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RPSTOVAL REVIEW
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Vol. II No. 1 January-February 1992 $1.50
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The following is the statement to congress from Henry Gonzales;
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Texas Republican Congressman. This issue was brought up when the
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Iraqi crisis was still in its "Desert Shield" stages. Since the
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address below was obviously denied wide coverage, we thought it
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would be appropriate to include this before the
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upcoming
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elections.
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January 16, 1991
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Mr Speaker, it is with great sadness, yet great conviction, that
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I introduce today a Resolution of Impeachment of President Bush.
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At a time when our nation is deeply divided over the question of
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war, we find ourselves on the brink of a world war of such
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magnitude that our minds cannot fully comprehend the destruction
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which is allowed to be leveled. The position we are in is a
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direct result of the actions of one man and the reaction to
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another.
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The Iraqi people are as opposed to war as are the American
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people, the difference is that the Iraqi people have no choice
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but to support their countries leader, but the American people
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not only have the right to oppose and speak out in
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disagreement with their President, but they have the
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responsibility to do so if our democracy is to be preserved.
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Today I exercise this constitutional right and responsibility to
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speak out in opposition to war in the Middle East and in support
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of removal of our nation's chief executive. When I took the oath
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of office earlier this month, as I had numerous times before, I
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swore to uphold The Constitution. The President's oath was the
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same - to uphold the Constitution of The United States. We did
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not pledge and oath of allegiance to the President, but to The
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Constitution which is the highest law of the land.
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The Constitution provides for removal of the President when he
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has committed high crimes and misdemeanors, including violations
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of the principles of The Constitution. President Bush has
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violated these principles. My resolution has five
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articles of impeachment. First, the President has violated
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the equal protection clause of The Constitution. Our
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soldiers in the Middle East are overwhelmingly poor white,
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black, and Mexican American. They may be volunteers
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technically, but their volunteerism is based on the coercion
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of a system that has denied violable economic opportunities to
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these classes of citizens. Under The Constitution all
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classes of citizens are guaranteed equal protection, and
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calling on the poor and minorities to fight a war for oil to
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preserve the lifestyles of the wealthy is a denial of the
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rights of these soldiers.
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Article II states that the President has violated the
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Constitution, federal law and the United Nations Charter by
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bribing, intimidating and threatening others, including the
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members of the United Nations Security Council, to support
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belligerent acts against Iraq. It is clear that the President
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paid off members of the U.N. Security Council in return for
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their votes in support of war against Iraq. The debt of
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Egypt was forgiven; a $140 million loan to China was agreed
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to; the Soviet Union was promise $7 billion in aid; Colombia was
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promised assistance to its armed forces; Zaire was promised
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military assistance and partial forgiveness of it's debt; Saudi
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Arabia was promised $12 billion in arms; Yemen was threatened
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with the termination of support; and the U.S. finally paid off
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$187 million of its debt to the United Nations after the vote the
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President sought was made. The vote was bought, and it will be
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paid for with the lives of black and Mexican-Americans.
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Article III states that the President has conspired to engage in
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a massive war against Iraq employing methods of mass destruction
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that will result in the killing of tens of thousands of
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civilians, many of whom will be children. No civilian lives have
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yet been lost, that we know of, but when we start using the
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weapons of mass destruction that are in place for this war,
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there is no doubt that thousands of innocent civilians will lose
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their lives. As killings occur, the principles laid down in
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the Nuremburg trial will be applicable. Their deaths will not
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only be a moral outrage, but they will constitute a violation
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of international law.
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Article IV states that the President has committed the United
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States to acts of war without congressional consent and
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contrary to the United Nations Charter and international law.
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From August, 1991, through January.1991, the President embarked
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on a course of action that systematically eliminated every option
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for peaceful resolution of the Persian Gulf crisis. Once the
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President approached Congress for a declaration of war, 500,000
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American soldiers' lives were in jeopardy-rendering any
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substantive debate by Congress meaningless. The President
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has not received a declaration of war by Congress, and in
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contravention of the written word, the spirit, and the intent of
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the views of Constitution had declared that he will go to war
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regardless of the views of Congress and the American people.
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Congress abdicated its responsibility, but the President
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violated the Constitution. I am dismayed with the Congressional
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leadership, but I am frightened by the President's unwillingness
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to uphold his oath of office in protecting and preserving the
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Constitution.
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Article V states that the President had conspired to commit
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crimes against the peace by leading the United States into
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aggressive war against Iraq in violation of Article 2 (4) of the
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United Nations Charter, the Nuremberg Charter, other
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international instruments and treaties, and the Constitution of
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the United States. Again, there is a violation of law by a
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President who, believing he is king, decides for the country -
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unilaterally - that war is the answer.
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Mr. Speaker, it is sad day for our country, and it will be an
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even sadder day once the fighting begins. President Bush must
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be stopped - a divided Congress, reflecting a divided country, is
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no way to conduct a war. The preservation of lives is at
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stake, and the preservation of our country - our democracy - is
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at stake, as well. I urge my Colleagues to support this
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Resolution, and stand up to the President on behalf of the
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soldiers who will die, the civilians who will be massacred, and
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the Constitution that will be destroyed if this country goes to
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war in the Middle East.
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***
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LEGALIZE ALL DRUGS NOW
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by
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Frater W.I.T.
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I, Frater W.I.T., firmly believe in the title of this article.
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While it is true that drugs destroy many people's lives, it is
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equally true that these are a small percentage of the total
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number of drug users. The vast majority of users are casual in
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their drug taking. Are we all to be victimized by our government
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because a few people have a problem? That seems to be the
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thinking of politicians in this ultra conservative era. Of
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course, it's perfectly fine for people to destroy their lives
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with alcohol and tobacco. I guess the political lobbies
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supported by these industries are more powerful than others such
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as the marijuana lobby. (Yes, there is one.)
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Why are drugs REALLY illegal? To protect the American public?
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Supporters of the use of drugs have been persecuted since Timothy
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Leary. Many drugs can produce profoundly spiritual states of
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mind without causing addiction, such as mescaline, have been
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outlawed out of hand. These can open up doors to true reality
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and forever destroy the narrow world view taught by our society.
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In the early 80's Nancy Reagan announced that Republican
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propaganda paean, The War on Drugs. For the past twelve years
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America has lived - and died - with this civil war. What else is
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a war on home soil called? Parents have turned in their children
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or kicked them out for using drugs. Children have reported their
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parents to the police for drug use. The excuse of "drug search"
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has given law enforcers free reign to persecute fringe elements
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of society. Also, people have been arrested for singing a song
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that a few felt was offensive and even for selling music. Is
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there a pattern emerging in all this? Where is The
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Constitutions? the Bill of Rights? our freedom of choice?
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It is not for a government to set standards of morals and
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behavior. In our precious historical political documents we the
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people of the United States of America are guaranteed certain
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unalienable rights to pursue life, liberty, and happiness.
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Church is to be kept strictly separate from government. Laws
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that violate our rights are not supposed to be passed. Yet, it
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is everywhere apparent that our Politicians In Government have
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dissolved these barriers to cater to their own greed and ambition
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and satisfy the lowest common denominator of society. There are
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many who want to be told what to do, what to think, and what to
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believe in, by institutionalized authority - as if the people who
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run such organizations are greater than human - but not I or any
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of my friends. To live as a slave is to trade in human
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intelligence for animal stupidity. It's a betrayal to all of us.
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It is so very true that the price of freedom is eternal
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vigilance. We Americans have not been vigilant and look at the
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result. The illegalization of drugs and its illegal sale by our
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government to support its shady dealings is just one symptom of
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the ever increasing totalitarianism sweeping this country.
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Each one of us can do something to help in the constant struggle
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for freedom. We can write letters to congresspeople, join and
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donate to political parties that really support freedom, and
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communicate ardent desire for freedom to continue by writing
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articles, newsletters, petition signing, etc. If we show our
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government that we are watching what's going on, and love freedom
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they will back down from tyranny. Power to the people! Legalize
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all drugs now! Further, legalize all other natural activities
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currently against the law because of "moral" reasons. (Who's
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morals? Certainly not mine.) Legalize prostitution and gambling.
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This will not only put an end to a vast amount of crime but allow
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police to concentrate on upholding laws that protect peoples
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freedoms such as murder, rape, theft, assault, and fraud. This
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will be a more pleasant, safer, freer, and more prosperous
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country but one with much less opportunity for con-men to
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manipulate their way to the top of the political and economic
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ladders. Do we really want such a country? Defend freedom; for
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the tyrants are at the door - your door!
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***
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CHINA'S BEHAVIOR CONSISTENTLY INHUMANE
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by
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Secundus Kerub
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(1-07-92)
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Canadian legislators were kicked out of China after being
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kidnapped and interrogated for planning to lay flowers in honor
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of China's 1989 pro-democracy demonstrators.
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Svend Robinson, a New Democratic Party legislator from British
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Columbia said: "We were kidnapped and manhandled. It was the
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worst treatment of my life." Geoff Scott, a representative from
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Ontario and member of the Progressive Party was quoted as saying:
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"If this is the kind of human rights the Chinese demonstrate to
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legislators of the Canadian Parliament, then God help the people
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of China".
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It is becoming increasingly clear that Bush's motives to
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encourage trade with China is to relieve America's dependence of
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Japanese made products. Responsible Americans cannot allow the
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exploitation of slave labor at any cost.
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***
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WORDS ARE INDICATORS OF SOCIAL ECONOMIC-CONDITION
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by
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Secundus Kerub
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I always thought a "FRIENDLY FIRE" was when you got together with
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your friends at camp fires, sang songs and told stories.
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There are other words which baffle the imagination: Do you
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recall when "SANITARY LANDFILLS" were simply called "dumps".
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What is so sanitary about a place we bury our garbage? How
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about: "ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTERS"? the term which described the
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condition of your house after a Friday night party.
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Remember when a "DRUG RAID" was the never ending quest for better
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Acid? and the "BATTERING RAM" was the thing your boy-friend kept
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in his pants, or the pet name for your favorite bong?
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Do you recall when the "DRUG CZAR" was the guy in your
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neighborhood who always had the best weed? or "JUST SAY NO" was
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advise given to teenage girls on their first date?
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How about "JOINT PAIN"? the phenomena associated with not being
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able to score? or "STRATEGIC BOMBING": which meant getting
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stoned with a purpose?
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How about "RECESSION"? the unfortunate predecessor to balding?
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Remember when "INCURABLE SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE" was
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herpes? and AIDS was a weight loss plan?
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Boy...things sure have changed in the last 10 years! Imagine Rip
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Van Winkle waking up in a world where "GOD SQUAD" is a term given
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to a group of people instated by our government to decide whether
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or not an endagered species should be allowed to go extinct for
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economical reasons.
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***
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ECOTIP
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COMPOSTING: The final chapter
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In order to conclude our ECOTIP series on COMPOSTING, we have
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included the following information illustrating the time frame
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needed to decompose certain materials, and hope that with this
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data in mind you may realize the importance of recycling.
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We thank our own Frater Alizar for his input, and for bringing
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this knowledge to our attention.
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Paper Containers..................................2-5 mos
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Orange Peels..................................up to 6 mos
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Wool Socks.......................................6-24 mos
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Plastic Coated Cartons............................5 years
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Cigarette Butts.................................10-12 yrs
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Plastic Bags....................................10-20 yrs
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Leather Shoes...................................25-40 yrs
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Plastic Containers..............................50-80 yrs
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Vibram Soles....................................50-80 yrs
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Aluminum.......................................80-100 yrs
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Styrofoam...........................................NEVER
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***
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"DON'T SHOOT: I'M ONLY THE PIANO PLAYER"
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by
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Secundus Kerub
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(11-15-91)
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The US Department of Defense is planning a comprehensive program
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in order to educate military personnel in the proper method of
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identifying enemy and friendly vehicles. The program was
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instigated by the high number of troops killed by their own side.
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Twenty-five percent of American casualties in the Iraq war were
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caused by "friendly fire". One can't help but to think of the
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shark accidentally eaten by its fellow sharks in a feeding
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frenzy.
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***
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THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE
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by
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Amare Obscuritas
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Jehovah still gets our first born, sometimes our second or our
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third. Times have changed since the Hebrew sacrifices; there are
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no ceremonies capable of lightening the obscenity of the crime.
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We dress them in green uniforms that symbolize our lust for
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money, and in our cowardice we send the into the slaughter, that
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some unknown enemy may kill the most important things in our
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lives. A small price to pay, a token to prove our loyalty, a
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gesture of thanks for the vulgar life we live. We create a void
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which will never go away.
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We are environmentally conscious now, haven't you heard? we bury
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them in neat recyclable aluminum boxes; a way to ensure they stay
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locked inside, unable to seek their deserved revenge. But their
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smiling faces will come back to haunt us every time we see
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another child, in more fortunate hands.
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Or sometimes we burn their bodies to ashes, where they mix with
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the filth in the air and their smoky gray fingers seem to tighten
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around our throats while their lifeless faces remind us of their
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unconditional love.
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He asked you: "Dad, do you want me to die?", you turned your
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back on him, to face a bloody flag and said: "Yes".
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***
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THE CULINARY CORNER
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by
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Soror Alice
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COOKING WITH HEMP SEED
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Keeping in line with this months issue; I thought the following
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recipe would fit in rather well! A few notes on one of the
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ingredients found in this recipe is in order. Firstly, some
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nutrition facts; Hemp seed the second most complete vegetable
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protein on the planet. Soybeans have more protein, but hemp seed
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is utilized more efficiently by the body AND its less expensive
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to produce. Secondly, hemp seed contains more enzymes than any
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food. One pound of hemp seed contains almost 25% protein!
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Thirdly, irradiated hemp seed will NOT get you high and is
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legally available.
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This recipe contains hemp seed "meal". To prepare the meal, the
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seeds are dry roasted in the oven on a cookie sheet at 250-300
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degrees for 20 to 30 min. or until crunching one between your
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teeth produces a pleasant roasted flavor. When they cool, put
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them into a blender VERY BRIEFLY to crack the hulls. Separate the
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meal from the hulls by using a coarse strainer. Put the meal
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into a grinder of some sort and grind through twice. And there
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you have your finished seed meal.
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HEMP ENRICHED SALAD DRESSING
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Put into a blender:
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1/4 pound firm tofu
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1 Tablespoon hemp seed meal
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1/2 teaspoon garlic powder or 1 crushed clove
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1 juiced lemon
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1 cup chopped herbs (basil or dill, parsley & cilantro)
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1/2 chopped onion (small)
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1/2 chopped green pepper
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1 Tablespoon tamari or soy sauce
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*1/2 teaspoon garam masala
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* (this is a mix of spices, including ground coriander,ground
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cumin, and ginger, available from Indian specialty shops; or you
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can make your own)
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Turn on blender and slowly add:
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1 cup olive oil
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And there it is. I would personally like to thank Frater W.I.T.
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for his wonderful input on this subject. Enjoy!
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(The following are two sources for sterilized hemp seed:
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HAPPY BIRD SAMPLE PACK ($5.00) UNITED PACIFIC SEED
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Bach - PO Box 71093 201 South Cactus Ave.
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Los Angeles, CA 90071-0093 Rialto, CA 92376
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***
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WHAT HAS BUSH BEEN SMOKING?
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by
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Secundus Kerub
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Well folks, here we are: 1992, a failing economy, no sign of a
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health care program worth mentioning, and no relief of heavy
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taxation in mind, and I have to ask just one question: How is
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the Bush administration using our millions of tax dollars to
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fight the "war on drugs"?
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While people everywhere are losing their jobs, homes, and pride,
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criminals are being bribed by the administration to testify
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against Manuel Noriega. Remember him? when we went into another
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country and invaded it to kidnap that country's leader?
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Floyd Carlton, airplane pilot/drug smuggler - received permission
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to bring his drug earnings in from Panama, and has been granted
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US citizenship for his wife, three children, and nanny.
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Ricardo Belonick - allowed to keep $3.9 million in drug money and
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the charges for tax evasion have been lifted.
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Ricardo Streidinger - the man the Justice Department referred to
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as "the number 1 drug man in the U.S." - granted immunity from
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prosecution and allowed to keep his planes and yachts in Key
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Biscayne.
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Steven Kalish, serving a life sentence plus 245 years - sentence
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reduced to 9 years (gets out in 1993) and has received $500,000
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to pay his legal bills.
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All this to justify the Bush Administration's little multi-
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billion dollar invasion of Panama to get Manuel Noriega: not
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because he was involved in the drug trade, but because he was
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pals with a small time communist named Fidel Castro.
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It is obvious that the Bush administration is going to great
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lengths and expense to hide the lies and obscenities it has
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committed: at our expense and with our money.
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And to further insult our intelligence he has announced that he
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plans to increase the "war on drugs" funding to $12.7 billion
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dollars in 1992. In a speech to the National Religious
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Broadcasters, Bush said he intends to spend $500 million on a
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program called "weed and seed", which will enable local law
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enforcement agencies to work together with federal agents.
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Considering the under-handed dealings which continue in The White
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House, the drug money laundering, the weapons trafficking, the
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covert operations whereby CIA agents act as middle men for
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nations exchanging drugs for weapons, it seem's clear that what
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the Bush Administration really wants is a monopoly on drug
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dealing. It is simply doing away with the competition.
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***
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BUSH ADMINISTRATION FAILS TO RECOGNIZE CHILDREN'S RIGHTS
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by
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Soror Alice
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After decades of debate the United Nations General Assembly in
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1989 decided to recognize the Children's Bill of Rights. Since
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then the bill has been signed by 109 countries and to this date
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enacted by 40 of them. The bill states the following rights for
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children:
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The right to affection, love and understanding.
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The right to adequate nutrition and medical care.
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The right to full opportunity for play and recreation.
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The right to a name and nationality.
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The right to be among the first to receive relief in times of
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disaster.
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The right to learn to be a useful member of society and to
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develop individual abilities.
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The right to be brought up in a spirit of universal peace and
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brother/sisterhood.
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The right to enjoy these rights, regardless of race, color,
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sex, religion, national or social origin.
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Since that time the United States has neither recognized nor
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signed this history making bill. President Bush is often
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photographed with school children touting his "education" status;
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but he falls short of his "goal" by failing to support this
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legislation. PLEASE write your local legislator(s) and most
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importantly write to the President and demand that he adopt this
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bill NOW!
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Remember: children ARE the future.
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REGISTER TO VOTE!
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***
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THE AMERICAN VOTE
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- 1992 Style -
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by
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Frater Alizar
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Well, another election year is here, YAWN, YAWN, right. WRONG!!
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Even though we, as Americans, choose the person that occupies the
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highest elected office in the land every 4 years, every year is
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an election year and every election is important.
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America has set yet another record that the rest of the world
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will not soon beat. We have the ABSOLUTE WORST voter turnout of
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any democracy in the world. Elections are routinely decided by
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less than half of the eligible voting population. America has
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grown complacent! All around the world there are people fighting
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and dying for the right to vote and we, as Americans, take our
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right to vote for granted.
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You've heard it all before... Mine is just one vote, it doesn't
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really matter in the overall scheme of things, All the candidates
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are crooks, There is no one worth voting for, so I'm not going to
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vote, It doesn't matter who gets elected, Nothing is going to
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change regardless of who gets elected, All the politicians are
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out of touch with the common person, and on, and on, and on...
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Well folks I'm here to tell you that YOUR vote DOES matter, there
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are many elections that are decided by just a few votes and some
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by just ONE! Yes, that one vote could be yours! Now I am not
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here to tell you what issues to vote for or against, or which
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candidate to vote for or against; that is up to you!
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I hear you saying that it is too much of a hassle to register and
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then go and cast your ballot on election day. Well, here in
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America, you can go to the Post Office and ask for a voter
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registration form and register by mail, and you can call a phone
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number and get an absentee ballot and mail it in, no long lines
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to wait in on election day. Or you can just say 'the heck with
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it' and sit at home and watch TV on election day, but if the day
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should come that you lose the privilege of being able to vote
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freely, you'll only have yourself to blame. And if you didn't
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bother to cast a ballot; don't bother to complain about any
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decisions that were made by any of the people that were elected.
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Every man and woman in this country possesses a powerful Magick,
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that magick is a say in the direction of our collective destiny -
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the right to vote. You can be your own master or...
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"...the slaves shall serve."
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AL II:58
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