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In the early 1600s, pioneering astronomer Johannes Kepler put forth his three laws of planetary motion, which, for the first time, provided an accurate and evidence-based description of the movement of the Solar System's planets around the Sun. By the end of the century, Isaac Newton followed Kepler's example with three laws of his own, describing the relationship between an object and the forces acting on it, thus laying the foundations for classical mechanics. Almost exactly three hundred years later, Carlo M. Cipolla, a professor of economic history at the University of California - Berkeley, introduced a set of laws...

In the HEALTHCARE BILL HR 3200 there are two pages that are NOT just directed at Seniors, but your bank account. On page 58 there is Government ID CARD, with all your information on it. On page 59 there is provision for the US Gov't to electronically transfer money out of your account, from your bank account. (paraphrased) I do not believe it is age specific.

In the debate over Iraq, the Democrats and most allied governments are demanding United Nations Security Council endorsement of a military campaign - or they are against it. This is a strange position. The U.S. government, with an over two-century record of forwarding human rights and defeating tyrants, is to defer to the United Nations? The duly elected leaders of the United States should step aside and let assorted dictators make key decisions affecting American national security? There is a reason for this strange idea, John Fonte of the Hudson Institute reveals in an eye-opening article in the current issue...