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12/10/2007 | Illegal Immigration, Presidential Issues
Republican Presidential Candidates Tone Down Illegal Immigration Rhetoric at Spanish Debate
FoxNews.com
CORAL GABLES, Fla. — The Republican presidential candidates sought to embrace Hispanics in a Spanish language debate, striving to mark common ground with a growing voter bloc while softening the anti-illegal immigration rhetoric that has marked their past encounters. The candidates avoided the harsh exchanges and name-calling of their most recent debate, while still emphasizing the need for border security and an end to illegal immigration. The polite debate Sunday night came less than four weeks before the Iowa caucuses that traditionally start off the months of primary contests in which the parties decide on their final candidates. In the topsy-turvy race, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee has bolted to the lead in Iowa. Only Sen. John McCain warned that harsh immigration views voiced by some Republicans have driven Hispanics away from the party. The senator from the border state of Arizona has stood apart from most of his Republican rivals because he supported changing immigration laws and creating a path for citizenship for illegal immigrants. "I think some of the rhetoric that many Hispanics hear about illegal immigration makes some of them believe that we are not in favor of or seek the support of Hispanic citizens in this country," he said.
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David Bossie, President, Citizens UnitedDemos Chrissos, Writer/Producer, RapidResponse Media, Inc.Chuck Colson, Prison FellowshipTom DeLay, Former House Majority Leader, United States House of RepresentativesWilliam Devlin, National President, Redeem The VoteJessica Echard, Executive Director, Eagle ForumJames Edwards, Cofounder, Olive, Edwards, & Cooper, LLCSteve Elliott, President, Grassfire.orgJoseph Farah, CEO, Founder, WorldNetDailyFrank Gaffney, Founder and President , Center for Security PolicyRick Green, President, Torch of Freedom FoundationColin Hanna, Colin Hanna, President, Let Freedom Ring USADr. Janice Hollis, Bishop, Progressive Believers MinistriesBishop Harry R. Jackson, Senior Pastor, Hope Christian ChurchGary Marx, Executive Director, Judicial Confirmation NetworkJoe Murray, Columnist, The BulletinGrover Norquist, President, Americans for Tax Reform (ATR)12/10/2007 | Religious Persecution
5 Die in Colo. Church, Mission Attacks
ABC News
Authorities searched a home in suburban Englewood early Monday, seeking any link between two deadly shooting sprees at Christian religious centers that left both communities baffled and stunned. Five people, including a gunman, died in the attacks Sunday at a megachurch in Colorado Springs and at the Youth With a Mission missionary center in the Denver suburb of Arvada. Five others were wounded. "Violent crimes of any sort are tragic enough, but when innocent people are killed in a religious facility or a place of worship, we must voice a collective sense of outrage and demonstrate a renewed commitment to keeping our communities safe," said Gov. Bill Ritter.
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Zakariah Anani, Shoebat FoundationWilliam Devlin, National President, Redeem The VoteJoseph Farah, CEO, Founder, WorldNetDailyTodd Friel, Radio Host, Way of the MasterColin Hanna, Colin Hanna, President, Let Freedom Ring USABishop Harry R. Jackson, Senior Pastor, Hope Christian ChurchPeter Lillback, President, Westminster Theological SeminaryJan Markell, President, Olive Tree MinistriesJoe Murray, Columnist, The BulletinJeff Myers, Incoming President, Summit MinistriesKamal Saleem, Shoebat FoundationPhyllis Schlafly, President and Founder, Eagle ForumDon Shenk, Executive Director, The Tide12/6/2007 | Religious Persecution, Presidential Issues, Freedom of Religion
Romney’s Faith Speech; Will it Work with Evangelicals?
FoxNews.com
Mitt Romney will walk a tightrope Thursday, delivering a speech on religion's place in U.S. politics that is being billed as an attempt for the Republican presidential candidate to get out in front of questions about his Mormon faith and convince voters Mormonism is not a reason to avoid his candidacy. The top-tier GOP hopeful and his aides have stressed that the address, to be delivered at the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library in College Station, Texas, will not be a “primer on Mormonism,” nor will it be the Mormon version of John F. Kennedy's speech during the 1960 campaign addressing prejudices against Catholicism. But the potentially landmark address, titled "Faith in America," could be a pivotal moment, for better or worse. In excerpts of the speech released to the press ahead of the 10:30 a.m. EST address, Romney says that having to outline his religion to win the post of president is unconstitutional.
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Zakariah Anani, Shoebat FoundationRev. Clenard Childress, Jr., Assistant Director, Life Education and Resource NetworkChuck Colson, Prison FellowshipTom DeLay, Former House Majority Leader, United States House of RepresentativesLen Deo, President, New Jersey Family Policy CouncilWilliam Devlin, National President, Redeem The VoteChuck Donovan, Senior Research Fellow-DeVos Center for Religion a, The Heritage FoundationJoseph Farah, CEO, Founder, WorldNetDailyTodd Friel, Radio Host, Way of the MasterFrank Gaffney, Founder and President , Center for Security PolicyRick Green, President, Torch of Freedom FoundationColin Hanna, Colin Hanna, President, Let Freedom Ring USADr. Janice Hollis, Bishop, Progressive Believers MinistriesBishop Harry R. Jackson, Senior Pastor, Hope Christian ChurchPeter Lillback, President, Westminster Theological SeminaryJan Markell, President, Olive Tree MinistriesGary Marx, Executive Director, Judicial Confirmation NetworkAlex McFarland, President, Southern Evangelical SeminaryRyan Messmore, William E. Simon fellow in Religion and a Free Soc, The Heritage FoundationJoe Murray, Columnist, The BulletinJeff Myers, Incoming President, Summit MinistriesGrover Norquist, President, Americans for Tax Reform (ATR)Elizabeth Racine, Founder, Moralert.comKamal Saleem, Shoebat FoundationPhyllis Schlafly, President and Founder, Eagle ForumDon Shenk, Executive Director, The TideLorianne Updike, President & Executive Director, The Constitutional Sources ProjectCharl Van Wyk, Pastor/Author, “Shooting Back–The Right & Duty of Self-Defence"David Wheaton, Author, Speaker, Radio Talk Show Host, TheChristianWorldview.com12/6/2007 | Iran
Israel challenges report on nukes
Washington Times
TEL AVIV — Israeli officials yesterday disputed the conclusions of Monday's surprise U.S. assessment of Iran's nuclear program, citing "clear and solid intelligence" that Iran is continuing to develop nuclear weapons to threaten Israel and Europe. "We have no doubt," said one Israeli official, who requested to remain anonymous. "If one looks at the investment, if one looks at the nature of the project, if you look at the cost to the Iranian economy, there is no logical explanation other than that the Iranian program is not benign." The intelligence assessment revealed a rare open rift between the intelligence communities of two allies, which have cooperated closely and share almost all their information about Iran's nuclear program. The U.S. National Intelligence Estimate said that Iran froze its program to develop a nuclear weapon four years ago, while it continues to engage in uranium-enrichment activity.
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Joel Anderson, Assemblyman, California State AssemblyMajor Eric Egland, Author, The Troops Need You, America: Six Ways to Help...Joseph Farah, CEO, Founder, WorldNetDailyPaul "Dave" Gaubatz, Owner-Director, Wahhabi CT PublicationsJan Markell, President, Olive Tree MinistriesKamal Saleem, Shoebat FoundationWalid Shoebat, President, Shoebat Foundation12/6/2007 | Gun Control, Presidential Issues
'Now I'll Be Famous': Omaha Gunman Kills 8, Himself
ABC News
Kicked out of his home, fired from his job and dumped by his girlfriend. People who knew Robert Hawkins, the young man police say killed eight people then himself inside a Omaha, Neb., mall Wednesday, say he was an "introverted troubled young man." Five people were also injured during the afternoon shooting spree inside the Westroads Mall. The sound of gunfire sent people fleeing in all directions while others hid in clothes racks and dressing rooms. Hawkins was found dead on the third floor of the Von Maur department store after apparently opening fire on shoppers on lower floors. He was wearing a military-style haircut and black outfit, witnesses said. Police Chief Thomas Warren said the shooting appeared to be random. He would not release the victims' identities Wednesday night and gave no motive for the attack, but promised more details in a news conference scheduled for this morning.
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Chuck Colson, Prison FellowshipTom DeLay, Former House Majority Leader, United States House of RepresentativesWilliam Devlin, National President, Redeem The VoteFrank Gaffney, Founder and President , Center for Security PolicyJames Gelfand, Senior Manager of Health Policy, U.S. Chamber of CommerceRick Green, President, Torch of Freedom FoundationColin Hanna, Colin Hanna, President, Let Freedom Ring USADr. Janice Hollis, Bishop, Progressive Believers MinistriesBishop Harry R. Jackson, Senior Pastor, Hope Christian ChurchGary Marx, Executive Director, Judicial Confirmation NetworkJoe Murray, Columnist, The BulletinGrover Norquist, President, Americans for Tax Reform (ATR)Charl Van Wyk, Pastor/Author, “Shooting Back–The Right & Duty of Self-Defence"12/5/2007 | Iraq, Radical Islam, Terrorism
'Video aired' of Briton kidnapped in Iraq
USA Today
BAGHDAD (AP) — Captors holding five Britons demanded Tuesday that Britain pull all its forces from Iraq, posting a videotape showing a bearded, haggard-looking victim more than six months after the group was kidnapped. The purported hostage, speaking clearly with a British accent, identified himself as "Jason" and gave the date as more than two weeks ago. He sat under a sign in Arabic identifying the captors as "The Islamic Shiite Resistance in Iraq." "My name is Jason. Today is November 18," he said, alternately glancing at the camera and downward, perhaps at a piece of paper. "I have been here now for 173 days and I feel we have been forgotten." No other hostage was shown. The video was posted as Britain prepares to hand over security control of oil-rich Basra province — the last of four regions of southern Iraq it occupied after the 2003 invasion — to the Iraqis in mid-December. One expert suggested a motivation for the rare broadcast of a video by a purported Shiite group could be to project the handover as a victory for the militia factions battling for control of the area.
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Zakariah Anani, Shoebat FoundationJoel Anderson, Assemblyman, California State AssemblyWilliam Devlin, National President, Redeem The VoteMajor Eric Egland, Author, The Troops Need You, America: Six Ways to Help...Joseph Farah, CEO, Founder, WorldNetDailyPaul "Dave" Gaubatz, Owner-Director, Wahhabi CT PublicationsColin Hanna, Colin Hanna, President, Let Freedom Ring USAPeter Lillback, President, Westminster Theological SeminaryJan Markell, President, Olive Tree MinistriesKamal Saleem, Shoebat FoundationWalid Shoebat, President, Shoebat FoundationWilliam Sutter, Executive Director, The Friends of IsraelTimothy Watkins, Producer/Director, Renegade ProductionsDavid Wheaton, Author, Speaker, Radio Talk Show Host, TheChristianWorldview.com12/5/2007 | Global Warming
Historic vote on global warming
Baltimore Sun
U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Wednesday is expected to debate amendments to a bill proposed by Sens. Lieberman of Connecticut and Warner of Virginia that would create a "cap and trade" system designed to cut total U.S. greenhouse-gas emissions. These systems require industries to pay fees when they emit carbon dioxide or other greenhouses gases above a set limit, with the money going to reward cleaner businesses. Europe tried a pollution credit trading system to curb carbon dioxide emissions after it passed the Kyoto Protocol in 1997, and power companies worked the system to make billions in profits. Electricity customers paid higher bills, thinking they were contributing to a cooler planet. But their money just went into the pockets of the electric companies, which didn't end up actually cutting down on their carbon dioxide emissions. Republicans on the committee are unlikely to vote in favor of the bill's current requirements. Voinovich said: 'I have significant reservations about the bill. I have recently heard the concerns of a variety of constituents, including both industry and labor representatives, who are especially concerned that the bill presents an overly aggressive first phase of emissions reductions that will hit well before we can reasonably expect commercially available technologies to deal with the problem.'
12/5/2007 | Iran
Ahmadinejad: Report a Victory for Iran
ABC News
A new U.S. intelligence review concluding Iran stopped developing an atomic weapons program in 2003 is a "declaration of victory" for Iran's nuclear program, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Wednesday. Russia's foreign minister, meanwhile, indicated that the U.S. report's findings undermined Washington's push for a new set of U.N. sanctions against Iran. The U.S. intelligence report released Monday concluded that Iran had stopped its weapons program in late 2003 and shown no signs since of resuming it, representing a sharp turnaround from a previous intelligence assessment in 2005. "This is a declaration of victory for the Iranian nation against the world powers over the nuclear issue," Ahmadinejad told thousands of people during a visit to Ilam province in western Iran. "This was a final shot to those who, in the past several years, spread a sense of threat and concern in the world through lies of nuclear weapons," Ahmadinejad said, drawing celebratory whistles from the crowd.
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Joel Anderson, Assemblyman, California State AssemblyMajor Eric Egland, Author, The Troops Need You, America: Six Ways to Help...Joseph Farah, CEO, Founder, WorldNetDailyPaul "Dave" Gaubatz, Owner-Director, Wahhabi CT PublicationsJan Markell, President, Olive Tree MinistriesKamal Saleem, Shoebat FoundationWalid Shoebat, President, Shoebat Foundation12/4/2007 | Terrorism
Experts see rise in Western-looking recruits training in terrorist camps
NY Daily News
WASHINGTON - The latest crop of Al Qaeda recruits is salted with white, Anglo-featured converts from Europe who look more like TV's Jack Bauer than Osama Bin Laden. U.S. officials are worried about fair-skinned Al Qaeda killers with light-colored eyes, who most Americans would never suspect as Muslim jihadis ready to die in martyrdom missions like Sept. 11. "It is a very big concern," a top counterterror official told the Daily News of the possibility that real-life terrorists resemble Kiefer Sutherland's character on "24." The Europeans have been spotted in Pakistan's tribal belt bordering Afghanistan, where a resurgent Al Qaeda runs small training camps. "Al Qaeda is attempting to recruit 'Western' individuals to better blend into European and American societies," a senior military officer who monitors secret reports on the region said. "It's a continuing concern for the intelligence community." The danger is that they may blend in back home - or take advantage of the visa-waiver program the U.S. shares with Eurpean allies that eliminates a key layer of scrutiny for travelers. The travel loophole allows 15 million people to enter the U.S. from 18 European countries without visas, including Britain, France, Germany and Norway. Intelligence on white jihadis cropped up long before Bin Laden warned Europe last week to leave Afghanistan in a new tape. Top CIA official John Kringen told lawmakers earlier this year that he was "very concerned" about Al Qaeda using Europe as "a launching point for bringing terrorists into the United States."
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Zakariah Anani, Shoebat FoundationJoel Anderson, Assemblyman, California State AssemblyMajor Eric Egland, Author, The Troops Need You, America: Six Ways to Help...Joseph Farah, CEO, Founder, WorldNetDailyPaul "Dave" Gaubatz, Owner-Director, Wahhabi CT PublicationsColin Hanna, Colin Hanna, President, Let Freedom Ring USAPeter Lillback, President, Westminster Theological SeminaryJan Markell, President, Olive Tree MinistriesKamal Saleem, Shoebat FoundationWalid Shoebat, President, Shoebat FoundationTimothy Watkins, Producer/Director, Renegade Productions12/4/2007 | Iran
Iran welcomes US nuclear report
BBC NEWS
Iran has welcomed a major US intelligence report which suggests its government is not currently trying to develop nuclear weapons. The latest National Intelligence Estimate says it is now believed Iran stopped its weapons programme in 2003. Tehran has always maintained its nuclear programme is being developed purely for peaceful purposes. But the US and other Western powers say Iran is trying to build a nuclear weapons capability. Iran is currently under UN Security Council and unilateral US sanctions. But the BBC News website's world affairs correspondent, Paul Reynolds, says the question of sanctions remains active because Iran is still defying Security Council calls for it to suspend uranium enrichment. The standoff is now likely to continue indefinitely but at a lower temperature, he says.
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Joel Anderson, Assemblyman, California State AssemblyMajor Eric Egland, Author, The Troops Need You, America: Six Ways to Help...Joseph Farah, CEO, Founder, WorldNetDailyPaul "Dave" Gaubatz, Owner-Director, Wahhabi CT PublicationsJan Markell, President, Olive Tree MinistriesKamal Saleem, Shoebat FoundationWalid Shoebat, President, Shoebat Foundation12/4/2007 | Freedom of Religion
First Christmas Cards to Incorporate Christ and Your Family Photo
TrueChristmasCards.com
TrueChristmasCards.com, LLC, announces the launch of the first-ever, complete line of Christmas cards which uniquely combine a true Christmas message celebrating the birth of Christ along with a beautiful religious image and your favorite family photo. “Every year I struggle with Christmas cards,” says founder Beth Racine, who had always wished for a beautiful card with a true Christmas message that would also incorporate the photo of her children that she likes to include each year. “My heart is broken by the way Christmas has become secularized and the resulting lack of beautiful cards that celebrate JESUS and the true meaning of the Christmas season.” said Mrs. Racine. ”Staying in touch with friends and extended family during the Christmas season is, oftentimes, one of our few chances to communicate with each other. My faith is important to me, and I didn’t want to leave Jesus out of His own celebration just for the convenience of including my children’s photo.” This year, the graphic designer decided that she would be the one to address this problem with the help of a talented team of family, friends, and consultants. The Philadelphia-area start-up had planned to do a limited test with one church this year, but the response was so overwhelming that the “one church” test quickly became churches and schools in a number of states around the country. When church pastors and the principals of the schools see the cards, they recognize a wonderful tool for evangelism. “One of our most blessed Holy Days has been secularized to the point that it is sometimes difficult to find the Christ in Christmas,” says Rev. Michael Picard, pastor of the Church of St. Andrew in Newtown, PA. Father Picard was the first pastor to react to the cards, and he has quickly made them available to his parishioners. In addition, TrueChristmasCards.com donates a percentage of the competitively-priced cards back to the church or faith-based non-profit organizations that participate. Ordering is done online, and the cards ship in 3 days. There are many designs from which to choose at www.TrueChristmasCards.com. During this inaugural year for TrueChristmasCards.com, orders will be limited to the first 5,000 orders. Subsequent orders can be placed on the list for Christmas 2008. The deadline for Christmas 2007 is December 18. “Our goal is to get Christ back in Christmas……….one Christmas Card at a time!”
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Rev. Clenard Childress, Jr., Assistant Director, Life Education and Resource NetworkLen Deo, President, New Jersey Family Policy CouncilWilliam Devlin, National President, Redeem The VoteChuck Donovan, Senior Research Fellow-DeVos Center for Religion a, The Heritage FoundationTodd Friel, Radio Host, Way of the MasterRick Green, President, Torch of Freedom FoundationColin Hanna, Colin Hanna, President, Let Freedom Ring USADr. Janice Hollis, Bishop, Progressive Believers MinistriesBishop Harry R. Jackson, Senior Pastor, Hope Christian ChurchPeter Lillback, President, Westminster Theological SeminaryAlex McFarland, President, Southern Evangelical SeminaryRyan Messmore, William E. Simon fellow in Religion and a Free Soc, The Heritage FoundationJoe Murray, Columnist, The BulletinJeff Myers, Incoming President, Summit MinistriesElizabeth Racine, Founder, Moralert.comPhyllis Schlafly, President and Founder, Eagle ForumDon Shenk, Executive Director, The TideLorianne Updike, President & Executive Director, The Constitutional Sources ProjectCharl Van Wyk, Pastor/Author, “Shooting Back–The Right & Duty of Self-Defence"David Wheaton, Author, Speaker, Radio Talk Show Host, TheChristianWorldview.com12/3/2007 | Radical Islam
'Don't let teddy bear b-tch see light of day'
WorldNetDaily - Mideast terror leaders tell Sudan: 'She must be stoned or fired on'
Mideast terrorist leaders are threatening to kill a British teacher imprisoned in Sudan for allowing her students to name a teddy bear Muhammad, accusing the teacher of engaging in missionary activity in interviews with WND Jerusalem bureau chief Aaron Klein. Some terror leaders warned of retaliatory attacks against U.S. and British targets. During today's interviews, Klein petitioned the Islamic terrorists to respond to recent notorious Muslim desecration of other religions' holy sites and asked them whether they considered it hypocritical they are currently protesting the teddy bear report. While the teacher, Gillian Gibbons, has been the target of violent street protests in Sudan, the jihadi leaders' threats mark the first time Mideast terror groups responded to the high-profile case. "We call on our Sudanese brothers to prepare themselves with explosive belts and not allow this bitch to see the light of day," said Muhammad Abdel-Al, spokesman and a senior leader of the Gaza-based Popular Resistance Committees terror group. "I pray to Allah that I could have the opportunity to go to Sudan with my brothers to slaughter this unbeliever Christian. We ask the Sudanese to execute her in [the] hardest way. Any execution must be public; she must be stoned or fired on and the punishment must be harsh," Abdel-Al told Klein.
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Zakariah Anani, Shoebat FoundationWilliam Devlin, National President, Redeem The VoteMajor Eric Egland, Author, The Troops Need You, America: Six Ways to Help...Paul "Dave" Gaubatz, Owner-Director, Wahhabi CT PublicationsColin Hanna, Colin Hanna, President, Let Freedom Ring USAPeter Lillback, President, Westminster Theological SeminaryJan Markell, President, Olive Tree MinistriesKamal Saleem, Shoebat FoundationWalid Shoebat, President, Shoebat FoundationWilliam Sutter, Executive Director, The Friends of IsraelDavid Wheaton, Author, Speaker, Radio Talk Show Host, TheChristianWorldview.com12/3/2007 | Presidential Issues
Republican and Democratic Candidates Locked in Iowa Dead Heat
FoxNews.com
DES MOINES, Iowa — Call it a brave new world in Iowa presidential politics. The races for both the Republican and Democratic nominations here are toss ups as voting approaches, a double-dose of fluidity unseen in decades. At the same time, the effect of winning — or losing — the leadoff Iowa caucuses in 2008 is anyone's guess. Will Iowa christen the nominees and give them steam to run the table of rapid-fire primaries? Or will the state set the stage for upsets in next-up New Hampshire five days later? Regardless of the answer, dogfights on both sides are certain in the five weeks until Iowans caucus. A poll released Sunday by The Des Moines Register shows both races in dead heats. With a 4.4 percentage point margin of error, Mike Huckabee had 29 percent to Mitt Romney's 24 percent and Rudy Giuliani's 13 percent. Among Democrats, Barack Obama got 28 percent, while Hillary Rodham Clinton had 25 percent, and John Edwards had 23 percent. Other candidates were in single digits. More than half of likely caucus-goers in both races say they could change their minds. A chunk are undecided.
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Chuck Colson, Prison FellowshipTom DeLay, Former House Majority Leader, United States House of RepresentativesWilliam Devlin, National President, Redeem The VoteFrank Gaffney, Founder and President , Center for Security PolicyRick Green, President, Torch of Freedom FoundationColin Hanna, Colin Hanna, President, Let Freedom Ring USADr. Janice Hollis, Bishop, Progressive Believers MinistriesBishop Harry R. Jackson, Senior Pastor, Hope Christian ChurchGary Marx, Executive Director, Judicial Confirmation NetworkJoe Murray, Columnist, The BulletinGrover Norquist, President, Americans for Tax Reform (ATR)12/3/2007 | Freedom of Speech
Apologetic Imus returns to the airwaves
NY Daily News
Don Imus returned to the radio Monday morning - almost eight months after he was fired for making racially-charged remarks about members of the Rutgers women's basketball team, by saying: "What happened is what should have happened." Imus' new show, a simulcast between WABC (770 AM) and the cable network RFD-TV, began with the host talking for about 15 minutes about the Rutgers drama. What he realized, he said, is that "even if I'm a good person, that doesn't give me license to say something reprehensible about people who don't deserve it." He referred to the new show as a "second chance" and a "rejuvenation," and he has added two black members to his regular cast: comic Karith Foster, who used to work on "The View," and comic Tony Powell, who yesterday was doing sports.
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David Bossie, President, Citizens UnitedRev. Clenard Childress, Jr., Assistant Director, Life Education and Resource NetworkWard Connerly, Author/Founder and Chairman, American Civil Rights InstituteTom DeLay, Former House Majority Leader, United States House of RepresentativesLen Deo, President, New Jersey Family Policy CouncilChuck Donovan, Senior Research Fellow-DeVos Center for Religion a, The Heritage FoundationJessica Echard, Executive Director, Eagle ForumTim G. Echols, President/Founder, TeenPactSteve Elliott, President, Grassfire.orgJoseph Farah, CEO, Founder, WorldNetDailyTodd Friel, Radio Host, Way of the MasterJames Gelfand, Senior Manager of Health Policy, U.S. Chamber of CommerceRick Green, President, Torch of Freedom FoundationColin Hanna, Colin Hanna, President, Let Freedom Ring USABishop Harry R. Jackson, Senior Pastor, Hope Christian ChurchPeter Lillback, President, Westminster Theological SeminaryGary Marx, Executive Director, Judicial Confirmation NetworkRyan Messmore, William E. Simon fellow in Religion and a Free Soc, The Heritage FoundationJoe Murray, Columnist, The BulletinJeff Myers, Incoming President, Summit MinistriesJesse Lee Peterson, Founder and President, Brotherhood Organization of a New DestinyPhyllis Schlafly, President and Founder, Eagle ForumDon Shenk, Executive Director, The TideTony Strickland, Taxpayer AdvocateLorianne Updike, President & Executive Director, The Constitutional Sources ProjectTimothy Watkins, Producer/Director, Renegade Productions11/29/2007 | Israel
U.S. cannot impose vision on Mideast, Bush says
CNN.com
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Bush on Wednesday told CNN he would personally "facilitate" peace negotiations between the Palestinians and Israelis, saying the formation of a democratic Palestinian state was the best way to bring peace to the region. "A democracy on Israel's border is important for Israel's security and that very democracy is important for the Palestinians to have a hopeful life," Bush said. "It is also important for the broader Middle East." Bush's comments come a day after a summit at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, in which Israeli and Palestinian leaders agreed on a framework for future peace talks. The sides set the end of 2008 as a goal for completing a peace treaty. Bush made the comments during an interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer.
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William Devlin, National President, Redeem The VotePaul "Dave" Gaubatz, Owner-Director, Wahhabi CT PublicationsPeter Lillback, President, Westminster Theological SeminaryJan Markell, President, Olive Tree MinistriesWalid Shoebat, President, Shoebat FoundationWilliam Sutter, Executive Director, The Friends of Israel11/29/2007 | Iran, Terrorism
Iran talks to Taliban, unsure of al Qaeda: Germany
Reuters
BERLIN (Reuters) - Iran is talking to the Taliban but has a "very ambivalent" attitude towards al Qaeda, a third major foe of the United States, a top European security official said. Tehran's relations with the Taliban and al Qaeda are of key importance because of Washington's concerns they could carry out damaging attacks on the United States and its allies in the Middle East and Afghanistan. The United States would be particularly wary of any growing relationship between the three as Tehran is looking for support in case of a possible U.S. strike on its nuclear facilities, which Washington says are being used to develop a nuclear bomb. "I certainly believe the Iranians are conducting talks with the Taliban," August Hanning, Germany's deputy interior minister and former head of its BND spy agency, told Reuters in an interview. He noted that Iran has also acknowledged holding some senior al Qaeda figures for years, possibly under some form of house arrest, and said Tehran might seek to use them as a "bargaining chip" against the West. Although talks are under way with Iran over a diplomatic solution concerning Tehran's nuclear program, Washington has not ruled out military strikes on its atomic facilities. Iran says it wants nuclear energy to generate electricity.
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Zakariah Anani, Shoebat FoundationJoel Anderson, Assemblyman, California State AssemblyMajor Eric Egland, Author, The Troops Need You, America: Six Ways to Help...Joseph Farah, CEO, Founder, WorldNetDailyPaul "Dave" Gaubatz, Owner-Director, Wahhabi CT PublicationsColin Hanna, Colin Hanna, President, Let Freedom Ring USAPeter Lillback, President, Westminster Theological SeminaryJan Markell, President, Olive Tree MinistriesKamal Saleem, Shoebat FoundationWalid Shoebat, President, Shoebat FoundationTimothy Watkins, Producer/Director, Renegade Productions11/29/2007 | Presidential Issues
Campaign trail rancor carries into GOP debate
CNN.com
ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (CNN) -- The acrimony from the Republican campaign trail carried over quickly into the CNN/YouTube GOP presidential debate Wednesday. With five weeks to go until the first contest of the 2008 nominating season, the Republican candidates engaged in a free-for-all, trying to differentiate their views on immigration, the Iraq war, abortion, gun control and even whether they believed every word in the Bible was true. Unlike previous debates in which the candidates focused most of their attacks on Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton, Wednesday night's attacks were launched at each other. Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney traded jabs over illegal immigration, something they have been arguing about on the trail for the past month. Romney attacked Giuliani's record, saying that as mayor, he promoted illegal immigration. And Giuliani shot back, accusing Romney of having a "sanctuary mansion" at his own home.
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Chuck Colson, Prison FellowshipTom DeLay, Former House Majority Leader, United States House of RepresentativesWilliam Devlin, National President, Redeem The VoteFrank Gaffney, Founder and President , Center for Security PolicyRick Green, President, Torch of Freedom FoundationColin Hanna, Colin Hanna, President, Let Freedom Ring USADr. Janice Hollis, Bishop, Progressive Believers MinistriesBishop Harry R. Jackson, Senior Pastor, Hope Christian ChurchGary Marx, Executive Director, Judicial Confirmation NetworkJoe Murray, Columnist, The BulletinGrover Norquist, President, Americans for Tax Reform (ATR)11/28/2007 | Iran, Iraq, Israel
Mideast in step for historic talks, with U.S. as middle man
USA Today
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Palestinian and Israeli leaders agreed Tuesday to renew long-dormant peace talks under the watchful eye of the United States, which will judge whether each side is meeting its commitments. Speaking to delegates from more than 40 countries, including 16 from Arab nations, the two leaders pledged to address the tough issues that have doomed Middle East peace efforts for decades. But they noted many roadblocks remain. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told the conference that Israel must address the issue of Jewish settlements, the desire of Palestinian refugees to return to their former homes and his people's desire to have their capital in East Jerusalem. "Each one of us must pitch in … in order to overcome the obstacles we will face," he said.
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Joel Anderson, Assemblyman, California State AssemblyWilliam Devlin, National President, Redeem The VoteMajor Eric Egland, Author, The Troops Need You, America: Six Ways to Help...Joseph Farah, CEO, Founder, WorldNetDailyPaul "Dave" Gaubatz, Owner-Director, Wahhabi CT PublicationsPeter Lillback, President, Westminster Theological SeminaryJan Markell, President, Olive Tree MinistriesKamal Saleem, Shoebat FoundationWalid Shoebat, President, Shoebat FoundationWilliam Sutter, Executive Director, The Friends of Israel11/28/2007 | Presidential Issues
Youtubers add primary color
Boston Herald
Jittery candidates fearing the loss of presidential prestige during tonight’s CNN/YouTube debate may have a point - if Cheeta, a global-warming-fearing monkey is chosen to zing the pack. Or a pot-crazed “Doors” fan having his marijuana moment. Or various youngsters worried about the ozone, the right to vote and the sharp girl asking if candidates should pass a proficency test before advancing - just as she must at school. They’re just a few of the nearly 5,000 questions bleary-eyed CNN editors must cut down to 40 before tonight’s debate in St. Petersburg, Fla. (8 p.m. on CNN.) Some of the candidates were reluctant to attend, but a full lineup is expected.
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Chuck Colson, Prison FellowshipTom DeLay, Former House Majority Leader, United States House of RepresentativesWilliam Devlin, National President, Redeem The VoteFrank Gaffney, Founder and President , Center for Security PolicyRick Green, President, Torch of Freedom FoundationColin Hanna, Colin Hanna, President, Let Freedom Ring USADr. Janice Hollis, Bishop, Progressive Believers MinistriesBishop Harry R. Jackson, Senior Pastor, Hope Christian ChurchGary Marx, Executive Director, Judicial Confirmation NetworkJoe Murray, Columnist, The BulletinGrover Norquist, President, Americans for Tax Reform (ATR)11/28/2007 | Education, Gender Issues
Cross-dressing day sparks school exodus
WorldNetDaily
A public school's "gender-bender" cross-dressing event, where boys were supposed to dress as girls and girls as boys, has prompted at least dozens, perhaps hundreds, of students to flee the tax-supported institutions in Iowa. Many of the parents apparently are members of the Christ Apostolic Temple in Des Moines, which teaches a biblically based doctrine of rejecting the world's values. "Christ Apostolic Temple Inc. Fellowship ... is a Bible-based organization that believes one must 'come out from among them and be ye separate.' (2 Cor. 6:14-17)," the organization's website says. That apparently includes cross-dressing, an event which has found sponsorship in other arenas from the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network, which has promoted a school lesson plan for teaching boys and girls to cross-dress. State officials in Des Moines confirmed to WND that at least 80 children whose parents were alarmed by the "Gender-Bender Day" during homecoming week at the city's East High School have moved their children from the various districts in the area into homeschooling plans. Several parents told WND that the number could be in the hundreds.
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