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		<title>So you want to work for the Clinton&#8217;s</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just a quick refresher course lest we forget what has
happened to many &#8220;friends&#8221; of the Clinton &#8217;s
1-James McDougal - Clinton &#8217;s convicted Whitewater partner died
of an apparent heart attack, while in soli tary confinement.
He was a key witness in Ken Starr&#8217;s investigation. 
2 -Mary Mahoney - A former White House intern was murdered July 1997 [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just a quick refresher course lest we forget what has<br />
happened to many &#8220;friends&#8221; of the Clinton &#8217;s</p>
<p>1-James McDougal - Clinton &#8217;s convicted Whitewater partner died<br />
of an apparent heart attack, while in soli tary confinement.<br />
He was a key witness in Ken Starr&#8217;s investigation. </p>
<p>2 -Mary Mahoney - A former White House intern was murdered July 1997 at a Starbucks Coffee Shop in Georgetown . The murder happened just after she  was to go public with her story of sexual harassment in the White House. </p>
<p>3- Vince Foster - Former White House counselor and colleague of Hillary<br />
Clinton at Little Rock &#8217;s Rose Law firm. Died of a gunshot wound to the  head, ruled a suicide. </p>
<p>4- Ron Brown - Secretary of Commerce and former DNC Chairman. Reported to have died by impact in a plane crash. A pathologist close<br />
to the investigation reported that there was a hole in the top of<br />
Brown&#8217;s skull re sembling a gunshot wound. At the time of his death<br />
Brown was being investigated, and spoke publicly of his willingness<br />
to cut a deal with prosecutors. The rest of the people on the plane<br />
also died. A few days  later the air Traffic controller committed<br />
suicide. </p>
<p>5- C. Victor Raiser II- Raiser, a major player in the Clinton fund raising<br />
organization died in a private plane crash in July 1992</p>
<p>6-Paul Tulley - Democratic National Committee Political Director found  dead in a hotel room in Little Rock, September 1992.scribed by Clinton as a &#8220;dear friend and trusted advisor&#8221;. </p>
<p>7-Ed Willey - Clinton fund raiser, found dead November 1993 deep in the woods in VA of a gunshot wound to the head. Ruled a suicide. Ed Willey  died on the same day his wife Kathleen Willey claimed Bill Clinton groped her in the oval office in the White House. Ed Willey was involved in several Clinton fund raising events. </p>
<p>8-Jerry Parks -Head of Clinton&#8217;s gubernatorial security team in Little  Rock . Gunned down in his car at a deserted intersection outside Little Rock . Park&#8217;s son said his father was building a dose on Clinton . He allegedly threatened to reveal this information. After he died the files were mysteriously removed from his house. </p>
<p>9-James Bunch - Died from a gunshot suicide. It was reported that he had a &#8220;Black Book&#8221; of people which contained names of influential people who visited prostitutes in Texas and Arkansas .  </p>
<p>10-James Wilson - Was found dead in May 1993 from an apparent<br />
hanging suicide. He was reported to have ties to Whitewater. </p>
<p>11-Kathy Ferguson- Ex-wife of Arkansas Trooper Danny Ferguson, was found dead in May 1994, in her living room with a gunshot to her head.<br />
It was ruled a suicide even though there were several packed suitcases, as if she were going somewhere. Danny Ferguson was a co-defendant along with Bill Clinton in the Paula Jones lawsuit. Kathy Ferguson was a possible corroborating witness for Paula Jones. </p>
<p>12-Bill Shelton - Arkansas State Trooper and fiance of Kathy Ferguson.<br />
Critical of the suicide ruling of his fiance, he was found dead in June,<br />
1994 of a gunshot wound also ruled a suicide at the grave site of his<br />
fiance. </p>
<p>13-Gandy Baugh - Attorney for Clinton &#8217;s friend Dan Lassater, died by  jumping out a window of a tall building January, 1994.. His client was a convicted drug distributor.<br />
&#038;nb sp;<br />
14-Florence Martin - Accountant &#038; subcontractor for the CIA, was related to the Barry Seal Mean Airport drug smuggling case. He died of three gunshot wounds. </p>
<p>15- Suzanne Coleman - Reportedly had an affair with Clinton when he was Arkansas Attorney General. Died of a gunshot wound to the back of the head, ruled a suicide. Was pregnant at the time of her death. </p>
<p>16-Paula Grober - Clinton &#8217;s speech interpreter for the deaf from 1978  until her death December 9, 1992. She died in a one car accident. </p>
<p>17-Danny Casolaro - Investigative reporter. Investigating Mean Airport and Arkansas Development Finance Authority. He slit his wrists, apparently, in the middle of his investigation. </p>
<p>18- Paul Wilcher - Attorney investigating corruption at Mena Airport with Casolaro and the 1980 &#8220;October Surprise&#8221; was found dead on a toilet June  22, 1993 in his Washington , DC apartment. Had delivered a report<br />
to Janet Reno  3 weeks before his death. </p>
<p>19-Jon Parnell Walker - White water investigator for Resolution Trust Corp. Jumped to his death from his Arlington , Virginia apartment balcony August 15, 1993. He was investigating the Morgan Guaranty scandal.   </p>
<p>20-Barbara Wise - Commerce Department staffer. Worked closely with Ron Brown and John Huang. Cause of death unknown. Died November 29, 1996. Her bruised, nude body was found locked in her office at the Department of Commerce. </p>
<p>21-Charles Meissner -Assistant Secretary of Commerce who gave John Huang special security clearance, died shortly thereafter in a small plane crash. </p>
<p>22-Dr. Stanley Heard - Chairman of the National Chiropractic Health Care Advisory Committee di ed with his attorney Steve Dickson in a small plane crash. Dr. Heard, in addition to serving on Clinton &#8217;s advisory council personally treated Clinton &#8217;s mother, stepfather and brother. </p>
<p>23-Barry Seal -Drug running pilot out of Mena Arkansas , death was no<br />
accident. </p>
<p>24-Johnny Lawhorn Jr. - Mechanic, found a check made out to Bill Clinton in the trunk of a car left at his repair shop. He was found dead after his  car had hit a utility pole. </p>
<p>25-Stanley Huggins - Investigated Madison Guaranty. His death was a<br />
purported suicide and his report was never released. </p>
<p>26- Hershell Friday - Attorney and Clinton fund raiser died March 1, 1994 when his plane exploded. </p>
<p>27-Kevin Ives &#038; Don Henry - Known as &#8220;The boys on the track&#8221; case. Reports say the boys may have stumbled upon the Mena Arkansas airport drug operation. A controversial case, the initial report of death said, due to falling asleep on railroad tracks. Later reports claim the 2 boys had been slain before being placed on the tracks. Many linked to the case died before their testimony could come before a Grand Jury. </p>
<p>THE FOLLOWING PERSONS HAD INFORMATION ON THE IVES/HENRY CASE: </p>
<p>28-Keith Coney - Died when his motorcycle slammed into the back of a  truck, 7/88. </p>
<p>29-Keith McMaskle - Died stabbed 113 times, Nov, 1988 </p>
<p>30-Gregory Collins - Died from a gunshot wound January 1989. </p>
<p>31-Jeff Rhodes - He was shot, mutilated and found burned in a trash dump in April 1989. </p>
<p>33-James Milan - Found decapitated. However, the Coroner ruled his death was due to &#8220;natura l causes&#8221;. </p>
<p>34-Jordan Kettleson - Was found shot to death in the front seat of his<br />
pickup truck in June 1990. </p>
<p>35-Richard Winters - A suspect in the Ives / Henry deaths. He was killed in a set-up robbery July 1989. </p>
<p>THE FOLLOWING CLINTON BODYGUARDS ARE DEAD:</p>
<p>36 -Major William S. Barkley Jr.<br />
37-Captain Scott J . Reynolds<br />
38-Sgt. Brian Hanley<br />
39-Sgt. Tim Sabel<br />
40-Major General William Robertson<br />
41-Col. William Densberger<br />
42-Col. Robert Kelly<br />
43-Spec. Gary Rhodes<br />
44-Steve Willis<br />
45-Robert Williams<br />
46-Conway LeBleu<br />
47-Todd McKeehan </p>
<p>Quite an impressive list! Pass this on. </p>
<p>Let the public become aware of  what happens to friends of the Clinton &#8217;s</p>
<p>HILLARY FOR PRESIDENT? </p>
<p>SURELY YOU JEST !! </p>
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		<title>By all Means&#8230; MARRY!</title>
		<link>http://politics.blognewschannel.com/archives/2007/10/17/by-all-means-marry/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2007 16:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[        I recently read that love is entirely a matter of chemistry.
        That must be why my wife treats me like toxic waste.
        David Bissonette
        When a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>        I recently read that love is entirely a matter of chemistry.<br />
        That must be why my wife treats me like toxic waste.<br />
        David Bissonette</p>
<p>        When a man steals your wife, there is no better revenge than to let him keep her.<br />
        Sacha Guitry</p>
<p>        After marriage, husband and wife become two sides of a coin; they just can&#8217;t face each other, but still they stay together. !<br />
        Hema nt Joshi</p>
<p>        By all means marry. If you get a good wife, you&#8217;ll be happy. If you get a bad one, you&#8217;ll become a philosopher. Socrates</p>
<p>        Woman inspires us to great things, and prevents us from achieving them.<br />
        Dumas</p>
<p>        The great question&#8230; which I have not been able to answer&#8230; is, &#8220;What does a woman want?<br />
        Sigmund Freud</p>
<p>        I had some words with my wife, and she had some paragraphs with me.<br />
        Anonymous</p>
<p>        &#8220;Some people ask the secret of our long marriage. We take time to go to a restaurant two times a week. A little candlelight, dinner, soft music and dancing. She goes Tuesdays, I go Fridays.&#8221;<br />
        Henny Youngman</p>
<p>        &#8220;I don&#8217;t worry about terrorism. I was married for two years.&#8221;<br />
        Sam Kinison</p>
<p>        &#8220;There&#8217;s a way of transferring funds that is even faster than electronic banking. It&#8217;s called marriage.&#8221;<br />
        James Holt McGavran</p>
<p>        &#8220;I&#8217;ve had bad luck with both my wives. The first one left me, and the second one didn&#8217;t.&#8221;<br />
        Patrick Murray</p>
<p>        Two secrets to keep your marriage brimming<br />
        1. Whenever you&#8217;re wrong, admit it,<br />
        2. Whenever you&#8217;re right, shut up.<br />
        Nash</p>
<p>        The most effective way to remember your wife&#8217;s birthday is to forget it once&#8230;<br />
        Anonymous</p>
<p>        You know what I did before I married? Anything I wanted to.<br />
        Henny Youngman</p>
<p>        My wife and I were happy for twenty years. Then we met.<br />
        Rodney Dangerfield</p>
<p>        A good wife always forgives her husband when she&#8217;s wrong.<br />
        Milton Berle</p>
<p>        Marriage is the only war where one sleeps with the enemy.<br />
        Anonymous</p>
<p>        A man inserted an &#8216;ad&#8217; in the classifieds: &#8220;Wife wanted&#8221;. Next day he received a hundred letters. They all said the same thing: &#8220;You can have mine.&#8221;<br />
        Anonymous</p>
<p>        First Guy (proudly): &#8220;My wife&#8217;s an angel!&#8221;<br />
        Second Guy: &#8220;You&#8217;re lucky, mine&#8217;s still alive.&#8221;
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		<title>Man Calls 911&#8230;For Help From  Police</title>
		<link>http://politics.blognewschannel.com/archives/2007/07/21/man-calls-911for-help-from-police/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jul 2007 02:17:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following from Fox News

LARGO, Fla. —  A 38-year-old man was arrested after he called 911 and told a dispatcher he was surrounded by police officers and needed help, authorities said.
Police officers had met Dana Farrell Shelton of Largo after being called to investigate a disturbance at a bar on Sunday but had found [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The following from <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,289651,00.html">Fox News</a></p>
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<p>LARGO, Fla. —  A 38-year-old man was arrested after he called 911 and told a dispatcher he was surrounded by police officers and needed help, authorities said.</p>
<p>Police officers had met Dana Farrell Shelton of Largo after being called to investigate a disturbance at a bar on Sunday but had found no problems and told him to move along.</p>
<p>Shelton, who officers said appeared intoxicated, then called 911 to report he was &#8220;surrounded by Largo police,&#8221; according to an arrest affidavit.</p>
<p>&#8220;Our officers were standing there scratching their heads. He called, standing there in their presence,&#8221; Largo Sgt. Melanie Holley said. &#8220;It&#8217;s one of our &#8216;truth is stranger than fiction&#8217; cases.&#8221;</p>
<p>Shelton was charged with misdemeanor misuse of 911. The charge carries maximum penalties of one year in jail and $1,000 in fines.</p></blockquote>
<p>Freaking amazing.  I guess it shows how conditioned we are to call 911 when in trouble, even from our own stupidity.  Just goes to show that the police are the good guys.  Oh and that you can always get in worse trouble.
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		<title>Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows SPOILERS!!!</title>
		<link>http://politics.blognewschannel.com/archives/2007/07/19/harry-potter-and-the-death-hollows-spoilers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jul 2007 03:08:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So my wife happens to be one of the 1200 people who got our Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows book early from Deepdiscount.
So for all of you who want to know what happens without wasting your time reading that hunk of crap here is a list of spoilers (its not everything)
(SCROLL DOWN I DONT [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So my wife happens to be one of the 1200 people who got our Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows book early from Deepdiscount.</p>
<p>So for all of you who want to know what happens without wasting your time reading that hunk of crap here is a list of spoilers (its not everything)<br />
(SCROLL DOWN I DONT WANT TO RUIN IT FOR EVERYONE!!!)<br />
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<p>1) harry&#8217;s owl dies<br />
2) Mad Eye Moodie dies sometime before page 78, you hear of his death from Bill and Fleur<br />
3) Dobby dies<br />
4) Fred dies<br />
5) Remus and Tonks die<br />
6) Harry doesn’t die<br />
7) The sorting hat dies on page 732, Voldemort lights it on fire<br />
8) Neville kills Nagini<br />
9) Snape dies and was actually a good guy.  Snape was Dumbledore’s spy all along. Dumbledore plotted his own death so that the power of the Elder Wand would die with him rather than be transferred to his victor. He failed though and the power is transferred to Draco, then to Harry (of course).<br />
10) And OF COURSE Harry kills Voldemort!!</p>
<p>Also check out a <a href="http://www.cafepress.com/potterspoiler">site</a> that is selling the spoilers on a shirt!!!</p>
<p>I will give a full storyline when she finishes (hopefully by the end of the night)<br />
So keep checking back (and maybe i will update the blog for good one of these days)</p>
<p>-The Hearsay
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		<title>Virginia Tech = Sympathy NOT Politics</title>
		<link>http://politics.blognewschannel.com/archives/2007/04/17/virginia-tech-sympathy-not-politics/</link>
		<comments>http://politics.blognewschannel.com/archives/2007/04/17/virginia-tech-sympathy-not-politics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2007 15:49:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know its been a while since I have written something of substance.  Its been a rough couple of months and I had basically resigned myself to giving up on the blog.  Not enough hits, and not enough time.  But after the whole Imus event last week I decided I had to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I know its been a while since I have written something of substance.  Its been a rough couple of months and I had basically resigned myself to giving up on the blog.  Not enough hits, and not enough time.  But after the whole Imus event last week I decided I had to put in my 2 cents on the issue.  But, as usual, time did not allow for a post that I hoped to make.  But as more news and information become available about the Virgina Tech shootings I felt I had to say something.</p>
<p>Lets start with the most important thing: we stand with you VT.  You are part of our country and are part of our landscape.  You are a college that not only educates our youth, put entertain them as well with your quality sports teams.  But at times like this sports seems trivial.  Life becomes important.  We hear stories of people such as Professor Liviu Lebrescu who barricaded his door so that his students could escape the slaughter, leading to his death.  This is the time we must stand together not be separated by the petty things that divide us.</p>
<p>Where am I going with this? DAMN YOU LEFT WING BLOGGERS! DAMN YOU ALL TO HELL! Sure you held back as long as you could but less then 36 hours after the shootings you still had to bring politics into it.  Personally I&#8217;m not going to get into the gun debate with you (for a week) because I have some respect for the dead.  You on the other hand want to try and capitalize on this shooting to help your cause.  DAMN YOU! </p>
<p>The most embarrassing thing is that you took the time to attack Bush at this time.  The President has a <em>duty</em> to go to the Virginia Tech campus and make a statement and try and say what he can to show the importance of support for VT and her mourners.  But you left wing scumbags take it as he is trying to boots his poll numbers or that he is trying to give himself some good publicity out of this.  DAMN YOU!  He is doing what a President should be doing, acting like a leader at a time where the nation needs it.  Instead of getting a BJ under his desk like some other Presidents who did nothing but embarrass the office, he is acting Presidential.  LEAVE HIM ALONE DAMN YOU! The President is doing what might be the first right thing he has done in his second term and even that you can&#8217;t let slip.</p>
<p>You want to talk gun control (and how stupid it is at a time like this because if ONE of those students had a gun and training this would have ended in 2 min.) fine we can do that, IN A WEEK.  Let the victims families, their friends and the school mourn for a week.  Wait till they resume their lives, by restarting classes, before you resume your ignorance.
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		<title>Updating the Hearsay</title>
		<link>http://politics.blognewschannel.com/archives/2007/04/16/updating-the-hearsay/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2007 16:09:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know its been a while. Im sorry for those of you who have been hoping for updates.  Its been crazy.  Im going to be backdating/updating the Hearsay within the next week all the way up to date.  Just because I havent been posting doesnt mean i didnt have stuff to say [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I know its been a while. Im sorry for those of you who have been hoping for updates.  Its been crazy.  Im going to be backdating/updating the Hearsay within the next week all the way up to date.  Just because I havent been posting doesnt mean i didnt have stuff to say on things that have been going on.  So keep checking back for updates.<br />
-The Hearsay
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		<title>Anna Nicole Smith Dead at 39</title>
		<link>http://politics.blognewschannel.com/archives/2007/02/08/anna-nicole-smith-dead-at-39/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Feb 2007 21:12:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Via AP:
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. -
Anna Nicole Smith, the former Playboy playmate whose bizarre life careened from marrying an octogenarian billionaire to the untimely death of her son, died Thursday after collapsing at a South Florida hotel, one of her lawyers said.
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Smith, 39, collapsed and was unresponsive while staying at the Seminole Hard Rock Cafe Hotel and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Via AP:</p>
<blockquote><p>HOLLYWOOD, Fla. -<br />
Anna Nicole Smith, the former Playboy playmate whose bizarre life careened from marrying an octogenarian billionaire to the untimely death of her son, died Thursday after collapsing at a South Florida hotel, one of her lawyers said.<br />
ADVERTISEMENT</p>
<p>Smith, 39, collapsed and was unresponsive while staying at the Seminole Hard Rock Cafe Hotel and Casino, said the attorney, Ron Rale. She was rushed to a hospital.</p>
<p>&#8220;She checked in Monday at 8 p.m. as a guest. She was due to check out tomorrow,&#8221; said Danielle Giordaano, a spokeswoman for the hotel.</p>
<p>Smith had been a tabloid staple even before she became Playboy&#8217;s playmate of the year in 1993. Readers were fascinated by her bombshell good looks, her marriage to an elderly billionaire and subsequent court fight over his estate, her weight fluctuations, and last year, the sudden death of her 20-year-old son, Daniel Smith.</p>
<p>A former topless dancer, she made her name squeezing into Guess jeans. She resembled the late actress Marilyn Monroe, a similarity played up in her Guess magazine ads, billboards and department store displays.</p>
<p>In 1994, she married 89-year-old oil tycoon J. Howard Marshall II, the head of oil-based Koch Industries, which is part of a family fortune worth at least $400 million.</p>
<p>He died in 1995, setting off a feud with her former stepson, E. Pierce Marshall, over whether she had a right to his estate.</p>
<p>A federal court in California awarded Smith $474 million in a complicated legal twist that began after she declared bankruptcy. That was later overturned.</p>
<p>But in May, the<br />
U.S. Supreme Court revived her case, ruling that she deserved another day in court in her battle with her former stepson.</p>
<p>The justices said only that federal courts in California could deal with her case despite a Texas state court ruling that Marshall was the sole heir to the estate.</p>
<p>Then, the stepson died June 20 at age 67. But the family said the court fight would continue.</p>
<p>Daniel Smith died Sept. 10 in his mother&#8217;s hospital room in the Bahamas, just days after she gave birth to a daughter.</p>
<p>An American medical examiner hired by the family, Cyril Wecht, said he had methadone and two antidepressants in his system when he died. Low levels of the three drugs interacted to cause an accidental death, Wecht said.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, the paternity of her now 5-month-old daughter remained a matter of dispute.</p>
<p>She was born Vickie Lynn Hogan on Nov. 28, 1967, in Houston, one of six children of Donald Eugene and Virgie Hart Hogan.<br />
She married Bill Smith in 1985, giving birth to Daniel before divorcing two years later.</p></blockquote>
<p>Wow. I dont think any of us saw this coming.  I mean she lived a crazy life but, wow.  I guess we will get more details as this unfolds. But as my friend put it, I cant believe this is going to make the front page. Its sad but i mean come on its Anna Nicole Smith.
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		<title>Piercing Others Rights</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Feb 2007 19:50:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let me say this upfront, i hate piercings.  All of them.  Whether it&#8217;s ears, nose, bellybutton or tongue I think the whole practice is disgusting.  We have more then enough holes in our heads (some more then others *cough* *cough* liberals) we don&#8217;t need more.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Let me say this upfront, i hate piercings.  All of them.  Whether it&#8217;s ears, nose, bellybutton or tongue I think the whole practice is disgusting.  We have more then enough holes in our heads (some more then others *cough* *cough* liberals) we don&#8217;t need more.</p>
<p>But even beyond my own views on the subject, to force someone else to be pieced, when they don&#8217;t want to be, is crazy and ridiculous and to do it in such a sensitive place makes it worse.  The website<a href="http://www.parentsbehavingbadly.com"> Parents Behaving Badly</a> reports as follows</p>
<blockquote><p>Tammy Meredith, of Baton Rouge, La. will be going to jail for a year on aggravated child abuse charges for piercing the pubic area of a 13-year-old girl. She agreed to testify against the girl’s mother, who is charged with two counts of aggravated child abuse. The mother could face up to 30 years in state prison if convicted.</p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p>The girl was sexually active with two adult men, one of whom is charged with sexual battery of a child age 12 to 15. After learning of the sexual activity, the mother had Meredith pierce the girl’s private area with a post and a connected hoop. The mother also altered the girl’s hair in an unusual way as a form of punishment.</p></blockquote>
<p>How crazy is that? Are these people out of their minds!!! I am not going to say this is because of liberal view or anything like that (although they do try and make people think they can do whatever they want) but rather pure common sense.  As a parent if you want your kids to behave well, try being a good parents THE WHOLE TIME and not waiting till it got to this point.</p>
<p>This is well beyond punishing someone, this is exactly what the DA says child abuse.  I know that we have to let parents raise their own children but we can&#8217;t have them doing things like this.  It&#8217;s even worse, if you ask me, if you are the person giving the piercing.  A kid is screaming for you not to do it, yet you let the mother have her way?  How off your rocker do you have to be to do something like this?</p>
<p>I know this isn&#8217;t exactly politics but I just had to comment
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		<title>New Years Wishes</title>
		<link>http://politics.blognewschannel.com/archives/2007/01/17/new-years-wishes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jan 2007 00:10:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A friend of mine from school sent me a great letter (as well as the rest of my school republicans and democrats) that I needed to post here it was so awesome.
For My Democrat Friends:
Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit, our best wishes for
an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low-stress,
non-addictive, gender-neutral celebration of the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A friend of mine from school sent me a great letter (as well as the rest of my school republicans and democrats) that I needed to post here it was so awesome.</p>
<blockquote><p>For My Democrat Friends:</p>
<p>Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit, our best wishes for<br />
an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low-stress,<br />
non-addictive, gender-neutral celebration of the winter solstice holiday,<br />
practiced within the most enjoyable traditions of the religious persuasion<br />
of your choice, or secular practices of your choice, with respect for the<br />
religious/secular persuasion and/or traditions of others, or their choice<br />
not to practice religious or secular traditions at all.</p>
<p>We also wish you a fiscally successful, personally fulfilling and<br />
medically uncomplicated recognition of the onset of the generally accepted<br />
calendar year 2007, but not without due respect for the calendars of<br />
choice of other cultures whose contributions to society have helped make<br />
America great. Not to imply that America is necessarily greater than any<br />
other country nor the only America in the Western Hemisphere. And without<br />
regard to the race, creed, color, age, physical ability, religious faith<br />
or sexual preference of the wishee. By accepting these greetings you are<br />
accepting these terms. This greeting is subject to clarification or<br />
withdrawal. It is freely transferable with no alteration to the original<br />
greeting. It implies no promise by the wisher to actually implement any of<br />
the wishes for herself or himself or others and is void where prohibited<br />
by law and is revocable at the sole discretion of the wisher.</p>
<p>This wish is warranted to perform as expected within the usual application<br />
of good tidings for a period of one year or until the issuance of a<br />
subsequent holiday greeting, whichever comes first, and warranty is<br />
limited to replacement of this wish or issuance of a new wish at the sole<br />
discretion of the wisher.</p>
<p>For My Republican Friends:</p>
<p>Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.</p></blockquote>
<p>I wish I had the time to be that creative&#8230;Great job
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		<title>Good Night Mr. Gorsky</title>
		<link>http://politics.blognewschannel.com/archives/2007/01/13/good-night-mr-gorsky/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jan 2007 06:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Great posting by Randy on his blog
When Apollo Mission Astronaut Neil Armstrong first walked on the moon, he not only gave his famous &#8220;One small step for man; one giant leap for mankind&#8221; statement, but followed it by several remarks, including the usual COM traffic between him, the other astronauts, and Mission Control. Before he [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great <a href="http://www.kbcafe.com/iBLOGthere4iM/?guid=20070112114807">posting</a> by Randy on his <a href="http://www.kbcafe.com/iBLOGthere4iM">blog</a></p>
<blockquote><p>When Apollo Mission Astronaut Neil Armstrong first walked on the moon, he not only gave his famous &#8220;One small step for man; one giant leap for mankind&#8221; statement, but followed it by several remarks, including the usual COM traffic between him, the other astronauts, and Mission Control. Before he re-entered the lander, he made the enigmatic remark &#8220;Good luck, Mr. Gorsky.&#8221;<br />
Many people at NASA thought it was a casual remark concerning some rival Soviet Cosmonaut. However, upon checking, [they found] there was no Gorsky in either the Russian or American space programs. </p>
<p>Over the years, many people have questioned him as to what the &#8220;Good luck, Mr. Gorsky&#8221; statement meant. On July 5, in Tampa Bay, FL, while answering questions following a speech, a reporter brought up the 26- year-old question to Armstrong. He finally responded. It seems that Mr. Gorsky had died and so Armstrong felt he could answer the question. When he was a kid, Neil was playing baseball with his brother in the backyard. His brother hit a fly ball which landed in front of his neighbors&#8217; bedroom window. The neighbors were Mr. and Mrs. Gorksy. As he leaned down to pick up the ball, he heard Mrs. Gorsky shouting at Mr. Gorsky, &#8220;Oral sex? Oral sex you want? You&#8217;ll get oral sex when the kid next door walks on the moon!&#8221; </p>
<p><a href="http://www.snopes.com/quotes/mrgorsky.htm">http://www.snopes.com/quotes/mrgorsky.htm</a></p></blockquote>
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		<title>The Hearsay WINS!!</title>
		<link>http://politics.blognewschannel.com/archives/2007/01/12/the-hearsay-wins-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jan 2007 06:03:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to everyone who voted because The Hoffman&#8217;s Hearsay was named Right Wing Blog of the year for the 2nd year running in the 2006 KBCafe Blog Awards.  It&#8217;s always a great honor.
Although I didn&#8217;t win Best Left Wing blog as well, it&#8217;s pretty clear something fishy is going on because The Hearsay had [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks to everyone who voted because The Hoffman&#8217;s Hearsay was named Right Wing Blog of the year for the 2nd year running in the <a href="http://www.kbcafe.com/iBLOGthere4iM/?guid=20070111085721">2006 KBCafe Blog Awards</a>.  It&#8217;s always a great honor.</p>
<p>Although I didn&#8217;t win Best Left Wing blog as well, it&#8217;s pretty clear something fishy is going on because The Hearsay had clearly gotten more votes then any other lefty blog.  Obviously someone was upset by the fact that such a clearly right wing blog beat out the lefties it was excluded.  </p>
<p>Fact is it only went to prove my point&#8230;People dont vote for the fact, they vote their hearts.  My friends and readers saw my name and voted for me, had nothing to do with the fact that my blog is as anti-left wing as it gets.  Oh well, maybe next year&#8230;
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		<title>Watching the Iranians</title>
		<link>http://politics.blognewschannel.com/archives/2007/01/11/watching-the-iranians/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jan 2007 22:29:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A friend of mine has started a blog that basically is detailing events in Iran.  He as well as many of us are very worried about what they have the potential to do.
So check out All Along the Watchtower, well worth a daily read.

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A friend of mine has started a blog that basically is detailing events in Iran.  He as well as many of us are very worried about what they have the potential to do.</p>
<p>So check out <a href="http://iranwatchtower.blogspot.com/">All Along the Watchtower</a>, well worth a daily read.
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		<title>Pelosi Smokes Smokers</title>
		<link>http://politics.blognewschannel.com/archives/2007/01/10/pelosi-smokes-smokers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jan 2007 20:54:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You all know one of the things i have the most is admitting when a Liberal/Democrat has done something right.  But in one of her first days in her new post Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has done something very right.  Today she made the rule that no one is allowed to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You all know one of the things i have the most is admitting when a Liberal/Democrat has done something right.  But in one of her first days in her new post Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has done <em>something</em> very right.  Today she made the rule that no one is allowed to smoke in the Speakers Lobby which is right off the house floor.</p>
<p>According to <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/01/10/house.smoking.ap/index.html">CNN</a>,</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;The days of smoke-filled rooms in the United States Capitol are over,&#8221; Pelosi said. &#8220;Medical science has unquestionably established the dangerous effects of secondhand smoke, including an increased risk of cancer and respiratory diseases. I am a firm believer that Congress should lead by example.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>Well at least the reds aren&#8217;t totally screwing up.  I don&#8217;t care about arguments that people make  that it&#8217;s their freedom to kill themselves if they want.  Second hand smoke kills, it&#8217;s that simple.  If you want to kill yourself? Great (especially if you are Ted Kennedy)! But killing others, no matter how slow? That&#8217;s murder.  So good job Speaker Pelosi, wow never thought I would say that, or ever again.
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		<title>Letter to the President of Pace</title>
		<link>http://politics.blognewschannel.com/archives/2007/01/09/letter-to-the-president-of-pace/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jan 2007 21:51:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following letter was sent to the President of Pace.  I encourage all of you to do the same his e-mail is president@pace.edu
President Caputo,
As a student here at Pace University (2nd year Law student) I feel it is my duty to bring to your attention a travesty that has been taking place at our [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The following letter was sent to the President of Pace.  I encourage all of you to do the same his e-mail is president@pace.edu</p>
<blockquote><p>President Caputo,<br />
As a student here at Pace University (2nd year Law student) I feel it is my duty to bring to your attention a travesty that has been taking place at our school.  If you have not already read David Andreatta&#8217;s article in the New York Post, you probably should, I have included a link here.</p>
<p>As it is clear from the article this have been taking place for a decent amount of time and yet nothing has been said by the school to condemn the actions of those administrators responsible for physically restraining a student or threatening police actions for showing a movie as part of their freedom of speech. </p>
<p>As a member of the Pace community I received all the e-mails that you sent out after the terrible incident with the Koran, the first one being a mere 3 days after the incident.  However not one word has been said about this incident, why is that? </p>
<p>Is there a greater importance given to a book (no matter how holy some people say it is) then there is given to when an administrator, as the article put it, &#8220;physically restrained him  (Abdurakhmanov) as he attempted to defend the film and his group in a meeting with administrators&#8221;?  </p>
<p>Your spokesman said that it was a &#8220;&#8230;good-faith effort by the deans to mediate between the Muslim Students Association and Hillel&#8221;  Putting ones hands a student is never considered good faith when one is an administrator. </p>
<p>In addition the fact that the dean of students, Marijo Russell O&#8217;Grady, suggested that &#8220;if you show this film, the police will be looking into your records further,&#8221; implying that Abdurakhmanov and others were involved in the Koran incident is a travesty where there is no proof for such allegations.  </p>
<p>Any attempt to prevent Mr. Abdurakhmanov from showing the movie, including threats and physical action, without any actions by the school to prevent them, will just further show the schools bias for Muslim sensitives over Jewish right to freedom of speech.  </p>
<p>As a concerned member of the Pace community I hope to hear that the school will be doing something to punish those responsible for these terrible actions against the school Hillel and that they will be allowed to show their film without further problems.  And i further hope that I no longer have to hear about incidents like this from a newspaper that all of NY reads, rather then from you because it is clear that the student went to the paper because the school wouldn&#8217;t do anything. </p>
<p>Thank you for your time,</p></blockquote>
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