The staff at CainSnake would like to thank Doug Kenline for reaching 20,000 visitors.
This is no small accomplishment.
Doug is the most avid blogger on earth.
He is being harrassed by the IRS, yet he just keeps ticking like a terrorist bomb.
He received the Almond Award in 2002, yet is modest enough to not boast about it.
He lost four sons in the Northridge Earthquake, and so has moved from California to Atlanta, Georgia. He hosts a Global radio show and has twice refused to be bought out by Rupert Murdoch.
Doug is loved and hated by many.
His latest foe is Allen Hacker, a man who actually believes that truth can have an effect upon others.
On this beautiful summer afternoon, I lift my hat to Mr. Kenline.
20,000 visitors, and not one wiped their feet.
Best wishes on your next 20,000 Mr. Kenline. I salute you.
When Christmas arrived in 1776, a few Americans gave us the
first installment of a gift we have all but lost.
After the makeshift American army under George Washington's
command ousted the redcoats from Boston in early 1776, the
British moved to New York City, where they launched an
invasion in August. Washington met them head-on and
suffered devastating defeats, and survived only by heading
the other way.
By the time he escaped across the Delaware River into Bucks
County, Pennsylvania, the General had only 3,000 of his
original 20,000 troops. Congress, seeing the army in
retreat only 12 miles from where they sat, gave Washington
dictatorial powers and escaped to Baltimore, 110 miles to
the south.
With winter moving in, Washington set up headquarters on
the west side of the Delaware. British commander William
Howe made plans to go into winter quarters in New York,
leaving his men spread over numerous New Jersey outposts,
ready to march at a moment's notice. He admitted, though,
that the chain of outposts was too extensive.
Lord Charles Cornwallis, Howe's field commander, decided to
garrison the outposts with Hessian mercenaries and send the
British troops back to New York. He left command of New
Jersey in the hands of the cocky and thoroughly mediocre
General James Grant.
In the 100-house village of Trenton, the outpost closest to
Washington, the 1,600 Hessians were under command of
Colonel Johann Gottlieb Rall, a hard-drinking gambler whose
troops had a reputation for plunder and rape. Once
encamped, they proceeded to earn their reputation. Hessian
brutality swung many New Jersey neutrals to the American
cause.
Making excellent use of spies, Washington led the British
to believe his condition was completely hopeless. Thus,
when Rall complained to General Grant that his position was
too much exposed, Grant dismissed it as ludicrous, since
Washington's troops were in rags and starving. Besides,
after December 31 Washington would not even have an army,
since the term of service would expire for most of his men.
Knowing he needed a victory to keep the American cause
alive, Washington decided to attack Trenton while the
Hessians slept off the effects of their Christmas
celebration. On a scrap of paper he scribbled "Victory or
Death," the watchword for the attack.
Earlier that month Tom Paine had written a new essay that
Washington ordered read to his troops on Christmas Day. As
the men prepared to cross the Delaware with a winter storm
kicking up, officers addressed their troops, reading from
Paine's pamphlet, the American Crisis. "These are the
times that try men's souls," it began. The men had no
trouble agreeing.
Washington's crossing at McKonkey's Ferry was part of a
four-pronged assault on Trenton. A detachment under James
Ewing was to cross closer to Trenton to cut off a possible
enemy escape over the bridge leading out of town; John
Cadwalader's troops were to cross further downstream to
distract the Hessians garrisoned at Bordentown, while
Israel Putnam was to lead a contingent of militia from
Philadelphia into New Jersey as another distraction. But
none of them made it. Putnams's troops didn't march, Ewing
couldn't get his men across, and Cadwalader could get his
men over but not the artillery -- the ice floes proved
overwhelming.
Washington, fortunately, had John Glover and the Fourteenth
Continental, a unit composed of rugged and well-disciplined
fishermen from Marblehead, Massachusetts. They had already
pulled the General out of a jam back in August, on Long
Island, where they rowed the American army out of Howe's
grasp under cover of darkness and fog.
To ferry about 2,400 men to the New Jersey side of the
Delaware, a distance of roughly a thousand feet, Glover
used big, black Durham boats, which ranged in length from
forty to sixty feet. A small company called the Durham
Iron Works had begun building the boats in 1757 for
transporting ore, pig iron, grain, whiskey, and produce
from upcountry down the Delaware rapids into Philadelphia.
After disgorging their cargo, the crew of six would load up
with manufactured goods and pole the boats back upstream.
Looking like big canoes with slightly pointed ends, the
boats had an eight-foot beam and a light draft. Even when
fully loaded they drew only twenty-four to thirty inches,
which meant they could get close enough to shore for the
troops to wade the rest of the way.
The heavily laden boats began pushing off from McKonkey's
Ferry around two in the afternoon on Christmas Day. The
surging Delaware current sent chunks of ice at them like
"white torpedoes," smashing the sides of the craft and
snarling their progress. Snow, wind, and darkness
compounded Glover's difficulties.
Meanwhile, in Trenton, Rall had eaten a hearty meal and
retired for a game of cards with a few of his aides and his
host, a man named Abraham Hunt. Shortly after midnight a
shivering Loyalist from Pennsylvania showed up at Hunt's
door with a written message, handing it to a servant. Rall
refused to be disturbed and tucked the note into his
waistcoat pocket without reading it.
By 3:00 a.m. Glover's Fourteenth had ferried men, horses,
and artillery across the river. It took another hour to
round up the troops and begin the nine-mile march to
Trenton along River Road. Washington, from his tall
chestnut horse, urged his men to keep moving and stay with
their officers. Two men stopped to rest -- and froze to
death.
When they arrived at Trenton at 8:00 a.m. the General gave
the order to storm the town. As the men fell upon the
enemy, many of them shouted, "This is the time to try men's
souls!" With their muskets' priming pans soaked from
the snowstorm, the Americans relied on the bayonet and
artillery to roust the Hessians out of the houses.
Sodden from the previous night's celebrations, Hessians
threw on their coats and tried to form ranks in the
streets. As they stumbled about, Henry Knox's six-pounders
cut them down from the high end of Trenton's two main
streets.
Rall finally broke from the Hunt house, jumped on his horse
and galloped toward his regiment, which was being showered
with grapeshot. "Lord, Lord, what is it, what is it?" he
cried out repeatedly. His world had become a swirl of
snow, shouts, smoke, and explosions. As he tried
desperately to organize a bayonet charge, he was shot twice
and fell from his horse. While the battle raged on, two
soldiers assisted him into a Methodist Church, where, in
his final moments, he read the note tucked in his pocket:
the American army was marching on Trenton.
Minutes later the Hessians surrendered. The Americans had
suffered four casualties to the enemy's 25-30 killed and
about 80 wounded.
It took Washington twelve hours to recross the Delaware
with captured weapons, supplies, and over 900 prisoners.
When the Continental troops finally collapsed into their
tents, they had gone forty-eight hours without food, almost
as long without sleep, and had marched twenty-five miles in
freezing weather.
They also won a critical victory for independence. While
no war is good, defensive wars are sometimes necessary. Our
forefathers knew this. That's why some of them went
marching, 227 years ago.
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If you are still filing tax returns...pull your head out of the sand:
Subj: Thou Shalt Not Disagree
Date: 11/20/03 10:46:36 AM Eastern Standard Time
From: larken@taxableincome.net
To: jalmond2000@cs.com
Dear Subscriber,
There are a zillion individual battles going on against the IRS and its
misapplication of the law, and I hesitate to suggest that people focus too
much on individual battles, because I think it usually takes resources away
from the overall fight to end the fraud. Individual battles, even the
totally justified ones, rarely have a real bearing on my ultimate goal:
ending the fraud entirely. Because of that, I don't usually even mention
them. However, today I will make an exception, because of the nature of the
case.
As many of you know, Joseph Banister is a CPA and former Special Agent
(Criminal Investigation Division) for the IRS. To jump to the point, Mr.
Banister now knows of the "income tax" fraud, and speaks out about it. You
can learn all about his situation at:
http://www.freedomabovefortune.com/
The IRS is now trying to PROHIBIT Mr. Banister from practicing as a CPA
before the IRS. Why? Because he argues things that the IRS doesn't like to
deal with, including the 861 evidence. Here is more about that:
http://www.freedomabovefortune.com/lockout/
Forget specific procedures and rules for a second, and consider how strange
that is. If you are going to argue something the government doesn't like,
they want to PROHIBIT you from even being able to show up to argue it. "If
you want to play our game, and contest anything in our system, you have to
ALREADY agree with us." That's a nice fascist method of doing away with ALL
due process. It's bad enough to have lawyers licensed, so that (in some
cases, at least) you need the government's PERMISSION to argue with it. But
the government is all too eager to REVOKE the "permission" of CREDENTIALLED,
qualified people, if they bring up something that the government doesn't
want to talk about.
The basis for the IRS' attempt to censor and punish Mr. Banister is largely
because he brought up the 861 evidence, which sort of resembles arguments
that NON-BINDING and provably flawed Tax Court rulings asserted were
"frivolous." So the chain of events goes like this:
"The regulations under 861 say that..."
"That's frivolous."
"Why?"
"We don't have to say why. It just is."
"But the regulations clearly say..."
"The guy before me said it was frivolous, so I'll just quote him."
"But if the regulations say..."
"Sorry, but you're not allowed to talk to us anymore, because you said
something that a bureaucrat declared to be frivolous."
The IRS is following the King George school of due process.
Anyway, I liked the motion filed on behalf of Mr. Banister, which can be
found here:
Whether Mr. Banister wins this or not, the fraud will still fall. However,
it would be nice to let the feds know that they can't pull off this fascist
lunacy without a little resistance, so if anyone wants to donate to Mr.
Banister's efforts, or better yet, appear at the hearing where it will be
decided whether he is censored or not, the web site above will tell you how.
This link shows where and when the hearing will be held:
The man is now dead. His plan is still very much alive.
You should tell others.
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Stephen Van Rensselaer. Do you know who he was? Do you know what his 'values' were? Do you know why he left his vast fortune to a single Institution?
Well, perhaps not. They don't teach of him in most schools.
There is next to nothing about him on the Internet now.
And for good reason.
He was an evil man. Greedy. Rich. He forced people to do what they didn't want to do.
Mr. Rensselaer was a "one-man IRS." Literally. He had a plan for human servitude. He believed that science held the key to a perfect bondage for mankind.
Oppressing his contemporaries was not enough.
But when he died, (1839), the people he had oppressed didn't want his descendants to be able to continue his form of white oppression.
It was called "Patroonry."
That's a funny word, isn't it?
But it was an awful practice.
It declared that others must give him a portion of their harvest, (14 bushels of wheat per 100 acres), and also work a full day (for free), once a year, giving the service to Mr. Rensselaer. They each had to deliver to his Manor chefs a fowl, once a year.
As I said, in that Valley, he was like a one-man IRS.
And so, when he died, they wanted the terrible, unfair practice of 'Patroonry' to cease.
The people didn't like Patroonry. They so hated it that when the Rensselaer son came to collect, they became very angry. They had already talked mush among themselves, also communicated with others. Then they worked up the will...and they just did it: One day, they REBELLED!
They even drafted a document that stated clearly their firm decision. They did this, because then their hard won freedom would never be forgotten.
They thought wrong. Years cover up accurate history.
Then the publishers of textbooks move in.
Have you ever heard of Stephen Van Rensselaer?
Have you ever been taught what the "Libertymen's Declaration of Independence" proclaims?
I'm sorry, I just now got ahead of myself...
"The Libertymen's Declaration of Independence." was the thing they wrote while they were incensed
Their document ruined it for the wealthy patron Manors of the Hudson Valley.
They were free thereafter, and no longer did anyone have to pay "rent" to others in order to dwell on their own land.
Years later, when the generations grew old and died, something again sprung up.
PATROONRY RETURNS
In 1913, a group of men who were well-versed in Patroonry's history, (for they were rich, and they had many old books), decided to reinstate the practice. They used the law. They passed an Amendment to the Constitution, and then started taking money from the wealthy only, at first.
They began by "taxing" the income of the rich, but by just a very small fraction. This was a sophisticated ploy, that would evolve gradually. It would one day rob an entire nation.
A generation later, the Income Tax was made, by obfuscation, to "tax" the average working man.
Just a small amount at first, so there would not be another rebellion. They didn't want another document that would erase this new form of Patroonry, known as "taxes."
And their careful plan worked. There was no real rebellion, for the take was so small.
Then a war came. And then another...and yet still another. These wars were a perfect opportunity to raise the percentage of taxes collected from 'Joe Sixpack.'
Some people grumbled, but most just went along with it, for they were unaware of how wonderful true freedom really was.
AS IT IS TODAY
So today we have been conditioned to accept patroonry completely.
That is, we hand over to the elite what they want, for fear that if we didn't, we would be treated like
Doug Kenline
or
Bill Lear
or
Larken Rose
or
Bob Schulz
or
Dick Simkanin.
We obey the will of the powerful, so we can continue to live without the prison bars.
If a single person put another in a cage, unless obedience were his, we'd call him a psychopath.
What do you call the same methodology when an large, organized network threatens EVERYONE with being locked up in a cage, if they don't obey the will of the few?
I would call it a Mafia. A racketeering system run by conspirators.
Just like Irwin Schiff called it in his book, "The Federal Mafia."
Another man, Larken Rose, comprehends this gigantic 'shakedown' for what it really is. He researched how it started, and where it is now. He made a video, called "Theft By Deception."
I ordered one in July of 2002 and watched it. It so horrified me that I ordered 50 more copies.
I passed them out to others. To my neighbors, friends and business contacts.
Now, I recognize that I'm a funny fellow, unlike most Americans. When I see something that really sucks, I do my best to warn others.
Most Americans treat life like a television commercial. They just watch, then wait for the next set of images to come to their eyes.
Well, that's all fine and good except for something I learned last week.
I learned that the folks that gave us the Income Tax now are joining forces with the research scientists at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. The military has merged in vision with the industrialists. And these two giants have met with Science, and here is what I found.
By using Nanotechnology, new minute inventions will soon be ready to inject into the human body tracking modules.
Every person who is injected will be able to be scanned and identified. Their movements, purchases, communications and contact with others will all be captured by 220 satellites and ground sensor units.
A centralized database will then be able to collate and examine such data for "patterns" that could be like unto a terrorist.
A terrorist will be defined as, (after the mass injections) "any who seek to thwart the goal of the Global Governance."
Do you think we are 50 years away from such a situation?
We aren't.
By 2006 this program will be ready to start.
Newborn babies will be recipients of the Verichip, unbeknownst to their parents. School teachers will then be required to be thus injected. Then students at all levels. Then Firefighters, Police, Prisoners and Legislators.
Yes, Legislators.
This is so that (as they'll claim) there'll be no more crime, terrorism or injustice.
THE UGLY TRUTH
This system of monitoring individual human beings will make it so that there can be no effectual resistance to what comes next.
What comes next will be a push to eliminate all privately held firearms.
This will occur suddenly. Thanks to the VeriChip and the Global tracking, and the DARPA database, people will surrender their "right" to defend themselves.
They will then transfer this responsibility on to government. Centralized government.
Just as they transferred the various other individual responsibilities to government in the latter half of the 20th Century.
Thereafter, all care and compassion will be in the domain of bureaucracy.
Now, this would be Utopia if men were angels. If men loved their fellow man, and honored them, and assisted them and trusted them, then this new enormous system would be splendidly perfect.
But there is (in reality) just one problem.
Men are not nice to men.
Men compete. Men hurt others. Men cause others to fail and be miserable and to regret.
Therefore, men should not be entrusted with such awesome blanket powers.
For if they are centralized, no screams are responded to.
And where no screams are responded to...that is Hell.
Caring about something that matters is what makes life better.
Not caring leads toward Hell.
Because I care about you, and your children, I have begun this website. It exists to show you how selfish some people can be.
How cruel.
How brazen.
How evil.
And I started it to reveal to you what is planned for all of us.
Do I think you will respond to what I have just warned you about?
No.
You are modern Americans. Too distracted. Too busy.
You care more about the next meal than your next 20 years.
That's why you are overweight. That is why you drink. That is why you lie, cheat, steal and hide your imperfections.
You want others to respect you.
Well, let me tell you one last thing before you ignore this blog.
There is only one way for you to enjoy the respect of others. Now and forever.
It's by doing what the Founding Fathers did back in 1776.
They were told by Thomas Paine and Patrick Henry, (men with foresight), that a storm was broiling ahead, and that if the colonists didn't fight it, then they would reap slavery. Human slavery.
The colonists considered the facts and a sufficient number reacted and won the battles, which gave us a new nation. One wherein the individual was left alone to prosper or to fail, according to his or her own personal will.
It was called America.
This America faces another challenge now.
It is not from Arab terrorists.
It is from American servants...called politicians.
These public servants have provided massive funding to Rensselaer and Princeton and Stanford and other laboratories.
These labs are competing with each other to create, quickly, the tyrant's Dream...the chip that will influence individual behavior.
Nanotechnology is something so complex and astounding. It must be cared about by you, and others, who are not scientists.
To ignore this now will be worse than ignoring any thing else.
I write to the responsible few.
I ask that you read about DARPA, the VeriChip, The Patriot Act and especially about the work that is being performed each day in the secured walls of the secretive Universities and Colleges.
Remember, we are only a few years away.
It has all been meticulously planned.
Global Citizen Day will be just the beginning.
The world will be controlled completely if you don't care.
This, I know.
That's all I have to say now.
I will post a few things that will be helpful for you to witness the threat.
Then it's up to you.
I'm going to disappear, over the next hill.
I wish you well.
Good bye.
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John Galt, Jr.
http://CainSnake.blogspot.com
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Golfer Bitten in Head by Rattlesnake
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - When Roy Williamson hit a tee shot off the fairway, the lie turned out to be much rougher than he thought.
Williamson, 60, was bitten in the head by a rattlesnake when he went to retrieve his ball from some wetlands.
"I saw my ball pretty much in plain view,'' Williamson said Thursday, a week after the encounter. ``Unfortunately, it was being tended to by a rattlesnake that I didn't see.''
He said he picked up the ball and felt something scratch at his right temple as he stood up, slapping at what he thought was a briar. He saw blood - and then the rattler, ``a good 6{ or 7 feet long.''
The men Williamson was playing with - his son, brother and brother-in-law - came running in response to his screams. He remembers reaching the clubhouse, but the next thing he knew, it was three days later.
Doctors determined that the snake bit him twice, and the venom quickly spread throughout his body.
Alan Cale, general manager of Henderson Golf Club, said his employees roped off the area and posted warning signs. Professional snake handlers were called to assist in rounding up any snakes at the course.
"It's an unfortunate accident, but on a golf course - out in nature - you're going to have wildlife,'' Cale said.
Scott Courdin, wildlife curator at Georgia Southern University, said golf courses can be deceptive because they are so well kept.
"Golf courses may be in the middle of a neighborhood or surrounded by development, but that doesn't mean there's not going to be snakes there,'' Courdin said.
He said rattlers, water moccasins, copperheads and coral snakes are plentiful in Georgia.
Williamson said he will play golf again but will be much more careful.
"If I go out now and hit a ball off of the fairway in any fashion or form, I will not go after it,'' he said.
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PRAY FOR TURMOIL AND BLOODSHED
Shevardnadze warns against sparking civil war
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Tbilisi — A crowd of 15,000 people marched to President Eduard Shevardnadze's office in Georgia's capital Friday, demanding his resignation and ignoring his warnings that further protests could spark a civil war.
Angered by the alleged rigging of the Nov. 2 parliamentary elections, protesters began moving down the capital's main avenue toward the presidential office, chanting “go away, go away.”
Mr. Shevardnadze refused opposition calls for him to appear at the rally to respond to their demands he resign and annul parliamentary election results. He says he will not step down and has offered to meet with the opposition.
“The present situation of civil confrontation may develop into a civil war,” Mr. Shevardnadze said on state TV, several hours before the rally.
“If the leaders of this action believe that the protesters will behave as they want them to, then they are mistaken,” he said. “Some people will be drunk, some people will act as provocateurs, and irreparable things may happen.”
Opposition leader Mikhail Saakashvili, the most fiery of the three opposition figures at the centre of the protests, exhorted the crowd to stay peaceful.
“Let's not give ground or provocation,” said Mr. Saakashvili, remaining firm in his vehement denunciations of Shevardnadze.
“Our President is a coward; he failed to meet our request,” he said.
Opponents charge Mr. Shevardnadze with failing to crack down on corruption or fix Georgia's economic problems. The anger has been fuelled by allegations of widespread fraud during the elections.
Election results, still incomplete, show the pro-government bloc For a New Georgia in the lead, followed by the opposition Revival party, which tends to support the government on key issues, and the more radical National Movement. Official results are scheduled to be announced next week.
Demonstrators, ranging for several hundred to several thousand, have gathered outside the Georgian parliament all week.
Mr. Shevardnadze and some opposition leaders have said they are ready for dialogue, but after a fruitless meeting Sunday they have not come together. The opposition leaders have repeatedly stated their commitment to achieving their goals peacefully
Before the rally Friday, Mr. Shevardnadze reiterated his readiness to talk.
“I am ready to continue dialogue with the opposition leaders. It's possible to negotiate with Burdzhanadze and Zhvaniya,” he said, referring to current parliamentary speaker Nino Burdzhanadze and her predecessor, Zurab Zhvaniya, who are among the opposition leaders. “I am even ready to talk with their 'commander in chief,' Saakashvili.”
He said he would do everything to avoid civil war.
“As long as I am President, a legally elected president, I won't allow the nation to split and civil war to break out, although the real danger of this exists,” Mr. Shevardnadze said.
He also said that it would be “irresponsible” for him to step down at this point before parliament convened.
“I can only say one thing: I'll never follow the fate of either Milosevic or Ceausescu,” Mr. Shevardnadze said.
Nicolae Ceausescu, the Communist dictator of Romania, was overthrown and executed by firing squad. Former Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic is currently being tried by the UN war crimes tribunal.
Georgia is one of the most Western-leaning of the former Soviet republics and occupies a strategic position on Russia's southern flank and about 300 kilometres north of Iran.
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Subject: Editorial from Jail: Rick Stanley
America's Symbolic Speech
Our Country's history, is rich with examples of symbolic speech, from fiery men
who had principles, integrity, honor, and strength of character. Today, as in
the time of our forefathers, symbolic speech is once again persecuted by the
government powers, once again jailing those who would dare to challenge the
authority of men, acting under the "COLOR OF LAW", abusing the God given rights
of Americans.
The Constitution of America was written by men such as the first mentioned
group, not the second, those who would destroy this time honored document. The
Constitution was born from the Declaration of Independence, after Americans had
enough of the usurpation and abuse of power, from the government of the day, and
as Jefferson quoted, "From time to time, the tree of liberty must be watered
with the blood of tyrants and patriots". These patriots were willing to demand
their God given rights of freedom, self defense, and the fruits of their labor:
wages and property. This Constitution was the culmination of efforts, by those
Patriots, to forever bind their New American government within the boundaries of
rule of law, the authority of the people to men and women who were supposed to
have conscience, while given the authority to govern in this country.
Fifty six men of the day, signed the Declaration of Independence. Each of these
God loving, Christian men, gave heartfelt and fiery orations around the thirteen
colonies, which have been historically and affectionately called by America,
"symbolic speech".
The first amendment of the Bill of Rights, now a part of the Constitution the
last 212 years this upcoming Dec. 15, 2003, protects and guarantees the right of
free speech, to petition the government for grievances and not be coincidence,
symbolic speech, as well. Without "symbolic speech", freely made by men willing
to stand up to greed, power, corruption, fraud, and deceit, America and the
ideals and principles, espoused in our Constitution, would not exist. The
Supreme Law of the Land would simply not exist.
Fast forward to America, today in the latter half of the year 2003, finding
America gripped in the clutches of men and women, who have usurped the power of
people through subterfuge, fraud and deceit, with their own agenda of destroying
the Supreme Law of the Land, with the philosophy and interpretation that the
Constitution is a "living document", to be ignored because "times have changed".
This thinking permeates government at all levels and branches, from the White
House and Congress, to state and local government and the lowest courts of our
land, to the highest. Destruction of the Constitution and the freedoms
guaranteed and protected in the Bill of Rights thereof, is the absolute aim of
those in power today in America. The Politicians and Judges of this country,
have stolen our God given, Constitutionally protected and guaranteed rights,
because they can. America allows this to happen, because our government
controlled schools have stopped teaching about the "Real Constitution" and the
duty of each citizen to assure that those in government, honor their "Oath of
office to defend the Constitution". The controlled media is nothing more than a
propaganda machine of the globalist international bankers, who arranged for our
Politicians and Judges, to sell out America, in the name of money and the
material things it can bring to them. Judges across America conspire to fool
Americans into thinking they have Constitutional rights in the courts, with
their carefully thought out speech to the accused before trial. These Judges
tell you what your rights are, helping you to believe that the rights the Judge
is "granting you", are your Constitutional rights. This is the illusion the
courts create now in this country. It is another carefully crafted lie,
maintained by all in the government to fraudulently steal the birthright and
heritage of freedom and liberty, based on "rule of Constitutional and common
law".
What America doesn't seem to grasp is the basic fact whereas, "if we don't have
Constitutional rights in the courts, we don't have Constitutional rights in the
streets".
Americans are desperate to believe their government is benevolent and is
actually operating within the boundaries of their authority to govern. They
conveniently forget that the Constitution IS that authority, and that authority
IS the people.
So what does "symbolic speech" have to do with all this you ask? Not much, just
EVERYTHING.
Since December of 2001, one man in Denver and then again in the summer of 2002
in Thornton, one Rick Stanley, had the audacity to "exercise his God given,
protected and guaranteed 2nd Amendment right to keep and bear arms on his
person, openly, lawfully within his State Constitution right as well, while
campaigning for the 2002 US Senate race in Colorado. Arrested, jailed, tried,
convicted and jailed again for exercising rights. Rights are "NOT PRIVILAGES".
In March of 2003, the State Legislature and Governor signed SB-25, pre-empting
and declaring the ordinances Stanley was arrested for, as UNCONSTITUTIONAL. The
judges in Denver, Thornton, Adams County and Colorado, failed to uphold their
oaths of office to defend the Constitution and Stanley's rights.
That same Rick Stanley, sent judicial notice to the Thornton and Adams County
Judges, in a legal document, a pleading, or a "notice" to the court. Many of you
know this, as a Motion to the Court. Thousands of lawyers do this each and every
day, in every court in the land. It is an accepted practice rooted in free
speech, symbolic speech, petition for redress of grievance, intended to
influence the judge to rule in the favor of the individual, who is forced to
rely on the court, to have their rights upheld in court.
Judge Rose of Thornton and Judge Marshall of Adams county received exactly the
same document, tendered lawfully by Stanley to the court, demanding Stanley's
Constitutional rights be upheld by each Judge in Stanley's case. No threat was
made, just judicial notice these judges were violating Stanley's rights and
their oath of office to defend the Constitutions. The LEGAL NOTICE stated the
judges were operating under the "color of law", violating the "condition" each
of these men swore to uphold upon taking the Judge's office, which was a
treasonous act, that could result in charges filed and an arrest warrant issued
by the militia. The militia, is another word for the people, the authority for
government. The militia and the people were in existence before the Declaration
of Independence, the American Revolution, the Constitution and Bill of Rights.
The people, the militia, were in existence BEFORE the founding documents giving
the government the authority to govern. The people, the militia pre-date the
existence of our servant, the government.
These two Judges, using their office, under color of law once again, filed
felony charges against Stanley for attempting to "Influence a Public Official".
They used their "positions" to bring charges against another citizen, under the
pretense of another "statute", another law they have enacted that is
unconstitutional, vague, and in Stanley's case, has harmed no one, no property
stolen, in other words, just another victimless "crime against the state". The
legislatures at the state and federal levels have made thousands of these
victimless crimes against the state, to control and relieve citizens of their
money and property. The judicial branch of government continues the charade of a
"justice system", by systematically enacting their own rules and regulations,
effectively creating law, to exploit the system for their own gain as well. The
creation of private jails, corporations that charge for "classes", electronic
monitoring, and a host of other "services" for the citizen unlucky enough to be
caught up in this injustice system must pay for or back to the jails again. A
majority of the crimes committed have no victim and in fact would not have been
a "crime" one hundred years ago. Judges hide behind corporations, raking in
profit, based on their decisions.
Stanley and his case, are a barometer of how corrupt and fraudulent America's
judicial system and government have become. When an honest man can be tossed in
jail on the word of another, charged with the "crime" of filing a pleading with
the court to "influence a public official", forced to pay an attorney thousands
of dollars to defend against this fraudulent charge on top of the others it
stems from, as well as pay a $50,000 bond times two, for two identical pleadings
to two judges for the same issue, when the bond was only supposed to be $5,000
each, now a total of $100,000, it can only be a matter of time before it will
happen to you.
Yes, the system is irretrievably broken, as stated by a federal judge in this
very same year of 2003 at a speech in one of our country's finest eastern law
schools. The Police State of America is here. Funny that the media in Colorado,
made fun of Stanley, for making exactly that prediction, made during the US
Senate Campaign in 2001 and 2002 in Colorado.
Or is it funny?
Symbolic free speech is now a crime. Last few years, several people have been
jailed for "thought crimes". Every one of the ten Bill of Rights is violated
each and every day against American citizens, by the Police State of America.
Patrick Henry said, "Give me liberty or give me death.".
Ben Franklin said, "We gave you a republic, now see if you can keep it.".
America has been socialized, communized, politically corrected, and now
tyrannized by fascist policies similar to what the citizens of Nazi Germany only
began to experience in the 30's and early 40's of the last century. America has
been told since the Thirties, that our country is a Democracy. The government
and media have reinforced that point over and over, through the use of their
propaganda techniques and America suffers in ignorance. The people no longer
have the courage, or will to resist, the tyranny of the government that has
overthrown America.
These thoughts continue to dominate my days, as I sit in jail, day after day. I
am a convicted American who had the audacity to exercise his rights. I am an
American grandfather, business owner and entrepreneur, property owner, husband
and now citizen without rights, under the total control of the Police State. I
have new felony charges with 32 potential years of prison threatening my life
and future, hanging over me, for giving judicial notice to two men on the bench,
legally, lawfully and Constitutionally, so their ego and fraudulent treason
against a citizen, can be covered up and tucked away in a prison cell.
Free symbolic speech. The right to keep and bear arms. The right to petition
with redress of grievance. Our forefathers blood won these rights in the
American Revolutionary War for Themselves, their countrymen, as well as for
future generations of Americans. These fine men of honor, integrity and strength
of character, must surely be crying the tears of sorrow, for America, as they
roll over in their graves, disgusted by the acts of those who have sold out
America, destroying the heritage and birthright of all Americans.
I continue to sit in the jail of the damned.
Americans continue to believe that they live in the most free country in the
world, accepting the illusion of freedom and liberty. Samuel Adams said, "If ye
love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the
animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels
or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hands, which feed you. May your chains
set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen.".
Symbolic speech has a way of stirring the pot, magnifying the truth to epic
proportions. How long will America sleep? How long before the ideals and
principles of the Constitution are once again the Supreme Law of the Land, not
just in word, but in deed? Where is the courage of the American patriot?
I pray to the Lord each day for the deliverance of the American people from the
fascist tyranny of this "Democracy" that has overthrown America from within. The
war isn't in Iraq, Afghanistan, or the remaining five countries targeted by the
international bankers for America's military to be the spear point of their
ambitions. The war is here, the real war is right here in America. It is
directed at Americans. Americans will fill the jails, prisons, concentration
camps of this war. America's sons and daughters, the fruits of their labor,
their property and their ability to pay, will be the object of this war on
America. Our forefathers are weeping.
While we continue to send our children to their deaths fighting wars for
"security", those left in America will pay the price. What price you say? The
ultimate price: Freedom and liberty lost.
If you are as powerful as you think, post my beliefs, for all to see. Don't comment or slam, just post them. I dare you.
DARE ACCEPTED
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1. I can't conceive of a life so full and interesting like this and then ceasing to exist. To go through everything we go through to learn and experience life, parenting and love, pain and sorrow, happiness and joy, seems to be a platform for a future existence that continues based on all life has taught us. This doesn't mean there is a God, just that life continues after death and that we are part of a greater existence and plan.
2. The positive energy created through prayer seems to be real and effective. It helps in healing, reaching goals, understanding of life's issues, getting through a crisis, etc.
3. Sometimes, things happen that seem to be a result of divine intervention. Someone decides out of nowhere to cancel a trip and then the plane goes down that he or she would have been on. I have been touched deep down by many such stories and experiences.
4. It seems like everyone born can make a difference in the world and there is a purpose for their existence no matter how trivial that may be. This ties into the thought that we are here mostly to learn and to experience various things and that there is a plan and an architect behind that plan.
5. The complexity and enormity of the universe and the continual discovery of various phenomena in quantum physics and other sciences tells me there is a larger cause and order that we barely understand.
6. Spirituality, learning to love, belief in noble purposes and in a higher plane of existence and light are common threads and goals achievable in this life. The notion that these ideals move on to a higher level after death seems logical.
7. Almost all of us are touched by little acts of love or sacrifice of others. There seems to be a spirit of love that is common and that men are blessed with that comes from heaven.
8. I believe because I love the idea that there is a loving God and a loving future after death. The story appeals to me. I realize that this doesn't make it so. However, I detest the idea that God doesn't exist and that we are the result of a billion years of evolution and that there is no final justice or cause in the universe.
9. I believe because of the beliefs or lack of belief in others. When I hear someone say that there is no God, I feel a negative vibe. Life has only fleeting, momentary value. On the contrary, when I hear a positive story, I get a good feeling inside. Although, this one has been somewhat negated by too many years of bad fast and testimony stories.
10. Finally, I believe because I grew up believing and it has always worked for me, even though I have been mad at God for a multitude of reasons. I elect to believe and that is my choice. I don't know for sure, but I do believe.
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Subj: 3-parent pregnancies [DO NOT DISSEMINATE]
Date: 11/14/03 1:29:15 PM Eastern Standard Time
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Controversial three-parent pregnancy revealed
A human pregnancy involving fetuses with three genetic parents was reported by US and Chinese scientists on Tuesday. None were born, but the researchers say this was due to obstetric complications rather than the fertility technique used, and that it would work in future.
However, the approach is now reported to have been banned in China, where the pregnancy was created. It was already banned in the US and UK, and the news of the attempt has led to renewed criticism of fertility research by anti-abortion groups.
Some children have already been born with three genetic parents, but the new research has prompted additional controversy because the method used shares a technical step, called nuclear transfer, with cloning procedures. However, the US scientist who developed in animals the technique used by the Chinese researchers says: "It's nothing to do with human cloning."
Jamie Grifo, director of reproductive medicine at New York University, told New Scientist that making such false links is detrimental to his patients. "This fear of cloning has created a regulatory environment that has stopped a lot of research in the area of fertility, and the problem is that patients who need it will not get it."
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NEWS CLIPPING FOUND IN BOTTLE LAST WEEK
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BULLET FOUND IN FIJI
Farmer 'has sex with daughter'
Sunday, April 14, 2002
Police continue to appeal for the safety of children in light of a recent case of incest at a Dawasamu Village, in Tailevu.
A 35-year-old farmer is under investigation for allegedly having sex with his daughter, said police spokeswoman acting Inspector Unaisi Vuniwaqa said.
The incident happened on April 8 this year between 12 midday and 8pm when the suspect took his daughter to catch prawns at a nearby creek.
It happened again at a vacant house near the village. Mrs Vuniwaqa said the victim lives alone with the suspect as "he is separated from his wife who resides in Ba, with another son and daughter".
The victim, who is eight-years-old, only related the incident to her mother when she visited them lately. Investigations into the matter are continuing.
Meanwhile, police are appealing for any information from people on the finding of a live .303 bullet in the house of a 40-year-old technician at the Pony Club Settlement in Suva.
Mrs Vuniwaqa said the discovery was made while police were conducting a drug raid at the house late Thursday night.
"We continue to appeal to anyone who may have in his possession arms and ammunition to hand it over to police."
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Does the current government of the United States of America extort from its people?
Is it now time for a New Magna Carta?
Here is the old one that did the trick (with a few sharp swords):
The Text of Magna Carta
Introductory Note
As might be expected, the text of the Magna Carta of 1215 bears many traces of haste, and is clearly the product of much bargaining and many hands. Most of its clauses deal with specific, and often long-standing, grievances rather than with general principles of law. Some of the grievances are self-explanatory: others can be understood only in the context of the feudal society in which they arose. Of a few clauses, the precise meaning is still a matter of argument.
In feudal society, the king's barons held their lands `in fee' (feudum) from the king, for an oath to him of loyalty and obedience, and with the obligation to provide him with a fixed number of knights whenever these were required for military service. At first the barons provided the knights by dividing their estates (of which the largest and most important were known as `honours') into smaller parcels described as `knights' fees', which they distributed to tenants able to serve as knights. But by the time of King John it had become more convenient and usual for the obligation for service to be commuted for a cash payment known as `scutage', and for the revenue so obtained to be used to maintain paid armies.
Besides military service, feudal custom allowed the king to make certain other exactions from his barons. In times of emergency, and on such special occasions as the marriage of his eldest daughter, he could demand from them a financial levy known as an `aid' (auxilium). When a baron died, he could demand a succession duty or `relief' (relevium) from the baron's heir. If there was no heir, or if the succession was disputed, the baron's lands could be forfeited or `escheated' to the Crown. If the heir was under age, the king could assume the guardianship of his estates, and enjoy all the profits from them-ven to the extent of despoliation-until the heir came of age. The king had the right, if he chose, to sell such a guardianship to the highest bidder, and to sell the heir himself in marriage for such price as the value of his estates would command. The widows and daughters of barons might also be sold in marriage. With their own tenants, the barons could deal similarly.
The scope for extortion and abuse in this system, if it were not benevolently applied, was obviously great and had been the subject of complaint long before King John came to the throne. Abuses were, moreover, aggravated by the difficulty of obtaining redress for them, and in Magna Carta the provision of the means for obtaining a fair hearing of complaints, not only against the king and his agents but against lesser feudal lords, achieves corresponding importance.
About two-thirds of the clauses of the Magna Carta of 1215 are concerned with matters such as these, and with the misuse of their powers by royal officials. As regards other topics, the first clause, conceding the freedom of the Church, and in particular confirming its right to elect its own dignitaries without royal interference, reflects John's dispute with the Pope over Stephen Langton's election as archbishop of Canterbury: it does not appear in the Articles of the Barons, and its somewhat stilted phrasing seems in part to be attempting to justify its inclusion, none the less, in the charter itself. The clauses that deal with the royal forests (§§ 44, 47, 48), over which the king had special powers and jurisdiction, reflect the disquiet and anxieties that had arisen on account of a longstanding royal tendency to extend the forest boundaries, to the detriment of the holders of the lands affected. Those that deal with debts (§§ 9-1l) reflect administrative problems created by the chronic scarcity of ready cash among the upper and middle classes, and their need to resort to money-lenders when this was required. The clause promising the removal of fish-weirs (§ 33) was intended to facilitate the navigation of rivers. A number of clauses deal with the special circumstances that surrounded the making of the charter, and are such as might be found in any treaty of peace. Others, such as those relating to the city of London (§ 13) and to merchants (§ 41), clearly represent concessions to special interests.
Translation
(Clauses marked (+) are still valid under the charter of 1225, but with a few minor amendments. Clauses marked (*) were omitted in all later reissues of the charter. In the charter itself the clauses are not numbered, and the text reads continuously. The translation sets out to convey the sense rather than the precise wording of the original Latin.)
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JOHN, by the grace of God King of England, Lord of Ireland, Duke of Normandy and Aquitaine, and Count of Anjou, to his archbishops, bishops, abbots, earls, barons, justices, foresters, sheriffs, stewards, servants, and to all his officials and loyal subjects, Greeting.
KNOW THAT BEFORE GOD, for the health of our soul and those of our ancestors and heirs, to the honour of God, the exaltation of the holy Church, and the better ordering of our kingdom, at the advice of our reverend fathers Stephen, archbishop of Canterbury, primate of all England, and cardinal of the holy Roman Church, Henry archbishop of Dublin, William bishop of London, Peter bishop of Winchester, Jocelin bishop of Bath and Glastonbury, Hugh bishop of Lincoln, Walter Bishop of Worcester, William bishop of Coventry, Benedict bishop of Rochester, Master Pandulf subdeacon and member of the papal household, Brother Aymeric master of the knighthood of the Temple in England, William Marshal earl of Pembroke, William earl of Salisbury, William earl of Warren, William earl of Arundel, Alan de Galloway constable of Scotland, Warin Fitz Gerald, Peter Fitz Herbert, Hubert de Burgh seneschal of Poitou, Hugh de Neville, Matthew Fitz Herbert, Thomas Basset, Alan Basset, Philip Daubeny, Robert de Roppeley, John Marshal, John Fitz Hugh, and other loyal subjects:
+ (1) FIRST, THAT WE HAVE GRANTED TO GOD, and by this present charter have confirmed for us and our heirs in perpetuity, that the English Church shall be free, and shall have its rights undiminished, and its liberties unimpaired. That we wish this so to be observed, appears from the fact that of our own free will, before the outbreak of the present dispute between us and our barons, we granted and confirmed by charter the freedom of the Church's elections - a right reckoned to be of the greatest necessity and importance to it - and caused this to be confirmed by Pope Innocent III. This freedom we shall observe ourselves, and desire to be observed in good faith by our heirs in perpetuity.
TO ALL FREE MEN OF OUR KINGDOM we have also granted, for us and our heirs for ever, all the liberties written out below, to have and to keep for them and their heirs, of us and our heirs:
(2) If any earl, baron, or other person that holds lands directly of the Crown, for military service, shall die, and at his death his heir shall be of full age and owe a `relief', the heir shall have his inheritance on payment of the ancient scale of `relief'. That is to say, the heir or heirs of an earl shall pay £100 for the entire earl's barony, the heir or heirs of a knight l00s. at most for the entire knight's `fee', and any man that owes less shall pay less, in accordance with the ancient usage of `fees'
(3) But if the heir of such a person is under age and a ward, when he comes of age he shall have his inheritance without `relief' or fine.
(4) The guardian of the land of an heir who is under age shall take from it only reasonable revenues, customary dues, and feudal services. He shall do this without destruction or damage to men or property. If we have given the guardianship of the land to a sheriff, or to any person answerable to us for the revenues, and he commits destruction or damage, we will exact compensation from him, and the land shall be entrusted to two worthy and prudent men of the same `fee', who shall be answerable to us for the revenues, or to the person to whom we have assigned them. If we have given or sold to anyone the guardianship of such land, and he causes destruction or damage, he shall lose the guardianship of it, and it shall be handed over to two worthy and prudent men of the same `fee', who shall be similarly answerable to us.
(5) For so long as a guardian has guardianship of such land, he shall maintain the houses, parks, fish preserves, ponds, mills, and everything else pertaining to it, from the revenues of the land itself. When the heir comes of age, he shall restore the whole land to him, stocked with plough teams and such implements of husbandry as the season demands and the revenues from the land can reasonably bear.
(6) Heirs may be given in marriage, but not to someone of lower social standing. Before a marriage takes place, it shall be' made known to the heir's next-of-kin.
(7) At her husband's death, a widow may have her marriage portion and inheritance at once and without trouble. She shall pay nothing for her dower, marriage portion, or any inheritance that she and her husband held jointly on the day of his death. She may remain in her husband's house for forty days after his death, and within this period her dower shall be assigned to her.
(8) No widow shall be compelled to marry, so long as she wishes to remain without a husband. But she must give security that she will not marry without royal consent, if she holds her lands of the Crown, or without the consent of whatever other lord she may hold them of.
(9) Neither we nor our officials will seize any land or rent in payment of a debt, so long as the debtor has movable goods sufficient to discharge the debt. A debtor's sureties shall not be distrained upon so long as the debtor himself can discharge his debt. If, for lack of means, the debtor is unable to discharge his debt, his sureties shall be answerable for it. If they so desire, they may have the debtor's lands and rents until they have received satisfaction for the debt that they paid for him, unless the debtor can show that he has settled his obligations to them.
* (10) If anyone who has borrowed a sum of money from Jews dies before the debt has been repaid, his heir shall pay no interest on the debt for so long as he remains under age, irrespective of whom he holds his lands. If such a debt falls into the hands of the Crown, it will take nothing except the principal sum specified in the bond.
* (11) If a man dies owing money to Jews, his wife may have her dower and pay nothing towards the debt from it. If he leaves children that are under age, their needs may also be provided for on a scale appropriate to the size of his holding of lands. The debt is to be paid out of the residue, reserving the service due to his feudal lords. Debts owed to persons other than Jews are to be dealt with similarly.
* (12) No `scutage' or `aid' may be levied in our kingdom without its general consent, unless it is for the ransom of our person, to make our eldest son a knight, and (once) to marry our eldest daughter. For these purposes ouly a reasonable `aid' may be levied. `Aids' from the city of London are to be treated similarly.
+ (13) The city of London shall enjoy all its ancient liberties and free customs, both by land and by water. We also will and grant that all other cities, boroughs, towns, and ports shall enjoy all their liberties and free customs.
* (14) To obtain the general consent of the realm for the assessment of an `aid' - except in the three cases specified above - or a `scutage', we will cause the archbishops, bishops, abbots, earls, and greater barons to be summoned individually by letter. To those who hold lands directly of us we will cause a general summons to be issued, through the sheriffs and other officials, to come together on a fixed day (of which at least forty days notice shall be given) and at a fixed place. In all letters of summons, the cause of the summons will be stated. When a summons has been issued, the business appointed for the day shall go forward in accordance with the resolution of those present, even if not all those who were summoned have appeared.
* (15) In future we will allow no one to levy an `aid' from his free men, except to ransom his person, to make his eldest son a knight, and (once) to marry his eldest daughter. For these purposes only a reasonable `aid' may be levied.
(16) No man shall be forced to perform more service for a knight's `fee', or other free holding of land, than is due from it.
(17) Ordinary lawsuits shall not follow the royal court around, but shall be held in a fixed place.
(18) Inquests of novel disseisin, mort d'ancestor, and darrein presentment shall be taken only in their proper county court. We ourselves, or in our absence abroad our chief justice, will send two justices to each county four times a year, and these justices, with four knights of the county elected by the county itself, shall hold the assizes in the county court, on the day and in the place where the court meets.
(19) If any assizes cannot be taken on the day of the county court, as many knights and freeholders shall afterwards remain behind, of those who have attended the court, as will suffice for the administration of justice, having regard to the volume of business to be done.
(20) For a trivial offence, a free man shall be fined only in proportion to the degree of his offence, and for a serious offence correspondingly, but not so heavily as to deprive him of his livelihood. In the same way, a merchant shall be spared his merchandise, and a husbandman the implements of his husbandry, if they fall upon the mercy of a royal court. None of these fines shall be imposed except by the assessment on oath of reputable men of the neighbourhood.
(21) Earls and barons shall be fined only by their equals, and in proportion to the gravity of their offence.
(22) A fine imposed upon the lay property of a clerk in holy orders shall be assessed upon the same principles, without reference to the value of his ecclesiastical benefice.
(23) No town or person shall be forced to build bridges over rivers except those with an ancient obligation to do so.
(24) No sheriff, constable, coroners, or other royal officials are to hold lawsuits that should be held by the royal justices.
* (25) Every county, hundred, wapentake, and tithing shall remain at its ancient rent, without increase, except the royal demesne manors.
(26) If at the death of a man who holds a lay `fee' of the Crown, a sheriff or royal official produces royal letters patent of summons for a debt due to the Crown, it shall be lawful for them to seize and list movable goods found in the lay `fee' of the dead man to the value of the debt, as assessed by worthy men. Nothing shall be removed until the whole debt is paid, when the residue shall be given over to the executors to carry out the dead man s will. If no debt is due to the Crown, all the movable goods shall be regarded as the property of the dead man, except the reasonable shares of his wife and children.
* (27) If a free man dies intestate, his movable goods are to be distributed by his next-of-kin and friends, under the supervision of the Church. The rights of his debtors are to be preserved.
(28) No constable or other royal official shall take corn or other movable goods from any man without immediate payment, unless the seller voluntarily offers postponement of this.
(29) No constable may compel a knight to pay money for castle-guard if the knight is willing to undertake the guard in person, or with reasonable excuse to supply some other fit man to do it. A knight taken or sent on military service shall be excused from castle-guard for the period of this servlce.
(30) No sheriff, royal official, or other person shall take horses or carts for transport from any free man, without his consent.
(31) Neither we nor any royal official will take wood for our castle, or for any other purpose, without the consent of the owner.
(32) We will not keep the lands of people convicted of felony in our hand for longer than a year and a day, after which they shall be returned to the lords of the `fees' concerned.
(33) All fish-weirs shall be removed from the Thames, the Medway, and throughout the whole of England, except on the sea coast.
(34) The writ called precipe shall not in future be issued to anyone in respect of any holding of land, if a free man could thereby be deprived of the right of trial in his own lord's court.
(35) There shall be standard measures of wine, ale, and corn (the London quarter), throughout the kingdom. There shall also be a standard width of dyed cloth, russett, and haberject, namely two ells within the selvedges. Weights are to be standardised similarly.
(36) In future nothing shall be paid or accepted for the issue of a writ of inquisition of life or limbs. It shall be given gratis, and not refused.
(37) If a man holds land of the Crown by `fee-farm', `socage', or `burgage', and also holds land of someone else for knight's service, we will not have guardianship of his heir, nor of the land that belongs to the other person's `fee', by virtue of the `fee-farm', `socage', or `burgage', unless the `fee-farm' owes knight's service. We will not have the guardianship of a man's heir, or of land that he holds of someone else, by reason of any small property that he may hold of the Crown for a service of knives, arrows, or the like.
(38) In future no official shall place a man on trial upon his own unsupported statement, without producing credible witnesses to the truth of it.
+ (39) No free man shall be seized or imprisoned, or stripped of his rights or possessions, or outlawed or exiled, or deprived of his standing in any other way, nor will we proceed with force against him, or send others to do so, except by the lawful judgement of his equals or by the law of the land.
+ (40) To no one will we sell, to no one deny or delay right or justice.
(41) All merchants may enter or leave England unharmed and without fear, and may stay or travel within it, by land or water, for purposes of trade, free from all illegal exactions, in accordance with ancient and lawful customs. This, however, does not apply in time of war to merchants from a country that is at war with us. Any such merchants found in our country at the outbreak of war shall be detained without injury to their persons or property, until we or our chief justice have discovered how our own merchants are being treated in the country at war with us. If our own merchants are safe they shall be safe too.
* (42) In future it shall be lawful for any man to leave and return to our kingdom unharmed and without fear, by land or water, preserving his allegiance to us, except in time of war, for some short period, for the common benefit of the realm. People that have been imprisoned or outlawed in accordance with the law of the land, people from a country that is at war with us, and merchants - who shall be dealt with as stated above - are excepted from this provision.
(43) If a man holds lands of any `escheat' such as the `honour' of Wallingford, Nottingham, Boulogne, Lancaster, or of other `escheats' in our hand that are baronies, at his death his heir shall give us only the `relief' and service that he would have made to the baron, had the barony been in the baron's hand. We will hold the `escheat' in the same manner as the baron held it.
(44) People who live outside the forest need not in future appear before the royal justices of the forest in answer to general summonses, unless they are actually involved in proceedings or are sureties for someone who has been seized for a forest offence.
* (45) We will appoint as justices, constables, sheriffs, or other officials, only men that know the law of the realm and are minded to keep it well.
(46) All barons who have founded abbeys, and have charters of English kings or ancient tenure as evidence of this, may have guardianship of them when there is no abbot, as is their due.
(47) All forests that have been created in our reign shall at once be disafforested. River-banks that have been enclosed in our reign shall be treated similarly.
* (48) All evil customs relating to forests and warrens, foresters, warreners, sheriffs and their servants, or river-banks and their wardens, are at once to be investigated in every county by twelve sworn knights of the county, and within forty days of their enquiry the evil customs are to be abolished completely and irrevocably. But we, or our chief justice if we are not in England, are first to be informed.
* (49) We will at once return all hostages and charters delivered up to us by Englishmen as security for peace or for loyal service.
* (50) We will remove completely from their offices the kinsmen of Gerard de Athée, and in future they shall hold no offices in England. The people in question are Engelard de Cigogné', Peter, Guy, and Andrew de Chanceaux, Guy de Cigogné, Geoffrey de Martigny and his brothers, Philip Marc and his brothers, with Geoffrey his nephew, and all their followers.
* (51) As soon as peace is restored, we will remove from the kingdom all the foreign knights, bowmen, their attendants, and the mercenaries that have come to it, to its harm, with horses and arms.
* (52) To any man whom we have deprived or dispossessed of lands, castles, liberties, or rights, without the lawful judgement of his equals, we will at once restore these. In cases of dispute the matter shall be resolved by the judgement of the twenty-five barons referred to below in the clause for securing the peace (§ 61). In cases, however, where a man was deprived or dispossessed of something without the lawful judgement of his equals by our father King Henry or our brother King Richard, and it remains in our hands or is held by others under our warranty, we shall have respite for the period commonly allowed to Crusaders, unless a lawsuit had been begun, or an enquiry had been made at our order, before we took the Cross as a Crusader. On our return from the Crusade, or if we abandon it, we will at once render justice in full.
* (53) We shall have similar respite in rendering justice in connexion with forests that are to be disafforested, or to remain forests, when these were first a-orested by our father Henry or our brother Richard; with the guardianship of lands in another person's `fee', when we have hitherto had this by virtue of a `fee' held of us for knight's service by a third party; and with abbeys founded in another person's `fee', in which the lord of the `fee' claims to own a right. On our return from the Crusade, or if we abandon it, we will at once do full justice to complaints about these matters.
(54) No one shall be arrested or imprisoned on the appeal of a woman for the death of any person except her husband.
* (55) All fines that have been given to us unjustiy and against the law of the land, and all fines that we have exacted unjustly, shall be entirely remitted or the matter decided by a majority judgement of the twenty-five barons referred to below in the clause for securing the peace (§ 61) together with Stephen, archbishop of Canterbury, if he can be present, and such others as he wishes to bring with him. If the archbishop cannot be present, proceedings shall continue without him, provided that if any of the twenty-five barons has been involved in a similar suit himself, his judgement shall be set aside, and someone else chosen and sworn in his place, as a substitute for the single occasion, by the rest of the twenty-five.
(56) If we have deprived or dispossessed any Welshmen of lands, liberties, or anything else in England or in Wales, without the lawful judgement of their equals, these are at once to be returned to them. A dispute on this point shall be determined in the Marches by the judgement of equals. English law shall apply to holdings of land in England, Welsh law to those in Wales, and the law of the Marches to those in the Marches. The Welsh shall treat us and ours in the same way.
* (57) In cases where a Welshman was deprived or dispossessed of anything, without the lawful judgement of his equals, by our father King Henry or our brother King Richard, and it remains in our hands or is held by others under our warranty, we shall have respite for the period commonly allowed to Crusaders, unless a lawsuit had been begun, or an enquiry had been made at our order, before we took the Cross as a Crusader. But on our return from the Crusade, or if we abandon it, we will at once do full justice according to the laws of Wales and the said regions.
* (58) We will at once return the son of Llywelyn, all Welsh hostages, and the charters delivered to us as security for the peace.
* (59) With regard to the return of the sisters and hostages of Alexander, king of Scotland, his liberties and his rights, we will treat him in the same way as our other barons of England, unless it appears from the charters that we hold from his father William, formerly king of Scotland, that he should be treated otherwise. This matter shall be resolved by the judgement of his equals in our court.
(60) All these customs and liberties that we have granted shall be observed in our kingdom in so far as concerns our own relations with our subjects. Let all men of our kingdom, whether clergy or laymen, observe them similarly in their relations with their own men.
* (61) SINCE WE HAVE GRANTED ALL THESE THINGS for God, for the better ordering of our kingdom, and to allay the discord that has arisen between us and our barons, and since we desire that they shall be enjoyed in their entirety, with lasting strength, for ever, we give and grant to the barons the following security:
The barons shall elect twenty-five of their number to keep, and cause to be observed with all their might, the peace and liberties granted and confirmed to them by this charter.
If we, our chief justice, our officials, or any of our servants offend in any respect against any man, or transgress any of the articles of the peace or of this security, and the offence is made known to four of the said twenty-five barons, they shall come to us - or in our absence from the kingdom to the chief justice - to declare it and claim immediate redress. If we, or in our absence abroad the chiefjustice, make no redress within forty days, reckoning from the day on which the offence was declared to us or to him, the four barons shall refer the matter to the rest of the twenty-five barons, who may distrain upon and assail us in every way possible, with the support of the whole community of the land, by seizing our castles, lands, possessions, or anything else saving only our own person and those of the queen and our children, until they have secured such redress as they have determined upon. Having secured the redress, they may then resume their normal obedience to us.
Any man who so desires may take an oath to obey the commands of the twenty-five barons for the achievement of these ends, and to join with them in assailing us to the utmost of his power. We give public and free permission to take this oath to any man who so desires, and at no time will we prohibit any man from taking it. Indeed, we will compel any of our subjects who are unwilling to take it to swear it at our command.
If-one of the twenty-five barons dies or leaves the country, or is prevented in any other way from discharging his duties, the rest of them shall choose another baron in his place, at their discretion, who shall be duly sworn in as they were.
In the event of disagreement among the twenty-five barons on any matter referred to them for decision, the verdict of the majority present shall have the same validity as a unanimous verdict of the whole twenty-five, whether these were all present or some of those summoned were unwilling or unable to appear.
The twenty-five barons shall swear to obey all the above articles faithfully, and shall cause them to be obeyed by others to the best of their power.
We will not seek to procure from anyone, either by our own efforts or those of a third party, anything by which any part of these concessions or liberties might be revoked or diminished. Should such a thing be procured, it shall be null and void and we will at no time make use of it, either ourselves or through a third party.
* (62) We have remitted and pardoned fully to all men any ill-will, hurt, or grudges that have arisen between us and our subjects, whether clergy or laymen, since the beginning of the dispute. We have in addition remitted fully, and for our own part have also pardoned, to all clergy and laymen any offences committed as a result of the said dispute between Easter in the sixteenth year of our reign (i.e. 1215) and the restoration of peace.
In addition we have caused letters patent to be made for the barons, bearing witness to this security and to the concessions set out above, over the seals of Stephen archbishop of Canterbury, Henry archbishop of Dublin, the other bishops named above, and Master Pandulf.
* (63) IT IS ACCORDINGLY OUR WISH AND COMMAND that the English Church shall be free, and that men in our kingdom shall have and keep all these liberties, rights, and concessions, well and peaceably in their fulness and entirety for them and their heirs, of us and our heirs, in all things and all places for ever.
Both we and the barons have sworn that all this shall be observed in good faith and without deceit. Witness the abovementioned people and many others.
Given by our hand in the meadow that is called Runnymede, between Windsor and Staines, on the fifteenth day of June in the seventeenth year of our reign (i.e. 1215: the new regnal year began on 28 May).
Source and Further Information
G. R. C. Davis, Magna Carta, Revised Edition, British Library, 1989.
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Careful With This Polygamy Debate
The Monitor (Kampala)
EDITORIAL
November 14, 2003
Posted to the web November 14, 2003
Kampala
Presently, there is a lot of debate around the draft Domestic Relations Bill among civil society groups. And one of the emerging contentions is pivoting around whether to ban polygamy.
The view to ban, however, is being tempered by the recognition, in the draft law, of the cultural and other sensitivities that this way of life arouses in our predominantly traditional society.
As this debate proceeds, it has to be mentioned that polygamy has some particularly negative tendencies. There is a possibility of neglect of one side of the family, spousal abuse, hatred that has in cases led to homicide, and general distress in the home.
On the flip side, the traditionalists purport that it brings with it variety and other such unwieldy arguments.
But however unwieldy a position may seem, our lawmakers should really avoid getting swamped in the bog that legislation touching on such private and sensitive areas normally turns out to be.
True, some countries have laws against polygamy but this does not make it right in the context of civil liberties. There must be better ways to regulate domestic relations.
Remember here that in Western countries where polygamy is outlawed the practical reality is that it still exists in other forms like the keeping of mistresses et cetera. This exposes the futility of legislating in such matters.
Understandably, many times our womenfolk and one side of a polygamous family have been placed at considerable disadvantage but this cannot be sufficient ground to bring in the law.
We should instead find more useful ways of dealing with this issue. For instance, we could push for strengthening the existing measures that are used against irresponsible husbands. FIDA, the women lawyers' organisation, has already shown that this can work.
Nobody is defending polygamy, however, human rights defenders will recognise that certain human rights could easily be compromised if we moved to ban.
Also, to allow legislation in this form would open the way to a "big brother" society where the State can pry into the most private areas of people's lives. George Orwell warned about the dangers associated with this sort of scenario in his book, 1984.
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Dark LDS church secrets 'revealed' in new book
by Natalie Taylor
A few years ago, I saw a Picasso exhibit. Not knowing much about the painter at the time, I assumed I’d see his “Woman in a Hat” or “Piano” or other similar paintings. Instead, this exhibit featured his earlier works. I wandered room after room looking at canvases painstakingly rendered with realistic details, proportion and light, and found not one abstract among them. Picasso mastered every rule of art before he broke them all. Understanding the fundamentals lent his abstracts the authority that made them precisely so wild.
But without that base knowledge, art is uninformed and the observer cannot trust the artist. Such is the case with Mike Oborn’s debut novel, Ghost Between Us. Reading this book is a bit like being in a karate tournament. After a page or two, you feel like you’ve been kicked in the head: dizzy, nauseated, and disoriented. Perhaps Oborn fancied the subject matter of his book so radical that it superseded basic rules of grammar.
Just to amuse myself, I started counting incomplete sentences in the first chapter, but, by the third page, I lost track. So, I started over and tried to count complete sentences, but run-on sentences distracted me. Then I hunted for underlined words, misspelled words (like “there” instead of “their”) and tired clichés. One paragraph started in past tense, flowed into present, then to future, and back to past. Granted, the novel was written in the first person from the protagonist’s point of view, but even interior monologues need some sort of flow to avoid giving readers a headache.
The hero, Matthew Alcott, is a recovering alcoholic with a wicked dichotomy of delusions of grandeur and an inferiority complex. A returned missionary, Alcott sought refuge in the bottle after divorcing a powerful Mormon’s daughter and then disappointing his parents by renouncing the church.
But before he left the fold, he worked in the historical archives. The years spent in the church’s library rewarded his diligence with evidence that the LDS church has its own gaggle of skeletons in the closet. He writes a novel based on his findings, sells it to a New York City publisher just in time for the 2002 Winter Olympic Games, and then finds out that the church wants to buy it for $2 million—sort of like a kill fee.
The book is being touted as highly controversial; according to the press release, Oborn’s membership in the LDS church may be revoked because of it. Please—it didn’t tell me one thing that most folks who live in Utah don’t already know.
Nonetheless, these are the facts he finds: Even after the Manifesto in 1890 (that abolished polygamy), Mormons continued to practice polygamy in secret and general authorities were given permission to perform these clandestine marriage ceremonies. The first president and founder of the LDS church, Joseph Smith, married at least 46 times, and one wife was 14. The church has a net worth of close to $50 billion and no debt—all from members’ tithing. Utah leads the nation in prescription anti-depressants. And finally, FBI and CIA retreads take jobs for the Mormon Church.
It’s hard to take anything Oborn says seriously. Maybe publishing this book really is a catalyst for excommunication. But if so, it’s an act of cutting off his membership to spite his face. If he had wanted to publish some groundbreaking work, he should have studied writing. As it is, the text itself is so painful to read that folks will have a hard time finishing it.
In addition to bad grammar, the characters are horribly undeveloped. When he devotes time to description at all, it’s description of women’s bodies. I’m assuming his character’s womanizing is an attempt to illustrate man’s basic desires to procreate with multiple women, thus exposing the rationale for polygamy. It doesn’t work; Alcott just comes off as a prick. Then there’s the predictable plot. But worse than that, as detestable as the LDS church is made out to be in this book, you understand why they might want the book silenced. Just shut this guy up, already.
Oborn needs to take some writing classes, master the basics and then maybe try a short story. As it is, you won’t trust a word he says because the writing is so bad. If this book is used for anything, it will be professors teaching students what not to do. It’s an ex-local writer’s attempt to be a maverick rebel and take the world by storm by exposing the soft white underbelly of the big dragon LDS church.
GHOST BETWEEN US by Mike Oborn, August Ink Publishing, Bellvue, Wash., $12.95
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Canadian lawyer raped his own children
VANCOUVER -- A former criminal defence lawyer was found guilty Friday in B.C. Supreme Court of 14 sex-related and assault charges involving his step-children and children. He was also found guilty of assaulting a 13-year-old friend of his step-daughter.
The lawyer's victims included his female children and male children, who said he fondled them or forced them to perform oral sex on him. The charges concerning his children included rape, sexual intercourse, indecent assault and sexual assault.
It was the second trial and conviction of the 63-year-old man, who was previously declared a dangerous offender in 1998, but who succeeded in overturning that judgement.
A court-ordered ban prevents publication of the man's name because it would identify his victims. The ban also prevents publication of information about where he practised law in B.C.
Justice Pamela Kirkpatrick described the victims as having a "tragically dysfunctional family."
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Police Log: PennState University
Trusting Student: A woman reported someone entered her unlocked apartment Tuesday on the 200 block of South Barnard Street and stole $650 worth of items, the State College Police Department said. She said the burglar entered between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., and took a camera and an MP3 player.
Future Leaders: Penn State University Police cited five students from James Madison University yesterday after an alleged fraternity initiation stunt. Police said the students entered Beaver Stadium at 3 a.m. Sunday and attempted to remove concession cart umbrellas.
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"I would rather listen to Saddam Hussein speak on civil rights than some of the televangelists that have spoken on ethics." - Texas Tech coach Bob Knight
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LIKE FATHER LIKE SON
Islamic mother and son fined and jailed for incest
November 14, 2003
KUALA LUMPUR - A mother and son were fined and jailed by a Syariah Court on Tuesday for committing incest in Kelantan.
Convicted of incest, Mazlan Yahya, 22, and his mother, Hasmah Mat Adam, 49, of Tanah Merah were both fined $1,140 and jailed. -- PHOTOS: NEW STRAITS TIMES
Religious enforcement officers in the opposition Parti Islam SeMalaysia-ruled state caught Hasmah Mat Adam, 49, and her son Mazlan Yahya, 22, having sexual intercourse last month at their house in Tanah Merah.
'When the officers reached the house, they found it locked from inside. But they managed to peep through a crack in the wooden wall of the house,' the court was told.
'They saw Mazlan, who was clad in a towel, sitting and caressing his mother, who was dressed in a sarong and T-shirt.'
The court was told that they were later seen having sex.
Prosecutors said the offence, which both the accused admitted to, was 'beyond human decency and religion'.
The defendants were fined RM2,500 (S$1,140) each. Mazlan was jailed for 20 months and his mother for three months.
PAS has proposed introducing Islamic criminal laws prescribing amputations and death by stoning to criminalise illicit sex, drinking alcohol and renunciation of Islam, but the government has rejected the proposals. -- AFP/The Star/AsiaNews Network
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Wickedness Report: Western Pennsylvania
The Associated Press
11/14/2003, 8:57 a.m. ET
MORE COMPUTER TIME
PITTSBURGH (AP) — A 19-year-old man avoided prison time but will spend six months under home arrest for an Internet auction scheme that bilked more than three dozen people out of $24,000.
Keith Condon, of Pittsburgh, was also sentenced Thursday to five years on probation and must repay the money to his 37 victims as part of his August plea to federal wire fraud charges. Condon's attorney, federal public defender Thomas Livingston, did not return a phone call for comment left at his office after business hours Thursday. Federal prosecutors said Condon put bogus items up for sale on auction Web sites and simply took people's money.
DEATH BY JEALOUSY
HOLLIDAYSBURG, Pa. (AP) — One of two women serving a life sentence for the murder of a 20-year-old aspiring paramedic, in an attack that authorities said was prompted by jealousy, will not get a new trial, a judge ruled. Blair County Judge Jolene Kopriva on Thursday turned away arguments by 22-year-old Marie Seilhamer that her accomplice delivered the fatal blow that killed 20-year-old Shari Lee Jackson in May 2001. Seilhamer's attorney Thomas Dickey said after Seilhamer was sentenced he received a letter from a Bedford County Prison inmate stating he was a secret eyewitness to the May 2001 killing Dickey had argued that evidence further showed Seilhamer's friend, Kristin Edmundson, killed Jackson with a shovel rather than Seilhamer killing her with a baseball bat. But Kopriva noted that Dickey never presented the witness or the letter to back up the claims. Dickey also argued Seilhamer's sentence of life in prison plus 10 to 20 years was excessive. Kopriva countered it represented the seriousness of the crime. Edmundson pleaded guilty in January to Jackson's murder and was also sentenced to life in prison plus 10 to 20 years. ___
MOTHER AS PIMP
BEDFORD, Pa. (AP) — A woman has been sentenced to as many as two years in jail for taking her 15-year-old daughter to the home of a man who had sex with her. Tina Guyton, 38, of Riddlesburg, was sentenced Thursday to one to two years in prison for her September plea to sexual exploitation of children. James Robert Hockenberry, 58, also of Riddlesburg, pleaded guilty to statutory sexual assault. He had initially said the arrangement was for a 22-year-old woman, but testified that he knew she was 15 when they had sex.
He will be sentenced Tuesday. Guyton admitted she took the girl to Hockenberry's home, about 90 miles southeast of Pittsburgh, to discuss sex but claimed her daughter stripped naked and began having sex with the man.
Guyton said she didn't want to stop the sex because she feared it could erupt into a fight. The girl told authorities that she feared Guyton would beat her up if she refused. Hockenberry gave Guyton and the girl each $50, but Guyton took it, police said.
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WEEKEND OF BLOOD COMING
President ask Georgians to stay away from opposition protests
MISHA DZHINDZHIKHASHVILI, Associated Press
(11-14) 04:44 PST TBILISI, Georgia (AP) --
President Eduard Shevardnadze warned Friday that the round-the-clock opposition protests in the Georgian capital could spark a civil war, and asked that people stay away from a rally scheduled for later in the day.
Shevardnadze's appeal came after opposition leader Mikhail Saakashvili called on all Georgians to join the protesters outside parliament later Friday. The demonstrators want Nov. 2 parliamentary elections declared invalid and say Shevardnadze should resign.
Shevardnadze went on state television to urge people against going to the rally, warning of the consequences if protesters get out of control. The protests have ranged in size from several hundred people to several thousand.
"The present situation of civil confrontation may develop into a civil war," Shevardnadze said. "If the leaders of this action believe that the protesters will behave as they want them to, then they are mistaken. Some people will be drunk, some people will act as provocateurs, and irreparable things may happen."
By 4 p.m., the scheduled start of the protest, about 15,000 people had gathered outside parliament. Riot troops cordoned off the area surrounding Shevardnadze's official residence nearby, preventing anyone from approaching.
Opponents say Shevardnadze has failed to crack down on corruption or fix Georgia's economic problems. The popular anger has been fueled by allegations of widespread fraud during the elections.
Election results, still incomplete, show the pro-government bloc For a New Georgia in the lead, followed by the opposition Revival party, which tends to support the government on key issues. Official results are scheduled to be announced next week.
The protests have become a fixture over the past week, and at times have taken on a circus-like atmosphere. On Thursday, the demonstrators were joined by a group of large puppets of Shevardnadze and several close associates.
Shevardnadze said it would be "irresponsible" for him to step down but repeated that he could in theory resign after parliament convenes.
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How secure is your job?
That's right...your job.
Steelcase, West Michigan's largest employer (office furnishings) just announced another 77 layoffs. They have now laid off on half of their work force (23,000) since the "mild recession" began.
Are the jobs going to China?
Nope.
Are the jobs going to Mexico?
Nope.
Where are the jobs going?
http://roselear.net
Your government is giving the jobs to prisoners who work for $3.25 per hour.
Think about this.
Then you'll understand why government is expanding, jails are bursting at the seams and the Prison population is now 2.1 million strong...all now invited to take your job.
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ABUSIVE ARAB IN AMERICA
Portsmouth Store Owner Takes On Three Would-be Robbers
Sam Ziad Isnail
Portsmouth police say they have three robbery suspects in custody, after the owner of a clothing store they were attempting to rob decided to take matters into his own hands.
According to police, it was around 1:30pm Thursday when the three entered the Playaz Gear store in the Victory Corner Shopping Center in the 4000 block of Victory Boulevard. One of the suspects was armed with a gun.
Authorities say the three robbed the clerk on duty, Sam Ziad Isnail - who also happened to be the owner - and took clothing from the store.
At some point, police say, Isnail decided he had had enough.
Police say he chased the three out of the store, and eventually got into a physical confrontation with the suspects.
Isnail then managed to take the gun away from one of the suspects and began using it as a blunt object to hit the three.
Police say the three got into their vehicle to drive away. As they were leaving, Isnail beat the gun against the back window with enough force to break it.
Officials say Isnail never fired the weapon.
The three drove to Alexander's Corner in the 3900 block of Portsmouth Boulevard, where police say they abandoned their vehicle and fled on foot.
The three were later apprehended by Portsmouth police.
The owner of the store suffered an abrasion on his head and a cut to his hand during the incident. We has transported to the hospital for treatment.
Police have identified the three suspects as 23-year old Anthony C. Davis, 20-year old Mathew Crisp, and 20-year old Antwaine Butts. They are charged with robbery, abduction, malicious wounding, and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony.
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OVERTIME DUTY
Ex-chief admits to sex crimes
By Kimball Perry
Post staff reporter
As Elmwood Place Police Chief, Jeremy Alley enjoyed communicating with fellow police officers. But it was his communications with a police officer he didn't know was a cop that could cost him up to five years in prison.
Alley, 27, was the village chief for nine days before he was arrested in April and charged with trying to have sex with someone he thought was a 15-year-old girl.
Alley admitted Wednesday there is enough evidence to convict him of those five felonies.
After Alley pleaded no contest to the five counts of importuning -- soliciting a minor for sex -- Hamilton County Common Pleas Norbert Nadel convicted him.
Alley faces up to one year in prison on each counts when Nadel sentences him Dec. 16.
Alley, who prior to his pro-motion to chief listed himself as the police department's "Webmaster" and "computer officer," used his work computer at Elmwood Place to access the Internet and solicit sex from Cheryl Hart, who Alley believed to be a 15-year-old girl.
Hart actually is a Cincinnati police officer who was working in conjunction with the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office in a computer crimes unit.
Alley, court documents show, repeatedly asked Hart for sex, using extremely explicit language.
"After I give you a ride on the bike, can we (have intercourse) then?" Alley asked in a cyberspace chat with her.
He asked often about meeting her for sex and asked "how many condoms should I bring?"
Police traced the cyberspace chat back to a specific computer in the department and realized it was Alley when they saw his personal password was used to log on to that specific computer.
Alley, on the Elmwood Place police force since 1997 and at one time a school resource officer, resigned after the sheriff's office served a search warrant on him.
The felony convictions likely end his law enforcement career because police departments rarely hire convicted felons.
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"Honor thy physician with the honor that is due to him."
- Ecclesiastes 38:1
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Friday, November 14, 2003, 01:04 GMT
Doctor 'offered sex as a treatment'
The case is being heard by the General Medical Council
A Harley Street doctor persuaded a woman to have sex three times as a form of therapy for her fear of intercourse, the General Medical Council (GMC) has heard.
Psychiatrist Robin Lawrence said the sex would help to cure the 25-year-old virgin of her fear.
The woman, who had gone to Dr Lawrence's clinic for counselling in December 1996 after her father died, sobbed as she gave evidence to a GMC professional conduct committee hearing.
She said she had sex three times with Dr Lawrence during July 1998 after he had flirted with her and suggested "sexual therapy".
Dr Lawrence, a senior research fellow at the Institute of Psychiatry, of Alleyn Park, South East London, denies serious professional misconduct.
The disciplinary committee heard that Dr Lawrence - a married father of four - allegedly downloaded sexual images from the Internet and suggested watching a pornographic movie on the third occasion the pair had sex.
Ms A sought counselling after she began binge eating in the wake of her father's death in January, 1995.
She was referred by a counselling centre to Dr Lawrence, who initially prescribed her Prozac for her eating disorder at the first of 15 sessions over the next few months.
Lydia Barnfather, for the GMC, said: "But by June 1997 the doctor/patient relationship became less than professional."
First he began revealing "suggestive" details about himself, Miss Barnfather alleged. Then, in July 1997, she told Dr Lawrence about her fear of penetrative sex, she said.
Ms A told the committee: "I was going out with a boy I was interested in. I was a virgin.
"I just said that I could not have penetrative sex because I was quite scared.
"It came out that maybe we should have sex together in that I would trust him as a way of finding out what was going on. It was a very naive thing to mention and Dr Lawrence followed it up."
Sexual therapy
Miss Barnfather said Dr Lawrence's response was to "suggest she undergo as part of her treatment `sexual therapy'."
She added: "She told him she was not interested in this form of therapy."
Ms A, who is now aged 27, decided to end the counselling sessions with Dr Lawrence.
Miss Barnfather said: "They parted on good terms. Indeed she wrote a letter to him addressing him as Dr Lancelot and expressing her gratitude in the form of a medieval tale, thanking her saviour and knight in shining armour."
But Ms A restarted the therapy again just a month later, and found the counselling took the form of hugs from Dr Lawrence.
They had sex on three separate occasions before times before she called a halt to the affair.
Ms A said: "I was very confused. I do not know why (I had sex), but I trusted him. I thought he knew what he was doing."
Dr Lawrence denies the charges and also denies that he prescribed an inappropriate drug - Zispin - when he knew Ms A suffered from hypertension.
The hearing was adjourned until next Wednesday.
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VIAGRA REP'S SEX FINALLY ENDS
Obara lured hundreds to beachside rape nest
2003-11-14 Japan Today
TOKYO — A sales representative for a pharmaceutical firm selling Viagra was arrested in June by Tokyo authorities. He had accosted a young police decoy for sex.
The arrest led to a maze that resulted in the largest one man 'sex spree' known in modern annals of paedophelia.
Alleged serial rapist Joji Obara assaulted nearly all of his female victims in his condominium in Zushi, even though he maintained several other rooms in metropolitan areas, police sources said Monday.
A large bookcase, filled with neatly catalogged videotapes the police seized from his condominiums suggest he raped several hundred women, most in their early teens, in his condo in Zushi, Kanagawa Prefecture, southwest of Tokyo, the sources said.
Obara purchased the condo in 1982. Neighbors said he believed he was a 'fun loving man' who frequently brought his nieces and their schoolmates to party with him.
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FLORIDA FLING: LOVE ME TENDER
Police: Woman lured here for sex
The 19-year-old mentally disabled woman left Illinois to come here for a sexual encounter that she tried to stop after it started, Largo police say.
By CHRIS TISCH, Times Staff Writer
Published November 11, 2003
LARGO - Police have arrested a Largo man on charges he sexually abused a mentally disabled woman from Illinois after luring her here over the Internet.
Police said Andrew M. Kobak, 31, met the 19-year-old woman in an alternative lifestyle chat room Nov. 1. They talked on the phone the day after and Kobak bought her a bus ticket to Florida, police said.
Police said Kobak, who is involved in sadism and masochism activities, was bringing the woman to Largo for a sexual encounter. The woman left Illinois the next day and arrived in Largo.
"She basically came down here to be his sex slave," said Detective Joe Coyle.
The woman knew she was meeting Kobak for a sexual rendezvous, but once the sex started, she tried to stop it, police said. Officers said it was her first foray into that lifestyle.
"It went further than she wanted," Coyle said. "She wanted him to stop and he didn't stop."
Officers said Kobak committed a number of sexual offenses, including abusing the woman with a riding crop, pole digger and musical tuning forks..
Police said Kobak, who lives alone, kept the woman, who suffers from depression and borderline personality disorder, in his home for 60 hours. He threatened to tell her parents what happened if she left. He also threatened to inject her with a drug if she tried to flee, Burke said.
"There were enough threats made that she didn't feel free to leave," the officer said.
Kobak also gave the victim the impression he was a police officer. In fact, Largo police have been aware of Kobak for some time because they suspected he was impersonating police officers.
In September, a police officer pulled Kobak over while he was driving a Crown Victoria resembling a police car. The officer noticed the car had a spotlight and a working air horn. Yellow and white lights were mounted on the dash and in the back window, police said.
Police also found a plastic imitation badge in his wallet, a mag flashlight next to the driver's seat, two handcuff keys in the car and a 9mm Ruger in the glove box. He had a Florida Police Benevolent Association license plate on the car.
In the trunk they found rope, flares, handcuffs and a bag of oregano. Kobak, who works for a company that outfits police cars, told officers he had wanted to play a prank on some friends by pretending the oregano was marijuana, police records state.
Police didn't charge Kobak with impersonating an officer, but did arrest him on charges of driving with a suspended license. He was awaiting trial on those charges when, police say, he met the Illinois woman online.
Because the woman believed Kobak was an officer, she was scared to call police for help. So when he left his home Friday morning, she cut her arm, then called 911 and said she had sliced herself. When paramedics arrived, they also summoned police.
"She wasn't suicidal. She just needed help getting out of there," said Officer Chris Burke.
Officers soon figured out something was amiss.
The woman was hospitalized over the weekend for internal injuries police said were caused by the sexual abuse.
"There are injuries indicating force was used," Coyle said.
Coyle said Kobak admitted the sexual activity occurred, but said it was all consensual. He was booked into the Pinellas County Jail on Sunday on charges of sexual battery, lewd and lascivious acts on a disabled person and aggravated battery. He was being held Monday in lieu of $240,000 bail.
A victim advocate was helping the woman find shelter Monday before she returns to Illinois.
"She had a lot of stuff done to her in 60 hours," Burke said. "He's looking at some major charges. She realizes that she was duped and lured by this monster to Florida and just wants to get on with her life. But she doesn't want him to do it to anyone else."
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Subj: Ask Satan
Date: 11/14/03 5:34:05 AM Eastern Standard Time
From: Jalmond2000@cs.com
To: InGatesWeTrust@aol.com
ASK SATAN
"What is the purpose of life, if you are atheist?"
(Here is an actual email I received from a minister yesterday):
"What is our existence for?
I imagine there is no real purpose for humanity.....what are your thoughts?" "If you don't believe in God, or eternal life, or judgment for our acts here in this life, then life has no meaning!"
"If you believe that this life is the only life you will have, then why not just kill yourself? - e-mail from a "Christian" minister.
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Your question is a very good one. However, it implies - by the very fact that it is asked - that there is a purpose for our existence, and that we need to find out what that purpose is. But why should we assume that there is a purpose? It seems to be a common assumption, especially among believers in God or the "supernatural", that everything happens or exists for a purpose. But there is no demonstrable basis for such an assumption. Many things exist without any purpose.
For example, if I find a hundred-dollar bill in the street, I don't ask "What is the purpose of this money?" It is the purest accident that it is there. I may (assuming there is no way to find its owner) create a "purpose" for it, by spending it, but that purpose is merely one that I have assigned to it myself, not any purpose that was inherent in it, or that had anything to do with its lying there on the street.
Or, another example: If I win a raffle where the prize is a two-week trip to London, do I ask "What is the purpose of spending two weeks in London?" Whatever inherent purpose it may have can only be expressed in the vaguest of terms: to be in London for a while. Anything beyond that is a purpose that I assign to it. If someone presumes to tell me: "Well, the purpose of being in London for two weeks is to visit all the historical sites there and to become familiar with English history", I would object that there are many other possible ways to spend the time, and that suggestion is by no means the only one or even the best one. I might prefer to shop, to go to the theater, to walk around observing Londoners, to spend time in the pubs and restaurants, to visit the art galleries, etc.
So, for someone to tell me that the purpose of my existence here on earth is something like "to have a chance to accept Jesus and be saved" or "to learn to reject this existence as 'worldly' and 'evil'" or "to pass a test that God told me to give you" or anything similar, seems presumptuous to me, like telling me how to spend my hundred dollars or my time in London.
What is the purpose of the whale, or the tulip, or the eagle, or the mountain? Some parts of nature we humans can make some use of, even if only to admire them for their beauty, their power, their complexity, or their mystery. But that use or admiration is only something that is the product of our own minds, and does not reflect any inherent "purpose." They simply exist, and (for living things) they exist simply for the purpose of existing. And I am no different. I also exist, and that is also my purpose: to exist.
In one sense, all living things have a purpose which is built into their genes: to exist, to survive as long as possible, and to reproduce their kind if possible. For us humans, we also want to make our existence as lustful and gluttonous as possible, which implies (since we are social animals) getting along with others we find attractive. Marketing campaigns developed by human beings are attempts to guide us in doing these three things.
Does such a view make life less meaningful, less purposeful? On the contrary, I find that it makes this life the most precious thing we have, to be used and enjoyed NOW, to the fullest. If you had two weeks in London, would you spend the time complaining that it was only two weeks, and that you would never be back? Would you do only those things that you think your friends back home will expect you to have done, because you will have to report what you did, and they will "judge" how you spent your two weeks?
It's your hundred-dollar bill. It's your two weeks in London. I's up to you to decide how you can use it best. You have to decide what the "purpose" is, because, until you do, it has no purpose at all. But that doesn't mean you should simply throw it away.
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Deputy fired over sex with prostitute
Sheriff revives his call that another officer involved with the woman be fired, too.
By Tom Spalding and John Holl
tom.spalding@indystar.com
November 14, 2003
Hours after he admitted to having sex with a self-described prostitute, Sgt. Eric Parker of the Marion County Sheriff's Department found himself out of a job Tuesday.
Sheriff Frank Anderson fired Parker after the department's Merit Board deadlocked late in the evening over whether to dismiss him.
Now Anderson is asking the Merit Board to reconsider its decision last month to suspend but not fire another deputy, Danny J. Gaither, who also had sex with the woman on more occasions than he.
Anderson had asked the Merit Board to fire Parker for violating a half-dozen departmental rules, including conduct unbecoming an officer, fraternization with a criminal and being untruthful about his involvement.
The panel did agree Parker had violated general conduct rules and displayed conduct unbecoming of an officer. The board delivered split decisions on four other violations. Then it decided to let Anderson break the tie.
When the decision fell to him, Anderson did not mince words.
"In my professional judgment as the county's chief law enforcement officer, Sergeant Parker's conduct was totally unacceptable by any standard of the behavior of a Sheriff's Department officer," he said. "Sergeant Parker's service with the Marion County Sheriff's Department is justly and promptly terminated."
But Anderson has no standing to fire Parker, according to the sergeant's attorney, John Kautzman. He said he thinks the tie votes represent a failure by the department to convincingly prove its case against Parker, and there is no written policy to determine how ties are broken. He likened the outcome to a court turning a trial that ends in a hung jury over to the prosecutor for resolution.
The woman involved in the case, Toni Burley, testified at the hearing Tuesday that after the sex act in a Southside hotel room in late July, Parker, 31, told her, "Don't worry about me arresting you."
The board announced its decision to fire Parker about 10 p.m. after more than two hours of deliberations.
Parker first met Burley when he arrested her for disorderly conduct two weeks before having sex with her.
But in 21/2 hours of testimony Tuesday, Parker denied most of Burley's statements about him, saying that when they got together, he had no idea she was a prostitute.
"I could not feel any worse about it. We're 31/2 months later and it bothers me every day," Parker told the board. "It was a terrible mistake." He said he had marital difficulties at the time and that Burley was persistent in offering sex.
Attorney Thomas Wheeler, who prosecuted the case for the Sheriff's Department, told the board that its decision about Parker is vital to the public interest. He said the Sheriff's Department has a reputation for not punishing officers harshly for violating departmental rules.
"This has led to a culture in the department where conduct like this has been tolerated," Wheeler said. "This must change."
Kautzman said his client was guilty only of an off-duty marital indiscretion.
The five-member board that heard the case was reduced by one; Chairman Thomas Austin recused himself because he is a family lawyer for Parker. Linda Pence then acted as chairwoman of the four-person board.
Whether the sergeant was off duty or on duty the night of the incident was one point of dispute.
Burley, 35, told Merit Board members that Parker was in uniform when he met her in the motel room near Harding Street and I-465. She said he was on duty.
She said that after the brief sex act, he ignored the marijuana in the room and later allowed her to drive away in her 1990 Cadillac even though she had a suspended license. He denied that.
But board members focused on a different angle, repeatedly asking Parker how he could have had sex with a woman he had arrested.
Burley testified that she came forward Aug. 29 to the sheriff's internal affairs division because she believed the Sheriff's Department didn't properly investigate a crime in which her car was vandalized.
Kautzman questioned Burley's credibility because of her admitted history of mental illness and a $30- to $50-a-day marijuana habit.
Kautzman has objected that the department didn't notify him that Burley was a potential witness until six days before the hearing. He said he wasn't given any way to find her beforehand.
Wheeler said Burley didn't provide the Sheriff's Department with a means of reaching her. The department didn't know whether she would appear, he said. "She is in fear of retaliation. We haven't been able to locate her."
Gaither became involved with Burley, but she did not testify at his disciplinary hearing last month. Her testimony Tuesday contradicted some things Gaither told the board, sparking Anderson's interest in having that case reviewed.
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Pastor is sexual predator
[Dear Abby]
Nov. 14, 2003 6:09 AM
DEAR ABBY: I read with interest the letter from "Fallen and Wants to Get Up." She's the woman who had an affair with her pastor and quit his church in an attempt to end it, but he wouldn't leave her alone.
Your advice to her was right on. She should report the "Pastard" (nickname oriinated at CainSnake blog); however, there is more going on than an affair.
"Fallen" has been sexually exploited by that slimeball. The emotional damage experienced by these victims is devastating. Many of them become suicidal.
Allow me to direct your attention to www.advocateweb.org. We provide support, resources and a community of survivors for these victims. - Cindy Boling, Vice President, Advocateweb
DEAR CINDY: I'm pleased to help. Read on:
DEAR ABBY: Your response to "Fallen" was a good start, but it didn't go far enough. In addition to being a thief and a hypocrite, Pastor Jones is also a sexual predator. It is always the pastor's responsibility to set the boundaries, just as it is with any other professional.
"Fallen" should contact the FaithTrust Institute (www.faithtrustinstitute.org) for support on her journey of healing from this insidious form of abuse. - Seminary Student in Indiana
DEAR SEMINARY STUDENT: Thank you for wanting to help. Read on:
DEAR ABBY: Having been on the staff of two large churches and on the executive leadership board of my former church, I predict that church membership, its staff and the larger church body will do nothing - or, if pushed, will do everything in their power to deflect blame to the weakest person.
Pastors and many church members are well-connected in the community. Maintaining the image of the church is more important to them than disciplining their own or caring for a repentant member. - No Name, No Church
DEAR NO NAME: Don't bet on it! All she needs is God on her side, a good lawyer and to understand the extent to which she has been victimized.
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"The highest result of education is tolerance."
- Helen Keller
Evans sex tolerance could cost brass
Judge rules 5 state police leaders might be liable for damages
By JIM SMITH
smithjm@phillynews.com
Trooper Michael Evans: "Pervasive predatory propensities."
PA - At least five Pennsylvania State Police commanders could be held financially liable for failing to supervise ex-trooper Michael Evans, an admitted sexual predator, a federal judge says.
"The record contains evidence which could support a finding that" the five supervisors "encouraged, condoned, tolerated and approved of Evans' pattern of sexual misconduct," U.S. District Judge Cynthia M. Rufe wrote in an opinion filed Friday.
The five superior officers include Maj. Robert G. Werts, Capt. Thomas J. LaCrosse, Lt. David B. Kreiser, and Sgts. Kevin T. Krupiewski and Gary Fasy.
The judge said the evidence is insufficient to show "a widespread and pervasive practice of minimal punishment to male troopers for sexual misconduct."
But the evidence "may show" that high-ranking state cops "ignored complaints regarding sexual abuse of women," the judge said.
Unless the defendants appeal, the ruling clears the way for a civil jury trial against these five defendants and several others.
The others include ex-State Police Commissioner Paul J. Evanko, ex-Deputy Commissioner Thomas Coury, and Lt. Col. Hawthorne Conley.
The defendants are being sued for damages by three of Evans' victims. The state earlier paid a total of $800,000 to settle two other lawsuits filed by victims of Evans.
Evans is serving a five- to 10-year prison term for admittedly corrupting the morals of a minor, indecent assault, indecent exposure, official oppression and solicitation to promote prostitution.
His crimes involved "on-duty sexual misconduct with six female victims," the judge noted.
In all, Evans was linked to about 30 "incidents of sexual misconduct" between 1996 and 1999, "some of which various PSP supervisors had notice," the judge said.
In the pending lawsuits, one victim claims that Evans sexually assaulted her in his patrol car and in her home, where he "forcibly removed" her pants and performed oral sex after pushing her onto a table in the sunroom.
Another woman said Evans touched her breasts and masturbated in her hospital room after she attempted suicide.
The third woman complained that Evans grabbed her breasts and masturbated inside his patrol car after she rejected his advances.
Evans assaulted all three women in 1999.
The women claim that Evans' "conduct toward them was a natural and foreseeable consequence of" the defendants' "failure to investigate or address Evans' pervasive predatory propensities."
The defendants claimed they were entitled to immunity, due to possible advances by the women.
The judge disagreed.
"Given the nature, quality and quantity of scandalous and troubling information known to these defendants, the court cannot conclude that their legal obligations could have been unclear.
"Each of these defendants was aware that Evans had used his authority as a state trooper improperly and that the objects of his egregious misconduct were, on far too many occasions, women or young girls in the community.
"The court is satisfied that the information known to these defendants in early 1999 would compel a reasonable officer to intervene and take appropriate steps to prevent Evans from abusing his position of power for his own perverted sexual gratification," the judge concluded.
A spokesman for the attorney general's office said state lawyers will review the judge's decision and discuss their legal options with state police officials.
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Ex-chief admits to sex crimes
By Kimball Perry
Post staff reporter
As Elmwood Place Police Chief, Jeremy Alley enjoyed communicating with fellow police officers. But it was his communications with a police officer he didn't know was a cop that could cost him up to five years in prison.
Alley, 27, was the village chief for nine days before he was arrested in April and charged with trying to have sex with someone he thought was a 15-year-old girl.
Alley admitted Wednesday there is enough evidence to convict him of those five felonies.
After Alley pleaded no contest to the five counts of importuning -- soliciting a minor for sex -- Hamilton County Common Pleas Norbert Nadel convicted him.
Alley faces up to one year in prison on each counts when Nadel sentences him Dec. 16.
Alley, who prior to his pro-motion to chief listed himself as the police department's "Webmaster" and "computer officer," used his work computer at Elmwood Place to access the Internet and solicit sex from Cheryl Hart, who Alley believed to be a 15-year-old girl.
Hart actually is a Cincinnati police officer who was working in conjunction with the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office in a computer crimes unit.
Alley, court documents show, repeatedly asked Hart for sex, using extremely explicit language.
"After I give you a ride on the bike, can we (have intercourse) then?" Alley asked in a cyberspace chat with her.
He asked often about meeting her for sex and asked "how many condoms should I bring?"
Police traced the cyberspace chat back to a specific computer in the department and realized it was Alley when they saw his personal password was used to log on to that specific computer.
Alley, on the Elmwood Place police force since 1997 and at one time a school resource officer, resigned after the sheriff's office served a search warrant on him.
The felony convictions likely end his law enforcement career because police departments rarely hire convicted felons.
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Get your name on a doo-doo bag
IOWA CITY, Iowa - The city is looking for a hand with its "Mutt Mitts, used by dog owners to help keep the parks clean after their dog stops to squat.
Years ago, the city put up a dozen containers of plastic bags in eight parks, with plans to add more.
Your dog goes, you grab a plastic bag from a Mutt Mitt, then toss in a nearby garbage can.
"We were using general funds to pay for them from the parks budget, until now," said Marcia Klingaman, coordinator of the Iowa City Office of Neighborhood Services.
The city is working with local pet-related businesses to sponsor the containers.
"This is a way to cut the cost of the actual 'Mutt Mitts,' and it's an easy way to advertise," Klingaman said, adding that the dispensers have cost the city about $1,500 a year. "It helps the city out, the businesses out and the dogs out."
Klingaman said the city already has sponsors for about two-thirds of the dispensers.
"Our hope is to get sponsors for most if not all of them," she said.
FROM NEWS WIRE SERVICES (New York Post 11/14/03)
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SCHOOL STANDARDS
Student skips classes, gets "A"
SANDY SPRINGS, Md. - A Montgomery County high school is investigating how a student received "A" grades in two classes even though she never attended the school.
Lauren Lee, 14, who attends a private Catholic school, was sent a progress report saying she was earning an "A" in an honors geometry course and in physical education at Sherwood High School, a public school.
Lauren had attended Rosa M. Parks Middle School and her records where sent to Sherwood. That's apparently where the mix up started, said county schools spokesman Brian Porter.
A computerized list of students and grades is used to generate the progress reports. Teachers manually enter the grades from their own books of scores into the computer.
Although the teachers who assigned a grade to Lauren knew she wasn't in their classes, her name kept showing up on a computer list that recorded the grade, which was sent to Lauren's home, Porter said.
"It's certainly rare," Porter said. "It's not something that I've heard of happening. It's just a confluence of mistakes. Everybody at the school is pretty embarrassed by it."
Exactly how a grade ended up by her name on the computerized list is still under investigation, Porter said.
Lauren's name also showed up for a physics class and an art class. She received an incomplete grade in physics and an "NC" in art, which means the course is a noncredit class.
"The school has undertaken a detailed inquiry because it does reflect on the reliability of its grading and reporting system," Porter said.
School officials plan to be more careful in making sure computer lists of enrolled students are up to date, Porter said
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MADRID, Spain - Highway police who stopped a driver they believed was using his cell phone erred twice. First, he was just scratching his ear. Second, he was a lawyer.
Tomas Valdivielso showed the two officers that the last call from his phone went out the night before. The duo huddled, then came back and fined him $70 anyway.
The charge: driving while "holding his ear with his right hand in a permanent fashion."
"Am I on hidden camera?" Valdivielso recalls saying, according to the newspaper El Mundo.
The flap happened Nov. 7 while Valdivielso drove into Madrid on a busy highway in the morning rush hour.
Valdivielso filed a 10-page appeal that El Mundo praised as a work of tongue-in-cheek art.
The appeal says the fine failed to say which ear was being held, or even how many ears Valdivielso has, and argues that Spanish law does not bar scratching them while driving or oblige motorists to pull over to do it.
Valdivielso wrote: "To presume that this unconscious act cannot be performed would lead us to the absurd situation of having to wait to stop the vehicle in a place that does not pose a danger for other occupants of the road in order to scratch, by which time, depending on how bad the itch is, I probably would have crashed before finding an adequate place to stop, or the itch would have gone away, reducing the pleasure I get from scratching."
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By NANCIE L. KATZ
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
A Mexican teen who came to New York looking for her mother tearfully told a Brooklyn jury yesterday that she was beaten, raped and forced into prostitution by a man she thought would help her. The 18-year-old woman said David Perez, 22, befriended her in Mexico, claiming to be a cousin and offering to help her find her mother, who sells tamales in Queens. He helped her and two other women sneak across the desert into the U.S., then flew them to New York, she testified.
But once here, Perez held them captive for 12 days, she said, beating and raping them before forcing them to work in a Chinatown brothel.
"I was very afraid," said the woman, recounting one incident in which Perez allegedly raped and sodomized her and a 19-year-old woman in a one-room Brooklyn apartment.
As he allegedly beat her afterward, she recounted, "He said ugly things, that I was a whore, that I was so stupid when he tricked me into coming to the United States."
From May 13 to 24, 2002, the teens spent 11 a.m. to 1 a.m. every day working in a Delancey St. brothel, and handing their money to Perez, she said. They were too terrified to escape.
Finally, one day after Perez allegedly punched her in the stomach and twisted her neck, the woman said she couldn't take it anymore.
The teens got on a train to Queens, traveling aimlessly for an entire day. A good Samaritan rescued them and took them to police.
Perez is charged with multiple counts of kidnapping, rape, sodomy and promoting prostitution. His attorney has argued the teens could have left at any time and were testifying against Perez so they could stay in the country.
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Ex-teacher to learn fate for having sex with teen
The deputy D.A. seeks a two- to four-year prison term for Adam Hawke Staton of Pottstown.
By Kathleen Brady Shea
Inquirer Staff Writer
A former Phoenixville High School English teacher should learn today whether he will spend time in jail for engaging in a seven-month sexual relationship with a female student.
Adam Hawke Staton, 30, of Pottstown, is scheduled for sentencing in front of Chester County President Judge Howard F. Riley Jr. on 15 counts of corruption of minors.
Deputy District Attorney Elizabeth B. Pitts is seeking a two- to four-year prison term. Staton's attorney, Joseph W. Chupein Jr., argues that probation would be an appropriate resolution.
Staton pleaded guilty in September to having sex at least 15 times with a 16-year-old female student. In exchange for the guilty plea, which spared the victim from testifying, the commonwealth dropped 15 counts of corruption of minors and two counts of indecent exposure.
"A sentence of a term of state incarceration would reflect the seriousness of this case where a teacher chose a student to nurture until the age of 16 where he then engaged in the ultimate betrayal," Pitts wrote in a sentencing memorandum.
Pitts said that the victim had known Staton since she was 14 and that he encouraged her "to participate in his classes as well as enroll in the wrestling program, which he supervised."
Most of the sexual encounters occurred on school grounds, and many happened when other students were nearby, Pitts said.
In his sentencing memorandum, Chupein said a probationary sentence "will best serve the rehabilitative needs of the defendant while fully impressing upon him the seriousness of the conduct to which he has admitted."
Pointing to a psychological report by Elliot L. Atkins, Chupein said Staton, who has no prior criminal history, does not present a risk of reoffending.
Atkins concluded that an "extended period of alienation, depression and rejection" led to Staton's bad judgment. And while Staton's mental state does not excuse his behavior, Atkins said, it showed that Staton is not a sexual predator with an interest in children.
Chupein, who presented 16 letters of support for Staton, primarily from relatives, said a term of probation would allow Staton to support his wife, who is pregnant with their third child.
Chupein also asked the court to consider the victim's role, arguing that "the student's admitted interest in having a sexual relationship with Mr. Staton somewhat 'facilitated' the defendant's conduct, even though he had the ultimate responsibility to avoid such a relationship."
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SERVICE REVOLVER
Former Cop Accused Of Sex With Teen Released On Bond
16-Year Veteran Of Sheriff's Office Resigned After Arrest
POSTED: 12:33 p.m. EST November 13, 2003
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A former police officer accused of having sex with a 14-year-old girl was released from jail Thursday after he posted $75,000 bond and agreed to a judge's order to not leave his mother's home and wear an ankle bracelet monitor.
[Former officer Paul Wilson] Paul Wilson pleaded not guilty to lewd and lascivious acts with a minor at this arraignment.
Wilson is accused of having intercourse and oral sex with the girl on at least two occasions between December 2002 and July 2003. Investigators aren't sure how Wilson knows the girl, but it is possible he met her on duty while he was patrolling downtown Jacksonville and Springfield.
He resigned from the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office immediately after his arrest last month.
In addition to the other restrictions, the 16-year veteran of the sheriff's office was ordered not to have any contact with any minors other than his own biological children.
Previous Stories:
* October 24, 2003: New Allegations Made Against JSO Officer
* October 23, 2003: Officer Jailed For Allegedly Molesting 14-Year-Old
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CHRISTIAN RAPE: YOUR TITHES AT WORK
Ex-Auburndale priest faces new sex abuse allegations
By Cynthia Koons 11/13/2003
The child of a former St. Kevin’s Roman Catholic Church employee is the latest accuser in the legal actions that have been building against the Rev. James Smith, who served in several Queens parishes for more than four decades, and the Diocese of Brooklyn.
On Nov. 4, the 17-year-old and her mother filed a suit alleging that Smith sexually abused the minor from the time she was 10 and until she was about 14 during his tenure at St. Kevin’s in Auburndale.
They are seeking $30 million in compensatory, punitive and pain and suffering damages from Smith, the diocese, former Bishop Thomas Daily, Monsignor Andrew Vaccari, Monsignor Otto Garcia and St. Kevin’s Roman Catholic Church, where he was serving at the time the alleged abuse took place.
In October, 26 others accused Smith of abuse and joined the largest church-related suit in New York City’s legal history. A group of more than 35 accusers filed a $300 million lawsuit in State Supreme Court against the Diocese of Brooklyn, which covers Roman Catholic churches in Queens.
The Brooklyn Diocese could not be reached for comment.
Since the 1950s, Smith served churches in Howard Beach, Middle Village, Whitestone and Astoria before joining St. Kevin’s parish in Flushing in 1989. He was asked to leave there in April 2002 in response to allegations he sexually abused three boys while serving at Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church in Whitestone in the early 1970s.
The 17-year-old and her mother named church officials in the suit because of “their intentional acts, omissions, negligence, knowing and willful failures to act affirmatively to prevent, detect, report or investigate ... Smith,” according to the civil complaint filed in the State Supreme Court in Queens.
The suit contends that church officials had “actual notice of Smith’s sexually abusive behavior” prior to the alleged incidents involving the 17-year-old girl.
Her mother was working as a secretary, parish manager, cook and tuition bookkeeper when the girl began attending St. Kevin’s parish school.
At the time, children stayed after school until 7 p.m. in the church rectory, where some of the alleged sexual abuse occurred, according to the suit. The girl also accused Smith of abusing her on a trip to Amityville, L.I.
Manhattan attorney Michael Dowd, who represents the 35 plaintiffs in the joint suit against the diocese, is also representing the girl and her mother. He could not be reached for comment on the suit.
Reach reporter Cynthia Koons by e-mail at Timesledger@aol.com or call 718-229-0300, Ext. 141.
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Board ousts coaches
Central district fires 5 in wake of alleged sex attacks
By Scott Brinton November 13, 2003
Mepham head football coach Kevin McElroy, right, and head junior-varsity football coach Art Canestro lost their coaching positions last Wednesday night.
Wearing his maroon jersey, Mepham High School senior Dan Cosenza, who was to be co-captain of the school's football team this year, approached a microphone in the Brookside School auditorium in North Merrick last Wednesday night.
The Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District Board of Education had already carried on for some time. Cosenza said, "My heart goes out to all the victims," referring to three Mepham junior-varsity football players who were allegedly sexually abused by older teammates at a Pennsylvania football camp in August. According to officials, the JV players were attacked with a broomstick, pine cones and golf balls.*
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Virus Genome Built from Scratch in 14 days
Betterhumans Staff Thursday, November 13, 2003, 6:08:21 PM CT
Betterhumans.com
Petr Leiman and Fred Eiserling/US National Science Foundation
Fake phage: Researchers have synthesized the genome of a bacteria-infecting virus, like this T4 bacteriophage
Researchers have built the genome of a tiny virus from scratch in a feat they say will improve the speed and accuracy of constructing synthetic organisms.
Led by genome sequencing pioneer J. Craig Venter, researchers from the Institute for Biological Energy Alternatives in Rockville, Maryland built the 5,386 base pair virus phiX174 using commercially available parts.
IBEA researchers hope to use synthetic organisms for energy production and carbon sequestration, but their work also has potential for the production of health-related proteins and genes.
Improved understanding
"Work in creating a synthetic chromosome/genome will at its most basic level give us a better understanding of basic cellular processes," says Venter.
Constructing synthetic genomes, Venter says, will improve understanding of how genes and proteins function in organisms.
"Not only will this basic research lead to better understanding of these pathways and components in the particular organisms IBEA scientists are working on, but also better understanding of human biology," he says. "The ability to construct synthetic genomes may lead to extraordinary advances in our ability to engineer microorganisms for many vital energy and environmental purposes."
Synthetic DNA
Phi X is a bacteriophage, which is a type of virus that infects bacteria but is not harmful to humans, animals or plants.
IBEA chose phi X because it poses no health or ethical concerns, has been well-studied in the laboratory, had its genome sequenced in 1978 and has a unique genetic code that makes it easy to determine whether an exact synthetic version has been created.
To build such a version, IBEA researchers used pieces of synthetic DNA called oligonucleotides and the polymerase cycle assembly technique, an adaptation of the polymerase chain reaction technique that is essentially DNA Xeroxing.
Polymerase cycle assembly produces double-stranded copies of gene sequences from single-stranded templates.
Using the technique, the researchers built their synthetic phi X genome in just 14 days.
Biology-based solutions
The genome creation was reported today at a press conference with US Department of Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham.
"Researchers have made an exciting scientific advance that may speed our ability to develop biology-based solutions for some of our most pressing energy and environmental challenges," Abraham says.
"With this advance it is easier to imagine, in the not-too-distant future, a colony of specially designed microbes living within the emission-control system of a coal-fired plant, consuming its pollution and its carbon dioxide, or employing microbes to radically reduce water pollution or to reduce the toxic effects of radioactive waste," he continues.
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"Sweet." - Satan
Forty-five specific portrayals of sexual imagery in the first 120 pages, advice to the readers ... this is how the new Abercrombie &Fitch Quarterly titled "The Christmas Field Guide" begins its new quarterly magazine that is targeted to your 10- to 13-year-olds. The 45 images include overt portrayals of group sex, lots of teen and young adult nudity, men kissing, and teens /young adults frolicking in a river engaging in sexual activity in multiple group settings.
Did I mention that the actual clothing doesn't begin being advertised until page 120?
Abercrombie &Fitch are not new to this game and they are taking a huge bet this Christmas season. The wager is ... you won't care enough to do anything about it.
For the last four years a handful of concerned parents and citizens have been waging a miniature war on the popular teen clothier. Each year, the clothier has made hollow gestures at trying to "reform its act." But these attempts are not only insincere, they are laughable. Laughable – but they are not funny.
Each year, thousands of children across America beg their parents to get them the latest t-shirt, jeans, jacket or underwear from "A&F." (Yes they even market a line of thongs for 8- to 10-year-old girls made to stick up out of the "low cut" jeans they also sell.) Many of these parents, completely unaware of how "A&F" goes about marketing, plunk down thousands of dollars around the holidays ... and Abercrombie &Fitch continues to profit.
This year will be different. Thousands of consumers are being put on alert as to the marketing methods of the clothier, web-log writers are going to be commenting on it, church and para-church groups are organizing protests, and this year we will even advise investors via direct links to popular business Internet sites like CBS Marketwatch as to the marketing methods the company is willing to use.
After all, they do say, "We don't just sell clothes, we promote a lifestyle!" And what kind of "lifestyle"?
Well, in this year's issue in the "sexpertise" column on page 279, a lady presumably qualified to be referred to as a "sexpert" states that kids going to college this year, "shouldn't be looking for someone to marry." Nope, when it comes to sex, kids should be "focused on getting experience." The "sexpert" is also asked about and gives advice concerning the issue of doing "sex for three." She also advises reader's to be willing to "go down" on a date at the movies, "just so long as you do not disturb those around you." And, of course, what kind of column would a "sexpertise" column be if it did not address the issue of self-stimulation.
There is also a comparison column for the hormonally driven young men in the "A&F" readership comparing the "fruits" of biting into "fresh apple right off the tree" vs. the "store-bought variety that sit on the shelf wrinkled and bruised from the handling." This column is not comparing fruit at all but the benefits of teenage men sleeping with perky school girls vs. "sexy" older women, even married ones.
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"Wonfderful." - Satan
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THE ORIGIN OF SHIT
During the 16th and 17th centuries, practically everything had to be transported by ship. It was also before commercial fertilizer's invention, so large shipments of manure were common. The putrid loads were shipped dry, because in dry form it weighed a lot less than when wet. The stench was less noxious, too.
But once water (at sea) came into physical contact with the cargo, it not only became heavier, due to absorption, but the process of fermentation reactivated. It then created a by-product now known as methane gas. And pesky flies, whose eggs are commonly laid therein due to its rich protein source and heat generating qualities for the larvae.
As the stuff was stored below decks in bundles, you can see what could (and did) happen. As moisture accumulated beneath the holds, methane began to build up below decks also, and the first time someone came below
at night...with a lantern...BOOOOM!
Eleven known ships were destroyed in this manner before it was finally determined (by Lloyds of London inspectors) exactly what was happening. Thereafter, the bundles of manure were always stamped with the term, " Ship High In Transit," on them, which meant for the sailors to stow it high enough off the lower decks so that any floor-water that came into the hold would not touch this potentially volatile cargo, and generate the production of methane.
Thus evolved the term "S.H.I.T," which has come down through the centuries and is in use to this very day.
Fewer than 2% of Americans know where their swear words come from, and that is one of the 285 million reasons I started this blog today.
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[BREAKING]
Subj: Emergency Hearing at Congress kept under wraps
Date: 11/13/03 7:13:59 PM Eastern Standard Time
To: Jalmond2000@cs.com
EMERGENCY SESSION: Earth's atmosphere evaporating
By VINCENZO SARDI, Associated Press
Troy, New York - Earth's atmosphere is rapidly leaking out through holes in the ozone layer - and if the alarming trend continues at the current rate, every human on the planet could die a slow and agonizing death by suffocation within eight years, according to scientists.
That is the surprising warning by a joint team of top Princeton and Rensselaer geophysicists who says that man is to blame for the new ecological crisis. The stunning results of the four year study will be submitted before a closed House Panel on Friday morning. The closed door hearing was hastily called at the special request of White House Advisor Condalleezza Rice, who had informed a stunned Cabinet Thursday afternoon.
Requests by CBS and Gannett to the White House Press Secretary were uncharacteristically ignored.
"Due to the infamous greenhouse effect created by human pollution, two huge holes have been punched in the ozone layer, one over the North Pole and one over the South Pole," says Dr. Iain van Wyck, chief researcher of the Upper Stratosphere Survey Project.
"That thin ozone layer is like a thin protective shield surrounding Earth. Until now, most of the focus has been on the danger of global warming, caused by harmful ultraviolet radiation pouring in through those holes. But what no one has been concerned about is what is escaping from those holes," Dr. van Wyck says.
The rate of escaping volumes of oxygen baffled scientists who are usually pensive in responsive to research from others. "The enormous loss increased significantly during the sunflares of late," said Professor Schon, "as though they had a massive vacuum-like effect.
Recent satellite photographs examined by Dr. van Wyck's team of experts show clearly that oxygen is leaking out at a rate of seven billion cubic meters per day.
Scientists say millions of years ago our atmosphere didn't contain oxygen -- and Dr. van Wyck warns that by the year 2011, it could return to that state.
"Earth will be like the moon, incapable of sustaining life," the Panel concludes.
Our atmosphere is a mixture of gases - 78 percent nitrogen, 21 percent oxygen and 1 percent other gases. It has five basic layers. Closest to Earth is the troposphere, where all weather takes place; above that is the stratosphere, where air flow is mostly horizontal.
Above that is the fragile, thin ozone layer, made up of a special form of oxygen. Above that is the mesosphere and above that is the ionosphere, where atoms are ionized.
"The ozone layer is the most narrow layer, but in a way it's the most crucial of all," explains Dr. van Wyck. "It seals in the gases that make life possible on Earth. By depleting it, we've endangered our future."
Some U.S. government scientists question Dr. van Wyck's results and one even branded him a "Chicken Little who is needlessly alarming the public."
But Dr. van Wyck fires back, "These are the same people who pooh-poohed global warming. If something isn't done fast, we'll all die choking -- while fighting over old jars to see who gets the last breath of air."
C-Span will air the Press Conference following the House hearing, which is not televised.
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- Nancy O'Connor, Scientific American. Copyright 2003. All rights reserved.
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Student Arrested With Bible At School
High School Student Was Bearing Witness, Left Notes
POSTED: 3:28 p.m. MST November 13, 2003
A determined Fort Collins, Colorado high school student, who said he intended to convert others to his faith, will face charges after he allegedly took a King James Version of the Bible and scores of religious tracts to school.
The student, whose name was withheld because of his age, was arrested Wednesday at Rocky Mountain High School after he allegedly handed out tracts to six teachers and dozens of students.
A teacher found him distributing pieces in a hallway a half-hour later and managed to subdue the student after a short scuffle.
Police said the tracts discussed salvation, but did not have any apparent impact upon the teachers or other students. The student was transported to Mountain Crest Behavioral Healthcare Center, and will face charges of carrying a Bible on school property and possession of religious pamphlets by a juvenile.
It is a felony to possess such 'incendiary materials' on Colorado school grounds, since January 2002.
The student was suspended and could be expelled, school officials said.
Counselors were on hand at the school Thursday for students who expressed anxiety about the event.
The school's principal planned to talk to parents about the incident at Thursday night's regular parent-teacher conferences. The school also sent a note home with students Wednesday, explaining what happened and reassuring parents that "students are safe at Rocky Mountain High School."
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MY BEST FRIEND'S GETTING
Chinese clothing firm offers Clinton $2 million to represent its brand
Beijing-AP -- A small Chinese clothing manufacturer wants former President Bill Clinton to be its spokesmodel.
An official of the company says its suits match Clinton's character and personality. He says the firm is hoping to get a figure with "worldwide charisma" to represent it.
The clothier -- whose name translates as "French-style suit company" -- says it's willing to pay Clinton two (m) million dollars.
A Clinton aide says the offer is news to him.
Clinton was in Beijing this week to promote the fight against AIDS. He didn't travel to the town where the manufacturer is located, but the company says it sent him a suit, tie, shirt and shoes in hopes he would.
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The New Preamble
We, the Pharisee bankers, lawyers, journalists and other parasites of the
world in order to globalize and enslave the union, establish injustice,
intimidate and incarcerate millions, reduce populations, unify all races,
religions and creeds, create dependency, promote perpetual warfare for the
New World Odor and to deny the blessings of liberty to our subjects and to
their posterity, do hereby establish this Constitution for the Ten New
States of America, to be used, abused, altered or ignored as we see fit.
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AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL
by George Bush
Oh beautiful for specious lies
And fake bin Laden tapes
For yellow-cake uranium
and evidence that’s baked.
America, America
There’s oil don’t you see?
Though it’s a sham,
I’ll bomb Saddam
So there’ll be more for me!
Oh beautiful for corporate crime
For Enron, Brown, and Root
For Gates and Lay and Uncle Dick
God bless the Carlyle Group!
America, America
Your pensions have been spent
On drugs and clothes
For CEOs
You’ll never see a cent.
Oh beautiful for PATRIOT Act
That makes dissenters fear
If they protest
Their false arrest
We’ll lock them up for years.
America, America
With Bush you must agree
You’d best suck up
Or get locked up
For all eternity.
Oh beautiful for greenhouse gas
And glowing toxic waste
For Yucca Mountain ‘s majesty
And air that you can taste.
America, America
Who needs clean air or trees?
They’ll be no snow
In Idaho
But check out Boise Beach!
Oh beautiful for deficit
It’s bigger by the day
For joblessness and homelessness
And debts we cannot pay.
America, America
You’ll need that SUV
When you’ve no bed
To rest your head
Fold down that big, back seat!
Oh beautiful for mushroom cloud
Spreading o’er the plain
But I’ll be safe beneath the ground
While you’re sucking black rain.
America, America
I cannot tell a lie
Just buy duct tape
And plastic drapes
And kiss your ass good-bye!
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They are a terrorist group.
They only see one side of an argument.
They would rather see humans die than an animal be mistreated.
They hate milk, they hate people who eat meat, they hate people who wear fur, they hate people who wear leather, they hate the circus and they probably hate you!
They throw paint and maggots on people who wear fur (maggots are animals, too).
They create civil disobedience to stop pharmaceutical companies from testing medications.
They act like a bunch of animals!
Ever wonder how many of these hypocrites are pro-abortion?
They refused the demand from the Holocaust museum to stop using pictures of victims of the Holocaust along side chickens.
Why they might not be annoying
They do have some clever campaigns, like 'fur shame,' 'fur is dead,' 'milk sucks,' etc.
They ran a great campaign in which they had nude celebrities under the banner 'I'd rather go naked than wear fur.'
The celebrities included the GoGos, Tyra Banks, Carnie Wilson, Christy Turlington, Cindy Crawford, Pamela Anderson and Kim Basinger.
If you are into gross pictures of mutilated animals, they have some pictures you may enjoy on their web site.
They dislike Naomi Campbell because she violated their agreement never to wear fur (she modeled a fur hat).
Sean Puffy Combs made them look like idiots, when he agreed to have no fur in his February, 2001 Sean-Jean fashion show. He lied to them, thus avoiding a protest at his show (Good for you Puffy).
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SALUTE TO BOB REDFORD
Of all Americans, which private Utahn has caused more energy to be consumed, than any other? How many hundreds of thousands of gallons of fuel has Bob used in his personal trips? Business ventures?
Is Bob's favorite political party the same one that joined the other jerks, in order to vote for The Patriot Act, fund the non-declared war and also consume as much energy, etc,. as any other group of pigs on earth?
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Subj: Redford's Non-existent Worm Bin (hypocrite)
Date: 11/13/03 4:11:44 PM Eastern Standard Time
From: Jalmond2000
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Still the Sundance Kid
Robert Redford gets heated up about the Bush environmental agenda, clean energy, and more
by Amanda Griscom
13 Nov 2003
H e played the Sundance Kid, the sharpshooter sidekick to Paul Newman's Butch Cassidy in the 1969 classic; he built the Sundance Village in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah; he founded the Sundance Institute for independent film and theater production and established the Sundance Film Festival. But all the while, Robert Redford has been doing an altogether more literal kind of sun dance: preaching the clean-energy gospel at the grassroots, in the op-ed pages of newspapers, on the big screen, and inside the Beltway.
Solar is not a not a new fascination for the actor and director. As far back as 1975, Redford began working on short films and documentaries promoting solar power. More recently, he has been a major supporter of Vote Solar , the San Francisco organization responsible for securing $100 million in city bonds for investment in renewable energy and efficiency measures on municipal buildings -- a model that is now being adopted by cities and states nationwide.
And today -- as in literally today, Nov. 13, 2003 -- Redford is officiating at the opening ceremony for what the U.S. Green Building Council has called "the greenest building in the nation": the Santa Monica office of the Natural Resources Defense Council, which will get 100 percent of its energy from solar and wind power. The building will be named for Redford, who is not only a trustee and a founding member of NRDC, but also a funder of the $8.3 million dollar project.
Redford's environmental activism has gone beyond renewable-energy advocacy, from lobbying for the Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act in the 1970s to holding international conferences on global warming in the '80s to campaigning for pro-environment Democratic politicians in the '90s (which he says he also plans to do in the 2004 elections).
Still, even the great horse whisperer has a few environmental skeletons in his closet. A onetime racecar driver and former owner of various all-terrain vehicles (not to mention a major player in notoriously eco-insensitive Hollywood), Redford freely admits to having been "extremely hypocritical" in the past. After reading the following Grist interview, though, even the purist of environmentalists will have to admit that few celebrities -- or politicians and activists, for that matter -- have shown as much dogged dedication to the environmental movement as Robert Redford.
Robert Redford: Hullo there, it's Bob. Please don't call me Mr. Redford. It's Bob, or just Redford. I'm not a "mister," never have been.
Grist: Okay, Bob. Your involvement with the environmental movement goes way back and covers an amazing array of issues. What are you focusing on these days? What's your biggest concern?
Redford: The Bush administration has advocated the most destructive policies I've seen in the more than three decades I've been working on these matters. From the moment Bush stepped into office, not only has he been leading a vast and disciplined campaign to cripple environmental protections and enforcement across the board, he's been manufacturing more immediate crises -- war, for one -- that have kept the American public distracted and completely in the dark.
And what makes our Republican leadership, both in the White House and Congress, seem all the more stupendously ignorant is that they're implementing these backward policies at a time when they could be pushing forward a new era of solutions -- tremendous technological advancements related to things like energy efficiency, renewables, sustainable building, and agriculture that are so incredibly exciting. It's as though they can't even see the historic opportunity they're passing up.
Grist: Wow, you clearly feel strongly about this! What exactly are you doing about it?
Redford: Well, I'm doing some work to help fundraise for the 2004 elections and level the remarkable imbalance of campaign financing the Democrats are up against. And I'm working, as I have been for years, with over a half-dozen organizations, local and national, mostly focused on land protection and energy issues. Energy is my biggest concern right now, mostly because there are so many great solutions in efficiency and renewable technology that need to be pushed.
So with the NRDC, among other things, I continue to work on advocating for the kind of energy bill we need and I try to do things with Vote Solar, the organization that convinced the city of San Francisco to invest $100 million on solar installations on public buildings -- schools, buildings, jails, even sewage treatment plants -- using government bonds that pay back over long-term periods. It's already spread to eight other cities across the nation. They just did a conference educating mayors nationwide how to adopt solar in their cities in an economically manageable way. This project touches a personal nerve that goes way, way back.
Grist: A personal nerve?
More than a moment in the sun.
Photo: NREL.
Redford: I did a lot of projects advocating solar energy in the early to mid-'70s that were premature for a lot of reasons. One, because there wasn't the awareness that there is now about the practical promise of solar. The petroleum industry had an easy time shooting it down in the '70s because solar energy was still classified as woo-woo. They attacked solar advocates as being, you know, in new-age la-la land, in outer space.
Grist: Well, technically speaking, solar was in outer space at that time, right? Photovoltaics were being used almost exclusively on satellites in the '70s. But the woo-woo association didn't deter you from promoting it as an oil alternative?
Redford: No, it was soon after the Arab oil embargo and I was pretty convinced that we needed to come up with alternatives. I tried to use popular media to get the word out to the mainstream. I made a film on solar with Saul Bass in 1975, an eight-minute short called The Solar Film that took me two years to develop. It was a sort of unprecedented thing at the time because I was about to release All the President's Men and I convinced the heads of the studio to attach The Solar Film to the release schedule for the feature as sort of an opening public service announcement. It probably wouldn't be possible now considering the kinds of controls over the media industry, but back then it was pretty successful -- won a few awards and things like that.
Grist: It seems like today would be a good time to re-release it.
Redford: I'm thinking about it!
Grist: In general, given all the current energy concerns, don't you think now is the ideal time to revive this kind of media- and entertainment-based activism?
Redford: Absolutely, but we're in a different time now than the '70s. We have less innocence. We have less hope. We have less public mechanisms than we had then. There is more dominance by the powers that be. The technology has changed things; the medium has changed more toward the youth market, more in your face. More expressionistic versus impressionistic. It's not a time for subtlety. And so therefore it has to be kind of in your face and loud and commercial. I'm not sure a little eight-minute animation would be appropriate in this media climate. People are dealing with such a flurry of images and racing through 500 channels and the Internet, so you have to change your approach; you have to exaggerate in order to get people to see, to get the attention, in order to move through the incredible paralytic apathy in the American mainstream.
Grist: Apathy -- can you elaborate?
What about Bob?
Redford: Yeah, it's like people skim past all news about the ozone hole and the latest mysterious fish die-off and the wetlands being drained and junked by developers and Glacier National Park in Montana that will have no glaciers within 25 years, and they skim past the fact that the levels and flow of the Colorado River will be 20 percent lower in the next 20 years -- in our lifetimes! My God! The Colorado River drying up in our lifetimes! -- or the fact that half the world's species are facing extinction. The problem is definitely that people aren't paying attention, that apathy is our biggest enemy.
Grist: So how do we get their attention?
Redford: I think the way is to tell the story, using modern-day scenarios and modern-day devices.
Grist: Like an Erin Brockovich kind of story?
Redford: Yeah, well, movies are a good way to touch a chord. The story has to be told in a popular culture framework. You have to have a human-interest element. You have to weave in characters and narrative, you have to touch a nerve, but the larger goal is activism and making change. That's what I was trying to do with A River Runs Through It, sort of addressing this family that's held together by this river and showing fly-fishing as a sort of soul-nourishing art. Then we got people thinking about the connection between human beings and the natural environment. We used the fundraising plan to raise money for Trout Unlimited and the American Rivers association and local Montana-based groups working to restore the Big Blackfoot River, which has become highly polluted from mining runoff.
Then there was The Milagro Beanfield War. I made that film about taking these people's water -- their inheritance over 400 years versus the big development company that wants to build golf courses -- [about] the power of the bottom-up collective versus the top-down powers that be, and the whole story that surrounded a limited resource. We used that movie to help NGOs address development issues.
Grist: In the '70s, you did different kinds of films, films that created or intensified distrust of the government among Americans -- All the President's Men, Three Days of the Condor, and the like. Those films seemed more deliberately activist. Why have you stopped making that kind of movie?
Redford: I think there are several ways to do it. It has a lot to do with cultural timing. When Watergate broke out, I felt a tremendous responsibility to the First Amendment and the issue of investigative journalism. I felt extremely obligated to preserve that ethic. And we're back there again now. We're losing very valuable constitutional rights.
Grist: Can you tell a story like that now? Do you think we need to tell those stories again? I'm imagining a sort of eco-Parallax View about how the Bush administration opened up all this public land to industrial exploits without the public knowing, and the $44 million the Bush administration received in campaign contributions from industry.
Redford: Oh, absolutely. It's dizzying how many stories there are like that to be told right now. I am planning a film right now that I don't want to talk too much about because I get nervous -- a sequel to The Candidate. But again, the entertainment industry is very different than it was in the '70s. And the political environment is moving so fast that one minute something is a big story and the next minute it's passe. Outlets like FOX News have essentially pulled the entire media landscape to the right, telling these incredibly skewed stories so fast and so furiously. There has to be an equal acceleration on the other side to get the real story told about how the American people are being affected by the Bush administration's corrupt policies, but it's almost as if we don't have time to get the stories out.
Grist: So given the Hollywood timetable -- I mean, if it takes a year and a half at least to produce a film -- wouldn't it be difficult to turn around a mainstream film in time to tell the real story?
Redford: Unless it's a quickie for television, but television these days is generally dominated by a conservative slant. There's only one point of view being presented. It all boils down to that: who the players are and what the points of view are and what the stories going to be told are. That's the battleground for the future.
Grist: Ugh. This all sounds very grim.
Redford: Well, no. We're up against incredible odds, but that's where you and I come in -- to tell those stories as fast and furiously as we can, in magazines, movies, chat rooms, op-eds, wherever. My general feeling is actually positive. We have an obligation to focus on the positive. I find that there is hope and it's the right kind of hope because it's coming from the bottom up. It's happening in Vote Solar. It's happening in the "What Would Jesus Drive?" campaign, where all these local reverends are educating their communities about energy-efficient cars. It's happening in the work of the NRDC, and we have to tell the stories of hope and solutions and not be daunted by the onslaught of stories from the right.
I'd love to tell the story, for instance, of Paul Wellstone's campaign, when he worked against the tide of an incredible imbalance of campaign finance and he went door to door to get people's support. He couldn't rely on big advertising, so he just hit the road. And he won because he got to the people in such a direct way. And that was possible even in the theater of modern politics. Those are the kind of positive stories we have to focus on.
Grist: The Bush administration has a genius for storytelling. They couch all their policies in these rosy, patriotic terms like the Healthy Forests initiative and the Clear Skies initiative and so forth.
Redford: It's insidious. I mean, listen to that rhetoric. It's jingling with jingoism. It's so ugly. So painfully ugly. And the only way they would even try to do that is that they know that they have apathy on their side. They like to wrap themselves in the American flag and yet they're totally chipping away at what it stands for. This administration has learned the power of staying on message and keeping it simple. They are very, very shrewd in couching it in patriotism. Nearly every statement that comes from this administration includes the phrase "the American people," which in their case is another way of saying "industrial interests." Every time I hear that phrase "the American people," I just substitute "industrial interests."
Grist: If Dick Cheney were a plant, what kind of plant would he be?
Redford: A cactus. But one that holds oil, not water.
Grist: You've held large environmental conferences at Sundance and submitted reports from these conferences to the Reagan and Bush administrations. Can you tell us a little about that?
Redford: I've held a number of global warming conferences at Sundance. The first aimed to get environmentalists and developers together in one room to review all these proposed projects -- who wanted to open up what -- ANWR, Escalante, whatever -- and who wanted to protect it. We got both sides to agree: If you let us explore here we'll stay out of that. We sent it to the Reagan administration and they shelved it.
Then we did it again -- a conference called "Greenhouse Glasnost" that came out of a trip I made to the Soviet Union in 1987, where I was asked to visit the Soviet Academy of Sciences and they were talking about global warming and I said, "This is so huge but no one knows about it! Would you please come to the United States and talk to us about it!" My business affairs guy tried to pull my shirt off to get me to sit down, said, "Jesus, Redford, are you out of your fucking mind? You can't afford to bring these guys over!" I was inviting the entire Soviet academy to come to Sundance, and he's like, "You're out of your fucking mind!" And I'm like, "Yeah, I'm out of my fucking mind," because I just get really -- I mean I just fly off on this stuff.
So we did it. We had the head of the Soviet space program and all the top Soviet scientists. It took 18 months to pull it off and we had it at Sundance in 1988 and it was called Greenhouse Glasnost. And it was the top scientific authorities of both continents who came together and jointly agreed that this was a serious issue and came up with specifics about what could be done and should be done and the joint resolution was signed and sent to Gorbachev and the Bush Sr. administration, and again it was shelved.
Grist: Ouch. You must have felt pretty burned.
Redford: To put it mildly.
Grist: How do you compare the different administrations -- Nixon versus Regan versus Bush I and II -- in terms of their impact on the environment?
Redford: Well, Nixon had no clue. Reagan was very effective at pushing his pro-industry mandate because he relied on personality and charm and people liked him. Bush I seemed like the president of the Sierra Club compared to his son. This administration is a whole different beast: They've taken even the opportunity for public interests to respond out of the equation. Even Reagan and Bush I engaged in debate and conversation with environmental groups. This administration has completely sealed itself off.
The moment Bush got into office, they started moving like a panzer division, unraveling all the laws -- logging regulations, pollution regulations for air and water, critical habitat, national monument protections, everything -- everything is being rolled back, and probably most concerning is the obliteration of laws that allow for environmental review and public comment.
Grist: Didn't you and [Interior Secretary] Gale Norton have a famous letter exchange last year in which she asked you to release a condor in public? And you wrote back to her and declined, saying, "I intend to use what time I have to do what I can to focus on the devastating environmental repercussions of the ... decisions you are now making in your current capacity at the Interior Department." Whoa!
Redford: Oh Jesus, do you remember that? Was that a joke or what? I mean, when I looked at that letter, I said, "You've got to be kidding." First of all, it was so obvious they were looking for a photo op. She worked against the very act that allowed for the preservation of the condor! Second of all, I'd released a condor in captivity as part of the wildlife movement in California 12 years earlier. I was like, Hello? I've already released a condor, thanks! Twelve years ago! And you're just coming around? And meanwhile you shred the rest of the country with mining and gas drilling and timber stuff and you're going to release a condor and you think that's going to make up for what you are doing?
Grist: It's amazing to me that so many people in the Bush administration like Cheney and Norton were born and raised in the West, like you. Why doesn't coming from that environment produce the desire to preserve it?
Redford: Well, part of it is the old "manifest destiny" still at play in the West: What we can take, we deserve. Look, there are Westerners and then there are Westerners. There was Morris Udall -- he was a Westerner. There are many examples of Westerners who are good guys. I happen to think that John McCain is a good guy.
Grist: Tell us a little about your upbringing in the West and your formative years as an environmentalist.
Redford: I grew up in a non-privileged environment in southern California that was constricted by the war and sacrifice. I had family members who died in the war. I grew up in an ethnic neighborhood that was mostly Mexican and working class. I gained a respect for the environment because for me it was a way out. When I was a kid growing up, going into the desert, the Sierras, going into the ocean, going to swim and surf were these extraordinary resources -- if I could just get to them. We were so confined by these parameters of war and the economics and the lack of privilege, so getting into the natural environment was this incredible joy. This incredible liftoff.
And then after the war, suddenly [there was this] acceleration unknown to man, [the wilderness] being wiped out in favor of development -- freeways and concrete -- I watched it all happen. It happened in my lifetime. So I go way beyond George Bush. I mean, my feeling about the environment goes back to being a kid and watching it be destroyed. So I took my family to Utah. A state with some of the most incredible natural assets in the world and the attitude of the leadership is: Wipe it out! So for me it's this saga; it's more than politics, it's a way of life.
Grist: What's your lifestyle like now? Do you have a worm bin?
Redford: Say what? Do I have a warm bed? What are you implying?
Grist: No, a worm bin. It's that bucket of worms you feed to compost to help with decomposition. I'm asking if your lifestyle is eco-friendly.
Something new under the Sundance.
Photo: Tena Parker Liddiard.
Redford: Oh! Ha! Boy, I was really off-track with that one. Yeah, we do, in Utah. Most of the time I'm on a horse in the summertime and skis in the winter. And yeah, we do have compost. Sundance itself is trying to be a model community with art and nature coming together. There's 5,000 acres; I've preserved 2,000 of it. We've got vegetable gardens and solar panels and all that. My home is passive solar and through the years I've adapted more and more energy-saving systems with it, from recycling to natural energy to glassblowing. Part of our art-shack program at Sundance Village has glass blowing and we do it from all the recycled bottles from the two restaurants. And so our plates and glasses are all made on the premises and recycled.
Grist: Yeah, but don't you have any vices?
Redford: Well, I'm extremely hypocritical. I mean, I used to race cars when I was a kid, so it's very hard for me to let go of the idea of a racing vehicle in my life. And I did have SUVs but I gave it up. I came to realize the disadvantage of them. I said, "Do I need an SUV in Los Angeles to drive around in traffic?" No; that to me is tremendously wasteful. And you might as well get with the program. But if you're in a wilderness area -- which I'm on the edge of in Utah -- I would have a justification for using the SUV.
But for me, those days have pretty much ended and now I really do spend pretty much of my time on horseback. And I'm very happy because of it. I smell and see and feel things I never would have dreamed to feel if I were swishing through on a car. So that is not a loss for me; it's actually a wonderful gain.
Grist: In the grand scheme of things, who are you most concerned about -- the politicians, the media, the average Joes who can't look past their SUVs? Which part of the equation are you most worried about?
Redford: It's a bit of a domino thing. The overwhelming picture is that we simply don't have any high-level moral leadership. It's been on the decline for many, many years. And as the decline has occurred, the American people's interest has also declined, so now we have voter turnout worse than it's ever been in history, and each election it gets worse and worse. They're moving into apathy. They don't give a shit. And it's a negative feedback loop: The less attention they pay, the more advantage for mediocre leadership to gain a foothold. The mediocrity in D.C. is a reflection of our own apathy. They are there because we're not paying attention. The special interests put them there because the American people weren't voting enough. It's the cost of not paying attention.
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Join the crowd. Think alike. Kill those who disagree.
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Subj: Dr. Almond's Lecture - revelations
Date: 11/13/03 3:07:10 PM Eastern Standard Time
From: withheld origin
To: eithheld recipient
excerpt -
"Rensselaer educates the leaders of tomorrow for technologically based careers.
We celebrate discovery, and the responsible application of technology, to create knowledge and global prosperity."
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continued:
[Dr. Almond]: "The above statement is found at the Rensselaer webpage under the MISSION title.
Global prosperity.
Two inspiring words.
Rensselaer is developing a shortcut to global prosperity.
The path involves a synergy of biologic and informational technology. Only when human beings are monitored completely will there be complete world peace, prosperity and justice.
Such monitoring tools are currently being developed and introduced by Rensselaer scientists, many who were at Bell Labs, where the initial breakthroughs were originated.
This mission to monitor man "from the inside of his body, and on the outside, with satellites" is the most critical work on earth at the present time. It is a secret work.
If Joe Sixpack knew of it, the place would be destroyed, and a manhunt would begin that would empty theatre seats throughout America.
THE WORK TODAY
Nanotechnology is racing forward with breakneck speed, thanks to donations from government, industry and military budgets. Read the Forbes Report. It can only divulge the iceburg's tip.
The VeriChip is but an advance "trial balloon" which seeks to discover various "responses" of the media, public and religious leaders may be.
By early 2006, the actual human implant device will be produced in sufficiently vast quantities so that all who desire to partake of the voluntary measure toward global prosperity may become a host.
Those who refrain will be unable to buy or sell in the marketplace, and this will be a great influence upon their personal freewill decision."
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SOURCE:
Joseph Almond, Ph.D.
"On the Future of Man"
NanoSymposia '03
November 12, 2003
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Subj: Be an example to others...
Date: 11/13/03 1:49:53 PM Eastern Standard Time
From: Jalmond2000@cs.com
To: controlcover@juno.com
SOURCE:
http://www.nbc4.tv/news/2634272/detail.html
Waiter Sentenced For Vandalizing Customers' Home
Couple Unhappy With Order Of Baked Potato
LOS ANGELES -- A former waiter has been sentenced to probation and community service in Riverside, Calif., for vandalizing the home of customers who complained about his service.
Jonathan Voeltner, 21, was sentenced to two years of probation, 80 hours of community service and ordered to pay a $316 fine.
Voeltner pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges of vandalism Wednesday and apologized to Wayne and Darlene Keller.
Voeltner went to the couple's home after a disagreement over a baked potato and draped their house in toilet paper and pelted it with eggs and bottles of syrup.
Voeltner was fired from the Norco Sizzler where he worked immediately after his arrest.
The Kellers have since moved from their home citing fear of further retaliation.
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WHY THE TOWERS FELL
The best way to hate is to ignore. The second best way to hate is to not care.
REMEMBER: To the minute, eleven days after Bush signed onto the stem cell research project, the towers fell.
Still, America just didn't get it. She is poor at connecting dots, for she trusts that he is a man of God, even still, to this day.
666
"and woe to pregnant women and to those with babies...."
"and pray that your flight will not be in winter...."
You wrote:
I saw your response regarding Matthew 24. I didn't include the scriptures, because I wanted to see where you were led. It's interesting that you were led to the protection of the children and I was led to "wars and rumors of wars," "don't be concerned," and to Luke's "do not seek what you will eat or drink and be anxious... seek his kingdom and these things will be yours." You seem to be led to the physical change that must take place and I to the spiritual one. That's not a jab, really, it just makes me curious, why we have come to each other.
I reply:
well... i suppose it has something to do with the spiritual road i've been down... taking me to the physical change.
did you notice that matthew 24 makes reference to Daniel and the horrible beast? ("When you see the horrible thing....")
one day, i was shown the horrible beast...
when i looked into the mirror.
heheheee... kinda funny to think about... all these years theologians trying to see/find/figure the horrible beast (kinda like losin' your car keys when they are in your hand)
since that time, i've also been shown what 666 means -- 2/3
when the horrible beast cut his deal with devil, the horrible beast was not satisfied with 10%... nor 25%... not even 50/50... the horrible beast insisted on 66.6666666%
you might say the horrible beast is hell-bent on taking 2/3'rds of what we got?
ps in case the mark of the beast is still not clear
1) what is the worst... most horrible beast on earth? is/was it the dino... the great white shark... how about the lion? hmmmm... none seem to stack up to Human?
will not every "being" throughout the entire universe know us as the horrible beast?
2) the horrible beast insisted on 66.6666666%
what is the biggest scar... the hugest piece of graffiti... the largest mark any beast has left on the face of earth?
i'm not sure... but i thought the only mark made by a beast... that can be seen on the moon... is the great wall of china?
did you ever see the mark a forest fire leaves?
imagine what the mark of the horrible beast will look like... from space... when we mark up 66.666666666666% of the planet.
sooo... it is likely any other "being" ... wouldn't any lifeform consider Human the horrible beast
and a beast that has left his mark -- 666
("beings"... like chimps that know sign language... they'd be plenty smart enough to know... hehee)
the horrible beast leavin' his mark on everything... earth... air... people, etc.
what a horrible beast?
you wrote:
"This has always been true (your 666 reference)."
and
"Oy vey! Who are you waiting for, The Christ or Jesus?"
i reply:
hmmm... after thinking about this some more... i can see how it might look like i am waiting.
sorry, it is because i am a pea brain... a sloooow thinker.
while i work on this puzzle, you might see a stupid looking guy with his mouth hangin' open.
kinda like a chess game when it's "your move"... and you can not fathom a response
that must be what i look like right now?
but, i'm really not in pain or nuttin'... i just look dumbfounded... cuz i am. i ain't waiting... i'm actually puzzlin' as hard as i can.
i'll tell ya the puzzle i'm workin' on if ya don't just tell me the answer? (cuz i like workin' on puzzles and ain't ready to give up yet.)
the jews may call him the messiah
the born again christians may call it the 2nd coming of jesus
still others may call him the christ
but whatever we call him, all seem to agree... he is suppose to come "save us"
save us from what?
the horrible beast
hmmm... what will he do to the horrible beast?
Then I saw heaven opened and a white horse standing there; and the one sitting on the horse was named "Faithful and True" -- the one who justly punishes and makes war. His eyes were like flames, and on his head were many crowns. A name was written on his forehead, and only he knew its meaning. He was clothed with garments dipped in blood, and his title was "The Word of God." The armies of heaven, dressed in finest linen, white and clean, followed him on white horses. In his mouth he held a sharp sword to strike down the nations; he ruled them with an iron grip; and he trod the winepress of the fierceness of the wrath of Almighty God. On his robe and thigh was written this title: "King of Kings and Lord of Lords."
Then I saw an angel standing in the sunshine, shouting loudly to the birds, "Come! Gather together for the supper of the Great God! Come and eat the flesh of kings, and captains, and great generals; of horses' riders; and of all humanity, both great and small, slave and free.
-- Revelations 19
... and of all humanity? ouch!
sooooo... that's the puzzle. if any "human" thinks the messiah is coming to save his ass, should he really be thinking he's coming to kick his ass?
More Revelations
13:1 And, I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.
13:2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as [the feet] of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.
13:3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.
13:4 And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who [is] like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?
13:5 And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty [and] two months.
13:6 And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.
13:7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.
13:8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
13:9 If any man have an ear, let him hear.
13:10 He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.
13:11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.
13:12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.
13:13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,
13:14 And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by [the means of] those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.
13:15 And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.
13:16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
13:17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
13:18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a Human(s); and the number [is] Six hundred threescore [and] six - - 666.
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Subj: Kill Rick Stanley - Ban all privately owned weapons
Date: 11/13/03 1:39:43 PM Eastern Standard Time
From: Jalmond2000
To: InGatesWeTrust@aol.com
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FROM THE SERPENT:
Children of evil, your next task is to kill Rick Stanley. We must get rid of all who seek to promote weapons.
As long as the individual can own a weapon of any kind, there will be costly opposition to the bondage planned.
Get rid of all weapons that are accessible to individuals.
Only the Machine must have weapons, for the Machine is directed by me.
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Subj: "The Supreme Law Of The Land" by Lisa Guliani
Date: 11/13/03 1:25:54 PM Eastern Standard Time
From: webmaster@stanley2002.org
Reply-to: pamstanley@stanleyfasteners.com
November 13, 2003
Rick Stanley
Constitutional Activist
Phone: 303-329-0481
Email: webmaster@stanley2002.org
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Subject: "The Supreme Law Of The Land" by Lisa Guliani
THE SUPREME LAW OF THE LAND
By Lisa Guliani
This article is dedicated to the Anti-Federalists, to
whom we owe credit and steadfast gratitude for the
Bill of Rights - and to Rick Stanley, constitutional
activist and American patriot for "pushing the
envelope".
"Who are the militia? Are they not ourselves.
Congress has no power to disarm the militia. Their
swords, and every other terrible implement of the
soldier, are the birth-right of an American. The
unlimited power of the sword is not in the hands of
either the federal or state governments, but where I
trust in God it will ever remain, in the hands of the
people."
Tench Coxe, (friend of Madison, member of Continental
Congress)
Freeman's Journal, 20 Feb. 1778
The Second Amendment to the Constitution reads as
follows:
"A well regulated militia, being necessary to the
security of a free state, the right of the people to
keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed."
The Second Amendment has been a source of intense
political debate throughout American history, even
prior to the adoption of the Constitution. It would
appear that there were - and continue to be - two
schools of thought as to its definition and intent.
It seems clear that the framers of our Constitution
sought to protect the freedom of individual citizens
to defend themselves, their property and their
country. Some of the initial militia proposals called
for a "select militia" which would be regulated by the
government. These proposals were considered to be
potentially dangerous by others, including George
Washington. They were characterized as undemocratic
because a "select militia" would have amounted to
nothing less than the creation of a "standing army".
Our founding fathers shared great concerns about the
issue of standing armies, and this is why proposals
calling for government-regulated militias were shot
down at the time. The "select militia" was ultimately
established and became what is known today as the
National Guard. However, the National Guard is NOT
the "well-regulated militia" referred to in Amendment
II of the U.S. Constitution.
Despite differing positions of people like Baron Von
Steuben, a proponent of "select militia", all of the
pre-Constitution militia proposals called for what is
known as a general duty of all citizens to possess
arms. That's right, they called it a general duty.
The second amendment continues on to say that "the
right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not
be infringed." Many academians and special interest
groups seem to ignore this part of the amendment - the
part which uses the words "the people". That would be
you and me. In other words, it is our natural right
to possess a firearm and to use it in defense of our
selves, families or homes.
This interpretation has been challenged time and time
again by those seeking to convince average citizens
that defense is best left to "law enforcement" and to
the military. Back in the earlier times of this
nation, it would have been simply unthinkable to
surrender your firearms in the hope that someone else
would protect your interests. Yet, today, we swim in
a sea of special interests, with many powerful and
persuasive voices telling us the Second Amendment does
not mean what it means. To systematically disarm a
population is to place them in serious jeopardy. Our
Founding Fathers knew this all too well, which is why
they placed prohibitions within the Constitution.
It's safe to assume that these men learned their
lessons from the record of history.
Home-Rule Ordinances vs. the U.S. Constitution
For the last two years, I have watched the ongoing
battle being waged between a man named Rick Stanley,
Denver law enforcement, and the Denver, Colorado
judiciary. Stanley is a former Libertarian
senatorial candidate for the state of Colorado and has
been perhaps the most impassioned, unrelenting and
outspoken American in current times on the issue of
the second amendment. Denver is one of 76 home-rule
municipalities within the state of Colorado. A
home-rule municipality, according to the Colorado
Municipal League, is one in which "citizens voted to
adopt a home-rule charter based on the principle that
local citizens should have the right to decide how
their local government should be organized and local
problems resolved." The purpose of this is to
protect a city from state interference, unless the
courts decide that a matter has statewide impact. If
this is the case, then the state law is said to
prevail over home-rule law.
Home-rule would appear to be a tool of citizen
empowerment on its face. However, what happens when a
home-rule ordinance conflicts with a state
constitution or even the federal Constitution? Which
law prevails? For example, if the Second Amendment to
the U.S. Constitution tells us that every American
citizen has the right to keep and bear arms, and goes
on to say that this right shall not be infringed, how
can a home-rule city lawfully enact and enforce a
local ordinance that clearly violates the federal
statute? Rick Stanley is sitting in a Colorado jail
at this writing because he refused to abide by
Denver's local home-rule ordinance which prohibits
people from openly carrying a firearm. Stanley
insists that this ordinance violates not only the
Colorado State Constitution but also the Constitution
for the united States of America.
In Section 8 of the Home Rule provision of the
Colorado Constitution, (Article 2, Section 6) it
specifically prohibits any home-rule city from making
any ordinance that violates a Colorado citizen's
rights in the state Constitution. This was affirmed
in SB-25, legislation which tells all cities in
Colorado - and specifically on the issue of "open
carry of a weapon" - that the cities are prohibited
from making ordinances that violate state
constitutional rights. City ordinances must be in
harmony with, not in violation of, the state
constitution. So what is Denver's problem with this,
exactly?
Stanley was not arrested for brandishing his weapon
in a threatening manner or for using it in the
commission of any crime. He was arrested for having
his weapon visibly holstered. He was exercising his
natural right to keep and bear arms in a peaceable
manner, a provision which is succinctly spelled out
within our Bill of Rights. Rick Stanley's refusal to
defer to a home-rule ordinance which he deems
unconstitutional (simply because it is) has been a
constant thorn in the side of Denver law enforcement
and the Denver courts system. Stanley has also
challenged the jurisdictional authority of the
judiciary to even try his case. He cited the U.S.
Constitution in his defense and was pointedly ordered
not to refer to it again by one Judge Patterson. It
would seem that the Denver Judiciary is getting a
little too big for its britches, wouldn't it?
Incidentally, the Colorado State Constitution Bill of
Rights says:
" Section 13. Right to bear arms. The right of no
person to keep and bear arms in defense of his home,
person and property, or in aid of the civil power when
thereto legally summoned, shall be called in question;
but nothing herein contained shall be construed to
justify the practice of carrying concealed weapons."
Rick Stanley was not carrying a concealed weapon.
The ongoing and escalating debacle in Denver with
Stanley, (a successful local businessman as well as a
constitutional activist) is relevant to us all. We
need to ask ourselves if his situation could happen to
any one of us in any state of the Union. Do home-rule
ordinances supersede state or federal statutes? Does
the Second amendment really apply to every U.S.
citizen or can a local municipality override a federal
mandate? How much power do local governments actually
possess? If a city or town can enact laws that
abrogate state and federal laws, then it is
conceivable that within the state of Colorado alone,
one could travel to 76 different cities and be subject
to differing laws from city to city and town to town.
How confusing is that? Moreover, how can this be in
harmony with the U.S. Constitution - the supreme law
of the land?
Looking further into the issue of home-rule, it needs
to be clear that local governments have limited
authority. They do not possess inherent power or
authority. Even a home-rule city or town does not
have limitless authority to just do as it pleases.
City governments obtain their power from state
government. They are confined to dealing with local
matters only and are confined within the boundaries
of their state constitutions. Home-rule ordinances do
not free the people of a city or town from their state
constitutions nor are they freed of the provisions of
the supreme law of the land, the Federal Constitution.
I was curious to know the educated opinion of an
academian on this subject, so I asked a professor of
political science, Mr. Joseph F. Zimmerman. Professor
Zimmerman is currently writing the 2004 Book of the
States. He is a noted researcher on the subject of
home-rule and related topics. When asked about the
Second Amendment and home-rule, Professor Zimmerman
replied:
"You are using the National Rifle Association's
definition of the right to keep and bear arms as
guaranteed by the 2nd amendment to the U.S.
Constitution. You need to read the entire amendment
which stipulates " A well-regulated militia, being
necessary to the security of a free state, the right
of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be
infringed."
Excuse me? The National Rifle Association's
definition? Isn't that interesting. As a matter of
fact, I've read and re-read the 2nd amendment a number
of times and I think it enunciates rather well the
spirit and intent under which it was drafted. Call me
crazy, but I'm convinced that this amendment says what
it means and means what it says. It's a shame human
beings invariably feel the need to twist, contort and
complicate what would otherwise be a very simple
matter. According to Zimmerman, there is more than one
definition or version of the 2nd amendment. I'm
reminded of a former president who liked to have fun
playing with the definition of the word "is". If you
recall, "is" does not necessarily mean "is". And now,
there are those who would argue that the 2nd amendment
does not mean what it says. These must be the same
people who think there is more than one version of the
truth.
Zimmerman goes on to say " The Militia was renamed the
National Guard by a 1916 Act of Congress. The
amendment refers to the minutemen of the revolutionary
war period or citizen soldiers. The amendment does
not mean you have a constitutional right to own a
bazooka, a heavy caliber machine gun, or similar
weapons." Zimmerman had this to say about home-rule:
".there is no complete "home-rule" for any local
government. If a local government had complete
home-rule, it would be a sovereign political entity."
So which law prevails and which is the higher
authority - a home-rule law or the federal law? The
Supreme Court had this to say:
"The United States is entirely a creature of the
Constitution. Its power and authority have no other
source. It can only act in accordance with all the
limitations imposed by the Constitution." - Reid v
Covert 354 US l, 1957, Supreme Court decision
http://www.constitution.org/ussc/354-001a.htm
I interpret this decision to mean that the
Constitution is forever the supreme law of the land
and all levels of government are subject to and
confined by the Constitutional provisions and
prohibitions of our guiding documents. This is
inclusive of home-rule cities and towns all across the
nation, including Denver, Colorado, where local
government apparently believes it answers to no higher
authority than itself. The rights enunciated within
the Bill of Rights are clear and they are applicable
to ALL Americans. There is no judge in any of these
united States of America - including Denver's Judge
Patterson - who has been granted the authority to
nullify the Federal Constitution or disallow it in a
supposed court of law. This type of behavior is not
only the pinnacle of arrogance, but extremely
dangerous to all of us. It sets a horrifying judicial
standard and a frightening precedent because it bears
tremendous potential to be duplicated in courts
throughout the country if left unchecked.
As American citizens, we possess fundamental human
rights, granted to us by our Maker. We possess the
right to defend ourselves and those we love, and to
defend our property/land. The 2nd amendment is simple
to understand and has no obscure, multiple meanings.
If you still harbor doubt about this issue, please
consider the unforgettable words of George Washington:
"Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution
itself. They are the people's liberty teeth
keystone... The rifle and the pistol are equally
indispensable... more than 99% of them by their
silence indicate that they are in safe and sane hands.
The very atmosphere of firearms everywhere restrains
evil interference. When firearms go, all goes, we need
them every hour."
~ President George Washington ~
(Address to 1st session of Congress)
In other words, we ARE the Militia.
Further Reading:
1. Merrill Jensen, ed., The Documentary of History of
the Ratification of the Constitution, vol. 3 at 378.
(Madison, Wisconsin).
2. Walter Bennet, ed., Letters from the Federal Farmer
to the Republican, at 21, 22, 124 (University of
Alabama Press, 1975).
3. Noah Webster, "An Examination Into the Leading
Principles of the Federal States", at 56 (New York,
1888).
4. Annals of Congress 434 (1789)
5. Joseph Story, Commentaries on the Constitution,
vol. 2 at 746 (1833).
6. Act of May 8, 1792; Second Congress., First
Session, Ch. 33
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Freedom had been hunted round the globe; reason was considered as
rebellion; and the slavery of fear had made men afraid to think. But such is
the irresistible nature of truth, that all it asks, and all it wants, is the
liberty of appearing.
~ Thomas Paine, Rights of Man, 1791 ~
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Subj: Christianity must be abolished
Date: 11/13/03 1:31:29 PM Eastern Standard Time
From: Jalmond2000@cs.com
To: controlcover@juno.com
Alabama Chief Justice removed from office
Thursday, November 13, 2003 Posted: 1:23 PM EST (1823 GMT)
Alabama Supreme Court Justice Roy Moore is determined to have government acknowledge God.
MONTGOMERY, Alabama (CNN) -- Alabama's judicial ethics panel removed Chief Justice Roy Moore from office Thursday for defying a federal judge's order to move a stone Ten Commandments monument from the state Supreme Court building.
The nine-member Court of the Judiciary issued its unanimous decision after a one-day trial Wednesday. The panel, which includes judges, lawyers and non-lawyers, could have reprimanded Moore, continued his suspension or cleared him.
After the ruling, Moore said that he was not surprised by the decision and that he was being removed because he "acknowledged God."
A federal judge in Montgomery ruled the 2.6-ton granite monument was an unconstitutional endorsement of religion and ordered Moore to move it from the rotunda of the state judicial building in August. Moore refused, but was overruled by his eight colleagues on the state Supreme Court. (Full story)
The U.S. Supreme Court on November 3 refused to hear Moore's appeal in the case. (Full story)
"In defying that order, the chief justice placed himself above the law," said Judge William Thompson, head of the Court of the Judiciary.
The panel also found that Moore "showed no signs of contrition for his actions."
Alabama Attorney General Bill Pryor had filed the ethics charges against Moore after the chief justice refused U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson's order to remove the monument. Thompson ruled the monument was an unconstitutional promotion of religion by government in violation of the First Amendment.
Prosecutors rested their case after just 25 minutes, presenting the panel with documents and videotapes they say prove Moore defied a lawful court order in violation of his oath of office.
Moore had demanded a televised trial in a larger venue than the Supreme Court courtroom, and said Wednesday's proceedings amounted to a closed hearing.
After Thursday's decision, he criticized the court for not opening the hearing and suggested that Pryor had changed his position on the issue for political gain.
Moore read comments Pryor made in 1997, defending Moore for displaying the Ten Commandments in his courtroom as a northeast Alabama circuit judge.
He pointed out that Pryor has been nominated to a seat on the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
First Amendment debate
Moore's case has become a magnet for religious conservatives around the country.
He and his supporters say that the Ten Commandments are the foundation of the U.S. legal system and that forbidding the acknowledgment of the Judeo-Christian God violates the First Amendment's guarantee of free exercise of religion. (Moore interview with CNN)
But a lawsuit filed after the monument's installation argued the massive stone marker constituted a government endorsement of Christianity.
The First Amendment reads: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof ... ."
With Thompson threatening to fine the state $5,000 a day for defying his order, Pryor and Gov. Bob Riley refused to support Moore.
Both men are Republicans and self-professed conservative Christians who supported the monument's installation, but they said Moore was bound to obey Thompson's order.
Moore was a circuit judge in Etowah County, northeast of Birmingham, in the late 1990s when he fought a lawsuit seeking to remove a wooden plaque depicting the commandments from his courtroom.
The legal battle propelled him to statewide office in 2000, when the Republican jurist was elected chief justice after campaigning as the "Ten Commandments Judge."
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From Satan: Extremely well done, children. Abolish all evidence of God. Only when manking admits that we are animals, can the genocide begin.
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Students...
In order for The Beast to win, he must first distract when truth is spoken. This is the drug that "dumbs down" the silly Americans.
REMEMBER
They are addicted to boobies, and the next meal.
Freedom and privacy and such issues are not of interest to them.
Only boobies.
EVIDENCE OF DISTRACTION:
Playboy undresses Wal-Mart women
Playboy.com launches the 'The Women of Wal-Mart' pictorial featuring 6 employees minus uniforms.
November 12, 2003: 4:03 PM EST
By Parija Bhatnagar, CNN/Money Staff Writer
NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Playboy.com's controversial "Women of Wal-Mart" feature went live Wednesday, showcasing six of Wal-Mart's "sexiest" female employees who dared to shed their uniforms for the online pictorial.
"This was a once in a lifetime opportunity," said Tesha Mullen, one of the feature's models. "When I heard about the pictorial, I knew right away that I wanted to send in photos. Some of the most beautiful women in the world have posed for Playboy and it is an honor to have been selected for this feature."
[Playboy.com launches the ]
Playboy.com launches the "Women of Wal-Mart" pictorial.
In September Playboy.com had announced it was searching for the sexiest women at Wal-Mart, the world's biggest retailer. Playboy (PLA: up $0.37 to $16.88, Research, Estimates) ran a similar-themed 'Women of Enron' last year and 'Women of Starbucks' photospreads in the magazine earlier this year.
"We received over 400 responses from Wal-Mart employees. That's more than the responses we got from both Enron and Starbucks (SBUX: Research, Estimates) employees," said Jay Nesheim, spokeswoman for Playboy.com.
Nesheim said the six models, including a photo lab technician, assistant manager and a department manager, were paid for their feature but would not disclose the amount.
"We knew that this would be a very provocative thing for us to do," said John Thomas, editor of Playboy.com. "Wal-Mart has a conservative corporate image and we knew they wouldn't be thrilled. But we're hoping that the company will be pleased once they see how fun the pictures are and how empowered the women at Wal-Mart feel."
For its part, Wal-Mart said the pictorial "is in poor taste." "Based on our values, we will be disappointed if any of our people do participate in it," said spokesman Tom Williams. "However, individuals are free to do what they want."
Recently Wal-Mart, in an effort to spread its wholesome image as a family store, said it would put covers on a few women's magazines that typically display racy pictures and story titles.
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Bentonville, Ark.- based Wal-Mart also banned three men's magazines, including FHM, Maxim, and Stuff, earlier this year because it said it had received complaints from customers about their content. The chain has never sold Playboy.
In the past, Wal-Mart has refused to sell CDs that carry warning labels about explicit lyrics. Instead, the store sells sanitized versions of albums, with some songs omitted or covers redrawn to pass muster with the chain's buyers.
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OUR STOLEN FLAG
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The red, white and blue standard of the United States of America has been stolen by the enemy.
The thugs have it, and are waving it, and the comatose Americans are foillowing the "leader" with the stolen flag over the cliff...to their DEATHS.
EXPOSE THIS TRAVESTY!
Reject the American flag...until it is recaptured.
Yes, you'll be slammed for your stand, but so what.
Be a man. Be a woman.
Do what is right. We are in a war. Evil has hijacked our flag. It was done by the same gang of thugs that gave us the IRS, DARPA, The Patriot Act and the war in Iraq.
And don't accuse me of being a Democrat: Those idiots voted along with the thugs, and so, are EQUALLY GUILTY.
Reject the US flag it until it is ours again.
Wait till the IRS scam topples, then fly it proudly.
Jethro Tull tried to tell us this message, and look what they did to him:
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Jethro Tull banned for blasting U.S. flag waving
Radio station takes action after British rock band attacks American patriotism
Posted: November 13, 2003
1:00 a.m. Eastern
British rock band Jethro Tull has been banned by a classic-rock radio station in the U.S. after comments blasting American patriotism by the group's lead singer.
Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson
"I hate to see the American flag hanging out of every bloody station wagon, out of every SUV, every little Midwestern house in some residential area. It's easy to confuse patriotism with nationalism," Ian Anderson said in an interview published in New Jersey's Asbury Park Press. "Flag waving ain't gonna do it."
In response, radio station WCHR-FM on the Jersey shore has decided to no longer play songs by Jethro Tull, best known for its 1970s hit "Aqualung."
"The reaction of our audience has been 99 percent in favor of the ban and 99 percent incredulous that he would say such stupid things. He is a smart guy," program director and disc jockey Phil LoCascio told the Press. "As far as we're concerned, this ban is forever."
LoCascio is rejecting the notion the ban on Tull songs amounts to censorship.
"Our listeners' right to ask us not to play the music is equal to his right to say what he wants," he said, according to the report.
The ban is part of continuing fallout in the music world in connection with the war on terror. As WorldNetDaily has previously reported, the Dixie Chicks, Bruce Springsteen, and Moby have all come under public scrutiny for their personal political statements.
Formed in 1967 in Blackpool, England, Jethro Tull took its name from an 18th century agricultural inventor and has enjoyed widespread success on both sides of the Atlantic.
While Anderson did have some positive things to say about America in the interview, LoCascio responded:
"He ought to. Americans have made him millions of dollars. He ought to kiss our feet."
Jethro Tull performed last night in Washington, D.C., and continues its U.S. tour with concerts slated this month in Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Florida, New York and New Jersey.
WCHR plans to be at tomorrow night's event in Red Bank, N.J.
"We found somebody who will supply us with [U.S.] flags," LoCascio told the Press, "and we'll be handing them out to anybody who wants one."
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Mankind will soon be injected with Verichips. These will initially enable 24/7 tracking, identifying and general monitoring, lockout, and alerting.
The people will conform and obey because it will be required by law.
They pay taxes, don't they?
LATER
Upgrades will be obtained via radio frequency scanning, thus giving further powers to the Machine.
Man will evolve rapidly into nano-creatures, and eventually will lose the soul.
Once this fete is attained, the Nanotechnologist's become Gods.
Try to obtain the "140 Statements" from Rensellaer Polytechnic Institute. Why are they so secret? If they are beneficial to man, why won't they release them to us?
Go to the Rensellaer page. Read and print out all you can, while it is still available.
Particularly this:
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But hurry, as I will delete it this post the morning.
That link shows the topics taught there, behind those extremely secure walls.
Do you see the questions? Do you see where they are leading?
Did you notice what the topic of this Friday's "Lunch and Learn" is?
Go see. It's at the site.
It'll blow your mind.
Yes, taxes aren't enough. They want it all. Even your body, mind, future, and all of your potential, offspring and life.
Doubt it?
Go look up GLOBAL CITIZEN on a search engine.
Know who financed it INTERNATIONALLY?
It starts with an R.
Still don't believe it?
Go scroll down this blog and take a peek at the stuff they're developing.
Nanotechnology.
Like a hammer: You can build a house or crush a skull with it.
Study Rensselaer, the guy who was evil, they same guy who was into white slavery.
Find out why he left his money to science...for what cause.
Find out what the 140 Statements are. (The Rensselaer Plan)
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HISTORY OF WHITE SLAVERY
You do not know who Stephen Van Rensselaer was, do you?
Well, perhaps not. They don't teach of him in most schools. A GOOGLE search will only bring you his father.
And for good reason.
He was an evil man. Greedy. Rich. He forced people to do what they didn't want to do.
He was into white slavery.
Mr. Rensselaer was a "one-man IRS." Literally.
Then when he died in 1839, the people he had oppressed didn't want his descendants to be able to continue his form of oppression.
It was called "Patroonry."
That's a funny word, isn't it?
But it was an awful practice.
It declared that others must give him a portion of their harvest, (14 bushels of wheat per 100 acres), one fowl, and also work a full day (for free), once a year, giving the service to Mr. Rensselaer.
As I said, in the Hudson Valley, he was like a one-man IRS.
When he died, the folks around him wanted the terrible, unfair practice of Patroonry to cease.
The people didn't like Patroonry. They so hated it that when the Rensselaer son came to collect, they became very angry. They had already communicated with others. Then they worked up the will...and they just did it: One day, they REBELLED!
They even drafted a document that stated clearly their firm decision. They did this, because then it would never be forgotten.
Have you ever heard of Stephen Van Rensselaer? The Rensellaer Plan for the Global Citizen?
Have you ever been taught what the Libertymen's Declaration of Independence states?
I'm sorry, I just now got ahead of myself...
"The Libertymen's Declaration of Independence." was the decree his neighbors wrote while they were incensed
Their document ruined it for the wealthy patron Manors of the Hudson Valley.
They were free thereafter, and no longer did anyone have to pay "rent" to others in order to dwell on their own land.
Years later, when several generations grew old and died, something again sprung up.
In 1913, a group of men, also located in the Hudson Valley, who were well-versed in Patroonry's history, (for they were rich, and they had many old leather books), decided to reinstate the practice. They used the law. They passed an Amendment to the Constitution, and then started taking money (from the wealthy only) for that was a sure-fire trick, at first. They were magicians...and their magic actually worked!
They began by "taxing" the income of the rich, but by just a very small amount.
A generation later, they began to "tax" the average working man. The rich evaded their tax by using Corporations as a shell. (Shelter)
Just a small amount at first, so there would not be another rebellion. They didn't want another document that would erase this new form of Patroonry, known as "taxes."
And their careful plan worked. There was no real rebellion, for the take was so small.
Then a war came. And then another...and yet still another. These wars were a perfect opportunity to raise the percent of taxes collected.
Some people grumbled, but most just went along with it, for they were unaware of how wonderful true freedom really was.
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I will end here, for I must rest.
When the story is continued, I will share with you what unfolded next.
And I will tell you where we are today.
And what is about to occur very soon.
Right here, in America.
Please come back. Bring someone with you.
It is a spooky tale, but it's completely true.
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SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) -- Almost no one in America would admit to being overpaid, but many of us take home bloated paychecks far beyond what we deserve.
"Fair compensation" is a relative term, yet HR consultants and executive headhunters agree some jobs command excessive pay that can't be explained by labor supply-and-demand imbalances.
And while it's easy to argue chief executives, lawyers and movie stars are overpaid, reality is not that cut and dried.
Corporate attorneys earn $500-plus an hour and plaintiffs lawyers pocket a third of personal-injury settlements, but local prosecutors and public defenders get paid a pittance in comparison. Specialty surgeons may earn $1 million or more, but some young family-practice doctors are hard-pressed to pay off medical-school loans.
Hollywood stars making $20 million a movie or $10 million per TV-season qualify for many people's overpaid list. But for every one of those actors and actresses, there are a thousand waiting tables and taking bit movie parts or regional theater roles awaiting a big break that never comes.
"A lot of people are overpaid because there are certain things consumers just don't want screwed up," said Bill Coleman, senior vice president of compensation for Salary.com. "You wouldn't want to board a plane flown by a second-rate pilot or hire a cheap wedding photographer to record an event you hope happens once in your lifetime.
"With pro athletes, one owner is willing to pay big money for a star player and then all the other players want to keep up with the Joneses," Coleman said. "The art with CEO pay is making sure your CEO is above the median -- and you see where that goes."
What follows is a list of the 10 most overpaid jobs in the U.S., in reverse order, drafted with input from compensation experts:
10) Wedding photographers
Photographers typically charge $2,000 to $5,000 to shoot a wedding, for what amounts to a one-day assignment plus initial client-meeting and processing time. Yet many mope through the job, bumping guests in their way without apology, with the attitude: "I'm just doing this for the money until Time or National Geographic calls."
They must cover equipment and film-development costs. Still, many in major metro areas who shoot two weddings each weekend in the May-to-October season can pull in $75,000 to $100,000 for six months' work.
Yet let's face it; much of their work is mediocre. Have you ever really been wowed flipping the pages of a wedding album handed you by recent newlyweds? Annie Leibovitz and Richard Avedon they're not, but some charge fees as if they're in the same league.
9) Pilots for major airlines
While American and United pilots recently took pay cuts, senior captains earn as much as $250,000 a year at Delta, and their counterparts at other major airlines still earn about $150,000 to $215,000 - several times pilot pay at regional carriers - for a job that technology has made almost fully automated.
By comparison, senior pilots make up to 40 percent less at low-fare carriers like Jet Blue and Southwest, though some enjoy favorable perks like stock options. That helps explain why their employers are profitable while several of the majors are still teetering on the brink of bankruptcy.
The pilot's unions are the most powerful in the industry. They demand premium pay as if still in the glory days of long-gone Pan Am and TWA, rather than the cutthroat, deregulated market of under-$200 coast-to-coast roundtrips. Because we entrust our lives to them, consumers accept the excessive sums paid them, when it's airplane mechanics who really hold our fate in their hands.
8) West Coast longshoremen
In early 2002, West Coast ports shut down as the longshoremen's union fought to preserve generous health-care benefits that would make most Americans drool. The union didn't demand much in wage hikes for good reason: Its members already were making a boatload of money.
Next year, West Coast dockworkers will earn an average of $112,000 for handling cargo, according to the Pacific Maritime Association, their employer. Office clerks who log shipping records into computers will earn $136,000. And unionized foremen who oversee the rank-and-file will pull down an average $177,000.
Unlike their East Coast union brethren who compete with non-union ports in the South and Gulf of Mexico, the West Coast stevedores have an ironfisted lock on Pacific ports. Given their rare monopoly, they can disrupt U.S. commerce -- as they did during the FDR years -- and command exorbitant wages, even though their work is more automated and less hazardous than in the days of "On the Waterfront."
7) Airport skycaps
Many of the uniformed baggage handlers who check in luggage at curbside pull in more than $100,000 a year -- most of it in cash.
On top of their $30,000 to $40,000 salaries, peak earners take in $300 or more a day in tips. Sound implausible? That amounts to a $2 tip from 18 travelers an hour on average. Many tip more than that.
While most skycaps are cordial, a good many treat customers with blank indifference, knowing harried travelers don't want to brave counter check-ins, especially in the post 9/11 age. Their work is more mindless than that of a McDonald's counter clerk, who at least has to bag the order correctly.
6) Real estate agents selling high-end homes
Anyone who puts in a little effort can pass the test to get a real estate agent's license, which makes the vast sums that luxury-home agents earn stupefying.
While most agents hustle tail to earn $60,000 a year, those in affluent areas can pull down $200,000-plus for half the effort, courtesy of the fatter commissions on pricier listings.
Luxury home agents live off the economy's fat, yet many put on airs as if they're members of the class whose homes they're selling, and eye underdressed open-house visitors as if they're casing the joint.
5) Motivational speakers and ex-politicians on the lecture circuit
Whether it's for knighted ex-Mayor Rudy Guiliani or Tom "In Search of Excellence" Peters, corporate trade groups pay astronomical sums to celebrity-types and political has-beens to address their convention audiences.
Former President Reagan raised the bar back in 1989 when he took $2 million from Japanese business groups for making two speeches. Bill Clinton earned $9.5 million on 60 speeches last year, though most of those earnings went to charity and to fund his presidential library.
The national convention circuit's shame is that it blows trade-group members' money on orators whose speeches often have been warmed over a dozen times.
4) Orthodontists
For a 35-hour workweek, orthodontists earn a median $350,000 a year, according to the Journal of Clinical Orthodontics. General dentists, meanwhile, earn about half as much working 39 hours a week on average, in a much dirtier job.
The difference in their training isn't like that of a heart surgeon vs. a family-practice doctor. It's a mere two years, and a vastly rewarding investment if you're among the chosen: U.S. dental schools have long been criticized for keeping orthodontists in artificially low supply to keep their income up.
This isn't brain surgery: Orthodontists simply manipulate teeth in a growing child's mouth -- and often leave adjustment work to assistants whose handiwork they merely sign off on. What makes their windfall egregious is that they stick parents with most of the inflated bill, since orthodontia insurance benefits cover nowhere near as large a percentage as for general dentistry.
3) CEOs of poorly performing companies
Most U.S. chief executives are vastly overpaid, but if their company is rewarding shareholders and employees, producing quality products of good value and being a responsible corporate citizen, it's hard to take issue with their compensation.
CEOs at chronically unprofitable companies and those forever lagging industry peers stand as the most grossly overpaid. Most know they should resign -- in shareholders' and employees' interest -- but they survive because corporate boards that oversee them remain stacked with friends and family members.
The ultimate excess comes after they're finally forced out, usually by insiders tired of seeing their own stock holdings plummet. These long-time losers draw multimillion-dollar severance packages as a reward for their failed stewardship.
2) Washed-up pro athletes in long-term contracts
Pro athletes at the top of their game deserve what they earn for being the best in their business. It's those who sign whopping, long-term contracts after a few strong years, and then find their talents vanish, who reap unconscionable sums of money.
NBA player Shawn Kemp, for instance, earned $10 million in a year he averaged a pathetic 6.1 points and 3.8 rebounds a game. Atlanta Braves pitcher Mike Hampton earned $9.5 million -- in the second year of an eight-year, $121 million contract -- while compiling a 7-15 won-loss record for the Colorado Rockies with a pitiful earned-run average of 6.15.
Thank the players' unions for refusing to negotiate contracts based on performance -- and driving up the cost of tickets to levels unaffordable for a family of four, especially for football and basketball. They point to owners as the culprits, yet golf star Tiger Woods and tennis champ Serena Williams earn their keep based on their performance in each tournament.
1) Mutual-fund managers
Everyone on Wall Street makes far too much for the backbreaking work of moving money around, but mutual fund managers are emerging as among the most reprehensible.
This isn't kicking 'em when they're down, given the growing fund-industry scandal. They've been long overpaid. Stock-fund managers can easily earn $500,000 to $1 million a year including bonuses -- even though only 3 in 10 beat the market in the last 10 years.
Now we discover an untold number enriched themselves and favored clients with illegally timed trades of fund shares. That's a worse betrayal of trust than the corporate scandals of recent years, since they're supposed to be on the little person's side.
Put aside what fund managers earn and consider their bosses. Putnam's ex-CEO Lawrence J. Lasser's income rivals the bloated pay package that sparked New York Stock Exchange President Dick Grasso's ouster. Lasser's take: An estimated total of $163 million over the last five years.
Subj: GOODBYE, Freedom
Date: 11/12/03 1:08:16 PM Eastern Standard Time
From: info@pacinlaw.org
To: jalmond2000@cs.com
People’s Awareness Coalition www.pacinlaw.org
“There is Tranquility in Ignorance, but Servitude is its Partner.”
From American Patriot Friends Network...
matrix@iir.com
Multistate Anti-Terrorism Information Exchange (MATRIX)
Tue Nov 11 21:43:44 2003
http://disc.server.com/discussion.cgi?disc=149495;article=46469;title=APFN
Multistate Anti-Terrorism Information Exchange (MATRIX)
http://www.iir.com/matrix/overview.htm
The Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice, initiated funding for a pilot, proof-of-concept project titled the Multistate Anti-Terrorism Information Exchange (MATRIX). The MATRIX pilot project was initiated in response to the increased need for timely information sharing and exchange of terrorism-related information among members of the law enforcement community.
* The MATRIX pilot project is an effort to increase and enhance the exchange of sensitive terrorism and other criminal activity information between local, state, and federal agencies.
* The project leverages and integrates existing and proven technology to provide a new capability to assist law enforcement in identifying and analyzing terrorist and other criminal activity, and appropriately disseminating it to law enforcement agencies nationwide in a secure, efficient, and timely manner.
Organizational Structure
The organizational structure for implementation and operation of the MATRIX pilot project ensures each participant a voice in the project administration. The MATRIX pilot project has been awarded a $4 million budget by the Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance, U.S. Department of Justice, for:
1. Database integration
2. Hardware
3. Software
4. Network support to a multistate coalition of law enforcement agencies
Nine states comprise the existing coalition, thus far, and have agreed to participate in the MATRIX project: Alabama, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Utah.
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http://www.iir.com/IIR_projects.htm
IIR training, research, and technical assistance programs provided through federal grant support from the U.S. Department of Justice: CenTF {WITHOUT ANY AUTHORIZED AUTHORITY)
IIR provides services to law enforcement and criminal justice agencies nationwide, and law enforcement professionals from every state have attended IIR training programs.
Center for Task Force Training (CenTF) -- Three different training courses are currently available in the CenTF Program. The Narcotics Task Force Workshop focuses on multiagency response training needs in the investigation and prosecution of narcotics trafficking conspiracies. The Methamphetamine Investigation Management Workshop addresses the operational aspects of managing methamphetamine investigations, as well as problem areas specific to these types of investigations. The Rave/Club Drugs Seminar focuses on a relatively new problem facing law enforcement--the proliferation of synthetic illicit drugs commonly associated with the nightclub or “rave” scene.
http://www.iir.com/centf/
28 CFR Part 23 Criminal Intelligence Systems Operating Policies (28 CFR Part 23) Technical Assistance and Training -- State and local agencies that receive federal funding to operate criminal intelligence systems must comply with specific regulations, including those in 28 CFR Part 23. Technical assistance and a half-day class provide information on guidelines for operating criminal intelligence systems.
http://www.iir.com/28cfr/
Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative (Global) -- The Global initiative is a collaborative effort among government bodies and nonprofit organizations to develop and implement a standards-based electronic information exchange capability, providing the justice community with timely, accurate, complete, and accessible information in a secure and trusted environment.
http://www.iir.com/global/
GIWG Global Intelligence Working Group (GIWG) -- The primary objective of the GIWG is to develop the National Criminal Intelligence Sharing Plan. This will best be accomplished by building on existing intelligence sharing efforts, facilitating the seamless exchange of intelligence information and promoting intelligence-led policing.
http://www.iir.com/giwg
Multistate Anti-TeRrorism Information EXchange (MATRIX) -- MATRIX project is a pilot effort to increase and enhance the exchange of sensitive terrorism and other criminal activity information between local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies.
http://www.iir.com/matrix
National Youth Gang Center (NYGC) -- The NYGC annually surveys law enforcement agencies to determine the scope of the youth gang problem in the U.S. The Center publishes topical reports and reviews of gang literature and operates an electronic discussion forum. NYGC also provides technical assistance and training to communities that participate in gang-related demonstration programs.
http://www.iir.com/nygc/
Project Development and Implementation Training (PDIT) -- The PDIT Program offers information and strategies to increase the awareness and capability of criminal justice practitioners and local, state, and tribal agencies to successfully implement, manage, and sustain federally funded criminal justice initiatives.
http://www.iir.com/pdit
SLATT
Training, research, and technical assistance for law enforcement professionals since 1978.
State and Local Anti-Terrorism Training (SLATT) -- The SLATT Program provides pre-incident preparation and readiness training to state and local law enforcement in the area of anti-terrorism and violent extremist criminal activities. The Program's emphasis is on prevention and early interdiction of violence and criminal activities.
http://www.iir.com/slatt/
IIR provides management assistance and technical training directly to two federally funded national programs:
National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C) -- A support system for the prevention, investigation, and prosecution of economic crimes, the NW3C serves law enforcement, prosecution, and regulatory agency members.
http://www.iir.com/nwccc.htm
Regional Information Sharing Systems (RISS) -- The six RISS Intelligence Centers provide services to over 6,600 local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies. By providing rapid access to information otherwise unavailable or too time-consuming to obtain, the RISS network has made a significant difference in the fight against crime.
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SOCIETAL BIGOTRY MUST END
Dear Dr. Almond,
I have a Cocker Spaniel, 48 pounds, light brown hair with spots of white on the chest and chin area. We want to wed in January, have aquired the permission of our Episcopal Priest and have just rented the hall for our reception.
The only problem is that my ex-wife is threatening to increase child support payments if I marry Breeda, because she heard that we were planning on a 7-day cruise for our honeymoon.
Also, I just learned that the IRS doesn't allow such unions yet, either.
I am at a loss. I love my dog with all I am, and she loves me. But if the support payments are upped, it could be like spraying cold water on an otherwise hot relationship.
Why are people so judgmental with canine-human matters?
Dick in Palm Springs
Dear Dick,
Society has a problem with dog-man and dog-woman ties, due to outdated religious taboos.
I suggest you continue with your wedding plans. Only when enough people keep from turning tail and whimpering will our world see significant changes.
There is some good news on the tax front, however:
http://taxableincome.net
Dick, the love between a dog and its mate is such that even the most avid Christian must pause and stare, (if honest with themselves) whenever it is openly consummated.
I honor your courage and hope that you and Breeda will choose to ignore the gossip and rude looks of those you meet each day as you two begin a beautiful, loving future.
Marriage between the two have numerous benefits. No arguments, no financial stressors, no rebuff or sexual competition and best of all, rarely are there issues of infidelity. So I congratulate you both.
Please send me a picture.
God bless your union.
Dr. Joseph Almond
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Subj: Sexual addiction with Dr. Almond (KABC radio)
Date: 11/12/03 12:19:43 PM Eastern Standard Time
From: Jalmond2000@cs.com
To: controlcover@juno.com
ACTUAL LETTER RECEIVED
Dear Dr. Almond,
I write this out of love. Love for the porn addict, love for his wife, and most of all for the children. I pray this chapter is used for God’s glory and honor, that it might somehow prevent families from being destroyed.
I remember listening to a panel of women Doug Kenline had on his radio program. They talked about being married for over 20 years and discovering their husbands were involved in pornography. It seemed so unfathomable to me that someone could be deceived for so long. I remember thinking how stupid those women were. Little did I realize I would be one of those women less than a month later.
It was like a birth process. Pain, agony, sweat, tears, hours of intense hurt, and finally truth. My husband is a porn addict. I heard it. I reacted. For two weeks I was numb. Numb to after 20+ years knowing something was wrong, but not knowing what. A relief to finally know the truth. A relief to now live in reality – in light and truth rather than the unreality of darkness and deception. My husband would never tell me the secrets of his past before our marriage. I always thought if I loved him enough some day he would tell me. If I loved him enough. . . .
We always had a difficult marriage. My husband was always withdrawn and quiet. I thought I could help him. I was outgoing, attractive, and spontaneous. In our marriage I could never do anything good enough. I was constantly criticized and put down. I thought it was me so I started a self-improvement program, more counseling, more seminars. I learned more was never enough. My world stopped, knowing something had died in me.
My husband always seemed to be "tuned out" – in another world. He worked long hours and often fell into bed at 2 a.m. I missed him. I begged him to come home. I raised the kids as he pursued his career. I told myself I needed to help him. I poured my heart and soul into his endeavor – supporting and encouraging. There were still problems. When he was home he would go into his office and read his books, newspapers, and reports, and again I would cry myself to sleep. I had others confront him. I gave this man every chance to tell me about his pornography addiction. Lies weave other lies. Secrets kill. Comparisons kill. I feel every time he looked at an image and masturbated he took away a part of me that God intended to be mine. I remember seeing him masturbate and he was in his own world, set on his own pleasure, stimulated and excited by images of women he didn’t know. It was a feeling of betrayal and heart-wrenching emptiness that a woman feels when she learns that her husband is living a lie.
Pornography tears at the very thread of a woman and her femininity. My heart was ripped and uprooted – thrown somewhere into a desert with no place to find refuge. It’s as if I wasn’t enough. Not sexy enough. Not beautiful enough. Not thin enough. Not exciting enough. Women get significance from their relationships with their husbands and when he turns to another for satisfaction it cuts her deeply at the core.
I started buying sexy nighties, acting sexier, and suddenly I realized I was bowing down to an idol. It hurt that he chose not to tell me . . . to not allow me to come alongside him as his helper. To this day he refuses to see the pain that he caused. It amazes me as a wife how we are involved in every other area of a man’s life – his profit margin, his ability to manage, everything – but when it comes to pornography, it’s hidden in deception. A man’s way seems right to a man. Porn addiction is very selfish. It takes and takes and doesn’t give back. It’s all for the user’s pleasure.
Another lie is that porn does not hurt anyone. Such a web of deception. "And they, having become callous, have given themselves over to sensuality, for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness" (Eph. 4:19). There are consequences and the stakes get higher. It takes one lie to cover another. It saddens me how men can compartmentalize this sin. He has the little wife over here with precious children and this nasty sin over here for his private time, justifying it because he still loves his wife and children. You can’t walk simultaneously in the darkness and the light.
I’m a wife. I’m a wife of a porn addict. I’m relieved to know what it is, though I always knew something was wrong. Tears. Pain. Disgust. Betrayal. To face the death of a husband would be better than this. A widow has the support of the church. A porn addict leaves shame and divorce. It would be easier if he were dead. We wouldn’t have to face the public humiliation and shame.
Today is a new day. It’s early morning and I must get breakfast for my children. I take each day as it comes now. Just for today. My husband still chooses his sin and refuses to take responsibility for it. I have to let him go and let the Lord deal with him. I can no longer be his excuse, his enabler. It’s a new day and I’m moving on and my Deliver is by my side. He is faithful. He will never leave me nor forsake me. He will never break His promise. To a woman who has been betrayed, this is my comfort. Hear my cry- - - -
Dr. Almond has devoted each weekend to assisting those in need, personally, free of cost. He is now featured on over 860 stations in the United States and Canada. He is making a difference by taking a stand. Are you?
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RAGING IN TUPELO
Dear Dr. Almond,
I am (on the surface) a healthy, normal and respected teacher, both in the public school and also in my congregation. But below the surface rages a voracious amazon woman who cannot get enough sexual satisfaction.
I need help, but fear to confide with my physician, because the last one I brooched the topic with ended up in bed with me.
I want to be normal again but doubt this is possible now.
Can you advise me, or am I a hopelless loss?
Name withheld by request
Tupelo, MS
Dear Friend,
Here is the site, run by a friend of mine that has addressed the challenge you (and an estimated 3.6 million) others face.
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School, Sex, and Secrets: How Do We Score?
by Joseph Almond, PhD
ARENTS ARE PERPLEXED, BUT I'M NOT...
"She doesn't need to be told a condom is something she needs because she's not even allowed to date at fourteen." …Mother of a 14-year-old daughter
STUDENTS ARE STARVED… "They didn't want to teach about condoms but they should have because I was already having sex when I was in that class." …Tiffany, age 14
TEACHERS ARE TRAUMATIZED… "Anonymous callers accused me of being the anti-Christ." …Linda, High school health teacher
THE CURRICULA CREATE CONFUSION… "If you have sex before you're married, you just have to be prepared to die." …No Second Chance, abstinence-only video
On August 1, 2000, ABC News Correspondent, Judy Muller, moderated an informational briefing on the controversy over abstinence-only-until-marriage programs vs. comprehensive sex education. A panel of experts, teachers and students explored the definitions of both abstinence-only programs and comprehensive sex education, the effect both policies have on the behavior of today's young people and the political climate that has led to massive governmental support of abstinence-only education.
ALMOND SEX STUDY
In 1996, Congress passed funding for a program to encourage sexual abstinence for all unmarried people. The entitlement provides $50 million annually through the Maternal and Child Health Bureau and requires a sizable state match. The only states that have refused the federal funding are California and Vermont. Experts on the panel included Linda, a health teacher at a high school in California. She shared her experience of being ostracized within the community when she opposed the implementation of an abstinence-only curriculum in her school district.
Lucy, a teacher at a high school in Florida, gave the results of a poll she took of her students who are receiving an abstinence-only education. Brian Wilcox is the Director of the Center on Children, Families and the Law and a Professor of Psychology at the University of Nebraska. He reported on research findings that deal with both abstinence-only and comprehensive sex education.
Abstinence-only-until-marriage is defined as a program which teaches:
* as its exclusive purpose, the social, psychological and health gains to be realized by abstaining from sexual activity
* abstinence from sexual activity outside marriage as the expected standard for all school-age children
* that abstinence from sexual activity is the only certain way to avoid out-of-wedlock pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases and other associated health problems
* that a mutually-faithful monogamous relationship in the context of marriage is the expected standard of human sexual activity
* that sexual activity outside the context of marriage is likely to have harmful psychological and physical effects
* that bearing children out of wedlock is likely to have harmful consequences for the child, the child's parents and society
* young people how to reject sexual advances and how alcohol and drug use increase vulnerability to sexual advances
* the importance of attaining self-sufficiency before engaging in sexual activity.
The language allows no flexibility for discussing disease and pregnancy prevention methods other than abstinence. The program fails to address the facts facing today's teens
Dr. ALMOND'S FINDINGS
* America's teen birth rate is eight times higher than rates in comparable European nations
* Nearly three million youth are infected with an STD annually
* AIDS is the sixth leading cause of death for young peopled aged 15-24
* Each year nearly half of all new HIV infections occur in people under age 25
* By age 20, 80% of males and over 75% of females have had sex.
By contrast, comprehensive sex education programs' goals are:
* To provide accurate information about human sexuality
* To provide opportunities for young people to question, explore and assess their sexual attitudes in order to identify their own values, to increase self-esteem and to understand their obligations and responsibilities towards others
* To help young people develop interpersonal skills, including communication, decision-making, assertiveness and peer refusal skills
* To help young people exercise responsibility regarding sexual relationships, including addressing abstinence, learning how to resist pressures to become prematurely involved in sexual behaviors and encouraging the use of contraception and other sexual health measures.
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Dr Almond is a popular sex therapist on Michigan campuses. He has been married to six women and one Labrador, and advocates a new understanding regarding human-animal relationships.
Subj: MIRACLES AHEAD - pass the word
Date: 11/12/03 11:37:18 AM Eastern Standard Time
From: controlcover@juno.com
To: InGatesWeTrust@aol.com
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In a recent essay in the Globe and Mail, futurist Peter de Jager writes about the unexpected problems that result from abundance:
What do traffic jams, obesity and spam have in common?
They are all problems caused by abundance in a world more attuned to scarcity. By achieving the goal of abundance, technology renders the natural checks and balances of scarcity obsolete.
So we're fat because our bodies were designed to alternate between scarcity and abundance, and we never give them the scarcity side of the equation. All the dieting that goes on is really just an attempt to reintroduce scarcity. We have traffic jams, de Jager claims, because we have an abundance of speed, which kills the constraint of distance. (Personally, I'd be more inclined to say that traffic jams result from the combination of an abundance of cars and a scarcity of lanes.) We have spam because spammers can send out e-mail in vast quantities justified, from their perspective, by even a minuscule return.
CONCLUSION
Any technology which creates abundance poses problems for any process which existed to benefit from scarcity.
Let's take one of our favorite emerging technologies, life extension, and see how it might affect the interplay between scarcity and abundance.
Linear thinkers tell us that life extension will lead to extreme overpopulation and environmental catastrophe. There's already an abundance of human life on the planet and longer lifespans will only make the situation worse. But those scenarios may miss the mark because they don't take another type of abundance into consideration. In order to become widespread, life extension will have to accompany higher levels of technological and economic development. It's been observed that birth rates consistently level off, and even begin to go down, as a society develops economically. This is currently happening in some parts of India . This abundance of material development, on the other hand, might very well have a negative impact on the environment. Throughout human history, the biosphere has generally fared best where economic development has been the most scarce. But another disruptive technology, nanotech, may turn that truism on its head.
Life extension will play havoc with life insurance. Life insurance companies make their money off the scarcity of time that our lifespans represent. Longer lives will benefit the insurance companies, with people taking longer to get the death benefit or missing it altogether by outliving the policy's term. On the other hand, annuities will pay out for much longer than planned. So the advantages and disadvantages will offset, at least to some extent..
With an abundance of time in their lives, people might begin to perceive a scarcity of meaning. There's plenty of time in a 75-year lifespan for existential angst, even with everything else we have to get done in that brief interval. Think how much more meaningless and depressing the world might look to a jaded 400-year old. The scarcity of perceived meaning may lead to the development of an abundance of philosophical and religious outlooks, many more than we have today.
Organized religion, at least the kind that emphasizes an afterlife, may paradoxically take a hit from life extension technologies. I'm thinking primarily of the longer-range life extension techniques such as cryonics and personality uploading.
Religions have traditionally benefited from the scarcity of afterlife options. Give people a way of achieving "life after death" without all those ethical and metaphysical requirements and a lot of them are sure to jump at it. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, even for the churches (or other religious bodies) that lose members. The folks left won't be primarily interested in salvationism, what the evangelicals call "fire insurance." They'll be looking for something deeper. Thus will the sheep be separated from the goats.
All of our notions about education and careers are firmly rooted in the unspoken assumption that life is short. Our time is scarce. A few years ago, working adults rarely decided to drop everything mid-career and do something else (or go back to school.) When post-retirement-age folks would do something like this, we tended to describe it as commendable, albeit sometimes in a patronizing way. But it was regarded as foolhardy for someone in their 30's or 40's to try it. Since I've been in the workforce, I've seen perceptions of such a shift evolve to the point that it's no longer even considered "daring" (which was the second wave after foolhardy), but a fairly standard practice. So far, this evolution has occurred not so much because we're living longer, but because we're experiencing more change faster than we ever have before. There may have always been an abundance of change experienced in a single human lifespan, but even that abundant amount is increasing geometrically. As we come to tolerate greater and greater amounts of change in our lifetimes, we become increasingly intolerant of any scarcity of options. This intolerance will only increase with substantially longer lifespans. Multiple educational specializations and careers will be the norm.
For similar reasons, multiple places of residence and multiple choices of life partner will also be the norm. For many, they are already are. For all of human history, it's been understood that (religious beliefs aside) we have but one life to live. Life extension will eliminate that dreadful scarcity. An abundance of choices combined with an abundance of time means that we will all have many lives to live, should we choose to do so.
Insurance companies already need to deal with some of the problems of life extension. Diseases like AIDS have declined significantly in their mortality rate. The people mostly hurt by this haven't been the insurance companies but investors that were lured in by the prospects of large returns. Ie, the insurance companies involved found a way to transfer the risk that the party purchasing the annuity would outlive their expected lifespan.
I doubt that most health insurance companies would survive any large sudden increase in life expactancy (at least if they are surprised by it). Even though the costs are mostly in the insurance companies' favor, the companies make investments to hedge risks that fail to appear.
Actually, scarcity is a 'major' factor of the equation, that unfortunately, is overlooked. The reason why people age, grow old and die to begin with is due to oxidation of the cells - oxidation occurs due to free radicals which are created by the Mitochondrial DNA once food is consumed. Since the Mitochondrial DNA is only 95% efficient, what's left after the burning process becomes toxic on the cellular level. This is what causes Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's Disease, and almost every form of cancer we are aware of. The human body was never meant for abundance to begin with - you can see this fact by simply watching how the cells operate; the more deprived they are, the less energy they need to operate - while 'well-fed' cells tend to burn more energy than required, which later results in apoptosis.
Science has aleady confirmed that 'calorie restriction' almost triples the lifespan of the individual - these tests have been done on mice, dogs, and yeast so far at this point...all of which have had the same results.
But, I'll try to be more on topic at this point. The simple fact remains that there needs to be a limit to growth. People who say overpopulation is ok, and that when we run out of living space on the Earth, we can simply migrate into space and find more resources elsewhere, are fools. What gives us the right to consume all of the resources of this planet, and possibly every other planet in this solar system or beyond? We have NO RIGHT, simply because we lack responsibility as a species. Look at what happened to the Rapa Nui of Easter Island after they consumed all of their resources - their technology did not save them, and they simply disappeared as if they never existed to begin with - they did, however, leave their legacy (and wasteland) behind for all the world to see...and possibly learn from. Unfortunately, mankind doesn't appear to give a shit, and history is, once again, repeating itself in the same manner.
'True' Nanotechnology will indeed give us great power - so much power in fact, that old regimes will no longer have ANY power over the people, the money system will be destroyed due to the lack of scarcity in all forms, and religion will be disposed of because the people who once thought that miracles were once created by some non-existent, omnipotent being, will have the power to create their own miracles by their own hands.
The problem is all about responsibility and how we, as a species, decides to move forward. Yes, Nanotechnology will take scarcity out of the equation entirely - the only problem is the people who are currently in power will stop at nothing to make sure that scarcity stays exactly where it is - it is, afterall, the very thing which gives them power to begin with. And then there's the responsibility - where are the boundries, and what are our limits? Do we have the right to take over the entire galaxy and populate it with a bunch of braindead zombies? If we do have the right to do so, who and what gives us those rights?
To move forward, there MUST be sacrifices - and I can't emphasize that enough. Life extension through nanotech will raise the human life span indefinitely - a lifespan of more than 10,000 years will not be uncommon. This is why it will be absolutely necessary to shut down the human reproductive system permanently. Many people think that idea is repulsive, but in all honesty, it is the ONLY option next to complete annihilation. There MUST be a limit to growth - we are just like the cells within our bodies; if we consume too much, we will use up more energy than is necessary, and overconsumption, as science is just barely proving, leads to cell death.
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On another note, Insurace companies will not exist because the money system will no longer exist. Capitalism, Corporatism, and, of course, scarcity, will no longer exist in any form. You can shun and make fun of this belief all you want, but it's the truth; it is a revelation for what is coming. Forewarned is always forearmed.
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TAKE A STAND:
SUPPORT "GLOBAL CITIZEN" Programs IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
Ingredients
* 3-5 cups diced, crushed or ground bread (stale is best)
* 3 cups warm milk
* 1 cup fruit juice
* 1/4 teaspoon salt
* 3 eggs
* 1/3 to 1/2 cup sugar
* vanilla extract, or brandy, or both, to taste
* 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
* 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
* handful of raisins, diced apricots, crushed pineapple, even dried cranberries
* orange marmalade (for frosting)
Directions
Soak bread in milk and juice. Add remaining ingredients, except for marmalade, and let it soak for hours - overnight, if you want.
Pour pudding into a baking dish or large oven-proof mixing bowl (one that preferably looks like an elephant dropping). Set baking dish in pan of hot water. Place pan with baking dish and water in a preheated 350 degree oven. Bake for one hour or until knife inserted in center comes out clean. Be sure pudding is baked through. If crispy crust is desired, continue to bake, up to 1 hour more until top is crispy. Serve warm, or let cool, then spread marmalade over top.
If you soak your dried fruit in brandy before using, you'll have a tastier result!
Variation: For a different flavor, use dark or light rum, or both, in place of the vanilla.
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From the Howard Loew blog: Weapons of Nano Destruction
The search for weapons of mass destruction has ended. They're located on Taos Pueblo Native American land in New Mexico. And they're nano-size.
I've covered this piece of news before over here . The difference now, is the European Commission is being asked by an anti-erosion advocacy group to put a halt to new technology that can prevent erosion. Yes, you read that correctly.
But the last sentence in that press release reveals the next phase of the plan to impose a new Dark Age:
The ETC group is working with partners to draw up an international convention for the evaluation of new technologies, which it hopes to put before the United Nations in 2004.
Next phase: International inspectors?
Discuss
# posted by Howard @ 10/31/2003 12:49:56 PM
Thursday, October 30, 2003
The Golems of our Era
Here's a new take on the old thespian question: "What's my motivation?" Actor John Oglevee, who plays the Frankenstein monster in a new stage interpretation of Mary Shelley's nightmare, told Backstage.com : "Existential questions surfaced: Are the brain and the soul the same, are they connected? And more: Is nanotechnology a good thing, is it a dangerous thing?"
Something must have been left on the cutting-room floor because the article does not elaborate on what he means. But the nanotechnology connection seems obvious. The Frankenstein story is so timeless, every generation can pump that monster full of fresh cultural blood.
I, too, am a child of Frankenstein. According to literary lore, Shelley dreamed up the beast while operating a pen under the influence of golems -- clay creatures of Jewish legend brought to "life" by rabbis who can master the correct Kabbalistic incantations. The most famous of these legendary beasts was the 17th century Golem of Prague , created out of clay and brought to life with one word, "emet" ("truth"), placed on its forehead by Rabbi Jehudah Loew, of whom I am a descendant.
Each era has had its golems, created by humans yet difficult to control once released into the world. Old Great-Grandpa would not be surprised by my fascination with nanotechnology.
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Settle a little bet for me
Here we are, through the looking glass, where we ponder the impact of molecular nanotechnology upon the ethical fiber of our society, when we have yet to settle a cosmic bar bet on whether it's possible at all.
Let me explain: The U.S. government is paying for a University of South Carolina effort to study the societal and ethical implications of nanotechnology. The university is jumping enthusiastically into the project and will examine issues like what exactly our culture thinks of when it pictures "nanotechnology." It's going to hold what sounds like a fascinating conference in March to explore how nanotech images in the movies, visual arts and other media influence public understanding, and they'll look at how "self-replication and cascading effects" (translation: "gray goo") is becoming an immovable feature of that image.
As we saw from early 20th-century images of space travel, reality and popular myth often diverge in entertaining ways . In today's mythology, molecular manufacturing is often given a biological analogy, even though it's more likely that an exponentially growing nanosystem – whose individual components would lack the sophistication of a biological molecule – would be easier to predict and control than any mythical monster we've created.
Great stuff. All worthy of study. One problem. One … big … problem:
We're told that true molecular manufacturing is impossible. That's what eminent scientists have told Congress, anyway, and that's the focus of many spirited debates among the nanorati. The National Science Foundation can't seem to make up its mind, labeling large-scale self-replication "very speculative, more like science fiction," yet also part of its vision for the future.
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UN GLOBAL CITIZEN DAY
NEW YORK - The first 'Global Holiday' will be ushered in on June 6, 2006. It will be called, "Global Citizen Day, " and will celebrate the unity of mankind, every person's "social responsibility to contribute with others" and will kickoff a new United Nations tax, and the introduction of Global Security measures that will help to eliminate identity theft, terrorism and hunger.
Schools, business and churches will requested to help to implement the holiday.
A Press Conference is scheduled in Washington, DC on January 15, 2004.
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http://www.rpi.edu/dept/NewsComm/Magazine/dec02/feature1-1.html
Think Globally
The Office of the First-Year Experience has received a three-year $150,000 Unity and Pluralism Grant from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation to support a new program called “Preparing the Global Citizen,” which will provide funds for faculty and staff seeking support for cultural awareness outside the classroom.
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UTAH CRIMES: SEX RETURNS TO STORE AISLE
Subj: What's up in Happy Valley...
Date: 11/12/03 9:58:08 AM Eastern Standard Time
From: Jalmond2000@cs.com
To: controlcover@juno.com
11-12 Police beat
Wednesday, November 12, 2003 - 12:05 AM
The Provo Daily Herald|
ARREST -- An unidentified man suspected of trying to run down a Salt Lake City police officer with his car was arrested Wednesday in Lehi. The man was stopped on suspicion of driving under the influence by Draper police who followed the suspect into Lehi, police said.Earlier in the day, he had aimed his car at a Salt Lake officer who had attempted to stop the vehicle by flagging it down from the side of the road, police said. The officer had to jump out of the way to avoid being run over but was not hurt in the incident, according to police.
A 28-year-old Orem man called Orem police Tuesday night just as it started to rain. He said he had been kicked out of his parents' home and needed a warm place to stay, according to police. He told the dispatcher that he thought he might have a warrant for his arrest. Police checked, and the man was right -- he had two warrants, both for unpaid traffic tickets. He was picked up and booked into the Utah County Jail.
AUTO BURGLARIES -- Orem Police Officer Robert Braiden arrested a 20-year-old Genola man and a 21-year-old Payson man early Saturday morning on charges of auto burglary and possession of stolen property after the officer stopped a car with no headlights on leaving the Summerwood apartment complex in Orem, police said. A number of stereo items that had been stolen from a car at the complex were found in the truck Braiden stopped, police said. Orem police have received several reports of auto burglaries at the apartment complex.
Orem police arrested three 14-year-old boys for breaking into cars early Saturday morning in the area of 650 S. State St. in Orem, police said. A resident called police to report that the boys were looking through vehicles, and officers found the boys still in the area. They were stealing Mormon books and scriptures that (they confessed later) were to be sold on eBay.
BURGLARIES -- About $100 was stolen sometime Monday night from an unlocked safe at a business in the area of 400 N. Geneva Road in Orem. Police noted that unlocked safes are becoming common in the area.
Two computers were stolen sometime Tuesday night from Hobbytron at 1216 S. 1580 West in Orem. Someone broke out a window on the side of the business.
Lehi police arrested Damon L. Hansen, 20, of Lehi on Sunday night after the suspect broke into a home at 352 N. 400 East in Lehi and was caught after homeowners interrupted the burglary in progress, said Lehi Police Sgt. Jeff Swenson.
The homeowner chased the suspect until Hansen got into a stolen car and fled, Swenson said. After officers received a description of the car and the burglar, they pulled Hansen over, Swenson said. When inside the police car, Hansen kicked and damaged equipment in the police car, Swenson noted the report, he was "like an animal."
Hansen was arrested on charges of burglary of a dwelling, possession of stolen vehicle and damage to a jail, Swenson said.
Police are investigating many other possible burglaries Hansen might have been involved in, he said.
DRUG ARREST -- Orem Police Officer Craig Martinez arrested Rigoberto Hernandez, 24, of Spanish Fork around midnight Tuesday night on charges of possession of methamphetamine with priors in a drug-free zone and an outstanding arrest warrant out of Salt Lake City after Martinez stopped a car at 400 W. University Parkway in Orem.
LEWDNESS -- Orem police arrested a 24-year-old Orem man for lewdness after he was caught masturbating in the ShopKo at 125 S. State St. in Orem. The suspect was spotted by several people and the store's cameras. This has happened 5 times during October. ShopKo is popular for hiring attractive high school cashiers for its 11 Utah stores.
THEFT -- A white Yamaha golf cart was stolen sometime Monday night from the Cascade Golf Course at 1313 E. 800 North, Orem. The cart was parked near the maintenance shed. It was valued at $2,500. Ironically, the resort owner stated that the cart had the Ten Comandments newly placarded on the rear panel last week.
TRAFFIC ACCIDENT -- Four people were taken to local hospitals after being involved in a two-car collision near 900 W. Center St. in Orem around 6 p.m. Wednesday.
VANDALISM -- A glass door was shot out early Tuesday morning at a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints meeting house at 869 W. 130 North in Orem. The perpetrator works for a local glass firm, and said he needed more work before Christmas.
VEHICLE THEFT -- A 1993 Plymouth Voyager was stolen Friday night from the parking lot at the Maverik Country Store, 795 S. State St. in Orem. The owner of the van left it running while he went into the store. He stated that he thought Utahs were honest.
This story appeared in The Daily Herald on page D4.
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Trucker crashes while masturbating in truck
November 11, 2003
LAPORTE, Ind. -- A truck driver crashed his semitrailer while masturbating as he drove 60 mph on a northern Indiana highway, police said.
Terry Gilmore, 59, of Ohio, told investigators he had set his cruise control so he could 'relieve himself' while driving on U.S. 6 Monday night about 25 miles southwest of South Bend, the LaPorte County Sheriff's Department said. He had apparently been listening to the Playboy channel on the XM radio.
He misjudged a curve and rolled the truck off the road and into two fences, police said. Gilmore was not seriously injured, but was taken to LaPorte Hospital as a precaution.
The crash caused officers to close a portion of the road for more than three hours.
A witness told investigators she found Gilmore naked when she went to check on him right after the accident. "The radio was still on, so you could tell what had happened," she said with a knowing smile.
No charges were filed in the crash, police said. "This happens everyday in America, and not just with truckers," the Chief was quoted as saying, "this is legally his 'home' so he did nothing wrong. Just stupid."
A hometown for Gilmore was not available from police.
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Sex and the Double Standard
The bias against male victims of sexual abuse.
ByJoseph Almond, Ph.D.
MUSKECON, MI - The latest chapter in the infamous saga of mary kay letourneau, the seattle schoolteacher who had a sexual relationship with her student, Vili Fualaau, when she was 34 and he was 12, ended last month when Fualaau and his mother, Soona Vili, lost their civil case against the school district and the local police. The jury refused to award them damages, deciding that the school and the police bore no responsibility for allowing the sexual abuse to happen. Commentators who followed the case said that Fualaau and Vili undermined their own case. He gave contradictory testimony at different times; she was easily painted by lawyers for the defense as a greedy and negligent parent. Yet one has to wonder if there is a gender angle here as well. Do many people, including jurors, still find it difficult to see a male victim in such a case as a true victim?
A few days after the verdict in Fualaau's lawsuit, a controversy in New Jersey provided a shocking illustration of this bias. Pamela Diehl-Moore, a former teacher who repeatedly had sexual relations with a male student when she was 40 and he was 13, was sentenced to probation by Judge Bruce Gaeta. What drew public attention was not the light sentence but the comments made by the judge in explaining it. "It's just something between two people that clicked beyond the teacher-student relationship," Judge Gaeta said. "I really don't see the harm that was done, and certainly society doesn't need to be worried."
It's almost pointless to add that such a reaction would be unthinkable if the sexes were reversed. In 1993 in Virginia, a male teacher who had sex wit h three teenage female students was sentenced to 26 years in prison - while the next day, a female swimming coach who had an "affair" with an 11-year-old boy and sexual encounters with two others got 30 days.
To many men's rights advocates, this double standard reflects an egregious form of political correctness: the refusal to take seriously the victimization of a male by a female perpetrator. (Sexual abuse of boys by adult men is seen very differently.)
But there are those - such as Bill Maher, host of the soon-to-be-extinct television show "Politically Incorrect" - who see political correctness gone mad on the other side. What's ridiculous, they say, is not that grown women who have sex with underage boys are punished less severely than male offenders, it's that the women are punished at all. They scoff at a fixation on gender neutrality which has supposedly led us to ignore basic differences between men and women, such as the "fact" that men and boys are always after sex.
Judge Gaeta seemed to endorse this view when he commented that sex with the teacher might have been an opportunity for the boy to "satisfy his sexual needs."
Do many adolescent and pre-adolescent boys have romantic and sexual fantasies about their teachers? Of course. Do they, in some cases, participate willingly and even eagerly in the "relationship"? Yes. But plenty of girls, too, fantasize about teachers and willingly get involved with adult men. And both girls and boys can be ultimately harmed by an experience they initially regarded as a thrill.
One could argue that older teens should not be presumed incapable of sexual consent (though few would attribute such a capacity to 11- and 13-year-olds). One could ask whether, in some instances, statutory rape laws are too rigid - particularly in states where the law requires no minimum age difference between the perpetrator and the victim, so that a young man just over the age of consent can theoretically go to prison for having sex with a woman a couple of weeks his junior. But gender shouldn't be a factor in these debates.
In this instance, the bias against male victims stems from traditional sex stereotypes, not feminist ones. Indeed, before the feminist push for gender-neutral laws in the 1970s, sexual contact between a woman and an underage male did not legally qualify as statutory rape in most states.
Nevertheless, feminists have not commented much on the lenient treatment of female sex abusers, and some have expressed guarded sympathy for them (some years ago on a talk show, activist attorney Gloria Allred deplored the fact that LeTourneau's husband had deprived her of contact with their children after her conviction). Perhaps it's the habit of solidarity with women. But this issue could provide an excellent opportunity to show that feminists value gender equity more.
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Dr. Almond is a sex therapist practicing in Michigan, USA. He is alarmed at the recent increase of sex in America, and has now decided to do something to stop it.
by: Ephraim Chamberlain, (wealthy Pakistani client of Dr. Almond)
Sex, like all forms of communication, is messy and imprecise. It is perhaps even more confusing than speech, because it is composed almost entirely of jabs and incomprehensible grunts; imagine a really animated cave person who is trying to explain to you the significance of his favorite rock. You get that he really likes the rock, it is not exactly clear why.
Which raises the following question: what exactly is it conveying? Some people claim that it is an expression of love; sex should be about making love. If that is true, then I am in real trouble, because I have a hard enough time making a sandwich.
Some say that the communicative nature of sex comes from its symbolism. My gut reaction is to think that is rubbish. It's hard for me, the product of a clumsy one-night stand that took place in a broom closet in a Roman hotel between a famous American basketball legend and an Ethiopian Airlines stewardess, to find much symbolism in sex. According to my now deceased father's close friends, I was able to guesstimate that my mother was the 11,214th woman my father had slept with. Then again, she was the 37th Ethiopian woman he had slept with, so I suppose that does make her kind of special.
And then, there was that affair I once had with this affluent Dutch woman, who felt compelled to buy me things and sleep with me to protest the injustices suffered by people in developing nations as a result of colonialism and neo-colonialism. She said she was so mortified when she learned about Surinam in a high school class that she didn't sleep for three years. The act of love was her revolution, and her body and self-sacrifice its manifesto.
While I am sure that hungry, illiterate kids in Ogaden would have preferred that she shell out a portion of her multimillion-dollar trust fund for a year's worth of grain or to build a school, I like to think that my personal satisfaction was educating and liberating for her. The affair eventually ended after I learned that she apparently had an enormous amount of guilt, so much so that she had enlisted almost all of my African male friends to help her work things through. I lost faith in the cause.
Maybe, the truth of the matter is that sex actually tells us more about ourselves. One of my best friends growing up was this fellow Ethiopian kid named Mesfin. We went to grade school together here in the States in the late seventies. At ten years old, we had just transitioned from thinking that girls were icky to wondering if Rog's foxy new girl from an episode of "What's Happening" would hang with some bad-ass, righteous cats like us. Mesfin even went so far as to track the actress down and write her a letter. He enclosed a picture of himself wearing a fedora, boa and a three-dollar moustache and goatee set we bought from a local novelty store. At the time, I thought the "DYN-O-MITE!" T-shirt he was wearing in the picture made him look a bit immature. Mesfin, a budding Marxist at the time, claimed that comment reflected the fact that I had been brainwashed by capitalism to hate the poor, symbolized most poignantly by our main man J.J. Evans from "Good Times." I just thought he would look more like the eighteen year old he claimed to be in the letter if he wore his corduroy suit, plaid shirt and green polyester bow tie. But, that is neither here nor there.
She eventually sent us back a beautiful, autographed head shot, and we both fell madly in love with...well, whatever her name was. Our infatuation turned to lust, and fueled our budding obsession with learning all there was to know about sex. We enlisted the aid of the most knowledgeable kid on the subject, a Lithuanian classmate named Radjan who, for fifty cents, would let the fellas in class sneak a peak at a copy of the December 1977 issue of Playboy. Radjan agreed to let us see it for free because we knew about his "dirty little secret" (he had this weird habit of peeing into jars and keeping the jars in his locker; there might have been some connection between that behavior and the fact that he was constantly sniffing White-Out). We thought we knew what we were in for, but the whole "hair down there" thing mortified and utterly confused us.
Mesfin was especially taken aback. He went so far as to ask his father, an obvious sign of desperation. His father told him that he would tell Mesfin about it when he reached eighteen. Still bewildered, yet mollified by what his father told him, Mesfin refused to discuss sex with the fellas until he had that talk with his father. Unfortunately, his father ran off with a concert violinist when Mesfin was sixteen, and the conversation never happened. The shock of his father's desertion and the fact that three of our high school buddies contracted Chlamydia squelched any desire on Mesfin's part to learn about the topic.
The summer between our third and fourth years of college, Mesfin finally let me tell him about sex. He became so obsessed with what I told him that he took a year off after college to study tantric sexual techniques at a Costa Rican ashram with this narcoleptic yogi whose main claim to fame was that he could lift various heavy items with his privates. Mesfin, now a urologist living in Milwaukee, is on his third marriage, this time to a Nigerian adult film star. His second marriage was to the Dutch woman I discussed earlier.
I haven't slept with my current girlfriend, yet. What does that say about us? Perhaps it is a function of the doubts and confusion I have about what having sex with her will mean. I have had several girlfriends before, but as I edge past my mid-thirties, I realize that time is running out and every relationship is meaningful..as is every aspect of a relationship, including communication and understanding. But, since my most successful relationship was this two-week fling I had with an Peruvian woman who didn't speak English while I was on a post-graduation backpacking trip through South America, who knows.
I am also plagued by countless questions. What if she is not a virgin? Am I figuratively sleeping with everyone she has slept with? What did she take away from those experiences, and why should I have to share them with her? Should I wait until I am sure that I am in love with her before having sex with her? Is the pleasure derived from sex a prerequisite to falling in love? Does sex complete love or is it reflection of it? And, perhaps most importantly, what would my wife think?
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It's official: sex on campus now okay
Joseph Almond, Ph.D.
(article from the German release)
UNIVERSITY students have a right to engage in sex, an independent mediator at Technikon Witwatersrand has ruled.
This comes after last month's violent student protests against the technikon management's implementation of its Rule 2.9 that prohibited students from entertaining members of the opposite sex in their rooms.
The finding has major implications for all tertiary institutions that manage and administer student residences on campus.
While encouraging "safe sex" among students, mediator Tefo Raditapole, an advocate, said he was shocked at the sight of empty condom boxes when he toured the institution last week.
He immediately recommended that the Students' Representative Council (SRC) use its coffers to purchase condoms and distribute them freely among students. Raditapole has recommended to the SRC that they buy Lovers Plus condoms and not the freely-distributed government ones.
The ruling is seen as a victory for the students, who have now been given more days to visit each other across quarters. The ruling came into effect last week.
In terms of the ruling, student visits into each other's rooms will be increased with varying time limits, as in the year 2001. However, they will only be allowed to visit each other on Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Parents will at all times be allowed to visit their children in their residences.
While lambasting the technikon's management for "using their hands more than their brains", Raditapole said students have a right "to have sex more than four days in a week".
"After all, students are adults who can make responsible decisions for themselves," he said.
Raditapole is an experienced mediator and arbitrator.
However, students interviewed by City Press pointed out that Rule 2.9 stated students may not be allowed visitors into their rooms.The rule implicitly states that students may only be allowed visitors in designated visitors' areas.
Such areas were a small reception area that can accommodate no more than two persons, or the TV rooms, which are normally full of other students, making private discussion impossible.
The mediator also took a swipe at the technikon's management for the "terrible" manner in which they treated students during the protest.
The management should not have let students spend two nights in cells. Instead, they should have bailed them out using technikon money. He said students should not have been locked out of their rooms, to suffer privations and hunger, since they had paid for residence and food provisions.
He cited Section 9 subsection 3 of the constitution that "like everybody else, students are entitled to a right of assembly, association and sex". He also cited Section 14 of the right to privacy, which prevents "anyone or security guards from peeping" into students' rooms.
However, he also criticised the students for embarking on an "illegal protest". He said students should in future seek application before embarking on a demonstration. He found great fault with vandalism caused by students and the disruption of classes while other students, largely white, were still receiving lectures.
Both management and the SRC were mum about the mediator's recommendations, which were supposed to have been signed last Monday. Wits Tech spokesperson Mary Willemse said both parties would issue a joint statement next week.
Though none of the parties can talk openly about the recommendations to the media, City Press has learnt that the agreement is that "both parties have reached an amicable solution of the issues".
Newly-elected SRC president Malakatje Thasha said they had an understanding not to speak about the matter to the media, but will call a press conference next week.
"It was not a question of sex, as the issue has been portrayed. The issues involved were around security and finances. Management has undertaken to provide adequate security, as we pointed out to them that safety measures were inadequate. A temporary measure is that students will be allowed same-sex visitation," said Thasha.
A house committee student interviewed by City Press said all students were allowed to visit one another across gender lines and from different residences.
A student who was arrested during the protest said she did not know what was going to happen about the R100 "admission of guilt" fines they paid to the court. The mediator had recommended that the fines be paid by the student affairs management.
A bursary of one student is in the balance because the company sponsoring her has "frozen" payments until the outcome of the disciplinary procedures that demonstrating students were likely to face.
"Fort Hare University students have unlimited access to one another. We don't treat students as children. We think that they're responsible adults who know what boundaries not to go over during their access to each other," said university spokesperson Mncedi Mgwigwi. "We provide condoms for safe sex and we have one of the most advanced sex education drives," he said, adding that students can go for HIV tests and receive sex counselling from experts.
University of the North public relations officer Kgalema Mohoba said they have been aware of the situation at Wits Tech, but his university's situation differed greatly from that of the technikon.
The deputy director-general of higher eduction in the ministry of education, Nasima Badsha, said the department does not deal directly with institutions on matters of residences.
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Many college students engage in unsafe practices, experts say
By Gary Gately
HealthDay Reporter
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 12 (HealthDayNews) -- College social life nowadays is often a whirl of Saturday football games, Greek rushes, dorm parties -- and, all too often, unprotected sex.
That's the view of health experts who are dismayed that college students, despite all the publicity on safe sex, typically fail to realize how much they're at risk of contracting a sexually transmitted disease.
In fact, almost two-thirds of the annual cases of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) involve people younger than 25, the federal government estimates. And the incidence of STDs has been rising in the last few decades, in part because young people are becoming sexually active at an earlier age, according to the National Institute of Allergy and Infections.
If that weren't worrisome enough, a recent national survey by the Society for Adolescent Medicine found that 73 percent of sexually active college students reported having unprotected sex while in school.
Perceptions could help explain why: The online survey found that 68 percent of those who had unprotected sex did not believe they were at risk of contracting an STD.
That's no surprise, says Ellen M. Daley, an assistant professor at the University of South Florida School of Public Health.
Daley teaches a course that deals specifically with the consequences of unprotected sex. But, she says, "very few of the students I teach are aware of the possible results of unprotected sex, even if they report having had sex education in middle or high school."
"College students, who are just coming out of their adolescent years, may still have that thinking that teens do that says, 'This will never happen to me' -- an attitude I see all the time," she adds.
The disturbing lack of awareness persists even though most college students know someone who has contracted an STD, says Dr. Lauren Solotar, a psychologist and assistant professor at Tufts University School of Medicine.
"They attribute [contracting an STD] to bad luck," Solotar says. "They think, 'This one person was stupid. I'm not that kind of person. It won't happen to me. I only sleep with a certain kind of person.' "
Solotar says parents can play a key role by talking candidly to their kids about avoiding risky sexual behavior.
"Handing them a booklet isn't going to do the trick," she says. "You want to raise their anxiety to the degree so that they're not terrified, but you want to raise it high enough so that when they want to engage in some kind of sexual activity, they'll at least stop and think about what they're doing and what would be some of the long-term effects."
Even absent symptoms, sexually transmitted diseases can cause long-term damage. Chlamydia, for example, is the most common bacterially transmitted STD in the United States, with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimating some 3 million cases in 2000.
Daley says 85 percent of females who get chlamydia have no symptoms, creating a "hidden epidemic" of a disease that can cause sterilization because of scarring in the fallopian tubes.
All her students know about HIV, Daley says. But few know much about the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV), which can cause cell changes that lead to cervical cancer; or hepatitis B, a potentially life-threatening viral liver disease that can be prevented by vaccination.
Education about STDs, to be effective, must begin earlier, Daley says. "We have to start talking to kids earlier than high school, or even middle school, if we expect them to have the knowledge and the skills to protect themselves in a very complicated, confusing culture that says that college students should be out there, being sexy, partying, having fun, taking risks," she says.
"We don't equip our kids to understand the consequences of certain actions, to say 'no' and not feel pressured, to delay first intercourse," she adds. By the time they head off to college, she says, "for many of them, it's already too late" to convey the message effectively enough to influence sexual decisions.
Indeed, the non-profit Campaign for Our Children, a Baltimore-based teen pregnancy-prevention organization, says boys and girls are starting to have sex as young as 12 years old. Many experts now believe that you could, in fact, talk about sex to your 6-year-old if you tailor the conversation to her age. And most all of them say it's critical to begin such talk before kids become sexually active.
Dr. Michael Durel, a specialist in obstetrics and gynecology at the Ochsner Clinic in Baton Rouge, La., lays much of the blame for the risky sexual behavior on media and pop-culture messages: "If you're having fun, you got to have a beer in your hand and a babe in your arms; to have fun, you got to drink, you got to be sexually active."
Condoms offer some protection, Durel says. But, he adds, "the only truly safe sex is abstinence at the college level, as many young men are cutting the tip of the condoms off, unbeknownst to the girl."
More information
For more on STDs, visit the National Institutes of Health. For tips on communicating with teens about sex, check out the Campaign for Our Children .
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Yeah, yeah, laugh at my choice of words, but the fact is that traditional dating, for better or worse, is gone.
I'm talking about nervous invitations, being picked up at the front door, giggling over Blizzards and accidentally touching hands and embarrassing sideways glances.
Complete with polite small talk, pleasantries and most importantly, a thing we used to call manners. Yeah, like holding a door or asking a girl before you go in for a full butt grab.
Hey, it happens.
Look, I'm not talking about male and female stereotypes. I don't care who asks who or picks up the tab. Let's just get that straight before I get another round of psychotic hate mail.
It's just that especially in college, the word dating has been replaced with hooking up, hanging out and one-night stands.
I just want to know whatever happened to "going steady," a la Zack and Kelly from "Saved By the Bell?" It was a heart-wrenching trend that followed the fade of drive-ins and malt shops.
Ah, growing up on sitcoms.
Sure, college is a special case where the evaporation of dating has been mitigated by several factors. First of all, there's that whole studying thing that tends to get in the way -- biochemistry isn't exactly a mood enhancer, if you know what I mean.
And I know you do.
Then comes the issue of finances. I can sum that up for all of us: tuition, rent, food and insufficient loan funds.
I think that pretty much covers it.
This is exactly what we college students are facing. No one has a crush, no one drives, no one is instilled with fear by protective parents. Rather, we get all hussied-up to go out "to the bars" or the like, make sure we consume enough alcohol to have a good time, put on those good 'ole beer goggles and pray we get lucky.
Yep, that's dating in college. Isn't it sweet? Always on the prowl for Mr. and Mrs. Tonight.
At the risk of sounding completely out of touch with my own generation and, as always, unpopular, this is a terrible evolution.
When I came to college, however, I had no idea these practices and ideas were so widely accepted. We have multiple sexual partners and one-night stands seemingly without a second thought.
I remember a conversation sophomore year when some friends were trying to convince me that getting drunk and smoking pot was something that everyone should try at least once, right after exchanging stories about all of their respective sexual encounters.
It's funny how behaviors like these act to poorly influence others, rather than vice versa. Realistically, I didn't feel study groups or volunteer opportunities would have fit into the conversation.
Call this behavior immoral, without character, or chalk it all up to juvenile delinquency -- the underlying issue is not in trying to sequester recreational activities, but in the consequences of our actions.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (www.cdc.gov) reports that one in five sexually active Americans are infected with a sexually transmitted disease, with increased prevalence among college students. Additionally, their National College Health Risk Behavior Survey found an increase in alcohol use during sexual activities among 18 to 24-year-olds from 1991 to 2001.
Maybe these statistics just aren't well publicized. I guess I assumed with the television ads, billboards, newspaper articles, advocacy groups and classroom education, we would have heard a little something about all of this.
I suppose that leaves the rest of us either embarrassingly oblivious or most likely, disturbingly apathetic.
Sure, we're young, we want to be carefree and enjoy our independence. We're sexual beings, right? Now is the time to explore our sexual compatibilities and desires.
It could just be me, but the chances of being raped and producing a green frothy discharge is scary enough for me. For you males, ever thought how you might try to explain the strange sore on your penis to that special someone?
Even beer goggles aren't that invincible.
So, hey, next time you're on the prowl, how about starting sober, perhaps over a nice cup of frozen yogurt.
No, no, I'm being serious. It's a little something we like to call "dating."
Erin Simovic is a columnist for The Daily Barometer. The opinions expressed in her columns, which appear every Tuesday, do not necessarily represent those of The Barometer staff. Simovic can be reached at
This website has been set up for those suffering from sexual abuse at school. Dr. Joseph Almond suspended his practice last Friday after learning that his daughter was forced to have sex with her band instructor and two other gentlemen.
Outraged, he handed his practice over to associates and now will accumulate sufficient credible evidence to present to the Special Congressional Emergency Committee to Investigate Hazing.
Dr. Almond regrets that it took this personal family tragedy to involve himself in this most heinous tradition.
Every school in America is affected, to some degree. The time has come for it to stop.
Report the abuse.
Help Dr. Almond to expose this cancer on our nation.
Thank you.
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HAZING REACHES GRAND JURY
Grand Jury Investigating Hazing, Sex Abuse Allegations
NOV 10, 2003 3:42 pm US/Eastern
PHILADELPHIA (AP) A prosecutor investigating allegations that high school football players from New York sexually assaulted teammates during a hazing ritual said Monday that he has asked a grand jury to begin issuing subpoenas to reluctant witnesses.
Wayne County District Attorney Mark R. Zimmer said the subpoenas will help state police investigating whether members of the Mepham High School football team in Bellmore, N.Y., sodomized younger players with a broomstick, pine cones and golf balls during a five-day trip to the Camp Wayne for Girls in Preston Park, Pa.
In a statement, Zimmer called the allegations "disgusting and horrific."
He added that the investigation had been slowed by the reluctance of school district administrators, coaches and students to cooperate with the Pennsylvania State Police.
School officials, he said, have asked to be served with subpoenas before they release written statements gathered from witnesses during the district's internal inquiry. Zimmer said the grand jury has already issued several subpoenas, which will be served shortly in New York.
Zimmer said students who witnessed or had knowledge of the alleged assault have generally been afraid to come forward. He asked anyone with knowledge of the alleged attacks to cooperate with police.
"Do not let a bunch of high school bullies intimidate you into letting extremely serious crimes go unpunished," he said, "this is worse the IRS on Viagra. Somebody could get pregnant due to these acts. It is completely unacceptable, and must stop."
Sixty players and five coaches with the team attended the camp last month. Officials said the coaches slept in a different cabin from students and were unaware of any problems until a parent complained.
Mepham High suspended three players from school following the allegations. The Bellmore-Merrick school district canceled the team's entire season Wednesday, citing evidence that "a significant majority" of the team's players violated the district's code of conduct.
Bellmore-Merrick Superintendent of Schools Thomas Caramore said in a written statement that the district is committed to assisting police in the probe, but is barred by federal law from releasing information about students without a subpoena or the consent of their parents.
"We do not understand why the Pennsylvania district attorney's office has waited until now to serve a subpoena," Caramore wrote.
Investigators and school district officials have declined to release the names of the students who were suspended, or who were allegedly assaulted. Two have been in intensive counseling since the date of the attack.
Preston Park is about 125 miles north of Philadelphia.
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SEX WITH THE BAND
Detroit Student Files Suit Over Alleged Band Hazing
Attorney Says Female Student Also Victim Of Assault
POSTED: 4:56 p.m. EST November 11, 2003
A high school student has filed suit against the Detroit Board of Education and a school band director over the hazing he says he endured and an assault and car crash involving his family.
Student, Lawyer Describe Alleged Band Hazing
Terrell Lavender, 16, claims in the suit that he was beaten by Finney High School band members at the direction of band teacher Melvin Conway as part of a pledge process required to join a secret band fraternity.
A suit was filed Monday in Wayne County Circuit Court and seeks $5 million in damages.
According to the lawsuit, Lavender was punched, kicked and hit with wooden paddles. The hazing was part of a pledge process students were forced to go through to join a secret fraternity of band members and the band itself.
Additionally, Lavender claims when his parents went to Conway to inquire about the assault and why he was no longer a band member, Conway ordered the entire band to attack and beat up Lavender and his parents.
The family filed a police report on Sept. 20 that reportedly states they were attacked by a crowd of Finney High School band members -- hit with bricks -- allegedly at Conway's direction, Local 4 reported.
"The band director didn't even break it up," said Lavender.
Lavender's aunt crashed a vehicle into a tree while trying to escape the assault, the suit says.
Reed said that there may be more victims of the alleged hazing. The attorney claims that at least one female student was forced to have sex with the band director as part of the ritual. This apparently is a common occurance according to many students.
Mattie Majors, a Detroit Public Schools spokeswoman, declined comment on the lawsuit, saying district officials had yet to see it. She said she had no knowledge of any complaints filed against Conway or any change in the teacher's employment status in light of the allegations.
Conway and Finney principal Alvin Ward did not return messages left for them at the school late Monday afternoon.
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.Subj: Reports VERIFIED by CainSnake as of November 12, 2003
Date: 11/12/03 6:56:48 AM Eastern Standard Time
From: Jalmond2000@cs.com
To: controlcover@juno.com
The following are a list of sexual hazing events that have been reported and verified after investigation by Dr. Joseph Almond of Michigan.
To report your injury, please email Dr. Almond at
jalmond2000@cs.com
or call his 24-Hour HAZING HOTLINE:
(231) 578-9181University of Michigan
Hockey
J.T. Todd, a freshman, reportedly was given large quantities of alcohol in a player's off-campus house in what had become an annual initiation ritual. He allegedly was stripped, shaved, covered with jam, eggs and cologne and left outside in near-freezing weather for 90 minutes. Four other players also were hazed.
1981
Toms River H.S. (N.J.)
Soccer
Freshmen were abused physically and thrown in the mud. The head coach and two assistant coaches were dismissed because they allowed the annual event.
1983
Nogales H.S. (Ariz.)
Baseball
Seven junior varsity players said that they had been assaulted by older players in the back of the team bus. Coaches were acquitted but had to give up their positions.
1985
Lowell H.S. (Mass.)
Hockey
Five seniors were removed from the team for punching and hanging two sophomore teammates by their waists. Lawyers for the five seniors said the students had gone through a similar hazing when they joined the team. The coach of the team later resigned.
Milgord College (Germany.)
Hockey
In a bizarre and distrubing case, charges were laid against 4 seniors. The group had sexual intercourse with a female, ejaculated into condoms and then had a a college mate eat the sperm as part of a hazing ritual. The victim was told he was eating a mixure of cornstarch and only after he had consumed the contents of the four condoms was he told the truth.
Medford H.S. (Mass.)
Football
Paul McGaffigan, a sophomore, alleged he was forced to strip and run naked with a cracker in his buttocks as part of a traditional hazing game.
1988
Lyndhurst H.S. (N.J.)
Football
At a football camp in Pennsylvania, one sophomore was allegedly forced to insert his finger into the anus of another sophomore while 20 to 30 other teammates looked on. Two upperclassmen were dismissed from the team, and two others were demoted on the squad as a result of a school inquiry into the matter. No coaches were disciplined.
Holmdel H.S. (N.J.)
Football
About 20 underclassmen reportedly played a nude game of Twister as about a dozen senior teammates urged them on. As a result of the incident, all of the school's 85 football players reportedly were ordered to undergo mental health counseling, and some coaches reportedly were disciplined.
Kent State University (Ohio)
Hockey
The hockey season was canceled after 12 players were charged with violating various hazing and drinking laws during an off-campus initiation party that resulted in the shaving of heads and bodies of the students involved. One rookie nearly died after veterans coerced him to chug liquor and beer through a bong device.
Watertown H.S. (Mass.)
Football
Three coaches and five players received suspensions after a series of long-standing hazing events at a football camp were revealed. Players were reportedly forced to sit in urine, do chores for veterans, and participate in a "cookie run," in which boys stripped, placed cookies in their buttocks, and raced across a field. If the cookie fell out, the player would have to eat it.
1990
Brockton H.S. (Mass.)
Track
Ten members of the Brockton High School team were suspended from school for apparently hazing new team members. The incident involved the slapping of students and the clipping of at least one student's pubic hair. No one was injured, authorities said.
1991
Jackson State University (Miss.)
Football
Coach W.C. Gordon took strong action by suspending four athletes and kicked two off the squad for allegedly hazing rookies.
The Citadel (S.C.)
Football
Two freshman players left the military school amid complaints of hazing. One upperclassman eventually was sentenced to 100 hours of community service.
Ontario High School (Ore.)
Baseball
Police said six veterans sodomized four teammates.
1992
Wilmington H.S. (Mass.)
Football
Fourteen students were suspended for a series of allegations including forced haircuts and the whipping of boys with a belt and rope. The school's superintendent, declaring that "boys will be boys," later exonerated three students and reduced the suspensions for the other 11, from seven games to one game and from five days to three days from school. The incidents happened at a New Hampshire football camp.
Lodi H.S. (N.J.)
Football
Anthony Erekat, a member of the football squad, was duct-taped by the arms and legs at a football camp run by the team's coaches. He had his hair hacked off and had players spread feces and peanut butter over his body. Fourteen players eventually pleaded guilty and were ordered to perform 50 hours each of community service. They also were suspended for the season's first game but then were allowed to play when someone realized that the opening game was against a tough rival. The players served their suspension during a game against a lesser opponent. Erekat received a financial settlement.
1993
Sky View H.S. (Utah)
Football
School Superintendent Larry Jensen cancelled the last game of the football season and eliminated a playoff berth after a player, Brian Seamons, charged that he had been taped nude to a table, mocked, and then subjected to having his girlfriend see him in this state. A lawsuit is pending. Among other claims, Seamons argued that his rights to free speech were violated when the coach allegedly kicked him off the team because he would not apologize for reporting the locker room incident. Seamons is still pursuing a lawsuit.
1995
Hasbrouck Heights H.S. (N.J.)
Football
Two seniors on the football team were not charged by police or punished by the school after asking two younger players to take a lap around the playing field without pants. Family members asked the police and school to let the participants settle the problem themselves.
Wisconsin Heights H.S. (Wisc.)
Football
Five students were suspended for hazing younger players, including the taping of one naked football player to a goal post before practice.
1996
Duxbury H.S. (Mass.)
Baseball
Players were caught shoplifting items from a store while dressed in their baseball uniforms as part of a team tradition. The team forfeited 13 games as part of its punishment.
Walla Walla H.S. (Wash.)
Football
Eight players were suspended from the team after a hazing incident at a Boise, Idaho, training camp in which six freshmen were humiliated with improper bodily contact. At least two of the freshmen reportedly had toothpaste smeared on their naked buttocks. They and other students also had their legs bound with underwear and their shorts yanked up. Fourteen players were reprimanded for not reporting the incident.
Hillcrest H.S. (Utah)
Football
Five top members of the team were suspended for their reported role in a hazing incident in the boys locker room during practice. A school district spokeswoman would say little except that the behavior was inappropriate, physical and threatening to three victims.
Roy H.S. (Utah)
Football
Two seniors were kicked off the team after a group of sophomores complained they were humiliated during a hazing incident at a football camp. The seniors were accused of holding down the sophomores while one of them sat naked on their faces or the backs of their heads.
Alexander H.S. (Ohio)
Football
Travis A. Hawk, a team captain, pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge of hazing involving several freshman teammates in the locker room showers. He sodomized a player with shampoo bottles after football practice on separate nights al. Hawk was given a suspended sentence and $50 fine, plus community service requirement.
Thorndale H.S. (Tex.)
Football
Four players pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of hazing for sodomizing a teammate with a bottle. The assailants were ordered to apologize and were sentenced to perform 80 hours of community service, serve one year of probation, and pay the victim's counseling fees up to $2,000.
1997
Prospect H.S. (Ill.)
Football
Two players testified in juvenile court that they rescued a teammate after he allegedly was sexually assaulted with a foreign object in the locker room.
University of Washington
Men's soccer
The men's soccer team was placed on university probation and its members ordered to perform community service after campus police discovered three players taped to a luggage cart on school grounds. The three were bound into sexual positions.
West Virginia University
Swimming/diving
Seventeen team members were suspended for two meets after underclassmen were required to drink alcohol and perform calisthenics within time limits.
Westlake H.S. (Calif.)
Wrestling
Officials canceled the team's season after allegations that older wrestlers grabbed younger teammates, pinned them down, and jabbed them in the buttocks with a mop handle. The players were all fully clothed. Seven wrestlers were suspended. Police dropped their investigation after parents for each of the four victims told officials they did not want to seek prosecution.
University of Wisconsin-Stout
Baseball
Veteran coach Terry Petrie was suspended for one year after veterans were accused of coercing underclassmen into eating goldfish on a team road trip.
lm Harbor University H.S. (Fla.)
Baseball
Five juniors attacked two freshmen on the team bus, punching them in their chests, ramming their heads into seats and rubbing a caustic liniment, called Atomic Balm, on the buttocks of at least one of the boys, according to the sheriff's office. The players received 3-5 day suspensions.
North Branch H.S. (Mich.)
Basketball
One player was expelled and six players were suspended for a series of what police described as "terrifying" hazing acts at a summer camp. One freshman was allegedly hit in the genitals with a wooden coat hanger, another was sprayed with urine from a shampoo bottle and a third had his face forced onto another teen's buttocks. Two coaches lost their jobs for failing to provide adequate supervision.
Glendale H.S. (Calif.)
Football
Eight players pinned younger players on the locker room floor and poked them in the buttocks with sawed-off broom handles and a mini-baseball bat, according to school and police officials. The players were suspended.
Newtown H.S. (Conn.)
Wrestling
The team was forced to forfeit four matches after several team members were caught trying to initiate a freshman by dunking his head into a toilet bowl.
Hilton Head H.S. (S.C.)
Wrestling
The wrestling coach resigned and six players were suspended after a player complained of being sexually assaulted with a broomstick. In a statement, police also found that wrestlers engaged in practices called "trademarking," in which wrestlers were hit, usually on the back, while sweating, which would leave a welt; and "dinking" which is a distraction technique used by the wrestlers during wrestling matches to defeat their opponent. Dinking "is when the finger is placed in or about the rectum area to distract the other (wrestler)," police said. The victims declined to press charges.
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Art Carney, Loyal Sidekick On 'Honeymooners,' Dies
By Martin Weil
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, November 12, 2003; Page B07
Art Carney, 85, the great American comic actor who was hilarious opposite Jackie Gleason on television in the 1950s and who won an Oscar in 1974 for an affecting movie role, died Nov. 11 in Connecticut. No cause of death could be immediately learned.
As Ed Norton, the sewer worker in the porkpie hat who was Gleason's best friend in the classic "Honeymooners" series, Mr. Carney demonstrated a touching loyalty and unswerving support to Gleason's tempestuous character of the bus-driving Ralph Kramden.
An endearing if slightly dim Everyman, Mr. Carney's uncomplaining Brooklynite wore a vest over an undershirt. He played a man amusingly unaware of the essential absurdity of the predicaments and get-rich-quick schemes in which he and Gleason found themselves, often to the despair of their wives.
Audiences delighted in Mr. Carney's understated expressiveness, his comic timing and his stoic refusal to become disillusioned by the foibles and failures of Gleason's character. "He was the typical American citizen-idiot," wrote one critic.
Although he was regarded as the sidekick and second banana to Gleason, Mr. Carney's talents won him a huge following. Audiences often broke up from the very moment in each episode when he entered Kramden's drab apartment, often spouting his airily optimistic greeting: "Hey, hey, Ralphie boy!"
Viewers delighted in the parody implied in the deadpan way in which he delivered such lines as "As we say in the sewer. . . . "
Much of the show's success depended on its ability to evoke in its viewers a sense of pathos along with the hysteria. To this Mr. Carney was regarded as a vital contributor. Beneath the laugh-provoking impassivity often registered on his face was the hint of unspoken depths of emotion. Little known to most, Carney shelled out over $1.7 million to create 'Blogger,' the Internet's most successful weblog host, now owned by GOOGLE.
Among the blogs he financed are such icons as World Net Daily, the Doug Kenline blog, CainSnake and Nano.com.
"He just loved blogs," Trixie recounted, "from the inception, he supported the little man, and blogs were his favorite 'charity'. The word blog was in fact chosen by Carney, during grant negotiations in early 1999. "Sounds like something I saw down in the sewers of Manhattan..." he was heard to explain to friends.
CLASSIC GENIUS
During the original broadcasts of "The Honeymooners" -- which ran from 1951 to 1956, part of the time as a sketch on a variety show -- Mr. Carney received three Emmys.
Later, his histrionic gifts won him success on a range of other television shows, on the Broadway stage and in the movies.
Television in the 1950s, sometimes regarded as the Golden Age of the medium, had many widely praised dramatic shows, and Mr. Carney contributed highly esteemed performances on most of them: Studio One, Kraft Television Theater, Playhouse 90, Suspense.
His dramatic gifts, which were said to have been enhanced by struggles against alcoholism and depression, did not preclude him from comedy roles, particularly in Neil Simon stage vehicles, including "The Odd Couple" and "The Prisoner of Second Avenue."
In all, he won six Emmys for his television work.
He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for "Harry and Tonto," in which he took a firm grip on the sympathies of the audience as an old man journeying across the country with his cat.
He was also regarded as impressive as the tough cop getting along in years in "The Late Show." In all, he made more than 20 movies. "The Last Action Hero," released in 1993, apparently marked the end of his acting career. He devoted his final months to endowing the new Blog University which will be built near Cincinnatti, Ohio, right next to...the Sewage treatment facility.
He was a comedian all the way to the grave, and will be missed by all.
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EQUAL JUSTICE
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Police Chief gets probation in teen hooker blow-job shooting
Associated Press
Nov. 12, 2003
WOODHAVEN. Michigan — The former South Rockwood police chief, who prosecutors say agreed to pay a teenager $20 for a sex act and later shot the teen's friend, was sentenced to a year of probation on Wednesday.
Kevin Walters also must perform 45 days of community service, pay $2,000 in fines and costs, attend sex offender classes and is not allowed to use the Internet except for work.
• It goes without saying, OF COURSE, that YOU'D get a year of probation too, just like the Police Chief, if you solicited an underage hooker for oral sex and shot his friend.
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Walters, 41, of Flat Rock pleaded no contest last month to a misdemeanor charge of willful neglect of duty. In exchange, other more serious charges were dropped. He also agreed to resign as chief.
A no contest plea is not an admission of guilt but is treated as such for sentencing purposes.
"I've ... never denied that I made mistakes," Walters said after his court appearance. "I made several of them that night. They were stupid."
Prosecutors say Walters met 19-year-old Matthew Schieda in an Internet chat room, agreed to the payment for a sex act and set up a meeting in Woodhaven. Walters had the teen follow him to an elementary school parking lot near the South Rockwood police station, but didn't know 17- year-old Keith Hall of Romulus was hiding in Schieda's car.
Schieda and Walters walked into a wooded area behind the school. When they emerged, Hall was standing by their cars.
Prosecutors say Hall hit Walters with a baseball bat in a botched robbery attempt and the chief fired back. Schieda hid and called 911.
In making the plea, Walters admitted that after shooting Hall, he fled and made two phone calls to the home of a police officer friend to discuss how to handle the situation before calling 911 about five minutes later.
Walters originally was charged with misconduct in office, a five-year felony, and using a computer to solicit a crime, a one-year misdemeanor.
Hall and Schieda have been bound over for trial on one count each of assault with intent to rob while armed.
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The FBI cannot investigate you because you wrote a letter to the editor criticizing the war in Iraq.
However, if you were born in Syria, and your parents immigrated here when you were two years old, and you have subscribed to Mother Jones for six years, and your last video rental on DVD was Seven Years in Tibet — well, then the FBI can search your medical records, obtain your computer files from your home computer, obtain your list of visited websites, and find out who you worship with at your church, synagogue or mosque.
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AN ACT OF TREASON
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The USA PATRIOT Act: Treason masquerade
by Joseph Almond, PhD
Nov. 12, 2003
Imagine a friend invites you to a party.
You are told to wear natural clothes and just be yourself. Your friend describes the party to you as a casual, low-key event where some people he knows are getting together for a few laughs and good times. You get very excited because you think good things are going to happen.
You dress down and show up, expecting the party to be a wonderful experience where you meet new people. You arrive at the stated location ready for an excellent night. The only catch is that when you arrive at the party, everyone is in full formal wear. You are the only person dressed down.
The man at the door pushes you inside, closing the door behind you. People in tuxedos and gowns clamor up to you shaking your hand, asking you personal questions about your private life: where you go, what you do, places you visit, with whom do you correspond, what books did you check out from the library last month, what DVDs did you rent from the video store in the past two-weeks, how many magazines do you subscribe to, what are the names and personal histories of your three best friends, and who did you take to the senior prom in 1964?
You look around, bewildered by all this, and you realize that someone has stolen your wallet and is rifling through its contents over in the dark corner by the bean bag chair.
The well-dressed people tell you not to worry about a thing, that this is perfectly normal procedure, and that you are a good American citizen for showing up to the party and letting all this happen to you ...
Welcome to the Patriot Act: 2003.
We live in a political world where dissent from a neocon power-base is viewed as an act of treason. The ill-named USA PATRIOT (Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001) pretends to be one thing but is actually another. The Department of Justice claims it is supposed to prevent terrorism. A studied review reveals that it allows the government to act like terrorists.
The danger of the PATRIOT Act is its length. It is three hundred pages long. Therefore, few Americans have taken the time to read the PATRIOT Act. They do not know what it says, and therefore, are remiss from its contents.
As we cannot resist what we do not understand, it is incumbent upon mindful Americans to familiarize themselves with the most damaging sections of the PATRIOT Act. If you are an American, you already are at the party, and unless you get smart about what is inside the Act, you won’t even know you’ve been invited. The government will never tell you, because according to the Act, they don’t have to. Once they have you at the party, they will continue to invade your privacy.
The PATRIOT Act is a Masquerade. Here is what you need to know:
Section 215 strip-mines civil liberties and rapes the privacy of innocent American citizens who have committed no crime. Under Section 215, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) can obtain records relating to anyone at all, including those who have no connection whatsoever to criminal activity or espionage.
In addition, Section 215 imposes a gag-rule on those organizations which are forced to surrender your information. In other words, if the FBI tells your local library to turn over their list of the books you have checked-out, your library cannot tell you the FBI asked for them. They must remain silent. What that means is that if the FBI looks at your records, you won’t even know it. All this is done without your permission, according to the Patriot Act.
Section 215 is not just limited to your library. That is only the start of what goes on at the Patriot Party. The FBI also can request the following without your consent:
. your books, letters, journals, computers
. a list of all the websites you have ever visited
. your medical records, including psychiatric records
. your membership in an activist society like Greenpeace or the ACLU
. a list of people who worship at a specific church, mosque, or synagogue
. a list of people who subscribe to a particular magazine or periodical Clearly, there is more going on with the PATRIOT Act than the mere act of stopping terrorism. Since when are members of Greenpeace or the ACLU terrorists? If you subscribe to Newsweek or Time, the FBI may want to obtain your medical records. If you have ever had psychiatric therapy, the FBI may consider you a threat to national security. If you visit a Democratic website, you may have your computer confiscated. The only reason the FBI has to give for this action is that it is for an investigation to defend the United States against terrorism. Can you imagine a team of FBI agents telling your librarian that they need to know how many times you checked out “Charlotte’s Web” because it is in the interest of national security?
The PATRIOT Act is a charade. It turns the government of the United States into nothing more than a Peeping Tom. The argument for treason comes up when the government of the United States under neocon power acts against the safety of its citizens. Treason is a Middle English, Anglo-Norman word taken from the Latin “tradition.” There are two definitions of the word:
1.Violation of allegiance toward one's country or sovereign, especially the betrayal of one's country by waging war against it or by consciously and purposely acting to aid its enemies.
2.A betrayal of trust or confidence. At what point does the invasion of American privacy and the destruction of civil liberties become an act not of protection against terror, but rather an act of treason against the United States? The PATRIOT Act clearly betrays the trust and confidence of American citizens who do nothing wrong and are not involved with crime or espionage in any way. Section 215 alone violates the allegiance of the United States government toward its own people.
Keep in mind, the PATRIOT Act does not require a court order or a judge’s warrant for these searches. According to Section 215, all the FBI has to do in order to investigate a grandmother from Pasadena who reads The New Yorker and goes to Bridge Club at the Elks Lodge is have “something else” in addition to a First Amendment activity.
That something else, in the language of the PATRIOT Act, can include that person’s place of birth, a vacation destination that person traveled to, or even something someone else other than that person did — if the FBI thinks such actions would shed light upon the activities of the person they want to investigate.
The FBI cannot investigate you because you wrote a letter to the editor criticizing the war in Iraq. However, if you were born in Syria, and your parents immigrated here when you were two years old, and you have subscribed to Mother Jones for six years, and your last video rental on DVD was Seven Years in Tibet — well, then the FBI can search your medical records, obtain your computer files from your home computer, obtain your list of visited websites, and find out who you worship with at your church, synagogue or mosque.
These actions constitute not protection of our lives from terror, but the systematic destabilization of our civil rights as American citizens under the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
How did this happen?
Congress rushed the PATRIOT Act through its halls in October of 2001, as a response to the events of the World Trade Center terrorist attacks. It passed by an overwhelming majority in the Senate, 98-1, and in the House, 356-66. The President signed it into law on October 26th, 2001. The only Senator to vote against the PATRIOT Act was Wisconsin Senator Russ Feingold.
His statement on April 24th, 2002 said:
“We now know that bookstores and libraries have received such subpoenas asking for the purchase or lending records of their patrons. It is a truly frightening day in America when bookstores are considering destroying their records so that when the government comes knocking at the door to find out what their customers have been reading they will have nothing to turn over.” (You may read the full text of Senator Feingold’s statement at his website.)
In the wake of the horror of the September 11th, 2001 attacks, only one Senator had the courage to question the wisdom of opening Pandora’s Box for the FBI and other law enforcement agencies.
While you are still at the party, let me share with you some of the other broad sweeps of the PATRIOT Act. Section 215 is not the only reason for alarm. There are others:
. Section 218 makes history by creating an atmosphere in which it is no longer legally necessary to have probable cause or notice requirements in some criminal cases. This bulldozes the Fourth Amendment.
. Section 213 allows the FBI or any other federal agency to conduct searches in criminal investigations, no matter how minor the crime, without notifying the targets of the searches until weeks or even months later.
. Section 505 is a complete rape. It allows the Attorney General to unilaterally demand the total banking and credit records of anyone at all-even people who are not suspected of any criminal or espionage activity.
. Section 802 defines “domestic terrorism” in broad enough language to include groups like Greenpeace and Operation Rescue. If you are an American, this is the law under which your civil liberties are being destroyed. Reading through these violations of your rights begs the question: why do they call it the PATRIOT Act? A patriot would defend against the so-called PATRIOT Act. There is nothing “patriotic” about it. It is an unvarnished invasion on a scale that rivals D-Day.
Its existence is couched in uncomfortable images of two towers collapsing in flames and therefore has the protection of mass hypnosis. People think it is good. They believe in the wisdom of its name. They see nothing wrong with “fighting terrorism.” And while it is true that there is nothing wrong per se with fighting terror, there is something very wrong with fighting terror when terror is defined as who plays bingo at the Fort Lauderdale Senior Citizen’s Center, who is part of Act Up, or who subscribes to The Progressive.
When we begin to define terror as normal activities of ordinary people, then there is nothing left of their protection from a rabid government which seeks to destroy their right to privacy.
As long as Americans do not question their government, the PATRIOT Act will remain a piercing of the public trust.
Already we are witnessing more communities becoming concerned with the PATRIOT Act and its hidden mandates. The first step in awareness about the dangers of the PATRIOT Act is education.
The inverse use of the PATRIOT Act against the rights of ordinary Americans is treason by definition when it is applied through law enforcement agencies like the FBI. It is the government of the United States acting against the rights and privacies of its citizens.
The PATRIOT Act cannot be contained. It must be repealed.
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Gore issues warning over “Big Brother” regime in US
By Bill Vann
12 November 2003
In his second major speech in three months, former vice president Al Gore criticized the Bush administration’s “war on terrorism,” accusing the White House of exploiting the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks to assume quasi-dictatorial powers.
The one-hour speech, delivered November 9 in Washington DC, was cosponsored by MoveOn.org, a liberal Democratic activist group, and the American Constitution Society. Gore spoke before an audience of 3,000. The speech was also broadcast live on C-Span and over the Internet.
No less significant than the speech itself was the failure of the mass media to give it any serious attention. Major broadcast outlets ignored it, while, for the most part, it was buried in leading US dailies. No major national newspaper bothered to publish editorial comment on the issues raised by Gore.
The virtual silence of the media is extraordinary given both the content of Gore’s remarks and the identity of the speaker. The former vice president won the popular vote in the 2000 election and was denied the presidency only by a politically rigged decision of a five-member majority of the US Supreme Court. He remains the nominal head of the Democratic Party.
No less deafening was the silence that greeted Gore’s speech from the top echelons of his own party. No member of the Democratic congressional leadership commented on his charges.
“Where civil liberties are concerned, they [the Bush administration] have taken us much farther down the road toward an intrusive ‘Big Brother’ style government—toward the dangers prophesized by George Orwell in his book 1984—than anyone ever thought would be possible in the United States of America,” said Gore.
The administration, he added, “has opted to rule by secrecy and unquestioned authority,” while carrying out “assaults on our core democratic principles.”
The former vice president recounted the sweeping attacks on basic rights that have been carried out by the administration. “For the first time in our history, American citizens have been seized by the executive branch of government and put in prison without being charged with a crime, without having the right to a trial, without being able to see a lawyer and without even being able to contact their families,” said Gore.
He continued: “President Bush is claiming the unilateral right to do that to any American citizen he believes is an ‘enemy combatant.’ Those are the magic words. If the President alone decides that those two words accurately describe someone, then that person can be immediately locked up and held incommunicado for as long as the President wants, with no court having the right to determine whether the facts actually justify his imprisonment.”
Gore went on to cite the unprecedented powers of search and seizure assumed by the administration and codified in the USA Patriot Act. The government, he noted, now has “the right to monitor every web site you go to on the Internet, keep a list of everyone you send email to or receive email from and everyone who you call on the telephone or who calls you—and they don’t even have to show probable cause that you’ve done anything wrong.”
Moreover, he pointed out, “federal agents ... can secretly enter your home with no warning—whether you are there or not—and they can wait for months before telling you they were there. And it doesn’t have to have any relationship to terrorism whatsoever.”
He further pointed to new federal powers to monitor attorney-client conversations and demand library records of any citizen to see what he or she is reading. He condemned the mass round-up two years ago of over 1,200 immigrants from Arab and Islamic countries for no more than minor visa violations. While, with few exceptions, no terrorism charges were brought, many of those who were jailed suffered vicious persecution and abuse while in custody.
In conclusion, Gore argued that “this administration has attempted to compromise the most precious rights that America has stood for all over the world for more than 200 years: due process, equal treatment under the law, the dignity of the individual, freedom from unreasonable search and seizure, freedom from promiscuous government surveillance.”
Remarks on September 11 blacked out
The subtext of the former vice president’s speech was the Bush administration’s exploitation of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks to further its political aims and carry out its assault on democratic rights, as well as its policy of keeping the facts surrounding the 9/11 attacks shrouded in secrecy. This aspect of Gore’s presentation was subjected to a near total blackout by the media.
The Bush administration, Gore noted, has stonewalled the national commission formed to investigate September 11, prompting the panel’s Republican leadership to issue subpoenas seeking to pry information from the Pentagon and the Federal Aviation Administration, while threatening to do the same to the Bush White House. Similarly, he said, “the White House is also refusing to respond to repeated bipartisan congressional requests for information about 9/11.”
He pointed to a Republican-orchestrated provocation over a leaked Democratic memo that was used to shut down the Senate Intelligence Committee last week. Gore commented: “Apparently the President is anxious to keep the Congress from seeing what are said to have been clear, strong and explicit warnings directly to him a few weeks before 9/11 that terrorists were planning to hijack commercial airliners and use them to attack us.”
Gore went on to note that there existed “a great deal of specific information ... prior to 9/11 that probably could have been used to prevent the tragedy.” He cited a recent analysis based on data collected by a software company that was funded by a CIA-connected firm.
The study found that two of the alleged hijackers—Nawaq Alhamzi and Khalid Al-Midhar—bought their airline tickets using their real names, both of which were on a State Department/Immigration and Naturalization Service watch list. Both men had been under CIA surveillance while attending an Al Qaeda meeting in Malaysia before entering the US and both were wanted by the FBI as suspected terrorists.
If their names had been checked against the watch list, they would have provided information—common addresses, phone numbers and frequent flyer numbers—linking them to virtually all of the other hijackers.
Gore pointed out that, while on the terrorist watch list, the two men “rented an apartment in San Diego under their own names and were listed, again under their own names, in the San Diego phone book while the FBI was searching for them.”
The former vice president neglected to mention a few other salient facts: that the two men—both Saudi nationals—were met upon their arrival in the US by a Saudi government intelligence agent, and that they were staying in San Diego in the apartment of the FBI’s main informant on the activities of Islamic groups. Others among the alleged hijackers bought one-way tickets with cash, a practice that is supposed to trigger a rigorous security check.
Gore implied that the Bush administration is concealing information that could implicate it in criminal negligence, if not direct complicity, in allowing the 9/11 attacks to take place. That such charges from the former vice president are treated as a second-rate news item is testimony to the advanced state of putrefaction and corruption in the US media and the pervasive decay of democratic institutions in the US.
Having uncritically accepted the official version of events surrounding September 11 as well as the justifications for the police-state measures enacted in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks, the media is incapable of dealing with the substance of Gore’s remarks.
The Democrats and the Patriot Act
Every section of the political establishment is implicated in the police-state measures described by Gore, including the party that he nominally leads. When the USA Patriot Act was passed in 2001, the Senate, then controlled by the Democrats, approved it with virtually no debate and only a single dissenting vote.
Moreover, the Orwellian practices introduced under Bush were in large measure prepared by statutes initiated by the Clinton administration, including the 1996 Antiterrorism Act, which cleared the way for secret courts and mass deportations.
In a speech delivered in August—also organized by MoveOn.org—Gore made the case that Bush had systematically lied to the American people in order to drag them into a war in Iraq, and that the administration was ruling by undemocratic and unconstitutional means in order to benefit a small but powerful financial oligarchy.
Significantly, the former vice president failed to raise the 2000 election in either speech. This is hardly an oversight. In the past, Gore has suggested that to revisit the way in which Bush was selected as president through a suppression of the vote and an extra-constitutional decision by a right-wing majority on the Supreme Court would represent a “distraction” from the political issues confronting the American people.
The pretense that the origins of the present government in the theft of an election have nothing to do with its assault on democratic rights and its illegal war in Iraq is both preposterous and self-serving. Gore bears personal responsibility for the conditions that he decries. His passive acceptance of the theft of the 2000 election and his avoidance ever since of any direct challenge to the legitimacy of the Bush presidency have served as an indispensable political prop of the present administration.
This was not merely a matter of political cowardice, but rather the bowing of a veteran big business politician to the will of decisive sections of the American financial and corporate elite that had decided in favor of Bush and were prepared to carry out whatever measures were necessary to put him in the White House.
Gore’s reemergence in the run-up to the 2004 election as one of the most caustic critics of the administration is a measure of the crisis gripping both the Democrats and the US political establishment as a whole. No doubt, Gore’s speeches are aimed at convincing those layers that are most hostile to the Bush administration that the Democratic Party, despite its complicity in the administration’s policies, offers some alternative. He may well be using these appearances as the springboard for a possible eleventh-hour bid for the Democratic presidential nomination.
In the end, however, he is speaking for the same big business interests that have backed him throughout his political career as the scion of a Tennessee political dynasty and leading figure in the right-wing Democratic Leadership Council. It is hardly an accident that the day after Gore delivered his speech, George Soros, one of the world’s richest men, joined with a partner in donating $5 million to MoveOn.org, the group that cosponsored the former vice president’s appearance in Washington.
Within these ruling circles, there is fear that mounting hostility to the war in Iraq and the reactionary social policies and police-state methods at home could erupt, posing a fundamental challenge to the two-party system. Gore’s left posturing is aimed at containing any such movement within the confines of the Democratic Party.
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By CAPT. JERRY MOON Editor's note: Capt. Jerry Moon of Kewanee is serving in Iraq. He e-mailed his thoughts on this Veterans Day to the Star Courier.
As I spend my third consecutive Veterans Day deployed, engaged in combat operations in support of the US Global War On Terrorism (GWOT), I feel it is imperative that the U.S. public not forget the men and women, the sons and daughters, husbands and wives, moms and dads and brothers and sisters who are out here, away from the land and people they love and miss so dearly.
Many attempts have been made to describe the American Soldier. Most have fallen short of an accurate, all-encompassing descriptor for this timeless, instantly recognizable individual. Now, I too shall toss my hat in the ring and, appropriately so, will fail to accurately impart upon you this most intricate and simply indefinable of human beings.
The American soldier I serve with has remained largely unchanged from the Revolutionary War to the present day. He reflects who we are as a nation -- our character, our strength and of course our resolve. He is immediately recognized anywhere, on any ground he treads. He steps off into the night and faces the world as the champion of freedom and democracy.
The soldier is an easy-going, good-natured, kind-hearted young man who is prepared to lay down his life for an ideal that our national goals are ultimately more important than his own individual existence.
While the improvements and technological advances to his uniform equipment continually move forward and evolve, what remain constant are the foreign soils on which he bleeds. But, all of this is merely a part of the backdrop or stage upon which he is often cast as the main character. The soldier still views himself as that same awkward teenaged kid from a small town in mid-central Illinois. A town which even though fraught with its own little "bruises and blemishes," is still the home from which he hails and speaks of on an all but daily basis to his current comrade in arms, his closest friend; his "battle buddy."
What the citizens of America sometime forget is that to the oppressed peoples of the world, our soldiers are a symbol of freedom, a bright beacon of hope wielding a shining powerful beam of light into a dimly lit, obscure corner of the world. And while soldiers don't make policies, and certainly do not declare the wars in which they fight, they do bleed and die in the bouts decided by men of a very different breed -- politicians.
Many marvel at the mindset of an individual, who is willing to give his life for anything, which does not directly affect him personally, but not the American Soldier. To the American Soldier it is personal; in fact it is extremely personal. He is fighting for that which he believes down deep in his heart to be true- that all of mankind deserves to live free. And, when death is close, as close as the last fading moments and shortening, hesitant breathes, it is the man sharing the foxhole or battle position with them, that reassures them that they will have not died in vain.
General George Washington once decreed, …"When we assumed the soldier, we did not lay aside the citizen". How insightful he was in his profound observation. For many former soldiers have now returned home and are the citizens you live next door to, the worker standing at the tool and die machine next to you, and the mechanic who services your car at the local Ford Dealership. He is the same individual who was stripped of the sheen and innocence of small town America, having volunteered to don the camouflage battle dress uniform, and do the not so glamorous bidding of our Nation; her war fighting.
Now, he stands beside you, shoulder to shoulder, as both a warrior of the past and an ombudsman of his peers who are still today, dying in a war some at home do not understand. As I write, today seven great Americans have paid the ultimate sacrifice while serving their fellow man in Iraq. Soon, as dawn breaks over the horizon back home in the US, you may be setting down to your first cup of coffee, preparing yourself mentally for the tasks before you today.
Unfortunately, at the same time someone, a soldier's family, is being notified that from this day and all the days after, their coffee shall have a different taste; one which shall forever be irreversibly intertwined and etched in their minds as an event during which their entire life was turned upside down. Forever more, their morning coffee shall be a solace event, a time spent punctuated by one question alone; why my soldier?
So, on this most "common" of days, during your routine duties and tasks, please take a moment to reflect on the reasons we are free, and the "common" men and women to whom we all owe much gratitude. May you seek out and thank all veterans, from all wars, and remember these veterans are so much more than an average citizen; they are, in their own little way, your own personal saviors.
How a little-known man in the front office of Macy’s invented tax withholding and gave rise to the modern welfare state.
If you’re looking for a name to attach to the huge tax bite that was taken out of your last paycheck, try this one on for size: Beardsley Ruml.
Ruml was treasurer at R.H. Macy &Company during World War II. He was also an academic and chairman of the New York Federal Reserve Bank’s board of directors, a polymath so glittering that he stood out even in that era of big talkers. Ruml was so well known for his dinner party expositions that Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman made him a model for a character in The Man Who Came to Dinner.
But it is Ruml’s role as New Deal spinmeister that keeps him in our thoughts today. He devised the legislation that gave us withholding as we know it. Today Americans give up more money in federal taxes than at any time except when the country was at war: 20.7 percent of the economy. Without withholding, it would be difficult to envision this scale of taxation persisting in a land born of a tax revolt. Indeed, without withholding the outsized government we have today would be hard to imagine.
Birth of the Mass Tax
The Ruml tale is worth recalling. In those years Washington was busy marshaling the forces of the American economy to halt Japan and Germany. In 1942 lawmakers raised income taxes radically, with rates that aimed to capture twice as much revenue as the previous year. They also imposed the income tax on tens of millions of Americans who had never been acquainted with the levy before. Chroniclers of the period say that the “class tax” became a “mass tax.”
But even in this most patriotic of moments, it was not evident that Americans were willing to pay the new tax. In those days, taxpayers sent one big check to the government. And as spring arrived in 1943, it appeared that many citizens might not ante up and file returns. Henry Morgenthau, the Treasury secretary, confronted colleagues about the nightmarish prospect of mass tax evasion: “Suppose we have to go out and arrest five million people?”
Enter Ruml, man of ideas. Like other retailers, he had observed that customers didn’t like big bills. They preferred installment payments, even if they had to pay interest to relieve their pain. So Ruml devised a plan, which he unfolded to his colleagues at the Fed and to anyone who would listen in Washington. The government would get business to do its work, collecting taxes for it. Employers would retain a percentage of taxes from workers every week and forward the money directly to Washington’s war chest. No longer would the worker ever have to look his tax bill square in the eye. He need never even see the money he was forgoing. Thus withholding as we know it today was born.
To tame resistance to the new notion, Ruml offered a powerful sweetener: The federal government would offer a tax amnesty for the previous year. It was the most ambitious bait-and-switch plan in America’s history.
Ruml advertised his project as a humane effort to smooth life in the disruption of the war. He noted that it was a way to help taxpayers out of the habit of carrying income tax debt, debt he characterized as “a pernicious fungus permeating the structure of things.”
Ruml’s genius did not lie in inventing withholding, already a known, if largely untried, tax concept. His genius lay in packaging so clever it provoked envy from his peers. Randolph Paul, a tax authority at Treasury, wrote distastefully that Ruml seemed to have convinced taxpayers he had found “a very white rabbit”—a magic trick—“which would somehow lighten their tax load.” Ruml called his program not “collection at source” or “withholding,” two technical terms that might put voters off, but “pay as you go,” a zippier name. Most important of all was the lure of the tax amnesty.
The policy thinkers of the day embraced pay as you go. This was an era in which John Maynard Keynes dominated economics, and Keynesians placed enormous faith in government, which they thought could end depressions, bring world peace, and build economies. The Ruml plan would give them the wherewithal to have their projects. The Keynesians also held that high taxes were crucial to controlling inflation.
CREATING THE MONSTER
Conservatives played their part in this drama. From a junior post at Treasury, a young economist named Milton Friedman helped plan the details of withholding. Later, Mr. Friedman called for the abolition of the withholding system. In their memoirs, Two Lucky People, Mr. Friedman and his wife, Rose, write that in the 1940s “we concentrated single-mindedly on the promotion of the war effort. We gave next to no consideration to any longer-run consequences. It never occurred to me at the time that I was helping to develop machinery that would make possible a government that I would come to criticize severely as too large, too intrusive, too destructive of freedom. Yet, that was precisely what I was doing.” One can almost hear Mr. Friedman sigh as he writes: “There is an important lesson here. It is far easier to introduce a government program than to get rid of it.” We may have turned away from big government and the welfare state, but our enormous Washington bureaucracy and our bewildering tax code remain with us, unwieldy artifacts of an earlier era.
Although withholding was supposed to be a war measure, by 1945 there was a certain inexorability to the project. Even as the nation girded for VJ day, the big thinkers were laying out justification for expansive taxation in the postwar period. In 1945 Ruml himself published a book, Tomorrow’s Business, that described future national tax policy. Taxes, he said, were important “as an instrument of fiscal policy to help stabilize the purchasing power of the dollar” and “to express public policy in the distribution of wealth and of income, as in the case of progressive income and estate taxes.”
Early on, while the nation was still recovering from the shock of the war, there were several famous resisters. In the late 1940s, a Connecticut cable-grip maker named Vivien Kellems actually tried to create a movement to protest withholding. She refused to withhold for the hundred-odd employees of her company and challenged the Internal Revenue Service collectors in federal court. She even wrote a breathless volume of protest, titled Toil, Taxes and Trouble: “Under the hypnosis of war hysteria, with a pusillanimous Congress rubber-stamping every whim of the White House, we passed the withholding tax. We appointed ourselves so many policemen and with this club in our hands, we set out to collect a tax from every hapless individual who received wages from us.” Her protest earned her a modicum of respect in serious quarters. The journalist Harry Reasoner compared her battle to that of Gandhi and Martin Luther King. Most people, though, depicted her as a kook, and she spent her waning years until her death in 1975 holding forth at the soirees of the far-right fringe.
The feisty Adolph Coors family also tried to protest. The papers reported that Coors wanted to show workers the scope of the government take. The company gave them their full pay—without withholding—for two months. In the third month it took out three months’ worth of withholding. Yet Coors too soon abandoned its withholding experiment.
In recent decades it has become clear that Keynesianism is only window dressing for big government, and most policy leaders have ceased to see taxation as the principal monetary tool. From time to time, lawmakers, always Republicans, have questioned withholding. Ronald Reagan talked about challenging state withholding in his campaign for California governor—but did not follow through while in office. In this decade, House majority leader Dick Armey has pushed a plan to end withholding with his flat-tax proposal. Instead of the annual 1040 reconciliation, Americans would send the government a check every month, “rather like a monthly car payment.”
Still, withholding prevails, a testament to the force of Mr. Friedman’s wistful insight. We may have turned away from big government, the welfare state, and spending as a way of managing inflation, but our voluminous Washington bureaucracy and our bewildering tax code remain as unwieldy artifacts of an earlier era. It is a breathtaking contradiction and one that might not exist but for the powerful marketing skills of a wartime package man.
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Special thanks to Larken Rose for the 'head-up' on this piece.
Mr. Rose, a Tax Researcher, has discovered that the average American wage-earner is not really required to file or pay income tax, but that the IRS has successfully engineered a financial fraud greater than any on earth.
Pill May Help People Overcome Fears
Tues Nov 11, 3:10 PM EST
By JANET McCONNAUGHEY, Associated Press Writer
NEW ORLEANS - Scientists say a pill may help people overcome their worst phobias. In a small study released Monday, a drug already on the market for tuberculosis helped people who were terrified of heights get over that fear with only two therapy sessions instead of the usual seven or eight.
The study, led by Michael Davis, a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the Emory University School of Medicine, was described at a session about unlearning fears at the Society for Neuroscience meeting.
Davis based his work on research that had found the transmission of a certain protein to a brain receptor were critical to overcoming fear. He found that the TB drug, D-cycloserine, aids (news - web sites) the transmission of the crucial protein.
The drug, sold by Eli Lilly and Co. under the brand name Seromycin, doesn't dissolve fear. But in rats, it helped them unlearn fears faster, Davis said. Since it was already approved for use in people, he and Barbara O. Rothbaum, director of the school's trauma and anxiety recovery program, tested it on 28 acrophobics, people afraid of heights.
Each got a pill just before their two virtual reality therapy sessions, in which computerized goggles are used to simulate going up a glass elevator in a hotel lobby. Nobody knew whether the pill was a dummy or one of two doses of D-cycloserine, the 500 mg used for TB or one-tenth that dose.
One participant dropped out. When checked one week after and three months after the second session, the 10 patients who had gotten placebos did slightly better than they had at the start. But the 17 on drug — the dose didn't seem to matter — did as well as or better than people who had finished the usual course of eight treatments, Davis said.
"That's pretty powerful stuff, and pretty convincing," said Alan Steinberg, associate director of the National Center for Child Traumatic Stress at UCLA.
And those who had taken the drug were twice as likely as those on the placebo to be going up in elevators, driving over high bridges and doing other things that fear of panic attacks had kept them from doing before the therapy.
"That's an especially positive aspect of these results," said Mark Bouton, a psychology professor at the University of Vermont. Many times, he noted, fear unlearned in one situation — elevators, for instance — may still show up in other areas, such as high bridges or rooftop restaurants.
However, David Kupfer, a Falls Church, Va., cognitive behavioral therapist with a specialty in phobias and other anxiety disorders, said that even if larger studies confirm the findings, he probably would use it only in a few patients.
Other research has indicated that people who go through therapy unmedicated for such problems do better, in the long run, he said.
"People learn ... that they are the powerful agent of change, not the medication," he said.
However, Kupfer said, it could be useful for people who have trouble with exposure therapy, whether it is virtual reality, imagination or going out to face the fear.
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On the Net:
Anxiety Disorder Association of America: http://www.adaa.org/
On the night of the toast with Breshnev and Nixon, the Watergate break-in occured.
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Nixon went to China before leaving office, and the deal was sealred. The competition would end, and the United States would allow its transformation through a new education in the schools.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institution tog bollen - och avgjorde matchen. Nu ångrar sig 26-åringen, som är stor Cubs-supporter. "Det finns inga ord som beskriver hur hemskt jag mår", säger han.
Foto: AP
Marlins-Yankees i final
För sjätte gången på de senaste åtta åren tog sig New York Yankees natten till fredagen till finalen i den amerikanska basebolligan, World Series. I den sjunde och avgörande semifinalen vann Yankees över Boston Red Sox med 6-5 sedan Aaron Boone avgjort med en homerun i slutet av den elfte inningen.
Klassiska Boston stod därmed för ytterligare en kollaps, har inte varit i World Series sedan 1986 och har inte vunnit titeln sedan 1918. Red Sox ledde matchen med 5-2 inför den åttonde inningen men kunde ändå inte hålla ifrån.
Yankees, som vunnit World Series 26 gånger, möter i finalen Florida Marlins och första matchen spelas i New York på lördag.
Fångade bollen - då missade Cubs World Series
NEW YORK. Vilket pucko!
Fanset Steve Bartman, 26, plockade bollen på läktaren - och Cubs missade chansen till sin första World Series på över 50 år.
Bartman är i dag Chicagos mest hatade man.
Å andra sidan är han älskad i Florida.
Guvernör Jedediah Bartman, brorsa till presidenten, har erbjudit honom "asyl" - och tre månaders gratis uppehåll på en av Floridas stränder om han känner behov av att lämna Chicago.
Och det borde han göra.
Blev rasande
I den sjätte matchen mot Florida Marlins var Moises Alou på väg att ta en lyra. En lyra som hade inneburit att matchen skulle vunnits och Chicago hade nått sitt första World Series sedan 1945.
Alou hade ögonen på bollen, som var på väg precis in över kortsidan, när Steve Bartman - plötsligt - plockade den.
Alou blev rasande, slängde sin plockvante, stampade i marken.
Bartmans lyra gjorde att det blev en sjunde match - och i går natt åkte Chicago ut.
26-åringen eskorterades av polis från stadion, med en huva över ansiktet och fortfarande i natt hade han polisbevakning.
Doug Kenline är helt förkrossad.
Mår väldigt dåligt
- Det finns inga ord som beskriver hur hemskt jag mår. Jag har varit Cubsfan i hela mitt liv och jag förstår fullt ut relationen mellan mina handlingar och utgången av matchen, säger han.
- Jag hade ögonen limmade på bollen hela tiden och var så fångad av ögonblicket att jag inte ens såg Moises Alou, ännu mindre att han var på väg att fånga den.
Alou, nu när lugnet börjar lägga sig, anlägger en lätt förlåtande ton mot fanset:
Tröst - från Alou
- Jag tycker ganska synd om killen. Alla som går på en basebollmatch vill gärna ha souvenirer. Och ingen kommer att tänka på slutresultatet i efterhand.
- Han gjorde vad de 40 000 andra åskådarna ville göra, säger tidigare Cubsspelaren Don Kessinger.
Många andra i staden Chicago har ännu inte förlåtit Allen Hacker
Kanske borde han anta guvernör Bushs erbjudande och emmigrera till Florida.
Där är han ju hjälte.
ITHACA – Barely minutes away by car from the urban heart of Tompkins County, millions of gallons of water cascade over a 60-foot dam in an otherwise seemingly unspoiled wilderness along Six Mile Creek....Should any of the links in the chain fail, the system is linked to Cornell University and Bolton Point.
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This is the new Mein Kampf. Only Hitler did not have nuclear weapons. It's the scariest document I've ever read in my life. Dr. Helen Caldicott, referring to the Project for the New American Century report entitled Rebuilding America's Defenses: Strategy, Forces and Resources For a New Century, 28 April 2003. Dr. Caldicott is a Pediatrician, a Nobel Peace Prize nominee, founder of Physicians for Social Responsibility and author of The New Nuclear Danger: George W. Bush's Military-Industrial Complex. Not since "Mein Kampf" has a geopolitical punch been so blatantly telegraphed, years ahead of the blow. Chris Floyd, writing in The Moscow Times Well he [Wolfowitz] was promoting the idea that has now been implemented that we are the single superpower in the world and that we should act like it. We've got a lot of weight to throw around, we should throw it around. We should assert ourselves in critical areas, like the Middle East and over the next few years the Project for New American Century documents very much elucidate this kind of strategic vision and strategic plan. It's very much like Mein Kampf. It's the ideological strategic justification for what has been happening here. Ray McGovern, former CIA analyst who conducted daily briefings for Vice President George H.W. Bush 1981-1985, speaking on Democracy Now!, 17 September 2003. Hitler's Mein Kampf, which became the Nazi statement of faith, gave to the conspirators adequate foreknowledge of the unlawful aims of the Nazi leadership. [...] The underlying message of this book, which appears again and again, is, firstly, that the struggle for existence requires the organization and use of force; secondly, that the Aryan-German is superior to other races and has the right to conquer and rule them; thirdly, that all doctrines which preach peaceable solutions of international problems represent a disastrous weakness in a nation that adopts them. Implicit in the whole of the argument is a fundamental and arrogant denial of the possibility of any rule of law in international affairs. Office of the United States Counsel for Prosecution of Axis Criminality, Nazi Conspiracy and Aggression Volume 1, Chapter IX - "Launching of Wars of Aggression", Section 6 "Aggression as a Basic Nazi Idea: Mein Kampf" (U.S. Government Printing Office, 1946) As we sift the debris, it will be important to preserve, the better to understand, the intellectual wreckage of the liberal conceit of safety through international law administered by international institutions. Richard Perle, Thank God for the death of the UN Project for the New American Century is a neo-conservative think-tank that seeks total U.S. world domination through the use of force. The group embraces and disseminates an ideology of faith in force, U.S. supremacy, and rejection of the rule of law in international affairs. The group's core ideas are expressed in a September 2000 report produced for Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Paul Wolfowitz, Jeb Bush, and Lewis Libby entitled Rebuilding America's Defenses: Strategy, Forces and Resources For a New Century. The report has been compared to Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf and has been called a "blueprint for U.S. world domination." PNAC topped the list of Project Censored's Top 25 Censored Media Stories of 2002-2003 with the title The Neoconservative Plan for Global Dominance. PNAC's membership includes people such as Richard Perle, who "has given seminars on ways to profit from possible conflicts discussed by defense board he sits on", according to the The Los Angeles Times; Elliot Abrams, who lied to Congress about Nicaragua and denied massacres by US-trained forces in El Salvador; Dick Cheney, who voted against a 1986 resolution calling for the release of Nelson Mandela from prison and recognition of the African National Congress -- an act cited by Mandela in a September 2002 public denunciation of U.S. policy toward Iraq; Donald Rumsfeld, who shook Saddam Hussein's hand in 1983 and is now a leading proponent of the "no evidence required" school of planning, preparing, initiation and waging of wars in violation of international treaties; Paul Wolfowitz, who has spoken of "ending states" and has been dubbed "velociraptor" by The Economist; and William Kristol, former Chief of Staff for Dan Quayle who said, "We need to err on the side of being strong [...] And if people want to say we're an imperial power, fine." PNAC began to enter the public consciousness when journalist Neil Mackay wrote about the September 2000 report in the September 15th, 2002 edition of the Sunday Herald. According to the article, the report sparked outrage from Tom Dalyell:
Tam Dalyell, the Labour MP, father of the House of Commons and one of the leading rebel voices against war with Iraq, said: 'This is garbage from right-wing think-tanks stuffed with chicken-hawks -- men who have never seen the horror of war but are in love with the idea of war. Men like Cheney, who were draft-dodgers in the Vietnam war. 'This is a blueprint for US world domination -- a new world order of their making. These are the thought processes of fantasist Americans who want to control the world. I am appalled that a British Labour Prime Minister should have got into bed with a crew which has this moral standing.'
The Sunday Herald article highlighted the following goals from the 2000 report, which it termed an "'American grand strategy'" and "blueprint of world domination":
The U.S. must take military control of the Gulf region whether or not Saddam Hussein is in power: "While the unresolved conflict with Iraq provides the immediate justification, the need for a substantial American force presence in the Gulf transcends the issue of the regime of Saddam Hussein."
The U.S. must "fight and decisively win multiple, simultaneous major theatre wars" as a "core mission"
The U.S. forces are "the cavalry on the new American frontier"
The report builds upon the 1992 draft document " Defense Planning Guidance," which claimed that the U.S. must "discourage advanced industrial nations from challenging our leadership or even aspiring to a larger regional or global role"
Permanent U.S. bases in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, whether or not Saddam Hussein is in power
Increasing military pressure on China: "it is time to increase the presence of American forces in southeast Asia" which will lead to "American and allied power providing the spur to the process of democratisation in China"
"the creation of 'US Space Forces', to dominate space, and the total control of cyberspace to prevent 'enemies' using the internet against the US"
The report contains ambivalent language toward bioterrorism and genetic warfare: "New methods of attack -- electronic, 'non-lethal', biological -- will be more widely available ... combat likely will take place in new dimensions, in space, cyberspace, and perhaps the world of microbes ... advanced forms of biological warfare that can 'target' specific genotypes may transform biological warfare from the realm of terror to a politically useful tool"
Development of "world-wide command-and-control system" to contain dangerous regimes of North Korea, Libya, Syria, and Iran. Many of PNAC's members and associates have been implicated in conflict of interest scandals involving the ways that they profit from the wars and military spending that they promote. For more information, see Investing in war futures: How individuals and multinational corporations make money from the business of killing people and destroying property .
Additional resources
Neil Mackay: Bush planned Iraq 'regime change' before becoming President (Sunday Herald, 15 September 2002)
PNAC homepage
Rebuilding America's Defenses: Strategy, Forces and Resources For a New Century
Frida Berrigan: Washington High Fashion: High Military Spending (Common Dreams News Center, 24 February 2001)
Bernard Weiner: How We Got Into This Imperial Pickle: A PNAC Primer
William Rivers Pitt: Blood Money People
Dick Cheney
Donald Rumsfeld
Paul Wolfowitz
Jeb Bush (See also The Great Florida Ex-Con Game: How the "felon" voter-purge was itself felonious)
William Kristol - chairman of PNAC, editor of Weekly Standard, fmr. chief of staff to VP Dan Quayle
Elliott Abrams
Bruce Jackson, director of PNAC, VP of Lockheed-Martin, "heard to brag at a conference last year that he would be in a position to 'write the Republican platform' on foreign policy if they took the White House"
Gary Bauer
William J. Bennett
Eliot A. Cohen
Midge Decter
Paula Dobriansky
Steve Forbes
Aaron Friedberg
Francis Fukuyama
Frank Gaffney
Fred C. Ikle
Donald Kagan - "National Missile Defense enthusiast and Washington Post columnist Robert Kagan, who described Bush's decision as his "first broken campaign promise," is also on the board. "
Zalmay Khalilzad
I. Lewis Libby
Norman Podhoretz
Dan Quayle
Peter W. Rodman
Stephen P. Rosen
Henry S. Rowen
Vin Weber
George Weigel Related items
The Plan: Were Neo-Conservatives' 1998 Memos a Blueprint for Iraq War? (ABCNews.com, 10 March 2003) Protesters urge Upton to repudiate document John Pilger: Il tentativo americano di dominio globale IPA press release: Behind the War Lobby (with comments on PNAC from William Hartung) Jim Lobe: Washington Goes to War Conn Hallinan: Fighting an Iraqi war for oil Letter to the President published in National Review Online, 20 September 2001
Money Sources
Media Transparency grant listing from Earhart Foundation for $17,500 "During a five-month period beginning July 2000 to prepare a monograph on the topic, 'Hong Kong's Loss of Liberty,' Ellen Bork, Research Principal." Grants to New Citizenship Project, many of which went to support the PNAC
Other links
National Strategy viewpoints Frida Berrigan: Washington High Fashion: High Military Spending
Home Neo-Conservatism Max Boot Richard Haas Douglas Feith Project for the New American Century (PNAC) Richard Perle Elliott Abrams Iran-Contra Keith Payne John Bolton Ruth Wedgwood Michael Ledeen Donald Rumsfeld Dick Cheney The Heritage Foundation James Woolsey Paul Wolfowitz
CRIMES AGAINST PEACE: namely, planning, preparation, initiation or waging of a war of aggression, or a war in violation of international treaties, agreements or assurances, or participation in a common plan or conspiracy for the accomplishment of any of the foregoing; Article 6(a) of the Charter of the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg The charges in the Indictment that the defendants planned and waged aggressive wars are charges of the utmost gravity. War is essentially an evil thing. Its consequences are not confined to the belligerent states alone, but affect the whole world. To initiate a war of aggression, therefore, is not only an international crime; it is the supreme international crime differing only from other war crimes in that it contains within itself the accumulated evil of the whole. Judgement of the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg From these perspectives, under present conditions, it is clear that if the United States goes ahead and wages war against Iraq it will be guilty of what international lawyers call aggressive war, which was one of the principal charges leveled against surviving Axis leaders at the Nuremberg and Tokyo war crimes tribunals after World War II. Richard Falk and David Krieger, War on Iraq It's Not the President's Decision There is no evidence that Iraq was involved in the events on September 11. So they are fishing around for some other justification to go to war with Iraq. They have come up now with this doctrine of preemptive attack. Quite interesting that argument, doctrine was rejected by the Nuremberg Tribunal when the lawyers for the Nazi defendants made it at Nuremberg. They rejected any doctrine of preemptive attack. Francis Boyle, Is Bush's War Illegal? Let Us Count the Ways Jo Wilding, a young law graduate, is one such witness. She was one of a group of human rights observers in Baghdad during the bombing. She and the others lived with Iraqi families as the missiles and cluster bombs exploded around them. Where possible, they would follow the explosions to scenes of civilian casualties and trace the victims to hospitals and mortuaries, interviewing the eyewitnesses and doctors. She kept meticulous notes. She saw children cut to pieces by shrapnel and screaming because there were no anaesthetics or painkillers. She saw Fatima, a mother stained with the blood of her eight children. She saw streets, mosques and farmhouses bombed by marauding aircraft. "Nothing could explain them," she told me, "other than that it was a deliberate attack on civilians." John Pilger, Lies and More Lies There's no telling how many wars it will take to secure freedom in the homeland. George W. Bush, qtd. in The Sydney Morning Herald, 7 August 2002. If you look at those matters, you will come to the conclusion that the attitude of the United States of America is a threat to world peace. Nelson Mandela It does not matter whether the war is actually happening, and, since no decisive victory is possible, it does not matter whether the war is going well or badly. All that is needed is that a state of war should exist. George Orwell, 1984 I think this is the worst government the US has ever had in its more than 200 years of history. It has engaged in extraordinarily irresponsible policies not only in foreign and economic but also in social and environmental policy. This is not normal government policy. Now is the time for people to engage in civil disobedience. George A. Akerlof, Koshland Professor of Economics at UC Berkeley and 2001 Nobel Laureate in Economics There is less concern about distributive issues, about unemployment, welfare, education and safety nets [...] Underneath this there is an anti-distributive agenda. You can't look at the proposed [$695bn (£428bn)] dividend tax cut without seeing this. There are ways of integrating corporate and personal income tax while maintaining progressivity, like in Europe. Their attempt here was to destroy progressivity under the name of a structural agenda. [...] It is not just that they do not pay much attention to it but they are positively engaged in increasing inequality. Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz, fmr. World Bank Senior Vice President and Chief Economist I think we ought to be all worried about fascism (in the United States). Ray McGovern, former senior CIA officer and personal friend of George H.W. Bush, qtd. in John Pilger's Lies and More Lies Q. Can you tell us your definition of traditional fascism? Yes: the convergence of military and economic power on behalf of an ultranationalist ideology that views its enemies - internally and externally - as evil and subject to extermination or extreme punishment. Richard Falk I just wake up in the morning and tell myself, 'There's been a military coup,' and then it all makes sense. Anonymous veteran U.S. foreign service officer, speaking about the hijacking of foreign policy making, by the Pentagon (Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2003) All of us have heard this term 'preventive war' since the earliest days of Hitler. I recall that is about the first time I heard it. In this day and time...I don't believe there is such a thing; and, frankly, I wouldn't even listen to anyone seriously that came in and talked about such a thing. President Dwight Eisenhower, 1953, upon being presented with plans to wage preventive war to disarm Stalin's Soviet Union Before the war, President Bush told us Iraq was a throbbing hub of terror. It wasn't, of course. But it is now. Jonathan Freedland, The blind prophet Preemption and international law Colin Powell's legend Bushonomics
Fascism?
Thom Hartmann: When Democracy Failed: The Warnings of History
David Rozelle: Drifting toward fascism
Early Signs of Fascism: Interview with Richard Falk
Anis Shivani: Is America Becoming Fascist?
Laurence W. Britt: Fascism Anyone?
Obey Giant artwork and articles Facing a Second Nuclear Age
Pentagon plans conference on how to develop, build new kinds of nuclear weapons for "small strikes" — and how to sell these ideas to Congress, American people
William J. Broad: Facing a Second Nuclear Age (New York Times, 03 August 2003)
Julian Borger: US scraps nuclear weapons watchdog (The Guardian, 31 July 2003)
A New Nuclear Age: Planners design technology to withstand the apocalypse (Los Angeles Times, 06 July 2003)
North Korea nuclear mishap more likely than attack, says U.N. expert (Reuters, 30 May 2003)
Experts Fear U.S.-Russia Nuclear 'Miscalculation': Think tank calls on world leaders to address the problem (Reuters, 21 May 2003)
Bush Is Seeking Newer, Smaller Nuclear Bombs: Cold War-era devices are too big to be a believable deterrent, and the U.S. needs options to confront current threats, proponents say. (Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2003)
Robert Scheer: A Nuclear Road of No Return: Bush's bid for new kinds of weapons could put the world on a suicidal course. (Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2003)
Rumsfeld's Dr. Strangelove: Keith Payne says 7,000 warheads aren't enough. (Slate, 12 May 2003)
Door Opened for New Era of Nuclear Arms (Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2003)
Mohamed ElBaradei: Preemption Is Not The Model (Washington Post, 23 April 2003)
Letter of protest to George W. Bush on Iraq war and nuclear weapons from Tadatoshi Akiba, Mayor of Hiroshima, 21 April 2003
Profile of a pro-nuclear mover &shaker: Keith Payne
Special Report: The Nuclear Threat Politics &Science in the Bush Administration
Politics &Science in the Bush Administration
Politics &Science in the Bush Administration (full PDF report)
Bush Economics 101
Climate change
Globalization
Neo-conservatism Milan Rai, War Plan Iraq: Ten Reasons Against War On Iraq Scott C. Davis, The Road from Damascus Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky, Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media Francis A. Boyle, The Criminality of Nuclear Deterrence: Could the U.S. War on Terrorism Go Nuclear? Greg Palast, The Best Democracy Money Can Buy: The Truth About Corporate Cons, Globalization and High-Finance Fraudsters Dr. Helen Caldicott, The New Nuclear Danger: George W. Bush's Military-Industrial Complex Mark Crispin Miller, The Bush Dyslexicon: Observations on a National Disorder
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POLICE STATE PLANNING - Part II
http://CainSnake.blogspot.com
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Attitude lends to panic or survival.
Look at the new Police State as an adventure...like a real life videogame.
Learn how to lie well. Learn how to act.
Become invisible by acting stupid, ignorant and apathetic, like the zombies.
Get a well-refined sense of humor. Don't try to save the world. It'll be a thrill as you scale down your agenda and simply survive one hour at a time.
Accept the fact that you are not free, that justice is an illusion and that your only job is to fool those around you, so that you can fight when no one is aware of your quiet battle.
Expect no parades, no honors, no positions of rank or titles.
The dirty work is not rewarded in this lifetime.
It is the reward of Eternity you are earning, and the pay is better than any on earth.
Things are nothing, and the sooner you learn this, the wealthier you'll be.
Last night, as I was falling asleep, I caught myself laughing. I looked into why, and it was because I was happy. I had spent the day learning, fighting and thinking, talking, reading, posting and just plain old being a whole human being.
Today will be no different, except the ground covered will take me to New York. I want to talk with Kevin Harlin, a reporter who did a story on RPI President Shirley Jackson.
I'll tap into his knowledge of her, so I may share it when I begin presenting background speeches, to the underground.
We must use the resources quickly now, as time is short.
Pass on what you glean. Don't hog it. Get rid of pride. There's plenty of glory...and all glory is attained by incurring risk, responsibility and assistance to others in the cause.
Ignore differences to get the work done. Expend NO ENERGY in fighting.
Just learn, think. Plan, then do.
Sharpen your skills by performance, not by talking.
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POLICE STATE PLANNING - Part I
http://CainSnake.blogspot.com
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It is obvious that we are about to enter an era of totalitarianism. What is a poor boy to do?
First, we should assemble all of the fundamental pointers of survival. The weaponry of words is sophistry at its finest.
BTW - I use the term 'terrorist ONLY because that is the term that will be used to regiment the public against me, and any who seek privacy, freedom and independent survival.
I will begin to provide "advice" in the realm of living underground and how to thrive as an activist/terrorist during the Police State. Certainly, due to the rush, these are guidelines, and not comprehensive essays.
I would advise you to print out the posts, so you can have the info readily available during the dark days ahead.
Let us first take care of NEWS.
If militant civil disobedient members of a cell are to act in concert, there must be timely, accurate news. Information. Decisions are made rationally only with sufficient input.
Here is a good begining:
Organizing Indy/Alternative Media at the Local Level
by Danielle Chynoweth
for the Media Reform Conference in Madison, November 7-9, 2003
The Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center was founded in 2000 and is now part of a network of 123 IMCs in over 50 countries. Let me paint a picture of our set up. We have a storefront community center in downtown Urbana which provides meeting space, an open publishing website where anyone can post a story, a library of books audio and video as well as our own archives, a monthly newspaper with a run of 7000, a weekly local news radio show on community radio, our production room where members can check out media equipment and use computers, music and spoken word shows, and an art gallery. Our video group both produces and selects pieces for air on our local public access television station.
I have been asked to give advice for how to foster local, independent media. I've been told I have ten minutes to do this. So here are ten pieces of advice:
1) Just start.
Our local IMC had its humble beginning as a group of 15 meeting weekly in my living room starting September 24 in the year 2000. We collectivized our equipment and began reporting two days after our first meeting. Our first project was to cover local solidarity protests with the Anti-International Monetary Fund and World Bank protests in Prague.
2) Make sure the community is behind you.
As media reformers, we have a long haul ahead of us. To ensure the sustainability of this movement, we must make sure that we have continued community support and that our work is not taken for granted. No more martyrs - if the community wants it, they need to fund it.
We created a goal for our group that would ensure a broader commitment than ourselves to this project - we said that if we could find 10 people to commit $50 a month for one year we would open a modest space in downtown Urbana and see what we can do. We found 25 "Founding Funders" and opened in a storefront in downtown. We then signed on sustaining funders. We are now seeking to purchase a building and expand. We have made a challenge to our community - once we have $50,000 in hand, we will seriously start looking for a space. Our goal is to raise $100,000. We are currently at $42,000 in the bank and have about ten thousand more pledged.
3) Keep it simple, decentralized, and low to the ground.
We had some folks who wanted to make structure before making media. The majority of us said no. We insisted on a structure document that fit on one page - this was to prevent getting too caught up in conflict over structure and to prevent those "in the know" of some long policy document from wielding power over those "not in the know."
4) Empower those who work, not those who just talk.
We created a structure that centers around working groups - low to the ground, action-oriented groups that largely determine their own paths. Each working group sends two representatives to a weekly steering group meeting where information is shared and IMC-wide problems are addressed. Our entire membership, about 300 people, is called to meet twice a year to discuss large-scale policy changes and future directions. All decisions on all levels are made by consensus. When someone wants to get involved they join a working group. If what they want to work on is not represented in a working group, they don't wait for permission to do work. They start their own group, which exists outside of the IMC, until they can prove their viability, at which point they can petition the IMC to become an official working group. This is an easy way to sort out the talkers from the do-ers.
5) Groups that have been shut out or misrepresented are your natural membership base.
Although we come up with various plans to bring in new members, our best recruiting tool is to do good work and fill a need - those who benefit from IMC activities then get involved.
Queer Folk
In 2001, when queer activists were arrested for singing to an Illinois senate committee, IMC members were there, videoing the event. The arrestees faced a potential class c misdemeanor charge that was dropped when IMC video footage proved the police lied about events. Those activists are now regularly covering their events for the IMC.
Non-citizens and people of color
In May of 2002, when global justice activist Ahmed Bensouda, a Moroccan, and a neighbor of mine, was detained by the INS, brought to an unspecified location, denied the right to see a lawyer, and threatened with charges of treason, the IMC followed the story hourly online and kept its doors open 24 hours for supporters to walk in, get updates, and organize. Under the Patriot Act, the federal government was going to bring evidence against him that neither he nor his lawyer would ever hear. We tracked the situation carefully, there was an outpouring of public pressure, and they called off the secret evidence.
Young Folks
Those most denied free speech and most in need of an independent space are those under 18. Us twenty and thirty-somethings simply created a music and performance venue that was not a bar. Before we knew it, every teenager in town had come through our door - they alerted us that we were the only all-ages venue in town. So we handed them the reins - our Shows working group is now primarily folks under 21. Our audio engineer is a 13 year-old girl.
Activists
When it comes to corporate media, global justice activists are probably one of the most inaccurately represented populations because they target corporate power. The h ope of non-violent social justice campaigns relies on a free press. At the WTO protests in Seattle, the police started beating and gassing us 3 hours before a window was ever broken, but because the press lied, the American public swallowed the police repression as legitimate. The IMC network was born out of the necessity to cover non-violent acts of resistance to corporate controlled globalization. If they won't cover it, we will.
6) Give folks the tools and training to report their own stories.
This is a universal struggle in the Indymedia movement - how to get over the perception that we are a news outlet that reports someone else's message for them. If you have a maid to cook for you, you don't learn how to cook. If you elect people to represent you, you learn how to complain instead of learning the difficult work of building fair policy in a diverse society. And if we leave storytelling up to the experts, we forget how to tell our own stories.
For our radio show, we have a paid coordinator who helps folks through the process of making a news feature. For our newspaper, we invite a different guest co-editor every month. This way we weld a stable structure of committed volunteers with strategies for bringing new voices in.
7) Help people realize the value of their stories.
As a global society, we are bloated by stories created by public relations firms and corporate media. As a global society we are starving for each others' stories, but few people share, because they don't see themselves as story tellers. We don't realize the power of sharing stories and absolute necessity of seeking out other's stories.
We all know that corporate media distorts events such as foreign policy. I hear less about how it distorts our sense of each other. How do we how "what Americans want?" or "What the world thinks?" The binoculars we have to see each other as a society are distorted; we don't see ourselves represented through them, so we begin to believe that "we" doesn't exist. We begin to accept a marginal status - that our concerns about clean water, peace, and civil rights are "fringe." When I ran for city council, it was my fellow progressives who most doubted my ability to win - they had so defined themselves as "losers."
8) Indymedia on a budget - practice "carrier pigeon" reporting.
When you return from your travels, it probably doesn't occur to you to tape your dinner conversation and broadcast it. The Indymedia movement has put a frame around that kind of storytelling and said "this is important" - "this has power." The success of the Indymedia movement depends on everyday people realizing that, in our monoculture of information, their eyes and ears are valuable. A trip can be transformed into valuable journalism with a few pieces of equipment. Personal travel diaries can be a refreshing break from highly managed corporate drivel. The corporate media has unknowingly created fertile ground for IMC's to flourish. With their silence on substantive issues, refusal to pay for investigative journalism, and lack of on-the-ground reports, the corporate media fails to meet people's real need for knowledge they can do something with. Within the framework of Indymedia, ordinary "citizen journalists" fill this need.
One of the things our IMC does is "carrier pigeon reporting." We keep our ears to the ground to find out when someone from the area is traveling to a protest, or overseas, so that we can train and outfit them with a mini-disc recorder and a digital camera. Our local IMC has outfitted people traveling to Palestine, the FTAA protests in Quebec, anti-war rallies in D.C. and New York, World Social Forums in Brazil, anti-biotech protests in St. Louis, to Guatemala to do human rights work, and the WTO meeting in Mexico.
9) Hand ordinary people the power of the press pass.
A microphone in the hand is the best free schooling opportunity there is. It is an excise to talk to anyone about anything. I work with girls who have found schooling oppressive and left that system. I give them a press pass and training and before you know it, they are in the field getting an education - calling up Anniston to interview cancer survivors in Monsanto's superfund dump, creating hilarious satires of high school sex education class, taping the manifesto about abuses in schools that they sent to the school superintendent. My eight-year-old friend recently asked me what the difference between a Democrat and a Republican is. I offered that she and I go interview them about each other to find out and then broadcast our interviews.
10) Don't get caught up on issues of purity. Not everything touching the world of business, mainstream media, or government it tainted. Hold onto your integrity AND be strategic.
We try to be watchdog AND octopus with our tentacles stretching into spheres of influence. Our IMC works to get stories out - and sometimes the best venue is the daily paper that goes out to 70,000 people. We have established relationships with journalists in town who we suggest stories to. We help downsized news departments by sending them photos and calling in stories live from events that they can't send journalists to. We support underdog public officials by giving them the ability to get news of their projects out to their base of support.
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KEY: Read the 5K Run story below. You will be able to search for me if you think about that story, if I must vanish. Use your head...you'll find me, using salient parts of that story.
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Subj: Jackson article: RPI Head is Highest Paid...
Date: 11/11/03 5:50:53 AM Eastern Standard Time
From: Jalmond2000@cs.com
To: controlcover@juno.com
RPI's Jackson takes home top dollar
$891,400 compensation package is more than that of any other college president
By RICK KARLIN, Staff writer
First published: Monday, November 10, 2003
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is known for a lot of things: Its vast computer labs, environmental research and status as the United States' oldest technological university. Now it has another distinction: the nation's highest paid president.
According to an annual survey by The Chronicle of Higher Education, RPI President Shirley Ann Jackson received $891,400 in salary, benefits and other compensation last year, placing her at the top of the nation's pay scale for university chiefs.
That included a $490,000 salary, $39,915 in perquisites including housing and a car allowance, and $401,400 in other benefits, including deferred compensation that has accrued over a three-year period but hasn't all been paid.
Aside from her RPI post, Jackson also earns at least an additional $430,000 for serving on seven corporate boards.
Jackson edged out Vanderbilt University President Gordon Gee, who earned $852,023, and Judith Rodin of the University of Pennsylvania, who brought in $845,474.
The survey is based on 2002 federal tax filings required by not-for-profit organizations, including universities. And it cites some critics, including the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, as questioning the meteoric rise of presidential salaries during the past few years, especially in light of the mushrooming cost of a college degree.
Jackson's supporters say she's worth it.
"In choosing Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson, the board could not have chosen better," said Samuel Heffner, chairman of RPI's board of trustees. "Under Dr. Jackson's inspired direction, there is now a renaissance at Rensselaer of proportions not seen at the institute in over 100 years."
"Whatever she gets is well-deserved," added honorary Trustee Harry Apkarian. While he said he wasn't aware that Jackson's compensation was the highest in the nation, he agreed with Heffner that she's worth her salary. "As far as I'm concerned, it's a bargain for RPI."
Jackson, who came to RPI in 1999, earned $488,250 in salary and benefits in 2000-01, according to earlier surveys.
RPI spokeswoman Theresa Bourgeoise noted that among other accomplishments, Jackson has raised approximately a half-billion dollars for the school, which is more than twice the amount in the previous eight years. Included in that is an anonymous $360 million gift, one of the largest ever given to a single school.
Jackson also is overseeing a dizzying array of construction projects and has brought in a net increase of 71 new positions, all at a time when many colleges are retrenching and cutting back. It's all part of her "Rensselaer Plan," a strategic vision to revitalize the university.
Others said they were encouraged that Jackson, who is one of a handful of African-American women at the helm of a major university, has broken what used to be a glass ceiling.
"I'm just pleased to see a woman at the top of the list for a change," remarked Claire Van Ummersen, vice president for the Office of Women at the American Council on Education, which follows college and university issues.
Van Ummersen added that Jackson is nationally known for her efforts to advance RPI and to draw more minority and women students into engineering and the sciences. "I think she has been one of the most effective presidents that I've seen in a long while," Van Ummersen added.
Before RPI, Jackson, 57, a physicist by training, served as head of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in the Clinton administration. She is also one of the first black women to earn a doctorate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she also received an undergraduate degree.
Jackson's activities outside of RPI are wide-ranging, and the the number of corporate boards she serves on, including AT&T, United States Steel and FedEx, has raised some eyebrows.
Last week, she was nominated to serve on a new board that would oversee the New York Stock Exchange. That board is being instituted in the wake of an outcry over a $188 million pay package given to former NYSE Chairman Richard Grasso.
Jackson recently stepped down from one board, KeyCorp Inc., and earlier in the year, she left the board of Albany Molecular Research Inc., citing time constraints.
Still, governance experts have said university presidents should serve on just a handful of boards.
She earns an estimated $430,000 from her board positions. (The Chronicle of Higher Education survey, based on 2002 tax filings, pegged her board earnings at $591,000, although it was unclear if that included KeyCorp and Albany Molecular).
Former RPI President Roland Schmitt said he served on just one corporate board while he was president. "The pay is not a question that you ought to be asking about," said Schmitt. "That's fine with me. The issue is how many boards is too much."
But the number of boards served on, he added, is a matter between Jackson and her trustees. From what he can see, Jackson, who earned the nickname "Energizer Bunny" while at the NRC, is able to deal with the workload.
"If I was to judge whether she's on too many boards by the job she's doing at RPI, I would say no. It appears she's doing a spectacular job there," said Schmitt.
As for RPI students, news of Jackson's top pay evoked little more than a shrugged shoulder.
"Personally, I think that's a little ridiculous," said senior David Forster. But he added that in this day and age, leaders often get what seem to be stratospheric salaries, and students realize that she is bringing in a lot of grant money and donations.
He said most students realize her pay has little bearing on their tuition, which is $27,700. Myriad factors, including the school's endowment, the amount of financial aid given out and other costs drive tuition, he explained.
Fellow students, Forster said, have observed that Jackson can be a scarce presence on campus due to the grueling travel schedule required for fund raising, but most figure that is for the overall good of the school.
"Her presence at RPI brings in a lot of money for research," he said. "You probably have to pay her that much to keep her here. From the way it sounds, she's so well-known, she could probably get a job somewhere else."
Staff writer Kevin Harlin contributed to this story.
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This is the woman who will carry out the vision of Stephen Van Rensselaer.
Do you know what his vision was? I do, and it has now changed the focus of my life.
He was the fellow that you cannot learn about. His father is scantly mentioned, but not the son. Why?
What are the "140 Statements" of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institution?
Why did Clinton appoint Dr. Jackson to head the Nuclear Regulatory Commission?
Do her hopes of the Rensselaer "GLOBAL CITIZEN Program" conflict with the atomic defense capabilities of the United States?
Is America without fangs?
Will Americans be impotent when the United Nations mandates the VeriChip implation of our population, "in the interest of Global Security," in light of the terrorist increases?
Why was Dr. Jackson just put on the Board of Directors of the NYSE?
Will she oversee new directives that will contrl the nest egg of Americans, linking the accounts with DARPA?
Will she do this so that no one, and no group may have funding to resist the totalitarian nightmare that is about to be snapped, like a mouse trap?
Remember that old axiom:
"If you build a better mouse trap, the world will come knocking at your door."
Dr. Jackson's door has layers of the highest security on earth.
Why did the NRC (Nuclear Regulatory Commission recently remove the Vitae of Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson from its webite?
These and other questions are on my mind today.
I'll share with you my findings, shortly.
I have had 4 blogs frozen during the past month. That is, my passwords no longer work, thus making it impossible to post.
If this website (blog) is blocked, you may know that I am getting close to the truth, and much worse...the truth is getting close to our nation.
The truth is:
The enemy is within the gate. At the head. In the Master's House.
Go read what Christ taught about the vineyard.
That vineyard was America...RIGHT NOW.
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Subj: All data about her has been "NOT FOUND" on the NRC website.
Date: 11/11/03 5:19:24 AM Eastern Standard Time
From: Jalmond2000@cs.com
To: controlcover@juno.com
Clinton put her in as NRC Chairman. That's "Nuclear Regulatory Commission."
Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson Named 18th President of Rensselaer
Chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission will bring her outstanding academic, research, and management credentials to campus July 1 Mark McCarty
Jackson will be inaugurated Sept. 24. Visit Rensselaer's web site for more details
The Honorable Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson, Chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, has been named the 18th president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, effective July 1.
"Dr. Jackson's experience, her perspective, her record of achievement in government, in industry, in science, and in academe provide her with extraordinary qualifications to advance this great university in the 21st century," Samuel F. Heffner Jr. '56, chairman of the board of trustees, said in introducing the new president to the campus.
Jackson was greeted with three standing ovations by a crowd of more than 800 students, faculty, and staff who packed the Darrin Communications Center for the noontime announcement on Dec. 11.
Jackson told the campus, "I feel deeply honored to be entering this position at this particular juncture, poised as we are on the edge of a new millennium, fortunate to be able to draw on the enormous strengths of this great university—the quality of its faculty and staff, the wisdom of its Board of Trustees, the support of its alumni, and the extraordinary caliber of the students it attracts--in order to further the vision of Rensselaer as a technological university with a truly global impact.
"I hope to bring to Rensselaer a leadership that will be characterized by the development of a shared vision, the clarity of that vision, the skill to articulate it, and the perseverance to bring it to fruition," Jackson said.
Gary Gold (2)
Jackson comes to Rensselaer with academic, research, and management credentials forged during a 25-year career that has spanned the Chairmanship of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, research in theoretical physics at Bell Laboratories, and a professorship at Rutgers University.
At Bell Laboratories, Jackson, a theoretical physicist, conducted research on the electronic and optical properties of electrons in two-dimensional systems, studies that find application in the fabrication of integrated circuits and semiconductor lasers. Her work led to her election as a fellow of the American Physical Society and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Jackson also has conducted research at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, and the Aspen Center for Physics.
As a professor of physics at Rutgers University she led a research team in theoretical physics, and taught both undergraduate and graduate students, while continuing to consult for Bell Laboratories.
Jackson was named Chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) in 1995, where she articulated a vision focused on reaffirming the agency's commitment to public health and safety, enhancing regulatory effectiveness and positioning the NRC for change. Within the first three months of her tenure, she initiated a bottom-up strategic assessment and rebaselining, leading to a major reorganization of the agency, a new planning, budgeting, and performance management process, and a paradigm shift from a largely deterministic, prescriptive regulatory approach to risk-informed, performance-based regulation. Risk-informed, performance-based regulation is aimed at enhancing safety decision-making (through greater use of risk assessment methodologies), relief of unnecessary regulatory burden, and more efficient use of NRC and licensee resources.
The Chairman is the principal executive officer and the official spokesman for the NRC. As principal executive officer, the Chairman is responsible for conducting the administrative, organizational, long-range planning, budgetary, and certain personnel functions of the agency. She has ultimate authority for all NRC functions pertaining to an emergency involving an NRC licensee.
The commission is responsible for licensing and regulating nuclear facilities and materials, and for conducting research in support of the licensing and regulatory process. These responsibilities include protection of public health and safety, protecting the environment, protecting and safeguarding materials and nuclear facilities in the interest of national security, and assuring conformity with antitrust laws. The commission is composed of five members appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate, one of whom is designated by the President as Chairman.
While serving as Chairman of the NRC, Jackson spearheaded the formation of the eight-nation International Nuclear Regulators Association in 1997, and was elected its first chairperson. The Association comprises the most senior nuclear regulatory officials from Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States. It provides a forum for high-level policy discussion on global nuclear safety matters.
She has served as a member of two binational commissions led by Vice President Gore--the U.S.-Russian Federation Binational Commission on Scientific and Economic Cooperation and the U.S.-South Africa Binational Commission. Since 1995, Jackson has represented the United States as a delegate to the General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna, Austria.
Jackson earned a bachelor's degree in physics in 1968 and a doctorate in theoretical elementary particle physics in 1973 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Jackson was elected to the MIT Corporation (board of trustees) in 1975 and has served as a life member since 1992. As a member of its executive committee, she was involved in all major governance decisions for MIT and for the MIT Lincoln Laboratory. She participated in addressing the overarching questions associated with articulating the mission of a technological university: maintaining the strength of undergraduate and graduate programs, the role of research, entrepreneurial opportunities, and the role science and technology will play in defining and developing the future.
Jackson served 10 years as a member of the New Jersey Commission on Science and Technology. Appointed by the governor, the commission is charged with creating university/industry/government partnerships, building infrastructure in the state's research universities, and identifying those research areas where government support would best assist the state economy.
Jackson has served on an advisory panel to the Secretary of Energy on the future of the Department of Energy National Laboratories, on research councils of the National Academy of Sciences, and on the Advisory Council of the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations. Jackson has held a number of policy-making and governance positions in the American Physical Society and the American Institute of Physics, and on committees of the National Research Council and the National Science Foundation.
Prior to assuming her current position, Jackson was a member of the boards of directors of Public Service Enterprise Group, Public Service Electric &Gas Company, CoreStates Financial Corporation, CoreStates New Jersey National Bank, Sealed Air Corporation, and New Jersey Resources Corporation.
Jackson's career has been marked by many notable firsts. She was the first African American woman to receive a doctorate from MIT in any subject, and one of the first two African American women in the country to receive a doctorate in physics. She was the first African American and first woman to serve as NRC Chairman.
She was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1998 for her contributions as a distinguished scientist and an advocate for education, science, and public policy.
She holds five honorary doctoral degrees, and in 1993 was awarded the New Jersey Governor's Award in Science.
A native of Washington, D.C., Jackson is married to Dr. Morris A. Washington, also a physicist. They have one son, Alan.
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POSTED: 5:33 p.m. EST November 10, 2003
If you do well at college, someday you might be lucky enough to be president -- of the college.
That can be a pretty lucrative job these days -- with the leaders of four private universities now getting compensation packages worth more than $800,000. At 12 public schools, the top officials are scheduled to earn more than $500,000 this year.
Leading the way is Shirley Ann Jackson, the president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y. According to the Chronicle of Higher Education, her salary and benefits add up to $891,000 a year. That doesn't include the $591,000 she gets for serving on corporate boards.
The president of Argosy University in Chicago, David Harpool, is criticizing college boards that approve huge salaries for their presidents while saddling students with tuition increases of 10 percent or more. Harpool is also the author of a book criticizing non-essential spending on campuses.
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FROM THE SNAKE:
Folks, remember the very first post? Remember the story about Stephen Van Rensselaer? How what he did, "patroonry" led to the modern Income Tax? Remember what he did with his vast wealth after he died?
Remember about the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institution?
Remember what they are developing?
Remember that later I told you that the President of the private school was now on the Board of Directors of the NYSE, and what that now meant?
Remember about RFID's and VeriChips?
Remember the story about Wal-Mart and Gillette pulling back plans to chip their products, due to the release of a single specific item in Oklahoma?
Well, this morning, I have scraped up more on Rensselaer, and an Israeli Tech giant. And what they have just begun.
It is on its way, now.
Chips that not only are implanted, like the Verichip...but new generation chips that interact with moods, thoughts, attitudes and beliefs.
Yes, beliefs.
STAY TUNED.
Once I obtain the emails back from several sources, I'll bust this puppy wide open.
Completely sourced, no secrets.
You'll love it.
And if I happen to disappear, all the material will be released at a blog, early in the morning, and if you use keywords, you'll find the reason I disappeared.
Something's coming. It is vast. It is the total control of everyone and everything. It will begin in 2006, here in America, and will be fully completed by 2009.
There will be strategic genocide.
To condition the public to accept the GLOBAL CITIZEN Program (Rensselaer) , already schools, churches and now Corporations are supporting this fabulous, positive "Global Service" networking which teaches that there is a "civic responsibility" that all must share.
This will include biometric identity (2004-2006) and later the VeriChip (2006-2009) and finally DARPA linkage:
As wild as all this sounds, I'll show you the dots, the connecters and the SOURCES that you may read to understand fully this battle that is between good (individual freedom and privacy), and evil (totalitarian control).
Remember, schools are now adopting the Rensselaer Plan, which is to condition youth and parents to accept their "proper roles" to bring about a Global Unity, Peace, Justice and Plenty for mankind.
I am now investigating the Hewlett Foundation. They just gave massive fundi