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<p>WASHINGTON (AP) — Ignoring Bush administration objections, the House Transportation Committee voted Wednesday to allow more than 1,000 pilots to carry guns for a two-year trial.</p> <p>Committee Chairman Don Young, R-Alaska, said the bill could come before the full House for a vote the week lawmakers return from their July 4 recess.</p>

Rally the Troops.

<p>I want to buy your children. As I understand it, you have seven children still alive (your son Mahmoud killed himself, I'm sorry to hear). I'll offer more than Saddam Hussein has offered; he'll pay $25,000 each, if they are willing to turn themselves into human bombs, but I'll pay $30,000 each.</p>

<p>Martha, maybe you're thinking I'm a fair-weather friend, like the rest of those Democratic politicians who backed away faster than a gal can say "I just got lucky" from that $1,000-a-plate fund-raiser you were planning to throw for us in New York last week. Of course, with your ImClone stock sale landing you in enough hot water to poach a tyrannosaur, I do feel you deserve a little quiet time.</p>

The cuban Parliament votes unanimously for an "irrevocable" socialism Thursday June 27, 2002 - 3h19 GMT Havana, June 26 (AFP) - the cuban Parliament approved Wednesday evening unanimously, after three days of extraordinary session, an amendment registering in an intangible way socialism in the cuban Constitution. On Commission proposal of the legal businesses of the French National Assembly of the popular capacity (Parliament), the term of "intouchable "contained in the original proposal of amendment, was changed into" irrevocable ". The vote, one "yes" aloud of the deputies alphabetically, was preceded by the comments of president Fidel Castro which, during...

<p>The Palestinians are now truly at the crossroads: President Bush has held out to them the prospect of political deliverance--a break with their maximalist history, a chance to step back from the brink and to walk away from this terrible war of terror that they are destined to lose. For all the false consolations of this cult of "martyrdom" that has taken hold in their world, the Palestinians must know that the failure that has stalked their history is upon them yet again.</p>

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD Volume 100--Part 7 June 22, 1954 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD -- SENATE 8617-8618 THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG Mr. FERGUSON. Mr. President, the verbal manifestation of an American's loyalty and patriotism is the pledge of allegiance to our flag. Recognizing that the pledge did not specifically acknowledge that we are a people who do believe in and want our Government to operate under divine guidance, I introduced in the Senate a resolution to add the words which forever, I hope, will be on the lips of Americans. Representatives OAKMAN and RABAUT, of Michigan, and others, introduced similar measures...

Jones provides the answer himself in this passage from From Here to Eternity. He looked at his watch and as the second hand touched the top stepped up and raised the bugle to the megaphone, and the nervousness dropped from him like a discarded blouse, and he was suddenly alone, gone away from the rest of them. The first note was clear and absolutely certain. There was no question or stumbling in this bugle. It swept across the quadrangle positively, held just a fraction longer than most buglers hold it. Held long like the length of time, stretching away from...

The recent G8 conference in Kananaskis Alberta Canada was where Mr Bush made his announcement that Arafat should not be elected. But Chretien who chairs the meetings said he wanted the whole meeting to concentrate on assistance to Africa. His friend Mugabe in Zimbabwe needs money and was recently at the World Food Conference demanding assistance.

GETTYSBURG, Pa. -- The sight struck Barb Adkins immediately and personally. "There were Confederate flags everywhere around here," she said. "I was totally offended because of what they did to my people," she said, referring to slavery supporters who used the still-controversial flag as a symbol of the South during the Civil War.Adkins, community affairs specialist for the city of Bloomington, is providing diversity training here for a group of about 40 students from Tri-Valley Middle School, Parkside Junior High School and the Boys and Girls Club of Bloomington-Normal.The students come from different communities and bring with them different backgrounds...

Congratulations to Houston Rocket fans, the team has drafted seven foot five inch Chinese sensation Yao Ming. The tall center with a nice shooting touch may be the backbone for the Rockets for years to come. Reports are he will sign a four year deal worth over nine million dollars for starters and if he becomes a star millions more after that. FULL ARTICLE HERE

June 26, 2002 Dear liberty activist, A wayward federal appeals court ruled today that reciting the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools in unconstitutional. For decades, federal judges have warped, shredded and outright ignored the Constitution of the United States. Liberty Caucus member Roscoe Bartlett put it well: "Today's decision by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals is a ludicrous and factually inaccurate misinterpretation of the establishment clause of the First Amendment. Every one of our founders is turning over in their grave." We can correct this horrific court decision. On June 12, 2002, Congressman Ron Paul introduced The First...

Background: The Quad Mom Murder Email story to a friend Most of San Antonio met Sheila Bellush just a few weeks before Christmas in 1995, when TV reports showed her and her husband Jamie celebrating the birth of their quadruplets, which were San Antonio's first set in years. A year later, cameras would be back to cover little Francis, Timothy, Joseph and Courtney's first birthday, full of singing and celebration. But there were no songs or laughter November 7, 1997, just a frantic 9-11 call from Sheila's daughter Stevie to Sarasota, Florida dispatchers. The 13-year-old had returned from school...

Everyone, it seems, is outraged by this 9th Circuit Court decision. Read the text of the decision - it is illogical, full of nonsense and touchy feely statements. But the implications of this decision are enormous: by the logic of this decision, Mr. Bush acts unconstitutionally by ending a public address with "God Bless the United States"; every federal court in the country is opened by an unconstitutional "God Save this Honorable Court"; the government prints currency with unconstitutional language; the Senate opens its session with an unconstitutional prayer. And the Declaration of Independence cannot be read at a government...

Fan from hell creates a stir at Cher concert Woman adds unexpected mayhem to showBy MARK ANGELESangelem@phillynews.com "I've Got You, Babe" took on new meaning at Monday night's Cher concert when a 400-pound, intoxicated, foul-mouthed female fan refused to vacate a seat and had to be forcibly removed.The unidentified woman, who witnesses said was dressed in a cowboy hat, tank top and jeans, caused another fan to be injured after female security guards from the First Union Center ejected the corpulent cowgirl.The drama began soon after the end of the opening act, which featured singer Cyndi Lauper."She kept on yelling...

Posted on Tue, Jun. 25, 2002 We need Robert and Ulysses In April 1865, the great Gen. Robert E. Lee had a choice. His army of Northern Virginia - after days of forced march from Richmond in retreat from Ulysses S. Grant's armies - was starving.While still ready to fight, the Confederate general made what was the toughest decision of his military career: he chose to surrender. That single decision is one of the reasons the United States are united today.Lee had options, as explained by Jay Winik in his book, "April 1865." The easiest thing would have been...

Man Accused of Beating Pets to Death 06/26/2002 The Associated Press TUCSON -- An indictment has been handed up in Tucson against a man accused of killing his family's dog and cat with a baseball bat. Alejandro Gutierrez Jr., 30, is charged with two counts of cruelty to animals resulting in serious physical injury. Tucson police went to Gutierrez's home June ninth on a domestic violence call. While speaking with Gutierrez' wife, the woman said her husband had killed their dog and cat. Officers then found the animal dead in the backyard, along with an aluminum bat with blood on...

The lower Federal courts were created by an act of Congress, and anything that was created by Congress cannot tell Congress what it can and can not do. The Supreme Court can, because it was not created by an act of Congress, it was formed by the Constitution. A creation of Congress, though, cannot tell it what to do. The EPA, the FCC, the FTC, etc., cannot tell Congress what it can't do, Congress created them all. It also created the Federal courts. Now, about the ruling against the Pledge of Allegiance: The Pledge was created by Congress, including the...

Ambler man dies after scuffling with village officer Gina Anderson Anchorage, Alaska, June 26 - Alaska State Troopers say an Ambler man died after scuffling with a village police officer. Village Safety Officer Brian Jones arrested 21-year-old Albert Sheldon on domestic violence charges. Jones told troopers that Sheldon fell and cut his head during the arrest. Sheldon passed out and died a short time later. Troopers said the death was an accident and also said Sheldon was injured in a fight earlier that morning.

(New York-AP) -- The City Council is calling for a moratorium on the death penalty in New York state. The council overwhelmingly passed a resolution today calling on the governor and state legislature to place a freeze on all executions in the state. The council voted for the moratorium by a 39 to 12 margin, and they say the moratorium should last until capital punishment in New York is investigated.Councilwoman Yvette Clarke said the death penalty in New York is in a ``crisis situation.''The council's resolution is a recommendation, and the governor and Legislature do not have to act on...