Free Republic

@elonmusk: Those who know, please reply to this post listing all the evil things that NED has done. It’s a long list. https://x.com/elonmusk/statu After that merciless arm-twisting, I have no choice but to recap my National Endowment for Democracy bashes going back to shortly after it was launched in 1983. In a November 29, 1985 piece in the Oakland Tribune, I hailed NED as “one of the newest, most prestigious boondoggles on the Potomac.” But there were plenty of scoffers early on: “NED has been called many things—an International Political Action Committee, the Taxpayer Funding of Foreign Elections Program, and...

CBS has done it again, and this is happening too much under the radar. I mean, some people know about this, and more and more people are learning about it, but I want to add an exclamation point to it. CBS News did a report recently, and I think it was late last week or early this week, this is already Thursday, so it probably was early this week. Dan Rather did it, in fact, quoting sources that there's a secret move to reinstate the draft after the election, that the Bush administration is working on it. And Rather's sources...

Now we know: A) That there are no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. B) There was no al-Qaida in Iraq on 9/11. C) From 1993 until we attacked in 2003 -- for 10 years -- there was no terrorism by Saddam against the United States. D) Saddam was not involved in the 9/11 attack on the United States. E) Mideast people are generally of the Islam religion and tribal in culture. The Islam religion is strong -- those who don't adhere are considered infidels. F) Mideast countries don't yearn for democracy -- Kuwait, liberated from Saddam, didn't opt for...

The Washington Times www.washingtontimes.com Animosity that runs endlesslyBy Mona CharenPublished July 3, 2004 Theaters are filling up with fans of Michael Moore -- a propagandist who makes Oliver Stone look like Alistair Cooke. Mr. Moore is, of course, free to say the war on terror is a clever cover story for George W. Bush's attempt to line his own pockets. Or to suggest that as nasty as Osama bin Laden is, he is nowhere near as bad as our president.     But the reception this preposterous pastiche of lies, warmed-over conspiracy theories and free-floating venom has received from the Democratic...

Four of the 34 U.S. Senators up for election next year have announced their exiting--Zell Miller (Ga.), John Edwards (S.C.), and Ernest Hollings (S.C.), Democrats all, and Republican Peter Fitzgerald (Ill.) Now, signs are ominous that the next two senatorial shoes to drop will be those of Republican Don Nickles (Okla.) and Democrat John Breaux (La.). Word on the D.C. cocktail circuit over the weekend was that four-termer and Senate Budget Committee Chairman Nickles was anxious to make more money in the private sector, as was Breaux (who has been courted for every seven-figure lobbying job from legislative pointman of...

Hollings Stories Laud Racial Record, Skip Segregationist Work Washington Post and New York Times stories Tuesday, on the decision of South Carolina Senator Ernest Hollings to not seek re-election, lauded the Democrat for how, in contrast to what occurred in other Southern states, as Governor he had presided over “the peaceful” and “orderly desegregation” of South Carolina’s public schools. But in offering such a positive review of Hollings’ record on race, the newspapers skated over his role as a dogged defender of segregation who only gave in when he realized the fight was hopeless, a favor not afforded to Southern...

By AMY GEIER EDGAR, Associated Press Writer COLUMBIA, S.C. - Democratic Sen. Ernest "Fritz" Hollings of South Carolina said Monday he will not seek re-election next year, ending a 55-year political career and giving Republicans a strong opportunity to pick up a Senate seat. AP Photo   "I'll be working around the clock for the next year and a half. ... But (then) it's time I go out and work and make a living," said Hollings, 81. "I've been elected seven times to the United States Senate. Now it's time for someone else to take over." His retirement would give...

THE CLINCHERIt wasn't really a surprise that South Carolina Sen. Fritz Hollings yesterday announced he won't run for re-election next year. What was surprising was how old he seemed in doing so. "He was practically unintelligible," says a reporter who read a transcript of the now-senior senator's remarks. "He couldn't put two sentences together that made any sense." Hollings was not gracious about his exit. He called President Bush "weak" and as much as said that the president was a puppet of adviser Karl Rove. Senate Democrats in recent weeks had begged Hollings to reconsider his decision, in part because...

HOLLINGS: "With all of this attention, radio, tv and press, I'm constrained from changing my mind. I want to confirm what you have all suspected, that I will not be opting for re-election this next year. I say what you all suspected in that I indicated that last year, and we haven't had any fundraisers in this state for four years. It's not that we are quitting; we have a good year and a half worth of work. "I'm truly worried about the country's direction. And a friend just mentioned you never hold back, but 'now you're leaving and not...

<p>Aug. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Senator Ernest Hollings, a South Carolinian who criticized President George W. Bush's handling of the economy and media ownership rules, said he won't seek re- election next year after 38 years in Congress.</p> <p>Fellow Democrats and political analysts have expected the announcement for several years from the 81-year-old former state governor. Hollings has raised $1.6 million, far behind the $6 million he generated from contributors for his 1998 run, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, a Washington- based research group.</p>

<p>COLUMBIA, South Carolina (CNN) -- Democratic Sen. Ernest Hollings of South Carolina announced Monday he will not seek re-election in 2004 -- a decision that offers Republicans an opportunity to pick up another seat in the South.</p> <p>Hollings is 81 and his current term expires in early 2005.</p>

WBT in Charlotte is reporting that Senator Ernest Hollings has scheduled a press conference in Columbia for 3:30 EDT, and that "sources" indicate that he will announce his decision not to seek a sixth term.If this is a duplicate thread, my apologies, and please pull it.

Just announced on Fox!

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Supporters of arming U.S. airline pilots said on Wednesday that prospects were brighter for getting legislation passed this year after the idea's chief opponent in the Senate said he would allow a committee vote. A spokesman for Montana Republican Sen. Conrad Burns, one of the chief co-sponsors of a plan to arm pilots, said he would push for committee action in September, after the chamber returns from its summer recess, with the hope of getting the entire Senate to approve the measure soon afterward. "We intend to ask for a markup (committee) hearing in September. Our feeling...

Hollywood's new enemy--Linux fansSun Apr 14, 7:43 PM ETBy Lisa M. Bowman, ZDNet NewsSpooked by Hollywood-backed legislation that seeks to regulate technology, Linux (news - web sites) geeks plan to launch a political-action committee that fights back.Jeff Gerhardt, host of "The Linux Show," and Doc Searls, senior editor of the Linux Journal, are forming a lobbying group called GeekPAC that would try to convince lawmakers to consider developers when they draft laws concerning technology. The goal is to ensure that legislative attempts to protect the interests of companies such as Walt Disney and the Baby Bells don't stifle technological development....