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'Pilot Took Off Running After Landing Plane' (Turkish born. . .third paragraph discloses his name) A pilot who allegedly stole a Cessna plane from a Canadian flight school and was pursued for hours across the Midwest by fighter jets, was taken into custody after he landed on a Missouri highway late today and took off running, an FBI spokesman said. [. . .] A college official told a local newspaper that it was believed the pilot was not a student at the school. [. . .] "Apparently, somebody jumped over the fence and just jumped into an aircraft," Judi Maundrell,...

Once Again, ItÂ’s About Associations and Judgment by Frank Salvato July 3, 2008 There has been much ado about Barack ObamaÂ’s associations and the judgment used in maintaining and entering into those associations. ObamaÂ’s associations with Jeremiah Wright, Williams Ayers, Frank Marshall Davis, the Progressive-Left activist group ACORN and his ideological association with Saul Alinsky are all perfect examples of his judgment, his willingness to associate with radical and troubled individuals and organizations. Is it fair to judge Barack Obama by his associations and the judgment used in acquiring and maintaining those associations? Sorry Mr. Colmes, all is fair...

The conventional wisdom on President Bush's low job approval ratings is that they are his punishment for lack of progress in Iraq.I don't agree. The actual evidence indicates that Bush is not losing popularity because we're losing the war. He's losing popularity because we're not losing the war. He is unpopular precisely because Americans no longer fear that we are going to be forced into retreat from Iraq, or that terrorists are going to start blowing themselves up on the streets of our cities. Americans now feel complacent enough to focus on other issues--the issues they thought were most important...

Here are some interesting articles relating to the Administrations concern about attacks prior to 9-11.U.S. Forces in Gulf On Highest AlertThreat scrambles U.S. troops, ships in MideastRumsfeld: 'U.S. vulnerable to emerging threats'Bin Laden readying to hit US, Israeli interestsTerror, Iran and the U.S. U.S. Forces in Gulf On Highest Alert Threats Also Prompt Travel Warning By Vernon Loeb Washington Post Staff Writer Saturday, June 23, 2001; Page A22 http://washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A35929-2001Jun22?language=printer The Pentagon has put all U.S. military forces in the Persian Gulf on the highest state of alert and ordered ships from the 5th Fleet in Bahrain out to sea because...