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<p>WASHINGTON -- Music and record industry lobbyists are quietly readying an all-out assault on Congress this fall in hopes of dramatically rewriting copyright laws.</p> <p>With the help of Fritz Hollings (D-S.C.), the powerful chairman of the Senate Commerce committee, they hope to embed copy-protection controls in nearly all consumer electronic devices and PCs. All types of digital content, including music, video and e-books, are covered.</p>

Creationists are a strange bunch. They like to use the scientific method (as they interpret it) to justify their claims about the age of the Earth, evolution and so on. However, if anyone uses that same scientific method to refute their claims, then obviously that person is completely wrong. (Note : This article deals with "Young Earth" creationists, although there are many other types.) Creationists are happy to accept any scientific data that supports (or at least appears to support) their theory, whether it comes from fellow creationists or from the scientific establishment. Where their theory is not supported, or ...

It will be very easy for you to say, &quot;Well, I will do something, some day. When I can afford it, I am going to.&quot; But would you let an old &quot;grad&quot; tell you one thing now? Giving is a habit. Get into the habit now, because you will never be able to afford to give and contribute, thus to repay the obligation you owe to those people who made this college possible, if you wait until you think you can afford it. Start now regardless of how small, and in the days to come when you are confronted ...

Today's society is turned upside down from the world that once worked. Rewards now go to the most unproductive and those who still toil are penalized. Work continues to retain dignity, but no longer offers benefits. The most desired jobs have become in the employ of the government. While risk takers are beset upon with disproportionate taxes, excessive regulations and constant legal liabilities; most carry on even though their rational side tells them to withdraw from the fray. It wasn't always like this, and this gradual transformation has been couched in the seduction of extravagant consumerism. Yes; people have ...

AS THE LIBS SEEM TO BE HOLDING THE ONCE GREAT STATE OF NY HOSTAGE, THEY HAVE A PLANNED PROTEST OF BUSH'S ADDRESS TO THE ANTI-AMERICAN UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY ON SEPTEMBER 24TH, AS A CONSERVATIVE I AM APPALLED AT THE DISRESPECT THE LIBS HAVE PORTRAYED AS OF LATE. THEY HAVE SOLIDIFIED THERE TROOPS AND ARE ORGANIZING MANY PROTESTS TO UNDERMINE ANY CONSERVATIVE AGENDA. SO, SHOULD WE JUST SIT ON OUR HANDS AND PERMIT THEM TO LIE, CHEAT AND BAMBOOZLE THE VOTING PUBLIC INTO WHAT THEY THINK IS GOOD FOR AMERICA? OR SHOULD WE BE OUT THERE IN FORCE, TELLING THE AMERICAN ...

Today's Greenville News (South Carolina) headline screams "BRUTAL Unemployment News". EXCUSE ME!!!! I do not recall this liberal rag using the term "brutal" to describe the 10% unemployment rate under Jimmy Carter (the TRUE worst ecomony in 50 years). I do not suggest that I am not bothered by the unemployment trend, but I am reminding all that there was a time in this country, not too long ago, when economists said it was not possible to get below 6%. There were MANY years under the democrat controlled Congresses that 7-8% was the norm.

<p>AL Gore didn't want Bill Clinton's help in last year's presidential race, but other presidential wannabes - gearing up for the 2004 election - do. Citing Clinton's phenomenal way of pulling in the cash, spies in D.C. say North Carolina Sen. John Edwards has been haranguing him for help with a presidential fund drive. "Edwards calls Clinton [in Harlem] at least once a week," our source added. So far, Edwards' tenacity has paid off: Clinton has been raving about Edwards in private to some of his biggest fundraisers. "These are private conversations," said Julia Payne, Clinton's rep.</p>

Possible Scam Alert A lot of readers have received an e-mail solicitation ("Urgent! Help Defend The Scouts and Our Constitutional Rights!") this weekend ostensibly from former Attorney General Ed Meese on behalf of something called the "Vote for Scouts" project being allegedly sponsored by something called the Scouting Legal Defense Fund. Information on the web site, however, says "funds contributed to the Scouting Legal Defense Fund do not go to the Boy Scouts" (in very, very hard-to-read, faint print). So who, exactly, IS getting your money then? I don't know if this is a legitimate effort or not. After all, ...

Muslim leaders have accused the FBI of conducting an "anti-Muslim witch hunt" following a raid on the Texas offices of a Middle East internet service provider. An 80-strong US terrorism task force searched the Texas offices of Infocom Corporation on Wednesday and Thursday. The company is host to a number of Arabic websites, including that of the Arab world's leading independent television news channel. "American Muslims view the action as just one of a long list of attempts by the pro-Israel lobby to intimidate and silence all those who wish to see Palestinian Muslims and Christians free themselves of a ...

Close on the heels of its dictate to Muslim women in the Kashmir valley to wear the burqa (veil), the extremist Lashkar-e-Jabbar on Saturday ordered non-Muslim women to apply the bindi on their foreheads and don saffron-coloured dupattas for identification. Ignoring the criticism of its move to enforce an Islamic dress code for Muslim women, the Lashkar-e-Jabbar, which made its mark last month when it launched the burqa drive, asked Hindu and Sikh 'sisters' to wear these identification marks to avoid the action proposed to be taken against Muslim women without veils. In a brief statement issued in Srinagar, ...

Harare - More than 150 land invaders moved onto a farm in Beatrice near Harare on Saturday, Commercial Farmers Union spokesperson Jenni Williams said. She said in a statement that the invaders had destroyed tobacco seed beds and burnt down the workers' compound. This follows recent crisis talks in Nigeria aimed at restoring the rule of law with regards to land reform in Zimbabwe. On Wednesday, the Zimbabwe government said it had accepted an offer by white farmers of nearly one-million hectares to help stem the land dispute. A day later at a Commonwealth meeting, Zimbabwe agreed to end ...

GCC "astonished" by Washington's silence on Israeli "aggression"... JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia, Sept 8 (AFP) - Gulf Arab states Saturday expressed "astonishment" at US silence on Israel's "aggression" against the Palestinians and urged Washington to exert pressure on the Jewish state to end the cycle of violence in the Middle East. "The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is astonished that the international community, notably the United States, main sponsor of the (Middle East) peace process, continues to overlook Israel's aggressive practices," GCC foreign ministers said in a statement issued at the close of a two-day meeting in this Saudi city. The GCC ...

Renowned military sociologist Charles Moskos says the quality of recruits entering the all-volunteer force is too low, citing an increase in desertion rates and rising use of the illegal drug Ecstasy -- contentions disputed by the Pentagon. "It's the input rather than what happens to them in the system," the Northwestern University professor told United Press International in a telephone interview. "When they say they want the military to look like America, OK, let's get some more college kids in there then. Not that Ecstasy is absent on college campuses," he said. For more than three years, Ecstasy has been ...

Retirement holds advantages for Condit, Democrats By MICHAEL DOYLE Scripps-McClatchy Western Service September 07, 2001 WASHINGTON - Rep. Gary Condit's retirement decision remains unclear, but the costs and benefits can still be stacked up. Amid conflicting reports Friday about Condit's future, the balance sheet comparing retirement-vs.-resignation-vs.-running again has become largely filled out. The political sum shows clear benefits to announcing a retirement, though at a cost of significantly reduced Capitol Hill influence. Several news organizations, including Fox and MSNBC, cited anonymous sources Friday in reporting that Condit had decided not to see re-election. These reports claimed a formal announcement could ...

An Ordinary Friend will stand by you when you are right, A True Friend will stand by you even when you are wrong... (and tell you just how wrong you were over and over and over and...) An Ordinary Friend identifies himself when he calls. A True Friend doesn't have to...in fact you have to guess most of the time they call. An Ordinary Friend opens a conversation with a full news bulletin on his life. A True Friend says, "What's new with you?" An Ordinary Friend thinks the problems you whine about are recent. A True Friend says, "Geez, ...

ACLU Sued for Invasion of Privacy John L. Perry, NewsMax.com Saturday, Sept. 8, 2001 Man bites dog is news. Now someone's suing the American Civil Liberties Union, possibly the nation's most-litigious liberal group, for – gasp! – invasion of privacy. The number of times the ACLU has dragged others into court for every conceivable abrogation of political correctness would be hard to assess. This time it's the ACLU that's on the other end of the litigation stick. It has to do with a suit filed in a county court in Nashville, Tenn., by a university sophomore who says the ACLU ...

Isaiah 51:1-6 1 "Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness and who seek the LORD: Look to the rock from which you were cut and to the quarry from which you were hewn; 2 look to Abraham, your father, and to Sarah, who gave you birth. When I called him he was but one, and I blessed him and made him many. 3 The LORD will surely comfort Zion and will look with compassion on all her ruins; he will make her deserts like Eden, her wastelands like the garden of the LORD. Joy and gladness will be found ...

NYC Boy Charged With Homicide By DONNA DE LA CRUZ, Associated Press Writer NEW YORK (AP) - An 8-year-old boy was charged with criminally negligent homicide Friday for allegedly stabbing to death a 4-year-old neighbor who police say had been bullied for more than a year. The suspect's 9-year-old brother was charged with assault for his role in the attack, police said. Both were charged as juveniles. Police said the 8-year-old stabbed Emanuel Barima in the neck - piercing his jugular vein - as the boy played with his sister in the hall outside their Bronx apartment Wednesday. Tests ...

DPRK Condemns US for Military Buildup in Asia The Korean Central News Agency condemned the United States Saturday for its decision to transfer some hardware and technical equipment of the US forces to Asia from Europe. An article carried by the news agency said that the projected transfer of the U.S. forces deployed in Europe for a large-scale war proves that the Bush administration's world strategy to bring the Asia-Pacific region under its control and exercise supremacy over it has already entered the phase of implementation. It is as clear as noonday that the transfer of military hardware to be ...

They Came In Search of Better Software. &nbsp; Wireless NewsFactor® Real Time Wireless News from Around the World Satellite Finds Greener Hothouse - or Hotter Greenhouse Brian McDonough September 07, 2001 'When we looked at temperature and satellite vegetation data, we saw that year-to-year changes in growth and duration of the growing season of northern vegetation are tightly linked to year-to-year changes in temperature,' Liming Zhou of Boston University said. We're all going to die. Five or six thousand years of civilization will burn out as we choke on a swampy, superheated cocktail of our own exhaust fumes. Ice ...