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<p>MONMOUTH, Ore. — The American Red Cross may soon be banned from holding blood drives on one university campus because the organization prohibits some gay men from donating blood.</p> <p>"We're looking at the practices of the Red Cross — whether they are discriminatory, and if they are, how it relates back to our policy," said Gary Dukes, vice president of student affairs at Western Oregon University.</p>

  ...MUSLIMS (surprise!) "Peace Through The Medium Of War" Muslim pirates operating in the Mediterranean from Tripoli, Morroco, Tunisia and Algeria (the Barbary States) had been terrorizing European and early American merchant ships for hundreds of years. They attacked and pillaged any and all ships along trade routes, stole all cargos and held crews hostage for ransom which, if not paid, resulted in the crews being sold into slavery. European states got so accustomed to these attacks that they actually paid regular "tributes" which were in effect blackmail "pre-ransom monies" to avoid having the crews of their ships seized. European...

Last year I made a slideshow to commemorate the War In Iraq as well as the War On Terror in general. I thought it was pretty good and some folks on other boards did too. So on the anniversary of the start of the War in Iraq, I updated this slideshow, changed some pics, improved the sound and made it into a Quicktime Movie (.mov) It's about 70 Mb and I couldn't find a good place to host it on the Net so I'll make it available on BOTH WinMX and Kazaa Lite all day today - and probably tomorrow...

The Economy - GW's 1st three years versus Clinton's 1st three years: Unemployment Rate -Jan 2004: 5.6% (After GWBush's 1st three years) Change in rate from prior year (Jan '03-'04): 0.3%, Decrease Jan 1996: 5.6% (After Bill Clinton's 1st three years) Change in rate from prior year (Jan '95-'96): 0.0%, No change * The Unemployement Rate is the same after GWBush's 1st three years as it was after Bill Clinton's 1st three years. * The Unemployment rate steadily declined in the third year with GWBush while it remained unchanged in Bill Clinton's third year. Poverty Rate For Families (Two-Year Average)...

Here's a little slideshow I made up to highlight John Kerry and some of his activities: Enjoy... "Welcome Back" It's a 2.7 Mb Shockwave Slideshow. If it doesn't work, the raw file is here, rightclick/save as to download onto your drive: Movie File I'll keep it active until my bandwidth is exceeded then try reposting it elsewhere. It's Not Just A Gun...It's My "HOMELAND DEFENSE RIFLE"!!

Hope it's not a duplicate post. I Couldn't find if the original pic was posted here before or not. I added the text to "capture the moment". It's Not Just A Gun...It's My "HOMELAND DEFENSE RIFLE"!!

"Some" people could REALLY learn a lot from this...101 Volleyball Drills Don't ya' think Hollywood? It's Not Just A Gun...It's My "HOMELAND DEFENSE RIFLE"!!

I haven't read Hillary's new book "Living History" but I do have one question for those who have: Whatever happened to Hillary's baby? Back in the early summer of 1996 (heading towards the election) , First Lady Hillary Clinton told Time Magazine journalist Walter Isaacson in an interview that she and the President are "hoping to have another child" and they are "talking about it (adopting a baby) more". Regarding she and the President adopting a baby, Hillary said at the time, "We'd obviously wait to get serious about it until after the election... I hope that something will come...

Appeasement: The Global "Battered-Wife" Syndrome. There's a sickness in wanting to get violent men to like you or speak well of you. Like weak-willed flunkies who do the bidding of tough-talking bullies in school, many submit to their bullying, subconsciously desiring approval from those who appear stronger than they. They gain self-esteem by siding with those who would otherwise speak and act harshly against them and, just like in the schoolyard, the enemy of the bully becomes the enemy of the flunkies - all for the approval of the bully. They fool themselves into thinking they have found a way...