House Resolution 33: Recognizing and Honoring Freemasons110th CONGRESS, 1st Session
H. RES. 33
Recognizing the thousands of Freemasons in every State in the Nation and honoring them for their many contributions to the Nation throughout its history.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 5, 2007
Mr. GILLMOR submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
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RESOLUTION
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FOX Affiliate Shows Video Of Obama Rally During Sex-Offender StoryA news segment broadcast by Minneapolis-St. Paul's KMSP-TV, also known as "FOX9," shows footage of people marching with signs and placards supporting Barack Obama while the anchor reports a story about the sentencing of a sex offender. The station is owned and operated by Fox Televisions Stations Group.
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Murtha proposes bill to choke funding for surge Rep. John P. Murtha, Pennsylvania Democrat, yesterday announced plans to introduce legislation that would cut off funding for President Bush's proposed surge of American troops into Baghdad.
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Mr. Murtha said that he doesn't think Democrats can stop Mr. ... (more)
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Top Dem Wesley Clark Says 'N.Y. Money People' Pushing War With IranWashington - Retired general Wesley Clark drew harsh criticism this week after reportedly saying that “New York money people” are pushing America into a war against Iran.
By Tuesday, Clark, a past and likely future Democratic candidate for president, was working to assure Jewish groups that he was in no way attempting to advance an antisemitic conspiracy theory. But the controversy still had Jewish organizations bracing for a new wave of claims that they are the drivin... (more)
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BS Alert: White Powder Fear Tactics, AgainToday at 5:00 PM EST a massive protest was scheduled to take place at the Florida, Broward County courthouse. I know because I was supposed to be there, but was running late.
The area, however, has suddenly been evacuated and cornered off as news of "white powder inside the court house" has been announced. Forget tear gas, white powder is so much easier. How truly convenient for the Broward sheriff's office that such a stash of threatening powder was foun... (more)
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New York Firefighters Outraged by Ban on American Flags, Pictures of Fallen Colleagues on LockersIn a stunning crackdown, the FDNY has demanded that all personal decorations, including flags and pictures of colleagues killed on Sept. 11, 2001, be removed from lockers.
The controversy began two weeks ago when a sexually explicit slogan was reported at Engine 230 in Brooklyn. In response, FDNY Commissioner Nicholas Scoppetta banned all decorations, including American flags, "Support Our Troops" stickers, pictures of family and Mass cards.
Stephen Cassidy, the pre... (more)
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Media Misleading Americans By Using "Surge" To Describe Bush PolicyResearch compiled by ThinkProgress shows that when “surge” was first adopted by the mainstream media in November 2006, the term was specifically defined as a “temporary,” “short-term” increase in U.S. forces.
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Village vigilantes threaten gangs with beatings Residents of a crime-ridden rural village have threatened to carry out punishment beatings on teenage troublemakers amid claims the police are ignoring their plight.
A group has delivered an anonymous letter to police, warning they are going to take the law into their own hands.
The vigilantes are threatening to patrol the streets in a van and carry out attacks on youths they blame for a spate of vandalism and petty crime in Menstrie, Clackmannanshire.
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Parents Say Discipline Isn't Working on KidsIf you think you’re the only parent struggling to rear an unruly child destined to become a careless member of the society, think again. Almost one-third of parents believe their disciplining styles are ineffective.
In a survey of more than 2,000 parents of children between the ages of 2 and 11, researchers for the first time examined four common ways of disciplining kids —“time-outs,” removal of privileges, yelling and spanking.
More than 4... (more) This is a good thing. Life is not about being a "caring member of society."
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Gallup poll: Majority of public against escalation; 61 percent say 'no surge'On the eve of a major speech by President Bush, in which he is expected to announce an escalation of reportedly 20,000 to 30,000 troops to be sent to Iraq, a new poll finds that a majority of the US are against the so-called "surge."
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MI5 told MPs day before 7/7 'no terrorism threat'The head of MI5 told Labour MPs the day before London’s 7 July bombings that there was no evidence of an imminent attack in Britain, it emerged today.
Dame Eliza Manningham-Buller gave the assurance at a private meeting of Labour whips at the Commons less than 24 hours before four explosions killed 52 people on Tube trains and a No 30 bus.
She also reportedly said that the security situation was under control.
Although th... (more)
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Algerian children hang 12-year-old after watching Saddam executionA group of Algerian schoolchildren hanged a 12-year-old classmate in a game imitating the execution of Saddam Hussein, a newspaper reported Monday, in the latest of a series of copycat hangings. The Algerian boy died two days after the ousted Iraqi leader was hanged on December 30, in the village of Oued Rihou in western Algeria, l'Authentique newspaper reported.
"Oued Rihou is in shock," the newspaper said, without giving details of the hanging.
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City Officials Still At Loss To Explain Foul Odor(CBS) NEW YORK - It's the smell that's being "heard" around the country. It's seems everybody is talking about the gaseous odor that took over Manhattan and parts of New Jersey on Monday morning.
"It smelled like leaking gas. When you turn on your stove," Shira Gordon said. "It was just a very strong odor."
Said Mayor Mike Bloomberg: "The smell is there. We don't know the source of it."
Department of Environmental Protection and Con Edison crews hav... (more) Flashback: How the U.S. Army Carried out a Poison-gas Attack on the N.Y. Subway |
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Officials Now Searching For Cause Of Bird DeathsCongress Avenue is now open after being closed for nine hours after 63 dead birds were found in Downtown Austin.
A few of those birds were found alive and had awkward movements and the inability to fly.
Authorities said Monday that the birds don't pose a threat to public health.
"At this time, based on that preliminary evidence, we do not feel that there's a threat to the public health, but we do want to take every precaution necessary to ensure the p... (more)
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Mishap In Dismantling Nuclear WarheadA watchdog group charges a nuclear warhead nearly exploded in Texas when it was being dismantled at the government's Pantex facility near Amarillo. The Project on Government Oversight says it has been told by knowledgeable experts that the warhead nearly detonated in 2005 because an unsafe amount of pressure was applied while it was being disassembled, The Austin American-Statesman reports.
The U.S. Energy Department fined the plant's operators $110,000 last month.
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Serve country till you're 55SQUADDIES could still be serving in the trenches at the age of FIFTY-FIVE under the Army’s new recruitment limit.
Top brass have raised the top age for recruits by seven years to 33 to counter their desperate shortage of personnel.
The last time the limit was that high was during the last days of the British Empire 59 years ago in the aftermath of World War Two.
Amazingly it means soldiers who join up on a normal 22-year engagement could be figh... (more)
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Army asks dead to sign up for another hitchWASHINGTON (AP) -- The Army said Friday it would apologize to the families of about 275 officers killed or wounded in action who were mistakenly sent letters urging them to return to active duty.
The letters were sent a few days after Christmas to more than 5,100 Army officers who had recently left the service. Included were letters to about 75 officers killed in action and about 200 wounded in action.
"Army personnel officials are contacting those officers' familie... (more)
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Bill O'Reilly's Conflict of InterestOn Friday's edition of The O'Reilly Factor, during a Talking Points Memo on Iraq, host Bill O'Reilly mentioned a company called Stratfor. He cited a report that Stratfor had produced that he claimed contradicted statements made by NBC's Tom Brokaw about the aftermath of the execution of Saddam Hussein. However, O'Reilly did not bother to disclose to his viewers that he has an ongoing business connection with Stratfor.
BILL O'REILLY: "Next week President Bush will announce his plan... (more)
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Warbloggers refuse to admit their errors in making fraud allegations against APMany right-wing warbloggers, who for six weeks have been accusing the Associated Press of manufacturing a police source in Baghdad in order to spread insurgent-friendly "propaganda," now steadfastly refuse to concede their mistakes in the wake the January 4 news that the police source in question, Jamil Hussein, does exist and has been identified by the Iraqi government.
Instead, warbloggers insist the confirmation of Huss... (more)
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Ministry spokesman Brig. Abdul-Karim Khalaf, who had previously denied there was any such police employe... (more)
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"I never quite understood why people chose to disbelieve us about this particular man on this particular story," Carroll told E&P, referring to Jamil Hussein, an Iraq police captain. "AP runs hundreds of stories a day, and has run thousands of stories abo... (more)
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