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Tutti bene! Well done!

When I was in Switzerland, I too, was glad to defend our President. It's incredible the naivete that exists in Euromanica Depression land.

I had the privilege of watching my Eurofraud friends understand and even accept the President, and this was right before 9/11. I returned one week before 9/11 and my friends were thoroughly convinced after 9/11 and to this day.

And as far as your DemocRAT Jewish friend... the last time a Jew walked safely and peacefully in Beirut and Cairo was in the 1920's and 1930's. After Israel was created, most Jews in both cities were forced out or killed.

He's in the same lala zone as John Kerry... they deserve each other.

Great job and congratulations!

What's great is they even quote John Flippin' Kerry in their complaint multiple times.

With his hurt shoulder, it will be fun to watch him flip flop on this issue, too!

The New Majority folks were instrumental in defeating Bill Back, a conservative pro-gun, pro-life, pro-family Catholic for California Republican Party Chairman. They did so by dredging up an article from 8 years ago that someone else wrote and contributed to a newsletter that Bill edited. The editorial was about the end of slavery and its effects in the South after the Civil War. There were enough disclaimers that editorial content was no reflection on the newsletter writers, but nothing stopped the New Majority onslaught on Bill as a "racist" etc. The timing on their part was impeccable, right after the Trent Lott "Strom Thurmond fiasco".

The New Majority only has one mission: Republicans Must Win at any cost. But their support ends if you are pro-life, pro-family, pro-gun, anti-green, pro-hetero-marriage. They've thrown all the socially conservative views out the window because they believe that social conservatism can't win in CA.

The truth is that social conservatism can win if the New Majority folks would support conservative Republican candidates.

The fact is they sit on their hands and wallets if the nominee in a statewide contest is conservative. When Bill Simon and Tom McClintock lost in 2002 by 4% and 0.2% respectively, they lost because no money was raised by these same folks.

The New Majority is successful only when we conservatives come out and support moderate candidates.

Now they've succeeded in bringing Tom Fuentes down and defeating Emily Sanford in the primary.

Here's the twist... Bill Back and Emily Sanford are now the State Volunteer Co-Chairs for the Bush-Cheney 2004 volunteer effort. These two diehards are working their butts off and inspiring thousands of volunteers across the state to work for the re-election effort.

In some ways, you can say that God works in mysterious ways. I believe strongly that with their leadership, we just may carry California for the President. It's going to take a lot of hard work at the grassroots level, but it can be done.

If you would like to be a volunteer in the campaign, let me know and I'll hook you up... :)

Thanks for the tip, but oolatec beat me to my original photo... here's another one though

Here it is:

freeman@nhcs.k12.nc.us

and check out the physical address of the school:

2601 Princess Place Drive
Wilmington, NC 28405

Prncess Place! You gotta love it!

School's phone number is 910-251-6011.

Still looking for an email for the principal.

Check out the school's report card. A full 32% of their students don't even read at their grade level. Could be they're still trying to figure out why 2 princes are kissing each other.

http://www.ncreportcards.org/src/schDetails.jsp?Page=2&pSchCode=312&pLEACode=650&pYear=2001-2002

Wait a sec... only an honorable mention? I wonder what actually won the most unusual book of the year? "My daddy and his garden hose are best friends!" "Auto-fellatio: Why and How" "A day in the life of my grandma's dildo" ?!?!?!?

Here's another angle from the Washington Times...

It received honorable mention in the "most unusual book of the year" category for Publishers Weekly 2002 "Off the Cuff Awards."

WOOHOO! Break out the champagne, honey, We're partying tonight!

http://washingtontimes.com/national/20040318-112308-7862r.htm

Gay princes book irks girl's parents


By Joyce Howard Price
THE WASHINGTON TIMES


An elementary school in Wilmington, N.C., has put in its library a book about two princes who fall in love and "marry," prompting outrage from the parents of a first-grade girl who brought the book home.
Michael and Tonya Hartsell want to know how the publishers of "King & King," by Dutch authors Linda De Haan and Stern Nijland, determined it is appropriate for readers age 6 and up, as the publishers claim.
"I was flabbergasted. My child is not old enough to understand something like that, especially when it's not in our beliefs," Mr. Hartsell said.
The 32-page book tells the story of Prince Bertie, who rejects the chance to marry a bevy of eligible princesses and, instead, chooses Prince Lee, the brother of one of the royal candidates, as his mate. At the end of the book, the two princes seal their love with a kiss, and they "marry."
A sequel due out later this spring, "King & King & Family," describes how Prince Bertie and Prince Lee adopt a little girl named Princess Daisy, according to Nicole Geiger, founder and head of Tricycle Press, the books' publisher. Tricycle Press is the children's division of Ten Speed Press of Berkeley, Calif.
"Reality is changing. There are a lot of alternative families in this country, and we publish books for them. We want to show same-sex love as being warm-hearted and sincere. Any child in any situation needs to be recognized. They don't deserve wrath and scorn," Ms. Geiger said in a telephone interview.
"You can't make children feel valuable by validating immoral behavior," said Robert Knight, director of the Culture and Family Institute, an affiliate of Concerned Women for America. He does not believe children in grade school should be reading "King & King" or its sequel.
Ms. Geiger noted that "King & King" was reviewed by a handful of reputable reviewers of children's books, including the School Library Journal, Kirkus Reviews, the Horn Books Magazine and Publishers Weekly.
It received honorable mention in the "most unusual book of the year" category for Publishers Weekly 2002 "Off the Cuff Awards."
The San Francisco Chronicle called the tome "progressive" and "inclusive." The Philadelphia Gay News said it was a "great book to teach young readers about same-sex couples."
But Mr. Knight is appalled with the message of both "King & King" and "King & King & Family."
"What a message to send a little girl: that a mommy isn't necessary," he said.
Elizabeth Mars, principal of Rachel Freeman Elementary where the Hartsell child got the book, did not return repeated phone calls from The Washington Times yesterday, but she told the Associated Press that "What might be inappropriate for one family, in another family, is a totally acceptable thing."
The school librarian, Barbara Hawley, declined to say if she knowingly selected a book about homosexual "marriage" for inclusion in the library.
Mr. Knight said the person or persons who chose the book should be fired.
"They were either ignorant of what it was about or think it's OK to promote the homosexual agenda to schoolchildren," he said.
The Hartsells plan to file a written complaint with the New Hanover County School District, which has a panel to reviews books whose appropriateness has been challenged.
"A decision will be made after the Media Advisory Committee has completed the appeals process," said D. John Morris Jr., superintendent of the New Hanover County School District, adding that this is the first complaint he has received about the book.

Not only that, but even if you're a princess, you may still lose out to another prince. EGADS!

I have tried posting photographs in this forum. How do we do that? I have a PC... Thanks... I want to post a photo of a well known foreign leader holding a Kerry sign.

Why "consider transferring their daughter" If it were my child, she'd be in a different school on Monday.

A similar thing happened to my daughter in her public school kindergarten. The first book she brought home was about a lovely little old lady in town "who happened to be a witch". After confronting the teacher about it, she exclaimed that "everybody loves the book!"

The next week my daughter was enrolled in a private school and has been there since.

Don't you see, the Secret Service Agent came at him from the Right. It's another vast conspiracy.

An excellent commentary by Joseph Farah. Many of us already knew who to blame when we woke up on the morning of September 11. The rest of the world is just figuring out the fact that Clinton was asleep at the controls.

For your information... I am amazed that they are only "considering transferring their daughter." 2 years ago when my daughter's first book in (public school) kindergarten was about a lovely little old lady in town "who happened to be a witch", I confronted the teacher who told me that "everybody just loves the book!"

The next week my daughter was in a new private school.

Another heads up. Scott Elliott, webmaster for the Election Projection website, is the son of 2 Baptist missionaries from North Carolina killed in Iraq two days ago. They were searching for a place to construct a water purification program in northern Iraq.

Also, the Zogby site is a subscription service...

I was quite impressed with this website. Thanks for the heads up.

There is a company that handles all requests for videotape. It is Magnolia Broadcast Service. The phone number is (601) 856-0911.

Just got this note from one of the local affiliates WJTV I think. Hope they've got it...I'll call them later today

Hey, even if there isn't an event in your town, why not have a rally to support our brave troops on the 1 year anniversary and celebrate the liberation of Iraq and the signing of their new constitution!

That would be more appropriate for those of us who can't make it to the big cities... I'm going to organize one here in my town...

I have requested the tape from the local ABC affiliate. I will let you know if they send it to me.