"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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George W. Bush And The Seal Of Atlantis
...Little did any one notice that when the president gave his speech he was standing in the Seal of Atlantis combined with the early Christian symbol of the Messiah...
http://www.fourwinds10.com/news/george-w-bush-and-the-seal-of-atlantis.html
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Fallen Soldier's Mom Leads March on Crawford
Crawford, Texas - The angry mother of a fallen U.S. soldier staged a protest near President Bush's ranch Saturday, demanding an accounting from Bush of how he has conducted the war in Iraq...
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/080705Z.shtml
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Mr. President, There's Someone Waiting, and Waiting, to See You
Mrs. Sheehan has vowed to camp out on the spot until Mr Bush agrees to see her, even if it means spending all August under a broiling sun beside a dusty road...
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/080805A.shtml
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Editor's Note: I found the story below online at:
http://dailykos.com/story/2005/8/8/124941/6758
Cindy Sheehan (The Mother From The Two Stories Above..)
To Be Arrested Thursday
Cindy Sheehan phoned me from Texas a few minutes ago to say that she's been informed that beginning Thursday, she and her companions will be considered a threat to national security and will be arrested.  Coincidentally, Thursday is the day that Rice and Rumsfeld visit the ranch, and Friday is a fundraiser  event for the haves and the have mores.  Cindy said that she and others plan to be arrested...
http://www.meetwithcindy.org
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Military Families to Join Cindy Sheehan in Crawford; - 8/9/2005
Gold Star and Military Families from Across Country on Their Way to Texas
http://www.commondreams.org/news2005/0809-01.htm
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Cindy Sheehan Gives BuzzFlash the Latest from Crawford
August 9, 2005
Direct from the drainage ditch, the intrepid protester says "Our spirits are great," but Bush "doesn't have enough courage to face someone who actually disagrees with him ..."
http://www.buzzflash.com/interviews/05/08/int05033.html
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American President Granted ‘Absolute’ Power by US Federal Court,
 Not Since Rise of Hitler Has Western Nation Granted
Such Dictatorial Rights to Leader
By: Sorcha Faal, and as reported to her Russian Subscribers
In perhaps one of the most shocking events since the rise to power of Nazi Germany’s Adolph Hitler, the United States Federal Court Judges have conferred upon the American President complete dictatorial powers to wage war and rule his Empire as he, and only he, sees fit...
http://www.fourwinds10.com/news/
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"What Have We Done?" - 8/5/2005
As the blood of US soldiers continues to drain into the hot sands of Iraq over the last several days with at least 27 US soldiers killed and the approval rating for his handling of the debacle in Iraq dropping to an all-time low of 38%, Mr. Bush commented from the comforts of his ranch in Crawford, Texas today, “We will stay the course, we will complete the job in Iraq.”..
http://dahrjamailiraq.com/weblog/
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Bush signs daylight time bill into law
U.S. President George W. Bush has signed into law a wide ranging energy bill that includes giving Americans an extra month of daylight time – a move that could cause some headaches for Canadians...
http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2005/08/08/bush-daylight050808.html
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Bush Signs Energy Bill
President Bush has signed legislation into law that sets aside billions of dollars to help reduce America's dependence on foreign oil and build up the nation's energy infrastructure.

With oil prices setting record highs, President Bush says this legislation provides
 a long-term strategy to promote energy independence.
http://www.voanews.com/english/2005-08-08-voa39.cfm
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The Stealing of Americas Resources
Today, President George W. Bush will sign the energy bill that gives away billions of dollars in subsidies and tax breaks to big oil giants.  This includes a $1.5 billion outrage slipped into the bill around 4 a.m. on July 26 by Majority Leader Tom DeLay that helps boost the profits of Halliburton and Marathon Oil and does nothing to reduce our dependence on foreign oil...
http://www.ourfuture.org/
http://www.ourfuture.org/no_new_energy.cfm

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William Rivers Pitt | Bush Is No Nixon - 8/10/2005
No mother who lost her son to this Iraq war should be made to stand in a ditch, writes TO contributor William Rivers Pitt. And yet that is exactly where Cindy Sheehan stands today,
 by the side of the road in Crawford, Texas...
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/081005I.shtml
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Veterans Group Issues
"Declaration of Impeachment"
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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Cindy Sheehan | Address to Veterans For Peace Convention - 8/10/2005
But do you think George Bush will interrupt his vacation and go visit the families of those 20 marines who have died in Ohio this week, asks Cindy Sheehan? Sheehan says the answer is No ... he doesn't care, he doesn't have a heart. That's not enough to stop his little "playing cowboy" game in Crawford for 5 weeks...
http://www.truthout.org/cindy.shtml
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Post Traumatic Stress:
Sticker Shock over Shell Shock
The US government is reviewing 72,000 cases in which veterans have been diagnosed with severe post-traumatic stress disorder, claiming that misdiagnosis and fraud have inflated the numbers. Outraged vets say the plan is a callous attempt to cut the costs of an increasingly expensive war...
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/080905L.shtml
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Editor's Note: Why is this news site here at this point in history ?  Because I give 150% of my support to our American soldiers.  How can I give 150% when 100% is all that is mathematically or humanly possible ?  That's easy... Just take half of the potential support away from the illegal Administration that wrongfully put them in harms way, and give that much needed support to our soldiers !
[Rev. Neil Colton]
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Pro-war parents:
How to get your kid into uniform
This one is for you parents who think our fight in Iraq is a really swell idea...
http://www.recordonline.com/archive/2005/07/18/bethcol0.htm
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FOCUS | Congressman Struggles to Save Voting Rights Act 
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/080705Y.shtml
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Two Arrested for digging graves at MU ROTC
...He also placed tombstones on the lawn commemorating more than 1500 U.S. dead and more than 100,000 Iraqi dead in the current war. He began digging the graves for the coffins until police arrested him. He did not resist arrest. Flyers explaining Jacobs's actions were distributed by supporters who also held anti-war signs on the public sidewalk in front of ROTC's building located in Crowder Hall.
"It is better to dig symbolic graves than make real ones" Jacobs told reporters in front of ROTC. His flyer distributed to the public encouraged ROTC students to "refuse to obey their commander-in-chief, George Bush, whose authorization of torture makes him a war criminal...
http://www.stlimc.org/newswire/display/93/index.php
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Email Forward Of The Week !.
NOT A NEWS STORY... OR IS IT ?
A man and his dog were walking along a road. The man was enjoying the scenery,
 when it suddenly occurred to him that he was dead.
He remembered dying, and that the dog walking beside him had been dead for years.
He wondered where the road was leading them.
After a while, they came to a high, white stone wall along one side of the road. It looked like fine marble. At the top of a long hill, it was broken by a tall arch that glowed in the sunlight.
When he was standing before it he saw a magnificent gate in the arch that looked like mother-of-pearl, and the street that led to the gate looked like pure gold. He and the dog walked toward the gate, and as he got closer,
 he saw a man at a desk to one side.
When he was close enough, he called out, "Excuse me, where are we?"
"This is Heaven, sir," the man answered.
"Wow! Would you happen to have some water?" the man asked.
"Of course, sir. Come right in, and I'll have some ice water brought right up."
The man gestured, and the gate began to open.
"Can my friend," gesturing toward his dog, "come in, too?" the traveler asked.
"I'm sorry, sir, but we don't accept pets."
The man thought a moment and then turned back toward the road and continued the way he had been going with his dog.
After another long walk, and at the top of another long hill, he came to a dirt road leading through a farm gate that looked as if it had never been closed. There was no fence.
As he approached the gate, he saw a man inside, leaning against a tree and reading a book.
"Excuse me!" he called to the man. "Do you have any water?"
"Yeah, sure, there's a pump over there, come on in."
"How about my friend here?" the traveler gestured to the dog.
"There should be a bowl by the pump."
They went through the gate, and sure enough, there was an old-fashioned hand pump with a bowl beside it.
The traveler filled the water bowl and took a long drink himself, then he gave some to the dog.
When they were full, he and the dog walked back toward the man who was standing by the tree
"What do you call this place?" the traveler asked.
"This is Heaven," he answered.
"Well, that's confusing," the traveler said. "The man down the road said that was Heaven, too."
"Oh, you mean the place with the gold street and pearly gates? Nope. That's hell."
"Doesn't it make you mad for them to use your name like that?"
"No, we're just happy that they screen out the folks who would leave their best friends behind."
Soooo...
Sometimes, we wonder why friends keep forwarding jokes to us without writing a word. Maybe this will explain.

When you are very busy, but still want to keep in touch, guess what you do? You forward jokes.
When you have nothing to say, but still want to keep contact, you forward jokes.
When you have something to say, but don't know what, and don't know how, you forward jokes.
Also to let you know that you are still remembered, you are still important, you are still loved, you are still cared for, guess what you get?
A forwarded joke.
So, next time if you get a joke, don't think that you've been sent just another forwarded joke, but that you've been thought of today and your friend on the other end of your computer wanted to send you a smile.
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Joke Break !
THIS IS A JOKE,  IT'S NOT A NEWS STORY !
The Point System
In the world of romance, one single rule applies to the men: Make the
woman happy. Do something she likes, and you get points. Do something
she dislikes, and points are subtracted. You don't get any points for
doing something she expects. Sorry, that's the way the game is played.
Here is a guide to the point system
=============================
SIMPLE DUTIES:
You make the bed. (+1)
You make the bed, but forget the decorative pillow. (0)
You throw the bedspread over rumpled sheets. (-1)
You go out to buy her what she wants. (+5)
In the rain. (+10)
But return with beer. (-15)
You check out a suspicious noise at night. (0)
You check out a suspicious noise and it is nothing. (0)
You check out a suspicious noise and it is something. (+5)
You pummel it with an iron rod. (+10)
It's her pet. (-25)
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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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I Cannot Yet Skin A Deer
Are you prepared for the Big Collapse? Peak Oil? Rural life?
Can you pickle meat and eat bark?
Mark Morford, SF Gate Columnist
Friday, July 15, 2005
http://www.sfgate.com/columnists/morford/

Editor's Note: Yes Mark... I can skin a deer, eat bark, wild berries, milkweed, and countless other local plants that God has put here for us.  We grow organic vegetables, grow and sell Heirloom vegetable seeds,
 use as little gas as possible most of the time...

I sure wish I could say the same about our Government ! That is going through oil like it was never ending, genetically altering plants, killing the weeds God gave us as food with chemicals to keep the road sides prettier etc...
But thanks for asking !  I'll bet most Americans can't, and that is just sad.
[RNC]
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From Senator Barbara Boxer - 8/2/2005
Can't the Bush Administration ever admit they made a mistake?
On Monday, despite widespread opposition from Senators of both parties, as well as the American people, President Bush appointed John Bolton as UN Ambassador. By using the rarely utilized "recess appointment" while Congress is away over the month of August, the White House effectively thumbed its nose at the Senate, bypassing our Constitutional responsibility to "advise and consent" on such a nomination.
It's yet one more example -- as if we haven't seen enough already -- of the absolute arrogance of power displayed by this President and his Administration over and over again. - Enough is enough.
http://www.barbaraboxer.com/
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FOCUS | CNN Suspends Novak Following On-Air Outburst - 8/5/2005
New York - CNN suspended commentator Robert Novak indefinitely after he swore and walked off the set Thursday during a debate with Democratic operative James Carville.

The exchange during CNN's "Inside Politics" came during a discussion of Florida's Senate campaign. CNN correspondent Ed Henry noted when it was through that he had been about to ask Novak about his role in the investigation of the leak of a CIA officer's identity.
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/080505Z.shtml
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FOCUS | British Foreign Secretary Says US Troops Fueling Insurgency  
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/080205Z.shtml
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FOCUS | Military Targets Peace Corps to Fill Recruiting Gap - 8/4/2005
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/080405Y.shtml
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The Plight of Pvt. Jonathan Barriga, USMC:
Jonathan was a young man in high school when the Marine recruiter
approached him about joining the Marines “Delayed Entry” program.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article9675.htm
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(From My "Terrorism and America" Page)
The 56 men who signed
the Declaration of Independence
Have you ever wondered what happened to the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence? Five signers were captured by the British as traitors and tortured before they died. Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned. Two lost their sons serving in the Continental Army; another had two sons captured. Nine of the 56 fought and died from wounds or hardships of the Revolutionary War. They signed and they pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor. What kind of men were they? Twenty-four were lawyers and jurists. Eleven were merchants, nine were farmers and large plantation owners; men of means, well educated. But they signed the Declaration of Independence knowing full well that the penalty would be death if they were captured. Carter Braxton of Virginia, a wealthy planter and trader saw his ships swept from the seas by the British Navy. He sold his home and properties to pay his debts, and died in rags. Thomas McKean was so hounded by the British that he was forced to move his family almost constantly. He served in the Congress without pay, and his family was kept in hiding...
(FULL STORY)
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From General Wesley Clark
The time has come to investigate the Bush Administration's role in the prisoner abuse and humiliation that has motivated our enemies in the war on terror and endangers the well-being of our fighting forces...
http://www.securingamerica.com/
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FOCUS | White House Refuses Request for Roberts Documents
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/080605Z.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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Some Thoughts
And the Nintendo generation is all part of their plan !
Welcome to modern day slavery... Where the draft is coming back, the new war machines run with controls much like Nintendo, Where it takes 2-3 incomes to keep an average house running...
What is modern day slavery you might ask ? It's when and where one income from one 40 hour work week will not cover your cost of living. Food, rent, medical, dental, the cloths you wear, insurance, a car, taxes, etc.. ALL OF IT. Where we buy cheap from companies that don't pay their help enough to get off of food stamps unless they have more than one income. Where both parents are working while the TV and video games do the babysitting and big brother is deciding what they should see or play. Where family closeness all but disappears because everyone in the family is too involved with self preservation to see the big picture. Followed by war, lots of wars, a thinning of the herd as some would say,
separating the rich from the poor, and eventually....
More on Modern Day Slavery coming soon... We're living it, so we might as well talk about it.
[RNC]
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Quotes of The Week
"Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God."
[Thomas Jefferson]
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"Following the leader is only as safe
as the leaders you choose to follow".
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"Have you heard that President George W. Bush is urging his daughters to volunteer for the Army and fight in Iraq? No? I haven't, either" !
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"I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do,
because I notice it always coincides with their own desires."
[Susan B. Anthony] - 1896
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"No arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable
as the will and moral courage of free men and women".
[Ronald Reagan]
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"Give me the money that has been spent in war and I will clothe every man, woman, and child in an attire of which kings and queens will be proud. I will build a schoolhouse in every valley over the whole earth. I will crown every hillside with a place of worship consecrated to peace."
[Charles Sumner]
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As Sy Hersh, a well know reporter put it:
 "The Democrats are living in fear, reporters are living in fear and all any of us
can do is to turn to the internet in search of the truth."
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"Remember, every minute spent angry is sixty seconds of happiness wasted".
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