by Jim Kouri, CPP Hurricane Katrina was the largest, most destructive natural disaster in our nation’s history. The problems experienced in responding to Katrina resulted in a number of investigations–by congressional committees, the White House Homeland Security Council, and others–regarding the preparations for and response to Katrina. The Government Accounting Office assisted the congression...
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Moral norms for conduct, therefore, are preeminently public laws, characterized by the universality of the obligations they impose, especially reciprocity. It is important to state this clearly, because today so many people tend to think of morality as concerned mainly or only with one’s private standards. — Introduction, “The Metaphysics of Morals,” by Immanuel...
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Who can reflect on that gracious guardian power of America, which brought us safely through our alarming war against Great Britain, which not only enabled us to repel Lord North’s attempts on our liberties, but, far beyond our first and most sanguine expectations, to establish ourselves Free and Independent States; and then, without the...
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“… the chief goal of Americans was for the reaffirmation and perservation of their ideals. To slow down immigration to the rate of assimilation, to consolidate American opinion and sentiment …” – Ralph Baxton Perry, “Puritanism and Democracy,” p. 4, commenting on the spirit of American Foreign Policy following WWI and our rejection of...
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Gents, I have been in the trenches on behalf of men, fathers, kids and families for 40 years (See me at Wikipedia.com, or query any of the old-timers in the movement), and have written a book, Save The Males, summarizing what I have learned therein. It constitutes a defense of the male sex, and...
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The Daily Reckoning PRESENTS: What will happen when the Hindenburg of derivatives meets a spark from the housing bubble blow-up? We don’t know. But we had a ringing sound in our ears earlier this week. We thought we heard bells. Bill Bonner explains… LIARS’ LOANS by Bill Bonner On Tuesday came news that the...
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My local newspaper, the San Jose Mercury News, today editorialized (CLICK HERE to see editorial) that, by defeating Proposition 85, the voters can allow the State of California to eclipse and usurp parental rights with governmental power and agencies. Writes the Mercury News editor: If Californians want to reduce the number of girls who...
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Sean Penn is being considered to play Albert Einstein in a TV movie. E=MC2 (Einstein=MisCast X 2)
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In Part I, I answered Jeri Bonavia who represents Wisconsin’s Anti-Violence Effort. Ms. Bonavia’s agency characterizes Congressman Sensenbrenner’s reasonable questioning of gun data usefulness as handcuffing Mayors and Cops. In Part II, I include a selected excerpt from The Case For Nationwide Concealed Carry, now available in its second edition everywhere. This excerpt,...
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Well, the 2006 “World Stupidity Awards” winners and runners-up have been announced. There were some odd rankings, even for a “stupidity awards” ceremony. For example, in the “disinformation stupidity award for being most out of touch with reality,” George W. Bush is ranked one notch higher than Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the President of Iran and sanity...
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I visited with Dads on the Air in Australia Sunday about John Murtari. If you’d like to listen, click this logo. . . John Murtari . As John Murtari wrote in his weekly newsletter; the appellate judge denied his stay. He’s decided to ask Judge Hedges for a reduced sentence. If that doesn’t work...
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A LEFTIST WISES UP TO THE DANGEROUS REALITY-DENIAL OF HIS FELLOW LEFTISTS  A cult of death is forming in the Muslim world  for reasons that are perfectly explicable in terms of the Islamic doctrines of martyrdom and jihad. The truth is that we are not fighting a “war on terror.” We are...
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 AR: Concealed weapons discussed after shooting: “A shooting Wednesday night is raising new interest and concerns over concealed weapons permits. Little Rock police say 56 year old Samuel Mitchell shot and killed a man who was pointing a gun at him and demanding his truck. It happened at a church parking lot. Mitchell...
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Parents behind in child support offered amnesty Macon Telegraph, GA - Sep 21, 2006 WARNER ROBINS - Houston County parents behind in child support payments have an opportunity Saturday to work out payments without fearing legal repercussions. ...
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Omega 3, probiotic and vitamin myths Ever since Cleopatra bathed in milk to keep her skin radiant, people have sought short cuts to health and beauty. Alchemists chased the elixir of immortality, snake-oil salesmen touted dubious concoctions claimed to cure, as one brand had it, “all painful complaints and weaknesses”. (It turned out to...
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