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WARNING -- DO NOT READ IF YOU ARE HAVING A GOOD WEEKEND OR YOU JUST ATE. I made the major pitch, but Mrs. Clinton chimed in." -- Senator Charles Schumer on Hillary Clinton's role in a White House meeting about aid to New York hospitals. Hillary Clinton is making a pilgrimage to Oneonta, N.Y., this week to "visit" with Daniel Patrick Moynihan, the man she hopes to replace in the Senate. If establishing an exploratory committee, renting office space and hiring staff are not enough proof that Mrs. Clinton is a serious candidate, this trip ought to do it. Nobody ...

ARE COCAINE PARDONS ON THE WAY? Look the question the kid is asking is important.

This July 4th we celebrate once again the beginning of an amazing venture - the American experiment in ordered liberty. In the conflict and tumult of politics today it is easy to forget the spirit of 1776 and the ideas on which this nation was founded. We must not. Two revolutions contend for the American soul. The first exploded onto the world stage when Thomas Jefferson's quill touched parchment. The American Revolution was already in motion, of course. But it soared to majestic heights when the men of the Continental Congress declared this country and its citizens capable of ...

BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE: Business Week ebiz PERSPECTIVE By Mike France June 28, 1999 Why Can't Congress Let the Internet Alone? Despite their rhetoric, the supposed enemies of big government are close to killing Net self-regulation with heavy-handed rules If you ask any politician in America today whether we need new laws to regulate the Internet, you'll almost certainly be treated to a stirring speech about the dangers of big government. Republican or Democrat -- governor, mayor, or congressman -- most elected officials just love talking about how terrible it would be it if the Web was weighed down with all kinds ...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Supporters of death row inmate Mumia Abu-Jamal blocked the entrance to the Liberty Bell at the start of the busy Fourth of July weekend on Saturday, and 55 people were arrested. The landmark was closed to the public for about three hours. The demonstration came on the 17th anniversary of the sentencing of Abu-Jamal, a former Black Panther and radio journalist convicted of killing a Philadelphia police officer. He contends he is innocent and blames his conviction on a biased judge and an ineffective lawyer. His jail writings about the justice system -- and efforts to win ...

Introduction President Clinton is interrupting his Independence Day holiday for some personal diplomacy on the Kashmir crisis. He meets in Washington Sunday with Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif. More from VOA White House correspondent David Gollust. Text The meeting -- to be held at the Blair House official guest residence near the White House -- was requested by Mr. Sharif, who flew to Washington after a Saturday telephone talk with Mr. Clinton. The president also conferred by phone with Indian prime minister (Atal Bihari) Vajpayee, who Clinton aides say raised no objection to the Washington meeting. A brief statement by ...

INDIA SAYS RECAPTURES KEY KASHMIR STRATEGIC HEIGHT NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India said Sunday it had captured the strategic Tiger Hill on its side of a military line of control in Kashmir after a fierce night-long battle. ``I am delighted to tell you that a battalion of the Grenadiers recaptured Tiger Hill after a long and bloody battle,'' a senior defense official told Reuters on condition of anonymity, referring to the 15,060-foot peak that commanded a vital stretch of the Indian highway through northern Kashmir. ``I am not a religious man, but I prayed very hard this morning,'' the ...

Demonic convergence © 1999 S.L. Goldman There shall be many coming in my name, saying I am Christ, and they shall deceive the very elect. -- Matthew 24:5 Oh my God! Am I seeing right? Is that really Shirley McLaine -- former Queen of the New Age Movement -- on the cover of a new book, clutching a mass of crystals and smiling out at us with that disgusting blissed-out look? I mean ... I thought we'd gotten rid of this bimbo. But noooooooo ... I am completely and utterly amazed that people are still buying this New Age shuck ...

Democratic Strategy rules out compromises in the House The Democrats' strategy for recapturing the House of Representatives next year is clear: cause chaos at every turn, paint Republicans as incompetent extremists and target the suburban swing voters, mainly women. It is a fairly cynical game plan with only one aim -- political victory. That means no compromise with the Republicans on any issues, no solutions for pressing problems like reforming Medicare or strengthening patients' rights. For all practical purposes, the Congress that convened only in January is over, except for must-pass bills like annual appropriations. The Democrats' reasoning is simple. ...

Clinton created the worst national security disaster in American history! He committed TREASON against his own country so he could stay in power for just a few more years!

Are whites on average simply smarter than nonwhites? It's a troubling question. If by "smarter" we means "more adept at mathematic, verbal, and analyitical tasks", then research and test scores tend to indicate that, on average, people of predominately African heritage ("blacks") are not as intellectually adept as people of European heritage ("whites") tend to be. This is by no means a cause for feelings of superiority, however; by the same criteria, People of asian heritage tend to be more intellectually adept than whites, or any other ethnic group. Africans tend to be taller, stronger, and more athletic than Euros ...

Here's a little test of our confidence in and admiration for our Commander-in-Chief. I spent a little time last week going through our catalog of photographs in our company's photo lab to select some that would be useful for a marketing brochure. The photo lab staff had the radio on as I was flipping through pages of photos. During the on-the-hour newscast a clip of our illustrious TROPIMPOTUS came on, with him promoting some pandering lie or other. The moment his voice came on, they whacked down the volume to zero, turning it up cautiously again after a while to ...

Russia Ousts U.S. Officer as Ties Sour Over Kosovo By MICHAEL R. GORDON MOSCOW -- In a fresh sign of the tensions that have grown between the United States and Russia since the war in Kosovo, Moscow has ordered an American military attaché to leave the country, American officials said Saturday. The American officer, Lieut. Col. Peter Hoffman, the assistant Army attaché at the United States Embassy in Moscow, was declared persona non grata and left Russia Thursday evening, officials said. The American Embassy declined to say why the officer been expelled. But some American officials suggested that he might ...

The following URL: Click Here This website is meant to be the birth of a new concept -- going back to the ways of the founding fathers. They based the American system on two things Patriotism and their moral code. The moral code was simply the "Ten Commandments" -- the moral system of Europe, parts of the Middle East and North Africa for 2000 years. It is time we go back to those "roots". I basically have been forced to hold off with doing this until now -- literally. I have had problems with my home computer that prevented me ...

Raiding Arizona By Sean Paige Before an invasion from the south, Douglas, Arizona, was just another sleepy town. But today it's a tinderbox and test case of America's resolve to control its borders. U.S.- MEXICO BORDER -- It's 98 degrees in the shade -- if you can find it -- and the green-clad agents of the U.S. Border Patrol, Douglas Station in Arizona, have mustered in preparation for another night of hide-and-seek along the hottest sector of a broiling U.S.-Mexico border. Assignments are made, intelligence is shared and the evening's strategy is laid out. But it always boils down ...

Legislator Urges US to Fully and Faithfully Implement TRA Taipei, July 3 (CNA) Twenty years after the United State Congress enacted the Taiwan Relations Act (TRA), a Republic of China legislator has complained that Washington has not fully and faithfully implemented the law. In an article released on Saturday, Parris H. Chang, who is also a Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Pennsylvania State University, said that the US government should warn mainland China that the use of its military to intimidate or destabilize Taiwan is a violation of the TRA and contradicts the 1979 and 1982 Beijing-Washington communiques which ...

DISARMAMENT DISPUTE THREATENS N. IRELAND PEACE By KIRSTEN DANIS The shaky Northern Ireland peace accord was dealt a new blow yesterday when a top Protestant insisted his party will reject plans to set up a joint government - unless the Irish Republican Army first disarms. Ken Maginnis, a moderate aide to Ulster Unionist Party leader David Trimble, said opposition to the plan - announced Friday by British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his Irish counterpart, Bertie Ahern - is "virtually unanimous." "Tony Blair has betrayed us at the 11th hour," Maginnis said. The plan allows the IRA to begin ...

GORE'S BIG GUNS ARE MISSING TARGET By DEBORAH ORIN Vice President Gore's troubled campaign now has four pollsters, three media men (including ex-partners who didn't speak for seven years), five senior press spokesmen, a speech coach and four top guns. "Now all they need to do to fix the problem is replace the candidate," cracked an aide to another presidential wannabe. Clearly, there's a problem. Gore trails Republican 2000 front-runner George W. Bush in the polls by 15 points or more, and sole Democratic rival Bill Bradley is creeping up on him in states like New York and Massachusetts. ...

KOSOVO KILLING FIELDS NO ; LESSON IN PEACE By URI DAN PRESIDENT Clinton's comment on Thursday - that he hopes the Palestinian refugees will enjoy the free choice of where to live - poured oil on a raging Israeli-Palestinian fire. Nabil Shaath, a top aide to Yasser Arafat, could hardly hide his glee when Clinton equated the plight of the Palestinians with the Kosovar Albanians. Shaath added, generously, that he did not "expect the U.S. to bomb Israel." Another Arafat aide, Zaid abu-Ziad, understood the presidential remarks would set off alarms in Jerusalem. Speaking Hebrew on Israeli state radio, ...

Test-tube revolution: Edwards with his 2,500th IVF baby Photograph: Dave Gaywod Having disabled babies will be 'sin', says scientist by Lois Rogers Medical Correspondent THE scientist who created Britain's first test-tube baby has said it will soon be a "sin" for parents to give birth to disabled children. Bob Edwards, the world-renowned embryologist who worked with the late Patrick Steptoe to produce Louise Brown by in-vitro fertilisation in 1978, said the increasing availability of pre-natal screening for genetic disease gave parents a moral responsibility not to give birth to disabled children. Edwards, speaking at an international fertility conference, said ...