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MIDI - RHODE ISLAND'S IT FOR MEWe have a representative...who knows not where he's been Perhaps it was cocaine or pills...or a fifth of daddy's gin He drives his convertible...along our pretty shores He is a good liberal guy...we couldn't ask for more We really love the Kennedys...although they're often drunk Well, at least they didn't find a dead girl in his trunk Godspeed, Patrick...Godspeed, Patrick...may rehab work this time Rhode Island is forgiving you for each and every crime He stands up for all causes Green...although we all can see His car has a big V-8 with not...

Out of Control AIDS and the corruption of medical science Posted on Friday, April 7, 2006. Originally from Harper's Magazine, March 2006. By Celia Farber. Joyce Ann Hafford was a single mother living alone with her thirteen-year-old son, Jermal, in Memphis, Tennessee, when she learned that she was pregnant with her second child. She worked as a customer service representative at a company called CMC Call Center; her son was a top student, an athlete and musician. In April 2003, Hafford, four months pregnant, was urged by her obstetrician to take an HIV test. She agreed, even though she...

I have refrained from commenting on California’s budget because it is still uncertain exactly what is going to happen in this year’s budget debate. This, however, is what we know up to this point in time. Last year, the Legislature approved, and the Governor signed, a budget that increased state spending by $11 billion. The government employee unions complained that it wasn’t enough. This year, the Governor proposed a budget that increased spending by an additional $7 billion. The government employee unions are complaining that it is not enough. The Governor’s budget spends $6 billion more than projected revenue. The...

UNDOCUMENTED migrants are rushing to Mexico's border with Arizona, encouraged by the prospect of a guest-worker programme in the United States and anticipating a toughening of border security that would make a dangerous journey even more perilous.Detentions by the US border patrol in south-central Arizona, the busiest migrant-smuggling area, are up by more than 26 per cent since 1 October - 105,803, compared with 78,024 for the same period last year. Along the entire US- Mexico border, arrests have risen by 9 per cent. Many migrants say they are being encouraged by relatives in the US, who are betting on...

ADA SMITH Weight remark set her off. ALBANY - The woman who accused state Sen. Ada Smith of scalding her with hot coffee said her out-of-control boss threatened to kill her if she told anyone about the incident, an explosive new court document shows. In a deposition filed in Albany City Court yesterday, Jennifer Jackson said she was working at her job as an aide on the morning of March 21 when Smith came into the office carrying a cup of coffee and bragging she had lost 4.3 pounds. According to the deposition, when Jackson said she thought Smith...

NEA Education Insider: March 31, 2006 March 31, 2006 House Budget Up for Vote Next Week; Your Call Can Defeat Painful Ed Cuts The full House is expected to vote next week on a budget that would take away vital education and health services from schoolchildren, college students, and poor and working-class families in communities nationwide. The budget blueprint, passed by the House Budget Committee late Wednesday on a party line vote of 22-17, closely tracks President Bush’s budget proposal by cutting Education Department funding by $4.6 billion next year and a staggering $45.3 billion over the next five years....

Observing the pro-immigration demonstrations in Phoenix, Los Angeles, Atlanta and elsewhere in recent days, I wondered: whose country is this? Why are many illegal aliens who broke our laws to get here and who continue to break our laws to stay here, demanding that the United States not only allow them to remain, but support them with the taxes of law-abiding citizens? Have we gone mad?

Palestinian Authority officials on Saturday expressed deep concern over the growing state of anarchy and lawlessness in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, warning that the PA was rapidly losing control. Some Palestinians compared the situation to what's happening in Somalia, which is divided by fiefdoms run by clan leaders and warlords. "The situation in the Palestinian territories is very dangerous because we are no longer in control," a senior PA official here admitted. He said the latest cycle of internal violence, including the kidnapping of foreigners, attacks on public buildings and installations, and gun battles between rival gangs and...

White Supremacist Wants To Bankrupt N.Y. TownPOSTED: 6:22 pm EST November 19, 2005 KINGSTON, N.Y. -- A white supremacist radio talk-show host said he wants to bankrupt the city of Kingston, N.Y. Hal Turner organized a rally Saturday that drew about 50 supporters, 100 counter demonstrators -- and as many as 200 police officers. Turner invited the Ku Klux Klan and similar groups to help protest recent attacks on white students by black students at Kingston High School. Police have said the attacks were not motivated by race. Turner figures the city would have to pay $100,000 in overtime for...

A set-up? Two years ago Seymour Hersh ,in a usual anti-Bush article, offered up this interesting nugget about the “forged documents” which I think are the true target of the Wilson/Plame investigation. I give his report no particular credence but thought it might be of interest to readers: Another explanation was provided by a former senior C.I.A. officer. He had begun talking to me about the Niger papers in March, when I first wrote about the forgery, and said, “Somebody deliberately let something false get in there.” He became more forthcoming in subsequent months, eventually saying that a small group...

September 30, 2005--On the second evening following the indictment of House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, a growing number of Americans believe the charges against the powerful Republican are politically motivated. On Wednesday night, 43% said the charges were based upon the facts involved while 31% said they were politically motivated.On Thursday, following a full day of news coverage, 37% said the charges were based upon the facts while 39% said they were politically motivated.The rest of the data changed little from night to night. Seventeen percent (17%) had a favorable opinion of DeLay on both nights. Overall, 38% had an...

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- A landmark decision has been made in the fight for the Daytona Beach boardwalk. Late Friday afternoon, a judge ruled that the city had the right to take away property from three business owners. They were holding out from a developer that wants to turn the area into condos and hotels. However, the judge also decided that the developer will have to pay two or three times the amount he originally offered for the properties. The judge believes tearing down the old properties and redeveloping falls under the area of "public use."

As we all know, over the last few days, the MSM has been giving Scott McClellan a hard time about Karl Rove. The MSM is now so over the top with anger, they can no longer contain themselves. In the process they have proven to EVERYONE what they long denied, which is they are far left liberals. Lintening to the anger coming from these people like David Gregory is no different than watching out of control children throwing a temper tantrum. What I find so humorous is that for all their stupid questions and anger at President Bush and Karl...

/Vanity Alert On/ I know we sometimes get on the Canadians about getting the motes out of their own eyes before they look in our direction. Here's a good example. I sell a business opportunity. (Doesn't matter which one.) Today I was making sales calls by phone, and one of them was to an attorney in Quebec. He liked the opportunity, but he had to stop me. He recognized it could make him a fairly good amount of money, but he said that he could not take advantage of the offer because the government of Quebec would in effect smash...

Take a moment to consider all of the pressing issues facing America today. There is a war we are waging, and rightfully so, to rid the threat of Islamo-Fascist terror. That might rightfully, be placed right at the very top of our national concerns. After all tax-cuts, spending, education, and Social Security reform will take a back seat very quickly if terrorists were to strike here in America. So let us agree, for the purpose of this column, to assume the war on terror is the pre-eminent issue facing America. Now let us examine how the Bush administration has handled...

EPA Clean Air rules take effect in EastRule mandates cuts in emissions over next decade By Stephanie I. Cohen, MarketWatch Last Update: 12:19 PM ET May 12, 2005 WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) - New federal air rules took effect Thursday that require eastern states to reduce harmful emissions from coal-burning power plants that dirty the air of other states located "downwind" of the pollution sources. The Clean Air Interstate Rule, or CAIR rule, was published in the Federal Register Thursday, kicking off a timeline to clean up the air in 28 states and the District of Columbia by making permanent cuts in...

Wednesday May 11, 2005 By BRUCE SMITH Associated Press Writer CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) A federal judge has tossed out the state's law barring distribution of sexually explicit pictures to minors over the Internet, saying it violates the First Amendment and Congress' authority over interstate commerce.U.S. District Judge Patrick Duffy said in his ruling Monday that Internet filters are an equally effective and less restrictive alternative to keep such material from minors.The challenge was brought by booksellers and publishers, some of whom operate Web sites with material on topics like obstetrics, sexual health, visual art and poetry. They argued the law...

A Monster on the Loose Beijing wanted to shake up Tokyo?but not like this. China Photos-Getty Images Unrest: Did protests start with the leadership's silent backing? By Melinda Liu Newsweek April 25 issue - If there was a script, this wasn't in it. China's president, Hu Jintao, convened an emergency session of the Politburo's powerful Standing Committee two weekends ago, just hours after anti-Japanese protests in the capital first turned violent. Thousands of marchers had converged on the Japanese Embassy, breaking windows and chanting "Kill the Japanese!" and "Come out, Japanese pigs!" Diplomacy aside, Hu's big worry was the...

Anti-Japan protests raise doubts over Chinese government's control By Geoff Dyer in Shanghai Published: April 17 2005 16:53 | Last updated: April 17 2005 16:53Large political protests in China are a rarity and even planning a march can lead to jail-time. As a result, the series of anti-Japan demonstrations in China over the last two weeks has prompted suspicion the government was working behind the scenes to promote the protests. Yet with the latest round of marches over the weekend, including an occasionally violent, 20,000-strong demonstration in Shanghai, the perception is growing that the anti-Japanese sentiment might be slipping...