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I strongly recommend the new mocvie out today called "Miracle" starring Kurt Russell. It is about the 1980 U.S. Hockey Team and when they beat Russia at Lake Placid. If you want to feel good about America and recall how incredibly awful Carter was this movie will do the trick. I remember watching this game on TV and how the crowds cheered them on chanting "USA! USA!" The people watching the movie with me were cheering and clapping during the game! Everybody loved it!

Media Air Kisses for Jeffords I don’t like Senator Jim Jeffords. I admit my bias the way a Yankees fan admits his bias against the Red Sox, the way dog people admit their bias against cat people. I just wish venerable news outfits like "60 Minutes" could admit theirs. A case in point was the recent "60 Minutes" profile of Senator Jeffords following the release of his new book I’m a Sausage-Spined Backstabber. Oops sorry, that’s what the title should be. The book is actually called My Declaration of Independence. James Jeffords, longtime Republican senator from Vermont, ran for re-election ...

At Least It’s a Plan The war is sacrosanct, the tax cut untouchable. So what is the Democratic Party to do? The opposition’s playbook By Howard Fineman NEWSWEEK Feb. 18 issue — The mood in the Capitol’s LBJ Room was upbeat, and with good reason: the Senate’s Democrats, meeting in private, were learning that they didn’t have to attack President George W. Bush’s popular $1.35 trillion, “not over my dead body” tax cut. THERE WERE OTHER, politically safer, targets, said Kent Conrad, the owlish chair of the Budget Committee. Like a squadron leader briefing his bomber pilots before a ...

An Open Letter to Chris Matthews: Elitism is for Softball Players Dear Chris, I listen to “Imus in the Morning” but missed your remarks recently on PRESIDENT (not plain Mr.) Bush’s recent speech where you were reported to have made the comment that he “ran out of vocabulary by 8:20” or something close to that. It has been on my mind to address the matter of why the elitist media talking heads and former Clinton butt boys and girls make fun of President Bush’s choice of words when speaking to us. I want to use my own brother-in-law as an ...

CNN reporting a pink backpack in front of Wh right now ! Area evacuated!

My husband and I were invited to the Chamber of Commerce luncheon today in East Brunswick, NJ today where President Bush spoke. It was a packed room (900 people) and very well organized, better than the Drew University rally in November! I suppose the White House had a lot to do with getting it organzied and on time. As a matter of fact, there was an announcement that he would be early to the luncheon! I love that man! We sat at a table next to the senators Torricelli and corzine as well as reps. Roukema and others attending. I ...

I'll admit, I didn't have the highest expectations for our first Valentine's Day as husband and wife. I was afraid that with marriage would come a tapering off of certain romantic attentions. But to my delight, my husband surprised me not only with long-stemmed red roses at the office, but also with something I had wanted for the longest time: a private tour of the White House.Part of the fun of living in Washington is having friends in high places, and a friend of my husband's has been on the permanent staff at the White House since early in the ...

What a morning! I dashed off to Bethlehem after randita put a notice on FR that it was to take place today at the Holiday Inn in Bethlehem at 12:30 and found randita with a great sign when I got there. We were able to stand on the front line to shake hands and get posters signed!!! Randita will add to this and post pictures later on. Dubya walked out and we were so revved up and shouted "Help is on the way!" and he said, "Right!" He came over and signed our posters and I told him we were ...

The first few lines of the Declaration of Independence are now the gold standard of government philosophies throughout world. More and more governments live by this philosophy. Those that don’t are forced to lie and say that they do abide by these ideals. Fewer and fewer peoples are willing to tolerate a government that does not abide by these rules. More and more people want to come to the country that wrote down and made these ideals real. What a strange time in human history to say that it is inappropriate for students to say these words in school. These ...

I have on the NJ Spanish channel now and the Cuban Americans have blocked the road in Weehawken to the Lincoln Tunnel with a large protest!

I have an idea on how to get the attention of the RNC. Every day it seems I get a solicitation from them for donations. Well, I am sick of them letting the Democrats set the agenda and taking credit for good ideas. My suggestion is that when you get a mailing, write on it, "When you guys start acting like Republicans, then I will consider donating to the party. Why elect someone who will act like a Democrat?" If they are spammed with their own party stamp money, maybe they will sit up and listen to us! I would ...

This is my first try at a post so please forgive my errors. Today we got a letter from Walter Cronkite representing the Interfaith Alliance. It is an attack of the Christian Coalition and the Family Research Council to name a few of their targets. I have never heard of this organization but I just bet they give money to the Democratic causes. I wrote back a scathing reply on the mailer and asked how they got our names. I also told Walter I would never support someone who kisses Hillary's you know what! Has anyone else seen this and ...