Monthly Archives: September 2005 - Page 2

Right Voices Polls

A new feature we have here is the RV Poll, found in the top of the left side column. It will be a weekly poll – – results will be posted ongoing and you can view the poll archive here. …

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“Straight-up, no chaser, no,”

World Net Daily did a piece on the interview Dan Rather gave last night! Here are some of the highlights; “I believed in the story. The facts of the story were correct,” Rather told former newsman Marvin Kalb in an …

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Laura Bush To Appear On “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.”

The Seattle Times Laura Bush will travel to storm-damaged Biloxi, Miss., to film a spot on the feel-good, wish-granting hit “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.” Mrs. Bush sought to be on the program because she shares the “same principles” that the …

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NOLA Police Superintendent Eddie Compass resigns

AP Police Superintendent Eddie Compass resigned Tuesday after four turbulent weeks in which the police force came under fire for its conduct in Hurricane Katrina’s aftermath. “I served this department for 26 years and have taken it through some of …

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Mike Brown defends his FEMA Response

Here are the high points of Mike Brown’s defense: says he was initially unaware of desperate conditions at the New Orleans Convention Center because it was not a planned Hurricane Katrina evacuation site After learning from television about the thousands …

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Two of a Kind

pic courtesy of Lucianne

Inside the campaign: John Kerry

NYDN I hear that John Kerry loyalists are kicking themselves for cooperating last year with filmmaker Steve Rosenbaum on “Inside the Bubble,” a potentially devastating behind-the-scenes look at the Massachusetts senator’s failed presidential campaign. I’m also told that Hillary Clinton …

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“Pass Right!”

Sports Illustrated Charlie Weis doesn’t usually let anyone else call plays on offense. He made an exception for 10-year-old Montana Mazurkiewicz. The Notre Dame coach met last week with Montana, who had been told by doctors weeks earlier that there …

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It’s just not presented in a way that a court can rationally deal with at this time.”

MSNBC A California judge ruled Friday that Visa USA Inc. and MasterCard International Inc. don’t have to send individual warnings to thousands of consumers whose personal account information was stolen during a high-tech heist uncovered earlier this year. “I don’t …

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Abu Ghraib: Lynndie England Convicted

Army Pfc. Lynndie England convicted of one count of conspiracy, four counts of maltreating detainees and one count of committing an indecent act. England’s trial is the last for a group of nine Army reservists charged with mistreating prisoners at …

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Cindy Got Arrested!

My Way Cindy Sheehan, the California woman who has used her son’s death in Iraq to spur the anti-war movement, was arrested Monday while protesting outside the White House. Sheehan and several dozen other protesters sat down on the sidewalk …

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Internet Regulations

Hillary Clinton on internet regulation: “I don’t have any clue about what we’re going to do legally, regulatorily, technologically — I don’t have a clue. But I do think we always have to keep competing interests in balance. I’m a …

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Counts were far lower than reported

NOLA After five days managing near-riots, medical horrors and unspeakable living conditions inside the Superdome, Louisiana National Guard Col. Thomas Beron prepared to hand over the dead to representatives of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Following days of internationally reported …

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If I had to chose, it would be Geraldo over The Times

NYT ONE of the real tests of journalistic integrity is being fair to someone who might be best described by a four-letter word. The New York Times flunked such a test in rejecting a demand by Geraldo Rivera of Fox …

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The Happenings in Hollywood

STREISAND DECLARES ‘GLOBAL WARMING EMERGENCY’ “We are in a global warming emergency state, and these storms are going to become more frequent, more intense,” Streisand urgently declares. But Sawyer did not remind Streisand that a Category 5 hurricane struck the …

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