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...first day was an eye opener. We got contact, that first patrol. It was like, wow, we couldn't believe it, but we got outta there good. Nobody got hit," he says. The Marines are based in the battle-scarred Government Center in the middle of Ramadi, a magnet for al-Qaeda attacks--one of the few ways the Marines can find their enemy. The precarious outpost also protects the nascent local government, which operates out of its confines...
Tightening border security may score political points, but will it slow illegal immigration? A 2004 government report estimated that more than half of illegal immigrants come to the U.S. legally, then overstay their visas. Experts say the U.S. will remain a magnet as long as businesses are willing to hire such migrants. "The military can play a support role at the border," says Mark Krikorian of the conservative Center for Immigration Studies. "But there's no substitute for interior enforcement...
...think of it, was the hallmark of another penny-ante House scandal of the '90s.) And as for that Congressional pin that can get you around Hill metal detectors, well, that and $2,800 can buy you a really nice dinner. It's not even much of a chick magnet; in 2003, New Jersey Representative Mike Ferguson made the Washington Post with his late-night attempt to impress a Georgetown student...
...With Mephistophelean good looks swathed in leopard-skin couture, Smith was a ready-made icon of the Underground, and an easy magnet for police and politicians. "Moral decay is spreading through our country and our society," declaimed one bluenose, brandishing a poster for Flaming Creatures - thus giving priceless free publicity to the film he meant to denounce...
...which the free flow of ideas and information is constantly being restricted: Copyrights are longer than ever and entertainment industry lobbyists are attempting to make even attempted copyright violation a crime with a potential 10-year sentence. Our God-given right as readers to as many magnet-school satires as the market will bear is under assault. I vote with whoever first said that good artists borrow and great artists steal...