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This is a political forum and really has not place for an out of place comment that I’m about to make, but I just have to say that tonight on American Idol I was watching a magic moment in Jason Castro who sang “Somewhere Over the Rainbow”. Don’t care how old or corny the Judy Garland classic is, this Castro kid did such a wonderful rendition of it that I just had to get my heart out of my throat and say this guy, well he really has a musical genius in him and I hope he takes the singing...

The latest CDC report in a health survey of 838 teenage girls nationally indicates that one out of every four teens has a sexually transmitted disease. We are living in the age of AIDS, and dangerous and new forms of STDs and herpes, and for some reason the old media seems to imply that what a political representative does with a prostitute is his own private affair. And yet we know from numerous studies that prostitution is one of the significant contributors to the spread of HIV/AIDS, and such studies also show that it is not only a life-threatening concern...

Not a Democrat, not a Hillary supporter, but I got to say, I was really rooting for Clinton on this one and she pulled the rabbit out so congratulations Hillary Clinton. She won Ohio, and she’s going to win Texas as far the projections are. And I say, “good”. Of course, the “strategery” part of me is the idea that McCain has a better shot against Hillary who I do not think can win a General, then Johnny would have against perhaps an Obama – but the real reason, the truth is, I really don’t like Obama and I really,...

Gangs: From Prisons to Back Yards Mexican Mafia's roots run deep in San Gabriel Valley By Fred Ortega, Staff Writer Article Launched: 02/10/2008 09:55:57 PM PST Special Section Gangs: From Prisons to Back Yards Frank Girardot's Crime Scene blog Ralph "Perico" Rocha and Rafael "Cisco" Gonzalez-Mu oz committed what is considered a mortal sin among the ranks of the dreaded Mexican Mafia prison gang: they encroached into the drug territory of a senior gang member. Their transgression marked them for death according to county prosecutors, who in early December charged six individuals with trying to murder Rocha and Gonzalez-Mu oz...

Currently, the Japanese public is talking about China all day, not for going to the Olympics, but for avoiding tainted gyoza dumplings made in China, after ten Japanese got sick and more gyoza packs were found with pesticide. Japanese and Chinese officials are now meeting and discussing how to deal with this serious problem between the two countries, but have yet to find the source of contamination. In the meantime, there seem to be increasingly uneasy feelings about imported food from China on the part of Japanese consumers, and this could develop into a kind of "China-free" movement, as recently...

Spain – take notice! Guinea-Bissau Narco Nation - Corruption that feeds Growing Terrorist operations into Spain and Europe Freepers should keep an eye on Guinea Bissau. Which Presidential candidates even have awareness of this threat? It’s like the days when conservatives were warning about “Usama” back before 911, that the Islamic terrorists hit the towers once but didn’t finish the job, and they were sure to come back. Now keep an eye on the news. Cocaine trafficking is becoming the biggest source of income to Guinea-Bissau, with billions of dollars flowing through a poor nation and Guinea Bissau is the...

Dear Brian, If you have not heard by now, I have decided to suspend my campaign for president. This was not an easy decision for me, and I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for your support from the beginning to the point where we are today. We’ve come such a long way, and our hard work together will leave an imprint on the course of history. As I addressed the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) yesterday in Washington, D.C., I outlined what I know is the right course ahead for our nation – a course...

When I was younger I use to travel quite a bit, and had the opportunity to visit many other countries and have seen many diverse peoples and cultures, both Western and Eastern, rich, poor and otherwise. It was in one third world country that I visited a home in a very densely populated city that consisted of many very poor people, where I was witness to something that disturbed my sentiments and was rather a culture shock to me. It wasn’t something that scared me, nor something in which I felt I was being insulted, or in danger, or...

California Republicans gave us Ronald Reagan. California Republicans gave us a Governor who, in Reagan, made history. But where are these same Republicans today? Will you be willing to count your vote as history in the making - tomorrow? Because, the reality is the race has come down to McCain and Romney. But I am worried. After all, many of my fellow Republicans not only gave us a man of history in Ronald Reagan, but they have also given our Nation another Republican Governor named Arnold. Every vote counts. Today, in retrospect, do fellow Republicans of our Great State accept...

I remember one of the first time’s I met Ronald Reagan in California it was at a campaign stop, and in those days they use to play a campaign theme song when the candidate would enter the stage. I was sort of wondering what ever happened to campaign songs? Do the Presidential candidates of 2008, Democratic and Republican, have such campaign jingles? I called the H.Q. of the Fred Thompson campaign to find out, but no one answered the phone. But you know the internet is a wonderful thing and luckily I was able to find the campaign songs for...

The Dawn (Pakistan) Internet Edition Islamabad put on high alert : Terror threat By Munawer Azeem & Mohammad Asghar ISLAMABAD, Dec 26: An intelligence report that terrorists may strike in the capital and target politicians and religious leaders has led to a high alert in the city, sources told Dawn. A senior officer of the Islamabad administration said the city police and the administration had received a letter from the interior ministry that suicide attacks could take place in Islamabad. According to the letter, terrorists can target some high profile politicians and religious leaders. The officer said security had been...

Islamabad, December 28, 2007 The body of slain Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto arrived in southern Sindh province before dawn on Friday for burial in the family's graveyard, party officials said. The plane landed in Sukkur from where the body and members of her family were flown by helicopter to Naudero, her spokesman Farhatullah Babar told AFP. Her husband Asif Zardari, their three children and some senior leaders of Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party (PPP) travelled on the plane. Bhutto will be buried in the ancestral graveyard in Garhi Khuda Bakhsh near the grave of her father Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Babar...

This year I received a police scanner for my Christmas present. I wasn’t sure if my wife would “ok” this, or consider it a “waste of money”, but nevertheless I kept mentioning that I wanted one since I had a police scanner about twenty years ago and enjoyed it very much. Recently, a movie in which a police scanner was featured in several of the scenes reminded me of my interest in scanners, and so I decided that is what I wanted for Christmas this year. Well, I got the police scanner. And I couldn’t wait to try it out....

Too many are trying to making something raison d'être out of the motives behind the recent terrorist assassination attempt on PPP Chairperson Ms Benazir Bhutto of Pakistan. But there isn’t really anything complicated about this. They want to kill her, because she’s is a woman. She is a woman and she is a leader. And that is why the Islamic extremists, the militants, want her to die. Sure, the current leadership in Pakistan may want her dead as well. They may also kill her, yet. But this is really about Islam. And that is the reason why they want all...

From the “Eleven Holy Discourses of Protection” by Sao Htun Hmat Win printed First Impression 1981 of 3,000 copies as edited by Kaba-Aye U Chit Tin of Ciram Titthatu Sadohammo Religious Affairs Dept, Rangoon Burma (1981, translated from Pali language). This is a collection of what the Burmese monks call “spells” or “prayers” and are of very ancient origin. This paper copy of the “Eleven” was released as only 3,000 copies in 1981 in Burma as an English translation of the “spells” which invoke “protection”. These “Eleven” probably come from very early Burmese tradition, in very early pagan times they...

No good American supports terrorism – and while most terrorism in the world today is perpetrated by politicized Islam and its fascist philosophy, the very acts of terror they use on others is sometimes enough to drive others to use the same evil against them and their people. For example, the Hindus have suffered at the hands of radical Islam for ages, and there is a limit any people will suffer under until they resort to the same tactics in return. Or for example, one of the infamous organizations which have used terrorism many times is the Tamil Tigers of...

There is someone who you should know, and his name is Greg Mortenson, who is a World Leader (yes in “caps”), visionary, and guidance for the organizations of the Central Asia Institute (CAI - to promote and provide community-based education and literacy programs, especially for girls, in remote mountain regions of Central Asia), IKAT.org, and the Pennies for Peace program of CAI in educating children who are future leaders about Pakistan and Afghanistan, where a penny buys a pencil and opens the door to literacy for children their, especially for the young girls who are now having the opportunity to...

IB fears trouble by foreign terror elements, states on alert Tuesday, September 4, 2007 : 0400 Hrs THE HINDU http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/000200709040322.htm New Delhi/Chennai, Sept. 4 (PTI): With the Intelligence Bureau cautioning that some foreign-based terrorist elements may foment trouble in the coming days, the Centre has alerted all states to keep a tight vigil, especially during the festivals, and monitor crowded places. A Home Ministry official today said the state governments have been asked to tell their police force to keep a surveillance at religious places or places where there is a large crowd like at markets and shopping malls in...

Twin blasts rock Hyderabad, 20 dead Reuters Posted online: Saturday, August 25, 2007 at 1953 hours IST Updated: Saturday, August 25, 2007 at 2023 hours IST Hyderabad, India, August 25: Two explosions within minutes killed at least 20 people in Hyderabad on Saturday, police said. "At least 20 people have been killed in the two blasts within a gap of 10 minutes," a senior police officer said. One blast was at the Lumbini amusement park where a laser show was taking place, and the officer said it could have been caused by an 'improvised explosive device'. Seven people were killed...

Transcript of Australian Police Questioning Mohammed Haneef: Secondary Source: The Hindu (PDF format) Original Source: The Australian (pulled) NOTE: These PDF files are very SLOW in loading, since they are large files. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 Part 8 Part 9 Part 10 Part 11 Part 12