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Using words such as "imposter" and "usurper," an active-duty Army officer in Iraq has joined a California lawyer's lawsuit intended to force President Barack Obama to prove he is a legal U.S. citizen, and therefore able to legally serve as the commander in chief.

But the king replied to Araunah, "No, I insist on paying you for it. I will not sacrifice to the Lord my God burnt offerings that cost me nothing," So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen and paid fifty shekels of silver for them. (II Samuel 24:24 )David's heart was bursting with gratitude now that the plague of suffering was over. He was trying to buy a piece of land from a farmer, so he could erect an altar and sacrifice a burnt offering to his God. The farmer said: "David, don't pay me anything for the land....

When Gary Sanders was pulled over by police he was sure he had done nothing wrong. The company director was obeying the speed limit and not driving dangerously. But to his astonishment he was told he had been stopped for excessive laughing. Mr Sanders had been talking on a hands-free kit and was chuckling at what his friend had said. But the officer who ordered him to stop at the exit to the Mersey Tunnel told him: ‘Laughing while driving a car can be an offence.’ If that had been the end of the matter then Mr Sanders, 47, would...

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... In an SF State news release, Randall said that “we must rethink our evolutionary models of hormones” because “we see species specific adaptation of control systems.”1 Darwinian evolution would predict that once a hormone control system evolved in a common ancestor, that system should be retained in its descendants—the creatures that are alive today. But this is not what scientists have observed. The same hormone does not produce the same effect in similar tissues of different species, or kinds. What would the survival advantage be for an organism to spend its precious energy inventing new solutions to technical problems...

I'm Jen O'Malley Dillon, the new Executive Director of the Democratic National Committee. If you're anything like me, then you've had the urge to talk back to a right-wing talk radio host more than a few times. Now you can. Rush Limbaugh has made waves lately about his desire to see President Obama fail. And he's unapologetic, even though Americans voted in November for the very kind of change the President is bringing to Washington. As even Limbaugh must know, if the President fails, America fails. Incredibly, Republican leaders have yet to condemn Limbaugh for his destructive comments. In fact,...

There are at least two pretty effective ways to turn someone into a Republican: (1) get them married with kids and (2) get them to invest in the stock market. So, if I were a highly paid Democratic political strategist, I would make sure to spend a few minutes every day thinking of ways to get Americans out of the stock market—the faster, the better. And that's why if Barack Obama is elected president next week, 2009 may well bring a concerted and all-out effort by the Obama administration and a Democratically dominated Congress to turn the generally pro-Republican Investor...

Yesterday Governor Sarah Palin chose a woman for the Supreme Court of Alaska who once sat on Planned Parenthood in Alaska and was opposed by social conservatives in Alaska. The other choice was a man who had a history of being a strong environmental activist who many conservatives were not happy with either. NB:in 2010 the Alaskan people will have their say and can accept her or reject her at that time. In Alaska the Judicial Council considers 6 candidates and then narrows it down to 2. These two are then submitted to the Governor where one has to be...

(CNSNews.com) – When Vice President Joe Biden speaks to the annual meeting of AFL-CIO officials at the plush Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach Thursday morning, television cameras will not be allowed to cover his speech – on orders from the White House, Fox News reported. The Fontainebleau, which recently had a billion-dollar makeover, describes itself as “a spectacular blend of Miami’s glamorous golden era and stylish modern luxury." It has 1,504 rooms and suites, 22 oceanfront acres, 11 restaurants and nightclubs including three signature name chef restaurants, a 40,000-square-foot spa, and a "sophisticated poolscape" with private cabanas. The AFL-CIO Executive...

Twenty-five years after 1984, Doublespeak lives. Last week, President Obama released "A New Era of Responsibility, Renewing America's Promise" - a 10-year $3.55 trillion spending plan that represented anything but fiscal maturity. The plan lamented the World Before Obama as "an era of profound irresponsibility" - with deficit spending and unfunded tax cuts. Then it offered more deficit spending and unfunded tax cuts. Oh yes, and after years of Democrats trashing President George W. Bush for cutting taxes while America is at war - the New Responsibility Democrat wants his proposed tax cut for 95 percent of working families -...

The Bank of England is expected to announce it will "print money" - and could cut the base rate of interest to a record low. The Sky News Money Panel has said the policy of "printing money" should be carried out now before the slump gets even worse. The Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee is expected to announce it is giving the go-ahead to quantitative easing to boost the amount of money in circulation. It is also expected to cut the interest rate by 0.5% to a record low of 0.5%, experts say. But it is the likely introduction...

.... Cramer is not taking the White House Smears lying down. He wrote a long response in today's Mainstreet.com and gave it right back to the Administration: ....Now some, including Rush Limbaugh, would say I am on another enemies list: that of the White House. Limbaugh says there are only a handful of us on it, and if I am on it for defending all of the shareholders out there, then I am in good company. Limbaugh -- whom I do not know personally, but having been in radio myself, know professionally as a genius of the medium -- says,...

Have you ever felt like you're the only one in your community who see's what's happening to America? Well, you're not and on Friday March 13th at 5pm ET on the Fox News Channel, Glenn Beck...and you...will prove it. Many Americans, both Republican and Democrat, understand that Washington is broken. Many times it seems that the political solution is the problem. No more. Our founders knew the solution is We The People. This will be a must-see show and we highly recommend that you watch it with friends, family, and neighbors who share your concerns. Let us know your plans...

We often talk of ourselves proudly as "a nation of immigrants." Even politicians who are opposed to further immigration, especially the illegal kind, mention in their stump speeches how their Lithuanian grandfathers opened a tiny cricket store in suburban Buffalo and today are the world's largest purveyor of noise-making insects. My grandmother spoke nothing but Greek. My great-uncle Eddie sold Turkish sausages to people who didn't want sausages. My grandmother worked for the richest ladies in town, sewing the legs of their silk undergarments closed. Oh, we all started at the bottom. It's the American dream. Of course, some people...

General Motors on Thursday said that its auditors had expressed “substantial doubt” about its ability to continue as a going concern, and that it might be forced to file for bankruptcy. America’s largest carmaker made the statement in a 10-K form filed to the Securities and Exchange Commission, under a section on “risks related to us and our automotive business.” GM said the opinion from Deloitte & Touche, the auditing firm, “states that our recurring losses from operations, stockholders’ deficit and inability to generate sufficient cash flow to meet our obligations and sustain our operations raise substantial doubt about our...

SACRAMENTO, California - A popular toy for girls is getting another makeover, but not everyone likes the new look. Mattel is releasing a new Barbie covered in tattoos. She's called "Totally Stylin Tattoos Barbie" and will hit shelves ready for spring. She comes with a set of tattoo stickers which can be put anywhere on the doll. Some people say this is not appropriate for young children......

Although the self-righteous politicians in the nation's swamp condemn the S.E.C. for failing to uncover Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme, the unfortunate reality is that regulatory and law enforcement agencies are loath to investigate the politically connected, and it appears that Madoff had bought himself plenty of protection. You don't think campaign contributions can buy a politician to run interference? Congressman Rangel -- one of those recieving Madoff funds -- attempted to derail the federal racketeering prosecution of plaintiff class action firm Milberg Weiss Bershad & Schulman LLP with the help of some of his friends on the Hill. Although the...

Pakistan came under new criticism about its security forces Thursday as dramatic footage emerged of the cricket attackers making a leisurely getaway from the scene of their deadly assault. The images of the gunmen calmly walking off, without police or security forces chasing them, will add to speculation swirling around Tuesday's brazen daytime attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team that left eight people dead. Pakistan is steeped in political violence, and suspicion has fallen mainly on Islamic militants linked to Al-Qaeda and the Taliban. Police have brought in around two dozen people for questioning but so far have no...

<p>Oakland -- A confidential informant has told prosecutors that the jailed head of Your Black Muslim Bakery boasted to him last year that he ordered Oakland Post Editor Chauncey Bailey executed to stop untrue information from being published about the bakery. In the statement obtained by The Chronicle, the unidentified informant recounted how he met Yusuf Bey IV, 22, while both were in jail and Bey IV talked constantly about the bakery and the Aug. 2, 2007, killing of the 57-year-old Oakland man.</p>

In ‘The Vision of the Anointed’(p.254), Thomas Sowell powerfully observes that the msnufacture of the lowly pencil is vastly beyond the capability of a single person. There are those who select, harvest and prepare the wood; those who find, extract, and prepare the graphite; those who shape and assemble the parts; those who package, transport, sell, etc. Each works within a limited “circle of knowledge.” The sum of these circles cannot possibly be invested in a single individual; further, the participants must must all work, autonomously, and voluntarily as a team. They probably work within a web of trusting relationships...