14 Killed as Tornadoes Twist the Midwest

14 Killed as
Tornadoes Twist the Midwest

PIEDMONT, Okla. – A violent storm system rumbled through the central U.S. on Wednesday, spawning tornadoes that turned homes into splintered wreckage, killing at least 14 people over two days and hampering rescue efforts in a city slammed by a massive twister days earlier. - Read full story on Yahoo News.

Opinion: Get a SHELTER!!!
Yeah, I know that may sound cruel. But this ain't the first Tornado ever to hit the Midwest. And it ain't gonna be the last either.

But will anybody "now" install a storm shelter?
Hell, no. They'll just bitch and complain, and cry "oh poor me", while the politicians get fat off the funds that were "suppose" to go to the victims. ~ What a world.

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Fort Hood ATTACKED!!! ...7 Dead ...20 Wounded .

Fort Hood ATTACKED!!!
...7 Dead ...20 Wounded ...one shooter in custody ... massive manhunt for second shooter ...

...Confirmed report of a third shooter who has opened fire at Fort Hood. One policeman down.

...Police have shot a male suspect in Army uniform with Major rank. He has run in to another building on Fort Hood.

... Fort Hood Closed!

...Mutiple Shooters at Fort Hood Texas bid questions of Terrorism in Planned Attack!

... Unconfirmed - Possibly Civilian Shooters Dressed as Military

... Killeen Schools on LockDown during Manhunt

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UPDATE:

• 12 Dead, 31 Wounded
• One Civilian Police Officer among the dead
• One Shooter, Two Suspects.
  
• Two suspects now in custody
• Shooter Dead
• Both shooter and Suspects identified as "Soldiers".
• Shooter Identified as "Army Major: Malik Nadal Hasan" an Army mental health professional

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UPDATE:

• Fort Hood Shooter/Terrorist, STILL ALIVE!!!
• 13 Dead including one civilian
• 31 wounded
• Terrorist/Shooter Devote MUSLIM
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CDC Swine Flu Vaccine for Global use, Not US?

CDC Swine Flu Vaccine for Global Use.
Not US?

This in a Twitter from CBS Evening News Medical Correspondent, Jonathan LaPook (@drlapook).

• Besser: "if we give vaccine in the fall, need to figure out who to give it to. Part of disc is around our commitment here vs globally".

Dr. Besser is the acting CDC Director who, also according Jonathan LaPook's twitter, stated;

"not to travel if u have a fever or are sick. He thinks flying and going on a subway are safe"

Here's my question! If the vaccine isn't coming out until Fall, isn't that a bit late? And Why are we saving others before ourselves. I mean, if we're all dead, then who's going to be left to save the rest of the world. Which, will not appreciate our help anyway.

It just doesn't make any sense except that, maybe, since we do not manufacture drugs in America anymore, then we don't have any choice but to BEG with offerings of Penance. Which seems to be Paying for the rest of the world's health care, while we settle for left overs. If any!

And another thing! The Only way it is going to be Safe to Fly or take the Subway, is "IF", the Sick Stay Home!

Yeah Right! Like that's gonna happen! Oh they'll stay home from work alright. But then down to the subway and off a shopping we will go and to hell with spreading the flu. So don't even think that the subway, or even flying will be ok. As business people have conventions and meetings to go to, and again to hell with spreading the flu.

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GM Auto Maker Bail-Out Coming!

Trash Dispatch: Reuters is reporting;

"Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada said on Friday he "plans to press forward" with emergency aid to automakers..." "Leaders in the House of Representatives have been working to craft legislation that would allow the Treasury Department to extend emergency assistance to Detroit under its ongoing corporate rescue initiative.

In return, the government likely would take an equity stake in the companies and impose conditions, including limits on executive compensation."

Essentially what this means is that the United States Federal Government is about to Take-Over the US Auto Industry just as it did the American Banking system with the now infamous $750 Billion dollar Bail-Out package. Which, was "suppose to" purchase the bad loans banks had made, but instead was used to Buy the banks themselves through stock purchasing.

Why was it decided to "Buy the Bank" instead of the bank's bad loans/paper? Because in the larger scheme of things, "if you own the bank, you own the paper". And by taking over the bank, not only does the US Gov. now own the bank, but the mortgage on Your House as well!

So is this something we should worry about?

Take a look at the last statement in the quote above...

"In return, the government likely would take an equity stake in the companies and impose conditions, including limits on executive compensation."

now let's take that statement and do a little word substitution taking into account that some poor unfortunate homeowner got behind on their mortgage, and also needed a bail out...

"In return, the government likely would take an equity stake in the Home and impose conditions, including limits on homeowners rights."

Now THAT'S SCARY!!!
Except for one thing. Since, at this point, the gov. will Already own an equity share in your mortgage as it already owns the bank. The above "revised" statement, really doesn't mean that much should you fall behind on your payments and need help. So now let's take it one step further and say...

"In return, the government likely would take an equity stake in the HomeOwner, and impose conditions including limits on the homeowner's freedom."

Ok Laugh! But before you do, you should know that this is Exactly how the USSR controlled it's economy, and it's people. There is one other factor that has yet to be established in the "complete" communist conversion of the United States. And that is the taking over of religion. However, as the "Unitarian Universalism" religion has already been established and adopted by both the United Nations and the World Court. The only thing left is it's implementation.


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Source:

• Reuters- UPDATE 1-US Senate to take up auto bailout on Monday-Reid

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Related:

• Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid Want Henry Paulson To Use Bailout Money For Auto Industry
• Senate Passes Bailout Bill
• Auto Industry Bailout Rules Unveiled as Automakers Seek to Double the Funding

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NFL Player Has Leg Amputed After Being Shot

Trash Dispatch:

NFL Player Has Leg Amputed After Being Shot

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) -- Jacksonville Jaguars offensive tackle Richard Collier, shot while sitting in a car outside an apartment complex earlier this month, is paralyzed below the waist and his left leg was amputated, his doctor said Monday.


Collier was on a ventilator for about three weeks and has no memory of the shooting, said Dr. Andy Kerwin, a surgeon for the University of Florida at Shands Jacksonville hospital.

"His overall condition has improved greatly," Kerwin said. "We expect him to be discharged soon."

Kerwin said Collier suffered 14 bullet wounds to the back, left groin, left legs and right buttock. In addition, a bullet severed his spinal cord, causing the paralysis. The amputation was the result of damage to his left leg and groin, where blood clots formed. Five bullets alone were removed from his urinary bladder and the 26-year-old player also had bouts of pneumonia, infections and renal failure.

Still, his condition has been upgraded to good from critical.

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Bail Out Fails! Republicans claim Manipulation. Democrats...

Trash Dispatch:

Bail Out Fails!
Republicans claim Manipulation. Democrats claim Innocence!

A speech by House speaker Nancy Pelosi "poisoned our conference, caused a number of (GOP) members that we thought we could get, to go south" House Minority Leader John Boehner said after the vote. AP Photo


MSNBC- House to meet Thursday after rejecting bailout
GOP, Democrats argue effect of Pelosi speech on $700 billion plan’s failure

WASHINGTON - In a stunning vote that shocked the capital and worldwide markets, the House on Monday defeated a $700 billion emergency rescue for the nation's financial system, ignoring urgent warnings from President Bush and congressional leaders of both parties that the economy could nosedive without it. The Dow Jones industrials plunged 778 points, the most ever for a single day.

Democratic and Republican leaders alike pledged to try again, though the Democrats said GOP lawmakers needed to provide more votes. Bush huddled with his economic advisers about a next step. The House was to reconvene on Thursday instead of adjourning for the year as planned.

The stock plunge began even before the 228-205 vote to reject the bill was officially announced on the House floor. The decline for the day surpassed the 721-point previous record, on the day after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, though in percentage terms it was well short of the drops on Black Monday of October 1987 and at the start of the Depression.

Read More - Bail Out Rejected - at MSNBC

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Related:

• Related Photos
• Bailout vote stuns Washington, markets
• Stocks plunge after bailout bill fails in House
• Bailout failure throws banks into disarray

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TrashDispatch: California Legalizes Gay Marriage!

Trash Dispatch: California Legalizes Gay Marriage!

In a 4-3 decision, the justices rule that people have a fundamental right to marry the person of their choice and that gender restrictions violate the state Constitution’s equal protection guarantees.

SAN FRANCISCO — The California Supreme Court decided today that same-sex couples should be permitted to wed, ruling that gay unions must be given the “respect and dignity” of marriage.

In a 4-3 vote, the court became the first in the country to apply the constitutional protections reserved for race and gender to sexual orientation. The Massachusetts high court struck down bans on same-sex marriage in 2003, but under a different legal theory.

The court held that people have a fundamental right to marry the person of their choice and struck down marriage laws limiting matrimony to opposite-sex couples as a violation of the state constitution’s equal protection guarantees.

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YahooNews: SAN FRANCISCO - California’s Supreme Court declared that gay couples in the nation’s biggest state can marry — a monumental but perhaps short-lived victory for the gay rights movement as religious and social conservatives are pressing to put a constitutional amendment on the ballot in November. However, Schwarzenegger, a “Conservative” Republican, said “will not support an amendment to the constitution that would overturn this state Supreme Court ruling.” [link]

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AmericanBlog: Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger released the following statement today regarding the state Supreme Court’s ruling on same-sex marriage:

“I respect the Court’s decision and as Governor, I will uphold its ruling. Also, as I have said in the past, I will not support an amendment to the constitution that would overturn this state Supreme Court ruling.” [link]

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TrashDispatch: NOTE that I added a “REPUBLICAN” tag to this post!!!

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TrashDispatch: Televangelist John Hagee apologizes to Catholics

Trash Dispatch:

Televangelist John Hagee apologizes to Catholics

WASHINGTON - John Hagee, an influential Texas televangelist who endorsed John McCain, apologized to Catholics Tuesday for his stinging criticism of the Roman Catholic Church and for having “emphasized the darkest chapters in the history of Catholic and Protestant relations with the Jews.”

Hagee’s support for McCain has drawn cries of outrage from some Catholic leaders who have called on McCain to reject Hagee’s endorsement. The likely Republican nominee has said he does not agree with some of Hagee’s past comments, but did not reject his support.

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Trash Dispatch: Obviously, this is an exact replay of the Barack Obama / Jeremiah Wright scandal within the Democratic party. Only this time, it is Republican John McCain who must now defend his ties with a controversial leader of the religious community.

I, the Shadowmancher, have listened to John Hagee many times. And for the most part, he’s pretty right on. However, I always knew he was cooking his fat goose with his Damn the Catholic Church rhetoric. Although…

the Catholic Church’s Flip-Flopping of alliances during War times, is well documented. As well as it’s Playing of Both sides.

But in Today’s world, the name of the game is, “Survivor”. And so I guess, if I were to draw a line between the differences between Obama and McCain, I couldn’t!

Both men have agendas. (Unlike Hillary who is in it just for herself) What those agendas may be is any body’s guess, of course. But my fear is that it does Not baud well for the United States.

Only Hillary, Cares enough about her image, her Vanity, and her legacy, to do the things that would bring about her Glory. (serve the will of the people.)
The other two guys, Couldn’t Care Less!

Which is to say They (Obama/McCain), couldn’t care less about what anybody thinks of them -just like George Bush- and will do whatever They want to do -again, just like George Bush.

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Trash Dispatch: White House connected to falling $US Dollar

Trash Dispatch:

White House connected to falling US $

It seems like only yesterday that I had an argument with a friend of mine about the falling $US Dollar. In fact, it was two days ago and my argument remains the same. The Bush administration has enacted it’s will to destroy the $US dollar, and usher in the “Amero” bringing the United States closer to the Globalization of our economy. And in truth, the globalization of our sovereignty.

My friend told me that I was living in “fear”, and that the Republicans, are our only hope. Yet today, my fears, and my argument, have been confirmed! —

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From crooksandliars (of all places);
White House refuses to talk about the falling value of the $

Friday’s White House Press Briefing included two economic advisers to discuss the volatile economic situation here in the US…

Question: I’d like to follow up on their refusal to talk about the dollar, if I could. I mean, we’re in a kind of a bad situation here, when OPEC says the reason for $105 or $106 a barrel of oil is the falling value of the dollar — and you won’t address that issue. Where do we go to find out who is right?

MS. PERINO: Wendell, I’m under strict instructions, and have been from the beginning, to not talk about the dollar, and I’m not going to get fired to satisfy your question.

TrashDispatch: My friends, this can only mean two things.
Conspiracy, and Cover-Up! And that my fears, are warranted.

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TrashDispatch: Antioxidant Supplements Raise Risk of Cancer

Trash Dispatch:

Antioxidant Supplements Actually Raise Risk of Cancer

“It has been drilled into the public by countless magazines, product ads, and television commercials. Vitamin C, pomegranate, resveratrol, coffeeberry: Eat them! Apply them to your face! Add them to your cereal! Surely soaking up bad free radicals must protect you against cancer, no?”

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Bush to veto ban on waterboarding

Trash Dispatch:

Bush to veto ban on waterboarding

Finally Bush does something right! or does he?

The San Francisco Chronicle writes;

• President Bush is to veto legislation Saturday meant to ban the CIA from using waterboarding and other harsh interrogation tactics and will argue that the agency needs to use tougher methods than the US military to wrest information from terrorism … [link]

TrashDispatch: In the old days, waterboarding was not used, as interrogators used rubber hoses and bamboo shoots. Now, waterboarding is used as a more “humane” form of torture. This new anti-waterboarding bill however, would make waterboarding illegal so that interrogators would only be able to “ask” known terrorist, “would you Pretty Please tell us which building your going to blow up next?”.

The argument FOR the bill of course, is waterboarding’s inhumanity, and the fear that it will be used against the innocent.

So let’s see. One cost Lives, while the other cost innocence and humility. Hmmm?

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TrashDispatch: Terrorist Report!

Trash Dispatch: Terrorism Report!

For anyone who may think that terrorism is a thing of the past, this, is the Trash Dispatch Terrorism Report!

Today, a terrorist bomb blast Exploded in New York City’s Times Square. Letters received by police are now under scrutiny-

• Letters under scrutiny in NY blast (YahooNews) WASHINGTON - Police are investigating letters that arrived Thursday at Capitol Hill offices containing a photo of the Times Square military recruiting office before it was bombed and including the words “We did it.”
• Gunman kills 8 at Jerusalem seminary JERUSALEM - A gunman entered the library of a rabbinical seminary and opened fire on a crowded nighttime study session Thursday, killing eight people and wounding nine before he was slain, police and rescue workers said. It was the first major militant attack in Jerusalem in more than four years. …Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip praised the operation in a statement, and thousands of Palestinians took to the streets of Gaza to celebrate.
• Bombs kill 55 in Baghdad shopping district BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Two coordinated bomb blasts blamed on al Qaeda killed 55 people in a crowded Baghdad shopping area on Thursday, on the day the U.S. military said it was withdrawing 2,000 troops from the Iraqi capital.Police said a roadside bomb exploded on a street in the central Karrada district where vendors gather to sell their wares and which many people visit on a Thursday at the start of the Muslim weekend.Minutes later, after Iraqi security forces and other people had gathered following the initial blast, a suicide bomber detonated a second larger device, police said.It was one of the bloodiest days in the capital in recent months,
• Latin American leftist trio puts squeeze on Colombia CARACAS (AFP) - Venezuela and its leftist allies Ecuador and Nicaragua closed ranks against Colombia Thursday, despite US-led calls for a diplomatic solution to prevent a crisis from spiraling into armed conflict.Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega joined Ecuadoran counterpart Rafael Correa and Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez in breaking diplomatic relations with Colombia over Bogota’s air raid against a FARC guerrilla camp inside Ecuador.

TrashDispatch: Yes, terrorism is alive and well!

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Trash Dispatch Endorses Hillary Clinton for Democratic Nominee!

Trash Dispatch:
Right about now Mrs. Clinton is looking for a closet to hide in as let’s face it, The Trash Dispatch, is not exactly a main stream newspaper (blog) from which you Want, an endorsement. Nevertheless…

The Trash Dispatch announces it’s endorsement of New York Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton for the Democratic Presidential nominee.

But this endorsement, comes not without explanation.

First and Second; Hillary Clinton is Controllable.
Barack Obama is Not!

And by that I mean;
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton has proved, that she will Change her position on an issue according to which way the wind is blowing. And by “the wind”, I mean the Will of the People.

But i don’t have to tell you that as Radio Talk Show host Rush Limbaugh has been telling you about the Clinton’s changing positions for years. Yet, while Rush Limbaugh sees “changing positions according to the Wind” as a Bad thing, the Trash Dispatch sees it as a Good thing.

For if the George Bush Presidency has taught us anything,
it should be that What we DON”T want,
is a President who will do whatever They want to do,
even in Spite of what the People/Voters want.

In deed, Rush Limbaugh use to always say that “the Clintons
will put their finger to the wind to see which way the wind is blowing BEFORE they Act on an issue”. And I say, that’s the kind of President we need! One who will, “seek the Will of the People”, instead of Their Own will.

And that’s why, The Trash Dispatch is now endorsing New York Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton for the Democratic Presidential nominee.

There are other factors of course.

Like, ALL the major newspapers in Texas have endorsed Senataor Barack Hussein Obama. (Oh, Sorry! I forgot, we’re are not supposed to use Hussein’s middle name. Oppps, Did it again.) Nevertheless, there has Got to be something wrong with EVERY newspaper in Texas endorsing Barack Obama.

I mean, for One (1): Newspapers Don’t Care about the people.
They only care about selling newspapers. And two (2):
The main stream newspapers are a part of the “Corporate America” that “Hussein Obama”, preaches against. So why Would they endorse him???

There is a Third reason for not voting for Obama to be sure. Yet, it is on more of a personal, even emotional level, rather than one of any real substance.
I resist, of course, mentioning my “feelings” about a candidate. As in truth, they are, just feelings. Nevertheless, here they are for you to examine.

The biggest problem I have with Barack Obama is that his speeches,
remind me of the speeches we heard from Reverend Jim Jones of the Guyana Jim Jones. “Fear, my children. For the American Corporate Monster has found us. And seeks to take from us, all that we are. Follow me, my children… into oblivion.”

I don’t know. Maybe it’s just me but…

“I’m NOT a Follower!!!”

And at least, in My opinion,
a strong corporate America, is a Strong America!
Whereas a strong “Worker” America, is a nation of Slaves!

I know. It sounds crazy.
And even counter to everything I believe in as an American. But then, do You honestly think that a strong corporate Capitalist America would allow this nation to be taken by foreign invaders? NO!!! And again HELL NO!!!

And note, that I included the “Capitalist” adverb, to the identity of a Corporate America. For do you truly think that we could have a corporate America without capitalism? And do you truly think that you will have the Right to do whatever you want to do in a Socialist, Communist government? I mean, just ask the Russians. As they still remember, that a Socialist government, “IS” a Corporate government!

Yet, for you, I guess it would depend on how you define, “American”.
As I define American, as a Capitalist!!!
One who is able to not only take care of himself,
but of his own Free Will, others as well.

An American is NOT, one who needs the help of a Communist, Socialist, Islamic, or even a Corporate Government, to Force him to care for others, even, weather they deserve it or Not.

For these reasons and more, The Trash Dispatch endorses Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton as the Democratic nominee.

For whereas Senator Clinton seeks to help the poor for no other reason than because she is a Bleeding Heart Liberal; Senator Barack HUSSEIN Obama, Seeks the Power of a Disgruntled people.

It is, as it was, in the Before time. When Lucifer went about the Kingdom, spreading Dissension. Let us hope therefore, that history repeats it’s self. And only one-third of the kingdom, will Follow him. ~TD

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TrashDispatch: Huge Explosion rocks Ill. plaza; 6 injured

Trash Dispatch:

Huge Explosion rocks Ill. plaza; 6 injured

AP-YahooNews: WAUKEGAN, Ill. - An explosion ripped through a shopping plaza Thursday, and at least six people were taken to hospitals with injuries, police said.
The explosion struck around lunchtime at the shopping center, located about 40 miles from Chicago.

Six people were taken to an area hospital, said Waukegan Police Cmdr. Wayne Walles. Authorities were going into the building to see if people were trapped inside. Fire crews picked through piles of debris in the snow-coated streets.

Details are sketchy at this time however “Waukegan Police Chief Bill Biang told the Chicago Tribune the cause “appears to be a gas explosion at this time.” Crews from People’s Gas were on the scene to investigate.”

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TrashDispatch: Marijuana Reform Advocate William F. Buckley is Dead

Trash Dispatch:

Marijuana Reform Advocate William F. Buckley is Dead

The intellectual father of modern American conservatism and strong marijuana reform supporter William F. Buckley has died at the age of 82.

Buckley founded the influential National Review magazine and occasionally used that platform to advocate for marijuana reform to the conservative movement.

The above news article comes from the Marijuana Policy Posse blog, read more | digg story who also quotes Mr. Buckley from a May 2005 National Review interview in which he stated;

“Marijuana is not harmless, and its use should be discouraged, but in the same way, say, smoking a pack of cigarettes a day should be discouraged. The criminal justice system should stay out of it.”

Mr. Buckley’s statement is consistent with a recent Trash Dispatch article (link: US Congress Wasting Tax Payer Dollars! ) in which the Trash Dispatch points out that the United States Congress is spending WASTING Millions of Tax Payer dollars, on themselves, to prosecute Sports Baseball player Rodger Clements for steroid use. An issue which is, or should be, NONE of the Government’s Damn Business!

William F. Buckley was a staunch Republican Conservative but, above all, he was a Concerned Citizen who believed in Less government control.

In spirit and in deed, his Legacy and his Crowning achievement in life -and that of which he was most proud- is the conservative magazine, the National Review.

“The National Review is my legacy”, he would say in a late night interview with Charlie Rose.

Charlie Rose is an Emmy award winning journalist who has been praised as “one of America’s premier interviewers.” He is the host of “Charlie Rose”, the nightly PBS program that engages America’s best thinkers, writers, politicians, athletes, entertainers, business leaders, scientists and other newsmakers.

Among them of course, is/was William F. Buckley, whom Charlie Rose interviewed Many times and is soon to produce a Tribute to William F. Buckley which you can find, “HERE”.

You can also see Charlie’s many interviews with William F. Buckley, “HERE”.

In the final analysis, and the whole reason the Trash Dispatch chose the “Marijuana Advocate” headline. Is because William F. Buckley stood for Freedom in America. And that that freedom, could Not be obtained through governmental controls; but only through “Conservative Values”.

William F. Buckley- dead at the age of 82.

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TrashDispatch: Texas Shoot Out! Barack Obama vs Hillary Clinton

Trash Dispatch.com:

Showdown in Texas! Hillary Clinton vs Barack Obama

Dallas, Texas- Senator, Democratic Presidential Nominee “hopeful”, Barack Hussein Obama, draws 20,000 people, to Reunion Arena in Downtown Dallas.

Across town, Chelsea Clinton, daughter of Senator, and Democratic Presidential Nominee “hopeful”, Hillary Clinton; campains for her mother at an un-mentioned university with maybe, 2000 people.

Texas is normally friendly to the Clintons, so no doubt Hillary would have drawn the same size crowd(s) (in both Houston and Dallas), had she campaigned in Texas. But at stake, is both Ohio and Texas. So while Chelsie Clinton campaigned in Texas, Senator Hillary Clinton, campaigned in Ohio, to somewhat smaller crowds.

But then, there is tomorrow night!

From Austin, Texas. A debate!

A “Shoot Out”, with Senator Hillary Rodum Clinton at one end of town,
and the Great Orator of the Democrats,
Senator Barack Hussien Obama at the other end of town;
in what is shaping up to be the first Real “Texas Showdown”
we’ve seen around here in a long time.

In deed, the two Democratic Senators will “Shoot it Out” in a Democratic Presidential Nomination debate in Austin, Texas on the University of Texas campus at Austin (UTA), in the LBJ (Lyndon Baynes Johnson) Auditorium, starting at “Sun Down” (7:00pm CDT). Well ok, so shoot outs in Texas usally happen at High Noon. But hey, times have changed and now there is nothing like gnawing on the bones of the dead before bedtime.

And what a feast this is gonna be as Senator Barack Hussien Obama comes riding into town on Black Stallion, very much like Zorro, to Save the villagers from the oppressive federal government.

And Senator Hillary Rodum Clinton? Well, I think she’s coming in on a bus as campaign funds have dried up to little more than a mud hole. Well, that’s how it goes out here is the west. One day your ridin high, and the next, your over-run by those who would have you to “change”.

At any rate, there’s a New Sheriff in town folks! And his name, is Barack Obama.

Nevertheless, tomorrow night’s showdown should be one for the record books. So don’t miss it! Thursday, 7:00pm, in Austin Texas.

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Related:

Barack Obama fires up crowd at Dallas rally

• As a Reunion Arena crowd roared before him, Barack Obama offered himself Wednesday as the best chance for Democrats to beat John McCain and win the White House in November. …Older white women danced with young black men who sported hip-hop attire. Rustic men in cowboy hats took photos with well-manicured college-aged women.They chanted “Obama, Obama,” rarely taking the seats for a rest.Cowboys legend Emmitt Smith, who spoke before Mr. Obama, told the crowd that he was brought to Dallas not only to win Super Bowls, but to support Mr. Obama for president.”Right now, we’re on the right team,” Mr. Smith said. “I was placed here for this moment right now. If you believe in change, you’re voting for Barack Obama.”

Clinton faces daunting delegate deficit (AP)

• Democratic Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton must win 57 percent of the remaining primary and caucus delegates to erase Barack Obama’s lead, a daunting task requiring landslide-sized victories by a struggling presidential candidate.Obama’s victories in Wisconsin and Hawaii on Tuesday — his ninth and 10th in a row — left him with 1,178 pledged delegates won in primaries and caucuses in The Associated Press’ count. Clinton has 1,024.

Texas’ complicated rules may favor Obama

• DALLAS - Hillary Rodham Clinton has been waiting to get to Texas to begin her comeback against a surging Barack Obama. She might be more careful about what she wishes for. Clinton has been banking on the state’s large Hispanic population — typically about a quarter of the turnout in Democratic primaries — to give her a victory on March 4.But the Democratic Party in President Bush’s home state has a complicated, hybrid primary-caucus that might just be better suited for Obama.

Wisconsin? Action moves to Texas and Ohio
Democratic contenders move on to next big prizes of primary season

• In this blue-collar suburb of Cleveland, one of them, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York, spoke at Grace’s Grill of her plans to revitalize the ailing Ohio economy… Mrs. Clinton’s rival, Senator Barack Obama of Illinois, was in San Antonio,…

Democrats Obama, Clinton star in high-stakes Austin debate

• Austin gets an unexpected turn as the center of the American political universe tonight as Sens. Barack Obama of Illinois and Hillary Clinton of New York face each other in debate on the University of Texas campus (7 p.m., CNN). The two Democratic presidential candidates are veterans at this, but for Texas Democrats - many just now paying close attention to the race - this is a great chance to see for themselves what all the excitement is about.

Clinton, Obama to debate in Austin before Texas primary

• Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama will debate Feb. 21 in Austin.
  The Texas Democratic Party and the Lyndon B. Johnson Foundation are hosting the event, which will be aired on CNN and Univision. CNN will telecast the forum live from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

THE EYES OF TEXAS ARE UPON THEM

• In what promises to be the most important presidential debate since Kennedy-Nixon, Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton will square off next week in a televised showdown which may well decide who gets the Democratic nomination.
  All eyes are on Austin in the runup to the statewide presidential primary debate which will take place on March 4th. Democratic strategists predict that if Hillary Clinton does not win Texas and Ohio, her campaign is over. That’s why next Thursday’s debate is so critical.

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TrashDispatch: USDA orders nation’s largest Beef Recall

Trash Dispatch.com:

USDA orders nation’s largest beef recall

LOS ANGELES - The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Sunday ordered the recall of 143 million pounds of frozen beef from a California slaughterhouse, the subject of an animal-abuse investigation, that provided meat to school lunch programs.

Officials said it was the largest beef recall in the United States, surpassing a 1999 ban of 35 million pounds of ready-to-eat meats. No illnesses have been linked to the newly recalled meat, and officials said the health threat was likely small.

The recall will affect beef products dating to Feb. 1, 2006, that came from Chino-based Westland/Hallmark Meat Co., the federal agency said.

Secretary of Agriculture Ed Schafer said his department has evidence that Westland did not routinely contact its veterinarian when cattle became non-ambulatory after passing inspection, violating health regulations.

“Because the cattle did not receive complete and proper inspection, Food Safety and Inspection Service has determined them to be unfit for human food and the company is conducting a recall,” Schafer said in a statement.

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TrashDispatch:

Obviously, the USDA has never heard of The Trash Dispatch.
Otherwise they would Send all that beef to ME.

I mean come on! We’ve got Millions of Starving people in this world and… well, there’s just something wrong about this recall. And that’s all I’m saying.

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5 Dead, Killed, Murdered by Illinois University College Student

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Five Dead, Killed, Murdered by Illinois University College Student

5 shot dead at suburban Chicago store
A gunman fatally shot five people in a robbery at a store in a suburban Chicago strip mall and fled Saturday, prompting police to sweep through neighboring shops as terrified customers watched.

That was the Headline only a few days ago when a Gunman fatally shot five people in a robbery at a Lane Bryant clothing store in Chicago Illinois at the Brookside Marketplace. Now, and again in Illinois, another shooting with Five More Dead! Oh but this time, the shooter/MURDERER, had an Excuse…

Northern Illinois University student gunman Stopped Taking Medication
(AP) DEKALB, Ill. - The man who gunned down five people at Northern Illinois University in a suicidal rampage became erratic after halting his medication and carried a shotgun to campus inside a guitar case, police said Friday.

Oh so that’s suppose to comfort us in some way? And isn’t that Exactly what happened at Virginia Tech Shooting?

Maybe instead of giving these psychopaths Drugs they will not take, we should send them to Texas and give them drugs they can’t escape? Lethal Injection, is what they call it now. However, it use to be called… The Chair!

Oh but we must have Mercy and Forgive” the pacifist say. But as far as The Trash Dispatch is concerned, it is Hard, to show mercy, and/or forgive, when the only headlines you Can write or see, are these…

University shooter outstanding student, but erratic: officials (AFP)
AFP - The gunman who shot dead five people at a university here was identified Friday as an “outstanding” graduate student with no history of trouble but signs of erratic behavior in the last two weeks.

Illinois college shooter stopped medication: police (Reuters)
- A man who killed five students and himself during a shooting spree at an Illinois college had stopped taking medication and become erratic in the last two weeks, buying two guns used in the bloodbath just six days ago, officials said on Friday.

Campus Stunned by N. Illinois Shooting
DEKALB, Ill. (AP) — Word of the ambush attack inside a lecture hall at Northern Illinois University on Thursday sent panic throughout the sprawling campus….

NIU Shooting Tests New Security Plan
Minutes after the shotgun blasts erupted in a science class at Northern Illinois University on Thursday, word of a gunman on campus spread just as fast as the fear….

Or how about these headlines from the Lane Bryant Massacre…

*6th victim helping police; police still searching for shooter*
Police: Gunman in store attack sexually assaulted victim
Salons, Barbershops Asked To Help Look For Killer
Tinley Park Victims Mourned; Killer Still At Large
‘Unspeakable tragedy’ took ‘bravest women’
Lane Bryant Announces the Establishment of the Lane Bryant Tinley Park Memorial Fund
Cops go slow on sketch: ‘We have to be sensitive’ to survivor
Store to finance victims’ funerals
High school students mourn counselor
Funeral arrangements set for Lane Bryant shooting victim
Family mourns Flossmoor woman killed in Lane Bryant shooting

— UPDATE: Barack Obama Supports Individual Gun Rights

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Barack Obama said Friday that the country must do “whatever it takes” to eradicate gun violence following a campus shooting in his home state, but he believes in an individual’s right to bear arms.

Obama said he spoke to Northern Illinois University’s president Friday morning by phone and offered whatever help his Senate office could provide in the investigation and improving campus security. The Democratic presidential candidate spoke about the Illinois shooting to reporters while campaigning in neighboring Wisconsin.

The senator, a former constitutional law instructor, said some scholars argue the Second Amendment to the Constitution guarantees gun ownerships only to militias, but he believes it grants individual gun rights.

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Turok! Coming to Xbox 360 Feb 5th!

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Turok. Coming to your Xbox 360 Feb 5th

It’s Dinosaur hunting season. The latest evolution of the classic Turok franchise will soon be playable on your xbox 360. I met up with Touchstone to learn all about the game before it comes out and give you this sneak peek. There’s more carnage, more weapons, more creatures and of course…more fun. Check out this clip to see what you will soon be playing.

Preview | digg story

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US Navy Tests High-Powered Electromagnetic Railgun

Trash Dispatch.com: Astonishing! …I knew the U.S. Government was working on this. And now here it is! From digg, and the FoxNews Network, and the Military-

Navy Tests High-Powered Electromagnetic Railgun

FoxNews- In the demonstration Thursday, engineers fired the electromagnetic railgun at what they said was a record power level: 10 megajoules. …According to the Navy, the railgun, when fully developed, will be able to launch solid projectiles at Mach 5, or about 3,700 mph.

The previous railgun power-use record was about 9 megajoules of muzzle energy.

Railguns use electromagnetic energy to launch projectiles long distances — more than 200 nautical miles.

Because the railgun uses electricity and not gunpowder to fire projectiles, it eliminates the possibility of explosions on ships.

The Navy hopes the railgun will eventually replace the standard 5-inch gun on its ships. The weapon isn’t expected to be deployed until at least 2020.

The railgun tested Thursday actually has a capacity of 32 megajoules, but the Navy is slowly building up the energy level in a series of tests.

That’s a lot of power, but with a new series of electrically-powered ships coming on line, the Navy figures generating capacity will not be a problem.

According to the Navy, the railgun, when fully developed, will be able to launch solid projectiles at Mach 5, or about 3,700 mph.

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TrashDispatch: The First time I saw this gun, was in Arnold’s blockbuster movie, “Eraser”. Fantastic! Of course, it was only Fantasy back then. But now it seems, the “Rail-Gun” has become a Reality!

The Cool thing about the Rail-Gun is that, because it fires Solid Metal Projectiles, there will be no need to make cartridges.

Watch the Railgun Test, via U.S. Military Video.

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