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I couldn’t believe it when I read it. A California Superior Court judge by the name of Paul M. Haakenson ordered Lowes to pay $1.6 million dollars for selling 2x4’s that are not really 2” x 4”. Yes, your read that right! According to the Marin County, CA district attorney's office Lowes "unlawfully advertised structural dimensional building products for sale." To put it a different way, prosecutors say that if products, including building products like a 2x4 or 2x8, aren’t actually 2” x 4” or 2” x 8” when purchased, consumers are being mislead.

My wife and I just finished watching the Jericho series on NetFlix tonight. Very entertaining show. Was disappointed in the final episode. I have read rumors on the Internet that the producers are talking with NetFlix about continuing the series. I hope this comes to fruition.

U.S. Election--my report from Germany If you're getting this mail from me, you may not be totally happy with the result of yesterday's election. Let me share what I experienced last night in Stuttgart, and this may be enlightening. Right now, we have more than four years of Obama's crew staring us in the face. Last night, I spoke (in German) on behalf of Republicans Abroad at the (State Parliament) Landtag in Stuttgart's US Election Night Party. It was a 90 minute podium discussion. In the crowd there were 800 ppl (German 2/3 and American 1/3) there with 798 of...

TAMPA-- MacDill AFB closed the Bayshore gate due to an "on-base incident" Monday night. Two people are in custody and are being questioned. The incident reportedly involved a vehicle that contained ammunition and guns.

Teenager Killed In Crash Near Concord Posted: 12:41 pm EDT June 13, 2010 Updated: 9:18 pm EDT June 13, 2010 CABARRUS CO., NC -- Students at Concord High School were mourning the loss of one of their own after a deadly crash Saturday. The State Highway Patrol said Julia Morris, 18, was behind the wheel of the car. They said she was heading West on Highway 73 when she apparently lost control, swerved and then rolled before slamming into a power pole. Kelly Campbell, 17, was killed in the accident.

Sorry for the vanity but was flipping through the channels and came across Joy Behar's new show on Headline News (boy, are they getting desperate). Her guest was Richard Belzer, a television actor (although I can't think of any show he is on). As most lefties, he flamed Rush and painted him as a racist, bigot, blah, blah, blah. So I flamed him on Behar's Facebook page with all the other leftist synchophants.

Upset SpecialA second Big East team is headed to the Final Four, but the first No. 1 seed has fallen as Villanova knocks out Pittsburgh 78-76. Results »

TAMPA - Tampa lawyer Greg Kehoe spent a year in Iraq helping establish the nation's court system, training judges and coordinating the investigation that culminated with former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's death sentence Sunday. A veteran of similar inquiries in Yugoslavia, the scale of people killed during Saddam's reign astounded him. "Anything that was in Yugoslavia was child's play compared to Iraq," Kehoe recounted Monday.

A few months ago, there were reports of Mexican "troops" firing on US Border Patrol agents. Here on the boards there wre reports of Caucasion blonde soldiers with there Mexican "troops". Is there a connection? http://www.washtimes.com/national/20010528-93413608.htm

Clinton/Gore must vacate the White House on Jan. 20th leaving the country with no Pres. or V.P. so by The Constitution the Speaker of the House becomes President.

FOR THE RECORD The National Taxpayers Union compiled a list of former members of Congress who were convicted or pleaded guilty to major offenses since Clinton took office. They are: Nick Mavroules, Massachusetts Democrat: tax evasion, accepting illegal gratuity (1992). Albert Bustamante, Texas Democrat: racketeering (1993). Carroll Hubbard, Kentucky Democrat: fraud and corruption (1994). Carl Perkins, Kentucky Democrat: fraud (1994). Charlie Rose, North Carolina Democrat: financial-disclosure irregularities (1994). Larry Smith, Florida Democrat: tax evasion (1994). Dave Durenberger, Minnesota Republican: financial-disclosure misdemeanor (1995). Walter Fauntroy, District of Columbia Democrat: financial-disclosure misdemeanor (1995). Gerald Kleczka, Wisconsin Democrat: arrested for DWI (1995 and ...

I was over at the CNN All Politics chat room giving it to the democraps regarding algore's speech when the network chimed in with an update from one of their reporters regarding the western wildfires. The reporters name is Mike Boettcher. So I asked him the following question: "Mike, is the lack of logging and the resultant surge in undergrowth helping to perpetaute these fires?". His reply was (paraphrasing)...according to the firefighters on the line most definitely. The people of these communities used to reply on the timber industry for jobs and the lack of logging plus the restrictive land ...

A federal judge in Miami threw out a race discrimination suit against Denny's restaurants after the owner of the chain produced videotapes challenging two black customers' claims they were refused service for 45 minutes. Lawyers for the restaurant, operated by Advantica Restaurant Group through a subsidiary, said security tapes showed the pair were greeted courteously, seated quickly and left after nine minutes and 52 seconds.

REVERSE DISCRIMINATION By Reed Irvine and Cliff Kincaid July 14, 2000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In a man-bites-dog story, The New York Times recently ran a story about reverse discrimination -- and practiced it at the same time -- as part of a series about everyday race relations two generations after legal discrimination came to an end. The long front-page article told of the experience of a white quarterback who played football at Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Marcus Jacoby, a local high school star, was recruited by the new coach, Pete Richardson, a black who himself arrived at the football-tradition-rich school ...

Enough said "Now, if that is not enough to barf up your vodka." — Rep. James A. Traficant Jr., Ohio Democrat, upon word that the CEO of the Bank of New York admitted to laundering $7 billion, most of it apparently Russian money sifted from the International Monetary Fund.

Australian Gun Lesson If banning guns means fewer deaths, then how can you explain what's taking place in Australia? Exclusive to The SPOTLIGHT By Geoff Muirden Recent reports indicate that violence has increased in the Australian states where repressive gun bans have been established following a mass shooting in Tasmania, an is land-state south of Australia. The SPOTLIGHT reported on April 10 that the massacre at Port Arthur, Tasmania, in 1996, prompting the im mediate ban of all guns in Australia, was likely a premeditated series of murders by an assassin. Martin Bryant, the man charged with the crime, was ...

Whose Right to Bear Arms? Texas Judge Says It’s the Individuals, Not States, Who Decide The case of a Texas doctor accused of waving a gun at his estranged wife and young daughter has sparked a larger debate over exactly what the Second Amendment entails. For more on the gun control debate, click on the photo. (AP Photo) By Amy Collins June 29 — When Dr. Timothy Emerson allegedly waved a gun in the face of his estranged wife and 4-year-old daughter in 1998, he seemed an unlikely poster child for a Second Amendment case that could give the U.S. ...