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Former USDA official Shirley Sherrod, who claims she was falsely smeared as a racist while she herself falsely smears Republicans and Fox News as racists, said this morning that she would like to see BigGovernment.com, the website that made her famous, shut down for the good of the country.CNN's American Morning reported on Sherrod's demand:She said if Breitbart's site were shut down, "That would be a great thing, because I don't see how that advances us in this country ... at a time when we should be trying to look at how we can make space for all of us...

A political action committee created by the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps, whose financial accountability has been challenged by MCDC members, has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations to support Republican candidates -- much of it through private companies with ties to conservative activist Alan Keyes. Claiming access to 500,000 households nationwide, the Minuteman PAC has pledged to do what it can financially to help elect "committed and principled conservative leaders" -- citing as examples MCDC President Chris Simcox and Mr. Keyes. "Our intent is to secure our borders, and we are hoping to influence the elections to get...

U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Thursday was trying to settle a flap over a potentially damaging claim made earlier in the day by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Ahmadinejad said Annan had told him Iran could ignore a Security Council resolution requiring the country to cease enriching uranium by Aug. 31 or face economic sanctions. The Security Council sought the resolution in the face of rising fears over Iran's possible moves toward building nuclear weapons: Uranium enrichment is one of the key factors in that process. But in its most recent report, the United Nations nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy...

Home Site  -  Keyes Archives  -  Forum  -  Message Board  -  One Nation Under God  -  Grassroots Handbook Jeb must act NOW, and he can, says KeyesGovernor has 'supreme executive power' March 25, 2005 RenewAmerica staff Thursday, Alan Keyes appeared on MSNBC's Scarborough Country with Joe Scarborough, and on Joseph Farah's national radio show, and declared that Gov. Jeb Bush not only possesses the "supreme executive authority in the state," but must act now to save Terri Schiavo. When asked if Gov. Bush has done enough to help the disabled woman, Keyes said, "Of course not. He hasn't done anything. She is being starved to death!" Keyes made it clear on...

Removing Life Support Ruled Out for Arafat 2 hours, 28 minutes ago Middle East - AP By LARA SUKHTIAN, Associated Press Writer CLAMART, France - Yasser Arafat (news - web sites) has suffered brain damage and kidney and liver failure, the Palestinian prime minister said Wednesday, but a top Muslim cleric ruled out any possibility of life support being turned off. AP Photo Reuters Slideshow: Yasser Arafat Palestinian Official Comments on Arafat Health (AP Video) French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin said late Wednesday that the Palestinian leader was in his "final hours," telling France-2 television: "I hope that we can...

Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry (news - web sites) said Wednesday he would create a federal program that would pay to keep schools open until early evening to help working parents. Kerry, visiting an after-school and summer school program center, said he would spend an additional $1.5 billion on after-school programs. He said he would get the money for keeping schools open until 6 p.m. from repealing President Bush's tax cuts for people earning more than $200,000 a year.

Letter To Linux Customers SCOsource -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- May 12, 2003 Dear commercial Linux user: SCO holds the rights to the UNIX operating system software originally licensed by AT&T to approximately 6,000 companies and institutions worldwide (the “UNIX Licenses”). The vast majority of UNIX software used in enterprise applications today is a derivative work of the software originally distributed under our UNIX Licenses. Like you, we have an obligation to our shareholders to protect our intellectual property and other valuable rights. In recent years, a UNIX-like operating system has emerged and has been distributed in the enterprise marketplace by various software vendors....

Here's a question to ponder: Are we too generous? Let's mull that one today while catching up with Ann Love. Ann is the young woman we have been following for the last few months as she tries to move from welfare to work. Ann is 27 and the mother of two boys, ages 5 and 7. Their father is in prison for murder. Ann has lived in public housing and pretty much depended on government programs since they were born. When we last visited with Ann, she had completed a job-readiness program and had gone to work in a South...

January 10, 2002 Dear Friends, This week marks the beginning of the new session for legislators at both the state and federal levels. The challenges our state and nation face are well-documented and require strong leadership at all levels of government. Although Tim Pawlenty insists cuts to local government aid will mean needed reform to local government, the reality of his plan means severe shortages in the areas Minnesotans care most about. ``In many communities, particularly in Greater Minnesota, state aid is anywhere from 25 to 50 percent of city budgets,`` notes House Minority Leader Matt Entenza. In St. Cloud,...

<p>SACRAMENTO (AP) - A bill aimed at relieving the shortage of school administrators was signed into law by Gov. Gray Davis Monday.</p> <p>The law, which goes into effect immediately, allows prospective administrators to "test out" of credential requirements, speeding up the process by up to two years.</p>

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