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For Immediate Release, June 29, 1999 Contact: Tom Fitton, (202) 646-5172 JUDICIAL WATCH PLANS MEDIA BLITZ TONIGHT & TOMORROW ON FOX NEWS TO DISCUSS DEATH OF THE INDEPENDENT COUNSEL LAW Advertisements on “Crier Report” to Explain Why Judicial Watch Is So Necessary to Protect Public from Government Corruption (Washington, D.C., June 29, 1999) Tonight and tomorrow, Judicial Watch will air advertising on Fox News’ “Crier Report” (10-11PM EDT) to discuss the death of the independent counsel law and what it means for the American people to allow politicians and government officials a “free hand,” without accountability, to abuse the public ...

Presidential race 2000 has already spawned its first protests, with demonstrators following Vice President Al Gore from Tennessee to New Hampshire to New York to Philadelphia. There is no catchy character -- like 1992's ``Chicken George'' or 1996's ``Buttman'' -- but their issue provides an excellent object lesson about the rotten core of American politics: how our campaign finance system allows powerful special interests to secretly dictate policy -- even when the life or death of millions is at stake. The protesters are outraged that Gore, in his role as co-chair of the U.S.-South African Binational Commission, has, according to ...

WASHINGTON — President Clinton will propose a plan for elderly Americans to get federal aid to buy medicine by paying $24 per month and shortly rising to $44 for a new prescription drug benefit under the Medicare program, an administration official said. In addition the elderly will pay a co-payment of 50 percent for each prescription. Clinton is scheduled to announce the new proposal at a White House event at 3 p.m. EDT today. Medicare is forecast to go broke in the year 2015 as it struggles to cope with the retirement of the baby boom generation. Monday, U.S. officials ...

PALO ALTO, Calif. - The early word was, Al Gore had Silicon Valley wired. So when some titans of high-tech started lining up behind Texas Gov. George W. Bush, it served blunt notice that a battle was under way for the cash and cachet of the cybercrowd. "The presidential candidates are tripping all over themselves to be seen as having the computer industry seal of approval," said Larry Makinson of the Center for Responsive Politics, a Washington group that monitors campaign spending. "Both Democrats and Republicans are coming away from Silicon Valley with bagfuls of money," he said. "It's ...

PALO ALTO, Calif. - The early word was, Al Gore had Silicon Valley wired. So when some titans of high-tech started lining up behind Texas Gov. George W. Bush, it served blunt notice that a battle was under way for the cash and cachet of the cybercrowd. "The presidential candidates are tripping all over themselves to be seen as having the computer industry seal of approval," said Larry Makinson of the Center for Responsive Politics, a Washington group that monitors campaign spending. "Both Democrats and Republicans are coming away from Silicon Valley with bagfuls of money," he said. "It's ...

Washington Redskins fullback John Riggins raised a few eyebrows several years ago when he told Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor at some Washington gala, "Come on, Sandy baby, loosen up." Those words may not be the most appropriate for a Supreme Court justice, but many Americans these days certainly need to "loosen up." Nothing, it seems, is too inane or innocuous to provoke a spasm of public hysteria, paranoia or a little bit of both. The latest example that comes to mind: Having heaped oceans of vitriol on the makers of video games, CDs, television shows and movies in ...

ANCPR News Release ANOTHER MISGUIDED GOVERNMENT PROGRAM HHS LAUNCHES PROPAGANDA CAMPAIGN ENLISTING HELP OF AD COUNCIL, OGILVY AND MATHER April 9, 1999 The Dept. of Health and Human Services (HHS) has launched a propaganda campaign called 'Be Their Dad' in an attempt to support more of their misguided interference in family life. "HHS' 'Be Their Dad' is the ultimate in hypocrisy," noted Lowell Jaks, Director of the Alliance for Non-Custodial Parents' Rights. "They're telling fathers to "be their dad" at the same time as they are increasing child support fines and penalties aimed a noncustodial parents, which are primarily fathers. ...

Reposted only for information purposes bla bla bla Who tops the class? High schools replace valedictorian tradition June 29, 1999 COLONIE, New York (AP) -- As the sole valedictorian of South Colonie High School, Shauna Fisher is one of a vanishing breed. She was the last to take the front row seat reserved for the one student with the highest grades during commencement over the weekend. She was the last student to give a speech as the school's undisputed valedictorian. Next year, South Colonie will honor not just one top student, but all those whose grades averaged higher than 95 ...

China marked World Anti-Narcotics Day last week by executing 58 drug traffickers, Chinese newspapers reported Monday.Authorities in the southern boomtown city of Guangzhou executed 28 people for trafficking and manufacturing drugs Friday, the Yangcheng Evening News said in an edition seen Monday.It said the 28 were put to death after more than 10,000 people attended their public sentencing in six different places around the city. Of the 28, three were executed for producing 2,100 pounds of amphetamines in Guangzhou between 1993 to 1995, the newspaper said.It said two courts in Guangzhou sentenced a total of 265 drug traffickers to ...

Sometimes something smells so bad everybody wants to do something about it. Imagine, if you can, these political odd couples: Henry Hyde and Barney Frank, Bob Barr and Bill Delahunt. They got together the other day to work on eradicating a really bad stink. The Hyde/Frank/Barr/Delahunt coalition went after the rape of the Constitution that allows the feds to seize the property of the innocent in the name of making war on drugs. They persuaded the House to strip the feds of this power, which the feds have brazenly arrogated unto themselves in defiance of Jefferson and Madison, and ...

Anthrax Vaccine Could Be Dangerous SAN DIEGO (AP) - A high-ranking military leader has acknowledged that the mandatory anthrax vaccination for American troops can be potentially dangerous, The San Diego Union-Tribune reported today. Citing military documents, the paper reported Army Secretary Louis Caldera agreed in September that the government would accept the burden of potential liability claims by service members against the vaccine's manufacturer. According to a memo signed by Caldera, the vaccine ``involves unusually hazardous risks associated with the potential for adverse reactions in some recipients and the possibility that the desired immunological effect will not be obtained by ...

Hello, Thank you for your concerns regarding Rosie O'Donnell. The following is Kmart Corporation's statement regarding Rosie O'Donnell and firearms. While we certainly respect her First Amendment Rights of Freedom of Expression, the views that Rosie O'Donnell expresses are her own. She is not a spokesperson for Kmart. As a retailer of legal firearms, Kmart also believes in the importance of Second Amendment Rights to Bear Arms. Our corporate stance is to advocate the safe, responsible sale and ownership of sporting firearms. We follow extensive policies and procedures to ensure that all FBI and ATF requirements are followed by our ...

For education and discussion only. Not for commercial use. Few would argue that American higher education is a formidable presence in the world. But to James Carlin, it's on the brink of crisis. It's time, he says, to stand up and say "enough is enough" to soaring tuition, unproductive professors, and lower standards. A successful businessman and self-styled Paul Revere-with-an-attitude, Mr. Carlin stepped down last month after four years as chairman of the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education. But that doesn't mean his voice will go silent. He plans to keep asking the tough questions that frequently cause a ...

Why is there Civil War in Kosovo, Why Did Clinton Get Involved and What has Been Accomplished? By Why is there a civil war in Kosovo, why did the Clinton administration get involved in it, and what has been accomplished with more than two and a half months of warfare? Let's review pertinent facts. The Background Kosovo was an integral part of Serbia when the area was conquered by the Turks in the fifteenth century. In Serbian history books it is often called Old Serbia. Albanians began arriving in the seventeenth century during the Turkish occupation. It has been recognized ...

"FREE MILK FOR BABIES" was the battle cry of social reformers a century ago. Today the bumper sticker of those pressing for inclusion of prescription drugs in Medicare might read: "FREE PILLS FOR GEEZERS." Insurance coverage of most prescriptions for the aging is an idea whose time has come; the only question is how best to pay for it without more speedily bankrupting Medicare. Only a few days ago, the White House had its answer. Sock the middle class and wealthy in Medicare with a bigger premium to cover the costs of prescriptions for poor people. Through a "means test" ...

First, a look at the proper way to make a major structural change in government: Referring to the 22d Amendment to the Constitution, the lead headline in The New York Times of Feb. 27, 1951, said: "2-Term Amendment in Force as the 36th State Ratifies; Truman Exempt From Limit." I offer that venerable nugget to the Mayor of New York, Rudolph Giuliani, who frequently exhibits a disturbing compulsion to govern by personal vendetta. Truman exempt from limit. When the 22d Amendment imposed its two-term cap on the Presidency, it did not target the sitting President, Harry Truman. This is ...

Though the Clinton administration lost its initial battle to socialize health care in United States, it is moving steadily towards that goal through America’s public schools. More than thirty states have already implemented school-based health care programs. The Balanced Budget Act of 1997 provides states with $24 billion over the next five years (and $48 billion over ten years) for children’s health care, with strong incentives through the Kidcare portion of Medicaid for a school-based approach. The results will be less quality or freedom in health care, and parents will relinquish more control of their children to government. Like ...

A former beauty queen wept on the witness stand yesterday as she described how a Gloucester police lieutenant who had arrested her on a traffic violation apparently peeked through a window as a police matron strip-searched her. Jennifer Ciulla, 28, has filed a civil rights suit against both the male lieutenant who allegedly ordered the search and the matron who allegedly forced her to remove her spandex jogging outfit and the bikini bathing suit she wore underneath it. Both Lieutenant Miles Rigny and the matron, Genevieve Linsky Whaley, deny that Ciulla was subjected to a strip search. Ciulla, whose ...

1425 GMT, 990629 Yugoslavia – KFOR reported June 29 that the Kosovo Liberation Army has successfully met its first key deadline for disarmament and demilitarization. Spokesman Lt. Cmdr. Louis Garneau said, "We’re very pleased with the KLA’s compliance." The combatants are also now forbidden from wearing uniforms or insignia in public. 1409 GMT, 990629 Bulgaria/Russia/Yugoslavia – Bulgaria has asked that Russia clarify its request to use Bulgarian airspace to transport part of its KFOR contingent to Kosovo. The Bulgarian Foreign Ministry said that it required information on the amount of troops and weaponry to be transported before it would ...

GUNS IN AMERICA investigates the gun culture in the United States. Each night delves into a different aspect of gun culture, from children and guns to the manufacture of guns. Mr. Kurtis will meet those people who use guns in their daily lives and explore their reasons for owning a firearm, such as for sport, romance, self-defense, and he'll meet with those who use guns to pay tribute to this nation's past. Airs Tuesday, June 29, 9 pm ET/6 pm PT GUNS IN AMERICA next goes Inside the NRA, the National Rifle Association, perhaps one of the most powerful lobbying ...