A decade-old telephone tax intended to help bring affordable service to rural areas has instead turned into something quite different: a bottomless and politically protected well of cash for cell phone companies that do big business in rural America.
Congress is poised to make big changes to the government programs tapped by millions of students to pay for college. The biggest of these for students: a cap on what low-income borrowers have to pay back each month on their federal student loans.
28 months ago, a jury found the former star athlete and high school scholar guilty of child molestation for having oral sex, as a 17-year-old, with his girlfriend, then 15. Even after a judge deemed his 10-year prison sentence "a grave miscarria
Reeling from recent contradictory statements by Homeland Security Adviser Frances Townsend on the progress being made in Iraq, Jon Stewart turns to correspondent Aasif Mandvi for an insight into Bodhisattva Bush.
This library is a collection of over 900 articles and speeches written by Congressman Ron Paul. To understand his ideas, review what he has written. This is a resource for those wishing to gain a greater understanding of Ron Paul's Freedom Princi
One thing I've noticed is that my "Diggs" [on my writings] seem to vanish quickly. I looked into this and was wondering if perhaps something was operating to suppress Ron Paul stories (despite my ego I figure it's not just me). W
McCain went out of his way to stick his thumb in the eye of critics: he underscored the fact that suppressing inconvenient (to politicians) speech is exactly what he and his McCain-Feingold allies—Fred Thompson was an important one—had in mind.
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf's moment of triumph was brief. Even before his soldiers had overrun the Lal Masjid, or Red Mosque -- a complex in the heart of the normally sleepy capital of Islamabad that had been occupied by extremists
Paul said he believed a stronger adherence to the Second Amendment over the past decade could have thwarted the 9/11 terror attacks - and that this country has gone in the wrong direction with "government bureaucrats taking away our toothpaste a
(Wow, this is an old one)US forces have fired so many bullets in Iraq and Afghanistan - an estimated 250,000 for every insurgent killed - that American ammunition-makers cannot keep up with demand. As a result the US is having to import supplies fro
The pieces are in place, the trap is set, all they need is a match: PNAC, Chertoff, Gulf of Tonkin, Cheney pushing Bush, Congress on a break, Bush's new Exec Order, USS Enterprise moving into place, and warnings from insiders. P.S. They're no
Subject: War with Iran, war in Iraq, habeas corpus, military tribunals
We've had a breathless morning. There are emergencies developing in all directions. Urgent action is needed on a number of campaigns all at once.
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Which declared Republican candidate is most likely to win the party's nomination? This one is interesting as it doesn't include Fred Thompson, imagine that! By the way the friendly guys at pj'smedia took the guy who is going to win off
I always knew that all those years of marketing would pay off! Recount 109 signs for Friday 7/13/07 What can your meetup group do? And it's Ron Paul by a mile!
Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney said he has scaled back plans for a straw poll in Iowa next month that two chief rivals are bypassing. He said he hopes to do well, but "we're not trying to overshoot dramatically." That means
I have begun to upload the photos and video from the yesterdays rally and gathering with the GOP. Check back over the next few days as I continue to load the videos from both rallies. They will be labeled in order to the actual presentation. [links]
Max takes a camera and microphone to the 2007 College Republican National Convention and interviews the youthful pachyderms about the war . . . and why they are not serving. Ah, why am I not serving? Ah, . . . who are you again? Security!
In 1991 and 1992, long-time lobbyist and former Senator Thompson billed 20 hours of lobbying, which he claims no recollection, for National Family Planning, which was seeking to ease federal restrictions on abortion counseling. Further incriminated b
A little-known Texas congressman seeking the Republican nomination for president visited Spartanburg arriving with all the makings of rock-star—despite polling low, little name recognition and a relatively small campaign staff. The “Ron Paul Revoluti
Razzed by the Des Moines Register for running late in his last Iowa trip, the former New York mayor arrived 10 minutes before a scheduled 2:30 Thursday speech. The crowd of 60 seated patrons [how many of them were reporters?] and as many more standin
Live from Greenville, SC at the Carolina First Center. Coming soon, live blog feed from the second rally of the day. The first one was awesome, 16 standing ovations and over 350 attendee's. The room was packed and they had to pull in extra seatin
We live in times of great uncertainty when men of faith must stand up for our values and our traditions lest they be washed away in a sea of fear and relativism. As you likely know, I am running for President of the United State, and I am asking for
The briefing was based on a study prepared by MEMRI(Middle East Media Research Institute) which highlighted the fact that all Islamist/Jihadi websites are hosted directly or through subservers by Western - primarily American ISP's.
President Bush signed an executive order Friday prohibiting cruel and inhuman treatment, including humiliation or denigration of religious beliefs, in the detention and interrogation of terrorism suspects. The White House declined to say whether the
Bush adminstration officials unveiled a bold new assertion of executive authority yesterday in the dispute over the firing of nine US attorneys, saying that the Justice Dept will never be allowed to pursue contempt charges initiated by Congress
Pakistan on Friday dismissed US officials' comments of striking targets in its tribal areas along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border as "irresponsible and dangerous". A Foreign Office statement instead urged "prudence and patience
Lawyers across Pakistan burst into tears and cries of jubilation today, as Pakistan's Supreme Court restored the country's Chief Justice, Muhamed Iftikhar Chaudhry, whose sacking by embattled Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf last March sp