Diversification of GOP makes campaigning tricky With the first George Bush, GOP fissures began to develop.

As the Iraqi war was debated four weeks ago, there was a good dealof controversy about it within the conservative movement. "Paleos"warred with "neo-cons," libertarians seemed doubtful and socialconservatives split. Now that the war has been won, George W. Bush'sratings with conservatives and other groups have never been higher.But debate will begin again as the United States prepares tosupervise the rebuilding of the defeated country. Thus, here is ashort glossary of how conservatives divide up.

In the beginning, there was only one type of politicalconservatism. Prior to Dec. 7, 1941, it was the policy of nationalismor, as its detractors labeled it, isolationism. A …

OBJECTIVE FORCE WARRIOR

Advanced Technology Demonstration

"It is only by doing things others have not that one can advance."

LTG George S. Patton Jr.

The Objective Force Warrior Advanced Technology Demonstration (OFWATD), led by the U.S. Army Natick Soldier Center (NSC), is the Army's flagship science and technology (S&T) program charged with maturing and integrating technologies into a system-of-systems (SoS) and demonstrating a revolutionary capability for the individual soldier and small team. OFW is the primary S&T feeder to Land Warrior Block III Advanced Capability (LW-AC), the variant of Land Warrior that is scheduled to be fielded with the Future Combat Systems (FCS) …

Jets' Smith suspended 1 game for hit on Boldin

New York Jets safety Eric Smith was suspended for one game by the NFL on Monday for his helmet-to-helmet hit on Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Anquan Boldin.

Smith was also fined $50,000 by the league for what it called a flagrant violation of player safety rules. In a statement, the NFL said Boldin was in a defenseless position at the time contact was made.

Boldin was resting at home Monday, a day after being carted off the field following the scary collision in the Cardinals' 56-35 loss to the Jets at the Meadowlands.

Cardinals spokesman Mark Dalton said Boldin was fully mobile and was "resting comfortably at home" on Monday evening. The …

MP's activities

What does your Wells representative stand for?

A good question as we now have a little experience of our "new"Liberal Democrat MP - our Tessa.

Perhaps the strategy is:

Let's appear to support local issues by taking all the photoopportunities we can.

Let's appear to support local issues even when we should be inWestminster representing our constituency.

Let's support the No Moor Pylons campaign - especially now wehave access to Commons notepaper. Something the Conservatives havebeen supporting locally and at Westminster for some time.

Let's hold constituency "surgeries" and only reply to some of theletters that are received (see …

Myers likely `Pink Panther'

Mike Myers is in negotiations to star as Inspector JacquesClouseau in MGM's remake of "The Pink Panther."

The former Chicago improv star is known to be a longtime fan ofPeter Sellers, who as the clumsy inspector made famous the originalfilm franchise that started in 1963.

Although an offer had …

Saints RB Thomas on crutches after practice

METAIRIE, La. (AP) — Pierre Thomas hobbled into the Saints' locker room on crutches Thursday, keeping weight off his sprained left ankle and sounding perplexed about why his recovery is going so much slower than he'd hoped.

"I really don't know what's the whole problem. Everybody keeps saying it's a sprain or maybe a little tear there," Thomas said. "I don't know for sure if that's true. I'm hearing so many different stories. I don't know what to believe."

Thomas, the Saints' leading rusher in 2009, accounted for 280 total yards from scrimmage and one touchdown rushing in the Saints' first three games of this season. His injury occurred while he was being tackled late in the …

Hayward boosted BP's bottom line, but not safety

Two decades ago, Tony Hayward was a "turtle" _ one of a handful of young high fliers at BP earmarked for great things, named after the cartoon warriors, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

Fast-tracked through BP's heavy bureaucracy by the man he would succeed as CEO, John Browne, Hayward took the top job three years ago, promising to focus "like a laser" on safety and change the company's champagne culture. He was supposed to get BP back to basics, and for most of his tenure shareholders were happy with the results.

Then came the rig explosion that set off the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history, and several weeks in which Hayward …