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NATO Supreme Commander General Wesley Clark Friday dismissed reports that the alliance's air strikes had destroyed fewer of Yugoslavia's heavy weapons in Kosovo than it claimed. Clark said NATO had video evidence to prove the battle damage assessment and would have a team of experts on the ground in Kosovo shortly to study the effectiveness of alliance munitions used in the 78-day campaign of air strikes. ``We stand by the battle damage assessments that have been made. Every one of them is recorded on some kind of video tape from cockpit recorders and in most cases there were secondary ...

In Kosovo, US Troops are going house to house and removing guns from indiviaduals! They are not disarming military personell, but individuals! In Clinton's New World Order, will troops come for our guns???

Knowing Teachers are Now Disarmed May Be Encouraging Killers Dear Mary, I've seen some excellent arguments on the pro-gun side lately. The only "ammunition" that the liberals have against guns is the occasional high school shooting, which many Americans attribute more to enforced liberal atheism on every classroom in America than to the existence of guns. Unfortunately, only Jesse Ventura had enough guts to mention that an armed teacher or principal might have been able to stop the shooters at Columbine High School. The backlash against Ventura from the media for this honest statement forced Ventura to retract the ...

Driving into work WTOP radio was reporting this morning that Clinton will attend a fund raiser tonight in Northern Virginia for Virginia Senator Charles Robb. It will be held at Robb's private home in McLean, Virginia within about 5 to 9 miles from DC.

The following announcement is from Senator Slade Gorton's e-mail newsletter. Gorton is Republican from Washington state... June 22, 1999 As a parent, and grandparent of seven, I know there is no more important issue than our children's education. Today, at a Capitol Hill news conference, surrounded by children from all across America, I unveiled the "Straight A's" Act, a bill that empowers local parents, teachers and educators, rather than federal bureaucracies, to make decisions regarding our children's education and that focuses on academic achievement and accountability in exchange for flexibility from the federal government. Straight A's will hold states and ...

*** The following is NRA President Charlton Heston's "Closing Remarks to Members" delivered at the 1999 NRA Annual Meeting of Members in Denver, Colorado, May 1, 1999. I have been admonished not to be here, not to speak to you here. It's not the first time. In 1963, I marched on Washington with Dr. Martin Luther King, long before Hollywood found civil rights fashionable. My associates advised me not to go. They said it would be unpopular and maybe dangerous. Thirty-six years later, my associates advised me not to come to Denver. They said it would be unpopular and ...

Some Pilots Said To Doze on Duty WASHINGTON (AP) -- Some pilots for American Airlines have dozed off while flying their passenger jets, according to a report published today. Union documents obtained by USA Today say the company's policy on rest forces some pilots to fly without adequate sleep. In one of the alleged incidents, an unidentified pilot was unexpectedly called to work last year to fly to Central America. The pilot says he ``faded fast'' while cruising over Mexico. ``When I woke up, I looked over at the captain. He was sound asleep. I estimate we were both asleep ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department said Friday that leaks to the press by Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq:MSFT - news) have hurt efforts to settle the software giant's antitrust case. ``Microsoft's repeated disclosures to the press to spin its position in settlement are a significant obstacle to making progress,'' said Gina Talamona, spokeswoman for the Justice Department. Three weeks ago William Neukom, Microsoft's general counsel, met with Justice antitrust chief Joel Klein and others ``to search for a way to settle the suit,'' the Wall Street Journal reported Friday. Microsoft responded to the government by issuing a statement that ...

Ok folks, We need your help. It is impossible to plan a convoy without knowing how many are coming and from which direction. In order to plan meeting places, times, etc. please sign in here. The last thread has a listbot link to sign up on, or you may do so here. We do not need you real name, age, address, etc., just a general route with highway numbers, Interstate numbers, and approximate times you will be where. I personally figure an average of 50 miles to the hour counting stops. An example: I am leaving West Texas on I20 ...

UK MP for right to self-determination for Kashmiris ISLAMABAD: British member Parliament, George Galloway, on Thursday, said that it was time that the Kashmiri people were given their right to self-determination, promised to them by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolutions. "This is very critical and dangerous juncture. The international community is dreading what is going to happen next along the Line of Control (LoC)," he said in an interview to PTV in London. Britain, he added, knows very well about the reality of the situation in the held Valley and also knows the reason why Kashmir is a ...

For education and discussion only. Not for commercial use. SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - IBM is cutting 1,100 jobs in San Jose, roughly 10 percent of its Northern California workforce, in preparation for moving its disk-drive factories to foreign countries. IBM said Thursday it will manufacture the computer storage devices in Mexico, Hungary and Japan. The company's Storage Systems Division will remain headquartered in San Jose, with a focus on research and development of new storage technologies and high-end disk drive design, a spokesman said. IBM also plans to add some customer and technical support jobs. ``Wherever possible, we'll ...

WASHINGTON — An American has been arrested in North Korea and charged with "alleged violations of law,'' the State Department said Friday. Spokesman James Rubin said the charges against the American — whom he declined to identify — "have something to do with their efforts to build a hospital and a garment manufacturing business in North Korea, is my understanding.'' "The government of the DPRK (North Korea) has confirmed to Swedish authorities that an American citizen was arrested on June 17,'' Rubin told reporters. The individual "is being investigated for alleged violations of law,'' he said. He refused to provide ...

Lyrics Copyright 1999, Doug from Upland. Not for commercial use without permission of the author. If you're coming to San Francisco Don't you dare bring your OREOs along They're not allowed here in San Francisco We have decided they're very, very wrong 'Cause R.J. Reynolds might make some money Selling his snacks to teachers and the kids We can't have that in San Francisco Or our culture may really hit the skids There's no need to explain us…we love Famous Anus Yes, that is our cookie We make all the rules…we are PC fools Oh yes, that is the ...

With churches outnumbering bars five to three, Hardyville -- my little mid-nowhere town -- probably has to be considered a churchgoing place. From where I sit -- which is usually on my front porch, waving at folks as they head for the ward building or the Kingdom Hall -- it certainly looks that way. Not all Hardyvillians find their religion in churches, though. Last Monday morning, a full day after the Baptists and the Methodists and the Catholics did their thing, a tiny band labored to the top of Hangem Hill before dawn and celebrated the rise of the sun ...

I've been tracking the Y2K situation since late 1997, though I do remember discussions about it as early as the late 1980s. So, I'm not a newcomer to the scene. I've been diligently searching like many of you for any information and clues that will indicate what direction Y2K will actually take. I'll not bore you with a history of my early thoughts and research... other than to say my opinions see-sawed back and forth as to whether it was gonna be "No Big Deal" or "A serious set back to society" (No, I am not a TEOTWAWKI believer). What ...

Russia's surprise deployment of 200 troops to the Pristina airport on June 12 was part of a scheme to send into Kosovo a contingent of 1,000 or more men who could have tried to stake out a Russian zone in the northwest sector of the province, Western intelligence analysts have concluded. The carefully planned operation was thwarted when the governments of Hungary, Bulgaria and Romania, prodded by the United States, denied Russian requests to use their airspace to fly more Russians into Kosovo. When senior U.S. officials realized what the Russians had in mind, they lobbied the Eastern Europeans on ...

In 1994 under the contract for America the Republicans took control, and then, passed the LARGEST budget in America's history. This is a huge, huanting, nagging, nawing, seething, raging, problem still roaming around in the back of the minds of the core Republican voters?Don't blame the voters for the Republican parties woes, they've brought it on themselves and failed to stem the tide of socialism in America (my words not Rush's) and I hold them Responsible not the voters for the demise of this nation. We have continuously kept them in power against overwhelming odds, a hostile press, and incredibly ...

****** A hateful and bigoted war has been declared against American firearms owners in the aftermath of the Littleton, Colorado, tragedy. President Clinton charged that the mass murders stemmed from "the culture of hunting and sport shooting in America? With those words, he began what can only be called a "cultural cleansing"-specifically targeting the bedrock Second Amendment beliefs of firearms owners for extinction. In his ghoulish April 27 press conference mapping out his Administration's assault against our fundamental rights, Clinton predicted his efforts would result in the death of pro-Second Amendment beliefs, saying, "When there are no constituents for ...