FURTHERMORE. . .

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IRAQ EXPLAINED - "The Baghdad plan itself is integrated to a holistic,
countrywide plan" - Gen. George Casey, quoted by AP

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OBAMA NATION - The following is not from the works of Barry Goldwater
but from a Chicago resident running for president: "Perhaps the single
biggest thing we could do to reduce [inner city] poverty is to encourage
teenage girls to finish high school and avoid having children out of
wedlock."

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THE PETITION to Amazon concerning its mistreatment of Jimmy Carter now
has over 15,500 signatures

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WHILE SOME MAY think that the fusty and fetid commentary of so many
journalists who went to Ivy League schools is simply a product of age,
the latest issue of the Harvard alumni magazine suggests otherwise.It
notes that in 1962, some 200 Harvard and Radcliffe students joined
"several thousand other undergraduates in picketing the White House,
demanding a 'Turn Toward Peace.' The Crimson complains that any
worthwhile ideas that the students may have are being jeopardized by
their tactic of mass protests."

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OVERHEARD IN WASHINGTON: Girl 1: "I can't believe she friended me on My
Space. I don't even like her. I mean, should I friend her back? If I do,
does this mean that I have to talk to her? Should I be nice? I'm so
confused.". . . Girl 2: "Yes, just friend her back. Rejection on My
Space is even worse than in real life."

http://eavesdropdc.blogspot.com/

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DALE WETZEL ASSOCIATED PRESS - North Dakota's Legislature is encouraging
disrespect for the law by making it illegal for a man and woman to live
together without being married, a legislator says. If North Dakota
prosecutors began enforcing the anti-cohabitation law, which provides a
30-day jail term and a $1,000 fine, the state would need a "$10 billion
prison," Sen. Tracy Potter, D-Bismarck, said Wednesday. . . Tom Freier,
a spokesman for the North Dakota Family Alliance, said repealing the
measure would signal that the state doesn't value marriage and the
societal benefits it brings. . . North Dakota is one of the few states
that outlaws cohabitation, which is defined as a man and woman living
together "openly and notoriously" as if they were married. It is listed
as a sex crime in state law, alongside adultery and incest. There are
few records of a cohabitation case being prosecuted, aside from a North
Dakota Supreme Court appeal in the 1930s. Attempts to repeal the
anti-cohabitation law have failed in the last two sessions of the
Legislature. Two years ago, a repeal bill was defeated in the North
Dakota House.

http://www.bismarcktribune.com/articles/2007/01/18/news/state/127346.txt

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AND YOU THOUGHT SWIFT BOATING WAS BAD: Insight Magazine reports that
Hillary Clinton's people are investigating a story that Barack Obama was
"raised as a Muslim by his stepfather in Indonesia. Sources close to the
background check, which has not yet been released, said Mr. Obama, 45,
spent at least four years in a so-called Madrassa, or Muslim seminary,
in Indonesia. 'He was a Muslim, but he concealed it,' the source said. .
. When contacted by Insight, Mr. Obama's press secretary said he would
consult with 'his boss' and call back. He did not. . . The sources said
the Clinton camp concluded the Illinois Democrat concealed his prior
Muslim faith and education.

http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/flash_4.html

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PODCAST WITH LEADING BRITISH ENVIRONMENTALIST JONATHAN PORRITT
http://www.electricpolitics.com/podcast/2007/01/terra_firma.html

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HOMEGROWN POWER COULD EASE ENERGY CRUNCH
http://www.stateline.org/live/details/story?contentId=165983

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JOHN MCCASLIN, WASH TIMES - For several years, Inside the Beltway has
observed the mysterious bike-riding habits of President Bush. Members of
the White House press corps, who regularly accompany the president deep
into the woods of suburban Maryland or else onto the dusty terrain of
his Texas ranch, seldom if ever actually see Mr. Bush atop a bicycle.
The big question is why? Could something secretive or covert be taking
place that doesn't involve two wheels? For instance, did Mr. Bush in
2004 really fall off of a bicycle and cut his chin, upper lip, nose,
both knees and right hand (when his Democratic opponent, Sen. John
Kerry, inquired: "Did the training wheels fall off?"), or did something
more unusual cause his injuries? Was the president actually "enjoying" a
bike ride so much during a major terrorist scare in Washington that the
Secret Service, or so we were told, didn't bother to tell him that his
own wife, Laura, and Vice President Dick Cheney had been rushed into a
secure bunker? And how about the Sunday morning not long ago when Mr.
Bush's church attire was unusually "bulky"? Immediately after the
sermon, the president in the space of seconds had shed his suit of
clothes and appeared in a brightly colored outfit that the White House
insisted was "bike-riding gear." 'I've never seen a man who hasn't been
drinking get out of a suit faster," noted Julie Mason of the Houston
Chronicle. Now, we learn of yet another bizarre twist involving a
presidential biking trek this past weekend. Mr. Bush had been
participating in an "extended" intelligence briefing in the Oval Office
with his national security team, when suddenly a half-dozen young men
and women showed up dressed in the same colorful gear worn by Mr. Bush.
The entire group, including the president, immediately climbed into
several heavily protected vehicles and sped off. But wait, there's more,
discovered in the official White House pool report: "Four of them
carried rakes and brooms along with their riding gear; why they had the
rakes and brooms with them was unclear."

http://www.washtimes.com/national/20070109-121639-6201r_page2.htm

BOOK A YOTEL: Starting this spring, you'll be able to book a mini-room
at Gatwick or Hethrow. Based on ideas British Airways' first class and
Japanese capsule hotels, the cabins will be bookable in a four hour
block with prices starting at L25 or L40 overnight.

http://www.yotel.com/index.php

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