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Boxer's Wilderness Plan Favors the Few... Public Lands Should Benefit All By Rep. John Doolittle (R-CA) I have the privilege of representing one of the most spectacular areas in the entire nation. California's Fourth Congressional District spans from Lake Tahoe to Yosemite, taking in vast swaths of publicly-owned land. Because the extraordinary natural resources on these public lands help meet our aesthetic, economic, biological, recreational, and even spiritual needs, it is our responsibility to manage them for the benefit of all Americans, not just an elite few. Senator Barbara Boxer has proposed legislation to designate millions of acres of...

<p>A U.S. District Court judge ruled Wednesday morning that a convicted felon would be detained pending his trial because he is a flight risk and a potential danger to the community.</p> <p>Antonio Olmeda was arrested by FBI agents last week when he was found at a bus station in Fayetteville with a bag full of ammunition. They were tipped off by a gas station worker who allegedly overheard Olmeda asking questions about security at Fort Bragg.</p>

THE “CHARADE” On May 29th I appeared in the Denver county court of one Judge Celeste for my trial. But rather than have a fair and impartial trial a “charade” took place. I had been charged on December 15th , 2001 for violating a Denver city ordinance that prohibits a person from carrying a gun openly for the purposes of self- defense. And of course this would have been my defense in court as the Colorado State Constitution clearly says that my “right” to carry a gun openly for the purpose of self-defense “Shall not come into question.” Denver is...

This week the White House issued a veto threat over the antiterrorism bill currently wending its way through Congress. At issue is the new $11 billion Crusader artillery system, which Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld has determined to be "no longer relevant to our future requirements." However, some influential members of Congress disagree, as do some Army officers, and, of course, Crusader's team of contractors. The Senate is going to consider whether to go along with language in the House version of the bill that would advise the Secretary of Defense not to take any action to stop work on...

President Bush devoted his Saturday radio address this week to home-ownership and, in particular, the racial "gap" therein. He declared that "while nearly three-quarters of all white Americans own their own homes, less than half of all African Americans and Hispanic Americans are homeowners." And so, of course, we must "close this home-ownership gap." Not only the government, but the private sector, must be mobilized "in a major nationwide effort to increase minority ownership." He gave a speech in Atlanta two days later to the same effect, adding a graceless attempt to tie home-ownership to the war on terrorism. (I...

(AgapePress) - In almost stark contrast to a report indicating the White House has written off conservative issues on the domestic front, Associated Press is reporting the Bush Administration is working with the Vatican and Muslim nations to reverse many of President Clinton’s policies at the United Nations. “It is truly a new day at the U.N.,” White House spokesman Tim Goeglein tells AP. “The Bush Administration has a very important and a different policy position [than the previous administration] -- whether it’s family, whether it’s life, whether it is the centrality of marriage and children. In fact, it is...

Public Broadcasting Execs Say Their Network Is In Peril. Would You Care If It Folded? Yes 54.07% No 45.93%

(AgapePress) - Two Ohio school employees who were harassed by the National Education Association for having religious objections to the union's liberal agenda will be testifying on Capitol Hill.Dennis Robey, a high school teacher in New Carlilse, and Kathleen Klamut, a school psychologist in Ravenna, intend to discuss the abuses they have incurred for refusing to support the NEA's pro-abortion, pro-homosexual agenda. The hearings will take place on Thursday before the House Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, which is chaired by Republican Charlie Norwood of Georgia.Norwood says the hearings will focus on "the failure of unions to follow the law when...

NEW CLUES: Police say kidnapper didn't know girl's sister saw him Wednesday, June 19, 2002   Two weeks after the wee-hours disappearance of Elizabeth Smart from her home, few answers have developed as posters of the missing girl have been put up all over Salt Lake City and elsewhere. (Francisco Kjolseth/The Salt Lake Tribune) BY KEVIN CANTERA, ASHLEY BROUGHTON and LINDA FANTIN THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE    Thirteen days after the disappearance of Elizabeth Smart, police revealed Tuesday that the sole witness to her abduction -- the girl's 9-year-old sister -- had feigned sleep and apparently fooled the intruder into...

B-69. Home SchoolingThe National Education Association believes that home schooling programs cannot provide the student with a comprehensive education experience. When home schooling occurs, students enrolled must meet all state requirements. Home schooling should be limited to the children of the immediate family, with all expenses being borne by the parents/guardians. Instruction should be by persons who are licensed by the appropriate state education licensure agency, and a curriculum approved by the state department of education should be used. The Association also believes that home-schooled students should not participate in any extracurricular activities in the public schools. The Association further...

FIRST REPORT: GUN BATTLE IN KALKILYA BETWEEN IDF AND TERRORISTS Reports are coming in of a gun battle in Kalkilya where IDF soliders are operating. The first reports talk of IDF soliders wounded in this battle, but in the way that this was reported, it seems that it could be much worse. Our reporters are calling sources for details. GAMLA and it's sources in the field will be following events all around the clock. Visit our web site to get the news! Click here to get real-time updates on this and other stories! Subscribe to the GAMLA Intelligence Report...

Posted Friday, June 14, 2002 Number 3 American zero tolerance policy headed for trouble in Rome, sources sayBy JOHN L. ALLEN JR.RomeThough no one is quite ready to say so publicly, there is a growing consensus in Rome that the “zero tolerance” stance on sexual abuse slated for adoption by the U.S. bishops is likely to run into difficulty in the Vatican.Many Vatican officials, believing that the U.S. bishops are in effect making policy decisions with a gun to their head, are quietly warning that Rome is likely take a more cautious, less stringent approach.The policies adopted in Dallas...

amazon.com has just posted my new review of Bjorn Lomborg's book "The Skeptical Environmentalist." (I submitted it 11 days ago, but they just posted it today.) At the end of my review on their website it asks "Was this review helpful to you?" Please go to the website and vote on my review. Thank you! Here is my review: Doomsayers are afraid that you might actually read this book June 8, 2002 Reviewer: grundle2600 Since Bjorn Lomborg's book "The Skeptical Environmentalist" was published in the United States last year, a lot of people have been very critical of Lomborg and...

<p>ATLANTA -- A ride at Six Flags over Georgia really lived up to its name on Tuesday.</p> <p>The drop ride is called ``Acrophobia,'' which means a fear of heights.</p> <p>About 30 people were stuck at a height of 200 feet on the ride for more than an hour because of a power failure at the Atlanta park.</p>

The eleventh hour campaign revelation that then-GOP presidential candidate George W. Bush had been arrested in Maine in 1976 for driving under the influence of alcohol gave then-Vice President Al Gore the boost he needed to win the popular vote in the 2000 presidential election, Gore's former campaign spokesman Chris Lehane admitted late Tuesday. "Obviously, I think it did have an impact on the election," Lehane told WABC Radio's John Batchelor and Paul Alexander. "It was a very close election. All of our internal polls show that it was literally a dead heat," the former top Goreman added. "I think...

Last update - 19:36 19/06/2002 Suicide bomber blows self up in Jerusalem; 20 injured By Amos Harel, Ha'aretz Correspondent, and Ha'aretz Service At least 20 people were reported injured when a suicide bomber blew himslef up Wednesday at the French Hill intersection in Jerusalem close to 7:10 P.M. The head of Magen David Adom said that 20 people were wounded in the blast, five or six of them in serious condition. The blast occurred next to a hitchhiking post in the city. The head of Jerusalem district police, Mickey Levy, confirmed that there were fatalities in the blast, but did...

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency plans to develop computing systems that are able to reason, learn, adapt and literally "know what they're doing," according to a DARPA statement. DARPA announced the new research program, called the Cognitive Information Processing Technology Initiative, on June 14. The premise of the initiative, DARPA said, is to find a means to overcome common problems that occur when systems become larger and more complex -- when computers become difficult to maintain, prone to error and breakdown or vulnerable to attack. The novelty of DARPA's concept is that it plans on developing systems that...

Why now of all times are there nascent efforts to "reform" the Palestinian Authority? Why has Saddam Hussein for the last nine months been relatively quiet, and toyed with the idea of rigged inspections of his arsenal of death? Are there reasons why once-reclusive Saudi sheiks are suddenly popping up all over Washington? And why have the Koreans expressed recently a wish to negotiate? Do these glimmers of moderation appear because Americans and Europeans have promised more billions to Arafat's regime that can be spent as his "government" sees fit? Surely Saddam Hussein in the post-9/11 world at last...

ULSAN, South Korea (Reuters) - As if playing three time world champions Germany was not hard enough, the United States face the added disadvantage of a hostile crowd in their World Cup quarter-finals clash in Ulsan. Although only a few hundred German supporters are expected at the game, tens of thousands of South Koreans are likely to vent their latent resentment of the world's only superpower by backing the Europeans. "I will definitely cheer for Germany," said Chung Hyun-hwa, 28, a sales manager from Ulsan who will be in the crowd in the 44,466-seater World Cup stadium on Friday. "Firstly,...

An AJC editorial last week asserted that the courts of Georgia were dangerously remiss in upholding the death sentence of Wallace Fugate, who killed his ex-wife in 1991. "[T]here is ample evidence to suggest that Fugate shot his wife accidentally," the editorial said. There is not. The murder committed by Wallace Fugate was particularly terror-drenched and brutal. Armed with a gun, Fugate broke into his ex-wife's home through a window and lay in wait for eight hours. When she entered the house, he attacked her. When she attempted to call the police, he pistol-whipped her, fired his gun to subdue...