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Ming Dynasty

2007-03-15T01:50:25Z

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The Ming Dynasty ruled China from about 1400 to just after the year 1600

Ming Dynasty

2007-03-15T01:50:12Z

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The Ming Dynasty ruled China from about 1400 to just after the year 1900.

Purple state

2007-03-15T00:13:00Z

Redskins223:

Purple state is a term gaining popularity in the US media referring to "Battleground" states in United States Presidential elections. These states are the ones that candidates campaign hardest in. Examples of "purple" states include: Pennsylvania, Ohio, Colorado, Iowa, Wisconsin, and New Hampshire.

Talk:18 USC § 1470

2007-03-14T04:37:11Z

Redskins223: Obscene material is not profanity

There's some fun Commerce Clause jurisprudence on this statute, isn't there, I think one of the parties is X-Citement Video, but I can't find it in my briefs...--[[User:AmesG|AmesG]] 23:37, 13 March 2007 (EDT)

== Obscene material is not profanity ==

It refers to using mail to send X-rated materials to minors, not posting bad words on a free-use website.

Resume

2007-03-11T20:49:32Z

Redskins223:

Common in modern business practices, a resume is a written record outlying previous job and educational experiences a job seeker submits to a prospective employer. It is typically one page long.

A CV, on the other hand, is common for job seekers in research and academia. It is much more extensive than a resume, and outlines various research topics and relevant courses that a job seeker has completed.

Adsorption

2007-03-11T06:21:20Z

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Adsorption refers to a chemical process where a solid placed in a fluid (either a liquid or gas) breaks down.

Blue state

2007-03-11T06:07:26Z

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Blue state refers to states in the USA that vote for Democrats in Presidential elections. They generally have secular-progressive views on homosexuality, abortion, and crime. They also do not believe as strongly in national defense (for example, the Iraq War and the broader war on terrorism) as their counterparts in the red states.

Dinosaur

2007-03-11T05:59:49Z

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The word '''dinosaur''' was coined in 1841 by Richard Owen<ref>http://www.trueauthority.com/dinosaurs/about.htm</ref>, from the [[Latin]] for "terrible lizard". Dinosaurs were a group of large [[lizards]] that previously lived in abundance on Earth.

Most scientists believe that dinosaurs lived from 230 million until 65 million years ago and that they are all currently extinct (except for [[birds]], which many scientists consider to be descended from early [[therapod]] dinosaurs). They claim the [[fossil]] evidence supports their beliefs. These fossil records though have huge gaps, and the dating methods used to judge the age of the fossils are not always precise. There are a number of lines of evidence that point to dinosaurs and man coexisting. <ref>http://www.answersingenesis.org/home/area/faq/dinosaurs.asp</ref> <ref>http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/3061/</ref> For example, trained scientists have reported seeing a live dinosaur. <ref>http://www.answersingenesis.org/creation/v15/i4/dinosaurs.asp</ref> A thousand people reported seeing a dinosaur-like monster in two sightings around Sayram Lake in Xinjiang according to the Chinese publication, China Today. <ref>http://www.answersingenesis.org/creation/v15/i4/dinosaurs.asp</ref> An expedition which included, Charles W. Gilmore, Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology with the United States National Museum, examined an ancient pictograph which is claimed to point to dinosaurs and man existing <ref>http://www.creationism.org/swift/DohenyExpedition/Doheny01Main.htm</ref><ref> http://www.christiancourier.com/articles/read/the_hava_supai_dinosaur_carving</ref> The World Book Encyclopedia states that: "The dragons of legend are strangely like actual creatures that have lived in the past. They are much like the great reptiles [dinosaurs] which inhabited the earth long before man is supposed to have appeared on earth. Dragons were generally evil and destructive. Every country had them in its mythology." <ref>http://www.creationscience.com/onlinebook/FAQ25.html</ref> The Nile Mosaic of Palestrina, a second century piece of art, is said to appear to be a piece of artwork that shows a dinosaur and man coexisting. <ref>http://www.s8int.com/dinolit2.html</ref>
Since 565 A.D. there are reports about the Loch Ness Monster (Nessie), a large Monster living in the Scotish lake Loch Ness. People, who saw Nessie described the Monster as it would look similar to a dinosaur.

Some [[Christians]] reject the [[Theory of Evolution]] and the current science community consensus of the age of the earth. Of those Christians who reject evolution, the [[Creationism | Young Earth Creationists]] believe, based primarily on Biblical [[sources]], but also drawing on [[archeological]] and fossil evidence, that dinosaurs were created on the 6th day of the [[Creation Week]]<ref>''Genesis'', 1:25</ref>, approximately 6,000 years ago; that they lived in the [[Garden of Eden]] in harmony with other animals, eating only plants<ref>''Genesis'' 1:29-30</ref>; that pairs of various dinosaur [[baramin]]s were taken onto [[Noah's Ark]] during the [[Great Flood]] and were preserved from drowning<ref>[http://www.answersingenesis.org/docs2001/dinos_on_ark.asp "Were dinosaurs on Noah’s Ark?"], ''Answers in Genesis''</ref>; that fossilized dinosaur bones originated during the mass killing of the Flood<ref>[http://www.answersingenesis.org/creation/v21/i1/dinosaurbones.asp "Dinosaur bones—just how old are they really?"], ''Creation'' 21(1):54–55, December 1998</ref>; and that some descendants of those dinosaurs taken aboard the Ark still roam the earth today<ref>[http://www.answersingenesis.org/creation/v15/i4/dinosaurs.asp "Are dinosaurs alive today?"], ''Creation'' 15(4):12–15, September 1993</ref>.

Because the term only came into use in the 19th century, the [[Bible]] obviously does not use the word "dinosaur." However, they are alleged to be mentioned in numerous places throughout the biblical account. For example, the '''behemoth''' in [[Job]] and the '''leviathan''' in [[Isaiah]] are sometimes said to be references to dinosaurs. <ref>[http://www.answersingenesis.org/tj/v15/i2/behemoth.asp "Could Behemoth have been a dinosaur?"], ''TJ'' 15(2):42–45, August 2001</ref> Other biblical scholars contend that the terms respectively refer to hippopotomi and crocodiles <ref>http://www.answersincreation.org/job4041a.htm</ref>.
==References==
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Global warming

2007-03-10T16:19:59Z

Redskins223:

'''Global warming''' is a phrase which commonly refers to a scientific theory and to political proposals that follow if the theory is accepted. The scientific theory is widely but not universally accepted within the scientific community. Conservatives who are opposed to the political proposals that flow from acceptance of the theory, are properly skeptical of the motivations of the theorists, and challenge the scientific validity of portions of the theory. Many believe global warming is simply a liberal talking point, aimed at shackling profitable oil and power companies, forcing them to pursue a "green" agenda that environmentalists agree with. The phrase really includes three separate theories.
:1) The theory that we are currently in a period of rapid climate change consisting of increasing temperature, which, if it were to continue, would have important socio-economic consequences well within the next century.
:2) The theory that this change is caused by increasing CO2 gasses and a resulting "greenhouse" effect.
:3) The theory that this change is caused by human activity, mostly industrial emissions of carbon-based "greenhouse gasses."
Therefore, the phrase has also come to apply to
:4) The proposal that global warming can and should be reversed by taking large-scale international action to reduce greenhouse emissions.

Point #1 has become very widely accepted in the past few decades, even by conservatives who were once skeptical.

Points #2 and point #3 are more controversial, although widely accepted by scientists. Points #3 is the one most attacked by global warming skeptics.

Point #4 is what the political and international debate are about. Both climate change itself, and the very large-scale actions that are proposed to combat it, would have enormous economic effects with identifiable winners and losers, resulting in an intense debate. For example, since the industrialized nations emit most of the CO2, if it were agreed that these emissions needed to be reduced sharply, the burden would fall much more heavily on these nations than on undeveloped nations.

Al Gore, Vice President under President Clinton from 1992 to 2000, is a high profile advocate of the full global warming theory. Promoters of this theory, including many prominent scientists, call for international treaties, like one proposed in Kyoto, Japan, to limit carbon emissions using a combination of conservation and technological innovation.

The theory is widely accepted within the scientific community because of the vast amount of conclusive evidence, though that is not to say there is unanimity..<ref>Myths of Global Warming[http://www.ncpa.org/ba/ba230.html]</ref><ref>No Evidence for Global Warming[http://www.heritage.org/Press/Commentary/ed012298b.cfm]</ref> On February 2, 2007, an internatonal panel of hundreds of scientists and representatives of 113 governments issued a report concluding:

The observed widespread warming of the atmosphere and ocean, together with ice-mass loss, support the conclusion that it is extremely unlikely that global climate change of the past 50 years can be explained without external forcing, and very likely that is not due to known natural causes alone."<ref>Borenstein, Seth (2007), "Warming 'Likely' Man-Made, Unstoppable." Associated Press, as published by Forbes[http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/02/02/ap3388409.html]</ref>

It should be noted that these scientists are motivated by a need for grant money in their field of climatology. Therefore, their work can not be considered unbiased, though no more than any scientist in any other field .<ref>FOX News: "On Global Warming: Follow the Money Indeed!" Feb 12, 2007[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,251458,00.html]</ref>.

There are some scientists among the critics of the theory that global warming is caused by human activity. As they have sought funding from the very industries that face regulation, thier bias is real and thier conclusions should be suspect. For example, Dr. Fred Singer observed that "CO2 changes have lagged about 800 years behind the temperature changes. Global warming has produced more CO2, rather than more CO2 producing global warming."<ref>S. Fred Singer and Dennis T.
Avery, "Unstoppable Global Warming: Every 1,500 Years" (Rowman & Littlefield, 2007)</ref> Though, it must be said, that no scientist denies that CO2 has lagged behind temperature at certain times in Earth's history. They maintain this doesn't negate in any way CO2 influence on temperature. It merely means it wasn't a first cause of temperature increase at particular times in Earth's distance history.."<ref>What the lag of CO2 behind temperature in ice cores tell us about global warming
[http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2004/12/co2-in-ice-cores/]</ref>

==References==
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Inquisition

2007-03-09T22:07:10Z

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A investigation by the Church. It used horrible, sometimes life-threatening torture to make people confess their sins.

However, some people believe the abuses from the Inquisition were justified. Many of the torture techniques used were hardly new (they were used for centuries), and since the targets of the Inquisition were Jews and Muslims it is fair to say they would have done the same thing to Christians had the tables been turned.

Nevertheless, the Inquisition was succesfull, and to this day Spain remains a Christian nation free of multicultural influences.

Inquisition

2007-03-09T22:06:51Z

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Inquisition

2007-03-09T22:04:41Z

Redskins223:

A investigation by the Church. It used horrible, sometimes life-threatening torture to make people confess their sins.

However, some people believe the abuses from the Inquisition were justified. Many of the torture techniques used were hardly new (they were used for centuries), and since the targets of the Inquisition were Jews and Muslims it is fair to say they would have done the same thing to CHristians had the tables been turned.

Nevertheless, the Inquisition was succesfull, and to this day Spain remains a Christian nation free of secular influences.

Cable News Network

2007-03-08T23:54:08Z

Redskins223:

CNN, otherwise known as the Cable News Network, is the oldest 24 hour cable news channel in the United States. It first started broadcasting in 1980.

Cable News Network

2007-03-08T23:53:31Z

Redskins223:

CNN, otherwise known as the Cable News Network, is the oldest 24 hour cable news channel in the United States.

Barack Hussein Obama

2007-03-08T21:40:40Z

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Barack Obama is a Democratic Senator from Illinois, elected to office in 2004. He is a candidate for the 2008 United States Presidential election.

Japan

2007-03-08T21:33:01Z

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Group of islands of the eastern coast of [[Asia]].

Early signs of human life appeared in Japan around the year 3000 BC. The wild Japanese Bison was an early target of wild game, hunted to extinction within 500 years.

Christmas

2007-03-08T19:49:45Z

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'''Christmas''' is a [[holiday]], typically celebrated during the [[winter]] season, which celebrates the birth of [[Jesus Christ]]. During this season people generally hang up colored lights, place a pine tree (Christmas tree) in their house, sing carols, and exchange gifts. Gift-giving is symbolic of the fact that Jesus came as the greatest gift of all.

Christmas has come under attack from the liberal secular progressive movement in the United States, as outlined by Fox News pundits John Gibson and Bill O'Reilly. Liberals believe that Christmas should not be given more attention than Jewish, Hindu, or Muslim holidays despite the fact America is a Christian nation.

Arabic

2007-03-08T19:41:23Z

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Arabic is a language originated in modern day Saudi Arabia.

France

2007-03-08T19:18:16Z

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A country in Europe. Thrived during the middle ages. The capitol is Paris, France, which was founded in the Middle Ages.

[[Image:map_of_france.jpg]]

Today France is most famous in the United States for not supporting President Bush and his war on terror. The French believed it was wrong to attack Iraq or any Arabian country. They believe the UN is a suitable vehicle for confronting the threat from Islamic.

France

2007-03-08T19:18:05Z

Redskins223:

A country in Europe. Thrived during the middle ages. The capitol is Paris, France, which was founded in the Middle Ages.

[[Image:map_of_france.jpg]]

Today France is most famous in the United States for not supporting President Bush and his war on terror. The French believed it was wrong to attack Iraq or any Arabin country. They believe the UN is a suitable vehicle for confronting the threat from Islamic.

France

2007-03-08T19:17:51Z

Redskins223:

A country in Europe. Thrived during the middle ages. The capitol is Paris, France, which was founded in the Middle Ages.

[[Image:map_of_france.jpg]]

Today France is most famous in the United States for not supporting President Bush and his war on terror. The French believed it was wrong to attack Iraq or any Arabin country. They believe the UN is a suitable vehicle for confronting the threat from Islamicans.

Ann Coulter

2007-03-08T18:17:45Z

Redskins223:

'''Ann Coulter''' (b. 1961) is a bestselling author of books that present conservative views in a polemical way.

Some of her books include ''Godless: The Church of Liberalism,'' ''Slander: Liberal Lies About the American Right,'' and ''Treason: Liberal Treachery from the Cold War to the War on Terrorism.'' Ann Coulter has earned a strong following among conservatives for what many believe is her patriotic stances against liberals, her hatred of all those who wish to hurt America, and her strong defense of family values against the homosexual agendas.

==Edwards controversy==
On Friday, March 2nd, 2007, speaking to the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), she said:
:I was going to have a few comments on the other Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards, but it turns out you have to go into rehab if you use the word '[slur for homosexual]'<ref>The American Heritage Dictionary lists two meanings for the word: "''Offensive Slang'' Used as a disparaging term for a homosexual man"[http://www.bartleby.com/61/11/F0011100.html] and a variant spelling of a word meaning "A bundle of twigs, sticks, or branches bound together"[http://www.bartleby.com/61/13/F0011300.html]</ref> so I'm - so, kind of at an impasse, can't really talk about Edwards."<ref>[http://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/03/04/coulter.edwards/ Coulter under fire for anti-gay slur], CNN, March 4, 2007</ref>

Amy Ridenour, president of one of the conservative groups funding the conference, commented:
:We conservatives have enough trouble overcoming the false things that are said about us without paying for a platform upon which we shoot ourselves annually in the foot."<ref>[http://www.nationalcenter.org/Z030507=ann-coulter-at-cpac.html Ann Coulter at CPAC], Amy Ridenour's comments at website of the National Center for Public Policy Research</ref>

Rev. Patrick Mahoney of The Christian Defense Coalition said "With so many pressing issues facing the American public, one should never resort to vicious name calling or personal attacks in an attempt to prove a political point," said Coulter had "diminished herself and her message," and said he would have preferred "to have heard Ann expose and dissect the radical agenda of Senator Edwards instead of restoring to cheap name calling."<ref>[http://www.christiannewswire.com/news/340052384.html Ann Coulter's Use of [slur] in Describing Senator Edwards Denounced by Christian Defense Coalition</ref>

A coalition of conservative bloggers petitioned CPAC not to extend further speaking invitations to Coulter, saying it was time to "make a stand for political civility," "draws attention to herself, rather than placing the spotlight on conservative ideas," and suggesting that "the Age of Ann has passed."<ref>[http://www.theamericanmind.com/2007/03/05/an-open-letter-to-cpac-sponsors-and-organizers-regarding-ann-coulter/ An Open Letter to CPAC Sponsors and Organizers Regarding Ann Coulter], ''The American Mind'' website</ref> Following the incident, Verizon, Sallie Mae and NetBank were reported as saying they want their ads removed from Ann Coulter's website.[http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/03/05/coulter.ads/index.html]

In response to the criticism, Coulter said "C'mon, it was a joke. I would never insult gays by suggesting that they are like John Edwards. That would be mean."<ref>New York Times, as cited in CNN story[http://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/03/04/coulter.edwards/]</ref> In a March 5th interview on ''Hannity & Colmes,'' an unapologetic Coulter stated that the word "isn't offensive to gays. It has nothing to do with gays. It's a schoolyard taunt, meaning wuss."<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,256949,00.html Ann Coulter Defends Edwards Comments], Fox News, March 6, 2007]</ref>

==Notes and references==
<references/>

Liberal

2007-03-08T01:08:19Z

Redskins223:

The term “liberal” was first used in reference to a political opinion c. 1801 A.D., in the aftermath of the French Revolution, when it meant "tending in favor of freedom and democracy"—at that time the liberal party was the party of individual political freedoms. <ref>Etymology [http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=liberal]</ref>

"Liberal" today means the disfavoring of individual responsibility in favor of collectivism or egalitarianism. Liberals tend to prefer equality in result rather than increased opportunities that can result in unequal results.

The term "liberal" is used often in the United States, Canada and Great Britain. Examples of liberal beliefs include:

* gun control
* taxpayer funding of abortion
* prohibiting prayer in school
* distributing wealth from the rich to the poor
* government programs to rehabilitate criminals
* same-sex marriage
* amnesty for illegal aliens
* teaching of evolution
* increased taxpayer funding of public school
* protection of endangered species
* foreign treaties, especially for disarmament
* taxpayer-funded rather than private medical care
* increased power for labor unions
* negotiating with terrorists, believing they can be reasoned with
* teaching school kids anti-Christian principles (i.e. evolution)
* subversion of American culture in the name of "multi-culturalism" (i.e. Mexican language education, "anchor babies" that Mexicans use in great numbers, saying "Happy Holidays" to not offend Jews/Islamics/athiests/Hindus, allowing Arabians to build mosques)
* allowing media to be unregulated, which some parents believe hurts the morality of our children and teaches them to do drugs, join gangs, and have sex

Liberals typically align themselves with the Democratic Party in the United States, and the Labour Party in Great Britain.<ref>http://www.labour.org.uk/home</ref>

An alternative definition of liberal is anything that is not conservative. For example, the American Heritage Dictionary includes this definition of "liberal":<ref>Dictionary.com http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/liberal</ref>

:Not limited to or by established, traditional, orthodox, or authoritarian attitudes, views, or dogmas ...

==References==
<references/>

Ann Coulter

2007-03-08T00:49:27Z

Redskins223:

'''Ann Coulter''' (b. 1961) is a bestselling author of books that present conservative views in a polemical way.

Some of her books include ''Godless: The Church of Liberalism,'' ''Slander: Liberal Lies About the American Right,'' and ''Treason: Liberal Treachery from the Cold War to the War on Terrorism.'' Ann Coulter has earned a strong following among conservatives for what many believe is her patriotic stances against liberals, her hatred of all those who wish to hurt America, and her strong defense of family values against the homosexual agenda.

==Edwards controversy==
On Friday, March 2nd, 2007, speaking to the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), she said:
:I was going to have a few comments on the other Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards, but it turns out you have to go into rehab if you use the word '[slur for homosexual]'<ref>The American Heritage Dictionary lists two meanings for the word: "''Offensive Slang'' Used as a disparaging term for a homosexual man"[http://www.bartleby.com/61/11/F0011100.html] and a variant spelling of a word meaning "A bundle of twigs, sticks, or branches bound together"[http://www.bartleby.com/61/13/F0011300.html]</ref> so I'm - so, kind of at an impasse, can't really talk about Edwards."<ref>[http://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/03/04/coulter.edwards/ Coulter under fire for anti-gay slur], CNN, March 4, 2007</ref>

Amy Ridenour, president of one of the conservative groups funding the conference, commented:
:We conservatives have enough trouble overcoming the false things that are said about us without paying for a platform upon which we shoot ourselves annually in the foot."<ref>[http://www.nationalcenter.org/Z030507=ann-coulter-at-cpac.html Ann Coulter at CPAC], Amy Ridenour's comments at website of the National Center for Public Policy Research</ref>

Rev. Patrick Mahoney of The Christian Defense Coalition said "With so many pressing issues facing the American public, one should never resort to vicious name calling or personal attacks in an attempt to prove a political point," said Coulter had "diminished herself and her message," and said he would have preferred "to have heard Ann expose and dissect the radical agenda of Senator Edwards instead of restoring to cheap name calling."<ref>[http://www.christiannewswire.com/news/340052384.html Ann Coulter's Use of [slur] in Describing Senator Edwards Denounced by Christian Defense Coalition</ref>

A coalition of conservative bloggers petitioned CPAC not to extend further speaking invitations to Coulter, saying it was time to "make a stand for political civility," "draws attention to herself, rather than placing the spotlight on conservative ideas," and suggesting that "the Age of Ann has passed."<ref>[http://www.theamericanmind.com/2007/03/05/an-open-letter-to-cpac-sponsors-and-organizers-regarding-ann-coulter/ An Open Letter to CPAC Sponsors and Organizers Regarding Ann Coulter], ''The American Mind'' website</ref> Following the incident, Verizon, Sallie Mae and NetBank were reported as saying they want their ads removed from Ann Coulter's website.[http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/03/05/coulter.ads/index.html]

In response to the criticism, Coulter said "C'mon, it was a joke. I would never insult gays by suggesting that they are like John Edwards. That would be mean."<ref>New York Times, as cited in CNN story[http://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/03/04/coulter.edwards/]</ref> In a March 5th interview on ''Hannity & Colmes,'' an unapologetic Coulter stated that the word "isn't offensive to gays. It has nothing to do with gays. It's a schoolyard taunt, meaning wuss."<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,256949,00.html Ann Coulter Defends Edwards Comments], Fox News, March 6, 2007]</ref>

==Notes and references==
<references/>

Bill Clinton

2007-03-08T00:45:38Z

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'''Bill Clinton''' (full name: William Jefferson Clinton) served as the 42nd [[President of the United States of America]] from 1993-2001, following [[George H. W. Bush]] and preceding [[George W. Bush]]. His election is notable as he never won a majority of the popular vote, though he won more votes than any of his opponents, unlike his successor. He was impeached by the US Congress during his second term for lying to the American people. His term is also known for allowing a great increase in terrorism around the world, and presided for years while the Arabins plotted to attack the United States.

[[Image:billclinton.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Bill Clinton]]

Clinton won in 1992 with 43% of the popular vote, capitalizing on public discontent with a weak economy and public displeasure with President [[George H. W. Bush]]'s proposed tax increases, and Ross Perot, a popular third candidate. In his first two years in office, 1993 through 1994, Clinton failed at his massive attempt to "reform" health-care in the United States by some sort of government-backed universal health-care insurance, which many conservatives felt would result in effective government control of the health care system. His approach consisted of appointing a planning committee with secret members to reshape this important sector of the economy. The [[Association of American Physicians and Surgeons]] successfully sued to force disclosure of the committee members and ultimately to defeat the program.

Clinton also signed into law the [[Violence Against Women Act]], which opened the federal courts to claims of domestic disputes between men and women, which had always been handled under state rather than federal law. A key provision of this law was later ruled unconstitutional in [[United States v. Morrison]].<ref>http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/99-5.ZS.html</ref>

In 1994, voters expressed their high disapproval of Clinton by giving a landslide victory to Republicans in Congress, where Republicans won 49.9% of the popular vote (compared to the Democrat's 44%). This event was tagged the "Republican Revolution," in which Republicans promised America reforms including term limits, presidential line-item veto, and a balanced budget. That ended much of Clinton's power. He was reelected with 49.2% of the popular vote against a weak Republican candidate in 1996 ([[Robert Dole | Bob Dole]]) and a weaker "populist" candidate, [[H. Ross Perot]]. The re-election of Clinton despite the demonstrated preference of the electorate in 1994 for Republican candidates may well be due to the electorate's preference for a [[divided government]], in which the executive branch and the congress are representative of different parties, unlike the elections in 2002 or 2004. Clinton spent the remainder of his presidency combating scandals. A special prosecutor was named to investigate Clinton for allegations of impropriety in the Whitewater real-estate scandal, an investment of Clinton's in a failed real estate venture. Although nothing came out of this investigation, and it turned out that Clinton actually lost money on his investment, one of the results of the investigation was that the special prosecutor turned to investigating other Clinton activities, one of which (the [[Monica Lewinsky]] scandal) resulted in his impeachment. After a brief trial, the Senate acquitted all charges.

Under Clinton's presidency, the economy boomed, creating the largest ever budget surplus. <ref>http://archives.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/09/27/clinton.surplus/</ref>

Clinton also attempted to use the American military to kill [[Osama Bin Laden]] and [[Al Qaeda]], an action which was seen by some as an attempt to distract the nation from the [[Monica Lewinsky scandal]].

Bill Clinton's wife, [[Hillary_Rodham_Clinton|Hillary Clinton]], has long sought to become president herself. She used her position of influence to obtain the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate without opposition in 2000, and was elected in this safely Democratic state. Reelected in 2006, she is now running for president in 2008.

Most memorable quotes:

"I did not have sexual relations with that woman.... Ms. Lewinsky." 
"That depends on what your definition of 'is' is."

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'''Sources:''' <references/>

Jon Stewart

2007-03-08T00:42:14Z

Redskins223:

Jon Stewart is the well known host of the Daily Show. His show is well known for attacking the President and the war on Iraq.

Fox News Channel

2007-03-08T00:40:57Z

Redskins223:

Fox News was started in 1996 in response to the other cable news channels which all had obvious liberal biases. Because of this, Rupert Murdoch decided to start a real new channel which would tell the truth. Fox News claims to be "Fair & Balanced"<ref>Fair & Balanced[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,27906,00.html]</ref> a claim which it backs up by having shows like [[Hannity & Colmes]]. Fox News has enjoyed success over every other news channel.{{fact}} It has many people on it who work to spread truth such as Sean Hannity. Fox News tries to report the news in an unbiased manner and then allow the viewer to decide. <ref>We Report. You Decide.[http://img83.imageshack.us/my.php?image=foxiu1.jpg]</ref>.

Fox News has dominated the ratings of other cable news shows-many Fox News hosts believe this is because they show both sides of the issues and refuse to "pile on" George W. Bush or the Iraq War despite its popularity among liberal agents in the media. Frequently, Fox News will report on "good news" from Iraq, such as new schools being built and new roads being built-while putting the suicide bombings in context of the broader war on terrorism.

In 2005 the White House selected Tony Snow from Fox News to be the new White House press secretary.<ref>Tony Snow to be Named White House Press Secretary[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,193093,00.html]</ref>
==References==
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Jon Stewart

2007-03-08T00:37:31Z

Redskins223:

Jon Stewart is a well known host of the Daily Show.

Noah's Ark

2007-03-07T22:59:42Z

Redskins223:

According to the book of Genesis, The '''Ark''' or '''Noah's Ark''' was built by [[Noah]] on the directions of God so that His creation may be preserved following the [[Great Flood]].

The Ark was constructed with [[pitched]] [[gopher wood]] and had three stories divided into multiple rooms, a window, and a door.<ref>''Genesis'' 6:14, 6:16</ref> The dimensions were three hundred [[cubit | cubits]] long by fifty cubits wide by thirty cubits high.<ref>''Genesis'' 6:15</ref>

Noah was instructed by God to take aboard the Ark his wife, his three sons and their wives, male and female pairs of all the "unclean" kinds of creatures, seven each of the "clean" kinds, and enough food and supplies for everyone.<ref>''Genesis'' 6:18-7:3</ref> <ref>''Genesis'' 7:6, 7:11</ref>, God shut them all inside the Ark and started the Flood.

Many scholars believe that the Great Flood, which occured serveral thousand years ago, created natural wonders of the world such as the Grand Canyon. Other scientists believe that the Grand Canyon was formed over millions of years but that theory is unable to take into account the events of the Great Flood.

After forty days and forty nights of rain, the Ark was adrift for 150 days until finally the waters subsided.<ref>''Genesis'' 7:24-8:1</ref>The Ark came to rest somewhere in the mountains of Ararat.<ref>''Genesis'' 8:4</ref> This is believed to be in modern Turkey.

It took another forty days until the waters decreased so that Noah was able to open the window and send forth a raven and a dove to see if the earth was dry enough to exit.<ref>''Genesis'' 8:14-16</ref>

It is thought that a feature, known as the Ararat anomaly, could be the wreck of the Ark. A expedition to this anomaly was denied permission by the Turkish authorities in 2004.

==Controversy==
Atheist organizations do not believe that Noah's Ark existed and claim to have found problems in the Bible<ref>http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/faq-noahs-ark.html</ref>. However, these objections have been thoroughly rebutted several times, most notably by John Woodmorappe's "Noah's Ark: A Feasibility Study" <ref>http://www.rae.org/noah.html</ref>. Furthermore, even the critics of Noah's Ark admit that their objections do not come from the Bible.

==References==
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Noah's Ark

2007-03-07T22:57:40Z

Redskins223:

According to the book of Genesis, The '''Ark''' or '''Noah's Ark''' was built by [[Noah]] on the directions of God so that His creation may be preserved following the [[Great Flood]].

The Ark was constructed with [[pitched]] [[gopher wood]] and had three stories divided into multiple rooms, a window, and a door.<ref>''Genesis'' 6:14, 6:16</ref> The dimensions were three hundred [[cubit | cubits]] long by fifty cubits wide by thirty cubits high.<ref>''Genesis'' 6:15</ref>

Noah was instructed by God to take aboard the Ark his wife, his three sons and their wives, male and female pairs of all the "unclean" kinds of creatures, seven each of the "clean" kinds, and enough food and supplies for everyone.<ref>''Genesis'' 6:18-7:3</ref> <ref>''Genesis'' 7:6, 7:11</ref>, God shut them all inside the Ark and started the Flood.

Many scholars believe that the great flood, which occured serveral thousand years ago, created natural wonders of the world such as the Grand Canyon. Other scientists believe that the Grand Canyon was formed over millions of years but that theory is unable to take into account the events of the Great Flood.

After forty days and forty nights of rain, the Ark was adrift for 150 days until finally the waters subsided.<ref>''Genesis'' 7:24-8:1</ref>The Ark came to rest somewhere in the mountains of Ararat.<ref>''Genesis'' 8:4</ref> This is believed to be in modern Turkey.

It took another forty days until the waters decreased so that Noah was able to open the window and send forth a raven and a dove to see if the earth was dry enough to exit.<ref>''Genesis'' 8:14-16</ref>

It is thought that a feature, known as the Ararat anomaly, could be the wreck of the Ark. A expedition to this anomaly was denied permission by the Turkish authorities in 2004.

==Controversy==
Atheist organizations do not believe that Noah's Ark existed and claim to have found problems in the Bible<ref>http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/faq-noahs-ark.html</ref>. However, these objections have been thoroughly rebutted several times, most notably by John Woodmorappe's "Noah's Ark: A Feasibility Study" <ref>http://www.rae.org/noah.html</ref>. Furthermore, even the critics of Noah's Ark admit that their objections do not come from the Bible.

==References==
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