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Friday, May 25, 2007

News Good Morning, News!

Posted by Amy J. Ruiz on Fri, May 25 at 7:19 AM

Muqtada al-Sadr, the radical Shiite cleric who’s been in hiding for four months, called for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq.

Too bad al-Sadr doesn’t have a vote in Congress! Our reps passed a bill last night to continue funding the war, without setting a withdrawal timetable.

MySpace rats out Oregon sex offenders using the site.

Portland cops arrest three in connection with SE Portland car fires.

Record gas prices? What record gas prices? “AAA estimates 32.1 million people will travel by cars and trucks for the Memorial Day weekend, up 1.8 percent from last year.”

Enjoy the long weekend!

Comments

AAA's prediction is not surprising; they're trying to reassure people it's okay to go out and fill up your behemoth gas tanks to drive to the park for a picnic even though the liberals don't want you to, what with all this global warming nonsense.

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