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The Senate is staying up all night debating/fillibusting an amendment that will call for the United States “to establish a predictable and regular multi-lateral diplomatic forum related to Iraq that meets frequently and is open to all parties in the Middle East.” It sounds expensive and a neverending expense.

After my clicking past five pages of tables of contents at Thomas, I found this in the H.R.1585: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008. One must have steel of patience to last through these tables for most of them will never actually say what is the law; these tables just shows short, summary/titles [...]

TH Princess was a title I neither requested nor wanted. It was thrust upon me, oh what about 15 years ago now. And I wear it humbly and with due respect for my subjects. I am a generous royalty I don’t ask my subjects to make any sacrifices that I don’t make myself. Unlike the [...]

So I was looking at Congress’ plunging approval rating, thinking of the loyal Republicans who are done with the President. Plus there is John McCain who will soon be seen standing on the street corner holding up signs saying “will work for campaign donations.” Do they get it NOW? Have they figured it out yet? [...]

    Nicholas Soames, the Tory [that's the historical name of the political party now called Conservative] MP [that's Member of Parliament] and grandson of the wartime [that's World War II: 1939-1945] prime minister [that's Sir Winston Churchill], said it was “madness” and “typical of a New Labour [that's another political party] Government that is very careless [...]

    The opening caption at TedHall today “Supreme Court Case: S152645 Court of Appeal Case(s): Third Appellate District C050940 Case Caption: HOSCHLER v. SACRAMENTO CITY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Case Category: Review – Civil Appeal Start Date: 05/15/2007 Case Status: closed Issues: none Disposition Date: 07/11/2007 Case Citation: none.” Hoschler is N.D. Ted’s webmaster who won his [...]

    Malia Rulon and Howard Wilkinson in the Cincinnati’s The Enquirer last Sunday had wrote upon the local GOP breaking with President Bush. Politics is about how we the people wish to be governed, in the United States we elect representives to fulfill those wishes. It is about power. The Democrats know this fact and they [...]

    This weekend the Preservationists, those who wish man subjected to a regulated usage of natural resources and population growth, shall be spending their carbon offsets to gather in concert across the world in Sydney, Tokyo, Shanghai, Hamburg, London, Johannesburg, New York, and Rio de Janeiro. Rush Limbaugh yesterday commented, “The Live Earth lineup of what [...]

To begin this version of Dictum/Town Hall we first take time to honor those who give their lives to preserve and to protect our liberties. A Virginian planter serving the American Congress as the Commanding General, George Washington reflected upon the danger of fighting for freedom six months before thirteen out of fourteen British colonies [...]