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GOPUSA Eagle - January 28, 2002
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Inside this issue...

  * A Look at the Headlines
  * State News Briefs
  * Bush Update
  * Alan Keyes... Legal Kill
  * Carol Devine-Molin... Camp X-Ray Allegations Lack Substance
  * SARTRE... The Philosophic Foundation for Politics
  * Dorothy Anne Seese... Morality has Tanked Around the World
  * Timothy Rollins... Time to Go
  * Douglas Brown... Airport Security: Top Down? Or Bottom Up?
  * Kevin Tuma Cartoon... Diversity

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A Look at the Headlines

The front page of the GOPUSA web site is constantly being updated to
provide you with the latest news and information.

Here are your Monday headlines:

GOPUSA Top Story -- Legal Status of Al Qaeda Prisoners in Question

The Washington Times
* No Founding Fathers? That's our new history
* Justice rebuffs al Qaeda apologists
* Earlier successes ease State of Union pressure

CNSNews.com
* Bush Should Spend Wisely, Not More, on Defense, Analysts Say
* Conservatives Urge Spending Cut to Balance Budget
* Legal Group Says Civil Rights Commission Subpoenas 'Purely Political'

NewsMax.com
* Nuclear Waste Battle Heats Up
* Annan Leaves Iran With Assurances
* Second Video of Flight 587 Casts Doubt on Crash Probe

Fox News
* Special Forces Raid Kandahar Hospital
* Journalist Held Hostage by Pakistani Militants
* Bush: Raising Twins Tougher Than Going to War

USA Today
* Israel steps up security in wake of Sunday's bombing
* Cities struggle in Sept. 11's wake
* Bigger U.N. force likely on agenda

Human Events Online
* Who Lost the Budget Surplus?
* Democrats Made Defense An Issue Against Reagan
* Walker's Admissions

These headlines and more can be found at http://gopusa.com

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State News Briefs

In addition to national news, GOPUSA also brings you the latest news
from your state. Click on one of the links below to read the latest
state headlines. If your state is not listed, perhaps you'd like to help
GOPUSA by being a state editor. To find out more the role of a volunteer
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Alaska - GOP targets tribal status
http://gopusa.com/alaska

Arizona - Governor's address sounded like farewell to some
http://gopusa.com/arizona

California - Farmer Gives Up Mexican Mayoralty
http://gopusa.com/california

Florida - Gov Bush jazzed for campaign
http://gopusa.com/florida

Georgia - Reed denies improper connections with company
http://gopusa.com/georgia

Idaho - House votes to repeal term limits
http://gopusa.com/idaho

Illinois -  Castro to Ryan: How about a statue?
http://gopusa.com/illinois

Iowa - Polk ready to accept state plan on districts
http://gopusa.com/iowa

Maryland - Planned districts preserve power
http://gopusa.com/maryland

New York - Rudy: We Ignored Warnings
http://gopusa.com/newyork

Oklahoma - Tinker bond election aims to buy security
http://gopusa.com/oklahoma

Tennessee - Should state take money from road fund?
http://gopusa.com/tennessee

Texas - Perry to propose statewide rail system
http://gopusa.com/texas

Washington - Senate mends fences, passes transportation bill
http://gopusa.com/washington

Wisconsin - Green to speak on dairy reform
http://gopusa.com/wisconsin

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Bush Update

Weekly Radio Address

THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. A few days from now I will go before
Congress to report on the state of the union, and lay out my priorities
for the coming year and beyond. These priorities reflect a single,
overarching commitment: To enhance the security of America and its
people.

Read more at http://gopusa.com/bush/radio_0126.shtml

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Legal Kill
By Alan Keyes

For a reason I will mention below, this past week was a most appropriate
time to focus again on the nature of the evil that struck America on
Sept. 11.

The terrorist destruction of that day was evil in many ways, but at the
heart of its evil was the deliberate deadly assault on innocent human
life. The root of the word "innocent" reveals that the notion of
innocence is connected to harmlessness. An innocent person is a person
who does no harm. And we see immediately that there is a special quality
of wickedness in premeditated violence against such people.

Read more at http://gopusa.com/alankeyes/ak_0128.shtml

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Camp X-Ray Allegations Lack Substance
By Carol Devine-Molin

Never mind that initial reports circulating within the UK regarding Camp
X-Ray prison conditions were unverified and patently fallacious. That
did not stop the British tabloids from reveling in a full-fledged media
frenzy in recent days, spewing sensational headlines proclaiming
so-called "torture" and "inhumane" treatment of the 158 Taliban and
al-Qaeda fighters being held at Camp X-Ray, located within the US Navy
Base at Guantanamo Bay, just outside of Cuba. Sadly, European
"America-bashing" has reared its ugly head once again, and is now
accompanied by similar odious sentiments from some quarters in our own
nation.

Read more at http://gopusa.com/caroldevinemolin/cdm_0128.shtml

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The Philosophic Foundation for Politics
By SARTRE

At the risk of disturbing the slumber of the lethargic, the case in
favor of politics needs to be made. With the distraction that passes for
understanding, few have a grasp on the nature of social relations.
Politics is normally defined as the activities or affairs of government.
But it really is the art of human relations, applied to the organization
of society. The basis for government grows out of the perceived need to
establish order. Rules are the results of a desire to construct a road
map for society to function. The confusion that litters the highways,
rests upon a false understanding of how those arteries are constructed
and where they are going. The philosophy of politics can supply the
answer.

Read more at http://gopusa.com/sartre/sartre_0128.shtml

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Morality has Tanked Around the World
By Dorothy Anne Seese

Let me see if this can be put as bluntly as possible ... tact isn't my
specialty anyway.

When sex and sex activities, straight or perverted, dominate a culture,
that culture is on its way to the sewer, washing all the people involved
with it (and sweeping along those who protested) into the vast
wastewaters of the planet.

Read more at http://gopusa.com/dorothyanneseese/das_0128.shtml

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Time to Go
By Timothy Rollins

In what can only be described as time to go, former Chairman of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff and Secretary of State Colin Powell has shown that
he is (a), too much a soldier, (b), not enough a diplomat or statesman,
and (c), a liability when it comes to the handling of the 158 detainees
that are currently being held at the United States Naval Base at
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Their current situation as to their being handled
was well described my friend and colleague Robert Yoho in his column
last Friday, which I would recommend highly for your reading.

Read more at http://gopusa.com/opinion/tr_0128.shtml

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Airport Security: Top Down? Or Bottom Up?
By Douglas Brown

When I opened the Lincoln Log set with my five-year old daughter, she
immediately grabbed the brightly colored green roof. She demanded that I
start building the log fort as depicted on the container from the top
down. My first attempt to follow her orders brought a puzzled look. My
second attempt brought an angry scowl. My final attempt brought a
giggling reproach for being so silly.

The tendency to want to do things from the top down is not limited to
five-year olds. It is also the preferred method of problem solving in
Washington, D.C.

Read more at http://gopusa.com/opinion/db_0128.shtml

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Diversity
By Kevin Tuma

The latest Kevin Tuma cartoon can be found on the GOPUSA web site by
clicking on the following link:
http://gopusa.com/cartoons/tuma/tuma_0124.shtml

Archives of Kevin's cartoons can be found at http://gopusa.com/cartoons

We hope you enjoy the cartoon!  Look for more in future issues of the
GOPUSA Eagle.

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