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From the Archives of Sharin Nowlige: Today's POLITICAL lesson..#1. This "definition" of "EXECUTIVE OFFICER" is found in Noah Webster's 1828 Dictionary. EX-EK-U-TIVE, (egz-ek'u-tiv,) a. Having the quality of executing or performing; as, executive power or authority; an executive officer. Hence, in government, executive is used in distinction from legislative and judicial. The body that deliberates and enacts laws, is legislative; the body that judges, or applies the laws to particular cases, is judicial; the body or person who carries the laws into effect, or superintends is the enforcement of them, is executive. It is of the nature of war to ...

Sunday, June 27, 1999; Page A1 As part of a new and aggressive effort to track down parents who owe child support, the federal government has created a vast computerized data-monitoring system that includes all individuals with new jobs and the names, addresses, Social Security numbers and wages of nearly every working adult in the United States. Government agencies have long gathered personal information for specific reasons, such as collecting taxes. But never before have federal officials had the legal authority and technological ability to locate so many Americans found to be delinquent parents – or such potential to ...

Sunday, June 27, 1999; Page A1 As part of a new and aggressive effort to track down parents who owe child support, the federal government has created a vast computerized data-monitoring system that includes all individuals with new jobs and the names, addresses, Social Security numbers and wages of nearly every working adult in the United States. Government agencies have long gathered personal information for specific reasons, such as collecting taxes. But never before have federal officials had the legal authority and technological ability to locate so many Americans found to be delinquent parents – or such potential to ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Like some well-dressed fish out of water, Ward Connerly -- Californian, Republican, conservative and, as it happens, African American -- brought his case against affirmative action last week to this moss-draped capital city and a packed luncheon meeting of the Capital Tiger Bay Club, prepared for the worst. Here, after all, was "the damnedest roomful of political hacks you'll ever see," said Tallahassee-based Republican strategist Herb Harmon -- mostly "establishment Democrats" sure to take a dark view of Connerly's already flak-riddled drive to place an initiative on the Florida ballot in November 2000 to end racial ...

WASHINGTON, DC, March 1 --- In a signing ceremony today at AFL-CIO headquarters, the nation's oldest union of attending physicians joined forces with the country's biggest health care union, SEIU, an AFL-CIO affiliate, and announced the formation of the National Doctors Alliance (NDA), the largest organization of unionized doctors in the United States. "This affiliation marks the beginning of a major initiative which will spur efforts to organize doctors nationwide," said Dr. Barry Liebowitz, a practicing pediatrician who is president of Doctors Council, a 2,500-member independent union of post-residency doctors. "The NDA will help improve the quality of health care ...

Fiordiligi posted 27 June 1999 09:45 AM ET (US) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If the Brills board members are going to allow two people to saturate these boards with the same content (just new topic names), I'm out of here. Let them take over this BB just as they have every other BB on the Internet. When I referred to these type of people as an infestation I was not kidding. These right-wing haters are so obsessed that they have no lives except to call in talk shows and post on chats and BBs. Before those two came over (and believe me there ...

For all the national outrage at the schoolhouse massacres in Littleton, Colo., and elsewhere, the sentiment could not keep gun-control legislation from dying on the House floor this month. As with so many other issues, majority support does not necessarily lead to action in Congress. How can there be such a disconnect between popular opinion and public policy? Some reformers say the answer is money. Their enemy is the National Rifle Association and its campaign cash. Since the Littleton carnage, we've seen a rash of statistics showing how the NRA and its allies outspend gun-control groups by a ratio of ...

WIFE OF US HOSTAGE MAKES FRESH APPEAL FOR INFORMATION Shrinagar, June 27, 1999 (Agencies) - The wife of one of the four foreign hostages, kidnapped by militant outfit Al-Faran about four years ago, today made a fresh appeal for information about the fate of her husband. Probably, Donald Hutchings, the American hostage, has been killed, but at least somebody should confirm. “I won´t give up and will strive until I am convinced that I have done enough to find out my husband”, Jane Schelly, wife of Donald Hutchings, said here. A never-ending and traumatic wait continues for Schelly and ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Two protesters were arrested Sunday at the Statehouse after one of them took down the rainbow flag that represents gay rights and burned it, authorities said. Charles Spingola, 43, and Donald Richardson, 63, were taken into custody during an altercation between the protesters and gay rights advocates, said Lt. John Born of the State Highway Patrol. Spingola, accused of taking down the flag and burning it, has been charged with rioting, criminal damaging and disorderly conduct. Richardson has been charged with disorderly conduct and misconduct in an emergency, said a Franklin County Municipal Court clerk who ...

I have been hearing quiet rumors of a new American Revolution sweeping the nation. I see evidence of it every day, from tax protests to jury nullification to marches on Washington, and everything in between. These are not signs of a contented populus. America IS in the early stages of a new revolution, against an oppressive government that has transformed itself from a necessary, but benign, evil, into a treacherous, dangerous, omniscient, monster of a corrupt system. We, the People, are poised to take our power back, without more bloodshead, if possible. "Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established ...

AN 'E-CONTRACT' WITH AMERICA? House GOP Hopes Agenda Will Win High-Tech Backing When House Majority Leader Dick Armey, R- Texas, talks about advancements in computer technology, he does so with the amazement of a doting grandfather. The No. 2 House Republican calls Internet entrepreneurs ''these kids,'' and ''youngsters.'' Armey also uses the Net to be a doting grandfather. His office computer's desktop screen features pictures of his baby grandson. He uses his House e-mail account in part to keep up with the little one's developments and to plan fishing trips with his sons. His wife signs her e-mails to the ...

Heres the FEC filings page for all 2000 candidates and other politicos.Also note "the Clinton Legal defense fund" contributers by total and find the two celebrities(hint: over$ 5,000)It even breaks down contributers to occupation.Special bonus NRA lobbying filings! 2000 Campaign FEC filings

INDIA DEMANDS KASHMIR WITHDRAWAL DRAS, India (AP) - India demanded Pakistan withdraw forces battling Indian troops in the disputed Kashmir region Sunday before it would hold any peace talks with its South Asian rival. The renewed call came as a U.S. envoy, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Gibson Lanpher, briefed Indian officials on talks in Islamabad last week in which an American delegation also urged Pakistan to withdraw the fighters. Indian troops have been battling for the past seven weeks with armed intruders who seized strategic mountain posts on the Indian side of the cease-fire line dividing the Himalayan ...

Clinton committing America to suicide © 1999 WorldNetDaily.com The "war" in Kosovo, now that an unworkable peace has been established, is no longer featured on the front pages of most major U.S. newspapers. All we are left with is cleaning up the mess, picking up the costs of our damage, patting Clinton on the back for his "military genius," and babysitting two warring factions -- again -- for the next millennium. A far more dire military situation than Kosovo has evolved, however, in regards to U.S. national security. And no matter how you try to spin it, the seriousness of ...

Senator Rudman, as Chairman of the Presidents Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board has released to the Public his report on the failure of the Clinton Administration and the DOE failure to secure or even take action on protecting our Nuclear Weapons from the Chinese. This report is in Adobe PDF format and to read it, you will need to download and install the Acrobat reader. You can get it by clicking on the Adobe Graphice next to the Report links: PFIAB Report "Science at it's best, Security at it's worst" | Appendix "Science at it's best, Security at it's worst"

I still respect Jim Robinson & Friends, & Fellow FReepers... but the daily influx of Bush and Conservative Republican bashing is getting out of hand. If you'd like a 'break' where actual debate occurs over specific politics, rather than 'tabloid' posts, try "Common Sense". Common Sense - Political Discourse in the Tradition of Thomas Paine Explore the 'Common Sense Conservative' issues, post opinions on our board about those issues or suggest new issues. The Opinion Board was just added today... so please drop by and help light up the board with some debate. Thanks. 1-Eagle (Still a FReeper - hanging ...

Fighting talk gives Hanoi hero shot at White House FROM BEN MACINTYRE IN WASHINGTON BILL CLINTON is being hailed as one victor of the Kosovo conflict but John McCain - Republican senator, presidential contender and the President's most vigorous critic throughout the air campaign - is another. There is a story told often by Mr McCain during the 78 days of airstrikes that encapsulates his condemnation of Mr Clinton's poll-driven, risk-averse approach to war in the Balkans. In the midst of the Vietnam War, Mr McCain recounts, a senior military commander "gave the order to send the B52s, which did ...

AP broke a story yesterday about a Federal Judge ordering Independent Counsel Ken Starr to hand over the Tripp Tapes to the Maryland Grand Jury investigating Linda Tripp for violating state wiretaping laws. As that boxing referee/judge from Nevada would say, "Let's get it ON!!" First it is important to note that the Maryland Grand Jury has been working on this case for a year. No Democrats are karping about 1 year & $1 million dollars. Well let's go to trial then. Here is my witness list: Monica Lewinsky Marcia Lewis [Monica's Mom?] President Bill Clinton Bruce Lindsey Bob Bennett ...

Not for commercial use. Solely to be used for the educational purposes of research and open discussion. PRESTON BROUGHTON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CUTTER LABORATORIES; HOSPITAL STAFF of ARIZONA STATE PRISON; DR. CLEMENTS; DR. HYDE, et al., Defendants-Appellees No. CA 77-3957 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS, NINTH CIRCUIT 622 F.2d 458; 1980 U.S. App. July 1, 1980 PRIOR HISTORY: [**1] Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona. COUNSEL: G. Kip Edwards, San Francisco, Cal., argued, for plaintiff-appellant; Jack B. Owens, Orrick, Herrington, Rowley & Sutcliffe, San Francisco, Cal., on brief. Jay R. Adkins, Asst. Atty. Gen., ...