Capitol Cockfighting Ban Proposal Moves Forward
Rep. Peggy Long seeks to ban cockfighting after reports of fights in Emporia. The bill bars roosters from fighting to death and blade attachments but would allow attendance at cockfights. Assigned to House Federal and State Affairs Committee.
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Peggy Long
R-Hamilton
Emporia
Long
House
Federal and State Affairs Committee
Thomas
Steve Thomas
Stan Clark
R Oakley
Clark
Great Bend
Bush
White House
California
Bill Graves
Senate Elections Committee
Graves
Linda Graves
National Republican Governors Association
Florida
Bush Embraces Newspeak Across Bush Era Language Shifts
AP notes the Bush administration's use of faith based terms and opportunity programs signaling a shift in political rhetoric. The piece compares language crafting under Bush to Clinton and historic figures, highlighting focus groups and the spread of Newspeak across parties.
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Associated Press
Washington
Alaska
Clinton
Clinton White House
George Orwell
Tom Rosenstiel
Bush
Rosenstiel
Alaskan
ANWA
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Franklin Roosevelt
England
United States
Dwight Eisenhower
Ronald Reagan
Edward Kennedy
Thomas Mann
Brookings Institution
Ralph Nader
Green Party
Ross Perot
John McCain
Straight Talk Express
Candor
Newspeak
Orwell
Ministry of Truth
Ministry of Love
Big Brother
Kathleen Hall Jamieson
Ashcroft battle exposed by Ottawa reader’s critique
David Lee of Ottawa condemns the handling of John Ashcroft’s U S Attorney General nomination. He accuses leftist forces of coercing a betrayal of anti abortion beliefs, critiques political and religious hypocrisy, and cites Lincoln and Pliny the Younger to frame the struggle over morality, rights, and Israel.
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Earline McGinnis
the Herald
John Ashcroft
U.S
McGinnis
Senator Ashcroft
Abraham Lincoln
Senate
Ashcroft
Pliny the Younger
U.S. Senate
Israel
Christ
Ishmael
David Lee Ottawa
Hunger strike highlights custody battles for a child
Fourteen year old Clayton Giles ended a nineteen day hunger strike on Calgary courthouse steps to protest the custody battle between his parents. The boy’s actions drew international attention and sparked debate over the role of courts in deciding child custody. His parents differ over access and control while he calls for shared parenting and access to both mother and father. A rally of about five hundred children gathered in Richmond Virginia to support children without two parents.
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Clayton Giles
Calgary
Mars
Venus
Clayton
Marnie Harrison
Eric Giles
Dad
Protective Services
Mom
Legalkids.com
Great Britain
Hemisphere
Bell Tower
Capitol Lawn
Richmond
United States
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Harris
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Dems
The
Ottawa Herald
Harris Group
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Ottawaherald
S. Cedar
Ottawa
Fox
Franklin County
Walter Rubel
JubeKattawhherald.com
Bill Gray
Ottawaherald.com
Kathy Miller
Krmiller
Otcaherald. Con
Ken Kistner
Tim Miflbem
Otawaherald
Cedar
Kathleen Parker
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