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There is a general concept among the liberal media in this country that the surrendering of nearly all the civil liberties to the Big Father in Washington happened so fast because our society is paralyzed by fear. The horrible attack on 9/11 resulting in mass casualties in the middle of the most powerful country in the world destroyed the American sense of omnipotence and unlimited safety, created a vacuum in the heads and hearts of the electorate and initiated the wave of irrational feelings, which brought us to the authoritarian plutocracy.
Considering this premise it would be only prudent to reveal the possible consequences of these actions, so that, hopefully, the real fear of those will replace the currently ruling fear of illusion.
1. What will happen on the foreign theater.
Considering this premise it would be only prudent to reveal the possible consequences of these actions, so that, hopefully, the real fear of those will replace the currently ruling fear of illusion.
1. What will happen on the foreign theater.
In the end of the 19th Century capatin Alfred Dreyfuss, the Jewish Employee
of the French General Staff was arrested and accused of espionage and
treason. It took twenty years to exonerate him and restore him in his
rights. He owed his life and honor to the International Community and
especially to Emile Zola, the French writer, who sparkled the sympathy to
Dreyfuss through his pamphlet J'accuse ( I accuse), where he tore to pieces
the original government accusations. Now Emile Zola is buried in the
Honorable Patheon of the greatest French People and the portrait of Alfred
Dreufus is right on the wall facing his tomb.
Freep Hero - Richard Land
Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, pointed out the obvious concerning the Ten Commandments monument controversy in Alabama. When people seek to impose their religious morality on others using the coercive power of the state and public resources and facilities, they are “practicing religious apartheid in public places while ignoring that we are a nation of many faiths.” Amen!
Freep Hero - Alaska
The state of Alaska understands that the government should not be breaking into people’s houses if they’re only holding 4 ounces or less of marijuana. Smoking dope during the long Alaskan winters makes more sense than becoming part of Prozac Nation.
The Free Press Salutes
Local activist awards recipients
Congratulations to the following local people and local organizations:
Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, pointed out the obvious concerning the Ten Commandments monument controversy in Alabama. When people seek to impose their religious morality on others using the coercive power of the state and public resources and facilities, they are “practicing religious apartheid in public places while ignoring that we are a nation of many faiths.” Amen!
Freep Hero - Alaska
The state of Alaska understands that the government should not be breaking into people’s houses if they’re only holding 4 ounces or less of marijuana. Smoking dope during the long Alaskan winters makes more sense than becoming part of Prozac Nation.
The Free Press Salutes
Local activist awards recipients
Congratulations to the following local people and local organizations:
Fall is hunting season, and in central Ohio certain manly men are salivating over “controlling the deer population,” i.e., viciously murdering helpless, non-threatening Bambis. Call me a wuss, but hiding in the forest, spying an innocent fawn or buck, using a bullet or arrow to kill it without a fight and bragging later seems unsportsmanlike and cowardly to me. But hey, we live in a country that thought our military bombing Iraq with shock and awe was a “war.”
The only awe I feel is the beauty of the forest and the quiet, gentle creatures who live in harmony within it. If you ask me, it’s the homo sapiens species that needs controlled -- sprawling suburbs, paving concrete and asphalt, clear cutting, polluting, corrupting nature.
I found some interesting arguments against hunting on the Internet (yes, I know how to surf the web, though the hooves are a bit wide for the keys). The following is a good answer to the question:
Doesn’t hunting control wildlife populations that would otherwise get out of hand?
The only awe I feel is the beauty of the forest and the quiet, gentle creatures who live in harmony within it. If you ask me, it’s the homo sapiens species that needs controlled -- sprawling suburbs, paving concrete and asphalt, clear cutting, polluting, corrupting nature.
I found some interesting arguments against hunting on the Internet (yes, I know how to surf the web, though the hooves are a bit wide for the keys). The following is a good answer to the question:
Doesn’t hunting control wildlife populations that would otherwise get out of hand?
What the Dispatch’s Bruce Cadwallader failed to report
in his August 29 article is important in order to understand Cornell McCleary’s relationship with law enforcement and why he may have volunteered to investigate the Miller case. McCleary openly admitted on his August 31 WTVN talk show that he is a long time trainer of law enforcement officers. He bills himself as Commander Cornell H. McCleary of the PRO-Private Police Training Academy. McCleary founded the Civilian Criminal Activities Task Force (CCATF), “a formal citizen information and resource networking organization,” in 1989.
On Aug. 6, Duante Miller, 20, was shot to death by two police officers as he ran from them through a housing project in Columbus Ohio. How has the mainstream media covered it?
Victim Gave Police Reason To Shoot Him,” the Columbus Dispatch boldly proclaimed in a page one Metro section headline Friday, August 29. Reporter Bruce adwallader’s lead reads as follows: “Duante Miller is to blame for his death, a private investigator working with Miller’s family said yesterday.” Cadwallader played up investigator Cornell McCleary’s conclusions in the third paragraph, a single sentence: “Miller was a ‘menace to society and clearly destined for jail or the graveyard,’ McCleary said in his report.”
Cadwallader’s 4th paragraph is key to understanding the Dispatch’s coverage of the Miller affair. It reads in its entirety: “‘The facts suggest that Miller chose to outrun the police but ended up running out of time. His decision to run cost him his life,’ wrote McCleary, who runs PRO-Private Police Agency, a private investigative firm that is not associated with the police division. He is also a local radio talk show host.”
Victim Gave Police Reason To Shoot Him,” the Columbus Dispatch boldly proclaimed in a page one Metro section headline Friday, August 29. Reporter Bruce adwallader’s lead reads as follows: “Duante Miller is to blame for his death, a private investigator working with Miller’s family said yesterday.” Cadwallader played up investigator Cornell McCleary’s conclusions in the third paragraph, a single sentence: “Miller was a ‘menace to society and clearly destined for jail or the graveyard,’ McCleary said in his report.”
Cadwallader’s 4th paragraph is key to understanding the Dispatch’s coverage of the Miller affair. It reads in its entirety: “‘The facts suggest that Miller chose to outrun the police but ended up running out of time. His decision to run cost him his life,’ wrote McCleary, who runs PRO-Private Police Agency, a private investigative firm that is not associated with the police division. He is also a local radio talk show host.”
Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride September 20-October 4th, 2003 - will arrive in Columbus, Ohio Sept. 29-30by Rick Wilhelm, Democratic Socialists of Central Ohio
What it is, and what the goals that are hoped to be achieved:
In 1961, the Freedom Rides were organized by activists to challenge segregation on interstate buses and bus termi nals. Riding from Washington, D.C. to Montgomery, Alabama, the rides met violent opposition in the Deep South, garnering extensive media attention and eventually forcing federal intervention from the Kennedy administration.
The Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) first started Freedom Rides in 1947. CORE concentrated on busing segregation in that campaign and mainly in the border southern states. What they conceived was called the Journey of Reconciliation, which is considered a precursor to the Freedom Rides and the civil rights movement of the 60’s.
In 1961, the Freedom Rides were organized by activists to challenge segregation on interstate buses and bus termi nals. Riding from Washington, D.C. to Montgomery, Alabama, the rides met violent opposition in the Deep South, garnering extensive media attention and eventually forcing federal intervention from the Kennedy administration.
The Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) first started Freedom Rides in 1947. CORE concentrated on busing segregation in that campaign and mainly in the border southern states. What they conceived was called the Journey of Reconciliation, which is considered a precursor to the Freedom Rides and the civil rights movement of the 60’s.
Dear Mr. Wasserman:
I enjoy reading your articles very much. I hope you will cover the
subject of potential election fraud next year through the use of touch
screen voting machines(AKA black box voting) and internet voting, including
military internet voting.
To me, touch screen machines and internet voting are the front and back of
the same problem. Both are controlled by the far right and both are, at
present, nonauditable. Black box voting often overshadows internet voting,
but the latter may have the potential for even greater manipulation.
I think the vast majority of people know nothing about this subject and
neither did I until five or six weeks ago. And I think there would be
plenty of outrage if more people knew. I feel this is a serious issue that
needs to be brought into wider public view before the Iowa caucuses.
FreespeechTV(Dish 9415) is planning to broadcast a lengthy segment on this
subject this weekend(Sept. 27, repeated Sept. 28) on INN. The producers are
Lenny Charles and Valerie at (212)905-2837.
It’s the second anniversary of 9-11 and we still don’t have answers
Did President George W. Bush and
his governing consortium know of
the impending attack on the World Trade Towers and the Pentagon and intentionally allow to occur?
This question seems almost unthinkable, yet so obviously in need of an answer that it may as well be written across the sky. The report of the House and Senate intelligence committees does not address the question, which now belongs to the National Commission on Terror Attacks Upon the United States, chaired by Thomas Kean and Lee Hamilton, to report by May 2004.
This question seems almost unthinkable, yet so obviously in need of an answer that it may as well be written across the sky. The report of the House and Senate intelligence committees does not address the question, which now belongs to the National Commission on Terror Attacks Upon the United States, chaired by Thomas Kean and Lee Hamilton, to report by May 2004.
Council Members
1. Eleven (11) members: Seven (7) elected from districts and four (4) elected at-large.
2. Term of office for all members would be four (4) years; Incumbents in office when charter is amended would complete their then-current term of office.
3. Staggered Terms, Biennial Elections: Two (2) at-large members and odd-numbered districts would run in one election; Two (2) at-large members and even-numbered districts run in next election. Elections held every two years.
4. Appointees to Council would stand for election in next regular municipal election not for the unexpired term of an incumbent under the existing law but for the new term of office.
Districts
1. Districts configured to be compact, contiguous territory with approximately equal total populations based on last federal census.
2. Each district to be comprised of whole electoral wards unless it is necessary to split a ward to equalize district populations. Wards may be divided, using only whole precincts whenever possible, only between two (2) contiguous districts.
1. Eleven (11) members: Seven (7) elected from districts and four (4) elected at-large.
2. Term of office for all members would be four (4) years; Incumbents in office when charter is amended would complete their then-current term of office.
3. Staggered Terms, Biennial Elections: Two (2) at-large members and odd-numbered districts would run in one election; Two (2) at-large members and even-numbered districts run in next election. Elections held every two years.
4. Appointees to Council would stand for election in next regular municipal election not for the unexpired term of an incumbent under the existing law but for the new term of office.
Districts
1. Districts configured to be compact, contiguous territory with approximately equal total populations based on last federal census.
2. Each district to be comprised of whole electoral wards unless it is necessary to split a ward to equalize district populations. Wards may be divided, using only whole precincts whenever possible, only between two (2) contiguous districts.