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Apologies to John Lennon, but all they're saying is that we should give the Department of Peace a chance. The Department of Peace would be created by legislation sponsored by Rep. Dennis Kucinich, an Ohio Democrat and presidential hopeful.........This Cabinet-level department, with a secretary of peace, would stress conflict resolution. Domestically, the peace secretary would, after appropriate federal agencies are merged, tackle such issues as domestic violence, child abuse, gang violence, drug abuse and civil rights. Internationally, the secretary's duties would include dealing with human rights, the proliferation of arms (including weapons sold by the United States) and generally stopping...

WASHINGTON -- Teresa Heinz is getting up a full head of rage while her husband, Sen. John Kerry, fidgets. They are in the living room of their Georgetown home, where Heinz has lived ever since her late first husband, John Heinz, came to Washington in 1971 as a Republican congressman from Pennsylvania. In the front entrance, the first things a visitor sees are two framed photos of Teresa Heinz cuddled with tall, smiling men with big heads of brown hair: In one is John Kerry, in the other John Heinz. She still calls John Heinz "my husband" and doesn't always...

TOM DASCHLE may no longer call himself a Catholic. The Senate minority leader and the highest ranking Democrat in Washington has been sent a letter by his home diocese of Sioux Falls, sources in South Dakota have told The Weekly Standard, directing him to remove from his congressional biography and campaign documents all references to his standing as a member of the Catholic Church. This isn't exactly excommunication--which is unnecessary, in any case, since Daschle made himself ineligible for communion almost 20 years ago with his divorce and remarriage to a Washington lobbyist. The directive from Sioux Falls' Bishop Robert...

CABLE NEWS #S -- 03/03/03 O'Reilly-2.8 [RATING] Hannity & Colmes-2.2 Greta-1.7 Shep Smith-1.6 Larry King Live-1.6 Brit Hume-1.5 Aaron Brown-1.1 Connie Chung-.8Crossfire-.7Hardball-.5 DonaWho--000.000001 (Okay, I made that last one up. LOL)

Please answer the following questions. Martin Sheen, Barbra Streisand, Sean Penn and many other celebrities have voiced their opposition to a looming war with Iraq. Have their views had an influence on your own views on the war? YesNo

Aired February 5, 2003 - 19:30 ET ANNOUNCER: Live from the George Washington University, Paul Begala and Tucker Carlson. (blah, blah, blah........)BEGALA: Using the full force of his considerable persuasive talents as well as satellite photos and intercepted Iraqi conversations, Secretary of State Colin Powell told the U.N. Security Council and the watching world that Iraq has, quote, "An active and systematic effort," unquote, to hide weapons of mass destruction and has given training to al Qaeda terrorists. Secretary of State Powell was the right man for the difficult job. He is by far, the most respected and trusted figure...

Please praise and support Senator Lott, now that he's done the honorable thing and has stepped down for the good of the GOP and the country.THANK HIM for not acting like that Rapist Ex-President (the latter of whom dragged his party and country through the mud out of pure selfishness and lust for power). 202-224-6253202-224-2262 (fax)senatorlott@senate.gov

BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) - Mayor Tom Bates has been charged with an infraction for trashing hundreds of copies of the University of California, Berkeley's student newspaper the day it endorsed his opponent, prosecutors said. "His plea will be guilty, as he has said," said Malcolm Burnstein, who is representing Bates. The infraction, announced Thursday, is punishable by a fine up to $250, according to the Alameda County District Attorney's office. Bates, 64, is expected to appear in court Jan. 8, Burnstein said. UC Berkeley police said three people saw Bates on Nov. 4 remove the newspapers and throw them into...

Sorry if this is a duplicate post--I did do a search before I posted this and couldn't find anything.On Fox and Friends this morning they reported that Hillary's last appearance on "Hardball" was a sham. Her lackeys had demanded all questions in writing ahead of time before the interview. At first, the show refused to do this but caved in the day of the show and gave her the questions ahead of time. To repeat: Hillary got the interview questions ahead of time!!!! And this wretched FemiNazi HAG--supposedly the "smartest woman in the world"---is too insecure to actually have a...

In response to why the GOP wanted to protect pharmaceutical companies from being sued by scumbag tort laywers in the context of mass innoculations to combat a bio-warfare attack: CARVILLE: "You know what they (GOP) need to do the unemployment people, they need to give these drug companies more benefits, we need to take on these (UNINTELLIGIBLE) kids that are suffering for this. We need to take on the little people, because that's what you all love to do. You hate little people. You hate the unemployed. You hate poor children. You hate all the little people of the world....

(CNSNews.com) - The College Republican National Committee has started handing out "Rick Kahn Awards" to liberals who "successfully advance the cause of conservatism by alienating mainstream Americans." The award is named for the liberal Minnesota Democrat who famously politicized the memorial service for the late Sen. Paul Wellstone. According to the College Republican National Committee, "Left-wing Kahn is best known for almost single-handedly sending Republican voter turnout through the roof during the 2002 election cycle by reminding voters across the nation just how out of touch the Democrat's agenda is." During Wellstone's memorial service, Kahn - a friend of Wellstone...

The exceptional nastiness of Paul Begala on yesterday's "Crossfire" is yet another example of petty, bitter Democrats who are incapable of accepting defeat with any grace or dignity: BEGALA: No party has gained seats in an off year since the last midterm. Look, you guys, you pick up, what, three seats in the House and two seats in the Senate and you get your panties in a wad. And you all have a celebration. You need a party, go out and have one, but this is a little... BEGALA: Bob Walker, I want to second what Tony said, congratulations to...

"I saw Tom Daschle on TV this morning. He had the same expression on his face my dog makes when he sees me scrape meat off my plate into the garbage instead of into his food bowl. I saw Dick Gephardt on TV this morning. He looked like the kid who still hasn't been picked for softball even though two girls and the boy with one leg longer than the other have already been chosen. I've listened to a lot of C-SPAN callers this morning, they generally sound like angry first wives who somehow think Republicans are responsible for their...

From the anguished threads of angrydems.com (LOL): "Don't blame the media. Don't blame the Republicans. Sure as hell don't blame the American people! BLAME THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. IT'S OK TO BE PISSED. Terry McAuliffe is a #^$&ing idiot. Daschle is a complete wuss. And you know they're not even going to draw the right lesson from this. No, instead they're going to decide that they need to pull back even further, to submit even more completely. What the hell are we going to do? The American people have no leaders who represent them: that's why only 40% of register voters...

NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- Stocks rode positive earnings news to a third consecutive session of gains Monday, reaching levels not seen since mid-September thanks to rallies in financial stocks as well as consumer companies such as Coca-Coca and McDonald's. The Dow jumped 2.6 percent and the Nasdaq 1.7 percent. "The market's clearly turned over a new leaf. For the first time in a while, earnings are exceeding expectations," remarked Stephen Massocca, president & head of trading at Pacific Growth Equities. On the sector front, airline, auto, utility, natural gas, consumer, chip and networking stocks led on the upside. And oil...

NOT MAKING THIS UP!!!Hubby and I were just about to board Southwest Flight 160 from Hartford CT to Nashville last Saturday. Next thing we knew The Goron was in the gate area having his bags checked, being wanded, and then (of course) being hustled to the front of the line so he could be seated on the plane ahead of the people in wheelchairs.Our reactions: astonishment, loud laughter, and then marvel at how nervous and self-conscious he seemed. Hubby and I settled into quiet joking and insults between the two of us--although hubby said The Goron gave him a long...

National Public Radio yesterday announced two new hosts for its afternoon standard "All Things Considered." NPR's announcement came on the same day the organization informed its employees that it was eliminating nine people from its staff of 700. ....Discussing the layoffs in an interview, NPR President Kevin Klose blamed "flat to declining revenues." He added, "We're in good financial shape overall, but we have to be very smart how we manage our way through these economic doldrums." The layoffs come six months after NPR cut nearly 20 jobs from its cultural programming division.

LOL: Guess who is seen as a "celebrity reference" for Ritmo Mvndo ($1200.00) Italian watches: The "Reverend" Al Sharpton!!!!

From the Sierra Club's Web Site profiling their leaders (not making this up): "Rhonda Anderson - Detroit, Mich. Environmental Justice Organizer (?????LOL!) "Rhonda Anderson came of age in Detroit during the '60s and remembers it all like yesterday: the assassinations, the Black Panthers, Vietnam, riots, tanks rolling through her neighborhood. "The day Martin Luther King was killed, I saw this huge black cloud coming down the street. It was kids from one high school coming to gather the students at our school to join them in a march through the streets. The first person in the crowd was a girl....

Hubby just called to report on his visit to the local Sierra Club office in Phoenix. He had tried calling many times yesterday, and couldn't get through on the phone lines. Their office front doors were locked--he kept knocking and knocking until they gave up and let him in (LOL). The office window shades were drawn, and they obviously wanted everyone to think they were closed. The woman who runs the office is one PISSED OFF bull dyke(not making this up). She was extremely angry that he was "bothering" them. She said she was "too busy" and "didn't have time...