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In the first public indication of a policy difference between Hillary Rodham Clinton and her husband, the First Lady Thursday joined New York labor and political leaders at a White House meeting to argue against proposed Medicare cuts that could hurt New York hospitals. Mrs. Clinton, taking a break from preparations for her likely campaign for Senator from New York, met in the White House with the New York leaders and the President's chief of staff and a senior White House health care adviser. Mrs. Clinton attended at the invitation of Senator Charles E. Schumer, who has asserted that ...

OUR ARKANFUEHRER? By: Michael Kreca "The Fuehrer is always right"--Rudolf Hess (1939) "I'll rule this country by executive order if Congress won't adopt my agenda." US President Bill Clinton (July 4th, 1998) OK, let’s be honest. President Clinton is a Nazi, a National Socialist. What makes me say that? Strip away the accusatory emotional barnacles from that left-wing critical crutch and convenient liberal perjorative term National Socialist, read some history and do a little compare and contrast. Hitler legally and constitutionally maneuvered his way into power in January, 1933 despite never winning an election. Clinton skated into the White House ...

Parents Have Been Bullied Into Surrendering Their Kids To Nuts and A Culture Run Amok by Kathleen Parker, an op-ed columnist for the Orlando Sentinel, 633 N. Orange Ave., Orlando, FLA 32801.Just when you thought "strange" has been fully exploited, someone raises the bar. In one week, here's what crossed my desk:*In Chicago, a group of third-grade boys were reprimanded for praying together on the playground.*In Fort Myers, Florida, a teacher scheduled a cross-dressing day for his middle-school students.*In Middletown, Connecticut, college students at Wesleyan University created pornographic movies for a film class.Hello? Who's in charge here? I feel like ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- There were no X-ray thin models, no can't-wear-that-in-real-life outfits and no blaring runway music. But it was a fashion show all the same, staged by the National Women's Political Caucus -- a nonpartisan group dedicated to putting women in public office and in charge of public affairs. Aren't there more important issues for politically-minded women to tackle? ``We've never had a fashion show, and that's not part of our main agenda,'' said Deane Bonner, chairwoman of the NWPC black caucus. ``But the point is that you must look the part. We understand how important image ...

Click Here For Entire Article I Won't Hate Homosexuals No Matter How Much The Media Wants Me To by L.N. Smithee Before I begin, allow me to introduce myself. I am a thirtysomething straight man. I believe the Bible is the Word of God. I am a Christian. I believe that the Bible says that homosexual behavior -- among many, many other things -- is a sin. (I will, when discussing the topic face-to-face, defend that stance, as if it necessary.  I am a veteran of many attempts to do so online, but I have discovered that it is pointless ...

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - With days to go before he becomes Israel's prime minister, Ehud Barak reproached President Clinton Friday for saying that Palestinian refugees should be free to live wherever they like. The swift criticism was a rare break in the silence Barak has imposed on policy statements since he defeated right-winger Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel's May 17 election and began forging a coalition to meet a deadline by next Thursday. ``President Clinton's stance on the matter of the right of return, as it might be understood from his remarks yesterday in Washington, is unacceptable to Barak,'' the Labour Party ...

Larry King wants to know more about Dick Morris's client, the dim-witted Captain RibMan: King Interview

The House's trade policy committee gave its support yesterday to President Clinton's decision to extend normal relations status with China for another year. The Ways and Means Committee, by a voice vote, reported "adversely" to the full House a motion to override the president's June 3 action to give China access to low tariffs for another year. The House is expected to take up the issue in mid-month and go along with the president, but not before hearing arguments that China does not deserve normal trade status because of its policies on trade, weapons proliferation and human rights. Extending China's ...

China's commitment to free-market reforms has been cast deeper into doubt by an unexpectedly hard-line address from the leader of the Communist Party. In a speech to mark the party's 78th anniversary, President Jiang Zemin said socialism would defeat capitalism, there would be no all-out privatization of the state sector and China would continue to be guided by Marxism. China was doomed if party members ever lost faith in communism, he said. Meanwhile, China's stock markets fell Thursday after a second day of rumors that reformist Prime Minister Zhu Rongji had tried to resign. Mr. Jiang had told a ...

The U.S. Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce met this past week in Williamsburg, Va., to discuss the future of Internet taxes. The meeting had state and local politicians sweating, but not from the summer heat. It's a fascinating story. States are awash with cash right now, but fear the good times won't last. As more people engage in untaxed cross-border shopping over the Internet, politicians argue, state sales tax revenues will plummet. The National Governors' Association says state governments could be "losing" up to $20 billion a year by 2003 (a wildly inflated figure, by the way). So these ...

Dear Mr. President: For more than six years now, we've all marveled at your ability to control the press and eke your way out of the stickiest of situations. Who but you could succeed in blaming a "vast right wing conspiracy" for an impeachment? Who but you could pin the rap on all your predecessors for a Communist Chinese spy ring in our nuclear labs? Who but you could get away with bombing countries into rubble and sending American troops willy-nilly around the world as global policemen? But now that the American media has left these matters behind and ...

Pakistan Warns India Against Widening Conflict 8.50 a.m. ET (1250 GMT) July 2, 1999 ISLAMABAD — Pakistan warned India Friday of ''serious consequences'' if it widened the current conflict between the two nuclear-capable rivals in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir. A statement after a meeting of the key Defense Committee of the Cabinet that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif chaired said Pakistan was "prepared to deal with any eventuality and to give an effective response to any action of aggression.''

The 2000 Presidental Elections don't occur for another 17 months, but White House hopefuls are already on the campaign trail. The Campaign Connection is an up-to-the-minute look at the road to the White House: A complete schedule of all the candidates' plans. The page will be updated multiple times daily, and/or as soon as new information is available. New information this morning for Bush, Buchanan, Smith, and Gore.

Boston’s WGBH Swapped Fund-Raising Lists With the Democratic National Committee Possible Tax-Law Violation Uncovered by Wellesley Mother Massachusetts News By John Pike July 2--Boston’s public television station, WGBH swapped its fund-raising list with the Democratic National Committee, a possible violation of tax laws. But it doesn’t look like the IRS is doing anything about it and WGBH isn’t saying much. Angela Lifsey, WGBH director of media and community relations, said, “We’re a little embarrassed about it.” She explained that some new employees who made the swap had been unaware of the station’s policy against sharing lists with political or religious ...

RNC letter uses loophole Urges GOP to exploit 'soft money' How the plan would work 1. An individual contributes the maximum amount of $1,000 to the presidential candidate of their choice. 2. Under the Republican National Committee plan, the individual is then told they can contribute more. But instead of writing another check to the candidate, they are asked to contribute to the RNC. 3. The RNC uses the money to help fund an advertising campaign during the presidential election campaign. 4. The RNC says the donations may be in the form of "soft money" because the ads will ...

                       U.S. to continue testing ancient                       bones                       By Mike Lee                       Herald staff writer                       The federal government hasn't figured out how old                       Kennewick Man is and probably will resort to                       radiocarbon dating to find the answer.                       The move is likely to anger Northwest tribes, who                       have especially objected to destructive testing of the                       bones found along the banks of the Columbia River                       nearly three years ago. But it heartened others who                       want to know more about the bones, believed to be                       about 9,200 years old based on initial ...

There was a more innocent time in this country when U.S. soldiers rolled up their sleeves when they were told and took their medicine -- in the form of all kinds of vaccines for who-knows-what. Today, some 240 military service personnel are refusing to be inoculated with the anthrax vaccine -- with good reason. Approximately 100,000 Persian Gulf War veterans have become sick with a still-unexplained syndrome many suspect has to do with vaccines they were given and/or through possible exposure to chemical or biological weapons. Since the Pentagon has been less than forthcoming in providing answers to the ...

PORTSMOUTH, N.H.Let's face the most important fact about the Republicans running for president: It is about the money. George W. Bush tried to hide that fact behind his born-a-preppy-tryin'-to-be-a-cowboy Skull & Bones aw-shucks patter when modestly heh-heh-ing about the $36 million he raised in just six months. Every single day, weekends and holidays included, the Texas governor siphoned $200,000 and change out of the wallets of GOP contributors. That is phenomenal. It is also obscene. That bankroll could choke a horse - or a president's ethical constraints. The 11 other GOP contenders are on notice. Bush will spend them ...

If you want to ask questions about the Fed, a former governor is on C-SPAN morning journal RIGHT NOW! I sent in an email question of my own, but they use SO FEW of those my chances are nill. Susan Phillips is her name.

The government has good news for Americans it thinks are too dumb to fry an egg. The Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday it wants each carton of eggs to contain a warning: "For your protection: Keep eggs refrigerated; cook eggs until yolks are firm; and cook foods containing eggs thoroughly." Quipped a bemused Sen. Pat Roberts, Kansas Republican: "It sounds like a yolk, but it's not." He said the label would seem to rule out common eggnog. But the chief proponent of the egg safety, Sen. Richard J. Durbin, Illinois Democrat, said he's not trying to ban eggs -- ...