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Lyrics Copyright 1999, Doug from Upland. Not for commercial use without permission of the author. Ronald Reagan had the courage and he had the vision To cause the commies' fall But all his work has been defiled Because the traitor Clinton handed them the ball Now we scatter underground Chinese missiles falling all around What the hell has happened here Now we all must live in fear And I loathe him Loathe, loathe, loathe, loathe, loathe him Why…why, why, why, why, why? Treason's the word He sold his country It's so absurd It's time he's put away Bill's put, ...

FOREWORD: Free Republic has devoted itself to the mission of rooting out corruption in government, including the accumulation of power by the government in excess of legal authority. In participating on Free Republic over the past year it has become increasingly clear that many FReepers, no doubt well-intentioned, lack the critical faculties and rational basis for recognizing corruption and discerning between truth and falsehood. We cannot fight corruption if we have no basis for recognizing it, or for explaining why it is wrong. We cannot discern between truth and lies in media, education, etc., if we do not understand epistemology ...

13,000-strong police union boss wants to withdraw supportThe Federal Gun Registry should be scrapped and the money used for a data bank to collect DNA from criminals, the president of the Police Association of Ontario said yesterday."I don't think the Canadian Police Association should have ever supported this in the first place-I think we made a big mistake," said Bill Baxter, a sergeant with the Atikokan town police."This has proven to be nothing but a farce and we should divorce ourselves from it as quickly as we can."He said money would be better spent keeping track of offenders' DNA and ...

'Ploy by Bush'             An effort by conservative California Republicans to ditch the party's winner-take-all rules for the presidential primary has likely died in a state legislative committee -- thanks to cooperation between liberal Democrats and the Republican legislative leadership, which is solidly in the camp of candidate George W. Bush.      The conservative-dominated Republican executive committee voted 57-12 last weekend to change the party's rules to winner-take-all by congressional district. Such a change would have guaranteed that at least some of California's delegates to next summer's GOP convention would have gone to someone besides Mr. Bush. He leads all ...

Wednesday, June 23, 1999; Page A19 President Clinton, we now find out, is "an extraordinarily gifted . . . brilliant man of politics with an enormous ability to connect to the American people," a man of "extraordinary empathy, immense charm." And Clinton could have avoided all this sordid impeachment business if he and Monica S. Lewinsky, way back in January 1998, had only come clean, had just said, "all right, the cat is out of the bag, it's time to be forthcoming and forthright." Says who? Says none other than independent counsel Kenneth W. Starr, in an interview with ...

Even though the Animal Liberation Front has taken credit for hundreds of raids across the country, including April's attack on University of Minnesota research laboratories, arrests of its members have been rare. Last week, an ALF spokesman claiming credit for the university raid testified for 75 minutes before a federal grand jury in Minneapolis. The shadowy animal-rights group has executed a handful of raids in Minnesota since 1984 without an arrest. How can ALF publicly boast of its actions and so often elude capture? The reasons range from its nebulous organization and careful raid planning to legal issues involving ...

The Fed has an opening on its board of governors, and apparently a social worker will fill it. Her name is Carol J. Parry of Chase Manhattan Bank, former director of child-welfare services for New York City. What could this mean? The Fed, an institution wholly unnecessary in a free society, was founded in the name of scientific money management. It promised to smooth out business cycles and curb inflation. Of course, it's given us plenty of both. With money increasingly flowing out of the banking system, and international markets making the central bankers look powerless in comparison, the Fed ...

Richardson resists independent oversight... WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Senators on Tuesday added momentum to the call to overhaul the Energy Department, which is reeling from charges that lax security at nuclear laboratories has encouraged international theft of atomic secrets. In a unique arrangement, 55 senators from four Senate committees heard testimony from Energy Secretary Bill Richardson and former Sen. Warren Rudman, chairman of a presidential advisory board that has called for a dramatic reshuffling of the Energy Department. Richardson bore the brunt of stinging criticism from congressional members Tuesday. Many of them cited last week's report from Rudman that proposed ...

New Controls on China Exports Passed by Senate U.S. Newswire 22 Jun 17:17 New Ashcroft-Sponsored Controls on China Exports Passed by Senate To: National Desk Contact: Greg Harris, 202-224-4589, or Steve Hilton, 417-864-8258, both of the Office of Sen. John Ashcroft; Web site:http://www.senate.gov/~ashcroft WASHINGTON, June 22 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The U.S. Senate moved today to stem illicit transfers of sensitive technology to China through front companies in Hong Kong and Macao, adopting legislation by U.S. Sen. John Ashcroft (R-Mo.). The Ashcroft-sponsored export controls were recommended by the General Accounting Office after an investigation of potential technology losses to China through ...

Here they are folks those who have been "honored" after appearing on last Sunday's news shows PROFESSIONALS' MONTHLYBe sure to check out the "THINKING MAN" cartoon at the bottom of the page and the "OUTSIDER'S VIEW" on that hypocrite Bob Woodward!

Tom Mann, the Brookings Institution's resident wise man on domestic affairs, has been advising reporters that they can learn more about the next election by focusing on Capitol Hill than by chasing presidential candidates through the early laps on the campaign trail. Last week's gun control battle in the House of Representatives proves his point. The Senate-passed bill designed to close a loophole in existing law that permits people to purchase weapons at gun shows without background checks was defeated in the House. Most Democrats and some Republicans voted it down after Rep. John Dingell, a veteran Michigan Democrat ...

Ottawa eyes economic union with U.S. WebPosted Wed Jun 23 08:56:58 1999 OTTAWA - So, what do you think about an open border and a common currency with the United States? Those are just two of the ideas the federal cabinet will discuss at a two-day cabinet retreat next week, CBC News has learned. INDEPTH: Lagging Loonie TALLY: Should Canada and the U.S. share a common currency? LINKS: Websites related to this story Sources told CBC News that federal ministers will engage in a "blue sky" discussion of Canada's entire economic relationship with the United States. 'I don't see ...

Following is an excerpt from the "solution" part of an article that will be posted at PROFESSIONALS' MONTHLY Comments are welcome! Thanks. "Victors never commit war crimes", so say the former military types who now find jobs practicing punditry on twenty four hour, ceaseless babble, time and again television. Maybe this is the sort of rhetoric that drummed-up support to finish off some Nazis but in the same way we say that we cannot allow atrocities to be committed in Europe, is it possible that now, victors can commit war crimes? Times have changed, right? Is it illogical that there ...

Fewer than one in four Britons voted in the European elections; turnout, though higher in most EU countries than here, slumped across the continent. In last month's Scottish and Welsh elections, turnout was remarkably low for what were supposed to be historic events. Eleven per cent fewer people voted in the English council elections than in those four years ago. In the Leeds Central by-election this month, the 19.6 per cent turnout was the lowest since the Second World War. In the May 1997 general election only 71 per cent voted: again, the lowest number since the war. Political ...

Refugees Remember for Clinton Visit: 'It is the American people who care about you,' president tells ethnic Albanians who recount ordeals. He warns against hasty returns to Kosovo. By JAMES GERSTENZANG, Times Staff Writer STANKOVAC, Macedonia--President Clinton came face to face Tuesday with the grief of Kosovo.      With a 2-year-old ethnic Albanian boy on his lap and mud on his boots, the president of the United States sat on a cot under green canvas in the refugee camp here in northern Macedonia and heard stories of pain and terror.      He heard about the village where Idriz Macastena, a 29-year-old ...

WASHINGTON (AP) _ A Senate subcommittee is handing a victory to mining interests by restricting a Clinton administration effort to limit waste dumping at hard-rock mines and trimming a White House plan to buy more land for parks. Both provisions were included in a $13.9 billion bill financing the Interior Department and federal cultural programs for fiscal 2000, which begins Oct. 1. A subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations Committee used a voice vote to approve the legislation, which would give President Clinton $1.2 billion less than he requested. The vote came as Capitol Hill budget experts said Republicans will receive ...

Refugees Remember for Clinton Visit: 'It is the American people who care about you,' president tells ethnic Albanians who recount ordeals. He warns against hasty returns to Kosovo. By JAMES GERSTENZANG, Times Staff Writer STANKOVAC, Macedonia--President Clinton came face to face Tuesday with the grief of Kosovo.      With a 2-year-old ethnic Albanian boy on his lap and mud on his boots, the president of the United States sat on a cot under green canvas in the refugee camp here in northern Macedonia and heard stories of pain and terror.      He heard about the village where Idriz Macastena, a 29-year-old ...

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Feminists feel strongly, think weakly 06/20/99 The esteemed Rutgers University anthropologist Lionel Tiger has done a lot of groundbreaking work in his field. It was he, for example, who first observed and named the phenomenon that has come to be known as "male bonding." But he was also involved in a groundbreaking event in another field, the TV talk show. Through no fault of his own, he sparked what may have been the first major on-camera riot. The phenomenon would later be perfected by Jerry Springer, of course, but Tiger was there at the inception, way back in 1969. And ...

Kosovo Reckoning http://www.jewishworldreview.com -- THE GODDESS FORTUNA was a late development in the Roman pantheon, becoming popular only in the late decadent phase of the Empire. She seems to be making a comeback. Why, when so much was going so well in the world, would Clinton let Albright lead him into a pointless and terrribly risky war? The wheel of Fortune has turned-a happy world has turned itself upside down. And yet Fortune works in other ways as well, producing comedy as well as tragedy. What's comic? The notion that NATO has achieved its war aims and silenced its ...