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CALIFORNIA VOTERS go to the polls on Nov. 7 to elect a governor, U.S. senator, 100 state legislators and 53 members of the U.S. House of Representatives. While they are there, voters will decide the fate of 13 state propositions including billions of dollars in bonds for transportation, schools, water and housing and tax increases on oil companies and cigarette smokers. The outcome of this election could shape the policy environment for decades to come, but most Californians will be bystanders rather than participants in the process. Instead, a small group of state residents will be making critical decisions about...

4/4/2006 - SAN ANTONIO (AFPN) -- Just a few short months after a humiliating defeat at the hands of the Japanese at Pearl Harbor, a daring raid launched from the aircraft carrier Hornet changed the tone of the war. It set the U.S. and its allies on a course that would eventually lead to domination of the Pacific during World War II. This year marks the 64th anniversary of the famed “Doolittle Raid,” when a group of 16 B-25 bombers comprised of 80 pilots and crew left their aircraft carrier on April 18, 1942, on a one-way, 500-mile trek to...

HILLARY CLINTON KNEW ABOUT THE RAPE: HEAR JUANITA BROADDRICK by Mia T, 01.13.06 Given the silence from the West Wing, Mrs. Broaddrick this week sought answers from Hillary Clinton, whose telescopic feminism apparently sees injustice to women everywhere except the kind which occurs closer to home. In a letter to Mrs. Clinton recalling their meeting shortly after the reported assault occurred, she wondered about the significance of Mrs. Clinton's words to her at that time. Thank you, Mrs. Broaddrick says Mrs. Clinton told her, for "everything you do for Bill." "What did you mean, Hillary?" her letter continued. "Were...

MARINE CORPS RECRUIT DEPOT SAN DIEGO, Calif. (Oct. 28, 2005) -- In honor of the 230th anniversary of the United States Marine Corps, the U.S. Postal Service is scheduled to release the U.S. Marine Corps Heritage Collection of four distinguished Corps postage stamps. The Distinguished Marine Stamps honor four of the most reputable Marine Corps war heroes including Gunnery Sgt. John Basilone, Sgt. Maj. Daniel J. Daly, Lt. Gen. John A. Lejuene and Lt. Gen. Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller. Purchase of the stamps will be available exclusively on Marine Corps installations Nov. 10 at $7.40 for a book of 20...

China Exclusive: Chinese archaeologists discover world earliest millets (Xinhua) Updated: 2005-09-02 16:14 Chinese archaeologists have recently found the world earliest millets, dated back to about 8,000 years ago, on the grassland in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. A large number of carbonized millets have been discovered by Chinese archaeologists at the Xinglonggou relics site in Chifeng City. The discovery has changed the traditional opinion that millet, the staple food in ancient north China, originated in the Yellow River valley, Zhao Zhijun, a researcher with the Archaeology Institute of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, told Xinhua on Friday. Carbon-14...

ALERT: FLORIDA GOV. JEB BUSH WILL BE ON FOX NEWS CHANNEL TODAY AT 4:00 PM EST. I wonder if he's going to be asked questions about Terri Schiavo! If so, it's about time.

Arutz-7's Ezra HaLevi took an exclusive inside look into one of the most important and unique archaeological explorations in history - currently in danger of going unfinished due to lack of funding. In November 1999, the Islamic Wakf carried out an illegal construction project on the Temple Mount, Judaism’s holiest site. The unsupervised digging caused irreparable damage to the important site, as well as to untold priceless artifacts contained in rubble removed during the construction and dumped clandestinely in the Kidron Valley. Though the archaeological remains were no longer in their original contexts, they held enormous potential to shed light...

The purpose of FreeRepublic.com's multiple message boards is to limit the topics for each board to particular topics. Posting the same message on all the boards defeats the purpose of multiple-boards for special topics. It is very annoying to see the same message on every bulletin board. PLEASE! DO THE READERS A FAVOR. STOP CROSS-POSTING YOUR MESSAGES!

In the September 20 issue of Time Magazine, author David Van Biema/Jackson writes very flippantly about a “Muslims Only” event held at Six Flags in New Jersey. He seems irritated that anyone would raise objections to religious segregation at a public amusement park. Before objections were raised, just how did the event’s organizers, the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA), plan to enforce Muslim-only entrance to Six Flags? By the way people dressed? By their skin color? Would entrants to the park have been forced to recite verses of the Koran? Were Jews wearing yarmulkes and Christians wearing crucifixes to...

As a private citizen, the Senate candidate joined a club accused of discrimination to spur change, he says. TALLAHASSEE - Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mel Martinez spent about five years in the 1990s as a member of an exclusive country club that was criticized for discriminating against women, blacks and Jews. Martinez said he quit the Country Club of Orlando before he ran for Orange County chairman in 1998 because the club was too slow to admit minorities. His membership would have been a major liability in a political campaign in which he pledged to be an inclusive leader. "I...

WASHINGTON : Presidential hopeful and Massachusetts Senator John Kerry today announced he has offered Johnny Depp first refusal of the coveted VP spot in his Democratic bid for the White House. I first saw Johnny in that scissors movie, Kerry told reporters, and I’ve wanted to run with him ever since. A source close to the Kerry campaign stated that Kerry believes Depp’s charm, charisma and intense global popularity is just the thing needed to sway voter support of post-teen females, twenty-something housewives, every woman in middle-aged America and that ‘certain section of guys’ towards the Democratic ticket in November....

Rummy defends himself against allegations brought forth by the Woodward book...

Coming soon to a theater near you. It's going to be a documentary since they couldn't have written a better script.

<p>Interview just aired live on CNN, CLinton says that the GOP has worked to supress black voters in Florida and therefore conservatives taking after Lott did not ring true.</p> <p>And he was smiling, like Rush said Jesse Jackson was when he made similar comments faking outrage.</p>

The home schooling battle in California has brought to the forefront Delaine Eastin, the Superintendent of the California Education Department. Delaine Eastin has sparked a national reaction to her recent letter stating that parents who homeschool their children are criminals. After facing local and national scrutiny, she then sent a letter to the California Legislature, claiming that home schooling is illegal, demonstrating her unwillingness to back down. Her allegations were shot down by another letter sent to the California Legislature, from the Home School Legal Defense Association, which affirmed that "California’s Education Code expressly recognizes parent-operated private schools as a...

CPI News Exclusive: The Truth Behind WorldNetDaily and Geoff MetcalfA few weeks ago, many loyal readers and listeners of Geoff Metcalf were shocked to find his column and radio show removed from WorldNetDaily. This has brought about numerous theories and rumors, as well as much criticism from Metcalf's fans. A correspondent for CPI News contacted both Joseph Farah and Geoff Metcalf in two exclusive interviews - and discovered the truth of what happened, despite other claims. A little over two years ago, WorldNetDaily launched a brand new service: TalkNetDaily. The idea was to have talk show hosts from around America...