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I want to get this down while it is still fresh in my mind so no responses tonight. I'll answer any questions, as I can, tomorrow. People need to hear what happened to keep abreast of the media narrative that is being formulated. Drove into D. C. and got into town around 4:30 PM. Since I have never been to DC I did the usual tourist thing of walking around and taking pictures of various historical monuments. I even scouted out the are around the National Christmas Tree where the main event was supposed to take place. I waved at...

My dear, dear Oprah, I can't believe the words you've uttered during your recent T. D. Jakes interview. Oprah Joins T.D. Jakes To Discuss Her Thoughts On The Presidential ElectionYou say..."She's not coming over to (sic) your house." Can you really be that disconnected from reality? Do you really not understand that she will come into people's homes? Every decision she makes, if elected, will invade people's lives and homes. You can come to my house and sit on the porch and we can visit freely there. Forcing yourself into my house, however, unasked even, is a different story. And...

A BILL Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes, namely: Amendments... H.AMDT.592 (A062) Amends: H.R.2822 Sponsor: Rep Huffman, Jared [CA-2] (offered 7/7/2015) AMENDMENT DESCRIPTION: Amendment inserted...

I love my job. I love fighting for what I believe in. I love having fun while doing it. I love reporting stories that the Complex refuses to report. I love fighting back, I love finding allies, and—famously—I enjoy making enemies. Three years ago, I was mostly a behind-the-scenes guy who linked to stuff on a very popular website. I always wondered what it would be like to enter the public realm to fight for what I believe in. I’ve lost friends, perhaps dozens. But I’ve gained hundreds, thousands—who knows?—of allies. At the end of the day, I can...

There is much ado recently about the proposed mosque to be built at Ground Zero and the wife of Imam Rauf has subsequently gone on CNN to state that "It's not even Islamophobia, it's beyond Islamophobia -- it's hate of Muslims," she said. "And we are deeply concerned." Well, Daisy, I hate to tell you this, but you've hit the nail on the head with me anyway, just not in the manner you think. I also am deeply concerned and have been so for a number of years. I can't speak for anyone one else but I'll tell you a...

There has only been one other time where I have publicly written about any of my dreams and it was right here on FR. It was back in 2000 and I can't look past 2001 in my replies to search for it and document it. My first time to dream this dream was the 21st. This reply of mine shows that I was up very early that morning also. I woke up out of the dream shortly before that reply. Though I didn't write then about the dream I feel it is right to write about it now. I feel...

Many is the time that I've facetiously referred to my fellow Americans as cattle, sheeple or lemmings because of their lack of concern about the direction this nation is heading and I'm coming to regret such actions on my part. I regret this because, even though I might be stretching the realm of plausibility in my thinking, I believe that some people in our government might very well have come to the belief that we actually are government property. I have to give such an implausible thought some consideration given some of the things said in the last few months....

Dear Nations of the World, As you are no doubt aware I am having some financial difficulties. I have a management team who is driving me into the ground. I have workers languishing under debt from the Company Store and from the Company Bank. Their efforts are effectively negated by such debt and the accounting department has informed me that I'll be indebted for about 20 years, if I'm lucky. The worst outlook has me perpetually in debt. So given this grim prospect I hereby give you all notice that, starting today, I will no longer be able to provide...

Many of us were stricken with a sense of loss upon hearing of the death of Common Sense, but no grief could be greater than that suffered by his family. The family was recently contacted to see how their lives had changed since that time. The following is the story of the two half brothers, so affected by the loss of their close family member, their perseverance and their determination to live their lives despite their loss. After suitably mourning his half brother, Dim Wit decided that he was going to try and emulate Common Sense. He first began educating...

While flipping through the channels tonight to avoid the seemingly ever present commercials, I happened to have come across Barney Frank on the Lou Dobbs show. Now, I occasionally watch Dobbs' show, but it isn't on my "regular viewing" list. I prefer to support FOX rather than CNN. So I decided to tune in to Lou for a while 'cause when he's hot, he's hot. I was hoping he would grill Frank. I didn't, however, get to pay much attention to the conversation as my attention kept going to Barney's hands! He had busted a knuckle on his left hand...

Just days into the start of the 111th Congress one merely has to peruse the wide array of Congressional Bills that are before the current Congress to get an idea of which direction our elected representatives wish to drive the Nation. (it looks like another left turn to me) Those wishing to view the bills have the ability to access all of the information via GPO Access. Of particular interest to me personally was H.J.RES.5...Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to repeal the twenty-second article of amendment, thereby removing the limitation on the number of terms...

Apparently "Fox and Friends" were having some of the Republican governors on their show today after their meeting in Florida.I didn't get to catch all of their guests but I did tune in just in time to see Charlie Christ's interview. As I was watching him and listening to him speak I realized that there was an easy way to spot a RINO. To paraphrase Gov. Christ..."I want a GOP that's inclusive. I want to allow anything and anyone under the big tent." Well guess what, Gov. Christ, conservatism is inclusive, with a caveat. Conservatives want to associate with other...

This is the original article under question from the San Francisco Chronicle. NOWHERE in the article is the word coal mentioned!

While driving home from work today I was listening to the Laura Ingraham Show on the radio and I was simply amazed at the number of people who have no idea whatsoever what the term of art "the pursuit of happiness" actually means. With the advent of the Internet anyone truly interested in the expression could easily find out what it means. Perhaps someone will have to make a "pursuit of happiness" page at MySpace to help spread the knowledge because it sure isn't getting out now. Most people appear to believe that it has to do with a person's...

The Takeover The controllers sat in their groups of two’s and three’s, watching the results as they came in. They listened to their media and political operatives, they waited to hear key phrases and words from the many other controllers who would be giving their own subtle congratulation messages as more results came in. Events had gone better than any had hoped for and the elation was both evident and contagious. The takeover that had been undertaken more than forty years ago, and continued by others as the oldest controllers had died off, had not been an easy one to...

This morning on Fox and Friends there was made mention that much stricter fines are in the immigration reform bill. While this is true many folks may not know about a few words that follow the language about the tougher fines. Those words make a travesty of any "fines" as they can be waved and the employer could walk away owing nothing in penalties. Here are the words I've got a problem with... (D) The Secretary is authorized to reduce or mitigate penalties imposed upon employers, based upon factors including, but not limited to, the employer's hiring volume, compliance history,...

I don't know about everybody else, but I'm sick and tired of being constantly told by our politicians (especially by our politicians), by the MSM, by immigration activists and a whole host of other folks how our immigration system is "broken". Anyone can verify this by a search on Yahoo under the keywords " immigration system broken", which returns over 3 million hits, and on Google, which gives over a million. You don't have to look too hard to see or hear the truth of that. We are then bombarded on the Internet, by the MSM in print, on the...

If anybody even reads this thread I'd like to get some input as to whether or not others think it would be nice to have a system on our "My Comments" pages similar to what there is on the threads (ie...first previous 1-100, 101-200, 201-228 last) grouping the replies. This would make things much quicker when searching for our own replies which contain links and other information that we'd like to review or use again.

I've been criticized for "splitting hairs" over semantics. For years, I have been cringing, shuddering, rebuking at the frequent use of the word "democracy" by U.S. policymakers – President Bush included – who hold up this political system as the best the world has to offer. Why would we here in the United States – the beneficiaries of the rejection of democracy by our founders – want to foist that failed, corrupt and immoral system on the rest of the world? Worse yet, some in the United States actually expect to see good results from experiments with "democracy" in places...