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  Howard Coble - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Howard Coble, born March 18, 1931 is a Republican Congressman representing the 6th district of North Carolina (map)
Coble was elected to his eleventh consecutive term in the 2004 Congressional elections, earning 73% of the popular vote and defeating Democrat William Jordan.
Coble is a strong supporter of agriculture and has voted in favor of bills to protect agriculture.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Howard_Coble   (271 words)

  
 Irregular Times Rating and Contact Information for Representative Howard Coble of NC   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Coble has not yet cosponsored H.R., which would put an end to the practice of "extraordinary rendition," in which Bush Administration officials send people into the custody of certain nations, knowing full well (some would say intending) that they will be tortured there.
Howard Coble has not yet cosponsored H.R., which would keep members of the Federal Communication Commission from using their appointed positions to censor cable, satellite or internet programs they consider to be indecent.
Howard Coble has not yet cosponsored H.J. Res 37, which would amend the United States Constitution to simply state the following: "Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.
irregularbin.com /house/CobleNC6.html   (2261 words)

  
 IsThatLegal?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Howard Coble says he was just "stating historical fact" last Tuesday morning when he volunteered that FDR interned Japanese Americans in order to protect them.
Representative Howard Coble (R-NC), who explained today that 120,000 Japanese Americans were placed into internment camps during World War II for their own protection, did not come to his bizarre views of the internment recently.
North Carolina congressman Howard Coble has gone public with his support for the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II, dredging up the old nonsense that Japanese Americans were placed in camps for their own protection.
isthatlegal.blogspot.com /2003_02_02_isthatlegal_archive.html   (3169 words)

  
 Our Congressman Howard Coble :: Sixth District of North Carolina
Representative Howard Coble (NC-R-6) has been awarded the National Association of Manufacturers Award for Manufacturing Legislative Excellence in recognition of his continued support of American manufacturers and a pro-growth, pro-job agenda.
Coble, who was first elected in 1984, is one of the longest-serving members in the history of the North Carolina congressional delegation.
Congressman Howard Coble is a Republican from Greensboro, North Carolina.
www.cobleforcongress.com   (478 words)

  
 Howard Coble needs a serious challenger
Coble, a one-time proponent of term limits, has long since put that quaint notion behind him.
One thing I hope any candidate -- including Coble -- would do is to run as transparent a campaign as possible, writing regularly for the public on the Web, both as a candidate and a member of Congress.
Coble has accepted tens of thousands dollars from the Hollywood entertainment industry as a member of a key House committee on the Internet and intellectual property.
radio.weblogs.com /0107946/stories/2004/03/28/howardCobleNeedsASeriousChallenger.html   (825 words)

  
 Republican Congressman Calls For Withdrawal From Iraq
Coble is one of the first members of Congress to suggest a withdrawal publicly.
Coble, who has represented the 6th District since 1984, says he voted to give Bush sweeping war-making powers assuming the administration had a post-invasion strategy.
Coble, chairman of the House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security, said he may broach the idea to the panel.
www.commondreams.org /headlines05/0110-06.htm   (743 words)

  
 Howard Coble - Congresspedia
Howard Coble is a Republican Congressman representing the 6th district of North Carolina(map) in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1985.
Coble served in the U.S. Coast Guard (1953-56) and the Coast Guard Reserve (1960-82).
In 2006, the Democrats nominated Rory Blake to face Coble in his November 2006 bid for reelection.
www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=Howard_Coble   (360 words)

  
 EdCone.com
A reader emails that Howard Berman is NOT running unopposed--the GOP candidate for California district 28 is David R. Hernandez.
One is that I overstated the scope of the powers granted to his corporate paymasters under the proposed bill, and the other is that I understated the recourse available to you when the big companies trample you.
Coble's piece aims at me, politely to be sure, but not at the facts or the big paper.
radio.weblogs.com /0107946/2002/08/24.html   (429 words)

  
 Howard Coble Supports Internment   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Coble didn't agree with the caller, but said he did agree with President Franklin Roosevelt's treatment of Japanese-Americans.
Clearly, Coble was implying that he would support the internment of Muslims and Arabs on the grounds of National Security.
Write a letter to Congressman Coble and demand he clarify his remarks and pledge to oppose any attempts to intern Arabs, Muslims, or any other minority, regardless of circumstances.
www.proislam.com /letter_against_coble.htm   (389 words)

  
 SEMA.org -- Representative Howard Coble   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Congressman Howard Coble is a Republican representing North Carolina's 6th District.
First elected in 1984, Rep. Coble serves on the House Judiciary Committee and is chairman of its Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property.
Prior to his election to Congress, Rep. Coble was a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives, an Assistant U.S. Attorney and a U.S. Coast Guard.
content.sema.org /content/?id=8825   (87 words)

  
 Letters Re Coble   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
According to Rep. Howard Coble's logic of justifying internment of Japanese Americans during W.W.II, our country will sure to practice this option to its own citizens, simply based on their racial background, not on their intent, at every conflict that we are going to engage in the future.
Howard Coble, Republican Congressman from North Carolina who heads a homeland-security subcommittee, saying he believes it was not wrong to intern Japanese Americans during W.W. I think this is racism taking advantage of current crisis.
Howard Coble's endorsement of the internment of Japanese Americans in the United States during the second world war, you struck the nerve of most Americans in the United States who hate any form of racial prejudice.
www.80-20initiative.net /lettersCoble.html   (3584 words)

  
 Removal of Rep. Howard Coble Petition
Rep. Coble's claims that the action was for the internees' own protection and that some of the internees were intent on doing harm to the nation not only contradict each other, but have both been contradicted by historical experience and the Civil Liberties Act that was passed by Congress in 1988.
Coble's views regarding the Japanese American internment, which he has repeatedly defended in the days following his statement, demonstrate that his understanding of fundamental American values, basic civil liberties and constitutional rights is far out of step with the U.S. Congress and the American people.
The Removal of Rep. Howard Coble Petition to U.S. Congress was created by Model Minority.com and written by Andrew Chin.
www.petitiononline.com /coble/petition.html   (299 words)

  
 Our Congressman Howard Coble :: What They're Saying
Howard is a fiscal conservative who serves the people ably and honorably.
Coble’s ranking led the entire NC House delegation and had “one of the best scores in the House.
It proves that Howard Coble consistently voted to balance the federal budget and reduce tax burdens by reducing spending.”
cobleforcongress.com /quotes.html   (343 words)

  
 Guilford alum House Rep. Howard Coble decries war - World
Guilford alumnus Howard Coble ('53) is the first member of Congress to publicly suggest an Iraqi war withdrawal.
Coble won his last congressional election by almost a 3-1 margin and has served 10 terms in office.
According to the Free Republic News, 31 men and women from Howard Coble's district, the sixth, have died so far in the war on Iraq.
www.guilfordian.com /news/2005/01/28/World/Guilford.Alum.House.Rep.Howard.Coble.Decries.War-845498.shtml   (412 words)

  
 Vote Record and Cosponsorship Rating for Representative Howard Coble of NC in the 109th Congress
Coble failed to vote "no" on the Tyranny Act, H.R. Rep. Coble swore a solemn oath of office to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States of America.
Rep. Coble failed to vote against the reauthorization of the Patriot Act, empowering the Bush administration to continue to dismantle American liberties and erect a Big Brother edifice in their place.
Coble voted YES on the Tyranny Act, H.R. Rep. Coble swore a solemn oath of office to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States of America.
irregularnews.com /house/CobleNC6.html   (3225 words)

  
 The Democratic Party | Community Blogs | In the Clouds: Howard Coble (NC-06) Has to Go
Of course Howard Coble followed his Republican masters, and voted to take another chunk out of the Constitution, piss on the graves of the founding fathers, and think that he can sit fat and pretty in his office in Greensboro for another 20 years.
Howard Coble, in his position as chairman of the Judiciary committee on homeland security, pushed through an appropriation of 481 million dollars for building domestic detention camps.
This is the same Howard Coble that is on record as having favored the detention of Japanese Americans during WWII.
www.democrats.org /page/community/post_group/BlueNC/CLnB   (947 words)

  
 The GOP Auction House: Howard Coble of North Carolina
Coble voted against allowing millions of Americans to save their hard-earned dollars on prescription drugs by re-importing them from Canada, even though these were U.S. made and patient safety was ensured.
Coble voted to continue awarding contracts to Halliburton even if the Pentagon's own audit processes found that more than $100 million of their contractor's costs in Iraq were unreasonable.
Coble opposed expanding access to the military's TRICARE health insurance program to thousands of Reservist and National Guard members, even though 20 percent of all Reservists do not have health insurance, and 40 percent of Reservists aged 19 to 35 lack health coverage.
www.dccc.org /gopauctionhouse/members/HowardCobleNC-6.html   (659 words)

  
 Is That Legal?: Howard Coble's Antiterrorism Dreamscape
He was asked about the recently disclosed allegations of NSA data mining from the telephone records of ordinary Americans and their entirely domestic telephone calls.
Notice next Coble's absurd, reality-suspending "optimism" about the "war on terror." This "flexibility" about civil liberties is just a temporary "wartime" measure, so don't you worry: it'll all be over soon, you see.
Coble is asked about the likely duration of the war on terror -- the war against al Qaeda, who attacked us on 9/11 -- and without missing a beat, Coble responds with pie-in-the-sky predictions about the likely duration of the war in Iraq.
www.isthatlegal.org /archives/2006/05/howard_cobles_a.html   (2083 words)

  
 OurCongress.org :: NC-O6: Will Jordan Wins Primary - Faces Howard Coble   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Besides protesting Coble's support for the Bush administration, Jordan painted him as "not in touch with the needs of the average man on the street." He cited the incumbent's vote this year against extending federal unemployment benefits.
I met Howard Coble in 1988 in his office in DC as part of a delegation from Guilford College.
Although Howard Coble is an alumnus of the college, his values have shifted from those of the school and their student body (see http://www.guilford.edu/newsEvents/index.cfm?ID=600003070).
www.ourcongress.org /story/2004/7/21/18746/1820   (641 words)

  
 MyDD :: Howard Coble and Homeland Detention Camps (NC-06)
Coble, chairman of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security, said that he didn't agree with the caller but did agree with President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who established the internment camps.
Coble allowed that the world had changed some since the 40's, and even though "some Arab-Americans" may be wishing us harm, he didn't think that they should be interred in detention camps.
However, in 2005, Coble, as chairman of the subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, personally supported and helped passed HR 2360, Homeland Security Department FY 2006 Appropriations Act The language embedded in this law is disturbing.
www.mydd.com /story/2006/10/29/221441/75   (797 words)

  
 Howard Coble   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Born in Greensboro North Carolina, Representative Howard Coble received his history degree from Guilford College and his law degree from the University of North Carolina.
In 1984 Representative Coble was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives and continues to serve.
He is a member of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy Board of Visitors, the American Legion, and the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States.
www.uscg.mil /hq/g-cp/history/faqs/Howard_Coble.html   (176 words)

  
 Redistricting, Howard Coble’s roots give him edge in 6th District
Coble has been described as a solid conservative, tightfisted and business-minded — impressions supported by his high ratings from such groups as the American Conservative Union, the National Federation of Independent Business, the Chamber of Commerce, the National Tax-Limitation Committee and the Christian Coalition.
Coble, 69, also was the only North Carolinian on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee that put together the huge highway bill in 1998.
Since Coble faced no Democratic opposition in the 6th, Gay learned he could be certified as an official write-in candidate by obtaining 250 signatures of registered voters in the 6th District.
www.salisburypost.com /2000sept/092300c.htm   (1475 words)

  
 Teal Sunglasses: Howard Coble is no Trent Lott   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Lott got (rightly) busted across the chops by the media and the public for his comments on segregation, yet Representative Howard Coble came out and said Internment Camps for japanese americans were the right thing to do - and nobody seems to care.
So far, Coble is stonewalling his Japanese-American compatriots in Congress, and his 'apology' has been horribly mumbly-mouthed, of the "I'm sorry if you were offended" type that shows he think's it's OUR fault we got upset, not HIS.
Coble's attitude, especially in today's America with our worries about Arab terrorism and the increasingly strident calls for limitations of freedoms of Americans we're seeing, ought to scare the crap out of us.
www.plaidworks.com /chuqui/blog/000245.html   (399 words)

  
 Rubber Stamp Republican Howard Coble of North Carolina
Howard Coble has voted with indicted former GOP Leader Tom DeLay 89% of the time.
Howard Coble has voted with President Bush 81% of the time.
Howard Coble has voted the party line on 95% of the tough votes, putting party leadership ahead of the American people when it mattered most.
www.dccc.org /rubberstampcongress/members/HowardCobleNC-06.html   (227 words)

  
 Howard Coble News
Howard Coble News continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.
Congressman Howard Coble will speak Saturday during a dedication ceremony at the Moore County Veterans Memorial.
Congressman Howard Coble took advantage of a limousine ride with President Bush Wednesday to bend his ear about Iraq.
www.topix.net /us-house/howard-coble   (662 words)

  
 Howard Coble | Darfur Scorecard
Howard Coble has received a “D” for supporting very few pieces of Darfur legislation.
Urge Howard Coble to vote for important Darfur legislation in the future and support the cause through co-sponsorships.
Tell the representative’s office that we need each person to be doing all they can to end the genocide — and you expect more from your elected officials.
darfurscores.org /howard-coble   (143 words)

  
 Yellowworld.org Petition: Remove Howard Coble
WASHINGTON, DC -- The Democratic National Committee (DNC), during its 2003 Winter Meeting passed a resolution calling on Congressman Howard Coble (R-NC) to resign as chair of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security for his remarks in agreement with the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II.
"Congressman Coble's statements in agreement with the internment of American citizens during World War II perpetuate misinformation and the dangerous belief that racial profiling and ethnic scapegoating are legitimate practices.
On Friday, February 21, the DNC Executive Committee passed a resolution calling for Congressman Coble to resign immediately for his irresponsible, inflammatory and offensive statements.
removecoble.yellowworld.org /comments.php?id=65_0_1_0   (443 words)

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