His influence may be diminished but his zeal is undaunted. Evangelist Jerry Falwell is on a mission to keep a like-minded Republican in the White House and get at least one more conservative judge on the Supreme Court. Despite his years in the trenches of America's culture wars, Falwell -- who founded the Moral Majority political movement in 1979 and helped propel the rise of the religious right -- said a major victory in his broader crusade to restore the country's moral righteousness has so far eluded him. With abortion still legal, prayer banned in public schools and pornography rife, he sees a long struggle ahead. Some choice we have for leaders, Slim Ball’s wife, Ginrich, EGore, ObamBam, and all the others which now may include this phony nut case. To those pushing these bottom feeders on us, can you at least push someone who at least looks honest? Or are these Political Parties so corrupt this is the best they have? ...
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Editor - 09:34:00 02-08-07
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 The Skinny: Tortured By YouTube The LA Times Explains That American Politicians Are Not The Only Individuals Threatened By YouTube |
The Skinny is Hillary Profita's take on the top news of the day and the best of the Internet. It appears that our country's politicians are not the only people continually tortured by the presence of YouTube. Apparently, writes the Los Angeles Times, high school students are taking their gripes with teachers to the Web: "YouTube, MySpace and other websites are sprinkled with videos taken in high school classrooms around the country." The videos, likely taken with cell phone cameras, are of high school teachers doing things that, well, they probably would prefer were not broadcast on the Internet. At Malibu High (which is apparently an actual school and not an MTV reality series) it's become a real problem. "The Angry Teacher," for example, shows one instructor "increasingly losing his cool to a classroom of unruly students. Another shows an agitated teacher pulling a chair out from underneath a student."...
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/02/08/the_skinny/main2446533.shtml?source=RSSattr=U.S._2446533
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Editor - 09:28:00 02-08-07
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| Senate panel backs Negroponte |
A U.S. Senate panel on Thursday approved the nomination of John Negroponte, the outgoing director of national intelligence, to become deputy secretary of state, sending the nomination to the full Senate.Negroponte, a career diplomat who served as ambassador to Iraq and the United Nations, is expected to be easily confirmed by the full Senate to become the State Department's number two official, a spot vacant since Robert Zoellick left in July. ...
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Editor - 08:56:00 02-08-07
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| Iraq Offensive Off To Dramatic Start Military Says 13 Insurgents Killed In Air Strike, Locals Say 45 Civilians Dead |
A U.S. air strike Thursday killed 13 insurgents in a volatile area west of Baghdad, the military said. Local officials said 45 civilians, including women and children, died in the attack. The strike came one day after a U.S. military official said the long-awaited, joint Iraqi-U.S. offensive aimed at routing the country's virile insurgency and bringing peace to the Baghdad area had gotten under way. The military also said four U.S. Marines were killed Wednesday in fighting in Anbar province. The deaths raised to at least 3,114 members of the U.S. military who have died since the Iraq war started in March 2003, according to an AP count. American forces launched the attack after intelligence showed suspected insurgents were assembled in two safe houses for foreign fighters northeast of Amiriyah, 25 miles west of Baghdad, the military said....
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Editor - 08:55:00 02-08-07
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| U.S.: Airstrike kills 13 insurgents; 4 Marines die |
A U.S. airstrike Thursday killed 13 insurgents in a volatile area west of Baghdad, the military said. Local officials said 45 civilians, including women and children, died in the attack.American forces launched the attack after intelligence showed suspected insurgents were assembled in two safe houses for foreign fighters northeast of Amiriyah, 25 miles west of Baghdad, the military said. Five militants were detained and a weapons cache including armor-piercing ammunition was found in an initial raid on a nearby target, the military said. That operation was followed by the airstrike on the two suspected safe houses in which the military said 13 insurgents died. Police and hospital officials in the area offered a conflicting account, saying the airstrike hit the village of Zaidan south of Abu Ghraib and flattened four houses, killing 45 people, including women, children and old people....
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2007-02-08-deputy-health-minister_x.htm?csp=34
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Editor - 08:52:00 02-08-07
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| Asia faces 'growing poverty gap' |
The president of the Asian Development Bank has warned of increasing inequality across Asia. Haruhiko Kuroda also called on governments to do more to address what he called a new kind of poverty. At a conference in Vietnam, he told the BBC that China and India in particular were experiencing widening income gaps. Asia is home to many of the world's fastest growing economies - and that growth has lifted millions of people out of poverty. But the benefits of growth have not been spread equally. While many have become better off, many more remain left behind. Widening income gap Mr Kuroda said growth on its own was not enough to solve the continent's problems....
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