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  • Alabama senators and gambling lobbyists arrested

    10/04/2010 11:45:19 AM PDT · by micheknows · 34 replies · 1+ views
    MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - The owner of Alabama's largest casino, four state senators and several top lobbyists have been indicted on federal charges accusing them of vote buying on a bill to legalize electronic bingo. The indictment was released Monday as FBI agents made arrests at several locations across the state.
  • Attempt to Push healthcare bill through tomorrow

    10/12/2009 2:27:33 PM PDT · by micheknows · 38 replies · 973+ views
    Healthcare Reform or Bust??? There has been a push from the Obama administration to overhaul the healthcare industry. I’m not going to go into detail here for the simple fact that you would have to be living in the remote parts of the Amazon not to have heard something about healthcare debate. Now is not the time to rehash what has already been said over and over. NOW is the time for action…
  • Seventh Grader Sues School Over Right to Wear Pro-Life T-Shirt

    07/08/2009 8:59:24 AM PDT · by micheknows · 32 replies · 940+ views
    American Life League A California mom says her public school administrators violated her daughter's First Amendment rights when they ordered the seventh-grader to take off her pro-life T-shirt. Anna Amador has gone to court on behalf of her daughter, who she says was ordered by her principal to change her shirt on "National Pro-Life T-Shirt Day." The shirt the girl was wearing displays two graphic pictures of a fetus growing in the womb. The incident occurred in April 2008 at McSwain Elementary School, a K-8 school in Merced, Calif. Amador alleges in her legal complaint that school Principal Terrie Rohrer,...
  • Using Enterprise tradegy to Bush-bash (Possible Vanity)

    03/16/2007 3:24:10 AM PDT · by micheknows · 12 replies · 740+ views
    YouTube ^ | 3-4-07 | abracero
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iROxYyyHFb0
  • Yet another Enterprise Tornado email (Vanity, if that means, not exactly news)

    03/15/2007 4:29:33 PM PDT · by micheknows · 2 replies · 268+ views
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    > ent: Monday, March 05, 2007 12:50 PM > Subject: Enterprise Tornado:can anything good come of this? > > > Learning each step of the way....God doesn't waste anything... > yesterday a huddle of about 200 students gathered at a park nearby...the > coach spoke... "If you don't know Jesus Christ...you need to"... as a > result... there were 17 commitments to Christ...in the park...30 so far > as a result of the fathers of the killed students standing up in their > child's funeral and telling what a testimony their child's life was..."I > know where my child is...but...
  • President's Visit to Enterprise, AL (Possible Vanity)

    03/13/2007 2:37:02 PM PDT · by micheknows · 5 replies · 832+ views
    Forwarded Email | 3/13/07 | Email
    Subject: FW: President's Visit to Enterprise This e-mail was written by someone in Enterprise. She is relaying a message told by an ABI officer who attends Ridgecrest Baptist Church in Enterprise. The officer was with President Bush when he visited. Joey, There is a man at Ridgecrest who is an ABI officer. He got up last night and told us about having the honor of being paired with one of the secret service men who were with President Bush Saturday in Enterprise. He said when they started walking through the rubble at the school they came upon four students waiting...
  • Enterprise Official Relief Fund

    03/04/2007 5:24:10 AM PST · by micheknows · 3 replies · 410+ views
    Enterprise Official Relief Fund The city of Enterprise has established an official relief fund for the tornado victims at the Community Bank and Trust. City officials stress that 100-percent of the money donated will be used for the Enterprise tornado relief efforts. Checks should be made out to the "Enterprise Alabama Tornado Fund." You can make your donations at any Community Bank and Trust branch; they are located in Enterprise, Ozark, Dothan and Daleville. Or if you'd like to mail your contribution, send it to community bank and trust, P.O. Box 311245, Enterprise Alabama, 36330. City officials want to assure...
  • CNN Interviews people of Enterprise & they are gonna be "lettin' 'em hold it" (VANITY)

    03/03/2007 7:58:01 AM PST · by micheknows · 38 replies · 1,513+ views
    CNN | N/A | N/A
    I know that it is usually nauseating to watch CNN. However, you might want to take a look today, even if you don't normally watch it. I am now living in NC, but I was born and raised in Enterprise, AL and graduated from Enterprise High School. I know these people..and they are RED...RED...RED. CNN is starting to interview people who were involved. I just watched an interview with one lady, who (well..let's get this straight, the CNN reporter got the facts wrong and said that her daughter was caught in the school, so the first thing the lady did...
  • Democrat Holds Out Hope in North Carolina

    11/09/2006 8:02:55 PM PST · by micheknows · 10 replies · 611+ views
    AOL News ^ | November 9, 2006 | TIM WHITMIRE
    Democrat Holds Out Hope in North Carolina By TIM WHITMIRE AP CHARLOTTE, N.C. (Nov. 9) - There are still 1,492 provisional ballots to be counted in the undecided race for the 8th District U.S. House seat between Robin Hayes and Larry Kissell, state elections officials said Thursday. Democratic challenger Kissell expressed optimism that he would be able to make up a 465-vote deficit in the unofficial count. "I am confident that once all these votes are counted that we will be victorious," Kissell said in a statement Thursday, adding that local lawyers and national election specialists were assisting his campaign...
  • Should Bush be impeached (Poll needs freeping)

    12/21/2005 3:09:15 PM PST · by micheknows · 62 replies · 1,972+ views
    MSNBC ^ | MSNBC
    Do you believe President Bush's actions justify impeachment? * 9738 responses Yes, between the secret spying, the deceptions leading to war and more, there is plenty to justify putting him on trial. 89% No, like any president, he has made a few missteps, but nothing approaching "high crimes and misdemeanors." 3% No, the man has done absolutely nothing wrong. Impeachment would just be a political lynching. 7% I don't know. 1%
  • Rev. Chandler speaks out — at last

    05/14/2005 1:06:50 PM PDT · by micheknows · 25 replies · 615+ views
    The Mountaineer, Asheville, NC ^ | May 9, 2005 | DARREN MILLER & PEGGY MANNING
    Rev. Chandler speaks out — at last Rev. Chan Chandler, who has refused to publically comment on church incidents after a religion/politics debate heated up at East Waynesville Baptist Church, told the Baptist Press (BP) Tuesday afternoon he has “never endorsed any candidate” and said his focus has always been issue-oriented, not based on political preferences or affliations. “This never has been about politics,” Chandler told the BP. “It’s always been about whether the Bible applies to the entire life of a Christian.” Chandler spoke briefly with The Mountaineer Sunday and promised the controversy, which he called a “great misunderstanding,”...
  • DUs talk of the UN stepping in??

    11/03/2004 1:23:56 AM PST · by micheknows · 85 replies · 274+ views
    11-3-04 | micheknows
    The people at DU are actually talking about the UN stepping in??? http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x9556