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Firebrand Sets Off Furor Outspoken American pundit Ann Coulter gives a London speech Monday ----- American conservative firebrand Ann Coulter won't be in London until Monday but already the dust is flying. Local activist and one-time NDP candidate Megan Walker says of Coulter, "She's venomous . . . She crosses the line and promotes hatred and violence." Walker's comments provoked a response from a woman instrumental in bringing Coulter to London, Mary Lou Ambrogio, whose group, the International Free Press Society, is paying $10,000 for the appearance, the balance of Coulter's fee coming from an American group that promotes conservatism...

From http://www.lovehateoprah.com “My husband, James Pethokoukis, business editor at US News (endearingly referred to as “Jimmy P.” by Larry Kudlow) was driving from St. Paul to Chicago to see family before returning to D.C. He was stopped for speeding (80 in a 65 zone) and as he was chatting it up with the trooper, he mentioned where he was coming from, and of course it led to talking about Sarah Palin. Jim told the trooper that he came up with Larry’s favorite new name for the vp nom — Sarah America! Well, I don’t want to get anyone in trouble...

Barack Obama, you treasonous bastard, I challenge you or any of your traitorous cohorts to find even one thread, one post, one paragraph, one sentence or even one lousy word posted to this web site that is not fully protected by the First Amendment!

Freepers, your urgent help is needed. The leftist media are purposely omitting the title of Governor Sarah Palin to confuse the voters. They refer to her as the 'former mayor of a town of 9,000', and not as the Governor of Alaska. At every opportunity in print or in person, please use the phrases Governor Sarah Palin, Governor Palin, the Governor, etc. Don't let the leftist media shape the political landscape. Please bump this thread to the top for the duration of the campaign of Governor Palin.

In solidarity with Stephen Harper, the Alberta Conservative, recently elected in Canada, a timely test for Freepers: Are you a Federal Liberal, Federal Conservative or an Alberta Conservative? This test will help you decide. Your answer can be found by posing the following question: You're walking down a deserted street with your wife and two small children. Suddenly, an Islamic Terrorist with a huge knife comes around the corner, locks eyes with you, screams obscenities, praises Allah, raises the knife, and charges at you. You are carrying a Colt .45 Automatic, and you are an expert shot. You have mere...

U.S President George Bush and his Democratic challenger, Senator John Kerry will face off in their second election debate tomorrow night. But for Salim Mansur the first debate last week was enough. He's a columnist and a political scientist at the University of Western Ontario in London. On Commentary, he says a Kerry election win would spell victory for terror. Real Audio link: Salim Mansur Audio Transcript Salim Mansur: Once we get past style and engage in content analysis of last Thursday's presidential debate between George Bush and John Kerry, it becomes clear Americans will be voting on distinct alternatives...

Kerry's campaign has invented a new "misery index" that makes Bush's economic record look, well, miserable. Why a new index? Perhaps because the classic "misery index" -- which adds together the unemployment rate and the rate of inflation -- currently is better than it's been in most years since World War II. In fact, it's less than half the miserable level reached in 1980, the last year of the Carter administration, and better than in any of Clinton's first four years: Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics. (Annual Average Unemployment Rate + Percentage Change in Annual Average Consumer Price Index)Analysis The...

McDermott Co-Sponsors Legislation to Reinstate the Draft January 7, 2003 - For Immediate Release Washington, DC-- Congressman Jim McDermott (Democrat) has announced his co-sponsorship of Congressman Charles Rangel's (Democrat) legislation to reinstate the military draft and other forms of national service. The bill would require Americans between 18 and 26 to serve two years in the military or in civilian service in furtherance of the national defense and homeland security. The bill, HR 163, is intended to ensure that the burden of military service is not borne disproportionately by the poor and numbers of minority groups. Congressman McDermott commented that...

MY MEETING WITH DAN RATHER My recent encounter with CBS News anchor Dan Rather and his producer made me realize that much of the anti-Israel coverage in the media -- which treats Israel with a double-standard unparalleled anywhere else in the world -- is attributable to factors other than anti-Semitism. I met his CBS producer (Mary Mapes?) at a building in Jerusalem's Jewish Quarter that overlooks the Temple Mount where she wished to film from. We proceeded up to the roof which afforded a masterful view of the centerpiece of the Old City. Sprawled out in front of us was...

DID YOU EVER SEE JOHN KERRY Did you ever see John Kerry, John Kerry, John Kerry? Did you ever see John Kerry Flip this way and that? Flop this way and that way, And that way and this way, Did you ever see John Kerry Flip this way and that?

Dell moves outsourced jobs back to U.S. shores Computer maker loses quality cushion between H-P, other rivals By Elizabeth Corcoran Updated: 1:04 p.m. ET April 28, 2004 Dell moved product support for business accounts from India back to the U.S. It seems some customers were not happy with the prior arrangement. Dell can assemble and ship a new computer for a customer in 24 hours. But it took six months for the company to get Karen Anderson's name right. Anderson, who lives in Calistoga, Calif., endured dozens of phone calls before Dell issued her a promised $200 rebate for a...

I want Americans to walk the Earth safe and free. I want anyone who even thinks of touching one to shudder in fear at the fierce retribution that will be inflicted. I want the families and neighbors of the perpetrators to be destroyed, so the next time Fazoo thinks about harming Americans, his family and neighbors will kill him first. I want to destroy one radical Muslim country for every terrorist attack on America.

Police in Madison, Wisconsin, today released a composite sketch of a suspect in the case of Audrey Seiler, the University of Wisconsin student who was found safe Wednesday after disappearing from her apartment on Saturday

Divided We Stand Is Boston racist? The answer might surprise you. Segregated? Absolutely. And in this town, where blacks and whites have been singing different tunes for years, the two groups are still struggling to find common ground. Knee-length navy blue dress. Pearl earrings. Heels. Lorraine Herbert's a knockout as she strides up to the door of one of Boston's hottest nightspots. It's a Thursday evening and the sidewalks of the Back Bay are hopping. But she hesitates. She doesn't go in. She walks past the windows and peers inside. It's a typical crowd — men and women laughing at...

NEW YORK, April 2 — They are outgunned, outclassed and have almost no air defenses, yet the Iraqi armed forces continue to fight the world’s most powerful military force. Although the tide of battle has always been on the side of the coalition, the Iraqis have not been defeated in an often-cited “cakewalk.” Indeed, they have had some battlefield successes. THE IRAQI armed forces, severely battered during the first Gulf War, were able to reform themselves fairly quickly into an effective fighting force. This was due to the fact that most of the destruction of the Iraqi military at the...

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FDR: Not a fireside chat on war; a talk on national security... My friends: This is not a fireside chat on war. It is a talk on national security; because the nub of the whole purpose of your President is to keep you now, and your children later, and your grandchildren much later, out of a last-ditch war for the preservation of American independence and all of the things that American independence means to you and to me and to ours... If Great Britain goes down, the Axis powers will control the Continents of Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and the...

In a press conference today that turned at times emotional, with the E.U. Economic Policy Advisory Board and the Senate Democratic Party Economic Union jointly presenting, credible evidence was revealed to the world that the Bush invasion of Iraq would lead to economic ruin for that country. Ima Doolittle, (D-Iraq) put the blame entirely at the feet of President Bush. "Our studies are conclusive, and accurate. Here is a country, Iraq, who's feeble economy barely keeps its citizens alive, about to be further reduced up to a full one-third." Citing the DNC Red Book, she continued, eyes ablaze. "The fact...

Polite, countryclub Conservatives who argue the merits of facts and issues only, just like the girlymen at elitist National Review, are leading America straight to Socialism. America's massive voting wasteland, the sheeplike people (sheeple) who do not think for themselves and believe everything they see on TV, are swayed by whatever party wields the most strident voice in the land. The fact is, to achieve and hold power in America, a party must employ the power of propaganda and seering ridicule. Ronald Reagan, who's idealogy is not questioned by most Conservatives, was also a master at staging TV news events...

On this day, I call for a new War of Independence. Its objective is to liberate Americans, the world over, from Despair, Chaos, Uncertainty, Fear and Evil. So that never again will Americans need hide their national origin - her flag we will proudly display. Never again will Americans need apologize for her success nor pay ransom to thugs both domestic and abroad - she will be admired and not reviled. Never again will Americans need calm a sleepless child confused and tired by fear of imminent attack - she will be globally respected for her punishment will be swift...