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Found this on the internet: “So I just got out of a meeting where my congressman was speaking. Afterwards in a one on one I asked if I was missing something about the healthcare bill. Was there any reason to keep your health insurance after the pre-exist is initialized? He said why wouldn’t you keep your health insurance? I said because it is cheaper to pay the fine. Well there is a problem there (stumble with his words). I said what keeps the whole country from canceling their policies? Why would anyone buy it before it is needed? He stumbled...

A spokesman for Al Gore has issued a questionable response to the news that in October 2007 the High Court in London had identified nine “errors” in his movie An Inconvenient Truth. The judge had stated that, if the UK Government had not agreed to send to every secondary school in England a corrected guidance note making clear the mainstream scientific position on these nine “errors”, he would have made a finding that the Government’s distribution of the film and the first draft of the guidance note earlier in 2007 to all English secondary schools had been an unlawful contravention...

Aafia Siddiqui, 36, is a Pakistani mother of three, an alumna of MIT, and a Ph.D. in neuroscience from Brandeis University. She is also accused of working for Al-Qaeda and was charged last week in New York City with attempting to kill American soldiers. Her arrest serves to remind how invisibly most Islamist infiltration proceeds. In particular, an estimated forty Al-Qaeda sympathizers or operatives have sought to penetrate U.S. intelligence agencies. Such a well-placed infiltrator can wreck great damage explains a former CIA chief of counterintelligence, Michael Sulick: "In the war on terrorism, intelligence has replaced the Cold War's tanks...

The practice of political correctness may soon be tallying another casualty: the pig. Increasingly, as America and the rest of the Western world continue accommodating Muslim religious demands, pork food products are being singled out for removal from dining tables and pig-related trinkets banished from the desks of office workers. If this continues, good ol’ American food, such as barbeque replete with hot dogs and ribs and the typical American breakfast of eggs, bacon and sausage, might be seen as the equivalent of political poison. Could outright censorship of pig depictions in drawings, pig references in literary works and pig...

A fifth day of rioting and bombings rocked North America and Europe as the Christian community reacted to news of a controversial biography of Jesus Christ. While public officials have appealed for calm, Christian rage seemed only to escalate yesterday as Pope Benedict issued a papal bull calling for the beheading of the book’s author, Paul Verhoeven. Samaritan’s Purse, a Christian “charity”, has announced a $3.2 million reward for anyone fulfilling the papal bull. The Bush administration denounced the Verhoeven death sentence in a press conference yesterday, drawing criticism from the Barack Obama campaign. The Democratic presidential candidate told reporters,...

Led by Mexico’s government, illegal immigrants across the nation are planning disruptive May Day marches demanding that the U.S. government halt immigration raids and that Congress pass laws to legalize them. Hundreds of thousands of rowdy illegal aliens flooded the streets of major cities last year demanding amnesty and other rights, while threatening to shut down streets and launch economic boycotts. They burned U.S. flags and wielded racist, anti-American signs as they chanted for “derechos” (rights) in Spanish. Although many local groups helped promote those marches, they were mainly organized by an umbrella group called National Mobilization to Support Immigrant...

War is the most horrible stage in human relations. That is why most leaders defer to it only as a last resort. Now, good people might disagree as to when war should finally be triggered, but that is the debate that takes place within most modern social structures. The Iraq war began only after a series of events, or lack thereof, took place. Calls for the President’s and Vice-President’s respective impeachments are ludicrous. There is an historical record in this, perhaps more than most, that belies such poppycock. ... ...In 1965, President Lyndon Johnson instigated (and I mean that in...

ALERT! The Great American Spend-A-Lot! Here's a great way to justify a shopping spree--where your legal status and your legal tender meet. Monday, May 1st, while Latino activists are encouraging other Latinos to walk out on their jobs and boycott spending in any businesses, we want you to do the exact opposite. SPEND, SPEND, AND SPEND! To reward you and your financial patriotism, KFI AM 640 (Los Angeles) and the "John and Ken Show" will be reimbursing buyers for your legal citizen-spending spree. Fax or e-mail a copy of a receipt for something you purchased on May 1st, 2006 and...

Ahmed N. Dashti, 24, a UMKC student indicted by a federal grand jury for alleged counterfeiting, was arraigned Jan. 27. Dashti was released on a $100,000 cash deposit, according to Jim Cross, public affairs officer for the U.S. Attorney's Office. Dashti faces charges of smuggling goods into the United States and dealing in counterfeit obligations or securities. These charges can carry penalties of up to 20 years imprisonment or a $250,000 fine, according to court records. Dashti's attorney, K. Louis Caskey, said Dashti was the victim of a scam. "I think this is an example of any student being dumb...

Capitol Legislative Academy 5th AnnualCapitol Legislative Academy 10:00 a.m.- 4:00 p.m. Tuesday, January 3, 2006 Jefferson City, Missouri Capitol House Hearing Room 3 Citizen lobbying for the novice and the experienced Working lunch and materials included, $12 per person Children under 12 - $5 Please RSVP by Friday, December 15th at 636-458-9253Money must be received in advance to be assured of lunch Please mail checks to Mo Eagle Forum, P.O. Box 166, Wildwood, MO 63040

The UMKC Campus Greens expressed their sentiments about the Iraq War with a peace action in the Quad on Wednesday, Nov. 16. Memorial flags dotted the Quad to represent the lives lost in Iraq. Thursday morning, the flags lay disassembled in a pile, someone else's statement on the war. A sign on top read, "How many hippies die from smoking crack each year?"

A friend has asked me to ask you all to "find information on the old formula which was used back in the 60’s for treating a house for termites etc. which the environmentalists stopped the pest control people from using ……………. It had diazamine or something like that in it…….2 chemicals is all it was…" Anyone know anything about this that can help? Thank you in advance.

(AgapePress) - Stories resonate most fully with us when they contain timeless truths, or when they convey a sense of the world as it should be. Despite the fantastic circumstances present in Tim Burton's Corpse Bride, Burton manages to infuse his comically gruesome story with just the kind of moral arc that can move an audience. You'll know you're hooked when you start rooting for Emily, the slightly decomposed Corpse Bride. Fair warning -- this analysis contains significant spoilers, so if you have not yet seen Corpse Bride but intend to, print this article and put it away until you...

"We the sensible people of the United States, in an attempt to help everyone get along, restore some semblance of justice, avoid more riots, keep our nation safe, promote positive behavior, and secure the blessings of debt free liberty to ourselves and our great-great-great-grandchildren, hereby try one more time to ordain and establish some common sense guidelines for the terminally whiny, guilt ridden, delusional, and other liberal bed-wetters. We hold these truths to be self evident: that a whole lot of people of NON-Rights." ARTICLE I: You do not have the right to a new car, big screen TV, or...

The Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) has passed the Senate 54-45 and now moves to the House. If passed, the implementation of CAFTA would expand NAFTA--the 1993 free trade agreement between the U.S., Canada and Mexico--to include Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, El Salvador and the Dominican Republic. Judging by the miserable failure of NAFTA to accomplish any of its stated goals, CAFTA can be expected to further increase the U.S. trade deficit, loss of American jobs, poverty in Central America, and the influx of poor illegal immigrants to the United States. A study by the Carnegie Endowment for...

A Kansas City abortionist is out of business after investigators discovered a grisly house of horrors at his clinic – with fetuses kept in Styrofoam cups in his refrigerator and one employee accusing him of microwaving one and stirring it into his lunch. The unsanitary conditions in Krishna Rajanna's clinic prompted legislative approval of new abortion regulations in Kansas, a bill that was vetoed by the governor. Rajanna's activities have reportedly been the subject of law-enforcement investigations for nearly two years.

New treatments, better detection and knowledge of prevention has doctors and researchers more hopeful than ever before About 4.5 million Americans have Alzheimer’s disease and it is predicted to strike 14 million by 2050 as the population ages. Currently there are treatments available that target the symptoms, but one experimental drug is actually working to slow the underlying disease process. NBC's Mark Mullen reports, and Dr. Giselle Wolf-Klein of the Parker Geriatric Institute shares information on other treatments, early detection and prevention.

OLATHE, Kan. -- A routine traffic stop on I-435 turned into a major drug bust Monday morning, KMBC's Dan Weinbaum reported. At about 6 a.m., a Kansas state trooper pulled over an 18-wheeler with a broken headlight near Highway 69. After talking with the semi driver, the trooper became suspicious and asked to search the truck's load. The trooper found a large stash of marijuana bricks, officials said.

The Robert F. Kennedy Symposium (RFK) is a traditional event held annually at UMKC that is sponsored by Student Government Association (SGA) The Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Symposium is presented as an intellectual and educational experience for the University of Missouri-Kansas City students, faculty, staff, and the general Kansas City community. A symposium entails an exploration of issues and dialogue regarding a specific topic that is carried out over an extended period of time. We hope it will focus the public eye on the issues related to bioethics and stem cell research and be viewed in a rational, thoughtful manner....

One of my best friends was recently diagnosed with HIV. Since college, he's been on an unending sex conquest, hooking up with countless guys he meets online to engage in risky activities. My concern is that he doesn't seem fazed by his HIV diagnosis and he says he has no intention of giving up his online sex crusades. I worry about his mental and physical health, but also about his seeming willingness to infect others just to satisfy his sexual appetite. I'm pretty sure he doesn't disclose his HIV status to potential partners, and barebacking is what got him into...