http://www.threeriverspost.com Supporting the God Given Right to Consent Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:52:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Originally published in "The Life of Colonel David Crockett," by Edward Sylvester Ellis. One day in the House of Representatives a bill was taken up appropriating money for the benefit of a widow of a distinguished naval officer. Several beautiful speeches had been made in its support. The speaker was just ... http://www.threeriverspost.com/2008/04/23/288     Another Great T-Shirt   from intelligentdesign.  Appropriate for the election day today, no?  ShareThis http://www.threeriverspost.com/2008/04/22/287 I was sent this link along with some details about what went on behind closed doors during the closed Congresssional hearings last Friday -- only the 6th time in our nation's history -- which suggested Congress had a lot more to talk about than just protecting the telecoms from a ... http://www.threeriverspost.com/2008/03/17/286 ShareThis http://www.threeriverspost.com/2008/02/27/285 Diebold Accidentally Leaks Results Of 2008 Election Early A good joke on a very serious subject.ShareThis http://www.threeriverspost.com/2008/02/27/284 Above is a worthy discussion about the anti-consumer / pro big and connected business fraud that is anti-monopoly legislation with Ron Paul. While the video is some 25 years old, the content is perfectly valid today (if not also a testament to the consistency of Ron Paul since ... http://www.threeriverspost.com/2008/02/20/282 Late last year Gisele Bundchen made Bloomberg News (and the Financial newswire, generally) by rejecting dollars in favor of Euros and other currency for her modeling contracts. Then rapper JayZ became famous for featuring fingers flipping through the "bling" of stacks of Euros -- instead ... http://www.threeriverspost.com/2008/02/11/281 "Under a brisk flurry of questions during cross-examination by defense attorney Mark Rush, Mr. Rabickow said he never complained about the backlog, never discussed it with Dr. Wecht or Mr. Hollis, and saw Dr. Wecht in the office only when the former coroner "popped his head in" looking for Mr. ... http://www.threeriverspost.com/2008/02/11/280 I read with some humor David Caliguiri's Opinion 250 response to Chad Herman's comments in the Post Gazette from last week. (For those who don't know, the PG is running its Opinion 250 to encourage ideas about Pittsburgh's future at its 250th anniversary...) Caliguiri's intends to build on Herman's comments ... http://www.threeriverspost.com/2008/02/10/279 [Update 2-10-2008: Looks like we got picked up by the Post Gazette on this one!] I've been following the case so far, and as best I can tell -- Wecht appears pretty damned guilty of what he's accused. The defense appears to have the following as its rebuttal: So he bilked a few ... http://www.threeriverspost.com/2008/02/07/278