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MEN OF CONSCIENCE AND PRINCIPLESHave you ever wondered what happened to the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence?  o Five signers were captured by the British as traitors, and tortured before they died.  o Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned. o Two lost their sons serving in the Revolutionary Army, another had two sons captured. o Nine of the 56 fought and died from wounds or hardships of the Revolutionary War. o They signed and they pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor. What kind of men were they? o Twenty-four were lawyers and jurists. o Eleven were merchants, nine ...

Columbia's Top Execs Topple as Columbia Scrambles to Recover from Fraud Investigation; Rep. Stark Urges Complete Review of Proposed Merger June 2, 1997 Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. Pete Stark (D-CA) responded to the resignations of Richard Scott and David Vandewater from their positions as the top two executives of Columbia/HCA. The executives' resignations come in the wake of the Federal government's ongoing investigation of the nation's largest for-profit hospital chain. "For over two years I've called for Federal investigations into possible fraudulent activities by Columbia/HCA. Those investigations should proceed with vigor. The resignation of two executives won't ensure ...

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 victims ...

The talk in Washington turns again to legacy, as Bill Clinton gazes out the Oval Office window, musing over what might yet be. Chief executives often do this sort of thing in the autumn of their administrations, when friends turn into acquaintances and employees ponder resumes instead of re-election. It must be a time of melancholy for the president, who for all his luck and virtuosity in office has received a bum hand. History reveres presidents who confront crises — wars, depressions and dark nights of the national soul. It has little use for those who manufacture trouble, and even ...

The Weekly Standard - Editorial Pages Bill Bradley Does Los Angeles Tucker Carlson Los Angeles Issue Dated Monday, July 5/12, 1999 N A T I O N W I D E [Volume 4, Number 40] If there was ever a doubt that Bill Bradley is the ultimate anti-pander presidential candidate, it has just disappeared. It's a little before 11:00 on a sunny June morning, and Bradley is sitting with a small group of gay activists at the L.A. Gay and Lesbian Center in Hollywood. Bradley is several days into an extended swing through California. He has come here, he says, ...

What follows is a communication from Prop209's co-author, Glynn Custred, to me, rdf. I make it public with his permission. When you read it, you are getting a glimpse inside the world of the activists who made the abolition of sex and race preferences a reality in CA and WA.GlynnC209@aol.com wrote: Richard; This is the gist of arguments I have been having recently with people on our side of the issue of race preferences who are uncritically backing George W. Bush. I view the process so far as a presidential primary race where ideas and policies should be openly debated, ...

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET WRITTEN STATEMENT OF T.J. RODGERS, PRESIDENT AND CEO, CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION The list of unproductive and sometimes even ludicrous investments in government industry partnerships, unnecessary subsidies and outright gifts to America's corporations by our government, is long, shameful, and very well documented. (Appendix A contains a description of wasteful technology subsidies and a statement of 78 Silicon Valley executives calling for an end to corporate subsidies.) What's lacking is not another regurgitation of the evils of corporate welfare, but a Congress and president with the courage to do something about it. Stereotypes ...

D A L L A S, July 1 —The Reform Party’s highest elected officeholder, Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura, is pushing for new leadership to replace Dallas billionaire and group founder Ross Perot and threatening to pull his support back to his home state. The party’s only elected chairman says he deplores the former wrestler’s “ultimatum.” “Jesse has a loud voice and can influence a lot of people,” Russell Verney of Dallas, who now works as a paid political adviser to Perot, told The Dallas Morning News in today’s editions. “It should be done in a positive way.” Mutiny in the ...

When the leftist "mainstream press" is at all honest, they'll admit that Clinton is fairly worthless rogue who has done as much damage to his own party as to the country. They're trying to establish separation between Clinton the unique phonomenon, and the rest of the liberal left. Wrong, and yet another lie. Clinton is no aberation within the Democratic party. He is SOP (i.e. "Standard Operating Procedure") for the Democrats for the past thirty years. The only difference was that Democrats previously lied in secret. They crafted socialism in their smoke filled rooms, and called it "progressive policy". They ...

Symbolism - Bald Eagle Bites Clinton On the left hand, no less... A BALD eagle, the emblem of the United States, bit President Clinton at a ceremony on the White House lawn yesterday.,p> Mr Clinton's staff had arranged for the eagle, Challenger, to be present when he announced that the species was being taken off the endangered list after a 27-year conservation project. The President described the eagle as the "living symbol of our democracy" and then moved over to talk to the bird's handler, Al Cesari. Mr Clinton looked distinctly uneasy as he stood just out of pecking distance ...

You have to believe the AIDS virus is spread by a lack of funding. You have to be against capital punishment but for abortion on demand - in short, you support protecting the guilty and killing the innocent. You have to believe that the same overpaid public school idiot who can't teach 4th graders how to read is qualified to teach those same kids about sex. You have to believe that trial lawyers are selfless heroes and doctors are overpaid. You have to believe that guns in the hands of law-abiding Americans are more of a threat than nuclear weapons ...

usademocracy.com is a website launched this weekend that provides info on current legislation up for final vote, info on your senators and congressional representative, and allows you to vote on the legislation via e-mail letting your representives in Washington know your position for/against a particular piece of legislation. Check out this site. It looks particularly interesting and useful. Registration does not appear to be necessary to browse the site and use it for research. The interview was in the second hour of Washington Journal this morning. The President of the site explains funding, privacy regulations, etc., information which is also ...

Kubrick's Cute First there was "Love Story." We already know more than we want how it was modeled on Al and Tipper. Now comes Stanley Kubrick's "Some Like It Very Hot" (or whatever it's called), starring Love Couple Tom and Nicole at supersonic Cruising speed. Might Mr. & Mrs. Gore confess that this movie too is based on their sensuous lives? Anyway, leave it to Time magazine to get the story all wrong. Its latest cover features a (presumably) buck nekkid Mr. & Mrs. Cruise in an embrace, Nicole's head pressed to his chest while his head towers above hers. ...

The following is the roll call vote on the amendment to protect the privacy of our financial transactions. 117 freedom loving Republicans and 12 freedom loving Democrats voted for the amendment. They were out voted by national socialists and other supporters of big government. Those who voted against the amendment need to hear from conservatives and need to be removed from congress if they fail to reverse their vote. FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 269 H R 10 RECORDED VOTE 1-JUL-1999 8:33 PM AUTHOR(S): Barr of Georgia Amendment QUESTION: On Agreeing to the Amendment REPUBLICAN AYES-117 NOES-104 NV-1 DEMOCRATIC ...

Nothern Nevada Chapter of the Free Republic has had a face lift!! Come Visit us and Click on the Voting Booth Question to Vote: Have we made good use of the freedoms our founding fathers have given us? You do not need to register on our site to browse or vote. Also we have a link to the petition against the internet tax. Come on over now!

Ex-Coach Dead In Suspected Hate Crime Attacks CHICAGO (Reuters) - Former Northwestern University basketball coach Ricky Byrdsong was killed and six Orthodox Jews were wounded on Chicago's north side in a series of drive-by shootings that are being investigated as possible hate crimes, Chicago police said Saturday. The Cook County Medical Examiner's office said Byrdsong died this morning from a gunshot wound he suffered while walking near his home in the Chicago suburb of Skokie, Illinois Friday night. Byrdsong is African American. Within an hour of Byrdsong's shooting, six Orthodox Jews, one a youth, were shot within a two-block area ...

Tentative dates for Republican primaries and caucuses in 2000, according to the Republican National Committee: Feb. 7 -- Iowa caucus. Feb. 8 -- New Hampshire primary. Feb. 19 -- South Carolina primary. Feb. 22 -- Arizona, Michigan primaries. Feb. 29 -- Virginia primary; North Dakota caucus. March 7 -- California, Connecticut, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, New York, Ohio, Rhode Island, Vermont primaries. March 10 -- Colorado, Utah primaries. March 14 -- Florida, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas primaries. March 21 -- Illinois primary; Wyoming caucus. April 4 -- Kansas, Wisconsin primaries. April 25 -- Minnesota caucus. April 27 -- Pennsylvania ...

Clinton and British Intelligence The New Australian No. 125, 28 June - 4 July 1999 Readers keep pleading with me to tell them more while others, though not hostile, are somewhat suspicious, if not about me, at least about my sources. Once again I shall try and explain my situation. I am not on any government payroll and I do not have direct access to any intelligence agency. As I have tried to make clear on several occasions I am a listener. I don't pry, I don't question and I don't send or receive coded messages. But people are ...

NATO Bars Russia From Reinforcing Troops in Kosovo By ERIC SCHMITT WASHINGTON -- The United States and its NATO allies have blocked Russia from flying hundreds of troops into Kovoso this weekend, before details of Russia's role in the NATO peacekeeping force could be worked out, Administration officials said Friday. In the last 48 hours, Russia asked Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria for use of their airspace to fly 10 planeloads of peacekeepers on Sunday into Pristina, the provincial capital, the officials said. But those nations rejected the request after consulting with top American and NATO officials, the Administration officials said. ...

WASHINGTON (July 2, 1999 4:00 p.m. EDT http://www.nandotimes.com) - Conservative leader Paul Weyrich endorsed Steve Forbes for president on Friday, giving the Republican hopeful a boost in his bid to court voters from the party's right wing. "Other candidates appear to be more closely aligned with the social issues positions I have taken, but in the end what matters is who can deliver on these issues if elected," Weyrich said in a statement given to The Associated Press. "I have concluded that Forbes is in a better position to deliver than even the most ardently committed social conservative candidates." ...