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If the sound of jaws dropping around the world this morning wasn’t loud enough, here’s a suggestion that could reveberate even louder: that President Barack Obama should turn down the award. Commentary from both sides of the political spectrum voiced the idea this morning.

LAS VEGAS -- Testimony has begun before a judge hearing allegations that the political advocacy group ACORN illegally paid canvassers to register voters in Nevada during last year's presidential campaign. The judge will decide after an evidentiary hearing whether to bind the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now and former regional supervisor Amy Busefink over for trial on felony charges. They are accused of paying bonuses to canvassers who turned in at least 21 voter registration cards per day in the summer of 2008. Prosecutors said that violates state law banning voter signup quotas. Former ACORN organizer Christopher Edwards...

On Thursday, Sen. Harry Reid said don't blame the Obama administration for the government travel restrictions to resort destinations like Las Vegas. Reid said the policy came from the Bush administration. Holding nearly 50 pages of e-mails and memos, Reid explained.

"... Nevada will host the Democrats' second presidential caucus in 2008, right behind Iowa and ahead of the New Hampshire primary. Potential candidates have already begun arriving in the state. They're talking about their favorite casino games and showing a newfound interest in the state's parochial issues — water rights and the Yucca Mountain nuclear repository."

Have you become fed up and tired of hearing about the pace of the war or reading articles such as this Krauthammer: Not Enough Might? With press like this we don't need to hear what the enemy is saying. I am writing to all patriotic, freedom-loving individuals to ask for your help. We have all been made aware of our current concerns with terrorism and the possibility of a strike at any given time or place. In the midst of the heightened awareness of our safety and freedom being at stake, I am thankful that we have a President that ...

The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left. Ecclesiastes 10:2 ALL PREVIOUS THREADS LABOR DAY EDITION In light of the Daffodil Principle where individual efforts over time add up to a mammoth contribution, we are looking at ways to use this lesson as we seek to promote conservatism, the Republican Party and the administration of George Bush. We are currently involved in a letter-writing campaign - Project Daffodil-Letters. Some of us have been involved in the Klamath Falls Petition, and the People First petition to defund the Endangered Species ...

The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left. Ecclesiastes 10:2 ALL PREVIOUS THREADS LABOR DAY EDITION In light of the Daffodil Principle where individual efforts over time add up to a mammoth contribution, we are looking at ways to use this lesson as we seek to promote conservatism, the Republican Party and the administration of George Bush. We are currently involved in a letter-writing campaign - Project Daffodil-Letters. Some of us have been involved in the Klamath Falls Petition, and the People First petition to defund the Endangered Species ...

The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left. Ecclesiastes 10:2 ALL PREVIOUS THREADS In light of the Daffodil Principle where individual efforts over time add up to a mammoth contribution, we are looking at ways to use this lesson as we seek to promote conservatism, the Republican Party and the administration of George Bush. We are currently involved in a letter-writing campaign - Project Daffodil-Letters. Some of us have been involved in the Klamath Falls Petition, and the People First petition to defund the Endangered Species Act. For more ...

Right-wing radio host Rush Limbaugh and Democrat strategist James Carville could find themselves on the same Cable News Network team. If Limbaugh finds his way onto CNN, he might be paired with a liberal personality. CNN's new chairman, Walter Isaacson, has reportedly tossed around Carville's name. Limbaugh said Monday on his radio show that “CNN is talking to me ... I am listening,” and CNN officials aren’t discounting the possibility. “CNN is always looking for a diversity of on-air voices,” a spokeswoman said, declining to comment further. Limbaugh would be a big name, which Turner Broadcasting System Inc. chief ...

All information taken from EarthJustice.orgAlthough there have been laws to protect air, water, and other resources for centuries, the era of modern environmental law began in the mid-1960s when a federal appeals court in New York ruled that citizens with no financial stake in the outcome of a power plant siting decision could nevertheless participate in the process and were entitled to bring their concerns before a court of law. That right, known as "standing to sue," was affirmed by the Supreme Court in 1972 in a case brought by a group of attorneys that would eventually form Sierra Club ...