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Entries from October 2007

Dull Fred Thompson May Hire Political Stunt Double

by Scott Ott · 28 Comments

(2007-10-04) — As the mainstream media continue to pan Fred Thompson’s performances on the presidential campaign trail, an unnamed spokesman for the Law & Order TV star said the candidate may decide to hire “a political stunt double.”
“Fred learned in Hollywood that you do what you do best, and leave the rest to people who […]

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Tags: Media/Journalism · Politics

‘Phony Vets for Truth’ Join Reid Attack on Rush Limbaugh

by Scott Ott · 131 Comments

(2007-10-01) — Just hours after Sen. Harry Reid, D-NV, took the senate floor to call on radio talkshow host Rush Limbaugh to apologize for using the term “phony soldiers” during his Friday broadcast, a newly-formed, grassroots veterans organization endorsed the senate majority leader’s efforts.
Phony Vets for Truth, an non-profit group comprised of ex-military personnel who […]

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Tags: Media/Journalism · Politics · U.S. News

Schumer: SCHIP Should Cover All Un-Aborted Kids

by Scott Ott · 31 Comments

(2007-10-01) — As Congress considers an expansion of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), New York Sen. Charles Schumer today said the Democrat party’s goal is eventually to provide free health insurance to “every un-aborted child in America regardless of economic or immigration status.”
President George Bush has vowed to veto the $35 billion increase […]

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Tags: Medicine · U.S. News

Supreme Court Reconvenes, Constitution Seeks Asylum

by Scott Ott · 16 Comments

(2007-10-01) — As an ideologically-split U.S. Supreme Court reconvened on the first Monday in October, a spokesman for the National Archives reported that the U.S. Constitution has fled to an unnamed embassy to seek asylum, citing a long history of political persecution.
“This is always the most terrifying day of the year for the Constitution,” said […]

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Tags: Law · U.S. News