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Friday July 27 1:08 PM ET New File-Trading Services Expose Kids to Porn New File-Trading Services Expose Kids to Porn By Andy SullivanWASHINGTON (Reuters) - New Internet file-sharing programs that have sprung up in the wake of Napster provide children easy access to pornographic material, according to a congressional report released Friday.``Peer-to-peer'' systems like Music City Morpheus, Aimster, and BearShare have emerged as major sources not only for music but also X-rated photographs and videos, the report said.Unlike pornographic Web sites, which often require a credit card for access and can easily be blocked by filtering programs, parents cannot ...

Right of Revolution CHAPTER 3|Document 4 Samuel Adams, Boston Gazette 27 Feb. 1769Writings 1:316--19 In the days of the Stuarts, it was look'd upon by some men as a high degree of prophaness, for any subject to enquire into what was called the mysteries of government: James the first thundered his anathema against Dr. Cowel, for his daring presumption in treating of--those mysteries; and forbad his subjects to read his books, or even to keep them in their houses. In those days passive obedience, non-resistance, the divine hereditary right of kings, and their being accountable to God alone, were doctrines ...

SOCIALISM: You have two cows. State takes one and give it to someone else. COMMUNISM: You have two cows. State takes both of them and gives you milk. FASCISM: You have two cows. State takes both of them and sell you milk. NAZISM: You have two cows. State takes both of them and shoot you. BUREAUCRACY: You have two cows. State takes both of them, kill one and spill the milk in system of sewage. CAPITALISM: You have two cows. You sell one and buy a bull. Alternative: A COWSMIC VIEW OF WORLD ORGANIZATION FEUDALISM: You have two cows. Your ...

PARAMETERS, US Army War College Quarterly - Summer 2001 The US Citizen-Soldier's Past, Present, and Likely Future PETER KARSTEN © 2001 Peter Karsten From Parameters, Summer 2001, pp. 61-73. Go to Summer issue Table of Contents. Go to Cumulative Article Index. Recent problems in the recruiting and retention of US military personnel have prompted some to ask a series of questions: What was the "tradition" of the American citizen-soldier, and how much change in this tradition has occurred? Have basic changes in American culture occurred recently that have led to a "narrowing definition of citizenship and its responsibilities" and, ...

Study Shows High Percentage of Abortions Performed on EvangelicalsPro-Lifers Picket Calvary Chapel's Headquarters in CaliforniaBy James L. Lambert and Fred JacksonJuly 11, 2001(AgapePress) - A study published by an affiliate of Planned Parenthood says almost a quarter-million abortions are performed each year in the U.S. on women who identify themselves as born-again or evangelical Christians.Approximately 1.37 million abortions are performed in the United States each year. According to a startling and little publicized survey by the Alan Guttmacher Institute, 37.4% of those abortions are performed on Protestant women -- approximately one-half (about 18%) of whom profess to be born-again believers. ...

Entertainer Pat Boone Blames Abortion for Society's 'Insensitivity' By Jim Burns CNSNews.com Senior Staff Writer June 29, 2001 Charlotte, N.C. (CNSNews.com) - Entertainer Pat Boone Thursday urged pro-lifers to continue their fight for life. "We do not have to succumb to the [anti-life] theme that deluges us and our young people and is constant in television, music and radio and books and even schools and drugs and violence and all that permeates our society," he told the National Right to Life Committee's annual convention here.Boone blamed the Roe vs. Wade Supreme Court decision for the coarsening of America."Truly, I think ...

HotlineScoop.com | Tuesday, June 5, 2001 Sins Of the Father By Vaughn Ververs n a display any Olympic gymnast would be proud of, television news divisions put on quite a show with their coverage of the first daughters last week. Flipping and flopping all over the mat, TV producers and on-air talent went back and forth between trying to report the story of Jenna Bush's latest brush with the law and trying to justify the importance of the issue. Nearly as much air time was devoted to discussing the appropriate level of media scrutiny of Jenna and her twin sister ...

      MOSCOW--The struggling nation of Russia took a major step toward getting out of debt and achieving financial independence Monday, when it became an official Amway distributor.   Above: Russian citizens set up a makeshift Amway table on the streets of St. Petersburg.       "I can't express how wonderful it feels to finally be in control of our destiny," Russian president Vladimir Putin said. "To be able to start up our own company in our spare time with only a small up-front investment is an incredible opportunity."       Russia's involvement with Amway began ...

The Origins of Memorial Day in the United States 1866 Boalsburg, Pa. Women put flowers on the graves of their own Civil War dead (from the nearby battle of Shiloh) and on other war dead in summer and fall. This is the start of their decorating the graves every year. August 1868, Boalsburg chapter of GAR organized and takes responsibility for yearly observance. April 1865 A descendent of President John Adams, Mrs. Sue Landon Vaughn, is said to have led some women to Vicksburg, Mississippi, cemetery to decorate the graves of soldiers. 1954 May 1865 Winchester, Virginia. Local women form ...

There is no "Big Oil' conspiracy; the market is driving fuel prices JERRY TAYLOR and PETER VANDOREN With gasoline prices averaging $1.70 a gallon, Americans are suffering another conniption fit over "Big Oil." But the widespread conviction that oil monopolies are forever robbing us blind is little more than an urban myth. For starters, if "Big Oil" companies are indeed behind this price spiral, why did they decide to gouge Californians (where prices are nearing $2 a gallon) and not, say, motorists in Atlanta (where prices are hovering around $1.50)? Do they just "have it in" for motorists in ...

While the Bush Administration and the GOP prepare to unveil their new energy policy for Big Oil, the Democratic National Committee is launching a new website -- GrandOldPetroleum.com -- to highlight the faces of Big Oil within the Bush/Cheney Administration. http://www.GrandOldPetroleum.com The website exposes the special interests behind Bush's energy plan and includes a brief history of how Bush and Cheney have supported higher gas prices thoughout their careers. The website also features a message you can send to Bush and Cheney telling them that you are tired of spending your money on higher fuel bills while Big Oil is ...

Study Links Abortion, Race And Lower Crime (CNS) -- A controversial study linking a reduction in crime during the 1990s with legalized abortion two decades earlier has been published in one of the nation's foremost scholarly journals. The study, entitled The Impact of Legalized Abortion on Crime, was published in the May 7 edition of the Quarterly Journal of Economics, which is edited by the Economics Department of Harvard University and calls itself "the oldest professional journal of economics in the English language." Authored by researchers John J. Donohue III and Steven D. Levitt, the study had been privately ...

On My Mind Pick Your Net Clyde Wayne Crews Director of Technology Studies, Cato Institute Despite its Wild West reputation, the Internet has no shortage of regulation. There are rules involving children, copyright, domain names and more. Congress is looking at new privacy and antispam requirements, Internet taxation, gambling and the digital divide. And the American Bar Association, the French government and the UN are pushing global Internet governance. How about more Internets, not more regulations? The political battles are rooted in the Internet's nobody-owns-it, common-property status. Yet cyberspace is populated by exhibitionists at one extreme and would-be inhabitants of ...

Spread the Wealth If you're rich, go shopping—that's one of the most public-spirited things you can do these days. The best reason for giving you a tax cut, too, is that you'll spend it on a high-performance car, a super-thin laptop, a really neat PalmPilot, a wireless modem and a bioengineered cure for your back pain. Technology has displaced the Treasury as the most effective instrument for redistributing wealth. In Adam Smith's day the affluent did business with their favorite butcher, brewer and baker, and both sides benefited. But those with neither the coin nor the shop gained rather little ...

Personal FinanceBush Tax Plan Falls ShortWhen it comes to tax cuts, don't count your chickens before they hatch. The George W. Bush tax plan seems great on paper. If your top marginal income tax rate is 36% or 39.6%, that would be lowered to 33%. What's more, if you're set up to leave a big estate to your heirs, Bush wants to phase out the estate tax by 2009. The trouble is, many of the people who should benefit from both of these changes probably won't. The biggest culprit: the alternative minimum tax (AMT). The Bush tax plan doesn't address ...

Folks in MN and otherwise interested 2nd Amendment backers...A House hearing is currently being held on the passage of HF1360, a reform of the "May Carry" concealed carry permits law.This bill will most likely pass the GOP controlled House but Senate leadership(DFL) plans on killing it in committee.Watch and learn and then contact your reps and support this bill!!!!Link:http://ww3.house.leg.state.mn.us/htv/mnhouse.asx

U.S. President George W. Bush practices his swing with a gift softball bat given to him by the NCAA National Championship University of Oklahoma Women's Softball Team Coach Patty Gasso (far left) during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House, March 5, 2001. The president hosted both the women's softball team and the National Championship men's football team at the White House./Larry Downing (Reuters)

In this digest: ** How SVR’s  RAMON was fingered ** Official FBI statement on Hanssen ** Photographs of SVR duboks ** DIA reveal Chinese complicity ** HVA chief comments ** SAPO (Security Police) arrest Russian spy    * * * * * * RAMON fingered by Sergei Tretyakov I am advised by sources that Hanssen’s discovery was most likely brought about by information supplied by, Sergei Tretyakov, an SVR intelligence officer who was serving as first secretary in the Russian mission at the United Nations in New York, until he defected in October last year. Since then Tretyakov has been ...

Who The Heck Are These People? Is it just us , or are there more celebrities nowadays than there are things to celebrate? What can these people possibly be famous for? Everyone knows the last important LP was Rubber Soul, there's been nothing worth watching on TV since Hawaii Five-O was canceled, and they quit making really good movies after Apocalypse Now . Yet, year after year, fresh crops of allegedly famous actors, singers and who-knows-whaters are thrust upon us. It's gotten to the point where we no longer recognize the face on the cover of People , never mind ...

      LURAY, VA--Seeking to foster a spirit of unity and teamwork between Democrats and Republicans under the new Bush Administration, members of Congress attended a trust-building retreat in Virginia's Shenandoah National Park this past weekend.   Above: Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert (R-IL) leads Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI) and Rep. Dick Gephardt (D-MO) on a blindfolded walk through the woods.       "For years, Congress has been sharply divided along party lines, with Democrats and Republicans teaming up against one another to further partisan goals," President Bush said. "But this weekend, the congressmen came to ...