Free Republic Highlights, 3/04/03

[I Am Not A Mod]

Free Republic Highlights, 3/04/03

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Added 5:08 PM EST:

• Looking at the cable ratings for CNN and MSNBC, one word comes to mind. Shadenfreude. The Drudge Report here, Free Republic thread here.

• Kuwait is cutting oil production. Understandable given what looks like is about to happen near their borders, but terrible news for fuel prices. Free Republic thread here.

• Clinton would do more to help, if it wasn't for those meddling right wingers. Newmax article here, Free Republic thread here.

• All you wanted to know about filibusters but were afraid to ask. Senate.gov source here, Free Republic thread here.

• The Wall Street Journal says we have ways of making him talk. Wall Street Journal piece here, Free Republic thread here.

• Social welfare is out of control over in Germany. Publically funded boob-jobs for celebrities.CNN article here, Free Republic thread here.

• A Tennessee teacher is fighting back against a new reading program. WSMV-tv article here, Free Republic thread here.

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Added 10:44 AM EST:

• Michelle Malkin has a nice piece about Khalid Mohammed getting his education here in the good ol' US of A. National Review article here, Free Republic thread here.

• The third leg of the axis of evil also is making news, although you would never know it from the lack of coverage. National Review article here, Free Republic thread here.

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Added 10:30 AM EST:

• Can I advertise my own thread? Sure I can. I have put together a thread that makes it so that you can add or remove any topic you want as a Free Republic sidebar with only a click or two. Free Republic thread here.

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Added 6:45AM EST:

• Yesterday's encounter between North Korean planes and an American recon plane will bring back memories of 1969 for some people. Time Magazine piece here, Free Republic thread here.

• Warren Buffet thinks the economic sky might be falling. Daily Telegraph article here, Free Republic thread here.

• Some European trade officials are threatening sanctions because the US has been blowing off WTO rulings. SignOnSanDiego piece here, Free Republic thread here.

• The decision time for Sharon regarding Arafat is approaching. American Prowler article here, Free Republic thread here.

• Jesse Jackson has nothing on Ralph Nader. TechCentral.com article here, Free Republic thread here.

• Why does the Bush administration keep reading Turkey wrong? Weekly Standard article here, Free Republic thread here.

• San Francisco peaceniks threaten to figuratively burn their own homes to protest any military action that happens. SFGate.com article here, Free Republic article here.

• The BBC says the interrogation of Khalid Mohammed has already yielded results. BBC article here, Free Republic thread here.

• Rich Lowry revels in the fact that a Democrat argument has blown up in their faces. Townhall.com article here, Free Republic thread here.

• Similarly, the NYPost calls them Wile E. Democrats (pleased to meet you, my name is MUD). NYPost article here, Free Republic thread here.

• Keep your eye on South America too. Washington Times article here, Free Republic thread here

• And finally, the war on terror isn't over by a long shot, as this morning's blast in the Philippines makes all too clear. Free Republic thread here.

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[ppaul]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/856405/posts
2 lawmakers spurn Muslim's prayer - Republicans step off House floor

[McGruff]

One of today’s hot topic seems to be this "Korean MiGs Intercepted US Reconnaissance Plane" story.

If you weren't online yesterday afternoon when this story first broke you missed an erroneous "Fox News Alert". The alert stated "NORTH KOREA SHOOTS DOWN U.S. SPY PLANE".

They later corrected the story, but not before a quick thinking freeper Normal4Me took a digital camera picture of his TV catching this big booboo. Click here to see it. Freeper Tomkat had to post it for him.

[Admin Moderator]

Doesn't hurt to have another link to it down here on this thread, but I just thought I would mention that I had that thread linked on yesterday's highlight thread. :-)

[InShanghai]

Great editorial by Michelle Malkin:

How Khalid Learned his ABCs