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David Clark / Cochran, GA It Wasn't Just Ink -  RealAudio It Wasn't Just Ink - Text File email - dclark@accucomm.net It Wasn't Just Ink copyright 1999 David Clark/Cochran, Ga. David Clark P.O. Box 148 Cochran, Ga. 31014 dclark@accucomm.net It was the finest moment in many a town crier's career. He jumped up on a barrel and looked out at people just like you and me, calling out:                "When in the Course of human events," and you know the crier paused and looked out at the crowd;                "it becomes necessary                 for one people                 to dissolve ...

This is a slightly modified version of an essay originally written July 5,1999. It is from http://www.fatalblindness.com and the author is Fulton Huxtable. COURAGE Courage is integrity in the face of danger. The danger may be a threat to your life or simply the possible failure at some task before you, such as persuading others of the truth of your ideas. Courage is not the senseless sacrifice of your life and time to an undertaking that is clearly doomed to defeat. It is dedication, in action, to that which is possible. Ideas created the possibility of America. Courage made America ...

Christian Science Monitor article His four-day tour of impoverished areas across the US aims to get business executives to build at home. LP> In the never-ending search for emerging markets, the administration has taken American executives to the far corners of the globe. This week, however, President Clinton is trying to show national business leaders that the ripest place for economic expansion could be right in their backyard. Acting more like a commerce secretary than a president, Mr. Clinton is spending four days touring blighted areas ranging from the Mississippi Delta and East St. Louis - rural and urban pockets ...

MOSCOW, July 5 (UPI) - Russian Interior Minister Vladimir Rushailo says Ministry forces launched an attack on a Chechen rebel base near the Chechen-Dagestani border, in southern Russia, killing an unknown number of the 150 gunmen based there. Mortars were used during the operation, launched early this morning, and local news agencies say Russian helicopter gunships were also involved. The attack came just two days after Rushailo threatened to use force to stamp out Chechen bases in retaliation for Chechen attacks on Russian checkpoints in the area. Rushailo's threat was met by a counter-threat from Chechnya over the weekend, with ...

I'm so tired of the spin this president and his aides put on so much of what comes out of the White House. For example, the other day, a Page 1 New York Times story was headlined: "Aides Say Clinton Is Angered as Gore Tries to Break Away." And then, midway there was this paragraph in the double bylined - John M. Broder and Don Van Natta Jr. - article: "The motives for Mr. Clinton's aides and advisers to talk about the president's feelings toward Mr. Gore are not entirely clear. They may be trying to help the vice ...

TACOMA - A local nurse on a quest to help herself, thinks she may have found a treatment that can help the hundreds of thousands who suffer from multiple sclerosis. Elaine DeLack was diagnosed with MS in 1988. What began as occasional numbness in her left leg, worsened to fatigue that made it a struggle just to get out of bed. "One time it took me three hours to make that bed," said DeLack. "Pull up the sheets on one side and lay down and take an hour nap, go around the other side and pull it up, that's how ...

Bush, Republican rivals work the parade circuit Rivals visit with front-runner in New Hampshire 07/05/99 By Christopher Lee / The Dallas Morning News AMHERST, N.H. - The front-runner took his place ahead of his rivals Sunday. But this being a holiday, he walked. Gov. George W. Bush and several other Republican presidential hopefuls campaigned on foot in Fourth of July parades in two New England towns filled with white clapboard houses and trees so green they make money envious. Clad in dark gray slacks and a long-sleeved blue shirt, Mr. Bush plunged into the crowd time and again to shake ...

President Boris Yeltsin met Sunday with Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma at an informal summit at the Russian leader's country residence outside Moscow to discuss outstanding problems in the Russian-Ukrainian relationship. The meeting, which was arranged last Tuesday, was intended ``to breathe new life into the Russian-Ukrainian partnership,'' presidential adviser Sergei Prikhodko told the ITAR-Tass news agency. The talks concentrated on ways of strengthening the strategic partnership between Russia and Ukraine in the wake of NATO's recent bombing campaign against Yugoslavia, the Interfax news agency reported. The two presidents also discussed economic issues, where there are now ``several big unresolved problems,'' ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FOR MORE FOR MORE INFORMATION, CALL: Barbara Howey, 415-479-0425 or Cynthia Moi, 707-765-6756 WHO IS PAUL SHANKLIN? Need your funny bone tickled? Is politics so (a) boring, (b) complex, (c)propagandized,(d) disgusting that you want to barf?? SAN RAFAEL, CA - JUNE 28, 1999 Impressionist Paul Shanklin is making two North Bay appearances: Friday,July 30, at the Luther Burbank Center in Santa Rosa, and Saturday, July 31,at the Marin Center in San Rafael. The talented comedian will kick off a new conservative speaker series entitled HORIZONS 2000, produced by Howey Moi Associates of San Rafael. So what's funny ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FOR MORE FOR MORE INFORMATION, CALL: Barbara Howey, 415-479-0425 or Cynthia Moi, 707-765-6756 WHO IS PAUL SHANKLIN? SAN RAFAEL, CA - JUNE 28, 1999 Need your funny bone tickled? Is politics so (a) boring, (b) complex, (c) propagandized,(d)disgusting that you want to barf?? Impressionist Paul Shanklin is making two North Bay appearances: Friday,July 30, at the Luther Burbank Center in Santa Rosa, and Saturday, July 31,at the Marin Center in San Rafael. The talented comedian will kick off a new conservative speaker series entitled HORIZONS 2000, produced by Howey Moi Associates of San Rafael. So what's funny ...

Independence Day Independence Day David Wright   I am a Marine Vietnam veteran. Because of that, I have been reviled and called such things as "baby-killer" by my own countrymen. Spitters, blood-throwers and name-callers greeted many of my fellows on their return from the war. We were betrayed by the pinnacle of political "leadership" in our own country, and when the war was declared over, better than 2000 of our MIAs were written off so that Nobel "Peace" prizes could be awarded to those who crafted the deal. Yet, today, we who served there are probably more patriotic and ...

                                The Armed Citizen NRA American Hunter Magazine 7-99   James Rowlan, 70, of Oklahoma City Oklahoma, had just finished taking shower one evening  and his wife, Fannie, was following suit when someone rang the front doorbell and knocked loudly. Rowlan went to check and met a youth poking his head inside to survey the home and asking if "Mike" lived there. Before Rowlan had time to let his suspicion turn to warnings, the armed youth and an accomplice broke the storm door lock and barged inside. That's when Rowlan instructed his wife to barricade herself in the bathroom ...

Barak Condemns Clinton Refugee Remark Source: Jerusalem Post Published: July 4, 1999 Author: Danna Harman Posted on 07/03/1999 16:31:54 PDT by starlu Kosovo was all about oil - says writer Source: Philadelphia Daily News Published: July 2, 1999 Author: George Cotner Posted on 07/03/1999 18:20:38 PDT by josiban U.S. glosses over Clinton remarks on Palestinians Source: Reuters Published: 07-03-99 Author: Staff Posted on 07/03/1999 18:23:57 PDT by JohnHuang2 EDITORIAL OBSERVER : What Is This, the Tammy Wynette Strategy? Source: New York Times Published: 07-04-99 Author: By GAIL COLLINS Posted on 07/03/1999 20:50:11 PDT by JohnHuang2 CHINESE REASSIGN INTELLIGENCE CHIEF IMPLICATED ...

The following post comes from The Anti-Preferences group in Texas.I pass it on. fyiI am including below a portion of Senate Bill 178 in the Texas Legislature. This bill was signed by Governor Bush and becomes law on 9/1/99. The portion below relates to historically underutilized businesses (HUBs), which are defined by state law as those owned by blacks, Hispanics, or women. There is a graduation component based on federal SBA guidelines, but the threshold is as high as 17 million in revenues for some types of businesses. Prior to this bill being passed, part of the HUB program was ...

Russian Aircraft, Bulgaria and Romania, and the Balance of Power-- 2000 GMT, 990704 The issue of Russian troops flying into Kosovo is a side show, in the same sense that the Kosovo issue itself is developing into a side show. It is of vital interest to those who reside there, to Serbia, and to neighboring countries, but its consequences for the global system taken as a whole have declined. Whether Russian troops are present in Kosovo or not is, by itself, irrelevant. NATO is in control of the province and Russia’s absence or presence does not affect that situation. Nor ...

The Other Scandals President Clinton's remaining defenders assert his problems arise from a sexual vendetta, but meanwhile a host of other scandals has been pushed off the front pages. Take, for example, the ongoing saga of the Teamsters Union: its illegal election, its convicted money-launderers, and its connections with AFL-CIO headquarters and the Clinton-Gore campaign. The Teamsters mess would presumably be covered if Janet Reno actually did appoint an independent counsel on the broader Clinton-Gore campaign funds violations, but she has not done so. She is again reconsidering, under pressure of a possible contempt of Congress citation, and the ...

WASHINGTON Publisher Steve Forbes proposes "one strike and you're out," no parole for violent felons. Former Tennessee Gov. Lamar Alexander wants to triple the child tax deduction to $8,000. And former Vice President Dan Quayle proposes a 30 percent across-the-board income tax cut. Visit almost any of the Republican presidential candidates' Web sites, and you'll find rafts of proposals - multipart plans for strengthening the American family, detailed outlines to fix Social Security, treatises on strengthening American defense. Notably absent from this hit parade of policy wonkery is the campaign of Texas Gov. George W. Bush. "There will come ...

The Washington Times - Opinion A darker shade of grayBy Helle BeringTHE WASHINGTON TIMESWe like things to be black and white, people to be good or bad. Were the world so conveniently organized, it would be far easier to deal with. Some situations, of course, are not difficult to define as black or white, but others remain stubbornly shaded in gray. Gray is surely the color of today's scenery in Kosovo.     Condemning the atrocities of the Serbian rampage through Kosovo -- with its legacy of mass graves, tortured and incinerated bodies of ethnic Albanians -- is an unambiguous moral imperative. It ...

Taiwan (Republic of China) has formed diplomatic relations with Papua New Guinea. This possibility came to light last week when Australia was shown to be desperately trying to stop such an association for fear of Beijing’s reaction. The last article here reports on those preceeding Australian efforts. Agence France Presse July 05, 1999 Taiwan-PNG lead 13:53 GMT SECTION: International news LENGTH: 654 words HEADLINE: Taiwan, PNG set up full diplomatic ties TAIPEI, July 5 (AFP) - Papua New Guinea and Taiwan forged full diplomatic links here Monday, officials said. The southwestern Pacific nation ignored advice from its neighbour Australia not ...

XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX MONDAY, JULY 05, 1999 21:59:08 ET XXXXX BUSH CAMPAIGN'S SECURITY BILL GOING TO TEXAS TAXPAYER Why is George W. Bush, awash in campaign riches, not paying his campaign security tab instead of leaving it to Texas taxpayers? A question the AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMAN's Mike Ward is planning to ask in coming editions. According to publishing sources, Ward has been pressing Bush campaign officials for answers. During his recent coast-to-coast campaign swings, Bush's cadre of bodyguards have been provided by the "Texas Department of Public Safety officers and Texas Rangers, and Texans are footing the bill," reports Ward. ...