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It's a good web site. That's the thang with Broad Band also, it's that people are now less concentrated on the major isp's, and finding good info on the net has actually become harder. Thankfully :) -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Okay!!!! i'm game, who does fenty's hair?

Hey Luke!!! Do you ever use this link to see how dcpages.com is doing? http://info.alexa.com/data/details/traffic...rl=dcpages.com/

Luke I don't know if the company is located there or not. It could be from the first time your id was stolen that some one is going on a shopping spree in California with legitimate businesses. When I saw your post it was like hummm? "An alarm bell sounding off, cause of what I have heard from my source about Tijuana and that there is a strong Asian presence in that area, and that the Asians in that area can’t speak neither English nor Spanish". -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

California's claim to fame is that “Economically it's the Gateway to Asia.” I really do know the reality of this, and how it all got started, and why. By the way; you are just guessing, and unfortunately I'm not. Like I have said before in here "Be careful when you seek the truth, for IT WILL leave you with its own set of scars". Is there more to this then what I just typed? YES!!! And I’m starting to get a head ache again. <Oh boy,boy,boy, Oh boy> Why bush supports this is easy, POWER. The reason the democrats support this, is also for power, and they ARE playing the same game that the republicans were playing. NO DIFFERENCE The only wild card in this is the African American Community. What I wonder about is this? Is the African American Community willing to commit political suicide for the Latino Vote? In the next election I will know the answer. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I've heard that tijuana is a hot bed of activity of the not so nice kind. From a very reliable source.

So it finally spilled over unto this board, what a mess. Had to happen some time I reckon. Well, my group "Latinos" is going to take a major hit over this. These are one of those times that I would really love to bury my head in the sand, and the ones who are pushing for illegal immigration are just a bunch of control freaks, and the only thing that they are doing is fueling the fire. You know what really gets me though? It was the democrat Latinos' who started this to begin with "It gives me head aches every time I think about it, and the thing is that I warned my group not to throw it in people's faces, and they still didn't listen." Okay!!! My headache is back. Good night. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

What proper channels would those be? -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Come on Luke, you, and I and everyone else in america know who the leaker was. The Prosecutor only wanted a trophy on his mantle, and the democrats were like "oh yeah!! This is payback For the Clinton Years". It is just political; it has NOTHING to do with Justice. Nothing has really changed. Oh!!! you were right about Nafta, my group "Republicans", and Clinton really made a mess of that one. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

http://www.mininggazette.com/stories/artic...?articleID=7647 Carter is tarnishing his legacy Former President Jimmy Carter once again is defending a terrorist organization dedicated to the destruction of Israel. In doing so, he quickly is wiping out any stature he may have had in the international community. During a speech on Tuesday in Dublin, Ireland, Carter criticized governments in the United States and Europe. He claimed they are attempting to divide the Palestinian people, by providing support for Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and his Fatah Party. At the same time, U.S. and European governments are not helping the Hamas Party, which won 2006 elections among the Palestinians, Carter said. Policies now followed by the United States and some European governments are an “effort to divide Palestinians into two peoples,” Carter alleged. No help in that regard seems to be needed from outside the Palestinian community. And there is a good reason why the Fatah Party is being supported. It is that Hamas leaders, not content to work with Fatah politically, are attempting to take power through an armed coup. Already, Hamas gunmen have taken control of the Gaza area, forcing Abbas and his government to the West Bank. Hamas may have won an election — but its leaders are demonstrating with AK-47s and rocket launchers that they have no intention of working through the political process. If the Palestinians are divided, then, it is because of Hamas’ propensity for use of force to gain its ends. In his blind support for Hamas — and other factions dedicated to destroying Israel — Carter is proving only that some ex-presidents have nothing constructive to add to the debate concerning world affairs.

And I Rest My Case. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/04/us/polit...amp;oref=slogin Bill Clinton Criticizes Bush on Libby Move By PATRICK HEALY Published: July 4, 2007 DAVENPORT, Iowa, July 3 — Former President Bill Clinton criticized President Bush on Tuesday for commuting the prison sentence of I. Lewis Libby Jr. and tried to draw a distinction from his own controversial pardons. In Iowa to promote the presidential candidacy of his wife, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York, Mr. Clinton was asked by a radio host, David Yepsen, “You had some controversial pardons during your presidency; what’s your reaction to what President Bush did?” “Yeah, but I think the facts were different,” Mr. Clinton said. “I think there are guidelines for what happens when somebody is convicted. You’ve got to understand, this is consistent with their philosophy; they believe that they should be able to do what they want to do, and that the law is a minor obstacle.” “It’s wrong to out that C.I.A. agent and wrong to try to cover it up,” Mr. Clinton added. “And no one was ever fired from the White House for doing it.” Mr. Clinton pardoned 140 people in the final hours of his presidency, including Marc Rich, the fugitive broker who had been charged with evading tens of millions of dollars in taxes, and who was the former husband of a top donor to Democrats and Mrs. Clinton’s first Senate campaign. Rather than tread lightly on the Libby commutation, the Clintons have chosen to confront it; Clinton advisers said there was no real alternative, because the news media would bring up the Rich pardon anyway. Still, the Clintons have not scheduled a news conference during their visit, where they might face tough questioning, nor have they permitted reporters to attend private events, some including as many as 300 people, where people ask Mrs. Clinton questions. All of their public events have been rallies where the two of them speak. The Clintons campaigned in Iowa City and Davenport on Tuesday, where Mr. Clinton, in addition to lavishing praise on his wife, seemed to take some fresh shots at the Bush administration. Referring to the presidency, he said in Davenport, “You have to think; we’ve seen what happens when you don’t think.”

For me he deserves a Full Pardon on the grounds that it was just a political prosecution. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

http://www.ag.gov.fj/default.aspx?page=prerogativeMercy The Prerogative of Mercy Section 115 of the Constitution empowers the President to grant to a convicted person, a state pardon either conditionally or otherwise, or grant a respite of the execution of punishment imposed, or substitute a less severe punishment. The President is advised on the exercise of this power by the Commission on the Prerogative of Mercy. Membership of the Commission consists of the Attorney General as the Chairperson, and two members appointed by the President. The Commission meets on a regular basis to consider applications for the exercise of the prerogative of mercy. Members The members of the Commission are: • Hon. Mr Qoriniasi Bale - Chairman • Mrs Mavis Basawaiya - Member • Mr Hector Hatch - Member • Mr Zulfikar Sahukhan - Legal Advisor • Mrs Sisilia Christopher - Secretary http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prerogative_of_Mercy Prerogative of Mercy From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia In the British tradition the Prerogative of Mercy is one of the historic Royal Prerogatives of the British monarch in which he or she can grant pardons to convicted persons. In actual practice this power has been passed to politicians. The Royal Prerogative of Mercy was originally used to permit the monarch to withdraw death sentences, but is now used to change any sentence or penalty. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I don't think that the President should have given libby a partial Pardon, but a Full Pardon. That's the Moral thing to do.

Now what would really be eerie would be a Republican President, and a Democrat Vice President. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://whatjapanthinks.com/2007/06/21/hawa...s-for-japanese/ Q: If you were to live overseas after retirement, where would you most live to live? Rank Location Score 1 Hawaii 100 2 Australia 88.3 3 New Zealand 73.2 4 Switzerland 42.8 5 Continental USA 40.9 6 Canada 38.9 7 Italy 30.4 8 Sweden 28.8 9 Tahiti 27.2 10 Fiji 26.8 11 New Caledonia 25.3 12 France 24.5 13 Spain 22.6 14 United Kingdom 22.2 15 Germany 21.4 16 Thailand 21.4 17 Singapore 21.0 18 Austria 16.0 19 Malaysia 14.8 20 Holland 12.8 21 Taiwan 10.9 22 Vietnam 9.7 23 Belgium 8.6 24 Greece 8.2 25 Bulgaria 7.4 26 Portugal 6.6 27 South Korea 6.6 28 Philippines 6.2 29 Indonesia 5.8 30 Mexico 3.9

Senate Immigration BILL loses 46-53. Now just maybe the borders CAN finally be secured.

It does bring a warm feeling to my heart. Like I've always said "Democrats ARE more Republican, then the Republicans Are". Hey!!! the democrats voted to continue the War in Iraq. I remember the democrat moto; "Do as We Say, Not as We do".

And this is the part of the internet that SCARES me the most "Luke". With more and more weapons manufactures coming online, the greater need for security protocols need to be in place. Even the slightest bit of information on weapons tech CAN BE researched online "since most folks like to show off on just how good they are". <groan> Now the scary part "other than the Government not really knowing what's out there?" is that Other countries are getting better at surffing the invisible net. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

IT'S GETTING WORSE IN lATIN AMERICA ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.projo.com/opinion/contributors/...T4.1a77e44.html Richard Norton: Chavez with subs could play with fire 08:00 AM EDT on Wednesday, June 20, 2007 RICHARD J. NORTON HUGO CHAVEZ is a man who loves to portray himself as standing up to the United States. According to the Venezuelan president, he is St. George, and the United States is the dangerous dragon. At the same time, President Chavez says he is the champion of Venezuela’s poor, the heir apparent of Fidel Castro’s mantle of revolutionary leadership, and South America’s new Simon Bolivar. A showman but not a buffoon, Chavez understands the benefit he may gain from seizing the image of the moment, whether standing in solidarity with Bolivia’s Evo Morales, or hurling insults at President Bush from the podium in the U.N. General Assembly. He often seems to do such things with the explicit hope that U.S. leaders will respond in kind. The Bush administration clearly understands this and has commendably refused to be drawn into a pointless exchange of mudslinging. Washington knows it takes two to make an argument and an argument is exactly what Chavez hopes to provoke. In addition to preserving the diplomatic high ground, the U.S. restraint should be seen as reassuring to our South American partners and has the additional benefit of undoubtedly frustrating President Chavez, while making him look less than statesmanlike. However, Hugo Chavez’s recent announcement that Venezuela will purchase five Kilo-class 636-type diesel submarines and four Amur-class 677E diesel submarines from Russia is a provocation that should not be dismissed. These weapons systems are destabilizing and other regional powers will not be able to ignore the improved submarine capability Venezuela will possess if this deal is completed. The result could be the classic outcome of many security dilemmas. The state that sets out to improve its security — in this case, Venezuela — may well be the one to suffer most. The 636 Kilo and the 677E Amur are among the most sophisticated and quiet diesel submarines in the world, which makes them very difficult to detect. According to open sources, they possess short-range surface-to-air missiles for use when surfaced, and carry up to 18 torpedoes or 24 mines. They can travel at up to 20 knots when submerged and 11 knots on the surface, with a range as great as 7,500 miles. This will allow these future Venezuelan submarines to travel south to Montevideo or north to Halifax and return without refueling. The entire Caribbean will be open to them — from U.S. ports on the Gulf Coast to Mexico’s east coast to the Dutch-owned islands of the Lesser Antilles. Hugo Chavez says he needs these vessels for defense and to defeat a potential U.S. blockade of his country. However, Venezuela already possesses two diesel submarines that could make a significant contribution to the defense of the country. The truth is that the Russian submarines will be as easy to use in an attack as in a defensive role. Their presence in the Caribbean could provoke a regional arms race, as other countries, including Colombia and the United States, could respond with increased military capacity in the region. These submarines are also likely to raise global economic concerns as Venezuela will now have the capacity to disrupt the flow of goods through the Panama Canal. South American planners from Mexico City to Buenos Aires will have no difficulty in ascertaining the security ramifications of Chavez’s new military hardware. They are likely to tell their political leaders that, while Hugo’s subs would be hard to kill at sea, they would be relatively easy to detect and destroy in port. Far from protecting Venezuela, the new submarines might increase the chance of a pre-emptive attack should Venezuela enter into hostilities with another state. And, while not playing down the challenges involved in detecting and destroying quiet diesel submarines, it is fair to say the United States is more likely to be successful at this task than any other country. It is also important to remember that having an expensive and capable weapons system does not mean a country will have the required repair facilities or a sufficient number of trained personnel to make it work correctly in the years to come. The immediate response to Chavez’s submarine purchase is more likely to be political than military. South American leaders will undoubtedly ask themselves if this purchase is in the region’s collective best interest. They are bound to explore the ramifications to their economies if Venezuela begins to increase military tensions off its coasts. One of the reasons South America has enjoyed increasing prosperity and peace is because leaders have refrained from such provocative acts. It would not be surprising to see Presidents Kirchner of Argentina, Bachelet of Chile, Lula of Brazil, Calderon of Mexico and Uribe of Colombia make this an issue for action by the Organization of American States. Washington may well find letting these capable leaders take the initiative is the best way to handle the situation for now. This purchase is going to cost Venezuela a great deal of money. Similar sales to China suggest that the nine submarines could cost Venezuela more than $2.5 billion. If President Chavez truly cared about protecting his people from danger, using those dollars for better education, increased medical attention and better transportation would seem to offer far greater payoffs than submarines that are likely to weaken the security they were supposed to improve. Richard J. Norton is a professor of national- security affairs at the Naval War College. The views expressed here are his own and do not necessarily reflect those of the War College, the Navy, the Defense Department, or any other part of the U.S. government.

I think that we should all take our lunch time, and watch the final episode. You will be missed. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.cbs.com/daytime/price/about/justin/ Bob Barker's Final Episode Emmy Award winner BOB BARKER'S final original daytime episode of THE PRICE IS RIGHT will be broadcast Friday, June 15 (11:00 AM-12:00 Noon, ET; 10:00-11:00 AM, PT) on the CBS Television Network. The episode will then be rebroadcast the same evening (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT), leading directly into the airing of "The 34th Annual Daytime Entertainment Emmy Awards (9:00-11:00 PM, live ET/ delayed PT), from the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. Episodes of the THE PRICE IS RIGHT hosted by Barker will rerun throughout the summer until the season premiere in the fall. Barker is retiring after 50 years in show business and 35 years of hosting THE PRICE IS RIGHT, the longest-running game show in television history. He has won a total of 17 Emmy Awards -- 13 as TV host, three as Executive Producer of THE PRICE IS RIGHT and the Lifetime Achievement Emmy Award for Daytime Television in 1999. Currently, he is nominated for his 18th and 19th Daytime Emmy Awards. Barker was installed into the Television Academy Hall of Fame in June 2004. (AP) Bob Barker is heading toward his last showcase, his final "Come on down." The silver-haired daytime-TV icon is retiring in June, he told The Associated Press Tuesday. "I will be 83 years old on December 12," he said, "and I've decided to retire while I'm still young." Though he has been considering retirement for "at least 10 years," Barker said he has so much fun doing the show that he hasn't been able to leave. "I've gone on and on and on to this ancient age because I've enjoyed it," he said. "I've thoroughly enjoyed it and I'm going to miss it." Reaching dual milestones, 50 years on television and 35 with "Price," made this an "appropriate" time to retire, Barker said. Besides, hosting the daily CBS program — in which contestants chosen from the crowd "come on down" to compete for "showcases" that include trips, appliances and new cars — is "demanding physically and mentally," he said. "I'm just reaching the age where the constant effort to be there and do the show physically is a lot for me," he said. "I might be able to do the show another year, but better (to leave) a year too soon than a year too late." Leslie Moonves, president and CEO of CBS Corporation, said Barker has left an enduring mark on the network, calling his contribution and loyalty "immeasurable." "We knew this day would come, but that doesn't make it any easier," Moonves said in a statement. "Bob Barker is a daytime legend, an entertainment icon and one of the most beloved television personalities of our time." Barker began his national television career in 1956 as the host of "Truth or Consequences." He first appeared on "Price" on Sept. 4, 1972 and has been the face of the show ever since. A CBS prime-time special celebrating the show's longevity and Barker's five decades on TV was already under way, a network spokesman said. To kick off his retirement, Barker said he will "sit down for maybe a couple of weeks and find out what it feels like to be bored." Then he plans to spend time working with animal-rights causes, including his own DJ&T Foundation, founded in memory of his late wife, Dorothy Jo, and mother, Matilda. He said he'd take on a movie role if the right one came along, but filmmakers, take note: "I refuse to do unclothed scenes. These Hollywood producers want to capitalize on my obvious sexuality, but I don't want to be just another beautiful body." Freemantle Media, which owns "Price," has been looking for Barker's replacement for "two or three years," Barker said. And he has some advice for whoever takes the job: learn the show's 80 games backwards and forward. "The games have to be just like riding a bicycle," Barker said. "Then he will be relaxed enough to have fun with the audience, to get the laughs with his contestants and make the show more than just straight games, to make it a lot of fun." As for his fans, Barker said he "doesn't have the words" to express his gratitude. "From the bottom of my heart, I thank the television viewers, because they have made it possible for me to earn a living for 50 years doing something that I thoroughly enjoy. They have invited me into their homes daily for a half a century." But when it comes to saying his final TV goodbye, Barker said he'll do it the same way he does each day on "Price": "Help control the pet population. Have your pets spayed or neutered."

http://www.fbi.gov/pressrel/pressrel07/botnet061307.htm June 13, 2007 Over 1 Million Potential Victims of Botnet Cyber Crime Today the Department of Justice and FBI announced the results of an ongoing cyber crime initiative to disrupt and dismantle “botherders” and elevate the public’s cyber security awareness of botnets. OPERATION BOT ROAST is a national initiative and ongoing investigations have identified over 1 million victim computer IP addresses. The FBI is working with our industry partners, including the CERT Coordination Center at Carnegie Mellon University, to notify the victim owners of the computers. Through this process the FBI may uncover additional incidents in which botnets have been used to facilitate other criminal activity. A botnet is a collection of compromised computers under the remote command and control of a criminal “botherder.” Most owners of the compromised computers are unknowing and unwitting victims. They have unintentionally allowed unauthorized access and use of their computers as a vehicle to facilitate other crimes, such as identity theft, denial of service attacks, phishing, click fraud, and the mass distribution of spam and spyware. Because of their widely distributed capabilities, botnets are a growing threat to national security, the national information infrastructure, and the economy. “The majority of victims are not even aware that their computer has been compromised or their personal information exploited,” said FBI Assistant Director for the Cyber Division James Finch. “An attacker gains control by infecting the computer with a virus or other malicious code and the computer continues to operate normally. Citizens can protect themselves from botnets and the associated schemes by practicing strong computer security habits to reduce the risk that your computer will be compromised.” The FBI also wants to thank our industry partners, such as the Microsoft Corporation and the Botnet Task Force, in referring criminal botnet activity to law enforcement. Cyber security tips include updating anti‑virus software, installing a firewall, using strong passwords, practicing good email and web security practices. Although this will not necessarily identify or remove a botnet currently on the system, this can help to prevent future botnet attacks. More information on botnets and tips for cyber crime prevention can be found online at www.fbi.gov. The FBI will not contact you online and request your personal information so be wary of fraud schemes that request this type of information, especially via unsolicited emails. To report fraudulent activity or financial scams, contact the nearest FBI office or police department, and file a complaint online with the Internet Crime Complaint Center, www.ic3.gov. To date, the following subjects have been charged or arrested in this operation with computer fraud and abuse in violation of Title 18 USC 1030, including: James C. Brewer of Arlington, Texas, is alleged to have operated a botnet that infected Chicago area hospitals. This botnet infected tens of thousands of computers worldwide. (FBI Chicago); Jason Michael Downey of Covington, Kentucky, is charged with an Information with using botnets to send a high volume of traffic to intended recipients to cause damage by impairing the availability of such systems. (FBI Detroit); and Robert Alan Soloway of Seattle, Washington, is alleged to have used a large botnet network and spammed tens of millions of unsolicited email messages to advertise his website from which he offered services and products. (FBI Seattle) The FBI will continue to aggressively investigate individuals that conduct cyber criminal acts.

I commend you in what you are doing in your community Karl. Education is the key to greater opportunities In no matter from which community that we come from. In your quest for educating parents? Do you take into account the differences in how boys' learn, and how girls' learn? -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

http://www.courant.com/news/opinion/op_ed/...-headlines-oped Nuclear Power's Comeback June 10, 2007 MARC FISHER There's an empty pit about a hundred miles southwest of Washington, D.C., where two nuclear power plants were planned but never built. The pit became a symbol of the success of the antinuclear movement, the activists who a quarter-century ago forced utilities to scrap plans for dozens of reactors across the country. But today, the hill above that pit at Dominion Virginia Power's North Anna station offers a great view of Virginia's nuclear future. Here, you can see the two (out of four originally planned) reactors that were built in the 1970s, and you can see the spot where Dominion wants to build the first new reactor in the country in 30 years. This time, power companies are positioning nuclear power as a boon to the environment, a clean alternative to the carbon-emitting power plants that contribute so mightily to global warming. The green movement that coalesced in the battle against nukes in the 1970s and '80s is not exactly embracing nuclear this time but is very much split on the question. "The problem of global warming is so serious that we must thoroughly consider every low-carbon option for generating power," says a statement from Environmental Defense, a green group that remains concerned about the security of nuclear plants but calls the industry's safety record "impressive." "The potential for disaster scares the pants off me," says Scott Howson, chairman of the Rappahannock Group of the Sierra Club, whose national organization still strongly opposes building nuclear plants. "But speaking just for myself, I see a solution ultimately in nuclear energy. It's non-polluting, and that's what we're all looking for." About 70 percent of U.S. energy sources - oil, natural gas and coal plants - burn carbon. To merely maintain a 30 percent level of sources that do not emit carbon, and even assuming a big increase in the use of wind and solar power, the country would need to build more than 40 nuclear plants by 2020, says Dominion's vice president for nuclear support services, Gene Grecheck. He's the first to say that's not going to happen. But the rest of the world is leaping into nuclear expansion, with 30 reactors planned in China alone. And the U.S. government has made it easier for utilities to seek new plants, compressing the permitting timetable, providing tax credits for companies that apply for a license by the end of next year and insuring utilities against delays caused by lawsuits. Still, opening a new reactor remains a decade-long process. Dominion started moving back toward nuclear in 2002. This spring, federal regulators held a public hearing on the proposal, which drew surprisingly little opposition. The feds are expected to issue a final decision on a new reactor this year. A new plant could be built by 2015. Dug in the 1970s out of thousands of acres of farmland to provide the water needed to cool the nuclear plant, Lake Anna has blossomed into a retirement and vacation community where some waterfront lots sell for a half-million dollars. After some Lake Anna residents bristled at a possible increase in the lake's temperature, Dominion redesigned the new facility to pump hot water into $200 million, 150-foot-high cooling towers before the water is returned to the lake. "The nuclear issue has hardly even come up" in the local debate over expanding North Anna, says the Dominion executive who runs the plant, Dan Stoddard. "The only real issue was the impact on the lake. People who live here often say, `We're not opposed to the plant as long as we can't see it, hear it or smell it.'" There is still great concern about the nation's failure to figure out what to do with the spent fuel rods that emerge from nuclear plants. But the path toward the new reactors seems relatively smooth. For now, all of the spent fuel produced at Lake Anna sits in rows of 14-foot-high concrete and steel canisters on an open-air concrete pad behind barbed wire near the power plant. That's just too obvious an environmental problem - and too easy a terrorism target - for many people. But as I walk through the North Anna facility with Dominion executives, watched constantly by black-clad men toting machine guns, I hear something the nuclear power industry has been short on for decades: confidence. "If you're going to do something about CO{-2}," Grecheck says, "and it's pretty clear that the politics of the situation are heading in that direction, you're going to have to look at nuclear." Marc Fisher is a columnist at The Washington Post, where this first appeared.

With the amount of educational dollars out there for kids, you mean to tell me that D.C. doesn't have a program out there, or more to help the kidlets? -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------