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While watching the talking heads discussing the political issues of the day, a comment made during an interview with Gail Holmes Norton caught my attention. Ms. Norton is a democrat member of the House of Representatives from the District of Columbia. Since representatives from the District cannot vote on final legislation pending in the House, I was intrigued when she stated that her main goal in 2004 would be passage of the "No Taxation Without Representation Act." Since the bill was cleverly phrased, I decided to do a little research and find out more about her proposed legislation. When I...

If you recall in our previous report from San Antonio Texas, a 14 year-old girl was shot in the head by officers of the Drug Enforcement Administration. Many regular readers know by now that little Ashley Villarreal was taken off life-support yesterday. She’s dead. Now, you’d figure that would be the main focus of the follow up stories, and what steps the DEA would take to ensure justice in this matter. But think again. This is a Whack’em & Stack’em clean up – at it’s best. Class is in session. Let’s walk through it, shall we? DEA case troubled by...