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  • Cartoons and Islamic Imperialism

    02/07/2006 6:48:32 AM PST · by forty_years · 22 replies · 1,952+ views
    War to Mobilize Democracy, LLC ^ | February 7, 2006 | Daniel Pipes
    The key issue at stake in the battle over the twelve Danish cartoons of the Muslim prophet Muhammad is this: Will the West stand up for its customs and mores, including freedom of speech, or will Muslims impose their way of life on the West? Ultimately, there is no compromise: Westerners will either retain their civilization, including the right to insult and blaspheme, or not.More specifically, will Westerners accede to a double standard by which Muslims are free to insult Judaism, Christianity, Hinduism, and Buddhism, while Muhammad, Islam, and Muslims enjoy immunity from insults? Muslims routinely publish cartoons far more...
  • Iran Nuclear Stand-Off Escalates

    01/10/2006 4:03:12 PM PST · by blam · 9 replies · 404+ views
    BBC ^ | 1-10-2006
    Iran nuclear stand-off escalates Iran has broken the international seals at the Natanz plant Iran's dispute with the UN and Western countries has deepened after Tehran resumed nuclear research. As Iran removed UN seals from equipment at Natanz facility, UN nuclear chief Mohamed ElBaradei said Tehran would start small-scale nuclear enrichment. The move was condemned by the US and European countries, which fear Iran is seeking to produce atomic bombs. Tehran denies the accusation, saying it wants to produce nuclear energy only. In a statement from the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) headquarters in Vienna, Mr ElBaradei said that as...
  • Operation Liberty Express veterans stand post together

    12/21/2005 4:49:49 PM PST · by SandRat · 4 replies · 336+ views
    Marine Corps News ^ | Dec 21, 2005 | Cpl. James D. Hamel
    AL ASAD, Iraq -- When Iraqis took to the polls Oct. 15 to vote on their new constitution, Sgt. Katherine Weller and Lance Cpl. Carlos Chilla were in the mix, providing security for the poll workers as part of Operation Liberty Express. Two months later, as Iraqis voted for their national parliament, Chilla and Weller returned to Camp Liberty, serving the same duty as they had before, with a distinctive twist: they were battle buddies, standing post together. “I was grateful to be with her because we both knew what to expect,” said Chilla, a Wai Ko Loa, Hawaii, native,...
  • Vote for Alex (Freep this Poll-Vote for Little Girl/Cancer Fighter over Liberal Icon)

    12/12/2005 12:17:09 PM PST · by Behind Liberal Lines · 14 replies · 708+ views
    Wall St. Journal-Best of the Web Today (last item) ^ | Monday, December 12, 2005 2:39 p.m. EST | BY JAMES TARANTO
    Beliefnet.com is holding a reader survey to pick the most inspiring person of 2005. Among the finalists is Alex Scott, a little girl who died of cancer last year. Alex was diagnosed with cancer two days before her first birthday, and as she got older, she became quite an activist: In 2000, when she was just four years old, Alex told her parents she wanted to raise money for cancer research. She chose a time-honored kid's project--a front-yard lemonade stand--but unlike most lemonade stands, she raised $2,000 in a single day. Soon, Alex's friends joined in to help, opening lemonade...
  • Few Democrats willing to stand up for statewide races (Texas Chicken Cut & Run backlash?)

    12/08/2005 5:11:48 AM PST · by Libloather · 13 replies · 670+ views
    Austin American Statesman ^ | 12/04/05 | Jason Embry, W. Gardner Selby
    Few Democrats willing to stand up for statewide races By Jason Embry By W. Gardner Selby AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF Sunday, December 04, 2005 On the eve of an election year when the governorship, a U.S. Senate seat and other statewide posts are on the ballot, the Texas Democratic Party last week was urging visitors to its Web site to get behind four hopefuls — including the mother of NFL quarterback Drew Brees — running for the Austin-based 3rd Court of Appeals. Activists insist that their focus on races such as the 24-county judicial contest is not a sign that the party...
  • Bush to Troops: 'The American People Stand Behind You'

    11/30/2005 5:27:38 PM PST · by SandRat · 5 replies · 420+ views
    American Forces Press Service ^ | Nov 30, 2005 | Sgt. Sara Wood, USA
    WASHINGTON, Nov. 30, 2005 – Victory in Iraq will require the strength and courage of U.S. servicemembers, who by fighting terrorists in Iraq are defeating a direct threat to the American people, President Bush said today at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md. Speaking to the brigade of midshipmen, Bush said that although there is vigorous debate in Washington about the war in Iraq, the troops shouldn't doubt that the American people support them. "When you're risking your life to accomplish a mission, the last thing you want to hear is that mission being questioned in our nation's capital,"...
  • What the heck is wrong with you, Mr. President?

    11/09/2005 2:11:49 PM PST · by MAKnight · 308 replies · 7,197+ views
    MAKnight | 11/09/2005 | MAKnight
    Good day Mr. President, With all due respect, sir, what in the name of the Almighty is wrong with you? And when I ask you this question I do believe I am speaking for the vast majority of those people who walked the precincts, sent down the checks, who cheered loudest when the Ohio results came in last year in November. I am talking about your supporters. Those of us who have and most likely will continue to stick by you until the day you finally return to Crawford three years from now. We are the ones who have kept...
  • Aide to former Ill. governor takes stand

    09/29/2005 7:06:38 PM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 6 replies · 547+ views
    ap on Yahoo ^ | 9/29/05 | Mike Robinson - ap
    CHICAGO - The political strategist who helped engineer former Gov. George Ryan's rise to power took the witness stand Thursday and in testimony laced with wisecracks began telling a jury how Ryan doled out state contracts, leases and favors to the well-connected. Scott Fawell waved to spectators and grinned broadly as he took his seat. He nodded to Ryan, saluted a newspaper reporter and made no effort to disguise his disdain for the prosecutors who put him in federal prison for graft. Asked by prosecutor Patrick M. Collins why he agreed to testify against his former boss, the 48-year-old Fawell...
  • NY TIMES CLAIMS EXCLUSIVE NEW DETAILS OF EVENTS SURROUNDING CIA LEAK, SOURCES TELL DRUDGE...

    07/14/2005 5:29:59 PM PDT · by blogblogginaway · 637 replies · 25,531+ views
    Drudge Report ^ | July 14, 2005 | Drudge
    NY TIMES CLAIMS EXCLUSIVE NEW DETAILS OF EVENTS SURROUNDING CIA LEAK, SOURCES TELL DRUDGE... DEVELOPING LATE OUT OF WASHINGTON... MORE...
  • Obama's stand against Patriot Act cheered (by librarians)

    06/25/2005 9:24:10 PM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 35 replies · 4,561+ views
    Bakersfield Californian ^ | 6/25/05 | Carla K. Johnson - AP
    CHICAGO (AP) - To the cheers of thousands of librarians, U.S. Sen. Barack Obama on Saturday called for the Senate to rewrite the USA Patriot Act to prevent investigators from scanning library records and bookstore sales slips. Libraries should be "sanctuaries of learning where we are free to read and consider what we please without the fear that 'Big Brother' may be peering over our shoulder," Obama said in the keynote address at the American Library Association's annual conference. Last week, despite a White House veto threat, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to restrict investigators from using the anti-terrorism...
  • ABORTION STAND HALTS SENATOR HILLARY CLINTON'S SHIFT TO MIDDLE

    05/06/2005 5:56:24 AM PDT · by Libloather · 17 replies · 1,398+ views
    NY Post ^ | 5/06/05 | IAN BISHOP
    ABORTION STAND HALTS CLINTON'S SHIFT TO MIDDLE By IAN BISHOP Post Correspondent May 6, 2005 -- WASHINGTON — Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is putting the brakes on her move to the political middle by opposing legislation that would bar helping underage girls cross state lines for an abortion without their parents' consent. Clinton — despite preaching moderation in recent speeches — will toe the Democratic line in the Senate in an effort to block a GOP-backed bill that just passed the House and makes it illegal for anyone to help a girl get a secret out-of-state abortion. "I don't believe...
  • Witness in Marine Case Taken Off Stand (had given interviews when ordered to not do do)

    04/27/2005 6:45:08 PM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 22 replies · 892+ views
    AP on Yahoo ^ | 4/27/05 | William L. Holmes - AP
    CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. - A key witness in the case against a Marine officer accused of murdering two Iraqi civilians was abruptly taken off the stand Wednesday on suspicion of violating orders on giving interviews about the case. Marine Sgt. Daniel Coburn was testifying at a hearing in the case against 2nd Lt. Ilario Pantano when the investigating officer, Maj. Mark E. Winn, read him his rights and told him he was suspected of violating orders from superior officers. Coburn left the courtroom after requesting a lawyer. Defense lawyers had complained that Coburn had given interviews about the case to...
  • Online Contest: What does liberalism stand for - in one sentence of no more than 30 words

    02/17/2005 6:54:17 PM PST · by Libloather · 134 replies · 1,769+ views
    The Liberal Agenda by The Readers of The American Prospect We’re taking suggestions: What does liberalism stand for? Anybody who's ever had to raise money knows the meaning of the phrase "elevator pitch": You're in an elevator with a potential moneybags, and you have, say, seven floors to tell him why he should write you a check. Well, we all know the basic outline of conservatism's elevator pitch: "We believe in freedom and liberty, and we're for low taxes, less government, traditional values, and a strong national defense." But what is liberalism's? We at the Prospect have, among us, attended...
  • CA: Courts stand guard on pension promises

    02/07/2005 8:57:23 AM PST · by NormsRevenge · 21 replies · 385+ views
    Sac Bee ^ | 2/7/05 | John Hill
    California has repeatedly given new and improved retirement benefits to public employees. The question now has become what, if anything, it can take back. While the state has wide latitude in scaling back pension benefits for new workers, experts say, it faces far stricter limitations when it comes to current employees. Even some of the measures proposed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, which stop short of altering the basic pension formula in favor of steps such as encouraging workers to leave the retirement system, could trigger a legal challenge. California case law makes it clear that any changes to the pension...
  • Here we stand: The real reason they hate America

    12/19/2004 5:27:17 PM PST · by Chi-townChief · 56 replies · 2,607+ views
    Star Newspapers - Chicago ^ | Sunday, December 19, 2004 | Michael J. Bowers, Star columnist
    Do we need any more evidence of how far Europe has fallen? In 1521 at the Diet of Worms, Martin Luther defied the pope with these words: "Hier stehe Ich. Ich kann nicht Anders. Gott hilf Mier. Amen." In English, that would be: "Here I stand. I cannot do otherwise. God help me. Amen." Today the poor man would have to say: "Here I sit." He could not do otherwise. The "sitzpinkler" movement, which started in Sweden a few years ago, has moved to Australia and Germany. I won't go into detail. You can figure it out for yourself. "Sitzpinkler"...
  • Here we stand: The real reason they hate America

    12/19/2004 7:30:57 AM PST · by SmithL · 102 replies · 3,732+ views
    The Star (South Chicago) ^ | 12/19/4 | Michael J. Bowers
    Do we need any more evidence of how far Europe has fallen? In 1521 at the Diet of Worms, Martin Luther defied the pope with these words: "Hier stehe Ich. Ich kann nicht Anders. Gott hilf Mier. Amen." In English, that would be: "Here I stand. I cannot do otherwise. God help me. Amen." Today the poor man would have to say: "Here I sit." He could not do otherwise. The "sitzpinkler" movement, which started in Sweden a few years ago, has moved to Australia and Germany. I won't go into detail. You can figure it out for yourself. "Sitzpinkler"...
  • Manitoba drivers to stand on one leg, count out loud in roadside drug tests

    12/13/2004 3:27:24 PM PST · by freepatriot32 · 34 replies · 980+ views
    canada.com ^ | 12 12 04 | Steve Lambert
    WINNIPEG (CP) -- Manitoba drivers suspected of being high on drugs will be asked to perform a specific series of tasks, including standing on one leg while counting out loud, under new regulations approved by the NDP government. "The tests are, by nature, divided attention tests," David Greening, a senior Justice Department policy analyst, said in an interview. "(Police) can determine if a person is impaired by how they perform on the tests." The new regulations stem from amendments to the provincial Highway Traffic Act approved by the legislature last spring which are intended to crack down on motorists who...
  • Bush: Reject Kerry, 'Come stand by me'

    10/31/2004 11:47:12 AM PST · by SmithL · 21 replies · 1,085+ views
    AP ^ | 10/31/4 | DEB RIECHMANN
    MIAMI -- President Bush campaigned from one end of battleground Florida to the other Sunday, criticizing Cuba's Fidel Castro in a pitch to the state's Cuban-Americans and urging Republican supporters in Miami to help give him a second term. "If you believe America should fight the war on terror with all her might and lead with unwavering confidence," Bush said, "I ask you, come stand by me. If you are a Democrat who believes your great party has turned too far left in this year, I ask you, come stand with me."
  • In rare open hearing, Saudi reformists stand trial for political dissent

    08/09/2004 9:28:33 PM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 2 replies · 202+ views
    WCCO 4 ^ | 8/9/04 | AP - Riyadh
    RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) In a rare open court hearing, three advocates of democratic reform appeared before a judge Monday on charges arising from their criticism of the kingdom's political and religious life. Saudi trials are normally held behind closed doors, but Monday's hearing was attended by about 200 people. The defendants Matrouk al-Faleh, Ali al-Dimeeni and Abdullah al-Hamed are charged with sowing dissent, creating political instability, printing political leaflets and using the media to incite people against the government, according to two political activists who attended. The activists, Abdul Rahman al-Lahem and Ibrahim al-Mugaiteeb, said the three asked the...
  • The Candidate With No Name

    07/29/2004 7:49:46 AM PDT · by stevejackson · 2 replies · 666+ views
    www.netwmd.com ^ | July 29, 2004 | Andrew Jaffee
    The Candidate With No Name By Andrew L. Jaffee, July 29, 2004 Home   Search   Forum   Terms ”Defeat Bush – VOTE In 2004!” I’ve seen more bumper-stickers with this platitude than I’ve seen ones that simply state, “Kerry/Edwards 2004.” While my liberal friends rarely mention Kerry and Edwards, they constantly remind me of how much they hate President Bush. This year, the politics of hate rule. The Left doesn’t even have a candidate. They are galvanized mainly by visceral hatred -- a hatred which stands on shaky assumptions, like the lies that Michael Moore sells as truths. In Fahrenheit 9/11, Moore insinuates that...