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Conservative Republicans held such hopes when Pres. Bush was heralded into office and the Republicans gained control of the Congress. That was then, this is now. According to recent polls, conservative republicans are perplexed by the non-conservative actions of this president and the Republican-controlled Congress. As I probed this latest confusion I found that I, and millions of other citizens, are f-o-s-s-i-l-s. According to Wikipedia Encyclopedia online, we are "Paleo" or "Old" conservatives. We are living fossils, 'about-to-become-extinct' hangers-on of the Grand Old Party which no longer appears to represent traditional conservatism. The Republican Party in its essentials has been...

Two grandparents in Lake County, Fla., were arrested for allegedly offering a hit man $100 to kill their three grandchildren, daughter-in-law and the family's pet dog, according to Local 6 News.

See for example this thread first. The strangest news this year by far Involves a change at NPR Their sponsor--don't jeer:Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer! Is their next step to feature NASCAR?!!

ALBEMARLE - "American Idol" finalist Kellie Pickler got a hometown welcome Saturday, one full of tearful twists and an anthem to independence. Pickler rode in a red 1968 Ford Mustang during a 20-minute parade, followed by speeches on a stage erected in the town center where thousands wore pink, purple, green and yellow Pickler T-shirts. "It looks like a bag of Skittles poured on Albemarle," said Pickler, 19. "I couldn't have come from a better hometown." Sharing the stage were her two grandfathers, Clyde Pickler and Ken Morton. Also there were her father, Clyde "Bo" Pickler Jr., and her half-brother,...

Yesterday, a co-worker came into my office, planted a document on my desk, leaned over and began explaining it to me. What she didn't realize was that by leaning over, her loose blouse fell open and Hootchie Mama, I saw some things that only her husband and her doctor were entitled to see.It was like watching a train wreck in slow motion. I couldn't look away. I stood up but then I could see even farther down to the tattoos on her stomach.What should I have done? Should I have said something?

Former first lady Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY), L, and her daughter Chelsea celebrate a new portrait of Clinton in Washington, April 24, 2006. Portraits of Sen. Clinton and her husband, former U.S. President Bill Clinton, were unveiled to hang in the newly-restored National Portrait Gallery, which is scheduled to reopen July 1. The gallery holds the only complete portrait collection of U.S. presidents outside the White House's own. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

INDIANAPOLIS -- A woman who allegedly left her baby in an unlocked car Monday was arrested after she returned to the vehicle and drove away, unaware that police had taken the child, authorities said. Aimee Ward, 29, of Indianapolis, faces a preliminary charge of neglect. Authorities also said she was driving with a suspended license. Police said Ward left her 5-month-old son in her vehicle in the parking lot of a Kroger store at 4202 S. East St. While Ward was shopping in the store, a Kroger worker saw the baby and talked to police Officer Paul Humphrey, who was...

A few weeks ago, U.S. champion skier Bode Miller turned in a stunningly poor performance at the Olympics, with two non-medal finishes, a disqualification and two incomplete races. Unabashed, he told the Associated Press: "I just did it my way. I'm not a martyr, and I'm not a do-gooder. I just want to go out and rock. And man, I rocked here." Mr. Miller's exuberant self-assessment makes him "a poster child" for "Generation Me," says San Diego State University psychology professor Jean Twenge. Americans born after 1970 -- including the so-called Generation X and Millennial Generation -- have become "an...

(KDKA) A pregnant Steelers fan is not letting the birth of her baby get in the way of the Super Bowl celebrations. She convinced her doctor to induce her early, so she'll be home in time to watch the Super Bowl with all of her friends. Baby Alexandria is just a blurry image of a baby right now, but she'll enter the world with a wardrobe of Steelers clothes, her birth scheduled around the Super Bowl. “The Super Bowl is like Christmas,” said Carrie Welling, of New Kensington. “The fact that the Steelers are going - that's what you live...

A woman got a 30-day jail sentence for leaving her three young children home alone for several hours while she and her boyfriend attended a videotaping of "The Jerry Springer Show." Shannon Cook, 25, pleaded guilty earlier this week to misdemeanor child endangerment. She also was placed on probation for a year. The two girls and one boy, all under the age of 4, have been placed in foster homes... Police said Cook left the children alone at a suburban home Oct. 19 while she and her boyfriend went to Chicago for the taping. About five hours later, the two...

This is just a reminder to all FReepers that we should do whatever we can to support Kathleen Willey and Juanita Broaddrick as they visit the Clinton Library this upcoming Wednesday, Oct. 26th, at 10:00 AM Central. Attorney Candice E. Jackson is accompanying them on the tour (she's a friend of mine) and she said they will all be arriving at the Clinton Library that morning, touring its exhibits to see for themselves what they show, and then briefly speaking with the media about the omissions from the Library and the Clintons' true legacy. * If you live in the...

The latest entrants in the saga of Cindy Sheehan vs. President Bush are white supremacists, as they plan to rally against the Iraq War this weekend in Crawford, Texas. Members of Stormfront.org are tossing their figurative hoods into the mix, as they invite supporters to come to Camp Casey to "let the world know that white patriots were first and loudest to protest this war for Israel." Anti-war activists, including one from CodePink, suggest 'Bush stinks' near the president's property in Crawford, Texas (photo: Fausto Fernos) "We don't want leftist Johnny-come-latelys who are misleadingly protesting this war – as if...

From one of the internet’s darkest holes: neo-Nazis are coming to Crawford, Texas, to show their appreciation and support for Cindy Sheehan: Stormfronters Rally In Crawford, TX On Sat. & Sun. Aug. 27-28. (Hat tip: Morgan.) I'm driving out to Crawford, Texas tomorrow, Friday August 26th to help put up a White Nationalist voice in the protest against Bush's War for Israel that was started by Cindy Sheehan. We'll be uploading digital photos, and maybe video, from Crawford so that Stormfront's 58,000 Members (achieved today) and hundreds of thousands of Guests can follow the events in Crawford from a White...

Former President Jimmy Carter’s grandson limped into a Fayette County courthouse Friday and admitted to a Superior Court judge that he swiped an Xbox video game system from a friend’s house and hid marijuana in his shoe while under the influence of alcohol. Jeremy Davis Carter, 17, of 311 Spear Road, Peachtree City, appeared in court about 8:30 a.m. Friday to enter a guilty plea in connection with a Dec. 4-5 incident. Carter was accompanied by his attorney Joe Saia of Peachtree City. In exchange for Carter’s admission of guilt, Griffin Judicial Circuit Superior Court Judge Johnnie Caldwell Jr. ordered...

An Arvada woman accused of hosting parties with sex, drug and alcohol so high school students would think she was "cool" is expected to enter a plea Monday. Silvia Johnson, 40, has had two previously scheduled arraignments postponed. She faces multiple counts of sexual assault, distributing a controlled substance and contributing to the delinquency of minors. Authorities say Johnson hosted the parties at her home nearly every month for a year beginning in October 2003. She's accused of providing the teens with marijuana, methamphetamine and alcohol at the parties. The story has since made national news, with some alleged victims...

An Iowa man with white supremacist leanings was arrested after he told truck drivers over "citizens' band" radio that he was planning to set off a bomb in Washington, police said. Terry Daniels, 44, was found at a roadside gas station about 100 miles (160 kilometers) west of Chicago at 3:45 a.m. after truck drivers called police with his license plate number and a description of which direction his blue Ford van was heading. "We didn't find any explosives," Princeton, Illinois police chief Tom Root said. "We found a lot of documents like anti-government stuff and white supremacist stuff. There...

ABC Pulls 'Neighborhood' Reality Series By LYNN ELBER The Associated Press Wednesday, June 29, 2005; 9:40 PM LOS ANGELES -- "Welcome to the Neighborhood," an ABC reality series that pushes hot buttons of racism and anti-homosexuality, was pulled by the network before its debut. ... In a statement Wednesday, ABC acknowledged the delicate nature of the series in which families asked to pick a new neighbor are made to expose and overcome their biases. ... The six-episode show, which was to debut July 10, follows three families in Austin, Texas, who are given the chance to choose a new neighbor...

Mother who left her three children at home while she had boozy 16-day holiday in Turkey LIVING it up with a stranger in a Turkish bar, this is mum Kelly Ann Piggford who allegedly left her three children at home to go on a boozy break. The 23-year-old was yesterday arrested on suspicion of child neglect when she returned to Britain. It is claimed she left the youngsters with a babysitter, 15, as she partied. But Piggford insists a 20-year-old was minding them. KELLY Ann Piggford claimed she left her three children at home and went on holiday to flee...

What's wrong with them? That's what I'm thinking more and more as I watch the news from Washington. A few weeks ago it was the senators who announced the judicial compromise. There is nothing wrong with compromise and nothing wrong with announcements, but the senators who spoke referred to themselves with such flights of vanity and conceit--we're so brave, so farsighted, so high-minded--that it was embarrassing. They patted themselves on the back so hard they looked like a bevy of big breasted pigeons in a mass wing-flap. Little grey feathers and bits of corn came through my TV screen, and...

Britney Spears is opening up and wants to let her fans know everything about her pregnancy. And we mean everything. The pop-star Brit tells People magazine she's experiencing "horrible" morning sickness, battling "crazy" hormones and is craving pickles and ice cream as well as tuna fish with cheese. According to wire reports after Brit first got a look at a sonogram of her baby, Spears was speechless. "You can't really say anything. I was emotional. I think it's the best feeling in the world." Spears says that she hasn't yet tried to find out whether it's a boy or a...