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America, Land Of Christians Or Else …

Posted by bosskitty

Atheist soldier claims harassment

Army Spc. Jeremy Hall sues U.S. for religious discrimination
Hall is known as “the atheist guy,” called immoral and a devil worshipper
He turned to the Military Religious Freedom Foundation for help
“It’s just about time somebody said something” about pressure to believe in God

It eventually came out in Iraq in 2007, when he was [...]

Amid Campaign Turmoil, Doggett Actually Gets Things Done

Posted by bosskitty

Rep. Lloyd Doggett Passes Amendment to Streamline Student Aid Application

Congressman Lloyd Doggett today successfully offered an amendment to streamline the student aid application process. On a bipartisan basis, the House today adopted Doggett’s amendment to H.R. 4137, the College Opportunity and Affordability Act of 2007.
“The current financial aid application is unnecessarily complex and [...]

Customs: “Hand Over That Cell Phone, iPod & Laptop”

Posted by bosskitty

More and more people travel with laptops, BlackBerrys and cellphones.
The US government’s laptop-equals-suitcase position is raising red flags.
… her cellphone was taken from her purse.
… A few months earlier in the same airport, a tech engineer returning from a business trip to London objected when a federal agent asked him to type [...]

Democrats Devolve From Jackass to Pig - Issues Lost Among Inflated Egos

Posted by bosskitty

Had to share …

Obama, Clinton and mud are great headlines …

The revelation shows America is still a political pig pen.

So, if Bill springs a leak, will Hillary look better or blow away?

Moses was lost in a desert for 40 years trying to save his People” … Democrats have lost their way. [...]

Out Of Tragedy Bilawal Breathes New Life Into The Legacy

Posted by bosskitty

Bilawal, means ‘one with no equals’
Bilawal Zardari Bhutto believes that democracy is the best revenge.
The 19-year-old Oxford student expected to lead the party and Pakistan - out of its quagmire.
Dec 30 (Reuters) - The 19-year-old son of slain Pakistan opposition leader Benazir Bhutto is now heir [...]

Afghanistan, Iraq War Costs Grossly Underestimated

Posted by bosskitty

NO END TO WAR BUDGET WOES
WASHINGTON - To paraphrase an old US Army song (The Caissons Go Rolling Along), the costs of the overall US global “war on terror”, including, but not limited to the Iraq war, just keep rolling along and piling up. The title “The Growing Budgetary Costs of the Iraq War” of [...]

Pakistan’s Bhutto Detained Again – Ahead of Protest

Posted by bosskitty

LAHORE/LONDON (Reuters) - Pakistani police put opposition leader Benazir Bhutto under house arrest for a week on Tuesday as the Commonwealth threatened suspension unless President Pervez Musharraf repealed a state of emergency.
Army chief Musharraf set off a storm of criticism when suspended the constitution, sacked most judges, locked up lawyers, rounded up thousands of opposition [...]

Public Campaign Financing And John Edwards

Posted by nytexan

In recent weeks, John Edwards announced that he will take public money in his campaign. Pundits, self appointed experts and the MSM have stated that this move signals Edwards can not raise the funds he needs. My response to them is you are full of crap.
John Edwards who continues to stand up to corporate corruption [...]

Burmese monks ‘to be sent away’

Posted by nytexan

This is beyond disgusting and it’s a world crime on humanity. When will world leader stand up to this instead of creating more war and more hate? Obviously Bush doesn’t see the Burmese (Myanmar) government as cruel and oppressive. If Bush did, he would have bomb the crap out of them by now.
The American MSM [...]

Who is Taslima Nasreen, Why Should We Care

Posted by bosskitty

Taslima Nasreen should leave or die: Muslim clerics
MLA vows to ‘behead’ Taslima Nasreen

Aug 17: Muslim clerics in West Bengal Friday issued a “death warrant” against Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen if she did not pack her bags and leave India.
“Anybody eliminating her would be given Rs 100,000 and unlimited [...]

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