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Ben Stein's Reply Subject: Ben Stein's reply -GET OFF HIS BACK!! By Ben Stein UPDATED: Sunday, Sept. 4, 2005, 2:13 p.m. A few truths, for those who have ears and eyes and care to know the truth: 1.) The hurricane that hit New Orleans and Mississippi and Alabama wasan astonishing tragedy. The suffering and loss of life and peace of mind ofthe residents of those areas is acutely horrifying. 2.) George Bush did not cause the hurricane. Hurricanes have beenhappening for eons. George Bush did not create them or unleash this one. 3.) George Bush did not make this one...

THE TRUTH ABOUT NEW ORLEANS An Unnatural Disaster: A Hurricane Exposes the Man-Made Disaster of the Welfare State by Robert Tracinski Sep 02, 2005 by Robert Tracinski It has taken four long days for state and federal officials to figure out how to deal with the disaster in New Orleans. I can't blame them, because it has also taken me four long days to figure out what is going on there. The reason is that the events there make no sense if you think that we are confronting a natural disaster. If this is just a natural disaster, the response...

Relief Comes in Many Ways - Patience is the Key Normally, I would be sitting down to write about the newest information in Fibromyalgia treatment, or perhaps the most current article I need to share, or posting uplifting messages to our troops. But tonight, I have a different message to send. In the wake of the devastation left by Hurricane Katrina - shock, dismay and numbness has settled in among the victims and rescuers alike. I have heard reports that two New Orleans police officers have commited suicide, and others have simply walked off the job - overwhelmed by the...

In Loving MemoryofMark Allen Gregory, Jr.January 22, 2005toAugust 13, 2005Interment, Hebron CemeteryShepherdsville, Kentucky    Our smallest Fire Fighter has been called home to be with Our Father God.His smile and laughter still rings in our ears, but God needed another Angel,So, little Allen -It is now your Blessed job to watch down upon us asyou run through the fields of Daisies, steeped in the Brilliant Sunshine,As Jesus walks with you for Eternity.You will always hold a special place in our Fire Fighting Family.Lebanon Junction Fire and RescueLebanon Junction , KentuckyJust Kimberly    Mark Allen Gregory, 6 months old, was apparently...

NNFA EAST National Nutritional Foods Association-East Region  PO Box 316 • Amherst, NH • 888-670-6632 • nnfaeast@aol.com URGENTProtect Your Dietary Supplements - Action Alert  July 2005 As you read this, Congress is considering new legislation  that would take away your access to safe, effective and affordable dietary supplements.  You can make a difference by urging your Representative to oppose  The Dietary Supplement Access and Awareness Act (H.R. 3156)  and any bill that would limit your choice and access to dietary supplements. BACKGROUND: The Dietary Supplement Access and Awareness Act (H.R. 3156),  introduced by Representatives Davis (D-CA), Waxman (D-CA), and Dingell (D-MI), this month, would...

Sometimes, the life of a Fibromite becomes very complicated. Whether it's the drugs, the symptoms, the mental incapacity, or maybe just trying to live your life as normally as possible - things get in the way. Things that I love so dearly - like writing and gardening, had all but come to a halt in my world over the past few weeks. The heat? Kids out of school? Who knows - but I was absolutely off-kilter. I was beginning to believe the people around me who kept saying - 'you have to get off those drugs. What are you doing...

In listening to a committee hearing on Social Security reform taped on Tuesday and replayed tonight on C-Span 2 , a question was submitting regarding raising the age of retirement. In addition to this, the suggestion of increasing or decreasing disability benefits was discussed, and it led to an interesting point. How many Americans realize the truth in Demographics regarding the longevity of life verse the Richer and the Poorer in this Nation? Has anyone stopped to think about the life quality of the poor and how pushing them to work to a suggested age of 72 is going to...

Tuesday, May 17, 2005 Title? I don't have a clue what to call this.... As I sit here tonight, once again unable to sleep for actually the first time in a while - a million thoughts are rushing through my mind. Tomorrow, at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time,(ughhhhh...it's tomorrow already...) the Home I knew and loved will be sold at auction. No more appeals. Nothing I can do. The end of the rope has finally come and the knot has slipped out. A few days ago, I wrote about the way I was feeling and how I knew God would get...

Statement Of U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell On The Crisis In The Sixth Circuit Court Of Appeals from the Office of Senator Mitch McConnell Thursday, May 12, 2005 WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell delivered the following statement today on the Senate floor: “Mr. President, for the last four years I have taken to the floor to decry the crushing burden under which the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals operates. “The years change, but one seemingly immutable fact remains: the Sixth Circuit remains the slowest judicial circuit in the country by far. “The Sixth Circuit has 16 seats. It covers...

( Entry to my blog today - the following sentence is NOT, of course - why FReepers was created - Just to clarify before we begin...) Recently, as you can see, I have come back to the reason this journal was created in the first place. To discuss MY life and things that affect it - and how my experiences can help you. This includes Fibromyalgia, baggage from childhood, and poor choices made as an adult. If you have visited this journal before, You know my Big 3 - Politics, Religion, and Nutrition. One Change I am making right this...

BOYCOTT EAR X-TACY 502-452-1799 Ear X-Tacy Read L-PAC’s email below at the bottom of this message. CALL BETWEEN 2 AND 3 PM ON TUESDAY, APRIL 26TH, 2005 The Louisville Peace Action Committee has purchased an anti-War, anti-American, anti-Military scrolling sign to display biased, un-verified, made up negative facts and numbers about our Military’s honorable War on Terror. Ear X-Tacy is supporting L-PAC, who opposed the military by boycotting the Air Show at Thunder, opposes the military at all of their anti-War rallies, and advocates troop desertion and draft dodging on their website. 502-452-1799 Ear X-Tacy 1534 Bardstown Rd Louisville, KY...

The most important vote in decades is expected in the U.S. Senate this week. A vote to restore the Constitutional standard of a simple majority to approve a judicial nominee is expected. Liberals want to control the appointment of all federal judges by using a filibuster, making sure only nominees they approve will get a vote by the Senate. They, of course, will only allow liberal activist judges to be voted on. Please call your two Senators today and tell them to vote for the Constitutional standard of a simple majority vote. Liberals are bombarding your Senators with phone calls....

Please forward this message to your family and friends! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- An Important Vote Coming Up On Judges "The Constitution Is What The Judges Say It Is." – Former Supreme Court Chief Justice Charles E. Hughes "Candidates With Deeply Held Christian Beliefs Are Unfit and Disqualified From Serving As A Federal Judge." - New York Senator Charles Schumer _________________________________________________________ On May 1, 2004, in a Senate Judiciary Committee session, Senator Charles Schumer of New York said that J. Leon Holmes was disqualified as a candidate for a federal judge appointment because of his "deeply held conservative religious views." Holmes is a...

Wednesday, April 13, 2005 Fog... At 6:30 a.m., on a cool Spring morning, I set out to take my youngest child to school. I say child as though he is still in fourth grade - but the truth is - more a young man, at the tender age of sixteen - now worrying about his driver's license and of course, a girl. I get him safely to school - after maneuvering through the foggy back roads of our home county - luckily I know every bump in the road, and the car sort of steers itself. He is busily talking...

With all of the media venues finally calling attention to Terri Schindler Schiavo and her fight to stay alive - I could not help but reflect on all of the articles, affadavits, and medical reports I have read. It is very important to review everything in sequence and cumulatively, so that a proper picture can be painted. Something, by the way, the Honorable Judge Greer has refused to do - you would think after all these years, he would at least need to refresh his memory before condeming a woman to death. But...Nonetheless... My reflections have led me to a...

In light of the many jokes we send to one another for a laugh, this is a little different: This is not intended to be a joke, it's not funny, it's intended to get you thinking. Billy Graham's daughter was interviewed on the Early Show and Jane Clayson asked her "How could God let something like this happen?" (regarding the attacks on Sept. 11). Anne Graham gave an extremely profound and insightful response. She said "I believe God is deeply saddened by this, just as we are, but for years we've been telling God to get out of our schools,...

Hyscience Clinical Pharmacology, Medical-Legal Jurisprudance, and Center of the Road Views on Politics and News. Hyscience Profile « Despicable moral equivalence from the New York Times | Main | Terri Schiavo Blogburst - Update II » Saturday, February 12, 2005 Michael Schiavo's former girlfriend speaks: Excerpts From Cynthia Shook's May 8, 2001 Deposition given in fear In a previous Hyscience post, Carole Lieberman, M.D., M.P.H., Psychiatrist and expert medical witness, and the author of the book, Bad Boys: Why We Love Them, How to Live with Them and When to Leave Them, was quoted as saying, "I have studied men...

Voters - We're in more trouble than I imagined! While looking at a house, my brother asked the real estate agent which direction was north because, he explained, he didn't want the sun waking him up every morning. She asked, "Does the sun rise in the North?" When my brother explained that the sun rises in the east, (and has for some time), she shook her head and said, "Oh, I don't keep up with that stuff." . . . . . She votes! I used to work in technical support for a 24x7 call center. One day I got...

Metro police officer killed 10:00 AM EST on Wednesday, March 23, 2005 From WHAS11 News and The Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- A shooting incident Wednesday left one person dead, and a Metro Louisville police officer died later at University Hospital. A police spokesman said a gunshot wound to the person who was killed was apparently self-inflicted. No other details of the incident were immediately available. The shooting happened about 7 a.m. EST. The Jefferson County coroner’s office confirmed one person was dead. Police blocked interstate ramps and downtown streets in rush-hour traffic to clear a path for the...

Wednesday, March 23, 2005 Filibuster in Fight in D.C. Please forward this message to your family and friends! The Filibuster Fight. What’s It All About? There is a fight going on in the U.S. Senate. While on the surface it is about who will control the confirmation of federal judges, it is in reality about far more than that. In fact, it is about the future of America. In a few weeks the Senate will vote on changing the filibuster rule. It will be the most important vote taken during this session of Congress. Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid of...