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Immigration Bill Derailed in Senate
WASHINGTON (June 8) -- The Senate divisions that derailed a White House-backed immigration bill -- for now, at least -- mirror the U.S. society's deep differences over the issue, according to polling data, lawmakers and analysts. Those gaps will challenge any e...
Jun 8, 2007, 12:47 pm - LOTTOMIKE

Shipwreck yields estimated $500Million haul..
Taken from Yahoo.com TAMPA, Fla . - Deep-sea explorers said Friday they have mined what could be the richest shipwreck treasure in history, bringing home 17 tons of colonial-era silver and gold coins from an undisclosed site in the Atlantic Ocean. Estimated value: $500 million. A jet chartered by Tampa-based Odyssey Marine Exploration landed in th...
May 20, 2007, 7:57 am - pumpi76

Iran Says Sailors May Face Charges
LONDON (March 26) - Iran warned that 15 British sailors and marines could face charges for allegedly entering Iranian waters and rejected British requests to meet with the servicemen detained off the coast of Iraq . Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki threatened un...
Mar 26, 2007, 7:27 am - LOTTOMIKE

Lawmakers Consider Less Crack Cocaine Penalties
March 12) - Momentum is building in Congress to ease crack cocaine sentencing guidelines, which the American Civil Liberties Union and other critics say have filled prisons with low-level drug dealers and addicts whose punishments were much worse than their crimes. Federal prison sentences for possessing or selling crack have far exceeded those for powder cocaine for two decad...
Mar 13, 2007, 7:56 am - LOTTOMIKE

are we preparing to go to war with iran?
At a time when the war in Iraq is as unpopular as ever and Congress is searching for ways to turn back President Bush's 21,500-troop surge, tensions with neighboring Iran have escalated. Bush recently told NPR that if Iran escalates its military action in Iraq to the detriment of our troops and/or innocent Iraqi people, we will respond firmly. Though the president has made pains to say that the heated rhetoric is not a means of laying the groundwor...
Feb 14, 2007, 8:18 pm - LOTTOMIKE

hells angels vs. NYPD
(Feb. 1) - By the time a search warrant was issued late Monday, dozens of heavily armed police officers had spent hours in the biting cold outside a fortresslike East Village tenement that has served for decades as the New York headquarters of the Hells Angels. As sharpshooters looked on from rooftops and a police helicopter circled overhead, the standoff lasted all afternoon. Officers were first dispatched to the building Monday morning, after the brutal...
Feb 1, 2007, 3:38 pm - LOTTOMIKE

"The Question of Carter’s Cash
News around here has said there have been massive protest resignations at the Carter Center. Wonder why???? This article says 'follow the money which sounds like another Democrat selling us out to Middle East oil $$$$$$$ like Clinton did to Chinese $$$$$$$$$. Do they consider us mushrooms to be kept in the dark and fed BS or do they consider us modern day slaves to be sold to the highest...
Jan 23, 2007, 12:14 pm - konane

"Is Hillary Showing Her Age?
If Dick Morris doesn't know her, who does?? IS HILLARY SHOWING HER AGE? By DICK MORRIS EILEEN MCGANN January 5, 2006 -- The smartest thing George W. Bush did as he pursued the presidency in 2000 was to jettison his father's former campaign team and start his own bid for the White House from scratch. He realized that times had changed in the 12 years that had elapsed since his Dad was elected, and that the old guard...
Jan 6, 2007, 10:12 pm - konane

"Hillary's New Strategy: The Mom President
Giving credit where it's due, didn't know Dick Morris had a newsletter until Todd posted an article by him.... so subscribed. Just had to post this new one about Hillary reinventing herself into a cookie baking mom .... warm fuzzies, no doubt following in Pelosi's footsteps .... mother of five, grandmother. Yada, yada, yada ad nauseam for both. Pass barf bag quickly...
Dec 22, 2006, 1:33 pm - konane

Did you stand when she walked by?
I was sitting the other day in a crowded airport, waiting for a boarding call on my flight to Arizona. As I sat there, I noticed an old man sitting across from me facing the large picture window that gave passengers a view of the runway. The history of a life of hardship traced the old mans eyes as they stared into the twilight of his years, and as I watched, I saw tears rolling from those ancient steel gray eyes, leaving a trail of sadness tha...
Dec 20, 2006, 8:34 am - SirMetro