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His name was Sherman Edward Flanagan, Jr. a practicing lawyer from Westminister, MD. But in our squadron, the 355th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Phu Cat Air Base, Republic of Vietnam, we usually called him “Sherm.” Most of us were flying one or two combat missions a day and sometimes at night, so there was no time for […]
Let’s face it.  It’s a part of life that one day we’re going to need a lawyer to help us out of a difficult situation. Most people go the route of asking friends and family for someone who can give them good legal advice and then there’s Chris Shella, a lawyer who now resides in Durham, North Carolina, […]
Way back in 2001, letters containing powdered anthrax were sent to a bunch of news reporters and Congressmen, and because the powder was so fine several innocent people, mainly those who worked in the Post Office, died from the infection. Despite initial worries that it was terrorism, later reports assured the American people that it […]
Just like good chess players, James O’Keefe and Hannah Giles had to have known their opponents moves well ahead of their own. After releasing an incredibly damaging video last week which revealed extreme corruption in ACORN (not exactly shocking to anyone who has been following their maneuvering), ACORN representatives immediately went into smoke-screen mode, claiming […]
Numerous articles, including Sandy Maple’s on parentdish.com, “Teen Insult Web Site Shut Down,†have reported that online free speech has bowed to the pressure of community values. A web site, “People’s Dirt,†has been pulled out of cyberspace by Go Daddy, the internet host, in an effort to stop online harassment, cyber bullying and abuse. […]
In the strange but true category… Caleb Brundidge is an associate of Richard Cohen at the sexual reorientation organization, International Healing Foundation. His bio on the IHF website reads: Caleb Lee Brundidge was born in Florida and lived fifteen years in Atlanta , Georgia . He moved to New Jersey to pursue ministry and healing […]
It was surprising that the US Presidential candidate is reported to have expressed support for Kashmiri separatists who are in the forefront of terrorism in India. The Kashmiri terrorists have grabbed the support with both hands. While the Indian Government is downplaying the issue stating that it is a pre-election rhetoric, it is a matter which […]
Finally after searching for 7 year old Reigh Rockefeller for six days, she has been found. Her father, Clark Rockefeller has been arrested after police busted him in Baltimore. He now faces charges of felony kidnapping, assault and battery and battery with a dangerous weapon according to baltimoresun.com. Rockefeller, 48 was arrested at 3:25 pm […]
Three year old Turner Jordan Nelson has been missing since February, 3, 2008. His father was the last one to see Turner alive. Police believe that the father, Stephen T. Nelson, 37, drove to the Key Bridge and threw his son off of it on Super Bowl Sunday saying demons made him do it. After […]
The choking death of a suspect appears to be intentional, County Executive Jack Johnson said late Monday after a medical examiners report ruled the death as a homicide. Ronnie L. White, 19, was found slumped over in his jail cell Sunday morning when a guard was bringing him lunch around 10:30 am. He died from […]
New Jersey art dealer, George Wieschenberg of Lambertville, was sentenced to six years of prison for being a marijuana “farmer.†According to MSNBC, Wieschenberg, pleaded guilty to “operating a marijuana production facility,†in which he grew marijuana plants, said State Attorney General Anne Milgrim. Back in October of 2007, New Jersey State Police officers saw […]
In their stump speeches Barack Obama (D-IL) and Hillary Clinton (D-NY) have done their best to create what Washington Post columnist George Will calls “economic hypochondria,†and their surrogates in the MSM are laboring mightily to find everyday folks who can put a face to the suffering the candidates claim is caused by the “housing […]
A legal opinion issued Thursday in Connecticut may allow lawmakers to extend a state smoking ban to the American-Indian casinos, which claim that smoking restrictions would be a threat to tribal sovereignty. Lawmakers in Pennsylvania have debated this week to make casinos completely smoke-free or limit smoking to 25 percent of the gaming floor which […]
You’re going down the street, and suddenly the urge hits you… Maybe you hear a siren, and want to say a quick “Hail Mary” for those in danger. Or maybe you start thinking of a sick friend and want the Almighty to do something. Or maybe you want to nudge the guardian angel of your […]
Sens. Barack Obama (D-IL) and John McCain (R-AZ) were the big winners in the “Potomac Primary,†sweeping MD, VA and Washington, D.C. and winning by enormous margins over their opponents. Obama won MD with 60 percent of the vote to 36 percent for Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY), and McCain bested Fmr. Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-AR) […]
(London, UK) The Autism Awareness Campaign UK is urging the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rt.Rev. Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of York, Rt.Rev.Dr.John Sentamu, the Archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Cormack Murphy O’Connor and other senior church leaders to speak out on the suffering of some parents, carers and people with autism and Asperger’s Syndrome on Autism Sunday […]
As 2008 opened wide, predictions were made by seers of all stripes. Britney and Hillary would triumph/implode. Pakistan would stabilize/explode. The housing market would rebound/erode. Predictions re the latter tended to focus on nuts, bolts, and bailouts. As in– Bernanke and Paulson, foreclosures and bankruptcies, and government powered plans to keep prices inflated and mortgage […]
Fmr. Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-AR) and Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) have taken the lead among Iowans who say they “definitely†or “probably†will attend their respective party caucuses on January 3rd, according to The Des Moines Register‘s latest poll. This is the first time Obama has beaten Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) in the Register‘s poll […]
Last month, New York State Gov. Eliot Spitzer announced that the state’s Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) would reverse a post-9/11 policy by the Pataki administration to deny a driver’s license to anyone who could not prove legal status – immediately prompting at least a dozen county clerks who operate DMV offices as agents of […]
For years, voices have been crying about the “myth of fingerprints”. A judge in Baltimore now agrees. And prosecutors and police all over the country are concerned. As stunned Baltimore County prosecutors scrambled Tuesday to salvage a murder case gutted by a judge’s decision to exclude fingerprint evidence, the defense attorney who led the challenge […]
More than 60 years ago, Polish-Jewish scholar Ralph Lemkin coined the term “genocide” precisely to describe the scale and brutality of the systematic slaughter of 1.5 million Christian Armenians by the Ottoman Turks. The assertions Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice and Defense Secretary Robert Gates made arguing against Congress passing HR 106/SR 106, which calls […]
Self-Service Abortion? After her boyfriend (and father of her four surviving children) found her heavily bleeding in the bathroom, he called for medical help. When rescuers arrived, she told them she was not now, and had not been, pregnant. After examination at the hospital and further questioning, she told investigators that she’d given birth to […]
A recent story this week circulated regarding a court case dismissal in Maryland. The Case, a particularly disturbing one, involving child abuse and a sexual predator, is an example of a system which completely failed the taxpayers. A defendant, charged in a serious felony case, reportedly is not brought to trial in a reasonable amount […]
Washington DC is the place to be on July 3RD- Pape Diouf to play in DC!!! DC Banner coming soon Advertorial Piece Washington DC, the Nation’s Capital is the place to be on July 3RD, 2007. Enjoyment time again!!!No more “Ndaga fever.” The leading Senegalese “Ndaga Star” Pape Diouf has some good stuff for the […]
Senator Hillary Clinton has promised to introduce in the Senate a constitutional amendment to abolish the electoral college.
According to Raymond Hinish, Pharm.D., of the Your Prescription for Health Wellness Clinic (www.illnessisoptional.com) it is absolutely possible that President Jammeh of Gambia has found an herbal formula that could cure many people suffering with HIV and AIDS. “We must not dismiss this formula just because it sounds crazy,” he says. “We naturally assume that […]
Breaking News:US Consular Comments On Visa Fraud in The Gambia! Over 3000 Gambians denied Visa! US Consular Comments On Visa Fraud in The Gambia! “We are working in tandem with the immigration and the police to stem visa fraud-related cases such as women seeking visas with the intention of giving birth to a child in […]
Ironman Cal Ripken, Jr. and slugger Tony Gwynn are heading to Cooperstown. Baseball Hall of Fame President Dale Petrosky announced today on Major League Baseball’s Web site that Ripken and Gwynn were elected to the Hall of Fame. It was the first year on the ballot for the men who both played their entire careers […]
In what has to be the most inane news story of the week a 5 year old boy has been written up for sexually harassing a fellow student. The boy’s father received a notice from a HAGERSTOWN, Md. school informing him that his son is guilty of pinching a female classmates bottom, and this constitutes sexual […]
In Williamsport, Maryland, a farmer by the name of Greg Wiles, has two cows on his farm which were cloned. He has been milking them, and pouring the milk down the drain, in compliance with the voluntary ban on selling cloned meat. But, if this was a voluntary ban, it is possible for a farmer […]
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