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Joe Bob's America: Slamming MohammedBy Joe Bob Briggs Published 6/24/2002 3:04 PM   NEW YORK, June 24 (UPI) -- Now this is ironic. On the same day the Catholics were meeting in Dallas to try to get rid of pedophiles in the church, a Baptist guy from Florida was calling Mohammed a pedophile. The Rev. Jerry Vines -- is that a great Baptist name or what? -- actually called Mohammed a "demon-possessed" pedophile, which summons up an image of a cloven-hoofed satyr with long fingernails peering into a baby crib as he froths at the mouth. To be fair to...

Even when she was being duped, Ann Landers gave great advice. Just last month, Landers published a letter in her syndicated column that afforded headline writers across the country the opportunity to put variations on the phrase "nude slumber party" in boldface. In her home paper, the Chicago Tribune, the headline was: "Nude slumber party? Obvious question is, 'Why?' " Bergen County (N.J.) Record: "Puzzled by a nude teen sleepover" Contra Costa Times: "Nude party is barely understandable" Montreal Gazette: "Nude slumber party worries mother" Toronto Star: "Appeal of nude slumber parties escapes mom" These were just a few of...

Tonight's topic: MONDAY, JUNE 24 10:00 P.M. ET - Sudan and the current Muslim slave trade. Interview with escaped Sudanese slave, Francis Bok. Also analysis of President Bush’s ”peace plan” for the Middle East.

LONDON - Prime Minister Tony Blair ( news - web sites)'s government said Monday it would not help finance Turkey's leadership of the peacekeeping force in Afghanistan ( news - web sites). Defense Secretary Geoff Hoon said that instead, Britain was leaving computer and communications equipment and a fire engine for the use of the 19-nation international force, known as the International Security Assistance Force. Last week, Turkey took over command from Britain of the more than 4,000 international peacekeepers now in Afghanistan. About 75 percent of Britain's 1,500-strong contingent will leave by the end of the month, while the...

The new single European currency has been under pressure since its launch in 1999 because of the strength of the dollar. In the past three months, however, the Euro has gained around 10 percent in value on the dollar because doubts about developments in the United States are increasing. On June 22, the euro hit $0.97, its highest point since March 2000. Europe's currency recently was also able to improve its rate against the yen, pound and numerous other currencies. That indicates that a new valuation of the single currency is apparently taking place on the financial markets. Since the...

Big announcement comming.

Radio hosts dance on Westmoreland’s grave City Editorial On topics like tax policy, welfare and TennCare, local talk radio personalities like Phil Valentine and Steve Gill are champions of what they refer to as "personal responsibility." On the morning following the death of state Rep. Keith Westmoreland, however, Gill and Valentine vehemently denied any responsibility for Westmoreland’s disgrace and suicide. We think their denials carry the distinctive odor of hypocrisy. In an emotional speech last Thursday, Rep. Chris Newton (R-District 22) accused the news media of hounding Westmoreland to death. While Newton’s words should sting any journalist with a conscience,...

June 24, 2002 Condit Aides Got Big Raises Boosts Came After Levy Allegations By Amy Keller House payroll records show that Rep. Gary Condit (D-Calif.) significantly increased the salaries of three key staffers in the days following the revelation that he was romantically involved with Chandra Levy, a young Washington intern who went missing last year and recently was found dead in Rock Creek Park. A Roll Call analysis of Condit’s payroll records, as disclosed in the quarterly Statement of Disbursements of the House, revealed that the embattled Congressman gave significant pay raises to two top aides — Administrative Assistant...

I'll start with the praise report. Six months ago, a friend of mine was in a bad accident. He fell on his head. That, in combination with a stroke at about the same time, has left him virtually a vegetable. Every week, during my lunch break, I go to the hospital and visit him for a few minutes, asking yes and no questions. Well, on my visit last week, the speech therapist was with him and he was able to talk a little. He remembers my name (my real name, not my FR name :-)). So he is improving in...

HELENA - National Republican Chairman Marc Racicot told the Montana party faithful Saturday that it's critical for the GOP to regain control of the U.S. Senate to pass President Bush's agenda now stalled in the Democratic-controlled chamber. "I think this is the most important election year of our lifetimes," Racicot, former two-term Montana governor, told an overflow luncheon crowd at the Montana Republican Party platform committee. Racicot made his first official appearance in Montana since becoming GOP national chairman earlier this year. The former governor said he has made 45 trips to 30 states for the party the past five...

Where is Jonathan? by Rabbi Shlomo AvinerJune 24, 2002 Where is Jonathan? Rabbi Shlomo Aviner - Special to IMRA - June 24, 2002 Where is our brother Jonathan Pollard? In his seventeenth year in an American prison. The numerical value of seventeen equals the Hebrew word “tov” [good]. But for Jonathan Pollard, things are not good. Prison is a terrible place. To quote the prophet Jeremiah chapter 15, verse 2: “Thus said the L-ord, ‘Such as are [destined] for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; and such as are for famine, to famine, and...

    Chuck Baldwin Bush Continues Clinton Agenda Referring to President G. W. Bush's new Homeland Security department, former President Bill Clinton told a gathering of Council on Foreign Relations members last week, "We have been building this for a long time." For once, Clinton told the truth. What he began constructing following the Oklahoma City bombing, Bush has succeeded in bringing to fruition. America is about to have its very own Gestapo. If Al Gore were president today, Republicans in Congress would no doubt rise in righteous indignation to quickly kill such a plan. However, with a fellow Republican...

President Bush began his day in Port Elizabeth, NJ today, where he touring the Port Elizabeth, facility while in New Jersey with Director of Homeland Security Tom Ridge. The President used the opportunity to push for a department of Homeland Security. Back in Washington in the afternoon, President Bush delivered his much anticipated policy statement regarding establishing a Palestinian State. In blunt and direct terms, Bush stated that a provisional Palestinian state could only exist if the Palestinian people dedicate themselves toward democracy and peace. Enjoy your daily dose of Dubya. Full text of President Bush's Mideast Policy Speech

Sign the Petition! Petition in Support of MSNBC's "Alan Keyes is Making Sense"Whereas MSNBC's breakthrough television show "Alan Keyes is Making Sense" is being attacked by left-wing special interests in an effort to get the show cancelled or removed from prime time; Whereas Alan Keyes' show sets a new standard for principled, intelligent, patriotic, God-respecting conservative analysis and commentary in the media; Whereas Alan Keyes possesses formidable diplomatic, analytical, and rhetorical skills unique among media personalities; Whereas Alan's show has already demonstrated far-reaching influence in the public arena by debating issues that gravely affect not only our nation, but the...

In recent years the (Playboy) Magazine's web site has run polls asking readers which female sports figures the would most like to see, and it is currently running one with 10 WUSA players.Mitts is dominating.As of Saturday afternoon-the poll ends Monday-she had 51 percent of the 31,974 votes cast.Philly teammate Ravel Karvelsson was next, at 15 percent, then Washington's Mia Hamm at 8 percent.'I'm very flattered to even be a name in that poll,' Mitts said. But that (posing in Playboy) isn't something I'd consider.The WUSA sent a collage that featured sexy images of its players, including Mitts, as part...

Back to News/Home Page   News Archives Just a few weeks ago, Bush Country posted an article from one of our writers, Jeremy Reynalds in which Jeremy noted there were numerous U.S. based ISP's hosting terrorist websites.  These sites were not only providing information to terrorist, but were actually asking for donations and provided a Bank Account number in Palestine to transfer the money to.    Just the other day I went to one of the sites Jeremy identified and noticed that they were still up and running!  Not only that, but they were providing, among other things, information for...

<p>WASHINGTON — Despite terror alerts for major Fourth of July events across the country, Washingtonians and visitors to the capital said they expect business as usual here, making it code red, white and blue for the upcoming holiday.</p> <p>"We’re not going to be afraid being in our own country," said Walt Gibbs, who is visiting Washington from Roanoke Rapids, N.C., with his wife Ann and their children. "As far as feeling threatened, absolutely not."</p>

<p>WASHINGTON — Two conservative groups pounded Attorney General John Ashcroft on Thursday for allowing Deputy Attorney General Larry Thompson to speak to a group of Justice Department employees at their annual Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Pride program held at DOJ headquarters on Wednesday evening.</p>

<p>Still to come, we'll read some of your e-mails and will find out how much you love Sean and me.</p> <p>First, a new poll commissioned by Americans for Immigration Control, Inc. and put out by Zogby International found that 58 percent of Mexicans think the U.S. Southwest rightfully belongs to Mexico. Are you surprised?</p>

Actress Angela Bassett hasn't had a starring role on the big screen since 1998. So how is she getting her groove back? By dissing the role that earned Halle Berry an Oscar. The 43-year-old actress is speaking out about racism, sexism and ageism in Hollywood in the latest issue of Newsweek, and she saves her harshest words for Monster's Ball, saying she turned down the film's lead role because she thinks it was demeaning to black women. Berry later snagged the part--that of a death-row widow who inadvertently falls in love with the man who executed her husband--and nabbed the...