"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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Dubya does Reagan
Debra J. Saunders - Monday, October 24, 2005
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/10/24/EDG4PDMUE41.DTL
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GAO Report Finds Flaws in Electronic Voting
Rep. Waxman led twelve members of Congress today in releasing a new GAO report that found security and reliability flaws in the electronic voting process.
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/102105Q.shtml
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Dave Zweifel | Halliburton Accused of Coercing Laborers
Dave Zweifel: The Chicago Tribune produced an incredible story last week detailing how unsuspecting young men from poor countries are tricked into working in dangerous jobs for a Halliburton subsidiary in Iraq. What was even more startling was the stories' revelation that the operation is financed with US taxpayer money. The tentacles of this war keep getting this country deeper and deeper into places we shouldn't be, including this atrocious practice that the Chicago Tribune has uncovered..
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/102105A.shtml
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Why the U.S. Must Stay in Iraq
There have been many reasons given for the war in Iraq, from weapons of mass destruction to the cause of freedom and democracy in the Middle East. But the one reason which continues to remain below the radar for most Americans is that the United States government is bankrupt...
http://stevemoyer.us/stayiraq.htm
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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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Veterans Group Issues
"Declaration of Impeachment"
http://www.veteransforpeace.org/
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With all apologies to Ginsberg
America, when will you bring your children home?
America, when will you feed your children who are at home?
America, how many more of them will you sell to death and slavery before you do?
America, why can't you live by the words of your children Thomas and Martin?
America, don't you remember it was the Romans that made the crosses?
America, how many more lies will you tell yourself?
America, why do you deny the nature that that has fed you, clothed you, nurtured you?
America, how much longer will you rent your present from your past?
America, how many more people will you murder by letting George Bush stay free?
America, why can't you look yourself in the eye?
America, America, when did you become Prince Faisal's America?
America, who will it take for you to listen to yourself?
America, where will the next war be?
America, why are you selling weapons to the next dictator it will be against?
America, how much debt will you load upon my back?...
http://forum.truthout.org/blog/main/2
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Marijuana May Grow Neurons in the Brain
SASKATOON, Saskatchewan, Oct. 14 - Advocates for medical marijuana
can take heart over the findings of two Canadian research teams...
http://www.medpagetoday.com/Neurology/GeneralNeurology/tb/1934
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Email Forward Of The Week !.
NOT A NEWS STORY... OR IS IT ?
Deep Thought of the Day
Some People are like Slinkies, They don't really have a purpose, But they still
bring a smile to your face when you push them down the stairs.
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A lecturer, when explaining stress management to an audience,
raised a glass of water and asked "how heavy is this glass of water? "
Answers called out ranged from 20g to 500g.
The lecturer replied,
"The absolute weight doesn't matter, it depends on how long you try to hold it.
"If I hold it for a minute, that's not a problem.
If I hold it for an hour, I'll have an ache in my right arm.
If I hold it for a day, you'll have to call an ambulance.
"In each case, it's the same weight, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes. "
He continued,  "And that's the way it is with stress management.
If we carry our burdens all the time, sooner or later, as the burden becomes increasingly heavy, we won't be able to carry on. "
"As with the glass of water, you have to put it down for a while and rest before holding it again.
When we're refreshed, we can carry on with the burden. "
"So, before you return home tonight, put the burden of work down.
Don't carry it home, you can pick it up tomorrow.
Whatever burdens you're carrying now,  let them down for a moment if you can. "
"Relax; pick them up later after you've rested.

Life is short. Enjoy it!
And then he shared some ways of dealing with the burdens of life:
* Accept that some days you're the pigeon, and some days you're the statue.
* Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat them.
* Always read stuff that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it.
* Drive carefully. It's not only cars that can be recalled by their maker.
* If you can't be kind, at least have the decency to be vague.
* If you lend someone $20 and never see that person again, it was probably worth it.
* It may be that your sole purpose in life is simply to serve as a warning to others.
* Never buy a car you can't push.
* Never put both feet in your mouth at the same time, because then you won't have a leg to stand on.
* Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance.
* Since it's the early worm that gets eaten by the bird, sleep late.
* The second mouse gets the cheese.
* When everything's coming your way, you're in the wrong lane.
* Birthdays are good for you. The more you have, the longer you live.
* You may be only one person in the world, but you may also be the world to one person.
* We could learn a lot from crayons. Some are sharp, some are pretty and some are dull ! Some have weird names , and all are different colors, but they all have to live in the same box.
" A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour." :)
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Joke Break !
THIS IS A JOKE,  IT'S NOT A NEWS STORY, OR IS IT ?
So Much For Progress
The old Cherokee chief sat in his reservation hut, smoking the ceremonial  pipe, eyeing the two U.S. government officials sent to interview him.

"Chief Two Eagles," one official began, "you have observed the white man  for many generations, you have seen his wars and his products, you have  seen all his progress, and all his problems."   The chief nodded.  The official continued, "Considering recent events, in your opinion, where  has the white man gone wrong?"

The chief stared at the government officials for over a minute, and then  calmly replied.  "When white man found the land, Indians were running it.  No taxes.   No  debt.  Plenty buffalo.  Plenty beaver.  Women did most of the work.   Medicine man free.   Indian men hunted and fished all the time."
The chief smiled, and added quietly, "White man dumb enough to think he could improve system like that."
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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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Cover-Up Seen as Focus in Leak Inquiry
As he weighs whether to bring criminal charges in the CIA leak case, Patrick J. Fitzgerald, the special counsel, is focusing on whether Karl Rove, the senior White House adviser, and I. Lewis Libby Jr., chief of staff for Vice President Dick Cheney, sought to conceal their actions and mislead prosecutors, lawyers involved in the case said Thursday...
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/102105Z.shtml
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Health Lies Exposed
Avian Flu Fright: Politically Timed for Global "Iatrogenocide"
To: All grassroots activists, health and vaccination networkers.
Please forward this urgent e-mail, to help save lives, to everyone in your network.
Avian Flu Fright: Politically Timed for Global "Iatrogenocide"
A Public Health Warning and Political Essay by a Harvard-trained Author of Fifteen Books Including the American bestseller, Emerging Viruses: AIDS & Ebola-Nature, Accident or Intentional?
http://www.healthliesexposed.com/articles/article_2005_10_14_2714.shtml
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Secrets, Evasions and Classified Reports
The lengthy account by New York Times reporter Judy Miller about her grand jury testimony in the CIA  leak case inadvertently provides a revealing window into how the Bush administration manipulated  journalists about intelligence on Iraq's nonexistent weapons of mass destruction...
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/102005A.shtml
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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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***** 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
"Following the leader is only as safe
as the leaders you choose to follow" !
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"It is not enough to be compassionate; you must act".
[The Dalai Lama]
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"In the eyes of empire builders men are not men but instruments"
[Napoleon Bonaparte] French Emperor - 1769-1821
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"It is also in the interests of a tyrant to keep his people poor,
 so that they may not be able to afford the cost of protecting themselves by arms
and be so occupied with their daily tasks that they have no time for rebellion."
[Aristotle]
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"Since 2001, it's been like living in 'Back to the Future II'... with Biff in charge."
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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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"Things would be a lot easier if I was a dictator."
[Governor George W. Bush- before he was President]
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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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