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There are? :eek: I may never get out of the van again in Texas! :D:p

Out of interest on my part ..... does the US freedom of speech allow inciting racial hatred, condoning atrocities in the name of their god, etc along these lines or are there restrictions?

Thats a better explaination than mine - well done :p :D

BBC News Jan 20 US federal agents have arrested more than 100 suspected mobsters in multiple investigations into New York's organised crime families. The majority of the arrests were made on Thursday morning throughout New York City, New Jersey and other areas in the north-eastern US, FBI...

If Jones was from another Country wanting to come to the US to spout off his extremist views, which in turn would undoubtedly cause trouble - would you let him in?

LOL and how have you come to that conclusion from that report? Does this not satisfy you? "The government opposes extremism in all its forms which is why we have excluded Pastor Terry Jones from the UK," a Home Office spokesperson said in a statement. "Numerous comments made by Pastor...

I know a few members enjoy watching Doctor Who, but after watching an interesting program the other night on PBS, I wondered how many other members enjoyed (or will admit to having enjoyed :p) a few other programs that are now buried in the Time Vaults ...... The Time Tunnel Lost in Space...

CNN Jan 20 London (CNN) -- Britain has denied entry to the Florida pastor who said last year that he was "praying about" whether to burn Qurans to protest the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. "The government opposes extremism in all its forms which is why we have excluded Pastor...

BBC Jan 19 A German man has admitted to smuggling live tarantulas into the US. Prosecutors said Sven Koppler of Wachtberg posted hundreds of spiders to buyers in the US and across the world, earning more than $295,000 (£184,548). Among the spiders he sold were Mexican red-kneed...

BBC News Jan 20 A US astronaut has lost his place on the next space shuttle mission next month, after falling off his bicycle. Tim Kopra was injured in a cycling accident at the weekend. His place as the lead spacewalker on the shuttle's flight will be taken by another astronaut...

BBC News Jan 20 The victim of a high-profile New York baby-snatching case has been reunited with her mother after solving the mystery of her abduction herself. Carlina White was abducted from a hospital in Harlem in August 1987, when she was just 19 days old. Raised as Nejdra Nance in...

BBC News Jan 20 There has been uproar in the Irish parliament after five ministers quit the cabinet inside two days, with a sixth expected to join them. It was confirmed overnight that four had tendered their resignations, joining Foreign Minister Micheal Martin, who stood down on Tuesday...

The Stanley Hotel Estes Park, Colorado Brief history: Completed in 1909 by Freelan Oscar Stanley (inventor of the Stanley Steamer automobile), this 138-guest room hotel in the Colorado Rockies is probably best known as the inspiration for Stephen King's book The Shining, which he wrote...

Independent Jan 19 Curry has become the latest in a bizarre line of alleged cures after it was claimed the dish could fend off the common cold 1. For centuries it was believed that Copper could cure anything from gallstones to rheumatism and even today copper bracelets are commonly worn to...

Mickey Mouse :p Here is the UK one :D Copyright law of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I think the copyright law in UK is 70 years after death.

BBC News The new James Bond book, written by thriller author Jeffery Deaver, will be called Carte Blanche. The title and cover were unveiled in Dubai where parts of the book are set. US writer Deaver said the novel - to be published in the UK on 26 May - posed "the looming question of...

Independent Jan 19 A mysterious visitor to Edgar Allan Poe's grave has failed to show up for the second year in a row. Fans of the writer waited all night at the Baltimore cemetery where Poe is buried. Four impostors came and went. At about 5am yesterday, the dozen Poe fans who were left...

BBC News Jan 19 Amoebas show primitive farming behaviour as they travel A species of amoeba - among the simplest life forms on Earth - has been seen "farming" the bacteria it eats. When the bacteria become scarce, the Dictyostelium discoideum slime mould gathers up into a "fruiting...

[/B] I can assure you that I NEVER, EVER snip an article to MY satisfaction, I try & post what I think will be of interest to EO Members. If the piece is too long I will copy a prargraph or two and then I will insert the page that I have been reading. As for my "liberal" opinion you...