Sunday, January 31, 2010

Massachusetts: Delahunt Looks Like GOP's Next Target

At least five people are considering a run for the 10th Congressional District seat he has held since 1997.
The growing field includes three former and current state office holders – former State Treasurer Joe Malone of Scituate; state Sen. Robert Hedlund, R-Weymouth; and state Rep. Jeff Perry, R-Sandwich – as well as two political newcomers, Don Hussey of Hingham and Ray Kasperowicz of Cohasset.
Enterprise News

British Have Poor Opinion of Economy

How would you rate the economic conditions in the UK today?
  Jan. 2010
Aug. 2009
Very Good / Good
14%
6%
Poor / Very Poor
83%
90%
Not sure
2%
3%
Source: Angus Reid Public Opinion
Methodology: Online interviews with 2,004 British adults, conducted on Jan. 26 and Jan. 27, 2010. Margin of error is 2.2 per cent.

Americans Expect Gay Marriage to be Found Unconstitutional

As you may know, a U.S. District Court is reviewing the constitutional validity of California’s Proposition 8, which restored the definition of marriage in California as being between a man and a woman. It is expected that the case will eventually reach the U.S. Supreme Court, which may end up ruling about the validity of same-sex marriage at the federal level. If this case reaches the U.S. Supreme Court, what do you expect the outcome to be? If this case reaches the U.S. Supreme Court, what do you expect the outcome to be?
A ruling that defines marriage federally as between a man and a woman
52%
A ruling that defines marriage federally as between two people
28%
Not sure
19%
And, if this case reaches the U.S. Supreme Court, what would you prefer the outcome to be?
A ruling that defines marriage federally as between a man and a woman
58%
A ruling that defines marriage federally as between two people
34%
Not sure
8%
Source: Angus Reid Public Opinion
Methodology: Online interviews with 1,000 American adults, conducted on Jan. 12 and Jan. 13, 2010. Margin of error is 3.1 per cent.

North Carolina: Burr Has Large Leads Over Marshall, Cunningham

Survey of 500 Likely Voters in North Carolina
January 27, 2010
Election 2010: North Carolina Senate Race
Richard Burr (R)
47%
Elaine Marshall (D)
37%
Other
6%
Not sure
10%
Election 2010: North Carolina Senate Race
Richard Burr (R)
50%
Cal Cunningham (D)
34%
Other
5%
Not sure
11%

Source: Rasmussen Reports

Monday, January 25, 2010

Connecticut: Shays May Run Again

Congressman Chris Shays of ConnecticutImage via Wikipedia
Politico is reporting that Republican Christopher Shays may run again for his old congressional seat against Democrat Jim Himes. But is this kind of weak, half-conservative someone who will hire up the base like other candidates have? Probably not, but he may be enough to kick Himes out in a year when just not being a Democrat is a big advantage.






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Indiana: Pence Leads Bayh, Hostettler Trails by 3

Mike Pence, member of the United States House ...Image via Wikipedia
Survey of 800 Likely Voters
January 21 & 24, 2010
Election 2010: Indiana Senate
John Hostettler (R)
41%
Evan Bayh (D)
44%
Some other candidate
3%
Not sure
12%
Election 2010: Indiana Senate
Mike Pence (R)
47%
Evan Bayh (D)
44%
Some other candidate
3%
Not sure
7%
Election 2010: Indiana Senate
Marlin Stutzman (R)
33%
Evan Bayh (D)
45%
Some other candidate
5%
Not sure
16%

Source: Rasmussen Reports


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Friday, January 22, 2010

Indiana: Baron Hill in Trouble

A poll conducted just before Tuesday's vote in Massachusetts by USA Survey for the Web site firedoglake.com found that, in a head-to-head match-up, Mr. [Mike] Sodrel would beat Mr. [Baron] Hill 49% to 41%, with 10% of the voters undecided.
Wall Street Journal

Scott Brown's Win Helped by Union Member Revolt

Republican Scott Brown's victory in the Massachusetts Senate race was lifted by strong support from union households, in a sign of trouble for President Barack Obama and Democrats who are counting on union support in the 2010 midterm elections.
A poll conducted on behalf of the AFL-CIO found that 49% of Massachusetts union households supported Mr. Brown in Tuesday's voting, while 46% supported Democrat Martha Coakley. The poll conducted by Hart Research Associates surveyed 810 voters.
The finding, disclosed during an AFL-CIO conference call about the poll, represents a fresh problem for Democrats, who count on union leaders and union members as a pillar of the party's base.
Wall Street Journal

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Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Louisiana: Cao May Vote Against Health Care Bill This Time

Official photo of Representative Joseph Cao (R...Image via Wikipedia
The lone Republican who voted for the Democrats' health care reform bill in November won't support the final bill if it doesn't have the same abortion restrictions that passed in the House.
A spokeswoman for Rep. Anh "Joseph" Cao, Louisiana Republican, said Tuesday that the lawmaker is concerned the language in the final bill is going to be closer to what passed the Senate, which he doesn't support.
Washington Times
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Erroll Southers: Outta Here!!!

Erroll Southers, President Obama's pick to head the Transportation Security Administration, withdrew today, claiming his nomination had become a lightning rod for those with a political agenda.
The decision was a blow for a White House already under fire by critics for its handling of the attempted Christmas bombing of an American airline.

World Net Daily 

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Italy: Views on Immigrants

Do you agree or disagree with each of the following statements?
 
Agree
Disagree
Not sure
Immigrants who play a role in the economic life of a city, after a number of years, must have the right to vote in municipal elections
79.2%
15.4%
5.4%
All immigrants should take a course in Italian and civic values before being regularized
80.2%
18.5%
1.3%
Italian citizenship should be revoked if an immigrant is found to not share our values or commits crimes
76.9%
17.7%
5.4%
Source: Arnaldo Ferrari Nasi
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 800 Italian adults, conducted on Dec. 9 to Dec. 15, 2009. No margin of error was provided.
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Denmark: Social Democrats & Liberals Tied

Map of Denmark.Image via Wikipedia
What party would you support in the next general election?
 
Dec. 2009
Oct. 2009
Social Democracy in Denmark (SD)
24.3%
23.3%
Left, Liberal Party of Denmark (V)
24.1%
24.8%
Socialist People’s Party (SF)
18.4%
18.3%
Danish People’s Party (DF)
14.3%
14.6%
Conservative People’s Party (KF)
10.7%
11.0%
Radical Left-Social Liberal Party (RV)
4.3%
4.3%
Unity List-The Red Greens (EL)
2.4%
2.8%
New Alliance (NA)
1.0%
0.5%
Christian Democrats (KD)
0.4%
0.4%
Source: Megafon / TV2
Methodology: Interviews with 1,587 Dane adults, conducted from Dec. 22 and Dec. 23, 2009. Margin of error is 3 per cent.

 
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Australia: ALP Lead Shrinks

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 24:  Kevin Rudd...Image by Getty Images via Daylife
If a federal election to the House of Representatives were held today, which one of the following would you vote for? If "Uncommitted", to which one of these do you have a leaning?
  Jan. 17
Dec. 6
Nov. 29
Australian Labor Party
40%
43%
43%
Coalition (Liberal / National)
38%
38%
35%
Australian Greens
12%
11%
12%
Others
10%
8%
10%
Two-Party Preferred Vote
  Jan. 17
Dec. 6
Nov. 29
Australian Labor Party
54%
56%
57%
Coalition (Liberal / National)
46%
44%
43%
Source: Newspoll / The Australian
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,144 Australian voters, conducted from Jan. 15 to Jan. 17, 2010. Margin of error is 3 per cent.


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Rasmussen Says: GOP Generic Ballot Lead at 8

Date
Dem
GOP
01-17-10
37%
45%
01-10-10
36%
45%
01-03-10
35%
44%
12-27-09
38%
43%
12-20-09
36%
44%
12-13-09
37%
44%
12-06-09
39%
43%
11-29-09
37%
44%
11-22-09
37%
44%
11-15-09
38%
44%
11-08-09
37%
43%
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Louisiana: Melancon Losing to Vitter & Dardenne

Louisiana Senator David Vitter.Image via Wikipedia
Louisiana Survey of 500 Likely Voters
January 14, 2010
2010 Louisiana Senate Race
David Vitter (R)
53%
Charlie Melancon (D)
35%
Some Other Candidate
4%
Not Sure
8%
2010 Louisiana Senate Race
Jay Dardenne (R)
53%
Charlie Melancon (D)
31%
Some Other Candidate
6%
Not Sure
10%
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New York District 1: Tim Bishop Leads by Only 2 pts.


Likely Voters
Republicans
Democrats
Independents
Tim Bishop (D)
47%
19%
70%
36%
Randy Altschuler (R)
45%
74%
25%
61%
Undecided
8%
7%
5%
4%

FDL / Survey USA

Dallas: White Losing to Both Perry & Hutchison

But White believes he can overtake a GOP rival, and says some Republicans will help him do it. KERA's Shelley Kofler reports.

This week's Rasmussen poll shows Perry holding a 10-point lead over Hutchison.

But when pollsters asked likely Texas voters to choose between Republican frontrunners and Democratic contender Bill White, they found Perry more vulnerable. Perry leads White by 10 points. Hutchison leads White by 15 points.


KERA 


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Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Petty France Accuses US of 'Invading' Haiti

The French minister in charge of humanitarian relief called on the UN to "clarify" the American role amid claims the military build up was hampering aid efforts.
Alain Joyandet admitted he had been involved in a scuffle with a US commander in the airport's control tower over the flight plan for a French evacuation flight.
Telegraph

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Florida: 5 Cherokee County Politicians Switch to GOP in Last 60 days.

“I attribute it to what’s going on in Washington, D.C.,” Schoolcraft said of the exodus of Dems to the GOP. “East Texas has always been conservative. From what they (the people who switched parties) tell me, the Democratic Party went off and left them because of their liberal agenda. The Democratic Party isn’t a conservative party at all anymore.”

Jacksonville Progress

For Coakley, Ominous Sign

Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley ...Image via Wikipedia
Fourteen months ago, there was a buzz on Blue Hill Ave. and the streets that run off it like caterpillar legs. This is the heart of the biggest minority community in the state, and the energy generated by the prospect of Barack Obama becoming president was palpable.

Yesterday, I drove the length of Blue Hill Ave. and counted exactly two Martha Coakley signs. One of them was on a fence next to the Roxbury Energy Gas station, on the corner of Moreland Street. The sign wasn’t properly fastened. It flapped in the wind, revealing a “Mike Flaherty for Mayor’’ sign underneath.

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Massachusetts Senate Prediction

People's Seat beats Too Good To Shake Hands by 5.

Poland: Tusk Favored for President

45th Munich Security Conference 2009: Donald F...Image via Wikipedia
Which of these candidates would you vote for in a presidential election?
 
Jan. 2010
Dec. 2009
Nov. 2009
Donald Tusk
27%
27%
24%
Lech Kaczynski
16%
18%
16%
Andrzej Olechowski
10%
3%
5%
Marek Jurek
3%
2%
2%
Andrzej Lepper
2%
3%
2%
Waldemar Pawlak
2%
1%
3%
Tomasz Nalecz
1%
n.a
n.a
Grzegorz Napieraski
--
1%
1%
Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz
n.a.
13%
13%
Other / Not sure
39%
32%
34%
Source: GfK Polonia / Rzeczpospolita
Methodology: Interviews to 989 Polish adults, conducted from Jan. 7 to Jan. 12, 2010. Margin of error is 3 per cent.
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British, Canadians and Americans Happy With Their Haiti Response


BRI
CAN
USA
Doing too much
12%
7%
13%
Doing the right amount
46%
60%
52%
Has not done enough
13%
16%
13%
Not sure
29%
18%
21%
Source: Angus Reid Public Opinion
Methodology: Online interviews with 1,020 Canadian adults, 1,008 American adults, and 2,007 British adults, conducted from Jan. 14 to Jan. 17, 2010. Margins of error range from 2.2 per cent to 3.1 per cent.

Friday, January 15, 2010

Earl Pomeroy Rumored to be Retiring

Story at Campaign Spot.

Massachusetts: Bad Weather Expected on Election Day; Could Help Scott Brown

The SEIU purple shirts will start mooing and complaining about how cold it is, and it will take 8 workers to do the job of 1 person instead of the usual 4.
Democrats are generally lazy by nature, so if you add in bad weather, how many will want to leave their couch?


Forecast for Boston, Monday: "Snow likely in the morning . . . Then a chance of snow and rain in the afternoon. Light snow accumulation possible. Near steady temperature in the lower 30s. Chance of precipitation 70 percent."
Forecast for Boston, Tuesday: "Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 20s. Highs in the upper 30s . . . [In the evening] mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of snow showers. Lows in the lower 20s. Highs in the lower 30s."
Campaign Spot

Michigan: Democrats Scampering to Find Candidate for Governor

After eight years of disastrous governance, it is only fitting that Gov. Jennifer Granholm — whom Bill Ballenger, the sage of Michigan politics, calls the worst governor in state history — could not even competently launch the campaign of her anointed successor, Lt. Gov. John Cherry.
The Corner

Coakley: Devout Catholics Shouldn't Work in Emergency Room!

How can a Massachusetts Senate candidate possibly offend 39 percent of voters in her state? If it's Democrat Attorney General Martha Coakley, she would tell devout Catholics not to bother working in an emergency room (H/T Jim Hoft - Big Government).
Washington Times

Colorado: Jane Norton Leads Two Democrats by 12; Other Republicans Lead Too

Colorado Lt Governor Jane NortonImage via Wikipedia
Survey of 500 Likely Voters in CO
January 13, 2009
Election 2010: Colorado Senate Race
Jane Norton (R)
49%
Michael Bennet (D)
37%
Some other candidate
3%
Not sure
11%
Election 2010: Colorado Senate Race
Jane Norton (R)
47%
Andrew Romanoff (D)
35%
Other
5%
Not sure
14%
Election 2010: Colorado Senate Race
Tom Wiens (R)
44%
Andrew Romanoff (D)
39%
Other
4%
Not sure
14%
Election 2010: Colorado Senate Race
Tom Wiens (R)
44%
Michael Bennet (D)
38%
Some other candidate
4%
Not sure
14%
Election 2010: Colorado Senate Race
Ken Buck (R)
40%
Andrew Romanoff (D)
39%
Other
5%
Not sure
16%
Election 2010: Colorado Senate Race
Ken Buck (R)
43%
Michael Bennet (D)
38%
Some other candidate
4%
Not sure
15%
Source: Rasmussen Reports

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Monday, January 11, 2010

Portugal: Split on Gay Marriage; Oppose Gay Adoption

Do you favour or oppose same-sex marriage?
Favour
45.5%
Oppose
49.5%
Do you favour or oppose adoption by same-sex couples?
Favour
21.7%
Oppose
68.4%
Source: Eurosondagem / Expresso
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,030 Portuguese adults, conducted from Oct. 29 to Nov. 3, 2009. Margin of error is 3 per cent.
 
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Costa Ricans May Elect Chinchilla for President

gray chinchillaYo! I can lead!!! Image via Wikipedia
Which of these candidates would you vote for in the 2010 presidential election?
Laura Chinchilla (PLN)
36.7%
Otto Guevara (ML)
16.2%
Ottón Solís (PAC)
8.5%
Luis Fishman (PUSC)
2.2%
Óscar López (PASE)
0.6%
Rolando Araya (AP)
0.5%
Source: Borge & Asociados / Diario Extra
Methodology: Interviews with 1,200 Costa Rican adults, conducted from Nov. 31 to Dec. 14, 2009. Margin of error is 2.8 per cent.
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France: Little Confidence in Sarkozy or Fillon

This image shows Nicolas Sarkozy who is presid...Image via Wikipedia
Do you have confidence in president Nicolas Sarkozy to face France’s problems?

Jan. 2010

Dec. 2009

Oct. 2009

Confidence

32%

34%

39%

No confidence

63%

63%

57%

Do you have confidence in prime minister François Fillon to face France’s problems?

 

Jan. 2010

Dec. 2009

Oct. 2009

Confidence

37%

36%

38%

No confidence

56%

59%

55%

Source: TNS-Sofres / Le Figaro Magazine
Methodology: Face-to-face interviews with 1,000 French adults, conducted on Jan. 4 to Jan. 5, 2010. No margin of error was provided.
 

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Friday, January 8, 2010

Would it be better to retake the senate or to come up short in 2010?

Official portrait of Tom Coburn, U.S. Senator.Image via Wikipedia
In 1994 the GOP won both the House and Senate and Dick Morris promptly got Bill Clinton to triangulate. A similar win this year would open up a similar possibility for Obama. Even without the triangulation, his minions in the media could blame everything bad that happens on the potential Republican Congress, giving Obama an opportunity to win reelection in 2012. So what would be the best outcome? I would say the Republicans getting to about 47 or 49. Don't wish for 50, because a phony "Blue Dog" might use the opportunity to switch parties.

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Kentucky: Republicans Likely to Hold on to Senate Seat

Official photo of Kentucky Secretary of State ...Trey Grayson. Image via Wikipedia
Kentucky Survey of 500 Likely Voters
January 6, 2010
2010 Kentucky Senate Race
Trey Grayson (R)
44%
Daniel Mongiardo (D)
37%
Some Other Candidate
8%
Not Sure
11%
2010 Kentucky Senate Race
Rand Paul (R)
49%
Daniel Mongiardo (D)
35%
Some Other Candidate
3%
Not Sure
13%
2010 Kentucky Senate Race
Trey Grayson (R)
45%
Jack Conway (D)
35%
Some Other Candidate
7%
Not Sure
12%
2010 Kentucky Senate Race
Rand Paul (R)
46%
Jack Conway (D)
38%
Some Other Candidate
4%
Not Sure

Rasmussen Reports


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Thursday, January 7, 2010

Pennsylvania: Gerlach Ends Governor's Run; May Seek Reelection to Congress

Gerlach said in a statement that he was dropping out of the race for governor because he could not raise enough money for a bid. But when pressed for an answer about whether the Congressman might run for his seat again, Gerlach spokesman Kori Walter said four-term House Member was not ruling anything out at this point. 

Congressional Quarterly


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Pennsylvania: Barletta, Kanjorski Rematch?

Photo of w:Hazleton, Pennsylvania Mayor Lou Ba...Lou Barletta. Image via Wikipedia
The leading contender for the Republican nomination is Hazleton Mayor Lou Barletta, who entered the race Dec. 9 to pursue a rematch of the 2008 race that Kanjorski won by just 3 percentage points. The incumbent ran well behind Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama , who won by 15 points in the typically Democratic-leaning northeastern Pennsylvania district that includes Scranton and Wilkes-Barre.
Congressional Quarterly

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Iowa: Branstad Is Officially In!

Cedar County fundraiserImage by IowaPolitics.com via Flickr
Former Gov. Terry Branstad officially entered the race for the Republican nomination for governor today, announcing via Twitter he will tour the state beginning Jan. 19 in Des Moines.

Branstad, a Boone Republican who served four four-year terms as governor from 1983-99, will continue his announcement tour through Jan. 22, according to a message posted at www.twitter.com/GovBranstad2010.

WCF Courier


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Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Democrat Panic: Colorado Governor Ritter Quits Too

Colorado Governor Bill Ritter speaks to all th...Image via Wikipedia
Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter (D) will not seek a second term this fall, according to Democratic sources briefed on his decision.

Ritter, elected in a landslide in 2006, had seen his political fate dip considerably in the intervening years, and faced an extremely difficult re-election race against former Rep. Scott McInnis (R) in November.
Washington Post

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North Dakota: Dorgan Quits!

WASHINGTON - MARCH 10:  Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N...Image by Getty Images via Daylife
This is now favored to be another pickup for the Republicans in this year's elections even without Governor Hoeven. What was just recently unthinkable keeps getting closer to a real possibility: The GOP could gain the 11 seats it needs to regain the Senate for the American people. In 1980, the Republicans picked up 12 seats, so it is not unprecedented in modern times.

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7. Luxembourg (90)
8. Ireland (90)
9. Iceland (90)
10. Hong Kong (90)
11. Germany (90)
12. Finland (90)
13. Denmark (90)
14. Canada (90)
15. Austria (90)
16. United States (85)
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18. Chile (85)
19. Japan (80)
20. France (80)
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22. Cyprus (80)
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The Gettysburg Address

"Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.

Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting-place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.

But in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead who struggled here have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living rather to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us--that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion--that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain, that this nation under God shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth."

-- Abraham Lincoln
November 19, 1863

List of the Enumerated Powers of Congress

Section 8: The Congress shall have power To lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defence and general welfare of the United States; but all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;

To borrow money on the credit of the United States;

To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes;

To establish a uniform rule of naturalization, and uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies throughout the United States;

To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and measures;

To provide for the punishment of counterfeiting the securities and current coin of the United States;

To establish post offices and post roads;

To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries;

To constitute tribunals inferior to the Supreme Court;

To define and punish piracies and felonies committed on the high seas, and offenses against the law of nations;

To declare war, grant letters of marque and reprisal, and make rules concerning captures on land and water;

To raise and support armies, but no appropriation of money to that use shall be for a longer term than two years;

To provide and maintain a navy;

To make rules for the government and regulation of the land and naval forces;

To provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the union, suppress insurrections and repel invasions;

To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the militia, and for governing such part of them as may be employed in the service of the United States, reserving to the states respectively, the appointment of the officers, and the authority of training the militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress;

To exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten miles square) as may, by cession of particular states, and the acceptance of Congress, become the seat of the government of the United States, and to exercise like authority over all places purchased by the consent of the legislature of the state in which the same shall be, for the erection of forts, magazines, arsenals, dockyards, and other needful buildings;—And

To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the government of the United States, or in any department or officer thereof.

A List of American Third Parties

* America First Party (2002) * American Party (1968) * America's Independent Party (2008) * Boston Tea Party (2006) * Communist Party of the United States of America (1919) * Constitution Party (1992) * Florida Whig Party (2006) * Green Party (1996) * Independence Party of America (2007) * Libertarian Party (1971) * Moderate Party (2006) * Modern Whig Party (2008) * National Socialist Movement (1959) * New American Independent Party (2004) * Objectivist Party (2008) * Party for Socialism and Liberation (2004) * Peace and Freedom Party (1967) * Pirate Party of the United States (2006) * Progressive Labor Party (1961) * Prohibition Party (1869) * Reform Party of the United States of America (1995) * Socialist Party USA (1973) * Socialist Workers Party (1938) * United States Marijuana Party (2002) * Unity Party of America (2004) * Workers Party (2003) * Working Families Party (1998) Source: Wikipedia

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Speakers of the House

1st Frederick A.C. Muhlenberg, Pennsylvania, Apr 01, 1789

2nd Jonathan Trumbull, Connecticut, Oct 24, 1791

3rd Frederick A.C. Muhlenberg, Pennsylvania, Dec 02, 1793

4th, 5th Jonathan Dayton, New Jersey, Dec 07, 1795

6th Theodore Sedgwick, Massachusetts, Dec 02, 1799

7th-9th Nathaniel Macon, North Carolina, Dec 07, 1801

10th, 11th Joseph B. Varnum, Massachusetts, Oct 26, 1807

12th, 13th Henry Clay, Kentucky, Nov 04, 1811

13th Langdon Cheves, South Carolina, Jan 19, 1814

14th-16th Henry Clay, Kentucky, Dec 04, 1815

16th John W. Taylor, New York, Nov 15, 1820

17th Philip P. Barbour, Virginia, Dec 04, 1821

18th Henry Clay, Kentucky, Dec 01, 1823

19th John W. Taylor, New York, Dec 05, 1825

20th-22nd Andrew Stevenson, Virginia, Dec 03, 1827

23rd John Bell, Tennessee, Jun 02, 1834

24th, 25th James K. Polk, Tennessee, Dec 07, 1835

26th Robert M.T. Hunter, Virginia, Dec 16, 1839

27th John White, Kentucky, May 31, 1841

28th John W. Jones, Virginia, Dec 04, 1843

29th John W. Davis, Indiana, Dec 01, 1845

30th Robert C. Winthrop, Massachusetts, Dec 06, 1847

31st Howell Cobb, Georgia, Dec 22, 1849

32nd, 33rd Linn Boyd, Kentucky, Dec 01, 1851

34th Nathaniel P. Banks, Massachusetts, Feb 02, 1856

35th James L. Orr, South Carolina, Dec 07, 1857

36th William Pennington, New Jersey, Feb 01, 1860

37th Galusha A. Grow, Pennsylvania, Jul 04, 1861

38th-40th Schuyler Colfax, Indiana, Dec 07, 1863

40th Theodore M. Pomeroy,New York, Mar 03, 1869

41st-43rd James G. Blaine, Maine, Mar 04, 1869

44th Michael C. Kerr, Indiana, Dec 06, 1875

44th-46th Samuel J. Randall, Pennsylvania, Dec 04, 1876

47th J. Warren Keifer, Ohio, Dec 05, 1881

48th-50th John G. Carlisle, Kentucky, Dec 03, 1883

51st Thomas B. Reed, Maine, Dec 02, 1889

52nd, 53rd Charles F. Crisp, Georgia, Dec 08, 1891

54th, 55th Thomas B. Reed, Maine, Dec 02, 1895

56th, 57th David B. Henderson, Iowa, Dec 04, 1899

58th-61st Joseph G. Cannon, Illinois, Nov 09, 1903

62nd-65th James Beauchamp Clark, Missouri, Apr 04, 1911

66th-68th Frederick H. Gillett, Massachusetts, May 19, 1919

69th-71st Nicholas Longworth, Ohio, Dec 07, 1925

72nd John N. Garner, Texas, Dec 07, 1931

73rd Henry T. Rainey, Illinois, Mar 09, 1933

74th Joseph W. Byrns, Tennessee, Jan 03, 1935

74th-76th William B. Bankhead, Alabama, Jun 04, 1936

76th-79th Sam Rayburn, Texas, Sep 16, 1940

80th Joseph W. Martin, Jr., Massachusetts, Jan 03, 1947

81st, 82nd Sam Rayburn, Texas, Jan 03, 1949

83rd Joseph W. Martin, Jr., Massachusetts, Jan 03, 1953

84th-87th Sam Rayburn, Texas, Jan 05, 1955

87th-91st John W. McCormack, Massachusetts, Jan 10, 1962

92nd-94th Carl B. Albert, Oklahoma, Jan 21, 1971

95th-99th Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr., Massachusetts, Jan 04, 1977

100th, 101st James C. Wright, Jr., Texas, Jan 06, 1987

101st-103rd Thomas S. Foley, Washington, Jun 06, 1989

104th, 105th Newt Gingrich, Georgia, Jan 04, 1995

106th-109th J. Dennis Hastert, Illinois, Jan 06, 1999

110th, 111th Nancy Pelosi, California, Jan 04, 2007

112th, 113th, 114th John Boehner, Ohio, Jan, 2011

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The Interested American Ranking of the Presidents of the United States of America

Abraham Lincoln
Ronald Reagan
James Madison
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
John Adams
James K. Polk
William McKinley
Calvin Coolidge
William Taft
George W. Bush
Theodore Roosevelt
James Monroe
Andrew Jackson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Harry S. Truman
Benjamin Harrison
John F. Kennedy

Zachary Taylor
Benjamin Harrison
Ulysses Grant
Grover Cleveland
Chester Arthur
Martin Van Buren
John Tyler
William Henry Harrison

George HW Bush
John Q. Adams
Gerald Ford
Millard Fillmore
Franklin Pierce
Rutherford B. Hayes
Warren Harding
Andrew Johnson
James Buchanan
Herbert Hoover
Bill Clinton
Richard Nixon
Franklin D. Roosevelt
James Carter
Woodrow Wilson
Barack Hussein Obama
Lyndon Baines Johnson


45 Goals of the Communist Party (1963)

  • 01. U.S. acceptance of coexistence as the only alternative to atomic war.
  • 02. U.S. willingness to capitulate in preference to engaging in atomic war.
  • 03. Develop the illustion that total disarmament by the United States would be a demonstration of moral strength.
  • 04. Permit free trade between all nations regardless of Communist affiliation and regardless of whether or not items could be used for war.
  • 05. Extension of long-term loans to Russia and Soviet satellites.
  • 06. Provide American aid to all nations regardless of Communist domination.
  • 07. Grant recognition of Red China. Admission of Red China to the U.N.
  • 08. Set up East and West Germany as separate states in spite of Khrushchev's promise in 1955 to settle the German question by free elections under the supervision of the U.N.
  • 09. Prolong the conferences to ban atomic tests because the United States has agreed to suspend tests as long as negotiations are in progress.
  • 10. Allow all Soviet satellites individual representation in the U.N.
  • 11. Promote the U.N. as the only hope for mankind. If its charter is rewritten, demand that it be set up as a one-world government with its own independent armed forces. (Some Communist leaders believe the world can be taken over as easily by the U.N. as by Moscow. Sometimes these two centers compete with each other as they are now doing in the Congo.)
  • 12. Resist any attempt to outlaw the Communist Party.
  • 13. Do away with all loyalty oaths.
  • 14. Continue giving Russia access to the U.S. Patent Office.
  • 15. Capture one or both of the political parties in the United States.
  • 16. Use technical decisions of the courts to weaken basic American institutions by claiming their activities violate civil rights.
  • 17. Get control of the schools. Use them as transmission belts for socialism and current Communist propaganda. Soften the curriculum. Get control of teachers' associations. Put the party line in textbooks.
  • 18. Gain control of all student newspapers.
  • 19. Use student riots to foment public protests against programs or organizations which are under Communist attack.
  • 20. Infiltrate the press. Get control of book-review assignments, editorial writing, policymaking positions.
  • 21. Gain control of key positions in radio, TV, and motion pictures.
  • 22. Continue discrediting American culture by degrading all forms of artistic expression. An American Communist cell was told to "eliminate all good sculpture from parks and buildings, substitute shapeless, awkward and meaningless forms."
  • 23. Control art critics and directors of art museums. "Our plan is to promote ugliness, repulsive, meaningless art."
  • 24. Eliminate all laws governing obscenity by calling them "censorship" and a violation of free speech and free press.
  • 25. Break down cultural standards of morality by promoting pornography and obscenity in books, magazines, motion pictures, radio, and TV.
  • 26. Present homosexuality, degeneracy and promiscuity as "normal, natural, healthy."
  • 27. Infiltrate the churches and replace revealed religion with "social" religion. Discredit the Bible and emphasize the need for intellectual maturity which does not need a "religious crutch."
  • 28. Eliminate prayer or any phase of religious expression in the schools on the ground that it violates the principle of "separation of church and state."
  • 29. Discredit the American Constitution by calling it inadequate, old-fashioned, out of step with modern needs, a hindrance to cooperation between nations on a worldwide basis.
  • 30. Discredit the American Founding Fathers. Present them as selfish aristocrats who had no concern for the "common man."
  • 31. Belittle all forms of American culture and discourage the teaching of American history on the ground that it was only a minor part of the "big picture." Give more emphasis to Russian history since the Communists took over.
  • 32. Support any socialist movement to give centralized control over any part of the culture--education, social agencies, welfare programs, mental health clinics, etc.
  • 33. Eliminate all laws or procedures which interfere with the operation of the Communist apparatus.
  • 34. Eliminate the House Committee on Un-American Activities.
  • 35. Discredit and eventually dismantle the FBI.
  • 36. Infiltrate and gain control of more unions.
  • 37. Infiltrate and gain control of big business.
  • 38. Transfer some of the powers of arrest from the police to social agencies. Treat all behavioral problems as psychiatric disorders which no one but psychiatrists can understand [or treat].
  • 39. Dominate the psychiatric profession and use mental health laws as a means of gaining coercive control over those who oppose Communist goals.
  • 40. Discredit the family as an institution. Encourage promiscuity and easy divorce.
  • 41. Emphasize the need to raise children away from the negative influence of parents. Attribute prejudices, mental blocks and retarding of children to suppressive influence of parents.
  • 42. Create the impression that violence and insurrection are legitimate aspects of the American tradition; that students and special-interest groups should rise up and use ["]united force["] to solve economic, political or social problems.
  • 43. Overthrow all colonial governments before native populations are ready for self-government.
  • 44. Internationalize the Panama Canal.
  • 45. Repeal the Connally reservation so the United States cannot prevent the World Court from seizing jurisdiction [over domestic problems. Give the World Court jurisdiction] over nations and individuals alike.

List of All United States Supreme Court Justices

Jay, John (1789-1795)
Rutledge, John (1789-1791), (1795)
Cushing, William (1789-1810)
Wilson, James (1789-1798)
Blair, John Jr. (1789-1795)
Iredell, James (1790-1799)
Johnson, Thomas (1791-1793)
Paterson, William (1793-1806)
Chase, Samuel (1796-1811)
Ellsworth, Oliver (1796-1800)
Washington, Bushrod (1798-1829)
Moore, Alfred (1799-1804)
Marshall, John (1801-1835)
Johnson, William Jr. (1804-1834)
Livingston, Henry Brockholst (1806-1823)
Todd, Thomas (1807-1826)
Duvall, Gabriel (1811-1835)
Story, Joseph (1811-1845)
Thompson, Smith (1823-1843)
Trimble, Robert (1826-1828)
McLean, John (1829-1861)
Baldwin, Henry (1830-1844)
Wayne, James Moore (1835-1867)
Barbour, Philip Pendelton (1836-1841)
Taney, Roger Brooke (1836-1864)
Catron, John (1837-1865)
McKinley, John (1837-1852)
Daniel, Peter Vivian (1841-1860)
Nelson, Samuel (1845-1872)
Woodbury, Levi (1845-1851)
Grier, Robert Cooper (1846-1870)
Curtis, Benjamin Robbins (1851-1857)
Campbell, John Archibald (1853-1861)
Clifford, Nathan (1858-1881)
Swayne, Noah Haynes (1862-1881)
Miller, Samuel Freeman (1862-1890)
Davis, David (1862-1877)
Field, Stephen Johnson (1863-1897)
Chase, Salmon Portland (1864-1873)
Strong, William (1870-1880)
Bradley, Joseph P. (1870-1892)
Hunt, Ward (1872-1882)
Waite, Morrison Remick (1874-1888)
Harlan, John Marshall (1877-1911)
Woods, William Burnham (1880-1887)
Matthews, Stanley (1881-1889)
Gray, Horace (1881-1902)
Blatchford, Samuel M. (1882-1893)
Lamar, Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus (1888-1893)
Fuller, Melville Weston (1888-1910)
Brewer, David Josiah (1889-1910)
Brown, Henry Billings (1890-1906)
Shiras, George Jr. (1892-1903)
Jackson, Howell Edmunds (1893-1895)
White, Edward Douglass (1894-1921)
Peckham, Rufus Wheeler (1895-1909)
McKenna, Joseph (1898-1925)
Holmes, Oliver Wendell Jr. (1902-1932)
Day, William Rufus (1903-1922)
Moody, William Henry (1906-1910)
Lurton, Horace Harmon (1909-1914)
Hughes, Charles Evans (1910-1916), (1930-1948)
Van Devanter, Willis (1910-1941)
Lamar, Joseph Rucker (1910-1916)
Pitney, Mahlon (1912-1922)
McReynolds, James Clark (1914-1946)
Brandeis, Louis Dembitz (1916-1941)
Clarke, John Hessin (1916-1922)
Taft, William Howard (1921-1930)
Sutherland, George (1922-1942)
Butler, Pierce (1922-1939)
Sanford, Edward Terry (1923-1930)
Stone, Harlan Fiske (1925-1946)
Roberts, Owen Josephus (1930-1945)
Cardozo, Benjamin Nathan (1932-1938)
Black, Hugo Lafayette (1937-1971)
Reed, Stanley Forman (1938-1980)
Frankfurter, Felix (1939-1965)
Douglas, William Orville (1939-1980)
Murphy, Frank (1940-1949)
Byrnes, James Francis (1941-1942)
Jackson, Robert Houghwout (1941-1954)
Rutledge, Wiley Blount (1943-1949)
Burton, Harold Hitz (1945-1964)
Vinson, Frederick Moore (1946-1953)
Clark, Tom C. (1949-1977)
Minton, Sherman (1949-1965)
Warren, Earl (1953-1974)
Harlan, John Marshall (1955-1971)
Brennan, William Joseph Jr. (1956-1997)
Whittaker, Charles Evans (1957-1965)
Stewart, Potter (1958-1985)
White, Byron Raymond (1962-2002)
Goldberg, Arthur Joseph (1962-1965)
Fortas, Abe (1965-1969)
Marshall, Thurgood (1967-1993)
Burger, Warren Earl (1969-1995)
Blackmun, Harry Andrew (1970-1999)
Powell, Lewis Franklin Jr. (1971-1998)
Rehnquist, William Hubbs (1971-2005)
Stevens, John Paul (1975-2010)
O`Connor, Sandra Day (1981-2005)
Scalia, Antonin (1986-present)
Kennedy, Anthony McLeod (1988-present)
Souter, David Hackett (1990-2009)
Thomas, Clarence (1991-present)
Ginsburg, Ruth Bader (1993-present)
Breyer, Stephen Gerald (1994-present)
Roberts, John Glover Jr. (2005-present)
Alito, Samuel A. Jr. (2006-present)
Sotomayor, Sonia (2009-present)
Elana Kagan (2010-present)

Ranking Countries by Economic Freedom

Hong Kong
Singapore
Australia
New Zealand
Ireland
Switzerland
Canada
United States
Denmark
Chile
United Kingdom
Mauritius
Bahrain
Luxembourg
The Netherlands
Estonia
Finland
Iceland
Japan
Macau
Sweden
Austria
Germany
Cyprus
Saint Lucia
Georgia
Botswana
Lithuania
Belgium
South Korea
El Salvador
Uruguay
Czech Republic
Slovakia
Spain
Norway
Armenia
Qatar
Barbados
Mexico
Kuwait
Oman
Israel
Peru
United Arab Emirates
The Bahamas
Malta
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Latvia
Hungary
Jordan
Albania
Costa Rica
Trinidad and Tobago
Macedonia
Jamaica
Colombia
Malaysia
Panama
Slovenia
Portugal
Romania
France
Saudi Arabia
Thailand
Turkey
Montenegro
Madagascar
Dominica
Poland
South Africa
Greece
Italy
Bulgaria
Uganda
Namibia
Cape Verde
Belize
Kyrgyz Republic
Paraguay
Kazakhstan
Guatemala
Samoa
Fiji
Dominican Republic
Ghana
Mongolia
Lebanon
Burkina Faso
Morocco
Croatia
Rwanda
Egypt
Tunisia
Azerbaijan
Tanzania
Nicaragua
Honduras
Zambia
Kenya
Swaziland
Bhutan
Serbia
Algeria
Nigeria
Cambodia
Vanuatu
Philippines
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Mozambique
Mali
Brazil
Indonesia
Benin
Gabon
Pakistan
Gambia
Senegal
Sri Lanka
Yemen
Malawi
Cote d'Ivoire
India
Moldova
Papua New Guinea
Tonga
Tajikistan
Niger
Nepal
Suriname
Cameroon
Mauritania
Guinea
Argentina
Ethiopia
Bangladesh
Laos
Djibouti
China
Haiti
Micronesia
Russia
Vietnam
Syria
Bolivia
Ecuador
Maldives
Sao Tome and Principe
Belarus
Equatorial Guinea
Central African Republic
Guyana
Angola
Lesotho
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Uzbekistan
Chad
Burundi
Togo
Ukraine
Liberia
Timor-Leste
Comoros
Kiribati
Guinea-Bissau
Iran
Republic of Congo
Solomon Islands
Turkmenistan
Democratic Republic of Congo
Libya
Venezuela
Burma
Eritrea
Cuba
Zimbabwe
North Korea

Not Indexed:
Afghanistan
Iraq
Liechtenstein
Sudan

Source: 2010 Index of Economic Freedom, The Heritage Foundation and The Wall Street Journal.


The Bill of Rights

Amendment I

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.



Amendment II

A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.



Amendment III

No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.



Amendment IV

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.



Amendment V

No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.



Amendment VI

In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defence.



Amendment VII

In Suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise re-examined in any Court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.



Amendment VIII

Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.



Amendment IX

The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.



Amendment X

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

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  • Arkansas
  • Florida
  • Georgia
  • Idaho
  • Indiana
  • Iowa
  • Kansas
  • Louisiana
  • Mississippi
  • Nebraska
  • Nevada
  • North Carolina
  • North Dakota
  • Oklahoma
  • South Carolina
  • South Dakota
  • Tennessee
  • Texas
  • Utah
  • Virginia
  • Wyoming

Top Conservative Colleges in America

Ave Maria University, CONS
Benedictine College, CONS
Brighham Young University, PR08, CONS,
Calvin College, USN06,
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Christendom College, YAF10, CONS,
College of the Ozarks, YAF10, PR08,
Evangel University, CONS
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Grove City College, YAF10, PR08, CONS,
Harding University, YAF10
Hampden-Sydney College, PR08,
Hillsdale College, YAF10, PR08, CONS
The King's College, YAF10, CONS,
Liberty University, YAF10, USN06, CONS,
Newberry College, CONS
Ohio Wesleyan University, EHOW
Patrick Henry College, YAF10, CONS,
Regent University, YAF10
Saint Vincent College, YAF10
Thomas Aquinas College, YAF10, CONS,
Thomas More College, YAF10
United States Airforce Academy, PR08
United States Coast Guard Academy, CONS
United States Merchant Marine Academy, PR08
United States Naval Academy, PR08
University of Dallas, PR08, CONS
Wheaton College, PR08
Wisconsin Lutheran College, YAF10

Sources:
CONS — Conservapedia
EHOW — eHow.com
PR08 — Princeton Review 2008.
YAF10 — Young America's Foundation 2009-2010.
USN06 — US News and World Report 2006.

The Worst Mass Murderers in History

1. Mao Tse Tung (China) Roughly 70 million murdered.
2. Josef Stalin (Soviet Union) Roughly 23 million murdered.
3. Adolf Hitler (Germany) Roughly 12 million murdered.
4. Ismail Enver (Turkey) Roughly 2.5 million murdered.
5. Pol Pot (Cambodia) Roughly 1.7 million murdered.

Hirohito (Japan)
Vladimir Lenin (Soviet Union)
Saddam Hussein (Iraq)
Ho Chi Minh (Vietnam)
Kim Il Sung (North Korea)
Ion Antonescu (Romania)
Fidel Castro (Cuba)
Che Guevara (Argentina)
Robespierre (France)
Idi Amin (Uganda)
Robert Mugabe (Zimbabwe)
Radovan Karadzic (Bosnia)
Francisco Franco (Spain)
Osama Bin Laden (Al-Qaeda)