"When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands
which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and
equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions
of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. We hold these
Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain
unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness--That to secure these Rights,
Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just Powers from the Consent of the Governed,
that whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive to these Ends, it is the Right of the People
to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such Principles and organizing
its Powers in such Form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness" . . .

http://suetheterrorists.net/
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Veterans Group Issues "Declaration of Impeachment" - 7/4/2005
St. Louis - A national veterans' organization today issued a "Declaration of Impeachment" and announced it is beginning an online petition to remove President Bush from office for crimes committed during the invasion and occupation of Iraq.

Using the same language as the original "Declaration of Independence," Veterans For Peace cited many of the same reasons to remove George Bush that Thomas Jefferson cited to separate from King George of England. And in a modern version of the signing of the Declaration, VFP announced the posting of its online impeachment petition...
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/070405B.shtml

http://www.veteransforpeace.org/
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Who Won The War ?
When GW Bush recently told the press, “I'm pleased with the progress” in Iraq, he wasn’t trying for laughs. He was telling the truth. The war against Iraq has been won—and won big—by backers who continue winning more every day. For profit-driven proponents of “perpetual war”, more destruction and chaos means more money can be scooped from wartime windfalls of unregulated cash...
http://www.willthomas.net/Convergence/Weekly/War.htm
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Top Egyptian Envoy in Iraq Executed by Captors - 7/8/2005
Baghdad - Al Qaeda's Iraq wing said Thursday that it had carried out "the verdict of God" and executed Egypt's top envoy to Baghdad, who was kidnapped from a street in the capital five days earlier...
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/070805Y.shtml
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Aid Diverted to Iraqi Torture Units
 British and American aid intended for Iraq's hard-pressed police service is being diverted to paramilitary commando units accused of widespread human rights abuses, including torture and extra-judicial killings, The Observer can reveal...
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/070305X.shtml
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War of Words between US and China over Unocal - 7/5/2005
Tensions heightened by bid to purchase Unocal.
Shanghai - The Chinese government on Monday sharply criticized the United States for threatening to erect barriers aimed at preventing the attempted takeover of the American oil company Unocal Corp. by one of China's three largest energy firms, CNOOC Ltd.
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/070505Z.shtml
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China Tells Congress To Back Off Businesses
Oil Firm's Takeover Offer Heightens Tension
Peter S. Goodman
Tuesday, July 5, 2005
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/04/AR2005070400877.html
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World Tribunal on Iraq Findings - 6/27/2005
The attack on Iraq is an attack on justice, on liberty, on our safety, on our future, on us all
 - The Jury of Conscience
Istanbul, 27 June, 2005 - With a Jury of Conscience from 10 different countries hearing the testimonies of 54 members of the Panel of Advocates who came from across the world, including Iraq, the United States and the United Kingdom, this global civil initiative came to an end with a press conference at the Hotel Armada where the chair of the Jury of Conscience, Arundathi Roy, announced the Jury's conclusions.

The Jury defined this war as one of the most unjust in history: 'The Bush and Blair administrations blatantly ignored the massive opposition to the war expressed by millions of people around the world. They embarked upon one of the most unjust, immoral, and cowardly wars in history...
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/062705A.shtml
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Homes may be 'taken' for private projects
The Associated Press
June 23, 2005
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8331097&&CM=EmailThis&CE=1

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that local governments
may seize people's homes and businesses - even against their will - for
private economic development...

Editor's note to the story above:  The http://excite.com/ survey on 6/27/2005, showed 92% of Americans to be against our Supreme Court on that decision and only 5% supporting them.  Since the Supreme Court is "Of The People, By The People And For The People" of America, those numbers should be the other way around !  The fact that they aren't should have EVERY American concerned.  Please think about that.
Sincerely,
[Rev. Neil Colton]
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Andrew Greeley | Church Silent on Abuse of Women
Why are there no Catholic sermons, no pastoral letters, no statements from the national hierarchy, no papal encyclicals about the abuse of women? Judging from the almost universal silence of Catholic clergy and hierarchy, there must be no serious sins of abuse of women. The clergy and hierarchy denounce serious sins, right?..
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/062405WA.shtml
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http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/
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FOCUS | Pentagon Steps Up Domestic Spying 
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/070605Y.shtml
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From Congressman John Conyers Jr. - 7/1/2005
Downing Street Minutes Town Hall Meeting and House Parties
Some of you may have noted that the Washington Post gave the Downing Street Minutes front page coverage in its Tuesday edition. By joining 560,000 others in signing the letter to the president, you are directly responsible for helping to raise the profile of this issue and force the mainstream media to cover it. We are still collecting more signatures for a second delivery to the White House. Click Here for the link to the letter.
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Feds Raid Congressman's Home 
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/070305Z.shtml
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Email Forward Of The Week !.
NOT A NEWS STORY... OR IS IT ?
 Get Busy - Get Involved !
1.   Go to this website (need acrobat) www.usmilitary.about.com/library/pdf/enlistment.pdf

 2.   Print copies of the DD Form 4/1 (it's what's used to enlist).

 3.   Walk through a large parking lot, looking for cars with Bush/Cheney bumper stickers.

 4.   Fold a copy of the form and put it under the windshield.
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The Daffodil Principle
Several times my daughter had telephoned to say, "Mother, you must come see the daffodils before they are over." I wanted to go, but it was a two-hour drive from Laguna to Lake Arrowhead. "I will come next Tuesday", I promised, a little reluctantly, on her third call. Next Tuesday dawned cold and rainy. Still, I had promised, and so I drove there.

When I finally walked into Carolyn's house and hugged and greeted my grandchildren, I said, "Forget the daffodils, Carolyn! The road is invisible in the clouds and fog, and there is nothing in the world except you and these children that I want to see bad enough to drive another inch!"

My daughter smiled calmly and said, "We drive in this all the time, Mother."
"Well, you won't get me back on the road until it clears, and then I'm heading for home!" I assured her.
"I was hoping you'd take me over to the garage to pick up my car."
"How far will we have to drive?"
"Just a few blocks," Carolyn said. "I'll drive. I'm used to this."
After several minutes, I had to ask, "Where are we going? This isn't the way to the garage!"
"We're going to my garage the long way," Carolyn smiled, "by way of the daffodils."
"Carolyn," I said sternly, "please turn around."

"It's all right, Mother, I promise. You will never forgive yourself if you miss this experience."
After about twenty minutes, we turned onto a small gravel road and I saw a small church. On the far side of the church, I saw a hand lettered sign that read, "Daffodil Garden."

We got out of the car and each took a child's hand, and I followed Carolyn down the path. Then, we turned a corner of the path, and I looked up and gasped.

Before me lay the most glorious sight. It looked as though someone had taken a great vat of gold and poured it down over the mountain peak and slopes. The flowers were planted in majestic, swirling patterns great ribbons and swaths of deep orange, white, lemon yellow, salmon pink, saffron, and butter yellow. Each different-colored variety was planted as a group so that it swirled and flowed like its own river with its own unique hue. There were five acres of flowers.

"But who has done this?" I asked Carolyn.

"It's just one woman," Carolyn answered "She lives on the property. That's her home." Carolyn pointed to a well kept A-frame house that looked small and modest in the midst of all that glory.

We walked up to the house. On the patio, we saw a poster.
"Answers to the Questions I Know You Are Asking" was the headline.

The first answer was a simple one. "50,000 bulbs," it read. The second answer was, "One at a time, by one woman. Two hands, two feet, and very little brain."
The third answer was, "Began in 1958." There it was, The Daffodil Principle.

For me, that moment was a life-changing experience. I thought of this woman whom I had never met, who, more than forty years before, had begun - one bulb at a time-to bring her vision of beauty and joy to an obscure mountaintop. Still, just planting one bulb at a time, year after year, had changed the world. This

unknown woman had forever changed the world in which she lived. She had created something of ineffable (indescribable) magnificence, beauty, and inspiration. The principle her daffodil garden taught is one of the greatest principles of celebration. That is, learning to move toward our goals and desires one step at a time -- often just one baby-step at a time -- and learning to love the doing, learning to use the accumulation of time. When we multiply tiny pieces of time with small increments of daily effort, we too will find we can accomplish magnificent things. We can change the world.

"It makes me sad in a way," I admitted to Carolyn. "What might I have accomplished if I had thought of a wonderful goal thirty-five or forty years ago and had worked away at it 'one bulb at a time's through all those years. Just think what I might have been able to achieve!"

My daughter summed up the message of the day in her usual direct way. "Start tomorrow," she said. It's so pointless to think of the lost hours of yesterdays. The way to make learning a lesson of celebration instead of a cause for regret is to only ask, "How can I put this to use today?"

So, stop waiting...
Until your car or home is paid off
Until you get a new car or home
Until your kids leave the house
Until you go back to school
Until you finish school
Until you lose 10 lbs
Until you gain 10 lbs.
Until you get married
Until you get a divorce
Until you have kids
Until you retire
Until summer
Until spring
Until winter
Until fall
Until you die

There is no better time than right now to be happy. Happiness is a journey, not a destination. So work like you don't need money, love like you've never been hurt, and, dance like no one's watching. If you want to brighten someone's day, pass this on to someone special. I just did!
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A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words...
http://sam.zoy.org/fun/porn/cute_underage_chick_with_hairy_pussy.jpeg
(What were you expecting to see?)
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Remember, every minute spent angry is sixty seconds of happiness wasted.

Joke Break !
THIS IS A JOKE,  IT'S NOT A NEWS STORY !
What A Way To Go
An old priest was dying. He sent a messenger for his IRS agent and his lawyer to come to his home. When they arrived, they were ushered into his bedroom. As they entered the room,
the priest held out his hand and motioned for them to sit on each side of his bed.

The priest clasped his hands, sighed contentedly, smiled, and stared at the ceiling. For a while no one said anything. Both the IRS agent and the lawyer were touched and flattered that the old priest would ask them to be with him during his final moment.

They were also puzzled because the priest had never given any indication that he particularly liked either one of them.

Finally the lawyer asked, "Father, why did you ask the two of us to come?"

The old priest mustered up some strength, then said weakly,
 "Jesus died between two thieves, and that's how I want to go."
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(For more jokes, please visit our jokes page.)
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Back To The News
May 19, 2005 is the 1,346th day since the attacks of 9/11.
That is the same length of time from the attack on Pearl Harbor to the end of WWII
on V-J Day (Dec 7, 1941 to Aug 24, 1945).
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Former Bush Team Member Says WTC Collapse
Likely A Controlled Demolition And 'Inside Job'
http://www.arcticbeacon.com/articles/article/1518131/27302.htm
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From Vote to Impeach.org
September 24: Impeachment March on Washington
Join the Impeachment Contingent at the Next Huge Anti-War Demonstration White House - 12 noon

The next big step for the Impeachment Movement will be on September 24 when more than 100,000 people will descend on Washington DC to the doors of the White House, and in actions in San Francisco and Los Angeles, to demand that George W. Bush and his administration be held accountable for the ongoing lies, deceptions, death, and torture. It is only "politics" that has been a shield for the Bush administration as it attempts to avoid responsibility for its criminal conduct. But the politics of the country are changing rapidly. Bush's approval rating is at an all time low, the number of people opposing the handling of the war has soared to 70%, and a clear majority believe that the Bush administration should never have invaded Iraq to begin with.
(To learn more, please visit their website)
http://www.votetoimpeach.org/
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Fight Back for Stem Cells
For too long the promise of stem cell research has been held back by the ideology and ignorance of a small group of extremists. The will of the majority has been ignored, hope for millions with debilitating illnesses has been needlessly delayed, and this promising industry of the future is being gradually outsourced to other nations with each passing day...
http://www.stempac.com/
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From The Hill
The Newspaper For And About The U.S. Congress
...In a sign of how far relationships on the committee have soured, majority staff recently announced a new policy to deny any request from a committee Democrat for the use of a committee hearing room...
http://www.thehill.com/thehill/export/TheHill/News/UndertheDome/061405.html
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Officers Say Arms Can't End Iraq War
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/061405A.shtml
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Marjorie Cohn | The Creeping Draft
A young man in the Delayed Entry Program changed his mind about enlisting. The recruiter said to him that September 11 changed everything - "If you don't report, that's treason and you will be shot."
I helped him to obtain a discharge.
-- Bill Galvin, Counseling Coordinator, Center on Conscience and War
Like the recruiter trying to get the youth to enlist in the military, George Bush invoked the September 11 terrorist attacks in his June 28 speech - six times. Bush ended his address with a recruiting pitch: "I thank those of you who have re-enlisted in an hour when your country needs you. And to those watching tonight who are considering a military career, there is no higher calling than service in our armed forces."
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/070105A.shtml

Editor's Note:  To that I say... George... If you really believe the words coming out of your mouth, then why did you go A.W.O.L. from our military the month they started drug testing in 1972, never to return to your post ?
[RNC]
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Filmmaker Held in "Netherworld" of US Detention
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/070605X.shtml
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***** In Today's America There Is A More Powerful Act Than Voting Blue...
And That's Buying Blue ! *****
You may have voted blue, but every day you unknowingly help dump millions of dollars into the conservative war chest. By purchasing products and services from companies that donate heavily to conservatives, we have been compromising our own interests as liberals and progressives.

BuyBlue.org is a concerted effort to lift the veil of corporate patronage, so consumers can make informed buying decisions that coincide with their principles.

Currently, we are developing an extensive and interactive website where users will be able to monitor corporate activity in real time. We cannot do this alone; we need an army of Blue buyers to be the eyes and ears of this movement. All we have to do is put our money where our mouth is to make it profitable to be ethical.

Our collective buying power WILL make a difference, and we WILL be heard.
http://www.buyblue.org/
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MoveOn.org Needs Our Help !
We're looking for feedback from MoveOn members about Iraq. Please help us by completing this survey.
Should we work together to begin bringing the troops home, by supporting the Jones-Abercrombie resolution? (The resolution would require the president to put together a plan by the end of the year for bringing home all U.S. forces from Iraq with troop withdrawal beginning no later than October 1, 2006.)

1.) I would support a campaign like that.
2.) MoveOn should work on other priorities, or another approach to what's going on in Iraq.
http://moveonpac.org/pac/iraqsurvey/resolution.html

Editor's Note: Here is how I answered them...
"In the beginning we should have dropped food, not bombs on the people of Iraq. Now... We should pull ALL of our troops out with-in 90 days, start dropping food and medical supplies, and if we lose more soldiers on the way out of Iraq... We should show the world we mean business by holding our Congressmen, Senators and those in our White House who are for this illegal war, accountable for their actions and for the deaths of ALL the American soldiers who have died in that war".
Sincerely,
Rev. Neil Colton
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