How many times will the American people witness their government taking the easy way out to dealing with terror? President Bush pushes and advocates that we must be on the offense to dealing with our enemies.  But our Senate, and other government agencies are not operating that way. They are too mired in politics,...
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With US Senators John McCain, Lindsey Graham and John Warner leading the charge to prevent defining what is and is not torture, as was requested by President George W. Bush — besides the danger to Americans and their property — look for the American Civil Liberties Union and other left-wing organizations to initiate lawsuits...
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With US Senators John McCain, Lindsey Graham and John Warner leading the charge to prevent defining what is and is not torture, as was requested by President George W. Bush — besides the danger to Americans and their property — look for the American Civil Liberties Union and other left-wing organizations to initiate lawsuits...
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Call it the Vatican’s Islamic Derriere-kissing World Tour of 2006. And if they’re not careful it could become a bad habit, sort of like Cher’s perpetual farewell tours. But at least Cher’s audiences love her. The audiences for this ill-advised Vatican tour, however, will be a bit more hostile in that they believe that the...
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Call it the Vatican’s Islamic Derriere-kissing World Tour of 2006. And if they’re not careful it could become a bad habit, sort of like Cher’s perpetual farewell tours. But at least Cher’s audiences love her. The audiences for this ill-advised Vatican tour, however, will be a bit more hostile in that they believe that the...
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IL: Man shot, killed during home invasion : “Police say a man in his early 20s was shot once in the chest and killed Tuesday night after he allegedly broke into a home in the 1800 block of North Church Street. The man was taken to a Rockford hospital, where he was pronounced dead,...
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It’s commonly said, especially among the intellectualoids, that the downfall of communism in Europe was due mainly to Mikhail Gorbachev. The Polish people aren’t buying it — at least not a group of them. From Newsmax: Polish admirers of Ronald Reagan plan to raise a statue of the former U.S president in Warsaw, where he...
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As a political columnist for a small town newspaper in Virginia and as a blogger/writer for a few Web sites, it’s my responsibility to expose phonies, racists and con artists.  I have received a few letters telling me to stop criticizing Sen. George Allen, but it’s my mission to declare that the emperor isn’t wearing...
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Ran across this on FreeRepublic and found it interesting. A quote from an 1899 book by Winston Churchill, “The River War“, in which he describes Muslims he apparently observed during Kitchener’s campaign in the Sudan: How dreadful are the curses which Mohammedanism lays on its votaries! Besides the fanatical frenzy, which is as dangerous...
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Over the summer, Geno’s Steaks in Philly made national headlines when owner Joey Vento posted a sign in his window saying: “This is America. When ordering, speak English.†The whole City of Philadelphia could use the same reminder. In fact, so could the country. I don’t know what the hell language we’re speaking in...
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by Jim Kouri, CPP Violent crime increased in the United States, while property crime decreased, according to the final 2005 Uniform Crime Report issued annually by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The National Association of Chiefs of Police obtained an advance copy of the lengthy report. The number of violent crimes committed in the...
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by Jim Kouri, CPP In an ABC News story by its Rome correspondent Martin Seemungal, Pope Benedict XVI was compared to an attack dog — the Rottweiler — during Seemungal’s extraordinarily biased coverage of the Muslim uprising over the Pontiff’s recent comments. At first reading, I had to remind myself I wasn’t on the...
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Science in the media sausage grinder Recent weeks have offered a rich harvest of new “health” threats with splashy headlines warning us about the supposed dangers from processed meats, hair dyes, and tanning parlors. While all of these stories are all a little odd, perhaps the oddest is the one about how meat increases...
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