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What historical figure is the city of Washington D.C. named after? That SHOULD be common sense, right? Well, not anymore. Media analyst Mark Dice asks random beachgoers in San Diego who our nation's Capital is named after and you'll see their answers are sad and shocking. Many Americans are getting dumber by the day. You better wake up before it's too late.

Joel Osteen was in the Nation’s Capital last night. The popular pastor of Houston’s Lakewood Church threw out the first pitch at a baseball game between the Washington Nationals and the visiting Houston Astros. Osteen, who boasts the nation’s largest congregation, running more than 43,000 worshippers through his megachurch every weekend, will return to D.C. at the end of the April when he holds his fourth annual “Night of Hope” at National’s Park. Not since evangelist Billy Graham has an American pastor so regularly filled arenas and stadia throughout the country. Osteen finds the ballpark an ideal backdrop for a...

The D.C. Council is considering a bill that would allow District residents to get a driver's license without a Social Security number, potentially opening the doors for thousands of illegal immigrants to get the government-issued IDs. The bill introduced Tuesday by at-large Councilman Phil Mendelson and Ward 1 Councilman Jim Graham permits the D.C. Department of Motor Vehicles to ask for a Social Security number, but does not allow the DMV to deny a resident a license if they don't want to...The language scoots around federal regulations implemented after Sept. 11, 2001, that were designed to better regulate who can...

DC Chapter and Others: Today's Washington Times has an article (page A3) about the pretrial hearing for the alQaeda members in Buffalo. It shows a photo of some misguided, un-American lefty weirdo students protesting outside the courthouse there. On the sign held by one of the ones prominently featured up front are the words "March on Washington October 26." Apparently, they are planning to give us another FReeping opportunity. The sign lists a website for more information as well as a phone number. The website is www.iacbuffalo@action-mail.org. I won't put the phone number on the board because I think Jim...