For readers who might not yet have memorized last week’s column, it consisted of observations from the Democratic Convention’s first day. My intent was to provide something similar this week, but those darn GOPers refused to cooperate and held an abbreviated session Monday. I’m awaiting press reports that Hurricane Gustav was George Bush’s fault....
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Despite dire warnings that Hurricane Gustav might exceed the 2005 Hurricane Katrina nightmare in terms of damage, lives lost, and overall intensity, this latest storm to strike the Gulf Coast was barely a Category Two by the time it made landfall. Perhaps more significantly, it missed New Orleans by seventy miles which resulted in...
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St. Paul, Minnesotaâ€â€ÂSince the Republican Vice Presidential nomination of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin last week, the media has been buzzing over Palin’s politics, personal life, and how the two mix. One issue that has seen some press involves Palin, Alaskan State Trooper Mike Wooten and the dismissal of Alaska’s Public Safety Commissioner Walter Monegan....
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(The following report is based on material obtained by the National Association of Chiefs of Police.) A 23-year-old Michigan man was charged last week in federal court for illegally possessing Molotov cocktails, which he allegedly intended to use at the Republican National Convention. Matthew Bradley DePalma, Flint, Mich., was charged Aug. 30 with one...
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Or is he foretelling something important? The occasion of this article was a quick interview with Dick Morris on Fox News awaiting the Wednesday evening events at the Republican National Convention. Questions were focused on VP pick Sarah Palin. According to Morris, we have had elections that talk about soccer moms, security moms, and...
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Democrat Vice-Presidential candidate Joe Biden’s response to a question about the difference between himself and McCain’s Vice-Presidential pick Sarah Palin? “She’s good-looking.†Monday, the New York Times ran an article questioning Palin’s ability to serve as Vice-President because she has five children, including a newborn baby with Down’s Syndrome. The Huffington Post ran an...
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The choice of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as John McCain’s vice presidential running mate has brought a barrage of criticism over the steps leading to her selection. Within three days of the announcement, the AP, CNN, and the New York Times all published articles casting doubts on the McCain campaign’s vetting process. McCain’s advisers...
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Few persons know how women’s abuse shelters first got started. Four years ago lesbian activist Bonnie Tinker made this stunning admission in The Oregonian: “In fact, it was a small group of lesbians from Portland who were at the forefront of a national movement to provide safe havens for women…We knew that foundations were...
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