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Housekeeping

• Disease, unwanted import
• Leprosy in America: New Cause for Concern
• Bedbugs Yet Another Problem Caused by Immigration
• Dobbs Report Links Leprosy and Immigration, But Numbers Don’t Hold Up
• U.S. sees increase in leprosy
• Number of U.S. Hansen’s Disease Cases by Year
• The Gods are Laughing

Political News

• The Amnesty Fraud
• Bush removes provision requiring back taxes from illegal immigrants
• Venezuela court orders troops to take TV station
• Venezuela TV station says troops seized equipment
• The Many Myths of Ethanol
• Heritage in Focus - Ethanol and Higher Gas Prices
  • Ben Lieberman talks rising gas prices and what effect ethanol has on that price.
• Fighting Climate Change, Gun Control and Income Tax Laws
• Year-long wait for skull surgery
• Will Fred Thompson Announce on Leno?

Bloglines

• Bumper music: No Originality by Luquid Cheese - Garage Band.com
• A GASOLINE PRICE GOUGING BILL — WHAT BULLSHIT
• HowStuffWorks - What Factors Determine the Price of Gasoline
  • From the website HowStuffWorks.com
• The Truth About Oil Prices
• Heritage in Focus - What to do about High Gas Prices?
  • Ben Lieberman talks about rising gas prices and what congress needs to do.

Gun Defense Stories

• Bumper Music by The Corby Yates Band - Back from Yesterday from Garageband.com
• Criminals should note new defense law
  • Rep. Mike Thompson - A Good Man
• March 3 Slaying Ruled Justifiable Homicide
• Man Shoots Pit Bull When It Tries To Attack
• North Miami puts the breaks on suspects’ getaway
• Ryan O’Neal Won’t Face Criminal Charges
• Run-in changes lawmaker’s stance
• Guns allowed on Utah campus
• Utah only state to allow guns at college
• S.C. considers allowing guns on campuses

This Week’s Reason for Homeschooling

• Bumper Music - Rich man, Poor man by Mr. Completely on Garageband.com
• U.S. spends average of $8,701 per pupil on education
• From the Center for Education Reform
  • AVERAGE PUBLIC SCHOOL PER PUPIL EXPENDITURE: $8,922
    AVERAGE PRIVATE SCHOOL TUITION: $4,689

    Elementary: $3,267
    Secondary: $6,053
    Combined: $6,779

    AVERAGE CATHOLIC SCHOOL TUITION: $3,236

    Elementary: $2,451
    Secondary: $4,845
    Combined: $6,780

• Academic Statistics on Homeschooling
• Hué to Go: Girl Wins National Geo Bee

The Church of Global Warming

• Bumper Sound Effects from Freesound.com
• The Faithful Heretic
• The Real Deal?

Operation: Hearts and Minds

• The Lost Heroes of the War on Terror

The Federal Government Diet Plan

• Death and Taxes - Your Visual Guide

My Favorite Democrat

• John Edwards
• Did ‘Junk Science’ Make John Edwards Rich?
• John Edwards‘ big ideas costly
• John Edwards tells Nutjobs He’ll Look into 9/11 Conspiracy Theory
• John Edwards - Protest the War this Memorial Day
• John Edwards and the bumper sticker war.

Election Watch

• Republican
• Democrat
• Head to Head
• John Edwards
• Mitt Romney

The closing music is She by Tenpenny Joke. Available at GarageBand.com