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At 9:20 PM ~~~NBC NEWS PROJECTS~~~ THE SC WINNER IS:

SENATOR JOHN MCCAIN !!!!

Obama’s on Fire for Jesus (the Jesus of His Own Imagination)

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President Declares Sunday January 20, 2008 "National Sanctity of Human Life Day"

WASHINGTON, January 20, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The following text is a proclamation by President Bush:

On National Sanctity of Human Life Day, we recognize that each life has inherent dignity and matchless value, and we reaffirm our steadfast determination to defend the weakest and most vulnerable members of our society.

America was founded on the belief that all men are created equal and have an inalienable right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, and our country remains committed to upholding that founding principle. Since taking office, I have signed legislation to help protect life at all stages, and my Administration will continue to encourage adoption, fund abstinence education and crisis pregnancy programs, and support faith-based groups. Today, as our society searches for new ways to ease human suffering, we must pursue the possibilities of science in a manner that respects the sacred gift of life and upholds our moral values.......

http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2008/jan/08012101.html

Finally something the prez I voted 2xs for has gotten right.

The Growing Aversion to Abortion

Aborted America

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..... the candidate of the Democrats will get 90 percent of black votes.

Why, almost a half century after the Civil Rights Act, does black poverty persist at twice the national average? Why are black unwed births and fatherless homes triple what they were in 1964? Why is AIDS disproportionately today a black disease? Why do black women account for one-third of all abortions?

The unfortunate lesson that blacks walked away with in 1964 was that they should start listening to politicians rather than preachers. They bought into the new American world without wisdom.

The Top Ten Political Speeches of All Time ***NEW***
My faves JFK & MLK: Happy Birthday Martin!!!

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Russert Sees Bill Clinton as 'Racially Divisive,' As In 1992 Rapper Flap
Photo of Tim Graham.
By Tim Graham | January 19, 2008 - 23:20 ET

At about 9:10 Eastern time on Saturday night on MSNBC, NBC's Tim Russert was discussing the Democratic race and the Nevada caucuses, and suggested that Bill Clinton could be seen as racially divisive, trying to drive apart blacks and whites, as signified by his 1992 campaign speech denouncing rapper Sister Souljah. It was famous enough that they started calling it a "Sister Souljah moment" when you spoke out against your own base.

It's tough to come to Bill Clinton's defense, but a little context was missing. If Clinton was seen as divisive by the Jesse Jacksons of the world (let's grant that), what on Earth was Sister Souljah? What was said? She said this in The Washington Post: "If black people kill black people every day, why not have a week and kill white people?" Clinton picked up on that and shot back days later: "If you took the words ‘white’ and ‘black’ and you reversed them, you might think David Duke was giving that speech."

In everything that has followed, political writers have been more offensive than Clinton. For example, in 2000, when John McCain attacked Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell as "agents of intolerance," he was hailed for a Sister Souljah moment. Was it fair to smear these ministers into being just as offensive as the "Let's have a week to kill whites" rapper?

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/tim-graham/2008/01/19/russert-sees-bill-clinton-racially-divisive-1992-rapper-flap

AMERICA'S 1ST BLACK PRESIDENT..racially divisive..say it isn't so.

Hezbollah has 'heads' of Israeli soldiers: Hezbollah chief ***NEW***

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BARRELING OUT OF CAROLINA MCCAIN OVERCOMES HIS CURSE
By RICH LOWRY

January 20, 2008 -- The curse of South Carolina is lifted. John McCain has won the state that rejected him in 2000, sending him spiraling into a period of estrangement from the GOP that made it appear impossible he would ever again have a chance at winning the Republican presidential nomination.

But now the Arizona maverick is victorious in his Southern bete noire and looking strong in the fractured GOP field. McCain ran to the right in South Carolina, emphasizing his national security credentials and fiscal conservatism and even occasionally talking about his pro-life record in the senate.

He won over some of the state's political establishment, in contrast to the almost uniform opposition to him eight years ago.

http://www.nypost.com/seven/01202008/postopinion/opedcolumnists/barreling_out_of_carolina_mccain_overcom_816776.htm

McCain's speech last night was the best one I've heard of his in years; there was a spark.Is the Mac back????

Taunting a Factor in Tiger Attack ***NEW***

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The tiger "may have been taunted/agitated by its eventual victims," Inspector Valerie Matthews wrote in the affidavit. Police believe "this factor contributed to the tiger escaping from its enclosure and attacking its victims," she wrote.

All three victims had marijuana in their systems, and Paul Dhaliwal's blood alcohol level was 0.16 - twice the legal limit for driving, according to the affidavit.

Hillary's OK Day
Again a reminder: Obama got more re: delegates in Nevada, what's done in Nevada---------------- goes on to the convention.

Podhoretz: We Should Still Bomb Iran

Iran’s Small Boats Are a Big Problem



MEMO TO GREENBAY: Jints Are Your DADDY tonight..Jints Win!!!!

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BIG BLUE'S BRILLIANT RUN

January 20, 2008 -- With the defense giving up a combined 80 points in the first two games of the season, the prospects for the then 0-2 New York Giants looked beyond bleak.

Calls came for head coach Tom Coughlin to be fired; speculation increased that quarterback Eli Manning might be a bust.

And now - four months later?

Wow.

http://www.nypost.com/seven/01202008/postopinion/editorials/big_blues_brilliant_run_342194.htm

GO NY JINTS!!!

The Ins & Outs Of A Brokered Convention ***NEW***

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Spain alerts Britain after foiling bomb plot on eve of Musharraf visit
Ed Owen and David Leppard

SPANISH police say they have foiled an attempt by Islamic extremists to carry out bomb attacks coinciding with a state visit to Europe by Pervez Musharraf, the president of Pakistan.

It was reported that other European countries, including Britain, had been put on alert by the Spanish for the possibility of terror attacks.

Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba, the Spanish interior minister, said that five homes and a mosque in central Barcelona had been raided and a quantity of bomb-making material had been seized, including four detonators. Twelve Pakistanis and two Indians were arrested on Friday.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article3216714.ece

Some See Jesus on the Cross in Granite Slab to Be Sold on eBay
What say you???????????

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Travelers returning by sea or land will have to show 'proof of citizenship' starting Jan. 31

By Doreen Hemlock | South Florida Sun-Sentinel


Get ready to present more paperwork when traveling by boat or car back into the United States from nearby countries.

Starting Jan. 31, adults and children who are U.S. citizens will be required to show "proof of citizenship," such as a birth certificate, naturalization certificate or a U.S. passport. Adults also will need to show government IDs, such as a driver's license.

But at least in South Florida, don't expect the headaches that accompanied last year's requirement that U.S. citizens show passports when returning by air from Mexico, Canada, Bermuda or Caribbean countries.

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/sfl-flzpassport0119sbjan19%2C0%2C4949986.story?coll=sofla_tab01_layout

Enough w/1/2 measures..bring on the NATIONAL I.D. CARD!


ACLU: Gay sex in public restrooms a constitutional right
Great thing for toddlers using a restroom to hear in the next stall.

The Mature Christian Voter ***NEW***

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More employers seeking 50+ workers
AARP, Partnership for Public Service promote private, public sector jobs
By Kristen Gerencher, MarketWatch

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- AARP is adding three federal government agencies and six private companies to its list of employers looking to hire people 50 and older for a variety of full-time, part-time and seasonal jobs, the group announced Thursday.

The Internal Revenue Service, the Peace Corps and the U.S. Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Relief are the newest members and the first federal employers on AARP's National Employer Team, bringing the total number of employers in the three-year-old partnership to 38, said Deborah Russell, director of workforce issues for AARP in Washington.

A number of private health-care and home-care companies also are joining the roster, including Scripps Health, Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Home Instead Senior Care, Synergy HomeCare, AnswerNet and Vedior North America.

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Medicare’s future: Our unspoken problem

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FDA clears new Johnson & Johnson HIV drug
New AIDS-fighting tablet for patients with resistance to other medications

WASHINGTON - Health-care products maker Johnson & Johnson won U.S. approval to sell a new HIV drug called Intelence for patients with resistance to other therapies, U.S. officials said Friday.

The drug, also known as TMC125 or etravirine, is a new member of the family of AIDS-fighting drugs called non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTI).

More than two dozen drugs are approved for fighting the deadly HIV virus. Patients need new options because HIV can mutate to resist existing treatments.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22737295/

Excommunicated from his church, pastor draws praise and condemnation from pagans and Christians

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Banned From Church
Reviving an ancient practice, churches are exposing sinners and shunning those who won't repent.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120061470848399079.html?mod=hpp_us_inside_today

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Bill Maher: ‘At Least Half of the [Ten] Commandments Are Stupid!’ ***NEW***


By Noel Sheppard | January 19, 2008 - 13:10 ET

People that watch HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher" are infinitely aware that the host is not only an atheist, but is also an antitheist, meaning that he hates religion.

No finer example of Maher's disdain for theism and Judeo-Christian principles occurred on Friday's installment of "Real Time" when he actually declared, "At least half of the [Ten] Commandments are stupid!"

This came moments after Maher proudly stated, "If I had a child, the last book I would ever give to teach morality would be the Bible, especially the Old Testament." This led one of his guests to say that Newt Gingrich, Rudy Giuliani, and John McCain should be stoned for committing adultery.

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2008/01/19/bill-maher-least-half-ten-commandments-are-stupid

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New England Patriots Continue Perfection, Beat San Diego Chargers, 21-12, for Spot at Super Bowl ***NEW***


http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,324167,00.html

Congrats Pats Fans--you'll be facing the Jints..as I predicted earlier above..



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Hundreds gather at King's Atlanta church

By ERRIN HAINES, Associated Press Writer 49 minutes ago

ATLANTA - Hundreds of civil rights leaders and others crowded Martin Luther King Jr.'s Ebenezer Baptist Church on Monday to the celebrate the man and his legacy.

"We would be remiss if we did not commemorate Martin Luther King Jr., a champion of peace in a time of war," said Isaac Newton Farris Jr., a nephew of King.

The King Center has asked the nation to commemorate his birthday for 40 years — for more years than the civil rights leader lived, Farris said. King was assassinated at age 39 on April 4, 1968, while standing on the balcony of a motel in Memphis, Tenn. He would have turned 79 this year.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/king_holiday;_ylt=A9G_RmSE15RHNmYBdB2s0NUE

VIDEO: Bush Honors King's Memory

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Today we're honoring the birth of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., so I figured I'd post a couple links if you want to read two of his most famous pieces of writing:

Letter from Birmingham Jail (pdf), written April 16, 1963

"I Have a Dream" speech, delivered August 28, 1963

http://allday.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/01/21/594949.aspx

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Bloomberg, Volunteers Spend Day In Name Of Service
MLK Day Inspires A Nation To Remember Civil Rights, World's Priorities
By Elizabeth Hur, CBS 2 HD

NEW YORK (CBS) ― On this federal holiday in honor of Doctor Martin Luther King Junior, thousands are spending their time helping others. This 'day of service' is just one way Americans are trying to carry on the message of the late civil rights leader.

http://wcbstv.com/local/martin.luther.king.2.634631.html

VIDEO: Cosby Mixes Humor With His Message For King Day

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Congressman beaten in Freedom Rides returns to site to honor King

Rep. John Lewis will honor Martin Luther King Jr. today in a fitting place.

Lewis, a Georgia Democrat, will return to Rock Hill, S.C., where he was beaten in the first violence of the Freedom Rides of 1961. Lewis and another student had tried to enter the whites-only waiting area of a bus station.

Lewis will speak at a King celebration this morning at Clinton Junior College.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2008-01-21-mlk-lewis_N.htm?csp=1

It was my high honor through NY's United Farm Workers Union to have known a Jewish FREEDOM RIDER...that was injured down south while joining in the struggle.

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Popular view of King ignores complexity

By DEEPTI HAJELA, Associated Press Writer Sun Jan 20, 6:56 PM ET

NEW YORK - They are some of the most famous words in American history: "I have a dream ..." And the man who said them has become an icon.

Martin Luther King Jr. has certainly gotten his share of attention this year, the subject of a presidential campaign controversy over his legacy that blew up just around the time of the holiday created to honor him.

But nearly 40 years after his assassination in April 1968, after the deaths of his wife and of others who knew both the man and what he stood for, some say King is facing the same fate that has befallen many a historical figure — being frozen in a moment in time that ignores the full complexity of the man and his message.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080120/ap_on_re_us/mlk_legacy;_ylt=Ak7Gfi9hOmM3veJ5hEaIQfWs0NUE

NEWSWEEK GALLERY: Segregation Then & Now

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Historians fear MLK's legacy being lost

By DEEPTI HAJELA, Associated Press Writer Mon Jan 21, 9:23 AM ET

NEW YORK - Nearly 40 years after the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., some say his legacy is being frozen in a moment in time that ignores the full complexity of the man and his message.

"Everyone knows — even the smallest kid knows about Martin Luther King — can say his most famous moment was that 'I have a dream' speech," said Henry Louis Taylor Jr., professor of urban and regional planning at the University of Buffalo. "No one can go further than one sentence. All we know is that this guy had a dream. We don't know what that dream was."

King was working on anti-poverty and anti-war issues at the time of his death. He had spoken out against the Vietnam War and was in Memphis when he was killed in April 1968 in support of striking sanitation workers.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080121/ap_on_re_us/mlk_legacy;_ylt=Agw3Fid8sJuswvdNtMbvGICs0NUE

40 years after the riots, King's vision 'unfinished'

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Why Christians should seek MLK's dream

Mon Jan 21, 12:16 AM ET

By Tom Krattenmaker

An African-American woman is secretary of State. A black man is a leading candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination. African-Americans coached both teams in last year's Super Bowl.

Judging from appearances, it might be tempting to pat ourselves on the back for living up to our founding principles when it comes to the question of race. Tempting and wrong — wrong in a way that challenges citizens with regard for the American, and religious, ideals that infuse our culture.

Apart from notable success stories such as these, you'll find overwhelming evidence that we have a long way to go to carry out the agenda, and honor the legacy, of the civil rights prophet we remember today and of those who stood with him in the struggle for racial justice. Let Christians — the followers of the faith that fueled the work of Martin Luther King Jr. and helped change a nation's heart — lead the way.

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HEAR Dr. King's Final Speech
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.......Made It!!!




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Clinton, Obama Clash at Debate ***NEW***
Jan 21 08:44 PM US/Eastern
By NEDRA PICKLER
Associated Press Writer

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) - Democrats Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama clashed bitterly Monday over Bill Clinton's role in his wife's campaign and Obama's recent praise for Republicans in a presidential debate five days before the pivotal South Carolina primary.

After a brief discussion of the nation's economic woes, the debate devolved into an angry exchange between the two senators, with Clinton noting Obama had taken campaign contributions from a political patron facing fraud charges and Obama calling Clinton a "corporate lawyer sitting on the board of Wal-Mart."

As Obama tried to defend his comments about Republicans and Ronald Reagan, Clinton interrupted and said she has never criticized his remarks on Reagan.

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8UAKM2O0&show_article=1

It was heated & may have favored Obama; but as a NYer I remember when Hell-ary (a carpetbagger then) ran & her male GOP opponent became too agressive..things turned against him. Also, the whole thing as of 1/2 time made John Edwards look like the adult.

I was glad to hear Obama state that all three's health plans DO NOT cover illegals; they however are responding to polls showing illegal alien issues are moving towards the top of the lists of our concerns.

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Schneider: Obama goes after Clinton's truthfulness ***NEW***
Posted: 08:45 PM ET

MYRTLE BEACH, South Carolina (CNN) — Barack Obama is echoing what he's been insinuating on the trail of late: Hillary Clinton is not truthful. He's saying she is taking him out of context, twisting his words, and mischaracterizing past votes. It's getting a good reception in the debate hall.

– CNN Senior Political Analyst Bill Schneider

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Schneider: Clinton draws boos ***NEW***
Posted: 08:49 PM ET
The debate audience's reaction suggests the Clinton camp's recent attacks on Obama are backfiring.

MYRTLE BEACH, South Carolina (CNN) — Hillary Clinton just drew the first boos of the night. She said Barack Obama doesn't take responsibility for his votes, and took issue with his 'present' voting in the Illinois Senate.

It's evidence the nastiness between the two is beginning to backfire.

– CNN Senior Political Analyst Bill Schneider

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Schneider: This could put Edwards back on the map ***NEW***
Posted: 08:40 PM ET

MYRTLE BEACH, South Carolina (CNN) – This could be a debate where John Edwards gets back in the game. He's effectively making his points, while Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are in silly squabbles. Voters have too many concerns to care about Obama and Clinton's political potshots.

– CNN Senior Political Analyst Bill Schneider

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Schneider: John McCain makes appearance ***NEW***
Posted: 10:04 PM ET

MYRTLE BEACH, South Carolina (CNN) — Well, it's obvious who the Democrats think will win the Republican nomination: They're all talking about who will run strongest against John McCain.

This is new — and it's likely the result of his South Carolina win on Saturday. Now each are laying out their plan on who can beat a Republican candidate who has repeatedly shown he appeals to independents.

Clinton is holding strong on her mantra that she's a fighter who has withstood the "Republican attack machine." Obama and Edwards, on the other hand, are stressing their broad appeal to voters not usually inclined to vote for a Democrat.

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Stock Markets Plunge Worldwide
Jan 21 12:45 PM US/Eastern
By TOBY ANDERSON
AP Business Writer

LONDON (AP) - Stocks fell sharply worldwide Monday following declines on Wall Street last week amid investor pessimism over the U.S. government's stimulus plan to prevent a recession.

U.S. markets were closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, but the downbeat mood from last week's market declines there circled through Europe, Asia and the Americas. Britain's benchmark FTSE-100 slumped 5.5 percent to 5,578.20, France's CAC-40 Index tumbled 6.8 percent to 4,744.15, and Germany's blue-chip DAX 30 plunged 7.2 percent to 6,790.19.

In Asia, India's benchmark stock index tumbled 7.4 percent, while Hong Kong's blue-chip Hang Seng index plummeted 5.5 percent to 23,818.86, its biggest percentage drop since the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks.

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8UADLH00&show_article=1

Great and in May I'm coming into a piece of change & was going to put it in the stock market..

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Asian markets continue plunge ***NEW***

* Story Highlights
* Stock markets in Asia plummet Tuesday, following Monday's slide
* Fall caused by skepticism about Bush plan to bolster U.S. economy with tax breaks
* Investors nervously watch for other Asian markets to open

http://edition.cnn.com/2008/BUSINESS/01/21/markets.plunge.asia/

"In God We Trust" Back in Proper Place on New US $1 Coins

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AHMEDINEJAD'S FINANCIAL FOLLY
SQUANDERING IRAN'S OIL WINDFALL
By BRONWEN MADDOX

January 20, 2008 -- Oil at nearly $100 a barrel cannot keep Mahmoud Ahmadinejad safe in the presidency of Iran forever. Finally, it seems as if his breathtaking economic mismanagement and squandering an unprecedented bonanza may pry him from office.

http://www.nypost.com/seven/01202008/postopinion/opedcolumnists/ahmedinejads_financial_folly_595261.htm

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Toppling the Times: Rupert Takes On Pinch
By Ed Lasky
The American mediascape is about to experience an earthquake, Rupert Murdoch is preparing to topple the New York Times from its position as the pre-eminent general interest daily newspaper, generating severe financial pressure on a struggling media company reeling from mismanagement. There is every indication he will succeed.

The New York Times has long enjoyed the status of America's leading and most influential national general interest newspaper. A wide range of advertisers, particularly purveyors of upscale goods, have paid escalating advertising rates to reach the elite readership presumed to read the nation's leading daily.

The paper has capitalized on its nationwide reach and influential readership to promote a liberal agenda (its public editor admitted the Times was ‘of course...a liberal newspaper" ).

http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/01/toppling_the_times_rupert_take.html

As many know I've been predicting a NY Slimes meltdown..and start of a DEATH WATCH by the end of 09'....turn it's building & the UN's into NYC highschools for media & government studies.

Are Islamist Groups Trying to Influence the Race to the White House?

On Eve of King Holiday, Race Dominates Campaign

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The Best of Late Nite Jokes Edited by NewsMax.com ***NEW***

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Voters are starting to warm up to Hillary Clinton. You what that means. This may be the best proof yet for global warming. Hillary is starting to thaw.

John Edwards keeps coming in third, but he says he’s not worried about it. He now says he doesn’t believe there are two Americas. He now thinks there are three. And he’s going to keep looking for the one that wants him to be president.

http://www.newsmax.com/jokes/

Arkansas, Alabama, Mississippi Continue to Honor Robert E. Lee on Martin Luther King Day

CARTOON: What happens in Vegas …

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CIA launches hunt for international computer hackers threatening to hold cities ransom by shutting off power
By WILLIAM LOWTHER

The CIA has launched a major hunt for international computer hackers who are threatening to throw cities into chaos by sabotaging their electricity supplies.

In a shock announcement last night the American spy agency said that the hackers were running a massive extortion plot.

They are threatening to cut off city lighting and power supplies unless they are paid huge sums of ransom money.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=509186&in_page_id=1811

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Accusation: Atheists, agnostics, Wiccans keeping Christians from freely practicing faith in mil
Chad Groening OneNewsNow.com
January 21, 2008

Retired Air Force officer "Buzz" Patterson believes it is the atheists, agnostics, and Wiccans who have too many rights in the military, and who are preventing Christians from freely practicing their faith.

OneNewsNow has reported that an organization called the Military Religious Freedom Foundation is party to a lawsuit claiming Defense Secretary Robert Gates permits a military culture in which soldiers are pressured by their superiors to adopt and espouse Christian beliefs -- and that officers sanction activities by Christian organizations.

But Lt. Col. Robert "Buzz" Patterson (USAF-Ret.) says it is the non-Christians who are forcing their beliefs on Christian members of the military. "I would say that the atheists and the agnostics and the Wiccans have too much say in what happens in today's military. So I think they've got the cart before the horse," he argues.

http://www.onenewsnow.com/2008/01/accusation_atheists_agnostics_.php

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Row erupts in Australia over 'gay' Jesus play: report

Sun Jan 20, 1:20 AM ET

SYDNEY (AFP) - Australian church leaders have condemned a play shortly to open in Sydney depicting Jesus as a gay man who is seduced by Judas, a report said Sunday.

The play, named Corpus Christi, is due to open next month as part of the city's annual Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, Sydney's Sun-Herald newspaper reported.

A senior Sydney churchman called the play "historical nonsense".

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080120/ts_afp/australiareligiongay

Photos of teen water polo players show up on gay porn sites
I'm sure the ACLU would think that the pedophiles are the "victims"; not the kids.

SEE RELATED CW THREAD: Why Liberals Always Protect Perverts

Giuliani trailing on home ground: poll
The McCain BOUNCE!

DICK MORRIS: It Might be Hillary vs. McCain ***NEW***

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Politics, Nevada Style
Owner of Bunny Ranch Brothel Gives Deals to Paul Supporters

http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/Vote2008/story?id=4155568&page=1

On this MLK MEMORIAL DAY let's NOT forget that on this dangerous little man's newsletter King was called a "Pedophile"; amongst many other racial slurs.

Kenyan Police Divided Over Crackdown

Obama's Kenyan Uncle Trapped by Violence

Nader to decide soon on possible presidential run ***NEW***
RUN RALPH..RUN !!! And take them dem votes away!

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Threat from Violent MS-13 Gang Continues to Escalate

Jim Kouri, CPP

They've severed the fingers of their rivals with machetes...brutally murdered suspected informants, including a 17-year-old pregnant federal witness...attacked and threatened law enforcement officers...committed a string of rapes, assaults, break-ins, auto thefts, extortions, and frauds across the U.S....gotten involved in everything from drug and firearms trafficking to prostitution and money laundering...and are sowing violence and discord, not just here in the U.S., but around the world.

MS-13 members perpetrate violence – from assaults to homicides, using firearms, machetes, or blunt objects – to intimidate rival gangs, law enforcement, and the general public. They often target middle and high school students for recruitment. And they form tenuous alliances...and sometimes vicious rivalries...with other criminal groups, depending on their needs at the time.

Who are they? Members of Mara Salvatrucha, better known as MS-13, who are mostly Salvadoran nationals or first generation Salvadoran-Americans, but also Hondurans, Guatemalans, Mexicans, and other Central and South American immigrants. And according to our recent national threat assessment of this growing, mobile street gang, they could be operating in your community...now or in the near future.

http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/homeland.php?id=1386189

A growing threat thanks to Bush's alignment w/ Teddy The Swimmer, Dingy Harry & others on our growing illegal problem.

VIDEO: Brave Border Agent Attempting to Stop Hummer from Entering US Hit, Killed
Another statistic for having BROKEN BORDERS.

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EXCLUSIVE: Barack vs. Bill: Obama Hits Ex-Prez Over 'Troubling' Attacks
Vows to 'Directly Confront Bill Clinton' Over 'Statements That Are Not Factually Accurate'

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=4162996&page=1

It's sleazy for the Clintonistas to be playing the race card...but then again if she's the nominee watch how the les card & other things will fly...those Hill-billys are anything but clean..


CBS 'Global Warming Special' Host Likened Warming Skeptics to Holocaust Deniers
More JUNK SCIENCE hysteria from liberal nuts..by the way it's freezing here in NYC.

Antarctic volcanoes identified as a possible culprit in glacier melting

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Liberals’ Plan to Stimulate Inflation
By Thomas E. Brewton | View comments | Print This Article Print This Article

Liberals propose to follow the same game plan that gave us stagflation in the 1970s.

As success with the military surge in Iraq increasingly belies their claim that the war is already irretrievably lost, liberals have changed the subject from Iraq to the economy and the rising possibility of a recession. Liberal Republicans and Democrats, as usual, prescribe Federal deficit spending and higher taxes on “the rich.”

That is the doctrine of Keynesian economics, which advocates consumer spending as the exclusive highway to full employment and prosperity. According to Keynes, consumer and business savings must be offset by massively increased Federal spending. What the money is spent for doesn’t matter; just flood the market with money created by bookkeeping entries at the Federal Reserve banks.

http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2008/01/20/liberals-plan-to-stimulate-inflation/

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Base Runner
Huckabee tries but fails to win the votes of non-evangelicals.
January 21, 2008

Mike Huckabee tried his best to expand beyond his evangelical base in South Carolina and appeal to what his campaign called "Joe Six Pack" voters. Mr. Huckabee was the only candidate to pander to devotees of the Confederate flag, telling crowds that outsiders should leave the banner flag, now displayed in a corner of the grounds of the state capitol, alone: "If somebody came to Arkansas and told us what to do with our flag, we'd tell 'em what to do with the pole, that's what we'd do." Contrast that with the comments of Mr. Huckabee's fellow Southerner Fred Thompson: "For a great many Americans, [the flag] is a symbol of racism. I'm glad people have made a decision not to display it . . . in a state capitol."

Mr. Huckabee also tried pandering to immigration foes. As governor he had opposed measures targeting illegal aliens. Just before the primary, he signed a pledge that he would use law enforcement to send all 12 million illegal aliens home. He vehemently denied any inconsistency in his views. It didn't work. Among the one-fourth of voters for whom illegal immigration was a top issue, Mr. Huckabee defeated John McCain by only 33% to 24%--a sign that many voters recognize the issue's complexities and view it in context once they get inside the voting booth.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120085093612303671.html?mod=opinion_journal_political_diary

Huck Drops National Media] ***NEW***
NOT a good sign; as I've stated before if no win in SC where can Huck go from there..I can hear the taking down of the evangelical tent soon. And maybe Tues. or this week @ some time a closing down of the Thompson's stealth campaign.

Norris Says McCain Too Old for President
That comment deserves the deadliest of blows...a punch to the throat (yep it really is..) that comment is AGEISM...that's just like racism.Do ya see McCain's mom on the trail..she still looks & moves like a younger woman.

PS-Related to this is I've heard Fred Thompson is w/drawing from the next debate; so how far behind is his actual w/drawl..& possible support thrown to McCain ?????

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BILL HAS A 'DREAM'
EX PREZ NODS OFF DURING MLK AWARD PRESENTATION

NY POST VIDEO: http://www.nypost.com/seven/01212008/news/regionalnews/bill_has_a_dream_474243.htm

CNN: Media Deserve 'Shame' for 'Complicity' w/ Dems Ignoring Immigration
Don't forget the dems debate tonight....have a brown paperbag sitting next to ya.

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Chávez says he chews coca daily
Analysts said Chávez's comments before National Assembly amounted to a dangerous endorsement and might be an admission of an illegal act.

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/venezuela/story/386592.html

+SEE INFO ON COCAINE'S DANGERS ***NEW***

Thousands march against abortion in S.F.

THE BLURBS HEALTH NEWS: 2-cup coffee habit may double miscarriage risk

Bill Moyers whitewashes his MLK dirty deeds

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The following words from his video essay just stick in my craw:

"Johnson kept his pledge and did the right thing."

What Moyers neglects to mention is that he and LBJ had MLK bugged, to try to get leverage on the Civil Rights Crusader. Fortunately, in a comment, journalist Thomas Lipscomb adds the history Moyers whitewashes (there is no better word for it) in the comments section of Moyers' website.

The Legacy of Dr. King






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VIDEO: Paulson Speaks On Market & Economy

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Fed Cuts Interest Rate 3/4 of a Point
Tuesday January 22, 9:12 am ET
By Martin Crutsinger, AP Economics Writer
Federal Reserve Cuts Interest Rate Three-Quarters of a Point to Try to Head Off Recession

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Federal Reserve, confronted with a global stock sell-off fanned by increased fears of a recession, slashed a key interest rate by three-quarters of a percentage point on Tuesday and indicated further rate cuts were likely.

The surprise reduction in the federal funds rate from 4.25 down to 3.5 percent marked the biggest one-day rate move by the central bank since it cuts its discount rate by a full percentage point in December 1991, a period when the country was struggling to get out of a recession.

Analysts said the Fed will likely delay cutting rates further at its Jan. 29-30 meeting but will probably keep moving rates down aggressively as the economy continues to weaken.

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080122/fed_interest_rates.html?.v=1

Holiday saves U.S. markets
Black Monday meltdown in Asia, Europe as Wall Street watches

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Bush, lawmakers set to meet on economy
Andrew Taylor- Associated Press Writer OneNewsNow.com
January 22, 2008

WASHINGTON- President Bush and top congressional leaders will be looking for quick agreement on how to pump as much as $150 billion in tax cuts and government spending into the ailing economy to head off a recession.
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and leaders in both parties are scheduled to meet with Bush on Tuesday to discuss a stimulus bill providing tax rebates, business tax cuts and funding for a Democratic-led call for additional food stamp and employment aid.

http://www.onenewsnow.com/2008/01/bush_lawmakers_set_to_meet_on.php

Stock Futures Gyrate After Fed Move
Time to start stepping up our prayers.

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Bank of America, Wachovia Profits Plunge

Jan 22, 7:37 AM (ET)

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Bank of America Corp. (BAC) (BAC) said Tuesday its fourth-quarter earnings fell by 95 percent and Wachovia Corp. (WB) reported its earnings tumbled 98 percent, with both banks citing the lending crisis.

Net income at Bank of America declined to $268 million, or 5 cents per share, in the three months ended Dec. 31 from $5.26 billion, or $1.16 per share, a year ago.

Wachovia said Tuesday its fourth-quarter earnings tumbled due to a $1.7 billion reduction in the value of certain portfolios and $1.5 billion set aside to cover bad loans.

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080122/D8UAU89G1.html

Sen. Schumer: Stimulus Plan May be Ready by March

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Experts Warn of Stock Market Hysteria

By Anselm Waldermann

Markets crashed all across Europe Monday, with Germany's DAX losing 7 percent of its value. But analysts advise against panic -- in fact, they say, now might be a good time to pick up some cheap stocks.

Five percent, 6 percent, 7 percent: For the German DAX stock market index, Monday was a day of steep falls. A €1 billion loss at the bank WestLB, combined with the fears of a global recession (more...), helped push the DAX beneath the psychologically important 7,000-point mark.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/business/0%2C1518%2C530010%2C00.html

Oil Prices Sink, but Above Lows for Day

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An unexpected U.S. interest rate cut Tuesday helped oil prices recover some of their losses caused by concerns that the U.S. economy may be heading toward a recession.

Would tax rebates work?

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Flashing red

Jan 21st 2008
From Economist.com
Why markets tumbled

http://www.economist.com/daily/news/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10555699&top_story=1

Overseas Investors Buy Aggressively in U.S.

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The global market meltdown and the stimulus farce
By Michelle Malkin • January 22, 2008 09:04 AM

It’s the second day of the global market meltdown. The Fed just cut the federal funds rate and the Dow Jones is on a roller-coaster ride this morning:

http://michellemalkin.com/2008/01/22/the-global-market-meltdown-and-the-stimulus-farce/

VIDEO: Main Street Responds To Wall Street

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U.S. News & World Report Editor Compares Credit Crisis to the Great Depression
Photo of Jeff Poor.
By Jeff Poor | January 21, 2008 - 17:06 ET

It's no longer enough to say the economy is heading into or already is in a recession. Invoking the memory of the Great Depression has become the latest way to dramatize the economic turmoil caused by the credit markets.

"[I] think we are facing the worst financial crunch and crisis since the Great Depression," Mort Zuckerman, editor-in-chief of U.S. News & World Report, said on the January 20 "McLaughlin Group."

Zuckerman told viewers we're heading into uncharted territory with this current credit freeze-up.

~~~LINK~~~

I don't think we are heading towards begging on the streets; but today things don't look that good.As regular members know in general I have touted the economy as of recent times.But this one has me scratching my head.

Democrats Are Wrecking the Economy

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Central Banks Must Cut Rates Today
By Lawrence Kudlow

There's a global stock market tsunami gathering force. It may hit US shores very hard this morning.

Much of this is panic over a US recession threat that has yet to clearly materialize. The world sell-off also vastly over-estimates loan and credit problems among international financial institutions.

In any event, world central banks should immediately reduce rates and add liquidity first thing in the morning, no matter what the time-zone.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/01/central_banks_must_cut_rates_t.html

Kudlow is usually optomistic..so this is more or less a dire warning; I've never heard him use the term tsunami.Let's hope the tsunami will really only be a couple day storm.

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Dow Drops 465 Then Gains Most of It Back
Tuesday January 22, 12:04 pm ET
By Madlen Read, AP Business Writer
Dow Industrials Drop 465 Points Then Gain Most of It Back As Fed Cuts Rates 3/4 Point

NEW YORK (AP) -- Wall Street struggled to steady itself Tuesday, climbing back from an early plunge after the Federal Reserve cut interest rates in hopes of restoring stability to a faltering U.S. economy. The Dow Jones industrials, down 465 points at the start of the session, recovered to a loss of about 175 points.

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080122/wall_street.html?.v=81

The Gen X Financial Dilemma
Some GREAT ADVICE from Townhall.

VIDEO/ NBC NEWS: Hardtimes
More good tips.

Layoffs on the Rise: What You Should Know

In Other Business News On The BLURBS..

Unrelated: FRED THOMPSON HAS W/DRAWN FROM RACE/DEVELOPING !
~~~Thompson Link~~~

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U.S. lenders cut deals to avoid foreclosure crisis

By Nick Carey Tue Jan 22, 8:18 AM ET

CHICAGO (Reuters) - In a relatively short space of time, Sharon Jackson lost her mother, her sister, and her job and came within a whisker of losing her home of 20 years as well.

"If anything bad could happen, it was happening to me," said Jackson, 55, while making a strong cup of coffee in the kitchen of her single-story home on Chicago's blue-collar South Side. "I was behind two months, but I didn't want to lose my home and see it boarded up."

Just four doors away, a house that went into foreclosure last year is boarded up. Jackson recalls watching as squatters moved in and stripped it of anything that could be sold

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Online Savings Accounts Still Attractive, Despite Rate Cut

Supreme Court Declines Suit Brought by Enron Investors

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ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT, NO INSURANCE

12:00 AM CST on Tuesday, January 22, 2008

By JASON ROBERSON and DIANNE SOLÍS / The Dallas Morning News

Twenty-six-year-old Jaime illegally crossed the border from Mexico two years ago. Now Jaime, who asked that his last name not be used, waits outside with the others, hoping for work as a day laborer in the Dallas area.

He has no health insurance. If he gets hurt, he knows he can "count on nothing," he said. Bosses who hire him for landscaping jobs don't want to pay for insurance.

"Of course, I would like some," Jaime said, pulling his thin jacket tighter against the chilly wind. "We are subjected to a lot of danger at the worksite. We would really like insurance.

http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/stories/DN-MedSidebar1_22bus.ART.State.Edition2.376c962.html

This is a big part of the problem, when the 12-20M illegals are here they $uck dry our medical, public assistance, $chool and food stamp accounts.Often bringing family while our own citizens, seniors & veterans in many cases play by the rules but because they do--- can't get in on part of the Democrat Party Give Away$---- like Pelosi wanting more tuition for these felon$.

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Where the Affordable Suburbs Are
Demand—and prices—for homes in the best suburbs remains strong. But good deals in good communities exist if you know where to look

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Yahoo! Set to Lay Off Hundreds

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Might Google Buy the New York Times?
John Ellis

In the last five years, the New York Times has declined in value by an astonishing 70 percent. There is no indication that things will get better any time soon. Indeed, as the specter of recession looms, there is every reason to believe that things will get worse. At some point here in the near future, the market capitalization of the New York Times will fall below $2 billion. At that point, a psychological floor will have collapsed and the company will be in play.

http://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2008/01/might_google_buy_the_new_york.html

Time to start emailing GOOGLE & let them know it's a bad move..let the Slimes twist in the wind..shut it down!


Latest: things are better than they were on Fri., people are buying RETAIL...if we were heading for a recession why would stock market players go retail???? ---BB1 (10:30 am)

There's an indication that oil prices may have a small drop.

It's reported that Europe is in better shape after fed surprise this morning.In the US when the markets opened they were about down 5oo..but slowly moving up to about 150 now.(11:05am)

Bank Of America, Morgan Stanley, Home Depot doing well..seems like retail & financials are doing well..as I stated above somewhere in May I come into a nice chunk of money from 3 sources & am considering investing in the stock market.So hence am trying to better study the market as a "rookie".All of this doesn't discourage me in following that path.

I understand utilities are a good place to invest as they are basically recession proof.(2:10pm)

Down 70....it looks like it'll be up & down next few days and weeks; home builders also reportedly up....it did look like liquidation of commodities and so on over the weekend-obviously didn't happen.(3:45pm)





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Media Study Claims Bush Administration Lied Hundreds of Times About Iraq ***NEW***

Tuesday, January 22, 2008

WASHINGTON — A study by two nonprofit journalism organizations found that President Bush and top administration officials issued hundreds of false statements about the national security threat from Iraq in the two years following the 2001 terrorist attacks.

The study concluded that the statements "were part of an orchestrated campaign that effectively galvanized public opinion and, in the process, led the nation to war under decidedly false pretenses."

The study was posted Tuesday on the Web site of the Center for Public Integrity, which worked with the Fund for Independence in Journalism. White House spokesman Scott Stanzel said he could not comment on the study because he had not seen it.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,324753,00.html

Remarks by President Bush to March for Life Rally Participants

Saving the Trees and Killing the Children

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Emergency rate cut prevents market meltdown
U.S. stocks ease from sharp opening drop after global sell-off
Posted: January 22, 2008
11:47 p.m. Eastern

In an emergency move, the Federal Reserve lowered its target rate for federal funds by 0.75 percentage points before the New York Stock Exchange opened this morning, hoping to ease investor fears of recession and prevent yesterday's global stock sell-off from spreading to the U.S.

In the first moments after opening, the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged more than 460 points, dropping sharply to under 12,000. By mid-morning, however, it was trading down just 57 points and closed with a loss of 128.

Overnight, stocks closed sharply down in Asia for the second day in a row.

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=59814

Lot's Of Stock Market/Business News On Above Post.....^^^

Voter ID rule finds support

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Obama most likely Democrat to unify America


- The State editorial board's Democratic presidential primary endorsement

THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY in South Carolina this year offers voters an unusual choice. Earlier votes have winnowed out the most experienced candidates, leaving a field with fewer accomplishments and differences on policy, but including two candidates who come with the promise to make history just because of who they are.

Looking at the remaining field: Rep. Dennis Kucinich offers a bold plan on health care, but his platform is unlikely to endear him to many in South Carolina. John Edwards has morphed away from the optimist who won South Carolina in 2004. The candidate who stayed mostly above the fray four years ago is angry now, and pushing hard to turn working-class angst into political opportunity. He also has tried to one-up the other top Democrats with the least prudent plan for withdrawing from Iraq.

http://www.thestate.com/opinion/story/293153.html

Major endorsement for Obama

Will Farrakhan pray at Obama's inauguration? ***NEW***

Jose Padilla Is Sentenced to 17 Years
TOO leniant; but put him in w/ the general population.

Is There Waterboarding In Hell?

Mexico’s Safe Haven for Criminals ***NEW***

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Abortion opponents find reasons to cheer on 35th anniversary of Roe v. Wade
By DIANE CARROLL
The Kansas City Star

The two sides in the nation’s debate on abortion will mark today’s 35th anniversary of Roe v. Wade with their usual rallies and speeches.

But this year, there are signs that not all is the same on the national or local level:

•The newly configured U.S. Supreme Court rejected a legal challenge in April to the federal Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act, allowing the law to go into effect for the first time since it was signed by President Bush in 2003. Some abortion-rights supporters fear the landmark ruling is the first step toward overturning the 1973 law legalizing abortion.

http://www.kansascity.com/105/story/454793.html

Was 2007 the Year of the Pro-Life Movie? ***NEW***

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Clinton, Obama Engage in Bitter Debate

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) - Democratic presidential rivals Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama accused each other of repeatedly and deliberately distorting the truth for political gain Monday night in a highly personal, finger-wagging debate that ranged from the war in Iraq to Bill Clinton's role in the campaign.

Obama told the former first lady he was helping unemployed workers on the streets of Chicago when "you were a corporate lawyer sitting on the board at Wal-Mart."

Moments later, Clinton said that she was fighting against misguided Republican policies "when you were practicing law and representing your contributor ... in his slum landlord business in inner city Chicago."

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080122/D8UAT5IG0.html

As stated above it made the Breck Girl look like the adult..and once again out of all tv hosts Wooooooooooooffff Blitzer can't keep control, poor little man.

Huckabee in Financial Trouble ***NEW***

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Postmortem on the Thompson Campaign
Lee Cary

The autopsy on the Thompson campaign will find that it succumbed to a host of -ion diseases: equivocation; expectation; communication; and perception.

Equivocation: Last summer the "will he or won't he" saga of Fred's potential entry into the presidential race was the political version of the play Waiting for Godot. Speculated deadlines came and went, and still no Fred. The summer storyline was a tease that became a snooze. Anticipation built, subsided, and built again - several times. And with each run-up to his possible entry into the race, the voting public cared just a little less. Equivocation does not play well with voters.

Expectation: Thompson's popularity as a TV and movie personality had us primed for a superstar candidate. We expected a real-life version of his portrayal of the confident and decisive D.A. on Law & Order. Of course, this was unfair of us, but not unexpected. Instead of standing behind a bank of microphones and boldly announcing his candidacy on the front steps of President Andrew Jackson's Hermitage Mansion, he filled a deep-sunk lounge chair on the Jay Leno Show and announced in a style meant to be laid-back. Instead, it played as laid-down.

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2008/01/postmortem_on_the_thompson_cam.html

The MOST boring, stealth campaign I've ever witnessed...he gets the Admiral Stockdale Award.

McCain trashes Norris' talk about his age
Not that I support McCain, just against AGEISM!

Black leader to Bill Clinton: 'Chill' on Obama

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Hey Kids, Shoot Your Favorite Candidate! ***NEW***
Clinton, Obama pace gunners in "Presidential Paintball" online game

JANUARY 22--For the aspiring young assassin, a popular online games site offers kids the opportunity to assume the identity of a leading presidential contender and then shoot their political opponents in a series of armed confrontations in the White House. While the ammo is paintball, the game on the highly trafficked miniclip.com site allows kids to train a rifle scope on six presidential aspirants and squeeze off a hail of shots (which are accompanied with a rat-a-tat sound). The game, "Presidential Paintball," features six candidates in the crosshairs: Barack Obama; Hillary Clinton; John Edwards; Mitt Romney; John McCain; and Rudy Giuliani (it seems the game was developed before the ascension of Mike Huckabee).

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/0122081miniclip1.html

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Bill’s been told: no more embarrassments

What's going on with the old Horndog-in-Chief? There hasn't been a whiff of scandal for months. Bill Clinton's friendship with Canada's 'blonde bombshell' MP Belinda Stronach is over, although nobody is sure what it was in the first place.

They looked hot a year ago, with the charisma of power, but Belinda has since quit Canadian politics to return to the family firm selling car parts to Detroit, and is having an affair with a 'tough guy' from the Maple Leafs ice hockey team.

http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/index.php?storyID=7036

Bill's too busy attacking Obama to return right now to his old ways; has to "play" close husband for the public's consumption

Bill Clinton Sees a Role in White House

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Asked if he would live in the White House, Clinton said, "I would anticipate being there, unless you know something I don't."

NYT Mocks Mitt, Lets Sleeping Bill Lie ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

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Professors vote for Obama with wallets

By Michael Juel-Larsen and Josh Oppenheimer
Princetonian Staff Writers

All Princeton faculty members who have given to 2008 presidential candidates so far have donated to Democrats, according to federal records of donations to presidential campaigns from Princeton University employees.

Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) is the runaway favorite candidate among those donors, having received $12,050 from Princeton employees. Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) drew the second-highest total contributions from Princeton faculty and staff with $5,600. Other donations have gone to candidates including former Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C.), Gov. Bill Richardson (D-N.M.) and Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.).

In total, donors who listed the University as their employer have given $23,700 to presidential campaigns in the current election cycle. Of that, $21,900 — 92.4 percent — has gone toward Democratic candidates.

http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/archives/2008/01/21/news/19886.shtml

Bomb-making factory found in Brooklyn apartment of Columbia professor

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Bomb maker confesses to spray-painting swastikas around Brooklyn

BY ALISON GENDAR, MATTHEW LYSIAK and TINA MOORE
DAILY NEWS WRITERS

Tuesday, January 22nd 2008, 4:00 AM

A bizarre Brooklyn bomb-maker was unveiled as a hatemonger Monday and charged with a spate of crimes that shook his neighborhood's Jewish community last fall, cops said.

Investigators were questioning Ivaylo Ivanov about seven pipe bombs they found in a flat he shares with a noted Columbia professor when he confessed to spray-painting 23 swastikas on synagogues, private homes and schools in September, a police source said.

"We're very relieved and thankful that the man was found," said Rabbi Aaron Ruskin, whose synagogue, the Congregation B'Nai Avraham, was vandalized. "There's no question that this guy could have done a lot worse."

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2008/01/22/2008-01-22_bomb_maker_confesses_to_spraypainting_sw-1.html

Hillary Clinton and Saudi Funny Money: Conflict of Interest?

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Learning About the 'Three Sexes'
By Rick Amato
Tuesday, January 22, 2008

A new law requiring California public schools to, among other things, allow students to 'choose their own gender' when deciding whether to use the boys or girls restroom and locker room is a glaring example of the cultural assault taking place in America. At stake are the minds, values and ideals of the children who parents send off to school each morning. The law went into effect on Jan. 11.

http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RickAmato/2008/01/22/learning_about_the_three_sexes

BB'S TO YOUR HEALTH:When you should call it a sick day

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The Apostles of Atheism and the Confusion of Faith
By George Shadroui | View comments | Print This Article Print This Article

Those who pile remorseless fact on remorseless fact in the name of rational science usually wind up constructing another idol, only one that is lifeless; that is their right and choice, but why should it surprise them that the rest of us refuse to bow down and worship with them?

What is one to make of the onslaught of atheist tracts over the past year or two – Dawkins, Dennett, Harris and Hitchens, all raking the countryside with their discontent with religion?

Did all those Silent Nights and Merry Christmases and Happy Hanukkahs finally get to them? Has peace on earth good will toward men driven them to madness? Does the Nativity cut to the heart of their pain?

http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2008/01/22/the-apostles-of-atheism-and-the-confusion-of-faith/

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Lieutenant colonel Greg Gadson is Giants' inspirational co-captain

Tuesday, January 22nd 2008, 4:00 AM

His name is Lt. Col. Greg Gadson and he used to wear No. 98 for the Army football team and was with the Second Battalion and 32nd Field Artillery, on his way back from a memorial service for two soldiers from his brigade when he lost both his legs to a roadside bomb in Bahgdad. It was the night of May 7, 2007, and Lt. Col. Gadson didn't know it at the time because he couldn't possibly have known, but it was the beginning of a journey that brought him to Lambeau Field Sunday night.

He was there as an honorary co-captain of the Giants, there on the sideline at Lambeau because this Giants' season has become his season now and he wasn't going to watch from some box. This is a Giant at the Super Bowl worth knowing about, as much as any of them.

"Me being a part of this team," Gadson was saying Monday night from his home in Virginia, having made it back there from Green Bay, "really starts with the team I played on at West Point."

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/giants/2008/01/22/2008-01-22_lieutenant_colonel_greg_gadson_is_giants.html

Go BIG BLUE---Thanks Lt. Col. !

Mexico City starts grope-free buses for women ***NEW***

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Iran hails new delivery of nuclear fuel from Russia
Jan 22 03:54 AM US/Eastern

Russia delivered a fifth consignment of fuel for Iran's first nuclear power plant in the Gulf port of Bushehr on Tuesday, Iran's official IRNA news agency reported.

"The fifth load of nuclear fuel arrived at the Bushehr plant on Tuesday morning," said a statement from the Organisation for Production and Development of Nuclear Energy quoted by the news agency.

The delivery brings the nuclear fuel supplied by Russia so far to 55 tons or two-thirds of the total order of 82 tons, IRNA said.

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=080122085439.hywa4jt9&show_article=1

Illegal immigrant opponents say Va. losing untold money through education
Here we were all day worrying about how to get an extra couple dollars into OUR economy & illegal lawbreakers are sucking our coffers dry..& bringing a myriad of families across a broken border to use up your tax $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.

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Will the Ice Caps Melt?
By Jerome J. Schmitt
"The engineer has learned vastly more from the steam-engine than the steam-engine will ever learn from the engineer."
-- Prof John B. Fenn, Nobel Prize, Chemistry, 2002

There is considerable debate over whether the "greenhouse gas" effect will raise the temperature of the atmosphere by between 1-5°C over the next 100 years. But even if you grant for the sake of argument the Warmist claim that the earth's atmosphere will go up a full five degrees Centigrade in temperature, Al Gore's claim that ocean levels will rise 20 feet thanks to global warming seems to ignore the laws of thermodynamics. I am no climatologist, but I do know about physics.

Anyone who has ever spent time in a temperate climate following a snowy winter realizes that when the air temperature rises above 32°F the snow and ice do not melt immediately. We may experience many balmy early spring days with temperatures well above freezing while snow drifts slowly melt over days or weeks. Similarly, lakes and ponds take some time to freeze even days or weeks after the air temperature has plunged below zero. This is due to the latent heat of freezing/melting of water, a physical concept long quantified in thermodynamics.

http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/01/will_the_ice_caps_melt.html

Altruistic Al Gore Joins Silicon Valley Venture Firm ***NEW***

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Sweden to Study Belching Cows
Jan 21 12:11 PM US/Eastern

STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) - A Swedish university has received 3.8 million kronor $590,000) in research funds to measure the greenhouse gases released when cows belch.

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8UAD5IG2&show_article=1

I smell a NOBEL PEACE PRIZE......well anyhow I smell something.








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Stocks Drop Further on Recession Worry
Wednesday January 23, 1:07 pm ET
By Tim Paradis, AP Business Writer
Wall Street Falls Into Deeper Slump As Investors Anxiety About Economy Intensifies

NEW YORK (AP) -- Wall Street plunged yet again Wednesday, sending the Dow Jones industrials down as much as 323 points as investors grew increasingly anxious about the prospect of a recession. Disappointing reports from big names like Apple Inc. and Motorola Inc. dashed any notion that the Federal Reserve's emergency rate cut could in short order patch up the economy.

Bond prices rose as investors search for a safer place for their money.

In midday trading, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 260.86, or 2.18 percent, at 11,710.33 after being down as much as 323.29.

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080123/wall_street.html?.v=17

It's likely to be a roller coaster maybe for weeks; my plan is still in a few months to dive right in.

CARTOON: What year is it?

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Wall Street Pulls Off Stunning Comeback From Yet Another Sharp Decline

NEW YORK (AP) -- Wall Street pulled off a stunning comeback Wednesday, surging higher in late trading and wiping out what looked to be yet another massive decline. The Dow Jones industrials, down more than 323 points in earlier trading, ended the day with an advance of just under 300 points.

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080123/wall_street.html

Fed establishes another baleful landmark

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Bloomberg Rips Federal Stimulus Package

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

WASHINGTON -- New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg castigated the White House and Congress on Wednesday for what he said was a shortsighted economic stimulus package and years of lousy financial management.

"We can't borrow our way out of this. The jig is up," Bloomberg said in prepared remarks to be delivered Wednesday evening before the U.S. Conference of Mayors, which is honoring his environmental efforts.

The billionaire mayor, who is said to be considering an independent presidential bid yet denies that he is a candidate, said the $150 billion stimulus package being hammered out between Democratic and Republican leaders won't be enough.

http://www.newsmax.com/politics/bloomberg_economy/2008/01/23/66813.html

U.S. Pledge of Allegiance under attack once again

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Swiftboating 2.0
By Salena Zito

An e-mail attributed to Sen. John Kerry, the 2004 Democratic presidential nominee, and sent out by the Barack Obama campaign took on those who would "swiftboat" Obama.

Kerry, saying in the e-mail that "this is personal for me, and for a whole lot of Americans who lived through the 2004 election," tells Obama supporters that "we must stop the swiftboating, stop the push-polling, stop the front groups, and stop the e-mail chain smears."

http://www.townhall.com/columnists/SalenaZito/2008/01/23/swiftboating_20

Strange to Say, But John McCain is the Republican Frontrunner

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AP Reports 'Bush Lied' Study Funded by Ultra-leftist George Soros

By Warner Todd Huston | January 23, 2008 - 10:57 ET


Well, the AP has done it again. They have given us leftist propaganda and painted it as news. This time they have published the results of a "study" that claims that "Bush lied" in the run-up to Iraq and somehow the AP forgot to mention that the organization that released this study was funded by extreme leftist George Soros, who has spent billions funding the Democrat Party and many far left think tank and advocacy organizations. Yeah, THAT study is going to be legitimate!

This one may as well have been just a reprint of the press release of the Soros-funded Center for Public Integrity, but the AP dressed it up as an actual story written by reporter Douglass K. Daniel. Headlined "Study: False statements preceded war," the AP reveals how, "A study by two nonprofit journalism organizations found that President Bush and top administration officials issued hundreds of false statements about the national security threat from Iraq in the two years following the 2001 terrorist attacks."

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/warner-todd-huston/2008/01/23/ap-bush-lied-study-not-revealed-funded-george-soros

Story on above post..

ORU receives financial bailout

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Gore for same-sex marriage

Not sure what prompted this, but Al Gore has quietly released a video with a forceful endorsement of equal marriage rights for gays and lesbians. It pushes the Democratic establishment that much closer to a position he now shares with Eliot Spitzer and some other leading Dems, and is prompting a bit of grumbling in gay political circles that this batch of candidates aren't quite there....

Elizabeth Edwards has voiced her support for same-sex marriage, for instance, and Barack Obama recently scolded the black church for homophobia, in a speech to an African-American congregation.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0108/Gore_for_samesex_marriage.html

There's a video on the link..you may want to have a brown paper bag sitting next to you.

Catholic Thinkers Doctors and Journalists Sign Statement Against Catholic Pro-Abortion Politicians

Federally supported abortion clinics labeled 'safe havens for child rapists'

REAL ID: A Real Good Idea

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Chertoff expects more border violence

The Homeland Security Department is turning up the heat on criminals, he says, and an agent's death shows why fencing is needed.

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Illegal Immigration Documentary is Eye-Opening

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A few words in defense of torture
Posted: January 23, 2008
1:00 a.m. Eastern

Sometimes I get the idea that America's MSM is nothing more than an offshoot of Al-Jazeera, a well-oiled propaganda machine for all things Islamic.

For instance, we've been hearing for the longest time that torture is the worst possible way by which to extract information from the enemy. Who says so? When something that is so nonsensical is passed off as common knowledge, I, for one, get very suspicious.

I'm willing to believe that every so often there are those who are willing to absorb any amount of punishment and take their secrets to the grave with them. But, aside from those occasional saints and masochists, I'll wager that most people – and that definitely includes Osama bin Laden if we were ever to get our hands on him – would cough up everything they knew.

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=59821

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Operation Phantom Phoenix Denies Sanctuary to Al Qaeda

American Forces Press Service

Soldiers supporting Operation Phantom Phoenix, a series of division- and brigade-level strikes against al Qaeda and other extremists in Iraq, continue to disrupt terrorist safe havens and bases throughout the country, military officials reported.

Multinational Division Center soldiers, in support of Operation Phantom Phoenix, captured 15 suspected extremists, including a high-value target individual, during an air assault raid 25 miles south of Baghdad Jan. 14, officials said yesterday.

The suspect is believed to be involved in planning attacks against Iraqi security and coalition forces and for contributing to sectarian violence. Soldiers from Company C, 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division captured the suspects based on a tip from a local citizen

http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/global.php?id=1386213

Operation Marne Thunderbolt Go!

Hypothetical attack on U.S. outlined by China

Joe Kennedy Uses Latest Citgo Commercial to Slam U.S. Government and 'Big Oil'
A STOOGE for Hugo Chavez.

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I told Gazans to come and eat'
By AP AND JPOST.COM STAFF

Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians crossed into Egypt from Gaza on Wednesday after gunmen destroyed about two-thirds of the Gaza-Egypt border wall. Most of the Gazans returned after stocking up on food and other basic supplies that have become scarce due to the blockade imposed on the territory by Israel.

UN personnel said they estimated the number of Palestinians who entered Egypt to be 350,000.

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak announced that he had ordered his troops to allow Palestinians to cross into Egypt because they were starving.

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1200572523339&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Turin holy water theft blamed on Satanists

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Carnegie Hall Permits Blasphemous Jerry Springer Opera

By John Connolly

NEW YORK, January 22, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Carnegie Hall will host the anti-Christian and blasphemous show "Jerry Springer-The Opera" on January 29, to the protests of the Catholic League and its president, Bill Donohue.

"Never before in its illustrious history has Carnegie Hall been home to Christian bashing, but that is all about to change on January 29 and 30," said Donohue. "Incredibly, it is allowing a patently obscene and viciously anti-Christian musical to be performed on its stage. Thus has it got into bed with the bigots, making a mockery of art in the process. This isn't art-it's license."

The show is filled with obscenity, and the Catholic League provides a synopsis of the show's DVD which includes Jesus admitting he's gay, sexual assault between biblical characters and portrays Satan as a friendly character frustrated with the ridiculous behavior of Jesus, Adam and Eve in streams of obscene language.

http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2008/jan/08012203.html

Was the Thompson Campaign A Farce?

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March for Life Main Organizer Nellie Gray Hurt but Doing Well After Fall

By John-Henry Westen

Today during the March for Life rally just prior to the March, Nellie Gray who founded and has organized the March for Life since its inception, tripped and fell while on stage.

The 84-year-old pro-life leader was taken to hospital and the hundreds of thousands at the March prayed for her health.

http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2008/jan/08012212.html

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On religion and politics
Posted: January 23, 2008
1:00 a.m. Eastern

In his Farewell Address to our nation, President George Washington declared that religion and morality were "indispensable supports" for political prosperity. Nevertheless, in the fall of 2007, some political prognosticators began to proclaim the demise of evangelical religious influence on American politics. This began shortly after the Rev. Ted Haggard – head of the National Association of Evangelicals and someone politically connected to the president – fell from his position of leadership, and candidates with social positions wholly antithetical to traditional moral standards appeared poised to claim the Republican and Democratic nominations for president.

However, since former Baptist preacher and Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee won the Iowa caucus and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney made headlines for his speech on "Faith in America," pundits and the press have been in a steady retreat concerning their exaggerated claims about the death of religion in American politics. In fact, instead of a decreasing emphasis, it appears that the role of religion has taken center stage in political campaigns for the office of president. John McCain was criticized in several circles for calling America "a Christian nation," and in the midst of a downward slide in the polls, Rudolph Giuliani recently spoke at a Florida church where he asked the members to pray for him. Alan Keyes has also spoken passionately of his faith in God, and Ron Paul has publicly acknowledged that our rights to life and liberty come from God.

The discussion of religion has not been limited to the Republican candidates. Barack Hussein Obama's campaign has said that his political views are "an outgrowth of his reading of some of the seminal parts of the Bible about doing unto the 'least of these' just as we would have done unto Christ." John Edwards has openly shared about how he relied upon his faith in God in dealing with the loss of his son due to a car accident. Even Hillary Rodham Clinton has admitted that she and other Democratic candidates are attempting to "inject faith into policy."

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=59827

Army Recruiting More Dropouts

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Eco-Terror
by Amanda Fortini
Jack Bauer versus global warming.
Post Date Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Fans of the show "24," or anyone who has followed the recent controversy surrounding its portrayal of torture, may have been understandably surprised by a mid-summer announcement by Fox network executives: The series--whose co-creator and executive producer, Joel Surnow, is a Rick Santorum- supporting, friend-of-Ann-Coulter sort of conservative, and whose hero, Jack Bauer, knows his way around a waterboard--was going green. In fact, it would be the first TV series ever to do so. Henceforth, every electroshock session would require the purchase of carbon offsets.

Led by executive producer Howard Gordon, whose wife coauthored The Down-to-Earth Guide to Global Warming with Laurie David, high priestess of Hollywood environmentalism, execs promised to reduce the show's carbon footprint during the upcoming seventh season, with a "carbon neutral" finale as the ultimate goal. Surnow, for his part, has remained mum about the venture. "He is tolerating it rather than embracing it," Gordon tells me by phone.

Politics aside, an environmentally friendly "24" still seems an oxymoronic notion, like eco-conscious coal mining. For one, the show shoots roughly half of its scenes on location--unlike, say, a medical drama, which mainly adheres to a single interior. This makes "24" something of an energy glutton: Each new venue requires the transportation of crew and equipment, the building (and dismantling) of sets, the rigging of generators to power the voracious lights that illuminate those sets. And, of course, the series' numerous special effects (car chases, explosions, shootouts) are not exactly low-emission--the show's carbon footprint for 2006 was 1,684 metric tons, the annual equivalent of approximately 364 cars or 89 households. Mike Posey, a Twentieth Century Fox Television production manager who also spearheads the show's environmental efforts, sums up the logic behind the decision this way: "We could have done it with a sitcom that never leaves the stage and only shoots one day a week and said, 'Yay! We did it.' But we picked our toughest show, our most expensive show, and, if we can pull it off, it will be a great achievement."

http://www.tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=04a813c4-1070-478e-bcb9-21c9d60c80d0

Social networking sites probed as 'internet suicide cult' rips apart town when SEVEN young people hang themselves

Life on Mars? Amazing photos from Nasa probe reveal mystery figure on Red Planet
Warning: The womanish figure has no clothes on, obviously there's no Bloomingdale's on Mars.

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McCain Raises Cash

Wednesday, January 23, 2008 3:34 PM

By: Newsmax Staff

Presidential hopeful John McCain is scrambling to raise enough money before the Florida primary to compete with Mitt Romney — a Republican rival who can loan his campaign tens of millions of dollars from his personal fortune.

McCain scheduled at least seven fundraisers in the week leading up to Tuesday’s primary. He held an event in New York on Tuesday evening, has scheduled Florida fundraisers in Miami, West Palm Beach, Boca Raton, Tampa and Jacksonville, and on Monday night will hold a fundraiser with his Senate supporters on Capitol Hill.

The winner of the Florida test is expected to hold a big advantage heading in the Super Tuesday primaries on Feb. 5, when 21 states will hold GOP elections, reports Washington, D.C.-based newspaper The Hill.

http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/McCain_Raises_Cash/2008/01/23/66820.html

McCain took NYC by storm..I think Rudy's Fla. strategy is a done failure....McCain is going to be getting nods from lots of former Sec. Of State & Defense; Gen. Norman Schwartzcroft has already come out-the Gen. an imposing figure who I once sat behind at a Broadway play.Look for big (mac) endorsements to start coming forward....Right now, it looks like it's Romney vs. McCain

Slick Willie Rides Again

The Blurbs TO YOUR HEALTH: Lack of Vitamin E linked to physical decline in later years

What Happens To Obama's Supporters If He Loses?
My prediction Obama if he loses will do a Teddy Kennedy complete ignore like w/ Jimmy Carter on his Convention Night; many will sit on their hands & some will be drawn to the urban appeal of Mike Bloomberg when they hear how racially inclusive he's been as our mayor, his work on crime, schools & raising the quality of life...Bloomy will have great urban appeal & many minority endorsers in ads.

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The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

People were shocked this morning by Bill Clinton’s comments. He said that he likes seeing Hillary fight with Obama. He likes it! Then he said, “I’d like it even more if they both wore dresses.“

“Oh, wait — who am I kidding? Hillary would never wear a dress.”

Republicans are campaigning down in Florida, where most voters are in their 50s and 60s, or as John McCain calls them, the youth vote.

http://www.newsmax.com/jokes/

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Homeland chief condemns attacks on border agents
Officials mourn latest victim, vow cartel crackdown

By DAVE MONTGOMERY
McClatchy-Tribune

WASHINGTON — Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said Tuesday that the United States and Mexico are working aggressively to track the killers of a 32-year-old Border Patrol agent who was killed over the weekend in what Chertoff described as an extensive surge in violence against federal agents along the Southwest border.

"This is outrageous, killing a Border Patrol agent," Chertoff said. "We're committed to bringing the people who did this to justice."

Luis Aguilar, a father of two, was killed Saturday when he was struck by a vehicle speeding through the Imperial San Dunes Recreation Area near Andrade, Calif. Aguilar was assigned to the Yuma Border Patrol Station, just across the state line in Arizona.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nation/5477085.html

WALL! WALL! WALL!

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Dallas suburb bans rentals by illegal immigrants

* Story Highlights
* Renter's legal status in Texas city must be checked with the federal government
* Violating tenants, landlords can be fined $500 a day, city's new ordinance says
* Earlier law to ban illegal immigrant rentals challenged in court, where it remains

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/01/23/texas.law/index.html?eref=ib_topstories

Wishing that brave city well!!!

BULLETIN: Democrat Kucinich Abandons White House Bid: Report

Time for Ru Paul to exit stage left too!

Top Earmark-er Clinton Grants $303,000 to Gay Lobby Group

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Another Triple-Digit Rally on Dow; Tech Leads the Way

Given the fear and huge losses around the world and on Wall Street to begin this week, consecutive triple-digit gains on the Dow seemed unthinkable. However, that is just what happened today as the market closed the session with its first two-day winning streak in two weeks, thanks to strength from tech stocks on strong earnings reports.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 108.44 points, or 0.88% to 12378.61, the Standard & Poor’s 500 index gained 13.4 points, or 1.01% to 1352.07 and the Nasdaq Composite Index picked up 44.51, or 1.92%, to 2360.92. The consumer-friendly Fox 50 gained 7.31 points, or 0.76%, to 967.03.

The market has rebounded from last week's sell-offs as the Dow has now picked up more than 400 points in two days.

http://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/article/tripledigit-rally-dow-tech-leads-way_449077_2.html

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Deal reached on tax rebates for stimulus

By ANDREW TAYLOR, Associated Press Writer 1 minute ago

WASHINGTON - Democratic and Republican congressional leaders reached a tentative deal Thursday on tax rebates of $300 to $1,200 per household and business tax cuts to jolt the slumping economy.

Congressional officials close to the negotiations said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Republican Leader John Boehner of Ohio reached agreement in principle in a telephone call Thursday morning.

The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the two wanted key members of their parties to sign off on the accord before any announcement.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080124/ap_on_go_co/economy_stimulus;_ylt=As5ll_Y7qdbEcEaXI9xbx2ms0NUE

This was just released a minute ago..I understand that $300 figure is per child..DEVELOPING!

TIME: The Resurrection of John McCain

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Some in Party Bristle At Clintons' Attacks
Anti-Obama Ad Heightens Unity Fears

By Alec MacGillis and Anne E. Kornblut
Washington Post Staff Writers
Thursday, January 24, 2008; A01

DILLON, S.C., Jan. 23 -- Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential campaign aired a new radio ad here Wednesday that repeated a discredited charge against Sen. Barack Obama, in what some Democrats said is part of an increasing pattern of hardball politics by her and former president Bill Clinton.

The ad takes one line from an Obama interview -- "The Republicans were the party of ideas for a pretty long chunk of time there over the last 10, 15 years" -- and juxtaposes it with GOP policies that Obama has never advocated.

"Really?" a voice-over says. "Aren't those the ideas that got us into the economic mess we're in today? Ideas like special tax breaks for Wall Street. Running up a $9 trillion debt. Refusing to raise the minimum wage or deal with the housing crisis. Are those the ideas Barack Obama's talking about?"

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/23/AR2008012304036_pf.html

Hmmmmmm Obama belongs to a RACIST CHURCH & the Clinton/istas making racial slurs...the party of unity right???????????????Wrong!

VIDEO: Liberal Talk Show Host Says Bill "Is" LYING!
Depends on what your description of IS-IS.

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Hillary and Bill Use Alinsky Tactics To Bring Down Obama
By Kyle-Anne Shiver
Obama was up; now he's down. Even though Obama seems to be harnessing the South Carolina black vote that will give him that state's delegates, he has been feeling the brunt of the Clintons' mastery of the tactic of polarization, taught decades ago to Hillary by Saul Alinsky.

Obama is being forced into the position of being the black candidate. Successfully polarizing Obama, who has attempted to run as the anti-polarity uniter, a man in the middle, has not been a lazy-day walk in the park for the Clintons, and surely would not have been attempted if Obama hadn't trounced them in Iowa.
Alinsky's 13th rule for radicals

Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it.

http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/01/hillary_and_bill_use_alinksy_t.html

Hillary goes negative

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Political observer: Obama subjected to 'gutter politics' and smear tactics
Jim Brown - 1/24/2008 4:05:00 AM

South Carolina pollster and political scientist Dave Woodard says some of Hillary Clinton's attacks this week on fellow Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama constitute "gutter politics." He also suggests surrogates of the Clintons are behind stories about Obama that are circulating on the Internet -- stories that question the Illinois senator's faith and patriotism.

Senator Hillary Clinton (D-New York) recently accused Senator Barack Obama (D-Illinois) of associating with a "slum landlord" in "inner-city Chicago." Dr. Dave Woodard, a political science professor at Clemson University, says Mrs. Clinton's comment was below the belt.

"When you start talking about people's personal lives and their friends, that's gutter politics," says Woodard. "When you talk about their record, that's just hardball politics."

http://www.onenewsnow.com/Election2008/Default.aspx?id=65388

CARTOON: Don't swift boat me, bro!

Do Conservatives Still Care About The Courts?

US scientists close to creating artificial life: study

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‘Pro-Choice’ Clergy Mark ‘Roe’ Anniversary By ‘Blessing’ Abortion Clinic
Photo of Matthew Balan.
By Matthew Balan | January 24, 2008 - 12:50 ET

An article in Wednesday’s Albany Times-Union carried the deceptive title "35 years pass, but not debate: Demonstrations mark 1973 high court ruling affirming right to abortion." Instead of covering any of the various pro-life or pro-choice demonstrations over the past few days, the Times-Union spent the bulk of article discussing a ceremony at a new Planned Parenthood facility in Albany where local clergy "blessed" the clinic. Only two sentences mentioned that "Capital Region activists joined voices with their counterparts nationwide to mark the day" and that the annual March for Life was being held in Washington, DC.

The article, written by Times-Union staff writer Carol DeMare, quoted several "pro-choice" clergy who took part in the "blessing" ceremony. Rev. Larry Phillips of Schenectady, New York's Emmanuel-Friedens Church described the new Planned Parenthood center as "sacred and holy ... where women's voices and stories are welcomed, valued and affirmed; sacred ground where women are treated with dignity, supported in their role as moral decision-makers ... sacred ground where the violent voices of hatred and oppression are quelled."

.....A Jewish rabbi blew the shofar during the half-hour ceremony, and declared its sound represented "a renewal of commitment to keep reproductive rights in the hands of women."

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/matthew-balan/2008/01/24/pro-choice-clergy-mark-roe-anniversary-blessing-abortion-clinic

Michigan and Alaska a Step Closer to Banning Partial Birth Abortion

Who Said Freddy's Dead?

Romney Leads in Ill Will Among G.O.P. Candidates
Hey his colleagues don't care for him & neither do I..but should it ever come to him vs. Hill-Obama-Bloomberg-Paul-Nader..it's him[:holding nose:].

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Talk-Radio Hosts M.I.A. in 2008

Talk radio, the powerhouse conservative media, appears to be "missing in action" when it comes to the Republican primary this year.

Rush Limbaugh, the nation's leading talker, startled his audience this past Monday by announcing he just may not bother backing the GOP nominee this year.

Limbaugh told his audience, "I can see possibly not supporting the Republican nominee this election, and I never thought that I would say that in my life."

http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/talk_radio_mia/2008/01/23/66796.html

Norman Schwarzkopf Endorses McCain

Huckabee alienates GOP in Arkansas

Source at Fund-Raiser: Edwards Calls McCain 'Crazy'+ and Says Hillary Thinks There's More on Rezko
+Why Breck Girl ????
Because McCain & the GOP in general (minus Paul) thinks there's a war of terrorism that can't be reduced to a "bumper sticker"????

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You could get your tax rebate by May
Rebates for families, business tax cuts to boost the economy

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22782454

VIDEO: Rebate Analysis

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RNC chairman provides numbers, strategy to defeat top Democrats

By Sam Youngman
Posted: 01/24/08 12:01 AM [ET]

Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Mike Duncan believes Republicans can beat either of the two top Democrats racing for their party’s nomination.

For Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.), Duncan says it comes down to trust. Sen. Barack Obama’s (Ill.) weakness, on the other hand, is his experience, according to Duncan.

Duncan continually brought up Clinton and Obama during a Wednesday morning breakfast with reporters sponsored by The Christian Science Monitor. Pointing to internal poll numbers, the RNC chairman repeatedly insisted that no matter who Republicans nominate, the Democratic candidate can be defeated in November.

http://thehill.com/campaign-2008/rnc-chairman-provides-numbers-strategy-to-defeat-top-democrats-2008-01-24.html

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Al Qaeda chase seen as constant

By Sara A. Carter
January 23, 2008

Extensive military intelligence has allowed coalition forces to push al Qaeda out of numerous provinces in northern Iraq, but a top commander remained cautious, saying the terrorist group's ability to re-emerge is constant.

Army Maj. Gen. Mark P. Hertling, commander of coalition forces in northern Iraq, told reporters yesterday that Operation Iron Harvest, meant to drive al Qaeda out of safe havens, has conducted 40 operations since mid-December with Iraqi security forces. Those operations led to the deaths of more than 130 extremists and the arrests of more than 370 others, including 40 "high-value individuals."

"It's also in this area that we have found significant weapons caches and had some very tough fights," said Gen. Hertling, who spoke to reporters at the Pentagon via satellite from Iraq. "Our soldiers have seen the effects of the enemy's intimidation of local citizens along with brutal murders and barbaric violence."

http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080123/NATION/977112938/1002

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Rice offers Iran prospect of normal ties

DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Wednesday she believed the nuclear stand-off with Iran could be resolved diplomatically but that Tehran must not be allowed to become a nuclear weapons power.

http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSL2353340820080123?feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews&rpc=22&sp=true

Dutch Braced For 'Koran Insult' Backlash

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'Christian 'infidels' to eat 'Muhammad'
Political TV hosts fed up with PC Islam will devour cookie with face of prophet

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=59848

Malaysia Islamic State to Enforce Separate Lines for Women, Men at Supermarkets

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MORE ON MORON: Liberal Radio Host Calls Bill Clinton a Liar and an Embarrassment

By Noel Sheppard | January 24, 2008 - 09:52 ET

Unless you've been out of the country without access to a television or a newspaper the past couple of weeks, you are infinitely aware that the media have surprisingly been coming down strongly on some of former President Bill Clinton's recent antics on the campaign trail.

A shocking line in the sand was crossed on Wednesday's "Hardball" when liberal talk radio host Ed Schultz actually called Bill Clinton a liar, and Chris Matthews seemed to agree.

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2008/01/24/liberal-radio-host-calls-bill-clinton-liar-embarrassment

Iowa Governor: "We'll Do Whatever It Takes to Protect Marriage"

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Alaska Oil Drilling Delay Could Cost $3 Trillion, Lawmaker Says
By Monisha Bansal
CNSNews.com Staff Writer
January 24, 2008

(CNSNews.com) - The top Republican on the House Natural Resources Committee said legislation to delay the sale of land in Alaska for oil and gas exploration would hinder the U.S. economy.

http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewPolitics.asp?Page=/Politics/archive/200801/POL20080124b.html

Let's start tapping that valuable resource.

Report: Anger-Management Teacher Breaks Student's Finger

Happy Birthday, Vast Right Wing Conspiracy!

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The Best of Late Nite Jokes Edited by NewsMax.com

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

It was so cold, Simon Cowell was wearing two T-shirts.

Fred Thompson dropped out of the presidential race. He came in third in South Carolina — which would be great if he was still on NBC. He’d be a hero!

It looks like Rudy Giuliani is having a rough time in Florida. His early lead evaporated quicker than those wedding vows.

http://www.newsmax.com/jokes/

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Economy’s health center stage in GOP debate
Romney, Giuliani say stimulus plan should go further

BOCA RATON, Fla. - Five Republican presidential contenders shared the stage with the U.S. economy at Thursday's MSNBC debate, as they fielded questions about a stimulus plan, foreign investment and Americans' situation after eight years under a GOP administration.

Responding to the first question of the night at the debate, several candidates said they would support the economic stimulus plan that President Bush put forth Thursday but wanted to seemore tax cuts

"Well, there's a great deal that is effective in his plan. I just wish that it went further," said former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. He said that he preferred a permanent tax cut for people on the lower end of the income spectrum.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22829780/

I think this was a very good night for Romney, followed by McCain...Rudy just didn't have the fighting spirit in his eyes that I have seen before. Unless a miracle happens...& Rudy wins Fla...I think he's basically out or will continue to sink....

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Republicans Agree on Economic Stimulus
Jan 24 09:45 PM US/Eastern
By DAVID ESPO
AP Special Correspondent

BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) - Leading Republican presidential contenders agreed in a campaign debate Thursday night that the newly minted economic stimulus package marks a good start, but does not do enough to cut taxes.

"It's something I support and I look forward to taking it further," said former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, who backs permanent tax cuts along with the rebates that are at the heart of the bipartisan agreement between President Bush and House leaders.

"I will vote for it," said Sen. John McCain, the only contender on stage with a Senate seat. He quickly added he wants the tax cuts Bush won from Congress in 2001 and 2003 to be made permanent.

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8UCKRP02&show_article=1

Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani responded along similar lines in the opening moments of a debate five days before the pivotal Florida presidential primary. "I think this package for what it does is OK and I would support it, but I think it does not go far enough," he said. "We should be very aggressive."



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HUCK ON GUNS

Posted: Thursday, January 24, 2008 10:24 PM by Domenico Montanaro

From NBC/NJ's Carrie Dann
BOCA RATON, FL -- Huckabee calling Romney out on the Second Amendment is smart Florida politics. They're fighting over many of the same voters in rural parts of northern Florida and the panhandle, many of whom are hunters and strong gun-rights advocates.

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Romney doesn't care about voters?
Posted: Thursday, January 24, 2008 10:15 PM by Domenico Montanaro
From NBC/NJ's Erin McPike
It's not entirely clear to what Romney was referring when he said he doesn't care about the voters but the other guys on the stage. Taken out of context, it's not a good sound bite for him. This was about not releasing how much money he'd lent to himself, and that he wouldn't release those figures until they are mandated to be released by the FEC -- Jan. 31.

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Mitt v. McCain on flipping
Posted: Thursday, January 24, 2008 10:04 PM by Domenico Montanaro
From NBC/NJ’s Erin McPike
BOCA RATON, Fla. -- Although Romney tossed a softball in Giuliani’s direction rather than taking a whack at McCain right away, behind the scenes, Romney’s campaign and McCain’s campaign are involved in a team-to-team brawl.

Earlier tonight, Romney released “Waltz” -- a Web ad so-named to highlight McCain’s “contradictory stances” on the Bush tax cuts. Though Romney is often the candidate who takes hits for waffling on positions, the ad blasts McCain for flip-flopping: “First he says… ‘I’ve always been for tax cuts.’ Then he says…. ‘Although I voted against the first tax cuts.’” It concludes: “John McCain. Always for tax cuts. Except when he’s against them.”

McCain’s shop bat back with a Web ad called “Mittsurfing” that hits Romney with: “Mitt Romney seems to change positions like the wind.” It goes on to suggest that Romney, too, may have flipped on the tax cuts -- but because he didn’t articulate his position when he was governor. (Romney has responded to that attack several times by saying he was running a state and didn’t feel it was appropriate to comment on a federal

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Romney on both sides of fund?
Posted: Thursday, January 24, 2008 10:02 PM by Domenico Montanaro

From NBC/NJ's Adam Aigner-Treworgy
Romney seems to be straddling the fence on a national catastrophic fund. He wants states to get together regionally to deal with this problem nationally? The regional solution to catastrophic insurance is a popular one with small government conservatives, but you have to pick one solution. You can either address it regionally or address it nationwide, but it's difficult to do both.

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The Florida debate lead
Posted: Thursday, January 24, 2008 9:57 PM by Chuck Todd

From NBC's Chuck Todd
In case you're wondering, the lead for the Florida papers tomorrow will be this Giuliani question on the castrophic insurance proposal to save Florida on this front.

BB1: That may be the Fla.headline..nationally I think it'll be the group attack on Hell-ary...& how most would do more thn the Rebate Plan..

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Romney, Obama lead in upcoming primaries
NBC/WSJ poll: But McCain, Clinton hold solid advantages nationally

BOCA RATON, Fla. - Republican Mitt Romney and Democrat Barack Obama are leading in their respective parties' upcoming primaries, according to two new state surveys.

But a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll shows that their rivals — John McCain and Hillary Clinton — are ahead nationally, with Clinton leading Obama by 15 points and with McCain moving from fourth to first in one month.

Just hours before a Republican debate here Thursday night, and five days prior to the Florida GOP primary, a Mason-Dixon poll has Romney leading McCain in the state, 30 percent to 26 percent, although that is within the survey's margin of error.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18312727/

TIME: GOP Debate Report Card ***NEW***

Giuliani fights political fall in Florida

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GOP Candidates Talk Tax Cuts in Florida Debate
by Associated Press
Thursday, January 24, 2008

BOCA RATON, Fla. - Republican presidential contenders depicted Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton as weak on Iraq and certain to raise taxes Thursday night, setting aside their own campaign debate squabbles long enough to agree that she is unworthy of the White House.”She is so out of step with the American people,” said former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, joined by Sen. John McCain and Rudy Giuliani in criticizing the former first lady.

The GOP contenders agreed that the newly minted bipartisan economic stimulus package marks a good start, but does not do enough to cut taxes.

“It’s something I support and I look forward to taking it further,” said Romney, who backs permanent tax cuts along with the rebates that are at the heart of the bipartisan agreement between President Bush and House leaders.

http://youdecide08.foxnews.com/2008/01/24/gop-candidates-talk-tax-cuts-in-florida-debate/

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Massachusetts Healthcare Plan Costs Skyrocket ***TGIF NEWS***
By Monisha Bansal
CNSNews.com Staff Writer
January 25, 2008

(CNSNews.com) - According to recent reports, the cost of Massachusetts' health insurance mandate will rise 85 percent, or $400 million, in 2009. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R), meanwhile, has been on the presidential campaign trail praising the program he put into place.

According to The Boston Globe, the cost increase is largely due to an increase in the number of people signing up for state-subsidized health insurance. State and federal taxpayers are likely to shoulder the cost increase.

"Essentially, the people who signed up under the mandate were the people who were getting subsidies," said Michael Tanner, director of health and welfare studies at the libertarian Cato Institute.

http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewPolitics.asp?Page=/Politics/archive/200801/POL20080128a.html

Yes folks the ROMNEY HEALTH CARE PLAN.

McCain Rakes in $7 Million in 3 Weeks, Following Early Victories

In the South, Echoes of Jackson’s Run

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Thursday, January 24, 2008
GOP Debate Analysis: Florida Now a Two-Man Race ...
Posted by: Matt Lewis at 11:13 PM
Tonight's debate was surprisingly unremarkable. At this early hour, it appears to me the primary outcome of tonight's debate is that Rudy Giuliani and Mike Huckabee have failed to do what they needed to do to catch up to the two front-runners in Florida.

***Other headlines include the fact that the candidates attacked Hillary Clinton more than each other, and that they all agreed President Bush's stimulus package probably doesn't go far enough.

Still, to me, the big story is that this race seems to finally be winnowing down a bit, and it now seems that we are really looking at a two-man race between John McCain and Mitt Romney.

http://www.townhall.com/blog

***Hey regular readers know that this is what I said earlier above..wonder if the parent co.here reads BB???

How Bloomberg Plays in California ***NEW***

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Bauer on GOP: And then there were two … maybe three
Chad Groening - 1/24/2008 11:00:00 AM

With Fred Thompson now out of the picture, pro-family activist and former presidential candidate Gary Bauer believes the Republican presidential nomination might soon be a two-man race -- contingent, of course, on what happens in next Tuesday's Florida primary.

Gary Bauer of American Values admits he was disappointed that Fred Thompson, the former U.S. senator from Tennessee, dropped out of the race. Now, he says, it is time to focus of the remainder of the field as the Florida primary looms -- and some Christian conservatives may not like the choices, he adds. "I think that, as of now, it's a race between McCain, Romney, and -- depending on what happens in Florida -- potentially Giuliani," Bauer observes.

But what about Mike Huckabee, a favorite among many Christian conservatives but whose lone victory was the Iowa caucuses? Bauer believes Huckabee's disappointing second-place finish in South Carolina, where 60 percent of the voters were evangelicals, demonstrates a major weakness in his candidacy.

http://www.onenewsnow.com/Election2008/Default.aspx?id=65464

The View From Florida: What's About to Happen?

Abortion Leaders Admit that Pro-Life Arguments are Convincing ***NEW***

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GOP Rivals Say Clinton Will Raise Taxes++++

BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) -- Republican presidential contenders depicted Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton as weak on Iraq and certain to raise taxes Thursday night, setting aside their own campaign debate squabbles long enough to agree that she is unworthy of the White House.

"She is so out of step with the American people," said former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, joined by Sen. John McCain and Rudy Giuliani in criticizing the former first lady.

The chorus of criticism came as Republicans strived to present their credentials as advocates of tax cuts, particularly to head off the threat of recession. They generally agreed that the newly minted, bipartisan economic stimulus package was a good start but did not go far enough.+++

http://breakingnews.nypost.com/dynamic/stories/R/REPUBLICANS_DEBATE?SITE=NYNYP&SECTION=HOME

++++ +++ ^^^How about that for headline guessing vs. Chuck Todd's prediction.

VIDEO: GOP Non Agression Pact

Rambo takes on Texas Ranger in Republican race

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Survey: Evangelicals see different priorities than public
Jeff Johnson - OneNewsNow.com - 1/24/2008 1:25:00 PM

The latest survey by Christian researchers at The Barna Group shows a majority of Americans don't share the same concerns as evangelical Christians.

The Barna Group surveyed more than 2,000 adults last year on their attitudes over moral and social concerns. David Kinnaman, president of Barna, says they found three issues that most Americans thought were major challenges facing the country: "poverty, the personal debt that individual Americans carry, and HIV/AIDS."

Evangelical Christians responded differently, ranking abortion, personal debt, and broadcast decency as their top three concerns. And Kinnaman notes that responses from the broader category of "born-again Christians" were more in line with the secular public.

http://www.onenewsnow.com/Culture/Default.aspx?id=65328

Immigration not a weak spot for McCain in Florida

Clinton, McCain win New York Times endorsements
The Slimes hates Rudy so no big surprise!

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Lieberman Gets Post In McCain Campaign

After campaigning in other states for Republican John McCain, Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman now holds a formal post with the presidential candidate's campaign in Connecticut.

Lieberman, a member of the Senate Democratic caucus, was named Tuesday a chairman of McCain's state leadership team, with U.S. Rep. Christopher Shays, R-4th District.

Democrats immediately wondered if Lieberman, who declared himself an "independent Democrat" after his re-election in 2006, would campaign here for McCain.

http://www.courant.com/news/politics/hc-mccain0123.artjan23%2C0%2C1679952.story

Predict: If it's McCain you'll see many unusual endorsements that the others probably would never get..and moving tv commercials.


More From The World Of News...

Is Dobson's Political Clout Fading?
Dobson (Falwell, et.al) never had any clout w/ me & the majority of my life as a Christian I've sat under David Wilkerson's preaching, where politics doesn't come forward from the pulpit (as it should be).

Pakistan Test Fires Nuke-Capable Missile

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Gun Shy
by Benjamin Wittes
Has the Bush administration abandoned gun rights advocates?

http://www.tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=9cb74240-9ce3-4f88-923b-df45c4a793bd

Bush has been turning slowly into a liberal..

Examining Republican Self-Destruction and the Term ‘RINO’ ***NEW***

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Hunter wants 'fence' back in 'Secure Fence Act'
Reintroduces plan to require double-layer protections
Posted: January 25, 2008
1:00 a.m. Eastern

Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif, author of the fencing provisions of the Secure Fence Act of 2006, has introduced new legislation in the House of Representatives to require the construction of double-layered fencing along the U.S. border with Mexico within six months.

As WND previously reported, the language of an amendment submitted by Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, into the Fiscal Year 2008 Department of Homeland Security funding bill, H.R. 2638, specifically exempts DHS from having to build any fence at all.

The Hutchison amendment reads, in part, " … nothing in this paragraph shall require the Secretary of Homeland Security to install fencing, physical barriers, roads, lighting, cameras, and sensors in a particular location along an international border of the United States, if the Secretary determines that the use or placement of such resources is not the most appropriate means to achieve and maintain operational control over the international border at such location."

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=59877

Death of Border agent Bush's fault, says investigative journalist ***NEW***

[Illegal alien] Janitor accused of sexually assaulting student at private school ***NEW***
Build the fence!

Illegal Alien Named As Suspect In Elderly Woman's Death ***NEW***
Fence NOW!

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Pastor Got $1.5 Million in Clinton Earmarks Before Endorsement
By Fred Lucas
CNSNews.com Staff Writer
January 24, 2008

(CNSNews.com) - Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) secured more than $1 million in federal funding last year for a Harlem-based non-profit whose leader gave her presidential campaign a major endorsement last weekend.

Clinton -- who is aggressively competing for the black vote with her chief rival for the Democratic presidential nomination, Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) -- touted the endorsement of Rev. Calvin O. Butts III, a prominent black leader and pastor of one of the oldest black churches in America, the Abyssinian Baptist Church of Harlem.

The $555-billion FY 2008 omnibus spending bill approved last month by Congress included 11 appropriations bills with almost 1,000 earmarks. Clinton teamed with senior New York Sen. Charles Schumer and New York Rep. Charles Rangel, both Democrats, to provide three earmarks for the Abyssinian Development Corporation (ADC).

http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewPolitics.asp?Page=/Politics/archive/200801/POL20080124d.html

I guess $$$$$ still can buy endorsements; Obama & Edwards never had a chance..pastor endorses pro- gay, pro abortion, anti-family democrat..hmmmmmmm. Blood on your hands--but $$$$$$$$$$$$$ in the bank, nice witness.

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Clinton denies knowing about photo with Rezko ***NEW***
Photograph shows Clinton standing with man she calls a 'slum landlord'

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22839654/

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Saddam admitted he miscalculated, FBI agent says

Thu Jan 24, 5:01 PM ET

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein kept up the illusion that he had weapons of mass destruction before 2003 because he did not think the United States would invade, an FBI agent who questioned him said.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080124/ts_nm/iraq_saddam_interrogator_dc%3B_ylt%3DA0WTcVdyEZlHzQYB9gBZ.3QA

UN Powers Agree on More Iran Sanctions
A group of pansies..but in this case at least "some" movement.

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Suicide bomber falls down stairs ... ***TGIF NEWS***

From correspondents in Khost, Afghanistan

January 24, 2008 12:39pm

A WOULD-be suicide bomber fell down a flight of stairs and blew himself up as he headed out for an attack in Afghanistan, police say. ~I've fallen & I can't get up!

http://www.news.com.au/mercury/story/0%2C22884%2C23101330-5005940%2C00.html

Better them than us....let them have their virgins.....the earlier the better; yes we pray for conversions throughout the 10-40 Window..But.........

Asia Markets Climb on Upbeat Wall Street ***NEW***

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Honor killings: When the ancient and the modern collide

Throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe, young Muslim women are being targeted for violence. Lest it be thought hate crimes are to blame, it is, in fact, their own relatives who are the perpetrators. So-called honor killings, whereby a Muslim male family member, typically the father, murders his daughter in order to defend the family's honor, is a growing problem.

While statistics are notoriously hard to come by due to the private nature of such crimes and the fact that very few are reported, the United Nations Population Fund approximates that as many as 5,000 women are murdered in this manner each year worldwide. Undoubtedly that's a low estimate, as reports from Turkey, Jordan, Pakistan and the Palestinian territories, among other locales, are filtering in at an alarming rate. Add to the list Germany, Sweden, other parts of Europe, the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States, and it's clear that young Muslim women in the West are becoming increasingly vulnerable.

While fathers are commonly responsible for honor killings, they often act in concert with their daughters' brothers, uncles, and even female relatives. For infringements upon a Muslim daughter's "honor" constitute the greatest humiliation possible to the religious and tribal tradition from which many such immigrant families emerged. Acts that demand "punishment" include refusing to wear a hijab (or headscarf), having non-Muslim boyfriends or male friends of any origin, being sexually active, rejecting arranged marriages, aggressively seeking employment and education, and, more than anything else, attempting to assimilate into Western culture.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2008/01/23/cstillwell.DTL

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Imus Sued Over Radio Spots
Advertiser claims host disparaged them...in their own commercials

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/0124081ford1.html

The BLURBS TO YOUR HEALTH: CDC: Too few adults get their vaccines


Scared Of Our NY GIANTS ???

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The BLURBS TIME OUT FOR SPORTS:Brady No-Show in Locker Room ***TGIF NEWS***
Jan 25 01:22 PM US/Eastern
By HOWARD ULMAN
AP Sports Writer

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) - For the second consecutive day, Patriots quarterback Tom Brady wasn't in the locker room or at practice when reporters and cameramen were allowed inside Friday.

During the 45-minute period in the locker room, several cameramen lingered near his locker, but he didn't show up. Nor was he there for the first 12 minutes of practice that the media were allowed to watch.

Asked if he could say whether Brady would practice Friday, New England coach Bill Belichick said, "Not now. We'll see."

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8UD2IT81&show_article=1

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Media Give Franken a Pass for Nutball Behavior
Photo of Warner Todd Huston.
By Warner Todd Huston | January 24, 2008 - 20:47 ET

Comedian Al Franken is running for the U.S. Senate seat from Minnesota, this the media is happy to report. But, for some unexplainable reason, the media isn't so interested in reporting Franken's odd behavior. It seems that an ungovernable rage is always just under the surface with Franken, a rage that has several times broken free and resulted in assault and other violent or antisocial behavior. Why the media doesn't highlight this man's unstable behavior can only mean that they are lending him as much cover as they can to assist his campaign.

His unprofessional and intemperate language is well-known, of course. He has titled books by childishly calling people "big fat liars" and he has utilized his uncivil tongue as a talk-show, shocker. It all makes for a rather angry, uncivil fellow, but if that were all there were to it, one might at least be able to excuse it as mere bravado utilized to make some cash. Still, there is an always lurking anger that is detectable in his ranting. There is just something unstable about the man.

The most egregious example of Franken's crazy behavior happened during the 2004 election cycle as Franken attended a Howard Dean rally in Exeter, New Hampshire. A heckler was giving Howard Dean a spot of trouble and Franken strangely thought that he'd act the part of Hulk Hogan and bodyslammed the heckler to the ground. In any normal world this would have been called assault and someone who acted like this would not only be hauled away by the police but serious aficionados of politics would shun him afterward. Democrats, however, loved it... and that says quite a bit about them, doesn't it?

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/warner-todd-huston/2008/01/24/al-frankens-mental-disorder-given-pass-media

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Bono confesses sins to 'father' Al Gore
Jan 24 02:09 PM US/Eastern

Having climate campaigner Al Gore round to your house is to open yourself to a self-flagellating guilt trip, Irish rock star Bono confessed Thursday.

Sharing a stage with the former US vice president at the annual gathering of world movers and shakers in the Swiss ski resort of Davos, the U2 frontman joked that their friendship was a source of pressure on the domestic front.

"He's been round my house and it's like... here's the recycler Al, you know... I've got a posh car, but it runs on ethanol Al," Bono said.

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=080124190921.4cjmzupc&show_article=1

Told ya these nuts would make it into a religion w/ Al as a high priest.What's next mass drinking of kool aid???

Obama with 13-point lead in South Carolina: poll

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Attorney General Edwards? ***TGIF NEWS***
An Inside Report by Robert Novak

~~~LINK~~~

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Open-borders euphemism of the day: “Unbanked”
By Michelle Malkin • January 24, 2008 07:58 PM

There’s an op-ed today in the Wall Street Journal co-authored by Bill Clinton and Arnold Schwarzenegger. If that sets off your B.S. alarm, join the club:

The American dream is founded on the belief that people who work hard and play by the rules will be able to earn a good living, raise a family in comfort and retire with dignity.

But that dream is harder to achieve for millions of Americans because they spend too much of their hard-earned money on fees to cash their paychecks or pay off high-priced loans meant to carry them over until they get paid at work.

MORE MICHELLE: http://michellemalkin.com/2008/01/24/open-borders-euphemism-of-the-day-unbanked/

U.S. Says Threat Against Airlines Remains High ***TGIF NEWS***
Thanks again Mr. Bush.

TV's Worst: Of 'The Vain Half-Wit' & 'Jesus in the Temple'

Two Cheers for Wall St. ***TGIF NEWS***

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Church plans to protest Ledger’s memorial
Actor’s role in ‘Brokeback’ calls ‘God a liar,’ radical group claims

Courtney Hazlett
The Scoop
The radical Baptist church known for picketing the funerals of American soldiers who lost their lives in Iraq has announced that they intend to protest Heath Ledger’s stateside memorial service because he played a gay character in “Brokeback Mountain.”

“You cannot live in defiance of God. He (Ledger) got on that big screen with a big, fat message: God is a liar and it's OK to be gay,” said Shirley Phelps in a statement sent out by the Topeka, Kan.-based Westboro Baptist Church.

The only compelling reason to ignore Westboro Baptist’s reprehensible intentions is that highlighting the vast inappropriateness of their thoughts and actions only brings the church more publicity. However, if the members of Westboro Baptist get to speak their minds, every individual who feels that this is an affront to most basic standards of human ethics should be able to as well.
Story continues below ↓
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22813570/

Jihadists Move to Encrypt Information on Internet Sites ***TGIF NEWS***

General Strike in Lebanon brings Civil War Closer ***NEW***

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U.S. Willing to Send Troops to Pakistan ***TGIF NEWS***

WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration is willing to send a small number of U.S. combat troops to Pakistan to help fight the insurgency there if Pakistani authorities ask for such help, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday.

"We remain ready, willing and able to assist the Pakistanis and to partner with them to provide additional training, to conduct joint operations, should they desire to do so," Gates told a news conference.

Gates said the Pakistani government has not requested any additional assistance in the weeks since al-Qaida and affiliated extremists have intensified their fighting inside Pakistan. And he stressed that the United States would respect the Pakistanis' judgment on the utility of American military assistance.

http://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/pakistan_u.s._troops/2008/01/24/67259.html

I guess because they have nuclear arms, we might have to engage; but we are spread too thin.


Soldier's Fathers Talk Of Loss



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Bill Clinton: John McCain and Hillary are 'very close'
Posted: 06:45 PM ET

(CNN) — If Hillary Clinton and John McCain become their party's presidential nominees, the general election race is likely to be a love-fest.

......Campaigning in Spartanburg, South Carolina, Friday, the former president brushed aside suggestions his wife would prove to be a divisive nominee for the Democratic Party, pointing out how she has successfully worked with Republicans in the Senate — including one of the current GOP presidential candidates.

"She and John McCain are very close," Clinton said. "They always laugh that if they wound up being the nominees of their party, it would be the most civilized election in American history, and they're afraid they'd put the voters to sleep because they like and respect each other."

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/01/25/bill-clinton-john-mccain-and-hillary-are-very-close/

So let me get this right..it'd be a LOVE FEST w/ an opponent from the party that you hate..but for a young black man in your own party it's non stop character assassination??????

Can anyone believe what the Clinton's say????????????????

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Kerry blasts Bill Clinton for 'abusing truth'

Bill Clinton campaigned for Kerry in 2004 (Photo Credit: Getty Images)

WASHINGTON (CNN) — John Kerry, the Democratic Party's 2004 nominee for president, took aim at Bill Clinton Friday, telling the National Journal the former president does "not have a license to abuse the truth."

The Massachusetts senator, who endorsed Barack Obama's White House bid earlier this month, said Clinton's criticisms of the Illinois senator have been "over the top," and suggested the former president is getting "frantic."

Targeting Clinton's recent spate of attacks on Obama, Kerry said, "I think you had an abuse of the truth, is what happened. …I mean, being an ex-president does not give you license to abuse the truth, and I think that over the last days it's been over the top.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/01/25/kerry-blasts-bill-clinton-for-abusing-truth/

What our former world leader LIE???

Futures markets see Romney win in Florida

Soros Backs Corporate Democrats


Circus Is In SC Today..The Blurbs Will Keep You Up To Date..& Not Drop The Ball!

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Election 2008: South Carolina Democratic Primary
Obama Expected to Win in South Carolina
Saturday, January 26, 2008

Today, it’s the Democrats turn in South Carolina. Rain is expected, but the weather should be less of an issue than it was last week for the GOP Primary.

Rasmussen Markets data suggest that Barack Obama is a heavy favorite. For the past several days, the closing prices have shown the Illinois Senator with a roughly 90% chance of winning today’s vote. The latest Rasmussen Reports poll in the state, conducted Monday night, showed Obama leading Clinton 43% to 28%. Obama has been leading by twelve or more points in four of the last five Rasmussen Reports polls.

John Edwards+++, born in the state, was a distant third in that poll.

~~~LINK~~~

+++SEE ABOVE POST for possibility of (Hugo Chavez like)JOHN EDWARDS AS ATTORNEY GENERAL

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Surge in Early Balloting Shifts Florida Races
By ADAM NAGOURNEY

BOCA RATON, Fla. — A surge of early voting by Florida Democrats and Republicans has startled officials here and injected additional complexity into the state’s presidential primaries on Tuesday.

Democratic candidates are not overtly campaigning here because of the Democratic National Committee’s decision to penalize the state for moving its primary to an earlier date than authorized by the national party, but the number of early votes cast suggests intense interest in the race.

The activity appears fueled in part by unofficial efforts by Florida supporters of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York and Senator Barack Obama of Illinois.

link...

Is there enough for a Rudy win? My prediction: No!

Prayer, outreach hopes to touch and change lives in Tinseltown

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Senators Consider Rebates for Retirees

Saturday, January 26, 2008 7:46 AM

WASHINGTON -- Retirees living off Social Security are frustrated that they won't get tax rebate checks through a bipartisan economic stimulus package before the House. Senate Democrats Friday began efforts to include them.

The Senate is also considering an extension of jobless benefits to the $150 billion package of rebates and business tax cuts in a deal wrapped up Thursday between House leaders and President Bush.

Bush urged Congress on Friday to quickly pass the package without any further spending. "I strongly believe it would be a mistake to delay or derail this bill," Bush said.

http://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/Senators_Consider_Rebates/2008/01/26/67633.html

Retirees are a large voting block, they shouldn't have been overlooked--prediction: they're in.

Baby Dolphin Murders Blamed on US Military... Culprit OTHER Dolphins!

A love note from your local Islamist politician

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The helmet that could turn back the symptoms of Alzheimer's
By DAVID DERBYSHIRE - More by this author » Last updated at 10:47am on 25th January 2008

An experimental helmet which scientists say could reverse the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease within weeks of being used is to be tried out on patients.

The strange-looking headgear - which has to be worn for ten minutes every day - bathes the brain with infra-red light and stimulates the growth of brain cells.

Its creators believe it could reverse the symptoms of dementia - such as memory loss and anxiety - after only four weeks.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/health/healthmain.html?in_article_id=510172&in_page_id=1774

You'll never see much $$$$ for research..just like you won't for things like supplements, accupuncture and in-expensive alternatives, when drug companies can still charge 100s a month for a 30 day pill supply w/ sometimes deadly side-effects.

Gadhafi Son May Be Linked to Iraq Attack

Number of young people found hanged in 'suicide cult town' rises to 13

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How to Respond to a Supercilious Atheist
By Alan Roebuck
Not all atheists are supercilious, of course. Many are content to live and let live, and some even grant that religion (which, in America, basically means Christianity) does some good. But atheism as an organized, evangelizing movement has been on the offensive lately. Witness the "New Atheists" such as Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris and Christopher Hitchens, with their aggressive stance against God and their bestselling books attempting to debunk religion. So, assuming you are a theist, what do you say to the atheist who asks, "You don't (chuckle) actually believe in God, do you (snicker)?"

The natural response would be to start giving evidence for God: the origin of the universe in the Big Bang requires a cause that is beyond matter, energy, space and time, the design of life requires an intelligence to account for the information that it contains, the many accounts of miracles and the supernatural cannot all be fabrications, and so on. Entire libraries have been written on the evidence and arguments for God.

But before you start showing them the evidence, consider: Most aggressive atheists say "I would be willing to believe in God if there were any evidence that He exists, but no such evidence exists, so I don't believe." No matter what evidence you give, the supercilious atheist finds a way to dismiss it. To him, it is not the case that your evidence for God is valid but nevertheless is cancelled out by his superior evidence against God. No, in the atheist's mind your evidence does not even count as evidence. And therefore your reasoning has no effect on his thinking, other than to confirm to him that you are irrational.....

http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/01/how_to_respond_to_a_supercilio.html

ESPN anchor asks forgiveness for expletive-laden remarks
Forgive, yes..pray for, yes..Fire: Most definitely.
HOW TO CALL & EMAIL ESPN:
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Russian scientist says Earth could soon face new Ice Age

ST. PETERSBURG, January 22 (RIA Novosti) - Temperatures on Earth have stabilized in the past decade, and the planet should brace itself for a new Ice Age rather than global warming, a Russian scientist said in an interview with RIA Novosti Tuesday.

"Russian and foreign research data confirm that global temperatures in 2007 were practically similar to those in 2006, and, in general, identical to 1998-2006 temperatures, which, basically, means that the Earth passed the peak of global warming in 1998-2005," said Khabibullo Abdusamatov, head of a space research lab at the Pulkovo observatory in St. Petersburg.

According to the scientist, the concentration of carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere has risen more than 4% in the past decade, but global warming has practically stopped. It confirms the theory of "solar" impact on changes in the Earth's climate, because the amount of solar energy reaching the planet has drastically decreased during the same period, the scientist said.

http://en.rian.ru/science/20080122/97519953.html

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Ted Kennedy to Endorse Obama ***NEW***

January 27, 2008 12:26 PM

ABC News' Rick Klein Reports: Senator Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., will endorse Barack Obama's presidential bid on Monday in Washington, a source close to Kennedy tells ABC News.

The endorsement gives Obama a boost in the eyes of the Washington establishment, and comes after some prominent Democrats criticized Senator Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., and former president Bill Clinton for their campaign tactics before Obama's landslide victory in South Carolina.

Caroline Kennedy, the late President John F. Kennedy's only daughter, announced her endorsement of Obama in an Op-Ed for the New York Times on Sunday.

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/01/ted-kennedy-to.html

Major, major, major--& as I predicted..I think the Clinton's "race baiting" will turn alot like Kennedy to Obama...this is a major split.Look for Lehay & others that were upset over the Clinton's trying to knee cap Obama to now come forward...stay tuned...watch how impressive it is w/ Teddy raising Obama's hand..& there's talk of an Oprah/Caroline Kennedy town hall meeting...more to come....


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OBAMA WINS SC!****
Gives Speech @ 9 P.M.
Hell-ary @ 9:30 P.M.

VIDEO: NBC PROJECTION....

**** Based on exit polls called @ 7pm by CNN, MSNBC, FOX NEWS & AP.....

It's being called substantial.

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Barack Obama Wins South Carolina Primary
Record African-American Turnout Carries Sen. Barack Obama to Victory in S.C.

Sen. Barack Obama, vying to become the nation's first black president, has won the South Carolina primary today, ABC News projects, boosted by record turnout of African-American voters in a state whose electorate appears polarized along racial lines.

While the race for second-place is too close to call, Sen. Hillary Clinton appears to be leading former Sen. John Edwards in the race for second. This is the second win of the nomination battle for Obama, who won the Iowa caucuses earlier this month, but this is his first win in a state with a sizable African-American population.

Women and African Americans, courted heavily by the candidates, turned out in large numbers to vote in what became a bitter Democratic primary marked by rhetoric about race and gender.

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Vote2008/story?id=4195240&page=1

As someone who at 17 was the youngest coordinator in NJ for a presidential campaign; a union organizer; trained by Cesar Chavez/UFW having organized in NY, NJ & Calif...; past media involvement, even worked on the 1st Clinton-Gore campaign as a NY volunteer,etc.,etc.--- I predict that if he's nominated Obama will have more grass roots support, foot soldiers & youth enthusiasm that we haven't seen since the Vietnam war days.....

It will be good to see youth involved as all of these rockers & rappers like P.Diddy have largely failed in trying to pump up the youth vote.Although not good for the GOP candidate...it's always good to see citizen involvement.

Also note some were expecting Obama to get around 10% of the white vote..I had faith that more than that would come out. I think it can also be seen as a back-hand to the racist remarks from the Clintonistas.

South Carolina: Who Would Dr. King Vote For?

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Obama projected winner in South Carolina
Economy remained top concern; half of electorate was black

NBC News and news services
updated 6 minutes ago

COLUMBIA, S.C. - NBC News declared Sen. Barack Obama as the projected winner in South Carolina's Democratic primary.

Obama won South Carolina by a substantial margin, with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton running second and John Edwards third, NBC reported.

Obama was projected to rout Clinton in the racially charged primary, regaining campaign momentum in the prelude to a Feb. 5 coast-to-coast competition for more than 1,600 Democratic National Convention delegates.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22854377

Johansson: I'm in Love With Obama!

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Bruce Feirstein: Bill Clinton, Nasty Man

Time to face an inconvenient truth: Bill Clinton is running for a third term.

http://www.vanityfair.com/ontheweb/blogs/daily/2008/01/bruce-feirste-1.html

BB1 Note: Fla's popular Gov. has endorsed JOHN MCCAIN......which will be front page news on my Pensacola families Sunday paper & all across Fla in the morning... Crist has a 75-90% approval rating & is a possible VP candidate...great catch for McCain; my prediction Mccain will take Fla. next week,even though RINO Romney's spending money like a drunken Pensacola sailor.

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LOOKING AT THE EXIT POLLS



From MSNBC's Norah O'Donnell and Adam Verdugo
The South Carolina Democratic primary has been a bitter, hard-fought contest with Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama taking jabs at each other in Monday's televised debate. In the exit polls, we asked voters in this primary if the candidates were attacking each other unfairly. Fifty-six percent of those voting so far think Obama attacked Clinton unfairly, and while that is a high number, more people thought Clinton unfairly attacked Obama -- 70%.

The Clintons have been accused of playing the race card in this contest. We do see some potential fallout for the Clintons in the African-American community: 74% of African-American voters think that Clinton unfairly attacked Obama. But when we look at the same question among white voters, a comparable number thought Clinton unfairly attacked Obama -- 68%.

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/01/26/612028.aspx

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Bill Clinton's Temper Negatively Affects Hillary's Campaign
A Commentary by Dick Morris
Saturday, January 26, 2008

Unfortunately, I’ve seen it all before.

That picture of the seething, red-faced former president of the United States shaking his finger at members of the press who dare to question his wife’s slimy campaign tactics, is all too familiar to those who have worked closely with him in the past.

Like Janus, the two-faced Roman god, there are always been two distinct personalities in Bill Clinton. That charming, smiling gentleman seen in public is too often eclipsed in private by his negative twin evidenced in the eruption of a furious, unexpected, and uncontrollable rage, often accompanied by loud cursing and occasionally, even physical violence. It’s not a pretty picture.

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Clinton Party to Shut Down Early

By Ed O'Keefe
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- The Clinton campaign is hosting a small post-election event at Element Nightlife, a downtown Columbia bar and club. With one hour until polls close, fewer than 20 Hillary Clinton supporters have arrived for the party. Bartenders here say the campaign has rented the establishment until approximately 9 p.m., guaranteeing an early night for the Clinton supporters who show up.

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/01/26/clinton_party_to_shut_down_ear_1.html

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PROJECTION W/ ONLY PART OF VOTES REPORTED:

OBAMA 54%
CLINTON 27%
EDWARDS 19%

Bill Clinton again wagging finger, raising eyebrows

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Saturday, January 26
Real-time Race Results: Updated January 26, 2008 - 8:29 PM (all times Eastern Standard)
Precincts Reporting 54%
Candidate Votes Vote % Delegates Projected Winner
Obama 147,301 55% 0 Winner
Clinton 72,236 27% 0
Edwards 49,662 18% 0
Kucinich 300 0% 0

SOURCE: ABC NEWS

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Candidate Votes Vote % Delegates Projected Winner
Obama 229,352 54% 11 Winner
Clinton 114,351 27% 6
Edwards 79,329 19% 0
Kucinich 460 0% 0

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~~~THIS TIME W/ ESTIMATED DELEGATES:~~~

Candidate Votes Vote % Delegates Projected Winner
Obama 271,015 55% (11) Winner
Clinton 129,459 27% 6
Edwards 86,525 18% 0
Kucinich 512 0% 0

BB1 NOTE: JFK's daughter will come out w/ an editorial in Sunday's NY Slimes, endorsing Obama as a PRESIDENT LIKE MY FATHER...can Teddy The Swimmer be too far behind-in disgust of Bill's attacks???

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Every delegate counts in race to conventions

* Story Highlights
* Candidates scramble for every delegate they can get
* Delegate hunt an incentive to stay in the race
* Candidates can win at delegate numbers even if they don't win states

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/01/25/campaign.momentum/index.html

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Hillaryland Is Hell, Staffers Say

By: Newsmax Staff

Despite Hillary Clinton’s surprising win in the New Hampshire primary, discontent remains the order of the day in “Hillaryland,” according to an article in the liberal New Republic.

“For all of Team Hillary’s gifts, it is not known as a happy group,” Michelle Cottle writes in the magazine.

“‘I’ve never seen a campaign where everyone feels so bad about themselves ,’ says one campaign staffer, echoing others.”

http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/Hillaryland_Is_Hell,_Staf/2008/01/25/67428.html

Re: The SPEECH: A BARN BURNER by Obama! Outstanding ! Will Fire Up His Supporters!
Joe Scarborough is saying that his black-berry is deluged by conservatives saying how impressed they are w/ Obama's speech....he was @ his best!----bb1

Bubba: Obama Is Just Like Jesse Jackson

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'Yes We Can!'; Obama Rolls Clinton in Landslide S.C. Primary

Sen. Barack Obama, vying to become the nation's first black president, has won the South Carolina primary today, boosted by a record turnout of African-American voters in a state whose electorate appears polarized along racial lines.

"Tonight, the cynics who believed that what began in the snows of Iowa was just an illusion were told a different story by the good people of South Carolina," Obama said to supporters tonight.

"We have the most votes, the most delegates, and the most diverse coalition of Americans we've seen in a long, long time," Obama told supporters, who cheered: "yes we can!"

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Vote2008/story?id=4195240&page=1

VIDEO: Are You Ready To Believe Again ????: Obama

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Barack Obama's South Carolina Victory Speech

Remarks of Senator Barack Obama
South Carolina Primary Night
Saturday, January 26th, 2008
Columbia, South Carolina

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/01/barack_obamas_south_carolina_v.html

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Carl Bernstein: One of Worst Nights of 'Shopworn' Hillary's Life

By Mark Finkelstein | January 26, 2008 - 22:41 ET

Carl Bernstein isn't just, on the basis of his Watergate-busting fame, a liberal icon. He's also a certified Hillary Clinton expert, having devoted years to researching and writing a definitive biography of her, A Woman in Charge. So his comments tonight on Hillary's graceless reaction to her stunning defeat at the hands of Barack Obama carry special weight, and are likely to reverberate through Dem circles. Here's Bernstein's brutal take, appearing on CNN .

CARL BERNSTEIN: One of the worst nights of Hillary Clinton's life. She had a chance at the end of the evening to be magnanimous, to say something about where her campaign is going to go. Instead she was shopworn, tired; it's exactly what they don't need, the Clinton campaign, and she's going to have an uphill fight from here in.

View the video here, not only to hear Bernstein's remarks, but to watch a graceless Hillary acknowledge Obama's victory only in passing while spending most of the same sentence speaking of primaries to come.

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/mark-finkelstein/2008/01/26/carl-bernstein-one-worst-nights-shopworn-hillarys-life

Carl was a hero of mine & an inspiration for my dabbling in journalism..he was also one of my volunteers at the runaway shelter where I used to supervise. A great reporter & keen observer.

Hell-ary instead of looking like class tonight..looked like trash tonight.


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Room for Al Gore in the race?
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Conference scholars reject 'Jesus coffin'
Say filmmaker's identification of burial site falls on statistical, DNA, epigraphic evidence
Posted: January 26, 2008
8:00 p.m. Eastern
A group of scholars is disputing the positive media coverage given a Jerusalem conference earlier this month on the so-called tomb of Jesus popularized last year by "Titanic" director James Cameron and Jewish investigative journalist and filmmaker Simcha Jacobovici, saying the majority of experts and academics in attendence either rejected the identification of the site excavated in 1980 as belonging to Jesus' family or find the claim highly speculative.

As WND reported in February 2007, the Oscar-winning director's film project, "The Lost Tomb of Jesus," claimed the discovery of 10 stone coffins in a Jerusalem suburb is actually the family crypt of Jesus of Nazareth.

The 90-minute film, made for the Discovery Channel, makes the case that Jesus had a son named Judah with Mary Magdalene.

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=59910

Olbermann Makes Light of Resurrection of Christ

American Woman Kidnapped in Afghanistan

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Florida Governor Endorses McCain
By LIBBY QUAID
Sunday, January 27, 2008

Florida Gov. Charlie Crist endorsed a beaming Sen. John McCain on Saturday night, delivering a boost three days before the state's pivotal primary.

Crist praised McCain as a "true American hero." At a county GOP dinner in St. Petersburg, Crist added, "After thinking about it as much as I have, I don't think anybody would do better than the man who stands next to me, Sen. John McCain."

It was the second high-profile endorsement in as many days for McCain, who is locked in a tight primary race with former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. Crist stepped to the podium a little more than 24 hours after Sen. Mel Martinez announced he was backing his colleague in the Senate. Officials said Martinez, who campaigned Saturday with McCain, had prodded the governor to follow his lead.

http://www.townhall.com/news/politics-elections/2008/01/27/florida_governor_endorses_mccain

Major, major boost for McCain..also some of our NYPD 9/11 workers went down there to endorse....that raised McCain a couple points in my own still undecided vote.



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Poll: Most voters don't want taxpayer-supported abortion coverage
Jim Brown - 1/25/2008 11:00:00 AM

A new poll indicates a majority of American voters reject national healthcare plans that include taxpayer-funded abortions.

The poll, commissioned by the Family Research Council (FRC), shows that 56 percent of voters would be "less likely" to vote for a presidential candidate proposing universal abortion coverage, compared to 31 percent who would be "more likely" to support such a candidate. Eight-hundred likely voters, largely Democrats (37%) and Independents (34%), were surveyed regarding national healthcare plan coverage of abortion.

http://www.onenewsnow.com/Culture/Default.aspx?id=65514

The World Cheers When Israel Gets Tough
YES....it does!!! Well some don't..but hip...hip..hooray!

CARTOON: Have a beer with ... Mitt?

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THIS IS OUR COUNTRY
GIANTS HAVE A NATION BEHIND THEM ***NEW***

http://www.nypost.com/seven/01272008/sports/giants/this_is_our_country_961355.htm

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MORE COLLEGE STUDENTS WALKING AWAY FROM CHRISTIANITY ***NEW***

by Christina Quick



Allison Lynn grew up attending an Assemblies of God church with her family. But when she moved from home to go to Texas State University in San Marcos, she walked away from her faith.

"I wanted to experience college life and all that went with it," Lynn says. "I knew in my heart I couldn't do some of the things [other college students] were doing and still call myself a Christian. So I just decided I didn't want anything to do with God."

The binge drinking, drugs and relationships Lynn pursued didn't bring her the freedom she craved. Instead, she spent much of her college career feeling as though something was missing.

http://www.christiannewstoday.com/Christian_News_Report_227.html

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Kidnapping scams, common in Mexico, find way to Houston ***NEW***
Police say man was tricked into paying ransom for 'pregnant' woman

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5487398.html

CBS NEWS: Marijuana Vending Machine Hits L.A. ***NEW***

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Pot-withdrawal symptoms mirror nicotine’s, study find ***NEW***

BALTIMORE (Map, News) - Quitting marijuana after chronic use often leads to withdrawal symptoms similar to those suffered by cigarette smokers who give up the butts, says a new Johns Hopkins study.

The symptoms include irritability, anger and trouble sleeping, researchers at Hopkins’ School of Medicine found.

The study belies the commonly held belief that pot is a safer, less-addictive substance than tobacco or alcohol.

http://www.examiner.com/a-1179253~Pot_withdrawal_symptoms_mirror_nicotine_s__study_finds.html

Consumers at Heart of Stimulus Plan ***NEW***

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CUT AND RUNNING ***NEW***
DEMS DISASTROUS IRAQ FLIP-FLOPPING
By MAX BOOT

January 27, 2008 -- One of the unfortunate aspects of any primary race is that it forces candidates to move to the fringe to appeal to their party base. That is now happening with regard to Iraq in the Democratic presidential contest. Both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have show themselves distressingly eager to play to ill-informed antiwar sentiment - and more so as time goes along.

Last year, at least, they left themselves a good deal of wiggle room to continue a substantial American force presence in Iraq. In their Sept. 26 debate in New Hampshire, moderator Tim Russert asked if they would pledge to withdraw all American troops by the end of their first term in 2013. Clinton, Obama and John Edwards all refused.

Clinton: "It is my goal to have all troops out by the end of my first term. But it is very difficult to know what we're going to be inheriting."

http://www.nypost.com/seven/01272008/postopinion/opedcolumnists/cut_and_running_957760.htm

Disabled Spy Satellite Threatens Earth ***SUN. NIGHT ADD***

Iran Says It Could Attack US Bases ***NEW***

Gandhi's Grandson Quits Peace Center ***NEW***

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....intemperate remarks about Israel and Jews being "the biggest players" in a global culture of violence have gotten Gandhi removed as president of the peace center he launched in 1991.

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CAN A PAGAN PRACTICE BE "CHRISTIANIZED?" ***NEW***

By Marsha West
NewsWithViews.com

Is yoga just a way of reducing stress or is there more to it than that? I mean, everyone's doing it so it has to be a good thing…right? The short answer is that there's more to yoga than meets the eye. So bear with me as I explain the reasons practicing yoga "stretches traditional Christian boundaries" and why Christians should avoid yoga and seek other alternatives.

Yoga has gotten its eight limbed arms into the "Christian West" and, amazingly, a large number of Christians are participating in what has now been termed "Christian yoga" (CY). Before you bend to the temptation to join a class, ask yourself this question: Are Christians who practice yoga going against the Bible?

Many won't like the answer, but here it is anyway: The Bible says, "Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds but rather expose them." Exposing evil keeps Christians from being "polluted by the world." And yes, yoga is evil. Now, before you get your kickers in a knot and dash off an angry email, allow me to enlighten you.

http://www.newswithviews.com/West/marsha61.htm

PROUD MILITARY DAD LEAVES ROMNEY & SON RED-FACED ***NEW***
Story is from earlier this month..but might contrast a healthy group of Romney & sons that never had an inkling of serving vs. a true war hero.

Archeologists claim new location for Sodom and Gomorrah in Jordan

^^^^Note: A MAJOR OBAMA BULLETIN HAS BEEN PLACED AT THE TOP OF THIS POST! ---bb1

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McCain attracts the GOP establishment ***SUN. NIGHT ADD***

LADY LAKE, FLA. — Is John McCain, maverick flyboy of the Republican Party, becoming the candidate of the GOP establishment?

McCain, who has delighted in sticking his thumb in the eye of mainstream Republicans throughout his political career, is now accumulating a base of support among party regulars who see him as the strongest general election candidate in the remaining Republican field.

The latest evidence came Saturday night with the endorsement of Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, which surprised even McCain.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nation/5490312.html

McCain may be the GOP nominee; only thing is Rino Rom' is willing to dig deep in his own pockets.

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McCain-Powell? (updated) ***SUN. NIGHT ADD***
Cliff Thier
My guess is if McCain wins the nomination it's going to be a McCain-Powell ticket, if Hillary is the nominee.

From a conservative's perspective it would be painful. But, from a raw-politics perspective it would be brilliant.

It would, first off, give some liberals an emotional escape for voting against a woman. Columns in the Nation, Vanity Fair, the LA Times, show an increasing revulsion for the Clintons among liberals. Liberals could console themselves-reassure themselves that they are truly good people-by voting for a Black Vice President.

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2008/01/mccainpowell.html

That would be a brilliant ticket..brilliant.

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US shift seen to Pakistan, Afghanistan ***SUN. NIGHT ADD***

By ROBERT BURNS, AP Military Writer 1 hour, 11 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - In a shift with profound implications, the Bush administration is attempting to re-energize its terrorism-fighting war efforts in Afghanistan, the original target of a post-Sept. 11 offensive. The U.S. also is refocusing on Pakistan, where a regenerating al-Qaida is posing fresh threats.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080128/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/terror_war_turns;_ylt=AuByxrR0F.V2ffJooUY8sTCs0NUE

Blacks slaves again … to the Democratic Party ***NEW***

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Clinton to Campaign in Florida ***SUN. NIGHT ADD***

Jan 27, 5:12 PM (ET)

By MIKE GLOVER


SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) - Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton said Sunday she was going to Florida to assure Democrats that "their voices are heard" and to underscore her commitment to seeing the state's delegation seated at the national convention.

Though the Democratic presidential candidates largely have heeded the national party's request that they not campaign publicly in Florida, Clinton said it's time to pay attention to voters there who are showing heavy interest in Tuesday's primary. Early voting is under way and drawing strong interest, she said.

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080127/D8UEG4RG0.html

DISGUSTING a sad little lady, hurting from Obama's sting..the dems under direction of Howard Dean were supposed to skip Fla...she's going to alienate even more.Yes, she might win here as she's the ONLY (Lonely) 1 campaigning!

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MORE RE: TED KENNEDY: ***SUN. NIGHT ADD***

“This is the biggest Democratic endorsement Obama could possibly get short of Bill Clinton,” said a high-level Democrat.

The Clinton campaign launched a last-ditch effort over the last few days to stop Kennedy's move, orchestrating a flood of phone calls to Kennedy from sources ranging from union chiefs to his Massachusetts constituents.

The former president also called Kennedy in a vain attempt to keep him out of the race, a source familiar with the conversation said.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0108/8134.html

Clinton Defies DNC on Florida and Michigan Convention Delegates ***SUN. NIGHT ADD***
Wait a min., just a lil' while ago we saw her dissing Howard Dean & the DNC re: Fla..& now Mich. too ???? Close to political suicide in desperation to get into the White House , maybe the Hill-Billy's want to steal furniture again..???

Obama's [so-called] pastor disses Natalee Holloway ***SUN. NIGHT ADD***

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Probe launched over Detroit mayor texts ***NEW***

By COREY WILLIAMS, Associated Press

DETROIT - A prosecutor launched an investigation Friday into allegations that Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick lied under oath about an affair with his top aide. Some political observers are questioning whether the popular yet polarizing figure should stay on the job.

"Can he? Yes. Should he? That's his call," University of Nevada-Reno political science professor Eric Herzik said Friday. "But if you are being prosecuted, your ability to run the city is incredibly compromised."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080125/ap_on_re_us/detroit_mayor

As per usual like when a slew of NJ dirty pols were headlined the drive-bys mainly skip over that these are DEM POLS.

AP Ignores Party Affiliation of Democrat Who Lied About Sex Under Oath ***NEW***

Church where illegal immigrant took sanctuary to host another activist ***SUN. NIGHT ADD***
Break down the doors this time..there's no kid w/ her like the last law-breaker.

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Six Big Lies About John McCain ***SUN. NIGHT ADD***
By Michael Medved
Wednesday, January 23, 2008


LIE #1: John McCain isn’t a loyal Republican.

TRUTH: McCain has been a stalwart Reagan Republican since he first entered politics in 1981.

He has never backed Democratic candidates for president or lesser posts – other than supporting his friend Joe Lieberman in his Independent campaign for US Senate in 2006. Over the years, he has campaigned tirelessly for Republican office-holders in every corner of the country – including vigorous campaigning that helped win elections for his former rival George W. Bush in both 2000 and 2004. McCain has earned a lifetime rating of 83 for his Senate voting record from the American Conservative Union; his friend, Fred Thompson, won a very similar lifetime rating of 86 and appropriately dubbed himself “a consistent conservative.” While some of McCain’s harshest critics regularly talk of abandoning the GOP for some third party option (and some did so to back Pat Buchanan’s embarrassing run in 2000), McCain has never abandoned his party. On three crucial items in the Bush agenda – taking the offensive against terrorists, cutting wasteful government spending, and comprehensive immigration reform – no member of Congress has provided more loyal or significant support for the President of the United States and the leader of the Republican Party.

READ ALL @: http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichaelMedved/2008/01/23/six_big_lies_about_john_mccain

I'm researching McCain a bit myself but respect Michael Medved; it seems like McCain could become the candidate I'd lean towards as we vote in NY.

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The Best of Late Nite Jokes Edited by NewsMax.com

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson ***NEW***

Rush Limbaugh has a new girlfriend! [Picture of Shrek and Fiona.]

He’s doing good. He lost a little weight; he’s got his color back . . .

There have been strange reports out of Texas. Unidentified flying objects! George Bush once saw an object he couldn’t identify . . . turns out it was a bird.


http://www.newsmax.com/jokes/

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*** And sometimes "shame".

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Love drove Bill over campaign line: Clinton
Jan 27 04:29 PM US/Eastern

Hillary Clinton admitted Sunday her husband Bill's hard-charging campaign tactics had gone overboard, but chalked the ex-president's fiery broadsides up to love and a chronic lack of sleep.

A day after rival Barack Obama trounced her in the South Carolina primary, the former first lady also mounted a vigorous defense of the two Clinton White House terms, which Obama has said did not spark transformational change.

Clinton was asked on CBS television's "Face the Nation" whether her husband was "out of control" after he took the Illinois senator, and the media to task, during a foul-tempered week-long campaign.

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=080127212859.9jtv8b64&show_article=1

UN-BELIEVABLE...this wasn't love it was a Clinton Boiler Room decision to inject race & character assassination against Obama into the game plan.

It is now back-firing as w/ Teddy The Swimmer's Major Endorsement coming out tomorrow...and I predicted that and other dem giants being teed-off enough to back Obama in disgust.

Now Hell-ary is claiming love , while all over NYC there are rumors of Bill's continuing dalliances & the appearance that it's a marriage of convienence.

I don't know about you but I don't believe it!

But then again it's RICKY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT.




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Too close to call as voting begins in Florida
Heavy turnout; some independents allegedly allowed to vote...results may drag in to the late night as lots of early votes were submitted..THE BLURBS has ya covered...

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Smith to Kennedy: 'Agents of Change End Up Being Targets, As You Well Know'
Photo of Mark Finkelstein.
By Mark Finkelstein | January 29, 2008 - 08:30 ET

I'm measuring my words carefully. Harry Smith has raised the possibility that Barack Obama's life could be in danger.

The Early Show anchor interviewed Ted Kennedy this morning in the wake of his endorsement of Obama yesterday. Smith's initial broaching of the subject of danger to Obama was very cryptic.

HARRY SMITH: When you see that enthusiasm [for Obama] though, and when you see the generational change that seems to be taking place before our eyes, does it make you at all fearful?

http://media.newsbusters.org/stories/assassinating-obama-cbs-host-asks-kennedy.html

Analyst says Sen. Clinton incorrectly rips military over bonus policy

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Nader Rails Against Clintons

Tuesday, January 29, 2008 8:04 AM

By: Newsmax Staff

Two-time presidential candidate Ralph Nader has sent out an e-mail to supporters containing a blistering attack on Hillary Clinton and her No. 1 promoter — former President Bill Clinton.

While the New York Times has described Hillary’s campaign as a "truly two-for-the-price-of-one" race, Nader observes that voters might examine the real Bill Clinton record before opting for, as the title of his posting indicates, Hillary and “Eight More Years.”

Nader writes that while in the White House, Clinton took credit “for developments with which he had very little to do such as the economic growth propelled by the huge technology dot.com boom.

http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/Nader_Rails_Against_Clint/2008/01/29/68242.html

RUN RALPH RUN !!!!!!!!!!

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Here an F.O.B., There an F.O.B.
Since leaving office, Bill's gotten by with a little help from his friends. Now he's re-examining his circle.

Last June, Bill Clinton took a break from helping his wife run for president to take care of some business of his own. He jetted off to the Black Sea resort of Yalta for an international conference sponsored by one of his good friends: Victor Pinchuk, a billionaire steel magnate and one of the richest men in Ukraine. In recent years, Pinchuk has become a fixture in Clinton's world, in part because Pinchuk has contributed millions of dollars to the Clinton Foundation, the former president's charity that fights AIDS and poverty. Pinchuk's generosity paid dividends. He was a guest at the inauguration of Clinton's presidential library in Little Rock, and he attended Clinton's exclusive 60th birthday bash in New York.

Pinchuk won an even bigger favor when Clinton agreed to speak at the Yalta conference. Clinton dazzled the audience with a powerful address about the global challenges facing Ukraine. But he also inadvertently caused a stir when he was embraced by Pinchuk's father-in-law, Ukraine's former president Leonid Kuchma, whose authoritarian rule had been condemned by the State Department. Three years ago, a Ukrainian government investigation linked Kuchma's regime to the decapitation in 2000 of dissident journalist Georgy Gongadze. When Gongadze's widow, Myroslava, saw a newspaper photo of Clinton and Kuchma at the conference, "I wanted to throw up," she told NEWSWEEK. Clinton, she says, was being used by Pinchuk "to clean up and legitimize Kuchma's legacy." (A Clinton spokesman declined to comment on the ex-president's encounter with Kuchma.)

If Hillary Clinton had been seen with a discredited former autocrat, it would have made front pages across the country. But Bill's Yalta visit went unnoticed outside Ukraine. The trip illustrates the unusual position the former president is in. He is his wife's top political adviser, and Hillary does little to downplay the idea that he would be a notable, if unofficial, presence in her administration. In speeches, she says that she would deploy her husband as a roving ambassador. Yet unlike Hillary, who must report the names of her campaign contributors and how much they give, Bill Clinton is a private citizen and does not have to disclose most details about his charitable and business ventures. His private dealings raise inevitable questions about who might come seeking favors if he and Hillary move back into the White House.

http://www.newsweek.com/id/105650

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WND Exclusive ELECTION 2008
Obama aide wants talks with terrorists
Foreign adviser's 'anti-Israel policies,' sympathy for Hamas, raise concerns

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=59930

CBS’s Smith: Kennedy Passed a ‘Treasured Covenant’ to Obama

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Will Al Gore Endorse Obama After Kennedy?


Sen. Ted Kennedy’s endorsement of Barack Obama for the Democratic presidential nomination should come as no surprise to readers of Newsmax’s Insider Report, which has disclosed Kennedy’s membership in the so-called “Gang of Four” Hillary Clinton haters.

The Four — Kennedy, John Kerry, Howard Dean, and Al Gore — have pledged to stop Hillary from getting the nomination, and each has his own reason for detesting Clinton.

Newsmax has learned from Democratic sources that Gore is said to be waiting until after the primaries on Super Tuesday, Feb. 5 to enter the fray with an endorsement.

http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/Gore_endorse_Obama/2008/01/28/68076.html

I said much earlier--YES..

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Edwards eyes a brokered convention
By Alexander Bolton
Posted: 01/29/08 12:01 AM [ET]

Former Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C.) has his sights set on playing kingmaker at the Denver convention in August, one of his most senior campaign officials hinted Monday.

While dismissing suggestions that this implied Edwards had accepted he was out of contention for the nomination, Deputy Campaign Manager Jonathan Prince said the candidate would probably get enough delegates to play a decisive role in tipping the Democratic nomination under party rules.

Party insiders could also give Edwards the nomination at a brokered convention if they judged him more electable in a match-up against GOP front-runner Sen. John McCain (Ariz.). “At a brokered convention, all bets are off,” said Prince.

Prince told reporters in a conference call that in “a worst-case scenario” Edwards would control 20 to 25 percent of the Democratic delegates heading into the convention. He predicted that Sens. Barack Obama (Ill.) and Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.) would each have 35 to 40 percent of the delegates, well short of half the 4,049 needed to win the nomination.

http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/edwards-eyes-a-brokered-convention-2008-01-29.html

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BATTERED BUSH BATTLES ON


By RICH LOWRY

January 29, 2008 -- THERE was nothing valedictory about Presi dent Bush's final State of the Union Ad dress last night. It was just the case for his remaining agenda - such as it is, given that he's in his last year in office and the Democrats control Congress. Even when he doesn't have much of it left, Bush still wants to spend political capital.

Bush could be forgiven for yearning to deliver a State of the Union in something other than challenging circumstances. From the 9/11 attacks to the Iraq war to today's rocky economy, he has - as the Chinese curse goes - lived in "interesting times."

Yet he's always insisted that his presidency's purpose is to confront challenges forthrightly, so he's likely never wished for the breathing space to toss off poll-tested sound-bites.

http://www.nypost.com/seven/01292008/postopinion/opedcolumnists/battered_bush_battles_on_64517.htm

Can't wait to

Clinton, Obama steal Bush’s final show

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After his speech, Bush sought out Kennedy, his former partner in education reform, to exchange greetings. He also shook Obama’s hand and said hello in typical Bush fashion: “Hey buddy, how’s it going,” he said, according to Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.), who also sat next to Obama for the speech.

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Fed May Cut Interest Rates Again

Tuesday, January 29, 2008 7:32 AM

WASHINGTON -- Individuals and businesses are likely to see their borrowing costs drop further as the Federal Reserve weighs another interest-rate reduction to bolster a sagging economy.

Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke and his colleagues are scheduled to open a two-day meeting Tuesday afternoon to plot their next move on interest rates. The closed-door gathering comes amid growing fears the country is either on the brink of a recession or has already started slipping into one given the strains from a housing market collapse, a global credit crunch and turbulence on Wall Street. The country's last recession was in 2001.

Many economists believe the Fed will lower its key rate, now at 3.5 percent, by as much as one-half percentage point to 3 percent when policymakers wrap up their meeting Wednesday afternoon.

http://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/Fed_May_Cut_Interest_Rate/2008/01/29/68233.html

A short term fix..we need more..

MK Zeev: Gay 'plague' could destroy Israel

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Court's Ruling on Arizona 'Choose Life' License Plates Praised

(CNSNews.com) - A pro-life group is calling the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals' decision ordering Arizona to allow the issuance of "Choose Life" license plates a victory for free speech. "That the Arizona License Plate Commission tried to censor pro-lifers while allowing other groups to have license plates was clearly discriminatory," said Fr. Pavone in a press release.

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EUROPEANS THINK ISLAM IS DANGEROUS

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Coming Into Focus, Maybe

By Charlie Cook, NationalJournal.com

Although the presidential nominations certainly aren't settled, there's much more clarity in the contests than existed in the days surrounding the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primary.


That was truly a disorienting time, with too many conflicting signals to even come up with a plausible hypothesis for what was going on.

But today, as Florida votes in its presidential primary, we can make some sense out of things.

http://nationaljournal.com/cook.htm

Is FL Crucial To Romney?

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Exit polls: Who voted
Posted: 07:02 PM ET
Who voted in the Florida GOP primary?
Who voted in the Florida GOP primary?

(CNN) — Early exit polls are giving insight into the makeup of Florida’s Republican primary voters:

– They were significantly older than in previous primaries: half were over 60 years old, and more than a third were over 65.

– Over 80 percent were white and about 13 percent were Latino. Half of those were of Cuban heritage................

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/

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