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The biggest political news of last week was not the shaky maiden debate of presidential candidate Gov. George W. Bush in New Hampshire but the chaos in the streets of Seattle, where over 30,000 protesters mobilized against the meeting of the World Trade Organization and were met by an astonishingly ill-prepared and inept police force. My first thought, as I watched the news footage of scrambling crowds, shattering windows and clouds of tear gas, was "There goes the Democrats' hope to hold onto the White House next year." Aging liberals may remember the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago for the ...

John Cochran is on a replay on C-Span now.

PRESCOTT -- Steve Forbes embarked Tuesday on two days of stumping rural Arizona with essentially the same flat-tax message that captivated the state's Republicans four years ago. Speaking from the steps of the Yavapai County Courthouse, where the late Barry Goldwater, progenitor of America's conservative movement, launched his 1964 presidential bid, Forbes said the central message of the 2000 election is "No more nonsense from politicians who say it's not realistic to do the things that need to be done." Meanwhile, Texas Gov. George W. Bush began his all-out push for Arizona with two television ads, another sign that ...

There is a way to fight back! As you have probably heard by now, our Philanderer in Chief is joining those who would deny our 2nd Amendment rights through LITIGATION, where LEGISLATION has failed them. In the manner of a second story burglar, The White House, also known as "Bill's Bribe and Breakfast", is joining some or all of the nation's 3,100 local housing authorities in preparing a class action suit against gun manufacturers. This is the beginning. This is how it started with tobacco. But, now we know the tactics of LEGISLATION THROUGH LITIGATION, used by the liberals who ...

Sen. John McCain, whose presidential campaign rails against special-interest influence, raised $10,000 from AT&T executives soon after introducing legislation that would make it easier for the phone giant to expand further into the cable television business.McCain's bill would take away the FCC's power to approve telecommunications mergers, eliminating one of the two regulatory hurdles facing such industry deals. He introduced the legislation less than three weeks after FCC Chairman Bill Kennard said in May that AT&T's proposed takeover of cable company MediaOne "warrants very careful scrutiny." Both McCain's spokeswoman and AT&T said Tuesday there was no connection between the contributions ...

Fetal Tissue Research Benefits Society HR350 is Harassment, Not Law Ruling Statement -- November 9, 1999 by Gloria Feldt President, Planned Parenthood Federation of America Washington, DC - Planned Parenthood deplores the on-going attempts by extreme anti-choice politicians to curtail scientific research and medicaladvances for the sake of hyperbole and to demonize women who seek to control their own fertility. We support individuals' rights to consent to organ, cadaver, or fetal tissue donations for the purpose of medical research in the pursuit of savinglives and treating and curing diseases. H. Res. 350, a Sense of the Congress resolution introduced ...

Lockhart: Don't Press It 'Tis truly the season for magnanimous gestures--or maybe huge mistakes--as invitations to events get rushed out in the mails. But John Whitehead, head of the conservative Rutherford Institute, which bankrolled Paula Jones's suit against President Clinton, insists his Christmas party invite to White House press secretary Joe Lockhart was no mistake. "It was intentional," Whitehead said yesterday. "Christmas is not a political thing. Anybody who could bring a toy was invited" to an open house Saturday at his home. If Lockhart shows up with a toy, new and unwrapped for needy kids, Whitehead said, "that would ...

Hannity has a video from 92 of Hillary getting out of her limo for a photo op with a homeless man. The man seems to ask Hillary for a dollar and they give him a voter registration card. He is trying to get permission to show it on the show on FOX TONIGHT!! Must see Hypocrisy TV. Hannity claims it is better the the video of BJCLINTON leaving the Ron Brown funeral.

" A controversial statue of Diana, Princess of Wales portrayed as the Virgin Mary is to go on show in Liverpool on Thursday. The figure, on show at the Tate Gallery at the Albert Dock, shows the late princess dressed in the traditional robes of the Virgin Mary. It is part of Heaven, a collection of work by artists from around the world. The artist behind the Diana sculpture, Luigi Baggi, is also behind a 15ft fibreglass statue of Jesus Christ, which is displayed on a floating pontoon. Lord Alton, professor of citizenship at Liverpool John Moores University, said many ...

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- Major world powers and several Islamic states have condemned Russia's campaign against Chechnya, but none are threatening sanctions or other measures against Moscow. Russia, which is threatening to destroy the Chechen capital if its rebel government doesn't admit defeat, still has a huge army of concern to its immediate neighbors. Few countries are willing to anger Moscow's government or add to its fragility, especially at a time many are seeking better economic ties with Russia. In addition, many nations fear reinforcing the idea that the world should intervene over minority issues inside another country -- ...

The Scenario: December 7, 1999 Corporate Headquarters, Global Operations Santa Enterprises Corporation Dear Valued Employee: Due to the competitive pressures of a modernizing holiday industry, SE has been steadily losing market share to aggressive newcomers like Kwanzaa, as well as established industry leaders such as Hanukkah. These competitive pressures have driven SE to modernize its physical plant to increase automation and efficiency, streamlining our corporate structure as well. As you may have noticed, robotic assembly droids have taken over the majority of the toy assembly duties. Also, the sleigh has had its outdated propulsion system replaced with a GE ...

Three GOP presidential candidates got credit yesterday for staying off the campaign-finance reform bandwagon. Texas Gov. George W. Bush, Steve Forbes and Sen. Orrin G. Hatch got credit from conservatives yesterday for staying off the campaign-finance reform bandwagon when three other presidential candidates argued for new restrictions during Monday’s Republican debate in Arizona. Mr. Bush also managed to avoid an effort by Mr. Forbes to trap him into an argument about oil prices, but it was the issue of campaign financing that separated the six-man field down the middle Monday night. Alan Keyes and Gary Bauer joined Arizona Sen. John ...

Web posted 12/08/1999 01:49 PM EST (Lake Havasu City, AZ) - Today, Steve Forbes, Republican presidential candidate, asked Governor George W. Bush to explain the discrepancies in the positions he has taken on national testing for students. Governor Bush responded to a question at Monday night's presidential debate in Arizona by stating, "I don't believe in national testing." On October 6, 1999, Ron Hutcheson of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, reported on Governor George W. Bush's second education speech. He wrote the following: "Splitting with hard-line conservatives in Congress, Texas Governor George W. Bush defended the federal government's involvement in ...

MOSCOW, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Russian President Boris Yeltsin, who has just recovered from pneumonia, put in a somewhat shaky performance at a Kremlin signing ceremony on Wednesday, reviving doubts about his health. However, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Yakushkin dismissed the worries, saying Yeltsin planned to go ahead later on Wednesday with a planned trip to China. The 68-year-old president, who left hospital on Monday after a week's treatment for pneumonia, was reading from a text hailing Russia's union treaty with neighbouring Belarus when he appeared to lose his train of thought. As he searched a white booklet he was ...

So, she’s in: Hillary Clinton is running for the Senate. Chances are, she will win. And when she does, she will be a bigger deal in American life than ever. Mrs. Clinton is the very embodiment of left-liberalism in America today—not to mention, one unusual character. Throughout November, her supporters in New York (meaning, the state’s Democrats) were getting antsy. She hadn’t committed herself to the race. Polls were showing her running behind the (all-but-certain) Republican nominee, Rudolph Giuliani. She had landed in hot water over a couple of dangerous issues: her husband’s clemency for Puerto Rican terrorists, and ...

Anniversary of Chinese Government Propaganda Theme Park to be Marked by Demonstration Press Release Citizens Against Communist Chinese Propaganda Contact: Jack Churchward 727-441-3982 To mark the sixth anniversary of the Chinese government owned and operated theme park known as Florida Splendid China, Citizens Against Communist Chinese Propaganda (CACCP) will be holding a protest demonstration beginning at noon on Saturday, December 18, 1999. For almost six years, groups and individuals concerned with the inclusion of inappropriate exhibits at the Florida Splendid China theme park in Kissimmee have written to the park's management to ask for discussions about the offending exhibits. All ...

Go to windows accessories and fax ROSIE SHOW!!!! MAKE them have to look through everything in order to find the FAXES they really need!!!! ~~~212-506-3249 ~~~~~ fax line!!! Anxiously awaiting Rosie's arrest!! Details below.

Woman sues Pennsylvania city over religious yard sign By The Associated Press 12.1.99 What do you think? Have your say in The Forum. YORK, Pa. — The city of York wants a woman to take down a religious sign outside her house, saying it violates zoning laws, but she is arguing in a federal lawsuit that the city's order tramples on her rights to free speech and freedom of religion. The sign on Sybil Peachlum's lawn depicts a peach holding a copy of a newspaper called "Peachy News" that proclaims, "Jesus is Alive." Lights illuminate the sign and Peachlum eventually ...

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December 1, 1999 BARR REACTS TO CLINTON PANAMA CANAL STATEMENT WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Representative Bob Barr (GA-7) reacted today to President Clinton’s admission yesterday that the Communist Chinese will soon control the Panama Canal.  Following Clinton’s statement, Barr sent the following letter to House and Senate leaders: “During a news conference yesterday, President Clinton told reporters ‘I would be very surprised if any adverse consequences flowed from the Chinese running the [Panama] canal.’  This statement is disturbing for two reasons. “First, the President has explicitly acknowledged what we’ve been saying all along.  The unilateral U.S. withdrawal from Panama has ...