US Rep. Ron Paul, a strict constitutionalist and fierce anti-war critic, will formally declare his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination Monday when he appears as a guest on a C-SPAN call-in program. Paul, R-Texas, created a president
A top Turkish general on Saturday reaffirmed Ankara's right under international law to send troops into northern Iraq to crush Turkish Kurdish rebels hiding there if it saw it. The comments by General Ilker Basbug, head of Turkey's land forc
(Just as a side note, hate this "difference" between liberals and conservatives. Doesn't exist) Here's an entertaining look at how change will take place with the Democrats in charge. David Obey blowing a gasket.
Afghan warload Gulbuddin Hekmatyar has been trying with success to form a "joint front" with the Taliban and other parties against the government, his purported spokesman told AFP Saturday. Hekmatyar's Hezb-e-Islami(Islamic Party) has
The US army is lagging behind Iraq's insurgents tactically in a war that senior officers say is the biggest challenge since Korea 50 years ago. The gloomy assessment at a conference in America last week came as senior US and Iraqi officials
The US four-year-old occupation of Iraq has considerably worsened the lives of the country's women, charges a new report from an international human rights group. The New York-based group MADRE says Iraqi women are enduring unprecedented
A high-ranking police ballistics expert who testified in courts throughout Maryland and neighboring states killed himself after being confronted with evidence he lied about his credentials - a revelation that could force new trials for some of the hu
THE US vice-president, Dick Cheney, is expected to come under pressure over his role in the outing of Valerie Plame, the former CIA agent, when she testifies before Congress this week.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates is considering a plan to curtail the Pentagon's clandestine spying activties, which were expanded by his predecessor, Donald Rumsfeld, after the 9/11 attacks. The undercover work allowed military
Ted Sorensen, the speechwriter and special counsel to President John F. Kennedy endorsed Senator Barack Obama tonight and compared Obama's campaign to Kennedy's run almost half a century eariler. "The campaigns are comparable,"
(because they can) Government - at every level - is addicted to land acquisition. Local, state, and federal governments are buying up land as if the last acre had alrady been created. In a nation that was founded on the belief that private propety
The change in the Republican Party took a nose dive into corruption and the panic from the Republican National Committee was heard all over America. I knew how to bring the party back…It was simple…..Return to the Republican Agenda and the voters wi
"To summarize, we conclude that the Second Amendment protects an individual right to keep and bear arms. That right existed prior to the formation of the new government under the Constitution..."
Last night men with guns stopped us and attempted to steal our money and threatened to steal our car. I guess it would have been a routine highway robbery aka traffic stop, except my husband, Russell Kanning, doesn't have a driver's license.
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales left open the possibility of pursuing criminal charges against FBI agents or lawyers who improperly used the USA Patriot Act in pursuit of suspected terrorists and spies. [sure Torchy]
Strong demand for corn from ethanol plants is driving up the cost of livestock and will raise prices for beef, pork and chicken, the Agriculture Department said. Meat and poultry production will fall as producers face higher feed costs, the departmen
China will soon create one of the world's largest investment funds, with ramifications for global stock, bond and commodities markets and for how the U.S. finances its trade deficits. [dumping dollars]
Countrywide Financial Corp., the largest U.S. mortgage lender, told its brokers to stop offering borrowers the option of no-money-down home loans. Loans financing 100 percent of a home's value are among those that have led to a sharp rise in deli
A new law which increases income taxes on foreign firms in China will be phased in over five years to cushion the blow, Chinese Finance Minister Jin Renqing said.
Democrats seeking votes for their Iraq-withdrawal plan have stuffed the bill it's in with billions of dollars for farms, flu preparedness, New Orleans levees, home heating and other causes. [dollars for corpses program]
A videotape showing Pentagon officials' final interrogation of al-Qaida suspect Jose Padilla is missing, raising questions about whether federal prosecutors have lost other recordings and evidence in the case.
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has told an investigative panel that Israel began planning for war in Lebanon months before last summer's conflict against Hezbollah guerrillas, countering criticism that he was caught off guard and acted too hastily in
"That a person like (Bush), with the persecution of our migrant brothers in the United States, with the wars he has provoked, is going to walk in our sacred lands, is an offense for the Mayan people and their culture," Juan Tiney, the direc
Federal authorities raided a construction company in southern Arizona accused of breaking the law by hiring illegal immigrants, arresting the firm's president and several employees on federal charges and detaining 10 undocumented workers.
[and he is so happy to be in Latinia] Taunted by leftist President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela, President Bush on Friday insisted the United States is not neglecting Latin America and celebrated an alternative-fuels pact with Brazil as proof.
The nation's top two law enforcement officials acknowledged the FBI broke the law to secretly pry out personal information about Americans. They apologized and vowed to prevent further illegal intrusions. [we won't do it, snicker, again]