Roy Moore-inspired Bill Would Limit Federal Courts

A bill pending in both houses of Congress, the “Constitution Restoration Act,” would prohibit federal courts from ruling in cases involving government officials who acknowledge God “as the sovereign source of law, liberty or government.”

--WorldNetDaily.com--

This bill deserves our support. Write your congressmen. - Ed.

Rice's Testimony ‘Not A Precedent,’ Republicans Insist

The White House has relented and will allow National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice to testify under oath, in public, before the 9/11 commission, wire reports said at mid-morning.

--CNSNews.com--

Clarke's colleagues say he's lost credibility

Many of former White House counterterrorism czar Richard Clarke's friends are saying his anti-Bush diatribe has cost him his credibility.

--WorldNetDaily.com (Insight)--

U.S. Foiled Repeat of 9/11 in L.A., Chicago

LONDON - Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, al Qaeda's purported operations chief, has told U.S. interrogators that the group had been planning attacks on the Library Tower in Los Angeles and the Sears Tower in Chicago on the heels of the September 11, 2001, terror strikes.

--Washington Times--

UN warns on Afghan ‘Lawlessness’

The United Nations says Afghanistan is in danger of reverting to chaos and lawlessness unless it receives sufficient foreign aid.

--BBC--

Is it any surprise that the corrupt UN wants more money? See following story. - Ed.

Study: ‘Outsourcing’ Tech Jobs Helps Economy

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Outsourcing white-collar jobs to low-wage countries such as India and China has thrown some Americans out of work, but a new report predicts that the trend will ultimately lower inflation, create jobs and boost productivity in the United States.

--Las Vegas Sun (AP)--

Kerry Author: Stolen FBI Files Were ‘Very Explosive’

FBI files documenting Sen. John Kerry's anti-war activities that were reported stolen over the weekend could have damaged the likely Democratic nominee's presidential bid, the San Francisco author who obtained the records said Monday.

--NewsMax.com--

Have you heard any speculation in the media about who might have had reason to steal those files? Have you even read or heard this story in the “mainstream” media? Odd, isn't it, considering that the Nixon presidency was toppled over a “third-rate burglary.” - Ed.

Group Finds Kerry Rhetoric on Rising Gas Prices ‘Laughable’

Democrat John Kerry's attack on President Bush for the nation's dependence on foreign oil in the midst of rising gas prices raised the ire of a public policy group that says, “Kerry's rhetoric would be laughable if the consequences of its implementation weren't so serious.”

--CNSNews.com--

Cheney pegs Kerry taxes at $1.7 trillion

Vice President Dick Cheney said yesterday that John Kerry's 73 new spending proposals would require the federal government to raise taxes by $1.7 trillion in the next 10 years.

--Washington Times--

Heinz Seeks to Disavow Kerry Connection

PITTSBURGH - H.J. Heinz Co. has launched an election-year campaign of its own, this one to distance the ketchup maker from what is shaping up to be an acrimonious presidential race.

--Yahoo! News (AP)--

Conservatives Warn Cahill Would Pull Kerry Further Left

In the conservatives' nightmare of a John Kerry presidency, there are several supporting characters but none more worrisome than Kerry's campaign manager, Mary Beth Cahill.

--CNSNews.com--

Hillary Predicts October Surprise

New York Sen. Hillary Clinton is predicting that this year's presidential election will be very tight and the victor will win because of “something unforeseen.”

--NewsMax.com--

Can you imagine what she's planning? - Ed.

Federal Marriage Amendment Needed to Ward Off Activist Judges, Group Says

A pro-family group is calling on Congress to approve a federal marriage amendment, saying the Defense of Marriage Act is vulnerable to “activist judges.”

--CNSNews.com--

Clarke Refused to Testify in 1999 Citing Same Reasons as Condi

Former Clinton terrorism czar Richard Clarke refused to testify before the Senate Y2K Committee in 1999 citing the same rule invoked by National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice in recent days, with the Bush White House saying the regulation prevents her from testifying publicly before the 9/11 Commission.

--NewsMax.com--

Clinton, Gore Not Slated to Give 9/11 Testimony Under Oath

Ex-President Clinton and former Vice President Al Gore have not agreed to give sworn testimony to the independent commission investigating the Sept. 11 attacks (the 9/11 Commission), or even to answer questions in public, about their role in events leading up to America's worst disaster - making them the only non-office-holders granted that privilege by the Commission.

--NewsMax.com--

This is particularly interesting, considering that Al Gore was put in charge of airport security, and lack of same contributed to the attacks. I'd like to know if the hundreds of thousands of dollars “contributed” to Democrats by the airlines had anything to do with the ineffective remedies the commission finally settled on. - Ed.

Ben-Veniste Leaks Excerpt of Condi's Classified Testimony

While the 9/11 Commission is examining whether it can release former terrorism czar Richard Clarke's behind-closed-doors testimony, Commission Democrat Richard Ben-Veniste isn't waiting for any similar deliberation when it comes to National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice's classified account.

--NewsMax.com--

Economists Optimistic, But Kerry Blasts Bush Policies

As Democrat John Kerry rails against President Bush's “failed policies on the economy,” 56 economists surveyed by USA Today offered an optimistic outlook on the U.S. economy. In fact, one of the economists called this a “booming economy.”

--CNSNews.com--

If Kerry were a Republican attacking a Democrat president, he'd be accused of talking down the economy. And since his best chance of winning would be the economy going sour, he has an incentive to talk down the economy. - Ed.

Bush Campaign Blasts Kerry's Bible Quote

ST. LOUIS - John Kerry cited a Bible verse Sunday to criticize leaders who have "faith but has no deeds," prompting President Bush's spokesman to accuse Kerry of exploiting Scripture for a political attack.

--My Way News (AP)--

Read this carefully. What Kerry is criticizing Bush for is not “legislating (Kerry's version of) morality.” - Ed.

Nader Says He'll Meet With Kerry to Discuss Defeating Bush

ATLANTA - Ralph Nader said he will meet with John Kerry next month to discuss the effort to defeat President Bush in the November election.

--NewsMax.com (AP)--

GOP Considers Criminal Referrals Against Kerry Groups

Republicans are contemplating initiating criminal referrals against pro-Democratic 527 groups that are shadowing Sen. John Kerry?s (D-Mass.) campaign against President Bush.

--The Hill--

Al Qaeda Spy Chief Killed in Pakistani Raid

WANA, Pakistan - Pakistani troops killed a spy chief in Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network in a 12-day sweep on its desolate Afghan frontier, an army official said Monday, vowing to step up the hunt for Islamic militants.

--My Way News (Reuters)--

Poll: Clarke Doubted; Bush Support Ebbs

Two-thirds of Americans say the testimony of Richard Clarke, the former terrorism adviser who has been critical of the Bush administration, hasn't affected their view of the president, says a poll released Saturday.

--Las Vegas Sun (AP)--

U.S. Gas Prices Hit New Record High

LOS ANGELES - There is little chance that gas prices, which have reached a record high, will fall significantly in the near future, a national analyst says.

--ABC News (AP)--

It's funny listening to Democrats blasting Bush for high gasoline proces. Why? Because if they had their way, i.e., they got the Kyoto Treaty ratified, gasoline prices would go through the roof! The only way we could comply would be drastic cuts in fossil fuel use, and without drastic increases in prices, that's not going to happen. What they're really upset about is they want the high cost of fuel to go into government coffers so they can waste it on vote buying schemes. - Ed.

Europe Calls for New Iraq Resolution - But Offers No Troops

PARIS - European leaders meeting in Brussels said they were in favor of a new United Nations Security Council resolution on Iraq, but they stopped short of offering to contribute to a peacekeeping force there.

--CNSNews.com--

Court Opens Door To Searches Without Warrants

NEW ORLEANS - It's a groundbreaking court decision that legal experts say will affect everyone: Police officers in Louisiana no longer need a search or arrest warrant to conduct a brief search of your home or business.

--The New Orleans Channel--

Kerry's FBI Files Stolen

Portions of a collection of FBI files that included records documenting Sen. John Kerry's attendance at a 1971 anti-war meeting where a plot to assassinate U.S. senators was discussed have been stolen, with the files' owner reporting the theft to police on Friday.

--NewsMax.com--

Officials See Diffusion of Terror Groups

WASHINGTON - The Islamic militant suspected of involvement in deadly bombings in Iraq and now Spain has been called an al-Qaida associate, a collaborator of Osama bin Laden who shares his ideology but operates outside his control.

--Sarasota Herald-Tribune--

Condi: 9/11 Commission Should Probe Sudan's bin Laden Offer

For the first time ever, the nation's top national security official has reviewed NewsMax.com's recording of ex-President Bill Clinton admitting he turned down an offer to have Osama bin Laden arrested in 1996.

--NewsMax.com--

IRS ‘Enforcers’ Target Ex-agent

A former IRS criminal-investigation special agent who left the agency and became a whistleblower exposing government fraud and abuse says the agency, in its attempt to prevent him from serving as an official representative of taxpayers, is illegally using "enforcers" to monitor his political activities and build its case against him.

--WorldNetDaily.com--

Kerry's Unveils Economic Plan, Blasts Bush's ‘Failed’ Policies

Democrat John Kerry's economic plan unveiled Friday includes a tax hike for upper-income Americans, an end to corporate tax deferral for companies that earn profits overseas, and a five percent tax cut on the corporate rate.

--CNSNews.com--

He's a senator. He could have introduced this legislation. Why hasn't he? Probably because it sounds better as a campaign promise than as actual legislation. It would be a disaster. For one thing, he'll be raising taxes on small businesses at the same time he's cutting taxes on large corporations. - Ed.

Bush Pushes For Increase in Minority Homeownership

On the same day that Democrat John Kerry unveiled his economic plan for America, President Bush was in Albuquerque, N.M., pushing for homeownership for low-income families.

--CNSNews.com--

House Intel Chair: Clarke Is ‘Lying’

The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee is accusing former White House terrorism czar Richard Clarke of flat-out "lying" in his sworn testimony this week before the independent commission investigating the Sept. 11 attacks.

--NewsMax.com--

Democrat headquarters has Bush doormat

Visitors to the new office of Democratic National Committee Chairman Terry McAuliffe walk over a doormat with a likeness of President Bush and the words, “Give Bush the Boot.”

--WorldNetDaily.com--

They're certainly taking the high road! - Ed.

Australian Opposition Party Wavers on Iraqi Troop Pullout

Australia's opposition Labor Party is showing signs of wavering on its controversial proposal this week to withdraw the country's troops from Iraq if it elected into power late this year.

--CNSNews.com--

If they don't want to invite a terrorist attack before their election, they'd be wise to unequivocally rule out a pull-out. - Ed.

Missile Defense for Airliners Is Possible Soon, Makers Say

WASHINGTON - Government contractors who were asked to find a way to protect passenger jets from small shoulder-fired missiles in Al Qaeda's arsenal have determined that some planes could be outfitted with antimissile technology as early as this summer, far sooner than the Bush administration has suggested was possible.

--New York Times--

FBI's Mueller Warns of Terrorist Plots

WASHINGTON - The deadly train bombings in Spain and the impact they had on Spanish elections are increasing concern that terrorists might target the U.S. presidential nominating conventions and the Olympics to make an even bolder statement, FBI Director Robert Mueller says.

--ABC News (AP)--

Saudi Royals Still Funding al-Qaida

Prominent members of the Saudi royal family continue to supply millions of dollars to al-Qaida and related groups, U.S. officials said, according to Geostrategy-Direct, the global intelligence service.

--WorldNetDaily.com--

Israel Sees UN Resolution As ‘Sad’ Commentary

Jerusalem - Israel said it appreciates the U.S. veto of a United Nations resolution condemning Israel for the targeted killing of a terrorist leader, but at the same time, it said it was “greatly disappointed” in the other members of the Security Council for supporting the resolution.

--CNSNews.com--

Top Doc Backs Picking Your nose - and Eating It

Picking your nose and eating it is one of the best ways to stay healthy, according to a top Austrian doctor.

--Ananova--

Most Americans Say Israel Was Justified in Killing Hamas Leader, Poll Says

A new survey says most Americans feel Israel was justified in assassinating Hamas leader Sheik Yassin.

--CNSNews.com--

Kerry Spoke of Meeting Negotiators on Vietnam

WASHINGTON - In a question-and-answer session before a Senate committee in 1971, John F. Kerry, who was a leading antiwar activist at the time, asserted that 200,000 Vietnamese per year were being “murdered by the United States of America” and said he had gone to Paris and “talked with both delegations at the peace talks” and met with communist representatives.

--Boston Globe--

Draft-Dodging Ski Bum Dean Condemns Non-warriors

John Kerry is finding out again that Howard Dean can be more of a liability than an asset.

--NewsMax.com--

Georgia Democrat Stumps for Bush

WASHINGTON - The Bush-Cheney campaign yesterday unleashed its most famous Democratic booster, Senator Zell Miller of Georgia, to make the case that presidential candidate John F. Kerry advocates policies inconsistent with some of history's most popular Democratic presidents.

--Boston Globe--

Bush Targets Himself and Those Elusive Weapons of Mass Destruction at Dinner

President Bush poked fun at his staff, his Democratic challenger and himself Wednesday night at a black-tie dinner where he hobnobbed with the news media.

--San Francisco Chronicle--

Clarke Contradictions Leave Many Questions

WASHINGTON - Richard A. Clarke said Wednesday that when he praised the White House for its steadfast attention to the Al Qaeda threat during a 2002 briefing for reporters, he was merely putting spin on Bush administration operations.

--Fox News--

Fox News seems to be the only media outlet asking the questions. - Ed.

Medicare Bill Makes Fiscal Problems Worse, Watchdog Says

A government watchdog group is criticizing the government for overseeing the fiscal deterioration of the Medicare program over the last four decades.

--CNSNews.com--

Sabato Predicts GOP Gains in Congress

The president's party usually suffers losses in congressional elections, but renowned political guru Larry Sabato predicts the Republicans will add to their advantage in November just as they did in 2002.

--NewsMax.com--

Congressman Casts Doubt on Clarke's Credibility

In a letter to the 9/11 commission on Wednesday, a Republican congressman noted that before the Sept. 11 terror attacks, a House panel held twenty hearings and two formal briefings on terrorism -- and Richard Clarke “was of little help in our oversight.”

--CNSNews.com--

Kerry Still Backpedaling on Presence at 1971 Anti-War Meetings

Five days after CNSNews.com reported that Democrat John Kerry had attended a 1971 anti-war meeting at which the possible assassination of U.S. senators was discussed, the presidential hopeful is still backpedaling on statements regarding his whereabouts during that meeting.

--CNSNews.com--

Ad Questions Senator Kennedy on ‘Obstruction of Justice’

A group that monitors corruption in the judicial confirmation process has launched an advertising campaign questioning whether Sen. Ted Kennedy obstructed justice in two major affirmative action cases.

--CNSNews.com--

See previous story. - Ed.

Democrat Ad Spending Is Team Effort

For the past week, television viewers in Lansing, Mich., have been seeing twice as many ads for President Bush's reelection campaign than for Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.). But that does not mean Democrats have been falling behind. While Bush and Kerry slug it out, two liberal organizations, MoveOn.org and the Media Fund, have joined the fray with TV spots of their own, knocking the president's record on jobs and the Iraq war.

--Washington Post--

Hillary: Fight Those ‘Mean’ Republicans

In her new fund-raising letter for John Kerry sent via e-mail on Tuesday, Senate colleague Hillary Clinton denounces what she calls “mean-spirited” Republicans.

--NewsMax.com--

Study: Saddam Tortured Nearly ½ of Shiite Iraqis

Nearly half of all Iraqis living in the southern part of the nation suffered killings, torture and other human-rights abuses at the hands of Saddam Hussein's regime in the 12 years prior to his ouster, a survey of residents has found.

--WorldNetDaily.com--

Poland Says It Doesn't Regret Iraq War

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Poland's president said Tuesday he does not regret supporting the U.S.-led war on Iraq because it served to oust Saddam Hussein.

--The Guardian (AP)--

Australia's Opposition Leader Says He Would Pull Troops Out of Iraq

Australia's opposition leader, who is riding a wave of popularity in opinion polls, says he will pull out the country's troops from Iraq if he defeats Prime Minister John Howard in elections due late this year.

--CNSNews.com--

I wonder if this guy realizes his rhetoric is almost guaranteeing a terrorist attack before the election. - Ed.

Brockovich Named In Wiretap Suit

A former employee is suing environmental crusader Erin Brockovich and the head of her law firm for allegedly wiretapping the employee's phone after she filed a sexual harassment complaint against Brockovich's boss.

--CBS News (AP)--

EU Superstate Now Issues Warnings About ‘High Mountains’

In the event that European mountain climbers are unaware that mountains tend to tower above the landscape, the all-wise Eurocrats are issuing safety regulations that could require warning signs alerting climbers that - get ready - mountains are high.

--NewsMax.com--

Panel: U.S. Should Have Pounded Al Qaeda Earlier

WASHINGTON - The Clinton and Bush administrations' decision to use diplomatic rather than military options against Al Qaeda allowed the Sept. 11 terrorists to elude capture years before the attacks, a federal panel said Tuesday.

--FOX News (AP)--

Rumsfeld: The World Isn't the Same

WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, saying “history shows it can take a tragedy like Sept. 11 to awaken the world to new threats and to take action,” said Tuesday that confronting new terrorist enemies requires new battlefield tools and tactics.

--Fox News--

Powell: Clinton Failed to Act on Clarke's 9/11 Warning

Under fire on Tuesday from 9/11 Commission Democrat Timothy Roemer for failing to act on a Dec. 20, 2000, briefing from Clinton administration terrorism czar Richard Clarke, Secretary of State Colin Powell turned the tables - demanding to know why the Clinton White House failed to act on its own intelligence.

--NewsMax.com--

In '99, Clarke Saw Iraq-al-Qaida Link

Richard Clarke, the former counterterrorism official promoting a book critical of the Bush administration, insists Saddam Hussein had no connection to al-Qaida, but in 1999 he defended President Clinton's attack on a Sudanese pharmaceutical plant by revealing the U.S. was "sure" it manufactured chemical warfare materials produced by Iraqi experts in cooperation with Osama bin Laden.

--WorldNetDaily.com--

FBI Tracked Kerry in Vietnam Vets Group

Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) was subjected to extensive surveillance by the FBI for more than a year as he led protests by an anti-Vietnam War organization for veterans against the Nixon administration's war policies, according to FBI documents.

--Washington Post--

Note: Access to full story requires registration. - Ed.

Kerry No Friend to Investors, Shareholders' Group Says

Two out of three voters in the 2004 elections will be investors, says a group that represents their interests; and based on his past votes, those investors need to beware of Democrat John F. Kerry.

--CNSNews.com--

Republicans Ask Justice Ginsburg to Recuse Herself From Abortion Cases

A group of Republican congressmen are calling on Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg to recuse herself from abortion-related cases because of her close ties to NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund.

--CNSNews.com--

NY Court to Hear Partial-Birth Abortion Challenge

Arguments begin next week in New York City in a legal challenge filed by a pro-abortion group against Attorney General John Ashcroft regarding the partial-birth abortion ban.

--CNSNews.com)--

Iraqi Cops: Youth Drugged, Brainwashed

Young Iraqis are being drugged, brainwashed with bin Laden sermons and then sent on suicide-bombing missions by al-Qaida operatives, Iraqi police believe.

--WorldNetDaily.com--

Russia Dismisses Talk of al-Qaeda Nuclear Purchases

MOSCOW - Russia has denied a fresh claim that Osama bin Laden's terror network bought nuclear weapons or weapons components in former Soviet states during the 1990s.

--CNSNews.com--

I tend to agree with the Russians on this (see previous story). I believe that if terrorists had nuclear weapons, they wouldn't be talking about them, they'd be using them. Terrorism is psychological warfare, and claiming to have weapons they don't have fits into the terrorists' plans. The possibility that they could be telling the truth should not be completely dismissed, however, because even though the chances are slight that they are, the consequences of them being true would be so terrible. - Ed.

Radiation Devices Deployed to Ports

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) yesterday introduced highly sophisticated radiation portal monitors designed to better prevent terrorists or others from attempting to smuggle “dirty bombs” into the United States through U.S. seaports.

--Washington Times--

Grass Roots Force Hearing on U.N. Treaty

The highly controversial United Nations Law of the Sea Treaty, which was on a fast track toward ratification by the U.S. Senate, has been temporarily checked though not derailed.

--WorldNetDaily.com--

Fewer Births, AIDS Slow Population Growth

WASHINGTON - Fewer births and more deaths from AIDS are helping slow world population growth, the Census Bureau says.

--Las Vegas Sun (AP)--

You won't find this in the story, but the left is bound to be happy about this. Why do you think they are so adamantly proabortion? Why are they so set on promoting homosexuality? These things are all directed at their fear of overpopulation, and anything that works against it, even an AIDS epidemic, is something they applaud, if only in private. - Ed.

Ex-adviser says Bush staff ignored warnings on terror

WASHINGTON - National security adviser Condoleezza Rice "looked skeptical" when she was warned early in 2001 about the threat from Al Qaeda and appeared never to have heard of the terrorist organization, according to President Bush's former counterterrorism coordinator.

--Boston Globe--

Kerry Connection ‘Discredits’ Terror Czar Clarke, Say Critics

Former Clinton administration terrorism czar Richard Clarke, who has been portrayed in dozens of media accounts as a nonpartisan critic of the Bush White House's terrorism policies, faces new questions about his credibility after a report surfaced on Sunday suggesting he has close ties to the presidential campaign of Sen. John Kerry.

--NewsMax.com--

White House Rebuts Ex-Bush Adviser Claim

WASHINGTON - The White House is disputing assertions by President Bush's former counterterrorism coordinator that the administration failed to recognize the risk of an attack by al-Qaida in the months leading up to Sept. 11, 2001.

--My Way News (AP)--

Richard Clarke Flashback: Clinton Dropped Ball on bin Laden

Former Clinton White House terrorism czar Richard Clarke is preparing to tell the Independent Commission Investigating the Sept. 11 Attacks this week that the Bush administration failed to act on a Clinton administration plan to attack Osama bin Laden.

--NewsMax.com--

Kerry Friend ‘Bo’ Dietl ‘Shocked’ by Assassination Plot

Legendary former New York City homicide detective “Bo” Dietl said Saturday that he was “shocked” by reports that Sen. John Kerry participated in a 1971 Kansas City meeting of the Vietnam Veterans Against the War where a plot to assassinate seven U.S. senators was considered.

--NewsMax.com--

Cheney: Clinton ‘Totally Ineffective’ in Terror War

Vice President Dick Cheney said Monday that the Clinton administration's strategy for dealing with the al-Qaida threat under the stewardship of terrorism czar Richard Clarke was “totally ineffective.”

--NewsMax.com--

GOP sees pattern of fabrication by Kerry

Republican campaigners, continuing to highlight Sen. John Kerry's statements that he had been endorsed by "foreign leaders," assert that this is part of a pattern of fabrications and exaggerations going back to his Massachusetts campaigns.

--Washington Times--

Andrea Mitchell: Hillary Wants VP Slot

Hillary-friendly NBC newswoman Andrea Mitchell said Sunday that the former first lady is indeed interested in teaming up with Sen. John Kerry as his vice presidential running mate.

--NewsMax.com--

al-Qaida Suspects May Have Fled in Tunnel

WANA, Pakistan - Top al-Qaida terrorists may have escaped a siege by thousands of Pakistani soldiers through several secret tunnels leading from mud fortresses to a dry mountain stream near the border with Afghanistan, a security chief said Monday.

--My Way News (AP)--

Al-Qaida's No. 2 Claims to Have Nukes

SYDNEY - Osama bin Laden's terror network claims to have bought ready-made nuclear weapons on the black market in central Asia, the biographer of al-Qaida's No. 2 leader was quoted as telling an Australian television station.

--ABC News (AP)--

Would someone please ask John Kerry if he thinks this threat is “exaggerated.” - Ed.

War on Terror Is Suffering in Courtrooms

BERLIN - The post-Sept. 11 war against terrorism is suffering as much in the courts as in the streets with several legal setbacks involving suspected members of al-Qaida and other groups around the world.

--My Way News (AP)--

This highlights the error of Clinton/Kerry approach to fighting terrorism as a “criminal justice” issue. - Ed.

Withheld Evidence May Sink Case Against Nichols

In a phone call from a federal prison yesterday, convicted bank bandit and former Aryan Republican Army leader Peter Kevin Langan Jr. made a startling revelation to the McCurtain Daily Gazette ? that former associate Richard Lee Guthrie Jr. robbed a Hot Springs, Ark., gun dealer in November 1994, not accused Oklahoma City bomber Terry Nichols.

--McCurtain Daily Gazette--

Sudan Slams UN for ‘Heap of Lies’

Sudan has accused a senior UN official of fabricating allegations of human rights abuses in the troubled western province of Darfur.

--BBC News--

Polish President Reassures Bush on Iraq

WARSAW, Poland - President Aleksander Kwasniewski reassured President Bush on Friday that Polish troops will stay in Iraq “as long as needed,” a day after suggesting they might leave months early.

--NewsMax.com (AP)--

Islamists Rape 100 Women in Attack

Arab militias backed by Khartoum's radical Muslim regime raped more than 100 women in an attack in western Sudan.

--WorldNetDaily.com--

U.S. Allows Muslim ‘Fox in the Henhouse’

The congressionally funded United States Institute of Peace hosted an event yesterday in Washington on reforming Islam, with a guest panelist who has threatened the United States and openly supported terrorist groups, Insight has learned.

--WorldNetDaily.com (Insight)--

EU Plan to Drop Ban on Arms Sales to China Raises Alarm

The United States should actively discourage the European Union from ending a 15-year ban on weapons sales to Beijing, a leading scholar on China policy has urged, just days before an EU decision is expected.

--CNSNews.com--

U.S. Missionaries Killed In Uganda

Unidentified gunmen raided and looted a college and killed two American missionaries and a Ugandan student, police said Friday.

--CBS News (AP)--

Saddam Loyalists Infiltrate Iraqi Police, Army

BAGHDAD - The United States has assessed that scores of Saddam Hussein loyalists have infiltrated the new Iraqi security forces, reports Geostrategy-Direct, the global intelligence news service.

--WorldNetDaily.com--

Berger, Clarke Spin for Kerry on Iraq

Former National Security Advisor Sandy Berger and former White House terrorism czar Richard Clarke are set to hit the spin cycle this weekend on behalf of Sen. John Kerry.

--NewsMax.com--

Kerry's 1994 Effort to Cut Defense Eyed

WASHINGTON - When John Kerry offered a surprise plan to trim $43 billion in spending a decade ago, he encountered some harsh resistance: The cuts would threaten national security. U.S. fighter pilots would be endangered. And the battle against terrorism would be hampered, opponents charged.

--London Guardian (AP)--

Images of Spain Hover over Regional Elections in France

PARIS - France will on Sunday hold regional elections which, in the wake of the Madrid train bombings and the surprise electoral victory for Spanish leftists, have taken on implications greater than expected for an essentially local poll.

--CNSNews.com--

Lawmaker Wants to Impeach ‘Activist’ Judge

Responding to "judicial activism," a Colorado lawmaker wants to impeach a judge who ordered a former lesbian in a child custody case not to teach her daughter homosexual behavior is wrong.

--WorldNetDaily.com--

There are a lot more than just this one who need impeachment. - Ed.

Gov. Bill Richardson Supports Rush Limbaugh

Governor Richardson is supporting conservative talk-radio host Rush Limbaugh in Limbaugh?s fight to keep his medical records secret.

--NewsMax.com--

NASA hears words not yet spoken

WASHINGTON (AFP) - NASA has developed a computer program that comes close to reading thoughts not yet spoken, by analyzing nerve commands to the throat.

--Yahoo! News (Agence France Presse)--

Legal scholars troubled over Democrats' memo

As the dust settles in the Judiciary Committee fuss over Republican snooping into Democrats' memos, several legal scholars said yesterday they were shocked by a memo showing staffers in Sen. Edward M. Kennedy's office plotting to manipulate one of the most significant court cases in recent years.

--Washington Times--

War on Terrorism: ‘Inescapable Calling of Our Generation’

President Bush on Friday hailed the eighty-four countries that have recognized the threat of terrorism: “We are the nations that will defeat that threat,” he said in a speech marking the one-year anniversary of the war in Iraq.

--CNSNews.com--

Bin Laden's right-hand man slips net

A bulletproof LandCruiser at high speed bursting out of a tribal compound in Pakistan's South Waziristan region was just the latest infuriating setback in the US's quest to bring down the top of the al-Qa'ida tree.

--The Australian--

Official: Kerry Failed to Act on Pre-9/11 Tip

WASHINGTON - A third federal aviation-security agent, one still with the government, has stepped forward to say he also warned Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry about security lapses at Boston's Logan International Airport before the 9-11 hijackings there.

--WorldNetDaily.com--

Kerry Now Rejects Foreign Endorsements

Democratic presidential nominee Sen. John Kerry yesterday renounced all endorsements of foreign leaders, after his campaign faced questions this week over his claim that world leaders told him face to face they want him to defeat President Bush.

--Washington Times--

Kerry Trade Policies Likely to Make Talks Tougher

WASHINGTON - Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry's vow to give more weight to labor rights and environmental provisions in global trade talks is likely to make for tougher negotiations with U.S. trade partners.

--Reuters--

Even on Vacation, Kerry's Foul Mouth Gets No Rest

Well, it turns out Hillary Clinton isn't the only one to use abusive language against Secret Service agents. Foulmouthed John “F.” Kerry, noted for his obscenity-laced Web site and naughty interview with Rolling Stone, is at it again.

--NewsMax.com--

Saddam Was $10B Bandit

WASHINGTON - Saddam Hussein stole a staggering $10.1 billion from the humanitarian U.N.-run oil-for-food program - billions more in thievery than earlier estimates, a congressional investigation revealed yesterday.

--New York Post--

Fuming Clintonista Admits to 3 bin Laden Misses

Former top Clinton adviser Paul Begala angrily denounced on Friday an NBC report that President Clinton failed to act after CIA Predator drones had pinpointed the location of Osama bin Laden in the fall of 2000.

--NewsMax.com--

1998 Plan to Nab bin Laden Stymied

A Pentagon planner drafted a top secret battle plan for pre-emptively attacking Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan, but his recommendations never reached then-Defense Secretary William S. Cohen, say defense and former Clinton administration officials.

--Washington Times--

Kosovo's Unresolved Status Prompts Recent Violence, Analyst Says

The festering problem of whether Kosovo will become independent or remain part of Serbia is partly to blame for this week's ethnic violence in Kosovo that's left some 31 dead and more than 500 wounded, said an analyst with an international watchdog agency.

--CNSNews.com--

Don't worry, we'll be out of there by Christmas. - Ed.

Survey: Muslim Countries Have Low Regard For U.N.

Fewer Americans approve of the United Nations than at any time in the past 14 years, while large majorities in some Muslim countries surveyed also hold a negative view of the organization, according to a survey released yesterday by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press.

--NewsMax.com--

Hoover, Fonda References Baffling Voters

Mention the name Hoover to most Americans and they think you are talking about either a vacuum cleaner, the late FBI chief or a big dam.

--NewsMax.com--

Supreme Court to Hear Landmark Privacy Case

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Monday in case challenging a Nevada law that requires individuals to identify themselves to police officers.

--CNSNews.com--

‘Fatal Flaw’: Rush's Attorneys Cite Precedent on Medical Privacy

Rush Limbaugh's lawyers say they have found a “gaping hole” and “fatal flaw” in Palm Beach County prosecutors' demand to unseal the radio star's medical files.

--NewsMax.com--

Brady Campaign Sues; ‘New Gun Part Is Same As New Gun’

Gun control advocates say the manufacture of a key gun part is the same thing as making “thousands of new illegal assault weapons.”

--CNSNews.com--

Kerry Lying About Anti-War Past, Supporter Alleges

A Vietnam War historian and supporter of Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry has told CNSNews.com that Kerry is lying about key events related to his anti-war activities in 1971.

--CNSNews.com--

Malaysia's Jew-Hating Ex-leader Endorses Kerry

It turns out that Spain's new soft-on-terror socialist leader, North Korea's communist terrorist dictator, the Arab propagandists of Al Jazeera and the cowardly French aren't the only dubious foreign supporters of John Kerry's presidential campaign.

--NewsMax.com--

Kerry Questioner Reports Harassment

The man who confronted Sen. John Kerry at a Pennsylvania town hall meeting last week over claims that foreign leaders have endorsed him has had his home vandalized.

--NewsMax.com--

Pakistanis Say May Have Bin Laden Deputy Surrounded

ISLAMABAD - Pakistani troops may have surrounded Osama bin Laden's number two during a major battle on the wild Afghan frontier on Thursday, top officials said.

--Reuters--

Congress Must ‘Speak with One Voice’ on Iraq, GOP Leaders Say

Thanks to U.S. intervention, “Iraq is free, America is safer, and the world has changed for the better,” said House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, as he joined other Republicans in passing a House resolution praising U.S. troops and the Iraqi people.

--CNSNews.com--

Paralysis at the Interior Department Threatens Security, Critics Claim

Homeland security? What about the leadership vacuum at the U.S. Park Police -- the uniformed division that guards some of America's most famous monuments -- says a public employees' advocacy group.

--CNSNews.com--

Justice Scalia Refuses to Recuse in Cheney Case

WASHINGTON - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia refused on Thursday to remove himself from a case about Vice President Dick Cheney's energy task force and said his impartiality could not be questioned despite their recent duck-hunting trip.

--My Way News (Reuters)--

Judge Upholds Suit Against Je$$e Ja¢k$on

A California appeals court has allowed a black leader to pursue six claims against Je$$e Ja¢k$on, including assault, battery and civil rights violations.

--WorldNetDaily.com--

New Sensor Network Sniffs the Air for Bioweapons

Here's the scene: Terrorists release deadly chemicals into the air near a major metropolitan center, creating a killer plume that is drifting with the wind toward millions of unsuspecting citizens. But within minutes, authorities from the president down to the local firefighters know what the chemicals are, where the plume is heading, and how to best cope with the unfolding crisis.

--ABC News--

American Gun Group Takes Its Mission Overseas

The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is opening an office in London - “joining with embattled British citizens in their fight to restore their firearms rights,” the group said in a press release.

--CNSNews.com--

Robber Turns Himself In After Watching Film

After more than two years as a fugitive from a bank robbery, a Florida man says he turned himself in to police after watching Mel Gibson's film “The Passion of the Christ.”

--WorldNetDaily.com--

Tiger Woods Goes for Army Training

LOS ALAMITOS, Calif. - Playing in the Masters might seem like a vacation compared with what Tiger Woods has planned after his week at Augusta National - training with the Army.

--NewsMax.com--

Cheney Blasts Kerry on Voting Record, Claims of Foreign Support

“American voters are the ones charged with determining the outcome of this election, not unnamed foreign leaders,” said Vice President Dick Cheney, in response to Senator John Kerry's claims that foreign leaders the Democrat spoke to have privately endorsed him for the presidency.

--CNSNews.com--

Ad Attacks Kerry Vote on Iraq Funds

President Bush launched a television ad yesterday accusing Democratic rival John F. Kerry of undermining U.S. troops in Iraq as the president's campaign manager accused the senator from Massachusetts of living in a “parallel universe.”

--Washington Post--

A Wee Bit o' Mischief From the RNC?

In honor of St. Patrick's Day, Republican National Committee Chairman Ed Gillespie released the following limerick in tribute to Democratic nominee John Kerry:

--CNSNews.com--

Kerry Caught in Whopper Trying to Get the Cuban Vote

John Kerry doesn't just flip-flop in his desperate attempt to be all things to all voters; he even makes things up.

--NewsMax.com--

Video Shows Kerry Conducting ‘War Crimes’ Interviews

A 1971 videotape shows Sen. John Kerry taking an active roll at the infamous Winter Soldier Investigation by personally grilling Vietnam vets about alleged war crimes they committed.

--NewsMax.com--

Nader Campaign Gives Bush a Boost in Polls

Democrats who cringed publicly upon Ralph Nader's entry into the presidential race are finding merit to their fears, as the independent candidate is cutting a wide swath into the party's base.

--Washington Times--

Dean Tries to Blame Bush for Terrorists' Massacre in Spain

Oh, if only Howard Dean had managed to bag the Democrats' presidential nomination. The harsh attacker of and nouveau supporter of John Kerry is, like his fellow socialists, trying to blame President Bush for the terrorist attacks in Madrid.

--NewsMax.com--

Saudi Chastises Arabs for Blaming U.S.

Taking an unusual stance, a columnist for the Saudi English-language Arab News criticized Arabs for blaming the U.S. for recent terror attacks in Iraq.

--WorldNetDaily.com--

Syria Arrests Hundreds as Riots Sweep the Nation

Syrian military troops and police have arrested hundreds of Kurds suspected of being involved in the anti-regime riots in cities throughout Syria over the weekend.

--World Tribune--

Don't Hand Al Qaeda Victory, Australia Urges Spain

Australia has called on Spain's incoming Socialist government to reverse its decision to pull its troops out of Iraq, thereby denying al Qaeda the ability to claim a victory over the anti-terror coalition arrayed against it.

--CNSNews.com--

Many Think U.S. Wants World Domination

WASHINGTON - A majority of people living in Jordan, Morocco, Pakistan and Turkey say they believe the U.S. is conducting its campaign against terror to control Mideast oil and to dominate the world, according to an international poll released Tuesday.

--Las Vegas Sun (AP)--

NBC: Clinton Ordered bin Laden Spared

A secret CIA videotape shows that the Clinton administration had pinpointed the whereabouts of Osama bin Laden a year before the 9/11 attacks, but declined to kill him because of White House orders that he should be taken alive.

--NewsMax.com--

Nevada judge tosses out Flowers defamation suit

LAS VEGAS - A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit accusing James Carville and George Stephanopoulos of defaming Gennifer Flowers when they commented on claims by Flowers that she had an affair with Bill Clinton.

--Las Vegas Sun (AP)--

Bush Addresses the Perils of Pulling Out of Iraq

Describing terrorists as “cold-blooded killers,” President Bush on Tuesday said terrorists kill innocent people to shake the world's will.

--CNSNews.com--

US Allies Closely Watch Events in Spain

The defeat of Spain's conservative government days after the country's worst ever terror attack has deprived the Bush administration of an important European ally, while ringing alarm bells around the democratic world about the potential of terrorism to determine election results.

--CNSNews.com--

Al-Qaida Plotted Attacks to Split Spain From Allies

Al-Qaida planned to carry out attacks to sever Madrid from the U.S. and its other allies in the war on terror, according to a document published months before Spain's national elections.

--WorldNetDaily.com--

Kerry Says Bush Using 9/11 as ‘Political Prop’

Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry yesterday accused President Bush of playing politics with the September 11 terrorist attacks, telling a firefighters union that Mr. Bush has used homeland security as a “political prop.”

--Washington Times--

Kerry's frequent references to his service in Viet Nam have nothing to do with politics, of course! - Ed.

Al Jazeera Praises Kerry

Al Jazeera, the Arab news network considered by Westerners to be the voice of al-Qaida, is praising likely Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry as “a popular mainstream Democrat with liberal tendencies, [who] has been widely seen as a good compromise candidate in a divided party.”

--NewsMax.com--

Top al-Qaida Official Reportedly Killed

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Saudi security forces killed two militants, including one considered al-Qaida's chief of operations on the Arabian Peninsula, in a shootout in the capital of Riyadh on Monday, U.S. and Saudi officials said.

--Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AP)--

Notice that the paper refers to them as “militants” and not terrorists. - Ed.

Bush Issues E-mail Letter

President George W. Bush has taken to cyberspace to reach out to supporters. The e-mail letter points out Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., and his flip-flopping record on the issues.

--NewsMax.com--

‘Passion’ Film Lessens Hostility Towards Jews, Poll Shows

Mel Gibson's film “The Passion of the Christ” is lessening hostility towards Jews contrary to what the film's Jewish critics predicted, a new poll shows.

--CNSNews.com--

Georgia Senate Treats Ethics Bill As A Joke

Ethics reform passed, but not before senators, some with barely contained smirks and laughter, loaded the bill down with 10 floor amendments. They rendered the measure so strict and potentially unconstitutional that several officials said it stood little chance of passage in the House.

--Atlanta Journal-Constitution--

Jury Awards Butter-Flavor Worker $20M

JOPLIN, Mo. - Eric Peoples cradled his wife and wept after a jury agreed that vapors from butter flavoring at the microwave popcorn factory where he once worked had permanently ruined his lungs.

--My Way News (AP)--

As if I needed another reason to avoid watching movies in theatres. - Ed.

The Warning Kerry Ignored

John Kerry boasts how he “sounded the alarm on terrorism years before 9/ 11,” referring to his 1997 book “The New War.” Too bad he didn't blast it when it really counted - four months before the hijackings, when he was hand-delivered evidence of serious security breaches at Logan International Airport, with specific warnings that terrorists could exploit them.

--New York Post--

Spanish Conservatives Defeated in Post-Bombing Election Upset

Eight years of pro-U.S. conservative rule have come to an end in Spain, where voters - still reeling from the aftermath of last week's deadly train bombings - handed victory to the opposition Socialists.

--CNSNews.com--

The left will point to this as a defeat for Bush, but the reality is that it is a defeat for the civilized world. The Spanish electorate has sent terrorists a message - that they can affect the politics of their targets (see commentary). Rush Limbagh says that Democrats have put themselves in a position where what's good for them is bad for America. This is beginning to look like one more instance where Rush is right. - Ed.

Huge Car Bomb Found Near U.S. Consulate in Pakistan

KARACHI, Pakistan - A huge car bomb was defused by Pakistani police outside the U.S. consulate in Karachi on Monday, just two days before Secretary of State Colin Powell visits the country.

--My Way News (Reuters)--

Democrats Describe Bush Ad As Anti-Muslim

The Democratic Party accuses President Bush of “going negative” with ads that attack Sen. John Kerry -- and Muslims as well.

--CNSNews.com--

Is Kerry pretending that the 19 terrorists who attackes us weren't Arabs? - Ed.

France: Bin Laden Nearly Caught in Afghanistan

PARIS - Osama bin Laden has escaped capture in Afghanistan several times and may be linked in some way to the Madrid train attacks that killed 200 people, France's chief of defense staff said Monday.

--My Way News (Reuters)--

How can bin Laden be connected to the Madrid bombings if the bombings were in retaliation for Spain's action in Iraq? Haven't we been told that bin Laden and Saddam Hussein were enemies? Isn't that the argument the left uses to “prove” that Iraq was not connected to terrorism (specifically 9/11)? - Ed.

Hillary: Kerry Right About ‘Crooked, Lying’ GOP

U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton said Sunday that likely presidential nominee John Kerry was right when he branded Republicans last week “the most crooked, you know, lying group I have ever seen.”

--NewsMax.com--

Kerry Camp Hiring ‘Assassin’?

A Vietnam veteran who plotted to kill members of Congress in 1971 is reportedly ready to accept a position working in the presidential campaign of John Kerry.

--WorldNetDaily.com--

It seems almost a certainty that John Kerry was aware that members of the group he belonged to were plotting to kill elected officials. As a citizen it was incumbent on him to report this knowledge to authorities, but there is no record that he ever did. - Ed.

White House to Kerry: Prove Assertion

The White House, seeking to raise credibility questions about Democrat John Kerry, suggested Monday that the presumptive nominee had lied when he said some foreign leaders privately back his candidacy.

--Las Vegas Sun (AP)--

Like Some Before Him, Kerry Snared by Large Boasts

Secretary of State Colin L. Powell yesterday challenged Sen. John Kerry, the likely Democratic nominee, to identify the foreign leaders who he says want to see him elected president.

--Washington Times--

China Puts ‘Human Rights’ Into Constitution

For the first time since the Communists took power in 1949, China's rubber-stamp parliament has agreed to include in the constitution a vague reference to human rights.

--CNSNews.com--

California Democrat Escorts Aristide to Jamaica

Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), one of Jean Bertrand Aristide's strongest supporters in the United States, was accompanying the ousted Haitian president and his wife to Jamaica on Monday, her office announced. The Bush administration doesn't like the idea.

--CNSNews.com--

A Mexican Worker Dies Each Day, AP Finds

The jobs that lure Mexican workers to the United States are killing them in a worsening epidemic that is now claiming a victim a day, an Associated Press investigation has found. Though Mexicans often take the most hazardous jobs, they are more likely than others to be killed even when doing similarly risky work.

--My Way News--

I want to know who this Mexican is who dies every day. - Ed.

Report Details Saddam's Support for Terrorists Who Killed Americans

Saddam Hussein supplied financial support, training and shelter for an array of deadly terrorist organizations right up until the onset of the Iraq war a year ago, including such notorious groups as Hamas, Ansar al-Islam, the Palestinian Liberation Front, the Abu Nidal Organization and the Arab Liberation Front, according to a comprehensive report released by the Hudson Institute.

--NewsMax.com--

History Points Finger at Revenge for Lost Moor Kingdom

New forensic evidence on the bombings has raised an uncomfortable question for Spaniards. Is Osama bin Laden dreaming of exacting revenge for the loss of Al-Andalus, the ancient Moorish kingdom in Iberia?

--London Telegraph--

Poll: Americans Think Terrorists Want Kerry

Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla., sparked outrage last week when he said that if Sen. John Kerry defeats President Bush in November it will be a victory for Osama bin Laden.

--NewsMax.com--

Kerry Ran From the Enemy, Claims Former Vietnam Crewman of Democrat Candidate

John Kerry, the Democratic challenger for the White House, is embroiled in fresh controversy over his much-vaunted Vietnam war record, after one of his crew members accused him of cowardice and making strategic mistakes in battle.

--London Telegraph--

Powell to Kerry: Back Claims With Names

WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Colin Powell on Sunday challenged Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry to name the foreign leaders whom the Massachusetts senator claims want him as the next U.S. president.

--Yahoo! News (AP)--

Teresa: I'll Use Ketchup Cash if Race Turns Ugly

Teresa Heinz Kerry is warning that she'll use the vast Heinz ketchup fortune to repel personal attacks by the Bush campaign - insisting for the first time publicly that there are legal ways around the campaign finance laws that could allow her to spend far more than the $2,000 legal limit to get her husband elected.

--NewsMax.com--

Nader Has New Suitor: Reform Party

DALLAS - (KRT) - The Texas Reform Party has proposed a marriage with independent candidate Ralph Nader with hopes that both will benefit by gaining access to the November presidential ballot.

--South Mississippi Sun-Herald (Dallas Morning News)--

Woman Tells John Kerry She Regrets Her Abortion, Staffer Destroys Her Sign

Tampa, FL - As the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, Senator John Kerry backs abortion. But a woman in Florida who wanted Kerry to know she regretted her abortion says she is glad he saw a sign she carried at a recent campaign event - even though his staff tore it up afterwards.

--LifeNews.com--

Kerry on Defensive With New Anti-Bush Ad

The John Kerry for President campaign says it's mad as hell and not going to take it anymore.

--NewsMax.com--

Kerry Fails to Back Up Foreign ‘Endorsements’

Sen. John Kerry refuses to provide any information to support his assertion earlier this week that he has met with foreign leaders who beseeched him to prevail over President Bush in November's election.

--Washington Times--

Saddam Statues Turned Into 1 Honoring U.S.

In the “turning a sow's ear into a silk purse” category, an Iraqi artist has used the melted remains of two Saddam Hussein statues to make a new sculpture honoring America's sacrifice for the Middle East nation.

--WorldNetDaily.com--

Spain Announces Five Arrests in Bombings

MADRID, Spain - Spain's interior minister Saturday announced the arrest of five suspects in the Madrid bombings, including three Moroccans.

--My Way News (AP)--

US Rail Security Deficient, Say Lawmakers, Security Expert

In light of terrorist attacks in Spain that killed nearly 200 people, two Republican members of Congress Friday urged Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge to re-examine security measures involving the U.S. rail system. And a noted counter-terrorism expert gave U.S. passenger rail security a grade of “F.”

--CNSNews.com--

Rabbis Say Critics of ‘The Passion’ Endanger Jews

Some conservative Jewish leaders are saying the foes of Mel Gibson's “The Passion of the Christ,” not the movie, are harming Jews. These charges have in turn sparked new controversy.

--NewsMax.com--

CIA's Weak Arabic Led to Embarrassment

The Bush administration wants us to think Abu Mussib Al Zarqawi is terrified of the United States and that his suicide strikes against Shi'ites constitute the last gasp of a desperate terrorist.

--WorldNetDaily.com--

FBI Hid Oklahoma Bombing Files, Court Told

Terry Nichols' attorneys say more than a dozen FBI documents that raise the possibility of additional accomplices in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing weren't turned over by state prosecutors or the federal government for Nichols' murder trial defence.

--Calgary Herald (AP)--

Keep Off Our Lunar Land, Germans Tell Bush

Berlin - Futuristic lunar labs are great in theory, but a tiny community in the hilly depths of rural Germany fears that American President George Bush's ambitious space programme will harm their pieces of moon.

--Independent News, South Africa--

Europe Worried About Terrorist Threat After Madrid Attack

As Spain continued to count the victims of Thursday's train bomb attacks in Madrid, Europeans were trying to come to terms with the meaning of such a large scale terrorist act, reminiscent of 9/11.

--CNSNews.com--

Al Qaeda Group Claims Madrid Bombings, Says America is Next

Warning that an attack on America is coming, an al-Qaeda-linked group Thursday claimed responsibility for a series of coordinated bombings on trains in Madrid that killed at least 190 people.

--CNSNews.com--

U.S. Launches New Afghanistan Operation

WASHINGTON - The U.S. military has launched a new offensive in Afghanistan (search) called “Operation Mountain Storm” aimed at rooting out elements of the Taliban and Al Qaeda, Pentagon officials said Friday.

--Fox News--

Mass Graves Testify to Saddam's Evil

Pandemic of murder being documented but widely ignored.

--WorldNetDaily.com (Insight)--

N.Y. Sun: Kerry Quit Anti-war Group After Assassination Vote

Sen. John Kerry has repeatedly told reporters that he's proud of the protests he led as head of the Vietnam Veterans Against the War.

--NewsMax.com--

Bush Nominee Withdraws After Kerry Remark

WASHINGTON - Six months after announcing that he would name a “manufacturing czar” to try to stem U.S. job losses, President Bush is in another controversy over the economy.

--USA Today--

This article is an excellent example of media bias. You have to read to the very last paragraph to get beyond the Bush-bashing. - Ed.

In Rebuff to Bush, Senate Votes for Tax-Cut Barriers

The Senate voted last night to slap stringent new barriers on tax cuts, dealing a potentially damaging blow to President Bush's efforts to make permanent the bulk of the $1.7 trillion in tax cuts passed since he took office.

--Yahoo! News (Washington Post)--

Judiciary Panel Defers Memo Action

The Senate Judiciary Committee members agreed last night to skirt any decision on how to proceed with the investigation into Republican snooping of Democratic computer files.

--Washington Times--

Fund-raiser Aaron Tonken Writing Hillary Tell-All

Convicted Hollywood fund-raiser Aaron Tonken, who helped organize an August 2000 star-studded tribute to Bill Clinton's presidency that doubled as a fund raiser for Hillary's Senate campaign, is writing an October-surprise tell-all book that could cause trouble for the entire Democratic Party.

--NewsMax.com--

Government Employee Who Labeled Bush ‘Traitor’ Gets Paid for Doing Nothing

An Ohio maintenance worker is still on the taxpayers' dole even though he's not doing any work, suspended after displaying a sign with the word “traitor” while helping provide security for President Bush's motorcade.

--NewsMax.com--

‘Most Crooked, Lying Group I've Ever Seen,’ Kerry Says of GOP

“Let me tell you, we've just begun to fight,” Sen. John Kerry told a supporter in Chicago Wednesday. “We're going to keep pounding. These guys [Republicans] are the most crooked, you know, lying group I've ever seen.” The supporter responded, “ It's scary.”

--CNSNews.com--

Kerry Says Credibility Not Damaged By Former Comrade's Lie

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry Thursday said his credibility was not affected by his previous association with a man who fabricated his military credentials while serving as executive director of a prominent anti-war group that included Kerry.

--CNSNews.com--

Bush's Critics Hint at Another 9/11 ‘Exploitation’

Even before President Bush arrived in New York on Thursday, his opponents seemed poised to once again accuse him of insensitivity to 9/11 families.

--CNSNews.com--

Justice Ginsburg Linked to ‘Liberal’ Group

WASHINGTON - Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has lent her name and presence to a lecture series cosponsored by the liberal NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund, an advocacy group that often argues before the court in support of women's rights that the justice embraces.

--Boston Globe--

Is this news to anyone? - Ed.

McCain Warns FEC to Act on ‘Soft’ Cash

Sen. John McCain threatened yesterday to sue the Federal Election Commission if it fails to enforce federal election laws against groups that use "soft money" to influence presidential and congressional races.

--Washington Times--

American Citizen Charged With Spying

NEW YORK - An American citizen was arrested Thursday on charges she acted as an Iraqi spy before and after the U.S. invasion of Iraq, accepting $10,000 for her work, prosecutors said Thursday.

--My Way News (AP)--

Take special notice of what this story doesn't tell you. The following article fills in the missing details. - Ed.

E-Mail: Attack on U.S. 90 Percent Ready

CAIRO, Egypt - The Arabic newspaper Al-Quds al-Arabi said Thursday it had received a claim of responsibility for the Madrid train bombings issued in the name of Al Qaeda.

--Fox News (AP)--

Limbaugh Prosecutors: No Evidence of Crime Without Medical Files

Palm Beach County prosecutors investigating Rush Limbaugh all but admitted this week that they currently have no real evidence that the No. 1 radio host violated Florida's drug laws - and won't be able to prosecute the top talker for “doctor shopping” unless a judge lets them look for evidence in Limbaugh's confidential medical files.

--NewsMax.com--

Cornyn Chastises Kennedy for Questioning Constitutionality of Recess Appointment

WASHINGTON - Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) chastised Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA) on Tuesday for sending a letter to a district court questioning the constitutionality of a recent recess appointment made by President George W. Bush.

--GOPUSA (Talon News)--

Kennedy is upset because “No other Article III judge in the nation's history has ever received a recess appointment during a brief holiday period in the midst of a session of Congress.” He's not upset, however, that Bush's appeals court judicial nominations are the first to be successfully filibustered. - Ed.

U.S. Casualties Plummet in Iraq

U.S. casualties in Iraq have sunk to their lowest level since the war began, with the fatality rate for G.I.'s on the front lines dropping to less than half the monthly average since the war began.

--NewsMax.com--

Your job for today: find a Democrat who is happy about this good news. - Ed.

Saddam's Old Neighbours Want to Forget the Fighting and Find a Job

Tikrit, the birthplace of Saddam Hussein, has been fighting a different cause since the end of the conflict - rebuilding its shattered community.

--London Telegraph--

No ‘2nd Amendment’ in Iraq Constitution

Iraq's new interim constitution sounds many of the same themes as the U.S. Constitution in guaranteeing freedom of the people - with one stark difference: There is no right to keep and bear arms in the new charter.

--WorldNetDaily.com--

Dick Morris: Now or Never for Hillary

Dick Morris, columnist and former adviser to President Bill Clinton, says Sen. Hillary Clinton must be John Kerry's running mate this year if she ever hopes to be president herself one day.

--WorldNetDaily.com--

Sen. McCain Open to Being Kerry's VP?

WASHINGTON - Republican Sen. John McCain allowed a glimmer of hope Wednesday for Democrats fantasizing about a bipartisan dream team to defeat President Bush.

--Yahoo! News (AP)--

This story seems to me to be more of a media fantasy than anything. They'd love for McCain to join Kerry, and are hyping the story trying to make it happen. What McCain really said, though, doesn't sound to me like he's actually “open” to the idea. He said he'd “entertain” the idea. I'd find it entertaining too if I were in his shoes. - Ed.

Kerry: Those Who Question Me Are ‘Crooked’ Liars

If you dare to challenge Sen. John Kerry, you're part of "the most crooked ... lying group" he has ever seen.

--NewsMax.com--

Kerry Asking Wealthy to Pay Old Tax Rate

CHICAGO - Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry said Wednesday he will ask Americans earning more than $200,000 a year to pay the taxes they paid under President Clinton and pledged to retain the Bush tax cuts for the middle class and even add to them.

--My Way News (AP)--

Kerry Skipped Prescription Drug Vote Then; Complains Now

Sen. John Kerry has no right to scare senior citizens with "misinformation" about the Medicare Prescription Drug Law -- especially when he skipped the final vote on that bill, said House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.).

--CNSNews.com--

Kerry Campaign Ad Exploited Both 9/11 and Vietnam

While the media devoted blanket coverage last week to complaints that a campaign ad for President Bush exploited the 9/11 attacks, reporters have given Sen. John Kerry a pass for a spot he ran on the second anniversary of 9/11 that exploited both that tragedy and the Vietnam War.

--NewsMax.com--

Speaking of exploiting “tragedies,” do you remember a Clinton photo-op on the beach at Normandy where he “found” some stones and formed them into a cross? How many brave men lost their lives right there on that beach? Did the media go out looking for veterans of that battle who were “offended?” - Ed.

Atheists to enter political fray

Atheists and other nonbelievers set up a political action committee yesterday to endorse candidates and lobby lawmakers to remove all traces of religion from the government.

--Washington Times--

Here's an organization of Atheists and agnostics you might be interested in. - Ed.

Clinton, Gore Nix Plans for Public 9/11 Testimony

Former President Clinton and former Vice President Gore have declined an invitation by the Independent Commission Investigating the 9/11 Attacks to testify in public, after reportedly agreeing to do so earlier this month, and instead will be interviewed privately.

--NewsMax.com--

Limbaugh Case Drags On as Florida Dems Plot Electoral Revenge

Florida Democrats Tuesday completed their first presidential ballots since November 2000 with many still sure the general election of four years ago was stolen from them. But this year's political grudge match also has the Rush Limbaugh drug investigation as a sideshow.

--CNSNews.com--

Grants to Religious Groups Top $1.1 Billion

The federal government gave more than $1.1 billion in competitive grants to religious organizations in fiscal 2003 as President Bush's efforts to support religious charities led to dramatic increases in such grants by key agencies, White House officials said yesterday.

--Washington Post--

Note: Link requires registration. - Ed.

Rogue Governments Support Kerry, Republican Leader Notes

Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) says foreign leaders support his campaign against President Bush, but that ought to concern American voters, a prominent Republican indicated.

--CNSNews.com--

Powell: Kerry Hurting Troop Morale

Secretary of State Colin Powell said Monday that unduly harsh political attacks from likely Democratic nominee John Kerry are undermining the morale of U.S. soldiers fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan.

--NewsMax.com--

Vets Slam Kerry for Vietnam Atrocity Claims

WASHINGTON - John Kerry lived two Vietnam experiences - one as a decorated Navy lieutenant, the other as a staunch protester of the war.

--Fox News--

Shi'ites Warn New Iraq Law Will Lead to Problems

BAGHDAD - Shi'ite leaders warned on Tuesday that Iraq's new constitution could cause problems in the long term, with one senior cleric saying a clause on federalism had the potential to provoke civil war.

--Reuters--

North Korea Adds New Condition for Scrapping Nukes

North Korea says it will accede to U.S. demands for “complete, verifiable and irreversible” dismantling of its nuclear weapons program when Washington “completely” withdraws its military bases from South Korea “in a verifiable way.”

--CNSNews.com--

U.S. Finds Radioactive Missiles in Iraq

U.S. Army troops operating at a former Iraqi air base recently made a startling discovery: Russian-made missiles marked with radioactive warning signs.

--Charles R. Smith - NewsMax.com--

Achille Lauro Mastermind Dies in Custody

The Palestinian mastermind of the 1985 Achille Lauro cruise ship hijacking in Italy, Mohammad Abbas, has died in U.S. custody in Iraq of natural causes.

--WorldNetDaily.com--

That Saddam Hussein was protecting this guy is another of those annoying little facts that those who claim Iraq wasn't connected to terrorism want us to ignore. - Ed.

40m Bachelors and No Women ... the Birth of a New Problem for China

China, the most populous nation on Earth, could find itself dealing with the combined frustrations of as many as 40 million single men by 2020 because its one-child policy is creating a shortage of female babies.

--The Guardian--

Many abortion proponents initially applauded China's one-child policy and have never really spoken against it. - Ed.

Gun Control Group Calls For Ethics Inquiry Into Gun Bill

A gun control group is calling for a House Ethics inquiry into National Rifle Association board members who co-sponsored a bill to give NRA civil immunity.

--CNSNews.com--

British Lawmaker: Teach Kids Gun Use

A member of Michael Howard?s shadow Cabinet has described a handgun ban brought in after the Dunblane massacre as shortsighted and said children should be taught how to use guns.

--The Scotsman --

Is Military Creeping Into Domestic Law Enforcement?

In a little-noticed side effect of the war on terrorism, the military is edging toward a sensitive area that has been off-limits to it historically: domestic intelligence gathering and law enforcement.

--Dow Jones Newswires (WSJ)--

Limbaugh Prosecutor Admits Records Seizure an Invasion of Privacy

Palm Beach County Assistant State Attorney James Martz admitted yesterday that when his office seized the medical records of top talk radio host Rush Limbaugh in November, it was an extreme invasion of privacy - comparing the action to a legally justifiable strip search of a drug suspect.

--NewsMax.com--

Berkeley to Vote on Impeaching Bush

To some in the nation's most notorious anti-war city, Election Day can't come soon enough.

--San Jose Mercury News--

Florida Dem Election Official Faces 55 Charges

TALLAHASSEE - Suspended Broward Supervisor of Elections Miriam Oliphant has been charged with 55 counts of violating election laws.

--South Florida Sun-Sentinel--

Kerry Predicts Character Attacks, Foreign Support

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. - Democratic White House candidate John Kerry predicted on Monday Republicans would try to "tear down" his character and said some foreign leaders had privately confided they hoped he would beat President Bush.

--Reuters--

Gosh! What an easy prediction to make, considering he'll be the one making all the character attacks. And sure, he'll be getting support from foreign leaders, like the leader of North Korea. - Ed.

Kerry Voted Against Body Armor for U.S. Troops

Likely Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry slammed President Bush over the weekend for not supplying U.S. troops in Iraq with enough body armor to protect them from attacks.

--NewsMax.com--

Kerry to Dispatch Own Experts' Team to Iraq

“My exit strategy is success,” he told Time magazine. “A viable, stable Iraq that can contribute to the stability and peace in the Middle East.”

--Agence France-Presse--

That's a wonderful strategy, but if he'd had his way, Saddam Hussein would still be in power. - Ed.

Bush Exposes Kerry‘s ’Deeply Irresponsible' Attack on Intelligence

DALLAS - President Bush on Monday accused John Kerry of having proposed “deeply irresponsible” cuts in intelligence spending just two years after the first attack on the World Trade Center, part of a re-election effort to depict his Democrat rival as weak on national security and the war against terrorism.

--NewsMax.com Wires--

Muslims Seek a Role in 2004 Election

WASHINGTON - Muslim political groups in the United States have launched an ambitious campaign to register 85 percent of an estimated 2.7 million to 3 million Muslims they believe are eligible to vote in the coming presidential election.

--UPI--

Letter From 9-11 Survivors Backs Bush Ad

NEW YORK - More than a dozen families who lost relatives in the Sept. 11 attacks released a letter Saturday declaring their support for President Bush and his use of images of the destroyed World Trade Center in campaign ads.

--The Guardian (AP)--

Why, do you suppose, do we have to go to foreign media to find a story like this? - Ed.

Hillary Firmly Opposes Gay Marriage

Hillary Clinton firmly opposes gay marriage, the New York Post's Fred Dicker reported Monday.

--NewsMax.com--

Kerry's Website Riddled With Obscenities

As public obscenity becomes a heated issue in the wake of this year's Super Bowl breast exposure, the leading Democrat in the race for the White House has obscenities laced throughout his official website.

--WorldNetDaily.com--

In case Kerry wises up and removes this s*** from his website, be advised that this is not a joke. I checked it out myself. - Ed.

McCain Warns: Don't Politicize Vietnam

Sen. John McCain warned on Sunday that attempts to politicize the Vietnam War risk turning the presidential campaign into the ugliest in American history, saying that both President Bush and Sen. Kerry should focus on more current issues.

--NewsMax.com--

Kerry's Possible Running Mates Unenthused

WASHINGTON - Three top Democrats, all talked about as possible running mates for presumptive presidential nominee John Kerry, on Sunday suggested a lack of interest in being vice president - but none ruled it out.

--The Guardian (AP)--

How about Chuckie Schumer? Let's start a “buzz.” - Ed.

Financial Squeeze Pushes al-Qaida South of Border

With Islamic “charities” under increasing international pressure and scrutiny to cut ties with terrorists, al-Qaida and other allied organizations are expanding operations in Latin America, establishing both legitimate and criminal enterprises to fund future operations, reports Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin.

--WorldNetDaily.com--

Giuliani Defends Bush on 9/11 Ad

New York's former mayor Rudy Giuliani strongly supports President Bush's use of images of 9/11 in his early campaign ads.

--NewsMax.com--

Heinz Foundation Bankrolled Group Protesting Bush 9/11 Ads

WASHINGTON - The non-profit, tax-exempt organization representing the families of September 11 victims who are critical of campaign ads by President Bush is a project of the Tides Center, which has received millions of dollars in charitable contributions from foundations chaired by Teresa Heinz Kerry, WorldNetDaily has learned.

--WorldNetDaily.com--

I commented on this group yesterday. - Ed.

Blair: ‘Mortal Danger’ to Underestimate Terror

LONDON - Tony Blair, battling to shake off the damaging controversy of the Iraq war, warned Britain on Friday of the “mortal danger” of underestimating the terror threat and defended pre-emptive military action where necessary.

--Excite News (Reuters)--

John “F-ing” Kerry says the terror threat is an “exaggeration.” - Ed.

U.S. Team Is Sent to Develop Case in Hussein Trial

WASHINGTON - Following a White House directive, the Justice Department is sending a high-level team of prosecutors and investigators to Iraq to take charge of assembling and organizing the evidence to be used in a war crimes trial of Saddam Hussein, administration and Iraqi officials said in recent days.

--New York Times--

Kerry Unrepentant for Pro-Hanoi Activism

Since quitting the Navy six months early at age 27 so he could run for Congress on an antiwar platform, John Kerry has built a political career on his service in Vietnam.

--WorldNetDaily.com--

Kennedy Blasts Bush for ‘Devious Strategy’

In a speech yesterday to the Council on Foreign Relations, Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., delivered a scathing rebuke of President Bush, accusing him of deliberately exaggerating the threat posed by Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq.

--WorldNetDaily.com--

Russians Reportedly Aided Saddam's Missile Program

WASHINGTON A group of Russian engineers secretly aided Saddam Hussein's long-range ballistic missile program, providing technical assistance for prohibited Iraqi weapons projects even in the years just before the war that ousted Saddam from power, American government officials say.

--International Herald-Tribune--

John Kerry would give Russia veto power over our national security. - Ed.

Bin Laden ‘Evaded Pakistani Raid’

A local official in eastern Afghanistan says he has received credible reports that Osama Bin Laden escaped the recent Pakistani operation to catch him.

--BBC News--

Limbaugh Lawyer: Treat Rush the Same as Addict Judge

Rush Limbaugh's lawyer, Roy Black, says his client deserves the same consideration Palm Beach County prosecutors gave to a judge suffering from the same addiction that afflicted Limbaugh.

--NewsMax.com--

Martha Prosecutor Gave Pardongate Pass to Hillary

The U.S. attorney who went after Martha Stewart in what looks to many like a prosecutorial jihad hasn't always been so tough on powerful women.

--NewsMax.com--

Border Guards Prevent Amish Man's Return to U.S.

PITTSBURGH - An Amish (search) man who visited his ailing father in Canada has not been allowed to return because of border security aimed at thwarting terrorists. The man, adhering to the Bible's prohibition of graven images, has no photo identification.

--Fox News--

DNC Urging Democrats to Sign Loyalty Pledge

The Democratic National Committee is urging Democrats to “sign our unity pledge to take back America.” It's a party loyalty pledge, apparently intended to head off defections to Ralph Nader's third party campaign.

--CNSNews.com--

New Paltz Showboat Mayor Will ‘Marry’ More Couples, Despite Arrest

New Paltz Mayor Jason West could face jail time because his plan to keep performing same-sex marriages is “an arrogant violation of the law,” the Ulster County district attorney said yesterday.

--New York Post--

Picture this. You're stopped by a cop for speeding. He gives you a warning and let's you go. Instead of driving off slowly, you step on the gas and “burn rubber” speeding off. Would you expect to be stopped again and have the book thrown at you? So why shouldn't this guy get the maximum which includes jail time? - Ed.

State AGs Come Down Against ‘Gay’ Marriages

‘Gay’ marriage has stirred up a passionate whirlwind of moral convictions, religious beliefs and politics, sweeping the divisive question onto the desks of state attorneys general, the top law enforcers in each state.

--Las Vegas Sun (AP)--

Judiciary Democrats Want Criminal Probe of Published Memos

Capitol Hill - Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats hinted Thursday that they want two former GOP committee staffers prosecuted for alleged violations of the federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.

--CNSNews.com--

When are going they ask for prosecution of the people who illegally tape-recorded Newt Gingrich's cell-phone conversation? - Ed.

North Korea for Kerry?

North Korea's state-controlled media are well known for reverential reporting about Kim Jong-il, the country's dictatorial leader.

But the Dear Leader is not the only one getting deferential treatment from the communist state's propaganda machine: John Kerry, the presumptive Democratic candidate, is also getting good play in Pyongyang.

--Financial Times--

Reining In Anti-Bush Groups

The Federal Election Commission yesterday set in motion regulatory proceedings that could severely restrict new pro-Democratic groups seeking to defeat President Bush.

--Washington Post--

Martha Stewart: Democrat Mega-Donor

Embattled doyenne of domesticity Martha Stewart was a major Democratic Party donor for most of the 1990s, giving the legal maximum to the campaigns of Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton and Al Gore, along with more than $100,000 in additional cash to related Democratic causes.

--NewsMax.com--

Hillary Warns Kerry: Hands off McAuliffe

Uber Democrat Sen. Hillary Clinton is warning all-but-certain presidential nominee John Kerry to back off if he's thinking about replacing party chairman Terry McAuliffe before the election.

--NewsMax.com--

Indonesia Mulls Law That Would Ban Conversion, Restrict Church Building

A draft religion law under consideration in Indonesia has prompted concerns from some activists and observers who worry how it may affect the country's often beleaguered Christian minority.

--CNSNews.com--

Effort to Dump Income Tax Gains Steam

An effort to do away with federal income tax and replace it with a national consumption tax is gaining steam, as activists strive to get at least 100 members of the House of Representatives on board by Independence Day.

--WorldNetDaily.com--

Limbaugh Persecuted, Addicted Judge Skates

Palm Beach County Judge Robert Schwartz - who heard cases in the same jurisdiction now dealing with the matter of Rush Limbaugh's addiction case - was hooked on OxyContin and although removed from the bench, was never subjected to the kind of investigation now leveled at Limbaugh to determine if he obtained the pills legally, Matt Drudge revealed today.

--NewsMax.com--

Intern Backs Miranda, Says Senate Computers Were Not Hacked

A former Senate Judiciary Committee intern with extensive experience as a computer network security administrator has denied that anyone broke into committee computers, a charge leveled by Democrats who say a key Republican stole their political strategy memos.

--CNSNews.com--

Bush Campaign Defends Ads With 9/11 Images

NEW YORK - President Bush's re-election campaign on Thursday defended commercials using images from the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, including wreckage of the World Trade Center, as appropriate for an election about public policy and the war on terror.

--My Way News (AP)--

These ads are not exploiting a tragedy as critics are charging. While each life lost was tragic, the event overall was not a tragedy, it was an atrocity. The country needs to be reminded of that. - Ed.

Kerry: Bush 'Misled' by Meaning What he Said

It's an odd campaign gimmick, but Sen. John F. Kerry, D-Mass., often tells voters that he was “misled” and that's why he voted for an October 2002 resolution authorizing military force against Iraq.

--San Francisco Chronicle--

Kerry's main beef against Bush seems to stem from the fact that Bush may have been misled by faulty intelligence. So if Kerry is so easily misled, why should we choose him over Bush? - Ed.

Rudy Rips Into Kerry

GREENSBORO, N.C. - Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani jabbed Democratic candidate John Kerry yesterday, charging the senator has flip-flopped on terrorism. “One thing I admire about [Bush] is his consistency,” Giuliani said. “On the other side, we have a lot more inconsistency.”

--New York Post--

Kerry on the Record: Amnesty is OK

Putative Democratic candidate for president, Sen. John Forbes Kerry, D-Mass., is not afraid of the charged “amnesty” word when it comes to his stated policies on undocumented immigrants.

--Newsmax.com--

Kerry Expected to Fire McAuliffe

Likely Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry won't wait for party chairmen Terry McAuliffe to resign, as promised, after the November election, but will move to fire him sooner rather than later.

--NewsMax.com--

Court Overturns 9/11 Suspect's Conviction

KARLSRUHE, Germany - A German court Thursday overturned the world's only conviction for the Sept. 11 attacks and ordered a retrial for a Moroccan found guilty last year of aiding the Hamburg cell of suicide hijackers.

--My Way News (AP)--

This is a convincing object lesson against the Clinton-era policy of “fighting” terrorism in the courts. This is the same approach advocated by John Kerry. - Ed.

Minuscule Chip Snags al-Qaida

A massive international investigation hinging on a tiny cellphone computer chip has resulted in the arrests of dozens of “stupid” terrorists on three continents and prevented at least three terrorist attacks.

--NewsMax.com--

Heartened by Senate Vote, Anti-Gun Groups Demand ‘Stronger’ Ban

Gun control groups not only want Congress to pass an extension of the 1994 “assault weapons” ban -- they also want the ban to be “strengthened.”

--CNSNews.com--

Internet Uh-Oh At Tax Time

Remember all the stuff you bought online last year? Now it's time to declare and pay sales tax on those purchases, at least so say the income tax forms of 20 states.

--CBS News (AP)--

New York is one of those states. There's something missing from the forms, though. There's no place to list all the rebates you received without getting a rebate of the sales tax. Don't hold your breath waiting for that one. - Ed.

Congressional Black Caucus's Ties to Aristide Questioned

A conservative black pastor says the White House and the State Department should investigate the Congressional Black Caucus's relationship with exiled Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.

--CNSNews.com--

Kerry-Linked Anti-War Group Can't Bury Deceit

While many former Vietnam veterans support the candidacy of Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry, there is no sign of the man who appeared with Kerry on a nationally televised news program in 1971 to allege widespread atrocities by U.S. soldiers in Vietnam.

--CNSNews.com--

We need an investigation. How much did Kerry know, and when did he know it. - Ed.

Kerry's ‘Fire in the Belly’ Hasn't Started Yet

“Boy, wait until you see the fire in my belly,” he told a TV interviewer.

--Yahoo! News (AP)--

He also said, “I wouldn't be upset if I could earn the right to be the second [black president]” (Clinton being the “first”). Why don't they just nominate Sharpton if they want a black president? - Ed.

Kerry influenced by Iranian funders?

Among Sen. John Kerry's top fund-raisers are three Iranian-Americans who have been pushing for dramatic changes in U.S. policy toward the Islamic Republic of Iran.

--WorldNetDaily.com--

Hillary Endorses Kerry on Foreign TV

New York Sen. Hillary Clinton finally made her much-sought-after presidential endorsement on Tuesday for Sen. John Kerry. But she chose to make it in a venue where few if any Americans were watching.

--NewsMax.com--

Tort Reform Group Warns Kerry to Avoid Edwards

The American Tort Reform Association is warning John Kerry that choosing John Edwards as his running mate would hurt Kerry's run for the White House.

--CNSNews.com--

DNC fund-raising slows drastically

Less than five months before the Democratic National Convention comes to town, organizers yesterday said they are $7.5 million shy of their fund-raising goal of $39.5 million.

--Boston Globe--

Anti-Bush Group's TV Ads May Be Illegal, Republicans Say

A liberal advocacy group plans to start running anti-Bush TV ads in 17 battleground states beginning on Thursday, but the Republican Party believes the group may be violating campaign finance law.

--CNSNews.com--

Vermont Ski Town Votes To Secede

KILLINGTON, Vt. - Voting with a thunderous “aye,” residents endorsed a plan Tuesday for this ski-resort town to secede from Vermont and become a part of New Hampshire, 25 miles to the east.

--Washington Post--

Let the Public See Democrats' Memos, Group Says

A government watchdog group says the American public must be allowed to see memos written by Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee - memos that may outline unethical or possibly illegal activity, says one man who read some of them.

--CNSNews.com--

New Paltz Mayor Charged With 19 Counts

Jason West faces 19 separate counts of solemnizing a marriage without a license, a misdemeanor under the domestic relations law, according to Ulster County District Attorney Donald Williams. Although West could face a maximum penalty of up to a year in jail, Williams said a jail term wasn't being contemplated at this point.

--Fox News--

Justice Dept.: Abortion Records Necessary

WASHINGTON - Doctors should be prohibited from testifying for their lawsuit challenging the Partial-Birth Abortion Act unless the government has access to patient medical records, the Justice Department told a federal judge Monday.

--Rocky Mount Telegram, North Carolina (AP)--

Canada Admits: We're Terror Haven

The world's “most notorious” terrorist groups continue to operate in Canada, says a classified intelligence report written two years after Parliament gave police new powers and money to dismantle the country's deadly terror networks, reports the National Post.

--WorldNetDaily.com--

Blacks Angered by ‘Gays'’ Metaphors

In the battle for same-sex “marriage,” homosexual rights activists have been using civil rights metaphors to advance their cause.

--Washington Times--

GOP Plans Votes to Put Democrats on the Spot

Republicans plan to use Congress to pull Sen. John F. Kerry and vulnerable Democrats into the cultural wars over gay rights, abortion and guns, envisioning a series of debates and votes that will highlight the candidates' positions on divisive issues, according to congressional aides and GOP officials.

--Washington Post--

Kerry Camp's Mole in the Bush White House?

First lady wannabe Teresa Heinz Kerry had a good friend inside the Bush White House: former Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill, who, after he was fired, wrote a book that painted the president as an ignoramus who was itching to go to war with Iraq.

--NewsMax.com--

Kerry Ridicules ‘Silly’ Labels, But He Uses Them

Sen. John Kerry yesterday ridiculed the notion that he is the most liberal U.S. senator, a ranking the National Journal bestowed last week upon the Massachusetts Democrat, who has not been shy about using labels himself.

--Washington Times--

Vietnam Veterans Denounce ‘Hanoi John’

Hundreds of U.S. Army veterans and Vietnamese escapees demonstrated Saturday outside John Kerry's campaign headquarters in Manhattan to protest his betrayal of them.

--NewsMax.com--

Gas-Guzzling ‘Enviro’ Sen. Kerry Exposed

White House wannabe Sen. John Kerry is anti-choice on letting Americans decide what sort of car to drive, but the limousine liberal's hypocrisy has been exposed for the whole world to see.

--NewsMax.com--

Cleland: Kerry Won't Release Vietnam Medical File

Former Sen. Max Cleland said Sunday there was no reason for Democratic presidential front-runner John Kerry to release his full medical file - including records documenting the injuries that won him three Purple Hearts in Vietnam - calling requests for the Vietnam records “the height of hypocrisy.”

--NewsMax.com--

Iraqis Told of Hillary's Praise for Saddam

The Iraqi people learned on Sunday about former first lady Hillary Clinton's praise last week for Saddam Hussein, even as mainstream U.S. news outlets continued to cover up her comments.

--NewsMax.com--

Administration Denies Aristide Kidnapped

WASHINGTON - The White House and Pentagon on Monday dismissed allegations that Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide was kidnapped by U.S. forces eager for him to resign and flee into exile.

--Yahoo! News (AP)--

Death-penalty Trial for Oklahoma Bomb Accomplice Could Backfire on FBI

Oklahoma prosecutors have one simple but provocative goal in dragging Timothy McVeigh's friend and convicted accomplice, Terry Nichols, back into court today: not satisfied with the life sentence he is already serving, they want to send him to the death chamber for his role in the 1995 bombing of the Oklahoma City federal building.

--London Independent--

Killington Vermont Will Vote on Secession

KILLINGTON, Vt. - The sign welcoming visitors to Killington heralds this ski-resort town as the heart of Vermont.

--Las Vegas Sun (AP)--

Taxpayer Group Sees Fix for Social Security ‘Time Bomb’

A taxpayer watchdog group says Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan is right about the Social Security program being in trouble -- but wrong about how to fix the problem.

--CNSNews.com--

Palestinians Outraged by Recruiting of Children for Attacks Against Israelis

NABLUS, West Bank -- They were young, perhaps the youngest ever to try an armed attack against Israelis, and they were ready to die.

--Houston Chronicle (AP)--

European Union Trade Sanctions on U.S. to Begin on Monday

The European Union will impose millions of dollars in trade sanctions against the United States beginning on Monday and will increase these every month to reach $4 billion if Congress does not repeal a tax law that has been ruled illegal by the World Trade Organization.

--CNSNews.com--

This is a drop in the bucket compared to what will happen if a protectionist Democrat wins the White House. - Ed.

Same-sex ‘Weddings’ in New York Village Put State Law to the Test

ALBANY, N.Y. - For the first time in the state's history, marriage ceremonies were performed for gay men and lesbians in New York on Friday, as a little-known mayor of a small upstate village thrust New York squarely into a dispute that has divided the country in recent weeks.

--Contra Costa Times--

Jump in Business Spending Boosts Growth

NEW YORK - The U.S. economy grew a bit more quickly than first thought at the end of last year as business investment jumped, official figures showed on Friday, in an encouraging sign for further solid growth.

--Yahoo! News (Reuters)--

Bush OKs Intense Hunt for bin Laden

President Bush has approved a plan to step up efforts to capture or kill al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden using new forces and tactics.

--WorldNetDaily.com--

Hillary: Bush Should Thank Bill for Military

In a foreign policy speech at a Washington think tank, Sen. Hillary Clinton chided President Bush for not thanking her husband for handing the current administration such a strong military.

--WorldNetDaily.com--

She didn't mention the the failures of the CIA, though. These people always want credit, but always want to put blame elsewhere. - Ed.

Iran Poised for Terror Campaign Against Gaddafi

Iran is trying to prevent Libya from disclosing incriminating details of Teheran's top-secret nuclear weapons programme, by threatening to unleash Islamic fundamentalist groups opposed to Colonel Muammar Gaddafi.

--London Telegraph--

FEC Probing Sharpton, Ignoring Kerry Mortgage

The Federal Election Commission is probing Democratic presidential candidate Rev. Al Sharpton over reports he's using his campaign war chest to bankroll a luxurious lifestyle on the campaign trail.

--NewsMax.com--

‘Hanoi Jane’ Speaks Out for Kerry - Again

For the second time in a month, "Hanoi Jane" Fonda has stepped forward to defend Democratic presidential front-runner John Kerry, saying she had nothing to do with an April 1971 Vietnam war protest he organized in Washington, D.C., that made Kerry a nationally recognized leader of the anti-war movement.

--NewsMax.com--

Kerry Disliked at Yale

Believe it or not, some say current Democratic presidential front-runner Sen. John Kerry wasn't a very good liberal while attending Yale University.

--NewsMax.com--