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...cuts are terrible," said Rick Borchelt,assistant to the director for communications atthe White House Office of Science and technology."The republicans are building up an education anda research deficit that is every bit as heinous asa budget deficit...
Politicians ranging from the occupant of the Oval Office to the local dog-catcher agree on one issue: it's high time to put some additional teeth into the laws of the land to prevent evil assassins from committing their heinous acts. Nonsense! I am confident that sufficient laws are in place to incarcerate these criminals, when convicted through due process, for the remainder of their lives...
...March 20], you imply that the reason police officer Antoinette Frank killed three people was that she was overworked and underpaid. But that cannot be the reason for triple murder. Here is another example of deviant behavior being "defined down'' to manageable proportions, affording Frank "victim'' status, rationalizing her heinous crime and making it more acceptable. She made a conscious choice to commit murder. She is responsible for that choice, and not the police, however corrupt...
...50th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz commemorates the most heinous crimes ever perpetrated against human beings. Sadly, Time has chosen to feature on its cover yet another story about O.J. Simpson. What a pity that the memory of the slaughtered millions should be overshadowed by the media circus in Los Angeles. Clearly, this shows the motivating factors behind modern-day journalism: exploitation, ratings and money. What a glorious lesson to teach our youth...
...Paul Hill shot and killed Dr. John Britton and his 74-year-old escort, James Barrett, as their car approached the Ladies' Clinic where Britton was a women's health care provider. The reaction from the anti-choicers? The American Life League denounced the murder as "a horrible, tragic, heinous, serious crime." Operation Rescue's Patrick Mahoney declared that "Paul Hill represents a minority, fringe element of the pro-life movement...