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This goes out to head of the DNC Terry McCaullife, Robert F. Kennedy (disgrace to his father), Big Fat Al Sharpton, Hillary! and Jesse and Mrs. Jackson. And to those RINO Repubs like Pataki... You have decided to side with the flag burners of Vieques. You do so at your own peril. Read this and heed and remember that your opportunistic pandering will be remembered as contributors to the US Navy and Marines readiness or lack thereof in the next war.... THAT RAGGED OLD FLAG I walked through a county courthouse square, On a park bench an old man was ...

MUSKOGEE, Okla. (AP) -- ''To Kill a Mockingbird,'' the classic Harper Lee novel that explores racial tensions in a small southern town, has been pulled from the required reading list for freshmen at Muskogee High School. ''It's a great book. It teaches life lessons,'' said Principal Terry Saul. But the book contains racially charged language and innuendoes and ''we didn't want to put any kids in an uncomfortable situation.'' Any student who wants to read the book, which describes a lawyer's battle to defend a black man, for individual reports or for other reasons is free to, he said. ...

MOSCOW, Aug 2, 2001 -- (Agence France Presse) Russia is interested in building a nuclear reactor for North Korea on the Russian side of their common border, preventing the technology being misused for military purposes, the atomic energy ministry told ITAR-TASS on Thursday. A ministry official told the news agency that the project could be discussed during bilateral talks on Saturday, when North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il is to meet President Vladimir Putin in Moscow after completing a 10-day rail journey through Russia. The official said that Russia would suggest financing the construction of the Russian reactor with funds ...

(MONTGOMERY)-Attorney General Bill Pryor said that eight states, including Florida and Mississippi, have already joined in an agreement with Alabama to honor the pistol permits of visiting citizens under a new law that becomes effective tomorrow. Under Act 2001-494, visitors from other states may legally carry their handguns in Alabama if they have a valid permit in their home states and if their home states have agreed to do the same for visiting citizens from Alabama. As of today, the states formally entering a reciprocal agreement with Alabama to recognize one another's handgun permits for visiting citizens are Florida, Mississippi, ...

Free Republic has a rich history of activism -- we pull together when the going gets rough, and we're making headway! On behalf of Jim Robinson, who has so kindly consented to authorize this thread for the Breaking News category, I would like to invite you all to take five minutes from your very busy lives and make a phone call, send a fax or write an e-mail -- or do all three. Pertinent phone and fax numbers and e-mail addresses will be listed together at the bottom of this article post. You can call the White House. Ask for ...

House Republicans are sending President Bush off to summer vacation with sweet victories as tonic for his legislative blahs. But the relief may be fleeting: Tough battles lie ahead.Stumbling since last spring, when the GOP abruptly lost control of the Senate, Bush found his footing and badly needed momentum by striking an Oval Office deal on patients' rights legislation Wednesday. Republican leaders steered the bill to a quick vote Thursday.Suddenly, the president has plenty to crow about.- The House passed his energy package Wednesday night.- Rebate checks are arriving in mailboxes across the country, courtesy of a tax-cut plan many ...

MOSCOW, Aug 2, 2001 -- (Agence France Presse) Russian President Vladimir Putin and his fellow Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) leaders meet in the southern Russian town of Sochi Thursday with regional stability, integration and Afghanistan topping the agenda. On Wednesday, Russian president Vladimir Putin greeted the nine attending CIS heads of state as they arrived at the Black Sea resort for the summit which will remain largely informal, as not all CIS member states are attending, the presidents of Georgia and Turkmenistan having cried off. The CIS is a loose association of the former Soviet republics, minus the three ...

REVEREND JACKSON TO HOST SENATOR TOM DASCHLE AT THE 30TH ANNUAL RAINBOW/PUSH CONFERENCE (CHICAGO, IL) Reverend Jesse L. Jackson, Founder and President of the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition will host the 30th Annual Rainbow/PUSH and CEF Conference on August 8-12, 2001 at the Hyatt Regency Chicago, 151 E. Wacker Drive. This years' conference entitled 'One Big Tent: Pursuing the American Dream' is the national conclave of the organization's achievements in the areas of civil rights, human rights, politics, entertainment and corporate America. "Our efforts this past year have been dutiful and dead set on equal access and equal opportunity for all America. ...

At an international mental health conference today, leading authorities announced the classification of a common but heretofor unremarked, category of mental illness. The new disease is called Progressive Cognitive Disorder - A dangerous, rapidly spreading psychiatric illness (PCD) that is both an emotional and cognitive dysfunction, sometimes with psychotic features. The following information was released for mental health professionals confronted with these troublesome patients: DIAGNOSIS. PCD is diagnosed by the presence of three or more of the following symptoms: utopian thinking - A delusional belief that the patient knows simple, side effect free solutions to all social problems. In some ...

In a decisive victory for President Bush, the House of Representatives on Thursday narrowly approved a hotly contested plan to limit lawsuits against health plans, clearing the way for passage of a White House-backed patients' bill of rights.The amendment approved on a partisan vote recasts managed-care legislation to Bush's liking by imposing federal standards on state courts and setting caps on damage awards. The vote ensures that Bush will almost certainly prevail in the House fight over patients' rights in a final vote expected later on Thursday.Under the amendment approved by the House, patients will be able to file suit ...

Canberra, Australia - A physician dubbed Dr Death said on Thursday he is hoping to develop a make-it-yourself suicide pill as a way to sidestep Australia's strict anti-euthanasia laws. Right-to-die campaigner, Dr Philip Nitschke said he had received $30 000 (about R247 800) from US supporters to fund development. "It can be done. It's not a cure for cancer we're after. It's relatively straightforward, but it does require a degree of adaptation and enterprise and that will require some money," he said. He did not elaborate. Nitschke believes the pill would be legal because patients would buy the ingredients and make ...

Lisa Depaulo is going into some of the details of her Talk Mag pic. Some highlights. Chandra told Sven Jones on April 28th, that she was having "female problems". Depaulo and Sven think its probably an STD from Condit, maybe a pregnancy. Chandra had a pattern of dating older married men. There was the cop, there was a doctor, and Condit. Chandra wrote the sad email to her landlord, and left an email message and voice mail to Sven Jones around the same time on 28th of April. Carolyn Condit was arriving at the airport at that very time. Condit ...

We are committed to freeping Gary Condit at his Modesto district office EVERY SATURDAY until he resigns or is thrown out of office. The address is 920 16th St. Pretty sure Jim Robinson HIMSELF will be there. There will be ice water for everyone. It gets pretty hot over there; bring a hat, too, and sun screen. See you at the freep!

With the PBOR pretty much settled, today the President started pressing for his education reform plan by meeting with Sec. of Education Rod Paige, and Sen. Ted Kennedy. The House also approved a package of proposals to begin exploration in ANWAR. And with that, enjoy your daily dose of Dubya!

FREEDOM & LIBERTY "A well-Regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." -- The Constitution of the United States, Amendment II, proposed 25 Sep 1789; ratified 15 Dec 1791 (This one's got to be the first quote we list... it's the one that the left-wingers insist on violating most often!) "To have really lived, you must have almost died. To those who have fought for it, freedom has a flavor the protected will never know." -- Scrawled on a bunker outside Khe ...

DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL IN THE SCOUTS: The Associated Press is reporting that one of Massachusetts' biggest Boy Scouts Councils will allow gay scoutmasters, as long as they remain completely mute about their orientation. ``Discussions about sexual orientation do not have a place in Scouts,'' said Brock Bigsby, Scout executive for the Massachusetts Minuteman Council. ``The Scouts will not inquire into a person's sexual history, and that person will not expose their sexual orientation one way or the other.'' Good idea. Now let's make sure no-one talks about sexual orientation - straights included. No mention of wives or girlfriends or ...

President Bush believes the US oil industry would drill "in an environmentally friendly way" if it enters the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). Despite the industry's best efforts though, a marked impact on the flora and fauna of north Alaska seems inevitable. The impact will have to be weighed against the possible gains in new energy resources. And several US Government agencies suggest those gains could be quite modest. The US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) describes the refuge as "among the most complete, pristine, and undisturbed ecosystems on earth". As long ago as 1987, an environmental impact statement submitted ...

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The Best T-Shirts of Summer, 2001 It's a rite of summer -- Bob Levey's collection of the funniest T-shirts of the year, as spotted and reported by his readers. The 2001 edition is as laugh-inducing as usual. Here's the best of what's aboard torsos great and small: "Places to Go, People to Annoy" "If a Man Speaks in the Forest and There Is No Woman Around to Hear Him -- Is He Still Wrong?" "Finally 21, and Legally Able to Do Everything I've Been Doing Since 15" "A Picture Is Worth 1,000 Words, But It Uses Up a Thousand Times ...

Janet Reno would swamp all her opponents in a primary fight for the Democrat gubernatorial nomination but would lose big to Florida Gov. Jeb Bush in the general election, says a new poll. Confirming NewsMax.com's article Monday that predicted the same kind of outcome, a poll in Thursday's Miami Herald shows Reno would win big in a six-way Democrat primary race, getting a whopping 47 percent of the vote, and then lose to Jeb Bush with a mere 39 percent of the statewide vote. The Mason-Dixon Florida poll of 625 registered voters had even more bad news for the former ...