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It's amazing! I was polled this evening for the first time ever. The pollster asked the following questions:Do I think the country is heading in the right direction?Do I approve or disapprove of the overall job the President is doing?What do I rate as the top two priorities for the country in the year 2000 election? (international policies were not one of the allowed choices - education, soc.sec., healthcare reform,tax cuts,etc.)In Virginia will you vote for the republican or democratic representative?Boy, did I give her an earful. When I asked her why international policy was not a choice she said, ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — In St. Lucia, a 16-year-old girl is raped and strangled. In Trinidad, a gang slaughters four family members in a drug dispute. In Jamaica, a robber kills his victim by repeatedly smashing the lid of a car trunk on top of his head. It wasn't always this way in the Caribbean, and people are fed up. Support for executions as deterrent has become overwhelming — and one after another, governments are responding. "Those people — you can't do anything with them,'' said shopping center security guard Alex Haines, referring to the gun-toting, drug-peddling gangs that ...

"For the most part, issuers know little about the role of the Depository Trust Company (DTC)... In the 1980s, the "Group of 30" [business leaders] recommended that stock certificates be eliminated, because physical certificates create risk." This exclusive research report on the Depository Trust Company can be found HERE

MIAMI - — One of several lawyers accused of aiding Colombian drug kingpins was sentenced to two years in prison Monday for money laundering and obstructing justice. Donald Ferguson will remain free on bond until Aug. 9, U.S. District Judge William M. Hoeveler ruled in sentencing him. Ferguson was indicted with dozens of others in June 1995 and was one of four lawyers who agreed to cooperate with the government. Two lawyers whose case went to trial were convicted in July of conspiracy to commit racketeering and launder drug money. Prosecutors said the defendants laundered more than $1 billion ...

Fellow Concerned Conservatives: Are you tired of the current malaise in politics? From President Clinton to the Establishment figures in the Republican Party, it seems as though the choices we have been getting are no choices at all. The Establishment is ready for a "Gore vs. Gore-lite" contest -- we at Unity 2000 have something else in mind. Remember ‘92? Remember ‘96? We were told, on both occasions, to be quiet and accept a moderate, so that we might have "victory." Not in 2000, folks. We don't want those candidates. We don't want those "victories." Unity 2000 – an organization ...

Fellow Concerned Conservatives: Are you tired of the current malaise in politics? From President Clinton to the Establishment figures in the Republican Party, it seems as though the choices we have been getting are no choices at all. The Establishment is ready for a "Gore vs. Gore-lite" contest -- we at Unity 2000 have something else in mind. Remember ‘92? Remember ‘96? We were told, on both occasions, to be quiet and accept a moderate, so that we might have "victory." Not in 2000, folks. We don't want those candidates. We don't want those "victories." Unity 2000 – an organization ...

Fellow Concerned Conservatives: Are you tired of the current malaise in politics? From President Clinton to the Establishment figures in the Republican Party, it seems as though the choices we have been getting are no choices at all. The Establishment is ready for a "Gore vs. Gore-lite" contest -- we at Unity 2000 have something else in mind. Remember ‘92? Remember ‘96? We were told, on both occasions, to be quiet and accept a moderate, so that we might have "victory." Not in 2000, folks. We don't want those candidates. We don't want those "victories." Unity 2000 – an organization ...

Phoenix New Times June 17 - 23, 1999 Click Here Read what supporters of Dr. Finkel have done to Neal Horsley's Christian Gallery Click Here **************

Topic: MEXICAN INVASION WASHINGTON: OUTRAGE OVER MEXICAN ONSLAUGHT San Antonio Express News June 11, 1999 http://expressnews.com/pantheon/news-bus/counties/1101bbda.shtml Residents cite fear created by crisis on border By Gary Martin Express-News Washington Bureau WASHINGTON - Rep. Lamar Smith again urged the Clinton administration Wednesday to step up its hiring of Border Patrol agents as Southwest ranchers told Congress that "we must remain armed at all times." Smith, chairman of the House Judiciary subcommittee on immigration, said the tales of violence and chaos along the U.S-Mexico border are the "consequence of having too few Border Patrol agents to protect Americans." A robust economy and ...

The argument over gun-control measures is an argument over how many restrictions will be placed on the rights of honest citizens. The argument has nothing to do with the National Rifle Association. The neo-totalitarians in America are nothing if not unoriginal. They follow a fixed pattern. They create a straw man, demonize the straw man, then frame the argument as a contest between good and the evil demon. In the case of gun control, the NRA is the designated demon. In the case of the illegal bombing of Yugoslavia, the designated demon was Slobodan Milosevic. The NRA is one ...

Posted for discussion and education only; not for commercial use.FOUR OBJECTIONS TO GUN CONTROL WASHINGTON -- In his syndicated column,Professor Garry Wills accuses the gun lobby of "bad scholarship on the Second Amendment." Unfortunately, his own scholarship is open to question. He says the Second Amendment is only "a militia ordinance," adding, "In all the ratifying debates on the Constitution and on the Second Amendment, the right of the individual to possess guns was not once discussed." Mr. Wills seems to have forgotten that the purpose of the Bill of Rights was to restrain the federal government and to reassure ...

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LOS ANGELES — A man who pleaded guilty to the murders of five gay men, saying he strangled them to death to stop the spread of AIDS, was sentenced Monday to five life prison terms without the possibility of parole. Juan Chavez, 35, pleaded guilty in March to killing the five men during the 1980s. Under a plea bargain deal with prosecutors, he was spared the death penalty. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Jacqueline Connor sentenced Chavez to five consecutive life terms. Prosecutors say Chavez met the men at bars and went home with them with the promise of ...

PARIS—After decades of vulnerability to the hundreds of ballistic missiles that surround it, Israel will have a national missile defense system operational within a year, several Israeli officials said in interviews at the Paris Air Show. Other officials, speaking privately, said the shield, called the Arrow Weapon System, will be in the field even sooner, by early 2000. Either way, Arrow is on track to become the first fielded western system designed and developed to intercept tactical ballistic missiles. Arrow was displayed in public for the first time here. In interviews with Defense Week, officials gave unusually candid assessments of ...

Posted for discussion and education only; not for commercial use.FOUR OBJECTIONS TO GUN CONTROL WASHINGTON -- In his syndicated column,Professor Garry Wills accuses the gun lobby of "bad scholarship on the Second Amendment." Unfortunately, his own scholarship is open to question. He says the Second Amendment is only "a militia ordinance," adding, "In all the ratifying debates on the Constitution and on the Second Amendment, the right of the individual to possess guns was not once discussed." Mr. Wills seems to have forgotten that the purpose of the Bill of Rights was to restrain the federal government and to reassure ...

NIPRNET would be network of choice Concerned that potential computer problems surrounding the Year 2000 date change will leave the Defense Department vulnerable to electronic attacks, DOD officials say the department may unplug itself from the Internet to defend itself against a cyber assault. Marvin Langston, the Defense Department's deputy chief information officer, said last week that discussion of DOD disconnecting from the Internet around the time of the date change is "as serious as a heart attack. "We need to close down back doors around the year 2000 to prevent hacking during Y2K confusion," he stated during a panel ...

A week and a few days ago tubby was photo-oping the graduation ceremony at the University of Chicago. (I believe it was that school, but in Chicago nonetheless.) Drudge showed a clip of a number of students 'dissing' POTUS. This woman wins my prize for her absolutely stunning communication of contempt. WHO IS THIS WOMAN? I LOVE HER!!!!

"America at Risk" NewsMax.com's National Security Briefing. San Francisco Area. For you, for your families. For your investments. When: Saturday June 26, 1999 Time: 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM Place: Millbrae, California Clarion Hotel 401 East Millbrae Ave. (650) 692-6363 Out of Town Guests: Ask for the $129 NewsMax.com Rate Make Your Reservations Now! Schedule and Topics: 9:00 Registration/Coffee Reception with 10:00 Speakers and Hosts 10:00 - 12 The Coming Y2K Disaster and How You Can Protect Yourself. Chris Ruddy and Geoff Metcalf will participate, as will; Jarret Wolstein, a Y2K expert; Michael Murphy, a nationally recognized investment professional; ...

New Waco Film, Vince Foster, and Wesley Clark The Delta Force Was There Amid Nato military supremo Wesley Clark's onslaught on the civilians of Serbia the question arose: did Clark hone his civilian-killing skills at Waco, where the FBI oversaw the largest single spasm of slaughter of civilians by law enforcement in US history, when nearly a hundred Branch Davidians died amid an assault by tanks, flame-throwers and snipers. The tanks were from Fort Hood, where Wesley Clark was, in early 1993, commander of the Cavalry Division of the US Army's III Corps. In our last issue we cited a ...