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| Dave Marlett, Editor | theconservative@usa.net | Number 29 |
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| Dave Marlett, Editor | theconservative@usa.net | Number 29 |
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A U.S. congressman accused Attorney General Janet Reno of a range of illegalities, sexual improprieties and ties to the mob -- as well as treason -- on a national television news show Monday night.
Rep. James Traficant, D-Ohio, made the explosive charges on Fox News Channel's Hannity and Colmes program.
Accusing Reno of "treason" for her failure to appoint a special counsel to look into Chinagate charges, Traficant said he has "sworn affidavits" from unidentified sources claiming Reno has also had lesbian affairs, has frequented call girls and has engaged in substance abuse.
The fiery Ohio congressman told viewers that sources close to him "had videotaped evidence" of sexual improprieties as well as the testimony "of five police officers" who have "stopped Reno for substance abuse."
But Traficant was most adamant about his charges that Reno may have committed acts of treason against the United States.
"I'm accusing the attorney general of treason," he proclaimed. "She has set herself above the national security of this nation, and I'm going to attempt to get all the information out" to the general public. Traficant, who himself is under investigation by the FBI for alleged mob connections, denied that his charges were made to deflect attention from himself.
He also said the "entire Justice Department" has become little more than a vetting agency charged with concealing sensitive and potentially damaging information about alleged illegalities within the Clinton administration and, specifically, the department itself.
"I also want to know -- is Ms. Reno subject to blackmail over this information, and does [President] Clinton have this information?" Traficant said. "Did the FBI ever look into these charges? What do they know?"
The Ohio congressman said he believed that because of the charges he outlined and those contained in the affidavits he claimed to have, Reno has failed to conduct serious investigations into Chinese nuclear weapons theft, as well as a range of other Clinton administration scandals.
"She's too compromised," he said, adding that she had been "fast-tracked into her attorney general's position" to start with.
Traficant said Reno's alleged improprieties occurred while she was a Dade County (Miami, Fla.) state prosecutor and municipal judge.
[ WND ]
Ever since Al Gore announced he would ask Joseph Lieberman to be his running mate, the press has praised the pick, claiming the Jewish senator's moral impeccability would help separate the vice president from the scandals of the Clinton administration, but at least one rabbi says the Connecticut legislator's morality is far from Orthodox.
Rabbi Yehuda Levin, founder of the New York-based Jews for Morality, told NewsMax.com his community of Orthodox Jews is embarrassed by the portrayal of Lieberman as a model of their faith. He said that although Lieberman remembers the Sabbath by refusing to work, the senator appears to forget the Jewish Orthodox moral code the other six days of the week when at work.
"It's very ironic that the liberal media is spinning Joe Lieberman as 'Mr. Morality' because he made a few nice sound bites," said Levin. "But the question is, where's the kosher beef when it comes to morality?" Referring to Lieberman's voting record, Levin pointed out the senator shares Gore's support for abortion rights and voted against the partial-birth abortion ban. He also voted against a separate housing and platoon requirement for male and female recruits in basic training.
Speaking of Lieberman's pro-abortion stance, Levin said, "There's no way in the world that any Orthodox Jew could possibly support something so horrific."
Levin added that every Orthodox Jewish child knows that abortion is "akin to murder."
Lieberman promoted the homosexual agenda as well when he supported legislation prohibiting discrimination of gays in the workplace, a piece of legislation Levin believes is a step closer to a national homosexual rights bill. He also supported the National Endowment for the Arts, an organization Levin says supports anti-religious propaganda and pornography as art.
Referring to homosexuality, Levin said, "A moral wrong can't be the basis of a civil right."
Borrowing from Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, D-N.Y., who used the term "defining deviancy down" as a way to describe the nation's lack of social values, Levin called Lieberman's type of Orthodoxy "defining Orthodoxy down."
"It's like an affirmative action level of Orthodoxy, meaning (Lieberman) will walk to synagogue and be pictured in newspapers walking to synagogue on the Sabbath and not using the car, but (he) will go inside the legislative rotunda, and (he) will sign legislation to continue the full funding of the National Endowment for the Arts despite the fact that it was mocking Christianity," explained Levin.
But doesn't Lieberman vote like Cheney and Bush, as the media purports?
"Joe Lieberman does not vote anything with the moral consistency of a Cheney or even a Bush," said Levin.
How Lieberman Really Voted
Lieberman's voting records obtained by NewsMax.com support Levin's statement.
According to the leftist group Americans for Democratic Action, Lieberman's lifetime voting average is 74 percent. A "perfect liberal quotient," according to the ADA, would be 100 percent. Conversely, the American Conservative Union gave Lieberman a lifetime voting average of 20 percent. The ACU considers "good conservatives" to score 80 percent or better. These two scores hardly show Lieberman as a good conservative, and they don't indicate he votes along the lines of Cheney or Bush.
Levin told NewsMax.com he believes Gore's No. 1 reason for picking Lieberman is to separate himself from Clinton. The fact that Gore made history by picking the first Jewish running mate on a national ticket is simply a fringe benefit.
"It will make him (Gore) feel kosher morally with the so-called credentials of Senator Lieberman," Levin said. "He had to do something to show that he's not another 'Slick Willie,' and this is as dramatic as he can get to cloak himself in the garb of Orthodox respectability that is worn by Lieberman."
What about Hillary?
"I think it might prove to be very helpful for Hillary Clinton, but I don't think that Gore is worried right now about Hillary Clinton's race. I think he's floundering and worried about his own race," Levin responded. Commenting once again on the Orthodox Jewish community's concern about Lieberman, Levin said that he knows many who are embarrassed and saddened by the media's portrayal of Lieberman as an exemplary Orthodox Jew. Levin said voters need to ask whether Lieberman's voting record since the late 1980s has contributed to the moral climate in America. Levin said it has not.
"He has bought into the Clinton-Gore lowering of standards in America," Levin said.
"That's a problem for us, because millions of people throughout America who do not know what Orthodox Judaism is all about - when they learn of Mr. Lieberman's record, they're going to be offended, and it's going to reflect badly on my community that is trying so hard to raise our children to use their standard of values."
[ NewsMax Aug 9 ]
"In 1950, the tax burden on the typical American family was about 5 percent of their annual income. Today, the government burden on families is about 40 percent. Translation: If taxes had stayed at the 1950 level, millions of mothers could return to the full-time care of their homes and children with little or no reduction in family income.
And according to a series of recent studies and surveys, that's where most of them have decided they would prefer to be: at home, raising their children. Those institutions -- marriage, family, religion, schools -- that historically have preserved our social learning curves and served as bulwarks against moral degeneration, are under broad attack, and crumbling. It is not a priority of liberals to stop this assault." --Linda Bowles
"The AIDS crisis is the clearest example we could have of what will happen if we allow the general breakdown of sexual morality and sexual responsibility that is implied in the assault on the privileged position of heterosexual marriage. The attempt to establish same-sex marriage is only superficially about the particular issue of homosexuality. The deeper issue is whether we will defend or abandon the standards of human moral behavior which dictate the subordination of our passions to our reason. How much love are we showing for our children, for our community, for our fellow citizens, if we become complicit in planting the seeds of that same promiscuous lie in the hearts and souls of our children?" --Alan Keyes
A Top Secret memo from the man who was previously at the top of Al Gore's veep shortlist:
To: All staff, Los Alamos National Laboratory
From: Bill Richardson, Secretary of Energy
Dear staff members:
Due to an unfortunate overreaction by Congress to our minor difficulties in the security area, we're being forced to tighten up just a bit.
Effective Monday:
1. The brown paper bag in which we store the computer disk drives that contain the nation's nuclear secrets will no longer be left on the picnic table at the staff commissary during lunch hour. It will be stored in "the vault." I know this is an inconvenience to many of you, but it's a sad sign of the times.
2. The three-letter security code for accessing "the vault" will no longer be "B-O-B." To confuse would-be spies, that security code will be reversed. Please don't tell anybody.
3. Visiting scientists and graduate students from Libya, North Korea and mainland China will no longer be allowed to wander the hallways without proper identification. Beginning Monday, they will be required to wear a stick-on lapel tag that clearly states, "Hello, My Name Is . . ."
The stickers will be available at the front desk.
4. The computer network used for scientific calculations will no longer be hyperlinked via the Internet to such Web sites as www.moammar.com, www.swedechicks.com, or www.hackers-r-us.com. Links to all Disney sites will be maintained, however.
5. Researchers bearing a security clearance of Level 5 and higher will no longer be permitted to exchange updates on their work by posting advanced-physics formulas on the men's room walls.
6. On "Bowling Night," please check your briefcases and laptop computers at the front counter of the Bowl-a-Drome instead of leaving them in the cloakroom. Mr. Badonov, the front-counter supervisor, has promised to "keep un eye on zem" for us.
7. Staff members will no longer be allowed to take home small amounts of plutonium, iridium or uranium for use in those "little weekend projects around the house." That includes you parents who are helping the kids with their science fair projects.
8. Thermonuclear devices may no longer be checked out for "recreational use." We've not yet decided if exceptions will be made for Halloween, the Fourth of July or New Year's Eve. We'll keep you posted.
9. Employees may no longer "borrow" the AA batteries from the burglar alarm system to power their Game Boys and compact-disc players during working hours.
10. And, finally, when reporting for work each day, all employees must enter through the front door. Raoul, the janitor, will no longer admit employees who tap three times on the side door to avoid clocking in late.
I know this crackdown might seem punitive and oppressive to many of you, but it is our sworn duty to protect the valuable national secrets that have been entrusted to our care.
Remember: Security isn't a part-time job -- it's an imperative, all 37 1/2 hours of the week!
Sincerely, Bill
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