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This is an e-mail I received in response to an e-mail I sent Sears Customer Service: Dear John, Thank you for taking the time to let us know of your support for our actions regarding our associates who have been called into active duty. As you may have read, Sears has extended its program of military pay differential to 36 months. This includes allowing Sears reservists who are full-time employees to continue participating in the company's life insurance, medical and dental programs, if they choose. The company will also hold a comparable position for these individuals for up to five...

This from the Fox News Sunday interview with Howard Dean: WALLACE: But aren't those legitimate issues, whether it's a woman's right to choose versus right to life, whether there should a national ban on assault weapons, gay rights? I mean, aren't those issues -- I have to say, I remember back in 1988, because I was covering the campaign, when Michael Dukakis said that the campaign is about competence, not ideology, and the Republicans killed him on that. Don't American voters care about values? DEAN: They care about values. And there are a lot of different kinds of values. My...

Del. mom working to send 200 air conditioners to U.S. troops stationed in Iraq For some young American soldiers in Iraq, Frankie Mayo of Bear is one cool supporter. She has been sending them air conditioners. Fourteen as of Wednesday. Fourteen more go out today. And she's taking donations to send about 200 more. The first batch arrived Wednesday afternoon in Iraq at the undisclosed location of her son, Cpl. Christopher Tomlinson, 21, and other members of the U.S. Army's 300th Military Police Company. Soldiers hugged the boxes. Some started opening them. "I never expected this," First Lt. Jessica Murphy...

Fellow Freepers, I'm currently working on a presentation for work and I'm looking for mpeg, wav and/or avi files about great lies or liars. This will be a one or two min. humorous lead into a full presentation. Specifically, I'd really like to get the Clinton "I did not have sexual relations....." clip and if anyone has a high quality clip of Homer Simpson taking a lie detector test (where the machine explodes) I'd like that also. I'd also be happy to get any suggestions you all might have. I'm trying to get at least 4 really well known lies/liars...

My dear fellow Freepers, The folloing is a list of the top 10 (in no particular order) most ridiculous things used by my anti-war leftist friend during our latest e-mail debat on Iraq. I thought you guys might enjoy ripping each of them apart as much as I did. The names have been deleted to protect the ignorant. 1) The only documented "bomb-dropping" on Iraq since 1991 was, indeed, "ordered" by the Commander in Chief (both Clinton and Bush II)as a defensive measure by aircrews when they were "locked onto" and/or actually fired upon by Iraqi air defense missile sites....

The following URL leads to an algore quiz made up by some DUh crack head. If you can get enough answers correct, you can post your "name" on the scoreboard. I noticed a few of my fellow freepers have already discovered it. Freep Away! http://www.coolquiz.com/myquiz/myquiz.asp?quiznum=1293621563&action=newgame

Thursday, January 31, 2002 DAILY WHISPER - I McAuliffe delivers new Web We're not supposed to know about this, but Democratic Party boss Terry McAuliffe is finally delivering on his promises to update the party's Web site. The prototype has a fancy new look, issues pages, and the "2002 Countdown to Victory calendar." It's just being passed to members of the "Democratic family" and targeted reporters. Alas, we were not among them. But we did get a bootleg copy of the E-mail announcing the site that includes a link for all of you to see. The memo: PRIVATE Subject: DNC ...

Enron Is the Disease, Terry McAuliffe Is the Cure Commentary by Howard Mortman for The National Journal On Sunday's "Meet the Press," Democratic National Committee Chairman Terry McAuliffe announced he had been visited by Enron lobbyists. Like Muhammad Ali boasting after winning a fight, McAuliffe excitedly described -- three times -- what happened: "I did have several Enron lobbyists come visit me earlier in the year to complain that I was being too harsh on Ken Lay and Enron after our first hundred-day book we put together on the Bush administration. I basically threw them out of my office." "Actually, ...

Friday, September 22 2000 02:17 22 Elul 5760 Source: Hillary's campaign delays US Jerusalem plan By Herb Keinon JERUSALEM (September 22) - One of the reasons President Bill Clinton is wavering on a plan that would have the UN grant custodianship of the Temple Mount to the Palestinians is concern that publicly backing this idea might harm Hillary Clinton's senatorial prospects, a source close to the negotiations said last night. According to the source, the American peace team suggested to Clinton Tuesday that he propose this idea as a solution to the Temple Mount impasse. The source said that Clinton ...

Clinton breaks taboo to shake Castro's hand FROM JAMES BONE IN NEW YORK BILL CLINTON has broken a decades-old taboo and become the first United States President to shake hands with Fidel Castro, Cuba's revolutionary leader. The historic gesture, sure to provoke controversy in America, took place during a fleeting encounter on Wednesday in a crowd of other leaders at the United Nations summit in New York. UN sources say the meeting happened as about 150 presidents, princes and prime ministers ambled from a luncheon thrown by Kofi Annan, the UN Secretary-General, into the nearby Trusteeship Council for a "class ...

A little "red-meat" humor for everyone: For years, Aesop's fables have been used to teach such virtues as hard work,personal responsibility, kindness, honesty, etc. In spite of the many positive contributions to society made by the development of these virtues,it is considered politically incorrect to attempt to instill these virtues in children today. To be politically correct, one must be more concerned with such concepts as "self-esteem", "tolerance", and "fairness". Therefore, many of Aesop's fables should be updated. Here is one such fable and a more enlightened version of the story. Subject: The Ant and the Grasshopper The Orignal Unenlightened ...