for January through June 2005
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"The head of Amnesty International's American branch on June 5 acknowledged that he 'doesn't know for sure' what is going on at Guantanamo Bay prison, although Amnesty International's secretary-general has called the terrorist prison run at a U.S. military base in Cuba a 'gulag'."-- "Amnesty Concedes No Hard Evidence," by James G. Lakely, The Washington Times National Weekly Edition, June 13-19, 2005, page 1. Address: 3600 New York Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20002. E-mail. Website.
"Elian Gonzalex, the young Cuban boy who became the center of an international custody and propaganda war five years ago, was trotted out on April 22 by Fidel Castro to mark the fifth anniversary of his return to the Communist dictatorship. In his first speech at a political rally, Elian, now 11 years old, first thanked Cuban President Fidel Castro, who attended the event and led the festivities commemorating a major victory over Cuban exiles in the United States. [. . .] Elian ended his speech with the slogan ''Homeland or death -- to victory,' and the salute of Cuban school children, 'Pioneers for Communism, let's be like Che' (Guevara)."-- "Elian Gonzalez: Five Years Later, Castro's Propaganda War Continues," The New American, May 16, 2005, page 8. Published by American Opinion Publishing Incorporated, 770 Westhill Boulevard, Appleton, Wisconsin 54914. Phone: 920-749-3784. Fax: 920-749-3785. E-mail. Website.
"A majority, 61 percent of Americans, could not define or describe a 'filibuster' in their own words, finds a new nationwide survey of 1,000 adults by the Washington, D.C.-based Polling Company. [. . .] 4 percent of Americans polled identified filibuster as a medical procedure, 2 percent said it was a sports team, another 2 percent said it was a household appliance, 1 percent said it was a breed of horse, and 1 percent said it was a type of sandwich."-- "Filibuster and Mayo," Inside the Beltway, by John McCaslin, The Washington Times National Weekly Edition, June 13-19, 2005, page 6. Address: 3600 New York Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20002. E-mail. Website.
"For columnist Michael Kinsley, human embryos [. . .] are 'biologically more primitive than a mosquito,' he wrote [May 22] in the Los Angeles Times. [. . .] He's used [the comparison] before in previous columns to drive home the point that disposing of human embryos should generate even less thought than swatting a mosquito."-- George Neumayr, writing in "The Elite's Moral Gadfly," May 24 in the American Spectator Online, as quoted in "Rancid Elite," Culture, The Washington Times National Weekly Edition, June 13-19, 2005, page 28. Address: 3600 New York Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20002. E-mail. Website.
"[After the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks] Susan Sontag cleared her throat for the 'courage' of the al Qaeda pilots. Norman Mailer pronounced the dead of September 11 comparable to 'automobile statistics'. [. . .] Noam Chomsky insisted that al Qaeda at its most atrocious generated no terror greater than American foreign policy on a mediocre day."-- Keith Thompson, writing in "Leaving the Left," May 22 in the San Francisco Chronicle, as quoted in "'Simpering' Left," Culture, The Washington Times National Weekly Edition, June 13-19, 2005, page 28. Address: 3600 New York Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20002. E-mail. Website.
"[T]here is strong evidence that the U.S. lost the opportunity to capture or kill Osama bin Laden because of politically correct Pentagon policies to have more female warriors. [. . .] At that critical moment, one well-connected military source says, the U.S. was unable to commit desperately needed personnel because women had been mixed into units that were at strong risk of seeing combat."-- "Did GI Jane Policy Allow Bin Laden to Escape?" by Dave Eberhart, NewsMax.com (the magazine), June 2005, page 46. Address: Sequoia Digital Corporation, 224 Datura Street, West Palm Beach, Florida 33401. Website.
"Millions of conservative-oriented stockholders would likely be shocked [. . .] upon learning how even the most 'blue-chip' of U.S. corporations increasingly concede shareholders' profits to dubious causes which are diametrically opposed to the principles of free enterprise, limited government and the financial interests of unsuspecting stockholders. [. . .] The Capital Research Center notes for every $1 given to market-oriented groups, $4.66 goes to causes seeking bigger government."-- The American Sentinel, June 2005, page 1. Address: American Lantern Press, Incorporated, 101 Washington Street, Falmouth, Virginia 22405. Phone: 540-371-1807. E-mail.
"[A]ccording to the National Journal's voting index, Hillary's actual voting record has quietly gone further and further left. She had the 12th most liberal voting record in 2002, and by 2003, was in a 3-way tie for the 8th most liberal Senator."-- The American Sentinel, June 2005, page 11. Address: American Lantern Press, Incorporated, 101 Washington Street, Falmouth, Virginia 22405. Phone: 540-371-1807. E-mail.
"You may have heard that Jane Fonda apologized to Vietnam veterans in her current book. That's incorrect. She expressed 'regret' for one photograph, but remains proud of her Radio Hanoi broadcasts, her efforts to achieve a Communist victory, and her attacks on American servicemen as war criminals. She never uses the word 'apology'. [. . .] In her 'regret', limited to the photograph alone, Vietnam veterans see Fonda's endeavoring to ameliorate the harm to herself with virtually no regard to the harm she caused to others."-- "Jane Fonda in Wonderland," by Dexter Lehtinen, in the May 2 National Review Online, as quoted in "Culture, etc." The Washington Times National Weekly Edition, May 16-22, 2005, page 28. Address: 3600 New York Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20002. E-mail. Website.
"[S]tatistics [. . .] available from the Department of Veterans Affairs [. . .] reveal: Vietnam vets -- people who actually served in combat in Vietnam -- are less likely to have psychiatric problems, less likely to have drug problems, less likely to have committed suicide, and have a higher median income than people of comparable socio-economic backgrounds who did not serve in Vietnam."-- "War Films, Hollywood and Popular Culture," by Michael Medved, Imprimis, the National Speech Digest of Hillsdale College, May 2005, page 5. Subscription free upon request. Address: Hillsdale College, Hillsdale, Michigan 49242. Phone: 800-437-2268. Imprimis Archive. Hillsdale College Website.
"[O]ne college freshman asked the dorm housing authority if he could change roommates since his assigned roommate was an avowed homosexual who planned to have his lovers stay overnight in the dorm room. The university [labeled] the straight student bigoted and forced him to attend sensitivity training in order to correct his politically incorrect views!"-- "Communism Is wit Us, Party Is Not," by David A. Noebel and Chuck Edwards, The Schwarz Report, February 2005, page 7. Address: PO Box 129, Manitou Springs, Colorado 80829. Phone: 719-685-9043. Website.
"The Democratic National Committee and the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, Citizenship Education Fund Inc. run by Jesse Jackson on May 26 each agreed to pay the Federal Election Commission $100,000 for violating the Federal Election Campaign Act." [Don't expect to see this reported in the mainstream media.]-- "DNC, Jackson Fined by FEC for Campaign Violations in 2000," by Brian DeBose, The Washington Times National Weekly Edition, May 30 - June 5, 2005, page 9. Address: 3600 New York Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20002. E-mail. Website.
"[A]fter much plea-bargaining, [Samuel 'Sandy'] Berger admitted in early April in federal court that he was guilty of intentionally stealing copies of [National Archives] documents and then destroying them. The documents concerned the Clinton Administration's policies against terrorism. Now that the liberal Berger has pleaded guilty, the major media are pretty quiet again. One wonders if they would be so silent if Condoleeza Rice had stuffed classified files about terrorism in her purse and then lied about it."-- "Sandy Berger: Guilty," News Flash, April 2005, page 4. Address: Media Research Center, 325 South Patrick Street, Alexandria, Virginia 22314. Phone: 800-672-1423. Website.
"Some of the detainees who were mistreated [at Abu Ghraib] were among the worst prisoners. Some had started riots and attacked the guards with rocks and feces. The Washington Post reported that some of them 'stockpiled their feces to throw' at U.S. soldiers."-- "Here Comes the Global Sheriff: Legal Terrorism Against Defense Secretary Rumsfeld and Our Military," by Cliff Kincaid, in a special report prepared by the National Committee Against the U.N. Takeover, a project of America's Survival, Inc. PO Box 96099, Washington, DC 20090-6099.
"Between 1998 and 2003, the group [PetaKills Animals.com] says PETA killed more than 10,000 dogs, cats and other 'companion' animals. Why did PETA do this? Because it's too expensive for them to keep the animals alive and they have other financial priorities."-- "PETA Kills Puppies and Kittens," by Chris Field, Human Events, May 23, 2005, page 7. Address: 1 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20001. Phone: 202-216-0600. Website.
"[Former White House Press Secretary Ari] Fleischer noted that he once asked a group of a dozen reporters how many voted for President Clinton in the 1996 election. Eleven hands went up. 'So,' he said, 'only one of you voted for Sen. [Bob] Dole.' A dumb-founded Fleischer was then told that this wasn't so, that the one who didn't raise his hand had voted for Ralph Nader. 'Give me a newsroom that consists of 11 Ronald Reagan voters and one Pat Buchanan voter,' he concludes, 'and I'll bet the news would come out differently.'"-- "Fleischer Paints Revealing Portrait of Press," by John Gizzi, Human Events, May 23, 2005, page 10. Address: 1 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20001. Phone: 202-216-0600. Website.
"At present, America is losing about 1,800 veterans per day. The rate of loss is expected to peak at about 2,000 per day in 2008."-- "Military Funeral Honors," by John White, The New American, May 30, 2005, page 37. Published by American Opinion Publishing Incorporated, 770 Westhill Boulevard, Appleton, Wisconsin 54914. Phone: 920-749-3784. Fax: 920-749-3785. E-mail. Website.
"Columnist Michelle Malkin recently reported that one of the latest cutting-edge trends among students [. . .] is self-mutilation -- 'using knives, razor blades or even safety pins to deliberately harm one's own body -- and it's spreading to a school near you."-- "Mutilation Nation," by Deborah Lambert, CampusReport, May 2005, page 2. Address: Accuracy in Academia, 4455 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 330, Washington, DC 20008. Phone: 800-787-0429, extension 104. E-mail. Website.
"The New York Times reports that more Africans have moved to the U.S. since 1990 than arrived in the previous two centuries, including the 500,000 Africans brought here as slaves."-- "Sidelights," The American Enterprise, June 2005, page 6. Address: 1150 17th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036. Phone: 202-862-5886. Fax: 202-862-5867. E-mail. Website.
"A new day is rising in America thanks to Strattera, the first drug desinged to treat Adult Attention Deficit Disorder. No longer will parents be forced to trudge responsibly through life policing their own personal behavior while they pill-popping children drift blithely on a cloud of mood-altering medication. For a mere $2.85 per pill, and the willingness to deal with the drug's most common side effects, 'consitpation, dry mouth, nausea, decreased appetite, problems sleeping, sexual side effects, problems urinating, and menstrual cramps,' parents can finally even the playing field with thier children."-- "Medication is the Answer," The American Enterprise, June 2005, page 10. Address: 1150 17th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036. Phone: 202-862-5886. Fax: 202-862-5867. E-mail. Website.
"The main interest the U.N. has taken in Zimbabwe recently [where life expectancy has dropped from 60 to 33 in a decade and infant mortality has doubled] has been to name the country to a panel deciding the agenda for a meeting of the U.N. Human Rights Commission."-- "Zimbabwe in a Bad Way," by Blake Hurst, The American Enterprise, June 2005, page 36. Address: 1150 17th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036. Phone: 202-862-5886. Fax: 202-862-5867. E-mail. Website.
"Most outsiders probably don't know that when they're in Cuba, they're being taperecorded and watched, on direct orders of communist dictator Fidel Castro. So says Humberto Fontova, author of the new best-selling book Fidel: Hollywood's Favorite Tyrant. Fontova says Castro and his spies have secretly taped -- using both audio and video equipment -- some of Hollywood's most notable stars. [. . .] In doing so, some of the stars' most intimate, private and potentially embarrassing moments (read: bedroom antics) were captured on film and tape -- all for the private viewing pleasure of Castro and his most-trusted inner circle. [. . .] But some VIPs visiting Castsro's Cuba foiled his taping party. This short list includes the late Pope John Paul II [whose] aides 'discovered and removed several bugging devices' from his room."-- "Castro Spied on Jack Nicholson, Spielberg & the Pope," NewsMax.com (the magazine), May 2005, page 52. Address: Sequoia Digital Corporation, 224 Datura Street, West Palm Beach, Florida 33401. Website.
"After candy machines were removed from the premises of an Austin, Texas high school [. . .] students armed with gym bags full of M&Ms, Skittles, Snickers and Twix became roving vendors, serving classmates in need of an in-school sugar fix. [. . .] Some kids were making $200 a week selling candy."-- "Squeaky Chalk," by Deborah Lambert, CampusReport, May 2005, page 2. Address: Accuracy in Academia, 4455 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 330, Washington, DC 20008. Phone: 800-787-0429, extension 104. E-mail. Website.
"In early March, The New York Times noted Hillary [Clinton's] growing success in raising money from Republican donors, even as she remains a favorite of the hard-core leftist Democratic 'base'."-- The American Sentinel, April 2005, page 9. Address: American Lantern Press, Incorporated, 101 Washington Street, Falmouth, Virginia 22405. Phone: 540-371-1807. E-mail.
"[R]epresentatives from blue states, whose electoral votes went for Democrat Sen. John Kerry, advocated more than twice as much spending ($368 billion) as those representing red states ($173 billion), which favored President Bush. Senators from blue states sought nearly three times as much spending as those from red states -- $158 billion to $55 billion."-- "Redder Blues," Inside the Beltway, by John McCaslin, The Washington Times National Weekly Edition, May 9-15, 2005, page 7. Address: 3600 New York Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20002. E-mail. Website.
"Former United Nations chief Boutros Boutros-Ghali is blaming the oil-for-food scandal on 'right-wing politicians' in the United States, saying they are using it as a tool to damage the world body's reputation. [. . .] What is not clear is how Boutros-Ghali can ignore the mounting evidence against U.N., Iraqi and corporate bureaucrats who administered or took part in the now-discredited program."-- "Ex-U.N. Chief Tries Blaming Conservatives for Oil-for-Food Scandal," NewsMax.com (the magazine), May 2005, pages 10-11. Address: Sequoia Digital Corporation, 224 Datura Street, West Palm Beach, Florida 33401. Website.
"[T]he notorious dictator Joe Stalin [. . .] once tried to have legendary actor John Wayne knocked off because of Wayne's antipathy toward communism."-- Nostalgic for Stalin," NewsMax.com (the magazine), May 2005, page 15. Address: Sequoia Digital Corporation, 224 Datura Street, West Palm Beach, Florida 33401. Website.
"Research indicates that children of a divorced mom are better off when mom does not remarry, shack up, or otherwise get invested in some new love."-- "Look at Yourself before Blaming Others," by Dr. Laura, NewsMax.com (the magazine), May 2005, page 82. Address: Sequoia Digital Corporation, 224 Datura Street, West Palm Beach, Florida 33401. Website.
"U.S. officials privately concede that in the area where the 800 Minutemen held their vigil, illegal crossings dropped from 64,000 a month to about 5,000."-- The American Sentinel, May 2005, page 11. Address: American Lantern Press, Incorporated, 101 Washington Street, Falmouth, Virginia 22405. Phone: 540-371-1807. E-mail.
"[T]he Reserve Officers Training COrps (ROTC) [. . .] can only gain admittance to 20 percent of the campuses in the United States."-- "Little Churchills," CampusReport, April 2005, page 2. Address: Accuracy in Academia, 4455 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 330, Washington, DC 20008. Phone: 800-787-0429, extension 104. E-mail. Website.
"[O]il refineries [in the U.S.] are operating at near 100% capacity due to Clinton-era decrees mandating the production of 22 different blends of fuel."-- The American Sentinel, April 2005, page 8. Address: American Lantern Press, Incorporated, 101 Washington Street, Falmouth, Virginia 22405. Phone: 540-371-1807. E-mail.
"Michael Beam's bookbag was dirty, so he transferred his schools supplies to an old bookbag. On the way to school (Yadkin Success Academy in North Carolina), Beam discovered that there was a BB pistol in his old bookbag. As soon as he got to school, he turned the BB gun into the principal. He has been charged with possessing a weapon and has been ordered to a group home."-- "School Stupidity Virus Strikes Again," (from www.chuckmuth.com), Resource Roundup, April 2005, page 3. Address: PO Box 790, Spearfish, South Dakota 57783. Phone: 970-856-6086. E-mail. Website.
"Detroit's WXYZ-TV reports that the United Auto Workers have imposed new restrictions on U.S. Marines who want to use the parking lot at the UAW Solidarity House in Michigan's largest city. The union has for years let Marines park there when in town for weekend training, but now it is barring foreign cars and vehicles with bumper stickers for George W. Bush . . ." [Later the UAW reversed the ruling.]-- "The Anti-American Union Label," (from www.chuckmuth.com), Resource Roundup, April 2005, page 3. Address: PO Box 790, Spearfish, South Dakota 57783. Phone: 970-856-6086. E-mail. Website.
"During the 1990s, more African blacks came to the United States than were ever brought here as slaves."-- "African Influx," American Renaissance, May 2005, page 15. Address: PO Box 527, Oakton, Virginia 22124. E-mail. Website.
"Most of the vitamin D we require is generated when our skin is exposed to the sun. With the wide-spread use of sunscreens and sun avoidance, vitamin D deficiency has become more common."-- "Use the Sun to Fight Disease," NewsMax.com (the magazine), April 2005, page 98. Address: Sequoia Digital Corporation, 224 Datura Street, West Palm Beach, Florida 33401. Website.
"Ahmad Al-Qloushi, a 17-year-old Kuwaiti student at Foothill College near San Jose, California, recently received a failing grade from his political science professor, Joseph A. Woolcock. The primary reason was that the student praised America in a final-exam essay about the U.S. Constitution. [. . .] Mr. Al-Qloushi said that Mr. Woolcock [. . .] 'called me naive for believing in the greatness of this country and told me: America is not God's gift to the world . . . . You need regular psychotherapy.'"-- "Squeaky Chalk," by Deborah Lambert, CampusReport, April 2005, page 3. Address: Accuracy in Academia, 4455 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 330, Washington, DC 20008. Phone: 800-787-0429, extension 104. E-mail. Website.
"A recent U. of New Mexico study [. . .] showed that men used 6.5 times more gray matter in IQ tests while women used 9 times as much white matter. Gray matter is apparently related to information processing skills like math and map reading while white matter connects emotional thinking, language and multi-tasking skills."-- "Squeaky Chalk," by Deborah Lambert, CampusReport, April 2005, page 4. Address: Accuracy in Academia, 4455 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 330, Washington, DC 20008. Phone: 800-787-0429, extension 104. E-mail. Website.
"In March the Journal Pediatrics reported a study claiming milk is not a good source of calcium for growing kids. The story was widely reported in the media. But it turns out that the source of the 'study' was the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, a front group for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), the notorious 'animal rights' organization. PETA opposes not only dairy farming, but all human use of animals."-- "Briefly Noted," Capital Research Center Organization Trends, April 2005, page 8. Published by Capital Research Center, 1513 16th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036-1480. Phone: 202-483-6900 or 800-459-3950. E-mail. Website.
"Forbes magazine has named the Cuban Stalinist [Fidel Castro] as one of the world's richest people, with assets totaling $550 million."-- "News for FIdel Castro Fans in the United States," The American Sentinel, April 2005, page 8. Address: American Lantern Press, Incorporated, 101 Washington Street, Falmouth, Virginia 22405. Phone: 540-371-1807. E-mail.
"In South Africa, violent crime has been increasing dramatically since the Communist-controlled African National Congress came to power, and now it is raging. A Reuters news story on March 17 estimates that individuals now have a 'one in 60 chance of being a victim of violent crime in any given year."-- "No Gun? Use a Spear," The New American, April 18, 2005, page 6. Published by American Opinion Publishing Incorporated, 770 Westhill Boulevard, Appleton, Wisconsin 54914. Phone: 920-749-3784. Fax: 920-749-3785. E-mail. Website.
"[A] dispassionate University of Chicago study by Edward Laumann, John Gagnon, Robert Michael, and Stuart Michaels published in the 1990s [. . .] finds a core group of the population who define themselves as homosexual or bisexual, have same-gender partners, and express same-sex desires. The size of this group is a very modest 2.4 percent of men and 1.3 percent of women. Nowhere near [Alfred] Kinsey's claims [of 13 percent and 7 percent]."-- "Sex Fiction," The American Enterprise, April/May 2005, page 11. Address: 1150 17th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036. Phone: 202-862-5886. Fax: 202-862-5867. E-mail. Website.
"Two conservative scholars recently argued in the Journal of Political Economy that the vast expansion of governmental machinery during the 20th century proceeded largely from women acquiring the vote. Women, far more than men, voted to create the welfare state."-- "Divorce as Revolution," by Stephen Baskerville, Ph.D., Whistleblower, March 2005, page 36. Address: PO Box 2450, Fair Oaks, California 95628. Phone: 916-852-6300. Fax: 916-852-6302. Website.
"Michael Jackson's trial came to a screeching halt when the star was admitted to the hospital for treatment for 'flu-like symptoms,' according to doctors. In an unfortunate turn of events, an elderly heart attack victim who was clinging to life was evicted from her hospital room to make way for the pop star, according to the victim's family. Shortly after being removed from her room, Manuela Gomez Ruiz died."-- "Jacko's Hospital Stay -- Deadly Consequences?" NewsMax.com (the magazine), April 2005, page 20. Address: Sequoia Digital Corporation, 224 Datura Street, West Palm Beach, Florida 33401. Website.
"If America's convicted felons are allowed to vote, it's almost certain that Hillary Clinton will be the next president of the United States. That's the conclusion of the American Enterprise Institute's John R. Lott and James K. Glassman, who noted in the New York Post that in the handful of states where ex-cons are allowed to go to the polls, 93 percent voted for her husband in 1996 and 86 percent in 1992."-- "Ex-Cons Could Make Hillary President," NewsMax.com (the magazine), April 2005, page 41. Address: Sequoia Digital Corporation, 224 Datura Street, West Palm Beach, Florida 33401. Website.
"According to Forbes, researchers say about half of people with heart disease (the nation's No. 1 killer) have normal cholesterol levels, 'which raises serious doubt as to the ability of traditional cholesterol tests to detect risk."-- "Screening," NewsMax.com (the magazine), April 2005, page 94. Address: Sequoia Digital Corporation, 224 Datura Street, West Palm Beach, Florida 33401. Website.
"Congressman Charles Rangel of New York [. . .] spent the whole year blabbering on the television about his bill to reinstate the military draft. Then when it came up to a vote, he voted AGAINST his own bill."-- "Winning Politicians," by Paul Jacob, No Uncertain Terms, the Newsletter of the Term Limits Movement, March/April 2005, page 2. Address: U.S. Term Limits Foundation, 10 G street, NE, Washington, DC 20002. Phone: 800-733-6440. E-mail. Website.
"Montana legislators took steps in February to exempt the state from various federal laws, ranging from gun restrictions to National ID card requirements. [. . .] HB 366 would mean that guns could be manufactured in Montana without serial numbers, sold without a background check and possessed without any government tracking whatsoever. [The bill] was extremely popular in the House, and it was easily approved by a vote of 73-24."-- "Montana Legislators Tell Feds to 'Take a Hike'," by Erich Pratt, Gun Owners, March 25 2005, page 1. Address: Gun Owners of America, 8001 Forbes Place, Suite 102, Springfield, Virginia 22151. Phone: 703-321-8585. Website.
"The South China Morning Post has reported Mr. Clinton using his United Nations 'humanitarian mission' to promote sales of his memoir through book signings and promotional events in Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan, and Japan."-- "Judicial Watch Seeks Records on Bill Cinton's Appointment as United Nations Special Envoy," Judicial Watch Verdict, April 2005, page 13. Address: 501 School Street, SW, 5th Floor, Washington, DC 20024. Phone: 202-646-5172. Fax: 202-646-5199. Website.
"We had the government documents to prove it, that [John Kerry's] Vietnam Veterans Against the War was working with the communists."-- A comment by Dr. Jerome Corsi, co-author of Unfit for Command in "This Month's Interview," Judicial Watch Verdict, April 2005, page 14. Address: 501 School Street, SW, 5th Floor, Washington, DC 20024. Phone: 202-646-5172. Fax: 202-646-5199. Website.
"In one 260-mile stretch of the New Mexican border, [U.S. Border Control] agents are being fired upon every 2-3 days, more than double last year's rate, law-enforcement agency records show."-- The American Sentinel, April 2005, page 6. Address: American Lantern Press, Incorporated, 101 Washington Street, Falmouth, Virginia 22405. Phone: 540-371-1807. E-mail.
"The Spring edition of the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons notes the influx of illegals has bankrupted and closed 84+ hospitals in California and other border states."-- The American Sentinel, April 2005, page 7. Address: American Lantern Press, Incorporated, 101 Washington Street, Falmouth, Virginia 22405. Phone: 540-371-1807. E-mail.
"A foreign language instructor kicked a Fort Lewis College (Durango, Colorado) student in the leg for wearing his conservative club's logo sweatshirt. The instructor's only regret was that the kick wasn't 'higher and harder'."-- "Education, Bias, Corruption . . . and Stupidity," Libertas, Winter 2005, page 30. Address: Young America's Foundation, FM Kirby Freedom Center, 110 Elden Street, Herndon, Virginia 20170. Phone: 703-318-9608, or 800-USA-1776. Fax: 703-318-9122. Website.
"Environmental organizations are doing their predictable routine, and garnering megabucks from gullible foundations, [aided by] the amen chorus of the New York Times, Washington Post, and even National Geographic and Scientific American. They seem to be impervious to the growing body of scientific evidence that defines Global Warming as a non-problem."-- A comment by Dr. S. Fred Singer, a top environmental scientist and former director of the U.S. Weather Satellite Service, while warning about the harm to America that would follow adoption of the Kyoto Protocol, as quoted in "Snapshots," The New American, April 4, 2005, page 9. Published by American Opinion Publishing Incorporated, 770 Westhill Boulevard, Appleton, Wisconsin 54914. Phone: 920-749-3784. Fax: 920-749-3785. E-mail. Website.
"Psychologists estimate that roughly four out of every 100 persons are born without consciences. . ."-- "Understanding the 4 Percent of Us Who Have No Conscience," by Lyn Nofziger, The Washington Times National Weekly Edition, March 28 - April 3, 2005, page 28. Address: 3600 New York Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20002. E-mail. Website.
"A German zoo has scrapped plans to break up male penguin couples following protests from homosexuals. The Bremerhaven Zoo had flown in four female Humboldt penguins in an attempt to encourage three male couples to start reproducing. Gay groups called this 'organized and forced harassment through female seductresses.'"-- "They Wear Suits, But Don't Chase Skirts," The American Enterprise, April/May 2005, page 11. Address: 1150 17th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036. Phone: 202-862-5886. Fax: 202-862-5867. E-mail. Website.
"One leading moderate estimates that 5 to 10 percent of the Muslims in the U.S. are extremists, and that 80 percent of the mosques are under radical domination."-- "Where Are the Moderate Muslims?" by Steven Vincent, The American Enterprise, April/May 2005, page 25. Address: 1150 17th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036. Phone: 202-862-5886. Fax: 202-862-5867. E-mail. Website.
"The Council on American-Islamic Relations . . . took issue with an advertising description of the book [The Life and Religion of Mohammed] that touted it as explaining 'why Mohammed couldn't possibly be a true prophet.' CAIR was angered by the ad's assertions that 'Mohammed posed as the apostle of God . . . while his life is marked by innumerable marriages; and great licentiousness, deeds of rapine, warfare, conquests, unmerciful butcheries, all the time invoking God's holy name to sanction his evil deeds.'"-- "Call Truth 'Islamophobia'," by Robert Spencer, Human Events, April 4, 2005, page 12. Address: 1 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20001. Phone: 202-216-0600. Website.
"Two Pakistani employees of a Wendy's restaurant in Alexandria, Virginia were arrested and charged with felonious assault after they followed a customer to his landscaping truck and used tools from the victim's truck to beat him. Apparently the two Pakistani immigrants were outraged at the victim's earlier comments that they should learn to speak Spanish in order to accommodate the restaurant's Spanish-speaking customers and employees."-- "Language Insult Triggers Violent Response," The ProEnglish Advocate, March 2005, page 2. Address: 1601 North Kent Street, Suite 1100, Arlington, Virginia 22209. Phone: 703-816-8821. Fax: 703-816-8824. Website.
"Consider the following statistics taken from twelve [European] countries that have approved same-sex marriage: Only 2% of the homosexual community actually married. The average duration of the marriage was 18 months. Married same-sex couples averaged 8 extra-marital partners during their average marriage duration of 18 months."-- "What They Really Want," by David Caton, Florida Family Association Report, March 2005, page 2. Address: PO Box 46547, Tampa, Florida 33647-0105. Phone: 800-357-7128. Fax: 813-264-0658. E-mail. Website.
"'Singapore has displaced the United States as the top economy in information technology competitiveness,' reported Forbes on March 9."-- "Singapore Displaces U.S. as World Hi-Tech Leader," The New American, April 4, 2005, page 6. Published by American Opinion Publishing Incorporated, 770 Westhill Boulevard, Appleton, Wisconsin 54914. Phone: 920-749-3784. Fax: 920-749-3785. E-mail. Website.
"The word catastrophe was used [by the media] five times more often in 1995 than it was in 1985. And the stories changed, too. There was a heightened emphasis on fear, worry danger, uncertainty, panic."-- "Facing Our Fears," by Dennis Behreandt, The New American, April 4, 2005, page 24. Published by American Opinion Publishing Incorporated, 770 Westhill Boulevard, Appleton, Wisconsin 54914. Phone: 920-749-3784. Fax: 920-749-3785. E-mail. Website.
"If present trends continue, non-whites will account for a majority of U.S. births by 2015, if not sooner."-- "Bye, Bye American Pie," Newsbriefs, Middle America News, April 2005, page 3. Address: We the People Institute, Incorporated, PO Box 17088, Raleigh, North Carolina 27619. Phone: 919-839-1001. Fax: 919-839-2181. E-mail. Website.
"[I]n Britain . . . two entertainment performances . . . offended different religious groups. One performance was a stage play that depicted rape and murder at a Sikh temple. The play caused a mob of predictably offended Asian immigrants to storm the theater and assault the actors and the audience. The play was quickly closed down, ending future performances. But a publicly-financied musical entitled 'Jerry Springer: The Opera,' which deeply offended native-born Christians by depicting Jesus Christ as a homosexual, was allowed to be broadcast on BBC without incident. [. . .] In the UK today, immigrant Sikhs are a culturally privileged and protected group, while white Christians are not. Sikhs are able to impose their cultural values through violence and the threat of more of it, while the Christians are not."-- "Dropping the Ball," by J. Woodruff, Middle America News, April 2005, page 13. Address: We the People Institute, Incorporated, PO Box 17088, Raleigh, North Carolina 27619. Phone: 919-839-1001. Fax: 919-839-2181. E-mail. Website.
"In January, JP Morgan Chase/Bank One acknowledged that many years ago two of its predecessor banks in Louisiana had used African slaves as loan collateral, and had even taken possession of 1,250 slaves when loans defaulted. The bank has apologized and set up a $50-million college scholarship fund for [African]-Americans in the state. But so-called 'reparations activists' are insulted. 'They must pay us more,' said one of the activists, Antoinette Harrell-Miller, in a press release."-- "Philanthropy Notes," CRC Foundation Watch, March 2005, page 8. Published by Capital Research Center, 1513 16th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036-1480. Phone: 202-483-6900 or 800-459-3950. E-mail. Website.
"In October 1996 [. . .] 17-year-old Emory Carter tried to burn down the Trinity United Methodist Church. He botched the job, only doing $750 in damage, and setting his pants on fire."-- "Misplaced Mercy," American Renaissance, March 2005, page 15. Address: PO Box 527, Oakton, Virginia 22124. E-mail. Website.
"A new sculpture in Denver's City Park, called 'Meeting of Minds,' symbolizes the superiority of openness over rigid thinking by portraying a black woman triumphant over a dying white man."-- "Diversity Eyesore," American Renaissance, April 2005, page 12. Address: PO Box 527, Oakton, Virginia 22124. E-mail. Website.
"After a successful drug run [across the U.S.-Mexico border] smugglers often hire a singer to write a narcocorrido about it. The songs are popular in the United States, where the last album of Los Tigres del Norte, the best known group of this genre, sold 500,000 copies."-- "Mexico's Heros," American Renaissance, April 2005, page 16. Address: PO Box 527, Oakton, Virginia 22124. E-mail. Website.
"The leftist Web site foxblocker.com offers for sale an $8.95 device that will block FOX News from televisions. The product description states: 'Simply screw the filter into the back of your TV and never be exposed to right-wing propaganda again. . ."-- "Sidelights," The American Enterprise, April/May 2005, page 9 Address: 1150 17th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036. Phone: 202-862-5886. Fax: 202-862-5867. E-mail. Website.
"A judge in Santiago [recently] granted the first legal divorce in Chile's history."-- "Sidelights," The American Enterprise, April/May 2005, page 9 Address: 1150 17th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036. Phone: 202-862-5886. Fax: 202-862-5867. E-mail. Website.
"Oregon voters enacted a ballot initiative in 1994 -- the first and only state law permitting physician-assisted suicide. The Oregon Death with Dignity Act (ODDA) permits Oregon doctors to issue lethal prescriptions to qualified Oregon adults who request them." [We have given those, who are charged with keeping us alive, the right to put us to death.]-- "Oregon's 'Death with Dignity Act' May Face Review by U.S. Supreme Court," by Jan LaRue, Family Voice, March-April 2005, page 10. Address: Concerned Women for America, 1015 Fifteenth Street NW, Suite 1100, Washington, DC 20005. Phone: 800-323-2200. Fax: 202-488-0806. E-mail. Website..
"At foothill College, when a Kuwaiti-born student wrote an essay defending America's founding fathers and the Constitution they authored, his political science professor urged him to seek counseling. . ."-- "Focus on Foothill," by Malcolm A. Kline, CampusReport, March 2005, page 3. Address: Accuracy in Academia, 4455 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 330, Washington, DC 20008. Phone: 800-787-0429, extension 104. E-mail. Website.
"Imagine what would happen if the bank down the street from you forced you to deposit 10.6 percent of every single paycheck throughout your life in their vaults, with a promise that they would give it back to you in monthly installments when you retired. Now imagine that same bank saying, 'But if you die, all the dough is ours!'"-- "Beyond the Forum," by Rebecca Hagelin, Heritage Forum, Volume 1, Number 1, 2005, page 26. Address: The Heritage Foundation, 214 Massachusetts Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20002-4999. Phone: 202-546-4400. Website.
"A few years ago [. . .] studies [. . .] at Harvard and Duke universities -- showed a correlation between faith, prayer and recovery from illness. Now 1,200 studies at research centers around the world have come to similar conclusions."-- "God No So Dead: Worldwide Decline in Atheism Cited," by Uwe Siemon-Netto, The Washington Times National Weekly Edition, March 7-13, 2005, page 23. Address: 3600 New York Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20002. E-mail. Website.
"Doctors are learning they need to consider race when they treat disease. Heart specialists at the University of California were puzzled by Chinese patients who were diagnosed with a dangerous heart disease called Long QT Syndrome, but showed no symptoms. Because the diagnostic technique was developed for whites, they ran a new study that included Asians, and found that the diagnosis that works for whites does not work for Asians."-- "Apples and Oranges," American Renaissance, March 2005, pages 13. Address: PO Box 527, Oakton, Virginia 22124. E-mail. Website.
"In January [. . .] police charged a 12-year-old boy with forcing an 8-year-old girl to give him oral sex behind an elementary school in West Philadelphia, and in December, two philadelphia kindergarten boys -- one of whom was just five-years-old -- were caught simulating oral sex on each other in a restroom."-- "Grade School Sex," American Renaissance, March 2005, pages 13. Address: PO Box 527, Oakton, Virginia 22124. E-mail. Website.
"[T]here is suspicion that the al-Qaida terrorists network sought to infiltrate a Texas company to contaminate ready-to-eat meals designed for the military. [. . .] The plot was discovered only when a high-ranking al-Qaida operative provided information leading authorities to nearly a dozen illegal immigrants working for the McAllen, Texas-based Wornick Co., the largest supplier of MREs for the U.S. military."-- "Multiculturalism as a Threat to National Security," by Joseph Farah, Whistleblower, February 2005, pages 4-5. Address: PO Box 2450, Fair Oaks, California 95628. Phone: 916-852-6300. Fax: 916-852-6302. Website.
"[T]he common over-the-counter FDA-approved pain reliever Ibuprofen kills more than 17,000 annually. Prescription drugs [. . .] for all the testing they go through and copious usage directions, are estimated to be among the top five leading causes of death in the U.S. [. . .] 106,000 people die each year from FDA-approved prescription drugs!"-- The American Sentinel, March 2005, page 3. Address: American Lantern Press, Incorporated, 101 Washington Street, Falmouth, Virginia 22405. Phone: 540-371-1807. E-mail.
"There are already, or soon will be, more mosques in England than active Anglican churches."-- "A Nation Betrayed," by Terrence Jackson, American Renaissance, March 2005, pages 7-8. Address: PO Box 527, Oakton, Virginia 22124. E-mail. Website.
"Six in ten babies born in New York City since 2000 have at least one foreign-born parent."-- "O Tempora, O Mores!," American Renaissance, March 2005, page 11. Address: PO Box 527, Oakton, Virginia 22124. E-mail. Website.
"Sixty percent of Houston's students are Hispanic, 32 percent are black, and only eight percent are white."-- "O Tempora, O Mores!," American Renaissance, March 2005, page 11. Address: PO Box 527, Oakton, Virginia 22124. E-mail. Website.
"The net effect of immigration to the United States is a drain on U.S. native workers of about $70 billion per year, according to a new study by two Columbia University professors and the Center for Immigration Studies."-- "Immigrant Labor Is Doubted as a Benefit," by Stephen Dinan, The Washington Times National Weekly Edition, February 28 - March 6, 2005, page 15. Address: 3600 New York Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20002. E-mail. Website..
"By 2010, 90 percent of all Ph.d. physical scientists and engineers in the world will be Asian living in Asia."-- Quoting Professor R.E. Smalleyl, Nobel Prize-winning scientist from Rice University, in "K-12 Establishment Is Putting America's Industrial Leadership at Risk," by Robert J. Jerbold, Imprimis, the National Speech Digest of Hillsdale College, February 2005, page 2. Subscription free upon request. Address: Hillsdale College, Hillsdale, Michigan 49242. Phone: 800-437-2268. Imprimis Archive. Hillsdale College Website.
"AARP has been a liberal activist lobby for over 45 years. Over the last 14 years they have taken over a billion dollars from taxpayers, an utter waste and outrage. Their championing of massive government, oppressive regulations, high taxes, and anti-family policies is not new. They have never supported tax cuts in either the Reagan or Bush administrations. And when it comes to wasteful social welfare programs, AARP has always been on the wrong side."-- "Bill O'Reilly Spanks AARP," USA Next, a project of United Seniors Association, Volume 2, Number 1 2005, page 4. Published by: United Seniors Association, 3900 Jermantown Road, Suite 450, Fairfax, Virginia 22030. Phone: 703-359-6500. Website.
"President Bush might want to follow the lead of United Kingdom Prime Minister Tony Blair, who last week presented a sweeping immigration reform plan to the Parliament. The proposal would allow only English-speaking people whose skills are in demand to settle in the country."-- "The Right Ear," Human Events, February 14, 2005, page 22. Address: 1 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20001. Phone: 202-216-0600. Website.
"Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi said in an Italian television interview that it would be dangerous for Turkey to be admitted to the European Union: 'As far as the Islamic would is concerned -- including the Islamic extremists, even bin Laden -- they're rejoicing over the entry of Turkey in the European Union. This is their Trojan Horse.'"-- "Sidelights," The American Enterprise, March 2005, page 10. Address: 1150 17th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036. Phone: 202-862-5886. Fax: 202-862-5867. E-mail. Website.
"People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has launched the Fish Empathy Project to step up its campaign against sport fishing."-- "PETE: Too Many People with Too Little to Do," (from the Communities for a Great Northwest newsletter, December 2004), as quoted by Resource Roundup, January/February 2005, page 11. Address: PO Box 790, Spearfish, South Dakota 57783. Phone: 970-856-6086. E-mail. Website.
"The Arizona Daily Star reports that for the first time in the state's history, the most popular name given to baby boys born there is Jose. The name Michael, which was the most popular name in 1994, dropped to sixth place. [. . .] Among Arizona's Hispanics in 2003, there were 116.1 births for every 1,000 women aged 15 to 44. Among non-Hispanic whites there were just 72 births for every 1,000 women in that age group."-- "Jose No. 1,' Newsbriefs, Middle America News, February 2005, page 5. Address: We the People Institute, Incorporated, PO Box 17088, Raleigh, North Carolina 27619. Phone: 919-839-1001. Fax: 919-839-2181. E-mail. Website.
"A.G. Lafley, CEO of Procter & Gamble (P&G), recently gave $5,163 in P& G stock to help the homosexual community repeal a law in Cincinnati that prohibited giving special rights to homosexuals."-- "P&G CEO Gives Thousands to Homosexual Political Agenda," American Family Association Journal, February 2005, page 1. Address: PO Drawer 2440, Tupelo, Mississippi 38803. Phone: 662-844-5036. Website.
"Average total cost for an 80-year-old American to live out the rest of his or her days on a luxury cruise ship: $230,497. Average cost to live them out in an assisted-living facility: $228,075."-- "Dramamine?" Inside the Beltway, by John McCaslin, The Washington Times National Weekly Edition, February 7-13, 2005, page 6. Address: 3600 New York Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20002. E-mail. Website.
"According to an August 27, 2004 article in Canada's National Post, Mohammed Mansour Jabarah, a 22-year old Canadian, told interrogators that he had heard from Abu Abdelrahman, who worked for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, that the November 12, 2001 crash of American Airlines Flight 587 in New York was the result of an al Qaeda shoe bomb."-- "Anthrax Mailer Identified?" by Kenneth J. Dillon, AIM Report, January 26, 2005, pages 2-3. Address: Accuracy In Media, Incorporated, 4455 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 330, Washington, DC 20008. Phone: 202-364-4401. Fax: 202-364-4098. E-mail. Website.
"Left-wing legal activists plan to challenge any election outcome of which they disapprove, in the belief liberal judges may help them in close races. For now, their attempts to undermine U.S. elections may seem nutty -- but persistence is a powerful tool in politics, even when wielded by bitter, wacked-out leftists."-- The American Sentinel, February 2005, page 4. Address: American Lantern Press, Incorporated, 101 Washington Street, Falmouth, Virginia 22405. Phone: 540-371-1807. E-mail.
"Roughly 90 percent of American soldiers shot or hit by bombs in Iraq have survived, the Washington Post reported. During the Vietnam War, the figure was 75 percent."-- "Sidelights," The American Enterprise, March 2005, page 10. Address: 1150 17th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036. Phone: 202-862-5886. Fax: 202-862-5867. E-mail. Website.
"Residents of Red states have fertility rates 12 percent higher than those in Blue states."-- "Sidelights," The American Enterprise, March 2005, page 10. Address: 1150 17th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036. Phone: 202-862-5886. Fax: 202-862-5867. E-mail. Website.
"MTV feeds children 9 sex scenes per hour."-- "Media Group: MTV Feeds Children 9 Sex Scenes per Hour," by Marion Baillot, The Washington Times National Weekly Edition, February 7-13, 2005, page 1. Address: 3600 New York Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20002. E-mail. Website.
"Sixty-four Border Patrol agents have been assaulted in the past three months along a 260-mile stretch of the Arizona-Mexico border -- the country's busiest illegal entry point -- as the U.S. government continues its fight for 'operational control' of the region."-- "Assaults on Border Agents Increase; Most Danger Is in Arizona," by Jerry Seper, The Washington Times National Weekly Edition, January 31 - February 6, 2005, page 13. Address: 3600 New York Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20002. E-mail. Website.
"CNN founder Ted Turner equated the popularity of Fox News with the rise of Nazism in Germany in the 1930s during a speech last week."-- "Turner vs. Fox," Inside Politics, The Washington Times National Weekly Edition, January 31 - February 6, 2005, page 16. Address: 3600 New York Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20002. E-mail. Website.
"In its report 'based on 253 journal articles, 99 books, 43 government publications, a survey that covered 80 different gun-control measures and some of its own empirical work, the [National Academy of Sciences] panel couldn't identify a single gun-control regulation that reduced violent crime, suicide, or accidents,' reported the December 29 New York Post. But instead of bringing national attention to the pervasive lies and unjustified assertions of gun-control proponents, the Academy of Sciences discounted some of its own research, advocated measures opposed by gun owners, vilified gun owners, and misrepresented some of its data."-- "Unwilling Defenders of Gun Rights," The New American, February 7, 2005, page 8 . Published by American Opinion Publishing Incorporated, 770 Westhill Boulevard, Appleton, Wisconsin 54914. Phone: 920-749-3784. Fax: 920-749-3785. E-mail. Website.
"The reporter who managed to get a National Guardsman serving in Iraq to question Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld about why his unit's vehicles lacked sufficient armor coached the soldier using false information. In fact, by the time Chattanooga Times Free Press reporter Edward Lee Pitts rehearsed Specialist Thomas 'Jerry' Wilson on what to say to Rumsfeld, the Pentagon had already uparmored 97 percent of the vehicles in Thomas' 287th Regimental Combat Team, senior members of the Army's combat systems development and acquisition team said. Further undermining the premise of Pitts' question, orders to up-armor the last 20 of the 278th 830 vehicles were already in the pipeline when he engineered the bogus inquiry."-- "Rumsfeld's Questioner Was Wrong about Unit's Armor," NewsMax.com (the magazine), February 2005, page 36. Address: Sequoia Digital Corporation, 224 Datura Street, West Palm Beach, Florida 33401. Website.
"[A] study recently published by the National Association of Scholars [. . .] surveyed a random national sample of university professors. Democrats outnumbered Republican professors: in economics by 3 to 1, in political science by 6 to 1, in sociology by 28 to 1, in anthropology by 30 to 1, and overall, by 15 to 1."-- Solicitation letter from Roger Ream, president, The Fund for American Studies, 1706 New Hampshire Avenue, NW, Washington DC 20009.
"[S]ome pundits have begun to speculate that Hillary won't even bother to run for re-election next year. That way, she can run for president as a private citizen, and her name recognition won't decrease in her short time out of public office."-- "Hillary Watch," Human Events, January 24, 2005, page 9. Address: 1 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20001. Phone: 202-216-0600. Website.
"Florida's Indian River Community College [. . .] banned the Christian Student Fellowship (CSF) from showing the film ["The Passion"] because it was R-rated, despite the fact that the college has hosted a live performance titled 'F**king for Jesus' that describes simulated sex with 'the risen Christ'."-- "The Right Ear," Human Events, January 24, 2005, page 16. Address: 1 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20001. Phone: 202-216-0600. Website.
"While the so-called 'mainstream' media like to feature accidental firearm deaths as often as possible on the nightly newscast, a new National Safety Council report shows that the number of accidental firearm-related fatalities in the United States continues to fall, with the latest annual total the lowest since records have been kept."-- "Accidental Firearm Death Rate Lowest Ever," America's First Freedom, February 2005, page 17. Address: National Rifle Association of America, 11250 Waples Mill Road, Fairfax, Virginia 22030-9400. Phone: 703-267-1000. Website.
"The number of privately owned guns in the United States rises by about 5 million a year, according to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. [. . .] Meanwhile, the FBI reports that in 2003 the nation's violent crime rate declined for the 12th straight year, to a 27-year low."-- "Gun Ownership Continues to Grow as Crime Rates Continue to Drop," America's First Freedom, February 2005, page 63. Address: National Rifle Association of America, 11250 Waples Mill Road, Fairfax, Virginia 22030-9400. Phone: 703-267-1000. Website.
"A Military Times poll finds that sixty-three percent of [our troops] approve of the way President Bush is handling the war, and 60 percent say it is a war worth fighting. But support is even greater among those who have served longest in the combat zone. Two-thirds of combat vets say the war is worth fighting."-- "Cliff's Notes," by Cliff Kincaid, AIM Report, December 29, 2004, insert, page 1. Address: Accuracy In Media, Incorporated, 4455 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 330, Washington, DC 20008. Phone: 202-364-4401. Fax: 202-364-4098. E-mail. Website.
"[T]he pornography industry is worth $57 billion world-wide -- $12 billion in the U.S. It is reportedly larger than the combined revenues of all professional football, baseball and basketball franchises. Vastly accelerating this industry is Internet porn [. . .] with 372 million pornographic pages."-- "America's Sexual Holocaust," by Dr. Kelly Hollowell, Whistleblower, November 2004, page 34. Address: PO Box 2450, Fair Oaks, California 95628. Phone: 916-852-6300. Fax: 916-852-6302. Website.
"In 1970, shortly before DDT was banned, the National Academy of Sciences determined that DDT had saved 500 million lives over the previous three decades by eradicating malaria-carrying mosquitoes. DDT was banned by the US government in the early 1970s despite the fact that no science was presented that it had the effects that [Rachel] Carson [in her 1962 book, Silent Spring,] and the environmental movement claimed it had. Even if the National Academy of Sciences estimate of lives saved by DDT is off by a multiple of two, Rachel Carson and her crusade against the pesticide would still be responsible for more human deaths than most of the worst tyrants in world history."-- "Marx Lite," by Thomas J. DiLorenzo, Free Market, December 2004, page 3. Address: The Mises Institute, 518 West Magnolia Avenue, Auburn, Alabama 36832-4528. Phone: 334-321-2101. Fax: 334-321-2119. E-mail. Website.
"In Utah the ACLU [. . .] announced a scavenger hunt with a prize for anyone who could find another Ten Commandments monument that the ACLU could persuade an activist judge to remove."-- "Pots of Gold Behind Crosses," by Phyllis Schlafly, Whistleblower, December 2004, page 31. Address: PO Box 2450, Fair Oaks, California 95628. Phone: 916-852-6300. Fax: 916-852-6302. Website.
"Mr. Bush is the first president to authorize federal subsidies for embryonic stem-cell experimentation; he is also the first president to endorse homosexual 'civil unions.' He may also become the president who breaks down the legal barriers against sending American women into combat."-- "Women Headed for Combat," The New American, January 24, 2005, page 5. Published by American Opinion Publishing Incorporated, 770 Westhill Boulevard, Appleton, Wisconsin 54914. Phone: 920-749-3784. Fax: 920-749-3785. E-mail. Website.
"[I'm sure you're] familiar with the Ten Commandments controversy surrounding then-Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore. [. . .] Now another Alabama jurist, Circuit Judge Ashley McKathan, has taken a slightly different approach to reinforcing the connection between the Ten Commandments, which underpin all law in Judeo-Christian society, and the administration of justice. The judge had each of the Ten Commandments embroidered in golden-yellow lettering on his solid black judicial robe!"-- "Judge Honors Origin of Law," The New American, January 24, 2005, page 32. Published by American Opinion Publishing Incorporated, 770 Westhill Boulevard, Appleton, Wisconsin 54914. Phone: 920-749-3784. Fax: 920-749-3785. E-mail. Website.
"[S]omewhere between 20,000 to 50,000 women and children are trafficked each year into the United States, primarily from Latin America, countries of the former Soviet Union and Southeast Asia, for exploitation in prostitution and the 'sex industry'."-- "Selling Sex in the U.S.A.," by David Kupelian, Whistleblower, November 2004, page 8. Address: PO Box 2450, Fair Oaks, California 95628. Phone: 916-852-6300. Fax: 916-852-6302. Website.
"[C]hild abuse, rape and incest [. . .] are slowly but surely gaining respectability. As far back as 1999, the American Psychological Association [. . .] published in its peer-reviewed journal, APA Bulletin, a report disputing the harmfulness of child molestation. [. . .] [A] report by Bruce Rind, et. al., claimed child sexual abuse could be harmless and beneficial."-- "Selling Sex in the U.S.A.," by David Kupelian, Whistleblower, November 2004, page 8. Address: PO Box 2450, Fair Oaks, California 95628. Phone: 916-852-6300. Fax: 916-852-6302. Website.
"Mr. Bush is the first and only elected Republican president to gain House seats in the first midterm election and then in the presidential re-election year. He is also the only elected GOP president to increase his party's relative position in the Senate during the first midterm and the re-election year."-- "Notes on Election 2004" (editorial), The Washington Times National Weekly Edition, January 10-16, 2005, page 36. Address: 3600 New York Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20002. E-mail. Website.
"[Not long ago,] the only 'free speech area' on [the Texas Tech University] campus was a 20-foot-wide gazebo that could accommodate about 40 people -- for a campus of 28,000 students." [And I bet you thought free speech was guaranteed by the First Amendment to the Constitution.]-- "FIRE Victory: Federal Judge Strickes Down Texas Tech Speech Code," The FIRE Quarterly, Winter 2004, page 1. Address: Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, Incorporated, 210 Washington Square, Suite 303, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106. Phone: 215-717-3473. Fax: 215-717-3440. Website, or Website, or Website.
"In October, [John A. Shaw, the deputy undersecretary of defense for international technology security and formerly an aide to Defense Secretary Donal Rumsfeld] told The Washington Times that he had received foreign intelligence data showing that Russian special forces units were involved in an effort to remove Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction in the weeks before the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq began in March 2003."-- "Official Ousted for Leak on Iraq Arms," by Bill Gertz, The Washington Times National Weekly Edition, January 3-9, 2005, page 1. Address: 3600 New York Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20002. E-mail. Website.
"In February 2004, South Korean researchers created the first cloned human embryos by installing nuclei from adult cells into human eggs whose nuclei had been removed."-- "The U.N. vs. Cloning," by Ronald Bailey, Reason Magazine, February 2005, page 11. Address: 3415 South Sepulveda Boulevard, Suite 400, Los Angeles, California 90034-6064. Website.
"It turns out that almost everything we were told about this murder [the 1998 murder of Matthew Shepard] was false. He was the victim of a robbery gone bad by two drug addicts. What's more, Shepard was also a heavy drug user who was HIV-positive. Not only were the perpetrators of this brutal crime not 'homophobes,' but one of them knew Shepard and was allegedly bisexual. Why were the stories about this crime so wrong? The gay-rights movement wanted to depict Shepard as an innocent victim of a homophobic society. This played into their demands for legislation to curb so-called 'hate crimes'."-- AIM Report, December 3, 2004, insert. Address: Accuracy In Media, Incorporated, 4455 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 330, Washington, DC 20008. Phone: 202-364-4401. Fax: 202-364-4098. E-mail. Website.
"A poll on the far left Web site DemocraticUnderground.com asked: Which is more depressing, 9/11/01 or 11/2/04? Around 70 percent of respondents chose 11/2/04."-- "Sidelights" The American Enterprise, January/February 2005, page 6. Address: 1150 17th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036. Phone: 202-862-5886. Fax: 202-862-5867. E-mail. Website.
"A study by the Center for Media and Public Affairs found that John Kerry received the best press in almost 25 years. Over 75 percent of news reports on Kerry were positive."-- "Sidelights" The American Enterprise, January/February 2005, page 6. Address: 1150 17th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036. Phone: 202-862-5886. Fax: 202-862-5867. E-mail. Website.
"Around 2,500 people a year are treated in emergency rooms for injuries sustained while brushing their teeth, reports the Food and Drug Administration."-- "Sidelights" The American Enterprise, January/February 2005, page 6. Address: 1150 17th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036. Phone: 202-862-5886. Fax: 202-862-5867. E-mail. Website.
"A post-election survey at Grist.org asked: Where should environmentalists put their energy for the next four years? About 3100 people responded, and the vote was . . . Armed resistance (35%); Obama 2008! (27%); Adopting a whistleblower (17%); Moving to Canada (13%); and Recycling: (8%)."-- "Armed Resistance?! Environists Plan for Future," Resource Roundup, December 2004, page 3. Address: PO Box 790, Spearfish, South Dakota 57783. Phone: 970-856-6086. E-mail. Website.
"Kofi Annon ordered United Nations flags at half-staff . . . in tribute to lately departed Palestinian supremo Yasser Arofat. [. . .] (We may be wrong, but we don't remember the UN lowering its flag at Ronald Reagan's death. [. . .])" -- "UN: Yasser, That's My Baby," Resource Roundup, December 2004, page 9. Address: PO Box 790, Spearfish, South Dakota 57783. Phone: 970-856-6086. E-mail. Website.
"A Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission panel spent a full day watching Lone Ranger episodes before deciding being called kemosabe did not demean a Mi'kmaq woman. After its day of reruns and hearing several Mi'kmaq witnesses, the independent board of inquiry concluded the TV western treated native Americans in a 'demeaning and disrespectful manner.' But, it said, the term 'kemosabe' -- Tonto's word for his white friend the Lone Ranger -- did not really offend the Membertou, N.S., woman. The Board's conclusions were recently upheld by the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal."-- "Politically Correct?" English First Members' Report, December 27, 2004, page 6. Address: 8001 Forbes Place, Suite 102, Springfield, Virginia 22151. Phone: 703-321-8818. Fax: 703-321-8404. Website.
"On Oct. 12, 2004, the parameters of so-called 'gun control' changed forever when NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre smoked out the leader of the global gun-ban movement [Rebecca Peters], forcing her to admit that the real end game -- domestic and international --- was the subordination of the U.S. Constitution to the United Nations and the virtual disarmament of the American people, along with the worldwide eradication of the basic notion of self-defense as a human right."-- "The Great Gun Debate," by James O. E. Norell, America's First Freedom, January 2005, page 28. Address: National Rifle Association of America, 11250 Waples Mill Road, Fairfax, Virginia 22030-9400. Phone: 703-267-1000. Website.  Quickies for Apr/99.
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