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JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Sept. 10 — With his education plan bogged down in Congress, President Bush on Monday sought to prod lawmakers into action. The dwindling budget surplus gave new significance to the central debate — how much federal money to spend on schools. “I DON’T THINK education ought to be a partisan issue,” Bush said at a campaign-style event at an elementary school. “I know reading is not a partisan issue — I mean, getting every child to read in America is an American issue and it ought to be an American goal and it is going to be ...

Saturday, 8 September 2001 19:08 (ET) Foes blasts Kostunica over Milosevic pals By STEFAN RACIN BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- In the most scathing attack yet on Yugoslav President Vojislav Kostunica, a leader of the ruling democratic reform alliance accused him of harboring predecessor Slobodan Milosevic's henchmen in his presidential offices and hindering investigations of the previous regime's war crimes. Zarko Korac, a Serbian deputy prime minister and head of the Social Democratic Union, said that at the same time Kostunica and his Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) are castigating the 18-party alliance's other co-leaders for alleged corruption. In ...

Sept. 10 — Under pressure from Democrats and even leaders of his own party to refocus his tax policies, President Bush signaled Monday that he would side with top congressional Republicans and consider further tax cuts to jolt the stagnant economy, including a reduction in the capital gains tax rate. SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER Trent Lott of Mississippi on Monday renewed his push, echoed by House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., for a two-year cut in the capital gains tax rate from the current 20 percent to 15 percent. “We need to look at some other additional spur. I’ve been talking ...

W A S H I N G T O N, Sept. 10 — Most Americans favor reducing President Bush's prized tax cut to deal with the shrinking federal surplus, while large majorities oppose dipping into Social Security funds or easing back on plans to spend more on education or prescription drugs. In a new ABCNEWS/Washington Post poll, 57 percent support reducing the size of the tax cut to keep the budget in surplus. Nearly half, 46 percent, support the next most-popular option — dropping planned increases in military spending. But other choices are broadly unpopular. A total of 92 ...

I don't know how anyone can say the U.S. is more free than it used to be, but that is what this poll shows. I think for some groups in some situations it may be more free, but for the majority of Americans, government has more and more control over their lives. Poll Link Here Are U.S. freedoms eroding? Do you have more, less or about the same freedom as before?- More freedom. 54%- Less freedom. 18%- The same as before. 28%

DUMBED DOWN The deliberate destruction of America's education system © 2001 WorldNetDaily.com Columbine was not an isolated event. It was just the most spectacular of a string of school massacres that have taken place in the last decade, including last March's shooting rampage at Santana High School in Santee, Calif., when a 15-year-old freshman killed two students and wounded 11 other students and two staff members. Why are these school shootings occurring with increasing frequency? What is turning some children into killers? And why, in particular, are they venting their murderous rage within the walls of their schools? Beyond ...

Send This Article to a Friend Your Name Friend's Address ------------------------------------------------------------ by Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson ------------------------------------------------------------ Other columns by B.O.N.D. ------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------------------------------------- SpinTimes Exclusive Commentary By Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson 09/10/2001 As many of you know, eight weeks ago, I called for a national boycott of the NAACP. Some of you have asked us, "Why are you and your organization B.O.N.D. leading a boycott of the NAACP?" The reason is fairly simple: The NAACP no longer stands for the advancement of black people, but instead, appears to stand for the advancement of the Democratic Party and its partisan ...

TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 11 2001 Libya woos Britain's banana islands BY MICHAEL BINYON AND DAVID ADAMS IN MIAMI THE Libyan leader, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, is offering to buy all the bananas produced by three former British colonies in the Caribbean. His proposal exploits the desperate predicament in which the islands have found themselves after Britain lost a decade-long battle to protect their banana industries from outside competition. Colonel Gaddafi claims that the deal will allow the islands to break free from what he described as the economic stranglehold imposed by the European Union and the World Trade Organisation (WTO). For ...

The downfall of Bush will be the economy (no matter its condition). The liberal media is successfully weakening the economy by instilling fear into investors while the Democrats pin the blame on President Bush. For all of our issues that we discuss here on Free Republic, most will never be considered by voters in 2002 or in 2004. Instead the state of the economy will be the number one issue among voters. I recently toured one of the Democrat FreeRepublic rip-offs and saw post after post on how Bush and the Republicans were destroying the economy in only 8 months, ...

1, Include your children when baking cookies. 2. High school dropouts cut in half. 3. Miners refuse to work after death. 4. Iraqi head seeks arms 5. Kids make nutritious snacks. 6. Hospitals sued by seven foot doctors. 7. Panda mating fails; veterinarian takes over. 8. Police begin campaign to run down jaywalkers.

Okay people - time to take action! On Wednesday, September 5, basil, Ms. AntiFeminazi, tillacum, Mr. tillacum, and a local TRT member met in Waco to scope out the logistics of the upcoming protest of Janet Reno who has been invited BY BAYLOR UNIVERSITY to speak on ETHICS IN GOVERNMENT on Thursday, September 13, 2001. There was much discussion about where we should park ourselves to get the most visibility by Ms. Reno. We drove out to the airport and decided that is NOT a good idea. The airport is very far from campus and is difficult to find. We ...

1970 Posthumous Medal of Honor Glenn H. ENGLISH, Jr. Rank and organization: Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army, Company E, 3d Battalion, 103d Infantry, 173d Airborne Brigade. Place and date: Phu My District, Republic of Vietnam, 7 September 1970. Entered service at: Philadelphia, Pa. Born: 23 April 1940, Altoona, Pa. Citation: S/Sgt. English was riding in the lead armored personnel carrier in a 4-vehicle column when an enemy mine exploded in front of his vehicle. As the vehicle swerved from the road, a concealed enemy force waiting in ambush opened fire with automatic weapons and anti-tank grenades, striking the vehicle several times ...

Michael Jordan confirmed with a quote today to AP and other press members in 10 days he will make it official saying "I'm doing it for the love of the game. Nothing else. For the love the game.'' That he is returning this coming season to the NBA.

Nanoengineering may alter face of combat 'Smart' uniforms use treated fibers By Associated Press,, 9/10/2001 NEW YORK - To help soldiers survive, the US Army is developing a new generation of combat uniforms using tiny, doctored fibers that let air through while blocking toxins from chemical and biological weapons. The ''chemical protective overgarment,'' expected to ship in as little as two years, is one of the early uses of nanotechnology: the science of manipulating single atoms and molecules to create new products. While nanotechnology won't be ready to build tiny machines or computer processors for at least 10 years, researchers ...

CHICAGO (AP) -- Michael Jordan all but confirmed Monday he would return to play in the NBA and said the world will know for sure within 10 days. In a 30-minute conversation with Associated Press columnist Jim Litke, and reporters for the Chicago Sun-Times and cnnsi.com, Jordan said the news conference to announce his decision would be held in Washington, D.C., by the middle of next week. Asked whether he was definitely coming back, Jordan smiled slyly. A moment later, he looked up and said, ``I'm doing it for the love of the game. Nothing else. For the love the ...

Gadaafi to supply Mugabe with death squads? Libya’s President Muammar Gadaafi has bought up 20 houses in Zimbabwe which seem likely to be used as safe-houses for death squads supplied by the Libyan dictator as part of his plan to assist the man he sees as his embattled comrade in arms, President Robert Mugabe. In addition Gadaafi has bought Gracelands, the gigantic Harare mansion belonging to Grace Mugabe, the President's young wife. The house is now to become the Libyan Embassy, making it by far the biggest embassy building in Zimbabwe, dwarfing the British and American missions. In effect Gadaafi ...

Anatomy Of The Cover-Up Of A Cover-Up The Untold Story Of The Lubbock SWAT Killing Parts One, Two And Three A Series By R.G. Griffing, SAL Staff Copyright 2001 San Antonio Lightning Part One: "The First Cover-Up" "I drove to the L.P.D. and waited to right (sic) my report." These are the last words of the official report written by Lubbock SWAT Officer Tracy Taylor, after he inadvertently shot and killed his team leader, Sgt. Kevin Cox, in a confused and deadly confrontation that left one cop dead, another wounded, and an innocent citizen hit twice with police bullets. ...

MODESTO, Calif. (Reuters) - A California grand jury has rejected a request to investigate charges that Rep. Gary Condit (news - bio - voting record) obstructed justice by allegedly asking flight attendant Anne Marie Smith to lie about an affair, lawyers said on Monday. The decision by the Stanislaus County civil grand jury, reached last week, was mailed to Smith's lawyer James Robinson and Judicial Watch, a conservative watchdog group which joined in filing the complaint on Aug. 27. Robinson and Judicial Watch Chairman Larry Klayman issued a statement Monday blasting the jury's decision, which was based on the ground ...

Kings Mountain, N.C. -- Five people are in custody in connection with the fatal shooting of a mentally disabled Kings Mountain teen.Kings Mountain Police Department said Thursday that they have two confessions out of the five suspects in the murder of Justin Braswell, 19.Braswell was shot Sunday morning in Kings Mountain as he walked to his grandmother's house from a street dance. Police say three of the suspects are juveniles and two are adults.  All will be charged with murder, armed robbery and attempted armed robbery.The two adult suspects in custody are Timothy McDowell, 18, and David Glover, 21, who says he was not ...

ZIMBABWE'S neighbours delivered a sharp rebuke to President Robert Mugabe yesterday, saying they feared that political turmoil could overwhelm southern Africa. "We were very concerned about the worsening economy, the decline in the rule of law, and the spread of violence and political instability in this country," said President Bakili Muluzi of Malawi, heading a group of six leaders who arrived in Harare yesterday for talks on resolving the land crisis. "Of great concern to all of us is that, if the land issue is not urgently resolved amicably and peacefully, the economic and political problems Zimbabwe is facing ...