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When it comes to Social Security, we share the same problem found in all other developed countries. Birthrates are falling. There are fewer people working to support those retired. Older people are living longer. Since I'm one of them, it's a trend I heartily support. But it means eventually Social Security will run out of money. To solve it, look south to Chile. That country rescued its social security program through privatization. Yes, that's the idea that Vice President Al Gore keeps calling a "risky scheme." How risky was what Chile did? Let's hear from José Piñera, the official ...

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Excerpt from "A Charge To Keep" by George W. Bush: "Actually, the seeds of my decision had been planted the year before, by the Reverend Billy Graham. He visited my family for a summer weekend in Maine. I saw him preach at the small summer church, St. Ann's by the Sea. We all had lunch on the patio overlooking the ocean. One evening my dad asked Billy to answer questions from a big group of family gathered for the weekend. He sat by the fire and talked. And what he said sparked a change in my heart. I don't remember ...

Chicago Cubs outfielder Andre Dawson on being a role model: "I want all the kids to do what I do, to look up to me. I want all the kids to copulate me." New Orleans Saint RB George Rogers when asked about the upcoming season: "I want to rush for 1,000 or 1,500 yards, whichever comes first." And, upon hearing Joe Jacoby of the 'Redskins say, "I'd run over my own mother to win the Super Bowl," Matt Millen of the Raiders said, "to win, I'd run over Joe's Mom too." Football commentator and former player Joe Theismann, 1996: "Nobody ...

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Motorists should brace themselves for the possibility of $2-a-gallon gasoline this summer, analysts warned Wednesday. Crude oil and gasoline prices surged to nine-year highs Wednesday on the futures markets after major oil-producing countries floated a plan to increase production. Instead of calming the markets, the leaked OPEC proposal to increase production by only 1.2 million barrels a day jolted traders who feared that would be too little, too late. Oil markets in London and New York had expected the cartel to raise output by at least 2 million barrels a day at its upcoming meeting. Oil ministers from Saudi ...

Motorists should brace themselves for the possibility of $2-a-gallon gasoline this summer, analysts warned Wednesday. Crude oil and gasoline prices surged to nine-year highs Wednesday on the futures markets after major oil-producing countries floated a plan to increase production. Instead of calming the markets, the leaked OPEC proposal to increase production by only 1.2 million barrels a day jolted traders who feared that would be too little, too late. Oil markets in London and New York had expected the cartel to raise output by at least 2 million barrels a day at its upcoming meeting. Oil ministers from Saudi ...

Listening to Mike Richards interviewing Mike Reagan about McCain, Reagan said "I trust Al Gore with his finger on the nuclear button more than I trust John McCain." Other quotes from Reagan: "The man is certifiable." "He doesn't have the temperment to be president."

PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) - John McCain gave up his interest in two homes and agreed to pay $1,625 a month in alimony and child support when he divorced his first wife 20 years ago, court records show. The senator and Republican presidential candidate divorced his wife Carol in 1980 when he was a Navy captain with a home of record in Orange Park, Fla., about 12 miles south of Jacksonville. McCain, 63, gave her his interest in homes in Alexandria, Va., and South Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., according to records of the divorce settlement obtained by The Associated Press and ...

Harvard Current Magazine 177 Cabot Mail Center Cambridge, MA 02138 (617) 493-5839 hcurrent@hcs.harvard.edu FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information contact: Dona Kim or Daniel Levine (617) 493-7430 or 493-3898 McCain Advertises on Internet Pornography Site CAMBRIDGE, MA, February 24, 2000 - A John McCain banner ad appeared on an Asian porn Web site in February. The Harvard Current reports in its Spring 2000 issue that it recently spotted an Internet ad placed by the campaign of presidential hopeful John McCain on the self-proclaimed "Number one Asian Site on the Net." McCain 2000 did not respond to several calls seeking comment. ...

McCain caught in abortion controversy Updated 11:32 AM ET January 26, 2000 By Leslie Gevirtz MANCHESTER, N.H. (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain said Wednesday if the situation ever arose he would let his teenage daughter have the final decision on whether to have an abortion, but his campaign quickly withdrew the statement. The usually jovial mood on the Arizona senator's campaign bus "Straight Talk Express" turned tense when he was asked what he would do if his 15-year-old daughter Meghan told him she was pregnant and having a baby right now "would be the worst experience of her ...

Steve Forbes has been campaigning hard in a number of states. Yet Mr. Forbes is apparently making little headway with the voters in these states. Mr. Forbes poll numbers are rarely found about 20% in any state. Forbes was similarly unsuccessful in 1996, despite a very weak GOP field. Yet Mr. Forbes has expressed some exciting ideas for creating a more conservative government. Mr. Forbes publishes a respected business magazine. One would think Mr. Forbes would be faring better. What is the reason for Forbes poor numbers? It's difficult to understand the voting public. However, I believe that Forbes, or ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Pat Buchanan's communications director quit Friday, saying that though Buchanan may bolt the party, "I'm a Republican." "I came aboard the campaign as a Republican, and I resigned this morning as a Republican," Bob Adams said in a telephone interview from his suburban Virginia home. Adams' departure came five days after Buchanan, making his third White House bid, publicly said he may soon leave the party and seek the presidential nomination of the Reform Party. In doing so, he charged that the Republican Party had abandoned its core conservative values and blurred differences ...

CARPETBAG' ISSUE STILL HURTS HILL: POLLS By GREGG BIRNBAUM and DEBORAH ORIN First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton just can't shake the "carpetbagger" label, even after buying a house in New York and conducting a months-long "listening tour" across the state, two new polls showed yesterday. A survey by the Marist College Institute for Public Opinion found 51 percent concerned that Clinton isn't a New Yorker, while a Quinnipiac College poll revealed 49 percent are bothered by it. The large number of voters troubled by Clinton being an out-of-stater - she was raised in Illinois and lived in Arkansas - has ...

George W. - a winner © 1999 Creators Syndicate, Inc. Last night, I met George W. Bush in the living room of my mother's home. The brief time I spent with him gave me some insight into why he has become such a whirlwind force in Republican presidential politics this year. W had just arrived in town for a fundraiser and stopped by my mother's house to visit my brother, Rush, who is here on vacation. After pictures were taken and pleasantries exchanged, we sat and discussed politics. The first thing that struck me was that despite reports to the ...

Fewer guns, more crime? Firearms rights defended in Los Angeles shooting aftermath By Stephan Archer © 1999 WorldNetDaily.com In the wake of another multiple victim public shooting, some are calling on American gun owners to stand up for their constitutional right, even as legislators across the nation are drafting new gun restrictions and questioning the wisdom of the Second Amendment. Three children and two adults were injured Tuesday when a gunman, carrying a 9mm Uzi, opened fire at the North Valley Jewish Community Center in the Los Angeles suburb of Granada Hills. The suspect, Buford Oneal Furrow, was apprehended yesterday ...

I saw today where you were quoted as saying that Republicans want to squander the surplus with a tax cut. Well sir, I want you to listen to me. I'm going to tell you again. Giving tax money back to taxpayers is NOT squandering the surplus! I never told you my tax dollars was your money. Not once. NEVER! If you are truly interesting in saving Medicare and Social Security, you will reform these programs by privatizing them. Adding new benefits to a financially shaky program is a bad idea. Sincerely, (my name)

It was getting a little crowded in Heaven, so God decided to change the admission policy. The new law was that in order to get into Heaven you had to have a really bad day on the day that you died. The policy would go into effect at noon the next day. So, the next day at 12:01 a man came to the gates of Heaven, the angel at the gates, remembering the new policy, promptly asked the man, "Before I let you in, I need you to tell me how your day was going on the day you ...

California Dreamworks (sung to the tune of California Dreamin by "the Mamas and the Papas") {chorus in brackets} All the Dems are sad, {all the Dems are sad} Even all the gays, {Eeeven all the gays} Algore was defeated, {Al-gore was de-feated} Before he even played, {Didn't even play} But Bill is safe and warm, {Bill, he's safe and warm} He works down in LA, {He works down in LA} California Dreamworks, {Cal-i-fornia Dreamworks} He got Spielberg to pay! The people got fed up, From Klinton's felonies, One too many whores, {Too many whores} Or Chinese treachery, {chinese treachery} Algore ...