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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- President Clinton's half-brother attended a performance by North Korea's state-run symphony orchestra, the isolated communist state's official news agency reported Saturday. Roger Clinton, a singer and bandleader, watched the performance Friday with a group of communist officials, said the North's Korean Central News Agency, monitored in Seoul. KCNA identified Roger Clinton as a U.S. pop singer, without mentioning his relationship with the president. Among the pieces performed were ``Korea is One'' and ``Bumper Harvest has Visited Chongsan Field,'' KCNA said. Roger Clinton is in North Korea to perform Sunday with two dozen South Korean pop ...

Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. December 4, 1999 Mars Polar Lander Target Ellipse Picture Credit: Malin Space Science Systems, MGS, JPL, NASA Explanation: South is up in this recent composite color picture of Mars Polar Lander's target region near the Martian South Pole taken on November 28. Imaged by the orbiting Mars Global Surveyor's wide angle camera, the area covered is 105 kilometers across with the expected landing ellipse superposed. It is late ...

Clinton has been getting his way in Foreign Affairs, Domestic Affairs for 7 years. Why?? Has the media and the GOP Congress aided and abetted him. You can bet your butt they have. He has gotten away with personal and political corruption that would have made the Romans blush. What has finally stopped this madman and his accomplices--Street Politics that's what. The Only politician with the guts to go to Seattle was Pat Buchanan. He sided with those who have personal agendas ,but were willing to put their country first. Even though the media attempted to blackout the news it ...

Pat Buchanan, who is so far to the right Mussolini has a pinup of him in his locker, has bolted to the Reform Party and hooked up with Lenora Fulani, who was Izvestia’s last foldout before they changed management. Either the world has gone insane or the time has come to do away with the two-party system as we’ve known it. But why limit it to only three parties? Obviously, more parties mean more specialization, and every group in America can find its niche in the political process. Most people don’t know that the alternate party movement started years ago. ...

An antiquated term from the Constitution is making an unfortunate comeback. It is commonly heard in arguments against asset forfeiture laws by which authorities can seize the property of suspected 'criminals' who have been neither tried nor convicted. The term is 'Bill of Attainder.' Article I, section 9, paragraph 3, admonishes Congress that "No Bill of Attainder... shall be passed." Section 10 addresses a similar prohibition to the individual States. What is a Bill of Attainder? And why is it relevant to your life in the 21st century? Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist defined the term as used in ...

I've been reading through the threads on Frank Rich's "obit" of Drudge, and I was wondering if there is a commonality in the experience here.....Yes, as conservatives, we prefer our news from the internet and talk radio, because of the mindless bias of TV, even with the explosion of the cable channels...but I wonder if perhaps there is a fundemental difference in the make-up of liberals vs. conservatives that.....

Congressman Hostettler, I liked what you've said in your news letter about a missile defence system. But, even more important than that at the present, is the fact that YOU haven't co-sponsored H.R.77, sponsored by Helen Chenoweth. If we allow China to take over the Panama Canal, America will die! The American public doesn't believe ,for a moment, that China would hesitate to use missiles on us. So, why should we give them military bases, and the ability to NUKE US from Central America? I don't plan to learn Chinese! If Congress allows this farce to happen, I can only ...

Daily thought for; Saturday and Sunday December 4th & 5th, 1999 Come let us be reasonable... Come, let us be reasonable..., Come, let us be reasonable, let us reason together. Have you ever noticed who they are that speak those words? Think to yourself, have you ever heard an honorable man or woman utter those words? Do you find them in the word of God? No, they are not uttered by either God or honorable men and woman, they are spoken by those who wish you to compromise your values, honesty, virginity, morality and salvation, for with God, with honor, ...

Recently, jordan8 posted an article about the Pentium III processor. I posted a reply concerning a different but related problem for which there is a remedy. There weren't many responses so I have decided to take another crack at it here. Please pay attention for a minute - it's very important to you! Here is what I posted:To: jordan8 I have no idea about the accuracy of this report. I do know that your - yes, YOUR - computer is being hacked while you read this. The truth is very scary. A hacker can use your computer to spread child ...

A figure wearing a clerical collar walks back and forth in the dimly lit room at St. Louis University High School, a clipboard pressed to his chest. The Rev. Martin Hagan looks down the firing range at the backs of 10 boys, their .22-caliber rifles poised as they await his final command. "Commence firing," Hagan says into the microphone. As the rifles ring out and the smell of gunpowder fills the room, Hagan leans over and helps freshman Chris Allen adjust the strap on his rifle. Like the other shooters, Allen is aiming at a target 50 feet away. The ...

Bedford, NH (CNSNews.com) - Texas Governor George W Bush drew the largest crowd ever to attend a Politics & Eggs Breakfast Friday, just hours after he and five other Republican presidential hopefuls met in a nationally televised debate. The event, which drew an estimated 600 people, was an opportunity for Bush to continue to draw on his performance in the 90-minute session, the first New Hampshire debate in which the Texan participated. Supporters of Bush opponents were critical of the breakfast which they said resembled a love fest between mainstream Republicans and the GOP front runner. One McCain supporter to ...

Independent voters will be shut out of Arizona's GOP primary Feb. 22 because the state's open primary law does not apply to presidential elections, according to an opinion by Attorney General Janet Napolitano. Napolitano said that, because the open primary law approved by voters in 1998 does not specifically mention presidential elections, it doesn't apply. She argued that the Legislature has traditionally treated primaries separately from presidential preference elections. The opinion was requested by Secretary of State Betsey Bayless. Experts and Republican campaign officials say the opinion is expected to have little effect on the race in Arizona. "Honestly, ...

"FOREIGN POLICY ADVISORS Richard Armitage -- President of Armitage Associates...and former envoy to newly independent states of Soviet Union; served in the Pentagon under President Reagan. Robert D. Blackwill -- Professor at Harvard's JFK School of Government; served on National Security Council under President Bush. Stephen J. Hadley -- Assistant Secretary of Defense under President Bush; now the managing partner of the law firm Shea & Gardner. Richard N. Perle -- Former assistant secretary of defense under President Reagan; director of the American Enterprise Institute's Commission on Future Defenses. Condoleezza Rice -- a former member of President Bush's National Security ...

ANALYSIS-Bad planning hit in trade talks collapse By Robert Evans SEATTLE, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Did they fall or were they pushed? Explanations abounded in Seattle on Friday night for why three years of effort to start the 21st century with a new round of free trade negotiations had ended in failure. ``It was us who did it!'' screamed radical environmental groups. ``A victory for the people of the world over big business and corporate globalization.'' ``It was the Americans,'' said a European Union official. ``They were so determined to drive through their own agenda that they were blind to ...

*"One of the most brilliant propaganda coups of all time is the liberals' labeling (redefining) NAZIs as 'right-wing'."* War on Christianity Never before in American history have Christians experienced being hated for following Jesus Christ as they are today. In countries near and far, people are being persecuted simply because of their faith. Christians are beaten, tortured, imprisoned, and murdered by those who are hostile to their faith in Jesus Christ. In fact, more Christians have died for their faith in this century than in the previous nineteen centuries combined. Currently, over 200 million Christian are living under the threat ...

I know this is a shameless display of a vanity post but I was just wondering how many Freepers here have ICQ ? It's a really neat chat program that allows you to send text messages as well as file transfers and voice messages too . My ICQ # is 12003196 how about we all jump in here and identify ourselves . Let's get something going . I think that would be a good tool in keeping the freepin' network steady . What say ?

With Texas Gov. George W. Bush enjoying a big popularity lead in the presidential preference polls, and having been flooded with campaign fund contributions, his leading Republican challengers have been frustrated by his previous disinclination to join them in rough-and-tumble debate. Why should he? The election is a year away. Campaigns are too long. And why should he help the other contenders draw a spotlight? So he skipped three "debates" in which other Republican hopefuls chose to appear. But the first primary voting is set for Feb. 1 in New Hampshire. Sen. John McCain is gaining popularity in the Granite ...

Following my post last week, "Why I left the Buchanan Brigade," a well known Buchananite and one of my harshest critics (ServesURight) abruptly left the Buchanan Brigade. I will not take full credit for this defection, but the timing was certainly more than coincidental. This week, I have decided to revisit the Freepeer Favorite, Alan Keyes. I have had the book, "The Hand of God - A Journey from Death to Life by the Abortion Doctor Who Changed His Mind," sitting on my book shelf for a couple years now. A remnant from one of my buying binges with the ...

BOSTON, Dec. 3 (UPI) - Massachusetts Democratic Sen. Edward M. Kennedy said Friday that Republican presidential front-runner Texas Gov. George W. Bush "meets the bar" to be president. At the same time, Kennedy told the Boston Herald he has not decided yet whether to endorse Vice President Al Gore in the Democratic presidential primary race. While criticizing Bush's record on health care, Kennedy suggested the governor run on his strong record of education reform. Kennedy also said Bush's failure to answer foreign policy questions from a Boston television station was insignificant. "The fact is, he's been a governor and ...

MMMMmmm.....I'm going to need a new First Lady.......