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One of the most despicable acts of the recent presidential campaign was the viscious attack on Sarah Palin and her family, and Andrew Sullivan was instrumental in pushing the idea that Trig Palin was not Sarah's son. I am sure most of you are familiar with the sordid rumors SU\ullivan promoted. Well, Andrew Sullivan is up for an award for "Best Blog" in the Web Log Awards for 2009. He is currently in the lead. As far as I can tell, "Hot Air" is the only non-liberal blog that has a chance of beating him. Please go to the link...

According to WIBC radio, Governor Mitch Daniels will endorse Senator John McCain for president. I am pretty sure this is a done deal, because there was a clip of Daniels speaking about how he admired Senator McCain for his personal history, although he would support any Republican candidate.

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This is a quick start to help Chairman, whose internet is down.

The disappointing results of the recent election have led to a lot of discussion about WHY this happened. In the search for the grand unifying theory of why we lost, there seems to be an inordinate amount of bitterness and recrimination.The problem is that we all are looking at this through the perspective of our own beliefs. Conservatives look at the loss of Chaffee and Northrup and think "If only we had had a real conservative in those seats." Moderates point to the loss of Hayworth and Santorum and caution about moving too far to the right. Some blacks look...

There has been much discussion about the circulation drops for major newspapers. The Indianapolis Star earlier this year started sending us a FREE Thursday paper with our Sunday subscription, even though we didn't request it.This "conversion" as they called it (and remember, it wasn't voluntary and it is FREE) was cited in an earlier article as the reason they managed to eke out a 1% increase in their daily circulation.Today I got my bill, which offers to give me an enitre YEAR of FREE daily papers with my "Sunday offer" (which is Sunday plus Thursday and all holidays).This is what...

Rick Leventhal reporting many of the people in the audience have been bused in from as far away as Alaska. This event is in a very beautiful church.The Iranian is also supposed to give a news conference this morning. I thought it would be helpful to have one thread for both events.Will Kennedy and Serrano show up for the photo op? Will Chavez show up? Iranian news conference in 15 minutes!

Tine in. He has called the President a devil and says the UN still smells of sulphur.

Still fuming at the perfidious treachery of McCain, Graham, and Powell, I am starting this thread early today. Please post your comments, thoughts, and any news stories of interest. All who contribute to the cause are welcome!

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I received an inteesting freepmail today whicih jogged my memory. With the permission of the author, I am posting the important part:Tell me if you think I'm being too tin-foilish. I cancelled my subscription to the (NEWSPAPER NAME REDACTED) in 2000. Over the past few months, I've noticed that once in a while a paper gets thrown on my driveway, and on mornings when that happens I see one on every driveway. (In my new neighborhood I have been surprised by how many people DO NOT take the newspaper. Of the 25-30 houses that I walk by every morn, I'd...

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We continue in our quest, possibly a futile one, for truth from the major media outlets. Please post your contribitions and comments here. All who contribute to the cause are welcome.

Good morning, everyone! It's another early start! I thought I would beat Carolinamom's trash collectors!

Good morning! This is an early start since I am up with sleeplessness; I thought I might as well do something productive.No news to recap at this time of day, but I am sure we will all contribute as the day progresses.

The pealed the bells, both loud and deep,"God is not dead nor doth he sleep!The wrong shall fail, the right revail,With Peace on Earth, Good Will to Men."Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

This morning, buried in different threads, I have seen two reports on Freepers receiving automated phone calls asking for calls to Congressmen about Tom DeLay. I think we need to know how widespread these phone calls are, and which congressmen are being targeted. The two reports I read were in New York and Texas.If anyone has received such a call, please post it here along with the organization and the congressman targeted. I believe the Rats are trying to create the impression of a groundswell against DeLay, and I am interested in stopping this.

While cable news and the networks have concentrated their criticism on FEMA for the most part, I thought it would be helpful to concentrate our attention on the state and local actions during Hurrican Katrina and the subsequent flooding of New Orleans. To that end, I have assembled a collection of links which document the lack of action by the state and local authorities, as well as some deliberate efforts to obstruct federal action.This thread is meant to document the actions, and not to speculate on the motives of the State of Louisiana or the City of New Orleans. I...

These are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Well, these ARE the times that try men's souls, aren't they? We have an ongoing war, a natural disaster uneclipsed in our nation's history, and a virulent press and opposition party determined to use the deaths of our fellow citizens for political gain. Our Commander-in-Chief is under attack by the low-class liberals and one would think that conservatives, who...

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