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Retired police officers have warned they could be forced to reveal information which would undermine the peace process during any truth commission into Northern Ireland’s past. The warning from The Northern Ireland Retired Police Officers’ Association (NIRPOA) came in a 64-page submission to the Haass Commission for dealing with the past. The submission makes it clear that the body represents officers who have been involved in what was known as the “shoot to kill” policy, a term they reject, and it is also known to represent many retired Special Branch officers. …

Full Title: Special Deal: The shadowy cartel of doctors that controls Medicare On the last week of April earlier this year, a small committee of doctors met quietly in a midsized ballroom at the Renaissance Hotel in Chicago. There was an anesthesiologist, an ophthalmologist, a radiologist, and so on—thirty-one in all, each representing their own medical specialty society, each a heavy hitter in his or her own field. The meeting was convened, as always, by the American Medical Association. Since 1992, the AMA has summoned this same committee three times a year. It’s called the Specialty Society Relative Value Scale...

by James Buchanan November 6, 2005 Opposition to Gay marriage is one of the biggest reasons many people still support the Republicans. The idea of Gay marriage is a monstrous moral abomination and the Democrats outraged ordinary Americans pushing that piece of insanity. The Gay marriage issue is a highly charged emotional issue, and just the sort of thing that Republicans look for, which can keep them in power. Meanwhile other issues like reverse discrimination, the illegal war in Iraq and an eight trillion dollar federal debt get pushed to page two. Over the last ten years, an increasing...

Arizona Senator John McCain wasn't just speaking for himself last week when he rejected the proposed Federal Marriage Amendment. Senator McCain has received money in the current campaign cycle from the Republican Unity Coalition (RUC), a powerful homosexual advocacy organization. McCain accepted $1,000 for the political action committee of the Republican Unity Coalition. During his address to the Senate last week, McCain touted the official RUC position on the Federal Marriage amendment...

<p>WASHINGTON - Gay activists who helped deliver more than a million votes for George W. Bush in 2000 are so outraged the president endorsed a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage that they are setting up organizations and plotting advertising campaigns against the amendment that could undermine Bush's re-election effort.</p>

<p>The clout of the homosexual voting bloc has grown significantly in the past decade, and its influence will be put to the test this presidential-election year with the debate over same-sex "marriage."</p> <p>In the 2000 presidential contest, about 6 percent of voters described themselves as homosexual or lesbian to pollsters for the Voter News Service, an increase from 1.3 percent who said so in 1990.</p>

WASHINGTON - Gay activists have a message for Vice President Cheney's gay daughter: Mary, Mary, be contrary. Mary Cheney, a former lesbian activist who heads the veep's reelection campaign, has been silent on the White House's proposal to ban gay marriage. Now, thousands of gays are sending her postcards via a Web site - DearMary.com - that hopes to bring the battle home to the White House. "Two years ago, this woman was the gay mascot of the Republican Party, wooing us for our money and our votes," said John Aravosis, who set up the Web site. "She sold us...

<p>Republicans are prepared to oppose homosexual "marriage" in their national platform, Republican National Committee Chairman Ed Gillespie said yesterday.</p> <p>"There is a lot of energy out there, a lot of concern about gay marriage," Mr. Gillespie said. "So it wouldn't surprise me if it were addressed in some form or fashion in the platform."</p>

Is there room for gays inside the Republicans' Big Tent? Gays and the GOP How a Republican group is trying to make sexual orientation a ‘non-issue’ for the party By Arlene Getz NEWSWEEK WEB EXCLUSIVE July 3 — Gays have always been more likely to vote Democrat. But as the 2004 White House race shifts into gear—and the issue of same-sex marriage becomes a national talking point—a few Republicans are stepping up their efforts to attract homosexuals into the big tent. YET WILL GAY voters ever really feel welcome in a GOP that is backed by a legion of conservative...

Mary Cheney ducks out of GOP gay group Mary Cheney, the lesbian daughter of U.S. vice president Dick Cheney, has resigned from the board of the Republican Unity Coalition slightly more than one year after taking on the largely honorary post with the gay-straight political alliance. Cheney, who once marketed beer to the gay and lesbian community as an employee of the Coors Brewing Co. of Golden, Colo., has been one of the few key gay rights supporters with close ties to the White House. "Working together, we can expand the Republican Party's outreach to nontraditional Republicans," she said in...

POLICE in Northern Ireland knew the IRA was training Colombian guerillas up to two years before three republicans were arrested in Colombia. However, they feared the investigation could have been imperilled by former US president Bill Clinton, who was concerned any IRA probe could derail the Northern Ireland peace process. The trial of the three Irishmen - charged with teaching Colombia's largest Marxist guerilla group, FARC, how to build bombs - was scheduled to begin yesterday. The Times has learnt that the Royal Ulster Constabulary knew that as many as 15 IRA members were involved in visits to the FARC-controlled...