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This past week, grassroots conservative leaders, not simply the clique of pundits who have been decrying the nomination of Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court, were able to vent their frustration, disappointment, and anger at officials from President Bush’s administration and the Republican National Committee. Under a barrage of comments ranging from a why would the president nominate someone with no judicial experience to why isn’t the president willing to fight, the Bush representatives, and I feel the entire administration, have shown a complete lack of understanding of what grassroots conservatism is all about. There are many core principles that...

Evelyn's father, stepmother suspected she was a victim of neglectBy JESSICA MILLER, Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier   WATERLOO — Evelyn Miller’s father and stepmother say they worried about the 5-year-old girl’s safety throughout her short life. Andrew and his wife, Lindsey, of Waterloo, contacted the Department of Human Services numerous times about Evelyn’s living conditions, primarily concerning alleged neglect. They and other members of the Christie family said Evelyn was the subject of at least a dozen reports. The DHS made one cursory investigation. Andrew was 19 when his daughter was born in 1999. He was in the delivery room, although her mother,...

WASHINGTON - (KRT) - They are the new bionic soldiers. Once given honorable discharges, amputees are regaining remarkable mobility with new prosthetics, and some are even choosing to return to the battlefield in Afghanistan and Iraq. U.S. troops who have lost one leg - or two - can walk, run and even swim with high-tech, computerized limbs. Arms and hands are replaced by prosthetics controlled by sensors that react to electronic impulses from undamaged muscles. The war in Iraq has claimed the lives of nearly 2,000 U.S. service members, but it has also drastically altered life for hundreds more who...

This past week, grassroots conservative leaders, not simply the clique of pundits who have been decrying the nomination of Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court, were able to vent their frustration, disappointment, and anger at officials from President Bush’s administration and the Republican National Committee. Under a barrage of comments ranging from a why would the president nominate someone with no judicial experience to why isn’t the president willing to fight, the Bush representatives, and I feel the entire administration, have shown a complete lack of understanding of what grassroots conservatism is all about. There are many core principles that...

Explosive devices found on the GA Tech campus.

Monday, October 10th, 2005 Harriet Miers Must not be Confirmed Since her nomination was announced, I’ve said that Harriet Miers should be confirmed to the Supreme Court, despite her unexciting qualifications, because she’s a conservative. Information that has come out over the last week has caused me to believe she is not a conservative. So I’m changing my position: Harriet Miers should not be confirmed by the Senate. On Roe v. Wade, I have no doubt that Miers is a rock-solid pro-lifer. If this were the only issue that mattered, then Miers would have my full support. But there are...

roundupDriverless cars made history in the Mojave Desert on Saturday by crossing the finish line of an almost 132-mile race sponsored the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the research and development unit of the U.S. Department of Defense. Stanford wins $2 million in robotic car race The team's robotic car "Stanley" drove autonomously across 131.6 miles in the Mojave Desert in six hours and 53 minutes. October 9, 2005 Photos: Robotic racers Images of contestants and winners at the 132-mile race across the desert sands--sans drivers. October 9, 2005 Driverless robots reach milestone in DARPA race Stanford University makes robotics...

is there a way to be able to setup telnet while using cable broadband? we no longer have a hardline phone and need to get into college classes via telneting sure hope someone here has some experience

MONDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2005 Calling all hackers Here's a challenge for Internet hackers. An al-Qaida Web site has started broadcasting a video newscast called the "Voice of the Caliphate." According to The Washington Post, the first program was broadcast last month and featured an anchorman disguised by a black ski mask and wearing an ammunition belt. He had a Quran next to his right hand while a rifle on a tripod was aimed at the camera. The al-Qaida news bulletin reported on the Israeli pullout from Gaza, showed rockets being fired in Iraq and announced that, "The whole Muslim world...

WASHINGTON - Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, often extolled by conservative Republicans as their ideal model of a judge, said Monday the confirmation process was too politicized and that he wouldn't want to experience it again. When asked whether he thought he could be confirmed again by the Senate, Scalia said: "I don't know. I wouldn't want to go through it today, I'll tell you that much." Scalia, who was confirmed by the Senate on 98-0 vote in 1986, was interviewed by NBC's "Today" show. He was thought at one point to be a candidate for chief justice when William...

For many years now--perhaps since her very birth--America has served as a role model for the rest of the world. We aren't perfect by any means, but we have set the very standard for human rights and equality. ..... So when I read this story on Drudge yesterday, I wasn't surprised. Let me give you the headline: India Quake Survivors Complain of Slow Aid It's amazing--and rather unfortunate--that we can now confirm that every part of our society is being mimicked by others! Not only our free elections, or our equal rights for all, or our representative government are being...

US generals, Iraqi journalists say civil strife is Iraq's greatest threat. By Tom Regan | csmonitor.com The day after President Bush gave a major speech outlining "the battle of the 21st century" against terrorism, questions still exist in Iraq about what constitutes the greatest danger to the country. While Mr. Bush stated that terrorism was the greatest danger faced by Iraqis, US military generals and many Iraqis say the threat of civil war (some Iraqi officials believe a civil war has already started, but is just not being talked about) poses a much greater risk. In its Oct. 10 issue,...

American workers have been getting the short end of the stick since 1943. That's when the United States Congress, in response to the costs of World War II, passed the Current Tax Payment Act. The act requires employers to withhold taxes from their employees' paychecks, overturning the previous system in which workers were paid first and settled their tab with the government later. The Current Tax Payment Act is why so many people look at their paychecks and wonder where all their money has gone. My poor dad -- who also happened to be my real dad -- often said...

The last time I saw Lu Banglie, he was lying in a ditch on the side of the street - placid, numb and lifeless - the spit, snot and urine of about 20 men mixing with his blood, and running all over his body. I had only met him that day. He was to show me the way to Taishi, the hotspot of the growing rural uprisings in China. It felt like heading into a war. Taishi is under siege, I was warned. The day I arrived a French radio journalist and a Hong Kong print journalist were rumoured to...

The trend spotting authors who popularized the term 'metrosexual' to categorize sraight men who exfoliated, wore Diesel Jeans and took longer to get ready than their girlfriends have decided that the two year old phenomenon is, well, so two years ago. The new ideal, according to Marian Salzman, Ira Matathia and Ann O' Reilly in their new book, 'The Future of Men,' is the 'ubersexual.' In contrast to the metrosexuals who risk being 'sad sacks who seem incapable of retaining their sense of manhood in postfeminist times,' ubersexuals 'mark a return to the positive characteristics of the Real Men of...

PYONGYANG (Reuters) - Women danced in mini-skirted military uniforms as North Korea marked the 60th anniversary of its communist party on Monday, while speculation mounted over whether its leader would use the occasion to name a successor. At an event attended by leader Kim Jong-il and thousands of his military brass and cadres on Sunday, the emphasis was on Pyongyang's long-standing "songun" military-first policy and its "juche" ideal of self-reliance. "We should fully embody the party's songun politics, an all-powerful treasured sword for victory in revolution under any circumstances and conditions, and direct primary efforts to the strengthening of the...

What do Cher, a Hollywood con man, a political rising star and an audacious felon have in common? Together they gave Bill and Hillary Clinton a night they’ll never forget — no matter how hard they may try. April Witt, whose article about political influence peddling and the Clintons appeared in yesterday's Washington Post Magazine, will be online to field questions and comments.

Back when President Bush was riding high - before the public turned sour on Iraq, before conservatives got mad about his lavish federal spending and his Harriet Miers nomination - it was widely assumed that the 2008 Republican presidential candidates would vie amongst themselves for the right to proudly carry their leader's torch. But that's not happening. The Republican hopefuls - as many as a dozen men who already are jockeying for advantage - don't want to be perceived as insiders and heirs to the Bush political establishment. On the contrary, most of them are trying to advertise their independence,...

Have we seen America's future through the eyes of hurricanes Katrina and Rita? Monster storms drowning cities and obliterating coastlines. Jobs vanishing and prices rising as ports and pipelines close. Millions fleeing, but many are trapped and die. Chaos reigns, paralyzing government and leaving the world's wealthiest society humbled and frightened. Natural disaster in the United States has morphed to a dangerous new level. Some experts say the nation can expect to be pummeled by more of these mega-catastrophes over the next 20 or 30 years in a nasty conspiracy of unfavorable weather patterns, changing demographics and political denial. A...

BAGHDAD - Saddam Hussein could be executed before the Iraqi Special Tribunal finishes charging him with all his alleged crimes, a source close to the tribunal said Sunday. For members of some groups allegedly abused by Saddam, the possibility that he might not face their allegations drew mixed feelings. His first trial, along with seven co-defendants, is set to begin Oct. 19. It will weigh charges that they massacred 143 people in Dujail, a predominantly Shiite town north of Baghdad, in 1982 after a failed assassination attempt. If convicted, Saddam could be sentenced to death. On Sunday, officials began releasing...