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Thanks to FReeper libbylu Congressman Billybob has died. ACRU Mourns the Passing of John Armor John Armor”John was a great American, a dear friend and a champion of liberty,” says Susan Carleson, CEO and Chairman of the American Civil Rights Union. “He will be sorely missed.” On August 20, 2010, ACRU Senior Legal Counsel John Armor passed away in a North Carolina hospital, following cancer surgery. He had appeared to be in full recovery, so his death was a shock to family and friends. Armor, a graduate of Yale University and the University of Maryland School of Law, had a...

Anybody watching this game? I am in 'shock and awe'tm at what Kansas is doing to UNC.

FRN Columnists' Corner "Lessons for Iraq from General Washington, Major Andre and Der Fuhrer Adolf Hitler " By John Armor More than a month ago, I laid down a marker in a column that no one could competently report on the ongoing story of the occupation of Iraq without reviewing the closest similar situation in American history, the occupation of Germany. Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld has mentioned this comparison several times in detail in his press conferences since then. Former Secretary of State Kissinger has mentioned the same in several recent interviews in the national press. But all of the...

FR Columnists' Corner "Sixteen Little Words" by Congressman BillybobNo, the sixteen little words are not “I love you” repeated five times, followed by “maybe.” They are a single sentence in President Bush's State of the Union Address in January of this year. There is now a carefully generated flap about that sentence in which the President said that “British intelligence” had reported that “Iraq is trying to purchase uranium from Africa.” Let's put that in context, take it apart brick by brick, and see what we have. Niger is the leading producer of uranium in Africa and also has very...