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Archives for May 2005

Female Driver Makes History at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway

Tuesday, May 31, 2005 at 10:32 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Danica Patrick: The new face of high-speed auto racing! To the sporting snobs who dismiss auto racing as a simple-minded redneck sport (especially those who’d rather sit around for hours watching pot-bellied men club and chase a little ball over manicured lawns until – with all of the suspense of watching paint dry – they… Read more.

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Bill Clinton Exposed…Again!

Tuesday, May 31, 2005 at 10:31 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Bill Clinton cover of book The Survivor

Here’s how I imagine Slick Willy reacting to salacious details in this book: I want y’all to listen to me because I’m gonna say this just one more time: I did not have anyone or say anything as reported in that book. Now, I’ve got work to do helping tsunami victims, curing AIDS, and ending… Read more.

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Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Bill Clinton, Clinton scandal, Hillary Clinton, iPINIONS, Lewinsky scandal, Matt Drudge, Presidential legacy, Richard Clarke, sally Quinn, Whitewater

Memorial Day?

Monday, May 30, 2005 at 10:45 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Hey, we honour the memory of dead presidents by going to shopping malls and the memory of dead soldiers by going to the beach….So what’s your problem! News and Politics Read more.

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Chirac’s (French) Referendum May Deal a Death Blow to the Unification of Europe!

Sunday, May 29, 2005 at 1:23 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

In recent days, Jacque Chirac has appeared more like an emperor issuing increasingly desperate decrees to save his empire than as President of France presenting a referendum for his countrymen to decide their national destiny. But whether imperial or presidential, Chirac’s leadership of his country seems tenuous at best because the French are in a… Read more.

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BREAKING NEWS: Victory is at hand…Osama’s man in Iraq has been wounded! (We think…)

Saturday, May 28, 2005 at 11:18 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak warned President Bush that invading Iraq would create a thousand bin-ladens. But, he said nothing about a thousand al-Zarqawis…. News and Politics Read more.

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Marijuana Stash Lands Australian Beautician in the Joint!

Saturday, May 28, 2005 at 11:13 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Schapelle Corby – presumed innocent: Do I look like a criminal? Black Americans are very familiar with draconian prison sentences for minor drug offenses. But Australian Schapelle Corby could never have fathomed her fate when she decided to bring along a little home grown weed to keep her and her friends in a partying mood… Read more.

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Filed Under: International Affairs Tagged With: Australia, Bali, beautician, drug laws, drug smuggling, Indonesia, John Howard, marijuana, prison sentence, Schapelle Corby

G8 Summit ’05: Rich Nations Pledge (again) to End Poverty!

Friday, May 27, 2005 at 10:41 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

It is a glaring indictment of our shared humanity that rich countries revel in obscene wealth, while poor ones wallow in extreme poverty. Yet, for more than a half-century, people of conscience have pleaded to no avail for rich countries to help alleviate world poverty by redistributing a little of their wealth. Indeed, when the United… Read more.

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Groundhog days in Iraq…and in President Bush’s head!

Thursday, May 26, 2005 at 10:29 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Every morning Americans wake up to the same BREAKING NEWS from Iraq: Car bombs; pipeline explosions; assassinations of Iraqi government officials; more American soldiers and even more innocent Iraqis killed; US forces on yet another offensive against insurgent positions, etc. etc. Of course, breaking news is hardly ever good news. But where the rebuilding of… Read more.

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Update: Runaway Bride Indicted for having Cold Feet!

Thursday, May 26, 2005 at 10:28 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

As called for in a previous article on this sordid fairytale, prosecutors have secured indictments against runaway bride Jennifer Wilbanks for criminal deception against Georgia law enforcement authorities, resident volunteers and the entire nation: She was charged with one count of making false statements, a felony punishable by up to five years in prison, and… Read more.

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Update: China and Japan Resume their Schoolyard Row…

Wednesday, May 25, 2005 at 10:46 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Political storms brewing in the Far East: The escalating row between China and Japan, and the nuclear brinksmanship by North Korea are making the Far East more of a powder-keg than the Middle East! In what resembles the dangerous spectacle of kids playing with dynamite, China and Japan have resumed their Asian row over historical… Read more.

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