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From: Columbia Christians for Life Subject: Fred Thompson is NOT Pro-Life THOMPSON'S CHOICE Fred Thompson came close to alarming his pro-life constituency for his prospective Republican presidential candidacy on Fox's "Hannity & Colmes" program Tuesday when he expressed doubts about "criminalizing" abortion. After asserting he "always thought Roe v. Wade was a wrong decision," the actor-politician said: "I would not be and never have been for a law that says, on the state level, if I were back in Tennessee voting on this, for example, that, if they chose to criminalize a young woman, and ­ ." Co-host Sean Hannity then interrupted: "So, states rights for you?" Thompson replied: "Essentially, federalism. It's in the Constitution." Although Thompson in his first Senate campaign in 1994 said the decision to have an abortion "must be made by the woman," he built a solid pro-life voting record during eight...

Trent Lott said "Talk radio is running the country. We're going to have to deal with that problem." Is he going to deal with it by ending free speech? Rather you support the immigration bill or not, do you really want to end free speech and democracy. If 80% of the American people do not support the bill, it is time to go back to the blackboard. What Do We Do About Trent Lott? June 15, 2007 BEGIN TRANSCRIPT RUSH: What are we going to do about Mississippi Senator Trent Lott? What are we going to do about Senator Lott? You remember when he got into trouble with the Strom Thurmond comment? We're out there defending the guy. The White House threw him overboard. All kinds of Republicans were throwing him overboard. Talk radio came to his defense. Trent Lott is now one of the engineers of the Senate immigration bill, the amnesty bill, and they're trying to bring this thing back. The amendments are being kept under wraps. By the way, I understand Lindsey Grahamnes...

Pentagon Confirms It Sought To Build A 'Gay Bomb' cbs 5 ^ | Jun 8, 2007 | Hank Plante Posted on 06/09/2007 12:24:06 PM PDT by rface A Berkeley watchdog organization that tracks military spending said it uncovered a strange U.S. military proposal to create a hormone bomb that could purportedly turn enemy soldiers into homosexuals and make them more interested in sex than fighting. Pentagon officials on Friday confirmed to CBS 5 that military leaders had considered, and then subsquently rejected, building the so-called "Gay Bomb." Edward Hammond, of Berkeley's Sunshine Project, had used the Freedom of Information Act to obtain a copy of the proposal from the Air Force's Wright Laboratory in Dayton, Ohio. As part of a military effort to develop non-lethal weapons, the proposal suggested, "One distasteful but completely non-lethal example would be strong aphrodisiacs, especially if the chemical also caused homosexual behavior." The documents show the Air...

Story behind the story of Fr. Fessio & AMU -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AQ Investigative Report The story behind the story of Father Fessio's firing from Ave Maria University A good priest in a bad environment By John Grasmeier Angelqueen.org April, 2007 Outta' town by sundown On Wednesday March 21, 2007, Father Joseph Fessio was summoned to the office of Chancellor Tom Monaghan and fired from his non-paying job as Provost of Ave Maria University. Monaghan offered no explanation whatsoever for the sudden dismissal. He simply told Father Fessio to pack his things and be off of campus by day’s end. It was the start of what was about to become a most interesting day. Around 2 P.M., Father Fessio sent the following short note to his email list: To the Ave Maria University community: I have been asked to resign my position as provost and leave the campus immediately. I will miss Ave Maria and the many of you whom I hold dea...