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ABC correspondent Jonathan Karl on Sunday hyperbolically declared that the Kennedys are "America’s family." Reporting on the funeral of Ted Kennedy for the August 30 Good Morning America, the reporter read a letter from the Senator to the Pope about his Catholic faith and how it sustained him in life. Karl opined, "...Kennedy did a better job summing up his own life than any of the other hundreds of eulogies we have heard over the last days." Describing the assembled clan at the funeral, Karl boldly asserted, "In the front, the Kennedys, America's family. Four generations shaped by the man...

A controversy is swirling in Boston over whether the city should have cleaned-up the area surrounding Edward Kennedy’s funeral service. The late Sen. Kennedy (D-Mass.) would have wanted the city to refrain from cleaning up the neighborhood surrounding the “Mission Church,” which attracted the eyes of the world for his Saturday funeral, says a Boston City Councilor. “If something big happens then there’s a lot of effort to make it look really sparkling and have everybody impressed,” said Councilor Chuck Turner. “The reality is that I think Senator Kennedy would have thought it would have been appropriate to not do...

Dr. LeRoy Carhart, one of the nation's few providers of late-term abortions, called on the federal government to treat as hate crimes all activities by "anti-choice domestic terrorists," compared the slain Dr. George Tiller to Martin Luther King and said planting crosses was equivalent to actions by the Ku Klux Klan. "This is the equivalent of Martin Luther King being assassinated," Dr. Carhart said of the May 31 slaying of one of America's best-known late-term abortion providers. "This is the equivalent of Pearl Harbor, the sinking of the Lusitania and any other major historic event where we've tolerated the intolerable...

We've got some TV reviews on two new shows this season. First, the 40 year old virgin stars in a quirky comedy known as "The Office". And what's "Pushing Up Daisies" all about? Guest writer Michelle entertains us with tales of a garage in need of defragging. Since when is our congress authorized to excoriate citizens for having an opinion? The Democrats chose a formidable enemy this time but click in because while I love the guy I think Rush Limbaugh could end up silenced under Hillary's wrath. Under "Weekly Whispers" on the sidebar.