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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 ...

The campaign was in the air, but SACEUR's mind was on the ground. Wesley Clark's War By Rebecca Grant Gen. Wesley K. Clark, United States Army, led NATO's military forces to success in 1999 in Operation Allied Force. And as recently as February, the former Supreme Allied Commander Europe told a large USAF­sponsored conference, "The US Air Force saved me, and it saved NATO." Clark, however, delivered these remarks before the appearance of his book, Waging Modern War, in May. Since publication, he has been singing a different tune. Clark has been unwilling to describe Allied Force as an airpower ...

The leading business group in Turkey, TUSIAD, has set out a package of constitutional reforms to end restrictions on freedom of expression, so that the country can meet the criteria for European Union membership. One of the proposals calls for the removal of the reference to forbidden languages in the constitution. That could open the way for an end to the ban on the use of Kurdish in broadcasting and education - a key EU demand. The business group also calls for an end to anti-terrorist laws which have been used to imprison dozens of writers, intellectuals and human rights ...

Reparations for Slavery? Lets Do It Reparations to Americans of African ancestry for the slavery of the pre Civil War antebellum South is the latest casus belli for a left that is floundering in its mission to keep race hatred and conflict alive. The left has instigated such programs in the past as forced desegregation, the burning of American cities particularly black neighborhoods in the 1960’s, racial quota systems, dumning down education that fosters illiteracy in black children, welfare, and other incitements and agitations generally bracketed under the euphemism “social services.” In spite of the best efforts of the left, ...

Horray! Sean is back on the radio all over the United States. He is on the ABC radio network stations and his show follows Rush! Make sure to call in or listen to him. Sean ranks among the best!

A prominent group of supply-side Republicans warned last week that if President Bush doesn't turn the economy around soon the result will be President Hillary Rodham Clinton in 2004. "Continued anemic growth rates will not just mean a Speaker Gephardt and Majority Leader Daschle in 2002, but perhaps even the most economically depressing political outcome imaginable: Hillary Clinton elected president in 2004," Republican leaders were advised in a letter sent by the supply-side Club for Growth. Signatories to the 'President Hillary' alert included former Federal Reserve Governor Wayne Angell, former Sen. Robert Kasten and former Delaware Governor Pete Du Pont, ...

us army will retire vietnam era helicopters 10 September 2001 The US Army has announced a significant acceleration of its aviation modernisation plan. The plan accelerates the retirement of older, Vietnam-era helicopters and the recapitalisation of other types of helicopters remaining in the fleet. Its also will allow The Army to compress the procurement timeline of the Comanche aircraft and moves newer helicopters sooner into the US Army National Guard and US Army Reserve. "This Aviation Modernisation Plan supports Army Transformation by posturing our aviation force for transitioning to the Objective Force," said Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. ...

A Clash of Civilizations? By Ameena A. Saeed How did Pakistanis living in America view the Pakistan-India conflict and the media hyped summit? Though Pakistanis have more in common with expatriate Indians in the US, yet they continue to emphasize the differences - “we are different, therefore we are separate”. This is the usual refrain in the face of the Indian ‘allegation’ that “we” are one, which is seen as a negation of Pakistan. The weeks following India’s nuclear explosion and before Pakistan’s equalizer, the American Pakistanis were stunned by humiliation. “They are going to kick us and chuckle ...

Car of Yugoslav leader set ablaze BELGRADE, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Unknown attackers set ablaze the car of a leading Serbian reformist politician who said earlier this week he was receiving death threats, officials said on Saturday. Slobodan Vuksanovic, deputy leader of the Movement for Democratic Serbia party which forms part of the ruling coalition, was not in his vehicle when the incident occurred around 10 p.m. (2000 GMT) on Friday evening in Belgrade. "The car was set on fire and some eyewitnesses said they had seen someone throw something into it," said Ivan Djordjevic, chief of cabinet for Serbian ...

KRIVOLAK, Macedonia -- NATO soldiers burned piles of ammunition and cut apart guns given up by ethnic Albanian rebels Monday as part of the alliance's mission, as the West discussed the next step to steer the Balkan nation toward peace. NATO's operation to collect weapons is to end Sept. 26, and it has said it would not extend that deadline. But European Union nations agreed over the weekend in Genval, Belgium, that a multinational force must be sent to Macedonia this month after the NATO mission ends. Such a contingent would be used to protect civilian monitors and act as ...

Butcher of Waco Reno Is Not Welcome at the Scene of Her Most Infamous Crime in Waco, Texas Talk Radio Host Alex Jones to Lead Disgusted Texans in a Protest of Her Shameless Lack of Respect for the Dead September 10, 2001Infowaers.com Waco, TX – Once again, Janet Reno is torturing Texans with her “Lord of the Police State” presence, provoking outrage and forcing Texans to confront her arrogance head on. Syndicated Radio Host Alex Jones, who spearheaded the effort to rebuild a memorial church at Waco for all those who were killed in Reno’s murderous siege of 1993, will ...

Will Russia Light the Fuse On 'Paper H-Bomb' of World Debt? by Rachel Douglas Something like the "explosion of the universe," projected by Russian economist Tatyana Koryagina, when she forecast an August escalation of the U.S.-centered financial and economic crash (EIR, July 20 and 27, 2001), could be triggered by policy decisions adopted by the Russian government on gold and currency. The setting is an international confluence of debt defaults, corporate losses, layoffs, tumbling stock indexes, and rumored hedge-fund catastrophes, which only the self-deluded could fail to recognize as a global systemic crisis. The Russian actions have a twofold effect. ...

Bush aide: Slavery best kept in the past Condoleezza Rice hits reparations From Tribune News Services Published September 10, 2001 WASHINGTON -- U.S. National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice, one of the most influential blacks in the Bush administration, said Sunday she doesn't think African-Americans should be compensated for the wrongs of slavery. Rice said the United Nations conference on racism, which ended in Durban, South Africa, on Saturday without U.S. participation, looked too much at the past by focusing on the issue of reparations for slavery and on finding ways to condemn Israel. Slavery was outlawed in the United States ...

INSIDE POLITICS / BILL AINSWORTH Rest of nation starting to feel pain of power deregulation By Bill Ainsworth September 10, 2001 SACRAMENTO -- Electricity supplies plummeted. Regulators ignored transmission problems. Utilities had to sell their power plants to merchant generators. Electricity prices rose dramatically, but federal officials were slow to intervene. Sound like a short history of the California energy crisis? Actually, it's a description of the problems in the deregulated market in New York, where customers of that state's largest utility have experienced a nearly 40 percent increase in summer rates. The account is contained in a new ...

Anti-Aging Products Face Congressional Scrutiny, By Adam Entous WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The marketing practices and advertising claims of companies that sell anti-aging pills and other dietary supplements to seniors will face congressional scrutiny on Monday at a hearing that could lead to tougher regulation of the $27 billion industry. An estimated 60 percent of Americans take some form of supplement with no apparent health problems. But experts say some anti-aging products can pose health risks, particularly to the elderly, and unlike new prescription and over-the-counter drugs, U.S. law does not require them to undergo premarket approval for safety and ...

With nothing visible down the road but a tunnel at the end of the tunnel, Israel's security brass has balked at ordering fresh measures to combat unending Palestinian attacks. This has spurred despairing Israelis to propose an array of bizarre alternatives to nearly a year of inconsequential military gambits. Prime Minister Ariel Sharon summoned Defense Minister Benjamin Ben-Eliezer, IDF Chief of Staff Shaul Mofaz and other senior commanders to a dead-of-night discussion at the army's Central Command headquarters to discuss responses to a brace of terrorist attacks Sunday. The attacks left five Israelis dead and nearly 100 injured in the ...

Enter Stage Right - A Journal of Modern Conservatism Revenue collection masquerading as law enforcement By Charles Bloomer Washington, DC has become the latest municipality to embrace technology in innovative and intrusive ways to violate its residents' privacy and fleece its citizens. The city has bought new photo radar systems to catch and ticket speeders in the nation's capital. Five of the radar cameras are mounted on vehicles and one is permanently mounted. These cameras are in addition to the 39 red light cameras. District Police Chief Charles Ramsey has defended the system, declaring that the "safety and well-being of ...

A first step in dismantling racism is to admit that it lurks even in "civil Seattle," even among the "good folks here," more than a dozen religious leaders said yesterday in announcing a yearlong agenda to address racism. "The racism we live with is part of us," said the Rev. Boyd Stockdale, who is white. "It is not possible for me, in my culture, to say, 'I am not racist.'" Stockdale and 14 others from a variety of denominations launched the "Year of Action Against Racism and White Privilege in the Northwest," a series of teach-ins, speakers, film and book ...

It will be very easy for you to say, "Well, I will do something, some day. When I can afford it, I am going to." But would you let an old "grad" 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 with ...