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  • Hatch stands up for Park51 (Ground Zero Mosque)

    08/30/2010 8:47:44 PM PDT · by La Lydia · 68 replies · 1+ views
    Politico ^ | August 30, 2010 | Maggie Haberman
    Breaking ranks with fellow Republicans who have widely criticized President Obama’s First Amendment defense of the proposed Islamic center near ground zero, Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch weighed in Monday: HATCH: Let’s be honest about it, in the First Amendment, religious freedom, religious expression, that really express matters to the Constitution. So, if the Muslims own that property, that private property, and they want to build a mosque there, they should have the right to do so. The only question is are they being insensitive to those who suffered the loss of loved ones? We know there are Muslims killed on...
  • Pair's good times no longer rolling A BOOM IN BOOMERS

    07/06/2008 7:07:21 PM PDT · by dynachrome · 23 replies · 183+ views
    Free Lance Star ^ | 7-6-08 | CATHY DYSON
    Carol Fisher thought she did everything right to prepare for retirement--and to live her dream of seeing the country from a recreational vehicle. She and her husband, Larry, worked at the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Dahlgren. They planned to sell their log home in King George County after they retired and live off the interest, along with their pensions. But when Larry Fisher died two years after the couple began traveling, Carol Fisher's dreams ended, too. ------------------------------------------------------ She also had a decade-long spending spree, buying souvenirs from New York to Nova Scotia. When gas and grocery prices soared, she...