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As we enjoy the quiet posts on FR thousands of freedom-loving Americans are a-twitter contemplating and texting about the massive encroachments on freedom espoused by our current, as-yet-to-be-certified-natural-born-citizen, President and his syncophants in Congress and media. It's fun to watch, but as I said to Bunny Slippers, I'm too busy practicing with my sling thing to be twittering. My 11"W Adhesive-Backed Joker Posters will be arriving soon, for posting in ACORN-infested corners and other publicly visible places. You Freepers keep up the good fight. You're on the *right* side.

SAN FRANCISCO - An owner of Apple Computer Inc.'s iPod music player filed a federal lawsuit against the computer maker, claiming the device causes hearing loss in people who use it. The portable music players are "inherently defective in design and are not sufficiently adorned with adequate warnings regarding the likelihood of hearing loss," according to the complaint, which seeks class action status. The suit, filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in San Jose, seeks compensation for plaintiffs' hearing loss and upgrades that will make the iPods safer. Apple has sold more than 42 million of the devices since they...

LONDON (Reuters) - United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Thursday African leaders must speak out against what he called the wrong policies of any governments on the continent. Annan told the Financial Times in an interview it was vital for African countries to break their silence to protect the continent's credibility in the eyes of the world. "What is important -- and what is lacking on the continent -- is (a willingness) to comment on wrong policies in a neighboring country," he said before attending a summit of the Group of Eight (G8) top industrialized nations in Scotland. Annan...

Address given at Midwestern Seminary, Kansas City. September 6, 2000 The Sin of Silence A Defining Moment It is a joy to be with you here today in a place where God has done great things, in a place where, once again, you stand for the truth of God’s Word, for the verbal inspiration of Scripture, for the inerrancy of that which God has written from the first chapter of the book of Genesis to the 22nd chapter of the book of Revelation, and I applaud you for that stand, and I stand with you in that faith. And on...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Many NASA (news - web sites) workers feel unappreciated by the agency and are still afraid to speak up about safety concerns, more than a year after the shuttle Columbia was doomed by those very problems, according to a survey released Monday. The 145-page report includes an assessment of NASA's culture by a behavioral science company in California, and a three-year plan for change. "Safety is something to which NASA personnel are strongly committed in concept, but NASA has not yet created a culture that is fully supportive of safety," the report says. "Open communication is...

New York, NY, April 10, 2003 – Last week, VIP's gathered at Cipriani to support PAX: the fastest growing gun violence prevention organization in the country. Through its innovative national campaigns, PAX promotes practical solutions that are saving children’s lives every day. This year's event was chaired by Steven J. Heyer, President & COO of Coca-Cola and honored Michael D. Drexler, CEO of Optimedia. Actor and comedian Richard Belzer (Law & Order) emceed the evening with help from comedians Mario Cantone (Sex and the City) and Joy Behar (The View). The event featured a special musical performance by Roberta...

--GIVEN OPRAH'S INFLUENCE, --GIVEN SOME PROBABILITY OF SOME EFFORT toward balancing the perspectives, --GIVEN THE CLOSENESS TO THE ELECTION, --GIVEN THE POLL ON WHETHER WE SHOULD GO TO WAR WITH IRAQ OR NOT, --GIVEN THE POSSIBILITY/PROBABILITY THE POLL WILL BE MENTIONED ON THIS AFTERNOON'S SHOW??? ------------------------- THIS MAY BE AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY FOR FREEPERS TO HAVE PATRIOTIC IMPACT FOR THE GOOD OF THE COUNTRY IN TERMS OF THE ELECTION AS WELL AS IN BEHALF OF OUR CONSERVATIVE VALUES IN GENERAL! I strongly encourage every FREEPER reading this to go to Oprah's site at the above URL and navigate around until...

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