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Hardball airs on MSNBC at 7p, 11p & 4a ET & 4p, 8p & 1a PT Find MSNBC on your TV http://www.msnbc.com/CableOperator.asp MSNBC also is on your XM satellite radio on channel 130 Never Argue Politics and Religion? Just try and stop us!...So says Chris kicking off our special report discussing the country you and I would like to live in... Jon Meacham of Newsweek tops the show along with Norman Lear, liberal activist and legendary TV producer/founder of "People for the American Way", an activist group fighting the "Justice Sunday" types...Lear's credits include many of your favorite '70's sitcoms including "All in the Family", "The Jeffersons" and "Sanford & Son" to name a few.. http://www.learcenter.org/html/about/?&cm=lear And speaking of "Justice Sunday" we'll speak with one of its participants, Chuck Colson (fmr. Nixon "special ops" guy turned Prison Ministries guy) and Rev. Albert Pennybacker who did not back "Justice Sunday" but did instead back a counter demonstration from the Left...The fight will be joined in our B/C blocks... In the back half Pat and Hilary Rosen duke it out over Frist, the Filibuster, Justice Sunday and Tom DeLay...It's a bunch of fun for sure... And finally we wrap up the show on the historic 25th anniversary of the botched "Desert One" mission, ordered by President Jimmy Carter in an effort to rescue our American hostages in Iran but ending in disaster, claiming the lives of eight U.S. servicemen...We'll chat with one of the planners of the mission, Ret. Admiral Stansfield Turner, fmr. CIA chief under Carter, John Palmer, fmr. NBC News reporter who broke the story and James Rosen, an American hostage in Tehran at the time... Dominic Bellone wrote compiled and edited the Hardball Briefing from Washington, DC A few stories of interest... Frist: Judges deserve 'respect, not retaliation'...Senate majority leader addresses conservative Christian rally (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7619805/ Capitol Hill Democrats stand firm....Lawmakers credit Rep. Pelosi, Sen. Reid (The Washington Post) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7622854/ Bush to air oil concerns with Saudi prince...President expected to press for price relief in ranch rendezvous (MSNBC) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7625020/ Vice President Dick Cheney met on Sunday with Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah ahead of the Saudi's talks Monday at President Bush's ranch, where oil prices, terrorism and democratic reforms in the Middle East will top the agenda. (AP) http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=544&ncid=703&e=6&u=/ap/20050425/ap_on_go_pr_wh/cheney Lobbyist financed DeLay airfare, papers show...Embattled lawmaker denies breaking House ethics rules (The Washington Post) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7613902/ Fund-Raising: Take It to the (West) Bank...Money meant for the inner city went to fight the intifada. What donors to Jack Abramoff's charity didn't know. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7615249/site/newsweek/ Pressure mounts on Iraqis to form government...Back-room wrangling delays Cabinet while violent attacks increase (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7629770/ Pope seeks 'bridges of friendship' with Muslims...Benedict jokes with Germans he was wary of papal 'guillotine' (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7630968/ Afghan arrested as heroin kingpin suspect...DEA says he smuggled hundreds of kilos from Afghanistan, Pakistan (MSNBC) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7630587/ Clinton backs Britain's Blair for re-election...Prime minister has been weakened by his Bush ties (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7629558/ Opinion/Editorial Novak: Outlook for Bolton nomination grim http://www.suntimes.com/output/novak/cst-edt-novak25.html Pat: Behind the rage at Benedict XVI http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=43966 Greeley: Pope's views swayed by '60s revolution that wasn't http://www.suntimes.com/output/greeley/cst-nws-greeley25.html Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/ ========================================= This e-mail is never sent unsolicited. You have received this The Hardball Briefing Newsletter newsletter because you subscribed to it or, someone forwarded it to you. To remove yourself from the list (or to add yourself to the list if this message was forwarded to you) simply go to http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7140407/, select unsubscribe, enter the email address receiving this message, and click the Go button. Microsoft Corporation - One Microsoft Way - Redmond, WA 98052 MSN PRIVACY STATEMENT http://privacy.msn.com <http://privacy.msn.com/>