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. . . NEWS . . . BREAKING NEWS . . . BREAKING. . . The White House, Washington - "President Clinton announced today an all out bombing offensive against England will begin in two weeks, unless a peace accord is ratifiedby England and its break-away province of Northern Ireland. "Using the fine logic we crafted in the Kosovo intervention, we have decided to add, incrementally, to the list of peace initiatives around the world," he said in a prepared statement. A background briefing indicated that on a weekly schedule, the Clinton administration would intervene in the following areas: Week ...

When I was small and my dad was so sick and couldn't work, the government gave us food stamps and commodity cheese. When you are hungry, giving back a little freedom didn't seem like much.The government gave me a free education through high school and they only asked a pinch of freedom in return. I got the best end of that bargain.I let the government finance my college education so I could be a productive member of society. They even gave money to the school I went to so I didn't have to borrow so much. I gave some freedom ...

Take Action for Constitutional Government TAKE ACTION TO RESTORE CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT A project of The Conservative Caucus 450 Maple Avenue East, Vienna, Va. 22180 703-938-9626 Updated December 01, 1999 "There are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by the gradual and silent encroachment of those in power, than by violent and sudden usurpation."  James Madison You can help in the battle to restore our government to it's Constitutionally limited size. Citizen lobbying action is urgently needed on the following issues. Current Action Items: Current Action Items Click these selections to jump to issues below or ...

HATCH SUBJECT OF JUDICIAL WATCH LAWSUITS CONCERNING HIS INVOLVEMENT IN BCCI AND MICROSOFT CASES (Washington, D.C.) Senator Orrin Hatch, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, has steadfastly refused to call for the resignation of Attorney General Janet Reno, claiming that he doesn't like to "ruin people's careers" and "the decision should be made by the President." In a recent Republican Party Presidential debate in Arizona, Senator Hatch also staunchly defended the Reno Justice Department's decision and case to break up Microsoft. Senator Hatch's defense of Attorney General Reno and his attacks on Microsoft are, unfortunately, easily explained, and are the ...

A 13-year-old named Jesse Dirkhising was killed on Sept. 26 in Rogers, Ark. Why didn't you know that? The police affidavit describing the circumstances of Jesse's death is stomach-turning. Rather than sicken you, let me quote instead from the much less graphic story that moved on the national wire of the Associated Press. ''According to police, Davis Carpenter Jr., 38, and Joshua Brown, 22, drugged and blindfolded Jesse Dirkhising, gagged him with underwear, and strapped him to a mattress face-down with duct tape and belts. Then the boy was repeatedly raped and sodomized with various objects before he suffocated ...

I heard on Rush today that the GWB campaign is suspending its fundraising because it has gotten to be a liability instead of an asset. The campaign has raised close to $70 million so far, so the campaign is going to put future fundraising on hold.

New York Press - New York's Premier Alternative Newspaper. Arts, Eats, Music, Food, Movies and Opinion   New York Press  Godfrey Cheshire Film  vol 12 no 49  American Holocaust American Holocaust What’s the most disturbing movie you’ve ever seen? When I was a kid, the low-budget nuclear-horror drama Panic in the Year Zero took the prize; it gave me nightmares for weeks. In the 80s, the 10-hour expanse of Claude Lanzmann’s Shoah proved as haunting as it was horrifying; its images are with me still. But I have to say, now, that the single most disturbing movie I’ve ever ...

Monday's Republican presidential debate in Phoenix was nothing to write home about, with a few notable exceptions that struck at some key issues and policy differences that divide the GOP and voters in general. By its very nature, a debate between a large field of candidates, four of whom (Gary Bauer, Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah, Steve Forbes and Alan Keyes) stand no chance of being nominated, let alone being elected, is far too unwieldy to explore substantive issues with the level of detail that they deserve. Still, marginal candidates serve an important purpose in a competitive campaign because they ...

***MRC Viewing Alert**** 4:30pm ET, Thursday December 9, 1999 Watch on C-SPAN the MRC's presentation of the "Dishonor Awards: The Decade's Most Outrageous Liberal Media Bias." Tonight at a hotel in Washington, DC the Media Research Center will use video clips of the actual bias from throughout the 1990s to show the nominees and then the winners in six award categories: -- How Do I Hate the Gipper? Let Me Count the Ways Award -- Politics of Meaninglessness Award for the Wackiest Analysis -- Presidential Kneepad Award for the Best Journalistic Lewinsky -- Corporal Cueball Carville Cadet Award (for ...

Yeltsin Plays the Nuclear Bluff Against US Opposition to Chechnya      BEIJING, Dec 9 (AFP) - Russian leader Boris Yeltsin Thursday warned US President Bill Clinton his country      still had nuclear weapons and would not bow to US pressure over its military offensive in Chechnya.      "It seems Mr. Clinton has forgotten Russia is a great power that possesses a full nuclear arsenal ... we aren't      afraid at all of Clinton's anti-Russian position," Yeltsin said after an informal summit with Chinese President      Jiang Zemin.      "I want to tell President Clinton that he alone cannot dictate ...

SERBIAN UNITY CONGRESS  December 8, 1999  The Honorable Trent Lott,  Majority Leader, United States Senate,  Washington, D.C. 20510  Dear Senator Lott:  The release on December 6, 1999 by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) of two reports on human rights in Kosovo make horrifying reading. Before the NATO campaign the Serbian Unity Congress was in the forefront of reconciliation efforts that, has they been heeded, might have avoided the immense human suffering catalogued so painfully in these reports.  The SUC believes that those responsible for crimes committed during the period covered by Part I of the ...

NEW HEALTH GUIDELINES ISSUED THURSDAY: STATES MUST NOTIFY FEDS OF ALL HIV CASES... TOLD TO REPORT HIV TEST RESULTS USING PATIENT'S NAME OR IDENTIFYING CODE... DEVELOPING URGENT...

Report: Sprewell Being Investigated for Illegal Contact With Jury NEW YORK (Dec. 9) -- New York Knicks guard Latrell Sprewell might be in legal trouble again, this time for making contact with the jury during his civil trial in California earlier this fall, the New York Post reported Thursday. David Greensied, an attorney for the man and woman who sued Sprewell after being injured in a highway wreck that he admittedly caused, filed a letter of intent to file a motion for a new trial with the Contra Costa County court, the newspaper said. Greensied has until Sunday to file ...

Republican presidential contender George W. Bush ran into the ideal one-person focus group Tuesday afternoon at Bedford Town Hall. "I’m trying to make up my mind between you and Senator McCain. Can you help me?’’ asked Marion Houck, a 41-year-old homemaker and mother of two whose husband liked the Arizona senator when he met him recently. "Obviously, I’m glad I’m in the finals. That’s a good start," Bush shot back playfully. "I’m not going to tear down John McCain. He’s a good man. I think I would be a better leader than Senator McCain. I’ve been in a position of ...

(CBS) In Bettendorf, Iowa, the ground war between Planned Parenthood and its Right to Life opponents has been fierce. Now, however, the dispute has moved to a street called - ironically -- Happy Joe Drive. CBS News Correspondent Jacqueline Adams reports. The five-year battle has not been violent, but metal detectors are on the way and Planned Parenthood officials say they have spent more for security than they used to spend to build a clinic like this. Although it took three federal injunctions to defeat the opposition, leaders are thrilled with Friday's grand opening. "The Quad cities of Iowa ...

The following is a list of sponsors gotten from Rosie O's show this a.m. (Note: those caring to fax her at (212)506-3249 will receive a busy as I suspect phone off hook). I will get the full addresses ASAP. Unfortunately we use a cable modem which goes out quite often as is did today. Phone numbers were supplied in sponsor ad so I can't be sure who we're reaching. Sorry for this abbreviated list but it should get us started voicing our dismay.

Keyes' Electability, The Maryland Record Let's start with this bit of good press, from the Washington Times. From Inside Politics, Washington Times, 2/23/99: Liberals for Keyes? Who was the most impressive speaker at last month's Conservative Political Action Conference in Arlington? Well, according to liberal group People for the American Way, the man who really got the CPAC crowd going was former ambassador Alan Keyes. Mr. Keyes' "ability to propel that crowd into a frenzy was nothing short of remarkable," PFAW reported Sunday in its monthly on-line newsletter "Right-Wing Watch." PFAW reported that Mr. Keyes -- who sought the GOP ...

The Timothy Plan Family of Mutual Funds Applauds Exxon-Mobil on Their Move To Restore Sanity to Corporate Benefit Programs WINTER PARK, Fla., Dec. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- The following was released today by The Timothy Plan: The Timothy Plan, America's morally responsible family of mutual funds, applauds Exxon-Mobil's decision to restore some semblance of sanity to their corporate benefits program through their decision to eliminate "domestic partner health-care benefits." Art Ally, Timothy Plan president, states, "From both an economic and a moral perspective, the practice of offering such benefits is bad business. Economically, health insurance costs are soaring across the board. ...

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 9, 1999 Contact: Joe Giganti (202) 646-5172   WHITE HOUSE COUNSEL'S OFFICE BEHIND EFFORT TO OBSTRUCT FILEGATE LAWSUIT   EVIDENCE PRESENTED TO THE COURT EARLIER THIS WEEK   Misconduct Akin To Indian Trust Case   (Washington, D.C.) Judicial Watch, Inc., the public interest law firm which fights government corruption, presented sworn evidence last Tuesday evening to the Court that The White House Counsel's Office, which is effectively run by Hillary Clinton, has employed a strategy of obstructing discovery in the $90 million Filegate class action lawsuit to get the Clintons beyond the next election. ...

By Patrick Goodenough CNS London Bureau Chief 09 December, 1999 London (CNSNews.com) - Russian President Boris Yeltsin's belligerent statements in response to Western condemnation of the military campaign in Chechnya should "not be taken very seriously," the European Union's new foreign affairs and defense co-ordinator, Javier Solana, said Thursday. Solana, a former secretary-general of NATO, was reacting to remarks attributed to Yeltsin during the first day of a visit to China, in which he reminded the West - and President Clinton in particular - that Russia was a nuclear power. "Clinton allowed himself to pressurize Russia," a Russian news agency ...