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There has been considerable debate about "The House of the Rising Sun," an old folk song made famous by the Animals in 1964. Was it based on an actual establishment in New Orleans? Was the Rising Sun a brothel or gambling house or penitentiary? And where was it? I don't have definitive answers to those questions, but I do have a new location to consider."The public is respectfully informed that the old establishment of the Rising Sun is reopened under the name of Mechanic's Hotel, where may be had all kinds of refreshments; there is an ordinary every day at...

Congressman's Aide Asks for Help Flooding Local Newspaper Poll March 02, 2005 | 09:58:09 EST In another example of the increasing importance of web polls, a spokesman for Maurice Hinchey, the New York Democratic congressman who recently came under fire for suggesting the Bush reelection campaign was behind Memogate, has been asking supporters to skew an online survey in the congressman's favor. "One of our local papers, the Daily Freeman, has been conducting an online poll asking readers if they agreed with Maurice's assertions. Until recently, the response has been relatively equal. However, this weekend, the right-wing bloggers began to...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x3199295 mdmc (1000+ posts) Tue Mar-01-05 01:01 PM Original message Hinchey staffer asks DU for HELP! (DU this poll., please) http://www.dailyfreeman.com/site/news.asp?brd=1769 Dan Ahouse runs the show for Hinchey down in D.C. Please help the BIG MO take on Kkkarl and the Orwellian right wing press. Please vote in this online poll. Dan's email message is below. Thank YOU, DU! Friends: As you may know, Maurice has been outspoken over the past week about his opinion that the White House political operation, led by Karl Rove, was behind the leaking of false documents to CBS regarding George Bush's military "service." His...