Homeowners Stand Firm Despite High-court Ruling

Michael Cristofaro, one of the Connecticut homeowners on the losing end of the Supreme Court's recent decision allowing a city government to seize residents' property for a private development, says his family and the six others are not about to give up their fight.

--WorldNetDaily.com--

Deadline on Troop Withdrawal Sends the Wrong Message, Bush Says

Announcing a timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq would send the wrong message to the troops, to Iraq, and to terrorists, President Bush said Tuesday.

--CNSNews.com--

Read the text of Pres. Bush's address here. - Ed.

I'm still waiting for an exit strategy from the “War on Poverty” and the “War on Drugs”. - Ed.

Author: Leo

Date: Friday July 1, 2005 22:03

and the war on the pre-born

‘Liberals’ Offer Myopic Views on Iraq Before Bush's Speech

President Bush plans to address the nation on the situation in Iraq Tuesday night, but before he has a chance to speak, ‘liberals’ are offering their own fix for what they see as a “quagmire” and a “disaster.”

--CNSNews.com--

Democrats Report No Abuse at Gitmo

Two Democratic senators just back from reviewing U.S. detention facilities and interrogations at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, said they saw no signs of abuse and said it would actually be worse to close the facility and transfer the detainees elsewhere.

--Washington Times--

Dems Eye Impeachment Strategy

Left-wing Democrats in the House are working on a plan to compel the House Judiciary Committee to launch an impeachment inquiry into what they say are “high crimes and misdemeanors” committed by President Bush in the run-up to the Iraq war.

--NewsMax.com--

Outrage Lingers Over Property Rights Ruling

Although the Supreme Court's Ten Commandments ruling dominated Monday's headlines, a property rights ruling handed down last week still has many Americans shaking their heads -- including some lawmakers, who plan to do something about it.

--CNSNews.com--

Author: Linda Cebrian

Date: Tuesday June 28, 2005 19:19

I already told my husband I want to vacation at the Lost Liberty Hotel when it's ready.

Russia Eyes US Oil Market, Seeks More American Investment

MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin Saturday pledged to supply more oil to the American market, while at the same time urging more U.S. investment in Russia.

--CNSNews.com--

Thefts of U.S. Technology Boost China's Weaponry

China is stepping up its overt and covert efforts to gather intelligence and technology in the United States, and the activities have boosted Beijing's plans to rapidly produce advanced-weapons systems.

--Washington Times--

Rumsfeld: Gitmo Grillings Foiled New Attacks

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said Sunday that aggressive interrogations of terrorist suspects held at Guantanamo Bay have foiled new terror attacks and saved American lives.

--NewsMax.com--

US ‘in Talks with Iraq with Iraq Rebels’

AT a summer villa near Balad in the hills 40 miles north of Baghdad, a group of Iraqis and their American visitors recently sat down to tea. It looked like a pleasant social encounter far removed from the stresses of war, but the heavy US military presence around the isolated property signalled that an unusual meeting was taking place.

--London Sunday Times--

The intriging aspect of this story is the terrorists' demand for a “timetable of American withdrawal from Iraq”. Did the terrorists get the idea from American Obstructocrats, or did the Obstructocrats get the idea from the terrorists? Inquirind minds want to know. - Ed.

Kennedy's ‘Rummy’ Attack Backfired

Sen. Ted Kennedy's attempt during Thursday's Armed Services Committee hearings to embarrass Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld by calling on him to resign over the "Iraq quagmire" got major TV and radio coverage.

--NewsMax.com--

Va. Lawmakers to Bar Home Seizure for Private Uses

RICHMOND, Va. - Shocked at a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that allows cities to raze homes so developers can build private hotels, malls and office parks on the land, state lawmakers called for legislation to ban the practice Friday.

--WTOPNews (AP)--

Ed Cox Slams Hillary for 9/11 Failure

New York Senate hopeful Ed Cox blasted Sen. Hillary Clinton on Saturday, saying that she's failed to win New York's fair share of federal homeland security dollars in the wake of the 9/11 attacks and hasn't kept her promise to improve the state's economy.

--NewsMax.com--

Senile (?) Billy Graham Touts President Hillary?

Addressing his flock for the second night of his final revival tour in New York, Rev. Billy Graham stood side by side with ex-President Bill Clinton and joked that Mrs. Clinton might make a good president.

--NewsMax.com--

Hillary's Detective Charged with Intimidation

A top Los Angeles private detective who helped Hillary Clinton quash her husband's "bimbo eruptions" in 1992 has been charged with making criminal threats and with conspiracy to commit a crime.

--NewsMax.com--

FBI Boss: Felt Acted on Revenge

L. Patrick Gray, the FBI chief during the Watergate break-in, says he believes deputy W. Mark Felt became the anonymous source known as Deep Throat because he was angry at being passed over as J. Edgar Hoover's successor and wanted to sabotage Gray.

--NewsMax.com--

Judge to Review Rush Limbaugh Medical Records

A judge ruled that he will privately review Rush Limbaugh's medical records before handing over relevant material to prosecutors investigating the conservative radio commentator's drug use.

--NewsMax.com--

Graham's Last Crusade Starts in New York

NEW YORK - Volunteers set up barriers to direct the crowds and workers finished assembling the stage Friday as the Rev. Billy Graham prepared for the opening of his final American revival meeting.

--Las Vegas Sun (AP)--

Eminent Domain Ruling Labeled ‘a Horrible Precedent’

A spokesman for the Libertarian Party of Connecticut Thursday accused the U.S. Supreme Court of setting “a horrible precedent” in siding with local governments that seize property for the so-called “public good.” Kenneth Gordon called it a “sad day in American history.”

--CNSNews.com--

Obstructocrats Say Rove Should Apologize or Resign

WASHINGTON - Democrats said Thursday that White House adviser Karl Rove should either apologize or resign for accusing “liberals” of wanting “therapy and understanding” for the Sept. 11 attackers, escalating partisan rancor that threatens to consume Washington.

--Washington Post (AP)--

Before demanding an apology or resignation, shouldn't they be pointing out why what he said was wrong? They can't do that because his comments were right on the money. He'd be crazy to apologize. - Ed.

Author: Anonymous

Date: Saturday June 25, 2005 6:15

The democrats need to get over themselves! How would they expect to run this country again when they cannot stop their petty whining because there is a Republican in office that they are fighting with EVERY step of the way?

Author: Anonymous

Date: Saturday June 25, 2005 6:16

That figure's ~~~~~~

Author: Anonymous

Date: Saturday June 25, 2005 6:26

I wish someone would pack up BOTH of the Clintons and send them back to Arkansas where they came from !!!

Author: Anonymous

Date: Saturday June 25, 2005 6:29

Some of our elderly citizens that have worked hard all of their lives in the United States should eat as well as these PRISONERS are eating ~~ THINK about it !

Author: Anonymous

Date: Saturday June 25, 2005 6:28

Some of elderly citizens that have worked hard all of their lives in the United States should eat as well as these PRISONERS are eating ~~ THINK about it !

Author: Helen W.

Date: Saturday March 26, 2005 9:38

I believe that Terri has reached the point of no return. Never has the struggle between the "culture of life" and that of Death been so clear.

I and others are sodden with anger and grief. I hope that once we recover, we will finally take this battle dead seriously.

Author: Anonymous

Date: Friday March 4, 2005 11:17

Stewart: But what do you make of--here's my dilemma, if you will. I don't care for the way these guys conduct themselves--and this is just you and I talking, no cameras here [audience laughter]. But boy, when you see the Lebanese take to the streets and all that, and you go, "Oh my God, this is working," and I begin to wonder, is it--is the way that they handled it really--it's sort of like, "Uh, OK, my daddy hits me, but look how tough I'm getting." You know what I mean? Like, you don't like the method, but maybe--wrong analogy, is that, uh--?

Link #1

Author: Anonymous

Date: Friday March 4, 2005 11:13

In the interest of fairness you need to display your bias toward Nancy Soderberg:

Link #1

Link #2

Dems Allegedly ‘Conducting Guerrilla Warfare on Troops’

Congressional Democrats are engaged in a “growing pattern” of demoralizing American troops, according to House Republican leaders who Wednesday showed no willingness to let the controversial comments of Illinois Sen. Richard Durbin die.

--CNSNews.com--

7 of 10 Say Gitmo Treatment Not Unfair

The poll conducted by Rasmussen Reports found 36 percent of respondents believe the prisoners are being treated “better than they deserve,” while 34 percent said “about right.”

--WorldNetDaily.com--

Rove: Democrats Didn't Understand 9/11 Consequences

NEW YORK - Speaking in a ballroom just a few miles north of ground zero, Karl Rove said the Democratic party did not understand the consequences of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

--Las Vegas Sun (AP)--

When you read the actual quotes, it seems that Rove wasn't differentiating between Republicans and Democrats, but between liberals and conservatives. I wonder why Obstructocrats (a.k.a. Democrats) are so offended, considering how so many of them avoid labeling themselves as ‘liberals’. - Ed.

Republican Party Lets ‘Wild’ Democrats Speak for Themselves

The Republican National Committee has unveiled a new web ad that allows Democrats to speak for themselves.

--CNSNews.com--

RNC: Biden's Predictions All Wet

The Republican National Committee let loose against Democratic Senator Joe Biden after he attacked the administration on its progress in Iraq.

--NewsMax.com--

Pro-Bush Group Airs TV, Radio Ad about High Court

Progress for America, which says it's ready to spend $18 million to support any nominee President Bush chooses, on Wednesday began airing a TV and radio ad that warns that Democrats will “attack anyone the president nominates.”

--USA Today--

N.Y. GOP Eyes ‘Hillary-fighter’

NEW YORK - The New York state Republican establishment, eager to field a candidate to defeat Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's expected re-election bid next year, is backing high-profile prosecutor Jeanine Pirro.

--Washington Times--

Just what we need - another RINO. - Ed.

Shaw, GOP Push Social Security Personal Accounts

A plan for Social Security reform that would take a modest first step toward establishing a form of personal accounts is being advanced by top Republican House members, including Rep. E. Clay Shaw, Chairman of the powerful House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security.

--NewsMax.com--

If it gets the Obstructocrats in a tither, it almost has to be a good idea. - Ed.

Dems Find No Vote Fraud in Ohio

The 2004 presidential election in Ohio was settled when President Bush won the decisive state by a great enough margin that Sen. John Kerry conceded.

--NewsMax.com--

That won't stop them from claiming it. - Ed.

Court Rules Cities Can Seize Homes

Property-rights advocates condemned the Supreme Court's split decision today allowing a local government to seize a home or business against the owner's will for the purpose of private development.

--WorldNetDaily.com--

What's really interesting about this decision is that it came down to a perfect ‘liberal’/conservative split, with all the ‘liberals’ voting for government power over people's property rights. Is this what “liberalism” has come to? - Ed.

Author: Anonymous

Date: Saturday June 25, 2005 6:11

This is appalling!!!!

Author: Anonymous

Date: Friday June 24, 2005 12:09

THIS DECISION IS UNBELIEVABLE. ANY PROPERTY WOULD BE VULNERABLE TO ANY LOCAL POLITICIAN AND COMPANY DEALS TO PUT MONEY IN THEIR POCKETS. SOMETHING MUST BE DONE TO REVERSE THIS DECISION FOR THE SAFETY OF ONES PROPERTY.

Author: Helen W.

Date: Saturday March 26, 2005 9:38

I believe that Terri has reached the point of no return. Never has the struggle between the "culture of life" and that of Death been so clear.

I and others are sodden with anger and grief. I hope that once we recover, we will finally take this battle dead seriously.

Author: Anonymous

Date: Friday March 4, 2005 11:17

Stewart: But what do you make of--here's my dilemma, if you will. I don't care for the way these guys conduct themselves--and this is just you and I talking, no cameras here [audience laughter]. But boy, when you see the Lebanese take to the streets and all that, and you go, "Oh my God, this is working," and I begin to wonder, is it--is the way that they handled it really--it's sort of like, "Uh, OK, my daddy hits me, but look how tough I'm getting." You know what I mean? Like, you don't like the method, but maybe--wrong analogy, is that, uh--?

Link #1

Author: Anonymous

Date: Friday March 4, 2005 11:13

In the interest of fairness you need to display your bias toward Nancy Soderberg:

Link #1

Link #2

Build More Nuclear Power Plants, Bush Says

“There is a growing consensus that more nuclear power will lead to a cleaner and safer nation,” President Bush said on Wednesday during a trip to a nuclear power plant in Maryland.

--CNSNews.com--

Let's see how many “global warming” doomsayers support the president's call. - Ed.

Durbin Apologizes on Senate Floor for Nazis, Soviet Gulags Remark

Sen. Richard Durbin (D-Ill.), who sparked outrage with his controversial remarks comparing the Guantanamo Bay prison camp to Nazis, Soviet gulags, and Pol Pot's killers in Cambodia, apologized on the Senate floor Tuesday.

--CNSNews.com--

Actually, he didn't apologize for what he said, he expressed regret that some people were offended. If he were a Republican, such an “apology” would be accepted by no one, and rightly so. - Ed.

Romney Eyes White House

Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, who has spent the last several months addressing Republican loyalists around the country, acknowledged on Tuesday that he's considering a presidential bid in 2008.

--NewsMax.com--

Frist to Keep Pushing for Bolton Vote

Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) plans to continue pushing for an up-or-down vote on President Bush's nominee for U.N. ambassador, John Bolton.

--CNSNews.com--

Frist Tells Durbin to Apologize on Senate Floor

Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist yesterday demanded that Sen. Richard J. Durbin make a “formal apology” on the floor of the Senate for comparing U.S. interrogators at Guantanamo Bay to Nazi and Soviet regimes and that he strike his remarks from the Congressional Record.

--Washington Times--

Frist to Dems: Dump Durbin

Asked point-blank if Democrats should press Durbin to step down from his leadership post, Frist told ABC Radio host Sean Hannity, “I hope that they would do that.”

--NewsMax.com--

Democrats Block Vote on Bolton Nomination

Senate Republicans fell six votes short of the 60 needed to end the Democrat-led filibuster of John Bolton, nominated by President Bush to serve as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.

--CNSNews.com--

Bush Backs Soc. Sec. Bill Without Accounts

WASHINGTON - President Bush encouraged a Republican senator Tuesday to offer Social Security legislation that would not include the private investment accounts that were the centerpiece of the plan Bush has promoted all year.

--Las Vegas Sun (AP)--

It's a damn shame that Democrats are so intent on denying Bush any political victories that they'll deny young workers a chance to survive the coming Social Security crisis. Without personal accounts, young workers are going to be so burdened paying for the AAPR crowd's retirement, that it's either going to adversely affect the economy, or cause the younger generation to make drastic cuts. The AARPers aren't going to like that when it happens. - Ed.

GOP Congressman Calls Democrats Anti-Christian

Business on the floor of the House was halted for 45 minutes yesterday after Rep. John N. Hostettler (R-Ind.) accused Democrats of “denigrating and demonizing Christians,” prompting a furious protest from across the aisle.

--Washington Post--

Hillary ‘Truth’ Has Dems Spooked

While even Clinton critics are warning that Ed Klein's book “The Truth About Hillary” may backfire by reinvigorating Mrs. Clinton's image as a victim, privately some Democrats say they're aren't so sure.

--NewsMax.com--

Ed Klein is no right-wing extremist, quite the contrary in fact, and that's what's really driving Democrats nuts. - Ed.

Terri Schiavo Buried; Family Offended By Grave Marker

TAMPA, Fla. - The cremated remains of Terri Schiavo, the severely brain-damaged woman who died after her feeding tube was removed in March, were buried Monday in a Clearwater cemetery.

--Las Vegas Sun (AP)--

Baptist Pastors are Urged to Reject ‘Judicial Tyranny’

NASHVILLE, TENN. - The former Alabama state supreme court chief justice who lost his office after refusing to remove a monument to the Ten Commandments urged Southern Baptist pastors Monday to reject a “judicial tyranny” that refuses to acknowledge God in public life.

--Houston Chronicle--

U.S. Firms Help China Censor Fr**dom, D*mocr*cy

Part of the Internet's magic is the freedom it bestows to travel as far as your mind can take you. But not if you're in China, where the totalitarian government is leery of the Internet and hostile to the merest mention of such ideas as freedom.

No surprise there. What is a shock is that several huge U.S. companies are helping China muzzle free expression.

--USA Today--

Google is no stranger to censorship. As we reported here last month, it had refused to run a conservative groups political ad which had text nearly identical to an advertisement the company previously accepted from a liberal group. It's also interesting that, as reported here, Google's political contributions to Democrats were almost a hundred times greater than those to Republicans. Is there a connection between these? You be the judge. - Ed.

Downing Street Memo Originals Destroyed

The so-called Downing Street Memo - which was presumed to be authentic when Bush administration critics began touting it last month as evidence the president committed impeachable crimes - is actually a manually recreated copy - with the source of the memo now admitting he retyped the document before destroying the originals.

--NewsMax.com--

Gingrich Urges Senate to Censure Dick Durbin

Following is the text of Speaker Newt Gingrich's letter to the members of the United States Senate.

--CNSNews.com--

American Sacrifices Buying Time for Iraqis

A Guard officer's death in an ambush illustrates view that patience is needed to train Iraq army.

--Houston Chronicle--

You must read this! - Ed.

Conservatives Tout Guantanamo Bay's Cuisine

Conservatives angered by the frequent calls of congressional Democrats and anti-war activists to close down the military prison at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, are conducting an unusual counter-attack.

--CNSNews.com--

Congress Likely to Define War Detainees

Congress is likely to step into the operation of the Guantanamo Bay detention center with legislation on how the U.S. should legally categorize an unorthodox enemy.

--Washington Times--

Doctor: Schiavo Autopsy Conclusions Flawed

Dr. William Hammesfahr, nominated for a Nobel Prize for his work in medicine, has been recognized by agents for Medicare, the federal government, and others for new approaches to helping the brain injured.

--NewsMax.com--

Kenyans Angered Over US Military Aid Move

NAIROBI, Kenya - A lawmaker here plans to introduce a motion in parliament censuring the United States for withholding some military aid to Kenya because Kenya refused to sign a treaty relating to the International Criminal Court (ICC).

--CNSNews.com--

Hey, Kenya! Nobody's going to give you aid without expecting something in return. Stop whining, and either refuse the aid, or accept the conditions. - Ed.

U.N. Family Ties: Is There a Replay of the Kofi and Kojo Annan Scandal?

UNITED NATIONS - Oil-for-Food is the biggest scandal ever to hit the United Nations (search), but it is just one of many scandals erupting at the world body - all symptoms of trouble at the core.

--Fox News--

Sen. Robert Byrd Blames Immaturity for Klan Membership

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - Joining the Ku Klux Klan was “an extraordinarily foolish mistake” that has haunted Sen. Robert C. Byrd's life for 40 years but the very thing that launched one of the longest careers in the Senate.

--Washington Times (AP)--

What is he blaming his present-day immature behavior on, I wonder? - Ed.

Durbin Rebuked on Floor of Senate

The Senate Armed Services Committee chairman yesterday accused Sen. Richard J. Durbin of insulting American soldiers with a “grievous error in judgment” by comparing U.S. treatment of al Qaeda suspects to the crimes of Adolf Hitler, Josef Stalin and Pol Pot, and demanded that the Senate's No. 2 Democrat apologize.

--Washington Times--

Senator Makes Partial ‘Apology’ for Treasonous Remarks

“I have learned from my statement that historical parallels can be misused and misunderstood,” Durbin, D-Ill., said in a written release. “I sincerely regret if what I said caused anyone to misunderstand my true feelings: Our soldiers around the world and their families at home deserve our respect, admiration and total support.”

--Macon Telegraph (Chicago Tribune)--

I don't think his remarks caused anyone to “misunderstand” his true feelings.

You can see a video of Durbin's remarks here (wmv) or here (mpg). - Ed.

Hillary: No Comment on Nazi-gate

New York Senator Hillary Clinton ducked questions yesterday about her colleague Dick Durbin's charge that U.S. troops at Guantanamo Bay conducted themselves like "Nazis" - but she did offer Durbin some tactical support by calling for a new probe into prisoner abuse by American GIs.

--NewsMax.com--

‘Leaky’ Leahy Defends Nazi-gate Scandal

Vermont Senator Pat “Leaky” Leahy tried to spin his way out of the Democrats' Nazi-gate scandal yesterday - after Illinois Senator Dick Durbin compared U.S. troops at Guantanamo Bay to soldiers in Hitler's Third Reich - by saying his colleague was misquoted in the Wall Street Journal.

--NewsMax.com--

Bush Critic Contradicts ‘Downing Street Memo’ Charge

A former diplomat who has criticized President Bush's handling of the war in Iraq Thursday appeared to contradict one of the main charges leveled by those who point to the “Downing Street Memo” as proof that the administration knew Saddam Hussein had no weapons of mass destruction but went to war with Iraq anyway.

--CNSNews.com--

RNC Nets $52.9M in First 5 Months of Year

WASHINGTON - The Republican National Committee has taken in $52.9 million from January through May, maintaining its strong fundraising despite a ban on six-figure donations.

--Las Vegas Sun (AP)--

Weyrich Fears ‘Cordial’ Ties Between GOP and the Right

When Paul M. Weyrich came to Washington 40 years ago, the conservative movement was largely a playpen for right-wing intellectuals.

--Washington Times--

Jeb Bush: ‘God Has a Plan’ for Me

Florida Gov. Jeb Bush insists he doesn't know what he will do when his second term in office ends in January 2007, but he says, “I happen to believe that God has a plan for all of us.”

--NewsMax.com--

Jeb Bush, White House Opposing Katherine Harris' Senate Run

U.S. Rep. Katherine Harris can't be a happy camper.

--NewsMax.com--

Probe Sought in Terri Schiavo 911 Call

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Gov. Jeb Bush said Friday that a prosecutor has agreed to investigate why Terri Schiavo collapsed 15 years ago, citing an alleged gap in time from when her husband found her and called 911.

--Las Vegas Sun (AP)--

Trespass Law Helps Nab Illegal Immigrants

CONCORD, N.H. - Two police chiefs, frustrated by what they claim is the government's failure to pursue illegal immigrants, are taking a novel approach to homeland security: using a trespassing law to arrest undocumented immigrants.

--Wired News (AP)--

House Passes Bill to Cut Dues to United Nations

In a vote of 221-184, the House Friday approved a measure designed to withhold half of U.S. dues to the United Nations unless the world body changes the way it operates.

--CNSNews.com--

UK Socialized Medicine: Go Private or Wait 80 Weeks, Patient Told

A hospital told a road accident victim that she would have to wait a year and a half for an NHS brain scan, but could have the procedure done privately at the same unit in two weeks, The Times has learnt.

--London Times--

Top Zarqawi Aide Captured in Iraq's Mosul

MOSUL, Iraq - A top aide to Al-Qaeda frontman Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has been captured in Iraq's northern city of Mosul, the US military revealed.

--Yahoo! News (AFP)--

Democrat Durbin Compares Gitmo Administrators to Nazis

WASHINGTON - The White House said a senator's comparison of American interrogators at Guantanamo Bay to Nazis, Soviet gulags and Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot was reprehensible and a disservice to those serving in the military.

--Chicago Sun-Times--

I'm becoming more and more convinced that there are Democrats who wouldn't mind another terrorist attack, even a nuclear attack, if it resulted in them getting back in power. I believe Durbin is one such person. - Ed.

House Votes To Curb Patriot Act

The House handed President Bush the first defeat in his effort to preserve the broad powers of the USA Patriot Act, voting yesterday to curtail the FBI's ability to seize library and bookstore records for terrorism investigations.

--Washington Post--

Can someone explain why library records are more sacrosanct than financial records? The IRS has routine access to personal information relating to our finances, and I don't hear much objection to that. - Ed.

Clinton Wins S.C. Straw Poll

Richland County Democrats held the nation’s first straw poll for the 2008 presidential race Wednesday and the surprise winner was U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton of New York.

--The State--

McAuliffe Raps Dean on Personal Attacks

Former Democratic National Committee chairman Terry McAuliffe criticized his successor, Howard Dean, on Wednesday, saying that he should stop launching personal attacks on Republicans and “always keep it to the issues.”

--NewsMax.com--

Dems ‘Demand the Truth’ on Downing Street ‘Memo’

Congressional ‘liberals’ and anti-war activists Thursday plan to “demand the truth” regarding the Downing Street “Memo,” the British government document that the critics say proves the Bush administration's “efforts to cook the books on pre-war intelligence” from Iraq. However, defenders of the president point out several other documents or remarks that they say contradict the British memo.

--CNSNews.com--

Politicians Demand Plan for Bringing the Troops Home

Congressional Democrats, joined by some Republicans, are demanding a timetable for a U.S. troop withdrawal from Iraq.

--CNSNews.com--

Is anyone demanding a timetable for the end to welfare, or affirmative action? Those would make more sense. - Ed.

Fuhrman: Schiavo's Collapse Still a Mystery

While Pinellas-Pasco Medical Examiner Jon Thogmartin suggested yesterday that his autopsy of Terri Schiavo had cleared up most of the questions raised by critics of the court-ordered decision to starve her to death, renowned homicide detective Mark Fuhrman insists that key aspects of the case remain in doubt.

--NewsMax.com--

Exit Strategy on Social Security Is Sought

With the Senate Finance Committee at an impasse on Social Security and House leaders anxious about moving forward, Republican congressional leaders have told the White House in recent days that it is time to look for an escape route.

--Washington Post--

How about an exit strategy of standing up to the left's lies, fearmongering and demagoguery? - Ed.

Prosecutors Seek Proof of Drug Abuse in Limbaugh's Medical Records

Palm Beach County prosecutors told a judge Wednesday that they want to see all of Rush Limbaugh's seized medical records to determine whether he engaged in a long-term pattern of criminal prescription drug abuse.

--South Florida Sun-Sentinel--

NRA Blasts Virginia Gubernatorial Candidate for ‘Misleading’ Claims

The National Rifle Association is calling on Virginia gubernatorial candidate Democrat Tim Kaine to stop “misleading” the state's voters by “deliberately misusing comments” made by former NRA President Charlton Heston.

--CNSNews.com--

Bush Hits Democratic ‘Agenda of the Roadblock’

President Bush last night ripped the Democratic Party as do-nothing obstructionists bent on derailing his reform agenda, saying that on issue after issue, Democratic leaders in Congress “stand for nothing except obstruction, and this is not leadership.”

--Washington Times--

Facts Show Schiavo Was Not Blind

Although millions of Americans watched Terri Schiavo follow people and objects with her eyes as they moved about her hospital room, the doctor who conducted the autopsy reported that she was blind.

--NewsMax.com--

Conflict Over Hillary Challenger

New York State Republicans are already feuding over who will challenge Hillary Clinton for her Senate re-election bid next year, with Manhattan lawyer Ed Cox complaining that the state party has already picked its favorite, Westchester County District Attorney Jeanine Pirro.

--NewsMax.com--

Hillary to Hook Up with Murdoch?

Hillary Clinton hasn't had her Hayman Island moment. Yet.

--New York Observer--

McCain-Jeb Ticket for 2008?

Is a McCain-Jeb Bush 2008 ticket in the offing?

--NewsMax.com--

As the following story demonstrates, there is a price to be paid for compromising principles. Pat DeWine, who once was the front-runner in his race, is the son of Sen. Mike DeWine who just happens to be one of the “gang of seven” senators who compromised with Democrats on senate filibusters. John McCain was a prime instigator of this scheme, and I predict that Republican primary voters will reject him with as much alacrity as they rejected DeWine's son. It's a matter of principle to many conservative Republicans that control of the judiciary must be wrested from the control of ‘liberals’. McCain's action shows that he either doesn't understand this principle, or doesn't hold it. - Ed.

‘Old Europe’ Must Reform or Crumble, Blair Warns Leaders

Tony Blair warned France Tuesday night that the European Union would never regain the confidence of its citizens unless President Chirac agreed to far-reaching changes in its priorities and direction.

--London Times--

Egypt Awakening to Democracy

His hair has turned white, his children have grown up and George Ishaq should, like other Egyptian men of his age, be gossiping in Cairo coffee-shops and dozing over the newspaper.

--London Times--

Louis Freeh Pens Book: ‘Investigating Clinton’

Former FBI Director Louis Freeh has written a book detailing his career, including his eight years as head of the bureau during the Clinton administration - where he describes his frustration over the fact that Bill Clinton wouldn't take his warnings about the terrorist threat seriously.

--NewsMax.com--

Budapest May Erect Bust of Reagan in Park

BUDAPEST, Hungary - The city council will vote this month on a plan to erect a bust of former President Ronald Reagan in a park, officials said Monday.

--Newsday (AP)--

This should drive the left nuts (more than they already are). - Ed.

World First: Brain Cells Grown in Laboratory

Scientists have grown fully mature brain cells in a laboratory for the first time, using a technique that mimics the natural process of brain regeneration.

--New Zealand Herald--

There is nothing in the article to indicate that any embryos had to be destroyed in the process. - Ed.

Republicans Press Senate for Energy Bill

House Speaker Dennis Hastert is urging Senate Democrats to allow a quick vote on an energy bill, which the House already has passed.

--CNSNews.com--

Judiciary GOP Pulls the Plug on Conyers' ‘Forums’

If the Financial Services Committee is the best in the House when it comes to bipartisan comity, then the Judiciary Committee may well be the worst. In December, ranking Democrat John Conyers (Mich.) began holding “forums” - gatherings with all the trappings of official hearings - after Chairman James Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.) refused to hold hearings on topics Conyers requested.

--The Hill--

Memo Suggests Oil-For-Food Link to Annan

Investigators of the U.N. oil-for-food program said Tuesday they are “urgently reviewing” new information that suggests U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan may have known more than he revealed about a contract that was awarded to the company that employed his son.

--Daily Comet (AP)--

I'm sure you've noticed how the left has jumped all over memos seeming to suggest that Pres. Bush “fixed” the intelligence on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction. It will be interesting to see how they react to this memo. - Ed.

Mexican Officials Take Blame on Aliens

Mexican lawmakers told their American counterparts this weekend that Mexico has not done enough to stop the flow of illegal aliens across the U.S.-Mexico border, particularly non-Mexicans who first illegally cross Mexico's southern border.

--Washington Times--

Cheney Says Howard Dean ‘Over the Top’

WASHINGTON - Howard Dean is “over the top,” Vice President Dick Cheney says, calling the Democrats' chairman “not the kind of individual you want to have representing your political party.”

--Houston Chronicle (AP)--

Senate Body to Challenge Impartiality of Red Cross

An influential Senate Republican body is drafting a White Paper calling into question the impartiality of the International Committee of the Red Cross, according to a senior Senate aide.

--Financial Times--

Election Reform Bid Seeks to Create Voter's Paper Trail

A new attempt at election reform would force poll workers to produce a paper confirmation for each person casting a machine ballot. “This is about ensuring that every vote counts and is counted,” said Patrick Eddington, press secretary to U.S. Rep. Rush Holt, a New Jersey Democrat.

--CNSNews.com--

Brian Walsh, press secretary to U.S. Rep. Bob Ney (R-Ohio), says “Every example that we have ever had of voter fraud in this country has revolved around paper ballots. Why, all of a sudden, do people feel that it is paper ballots that would ensure the integrity of an election?” The answer seems obvious to me - they want to be able to fix elections, and to diminish the secrecy of the voting so as to be able to intimidate and punish people who don't vote the way they want. Note that the main support for this comes from Democrats. No surprise there. - Ed.

Senate Democrats Develop New Filibuster Strategy

Senate Democrats are in the early stages of several filibusters against executive nominees that they hope will be more effective than those they have abandoned in recent weeks against President Bush's judicial appointments.

--Washington Times--

Pirro Tops List to Challenge Hillary

New York State Republican leaders are hoping that Westchester County District Attorney Jeanine Pirro tosses her hat into the ring against Hillary Clinton next year.

--NewsMax.com--

House Judiciary Democrats Fuming Over Hearing's Abrupt Adjournment

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) says Rep. James Sensenbrenner, a Wisconsin Republican, was out of line on Friday, when he adjourned a Judiciary Committee hearing on the USA Patriot Act by cutting off the microphones.

--CNSNews.com--

White House Disputes U.S. Lacked Planning on Iraq

WASHINGTON - The White House said on Sunday there was “significant” postwar planning for Iraq and disputed the characterization of a memo produced for British Prime Minister Tony Blair eight months before the invasion that expressed concerns about a long occupation.

--Reuters--

Eyes Wide Shut: Mexico Ignores al-Qaida Activity

Al-Qaida “communities,” like the one busted in Lodi, Calif., have direct ties to other networks in Mexico and Central America, where jihadi terrorists are not viewed as a local threat, reports Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin.

--WorldNetDaily.com--

Tom Tancredo Closer to Presidential Run

NASHUA, N.H. - U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo, a vocal critic of President Bush's immigration policy, announced he would run for President in 2008 - if he could not find a more viable candidate to adopt his views on illegal immigration.

--Manchester Union-Leader--

Debt Write-Off Linked to Poor Countries' Good Governance

Hundreds of millions of people in 18 poor countries in Africa and Latin America are expected to benefit from a decision by the U.S. and the world's other top industrialized nations to write off foreign debt owed by countries whose rulers have embraced reform.

--CNSNews.com--

You have to understand that “good governance” is a relative criterion. - Ed.

Amnesty Int'l Aided 9/11 Plotter

The human rights group Amnesty International - which accuses America of running a “gulag” at Guantanamo Bay - apparently aided in the escape of a key al-Qaida member who's suspected of helping plan the 9/11 attacks.

--NewsMax.com--

Court Unseals Clinton Sleuth's Secret Tapes

Sealed transcripts of tape-recorded conversations between Bill and Hillary Clinton's top private detective and his clients will be shared with prosecutors, a federal court ruled on Thursday.

--NewsMax.com--

Defeated UK Conservatives Look to Thriving GOP

LONDON - With a third straight election defeat behind them, a group of prominent Conservative Party lawmakers and activists in Britain are calling for their party to adopt the successful image of the Republican Party in the U.S.

--CNSNews.com--

GOP Leader Criticizes Democrat Remarks

“As Republicans, we will always point out where the other party is misguided and mistaken, but we will never embrace their hateful rhetoric,” he said.

--Pittsburgh Tribune-Review--

GOP Leaders Weigh Raising Soc. Sec. Age

Struggling to breathe life into President Bush's call for sweeping Social Security legislation, Senate Republicans are considering raising the retirement age and holding down future benefits for highly paid workers.

--Las Vegas Sun (AP)--

Raising the retirement age is defensible, but basing benefits on anything other than what was paid in is, in effect and reality, turning it into a welfare system. Any Republican who goes along with such a scheme is no Republican in my book. - Ed.

JAMA: Doctors Order Unnecessary Tests

More than nine out of 10 doctors surveyed admit that they practice some form of “defensive medicine” - ordering unnecessary tests or jettisoning potentially troublesome patients to head off malpractice lawsuits.

--NewsMax.com--

Quebec Private Health Insurance Ban Nixed

The justices took a year to rule on a case that began in 1997, when George Zeliotis, an elderly Montreal man, tried to pay for hip replacement surgery rather than wait nearly a year for treatment at a public hospital.

--The Guardian--

This is a must-read article for anyone who might favor government health-care. And make sure you read the whole thing, because last paragraph might be the best:

Most polls indicate Canadians support Medicare, despite the high taxes needed to fund the service, seeing it as a marker of egalitarianism and independent identity that sets their country apart from the United States, where some 45 million Americans lack health insurance.

Apparently, Canadians think their system is superior to ours because everyone gets equally lousy treatment. - Ed.

Greenspan: Economy on Fairly Firm Ground

WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan on Thursday dismissed concerns the U.S. economy was entering a serious slowdown, signaling further increases in interest rates.

--Reuters--

Critics Charge Kerry Still Covering Up

Sen. John Kerry's release of Navy records to his hometown Boston Globe newspaper is not the full disclosure sought by critics of his Vietnam war record, says John O'Neill, spokesman for Swift Boat Veterans for Truth.

--WorldNetDaily.com--

Guardsmen in Iraq Collecting School Supplies

The wives of Utah National Guardsmen who have adopted two elementary schools in poor areas of Iraq are collecting funds to provide basic supplies for the students.

--WorldNetDaily.com--

Strategist: Social Security Is Democrats' 'Shot to Win Back Congress'

A Democrat strategist says there's no reason for Democrats to compromise on President Bush's Social Security plan, not only because Democrats believe the plan is bad for the nation - but because it could be the issue that inspires voters to return control of Congress to the Democrats.

--CNSNews.com--

If the American people can be made to understand what Democrats really plan to do with Social Security, it could be the death of the Democrat Party. Their plan, if you can call it that, is to convert Social Security from a retirement plan to a socialist wealth redistribution (a.k.a. “welfare”) system. That would be destroying the system as we know it, and that's the message that needs to get out. - Ed.

Senator Obama Says Dean Using ‘Religion to Divide’

WASHINGTON - Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) criticized Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean Wednesday night for using "religion to divide."

--CNSNews.com--

Democratic Leaders Stand Up for Dean

WASHINGTON -- A round of criticism from fellow Democrats and major donors about Howard Dean's four-month tenure as Democratic National Committee chairman has prompted Senate leaders to rise to his defense at a public event planned for Thursday.

--Boston Globe--

House Judiciary Panel Chair Berates Dean Over ‘Anti-Immigrant’ Comments

The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee sent a letter to Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean Wednesday regarding comments the former Vermont governor made on NBC's “Today Show.”

--CNSNews.com--

Analysts Missed Chinese Buildup

A highly classified intelligence report produced for the new director of national intelligence concludes that U.S. spy agencies failed to recognize several key military developments in China in the past decade, The Washington Times has learned.

--Washington Times--

AFL-CIO Losing Political Grip to Largest Member Union

An internal struggle between the AFL-CIO and its largest union has already cost the labor federation much of its political clout and could tear the organization apart before it reaches its 50th anniversary next month.

--CNSNews.com--

Unions Alleged to Pad Payrolls with Children

Attorney General Thomas F. Reilly's office is probing allegations that longshoremen's unions in Boston have for years padded payrolls with children as young as 2 1/2 years old, in a scheme designed to guarantee higher wages for their dependents once they are old enough to join the union, state officials said Wednesday.

--Boston Globe--

Jimmy Buffett Loses Cell Phone in Margaritaville

If Bill Clinton was the victim of a crank telephone call, don't blame the Republicans - he can thank his fellow Democrat Jimmy Buffett.

--NewsMax.com--

Bush: Iraq War Plans Memo Wrong

WASHINGTON - President George W. Bush said Tuesday that there was “nothing farther from the truth” than allegations in a British government memorandum that his administration had decided to go to war in Iraq months before he took his case to the American people.

--CNN--

Rangel: Bush Iraq ‘Fraud’ as Bad as Holocaust

Top House Democrat Charles Rangel complained on Monday that the Bush administration's decision to concoct a “fraudulent” war in Iraq was as bad as “the Holocaust.”

--NewsMax.com--

Soldier Loses Leg, but Goes Back to War

A Fort Bragg solider is heading back to Afghanistan, but this is not an average deployment.

--WTVD-TV--

It's really sad that the media are focusing so much attention on the war dead, but ignoring its true heros. - Ed.

Who's Being ‘Extremist,’ Black Conservative Asks

Members of the Congressional Black Caucus reportedly plan to march into the Senate on Wednesday to show their opposition to California Supreme Court Justice Janice Rogers Brown.

--CNSNews.com--

Liberal Extremists Rethinking Senate Filibuster Deal

Democrats generally cheered, and Republicans groused, when a bipartisan group of senators crafted a compromise on judicial nominations last month. But with the Senate now confirming several conservative nominees whom Democrats had blocked for years, some ‘liberals’ are questioning the wisdom of the deal and fretting about what comes next.

--Washington Post--

Dean's Latest: GOP ‘White Christian Party’

The GOP is pretty much a “white Christian party,” said Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean in the latest controversial remarks that have prompted increasing criticism from leading members of his own party.

--WorldNetDaily.com--

Richardson Distances Himself From Dean

BEDFORD, N.H. - Howard Dean is not the Democratic Party's spokesman, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, the latest party leader to distance himself from the outspoken chairman, said Tuesday.

--Las Vegas Sun (AP)--

Senate Panel OKs Patriot Act Revisions

WASHINGTON - The FBI would get expanded powers to subpoena records without the approval of a judge or grand jury in terrorism investigations under Patriot Act revisions approved Tuesday by the Senate Intelligence Committee.

--Fox News (AP)--

Baptist Leader Beheaded

A Baptist lay pastor in Bangladesh was beheaded by a group of assailants reportedly tied to a Muslim political party bent on creating a radical Islamic state.

--WorldNetDaily.com--

According to the ‘mainstream’ media, this is far less egregious than dropping a Koran on the floor. - Ed.

Chinese Defector: Our Spies Are Everywhere

Two Chinese defectors - one of them a diplomat who walked away from his post - claim that their homeland is running a spy network in Australia and other Western countries.

--NewsMax.com--

Security Council Reform Proposal Loses Ground

An attempt by four nations to secure permanent seats on an expanded U.N. Security Council may be delayed because of objections from some large and small countries, including the U.S.

--CNSNews.com--

Schumer Insults Elks

The battle over judicial nominations took a twist today as a Republican lawmaker accused Senator Charles Schumer of comparing a black judge to the Ku Klux Klan.

--WRGB.com--

Sen. Sessions was wrong when he assumed that Schumer's reference to a “Grand Exalted Ruler” was a reference to the Ku Klux Klan. From the context of Schumer's remarks, though, it's apparent that's what he meant, but a “Grand Exalted Ruler” is a position in the Benevolent and Paternal Order of Elks. - Ed.

Iraq Nabs Nearly 900 Suspected Terrorists

BAGHDAD, Iraq - The Iraqi government announced Monday it detained nearly 900 suspected militants and set up more than 800 checkpoints in a two-week sweep that appears to have somewhat blunted attacks in the capital. Also, a list obtained Monday shows Saddam Hussein will be charged with a range of war crimes when he goes on trial, probably within the next two months.

--Comcast.net (AP)--

Newt Gingrich Defends His Alliance With Hillary Clinton

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich says he and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton teamed up at a May 11 press conference with one goal in mind - to get Congress to pass, and the president to sign, a health information technology bill.

--CNSNews.com--

Author: Linda Cebrian

Date: Tuesday June 7, 2005 17:48

It seems the Speaker is courting wife #4.

Biden: Democrats Unlikely to Stop Bolton

WASHINGTON - The Democrats aren't likely to have enough votes to continue delaying confirmation of John R. Bolton as U.N. ambassador, the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said Sunday.

--Las Vegas Sun (AP)--

US Finds ‘Insurgent Lair’ in Iraq

American troops in Iraq have discovered a series of underground bunkers used by insurgents, the US military says.

--BBC News--

According to leftist “logic”, this didn't exist until we found it, and if we had never found it, it never existed. - Ed.

Amnesty concedes no hard evidence

The head of Amnesty International's American branch yesterday acknowledged that he “doesn't know for sure” what is going on at Guantanamo Bay prison, although Amnesty International's secretary-general has called the terrorist prison run at a U.S. military base in Cuba a “gulag.”

--Washington Times--

Free Market Group Offers Tom DeLay T-Shirt

A free-market advocacy group says Hollywood's recent slap at Rep. Tom DeLay is really an attack on free market principles - and such attacks must not go undefended.

--CNSNews.com--

Dems Distance Themselves From Howard Dean

WASHINGTON - Democrats Joseph R. Biden Jr. and John Edwards are criticizing party chairman Howard Dean, saying his rhetorical attacks on Republicans have gone too far.

--Boston Globe--

‘Notice to Disappear’ for Illegals

The result is an unintended avenue of entry for a rapidly growing class of illegal immigrants from Central and South American who now see the Border Patrol more as a welcome wagon than a barrier.

--San Diego Union-Tribune (Copley News Service)--

Judge Rules Washington Governor's Victory Valid

A Washington State judge Monday upheld last November's victory of Democratic Gov. Christine Gregoire, who had taken office Jan. 12 despite lingering questions over the accuracy of her 129-vote victory over Republican Dino Rossi.

--CNSNews.com--

Mass. Judges Fume Over Remedial Program

Three months after the state's top judge trumpeted a new “judicial enhancement” program to assist poorly performing judges, many in the judiciary are bristling at what they perceive as a humiliating effort to help them do their jobs better.

--Boston Globe--

The best remedial program I can think of is having them removed from the bench. - Ed.

‘Deep Throat’ Won't Be Prosecuted

NEW YORK - The former FBI man unmasked as “Deep Throat” probably won't be prosecuted for sharing information with reporters during the Watergate scandal, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales indicated Friday.

--NewsMax.com--

No Private Accounts May Prompt GOP ‘No’ Votes

Club for Growth President Patrick J. Toomey yesterday said that large numbers of House Republicans will oppose a Social Security bill that does not include private accounts as President Bush has structured them, likely spelling defeat for any such proposal.

--Washington Times--

Bush: Social Security Critics Scaring Elderly

President Bush said Thursday that opponents of his plan to change Social Security are frightening senior citizens to get them to lobby their members of Congress to oppose the plan.

--USA Today--

Dean Hits GOP on ‘Honest Living’

Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean yesterday said many Republicans don't make an “honest living” - the sharpest barb in a campaign-style speech to a conference of liberal activists.

--Washington Times--

The entire Democrat Party is divorced from reality, so why shouldn't its chairman be? - Ed.

Ted Turner: I Ended Cold War

Ted Turner - never known for his modesty - claims credit for helping end the Cold War, saying his 1986 Goodwill Games eased international tensions through sports competition.

--NewsMax.com--

Kerry Touts Bush Impeachment Memo

Failed presidential candidate John Kerry* said Thursday that he intends to confront Congress with a document touted by critics of President Bush as evidence that he committed impeachable crimes by falsifying evidence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.

--NewsMax.com--

* The haughty, French-looking senator who, it is said, once served in Vietnam.

U.N.: Weapons Equipment Missing in Iraq

UNITED NATIONS - U.N. satellite imagery experts have determined that material that could be used to make biological or chemical weapons and banned long-range missiles has been removed from 109 sites in Iraq, U.N. weapons inspectors said in a report obtained Thursday.

--USA Today (AP)--

What? Haven't we been told that Bush was lying about all this stuff? - Ed.

‘Liberals’ Attack Supreme Court Conservatives

WASHINGTON - Seventy years of legal precedent and the constitutional basis for many American liberties will be undone if conservatives form a majority on the U.S. Supreme Court, according to the leader of a liberal group who addressed the Take Back America conference Thursday in Washington, D.C.

--CNSNews.com--

If they have constitutional bases, they have no opponents among real conservative jurists. The problem is that the ‘liberal’ agenda doesn't.

And then there's this thing again about the left attacking judges, while claiming that Republicans who do it are inciting violence against judges. - Ed.

Canadian Goes on Crime Spree to Get Medical Care

TORONTO - A New Brunswick man who told police that a friendly dog scuttled his plan for a bloody shooting rampage was sentenced Wednesday to a three-year prison term after admitting it was all a ploy to get life-saving surgery while in jail.

--Yahoo! News (CP)--

And we're supposed to emulate the Canadian “health care” system! - Ed.

Limbaugh's Records Sealed, For Now

Rush Limbaugh successfully kept his medical records sealed to prosecutors investigating whether he illegally purchased painkillers - at least for a few more days.

--NewsMax.com--

Clinton Breaks Deal with Prosecutor

President Bill Clinton told NBC's Brian Williams tonight charges brought against him by the House of Representatives were false, contradicting a plea bargain deal he made with Independent Counsel Robert Ray that he admit he gave false testimony under oath to a federal grand jury.

--WorldNetDaily.com--

Jay Rockefeller Pressured to Spill the Beans on Bolton

Democratic U.S. Senators on the Foreign Relations Committee, who are pressing to see the unredacted NSA reports requested by U.N. ambassador nominee John Bolton, attempted to get colleague Sen. Jay Rockefeller to spill what he knew about the NSA documents, according to a Republican staffer on the Senate Intelligence Committee.

--American Spectator--

Tripp, Felt Treatment a Contrast

The former attorney for Clinton scandal whistleblower Linda R. Tripp - who, like “Deep Throat,” exposed White House misdeeds - said his client's harsh public treatment stands in stark contrast to the veneration of W. Mark Felt, whose aid to the press helped bring down President Nixon.

--Washington Times--

Felt Family Ready for ‘Deep Throat’ Payoff

The family of W. Mark Felt, the former FBI official whose alter ego as Deep Throat has been revealed, appears ready to cash in on his newfound fame.

--NewsMax.com--

Dean: GOP Has ‘Dark, Difficult and Dishonest Vision’

WASHINGTON - Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean Thursday alleged that Republicans offer a “dark, difficult and dishonest vision” of America and that President George W. Bush has been the “most ineffective” president in Dean's lifetime.

--CNSNews.com--

Howard Dean's Raised Voice Isn't Raising Cash

One hundred days into his tenure as the high-energy, higher-decibel chairman of the Democratic Party, Howard Dean is in trouble with party moneybags.

--Business Week--

Politics, Math, Gospel Confuse Dem Political Operative

WASHINGTON - The woman who managed the 2000 presidential campaign of Democrat Al Gore urged fellow liberals at the Take Back America conference to work hard “over the next 523 days and take back America and give [Vice President] Dick Cheney and the rest of those creeps their one way ticket back home.”

--CNSNews.com--

Violence Against Border Patrol Increases

U.S. Border Patrol agents find themselves on defense against an onslaught of illegal alien traffic in the Tucson area with assaults on officers up 50 percent over last year.

--WorldNetDaily.com--

Amnesty Leadership Aided Kerry

The top leadership of Amnesty International USA, which unleashed a blistering attack last week on the Bush administration's handling of war detainees, contributed the maximum $2,000 to Sen. John Kerry's presidential campaign.

--Washington Times--

They claim to be non-partisan. - Ed.

Saudi Religious Police Arrest 8 Christians

Saudi Arabia's religious police arrested eight Christians, including one who was beaten in front of his 5-year-old son, according to a Washington, D.C.-based human rights group.

--WorldNetDaily.com--

The human rights group was not Amnesty International. - Ed.

Civil Rights Group Plans Bush Judge Attack

WASHINGTON - Renewing the struggle over President Bush's judicial picks, a civil rights group intends to launch a limited ad campaign this week attacking Janice Rogers Brown as a “radical judge” unworthy of confirmation to the appeals court.

--Las Vegas Sun (AP)--

How is it that ‘liberals’ can attack sitting judges with impunity, but when a Republican does it, it's cast as inciting violence against judges? - Ed.

Legislation Keeps ‘God’ Issues Out of Courts

A bill that would prohibit federal courts from ruling in cases involving government officials who acknowledge God “as the sovereign source of law, liberty or government” has been reintroduced in Congress after it failed to get a hearing last year.

--WorldNetDaily.com--

Author: Linda Cebrian

Date: Thursday June 2, 2005 17:26

Thank God. (No pun intended.)

Global Anti-WMD Drive Notches Up Successes

On 11 occasions over the past nine months, the U.S. and allies cooperating in the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) have successfully prevented the spread of nuclear, chemical or biological weapons or related items.

--CNSNews.com--

Iranian Smuggling Ring Busted Near Mex Border

A smuggling ring specializing in bringing Iranians into the U.S. over the Mexico border has been broken up in an FBI sting operation.

--WorldNetDaily.com--

Felt Had Personal Motivation Then and Now, Reports Suggest

In its extensive coverage of “Deep Throat's” identity, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday that former Deputy FBI Director Mark Felt has been conflicted all along -- about his major, anonymous and possibly criminal role in leaking confidential details of the Watergate scandal to the Washington Post in the early 1970s.

--CNSNews.com--

Buchanan: Linda Tripp as Heroic as Felt

Former Nixon aide Pat Buchanan said Wednesday that the same mainstream reporters who paint newly revealed “Deep Throat” source Mark Felt as a hero couldn't find a good word to say about Linda Tripp, whose secret tapes led to the impeachment of President Clinton.

--NewsMax.com--

Felt Jeopardized Public Trust, Former Nixon Aides Say

If the FBI can't be trusted to keep confidences, it shakes the citizens' confidence in government, former Nixon White House Counsel Chuck Colson said on Wednesday.

--CNSNews.com--

Loss of Middle Class a ‘Crisis’ for Democrats

The Democratic Party, the self-proclaimed defender of the middle class, was trounced by Republicans among those voters in the 2004 election, according to a Democratic advocacy group that says the party faces “a crisis with the middle class.”

--Washington Times--

Dems Say Republicans ‘Turned Their Backs’ on US Troops

Congressional Democrats accuse Republicans of voting to “deny adequate health care” to part-time National Guard and Reserve troops.

--CNSNews.com--

Can the Rich, Famous Save Social Security?

The question is not as far-fetched as it sounds. President Bush broke political orthodoxy April 28 when he proposed that Social Security benefits grow more slowly for “better off” workers than low-income workers.

--USA Today--

This would turn the system into a full-fledged welfare system - if it already isn't. - Ed.

Wash. Elections Director Claims Vote ‘Mistakes’

WENATCHEE, Wash. - The state elections director testified Tuesday that he believes the problems in Washington's incredibly close 2004 gubernatorial election were innocent mistakes.

--Yahoo! News (AP)--

Security Council Condemns Abuse by Peacekeepers

UNITED NATIONS - The U.N. Security Council on Tuesday condemned for the first time sexual abuse among peacekeepers after being told U.N. members ignored such exploitation for decades, fearing exposure of their own soldiers' wrongdoing.

--Swiss Info (Reuters)--

Bush: America Will Honor Fallen Soldiers

ARLINGTON, Va. - Quoting letters of the fallen from the war in Iraq, President Bush vowed yesterday to a Memorial Day audience of military families and soldiers in uniform that the U.S. will honor its dead by striving for peace and democracy, no matter the cost.

--Winston-Salem Journal--

Ex-FBI Official: I'm ‘Deep Throat’

Mark Felt, who retired from the FBI after rising to its second most senior position, has identified himself as the “Deep Throat” source quoted by The Washington Post to break the Watergate scandal that led to President Nixon's resignation, Vanity Fair magazine said Tuesday.

--MSNBC (AP)--

Social Security Plan Backed in New Poll

Most likely voters continue to support President Bush's proposal to let younger workers invest some of their Social Security payroll taxes through personal accounts, a new survey finds.

--Washington Times--

Kerry: I Have Reread New Testament

Former Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry, who lost this crucial swing state in November, sounded Friday as if he were still stumping for Florida's votes.

--NewsMax.com--

Kerry: “Nowhere in the three-year ministry of Jesus Christ did I find a suggestion at all, ever, anywhere, in any way whatsover, that you ought to take the money from the poor, the opportunities from the poor and give them to the rich people,” Well, I've read the New Testament too, and nowhere did I find where you ought to take money from anyone and give it to someone else. - Ed.

Bush Calls Human Rights Report ‘Absurd’

WASHINGTON - President Bush on Tuesday dismissed a human rights report as “absurd” for its harsh criticism of U.S. treatment of terrorist suspects at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, saying the allegations were made by prisoners “who hate America.”

--Las Vegas Sun (AP)--

Al Qaeda Handbook Tells Captives to Claim Torture

An al Qaeda handbook preaches to operatives to level charges of torture once captured, a training regime that administration officials say explains some of the charges of abuse at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp.

--Washington Times--

Coleen Rowley Eyes Run as Democrat

Coleen Rowley, the FBI whistleblower who was hailed by the media three years ago as a non-partisan critic of the bureau's handling of the war on terror, is eyeing a run for office as a Democrat.

--NewsMax.com--

Sen. Clinton Allegedly Intimidated Husband's Sexual Accusers

A new book detailing the alleged sexual improprieties of former president Bill Clinton also charges that current U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton played a major role in threatening and intimidating her husband's accusers.

--CNSNews.com--

Lawmakers, Aides Belatedly Disclose Trips

WASHINGTON - Scrutiny of Majority Leader Tom DeLay's travel has led to the belated disclosure of at least 198 previously unreported special interest trips by House members and their aides, including eight years of travel by the second-ranking Democrat, an Associated Press review has found.

--Newsday (AP)--

Canada Red Cross Guilty in Blood Scandal

HAMILTON, Ontario - The Canadian Red Cross pleaded guilty Monday to distributing blood tainted with HIV and hepatitis C in the 1980s, and was fined $4,000 in the public health disaster that infected thousands.

--Los Angeles Times (AP)--

Read this too. It appeared here in November 2002. - Ed.

French Prosecutors Eye Chirac

Prosecutors in France are waiting for President Jacques Chirac to leave office so they can investigate corruption charges against the controversial French leader.

--NewsMax.com--