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I was driving around with BRUPapa today on a date, and as we were driving in several towns in the local area we noticed a number of George Allen signs that had been defaced by attaching stickers to them. They each had one word affixed under his name, such as HATES, or LIES, 4 WAR, = BUSH. Someone had to have an organized campaign to print up stickers for the express purpose of defacing these signs. BRUPapa and I agree that this will only serve to engergize republicans, and it shows democrats for the bad sports and hurtful people they...

William Kerr knew he was on to the biggest story of his life. But he didn’t know it was in his own back yard. Kerr, of Moore, is the author of the blog Passionate America, which is being credited with discovering the identity of the former House page who may have exchanged inappropriate instant messages with former Rep. Mark Foley, and that the former page now works for Oklahoma gubernatorial candidate Ernest Istook. Kerr said he received e-mails and phone calls from national media outlets Wednesday, including the tabloid television program Inside Edition and Internet pundit Matt Drudge. “I started...

A third figure in the page scandal threatening to envelop House Speaker Dennis Hastert suggested Wednesday the speaker knew of an inappropriate e-mail that Rep. Mark Foley sent to a Louisiana boy before the matter became public. Rep. Rodney Alexander, R-La., the congressman who sponsored the page at the heart of the furor, said Hastert "knew about the e-mails that we knew about," including one in which Foley asked the page to send his picture. The speaker has said he was not aware of the e-mails when they were discussed with his staff. The No. 2 House Republican, Rep. John...

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and the Democratic Party are trying to make political hay with the resignation of former Rep. Mark Foley from the House of Representatives. The Senate Democratic Campaign Committee (SDCC), headed by Reid, sent an e-mail with the subject line "Heckuva Job!" to supporters Wednesday. The e-mail contained a photo of President Bush, Foley and former FEMA director Mike Brown during a visit to Florida following a hurricane. Beneath the photo appears the caption: "It's Time for a New Direction." Democrats are trying to link Bush to the Foley scandal, along with the memories of...

The Democratic Party's handwringing over the unfolding scandal involving former Rep. Mark Foley is part of a carefully coordinated attack designed to help the Democrats this coming election. That's the verdict of the nation's top talker, Rush Limbaugh. During Monday's show, and on his Web site, rushlimbaugh.com, Rush suggested that the Foley scandal was part of a larger effort by the "Clinton War Room" to hurt the GOP's chances just weeks before election day. Limbaugh said the Democrats "do not find what Mark Foley did to be repugnant at all." Limbaugh recalled that they "have defended such behavior in the...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - David Copperfield has magically escaped getting robbed. The 49-year-old illusionist was walking with two female assistants to their tour bus after his show Sunday at a performing arts center when four teens pulled up in a black car, a police report said. Two armed robbers allegedly got out of the car and demanded the group's belongings. One woman handed over $400 from her pockets and the other gave up her purse with 200 euros, $100, her passport, plane tickets and a cell phone. Copperfield refused to empty his pockets, the report said. Copperfield says he...

Despite all the hoopla about the introduction of Windows Vista, the truth of the matter is that the new OS isn't due for at least another seven to nine months — and it will probably be even longer before most of us start adopting it. Meanwhile, we've still got to deal with Win XP. In order to make the waiting easier, we've decided to assemble the greatest tips in the history of Windows XP. Here you'll find the tips that give you the most bang for your buck; that are most useful in terms of security, functionality, and PC performance;...

The allegations against former Enron Corp. chairman Kenneth Lay and others involved in corporate scandals, such as WorldCom, generally revolve about creative accounting - hiding liabilities, inflating revenues and assets, etc. One specific charge in the Enron trial now under way in Houston, for example, is that it cooked the books one year to add a penny to the company's per-share earnings and thus meet Wall Street analysts' expectations. What's striking about the allegedly illegal corporate accounting is its similarity to the gimmicks that California politicians have employed in two state budget crises over the past 15 years. --snip-- Here's...

"So maybe it wasn't a suicide attack after all?" I had finally gotten a decent connection through the ouija board with the late James Jesus Angleton, once our leading counterspy, and I didn't want to waste time with the usual chitchat about fly fishing-whose fascination, frankly, I have never understood — and Renaissance furniture. JJA: "Why would anybody think it was a suicide operation?" ML: "Well, officially they seemed pretty confident. I think the main thing was that the three bombs in the subways went off more or less at the same instant, and that suggested there were timers. And...

Democrats had a bad night, Republicans had a good night, and that means America had a great night. With Bush in and Daschle out, conservatives control the future of the War on Terror, the future of the Supreme Court, the future of taxation, and the future of government growth. Notwithstanding all of the complex issues at hand in this election, the basic message we can take from Tuesday's results is that Americans overwhelmingly support hawkish, right-wing, Reaganesque international relations. Apparently ''hop complacently to the United Nations'' was not as appealing an offer as ''kill terrorists today, tomorrow, and forever with...

It is time to celebrate and come together as a nation. However, we should not forget the blizzard of tactics and tricks the Libs dredged up in a failed attempt to topple W. We need work with the reasonable Democrats but hold accountable unprincipled scum.

I frequently pull “all-nighters” because I like to trade foreign currency. It occurred to me that there might be several of you that skipped the sack last night – as I did – because of the elections. Here are some things that I’ve found helpful in fighting off fatigue from lack of sleep. Some advise against large amounts of caffeine in this situation. I disagree. I actually have a feedbag of coffee on my shoulder at all times. Try not to get out of hand though because drinking too much will make you feel irritated rather than more energetic. Eat....

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Despite Kerry's angel-faced sanctimony, this was a piece of premeditated gay-baiting (John Edwards used the same gambit in his debate with Cheney) whose transparent purpose was to keep some of the GOP's evangelical voters from turning out on Nov. 2. This was a miscalculation. Since the debate, the Christian right has been rallying to the side of Mary Cheney. Well-known political preachers like Jerry Falwell and James Dobson have gone out of their way to defend her right to privacy. Conservative radio talk shows and Web sites have been flooded with denunciations of Kerry and support for Mary. This reaction...

Friends... I am saddened by the fact that this article had to be written. This is not how we want to run our country. A Single Factor may decide this Election… Sadly, the DNC is so desperate to win this election that they have decided to remove all obstacles and play by their own set of rules, which is no rules at all. The DNC has lost its soul, and Party reform must be considered. JB Williams Political Columnist www.JB-Williams.com JBW@JB-Williams.com A Single Factor may decide this Election… Written by JB Williams ©2004-09-27 Is it “the economy stupid”? The war...

Clintons Shutting Up, Quietly Undermining Kerry Written by Chris Long Tuesday, September 28, 2004 http://www.chronwatch.com/content/contentDisplay.asp?aid=10015 The problem with a Kerry presidency for the Clintons is the possibility that Kerry may preside over a strengthening economy not of his making and spark international chaos by giving terrorist groups a breather by waffling in what is, in reality, World War III. Either way, the Clintons lose. A good economy coupled with a Kerry presidency gets him re-elected; chumming with the French and Germans and undermining the War on Terror gets Kerry un-elected, replaced by Republican Colin Powell who now has foreign policy...

According to the Associated Press, Bill Burkett is a broken man, a loose cannon seeking to share "the truth" about President Bush's military record. State and National Democrats, including Max Cleland (whom Burkett claims to have contacted), seem to know little about Burkett. But according to Bill Howell, Dallas County Chair for the Texas Democratic Party 1999-2002, Bill Burkett is not only connected to the Texas Democratic Party - he is a major player in the Texas Democratic Party. As first reported last night,, Bill Burkett is certainly well known within the Texas Democratic Party. Tonight, new documents reveal that...

Today's big Boston Globe story on President Bush's Air National Guard service is based on memos to file from the personal records of the late Lieutenant Colonel Jerry B. Killian: "Bid cited to boost Bush in Guard." The Globe story is itself based on last night's 60 Minutes report: "New questions on Bush Guard duty." The online version of the 60 Minutes story has links to the memos. Killian died in 1984; CBS states that it "consulted a handwriting analyst and document expert who believes the material is authentic." Reader Tom Mortensen writes: Every single one of the memos to...

Apparently Kids, Tricks are for Liberals Dustin Hawkins 8-15-2004 A reader recently complained that I had written seven columns in a row about John Kerry. (This will be my eighth.) Just consider me John Kerry's other biographer--the one who doesn't change his story. The Kerry campaign accidentally gave the Swift Boat Veterans a good deal of credibility by admitting that at least one of their accounts of Kerry's Vietnam service is accurate. Now, the Kerry camp concedes that he never was in Cambodia on Christmas Eve, as the Swift boaters claimed, despite Kerry having stated on the Congressional Record that...

Just wondering. What is the actual answer to this?If Kerry pulled out of the Presidential campaign for some reason before the election, but after being officially nominated at the Convention, would John Edwards (the political equivalent of breat implants) necessarily and consequently be the Democrat presidential candidate. Just wondering.