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Since the Deep State is obviously about to kick Biden out, and since Harris is unfit to serve, it's time for discussion of one of my favorite parts of the Constitution - Amendment XXII. This rushed Amendment, hastily drafted after the death of FDR, prevents a person who has served two terms as POTUS from BEING ELECTED again. Please read it for yourselves if you doubt this. It does NOT amend or alter Article II and Amendment XII as regards eligibility to BE President - it just prevents a former President from getting back in office BY BEING ELECTED. So-...

legend Roger Daltrey explains why he's voting to Leave - and he's not just talking for his Generation... I’ve been disappointed at the way both campaigns have been handled, so just wanted to explain the reason I'll vote to come out. Firstly, I am not anti European, but I an anti the present way we are being governed in Europe.

ATLANTA – What if a supermajority of states could override a federal law or Supreme Court ruling? That’s just one idea being proposed by advocates of a “convention of states” to amend the U.S. Constitution. “The American people are mad and they’re looking for a way to say, ‘No more,’” said Brooke Rollins, president and CEO of the Texas Public Policy Foundation, a conservative think tank. “Our founders, in their brilliance, gave us a tool to do that. And it’s Article V.” Article V of the Constitution allows a minimum of two-thirds of the states to call for a convention...

Scranton's police and fire unions have received a judgment against the city for the overdue $21 million that the city owes the unions from a landmark arbitration ruling. The money was due July 2, but the city has not yet paid and is still seeking borrowing or selling an asset to honor the bill, Mayor Chris Doherty said. But the judgment means the unions now can seize city assets and sell them to collect what is owed, said city solicitor Paul Kelly and the unions' attorney, Thomas Jennings. "Whenever a judgment is granted, you can go to the sheriff and...

A storm is not a good time to be at the wheel of a ship and a worldwide economic disaster is not a good time to be at the wheel of the ship of state. Hard times are supposed to bring great men to the fore, but instead we have some of the sorriest men in history trying to find the wheel, sleeping off a bender in their cabins or debating whether a wheel even exists. Obama is bad, but he's not exactly up against rival statesmen. After parading around with a one-man cult of personality, launching international projects with...

A few months after researchers on one team thought they had discovered a new family of rodent, another group snatched their glory by identifying the critter as a member of a family thought long extinct. Last year, scientists described the body of a squirrel-like rodent found for sale in a meat market in Laos. They believed it belonged to a previously undescribed family and named it Laonastes aenigmamus. [Locals call the rodent kha-nyou, according to The Associated Press.] But they failed to fully inspect the fossil record. Upon closer analysis of the creature's teeth, a second group of researchers determined...

The Bush administration's drug and sexual health policy is a key issue as the World Health Organization chooses its next leader, a post that wields great power in allocating billions of dollars in funds to alleviate misery around the world. ~snip~ Critics say the United States, WHO's largest donor, plays too large a role behind the scenes. They argue that the Bush administration is promoting the interests of its pharmaceutical industry at the expense of poor AIDS patients who could be saved by cheap generic medicines and has adopted an ideological line on issues like abortion. President Bush has made...

NASHVILLE - All lawmakers can do is watch and wait as a federal probe into bribery and corruption at the state Capitol continues to sink colleagues. Legislators said they have heard the rumors that more arrests are on the way, but don't know if it will include local officials like the one nabbed last week or more state lawmakers. Like in May, when four sitting lawmakers were arrested on their way to work, they expect to be the last to know. "I believe the Department of Justice and the FBI know a lot more about these investigations than I do,"...

Is it just me, or does it seem exceedingly suspicious to others that the only way for Terri Schiavo to shed even the slightest light on what exactly happened to her in her home that February morning in 1990 is if she could be rehabilitated to some degree – which her husband, the only other person home with her at the time of her "collapse," absolutely forbids in any way, shape, or form? Continues... =============================================================== Death by forced dehydration very peaceful. Trust us. So, from all the break-neck developments this past week, I gather that Democrats favor waging an unrelenting...

Legal experts say that if Florida Gov. Jeb Bush defies state judge George Greer and orders state troopers to rescue Terri Schiavo, he and any other officials who participate in such a move risk a contempt citation from Greer that could put them in jail. But with a powerful ally in the White House, Terri Schiavo's would-be rescuers have nothing to fear from the runaway judge. In 2001, President Clinton pardoned drug dealers, international money launderers - even FALN terrorists, who were spared in a blatant bid to win votes for his wife's Senate campaign. The episode taught a bewildered...

THE "NO-WATER" CAPITOL HILL GANG Friday, March 25, 2005 Fifty-eight congressmen--including five Republicans--voted to deny the reinsertion of Terry Schiavo’s feeding tube last weekend. Even though their votes condemned a disabled woman to certain death, there was no recorded vote. Meet the No-Water Capitol Hill Gang: Sorry, but to see the 58 mug shots you have to go to 58 congressmen who sentenced Terri Schiavo to death

A majority of freepers are incredibly upset at activist judges attempting to legislate from the bench. I share these feelings. But in the Schiavo case, did these judges go against any existing laws, or did they do their jobs while being contrained by the actual law? Is it the opinion of many here that activist judges are ok if the outcome is what you want? Maybe we need some new laws established and the judges actually had their hands tied on this one. Please let me know your opinion.

Judge George Greer ruled that the State of Florida has no right to take custody of Terri Schiavo, which ruling came hours after an appeal by Terri's parents to re-insert the feeding tube was refused by the U.S. Supreme Court. Meanwhile, another hearing was scheduled tonight before US District Judge James D. Whittemore .. the same judge who previously heard and denied the request subsequent to the 'de novo' intention of the law past last weekend by the Congress and signed by President Bush, in an effort to confirm that no stone was left unturned before Terri would endure legally...

I returned home last night from Tallahassee, where I helped to lobby the Florida Senate to try to convince them to save Terri. I’ve not been registered at FreeRep for very long, so please try to bear with me as I try to tell you what I saw there. When the vote came up, several Senators pushed for debate. In several very long winded speeches, they argued. It seemed to me that every opponent has pulled a feeding tube on a loved one, and watched them die, and it wasn’t so bad for them, so we should just shut up....

Congress and the Bush administration could still save Terri Schiavo – if they would simply enforce legal subpoenas that were issued last week demanding that Congress be allowed to interview Terri and others in the controversial matter. Those Congressional subpoenas, however, have been wantonly ignored by a Florida state judge and local authorities in a brazen act.

March 25, 2005 Myth of 19 Judges and Ignoring the Will of Congress By Thomas Sowell Liberals have repeatedly used the talking point of how many judges have heard the case of Terri Schiavo. But that is as misleading as most of the rest of what they and the mainstream media have been saying. When a case goes up to a higher court on appeal, the issue before the appellate court is not whether they agree with the merits of the decision of the lower court. In a criminal case, for example, the issue before the appellate court is not...

Tuesday October 19, 2004 TURKEY: CASTELLI, ITALY COULD BECOME A NEW KOSOVO (AGI) - Milan, October 19 - "When I hear that we should dialogue with moderate Muslims I think they are moderate just when they are in minority, when they become majority, as it happened in Kosovo, Christians are obliged to live as prisoners, in fenced areas." This is what Minister of Justice, Roberto Castelli, stated talking this morning to Radio Padania. He continued saying, "who thinks that Turkey could be a door for democracy in the Islamic world, I answer that we have to be careful to the...

I asked yesterday if I had missed anyone from the list of GOP possibilities in 2008 and got a load of interesting replies. Two names stand out from the list: Sen. George Allen of Virginia and Mitt Romney of Massachusetts. Romney almost certainly belongs on the “likely” list. What about Allen? His intentions are very heard to read. Certainly he has all the objective qualifications to make a good candidate. But has he been acting like a candidate? He’s certainly been keeping a low profile in the Senate. Let’s call him a “possible” for now. The New Hampshire Democratic results...

Charlie & Ernie of AM 620 WVMT Vermont played our new song four times this week on their morning show!The song, "WHO'S NEXT?" is a tribute to our troops and their mission.Freepers and media can download the mp3 at:Download **Who's Next?** MP3 here

Shocked, awed and skeptical in embattled land Their champion's fall deflates the Palestinians, while Israelis appear blasé Thursday, April 10, 2003 BY REBECCA GOLDSMITH Star-Ledger Staff JERUSALEM -- In the divided city of Jerusalem, no one danced in the streets. No one celebrated. And no one cheered. Israelis on both sides of the conflict between Jews and Palestinians watched skeptically as yesterday's events unfolded in Iraq, and they wondered what would come next for them. The future looked particularly bleak from the perspective of Salah El-din Street, the heart of downtown East Jerusalem. Home to some of the region's most...