From Beijing to Bongs

Swimmer Micheal Phelps and a sheriff are forced to treat seriously a crime that shouldn't be one. Our marijuana laws have been ludicrous for as long as we've been alive. Sheriff Leon Lott is threatening charges...

Manhunt for man who Robbed, Severely Beat Elderly Woman

WIS-TV in Columbia, South Carolina is reporting  that the Richland County sheriff's deputies are looking for a man they say robbed and severely beat an elderly woman (See Sketch)" Sheriff Leon Lott said the...

The Power of Public Opinion vs. the Public Opinion of Power

Ecuador has formally told the Bush administration that the US military must vacate its base in the Ecuadorian city of Manta once its lease expires next year. The US has used the Manta base for the past decade to lead anti-drug flights throughout Latin America. Ecuador’s...

GOP Stunned By Loss in Mississippi

"In a major blow to national Republicans, a Mississippi congressional seat that once voted for President Bush by a twenty-five point margin elected a Democrat on Tuesday. Prentiss County Chancery Clerk Travis Childers beat out Republican candidate Greg Davis, the mayor of...

A Columbia, SC Sheriff's Deputy Wounded in a Shooting Over Drug Raid

" COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) - A Richland County Sheriff's Deputy has been wounded in a shooting off Laredo Drive near Broad River Road and I-20. That's near Columbia High School. Richland County Sheriff's...

Trent Lott to Resign by End of Year

Another Republican Senator to retire, this time it's the #2."Sen. Trent Lott of Mississippi, the Senate's No. 2 Republican, plans to resign his seat by the end of the year, congressional and Bush administration...

Once more unto the breach

"This is an open letter to Trent Lott, from my bro-in-law, on duty somewhere in the Atlantic… Dear Senator Lott: As a native Mississippian, and an excellent customer of the Internal Revenue Service, I am writing to ask for your assistance. I have contacted the...

The Eye Opening Ignorance Of The Democrats’ New Intelligence Chairman [an ...

"Forty years ago, Sgt. Silvestre Reyes was a helicopter crew chief flying dangerous combat missions in South Vietnam from the top of a soaring rocky outcrop near the sea called Marble Mountain. After the war, it...

Washington Bureau [news]

News Headlines.

Welcome Back, Trent Lott! - La Shawn Barber

"Last week, Republican senator Trent Lott was selected by his colleagues to serve as Senate Minority Whip in the next Congress. All I can say is…Welcome back, Mr. Lott! The GOP’s decision was met with...

What Trent Lott Brings to the Party

"The election of the once disgraced politician as the number two Senate Republican may mean that the G.O.P. has no intention of getting along too well with the new party in power. To some observers, the choice of Trent Lott as the new number two Republican in the Senate may...

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Opinion & News.

What Lott's Win May Foreshadow - Yahoo! News

" Lott's win for the #2 GOP slot in the Senate was unexpected, though not entirely surprising. I suspect it is a triumph for Republicans in the Senate who want to take a considerably more aggressive posture with the new Democratic majority. Lott is in a far better position...

The Hill [news]

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Lou Dobbs' Dubious Guest List

Utah part of the territory of Aztlan that rightfully belongs to Mexico?
 

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