Monthly Archives: June 2005

No Major Aid Movements by Black Artists

Posted by on 6/30/2005 111 comments

Chicago Tribune NEW YORK — Designed to raise consciousness about African poverty, the Live 8 concerts will feature some of black music’s biggest stars — especially those representing hip-hop. The Philadelphia concert boasts Russell Simmons as one of its producers …

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‘Mother’s Day’ too offensive?

Posted by on 6/30/2005 29 comments

Campus administrator says newsletter reference must be ‘Parent’s Day’ A pre-school in Maryland has lost at least one customer after a student’s father working on the school’s newsletter was told he must change a “Happy Mother’s Day” greeting in the …

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Product list of Pfizer

Posted by on 6/30/2005 3 comments

Pfizer This is the website with the product listing for Pfizer. I found it somewhat disturbing the this company is part of the land grab. They went to the Kalamazoo, MI area with all kinds of promises. People lost their …

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Wanted: A Constructive Opposition

Posted by on 6/30/2005 34 comments

Examining the Democrats’ counsel on Iraq Scanning the commentary after President Bush’s Fort Bragg speech on Iraq, our eyes were caught by a headline in The New York Times: “Wanted: A Policy.” True, the advice was dated 1861, not 2005, …

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Jury Convicts Five in Federal Vote Fraud

Posted by on 6/30/2005 64 comments

Hattip to PCD EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) – A federal jury Wednesday convicted the chairman of the city’s Democratic Party and four others of scheming to buy votes with cash, cigarettes and liquor last November. Prosecutors relied largely on …

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Ex-U.S. hostages: Iran’s new president one of their captors

Posted by on 6/29/2005 20 comments

USA Today SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) ” A quarter-century after they were taken captive in Iran, five former American hostages say they got an unexpected reminder of their 444-day ordeal in the bearded face of Iran’s new president-elect, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Watching …

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Economy’s Growth Is Better Than Expected

Posted by on 6/29/2005 13 comments

AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The economy logged a solid 3.8 percent growth rate in the first quarter of 2005, a performance that was better than previously thought and a fresh sign the expansion is on firm footing. The …

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Conceit of Government

Posted by on 6/29/2005 2 comments

Why are our politicians so full of themselves? What’s wrong with them? That’s what I’m thinking more and more as I watch the news from Washington. A few weeks ago it was the senators who announced the judicial compromise. There …

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Flag Abuse

Posted by on 6/29/2005 13 comments

From Reason: Just when you thought the political circus in Washington couldn’t get any more grotesque, the politicos throw us a piece of pseudo-patriotic red meat: a constitutional amendment to prohibit the burning of the American flag, which was approved …

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Ground zero ‘guilt museum’ stirs fury

Posted by on 6/29/2005 7 comments

Is it a memorial to the victims of 9/11? PLANS for a cultural complex to commemorate freedom alongside a memorial to the victims of 9/11 have incensed many of the families of the dead. The proposed museum, which will help …

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‘Lessons of Sept. 11′ Again Take Center Stage

Posted by on 6/28/2005 2 comments

WP One year after the transfer of power in Iraq, President Bush found himself in a familiar, if unsettling, position last night, as he sought to reinvigorate public support for his policies in the face of almost daily suicide bombings …

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Comments on President Bush’s Speech

Posted by on 6/28/2005 1 comment

AP Headlines “Iraq cannot be a failure. Our troops deserve a real plan for victory and our total support. We’re ready to work with the president, every one of the Democratic senators, but he must acknowledge his mistakes and set …

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Text of President Bush’s Speech

Posted by on 6/28/2005 3 comments

AP Headlines Text of President Bush’s speech Tuesday night at Fort Bragg, N.C., as provided by the White House: Thank you and good evening. I am pleased to visit Fort Bragg, home of the Airborne and Special Operations Forces. It …

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A First Step Towards the Lost Liberty Hotel

Posted by on 6/28/2005 12 comments

From Freestar Media: For Release Monday, June 27 to New Hampshire media For Release Tuesday, June 28 to all other media Weare, New Hampshire (PRWEB) Could a hotel be built on the land owned by Supreme Court Justice David H. …

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McCain Leads the ’08 Pack

Posted by on 6/28/2005 3 comments

From CBS News: A new poll suggests Sen. John McCain is far and away the leading contender for the White House in 2008. The Arizona Republican would rout the top Democrat, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York, in a …

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