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Dear Ambassador Mr Chris Cooter I hereby write this letter to protest the abuse of Canadian truckers and the freedom convoy by the Canadian Police. As a freedom loving Zimbabwean I have an obligation to challenge you and your government to stop violating the human rights enshrined in Canadian constitution. The Freedom Convoy is not violating the Canadian constitution or laws but it’s Canadians expressing their rights and opposition to Covid-19 mandates.

TV's 'Cooter' seeks return to Congress First Shots fired in battle with Rep Cantor By Wally Bunker Senior Staff Writer With the official announcement three weeks away, Former Georgia congressman Ben "Cooter" Jones, who starred as a mechanic in TV's "Dukes of Hazzard" has decided to toss his oil-soaked mechanic's hat for Congress. Jones announced yesterday that he will seek the 7th District Congressional seat held by first-term Republican Eric Cantor. "I am going to do it," Jones said, "I will make a formal announcement in a couple of weeks". Jones, who will run as a Democrat in a predominantly...

Oil and gas producers in one of the most active drilling areas in the country have had to make concessions to not disturb species such as the lesser prairie chicken and the dunes sagebrush lizard. Now industry officials in parts of Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico may have four other species to contend with: make way for the Cascade Caverns salamander, the Arizona toad, the alligator snapping turtle and the Rio Grande cooter. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Tuesday it is giving what it calls “status reviews” to the four amphibians and reptiles found in the Southwest as...

I'm sending Confederate Battle Flag postcards to the politicians in D.C. The message will be: Not one plantation in the Confederate South was owned by a republican. The democrats were the plantation owners. It was the republican party that freed the slaves from the democrat slave masters.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Tennessee quarterback Jim Bob Cooter was suspended indefinitely Monday after campus police arrested him on a drunken-driving charge. Coach Philip Fulmer cited a violation of team rules. He said Cooter will miss the season opener Sept. 2 against California and undergo an alcohol evaluation before he can return. "Jim Bob has let the team down and embarrassed himself and his family by his actions," Fulmer said. "He has benefited greatly by being part of the Tennessee family, and with that comes great responsibility for his actions."

ATLANTA -- If television's "Crazy Cooter" has his way, fans of the "Dukes of Hazzard" may be speeding away from a new movie version of the cornpone classic faster than the Duke boys running from Sheriff Roscoe P. Coltrane. Ben Jones, a former Georgia congressman who played the wisecracking mechanic on the popular series from 1979-85, said profanity and sexual content in the film make a mockery of the family friendly show. "Basically, they trashed our show," said Jones, who now lives in the mountains of Washington, Va. "It's one thing to do whatever movie they want to do, but...

Dear Senator kerry: At yesterday's meeting of the Lagniappe Wednesday Club at Daryl's Bait Shop, I and Jack Boudreau and Armen Yazoo were deputized to send you one more letter concerning your campaign. We are asking you to clarify some matters that have struck us as being untidy as an old boot in a pot of crawfish gumbo. We are still waiting for you personally to take on the task of answering the charges of the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth. These are serious matters and they won't go away, leastaways not from the minds of average people like us...

Zell Miller has a serious credibility problem. Around home, Miller is affectionately known as "Zig Zag Zell" for his decades-long broken field run through the shifting minefield that is Southern politics. But now, in his new role as the head cheerleader and snarling pit bull for the Bush campaign, he is attempting something that has exceeded even his own legendary talents at shape shifting. These days, Zell is insisting that despite his apparent treachery, he is in fact a loyal Democrat and it is all the other Democrats who are not really Democrats anymore. Like Captain Renault in "Casablanca," Miller...

Cooter's Place calling it quitsThe end of the road is near for Cooter's Place in Sperryville.The garage-turned-museum for "Dukes of Hazzard" memorabilia near Culpeper has been a destination for fans of the popular television show for five years.But owner Ben Jones--who played Cooter the mechanic on the long-gone but not forgotten CBS show--said the time has come to close the shop's doors for good."We just simply can't give the store the time and energy it deserves," Jones said by cell phone yesterday as he made a pit stop on his way to South Boston. Cooter's Garage Band--which Jones fronts--is scheduled...

<p>WASHINGTON, Va. — Congressional candidate Ben "Cooter" Jones wants everyone to know he's just a good old boy, never meanin' no harm.</p> <p>He's just proud of his Southern heritage — and that includes the Confederate battle flag, says Mr. Jones, the former star of "The Dukes of Hazzard," CBS' hit TV show of the early '80s.</p>

Wilder attacks use of flag Imagery appears in Jones campaign BY BOB LEWIS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Sep 20, 2002 Former Gov. L. Douglas Wilder chastised the Democratic Party yesterday over the use of Confederate flag imagery by the congressional campaign of Democrat Ben "Cooter" Jones. In a letter sent to top state party officials, the Democrat expressed alarm that the party has not objected to Jones' use of the flag to try to win over rural voters in his bid to unseat Republican Rep. Eric Cantor. "Apparently, and now with the full concurrence of the Democratic Party both in Virginia...

Edwards: 'Cooter' for House By WASHINGTON Maybe it was the giant Rubik's Cube that hung from the ceiling. Or the oversized paintings of Madonna, Mr. T and Boy George that adorned the walls. Or the folks running around with names like Cooter and Mudcat. But there was something undeniably surreal about U.S. Sen. John Edwards' appearance this week at Polly Esther's, a retro dance club in downtown Washington. At one point, the North Carolina Democrat found himself on stage, doing his best to clap in rhythm as one of the hottest blue-grass bands of today entertained the crowd. Ben "Cooter"...

<p>Rep. Eric I. Cantor, R-7th, has named Matt Williams as his campaign manager.</p> <p>Cantor faces opposition from Rappahannock County Democrat Ben Jones, a former actor who played the character Cooter on the "Dukes of Hazzard" television show.</p> <p>Williams, a native of Georgia, has worked on political campaigns in Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Montana and Florida. He was the political director in Virginia for George W. Bush in the 2000 presidential race.</p>