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Dr. Juan Hernandez on John McCains campaign staff as a 'non-paid volunteer' as a McCain spokesman said. U.S.-born dual citizen Juan Hernandez was in Vincente Fox's cabinet as Director of the Office for Mexicans Living Abroad and is notorious for having said of Mexican Americans on Nightline on June 7, 2001, "I want the third generation, the seventh generation, I want them all to think 'Mexico first.'" Does McCain agree with this? From Amerpundit: This is a man who insisted that any securing of the borders was racist, and closed-borders proponents were equivalent to Nazis. By the way, he himself...

Before we know it, the State of The Union (SATU) address will be here (January 28th I believe). I thought a thread about what we would like to hear in the SATU may get the attention of those in the White House (well, maybe not, but it could be fun and educational).

The Old Man And The Marine One sunny day in 2008, an old man approached the White House from across Pennsylvania Avenue , where he'd been sitting on a park bench. He spoke to the Marine standing guard and said, "I would like to go in and meet with President Hillary Clinton ." The Marine replied, "Sir, Mrs. Clinton is not President and doesn't reside here." The old man said, "Okay," and walked away. The following day, the same man approached the White House and said to the same Marine, "I would like to go in and meet with President...

Was 9/11 really that bad? The attacks were a horrible act of mass murder, but history says we're overreacting. It also raises several questions. Has the American reaction to the attacks in fact been a massive overreaction? Is the widespread belief that 9/11 plunged us into one of the deadliest struggles of our time simply wrong? If we did overreact, why did we do so? Does history provide any insight? More: Even if one counts our dead in Iraq and Afghanistan as casualties of the war against terrorism, which brings us to about 6,500, we should remember that roughly the...

For those interested in your continuing freedom to choose when it comes to supplements, please read the following and visit the site listed: Dietary Supplement and Nonprescription Drug Consumer Protection Act This bill will create similar requirements for foods, vitamins, minerals and other nutrients as are required for drugs. This will cause foods, vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients to be considered the same as drugs, and will give the Federal Drug Administration the right to regulate them.

Statement of John Kerry Responding to Republican Distortions, Pathetic Tony Snow Diversions and Distractions Washington – Senator John Kerry issued the following statement in response to White House Press Secretary Tony Snow, assorted right wing nut-jobs, Typical lib. Could not even get through the first sentence without degenerating into name calling. and right wing talk show hosts desperately distorting Kerry’s comments about President Bush to divert attention from their disastrous record:Liberal playbook: Attempt to deflect attention from what was said to any other subject. Just a typical elitist liberal talking down to the stupid peeples of the USA. “If anyone...

For months now we have heard a small, but vocal, group of supposed conservatives railing on that they are going to teach the Republicans a lesson this year and either not vote, or vote Democratic. I believe the numbers of this group are small, but large enough to move an election. I also believe these people just do not completely understand the possible ramifications of this action. The time for a protest vote (or non-vote) was during the primaries. I was a very strong anti-incumbent voice when it came to many of the Republicans in Congress. That was the time...

I, along with virtually all conservatives, hate CNN. As an organization they are an anti-American, anti-Bush, anti-Military and they need to be brought up on sedition charges. The latest disgusting, downright inhuman thing they have done to aid terrorists was to air video showing at least 10 of our brave military being killed by snipers. Just sick. However, it appears that not all CNN personel are anti-military. Now, I know this is not going to sit well with many, but I cannot source the following information, period. That is why this is posted under vanity. According to a friend in...

In conservative circles, much is made of the lefts willingness to appease terrorists, to appease rogue states. And this what they are, appeasers. But, the Republican party cannot be left off the hook. They too have become a party of appeasement. For some time now, the Republicans, be it the leadership or individual congressman, have been trying the appeasement route with disasterous affects. Republicans in Congress and leadership have themselves become the appeasers, trying to appease Congressional Democrats and the media. They have gone the appeasement route with the liberals in the Congress. No matter the results, which were absolutely...

After reading parts of the FoxNews Sunday transcript of the interview between Wallace and Clinton, something stuck out to me. Clinton keeps claiming that 'right wing conservatives' were constantly complaining that he was too obsessed with bin Laden. I have mentioned previous that I have no memories of that happening. What I do remember is conservatives in general complaining about his obsession with Monica. But, getting back to that claim that conservatives were complaining that Clinton was too obsessed with bin Laden. After watching the rant, oops, interview, Clinton slipped up. He showed his cards by uttering three little words:...

I am not sure if the general public truly understands the enormity of the events surrounding the upcoming docu-drama "Pathway to 9-11". The Democratic party reaction reeks of censorship, it reeks of absolute government control of the media, ala the Soviet Union or Red China. During the reign of the Soviet Union, how many people can remember when the news reported how television stations and networks were shut down only because someone dare criticize the government? Even recently, under Putin, stations and channels have been taken off the air for only one reason: they criticized the government or aired something...

6 armed people holed up at high school in northeastern Arizona Six armed people were holed up Wednesday at a high school in northeastern Arizona, authorities said. It was unclear whether the six were holding students hostage at Ganado High School or whether the six armed people were students. A male was armed with a gun, while five females had knives, said Jim Benally, police chief for Window Rock, a nearby community. Authorities said the incident began around mid-afternoon and that police sealed off the area around the school.

Since the leftists on the Supreme Court Of The United States have told us that they should use foreign law in their decisions, and Dims in this country agree, then I believe we can use the same logic when it comes to the illegal immigration issue. The idea came from the WarFooting.com web site. I say we handle the immigration issue just like the Mexicans do. Here is a summary of the Mexican Constitution as put together by J. Michael Walker: - Immigrants and foreign visitors are banned from public political discourse. - Immigrants and foreigners are denied certain basic...

The latest attempt at immigration reform which is being pushed by Congress and the President, is ignoring one extremely important point and putting all of our lives at risk. Before I get to that point: For the sake of argument, I will not mention the costs that illegal immigration puts on all local and state governments through Welfare, our Health Care system, our school systems, etc. That will continually be debated. I will also skim over the somewhat hidden problem of criminals coming into this country. According to the General Accounting Office (the investigative arm of Congress), at the end...

Just a question for the politicos putting together this amnest.....er, immigration bill: What happens if the illegal decides not to comply with the new law? I have heard a lot of speculation from the fortune tellers of the Congress on what this bill will do, but I have heard nothing on what happens if the illegals just ignore it. And, we all know that most bills and laws past by Congress either do not work as they predicted OR have numerous unforeseen consequences that the Miss Cleos of Congress left out.

St. Paul, Minn. — The GOP says they intend to send thousands of the CD-roms to a wide array voters who may be concerned about the issue of gay marriage. The compact discs contain video clips from four of Minnesota's top elected officials. --snip-- Republican Party Chair Ron Carey said the video is an attempt to get the DFL Senate to vote on a constitutional amendment to define marriage as only between one man and one woman. At the CD's unveiling, he never mentioned that the party is also using the video to collect information about those who view the...

URGENT 02/23 3:38p CST JIM GOMEZ Philippines security tight amid spiraling coup rumors Eds: RECASTS with security tight at presidential palace, military camps MANILA, Philippines (AP) - The military stepped up security early Friday amid rumors that a coup attempt was imminent against President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, witnesses and media reports said. Extra barbed wire and shipping containers were set up on roads leading to Malacanang, the presidential palace, and checkpoints appeared around the capital. Media were barred from the main military headquarters, Camp Aguinaldo, and an armored personnel carrier sat outside the marines' camp, with a truckload of marines...

Hearing about the release of the Saddam tapes caused a good friend of mine to ask: Why is the administration silent on these tapes? We have also heard reports over the past few years of remnants of bio, chem and nuclear programs being found all over Iraq. Why is the administration silent on this? My friend has a theory that I am throwing out to fellow freepers: What if Bush and the Pubbies are deliberately silent on the mounting evidence of WMD programs in Iraq? The Democrats have based everything on the fact that Bush lied, but there is mounting...

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KINGFISHER, Okla. (AP) _ An outbreak of geysers spewing mud and gas into the air in rural Kingfisher County is puzzling state and local officials. Kingfisher Fire Chief John Crawford says initial reports of the geysers came in Friday morning, and that firefighters and Oklahoma Corporation Commission officials were on the scene yesterday. The geysers have appeared throughout the countryside of rural Kingfisher, with stretches of up to 12 miles between spots, and some as short as a quarter of a mile. Crawford says the threat of the gas igniting is unlikely, but he says there is a concern the...