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  • Need help Freeping a poll!

    06/14/2007 2:44:37 AM PDT · by ruffisthudpucker · 18 replies · 731+ views
    http://www.baynews9.com ^ | 06/14/2007 | baynews 9
    Please help freep this poll Should the VP be impeached!
  • Caption this picture

    05/31/2007 2:43:22 AM PDT · by ruffisthudpucker · 17 replies · 1,497+ views
    AP ^ | May 30 | Isaac Brekken
    img src="http://ak.imgfarm.com/images/ap/thumbnails//Clinton_2008.sff_NVIB102_20070530172213.jpg"
  • Caption this picture

    05/19/2007 5:35:45 PM PDT · by ruffisthudpucker · 50 replies · 1,122+ views
    http://www.drudgereport.com ^ | 05/18/2007 | ruffisthubpucker
    Caption this picture http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070519/capt.eaec2cb99df94cd79d1f7a2c2fa55c97.film_cannes_sicko_photo_call_drb109.jpg
  • Help freeping poll

    04/16/2007 4:50:29 AM PDT · by ruffisthudpucker · 32 replies · 785+ views
    AM 970 WFLA Radio ^ | 04/16/2007 | 970 wfla
    DU is freeping this poll, Please help turn this around! Thank you!
  • So what good is an injunction?

    08/19/2006 7:51:15 AM PDT · by ruffisthudpucker · 22 replies · 1,210+ views
    Bradenton Herald ^ | Sat, Aug. 19, 2006 | Sylvia Lim, Duane Marsteller and Jim Smith
    So what good is an injunction? DEADLY RELATIONSHIP: Grisly murder, suicide on island BRADENTON BEACH - Witnesses driving to work told police that Orland Hanks stood over former girlfriend Michele Smith as she sat in the middle of Gulf Drive, fired a .38 slug into her head and then killed himself at dawn Friday. Hanks, 32, had taken Smith, 33, from her west Bradenton home minutes earlier, parked in the Coquina Beach lot and argued by the side of the road, witnesses told Bradenton Beach police. "He's shooting her now. . . . He is shooting her in the head,"...
  • Dallas Air Traffic Controller

    07/23/2006 6:35:48 AM PDT · by ruffisthudpucker · 12 replies · 1,375+ views
    email | 07/22/2006 | self
    Dallas Air Traffic Controller Dallas ATC: "Tower to Saudi Air 911 -- You are cleared to land eastbound on runway 9R." Saudi Air: "Thank you Dallas ATC. Acknowledge cleared to land on infidel's runway 9R - Allah be Praised !!" Dallas ATC: "Tower to Iran Air 822 -- You are cleared to land westbound on runway 9R." Iran Air: "Thank you Dallas ATC. We are cleared to land on infidel's runway 9R. - Allah is Great !!" Pause: Static............. Saudi Air: "DALLAS ATC! DALLAS ATC!!!" Dallas ATC: "Go ahead Saudi Air 911?" Saudi Air: "YOU HAVE CLEARED BOTH OUR AIRCRAFT...
  • What is your position on drilling for oil in the Gulf of Mexico? POLL!

    03/11/2006 4:59:49 AM PST · by ruffisthudpucker · 44 replies · 927+ views
    Bradenton Herald ^ | 03/09/2006 | escott
    What is your position on drilling for oil in the Gulf of Mexico? http://forums.bradenton.com/n/mb/message.asp?webtag=kr-bradflanews&msg=8.1&ctx=0
  • Extreme fair food (Oh yes, Now we are talking!)

    02/17/2006 4:10:18 AM PST · by ruffisthudpucker · 41 replies · 1,016+ views
    St. Petersburg Times ^ | February 13, 2002 | JANET K. KEELER
    Extreme fair food [Times photos: Cherie Diez] It may look like a corn dog, but that’s a Snickers bar getting the deep-fry treatment at the Florida State Fair. By JANET K. KEELER, Times Staff Writer © St. Petersburg Times published February 13, 2002 TAMPA -- If you know what's good for you, you'll stay away from Carousel Concessions at the Florida State Fair. If you know what's good to eat, you'll head straight for the red-and-white striped tent as soon as you push through the turnstiles. (Carousel is just past the Charles M. Davis Special Events Center on the way...
  • Cindy Poll

    08/14/2005 5:24:56 AM PDT · by ruffisthudpucker · 32 replies · 1,228+ views
    website ^ | current | Todd Schnitt
    Poll: Should the president meet with Cindy, 85% No - 14% Yes
  • Planned funeral protest apparently canceled (SF SGT E-5, James Stewart)

    07/04/2005 5:14:00 AM PDT · by ruffisthudpucker · 20 replies · 983+ views
    Bay News 9 Tampa Bay ^ | July 1, 2005
    Planned funeral protest apparently canceled Friday, July 1, 2005 A radical preacher had planned to disrupt a local soldier's funeral on Monday, the Fourth of July. The Rev. Fred Phelps, pastor of Westboro Baptist Church in Kansas, and some followers planned to be at the funeral of Sgt. James Stewart, who died last week in Iraq. Stewart spent most of his boyhood in St. Petersburg and his mother still lives there. Phelps and his followers believe that the deaths of American soldiers is God's retribution for society's acceptance of gay Americans. They have been travelling the country for several weeks,...
  • Calling All Freepers

    01/30/2004 1:33:23 AM PST · by ruffisthudpucker · 25 replies · 179+ views
    1-24-2004 | ruffisthudpucker
    I have been banned from a liberal chat board for the simple reason that I asked for proof of the liberals claims! I am asking all by brother Freepers to visit the board and lets show them what the truth is all about! Letter I got as to why I was banned! Denote that she admits the liberal users do the same thing but they are not banned! The letter: You were banned from the board because of your behavior. You did not come to the board to have discussions. You come there to score points. Your habit of repeatedly...
  • BUSH's Poll Numbers are at 61%

    01/07/2004 3:21:21 AM PST · by ruffisthudpucker · 39 replies · 163+ views
    CNN ^ | 01/06/2004 | cnn
    <p>But whoever wins the Democratic presidential nomination will then have to contend with President Bush, who is enjoying healthy approval ratings.</p> <p>A CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll interviewed 1,028 adult Americans between Friday and Monday to gather opinions on the presidential candidates and the issues they face. The results show the Democratic race tightening while Bush rebounds from lower approval ratings of a month ago.</p>
  • House OKs measure aimed at spammers

    11/22/2003 2:13:49 AM PST · by ruffisthudpucker · 22 replies · 157+ views
    <p>Congress moved closer to approving the first federal law outlawing unsolicited commercial e-mail late yesterday when the House passed an antispam bill. "This is a huge piece of consumer-protection legislation," Rep. Billy Tauzin, Louisiana Republican and chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, said before a voice vote approving the measure. The Senate passed a similar measure last month, and House and Senate negotiators yesterday reached agreement on the bill approved by the House. The Senate is expected to approve changes to the bill next week before it is sent to the president. The House antispam bill would allow spammers to send unsolicited e-mail to consumers until they ask the business to stop. Spammers would face penalties if they ignore the requests. Consumer groups said that opt-out approach will do little to address the flood of spam because it places the burden on consumers to contact marketers when they don't want to receive e-mail. Lawmakers should assume consumers don't want to receive spam unless they contact marketers and ask for the e-mail pitches, or opt in, said Laura Atkins, president of SpamCon Foundation, a group opposing spam. "Anything less is consumer unfriendly," she said. But lawmakers argued the spam law is significant. For the first time, consumers would be able to tell companies to stop sending unsolicited commercial e-mail, said Rep. Heather A. Wilson, the New Mexico Republican who was among the first to draw attention to spam more than four years ago. "We put together a good bill," she said during debate on the House floor. The measure approved by the House also gives the Federal Trade Commission authority to set up a "do-not-spam" registry similar to the agency's "do-not-call" list that lets consumers block telemarketing calls. FTC Chairman Timothy Muris has said he doesn't think a "do-not-spam" registry will be effective because spammers can easily hide their identities and cross international borders.</p>
  • TIMECNN POLL: Most Registered Voters Would Choose Bush

    11/22/2003 2:06:42 AM PST · by ruffisthudpucker · 29 replies · 118+ views
    CNN ^ | Fri Nov 21 2003 | CNN/TIME
    TIMECNN POLL: Most Registered Voters Would Choose Bush Fri Nov 21 2003 19:44:24 ET New York – If the 2004 Presidential election was held today, registered voters surveyed for TIME/CNN would choose President George W. Bush over any of the declared Democratic candidates. In a direct run against Bush, Gen. Wesley Clark fares the best among registered voters (Clark 42%, Bush 49%), closely followed by Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry (Kerry 41%, Bush 49%). Bush would beat any of three other Democrats, 52 percent to 39 percent, in a direct match: Missouri Rep. Dick Gephardt, Connecticut Sen. Joseph Lieberman, or Vermont...
  • VNS Data From '02 Midterm Votes Released

    09/05/2003 11:12:27 AM PDT · by ruffisthudpucker · 1 replies · 144+ views
    AP ^ | Sep 05, 2003 | DAVID BAUDER
    VNS Data From '02 Midterm Votes Released By DAVID BAUDER, AP Television Writer NEW YORK - Ten months late, exit poll data that shed light on why Republicans scored their unusual 2002 midterm election victory are finally becoming available. Voter News Service collected the information but couldn't deliver it on election night because computer systems designed for VNS by an outside contractor failed. That failure, coupled with data problems in 2000 that led television networks to prematurely declare George W. Bush the presidential winner, prompted the news organizations to shutter VNS. The consortium included ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, Fox and...