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News You may Have Missed Angela Keaton and Michelle Shingal Announce Their Run for President and Vice President on the 2012 Libertarian Ticket : Libertarian activists Angela Keaton, who’s also an At-Large Representative on the Libertarian National Committee, and Michelle Shingal have announced that they are launched the official Keaton/Shingal 2012 campaign while contending for the Libertarian Party’s presidential and vice presidential nominations. Read the full story ACTIVIST TAKES TAX FIGHT TO COURT: Charles Phillip Maxwell hasn't had a license in more than a decade, but that hasn't stopped him from driving. Read the full story OBAMA CITED FOR CAMPAIGN SIGN VIOLATION IN MEMPHIS: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A little more than month before Barack Obama takes the oath of office, the president-elect is scheduled to appear in a Tennessee courtroom. Read the full story NASHVILLE MAY REQUIRE RESTAURANTS TO LIST CALORIES : Nashville could be the first city in the South to require restaurants to post calories on menus in an effort to fight obesity, particularly among children. Read the full story UP TO 8 CANDIDATES MAY BE ON FALL PRESIDENTIAL BALLOT: Thursday was the deadline for candidates to petition the state Division of Elections to be on the presidential ballot. As of the noon deadline, six had sought spots. Only the Republican and Democratic Parties have permanent standing on Tennessee presidential ballot, but anyone who can collect 275 signatures to petition to be on the ballot. Independent Ralph Nader qualified to be on the ballot earlier in the summer, as did Bob Barr, who is running as the Libertarian Party candidate. Read the full story HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO SPRAY SECTION OF ANTIOCH : Mosquitoes tested positive for a third time in the past month near the intersection of Murfreesboro Road and Bell Road in Antioch. Test results confirm sustained West Nile virus infection among mosquitoes. Read the full story Also visit www.nospraynasville.org FIVE ON METRO COUNCIL VOTE AGIANST HOTEL TAX: Five courageous members of the Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County Council: Sam Coleman, Eric Crafton, Robert Duvall, and Vivian Wilhoite dissented from the council’s majority opinion and voted against a proposed $0.50 increase in the Davidson County Hotel Tax. With this important vote these council members distinguished themselves from their collogues as defenders of the great ideals upon which Tennessee and America were founded. The Libertarian Party of Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County recognizes these council members as Nashville’s true community leaders. You may contact members of the Metro Council to thank those who opposed this unjust tax. UNDERAGE DRINKING ENFORCEMENT COMPLIANCE CHECKS: The Underage Drinking Enforcement Training Center is holding its annual conference in Nashville. One of the activities is to allow attendees to accompany Metropolitan Nashville Police and watch an actual sting operation. The Compliance-Checks Experiential Exercise will be Thursday, August 21st, 6:00 - 8:30 PM. Compliance checks are one of the proven law enforcement strategies used to address the issue of retail availability of alcohol for underage buyers. This session will provide attendees with an opportunity to watch law enforcement officials from the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department and the Tennessee Alcoholic Beverage Commission plan and execute a compliance check operation that will test alcohol licensees. Attendees will learn how important effective planning and preparation is to the compliance check process as they will witness underage buyers attempt to purchase alcoholic beverages from Tennessee licensed alcohol businesses. Spread the word to defeat the enemies of liberty. The drinking age is completely unacceptable and a free society should not condone gun-toting goons in bulletproof vests committing unprovoked violence to intimidate innocent people out of exercising their right to liberty. Read the full story METRO TO RAISE HOTEL TAX: Even though the National Business Travel Association says Nashville has the second-highest tax rate for travelers in the nation, the city is poised to tax its tourists once more. Read the full story. LISA LEEDS AND TOM WATSON WANT TO SAVE THE RACE TRACK AND STATE FAIRGROUNDS: Libertarian candidate for Tennessee House District 58 Lisa Leeds and Tom Watson have developed a proposal to save the Tennessee State Fair Grounds and Music City Motorplex. Read the full proposal OUTRIGHT LIBERTARIANS START NASHVILLE CHAPTER: Nashville is now home to its own chapter of Outright USA Libertarians. The group announced yesterday that the new chapter exists to present libertarianism, the Libertarian Party and its candidates to the GLBT community in and around Nashville. Read the full story REMEMBER THE BATTLE OF ATHENS, TENNESSEE: August 1st and 2nd mark the sixty-second anniversary of the Battle of Athens, Tennessee, and we here at The Libertarian Party of Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County intend to observe it. And we're asking you to join us. On those dates in 1946, residents of McMinn County, most of them recently-returned veterans of World War II, took guns in hand and rose up against a corrupt and brutal administration they'd been trying to get the state's authorities to do something about for years -- to no avail. Voting didn't help because the county elections -- and ballot boxes -- were controlled by the very criminals they were trying to dislodge. What followed was a prime example of the reason America's Founding Fathers sought to protect the right of the individual to own and carry weapons. Without their guns, the citizens would have been nothing but helpless peasants, serfs, peons -- just like most of humanity over the last six thousand years -- ground under the thumbs of well-armed local racketeers. Next time that some victim disarmament advocate argues that the Second Amendment -- and the rights and hardware it protects -- are outmoded, outdated, and obsolete, you'll have something to tell them about. Read the full storyCOURT ORDERS OHIO TO INCLUDE LIBERTARIAN PARTY ON BALLOT: CINCINNATI — Ohio must include the Libertarian Party’s nominees on its ballot in November, a court has ruled, complicating Senator John McCain’s effort to win conservative votes in a hotly contested state rich in electoral votes. Read the full story BOB BARR POLLS AT 7% IN TENNESSEE: According to the latest Zogby International Poll Libertarian Presidential Candidate Bob Barr is now polling at 7% in Tennessee. Read the full story METRO ACTS TO SEIZE MUSIC ROW PROPERTY: The city has begun legal proceedings to seize the property of a Music Row landowner who has refused to sell to a Houston developer, setting up a fight that has already prompted the involvement of a national advocacy group. Read the full story PAUL, BARR MAY BE FORGING AN ALLIANCE FOR FALL ELECTION: Signs are emerging of a possible alliance this fall between Ron Paul, the libertarian-minded rebel Republican, and Bob Barr, the Libertarian Party's presidential nominee. Read the full story LIBERTARIAN PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE BOB BARR:
All right, to the new face in the presidential race, Bob Barr, a Rasmussen poll showing the Libertarian candidate just picked by his party would command 6 percent of the vote in a general election matchup, and he hasn't really even gotten campaigning yet. He says he's in it to win it, that he's not interested in being a spoiler. Read the full storyNEIGHBORS AFFECTED BY POLLUTION MAY SEEK LEGAL ACTION: FRANKLIN — Homeowners near Egyptian Lacquer Manufacturing Co. say they’re prepared to take the paint manufacturer to federal court to sue them to clean up the pollution under their homes if action on the matter isn’t taken in the next three months. Read the full story STATES CONSIDER LIMITING TOY GUNS: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Concerns that realistic-looking toy weapons are confusing police and threatening safety have led 15 states to try going beyond gun control and cracking down on fake firearms. Read the full story SOUNDS WON'T PURSUE TAX TO FUND STADIUM: The Nashville Sounds will stand down on state legislation that would have provided some revenue to help build a new baseball stadium but had drawn the wrath of Mayor Karl Dean. Read the full story MEDICAL MARIJUANA PATIENTS DENIED A SPOT ON TRANSPLANT LIST: Timothy Garon's face and arms are hauntingly skeletal, but the fluid building up in his abdomen makes the 56-year-old musician look eight months pregnant. Read the full story BARR POLLING 7% IN POTENTIAL PRESIDENTIAL BID: Atlanta, GA - In a survey commissioned last week by the Bob Barr 2008 Presidential Exploratory Committee, seven percent of likely voters responded that they would vote for the former Georgia congressman for president if he were on the ballot in November. Shortly after Ross Perot announced he was re-entering the presidential race in October 1992, he polled at seven percent. Barr is considering whether to seek the nomination of the Libertarian Party for president. Read the full story THE FEDERAL RESERVE’S POWER GRAB: The Bush Administration’s Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson has proposed an excessive broadening of powers for the Federal Reserve; the move is thought to be in reaction to the recent panic in the financial markets and overall economic instability in the United States. Read the full story RUWART ENTERS PRESIDENTIAL RACE: Burnet, TX — Two months ahead of its national convention in Denver, the Libertarian Party’s already crowded field of candidates grew by one on Friday as Dr. Mary J. Ruwart announced her candidacy for the LP’s 2008 presidential nomination. Read the full story LET’S STOP HB 2795: All across Tennessee homeschoolers opposed HB 2795! Rep. Windle's assistant reported their office had received 4000 calls opposing HB 2795. Read the full story TENNESSEE MAY BAN DRIVER TEXTING: R U txting n driving? If so, some Tennessee lawmakers want you to put down your phone and position your hands back on the steering wheel. Read the full story GATES CAN'T GIVE CONGRESS WAR-FUNDING FIGURE: WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Robert Gates says a realistic estimate of next year's war costs is almost impossible to discern, in part because he doesn't know how many troops will be in Iraq this fall. Read the full story THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY'S RESPONSE TO THE STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS: Washington, D.C. - Following President Bush's annual State of the Union Address, the Libertarian Party issued their response from National Chairman William Redpath: Read the full story TENNESSEE POLITICAL PARTIES FILE SUIT FOR BALLOT ACCESS: The Constitution Party of Tennessee, Green Party of Tennessee, and Libertarian Party of Tennessee collectively filed a lawsuit on Thursday, January 24, 2008 in U.S. District Court against the State of Tennessee for unfair ballot access laws and regulations. Read the full story RON PAUL HIT WITH CASH EXPLOSION: Following a second place finish in the Republican caucus in Nevada, Texas Senator Ron Paul was his with a one-day internet cash infusion of $1.25 million, indicating his popularity may be showing signs of improvement. As the Republican primaries focused on Florida and further to the Super Tuesday primaries February 5, Paul has stayed his course on preaching returning responsible for many individual freedoms back to the states. Read the full story SCHOOL BOARD LETS GARCIA DEPART: Metro Schools Director Pedro Garcia will get a year's pay — $216,000 — and money for unclaimed sick and vacation days to walk away from his job after 6½ years. Read the full story TENNESSEE SENATE SET TO VOTE SELF-DEFENSE BILL: TENNESSEE : Senate Bill 23, authored by State Senator Doug Jackson (D-25), will be heard by the full Senate on Wednesday, January 16. SB23 allows a person who has a valid Right-to-Carry permit to carry a firearm in a place where alcohol is served, as long as the permit holder is not consuming alcohol or is not otherwise prohibited by posting provisions. Please contact your State Senator toll-free today at (800) 449-8366 and respectfully urge him or her to support this important piece of self-defense legislation. GOVERNOR WILL PROPOSE RAISES FOR STATE WORKERS: State employees can expect some kind of pay raise when Gov. Phil Bredesen announces his budget later this month. Read the full story GOP RIVALS BACK TAX, SPENDING CUTS IN SC: MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. - Republican presidential rivals backed a blend of tax and spending cuts Thursday night to head off an election-year recession they generally agreed is avoidable. "We should reduce taxes on middle-income Americans immediately," former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney said in a debate in the run-up to presidential primaries in Michigan and South Carolina, two states where unemployment exceeds the national average. Read the full story STRONG START FOR 2008 ELECTION RACES: Washington, D.C. - Following a successful off-year election, where approximately one in five Libertarians won the races in which they competed, the Libertarian Party looks to make a strong impact in the 2008 election. "We finished strong in 2007, and we look to do well in 2008," says Shane Cory, executive director of the Libertarian Party. Read the full story COMPUTER THEFTS GET COUNCIL'S ATTENTION: Officials from three Metro departments have been summoned before council to explain the circumstances surrounding the theft of two laptop computers bearing full Social Security numbers of 337,000 Metro voters. Read the full story COMPUTER HEIST PUTS VOTER IDS IN DANGER: The names, addresses and complete Social Security numbers of more than 337,000 Davidson County voters may be in the hands of thieves, Metro election officials said Friday. Read the full story THIEVES NAB NASHVILLE VOTER ROLLS: Thieves broke in to the Davidson County Election Commission offices over the Christmas holiday and made off with computers containing the names and identifying information of every voter in Nashville. Read the full story OUTLAW LIGHT BULBS AND ONLY OUTLAWS WILL HAVE LIGHT BULBS: Washington, D.C. - Among the regulations packed into the newest energy bill that just passed Congress this week, a ban on the incandescent light bulb will officially end what Edison started 130 years ago. "If you outlaw light bulbs, then only outlaws will have light bulbs," says Libertarian Party Executive Director Shane Cory. Read the full story A CALL FOR SECURE ELECTIONS IN TENNESSEE: Two important groups that will be meeting this week and next. The members of these groups need to hear from thousands of voters across Tennessee so our call for secure elections in Tennessee cannot be ignored. Both of these groups will have a strong influence on whether legislation is passed early in 2008 mandating voter-verifiable paper ballots and random mandatory recounts - in time for the November 2008 presidential election. Read the full story MORE BLOOD ON HANDS OF 'GUN FREE ZONES' EXTREMISTS AT OMAHA MALL: BELLEVUE, WA – Eight more innocent Americans have been sacrificed on the altar of political correctness at Omaha’s Westroads Mall this week, and the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today that the real outrage of this crime is that it happened in a “gun free zone” where law-abiding private citizens are disarmed by mall rules and state statute. Read the full story FDA FAILURE PUTS LIVES IN DANGER, REPORT SAYS: The Food and Drug Administration is so underfunded and understaffed that it's putting U.S. consumers in danger, an advisory panel to the FDA says in a report to be discussed today. The report — developed in the past year by experts from academia, industry and other government agencies — delivers a scathing review of the state of the FDA, which regulates 80 percent of the nation's food, its drugs, vaccines and medical devices. Read the full story IT'S UP TO FANS NOW: Now comes the hard part: filling Sommet Center's seats so the Nashville Predators can stay here for another generation or more. After almost seven weeks of sometimes difficult negotiations, the investors who plan to buy the Predators struck a deal with Mayor Karl Dean's administration Friday to change the pro hockey team's arena lease. Read the full story Read the The Terms of the Lease Change. LIBERTY DOLLAR OFFICE RAIDED: The future of an Evansville-based company that produces a "private voluntary barter currency" known as the Liberty Dollar is in question after federal agents raided the facility this week, according to an e-mail sent by its founder. Read the full story Read the full Seizure Warrent FARMERS ASK FEDERAL COURT TO DISSOCIATE HEMP AND POT: Wayne Hauge grows grains, chickpeas and some lentils on 2,000 acres in northern North Dakota Business is up and down, as the farming trade tends to be, and he is always on the lookout for a new crop. He tried sunflowers and safflowers and black beans. Now he has set his sights on hemp. Read the full story TENNESSEE NARCOTICS OFFICER OF THE YEAR FOR 2006 WAS INDICTED FOR TRAFFICKING: A Memphis police sergeant who was named Tennessee Narcotics Officer of the Year for 2006 was indicted Friday for trafficking in illegal anabolic steroids and tipping off drug dealers about surveillance and investigations. Read the full story INFAMOUS 'POT CAVE' GOES ON AUCTION BLOCK: HARTSVILLE, Tenn. — For sale at auction: One cave, very old, but with many new improvements by former owner. Unique property in an out-of-the-way location. Very subterranean. Perfect for, um, well, a law-abiding tenant with imagination. Read the full story SOME RESTAURANTS GO 21-AND-UP TO KEEP SMOKERS' BUSINESS : Edgefield Sports Bar & Grill went non-smoking — for a grand total of 48 hours. Patty Singer, the east Nashville restaurant's manager, said after the statewide smoking ban in restaurants went into effect on Oct. 1, she was still selling plenty of hamburgers at lunch, but no one came to drink at night. Read the full story GUARDIAN ANGELS DECLARE THEY'RE ON JOB: There are 14 men and women — armed only with martial arts training, handcuffs and a commitment to keep Nashville's streets safe — walking the roads, alleyways and recesses near the Cumberland River on Saturday nights. Read the full story Also visit the GUARDIAN ANGELS of Nashville. PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL DRAWS BIG NASHVILLE CROWD: A huge crowd came out Saturday afternoon to the War Memorial Auditorium to see Paul speak. The crowd of 1500 included about 300 people who support the Texas congressman through an internet group. Read the full story TENN. OFFICIALS TO APPEAL RULING ON 'CRACK TAX': State officials have decided to appeal a ruling that Tennessee's tax on narcotics is unconstitutional. Revenue Department spokeswoman Sophie Moery said the attorney general plans to ask the state Supreme Court to hear the challenge to a Court of Appeals' ruling earlier this month that the tax is "arbitrary, capricious and unreasonable." Read the full story The Libertarian Party Response: The moral solution is not more war: President Bush's speech outlines a plan to prolong the war, not conclude the war In response to tonight's presidential address on Iraq, the Libertarian Party offers its own comments, saying the President's plan is nothing but the same, stale rhetoric. "Contrary to what President Bush is claiming, his new course for Iraq is the same as what we've seen for the past four years," says Libertarian Party National Chairman, William Redpath. "Nothing in Bush's speech indicates the administration has any intention to deviate from the same plan in Iraq that has failed time and time again." Read the full story TROOPS DEPLOY TO NATION'S CAPITAL: DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Members of the 1st Battalion 265 Air Defense Artillery have mobilized and are on a plane headed first to Ft. Bliss, then for federal active duty in the capital region. Read the full story AARON RUSSO, FILMMAKER AND POLITICAL ACTIVIST, DIES AT AGE 64 : Aaron Russo, made famous by his films “Trading Places” and the Golden Globe-winning “The Rose,” died on Friday at the age of 64. Russo, who had been battling cancer for an extended period of time, was also a well known political activist who openly criticized the U.S. government’s policies on the war on drugs and medical regulations. His libertarian views brought him many supporters and admirers and in 1998 he entered the Republican primary for governor of Nevada. Read the full story NUMBER OF U.S. GUN DEALERS PLUNGES: WASHINGTON - Tougher laws and stricter enforcement cost nearly 200,000 U.S. gun dealers their licenses since the mid-1990s, a new study indicates. Led by remarkably sharp declines in states including California, Florida and Washington, the number of federally licensed firearms dealers fell 79 percent nationwide since 1994. In that year, Congress adopted gun-control measures that still spark fiery debate. Read the full story LIBERTARIAN PARTY CONDEMNS NEW DOMESTIC SPYING PROGRAM: Washington D.C. – The Libertarian Party slammed a new law signed Sunday by President George Bush, giving the U.S. government more power to spy on American citizens. The law legalized the government's warrantless wiretaps by amending the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), which regulates how the government can gather intelligence from private communications. Privacy advocates have long condemned the spying program for violating basic privacy rights of citizens; however, the Bush administration has demanded increased spying powers in the name of national security. Read the full story TENNESSEE SALES TAX HOLIDAY AN “INSULT TO TAXPAYERS,” SAYS THINK TANK: NASHVILLE – Today is the first day of Tennessee’s second annual Sales Tax Holiday. But the tax holiday is no reason for celebration, according to the Tennessee Center for Policy Research, a Nashville-based free market think tank. Read the full story N.H. COUPLE EVADE DEATH AND TAXES: Plainfield, N.H. — The Browns have been holed up, refusing to pay the IRS or go to prison. It's a battle that might end in bloodshed. SHE sits on the lookout in a lawn chair on their front porch, her forehead glossy with sweat, Bible next to her left foot, wind chimes clinking at her back. Her husband of 24 years is by her side, German shepherd at his knee, handgun tucked beneath the belt on his jeans. Read the full story PRESIDENT BUSH’S LATEST EXECUTIVE ORDER: On July 17, President Bush signed an Executive order that authorized blocking the use of any property held by anyone he says is a threat to the "stabilizatio" of Iraq. That means anyone who opposes his Middle East foreign policy now is subject to loss of home, automobiles, savings, investments, and anything else considered as property. Read the document This is about as serious as it gets. There have been many assaults on our freedom in the last few years, but none with such totality and finality as this. We must draw the line in the sand on this issue. The American people must re-discover their indignation, get off their couches, and send a tsunami of protest to Washington. Here are three things you can do: 1. If you don’t already know the name and contact information of you Congressman and Senator, look it up. Send them a short but explicit message to the effect that you expect them to (1) introduce or support fast-track legislation to rescind the Executive Order issued July 17 relating to blocking property of those who disagree with President Bush’s policy in Iraq and (2) call for impeachment of the President NOW. 2. Make a list of every organization, publication, journalist, web site, talk-show host, and community leader who understands the significance of this Executive Order and send it to G. Edward Griffin and Aaron Russo so they can build a national coalition of activists on this issue. Also send them a note or call them in person to urge them to align with the coalition and take action. 3. Send this information to everyone you know. STATE-RUN ANTI-TERROR CENTERS INEFFECTIVE : More than 40 state-run operations set up after 9/11 to help uncover terrorist plots are proving to be a costly but largely ineffective weapon against terrorism, according to congressional investigators. Read the full story LIBERTARIAN PRESIDENTIAL SURVEY RESULTS: LibertarianLists sponsored an online survey to determine the presidential preferences of libertarians for the 2008 presidential elections. The raw results are now available. To read some preliminary analysis of the data, including some cross-tabulation information not otherwise available, visit gordonunleashed.com, freeliberal.com/blog, and lastfreevoice.com, each site will have different items of our ongoing analysis of the data. LibertarianLists will continue to analyze this data, and will be publishing interesting correlations as we find them, on these sites, and perhaps others, in the future. LibertarianLists also have a new survey going on now. This one is much shorter than the previous survey and only takes a couple of minutes to complete. A WORD FROM OUR STATE CHAIR:
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Very Truly Yours, Download and prtint the Declaration of Independence NEW FISCAL IRRESPONSIBILITY: On July 1 began new government fiscal years. The budgets are now approved and the Libertarian Party of Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County is once more keeping a running total as the spending progresses over the next twelve months. Metro has approved abudget in excess of $1.5 billion, which means Metro will be spending about $48.88 every second. Tennessee has approved a budget that exceeds $27.4 billion, which means Tennessee will be spending about $868.90 every second. Finally Congress approved a budget that exceeds $2.9 trillion, which means the United States will be spending about $91,770.39 every second. BONG HITS 4 JESUS SUPREME COURT RULING : This morning The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that schools have the right to limit a student's speech when it advocates criminal activity. The case of Morse v. Frederick, which some legal experts have called the most important First Amendment test since Vietnam, came about after high school student Joseph Frederick was suspended for unfurling a 14-foot sign reading, "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" during a class field trip in 2002. Read the full story FRED THOMPSON'S PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN STAFF SHOWS STONG TIES TO BUSH : Those who would support Fred Thompson running for President should ask themselves if they have been happy with the last eight years. A look at Thompson’s campaign staff appears to indicate that Thompson may offer more of the same. Read the full story TROOPS' 1-MONTH BREAKS BLOCKED: WASHINGTON — U.S. commanders in Iraq are rejecting a recommendation by Army mental health experts that troops receive a one-month break for every three months in a combat zone, despite unprecedented levels of continuous fighting and worsening risks of mental stress. Read the full story SEVEN THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT GLOBAL WARMING:
1. Most scientists do not believe human activities threaten to disrupt the Earth's climate. BILL PASSED IN RESPONSE TO VA. TECH ATTACK:
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Wednesday passed what could become the first major federal gun control law in over a decade, spurred by the Virginia Tech campus killings and buttressed by National Rifle Association help.
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U.S. HANDS OVER A $10M BOUNTY IN BRIEFCASES FOR THE KILLING OF MUSLIM LEADERS
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The United States handed over US$10 million (£5million) in bounties to four Muslim men in the southern Philippines today for their role in the killing of two leaders of the country's deadliest Islamic militant group.
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A 4-FOOT WALL TO KEEP THE POMERANIANS IN THE YARD SETS OFF A BORDER CONFLICT WITH CANADA:
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he invisible line that divides Canada and the United States runs along a shallow ditch just beyond Shirley-Ann Leu's back yard - so close she could cross the border in a single hop.
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LEGISLATURE GIVES FINAL APPROVAL TO SMOKING BAN:
To crackdown on some of the effects of secondhand smoke, the state House and Senate approved a watered-down bill to ban smoking in restaurants and some workplaces Thursday but allow it in bars and certain small businesses.
Read the full story Also read the CHOICE VS. EDICT: A VERY "SMOKY" CROSSROADS
SENATE IMMIGRATION BILL WOULD MANDATE NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT VERIFICATION SYSTEM:
The bipartisan immigration reform plan that was announced in the U.S. Senate this week would mandate the development of a national electronic employment verification system affecting every worker in the U.S.
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LIBERTARIANS ENDORSE SALES TAX REDUCTION:
The Associated Press reported earlier this week that the State of Tennessee will have over $500 million in “surplus” funds this fiscal year. The Libertarian Party of Tennessee has a suggestion regarding how to spend the extra money. “The budget surplus would best serve all residents of Tennessee if it were spent on a permanent reduction in the states sales tax,” said Tony Wall, Libertarian Party of Tennessee Chairman.
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RON PAUL 2008 YOUTUBE CHANNEL:
Congressman Ron Paul now has the most YouTube subscribers among the Republican candidates for president. Congressman Paul passed Mitt Romney to take the #1 spot. Ron Paul is a former Libertarian candidate for President.
Visit the Ron Paul 2008 YouTube Channel
PLAN TO CALL FRUIT JUICE 'DRUG' DELAYED:
A public comment period on a Food and Drug Administration plan to classify vitamins, supplements, herbs and even fruit juice as "drugs" has been extended from April 30 to May 29 after the proposal was publicized in a report by World Net Daily.
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SHERIFF ALLOWS ILLEGAL TRESPASS:
Watch this incredible video of a Sheriff Deputy in Indiana allowing a illegal trespass.
FLORIDA TO DUMP TOUCH-SCREEN E-VOTING SYSTEMS:
May 03, 2007 (Computerworld) -- In a major shift on e-voting that could ripple to other states, the Florida Legislature today voted to replace nearly all of the state's touch-screen voting systems with optical scan devices.
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TENNESSEE CENTER FOR POLICY RESEARCH TO HOST JOHN STOSSLE:
Join the Tennessee Center for Policy Research and ABC News "20/20" reporter John Stossel for an evening of delicious food, refreshing libations and stimulating conversation as John exposes the errors behind hundreds of media-generated myths—and reveals that the truth is often the opposite of what we've been taught to believe.
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