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He calls 40 minutes early, seemingly aware of the disorientation that comes from having your first conversation with a man you've known all your life. Fortunately, Bob Barker has learned a thing or two about putting people at ease in 32 years hosting his hit daytime game show, CBS's The Price Is Right.Phoning from his Los Angeles home to talk about his upcoming 80th birthday, Barker deploys an easy charm and ready cache of one-liners in discussing everything from fighting the fur industry to kicking Adam Sandler's behind on film.Let wienies such as Wheel of Fortune's Pat Sajak tape a...

Washington - Nevada conservative activist Janine Hansen is the first to say she is no Democrat or liberal, but she also complains the Bush administration has gone too far in eroding privacy and civil liberties with the Patriot Act and other anti-terrorism measures. Hansen, president of the anti-feminist Nevada Eagle Forum, backed up her complaint Thursday in Reno by stepping forward as a featured speaker at a three-city announcement launching the Nevada Campaign to Defeat the Patriot Act.

Bob Graham Ends Presidential Campaign Tuesday October 7, 2003 3:01 AM By NEDRA PICKLER Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - Bob Graham, a political veteran whose low-key style failed to gain traction in the crowded Democratic presidential race, said Monday night he was ending his campaign. ``I'm leaving because I have made the judgment that I can not be elected president of the United States,'' Graham said in announcing his exit from the race on CNN's ``Larry King Live.'' He said he was not successful because he started his campaign too late and had trouble raising money.

I posted an article on 07-19-03 about how I was concerned about Foxnews. Then on 07-30-03 I posted another article about how great it was to see Bob Sellers, Neil Cavuto, and David Hunt tell it like it is! Now I see today that Bob Sellers Brother in Law is heading to Iraq to fight for our freedom. Bob's brother in Law will be part of a team sent to search for Weapons of Mass Destruction. Bob if you are reading this we are all pulling for your Brother in Law and everyone fighting for us over in Iraq. They...

Bob Sellers is doing an excellent job filling in for John Gibson today. Fox is definetely back on track. Someone from Foxnews must have read my post on back on 7-19-2003. I believe the biggest part of the problem was that Brit Hume was on vacation. Memo to Foxnews. Next time Brit goes on a well deserved vacation have Brian Wilson fill in for him. First I'll start off with Cavuto. What an awesome commentary. I suggest everyone go to the Foxnews.com website Once there you should go to Neil Cavuto's section and read his commentary on eating the rich....

Ex-Iraqi information minister Mohammed Said al-Sahaf will reappear for the first time since the fall of Baghdad in an interview conducted there by Al-Arabiya television, the news channel said.

Former Iraqi Information Minister Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf is attempting to surrender to US forces, according to a satirical news web site http://www.parodytimes.com. But Al-Sharq al-Awsat says the Americans have refused to arrest Mr Sahhaf - who became a familiar face during the war with his upbeat assessments of Iraqi military "successes" - because he does not appear on their "most wanted" list of 55 former regime officials.

A couple of weeks ago, readers of this column were treated to exclusive coverage of the White House Easter Egg Roll through an interview with Iraqi Information Minister Muhammed Saeed al-Sahaf (also known as Baghdad Bob or Comical Ali), who reported live from the South Lawn about the eggs and bunnies and kids that weren’t there. To my delight, the reader response to this column was overwhelming, and many of you took the time to email me your best wishes for Baghdad Bob and your hopes that he was not currently standing in quicksand, having pencils and shoes thrown at...

MIDI - BLACK AND WHITE There's Baghdad Bob and Terry Mac In spreading their bull, each one's a hack Whoppers from Bob and Terry, too Some people don't have a single clue Oh, no, not one clue They fabricate with every breath You wonder if they're both on meth Both on meth There's Baghdad Bob and Terry Mac Both we would like to really smack They have no shame…it's obvious Why can't they be found under a bus A big yellow bus They fabricate with every breath You wonder if they're both on meth Both on meth There's Baghdad...

Throwing chum on the water is a way of attracting something you want. You toss all kinds of things you figure are yummy to your target and if it brings them in, you use it over and over again. Sometimes you have to change the bait, till you find the right stuff. Sometimes the stuff you used to use successfully in the past stops working and you need to try something new. The Left is running out of stuff and the democrats and liberal pundits are starting to stink from the leftover chum. Take a look at Maureen Dowd of...

Ever wonder where Baghdad Bob has gotten to? He has a new TV show of Course.Here's a picture and the theme song: There's looting up in Bashra, Baghdads broken out in fights, There's a traffic jam of tanks heading up to Tikrit Heights. There's a dead and tortured child, Saddam's been dead a while, Baghdad Bob, WHERE ARE YOU?

<p>ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Iraqi intelligence agents planned to attack CNN journalists working in Kurdish-controlled northern Iraq in March, three months after Iraq's information minister warned of the "severest possible consequences" if CNN were to send reporters to the region, said CNN's chief news executive, Eason Jordan.</p>

<p>Doha, Qatar -- Every recent war has created its share of media stars, but the most unlikely star to emerge from this one may be the quixotic Iraqi minister of information, Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf.</p> <p>With a roguish grin and a twinkle in his eye, al-Sahhaf has remained utterly unruffled in the face of his government's seemingly imminent demise. In the process, he has gained his own cult following among many Arab television viewers.</p>

MIDI - I ONLY WANNA BE WITH YOU When I'm in need of news I run to my TV There really is just one guy that I want to see The man is a pro and is so prepared He tells his nation that there is no need to be scared For autographs he's mobbed…you've got to love that Baghdad Bob He says the war is going just as they had planned The USA will find that it is undermanned The man is a pro and is so prepared He tells his nation that there is no need to...

Bob Riley on TV now claiming victory.

<p>NEWARK, N.J. — A federal appeals court in Philadelphia ruled Thursday that a sentencing memo describing illegal gifts to U.S. Sen. Robert Torricelli must be made public immediately.</p> <p>The document outlines businessman David Chang's cooperation with the federal prosecutors.</p> <p>Lawyers for a media group petitioned the court requesting that the document be made public.</p>

On the Skinner & Ski show on WLS-AM this morning in Chicago they had a segment discussing the forced resignation of Chicago Tribune columnist Bob Greene for having had a 'long relationship' with a woman in her 'late teens'.That's all I can post at this time.

Meet Maryam Massihi. The 21-year-old hooker recently stole political consultant Bob Beckel's heart--at least for a few hours, at $300 per. Then Massihi (who used the names Tiffany and Cindy professionally) and her cohorts allegedly tried to extort $50,000 in hush money from the Democratic heavyweight (he ran Walter Mondale's 1984 presidential campaign). Beckel's recent run-in with Massihi & Co. is detailed in this search warrant affidavit filed August 23 in Alexandria, Virginia's Circuit Court. Beckel discovered his young consort via the Internet (Massihi's electronic come-on is below) and paid her by check, which proved helpful when cops began probing...

Records: Pair attempted to extort political analyst By LAUREN DUNN Journal staff writer A former host of CNN's ``Crossfire Sunday" and regular contributor to CBS ``This Morning" paid a Fairfax County woman to perform sex acts on him at his Maryland home and was then threatened that the incident would be made public unless he paid $50,000, according to Virginia court records. Bob Beckel, a political analyst who managed Walter Mondale's 1984 presidential campaign, paid a woman $300 per hour to visit his home on June 27 and 29. Days later, he found a note on his car and a...