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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Bob Gross, the president of the Young Democrats of Broward County, died in his sleep early Saturday while attending the Florida Democratic Convention. He was 41. The sudden death surprised members of the Broward delegation, who praised Gross as an energetic leader that worked long hours to motivate the county party. An autopsy will be conducted to determine the cause of death. ``It's a shocking situation that someone so young and dedicated is gone,'' said Mitch Ceasar, former chairman of the Florida Democratic Party and chair of the Broward County party. Gross, of Hollywood, had ...

Born to Run http://www.jewishworldreview.com -- WHAT DID BILL CLINTON think he was doing in Seattle last week? He invites leaders from all over the world to a new round of talks on lowering trade barriers. They find themselves besieged by anti-trade demonstrators: environmentalists, protectionists, anarchists, lunatics. The president-host then shows up--and makes the demonstrators' case! Startling his own negotiators (and pleasing Big Labor), Clinton goes way beyond the official U.S. position about tacking environmental and labor standards onto tariff talks. He declares publicly that he favors imposing sanctions on countries that violate such standards. This astonishing expansion--and subversion--of what ...

Yesterday, Rush, you said on your show that your spies on FR have advised you that the Keyes supporters here are very angry with you and have planned some sort of retribution. From my year and a half observation here, I would say you probably have no more loyal followers than the majority of FR frequenters? After all, the appeal of FR is the same as the appeal of the Rush Limbaugh Show, a gathering place for those of like-minded conservatism. Rush, you have much experience with "seminar" callers, those who wish to disrupt and discredit you and who have ...

Sanctioned Sadism After a weekend of demonstrations on behalf of the homeless, Rudolph Giuliani looks a little like a cornered rat. On Monday, he accused his critics of demanding special rights for street people—the classic cry of a wounded conservative—while polls showed New Yorkers solidly opposed to his plan for denying shelter to those who don't work. But the mayor may yet profit from the uproar. In the short run, at least, Giuliani's war on the homeless was a political wash. "He might have lost a bit in the city," says Lee Miringoff at the Marist Poll—but not as ...

Gore won GOP 'debate' in N.H. http://www.jewishworldreview.com -- SEN. JOHN MCCAIN (ARIZ.) was the tactical winner of last week's Republican forum in New Hampshire. But the strategic winner -- unless Texas Gov. George W. Bush sharpens up his act -- will be Vice President Al Gore. McCain won the night by responding with wit to questions about his temper, by showing mastery of foreign policy and by appealing to independent voters, who could help him beat Bush in the Feb. 1 primary. Bush, though, is the national front-runner and figures he'll win the GOP nomination by avoiding mistakes. That ...

LAKE BUENA VISTA -- Vice President Al Gore has seemingly distanced himself from President Clinton in recent weeks in his presidential campaign, but both men will appear today at the Democratic state convention. Although the appearances by Clinton and Gore are several hours apart, some political scientists said Gore would be wise not to disown him because of personal problems. Gore's opponent, former U.S. Sen. Bill Bradley, will speak at the state convention tomorrow. It will be his first appearance since being treated last night for an irregular heartbeat. "I think Gore has been very foolish to distance himself ...

Published 12/10/99 Inside the Ring By Bill Gertz and Rowan Scarborough THE WASHINGTON TIMES Submarine spying; Iranian anti-stealth; tip-off, and Vieques counterattack. Submarine spying Chinese intelligence agents are continuing to spy on the United States, both here and abroad. According to a recent Pentagon intelligence report, China has obtained secret U.S. military manuals on submarine acoustic capabilities — the noise made by the stealthy underwater vessels. The submarine secrets are among the most closely held because they can give the Chinese, with a new attack submarine on the drawing board, the data needed to hunt down and kill U.S. submarines ...

The National Right to Life Committee has been quietly promoting the candidacy of George W Bush for over a year now. Its official news paper has had several flattering about Bush. It has also openly attacked Senator John McCain and the 100% pro-life Pat Buchanan. NRL News even printed Buchanan's 1-800-GO-PAT-GO phone number and urged its readers to call the Buchanan camp and ask that Buchanan not leave the GOP. The candidacies of Alan Keyes and Steve Forbes have received much less coverage than Bush. NRL News has failed to point out that candidates like Buchanan and Keyes are 100% ...

Henry Kissinger wrote an essay on NATO's bombing of Yugoslavia in the spring of this year. I read it, and thought I had archived it, but alas, no dice. If anyone has access to this article or knows of a link to it, please send me the appropriate information or post it here. Thank you.

DOWN FROM THE HILL - DeLay extols GOP takeover during visit By Peggy O'Hare The Facts Published December 09, 1999 LAKE JACKSON - A crowd of more than 65 people turned out Wednesday to greet House Majority Whip Tom DeLay, who came to town extolling the promises of a Republican takeover. DeLay, R-Sugar Land, came to the home of former Lake Jackson Mayor Doris Williams, a friend and political supporter of 20 years, to install the new officers of the Brazosport and Angleton Republican Women's Clubs at their Christmas membership meeting. The congressman was greeted warmly by the crowd, which ...

However, calling it a Muslim holy war is a smokescreen to cover up the real cause of the struggle. The bottom line in Chechnya is oil. It is one of the richest oil producing regions in the former USSR. It has vast natural gas deposits. It is a major chemical processing center. It has a vital pipeline running through its territory to the Caspian Sea port. Even William Safire, is now calling Chechnya "the Connecticut-sized breakaway republic, fighting for their homeland" and admits that "if Russia lets Chechnya go, other Caucasian dominoes will fall and Moscow will be denied the ...

14. ONE OF THE TRULY UNIQUE EXAMPLES OF LOCAL CHECHEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP IS "BACKYARD" OIL REFINING. SMALL PLANTS OPERATE FROM PRIVATE COMPOUNDS, OR IN THE OPEN, NEAR SOURCES OF CRUDE FROM SHALLOW OR SELF-PRESSURIZED WELLS. USUALLY CRUDE IS BROUGHT TO THE REFINER BY TANK TRUCK, AND TRUCKS ALSO MOVE THE PRODUCT TO MARKET. THE CRUDE IS DISTILLED IN "OVENS" OF 10 TO 50 TON OR LARGER CAPACITY. HEAT FOR THE PROCESS IS OBTAINED BY BURNING BY-PRODUCTS OF THE PROCESS. DURING A RECENT VISIT TO A SITE NEAR SUCH A WELL, NEARLY A DOZEN OVENS WERE OBSERVED, ALMOST ALL UNDER DIFFERENT OWNERSHIP. ...

Myth Of U.S.S.R.'s Strong Economy - Media 'Experts' Often Believed Soviets' Crude Propaganda Date :12/10/1999 Author :Brian Mitchell Copyright :Investor’s Business Daily Once upon a time, the Soviet economy was healthy and strong. The Soviet people were well-fed and happy. They drove tanks and tractors, if not cars. They beat the Americans into space. They were catching up to the West in wealth and power. All they needed were just a few more five-year plans and. . Alas, it was just a dream. Or a fairy tale, retold for decades by Soviet propagandists and Western sympathizers, and believed by a ...

FBI officials delayed probe of prison death, report says Jerry Seper; THE WASHINGTON TIMES The Washington Times; PART A; NATION; Pg. A4 December 10, 1999, Friday, Final Edition An investigation into the Justice Department's handling of the August 1995 death of a federal prison inmate was hampered by a "significant and unjustified" lack of cooperation from FBI officials in Oklahoma City, according to a confidential government report. A 206-page report by the Justice Department's Office of Inspector General said FBI agents and supervisors at the Oklahoma City field office sought to "minimize the importance" of the probe, were "consistently ...

East German Stasi Tapes Code Broken HAMBURG, Germany (AP) -- Experts have broken the code of two magnetic tapes from the former East German secret police containing data on more than 15,000 agents, major German weekly magazines reported Saturday. The tapes have information on 63,000 spy operations run by the so-called Stasi, including the aliases of agents who spied in West Germany and East Germany, the reports said. The reports, released early by Der Spiegel of Hamburg and Focus of Munich, are to appear in the magazines' Monday editions. The decoded information goes up to Dec. 23, 1989, two months ...

In the fall of 1994 the American people elected a Republican Congress by an overwhelming majority. Part of the message of that election was that the citizens of America wanted their money home, and they wanted their power back at the grass roots. The lame duck Congress which met after that election voted approval for American entry into the World Trade Organization. At the time, I asked every senator who voted for it why he had chosen to repudiate the clear will of the voters and vote for a treaty that put American sovereignty into the hands of unelected ...

United we MUST Stand; because divided we WILL fall.Online Commentary by a concerned Conservative / Libertarian.The opinions expressed herein are for the sincere purpose of debate.It is not the intention to belittle or malign anyone.What is going on here?At a time of great frustration at our Political Leadership, I find (to my absolute disgust and horror) that I cannot turn to the Media for an accurate portrayal of the issues. Instead, I am forced to search, through tedious and circumambulatory methods, for a or any alternate news source. For me, and for many (I conjecture...) have found the Free Republic ...

WHEN: Monday - December 13, 1999 8:00pm EST/7:00pm CST/6:00pm MST/5:00pm PST/etc. TIME: 90 minutes TELEVISED: locally - WHO-TV (Des Moines, IA) nationally - MSNBC cable network. MODERATORS: Tom Brokaw (NBC News) John Bachman (anchorman, WHO-TV, NBC affiliate in Des Moines) FORMAT: Will include up to five segments, including questions from moderators John Bachman and NBC's Tom Brokaw, as well as pre-selected questions from Iowans. Plus candidates will be allowed to question one another. DEBATE-RELATED COVERAGE: “NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw” will originate from Des Moines on Monday. MSNBC’s “Hardball with Chris Matthews” will feature a pre-debate hour from 7:00 ...

Dear Freepers, I served as an ultra-Right operative in Arizona in the mid-80s, got to know John McCain better than he'd like to admit... & I've some interesting things to say about the good Senator in chapter IV of my "straight-to-Web" political autobio, _Hell Bottled Up!: Chronicles of a Late Propaganda Minister_. Chronicle IV--"Headhunting, Character Assassination...and assorted nasty deeds"--will be complete online by tomorrow night (Dec. 12, 1999). Am shooting for Jan. 1 for the completion of _Hell Bottled Up!_ in toto. But in the interest of Getting the Word Out (before I end up chum in some lake somewheres), ...

Dear Freepers, I served as an ultra-Right operative in Arizona in the mid-80s, got to know John McCain better than he'd like to admit... & I've some interesting things to say about the good Senator in chapter IV of my "straight-to-Web" political autobio, _Hell Bottled Up!: Chronicles of a Late Propaganda Minister_. Chronicle IV--"Headhunting, Character Assassination...and assorted nasty deeds"--will be complete online by tomorrow night (Dec. 12, 1999). Am shooting for Jan. 1 for the completion of _Hell Bottled Up!_ in toto. But in the interest of Getting the Word Out (before I end up chum in some lake somewheres), ...