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  Chris Smith (US politician) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Smith is one of the fiercest opponents of abortion in either house of Congress.
Smith also was a prime mover of legislation to ban partial-birth abortions; the House voted to override Clinton's vetoes, but Smith's side fell a few votes short of the two-thirds needed in the Senate.
Smith won a victory in 2004 when a provision stating that state and local governments could not force hospitals and care providers to perform abortions was put in the omnibus appropriation.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chris_Smith_(US_politician)   (2422 words)

  
 Adam Smith (1723-1790).
Smith was one of those 18th century Scottish moral philosophers whose impulses led to our modern day theories; his work marks the breakthrough of an evolutionary approach which has progressively displaced the stationary Aristotelian view.
Smith lead a quiet and sheltered life; he lived with his mother (she lived to be ninety) and remained a bachelor all his life.
Adam Smith's approach to his work was first to do a historical study of his subject, and then to advance the area, often building on the work of his contemporaries: he was well aware of the work done by Montesquieu and the French Physiocrats.
www.blupete.com /Literature/Biographies/Philosophy/Smith.htm   (3465 words)

  
 Joseph McCarthy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Following the lead of Senator Robert Taft, McCarthy lobbied for the commutation of death sentences handed to a group of Waffen-SS soldiers convicted of war crimes for their involvement in the 1944 Malmedy massacre of American prisoners of war.
McCarthy appointed Roy Cohn as chief counsel and Robert Kennedy as an assistant counsel to the subcommittee.
One example is U.S. Senator Margaret Chase Smith, a Maine Republican who delivered her "Declaration of Conscience" on June 1, 1950, calling for an end to the use of smear tactics without mentioning McCarthy or anyone else by name.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Joseph_McCarthy   (6311 words)

  
 The Un-Politician -- Baltimore County Executive Jim Smith
Smith's decision to run came after he consulted with his family, starting with his wife Sandy, whom he met and began dating in high school.
Smith had been in office only nine months when, on a Thursday night in September, a weakened Hurricane Isabel ripped through portions of the eastern side of the county.
Smith listens politely, his eyes darting between the podium and his own speech notes, which he reviews from his seat near the stage.
www.votejimsmith.com /press20041214.php   (2269 words)

  
 Informed Comment: 09/01/2004 - 09/30/2004
US military forces engaged guerrillas near Baquba in the east, and in the course of the fighting a farmer was killed in the crossfire.
Yusuf Islam was deported on Wednesday from the US after the airplane he was on was diverted to Maine, on the grounds that he is a dire security threat to the country.
Turkmen appear to be suspicious that the recent US assault on dissidents in the Turkmen city of Tal Afar was in part provoked by Kurdish misinformation and was aimed at reducing the autonomy of the Turkmen, who are the main opposition to the formation of the Kurdish super-province.
www.juancole.com /2004_09_01_juancole_archive.html   (15506 words)

  
 Handbook of Texas Online:
Robert Lloyd Smith, politician and businessman, was born a free fl in 1861 at Charleston, South Carolina.
Smith was active in various fl fraternal orders and in 1915 organized and took charge of the state's Negro Extension Division to foster improved agricultural methods among fl farmers.
Smith called himself a "practical sociologist." He was married to Ruby Cobb, and the couple adopted two children.
www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/SS/fsm37.html   (474 words)

  
 Strange Horizons Articles: The Ten Stupidest Utopias!, by Jeremy Adam Smith
Though protected from criticism by the moldy gauze of antiquity, Plato and his teacher/mouthpiece Socrates are not so different from us; they had their fears and prejudices just as we have ours.
Historian Robert Fishman calls American suburbia a "bourgeois utopia," whose hopes for community stability were founded "on the shifting sands of land speculation," backed up by racially discriminatory covenants and lending standards.
Smith is like most American libertarian sci-fi writers in that he's essentially a small-town boy trapped in a big world populated by people and ideas he doesn't understand, but you don't need to agree with Smith's politics to understand his book's appeal.
www.strangehorizons.com /2005/20050905/stupid-utopias-a.shtml   (3509 words)

  
 The Right Coast
By moving the border between Canada and the US northward, you necessarily shrink Canada and enlarge the US.
Kieran: A discussion growing out of the comments by Duke Philosophy Professor Robert Brandon, who claimed the lack of intelligence of conservatives explains their underepresentation in the academy.
As a result, even if the poor in the US are richer than the middle class of country X, there may be more poverty in the US.
therightcoast.blogspot.com /2004_02_01_therightcoast_archive.html   (14891 words)

  
 US News | NewsBusters.org   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The latest entry comes from U.S. News and World Report as they reveal, in news that's sure to shock America, that the government is actually taking concerns about possible nuclear terrorism seriously.
Murtha is totally ignoring their past depictions of him as being “a leading pork-barrel politician” who is often in the middle of a great deal of questionable spending related to defense contracts.
U.S. News and World Report's idea of "news" this week is what amounts to another warmed-over press release from the folks at the liberal Southern Poverty Law Center about the far-right threat.
newsbusters.org /taxonomy/term/302   (3346 words)

  
 :: USAfrica :: USAfricaonline.com |THE AUTHORITATIVE LINK   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
According to a release from the U.S. State Department the trip is meant to build on the success of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), Johanns told the fifth AGOA Forum, and invited U.S. agribusiness firms to accompany him.
Addo-Kufuor told the Secretary of the US Navy, Donald Winter, who is in the country to boost bilateral ties between the two countries, that the role of the Ghana Navy was crucial to any plan for maritime safety and security in the sub-region.
A statement from the US Public Affairs Section of the American Embassy here said Admiral Ulrich was working with the Gulf of Guinea region`s military and civilian leaders to develop cooperative maritime safety and security initiatives.
www.usafricaonline.com   (14301 words)

  
 Democratic Sen. Robert Byrd, Ex-Klansman by Michelle Malkin -- Capitalism Magazine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Ex-Klansman Robert Byrd, the senior senator from West Virginia, casually used the phrase "white nigger" twice on national TV this weekend.
They're paragons of virtue, and the rest of us are bigoted rubes.
Why any prominent politician in his right mind would publicly and deliberately use the poisonous epithet "nigger" -- which most daily newspapers refuse to spell out, no matter the context -- is beyond comprehension.
www.capmag.com /article.asp?ID=383   (861 words)

  
 Free Republic | latest articles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The consequences of Operation Iraqi Freedom for U.S. forces are being documented by the Defense Department with an exceptional degree of openness and transparency.
U.S. SENATE Harris thrills Broward fans Republican U.S. Rep. Katherine Harris reveled in her underdog status Thursday during campaign appearances in Democrat-friendly Broward County.
USA Football Chairman and former U.S. Congressman Jack Kemp presented Governor Barbour with the inaugural award at a press conference at the state capitol.
www.freerepublic.com   (5535 words)

  
 The Corner on National Review Online
Andrew (and a swelling host of readers): I asked for a politician who "PROUDLY CLAIMED to be socially conservative but fiscally liberal." All suggestions so far have been apologetic about either the one thing or the other (with the possible exception of De Gaulle, about whom I don't know enough).
The other was a career politician and government official who thought such careers should preclude one from living like a movie star.
Those of us who excoriated the Left for throwing their principles overboard to defend Bill Clinton -- I'm thinking of Nina Burleigh in particular -- must be true to what we believe in.
www.nationalreview.com /thecorner/03_09_28_corner-archive.asp   (11933 words)

  
 Novak: Feds know who outed CIA agent
Robert Novak said Wednesday that special counsel Patrick Fitzgerald knows who outed a CIA agent to the Chicago Sun-Times columnist but hasn't acted on the information because Novak's source committed no crime.
Novak acknowledged the swirl of speculation regarding his actions in Fitzgerald's investigation of the leak, including whether he testified before a grand jury, revealed his source to Fitzgerald or made some sort of a plea bargain by fingering someone else so he could stay out of jail.
Despite the historically large gap between Republican and Democratic voters on whether they approve of the job Bush is doing or the war in Iraq, Lyn Ragsdale, head of UIC's political science department, agreed that "there is not going to be a huge seat swing in 2006."
www.suntimes.com /output/news/cst-nws-novak20.html   (498 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington: DVD: Frank Capra,Jean Arthur,James Stewart,Claude Rains,Edward Arnold,Guy ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
In Washington, however, Smith discovers many of the shortcomings of the political process as his earnest goal of a national boys' camp leads to a conflict with the state political boss, Jim Taylor.
Director Frank Capra fills the movie with Smith's wide-eyed wonder at the glories of Washington, all of which ring false for his cynical secretary (Jean Arthur), who doesn't believe for a minute this rube could be for real.
Smith Goes to Washington is Capra's ode to the power of innocence--an idea so potent that present-day audiences may find themselves wishing for a new Mr.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00003L9CJ?v=glance   (2412 words)

  
 Famous Scots from Rampant Scotland Directory
Sir James Douglas was Robert the Bruce's right-hand man but is often overshadowed by his monarch, who might not have become king without his staunch support and talents as a military commander.
Robert Bruce, 4th Lord of Annandale Scottish nobleman and founder of the royal house of Bruce.
Robert Bruce, 4th earl of Annandale Married the second daughter Earl of Huntingdon, brother of King William the Lion, and thus founded the royal house of Bruce.
www.rampantscotland.com /famousscots.htm   (3878 words)

  
 Global Politician
For those of us who shudder at the thought of another Clinton presidency, the prospect of putting Hillary in that box brings a smile to our faces.
According to the CNN, in August 2001 he was slapped with a lawsuit accusing him of violating federal and state Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) statutes, the federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1984, the federal Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986 and numerous other state laws.
Recent international wars and the often spectacular ways in which the established media is covering them, have given media researchers ample opportunity to see whether technological developments are giving us the opportunity to have a closer experience of democracy.
globalpolitician.com /subarticle.asp?SID=19&cid=1   (3450 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Talking Point | Iain Duncan Smith's speech: Tell us what you think
He told delegates the party was on the road back to power and warned critics not to underestimate the determination of a "quiet man".
Iain Duncan Smith is the Neil Kinnock of the Conservative Party.
Iain Duncan Smith has to remember that people were more fond of Major than Thatcher, and he has to accept that his party's grassroots are inherently opposed to any changes he may propose.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/low/talking_point/2315549.stm   (1511 words)

  
 Bush Watch Home
Sources knowledgeable about US intelligence say there is no evidence that Hussein played a role in the Sept. 11 attacks, nor that he has been or is currently aiding Al Qaeda.
If the US and its allies go to war against Iraq, and it goes well, then the Bush administration is likely not to face questions about the way it sold the war.
Nat Turner puts the South on notice, Mickey Z. Two earlier slave revolts-by Gabriel Prosser and Denmark Vesey-had blazed the path and shattered the myth of African slaves as docile co-conspirators in their plight...but it was Nat Turner who brought reality into the homes of Southerners.
bushwatch.com   (4668 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Kansas City: DVD: Robert Altman,Jennifer Jason Leigh,Miranda Richardson,Harry Belafonte,Michael ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Robert Altman wanted to captured a sense of what life was like in his hometown during the Depression, both in a story about the people who lived there and, more impressionistically, in the jazz that sprouted there before moving to New York.
Robert Altman, one of the foremost filmakers of the last thirty years followed up what many consider to be his magnum, "Short Cuts", with this quietly more ambitious project.
Robert Altman - Director, Robert Altman - Writer (Written by), Frank Barhydt - Writer (Written by), Robert Altman - Producer (producer), Scott Bushnell - Producer (executive producer), James McLindon - Producer (associate producer), Matthew Seig - Producer (co-producer), David C. Thomas - Producer (co-producer)...
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0006Q9482?v=glance   (2348 words)

  
 Radio Blogger   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
He was with us in the Winter of 2001, when we first came to Minnesota and broadcast the show from an icehouse on Lake Minnetonka.
What I'm afraid happened was that while Jay was at the airport waiting for us on the wrong day, he left the lid open on the bucket of formaldehyde he keeps in the back of the mini-van.
U.S. forces have more than once been the targets of civilian attacks and could be forced into killing coerced human shields despite all attempts to avoid it.
www.radioblogger.com   (9923 words)

  
 United States House of Representatives, 109th Congress, 2nd Session: Homepage   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Full-text, searchable and downloadable access to the U.S. Federal statutes of a general and permanent nature.
Search the Thomas website maintained by the Library of Congress for bill and other information related to the U.S. Congress and the legislative process.
U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, DC 20515 (202) 224-3121 TTY: (202) 225-1904
tomdelay.house.gov   (239 words)

  
 Robert Paul Inder-Smith
It is echoed by high-profile public officials including other judges, lawyers, politicians and senior law enforcement officers, most, if not all of whom, have ventured down the same road to Damascus as the ''progressive conservative'' author.
It is in the form of an official US document, and was promulgated barely a year after Hawke’s ridiculous June, 1987, gaff, only the genius who conceived it looked seven years, not three years, into the future.
It is boring because modern plutocracies, with their tawdry “democratic” election campaigns, have made it so disgusting and revolting that people categorise the subject with that one simple word, simply to avoid arguments at barbecues and dinner parties.
www.napnt.org /blogs/rob.html   (5960 words)

  
 RAGGED THOTS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
They long for a leader who talks straight and who can make the plays work on the field the way they were designed to work on the chalkboard.
Be afraid when a politician uses phrases like, "straining the psyche" of the public:
The U.S. economy made a complete recovery once the Americans entered the war." That is disgracefully meretricious — and familiar.
www.raggedthots.blogspot.com   (4141 words)

  
 The Corner on National Review Online
Latest meme on the left is that there’s some “secret mechanism” whereby the ultra-rich siphon off the wealth of the nation, leaving the middle classes and the poor to stagnate.
Iran is watching us, and if the message coming out of the election is that the country wants a Democrat-run foreign policy, Iran will know that it has a free hand to race toward nukes in the two years before the next presidential election.
Even among long-term allies, the situation is as bad: Just after the Turkey’s prime minister personally vouches for a known al-Qaeda financier (to whom his chief advisor personally donated), the Turkish press reports that the White House offers him a Bush meeting and photo-op.
corner.nationalreview.com   (10271 words)

  
 Enemy of the State (1998)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Plot Outline: A lawyer becomes a target by a corrupt politician and his NSA goons when he accidently receives key evidence to a serious politically motivated crime.
I thought this was a really good movie and it really showed off Will Smith's acting range and proves that he can do more than just comedies.
The only thing wrong with this movie was that it was so fast-paced, it was hard to tell what was going on sometimes.
www.imdb.com /title/tt0120660   (375 words)

  
 Announcement, I’m going to Google « Scobleizer - Tech Geek Blogger
Hope your old friends at Whatsamatta U (or was it SJSU?) read of your move.
Robert - what you may have missed in the hoopla is that ATT have announced they are to buy Google - something to do with a tiered Internet - more here http://www.tomrafteryit.net/att-purchase-google/
Great stuff Robert, I knew they were smart people over there.
scobleizer.wordpress.com /2006/04/01/announcement-im-going-to-google   (7537 words)

  
 Strom's black daughter. By Diane McWhorter - Slate Magazine
She would in fact be at least one-half white in her genetic inheritance, and, as I indicated just previously, more than likely more white in her genetic make-up than she would be fl, or Negro, to use the older term.
This view only makes sense from the perspective of the old-time racialists of the US, who regarded even one pair of fl genes being present in a person's genetic make-up as somehow besmirching that person, making them racially exclusively a Negro.
Obviously McWhorter resorted to the old racialist categorization in charactering the lady in question because doing so served her larger purpose of pouring ridicule upon the late Sen. Thurmond and attacking his personal character.
www.slate.com /id/2085087   (1748 words)

  
 Speaking Safely on Political Issues: A Guide for the "Modern" Politician by George F. Smith -- Capitalism ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
I offer the following guide for those Americans who may be asked to speak on political issues but are confused about what to say.
Entitlements are simply expressions of common decency, a label certain to inhibit criticism.
George Smith lives in Atlanta where he is busy writing screenplays and articles on liberty.
www.capmag.com /article.asp?ID=1377   (1074 words)

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