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Here’s why we should all root for the almost-ex-Mrs. Paul McCartney, Heather Mills, performing again tomorrow night on ABC’s ridiculous “Dancing With the Stars.” Because nobody else will. “A bitch.” “A whore.” “A leach.” “A liar.” “A shameless gold digger.” “Losing her leg was the best thing that ever happened to her . . . publicity-wise.” “Sir Paul should get her prosthetic leg as part of his divorce.” “Yeah, she should certainly lose her other leg, too.” This is what’s printable here from bloggers. Nearly everybody hates her on the “Dancing” Web site, too. In the respectable British press -...

The battered and bruised Bush Administration is being pressured to make a foreign policy mistake that would further infuriate its conservative base -- nominate defeated liberal Republican Rep. Jim Leach as the next U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Leach is a favorite of the crowd that favors world government financed by global taxes. He would fit in quite nicely at the world body. But he would not be a reliable defender of American interests. The candidate being put forward by the pro-American lobby is international lawyer and former Ambassador Frank Ruddy, who has the experience, credentials and character to represent...

Excerpt - WASHINGTON (AP)--A House Republican and Democrat, in the new spirit of bipartisanship, are urging President George W. Bush to name defeated Republican Rep. Jim Leach to be the next U.S. ambassador to the U.N. ~ snip ~

While the rest of the US will be discussing the Democratic victories that secured a House majority and a potential Senate majority, most online poker players will be discussing a single victory; the one that unseated 30 year incumbent Republican Jim Leach. Leach was the sponsor of the House bill that became the Unlawful Internet Gaming Enforcement Act. With his stated goals of "protecting American families" and addressing a "national security concern," Leach introduced HR 4411. In a 51% to 49% victory, political science professor Dave Loebsack defeated the longtime Republican Congressman from Iowa. In the legislative world, Leach was...

<p>July 27, 2006 -- THE Mrs. Brooke Astor story. Many of us have known for a long while that New York's all-time grandest dame has been exhibiting increased signs of fragility. She's entitled. The woman is 104.</p> <p>She is also entitled to continue her days in the style befitting one of America's greatest ladies.</p>

Ranked by the editors of Human Events1. Sen. Lincoln Chafee (R.I.)Once approached by Democratic Leader Harry Reid to switch parties, Chafee has long supported liberal polices. He backs legal abortion, gay rights, federal-funded health care, strict environmental protections and a higher minimum wage. Opposes ANWR drilling. Also was the only Republican in Congress not to endorse the President's reelection and one of three who tried to gut Bush's tax cuts.

Jim Leach of Iowa and Chuck Bass of New Hampshire (2 RINOs who, I believe, voted to keep us dependent on Middle East oil by voting against ANWR) are on right now discussing what the future of the Republican party is and/or should be.Typical comment by Leach: He just said he is concerned when (paraphrase here) "one part of one party" is in charge of the budget. Praise for the "moderate Republicans" all around. If any of Bass's and Leach's constituents are able to get hold of these lamebrains, please do so. Political junkies who like to listen to these...

Dear Greg, Thank you for contacting my office about Hurricane Katrina and the situation along the Gulf Coast. I appreciate hearing from you. Katrina was the most devastating natural disaster to befall this country in generations. As with any catastrophic event, a certain amount of discombobulation was inevitable at the outset. But the leadership failures and chaos that ensued after the levees gave way in New Orleans were inexcusable. Katrina exposed a shocking lack of preparedness in our emergency-response systems at the local, state and, most importantly, federal level. It almost defies belief, for example, that help was delayed for...

SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Yonhap) -- A delegation of U.S. congressmen arrived in Pyongyang on Tuesday, North Korea's state-run media said, for a visit expected to focus on ways of resuming the six-party talks on the North's nuclear weapons program. "A delegation from the U.S. Congress headed by James Leach, chairman of the Subcommittee on Asian and the Pacific Affairs of the International Relations Committee of the House of Representatives, arrived here Tuesday," the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said. The delegation, which also includes Tom Lantos (D-California), will stay in Pyongyang for three days and then visit Seoul before...

WASHINGTON, July 22 (Yonhap) -- Rep. James Leach has obtained a visa to enter North Korea and is expected to travel there late next month, multiple sources said Thursday. Two-term Congressman Leach (R-Iowa). chairman of the House Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, had shown interest in visiting the North in the past. His office declined to comment, but one source, speaking on condition of anonymity said, "I am glad he is going." A State Department official, also asking not to be named, said the general practice of the department is to "encourage" congressional visits. Another source called the...

In case you haven't heard, the Marriage amendment got shot down in the house: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,134134,00.htmlHere's the Republicans voting Nay: Bass Biggert Bono Castle Cox Dreier Foley Frelinghuysen Gerlach Gibbons Gilchrest Greenwood Hobson Hostettler Houghton Johnson (CT) Kirk Knollenberg Kolbe Leach McInnis Ose Paul Pryce (OH) Sanders Shays Simmons Here's the republicans not voting: Boehlert Cannon Diaz-Balart, L. Diaz-Balart, M. Dunn Hunter Nethercutt Ros-Lehtinen Tauzin Be sure to contact these people & show your appreciation. Here's the list of Dems voting FOR: Berry Bishop (GA) Boucher Boyd Carson (OK) Chandler Cooper Costello Cramer Davis (AL) Davis (TN) Edwards Etheridge Ford Gordon...

U.S. House Unanimously Passes North Korea Human Rights Act U.S. Congressman Jim Leach, who submitted the North Korea Human Rights Act The U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed on Wednesday (local time) the North Korea Human Rights Act of 2004, which calls for the U.S. government to be actively involved in the North Korean human rights issue and protect North Korean defectors. The bill specifically enumerates for the U.S. to take certain steps like £ including the North Korean human rights issue as a major topic of discussion with Northeast Asian states; £ providing generous financial support for North Korean...

LOS ANGELES, April 2, 2004—Jody Eldred Productions today announced it has just completed filming and is in the final stages of production on an inspirational documentary called, “Changed Lives: Miracles of The Passion,” which will air nationwide Easter weekend. With rave reviews from Diane Sawyer on ABC’s “Good Morning America” and Joe Scarborough on MSNBC’s “Scarborough Country,” this one-hour T.V. special was shot in High Definition and documents the true stories of people whose lives have been forever changed by Mel Gibson’s incredible motion picture “The Passion of The Christ.” “I knew instantly that people’s lives were going to be...

<p>WASHINGTON - It was both an auspicious and ominous way to begin the week: Auspicious because of President George Bush's resolute demand that Saddam Hussein and his sons leave Iraq. There were also ominous noises from his predecessor in the White House, Bill Clinton, who bared not only his antagonism to the president but his horror at envisioning a strong America.</p>

Her views on marital fidelity: "I don't think I could have coped so well" with a mate's philandering as Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) has. "I used to say to my husband, my late husband, 'If you ever get something I'll maim you. Not kill you, just maim you.' And we'd laugh, laugh, laugh." Heinz adds that she has never had any reason to suspect either of her husbands. "Not for one day, because what I expect of them, they have a right to expect of me. Maybe I'm into 18-year-olds." At which Heinz's campaign handler, former political journalist Chris...

THE PRESIDENT PRAISES THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE UNITED STATES AND SAYS HE AGREES WITH THE AMNESTY REJECTION. BY MARK STEVENSON/Associated Press President Vicente Fox said Friday that undocumented Mexican migrants don't want U.S. citizenship, contradicting immigration activists who demand naturalization and oppose any proposal that doesn't include it. Fox strongly defended U.S. President George W. Bush's migration reform proposal, and in remarks to foreign reporters, called attention to divisions over the issue in the Mexican-American community in the United States. "We agree with the rejection of amnesty. These workers are not going to become American citizens, nor do they want...

<p>BATON ROUGE - When asked how they will approach black voters, a key to who wins the Nov. 15 runoff for Louisiana governor, Republican Bobby Jindal and Democrat Kathleen Blanco said they have very specific strategies.</p> <p>Jindal said his message of a stronger public education system and better access to affordable health care will appeal to black voters, 29 percent of Louisiana's 2.7 million registered voters.</p>

<p>BATON ROUGE - Louisiana's two U. S. senators - John Breaux and Mary Landrieu of New Orleans - and U. S. Rep. Chris John of Crowley today will endorse Kathleen Blanco's gubernatorial candidacy.</p> <p>The Democratic show of force will come after the foursome this morning visits the pediatric outpatient care unit of the state hospital named for the late Gov. Earl K. Long in Baton Rouge that is a possible target for closure.</p>

<p>Plenty of theories have been floated to explain Attorney General Richard Ieyoub's failure to make the Nov. 15 runoff for governor. Most commentators have pointed to low voter turnout and a well-financed challenge by former Congressman and fellow Democrat Claude "Buddy" Leach of Lake Charles.</p>

Democrats target black voters on radio Blacks, women hold key to who gets into the gubernatorial runoff, analysts say John Hill Posted on October 3, 2003 BATON ROUGE - Democratic candidates for governor of Louisiana are slugging it out on black radio, targeting the 29 percent of the state's electorate who likely will decide who comes out a winner in Saturday's primary. "Anybody who can get a sizable portion of the black vote and put it together with white (votes that) he or she can get is on the way to the runoff," Southern University political scientist Frank Ransburg said.