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Friday, Nov. 5, 2004 I hate it when they do that - write a column that not only says what I planned to write but also has almost the same title I had in mind. But when the writer is Ron Marr, one of the best down-to-earth columnists on the Internet, I simply doff my hat. Ron sets off his column with a quote from what he called a "well-coifed anchor" whose voice dripped "with derision and condescension" when he told his viewers: "What we don't realize is that there's a huge segment of the country that doesn't think like...

Previously asked for data on this, but decided to do the numbers myself (i.e. as Rush would say.. "Rugged Individualism" won out over looking for a handout...) The numbers flat out tell the story. In 1 state, the People's Republic of Vermont, President Bush earned a lesser % of the vote in 2004 than in 2000. In 2 states (Montana and South Dakota) Bush had essentially the same % of the vote (i.e. difference of less than .5%). In the remaining 47 states (yes, including the lib enclaves of CA-NY-IL-DC), Bush earned a higher % of the vote this year...

It's the battle of the Red's and Blue's as America goes to the polls to vote. This is an email-able, copyright-ready graphic you can use in emails, on blogs, in flyers, on posters... anything that's noncommercial.

The Denver Post Illegal voters get stern warning Davidson vows to pursue fraud By Erin Cox and Chris Frates Denver Post Staff Writers Thursday, October 14, 2004 - Secretary of State Donetta Davidson said Wednesday that she will aggressively pursue the prosecution of voter registration fraud uncovered throughout the state. In a passionate speech at a news conference about the integrity of the election process, Davidson pushed for more help from the state's district attorneys and attorney general. Davidson, an elected Republican official, said she wants her warnings to prevent illegal voters from casting ballots. "I hope I scared...

This is a personal plea to Carlton Sherwood to allow free downloads of his documentary "Stolen Honor" to be shared by all.  I would like everyone who is undecided to see this compelling documentary.  We need to burn hundreds of thousands of VCD's and hand out at shopping malls, town squares, and share on P2P networks.  We can do much more to get people to see this than the web site www.stolenhonor.com could ever do.  100 blank CD's cost about $10, and I and my friends would be willing to spend hundreds to burn the documentary and handout in the...

New Jersey, a Blue State, May Be Trying on Shades of Purple By DAVID KOCIENIEWSKI Published: September 26, 2004 TRENTON, Sept. 25 - To those who view this year's presidential race as a battle between politically polarized red and blue states, New Jersey has usually been viewed as so unquestionably Democratic that it could be colored somewhere between midnight and navy. But after trailing Mr. Kerry by 10 points in New Jersey as recently as late August, President Bush has sustained a bounce he received after the Republican convention, and three surveys released within the past 10 days suggest that...

Published online: 07 July 2004 Michael HopkinFossil findings blur picture of art's birthWho created the earliest artwork? Artworks from Germany were found alongside human remains. For years archaeologists have clung to the idea that only truly modern humans were artists, and that our Neanderthal cousins spent their entire evolutionary lifetime as boorish philistines. But fresh analysis of a prized set of human bones has dealt a body blow to this cherished theory. The first sparks of artistic creativity are seen in carved figurines found at various sites throughout Europe. The oldest examples are between 30,000 and 40,000 years old, which...

This weekend has started the grilling season. It's all about family, BBQ, and mosquitoes. The challenge is to create the official Freeper grill menu. Have a red, white, and blue cake recipe that you want to share? A Freeper burger that would cause the average liberal to shake in their boots? How about some great "W" T-Bone recipes? Share them and have your recipe rated by other Freepers. I would like to have a panel of Freepers sign up for the judging....lets decide who gets the "Patriot" creative menu. May the best Freeper win.

THE BLUE PEOPLE OF TROUBLESOME CREEKThe story of an Appalachian malady, an inquisitive doctor, and a paradoxical cure. by Cathy Trost ©Science 82, November, 1982 Six generations after a French orphan named Martin Fugate settled on the banks of eastern Kentucky's Troublesome Creek with his redheaded American bride, his great-great-great great grandson was born in a modern hospital not far from where the creek still runs. The boy inherited his father's lankiness and his mother's slightly nasal way of speaking. What he got from Martin Fugate was dark blue skin. "It was almost purple," his father recalls. Doctors were so...

NEWS May 19 - 25, 2004 www.bigbrother.govThe feds want to know who?s been visiting the Web site of voting watchdog Bev Harris, and they?re likely to get what they want.by George Howland Jr. Bev Harris of Renton runs a Web site that is a clearinghouse in the fight against electronic voting.(Rick Dahms) RELATED ARTICLE Black Box Backlash    In the past 20 months, Harris has become America?s leading critic of electronic voting (see ?Black Box Backlash, March 10). Her reporting on the problems with new computer voting machines has been a key component in a national, grassroots movement to...

"American Spectacle" Donald Rumsfeld political cartoon.May 10, 2004... There is a giant push going on to fire Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. And the ensuing battle shows once again the heated partisan fight in American politics... as clear as the "red" states versus the "blue" states.  Color-Me-Blue MoveOn.org has sent the following email:It's time for President Bush to fire Donald Rumsfeld from his post as America's Secretary of Defense. The signs are now everywhere. As Thomas Friedman put it, in a column titled "Restoring Our Honor": "This administration needs to undertake a total overhaul of its Iraq policy; otherwise,...

This quote is recessed in my aged memory. My son will wed early next month. I want to give the gifts to his new bride that represent this quote. Do any of my fellow FReepers know the original source? Thankful for any help.

Battleground in Manhattan as blue bloods fear losing their urban idyll By David Usborne in New York 01 January 2004 The posh residents of Sutton Place in Manhattan love to chatter about the wonder of their neighbourhood, which overlooks the East River and is replete with grand apartment buildings erected in the Twenties and Thirties. It is, they whisper, as splendid as Eaton Square, yet as intimate as London mews. No address along these seven blocks of privilege, located just north of the United Nations, is more sought after than One Sutton Place South, a 13-storey Italian Renaissance monument to...

Some Would Write Off a South That Loves GOP Re Ronald Brownstein's "In the South, GOP Rides the Wave of Bush's Popularity," Nov. 16: [Snip] However, as a true blue-state, big-city liberal, I am tired of having to kowtow politically to the most regressive part of the nation (the South) and defer to its most conservative constituency (white evangelical Christians). [snip] ...it's that the retrograde mind-set embraced by the GOP and those voters does so well. As always, the South is an anchor dragging the rest of the country down. Paul Giorgi Culver City

Burr leads Bowles, Blue in U.S. Senate race, poll finds By ROB CHRISTENSEN, Staff Writer Republican Rep. Richard Burr of Winston-Salem holds an early lead in next year's race to replace Democratic Sen. John Edwards, according to a new statewide poll. Burr leads two prospective Democratic opponents, Charlotte investment banker Erskine Bowles and Raleigh attorney Dan Blue, the survey found. Meanwhile, Democratic Gov. Mike Easley, who plans to seek a second term next year, continues to show resilience despite a battered economy and 2 1/2 years of budget crisis, according to the survey of 600 likely voters conducted last week...

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