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In what may be the biggest understatement since "Houston, we've had a problem" echoed through the cosmos 38 years ago, a Sauk Rapids man said today from his hospital bed that he's lucky to be alive after being struck by a freight train. Christopher Gilhoi, 30, was lying between the tracks when the train, "traveling slower than usual," ran over him Saturday night as he walked home from an evening at the bar with friends. Gilhoi said he remembers almost nothing from the incident, chalking up his foggy memory to the concussion he suffered and being "relatively drunk" at the...

I was going to put on the gas mask and pull the lever for McCain this November but events of the past few days have led me not to vote for him. 1: McCain speaking at the racist, reconquista La Raza conference. 2: McCain still opposed to drilling in ANWR and comparing it to drilling in the Grand Canyon despite $4 + and climbing gas prices. Accoring to NRO Corner when asked about this he seemed peeved someone would have the audacity to ask him that question. 3: McCain giving veto power to coastal states on offshore drilling. The US...

JERUSALEM - The U.S. has reinstated the Fulbright scholarships of seven Gaza Strip students blocked by Israel from leaving the Hamas-ruled territory, according to a letter obtained by The Associated Press. The students were informed Thursday that their scholarships for the upcoming academic year would be deferred because they couldn't get out of Gaza, which Israel blockaded after Islamic Hamas militants seized power a year ago. A letter dated Sunday from the U.S. consulate in Jerusalem said officials were working to secure exit permits so the students could continue the visa and university placement process. "We are working very closely...

Mitt believers, is that headache you have just the hangover from last nights celebration or is it today's polls! The "gold standard" poll of the Des Moines Register has Huck with a 6 point lead with two days to go! Today's Zogby daily tracking poll has Huck building a lead for the past few days. Huckabee has the "big mo".

I know I'm going to be flamed and elections are still a year and a half away but the momentum seems to be favoring Hilary as the next POTUS. The sooner Republicans and conservatives accept the fact President Bush and the congressional Republicans have so enraged their base and independents that the Democratic Party will gain even stronger control over the congress and will take back the White House in the 2008 elections. What is to blame for the collapse of the Republican dominance over the US? Corruption, arrogant refusal to heed the wishes of the public (especially on immigration...

Senate Republicans have mustered enough votes to scuttle a proposed troop withdrawal from Iraq. A roll call is continuing and the vote is not final.

On May 1 2007, organizations like Mecha & La Raza will march in support of the "Struggle Throughout Occupied Mexico"If you support the Reconquista movement, please join George W. Bush and his Attorney General, La Raza member Antonio Gonzales in support of this movement. How Can You Help? Contact these organizations/companies below and thank them for supporting the La Raza Unida Aetna Foundation AFL-CIO AFSCME Allstate Foundation Allstate affiliate companies information America's Charter School Finance Corporation American Airlines Anheuser-Busch Companies Annie E. Casey Foundation TRELLIS FUND AOL Time Warner Bank of America Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation The Bridgestone/Firestone...

Elizabeth Edwards says she is scared of the "rabid, rabid Republican" who owns property across the street from her Orange County home — and she doesn't want her kids going near the gun-toting neighbor. Edwards, the wife of Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards, particularly recalls the time neighbor Monty Johnson brought out a gun while chasing workers investigating a right of way off his property. The Edwards family has yet to meet Johnson in person. "I wouldn't be nice to him anyway," Edwards said in an interview. "I don't want my kids anywhere near some guy who when he doesn't...

The 1990-2006 War in Iraq might soon be over. The head of the British Army is calling for the removal of his nation’s troops. Other members of the Coalition of the Willing are preparing to leave this year as well. The Iraq Studies Group headed by former Secretary of State Baker is putting together a report to be released in December, and it will either suggest pulling American forces out of the fight and positioning them along the border of Iraq or pulling out all together. Even the Iraqi government is working to divide the nation politically along ethnic lines...

America : How Much is a Billion? A Billion!!!!! Here's some thought provoking information - The next time you hear a politician use the word "billion" in a casual manner, think about whether you want the "politicians" spending your tax money . A billion is a difficult number to comprehend, but one advertising agency did a good job of putting that figure into some perspective in one of its releases . . . A billion seconds ago it was 1959... A billion minutes ago Jesus was alive... A billion days ago no-one walked on the earth on two feet... A...

Rather hillarious the level of obliviousness. And odd to see the Israeli troops eating popsicles.

So the current buzz is stating that the Democrats are finally waking up to what we've known since 1993: Hillary is a disaster waiting to happen. And who are they increasingly looking to as their savior? Why, Al Gore of course! This leads me to ask a simple question, just for fun: Which is the greater evil: Hillary or Al Gore? Which one would scare you more if they made it to the White House?

Mexican Standoff I don't know how everybody else feels about it, but to me I think Hispanic people in this country, legally or illegally, made a huge public relations mistake with their recent demonstrations. I don't blame anybody in the world for wanting to come to the United States of America, as it is a truly wonderful place. But when the first thing you do when you set foot on American soil is illegal it is flat out wrong and I don't care how many lala land left heads come out of the woodwork and start trying to give me...

Ok friends, It seems I've irked a Muslim in Britain with one of my postings somewhere. I received quite a scolding via e-mail from a gentleman who is certain the media distorts the truth about Islam, Muslims, etc... After reading through the rant, I thought it would be a great opportunity to see if I could actually have a dialog about the wonderful "Religion of Peace" (this, after reading about how I'll think differently once they come for me). Instead of a flame war with him, I'm going to actually see if he has any answers about some things in...

Are we in a Bullion Bubble? Gold and silver are rocketing to new highs. Look at the trend: Monday Gold was over $604 and silver $13.33. By the end of the day Gold was $618. Tuesday it was Gold $620 and Silver $13.55. This Morning Gold $624.90 and Silver $14.16. Right now Gold is $632.70 and Silver $14.54! I have read that there are two major things, in addition to oil prices, causing the rise. For Gold it has to do with a rumor that China plans to convert a small bit of their dollar reserves to Gold. For silver,...

Central American Songbird Provides Confirmation of Intelligent Design Lincoln, NE (AP) - Researchers at the University of Nebraska have, for the first time, confirmed a prediction of the controversial theory known as intelligent design, or ID.  The unexpected discovery was made by Paavamanti Ashook and Jessica Aylesworth, two graduate students working under the direction of Dr. Peter Harl, a professor in the Department of Biology at the University of Nebraska, while they were sequencing a section of the genetic code for the turquoise-browed motmot, Eumomota superciliosa, a Central American songbird. The Turquiose-browed Motmot of Central America may provide the first...

Earlier this morning John Gambling had Chris Wallace on his WABC radio show. Wallace is on every Friday morning so he can plug his weekend show. I don't know much about this show since I stopped watching when Tony Snow left and Wallace took over. But what I do know that This weeks plug showed Chris to be either stupid or lazy. I can't decide. Wallace said that the president was in trouble because "the AP poll shows him at his lowest point so far" or something to that effect. Then he pointed out that the Democrats are leading Republicans...

I love going to liberal blog's and to hear the mind numbing robots rant and rave about the culture of corruption, but yesterday after the Oscars it hit me, What about the libearals and their "CORRUPTION OF OUR CULTURE?" Weather it be MTV, liberal professors and teachers indoctrinating our kids, Brokeback Mountain, Tranvestite America, Scientology, teacher unions, George Soro's dumping roughly 80 million into our election cycle etc.... I think the liberals "Corruption of Culture" has far more damaging effects on our society vs. a few politicians caught with their hand in the cookie jar doing something that elected officials...

I was having a look around http://www.gunbroker.com/ and I came across a cheap little .22 caliber AK knockoff. It doesn't have any of functional features of a traditional AK, it's just a cute little pop gun in an AK wrapper. It was made in the PI and called an AK "trainer". I was thinking of buying it as a toy, on the assumption that it would be worth $150 or so for all the laughs it would get at the range. Well it turns out the while the federal assault weapons ban may have gradfathered, we have our own vaguely...