUS, Syria - Hundreds of thousands of Syrians thronged the capital Thursday to support a second seven-year term for President Bashar Assad. The rally came ahead of a referendum Sunday when voters are expected to approve a second mandate for Assad, who succeeded his father, Hafez Assad, in 2000 at the helm of Syria's autocratic regime. There are no other candidates. The demonstration was headed by a number of Syrian officials and ministers. It was one of several rallies held across the country since parliament, dominated by the ruling Baath Party, unanimously nominated 41-year-old Assad for a second term. Celebrations...

Over 4000 particiants but TV station reported there were only 50, others report there were 800By Hilary White WARSAW, May 22, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Back-to-back rallies in Poland are highlighting the growing struggle in that country to defend the sanctity of human life and the natural family. Increasing assaults by the internationalist abortion and homosexual movement on the social order, defined in Poland for centuries by Catholic social teaching, prompted the League of Polish Families to initiate an annual March for Life and Family. Although there was no media advertising, the 2nd annual March doubled its numbers from 2000 in...

By Lou Dobbs CNN Adjust font size: Editor's Note: Lou Dobbs' commentary appears weekly on CNN.com. NEW YORK (CNN) -- What a spectacle, what a mess. What a day for thousands and thousands of illegal aliens and their supporters to march through the streets of many of our biggest cities demanding amnesty for illegally entering the country. Tuesday was given over to illegal aliens and their supporters to demand forgiveness for using fraudulent documents and assisting others in entering this country illegally.

WASHINGTON, April 11, 2007 – All service branches met or exceeded their active-duty recruiting goals in March, but three of the six reserve components missed their targets, Defense Department officials announced yesterday. “For the month, the armed forces have done extraordinarily well,” Bill Carr, the deputy undersecretary for Military Personnel Policy, said in an interview. In March, the two ground services exceeded their recruiting goals. The Army had a goal of 5,500 recruits and actually enlisted 5,545 new soldiers, for 101 percent. The Marine Corps had a target of 1,787 and enlisted 1,936 recruits, for 108 percent of its...

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Jerusalem Affairs Minister Edri has asked the police to consider banning the Homosexual Parade in Jerusalem, scheduled for nine days from now. The police are leaning towards calling it off. The police announced last night (Tuesday) that they were planning to deploy in top-level strength for the event - a declaration perceived by some to be a salvo in the public-opinion war over whether or not to allow the march. One internal police source said the announcement was publicized merely to stir up anti-march sentiment; official police sources denied this. Hareidi-religious affairs commentator Yossi Elituv said, "The fight against the...

HOUSTON -- Houston-area Islamic groups joined a nationwide campaign to denounce terrorism, Local 2 reported Friday. The public service announcements hit the airwaves Thursday. The campaign is called "Not in the Name of Islam." CAIR, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, released it to build understanding. "Muslims are not only victims of the terrorists attacks but also have to deal with the stigmatization of being blamed for the heinous crimes of a minuscule minority." Said Rodwan Saleh, with the Islamic Society of Greater Houston. Houston's Islamic leaders joined together to applaud a religious ruling against terrorism and religious extremism. "We want...

Jerusalem police are expected to decide this week whether to allow a controversial international gay pride parade to take place in the city this summer amidst growing international opposition to the event by an unusual coalition of religious Christians, Jews, and Muslims around the world. The super-sensitive police decision, which will be taken by Internal Security Minister Avi Dichter in consultation with Jerusalem police chief Ilan Franco, comes after months of simmering tension over the planned August event, with concerns growing of a violent showdown between extremist opponents of the parade and its participants if it goes ahead as scheduled....

Imagine the 2008 November election preceeded by a 200,000 man victory march down Pennsylvania Ave-enabled by an Iraq that is strong enough, experienced enough, and dedicated enough to fight its own fight. Preceeded by the death of Bin Laden sometime over the next 2 1/2 yrs....How does a dem get a snowball's chance in Frisco weeks later? The left that's betting and quasi hoping/aiding on a defeat-begging for it (and calling for it today in fact!) has ignored the most likely scenarios. Most likely? Every objective in Iraq-every milestone has been reached by the US military, and so there's no...

SAO PAULO, Brazil An estimated three (m) million evangelical Christians have staged a huge rally in the heart of Sao Paolo, Brazil, demonstrating their growing influence in the world's largest Roman Catholic country. Crowding next to sound trucks blasting Christian music, marchers wore T-shirts advertising their annual "March for Jesus." The hymn-singing evangelicals walked to skyscraper-lined Avenida Paulista, Brazil's version of Wall Street, then gathered around a stage to hear Christian bands play. Sao Paulo police estimated the crowd at three (m) million, double last year's estimate. The march is held each year on the same day the Catholic Church...

BREAKING NEWS: Jury Returns With Guilty Verdict Posted: 6/8/2006 2:48:00 PM Updated: 6/8/2006 3:06:31 PM After three hours of deliberation on Wednesday and nearly five hours on Thursday, the jury in Perry March’s murder-for-hire trial found March guilty on all counts. Perry March walked into the court room Thursday afternoon at 2:30. His demeanor was relaxed. There were several people in the court room waiting for the jury to deliver the verdict including police officers, the March family, and the Levines. The jury found March guilty of conspiracy to commit murder, and guilty on two counts of solicitation to commit...

Nationwide Rally to Stop Illegal Immigration on Saturday, July 1st, at noon, at every City HallOn May 1st - Million of Illegal Aliens Marched in our StreetsTwelve million illegal aliens demonstrated their political power, and declared May 1st to be A Day Without Undocumented Workers ( illegal aliens ). They boycotted the USA, all US businesses and institutions. Millions of them marched in our streets, carried Mexican flags, shouted "Si se puede!", and demanded new laws from our Congress. On July 1st - U.S. Citizens Nationwide Rally and BoycottRally to stop the invasion by millions of illegal aliens. 1-Day boycott...

WASHINGTON, May 29, 2006 – Among the many veterans, active military units and war re-enactors marching down Constitution Avenue today were hundreds of high school students in heavy wool uniforms. Members of Lake Orion High School Marching Band march and sweat down Constitution Avenue in the National Memorial Day Parade in Washington, D.C., May 29. Chaperones work their way through the group offering them water bottles. The parade honored the men and women of America's armed forces who have given their lives for the nation's freedom. Photo by Paul X. Rutz  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. "It's an...

USA Citizens Day - July 1st Immigration Control Rally Nationwide Rally on Saturday, July 1st, at noon, at your City HallMay 1st - Million of Illegal Aliens Marched in our StreetsTwelve million illegal aliens demonstrated their political power, and declared May 1st to be A Day Without Undocumented Workers ( illegal aliens ). They boycotted the USA, all US businesses and institutions. Millions of them marched in our streets, carried Mexican flags, shouted "Si se puede!", and demanded new laws from our Congress. July 1st - U.S. Citizens Nationwide Rally for Immigration ControlRally to stop our continuous invasion by...

Thousands of Mexicans took to the streets Monday to support migrants in the United States and celebrated what they called a "Day Without Gringos" by shunning U.S.-owned supermarkets, fast-food restaurants and American goods. Measuring the boycott's impact proved difficult, however, because business is normally reduced to a fraction of normal volume on Mexico's May Day holiday. Some Mexicans vowed not to buy from or patronize any businesses related to the United States, while others said they found it difficult to avoid doing so. Customers streamed into some branches of Wal-Mart, McDonald's and Burger King in the Mexican capital despite the...

L.A. Authorities Brace for Huge Immigration Marches By Hector Becerra and Andrew Blankstein Times Staff Writers April 28, 2006 Two immigrant rights demonstrations Monday in Los Angeles could each draw a half-million marchers or more, police said Thursday, as officials expressed concern about a major disruption of traffic, commerce and school. LAPD Assistant Chief George Gascon said the estimates are based on street intelligence and what he described as a well-organized campaign involving radio stations, churches and community groups. Police do not expect trouble, he added. Demonstrations are planned for downtown at noon and Mid-Wilshire at 4 p.m. Gascon said...

BAGHDAD, April 13, 2006 – Coalition and Iraqi forces killed a wanted extremist with high-level terrorism ties during an early morning raid March 27 near Baghdad's Abu Ghraib district, Multinational Force Iraq officials here announced today. Rafid Ibrahim Fattah, also known as Abu Umar al-Kurdi, had ties to Taliban members in Afghanistan, Pakistan-based extremists, and al Qaeda senior leaders including Osama bin Laden and Ayman al Zawahiri, officials said. He also had ties with Jaysh al Islami -- "The Islamic Army in Iraq" -- and the Iraqi resistance group Ansar al Sunnah. Over the past six months, the Kurdi worked...

More than 2,000 immigrants waving American flags marched downtown Monday as protesters fanned out across the state to demand immigration reform to legalize an estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants. "We are united. We are not going anywhere," protesters chanted as they marched nearly nine miles to the federal building. "A lot of us here broke the law to get here," said Umberto Rosas, 36, as he carried his 1-year-old daughter, Sandy, on his shoulders. "That doesn't mean we don't love America." Activists say the Senate's decision last week not to push through a bill that would have given many illegal...

Thousands of immigrants packing a rally Sunday at the state Capitol in St. Paul couldn't even hear the speeches. But the message came through loud and clear: We are hard-working Americans, not criminals. "If we are coming here, it is because we're looking for better lives," said Juan Carlos Anaya of St. Paul, who came to the rally with his wife, Norma, and their three children. "We're peaceful people. We're honest people. And we're helping the economy grow." Police estimated the crowd at 30,000, making the rally the largest gathering at the Capitol since a memorial service after the Sept....

The United States did its best to keep German Morales from entering the country. Border Patrol agents captured him, fingerprinted him, trundled him back to Mexico, over and over, until he burrowed under a border fence, survived a wild police chase and landed, with a fresh set of fake documents, in St. Paul. Where the Minnesota economy promptly welcomed him as a new employee. And where he is still working, legally now 10 years later, as foreman of a landscaping firm that might not make it without workers like him. The United States says "Alto!" or "Halt!" at the border,...

Why aren't we marching in support of the laws and Contitution of the United States? Why aren't we marching for border security? Are we to be cowered in this America, by people here illegaly? What have we come to... a country of Wimps?

State Senator Ron Gould has asked Gov. Janet Napolitano to call out the National Guard for a march and rally for immigration reform planned for Monday in downtown Phoenix. The march is expected to attract 100,000 people, which would make it the largest march in the history of Phoenix. Gould says calling in the Guard will be necessary to keep the crowds under control and be on alert for any trouble that might arise. The governor agrees that because of the anticipated size of the crowd, public safety is a concern. "This is a lawful march," said Napolitano. "It's designed...

I've been looking for some well-organized anti-illegal immigration from Georgia to DC so I could try to join in. But I don't see much activity. Also why doesn't Rush and/or Hannity tell us to meet on such and such a day. I'd travel across the country but there's no word. Radio hosts are organizing illegal alien protests, but conservatives seem to think it is bad form to do the same. I am truly baffled. It's now or never. KookooCachoo

In 1942, Arthur Rice suffered through the Bataan Death March, 65 miles of heat, dehydration and abuse that claimed the lives of many of his fellow U.S. soldiers. He then toughed out years of forced labor as a Japanese prisoner of war. "My dad was such a survivor," said Jennyne Bilsky, 59, Rice's eldest child. "We always thought he had nine lives." Rice, an Air Force master sergeant, died in his Austin home Sunday morning. He was 89.