Posted on 11/19/2002 2:11:01 AM PST by Neets
President Bush called wavering lawmakers Monday in hopes of thwarting a Democratic drive to force changes in the homeland security bill, but he lost the support of the senator who vied with him for the 2000 Republican presidential nomination.~~~~ John McShame
A federal court ruling ensures that the Justice Department can take full advantage of broad new surveillance powers to track suspected spies and terrorists, Attorney General John Ashcroft says.
Iraq continued firing at U.S. and British patrol planes Monday, and an Iraqi warplane penetrated an area in southern Iraq that is off-limits to the Iraqi air force.
MSNBC executives, under pressure from corporate owner General Electric to improve ratings, are likely to cancel "Donahue" by year's end, according to published reports
Actor James Coburn dies at 74.
We will not tire, we will not falter, and we will not fail! [President Bush]
Congrats to your daughter, ohio.
I just came in from raking and had to wrap my wrist to strengthen it a little.
Ha, ha. LImbaugh just played a tap of Lott calling the President on HS passing.
I got a full-time job offer to begin in January in Murfreesboro which would cut my commute in half. It would be teaching and administrating in the afternoons and evenings. I'll have to give it some serious thought. Could be great, but I wouldn't see Mrs. Mulliner and the little Mulliners so much.
Jane, I guess that Daschle amendment was the last serious challenge to its passing.
Dog - answered!
This is the strangest thing I have ever seen..
Abortion is not a long term thing. It will have as much public approval in 30 years as smoking has today. In 1960 smoking was still in vogue. Cool people did it in the movies. Abortion is starting to go down just as smoking went down. It will take 30 more years for abortion to once again be a terrible crime. Abortion as a political issue has peaked. It is going the other way. It is like pitching smokers rights in 1980. Religions are very anti abortion. Always have been. Always will be. Evolution is very anti-abortion. It teaches preservation of the species... Die to save your young is the very nature of all animals. Abortion is kill the baby and party again like we did last summer. It will not stand. It is not in our genetics to approve of it.
The same thing with homosexual activities. We have 8,000 years of history. Except for very slight variations man as a species has condemned homosexual activities for 98+ percent of the 8,000 years. It is an evolution thing. Preservation of the species... produce as many offspring as possible is ingrained in the genetics of every creature. We can debate if God put it there or evolution put it there, but we will not be able to deny it is there in all creatures. The object of humans is to make more of them. Our genetics will condemn homosexual activities.
Young people are very attracted to take care of the helpless. Take care of those in need is a lot of youthful idealism. The protected youth see the benefits. They have not learned about paying the costs. Churchill was right. If you are not a liberal when 20 you have no heart. and if you are not a conservative by 40 you have no brain.
Work environment is not the total picture of what I was trying to say. It is the natural desire when faced with a bigger force arranged against you to look for a protector. In the middle ages the surfs gave up nearly all freedom for the protection of the nobleman and the walls of his castle. And when the danger had passed it is natural for the surfs to reclaim their freedom. The danger I referred to has passed. The surfs want a measure of freedom ... not improved serfdom.
There are always those that see themselves being controlled by others in return for the illusion of security. For example a fellow that was a station manager for me, could not imagine trying for his own radio station. He could not take the risk of his families future on his own abilities. What if he failed he asked me. But he was quite content to work for 'tator. My failing in business and losing his job for him, did not occur to him. It occurred to me a lot. He was shocked when I told him if I were looking for security I would never work for a company run by someone like me. I told him losing my paycheck was no problem for me. Letting someone else lose my paycheck was my fear.
There were people who were content and secure working for me because I projected the image of security. Such people will vote for Democrats to control their lives. They want the illusion of security and they get it. That the president of an Enron could ruin their whole life never occured to most people who took jobs at Enron. Enron gave them the illusion of security. But the industrial worker needing protection from the evil employer, is gone from the political scene. That political pitch is not going to work.
McKinley defeated William Jennings Bryan by 7 million to 6 million. What we are looking to gain is the majority of the votes. There will never be a monopoly. But the picture of FDR next to Jesus over the mantle is gone. The most we can ever hope for is 5 to 4 majority. Even a 10 to 9 majority is far more than enough.
Our server was out of order for awhile and I was being "trained" so I couldn't answer right away. Dem's the way it is when one is at work and trying to freep.
I thought we'd never get rid of him!:-))
Congrats Dog!!
I'm thinking about attending this conference next April in Knoxville:
Especially if I my cousin in Oak Ridge is in town at the time....she and husband travel a lot....
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