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Hatch Says He'd Be Better Candidate By DOUGLAS KIKER .c The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Sen. Orrin Hatch is explaining his late entry into the race for the Republican presidential nomination as looking at the rest of the field and finding it wanting. ``If I didn't think I would make a better president, I wouldn't get into it,'' Hatch, R-Utah, said on CNN's ``Crossfire'' show Tuesday night. Hatch dismissed criticism that his late entry in the race could split votes within the party and damage Republican chances at taking the Oval Office in 2000. ``It isn't important that we ...

18 ROOMS w/VIEW IN W'CHESTER By ADAM MILLER and CATHY BURKE The apple of Hillary Clinton's eye, residentially speaking, appears to be a sumptuous, 17-acre mansion owned by Democratic financier and Wall Street wiz James Kohlberg. The 18-room, 10,000- square-foot home on Mills Road in North Salem, one of Westchester's ritziest bucolic enclaves, went on the market in the spring for a balmy $3.8 million. On Monday, the Secret Service came a'knockin' at the 40-year-old place, several sources said. There was plenty to see. The property boasts five bedrooms, 6 baths, a pool and poolhouse, tennis court, wine cellar, ...

While Bush whirls westward, Coelho sits calmly By John Jacobs (published June 29-99 ) WASHINGTON -- With each new national poll showing Texas Gov. George W. Bush leading Vice President Al Gore by double digits -- there were two more polls last week -- Democratic activists get more and more worried about Gore's ability to keep the White House Democratic, even though they know the election is 17 months off and most Americans, sensibly, are paying very little attention. Can Gore separate himself from President Clinton, they wonder, and assert himself in his own right? Is he too stiff ...

Dole Shifts Gears Struggling Campaign Aims for New Phase ABCNEWS.com By Jonathan Dube S E A T T L E, June 29 — When mother-of-three Karen Whitney showed up to hear Elizabeth Dole speak at a library here, it wasn’t because she agreed with Dole’s ideas. She didn’t even know what they were.     “I like that she’s a woman,” said Whitney, 39, as 8-year-old J.C. and 6-year-old Madison played nearby. “I think a woman president would have more compassion.”      Mothers like Whitney have been a familiar site at Dole events, as she has made a point of capitalizing ...

BILL AIDE WWW.ORKING ON FIRST LADY'S CAMPAIGN By DEBORAH ORIN and ROBERT HARDT Jr. First Lady Hillary Clinton is setting up a fancy Web site to launch her Senate race, and is using White House communications director Ann Lewis to write a "substantial amount" for her political campaign, an internal document shows. The secret June 25 memo says "a substantial amount of copy ('text') must be written by Ann [Lewis]" and media consultant Mandy Grunwald to get the Web site ready by July 6. That's the day Mrs. Clinton is to launch her Senate exploratory committee - the day ...

BEATING UP A TEACHER When Nicole Smith, a sixth-grader in Brooklyn, got a poor report card, she didn't bother discussing it with her teacher, Jamina Clay - but attacked her instead. And while Nicole was brutally hitting and scratching her teacher's face, her 44-year-old mother joined in the fray. According to Clay, the two had a grand old time humiliating her. "They took turns holding me ... and cursing, scratching and hitting me. While one held me down, the other punched me." It's hard to decide what is the worst part of this story. Is it the fact that ...

Panel Discussion [ Applause ] Bill: Let us meet our panel. This July 23rd through the 25th, she'll be headlining at the "Just For Laughs" festival in Montreal. Our buddy, Elayne Boosler. [ Applause ] Elayne: Hi, Bill. Bill: Hey, you? Elayne: How you doing? Bill: How are you? Elayne: I'm fine. [ Applause ] Bill: His new tour starts on Wednesday in Albany. His magazine is "Adventure Outdoors." And he's an NRA director, Ted Nugent is over here. [ Applause ] Ted: I owe you a gun. [ Applause ] Bill: Not a problem. All right, he's an author, ...

A SCANDALOUS APPOINTMENT When Rep. Frank Wolf (R-Va.) first introduced legislation last fall to set up a national commission on terrorism, Arab-American groups complained that the proposed membership - including such renowned scholars as Fouad Ajami - contained "Muslim-bashers" and others who would "infringe upon our civil rights." To that crowd, a commission whose mandate is to "review counter-terrorism policies regarding the prevention and punishment of international acts of terrorism directed at the United States" is biased if it focuses on fundamentalist Islamic groups - which are the primary source of international anti-American acts of terrorism. Apparently, however, those ...

Statement of Representative Helen Chenoweth May 20, 1999 Regarding A Better Quality of Life for America's Defenders                Mr. Speaker, in today's military a young enlisted person serving out his or her first contract can expect to make one thousand, seventy-five dollars and eighty cents a month. Over a forty-hour work-week, this averages to six dollars and seventy cents an hour.   But most of our military personnel don't work forty-hour weeks. We all remember the famous Army slogan -- "We do more before 9:00 a.m. than most people do all day." Mr. Speaker, it's true. These ...

I was wondering if anyone knew of some sort of web based archive of pictures of Klintoons escapades over the years? I am an illustrator planning on doing a large picture involving Clinton...i need good source material for an accurate depiction of his evilness!

0135 GMT, 990630 Yugoslavia/UK – ITAR-TASS reports that a British KFOR contingent shot a man dead near Pristina on June 29. The soldiers opened fire on the man in Liplian when he appeared with a pistol drawn and aimed in their direction. A KFOR spokesman later said the soldiers acted in strict accordance with instructions. 0117 GMT, 990630 Russia/Yugoslavia – A Russian delegation from the State Duma arrived in Belgrade on June 29 to determine how Russia’s involvement in KFOR will proceed under present terms. Alexiei Arbatov, deputy to the Duma Defense Committee Chairman, said, "The main question our ...

***Connecting the sales of opium to the price of gold.*** An excellent post on today's freerepublic forum quoted Dick Armey's weasel words not to allow IMF to accept poor countries' gold to repay their loans*** ======================================================== THE TRUE STORY Every British monarch since 1729 has benefited immensely from the drug trade and this holds good for the present occupant of the throne. Their ministers saw to it that wealth flowed into their family coffers. One such minister of Victoria's was Lord Palmerston. He clung obstinately to the believe that nothing should be allowed to stop Britain's opium trade with China. ...

HR 407 IH 106th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 407 To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide for reciprocity in regard to the manner in which nonresidents of a State may carry certain concealed firearms in that State. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 19, 1999 Mr. PAUL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide for reciprocity in regard to the manner in which nonresidents of a State may carry certain concealed firearms in that State. Be it enacted by the ...

In case you needed further proof that the human race is doomed through stupidity, here are some actual label instructions on consumer goods:   On Sears hairdryer: Do not use while sleeping. (Gee, that's the only time I have to work on my hair!)   On a bag of Fritos: You could be a winner! No purchase necessary. Details inside. (The shoplifter special!) On a bar of Dial soap: Directions: Use like regular soap. (...and that would be how?...)   On some Swann frozen dinners: Serving suggestion: Defrost. (But it's *just* a suggestion!)   On a hotel-provided shower cap ...

This picture says more than words. It portrays the sacrifice that this nation was built on.What follows is a short story that goes along with this picture.If you've ever seen the painting "Reflections" of the Vietnam Wall in Washington, you've seen the man standing there with his hand on the wall, mourning his dead father or brother who was killed. What he doesn't see is the reflection from the other side showing that relative with HIS hand on the wall, touching the hand of his survivor. That painting inspired this story. FROM THE OTHER SIDE By Patrick Camunes "There are ...

Worried about "Them" keeping all sorts of information on you and your friends and family without your permission? You probably should be. They can keep track of where you live, how much you make, what your likes and dislikes are, where you hang out, what you read. It's almost like having a little window into your head, except the anonymous "they" looking into your head might not be as benign and ethical as the science-fiction telepath, Mr. Spock. Hi, I'm a database programmer, and I'm the kind of talent "They" use to keep track of you and yours. That's not ...

June 29, 1999 My name is Laura Klinzing and I am writing to as many prison activist organizations as I can find. I am sick of the way family and friends of prisoners are treated by the corrections officers/ prison guards in our country's State and Federal prisons. I am asking anyone out there to write to me with your story concerning any visits you may have had with a loved one in prison, that turned unpleasant due to the treatment you received by the prison staff. It's time someone takes a stand and forces the government to take responsibility ...

Presidential impeachment poll on the Family Education Network. Needs FReeper attention I would think. http://familyeducation.com/topic/front/0,1156,1-2981,00.html?115-21399-0

© Marta Miric at the grave of her daughter, Marica, raped and killed by KLA fighters Photograph: LEFTERIS PITARAKIS / AP Historic Serb town is set alight by vengeful KLA FROM MICHAEL BINYON IN PEC STANDING beside the Serb patriarch in the Pec monastery that is the historic Kosovan seat of Serb culture and religion, Crown Prince Alexander called yesterday on the Serb minority to remain in their homes and not to abandon their historic homeland. His appeal was too late. Pec was burning yesterday, Serb homes set alight by vengeful KLA fighters while the tiny remaining group of elderly ...