DAYTON, Ohio AP - Democrat Barack Obama batted away conservative criticism Friday over a comment he made about Americans' lack of foreign language skills. End

It is only natural that the Republicans would reject the idea of American youths getting a better education. One quick glance at those being recruited by the Republican war machine speaks volumes about their plans to control the world with uneducated whites and minorities who can't find jobs. Note how Bush and Bush Jr., a/k/a John McCain, did their best to kill the GI education bill. Putting money into education, health and welfare works against the single goal of the Republican Party.

FARGO, N.D. -- Barack Obama struggled Thursday to explain his plan to end the war in Iraq, calling a rare do-over news conference to insist that he was not softening his campaign pledge to withdraw all combat troops within 16 months of becoming president.

"That position has not changed. I have not equivocated on that position. I have not searched for maneuvering room with respect to that position," he said. – LAT

MILWAUKEE - After being laid off from her job as an events planner at an upscale resort, Jo Ann Bauer struggled financially.

She worked at several lower-paying jobs, relocated to a new city and even declared bankruptcy. Then in December, she finally accepted her parents' invitation to move into their home — at age 52. "I'm back living in the bedroom that I grew up in," she said.

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Democracy Took The Day Off by Bob Miller

FT. LAUDERDALE, FL - March 4, 2004 /Send2Press Newswire/ -- Author and Gospel singer Bob Miller, a registered Republican shocked his fellow song writers at their annual conference this week with his most unexpected political opinions. Miller said, "With the backbone of the Democratic Party, William Jefferson Clinton, out of the way and the Bush Storm Troopers in place, democracy took the day off. Then this war-for-profit crew moved forward with their plans as if world opinions were irrelevant."