Archive for February, 2007
Posted in February 27th, 2007
WorldNetDaily Al Gore deserves an Oscar for hypocrisy to go along with the two Academy Awards his movie won last night, contends a think tank from his home state Tennessee. The former vice president’s mansion in the posh Belle Meade area of Nashville consumes more electricity every month than the average American household uses in [...]
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Posted in February 27th, 2007
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Posted in February 27th, 2007
Associated Press BAGRAM, Afghanistan (AP) – A suicide bomber killed and wounded some two dozen people outside the main U.S. military base in Afghanistan on Tuesday during a visit by Vice President Dick Cheney. The Taliban claimed responsibility and said Cheney was the target. The blast happened outside the base at Bagram, north of the [...]
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Posted in February 27th, 2007
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) – Strained by the demands of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, there is a significant risk that the U.S. military won’t be able to quickly and fully respond to yet another crisis, according to a new report to Congress. The assessment, done by the nation’s top military officer, Gen. Peter Pace, [...]
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Posted in February 27th, 2007
Associated Press BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) – Iraq’s Shiite vice president narrowly escaped assassination Monday as a blast ripped through a government meeting hall just hours after it was searched by U.S. teams with bomb-sniffing dogs. At least 10 people were killed. Adel Abdul-Mahdi was slightly wounded in the explosion, which splintered chairs, destroyed a speakers’ [...]
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Posted in February 27th, 2007
USA TODAY The Washington punditocracy has proclaimed far and wide that Republicans, disenchanted with the war in Iraq, are abandoning President Bush in droves, leaving him the lamest of lame ducks. However, the latest USA TODAY/Gallup Poll suggests Bush might not be as wounded as he appears — at least not among his party faithful. [...]
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Posted in February 27th, 2007
CBS As growing season begins in California’s Central Valley, there is nothing quite as busy as a beekeeper.Farmers pay them to put their hives in their fields and orchards. “It means the difference between profit and loss for them,” says beekeeper Lance Sundberg. But beekeepers like Sundberg have a mystery in their hives this year. [...]
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Posted in February 27th, 2007
Agence France-Presse Israel will next month stage its first-ever nationwide drill simulating a nuclear and chemical missile attack on its cities, rescue services said Monday. The exercise was initiated by the army’s homefront corps in the wake of last summer’s war in Lebanon and Iran’s calls for the destruction of the Jewish state and its [...]
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Posted in February 27th, 2007
By Barbara Edtl Shelton A homeschool mom said: “It doesn’t really make much sense to “graduate” [my children] to the next “grade” because homeschoolers are usually at so many different levels. For example, my son is “officially” in 7th grade, but is way ahead of that in math and reading, but behind that level in [...]
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Posted in February 27th, 2007
Breaking Christian News “All of Jesus’ contemporaries recorded Christ rose after being dead for three days and ascended into Heaven. For 2,000 years people of faith along with countless scholars have pored over the Scriptures, confirming their veracity. A Hollywood director is the least qualified to render any determination of Biblical truth.”… Click here to [...]
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Posted in February 27th, 2007
By Gabriel Garnica, MichNews …A politician who defends the dismemberment and torture of unborn children is talking to us about “fatal abuse of children”, the integrity and sanctity of their bodies” and giving children “the greatest protection possible under the law.” The last time I checked, ripping an unborn child to pieces or stabbing his [...]
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Posted in February 27th, 2007
THE WASHINGTON TIMES The hardest part of Army Chaplain Lt. Col. Ran Dolinger’s job is the long hours, which is partly why the Army Chaplain Corps now has about 520 vacancies, its most severe shortage in history. “I go everywhere my troops go,” said Col. Dolinger, who during his 21 years of service has been [...]
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Posted in February 27th, 2007
by Jim Rutz At the start of one of his most famous monologues, comedian George Carlin declared: “This is the language you will not be hearing tonight. You will not hear me say: bottom line, game plan, role model, scenario, or hopefully. I will not kick back, mellow out, or be on a roll. I [...]
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Posted in February 27th, 2007
WorldNetDaily “We have kids writing in, saying, ‘I never realized this about abortion. I didn’t know it affects a girl. I’m changing my mind on the abortion issue. I know things I never knew before” Becky’s story starts out like many: she was young and in school when she found out she was pregnant, and [...]
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Posted in February 27th, 2007
King James Version But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.”Ah Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy [...]
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