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We meet five years after the initial attack on American soil. However we should note we are meeting 27 years after what Mark Bowden in Guests of the Ayatollah called “the first battle in America’s war with militant Islam” -- the seizure of the American embassy and the 444 day hostage taking of 52 Americans in total violation of international law.

A crude pipe bomb exploded this morning in a garbage can inside the Hinsdale Metra station lobby, but no one was injured and authorities said the incident was not a terrorist act.

At present, 84 percent of the federal budget is for entitlements, defense, homeland security, or interest on the debt. Any effort to achieve a reduction in spending by focusing on the remaining 16 percent is unlikely to be very effective. For example, a 1 percent cut in nominal non-security discretionary spending for one year reduces total spending by only 0.17 percent. Over five years, it reduces total spending by 0.89 percent......

IMHO the best way to allow Americans to pay their respects to President Reagan is by having a funeral train cross the country to Washington, stopping en route where it can to allow local viewing. I bet we can, through our contacts, our Congressional delegations, make this happen. Any ideas?

Fellow Freepers-this fall there will be one of THREE results on election day. W will lose-in which case the blame will be layed at the feet of the Right-in which case the Right will be shut out of politics for years to decades. W will win-and the perception of the win will either be that he "reached out" successfully to the middle and left- or that the Right "broken glass Republicans" turned out in full force. If the former is perceived as the basis for the win, look forward to more Justice David Souter's on the coming court. If the...

HAARP AND SPACESHIP COLUMBIA POSTED: 02/08/03 HAARP AND SPACESHIP COLUMBIA -- THAT COLD SATURDAY MORNING What happened to the Columbia Space Shuttle and why NASA is mis-leading the public with easily hoaxed information. A Scientific Explanation The partly-university and partly-military HAARP facility has very lax security, as shown by the pictures and text on their own website. It is only just a very large shortwave radio transmitter in Gakona, Alaska used for university research, isn't it? That's what they say. For several years, beginning about 1998, HAARP is normally turned on during the summer months, starting several hours before midnight....

Watching the way the media are handling John McCain the only reasonable conclusion I can come to is that in their own reasearch polling, he is the only candidate Hillary beats! Please remember she is a DNC presidential candidate as listed with the Federal Election Commission.