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By all accounts, Bill de Blasio is not a man who relishes being in the limelight. But all that is about to change now that the former regional representative for the Department of Housing and Urban Development has taken over the reins for first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton (D) as manager of her Senate campaign. A longtime Democratic operative, friends and former colleagues describe de Blasio, 38, as a self-effacing man who is skilled at the nuts and bolts of campaigning. They talk about him as someone who can effectively unite the always-disparate factions of the New York Democratic Party ...

MSNBC just reported that Gary Bauer will be asking the first question of George W Bush in tonight's debate. What a perfect opportunity for Bauer to ask Bush why he signed a bill naming a highway after an abortionist. According to the Houston Chronicle (February 7, 1999), Bush became the "first governor to name a public site after an abortionist." The paper went on to note that the abortionist "who died in 1994, had been a long-time target of anti-abortionist protestors because he had run a clinic and performed abortions." Another report notes that Bill Price, chairman of Texans United ...

GOP PRESIDENTIAL CAUCUS 12/99 George W.Bush 49% Steve Forbes 22% John McCain 8% Gary Bauer 5% Alan Keyes 3% Orrin Hatch 1% Undecided 12% DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CAUCUS 12/99 Al Gore 47% B.Bradley 34% Undecided 19% Mason-Dixon released this poll last week.It has a reputation as being a very accurate poll and according to some reports,in some cases,more accurate than Zogby.

By MICHAEL ROMANO Scripps Howard News Service WASHINGTON -- Even its fiercest foes acknowledge that the National Rifle Association won the biggest political victory of the year, steamrolling gun-control advocates with a powerful mix of political acumen and cold cash. Proposed gun-control restrictions, a top priority for Democrats, remain in legislative limbo. And it's not certain whether those measures -- including three-day background checks on gun-show sales -- will be seriously addressed soon. But the NRA's lobbying success is only the first battle in a struggle that began in April, when two students killed 12 classmates, a teacher and ...

"Obstructing judicial process" requires disciplinary action WASHINGTON, DC/LITTLE ROCK: Following up on its pledge to ensure attorney accountability, Atlanta-based Southeastern Legal Foundation (SLF) today filed a mandamus action with the Arkansas Supreme Court, requesting that the court compel the state’s legal ethics enforcement body to begin disciplinary proceedings against attorney Bill Clinton. SLF filed its original complaint* in September 1998 with the Arkansas Supreme Court Committee on Professional Conduct, which polices attorney ethics in the state, based on alleged misrepresentation under oath by attorney Clinton in the Paula Jones matter. Federal district court Judge Susan Webber Wright then issued a ...

Fifth-graders get classroom taste of millionaire game show by Molly Dugan, Neighbors staff writer Fifth-graders' faces gleamed with anticipation as the students quietly waited for the next question. The silence was broken only by shuffling feet and squeaky color markers. Suddenly the class broke into hollers, cheers and applause as a correct answer was given by a fellow student perched on a stool in the center of the classroom. The questions asked in Quail Glen Elementary School's version of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" were the same as those asked on the popular television game show. Host -- or ...

ELLICOTT CITY, Md. (AP) -- Assisting Linda Tripp's defense, three of Ken Starr's prosecutors testified Monday that the federal immunity they arranged for her should negate Maryland's wiretapping case against her. One deputy suggested politics influenced the state prosecution. Former Deputy Independent Counsel Jackie Bennett, who helped oversee the Clinton-Lewinsky investigation, told the court that a local Maryland prosecutor confided feeling ``unbearable'' political pressure to investigate the woman who taped her phone calls with onetime friend, Monica Lewinsky -- a contention the prosecutor later denied. At a pretrial hearing that may determine whether Mrs. Tripp must stand trial, Bennett ...

IMF Orders Pakistan to raise their gasoline prices to World Market levels. Is this what is called Globalism and Free Trade. My question! Can they demand the US raise it's prices to Canadian or European levels

IMF Orders Pakistan to raise their gasoline prices to World Market levels. Is this what is called Globalism and Free Trade. My question! Can they demand the US raise it's prices to Canadian or European levels

The former head of the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which bills itself as the "consensus of scientists," has finally made it official: if your research indicates global warming isn't such a big deal, then it shouldn't be published.Last May, Evan DeLucia and 10 colleagues placed a landmark study in the journal Science demonstrating that increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide makes loblolly pine (prehaps the most important commercially grown tree species in the world) grow like topsy. Specifically, they found that, compared with today's growth, the amount of annual growth will increase by a whopping 25 percent per year ...

The recent spate of Republican presidential debates has brought with it a surge of online polling. And just minutes after the close of tonight's contest, the mouse-click handicapping will start anew, with everyone asking the same question: Who won?If you believe visitors to Vote.com, a nonpartisan Web site, the leader has been commentator Alan Keyes, with a narrow edge over Texas Gov. George W. Bush and a double-digit percentage lead over all other candidates. But at PoliticalUSA.com, publisher Steve Forbes easily tops the field, 20 points ahead of his nearest competitor. Time Magazine's online poll gives Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) ...

It's enough to spook any spy. Congress plans to hold hearings next year that will, for the first time in a quarter century, investigate whether the National Security Agency is too zealous for our own good. Much has changed since those hearings in 1975. Instead of being a place so secretive that the Department of Justice once abandoned a key prosecution rather than reveal the National Security Agency's existence in court, "the Fort" has become enmeshed in popular culture. Techno-thrillers like Enemy of the State, Mercury Rising, Sneakers, and even cut-rate TV series like UPN's 7 Days regularly depict NSA ...

Sen. John McCain, the Arizona Republican who is running for president, was asked yesterday about Vice President Al Gore's claim that he is the only candidate who supported campaign-finance reform before he ran for president. "I just think that . . . while he was inventing the Internet, I was inventing television," Mr. McCain replied on "Fox News Sunday." "I mean, he also said that he co-sponsored McCain-Feingold three years after he left the Senate. That's a unique parliamentary maneuver." Mr. McCain added: "Look, I welcome the vice president's involvement in this issue. But the real scandal in Washington ...

CNN attempts to report as "news" that McCain is gaining on Bush. After two months of constant gushing over John McCain, CNN generates new "polls" that show Bush's 40 plus point lead on McCain slips by 20 points after a series of "hypothetical" scenarios.

WORLD's second annual "Daniel of the Year" designation goes not to one single person but to a generation of young people the editors have dubbed "Generation WWJD." These are the courageous Christian youths who discovered in tough situations that asking the question, "What Would Jesus Do?" means more than just wearing a faddish bracelet. Interesting though her talk on drunk driving was, the guest police officer's presentation melted to a background buzz as Josh Weidmann gazed out at the classroom window. It was only April, but as the Arapahoe High School junior drank in the azure sky that arced ...

Thursday, December 9, 1999 Bid to Close Road Sparks Bitter Fight Wilderness: Rural Nevadans take on the Forest Service over attempts to bar access to dirt road. By JOHN M. GLIONNA, Times Staff Writer JARBIDGE, Nev.--Throughout the wilds of northeastern Nevada, they're known as the shovel brigade, a defiant band of rural residents taking on the federal government in a homespun battle over control of a solitary dirt road near this remote border town. Before a U.S. district judge ordered them to quit, a few hundred fist-shaking locals formed an "independent citizens work party" in October, an act of civil ...

WASHINGTON - The congressional impeachment files are sealed for 50 years, the furniture used in the Senate trial is marked with special labels, and the Senate's historical office is setting aside other impeachment memorabilia to be shipped to the National Archives next year. Only a year after the nation was thrown into a constitutional crisis when the House voted to impeach President Clinton Dec. 19, the long impeachment saga that ended with the Senate acquittal Feb. 12 is being quickly buried in the history books. It's rarely mentioned directly on the campaign trail, where Republican candidates refer to the ...

The Terrible Truth About Liberals! By Neal Boortz! A great Christmas present, by the way A basic primer for understanding the incomprehensible mindset of liberals!   Find out how these people function in their world without logic!  Click on the book cover to order. Be warned, this book will cause psychological distress ranging from moderate to severe for any bedwetting, hyper-compassionate liberals who actually muster the courage to read it. This Book is currently Number One in the Amazon.com category "Politics, Political Parties."  

Tonight's Debate. I am aware that I'm a little over three hours early with this... Does MS-NBC have a real-player link? Is there any other way to receive tonight's debate on the net? Thanks.

December 13, 1999 Land-Protection Plan Goes to President Amid Protests By MICHAEL JANOFSKY DENVER -- The Clinton administration is a step closer to designating three new national monuments in Arizona and California, a change in status that would add restrictions on access and use. A letter from Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt recommending the action is expected to reach the White House on Monday for President Clinton's approval, administration officials said Sunday. Babbitt, who has been leading the effort to turn more federal lands into monuments, is expected to recommend additional changes in the remaining months of the administration. While leading ...