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For Republicans, victory at any cost WILLIAM A. RUSHER For Republicans, victory at any cost By William Rusher August 1, 2001 Voters in next year's Republican gubernatorial primary in California are likely to face a particularly cruel version of one of politics' oldest conundrums: Is it better for a party to stick by its principles even if doing so increases the risk of losing the election, or to jettison just about everything it stands for in the hope of improving its chances of victory in November? The Democratic candidate will be the incumbent governor, Gray Davis, a smooth and ...

UN admits hiding information from Israel, but not intentionally UNITED NATIONS, Aug 3 (AFP) - The United Nations admitted Friday it hid information from Israel about the October 2000 kidnapping of three Israeli soldiers by the Lebanese Shiite Hezbollah, but insisted the "errors" were not intentional. A report commissioned by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan revealed that information about the conditions of the three soldiers, likely to be gravely injured, was not passed to either UN headquarters or to Israel. "The investigation team is convinced on the basis of the evidence that it has seen and heard that the mistakes ...

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Toward a General Theory of Religion. Keywords: comparative religion, purgation, mystical union, consciousness, phenomenology, mental imagery, Chalmers' hard problem, biology, neurophysiology, cognitive neuroscience, system dynamics, anthropology, psychology, philosophy, law, theology. Abstract: A system dynamics analysis of consciousness during a ten-hour religious experience of purgation gives purgation a scientific structure. This experience of purgation just preceded an estimated four-to-seven second experience of mystical union. Using that structure of purgation - together with the mystical union that followed it - my research in comparative religion has revealed that at the very core of each religion resides this same sacred structure and essence. ...

Only moments ago, I saw Bob J posted this:FReepers - Please don't play with the AFers. Anything you say here will be twisted into something ugly. If you expect them to play fair, you're dreaming. Their overriding desire is to discredit and destroy FR. They have said the most nasty and vile things about Jim, Brian, Connie, Badjoe...anyone who dares elevate their exposure and help FR. They are utterly contemptable and aren't worth the effort needed to respond. There is only one way to deal with them. BTW - This is my last post on FR.

Dani: I confessed murders at AID's request used without permission, for "fair use" only I Confessed Murders at AID's Request by Esad Hecimovic Dani, Sarajevo, Federation Bosnia-Hercegovina, B-H, October 8 1999 On May 16 1995, the Higher Court in Sarajevo sentenced Dragan Opacic on ten years in prison, the harshest possible sentence for an older minor, pronouncing him guilty for 23 murders by shooting, two murders by slaughter and 10 rapes. The then Supreme Court of Bosnia-Hercegovina confirmed this sentence for genocide and war crimes against civilian population on July 2 1995. The Tribunal in the Hague expressed interest ...

Greatness can come in strange guises. In August 1991, a man looking like a bear that had slipped its chain climbed on top of a tank, roared defiance at the plotters against Mr Gorbachev and stopped a coup in its tank tracks. Boris Yeltsin’s courage saved Russia from widespread bloodshed; possibly, indeed, from civil war. Having been a joke, he instantly became a saviour and earned a place in history. Eight years later, it was all so different. The economy had collapsed, taking with it the hopes of the new middle classes, and much of their savings, locked in failed ...

Check the States below for what's happening, political candidate wise, in these democrap-held states... Delaware Georgia Iowa Illinois Louisiana Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Missouri Montana New Jersey South Dakota Rhode Island West Virginia

  Taking Secession Seriously: A Primer by H. Lee Cheek, Jr. Given the growing appreciation of the need for personal restraint and for institutional means for obtaining agreement amidst great social and political conflict, secession has become especially relevant to the present situation in the Western world – marked as it is by growing ethnic and cultural crises and social fragmentation. It is perhaps time to reconsider secession as a potential remedy – and as a return to the fundamentals of popular control. 	The verb "secede" is derived from the Latin "secedere," meaning any act of withdrawal. Originally introduced ...

In a few minutes, George Putnam will have on guest to discuss -- The 7 Myths of Gun Control. REAL AUDIO LINK --- GEORGE PUTNAM SHOW

Have you seen this? Good Lord!

GOLDEN, Colo. (AP) -- Two assistants in a ``rebirthing'' therapy session that led to the death of a 10-year-old girl pleaded guilty Friday to criminally negligent child abuse resulting in death. Brita St. Clair, 42, and Jack McDaniel, 48, had been charged with reckless child abuse resulting in death, which carries a minimum sentence of 16 years in prison. They each face up to 16 years in prison for the lesser charge. The pair were assisting psychotherapist Connell Watkins in an unconventional treatment session in Watkins' home in April 2000. The girl, Candace Newmaker, of Durham, N.C., was wrapped in ...

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Hello fellow Freepers.... I am hoping for some advice. I'm thinking of opening a shooting range, but would like to get a good feel for where one might be needed. Anyone out there live in an area where ranges are few and far between? What about preferences on indoor vs. outdoor? All assistance is appreciated.

Judge orders parents to support 50-year-old son By LESLIE PARRILLA Scripps Howard News Service August 03, 2001 VENTURA, Calif. - In what could turn out to be a landmark decision, a Ventura County Superior Court judge ordered a Ventura couple to support their 50-year-old son indefinitely. Judge Melinda Johnson ruled two weeks ago that James and Bertha Culp of Ventura pay their son David Culp $3,500 a month for living expenses because he is incapable of supporting himself. Culp suffers from depression and bipolar disorder. They were ordered to begin payments this month from their monthly income of about $20,000. ...

Ala. Senator decries Democrat's Godless oaths By Jeffrey McMurray, Associated Press, 8/3/2001 WASHINGTON - Senator Jeff Sessions wants witnesses before Senate committees to say the oath, the whole oath - and don't leave out God. The Alabama Republican scolded Judiciary Committee chairman Patrick Leahy, Democrat of Vermont, for leaving out ''so help me God'' when swearing in nominees and others who testify in front of his panel. ''Ninety-five percent of the people believe in God. An invocation of his name, in conjunction with the seriousness of telling the truth, has an importance beyond mere legal requirement,'' Sessions said yesterday. ...

Democrat Beliefs That every government program is essential and under-funded; That the failure of any government program is proof it needs more funding; That Bill Gates symbolizes what is wrong with America; That only a risky Republican scheme would propose changes for high schools that graduate students who can't read their diplomas; That the Ten Commandments are judgmental and, consequently, dangerous for our children to learn in school; That big companies, which succeed in a free market by routinely offering the best product or service at the lowest price, shouldn't be trusted, and that big government, which can confiscate and ...

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 ...

The press trumpets a "safe sex" education study, despite a researcher's apparent conflict of interest and data that suggest less than meets the eye. Consider this scenario: A nationally known researcher publishes a scientific study touting programs that the government pays his employer to market. Wouldn't this constitute a conflict-of-interest story worthy of national media attention? Not if the researcher works for the safe-sex cartel. This summer the National Campaign to Prevent Teenage Pregnancy—an advocacy group endorsed by former President Bill Clinton—published a report claiming that abstinence education showed no proof of effectiveness. But "comprehensive" sex education (i.e., programs that ...

It has come to my attention that various rumors have been either confirmed or denied, and valuable first hand, eye-witness events have been competently reported and posted here by credible members of Free Republic. For example, take Angelwood's first hand accounts of the impeachment/Clinton crimes hearings in the Capitol Building. It was very enlightening to get a first hand account of unfiltered reports. Reports from FR members of the Palm Beach Florida elections were also a great source of information from eyewitness Freepers. All over the country we receive first hand news accounts of incidents that would not normally be ...