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Government Land Acquisition on the Sly

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Joe Thomas of WCHV in Charlottesville, Virginia has posted a podcast online of his radio interview with National Center for Public Policy Research Senior Fellow Dana Joel Gattuso. Dana, as many of you know, is the author of the absolutely ...
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Senator John Warner: Do As He Says, Not As He Does

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Would someone please figure out the carbon foot-stomp that Senator John Warner (R-VA) helped make on May 15 just so he could turn a wrench? A ceremony in which Senator Warner was given the honor of tightening the "last bolt" ...
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Project 21 Member Rebukes Washington Post for Implying Only Liberals Promote Civil Rights

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It should be the goal of a civil rights group to put itself out of business. After all, the last one to turn out the light could expect to turn around to face a bright landscape of equal opportunity. There ...
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Photo ID: Bad for Polls, but Good for Premieres

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Last month, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld an Indiana election law requiring that people show valid photo ID at a polling place before they receive a ballot. The decision was made over the outcry of critics who claim it will ...
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Project 21’s Borelli Chides California Lawmakers for Coerced Giving Proposal

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By David Almasi: People already hate it when the government tells them what they can buy. Now, California lawmakers are mulling over a proposal that would tell people how they can give to charity.In a commentary published in the May ...
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A Novel Approach to Requesting a Pardon for Ramos and Compean

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David Almasi shares an idea for a novel approach to a pardon request to President Bush for Ignacio Ramos and Jose Alonso Compean: "Mr. President, I am honored and grateful that you have invited me to your ranch on the ...
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Should Earmarks be Spent on Lobbying? Should Lobbyists Represent Congressmen?

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Should earmarks paid for with public funds be spent promoting projects under consideration by Congress? Is it OK for a lobbyist to represent a Congressman at a meeting about one of the Congressman's bills? As far as I know, these ...
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NCPPR’s Almasi Comments on CAFE in National Review

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In the May 5 print edition of National Review, Fred Schwarz described how the catalytic converter was perfected just as automakers faced potentially crippling federal emissions requirements. Liberals cite this as proof that all that is needed to make technological ...
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Project 21’s Nedd Joins Other Religious Leaders at UN Public Health Conference

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Project 21 member Council Nedd II, a bishop in the Episcopal Missionary Church, is returning from Geneva, Switzerland, where he helped lead a non-governmental organization (NGO) delegation to the World Health Organization's (WHO) Working Group on Public Health, Innovation and ...
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Flaws in Clean Water Restoration Act Exposed in Congressional Hearings

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From Mike Hardiman comes this roundup of information about recent Congressional hearings on the Clear Water Restoration Act: Both the United States Senate and House of Representatives recently held hearings on the Oberstar/Feingold Clean Water Restoration Act. These hearings are ...
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