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DUI Task Force Judge Faces DUI Charge
By Steven Hoffer - AOL NewsHis career has gone south, perhaps never to rise again. A Montana judge slated to serve on a DUI task force has been charged with DUI. Robert E. Lee -- not to be confused with the late Confederate army commander of the same name -- was allegedly driving under the influence of methadone, a synthetic narcotic used for pain relief and to prevent withdrawal from drug addiction. Lee was on his way to officiate a wedding at the Butte-Silver Bow County Courthouse on Nov. 13 when police officers found him sweating profusely and disoriented, according to reports. Police say they discovered a ...
Elton John in Us Weekly: Too Hot for an Arkansas Grocery
By Suzi Parker - Politics DailyArkansas has a way of making it onto the national stage -- and sometimes the publicity isn't very complimentary. The latest from Bill Clinton's home state: Harps grocery store in the small town of Mountain Home in northern Arkansas deemed a magazine story on gay singer Elton John to be obscene. The store placed gray "family shields" over copies of the Us Weekly magazine, which features the singer, his partner, and their new adopted baby. Printed on the shields were the words: "To protect our young shoppers." But the shields didn't stay up for long -- not after members of the Arkansas' GLBT ...
National Archives Digs Deep for New Civil War Exhibit
By Andrea Stone - AOL NewsWASHINGTON (April 27) -- There are no tattered wool uniforms or rusty rifle muskets in "Discovering the Civil War," a new exhibit opening Friday at the National Archives. But the paper relics that make up most of the display are in some ways much easier to grasp. Take the 1862 letter from seamstresses at the U.S. Arsenal in Philadelphia to the secretary of war. In it, they complain about losing work to a contractor who paid them half what the government did and note that many were sole wage earners because their husbands were away in the Army. ...
Obama Will Skip Alfalfa Club Dinner Saturday Night
By David Sessions - Politics DailyPresident Obama will not be making a repeat appearance at this year's Alfalfa Club dinner, an exclusive annual event famous for its speeches and jokes but always closed to the press, Politico reports. He attended for the first time last year, just a few days after his inauguration. White House officials did not explain why the president is skipping this year's dinner. The event began as a celebration of the Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's birthday in 1913, but has since opened its membership to blacks and women. The sitting president is usually asked to give brief remarks at the end of the ...
Excerpts of Barack Obama's Alfalfa Club Dinner Remarks
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyUpdate: From a pool report, McCain was also at the dinner, and spoke, but Palin apparently did not:(via email)Reports from inside the Alfalfa Club dinner are that Sen. McCain spoke, and there were several good-natured jokes lobbed at Gov. Palin, who was in attendance. Any regular readers of this page will tell you that I've had a real bug up my urethra over this Alfalfa Club Dinner. First, I wrote about its connection to Robert E. Lee, then about how nobody wanted to report it. Well, the White House has released excerpts of the president's remarks, and he does address the Lee issue, much as I ...
Who Cares That Alfalfa Dinner Honors Confederate General Robert E. Lee?
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyAs I reported yesterday, President Obama and Alaska Governor Sarah Palin will be speaking at the Alfalfa Dinner tomorrow night. The annual dinner is private, very exclusive, and is a chummy roast-a-thon among the elitest of elites. Here's the thing. Every news account from prior years included the fact that the dinner is in honor of Confederate General Robert E. Lee's birthday. This year, however, that information seems to have been omitted from whatever press releases were made. Since I began reporting this yesterday morning, the reference has turned up in a few places, but only in an offhand ...
Obama and Palin to Appear at Dinner Honoring Confederate General Robert E. Lee?
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyUpdate 3: Some great quotes from Alfalfa Club Dinner history: Sen. David Boren: "(Club) President (Alan) Simpson failed miserably ... to resolve the most pressing issue facing our club. He failed to assuage the powerful forces demanding that we admit women. But tonight I'm here to announce a Bush-type compromise. We will admit women ... posthumously."Pete Domenici: "My fellow Alfalfans, I have a secret weapon in our upcoming campaign. I'm blessed with the talent of ... whipping the electorate to a frenzy. Just like the singer Tom Jones, women often throw their panties at me when I speak. It ...
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