"The Human Left-Wing Talking Point"

Don't miss Juan's response to his favorite writer, Helen Thomas.

Lane Core Jr. CIW P — Wed. 07/03/02 04:32:02 PM
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I Like These

At OpinionJournal today:

• The Lights That Didn't Fail: Let's celebrate all that's right with our great country. (Peggy Noonan)
• Freedom's Checklist: Things to do tomorrow. (Claudia Rosett)

Lane Core Jr. CIW P — Wed. 07/03/02 03:37:00 PM
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Jim Muir: One Nation Under the Politically Correct

Pardon me if I seem a little out of sorts this morning, but my intolerance for tolerance has flared up again after last week's ruling by a San Francisco federal appeals court that the Pledge of Allegiance is unconstitutional because it teaches school children to vow faithfulness to one nation "under God." ....

So, as we approach July 4, Independence Day, let me leave my politically correct friends with a very politically incorrect holiday thought: "I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. God Bless America."

And in the event that I offended anybody, I would simply suggest that you practice what you preach and learn to tolerate me.

Lane Core Jr. CIW P — Wed. 07/03/02 11:12:38 AM
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Feel Safe Now?

80-year-old woman strip-searched

The daughters of an 80-year-old great-grandmother said Tuesday that their mother was strip-searched at Gerald R. Ford International Airport after her knee replacement set off metal detectors.

Mary Jane Price was headed home to Florida after visiting family members when security personnel directed her into an employee break room where she was ordered to pull down her pants and lift her blouse to prove she was not wired with explosives....

These "security personnel" are M-O-R-O-N-S who should be F-I-R-E-D.

Lane Core Jr. CIW P — Wed. 07/03/02 10:40:53 AM
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"A visitor's innocent query spurs historic revelations"

Cool article in today's Philadelphia Inquirer about the discovery of the location of the original "White House"; that is, the president's mansion in Philadelphia, which has long since been demolished and obliterated:

.... Lawler not only established the location and dimensions of the house (at what would now be 524-530 Market St.), but he also resurrected its inhabitants.

Before Washington moved in, Benedict Arnold lived there, hatching his treasonous plots; before Arnold, Gen. Sir William Howe, commander of the British army during the Revolutionary War, headquartered in the house.

When Washington occupied the building with his household staff of 30, including eight slaves, he did extensive rebuilding, adding servant and slave quarters at the rear - near the entrance to the Liberty Bell Center now under construction.

Washington also added a semicircular bow window at the south end of the first floor, which is widely seen as the forerunner of the Oval Office.

Washington initiated the formal Independence Day festivities in his courtyard and garden. After cannons fired at Eighth and Market Streets, veterans of the war solemnly marched through the house, trailing their muskets behind them in honor of their fallen comrades.

In 1830, long after the U.S. capital had moved to Washington, merchant Nathaniel Burt had the house demolished and new commercial buildings erected in its place. Nevertheless, the entire eastern wall of the President's House, a portion of the western wall, and part of the foundation survived.

A century later, officials of the Works Progress Administration hoped the house might be rebuilt, but failed to recognize its still-standing walls.

When Independence Mall was created, those walls were demolished and a women's bathroom was erected on the site....

Lane Core Jr. CIW P — Wed. 07/03/02 09:31:04 AM
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