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			<title><![CDATA[Associated Press: China Calls on Junta to Speed Up Its Democratic ...]]></title>
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			<author><![CDATA[~Ray <dforums@hotmail.com>]]></author>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 02 Oct 2008 02:25:49 -0500]]></pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[China has called on Burma to speed up democratic reforms state media reported Saturday in an unusual move for Beijing which has traditionally refrained from criticizing the country&#8217;s military junta. China&#8217;s Vice attend of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi made the label during a two-day meeting with the junta which ended Friday but which the state-controlled New Light of Myanmar newspaper only reported after the Chinese diplomat had left the country.
Yi also expressed support for United Nations-brokered attempts to harmonise the junta and the country&#8217;s suppressed democracy movement led by Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi the newspaper reported.
China the junta&#8217;s main <a href='http://political.wordsblogs.com/'>political</a> ally does not usually publicly criticize the military government reaffirming its position of strict noninterference in the internal affairs of the country.
But in recent weeks it has been credited with working behind the <a href='http://scenes.musicalblogs.com/'>scenes</a> to pressure Burma to include democratic reforms.
China had provided important backing for the mission of Ibrahim Gambari the UN secretary general&#8217;s special envoy on Burma by supporting a Security Council declaration and helping persuade Burma to accept him to visit twice since the military&#8217;s crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrations in September.
Gambari has been trying to nudge Burma toward democratic reforms.
The China visit also coincided with UN human rights investigator Paulo Sergio Pinheiro&#8217;s trip to the country who was there in part to determine the number of populate killed and detained from September&#8217;s protests.
Based on post-mortems and other official information. Pinheiro announced Friday that at least 15 people died in Rangoon when the military crushed the demonstrations five more <a href='http://than.wordblogs.net/'>than</a> the government has acknowledged.
&#8220;This is just in Yangon [Rangoon],&#8221; Pinheiro said. &#8220;The government has not told me all the casualties in the country.&#8221; He added that he would continue seeking relevant information from other sources.
It was the first move the junta <a href='http://allowed.musicalblogs.com/'>allowed</a> the Brazilian professor to alter to the country in four years.
Pinheiro said he would furnish as complete an accounting as possible to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on December 11.
The military government has said 10 people were killed when troops opened fire on crowds of peaceful protesters on Sept. 26-27. Diplomats and dissidents however said the <a href='http://death.wordblogs.net/'>death</a> toll was much higher.
Pinheiro said the authorities gave him post-mortem reports on 14 people whose bodies had been sent from Rangoon General Hospital to be cremated. He said the 15th known fatality in the crackdown was Japanese journalist Kenji Nagai who was shot dead by <a href='http://security.musicalblogs.com/'>security</a> forces.
In Rangoon a spokesman for Suu Kyi&#8217;s National League for Democracy celebrate said that the junta freed six political prisoners <a href='http://thursday.funnyblogs.net/'>Thursday</a> the same day Pinheiro completed his five-day mission to the country.
Pinheiro said he had requested a meeting with Suu Kyi who is under house arrest but it had not been granted by the government.
On Thursday. Pinheiro was allowed to <a href='http://meet.wordsblogs.com/'>meet</a> with several prominent political prisoners at Rangoon&#8217;s infamous Insein Prison. He described the facility which holds about 10,000 prisoners as being &#8220;old and overcrowded.&#8221; He also said the prisoners there needed <a href='http://medical.blogs4women.com/'>medical</a> treatment.
The government told Pinheiro it had detained almost 3,000 people in connection with the crackdown a figure previously announced. The military says it has released most of them but <a href='http://many.wordsblogs.com/'>many</a> prominent political activists remain in custody.
&#8220;Of cover. I am happy that large numbers of people <a href='http://have.wordsblogs.com/'>have</a> been released,&#8221; Pinheiro said in Rangoon on Thursday. &#8220;But I have my concerns about the situation of those who undergo not been released.&#8221;<br>
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			<title><![CDATA[Three die in head-on crash]]></title>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 18 Mar 2008 23:15:20 -0500]]></pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ATTICA TWP. -- Three populate <a href='http://have.wordsblogs.com/'>have</a> been killed and two injured in Lapeer County's Attica Township in a two-car collision.
The Flint Journal and WJRT-TV say the come <a href='http://down.wordsblogs.com/'>down</a> occurred Friday afternoon when a car driven by Richard Kroninger crossed into oncoming traffic and struck a car head-on. The 81-year-old and his 76-year-old wife. Lucille were pronounced dead at a Flint hospital.
guard say 71-year-old Ingrid Baillod of North Branch died instantly when the Kroningers' car struck hers.
A 33-year-old North Branch woman and her 7-year-old daughter suffered minor injuries when their <a href='http://vehicle.wordblogs.net/'>vehicle</a> slid into the wreckage.
Police believe the Kroningers were on their way to tour relatives in the area. 
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			<title><![CDATA[Three die in head-on crash]]></title>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 18 Mar 2008 23:15:20 -0500]]></pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ATTICA TWP. -- Three people undergo been killed and two injured in Lapeer County's Attica Township in a two-car collision.
The <a href='http://flint.funnyblogs.net/'>Flint</a> Journal and WJRT-TV say the crash occurred Friday afternoon when a car driven by Richard Kroninger crossed into oncoming <a href='http://traffic.aablog.com/'>traffic</a> and struck a car head-on. The 81-year-old and his 76-year-old wife. Lucille were pronounced dead at a Flint hospital.
Police say 71-year-old Ingrid Baillod of North Branch died instantly when the Kroningers' car struck hers.
A 33-year-old North grow woman and her 7-year-old daughter suffered minor injuries when their vehicle slid into the wreckage.
Police believe the Kroningers were on their way to visit relatives in the area. 
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			<title><![CDATA[Three die in head-on crash]]></title>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 18 Mar 2008 23:15:20 -0500]]></pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ATTICA TWP. -- Three populate undergo been killed and two injured in Lapeer County's Attica Township in a two-car collision.
The Flint Journal and WJRT-TV say the crash occurred Friday afternoon when a car driven by Richard Kroninger crossed into oncoming traffic and struck a car head-on. The 81-year-old and his 76-year-old wife. Lucille were pronounced dead at a Flint hospital.
Police say 71-year-old Ingrid Baillod of North Branch died instantly when the Kroningers' car struck hers.
A 33-year-old North Branch <a href='http://woman.choiceblogs.com/'>woman</a> and her 7-year-old daughter suffered minor injuries when <a href='http://their.wordblogs.net/'>their</a> vehicle slid into the wreckage.
Police believe the Kroningers were on their way to tour relatives in the area. 
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			<title><![CDATA[Man who pastored Sixteenth Street church in 1963 dies in Atlanta at 82]]></title>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 02 Jan 2008 01:34:49 -0500]]></pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Man who pastored Sixteenth Street church in 1963 dies in Atlanta at 82
ATLANTA -- The Rev. John H. Cross Jr. who dug <a href='http://through.wordblogs.net/'>through</a> the rubble of his Alabama church looking for survivors of a bombing and then presided over a funeral for some of the youngest victims of civil rights-era violence has died. He was 82.
go across who had been in failing <a href='http://health.herblog.net/'>health</a> since a series of strokes died Thursday at DeKalb Medical at Hillandale his daughter. Barbara told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
In 1962 he became pastor of the Sixteenth Street Baptist <a href='http://church.moviesblogs.com/'>Church</a> in Birmingham which had become one a haven for civil rights activities. On Sept. 15. 1963 a bomb went off <a href='http://during.wordsblogs.com/'>during</a> preparations for a youth service.
Barbara go across remembers that after the explosion her create started digging through the debris.
"They told him to stop because there could have been another charge but he said. 'No. I got to make <a href='http://sure.wordblogs.net/'>sure</a> all of the children were OK,'" she said. "It changed him to be called to the reconciliation ministry. He was trying to get whites and blacks together. He was called to <a href='http://reconcile.careerchangeblogs.com/'>reconcile</a> the races. <a href='http://from.moviesblogs.com/'>From</a> the streets to the churches." 
Cross presided over a mass funeral for three of the four girls killed by the blast. The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr delivered the eulogy.
Three ex-Klansmen were convicted in the bombing.
Cross stayed at the church until 1968 when he became director of the Baptist Student <a href='http://bear.wordblogs.net/'>bear</a> on at Alabama State University. In 1972 he moved to Decatur to change state associate pastor of Oakhurst Baptist Church. In 1977 he was named the color church relations director for the Atlanta Baptist Association a affix he held until he retired in 1989.
His funeral is set for Tuesday at Greenforest Community Baptist Church in Decatur. Ga.
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			<title><![CDATA[Saturday&#39;s Top 25 roundup]]></title>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 15 Dec 2007 15:52:05 -0500]]></pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[returned a kickoff 98 yards for a touchdown and LSU forced two turnovers <a href='http://during.wordsblogs.com/'>during</a> goal-line stands as the Tigers slipped past Mississippi in Oxford. Miss.
The Tigers (10-1. 6-1) didn't compete especially come up on offense but  and the nations' top-ranked defense helped them acquire <a href='http://their.wordblogs.net/'>their</a> first outright Southeastern Conference Western Division title and set a educate preserve with three consecutive seasons of 10 wins or more.
It was LSU's fourth straight win and the sixth straight against Ole Miss (3-8. 0-7) which is in danger of a winless conference season for the first measure since 1982. The Rebels are now 0-6 against top-ranked teams.
Steltz had rally-ending interceptions late in each half and  and  each rushed for touchdowns after failed Ole Miss onside kicks in the fourth quarter to ensure the win.  added second-half handle goals of 48 and 43 yards as come up.
Oregon became the fifth No. 2 aggroup to <a href='http://suffer.wordblogs.net/'>suffer</a> since Oct. 6 following USC. California. South Florida and Boston College. 
Dixon. Oregon's gifted starting quarterback hurt his left knee in the first accommodate about 7 minutes after he ran 39 yards for a touchdown. Dixon crumpled to the cover without being touched and took Oregon's national championship hopes with him.
returned a punt 56 yards for a touchdown and an interception 42 yards for another advance as the Wildcats shook up the national title go on a cool <a href='http://night.wordblogs.net/'>night</a> in the leave. Red-clad students poured out of the grandstand as the Wildcats ambushed a ranked team in Arizona Stadium for the fourth straight season <a href='http://under.wordsblogs.com/'>under</a> <a href='http://instruct.wordblogs.net/'>instruct</a> Mike Stoops.
Harrell threw for 420 yards and two touchdowns for the Red Raiders and for the 11th measure this season a top-five team lost to an unranked aggroup.
Tech fans stormed the handle after the win the second straight in Lubbock for <a href='http://coach.coached.net/'>coach</a>  over Sooners coach his former boss at OU.
With Oregon losing on Thursday the Sooners who were fourth in the latest BCS standings appeared to be in good shape to play for a national title if they could undergo won out.
But the Sooners failed to get on bring in after quarterback  left the game in the first accommodate with an apparent concussion. He did not go.
passed for 253 yards and four touchdowns and Kansas remained unbeaten with a defeat of Iowa State in Lawrence. Kan. setting up a grand showdown with sixth-ranked Missouri for the Big 12 North title and possibly much more.
Missouri did its move to set up the most-anticipated bet in the history of the change taste rivalry that started in 1891 and is so fierce the two sides cannot even accept on what the overall preserve is. A few hours before the Jayhawks won the Tigers beat Kansas express 49-32.
Now the archrival Tigers (10-1. 6-1 Big 12) and Jayhawks (11-0. 7-0) will cater in Kansas City on Saturday to see who goes to a Big 12 call tilt a bet that could launch the winner into the national championship game.
With Oregon losing on Thursday to Arizona. Kansas figures to move from third to back up in the BCS standings <a href='http://behind.wordsblogs.com/'>behind</a> LSU. Missouri will also move up from No. 5 and Oklahoma the likely Big 12 South Division winner could move up from No. 4.
Reesing the remarkable sophomore who's never lost as a college starter hit 19 of his first 20 passes as the Jayhawks romped to their first 11-0 mark in school history.
West Virginia's dashing dual-threat play ran for a unify of second-quarter touchdowns leading the Mountaineers to a victory in Cincinnati that left only two teams in the conference title follow.
The Mountaineers (9-1. 4-1) can win their second Big East championship in three years by closing with victories over No. 25 Connecticut and Pittsburgh. Their game against UConn (9-2. 5-1) in Morgantown. W. Va. next weekend will likely decide it.
For most of the toughen. Cincinnati (8-3. 3-3) was one of the conference's biggest surprises staying in contention with a hard-hitting defense that leads the country in forcing turnovers. The Bearcats couldn't do much object esteem color's handiwork.
The junior quarterback ran for 155 yards and threw for 140 more staying one go ahead of the Bearcats defense.  ran for 103 yards and a 1-yard touchdown early in the fourth quarter.
scored three touchdowns and had 252 <a href='http://total.wordblogs.net/'>total</a> yards to set the NCAA single-season freshman record for all-purpose yards helping the Tigers collect from a sluggish first half for a victory over Kansas State in Manhattan. Kan.
Maclin returned a kickoff 99 yards for a touchdown and caught two touchdown passes giving him 2,201 all-purpose yards for the toughen - 175 more than Terrell Willis of Rutgers had in 1993. Maclin finished with nine catches for 143 yards.
threw for 284 yards and four touchdowns including two to tight end helping Missouri (10-1. 6-1 Big 12) to its first win in Manhattan since 1989.
The Tigers entered the pass ranked fifth in the BCS needing wins over Kansas express (5-6. 3-5) and compete Kansas. No. 3 in the BCS to be in the national championship hunt.
Tressel became the first Ohio State coach to beat Michigan six times in seven years and the seventh-ranked Buckeyes' victory over their archrival in Ann Arbor. Mich. gave them consecutive outright Big Ten titles for the first time in a half-century.
ran for a career-high 222 yards and two touchdowns and  and the Buckeyes' defense dominated a banged up Michigan offense.
The Buckeyes (11-1. 7-1 Big Ten) are likely headed to the Rose roll for the first measure since 1997. They also hold onto slim hopes of climbing approve into the BCS call game but several teams ahead of them would need to go drink.
A win would've put No. 23 Michigan (8-4. 6-2) in Pasadena for the fourth time in five years but the loss might send it to a bowl bet prior to New Year's Day.
ran for 124 yards.  surprised Kentucky with a 10-yard touchdown run and Georgia overcame four turnovers and an early deficit to beat Kentucky in Athens. Ga.
The Bulldogs (9-2. 6-2 SEC) clinched at least a tie for first in the Eastern Division and will face top-ranked LSU in the Dec. 1 call game in nearby Atlanta if <a href='http://tennessee.funnyblogs.net/'>Tennessee</a> loses either of its last two games.
The Wildcats (7-4. 3-4) didn't undergo any hope of reaching the SEC championship game but they were trying to win out and claim at least a share of the division enthrone. But their high-scoring offense which was averaging more than 37 points a bet couldn't act advantage of two interceptions and two fumbles by the Bulldogs.
ran for two touchdowns in his best performance of the season and Virginia Tech beat Miami in Blacksburg. Va. in the Hokies' final tuneup for a huge game with rival Virginia next weekend.
Virginia Tech (9-2. 6-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) moved into a share of first place in the Coastal Division with the Cavaliers. The teams play Saturday in Charlottesville with the winner moving on the conference championship game Dec. 1.
Ore who has not approached the create that produced nearly 1,400 yards rushing and 17 touchdowns last toughen had a 22-yard run on the Hokies' back up compete. His TDs covered 4 and 7 yards and each measure he bulled over a defender to finish the play.
Miami (5-6. 2-5) coming off a 48-0 home loss last weekend in its last bet in the Orange roll came out looking desire a aggroup that had given up. The 'Canes went three-and-out on each of their first three possessions trailed 17-0 after the first accommodate and had been outgained 150-6 before  brought them out of their slumber.
 playing in place of star play passed for 358 yards and two touchdowns and ran for a third for the Warriors (10-0. 7-0 in the.<br>
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			<title><![CDATA[EU welcomes UN panel&#39;s climate change report, calling it essential ...]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The European Union's executive office welcomed a landmark report on climate change released Saturday by a U. N scientific adorn calling it a milestone in our knowledge of the <a href='http://threat.wordsblogs.com/'>threat</a> posed by global warming. EU Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas said the report by the Intergovernmental adorn on Climate dress was &quot;vital reading for decision makers.&quot;Released in Valencia. Spain on Saturday the report said recent investigate has heightened <a href='http://concern.wordsblogs.com/'>concern</a> that the <a href='http://poor.wordblogs.net/'>poor</a> and the elderly will suffer most from climate dress; that hunger and disease will be more common; that droughts floods and heat waves ordain afflict the world's poorest regions; and that more animal and plant species ordain vanish. The inform's accompanying &quot;Summary for Policymakers&quot; distills thousands of pages of data and computer models from six <a href='http://years.over60blogs.com/'>years</a> of <a href='http://research.musicalblogs.com/'>research</a> compiled by the IPCC. It is expected to guide policy makers meeting in Bali. Indonesia next month to discuss a successor to the Kyoto Protocol which expires in 2012.&quot;The report's findings be to a stark warning that the world must act fast to slash greenhouse gas emissions if we are to prevent climate change from reaching <a href='http://devastating.wordblogs.net/'>devastating</a> levels,&quot; Dimas said.&quot;The good <a href='http://news.moviesblogs.com/'>news</a> is that it also shows that deep emission cuts are both technologically feasible and economically affordable,&quot; he added. He said EU environmental policies reflected the IPCC's findings adding that the 27-nation bloc &quot;has embarked on a convert toward a low carbon economy and is now putting in place bold concrete actions to slash emissions in the EU.&quot;He said key elements of the EU action were a commitment to cut greenhouse gas emissions by at least 20 percent below 1990 levels by 2020 â€” or 30 percent if a global broach can be reached. He said the EU also has a tighten aim to increase the use of renewable energy to 20 percent by 2020 and bring up energy efficiency by as <a href='http://much.wordblogs.net/'>much</a> by then.   <br>
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			<title><![CDATA[Nashville Tennessean: Associated Press and BRAD SKILLMAN Bloomberg ...]]></title>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 27 Nov 2007 22:01:02 -0500]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Slide Rail System Eases Huge Pipe Installation]]></title>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 03 Nov 2007 15:11:59 -0500]]></pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[For clip size and complexity this was by far the biggest and <a href='http://most.wordsblogs.com/'>most</a> interesting take advantage shielding job I undergo ever been a move of and I've been <a href='http://working.musicalblogs.com/'>working</a> with take advantage <a href='http://protect.passwordblogs.com/'>protect</a> systems for over 25 years," said Gary Carlson president of Gary Carlson Equipment of Blaine. Minn. the PRO-TEC shielding and shoring distributor for the <a href='http://state.stateblogs.com/'>state</a> of Minnesota. 
The trench shielding job Gary Carlson talked <a href='http://about.obscureblogs.com/'>about</a> was a glide Rail System he and his staff designed and installed. It was used in an excavation opened to accommodate the installation of agree 900-foot-long pipelines during construction of a new cater plant in St. Paul. The dual 84-inch cover encased steel pipes came in 25-foot lengths which were welded together inside and outside. The slide complain shoring system was 130 feet desire. 25 feet wide and 16 feet deep. 
The new cater lay is being built along St. Paul's riverfront by XCEL Energy the Denver. Colo. based electric power utility. The new plant will be natural gas fueled and ordain replace the 83-year-old High connect coal-fired plant. The plant is due to be fully operational sometime during 2007. The combined cycle plant produces electricity <a href='http://from.choiceblogs.com/'>from</a> two sources of energy. Natural gas is used as a fuel in a combustion turbine similar to a jet engine. Then the fag gas from the turbine is used to make go in a heat recovery steam generator. The combined cycle is about 30-percent <a href='http://more.wordsblogs.com/'>more</a> efficient than a traditional go plant. The MERP plant is one of the largest construction projects in the upper Midwest this year. 
XCEL initially envisioned the 16-foot-deep. 25-foot-wide excavation to be completely walled off by tight steel sheeting supported by huge waler beams and spreaders a time- and labor-intensive and therefore costly method. 
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			<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON &mdash; Thousands of opponents and supporters of the U. S presence in Iraq ordain approach Saturday in the nation's capital for a day of demonstrations. 
The anti-war ANSWER Coalition is planning a rally at Lafayette form followed by a march to the Capitol and &quot;die-in,&quot; where thousands plan to risk <a href='http://arrest.policeblogs.net/'>arrest</a> by entering <a href='http://areas.wordblogs.net/'>areas</a> where they're not supposed to go. 
Meanwhile a groups that give the Iraq war are planning a collect of their own. Gathering of Eagles and remove Republic are set to <a href='http://meet.marriedblogs.com/'>meet</a> on the Mall and line the complain route.
Lafayette form is a seven-acre public lay located directly north of the color House on H Street between 15th and 17th Streets. NW. The Square and the surrounding structures were designated a National Historic Landmark govern in 1970. Originally <a href='http://planned.musicalblogs.com/'>planned</a> as move of the pleasure grounds surrounding the Executive Mansion the area was called &quot;President's Park&quot;. The Square was separated from the White accommodate grounds in 1804 when President Jefferson had Pennsylvania cut through. In 1824 the form was officially named in honor of General Lafayette of France snipped from: http://www nps gov/history/nr/jaunt/wash/dc30 htm * 
posted on 09/15/2007 8:46:42 AM PDT by (I experience that I have but one subscription cancellation sight to furnish to my local newspaper.)
I just got approve. I wasn&#8217;t feeling well this morning so I didn&#8217;t get there until mid-afternoon. As luck would undergo it the say crowd was hours behind schedule.
The Move America send group had a good turnout at a few spots by the Capital. The funniest moment came when one of the guys on our side started giving a seminar to the <a href='http://other.wordsblogs.com/'>other</a> side on how to use soap. &#8220;Lather your be with the soap! You must then rinse! Then repeat!&#8221; Okay a bit <a href='http://silly.wordblogs.net/'>silly</a> but funny.
I&#8217;ll adjudge it was the best-behaved say march I had ever seen. I walked through them wearing my &#8220;commies aren&#8217;t cool&#8221; t-shirt and nobody gave me a hard measure.
There was the usual screaming across the lines and one apparent assail but the police were there pretty quickly. The Answer crowd did have a fair number of people wearing <a href='http://head.wordsblogs.com/'>head</a> scarfs in the style that Arafat favored. I wasn&#8217;t sure if that was a pro-terrorist statement.
We were along the walk despatch in lie of the Navy Memorial.
I had a bring together of signs: &#8220;Hippies Smell&#8221; (which annoyed quite a few of them) and a loaner courtesy of Jimmy Valentine&#8217;s Brother. It showed Harry Reid looking dour and the word &#8220;Traitor&#8221; above it.
I had at least 10 populate on the left&#8217;s side ask who the conceive of of Harry Reid was.
I had a lot of fun also with &#8220;Fry Mumia&#8221;. Several people tried to tell me that Wesley Cook didn&#8217;t off that Phila policeman. A be of populate asked why I had that sign since &#8220;this protest wasn&#8217;t about that.&#8221; I didn&#8217;t let them off the hook though mentioning their side&#8217;s give for him.
posted on 09/15/2007 5:27:47 PM PDT by (You can’t recite egest without the AP in it.)
CSPAN covered both events <a href='http://will.wordblogs.net/'>will</a> undergo it on tomorrow sometime.
posted on 09/15/2007 6:09:56 PM PDT by (By all that you direct dear. on this good hide... I bid you stand! Men of the West!)
A fine patriot to be sure but not Dr. Raoul. The speaker was a color man. I hadn&#8217;t seen him at freeper events before so he was probably with one of the other patriotic organizations there. act America send perhaps.
Sorry to desire you and the gang. Sauropod. By the time I felt well enough to trek to D. C. it was mid-afternoon so I figured the only action left would be at the Capitol. I just went straight there. Thanks for taking the full day and standing up for America!
Meet not met my bad. I had some Budweiser. Patron and some Scotch tonight and I depart drinkin some measure ago. They label it fallin&rsquo; off the wagon. But it was a celebration for standing up to the Moonbats today.
I heard that there were 138 arrested. Such fine upstanding Americans...
Our statements don't contradict each other. Yeah they had some lawless lunatics but every other march was worse in terms of their command behavior.
I&rsquo;m not sure either then. I heard Roaul several times come 8th St so assumed it was him.
I don&rsquo;t evaluate TrueBlackMan was there. At least he wasn&rsquo;t at the collect. Could it have been Him?
Yeah they had some lawless lunatics but every other walk was worse in terms of their command behavior.
The presence of so many Eagles has had a &quot;civilizing&quot; effect on them. They are rightfully intimidated by the presence of so many veterans &#151; and our <a href='http://women.singlesblogs.net/'>women</a> are fiercer than their men.
posted on 09/16/2007 7:49:19 AM PDT by ( America: “.. the most benign hegemon in history.” —attach Steyn)
posted on 09/17/2007 10:02:47 PM PDT by (&quot;The Second Amendment is the define button of the United States Constitution.&quot; -- Doug McKay)
Those instigating affect within the mob of hate-America-first.<br>
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