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Air Force Times ‘A prisoner in his own body’ SUGAR GROVE, Pa. — Thomas J. Colosimo joined the Air Force nearly 11 years ago dreaming of seeing the world and building a strong future for himself. Now, he wonders if he has a future at all. After taking the anthrax vaccine, Tom Colosimo’s health — and spirit — quickly started to deteriorate. Still just 29 years old, his once-powerful physique is so withered and frail he must walk with a cane. His boyish looks are marred by bruises and scars, the result of the falls he takes when he ...

Earley Shifts On N.Va. Tax Vote Republican Indicates Willingness to Consider Transportation Plan Excerpts: "Mark L. Earley, the Republican nominee for Virginia governor, softened his opposition yesterday to a referendum on increasing the sales tax to pay for transportation projects in Northern Virginia, saying that his "door will be open" to legislators and others who favor such a plan. ... At his event yesterday, Earley unveiled plans to borrow $1.8 billion over four years to accelerate construction of highway and transit projects across Virginia. The plan would help speed funding to several Washington area priorities, including a rail link to ...

As we all know, the war in Colombia isn't about drugs. It's about the annihilation of popular uprisings by the FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) and the ELN (National Liberation Army), guerilla groups or Indian peasants fending off the ravages of oil companies, cattle barons and mining firms. A good old-fashioned counterinsurgency war, designed to clear the way for American corporations to set up shop in Colombia, with cocaine as the scare tactic. Two recent Defense Department-commissioned reports outline in chilling terms the same strategy of ongoing military intervention under the cover of the drug war. Both urge the ...

There is one point on which pro-abortion and anti-abortion advocates agree: We should be trying to prevent the births of unwanted children, mainly because such children are more often abandoned or abused, and as a result, more often become involved in criminal activity and other antisocial behaviors. This contention has been bolstered by a newly released study conducted by Stanford University law professor John Donahue III and University of Chicago economist Steven Levitt. It claims to show a link between the legalization of abortion in 1973 and subsequent reductions in crime. The findings are being hailed as a victory for ...

Chaos obscured energy conflicts By Emily Bazar and Dale Kasler Bee Staff Writers (Published Aug. 2, 2001) It was Jan. 17, and Californians were suffering through their first day of planned, widespread outages. The state's two largest utilities were facing financial ruin and unable to buy the electricity they needed. So the state Department of Water Resources suddenly was thrust into the energy-buying business in a big way, setting off a mad scramble to create a new state power broker from scratch. As officials rushed to hire staff, comb the private sector for experienced employees and stave off more ...

The national Reform Party continued its march lock step behind 2000 presidential nominee Pat Buchanan, adopting a controversial anti-abortion platform plank. After two hours of debate and three votes, national convention delegates voted after midnight Saturday to hold that life begins at conception and to support overturning Roe vs. Wade, which legalized abortion. Delegate Mike Zubluskas of New York argued against the position, saying: "People will say we're an extremist right party. This one issue will so color us." Other delegates, however, said passage was necessary to give a new conservative voice to the party that was founded by Ross ...

The UN war crimes tribunal has found a former Bosnian Serb general guilty of genocide, over the 1995 murder of almost 8,000 Muslim men and boys in Srebrenica. Radislav Krstic is the first senior official linked with the massacre to be tried by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague. General Krstic argued he was innocent and was elsewhere at the time It was the court's first conviction for genocide - the most serious of war crimes - in connection with the Bosnia war. The Srebrenica massacre is regarded as Europe's worst atrocity since World ...

I own stock in Ocean Energy and I'd like to track the stock's performance versus the oil futures. I can't seem to find a good site that lists the prices of current contracts. Does anyone have a link?

WASHINGTON - Former Republican Congressman Jim Talent will challenge Sen. Jean Carnahan next year, according to two sources familiar with his plans. Talent, who served four terms in the House before mounting an unsuccessful gubernatorial bid last year, plans to announce the formation of an exploratory campaign committee Thursday, according to a senior Republican official close to the Talent organization. "Jim has been traveling the state and is receiving tremendous encouragement and excitement about his running," said the official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity. "This is an exciting first step." The official and John Hancock, executive director of ...

Top adviser's $1 million in Enron stock Oversight board member denies conflict of interest A key member of the state regulatory panel that oversees California's deregulated energy market owns stock worth approximately $1 million in one of the state's largest power producers, The Chronicle has learned. The disclosure is the latest in a series of revelations that top state energy officials and government advisers own stock in energy companies doing business in California. Those investments have prompted watchdog groups to raise concerns about possible conflicts of interest. Bruce Willison, who was appointed to the California Electricity Oversight Board by Gov. ...

I hope they find Chandra Levy, soon – for more than the obvious humanitarian reasons. I want her and her parents off my TV screen. I want them to stop soiling my religion – a religion they know nothing about, don't follow and are connected with solely by accident of birth. I'm very proud to be a Jewish American. And I'm sick of the Levys shamelessly dragging my religion through the mud, in their star-struck, new-age attempt to find their daughter. When I first heard the Jewish surname of the missing intern, I thought, "Oh, no! Not another Monica." I ...

Prior to ten years ago, I believed that if a woman wanted to have an abortion, I had no role in that decision as a man: Her body, her decision. I had no consideration of the baby in the womb, as I did not see the unborn child as a human being. Seeing things that way also conveniently removed any responsibility I may have felt as a father. I certainly did not consider the emotional destruction that a woman has to deal with as a result of having an abortion. But that all changed... I had considered myself a Christian ...

Our daily post of "word for the day" in order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities. Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the "word of the day" in a sentence. The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. The Review thread link will be posted for your edification. ;-)Practice makes perfect.....post on.... importune (im-pawr-TOON, im-pawr-TYOON, im-PAWR-chuhn) tr.verb; intr.verb; adjective; adverb importunate importunely 1. To beset with insistent or repeated requests; entreat pressingly. 2. Archaic. To ask for urgently or repeatedly. 3. To annoy; vex. 4. To ...

Hugh is set to interview O'Reilly at the top of the hour. Let's see if Hugh takes O'Reilly to the woodshed for his lap dance with Maher. Hugh Hewitt Show

I am turning to the FReeper moms and dads for some advice. I will be sending my toddler to school next Sept (02), she will be 3 1/2, almost 4 at the time. I feel that is an appropiate age to start interacting with other children on a regular basis, as she has been home with me all this time.

Click above for the full article. An excerpt follows: This selective indignation about “racism” is, of course, the result of the obvious deep-rooted racism and self-hatred of the “anti-racists” themselves. In these individuals’ eyes, white people have to be held up to higher moral accountability. That’s because, in the eyes of the racist Left, the civilizational and moral superiority of whites is a given.

The new federal policy on medical marijuana is not just half-baked. It is, as stoners might say, completely baked. As of this week, Canada is the first country in the world to allow people in medical need to possess marijuana. That's just how people like Health Minister Allan Rock like us to be seen - warm and fuzzy, hip and progressive. Trouble is, the policy as it stands pleases no one - not the sick people it is supposed to help, not the doctors who are supposed to help them, and certainly not the police who are now supposed ...

Last night (8.1) during the 5 o'clock hour, MSNBC reported that the tipster(body under parking lot tip) was a "conspiracy minded individual," and in perfect propaganda style, she repeated the keywords 3 times in 10 seconds. From what I've found out about WETIP.COM, the whole purpose is for the tipster remain completely anonymous. I've also heard that it was a telephone call placed to WETIP, and that the three pages were transcribed by hand, meaning the call taker would be the only one to know ANYTHING about the tipster's "mind" There were two anchors at the time, I believe Norah ...

Welcome to BaseCamp In the world of mountaineering, BaseCamp is where a climb begins. It's where the big tents get set up; where the food and fuel are stored. It's the fallback point in case of bad weather - the place everyone agrees to gather. So it is at FreeRepublic. Thanks to JR, we immigrants from TOS have been blessed with this space to launch our individual summit bids on the Mt. Everest of the world's political websites. If you run into a storm on the Forum, fall back to BaseCamp ! Stock up on nourishment, advice, or asbestos ...

BELFAST (Reuters) - British troops involved in the "Bloody Sunday" killing of 14 unarmed civilians in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, in 1972 must return to the city to give evidence, judges investigating the incident have ruled. Lawyers for the soldiers had asked that they be allowed to give their evidence in England, saying their lives would be at risk if they had to give oral evidence in the city about the controversial episode. But the international tribunal of judges leading the "Bloody Sunday Inquiry" said in a written ruling that the troops must give evidence at Londonderry's historic Guildhall, the venue ...