tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67595392012-01-19T23:18:15.468-08:00Observations of the ordinarily bizarre world of Journalistic reporting, religious zealotry and evolution news. Constitutional issues also parsed, dissected, and parboiled.maybesohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17510652247065972271noreply@blogger.comBlogger3111100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759539.post-1127607606497675652005-09-24T17:14:00.000-07:002005-09-24T17:20:06.503-07:00

I have very little power in my battery on my Ibook - Judy kept doing the upates on her blog and I waited to conserve power. A few trees are down on my 6 acres - none near the house, and we have a magled piece of tin on the northeastern edge of the roof, and lots of tree limb debris. Lost power at 6L30 am, gust to 119 mph near us, The lake Livingston dam is damaged so there might be a problem

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11:01 pm - We are in between bands and the wind is down here. In fact, it is so quiet we can hear the crickets and the treefrogs cgirping - but we still have a steady wind in the treetops, about 20-25 mph. Lower down near the ground it is quiet, and the rain is still just sprinkles. Occassional heavy gusts. We are watching firefighters try to contain a fire that is consuming three historic

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9:35 pm - still watching TV, catching the updates from the Medai, and watching the season premier of Numb3rs. Wind speed is a steady 30 MPH with gusts that rattle the house - I'd say still 50 -55 mph range. the cat is under under the ottoman - he would rather be outside in all that interesting stuff going on, but he is a big scaredy cat! So far, so good - still have power and phone - and TV.

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Ms. Judy's House of Fun Check it out - Ms. Judy's House of Fun - my other half! She is blogging Hurricane Rita, too, and may have different info than me.

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Rita spins toward Texas-Louisiana border For those who might want to live vicariously through others, I have decided to Blog our adventures in Rita Survival. Background - We live 20 miles West of Livingston, Texas, and one mile from the lake at the juncture of Trinity, Polk and San Jacinto Counties. Our house is a small, modified A-frame that was built by us in 1994. The hold-outs are me, my

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Salon.com | "What didn't go right?" - NPAccording to Salon.com, The president thinks the FEMA response to Katrina was just fine, and that FEMA director Brown is doing a great job. Sydney Blumenthal, at Salon, says the Bush agenda of limited government has been tested and has failed in this incarnation. Read the story at the link for more info.The sad part is that, though limited government is

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Officials Deal With Political Fallout by Pointing FingersThe blame game comes full force as the president sends his top people into the Katrina disaster area Sunday to do some PR damage control. Condy was sent to Alabama, her home state, to go to church and to tell people the president did not abandon people based on race (which could imply they abandoned people without regard to race), and this

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Looking for... - Hurricane Katrina - MSNBC.comTo find out if a person has been found, or to post a person that is missing, go here to the MSNBC National Registry of Missing persons. They also have safe lists of people who are accounted for. If you cannot get on, post a comment and I will post the info for you.

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HoustonChronicle.com - The foretelling of a deadly disaster in New Orleans Here is an article published back in 2001 that the Houston chronicle has reprinted for the relevance it holds today. It stated the problem of New Orleans as the third most likely disaster scenario in the nation - and that disaster has happened - read it for perspective. I have been silent lately due to work load and

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ABC13.com: Judge reprimanded for making snide comments from bench Okay, my wife sent me to this story about a judge being corrected for making snide, hurtful remarks to people in his courtroom. Every now and then you gotta bring 'em back down to earth. A short read - but good!

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Reuters AlertNet - Venezuela curbs missionaries after Robertson spatAfter TV evangelist Pat Robertson called for the Venezuelan president's assassination, that country has suspended visas and permits for visiting missionaries while they revamp the requirements to enter their country. Carlos Gonzales, chief of the Justice Ministry's religious affairs unit, said the suspension should only be about

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KHOU.com | News for Houston, Texas | State NewsThe Texas legislature finally amended the Texas Criminal Code by defining what "travel" means. It has been legal in Texas to travel with a concealed handgun in your car as long as you were traveling. The problem was that the legislature forgot to define exactly what they meant by that word - the courts determined that travel for the criminal code

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KGBT 4 - TV Harlingen, TX: Ex-Marine gets Texas tuition rates After a number of stories in the media - thanks to blogs - Carl Basham, the marine vet who was denied in-state tuition by Austin Community College, can now pay the lower tutition rate. Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson found that Basham had designated Texas as his permanent address more than a year ago, and had met other criteria

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Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | US relents on Islamic law to reach Iraq dealThe United States has given in to opposing Islam as the primary source of law in the New Iraq. Conservative leaders have been holding the deadline as hostage in order to make sure Islam and the Koran becomes primary law in Iraq. What this means is the Bush Administration plays fast and loose with its promises to

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BayouBuzz.com - Louisiana Politics and News In the lighter side of the news, the so-called King of Pop was fined $10,000 for not appearing in court to answer charges of child molestation and kidnapping last month. The accuser said he repressed the molestation for 19 years and only remembered being molested by Jackson in 1984 after he saw the recent California Jackson trial news.Most legal

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Convicted N.C. Man Won't Be Pardoned North Carolina governor Mike Easley has denied a pardon for a man he prosecuted when he was the district attorney of Brunswick County. The wrongfully convicted man, Sylvester Smith, was also a prosecuter when he was convicted of felony rape and two counts of felony sexual offense (N.C. law wording). Smith won a new trial based on the recanted testimony of the

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KWTX | Texas Marine Told To Pay Out-Of-State Tuition A Texas Marine who was highly decorated for service in Iraq was told by school officals at Austin Community College that he no longer qualified for in-state tuition because he had served two tours of duty in Iraq. Carl Basham, a Beeville, Texas native, said he was shocked. Out-of-state tuition at public colleges costs about $2600.00 per

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USATODAY.com - Roberts gets well qualified rating from American Bar AssociationThe 15 member panel of the ABA gave supreme court nominee John Roberts a "well qualified" rating today. Roberts has been rated four times now by the ABA - ranking either qualified or well qualified. The only other rating the panel gives out is unqualified. I still say, other than some members of the republican party

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CNN.com - Crawford protest moves nearer to Bush - Aug 16, 2005Ed note: The link above will take you to the story - it is an addendum to the main story - scroll down to the end.A man was arrested for dragging a pipe attached to chains from the back of his truck and mowing down a makeshift memorial to American soldiers killed in Iraq. The memorial is part of the protest by Cindy Sheehan near the

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ABC13.com: New rule bans HPD officers from displaying tattoosHis policer officers must present a professional appearance while on duty, so says Houston Police chief harold Hurtt. His total ban on visible tats includes the banning of cover-up bandages and sweatbands. The officers are required to remove any tats that cannot be covered by an official uniform. If the ban means wearing long sleeves in

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Chicago Tribune | Rally targets `arrogant' judiciary An arrogant group of hardcore zealots met on Sunday to attack the U.S.court system and the justices they see as "arrogant". Tom Delay, well-known for his high standard of ethics(this is tongue in cheek, folks), calls for congress to curb the Judiciary with its awesome power. Yeah, right! Like we need this idiot telling the court and Americans

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Airport Security Relaxing Some RulesAlmost 4 years of tight restrictions in Airport security have led the Transportation Security Administration to the conclusion that some restrictions are no longer needed. Passengers carrying small razors and small knives on flights have posed no significant threat, and searching and seizing these items have cuased delays in the screening process.PREDICTION:

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CNN.com - Democrats: 'Moral obligation' to preserve Social Security - Aug 13, 2005 Rep. John Salazar, in the weekly democratic radio address talks about the moral obligation the government has toward its citizens who paid in to the Social Security Administration expecting certain benefits. Salazar claims it be a breach and a betrayal of the citizens for the Bush Administration to try and cut

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Eric's Grumbles Before The Grave: Are There Different Kinds of Morality?Eric pointed me to an interesting philosophical debate going on in some blogs - individual morality v. national morality. One side argues that a national morality exists and it is the result of majority rules. The decisions the majority makes decides the morality of the nation. This seems to be way off base as far as logic

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News Hounds: Tom DeLay, A Loveable Guy Who Cares. He Really, Really Cares.Found this tidbit from the News Hounds. It is quite humorous and biting. Check it out. A good read.

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CNN.com - 'Walking in Memphis' singer shot in head, survives - Aug 9, 2005 Marc Cohn, singer and writer of the song, "Walking in Memphis", was shot in the head during an attempted carjacking by a fleeing felon in Denver Sunday. The singer was shot just above the temple and the bullet lodged in in sjull. Doctors removed the bullet and patch him up. According to police, the fleeing felon tried to

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CNN.com - Sex offenders�banned from�Florida storm shelters - Aug 6, 2005 Harsh! Sex offenders in Florida would not be allowed to shelter from storms with regular folk. Instead, they would have to find shelter in prisons during the storms. Read the article.I know it's not popular, but I think an erosion of freedom occurs when an entire group of people have a label hung on them by the legal system

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HoustonChronicle.com - Judge keeps charges against DeLay associatesToday, a judge refused to dismiss the charges against two of U.S. Rep. (Texas - R) Tom Delay's associates. Read the article for the update.

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Google says Cnet went too far in googlingGoogle, the search engine company whose name has become a verb, said CNet, the online media source for tech news, went too far when it published results of googling CEO Eric Schmidt. According to CNet, they googled the CEO of the search company and claimed that since the information on Schmidt's net worth and other personal information was found on public

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Newsday.com: Surprised guests on Pirro's campaign siteMan, politics is a rough dog. Listing people, using photos and quotes of people who are not supporters, and even some who cannot support a political candidate is either wrong at the worst or sloppy at the best. One of the nonprofit organizations listed cannot by law support any individual candidate or they risk losing their nonprofit status.

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ABC anchor Peter Jennings dies | WORLD | NEWS | tvnz.co.nzPeter Jennings, the last iconic anchor of network news, died Sunday from his bout with lung cancer. He served as the premier news anchor for ABC News for more than two decades. A class act and a hard one to follow. Goodnight, Peter.

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CNN.com - Soldier's mom digs in near Bush ranch - Aug 7, 2005A mother of a soldier killed while serving in Iraq says she is willing to camp out in the sweltering Texas heat until the president agrees to see her in person. She is angry that the president is still other soldiers to die for "a noble cause". She wants him to explain which noble cause he is talking about. She and a group of protesters

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Ravings of John C. A. Bambenek: The Moral Responsibilities of LawyersSomeone is always spouting off about lawyers and the ACLU. They accuse lawyers of having a moral obligation higher than the constitution - that they owe society something like not defending clients who "clearly did it", and the lawyer knows he did it. Sheesh! First things first. Everyone is entitled to a defense - that is what

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USATODAY.com - Marchers convene to preserve Voting Rights ActThe landmark legislation to curb discrimination at the voting booths passed in 1965 is due to expire in 2007. Along with making sure discrimination would end at polling places, the act also gave the federal government the right to control rules and regulations on how we vote. Uniform times and places for voting were implemented, as well

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ESA - Mars Express - Water ice in crater at Martian north pole Absolutely cool photos of water ice in the bottom of a crater on Mars. Worth the look!. Way to go ESA - NASA, are you paying attention?

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Cold Fury � Mike's Rules Of The Road Found this today. Mike, evidently a long-time trucker, has decided to post his top ten rules of the road. I knew these from being raised by a family who took pride in everyone knowing how to drive large trucks. I also knew these from having driven taxicabs for years before I became a lawyer. He has some good advice on how to drive in the vicinity of big rigs,

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Sony settles suit over fake critic | Reuters.com Imagine that! A film company making up a fake film critic to promote its films to moviegoers! If you purchased a ticket for "Hollow Man," "Vertical Limit," "A Knight's Tale" and "The Animal", you might be entitled to as much as Five whole dollars. Of course, the attorney fees were $500,000.00 - that is way class action suits work. If the any of the

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ZEN AND THE ART OF ANARCHYI joined (even though I am generally against joinery) a loose blog organization and was questioned on what, exactly is zen anarchy? This link will take you to a good page about zen anarchy. According to the author, King Mob, the zen anarchist is a scholar/warrior that once lived in feudal Japan. It encapsulates the idea that one must strive to be whole in mind, body and

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Martha Stewart's home confinement extended | Reuters.com It wasn't enough for Martha that she can add "felon" to her list of titles, she had to add "parole violator" to the list. Evidently, the one-woman conglomerate rode around her huge estate on a four-wheeler, and then dropped in on a local yoga class with her daughter. Reporters caught it all on tape and the judge is pissed. Stewart agreed to

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CBS News | Rock-Assault Girl Spared From Jail | August 3, 2005�17:00:19Call me Liberal. An eleven year old girl was having it out with some of the kids on her block. All the kids were throwing water balloons and small rocks. She retaliated by throwing a rock which hit another kid. The rock caused some damage that had to be attended to at the hospital. The result? Stiches and a war story for the

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HoustonChronicle.com - DeLay to appear at next 'Justice Sunday' rallyTom Delay, our self-appointed speaker for all things God-fearing, has decided to speak at the "Justice Sunday II" rally to promote changing what he considers an anti-god U.S. Supreme Court. Silly little rabbit! He is smart enough to understand the concept of separation of church and state, yet he still wants a totally Christian

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Your Body Is Younger Than You Think - New York Times This is a great article about aging and your cells. For instance, your inner lens of the eye is formed in the womb,, gradually losing all its DNA, and becomes fixed forever, but your liver regenerates every 300 to 500 days. Most of the body, including bones, is gradually replaced over days and years. Read it! It's a good, cool science piece.

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FT.com / World / US - Bush wants alternatives to Darwinism taught in schoolBush pulled no punches when he suggested today that creationism and Intelligent Design concepts should be taught in public schools. The prez is sounding more and more like a fundamentalist preacher for hardline religious conservatives rather than representing the rest of the mainstream American views. He and his

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RIA Novosti - Opinion & analysis - Opinion: Deciphering between freedom of the press and freedom of the terroristsHere is an interesting opinion piece that was published by Russian News and Information Agency - Novosti. In it, the author claims that it is hard to imagine that the White House would allow even an interview by Osama Bin laden to be aired on U.S. Television. This piece says that

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2005 Accountability: List by District: click here to find out This year's TEA school ratings has been posted, and the the numbers are down. Some school districts which had been used to having exemplary ratings were shocked to find their rating at merely acceptable, and more schools than ever were found to be unacceptable. Click on the above link to see how your school district and school rated

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Reuters AlertNet - Russia bars U.S. ABC TV over Basayev interview Good old Russian Democracy at work! In a further tightening of an iron fist, Moscow has clamped down on the press harder and harder, but never against foreign news reporters. Now, Moscow has barred ABC News reporters from working in Russia as soon as their visas expire. In the meantime, the ABC reporters are banned from talking

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WOAI: San Antonio News - Dogs Drowned by City EmployeeA city supervisor in Jourdanton, Texas, decided to save the city some money by drowning stray dogs and cats at the local sewer plant instead of euthanizing them. A young man who was doing community service at the plant was a witness when he saw the man dropping cages withs animals into the sewer plant, leaving them to drown. The city's manager

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Reuters AlertNet - Frist break with Bush has few modern precedentsIn an almost unheard of public way, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist has changed his stance and decided to support stem-cell research. Frist has been lockstep with Bush since the president's election, and this looks as though he is trying to be more moderate for a run at the White House. It could also be a ploy by republicans to

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HoustonChronicle.com - Plant-eating dinosaur embryos oldest yet discoveredCool science! A dinosaur egg was cut open allowing scientists to see a complete skelton of the oldest known embryo. The early sauropod shows evidence that this type of dino may have had sophisticated parenting skill due to the growth patterns in the embryo. Scientists speculate that the young dino would have walked on four

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USATODAY.com - Top Hollywood studios agree on standards for digital filmsThe movie industry is finally making moves toward the digital age by endorsing a universal set of digital standards that will make it easier for moviemakers to get their products into the hands of consumers. The new standard called DCI is a 176 page white paper, and fully half of it deals with ways to prevent pirating of the

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Bush's Visit With Scouts Put Off AgainSince when has the pres let bad weather change his plans. 40,000 scouts and leaders waiting in the heat Wednesday was enough incentive for him to visit? No, something smells fishy about this whole thing. Now, we have 300 plus scouts and visitors drop from the heat while awaiting a glimpse of the president? What's the deal? Anybody who reads this column

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KAIT - Jonesboro, AR: Lincoln Offers Anti-Pornography Law in Bid to Reach Moral MiddleAt the risk of being accused of defending porn, I say that this attempt by the democrats to lure family values-oriented voters to their agenda is ill-fated and just plain wrong. The think-tank set up to study children and porn are pulling rabbits out of their butts (I wonder if that would be porn?)when they

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Scouts did not follow protocol for tents - Boston.com - Nation - News The first point learned as a scout when camping is: Survey the area for the best potential tent placement in an area free of hanging debris, power lines, etc. If the reports are indeed based in fact, then these scout leaders failed to follow these tenets of tent pitching. Please don't take me wrong, as I mean no disrespect to

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Massachusetts Veto Seeks to Curb Morning-After Pill - New York Times The bill was passed by the Mass. legislature and is virtually veto-proof, yet Gov. Romney vetoed the bill while the legislature was on vacation. he had run on a platform that he would not try to change the abortion laws in Massachusetts if elected ogvernor, but he is seen as having broke his word. Romney started changing his

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Police admit shooting wrong man in bomb hunt | Reuters.co.ukA man from Brazil, who had dark skin and spoke little English was the victim of Police nerves when they chased him down and shott him dead. The police have now stated that he was not a terrorist and he did not have a bomb. These are the kind of mistakes I have been warning of when civl rights are suspended or preempted even for the sake

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CBS News | Grand Theft Press | July 23, 2005�03:20:49 Let's reality check this story, you know - the story about GTA: San Andreas and the downloadable mod that unlocks some cartoon sex. Folks are worried about their kids seeing cartoon sex when all these same kids need to do is go to Google and search for SEX or any of the bad words they have heard around here and there (the playground, school,

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DeLay Gets By With Less Help From Hill FriendsLet's not forget about Tom Delay and his ethics problems. It seems his funds are not being financed as much by his friends on the hill, and privately funded trips are way down as representative become homebodies since the ethics charges were brought against the house majority leader. All the other news pushed his story into the background, but it

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CNN.com - Memo with Plame's�name marked secret - Jul 21, 2005It looks as if a coordinated plan was hatched to discredit Ambassador Joeseph Wilson just days after he stated the WMD material supposedly sought by Iraq in Africa did not exist. A memo marked "secret" supplied the undercover status and the name of the ambassador's wife, Valerie Plame. The memo was circulated widely in the State

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How Bush Made the CallThe president is trying hard to control the message and the media. This time, he pulled out all stops to announce his SCOTUS nominee in primetime, and he did it all without answering questions from the press. Read the best roundup of the situation at the link above. It is a great read - full of pointers and info.I think it is time to show the prez that the media has clout,

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Roberts upheld D.C. french-fry arrest - Boston.com - Washington - NewsJohn Roberts, SCOTUS nominee, wrote the decision upholding a lower court ruling that said it was okay to arrest and jail a 12 year old girl for eating frys in the D.C. Public Transit System last year. He decried the manner in which the girl was arrested and handled, but chose to uphold the arrest and the law behind the arrest

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Justice Dept. criticizes media shield bill - Boston.com - Washington - NewsIn a typical move for the anti-press Bush Administration, the Justice Department has lashed out at the proposed Media Shield Law offered in the wake of LeakGate. Karl Rove, the deputy White House chief of staff, has used the media as a way to leak stories and info in order to discredit enemies of the administration

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Governors Warn of High Costs Arising From New ID Law - New York TimesTalk about intrusive! The new federal Real I.D. Act, which requires states to implement illegal alien status checks on all Driver's Licenses issued, is proving very expensive to implement, according to the National Governors Conference. The new law is supposed to be in place within three years. Look for your Driver's License

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CNN.com - How dumb do they think we are? - Jul 18, 2005A good piece by Mark Shields on Just how dumb the White House thinks the reporters and the public are. A good read.

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Scotsman.com News - Latest News - Bush vows to sack CIA leak culpritSo, Bush has added a loophole to his previous stance on what to do with the White House leaker - now it takes a crime to have been committed for him to act. Whatever happened to ethics and responsibility. It just goes to show that power is power is power. Karl Rove will stay until the White House quietly pushes him out at a later

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FBI Says It Has Files on Rights GroupsYou belong to a lawful organization that promotes civil rights, and suddenly, the group is being spyed on by the government in the name of Homeland Security? Told you so! Giving nearly unfettered freedom to intelligence gathering in the U.S. is like handing over the keys to the asylum to the inmates. Read the article - it is enlightening, and a little scary

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The Globe and Mail: Reporter, not Rove, outed CIA operative, sources sayOkay, now the White House is pushed the limits of any sense of ethical class. Bush's team has never admitted to any mistakes, and it looks as though they won't admit to this one even in the face of overwhelming andmounting evidence. Instead, they blame reporters for blowing a CIA operative's cover. How's that? Look, folks -

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morons.org - Hillary Clinton: Investigate Video Game ModSen. Hillary Clinton, sounding more and more like a Republican, has called for an investigation in to the video game known as Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - GTA. This link takes you to a great story explaining why she is wrong. That's wrong, wrong, wrong! The former first lady wants to be president, so she is sounding more centrist in her

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CNN.com - White House clams up on CIA leak - Jul 12, 2005After two years of denial, the White House shut the lid on commenting on the Karl Rove CIA Leak connection. This turnaround came after Newsweek exposed an Email from one of the reporters involved in the unamed source incident. Two years of a special investigation and all the special prosecutor has to show for it is the jailing of Judith

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Tampabay: Result of the State Attorney's inquiryIn a very Caustic and sarcastic tone, the Florida State Attorney sent a response to Gov. Jeb Bush's request to reopen the Schiavo case. The short answer was "NO." Read it at the above link to the St. Petersburg Times. Now, Gov. Bush can try to get on with the business of whatever he is supposedto do - err- what is it he is supposed to do as governor

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Absurd-shield-laws-Archives-3-3-05.htmlHere is a good article about the reason we don't have a press shield law in Texas. and, in light of the failure of SCOTUS to act in the TIMES journalists dilemma last week, it was ahead of its time - just like I said earlier on - GRIN.

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The Seattle Times: Nation & World: Rove says he didn't reveal secrets to reportersWhat's this? Karl Rove, advisor to the president held back information in the investigation of who leaked the CIA operative's name to the press. He has stated through his lawyer that he cannot discuss exactly what was discussed in that interview, but he says he did not disclose any secret information. More chinks

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STRANGE FISH - ONE HEAD - TWO BODIES!!! Go to this link to see a great photo of this fish - it has one head and two bodies. Weird! Strangecosmos has some interesting articles and humor.

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USATODAY.com - China, Russia warn of world dominationWhile Mr. Bush is busy worrying over two very small counntries in Central Asia, Russia and China have been cementing relations, and promising to counter the so-called hardline social agenda of this president and his war on terror. The two giants may cut Japan out of the Russian/Siberian oil pipeline, are against the U.S.'s attempts to

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Appeals on Commandments Displays RejectedThe U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear 5 lower court cases, choosing instead to let stand the lower courts decisions barring displays of the Tem Commandments in schools and courtrooms, and barring a city council meeting from using a prayer invoking the name of Jesus Christ. The decisions handed down by the Supremes yesterday were seen as split decisions;

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Yahoo Yanks User-Created Chat Rooms My question is this: WHERE ARE THE PARENTS!!!!!!!!!! Yahoo overreacted when it shut down users ability to create their own chatrooms on its website. Unfettered abilities to create anything easily is the greatest lure and bane of the internet. Instead of punishing adults, I think it would be more in keeping with the tenets of our free, open society that PARENTS

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Public Broadcast Agency Picks GOP Appointee Over ProtestsScore another body blow by radical republicans. They have now gained control of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting by apointing as chair and CEO a former co-chair of the Republican National Committee. Talk about partisan politics. The purpose of the CPB is to protect PBS stations from political partisans and act as an insulator when

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School's Religious Intolerance Misguided, Pentagon Reports Religious intolerance for non-Christians at the U.S. Air Force Academy is due to "a lack of guidelines" concludes the Pentagon report on religious bias at the school. Overzealous evangelical Christian students and teachers made being non-christian very hard, and the school did nothing to accomodate non-christian religions. Let's see if we

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House Backs Ban On Flag Burning - New York Times The 16th time may be the charm for these uberpatriots as they pass yet another constitutional amendment proposal in the House of representatives. In the past, the sanity of the senate kept these moronic measures from being passed, but in this session of senate insanity, and with a majority of republicans in power, it could possibly be passed this

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Scribe Journal: Schiavo Takes Parting Shot At Schindlers With Grave Marker - The National Ledger And it's a hattrick for Michael Schiavo! He scores in the bitterness department when he slams his former in-laws, the Schindlers, by first, inscribing the headstone with "I kept my promise.", second, he had the date of death for Terri Sciavo listed as Feb. 25, 1990" - the date she fell into a

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Republicans give up on vote for Bolton - Politics - MSNBC.comThe senate republicans failed yet again to garner enough votes to push the Bolton ambassador appointment confirmation ahead. The measure failed by 6 votes. Bill Frist says he has given up on what he can do about it and now it is up to the president. Under the constitution, the president may appoint an ambassador while the congress is

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Newsday.com: Gov. Bush seeks new Schiavo inquiry Florida governor Jeb Bush is still poking his nose into the affairs of the Terri Schiavo case 15 years too late. He claims there is a gap of 10 - 40 minutes in the timeline of when Terri's husband found Terri collasped on the floor and when he called 9-1-1. Talk about political stink - this one reeks of playing to the hardcore religious right. He

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House votes to repeal part of Patriot Act | csmonitor.com About damned time! It seems that giving the FBI the ability to issue its own supoenas to see what folks are reading in libraries and bookstores is just a little too much even for this congress. Republicans see it as goverment intrusion; democrats see it as a privacy invasion. I see it as bad law and violation of the Fourth Amendment of the

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BBC NEWS | Americas | Bloggers' 'victory' over Iraq war memos After several weeks of silence, the mainstream media in the U.S. have finally placed the memos as frontpage news. Bloggers can take credit for keeping the pressure on to start an investigation. That pressure and the critical mass of blogs talking about the memos have led to hearings on the memos in congress. Maybe something will be

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Bushtimer CountdownI made a little countdown timer for those whho are interested in keeping track of when Bush leaves office. Let me know if it is accurate - I believe I did the math properly. All the other clocks seem to be off, or worse still, they seem to be counting down to a different date such as the election. Bush will not leave office until noon on January 20th, 2008. The page is called

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Bush Aide Changed Data on Global Warming Reports - Elites TVWhat good is a science report that has been altered for spin? Absolutely nothing. The New York Times has reported that the White House chief of staff for Envirmental Affairs, Philip Cooney, has been routinely altering the environmental reports from scientists to reflect the White House policy stances on the environment. Some changes to

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Reuters.com | American actress Anne Bancroft dies in New York Anne Bancroft, best known as "Mrs. Robinson" in The Graduate, is dead at the age of 73. The Oscar-winning star was married to Mel Brooks. She will be missed. Our hearts go out to Mel Brooks.

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Texas Gov. Signs Bill at Church SchoolGov. Perry today signed the new, harsher parental notification bill into law and a symbolic anti gay marriage resolution on a church school grounds. He continues to cater to the hardcore religious right, mainly Christians, without any regard for the constitutions of both the state and the nation. The new parental notification law will likely be challenged and

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WhiteHouse.gov / President's Press ConferenceHere is a link to the full text of this morning's press conference. They actually quote the president in the Disassemble/dissemble" misstep "THE PRESIDENT: I'm aware of the Amnesty International report, andit's absurd. It's an absurd allegation. The United States is acountry that is -- promotes freedom around the world. When there'saccusations

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Bush Calls Criticism of Guantanamo Detainee Treatment Absurb The president had a Rose Garden press conference today. In his usual way, the prez called the Amnesty International claims of abuse at Gitmo "Absurd", and he said these detainees hate America and were Trained to "disassemble", a word he said meant not to tell the truth. I believe the prez meant to use the word "dissemble" which,

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ABC News: DeLay Blasts 'Law & Order' U.S. Congressman Tom Delay is fit to be tied over NBC's airing of the Season finale "Law & Order: Criminal Intent". It seems that one of the show's detectives made a sarcastic remark in reference to right-wing extremists who killed some judges on the show. The remark was "Maybe we should put out an APB [all points bulletin] for somebody in a Tom DeLay T-shirt

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nbc30.com - Politics - Shays Blasts Bush On Threats To Veto Stem Cell Bill Senator Shays (R - Conn.) Said history would look back on Bush unkindly if the president went forward with his plans to veto the stem cell bill. The bill does not seem to have the votes in the House to override a veto, and Sen. Shays urged his fellow senators to override the president if he does veto the stem cell bill.

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Judge Rules Group Tied to DeLay Violated Election Law - New York TimesThe group Tom Delay started for campaign contribution solicitation was found to have violated the Texas Election Code when the group of five failed to report monies in excess of $100,000.00. Tom Delay is not involved in the case, he is merely the founder and beneficiary of the group. Now we wait for the Delay camp to respond.

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Texas House approves life-without-parole billThe life-without-parole option for death penalty cases was approved by the Texas house, but only after the life-with-parole option was removed from the bill. If the senate agrees and Governor Perry signs it (a lot of "ifs"), Texas would be on the road to a more enlightened attitude toward death penaly useage. Let's see if it passes. In Texas!?!?!, Yeah

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firstamendmentcenter.org: newsThe mayor of Youbgstown banned all city employees from speaking to reporters about city business. The Business Journal, a local paper/magazine, sued to overturn the mayor's ban and lost in federal court. The judge decided that the ban does not prevent the press from reporting on the city government's actions. The magazine has not decided whether to appeal the

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Newsday.com: Public, Press Attitudes Differ on AccuracyThis link is to a good story on a survey done on inaccurate reporting and revealing and acknowledging the mistake. It points out the difference in perception of the average newsreader and the journalists. Check it out.

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Rumsfeld Disputes Plane StoryIt was as if a script was handed to the Bush Administration when Rumsfeld pulled out the excuse that the shoot-down orders issued by him in the May 11 small plane incursion were untrue because the reports cited "unnamed sources". The difference between this story and the Newsweek story is that this missile story used at least two reliable senior officals who still

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Runaway Bride Is Indicted - New York Times A special grand jury in Georgia indicted infamous runaway bride Jennifer Wilbanks today. She was indicted for misdemeanor false reporting of a crime, and a felony count of making a false statement to a governemnt agency. The phone calls were made in New Mexico to police there, and later the woman called her fiance - the police chief in Duluth got on the

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DenverPost.com - From where they sit, cells are about life - Wheelchair Patients Don't Understand President's Stance A Real good article on the reaction of wheelchair patients who are hoping for more funding and research in Stem Cell developments as the ywatched the president stand on his religious soapbox and criticize the use of embyonic stem cell use and funding for more research. As long as

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US News Article | Reuters.com The pilots of the the Cessna 150 small plane came within "15 - 20 seconds" of being shot down by missiles last week in the infamous White House Incursion Incident. Clearly, no-one in the FAA or the military worried about the small plane being a real threat to the White House, but the Administration - without input from the president - acted in the worst-case scenario

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NewsMax.com: Inside Cover StoryThe above link takes you to an article that states, first, Newsweek will not fire any reporters who worked on the botched Toiletgate story. A journalist then calls for newsweek to reveal the unnamed source that reneged on his information. It does seem as if the story was actually true, but the process of confirming the story is what went wrong. Every journalist

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