November 23, 2004

Greetings from Falluja
By L. Reichard White

In the April, 2004 attack on Falluja, which ended after 3 weeks in defeat of the "coalition" forces:

In God We Trust...
By Lady Liberty

...but apparently in almost nobody else. In fact, pervasive distrust has become just about universal. Consider:

Families worried in an age of excited TV and Internet reports on child molestation and other sex crimes are more and more inclined to look into the past history of that new neighbor or the guy down the block who waves to their kids whenever he passes the playground. Despite cries of invasion of privacy from various civil liberties groups, myriad online resources exist for the concerned parent not least of which is the centralized Sex Offender Registry Information Center.

Of all people, we should each of us trust our doctors. But when a doctor tells us something we don't want to hear, rather than proceeding with some course of treatment many of us get a second opinion, thank you very much. And when it comes to our confidential medical information, those of us concerned with the privacy of our most personal information may conceal or even overtly lie so that it won't show up in medical records that aren't kept truly secure (if you think HIPAA offers any significant protection, you might want to think again). (Read the rest here)

US Media Propaganda-Phase II- Preparations For Attack On Iran
By Ted Lang © 2004

Are you ready for some more bloodshed? Pop the corn and pass down a cool one! Amerika and its partner in war crimes, Israel, are getting ready to sock it to Iran. Shortly before this worse than disgustingly useless farce we just participated in, hyped as a national presidential election, our government of razor wire mentality shipped specially designed long-distance F-16 Fighting Falcon jets to Israel. And as usual, these heavy duty F-16 fighter planes of superior design and capability when compared to those of our own Air Force were purchased by Israel with our tax money.

This hideously dangerous arrangement was followed by our selling at least 500 “blockbuster” super bombs to them, again in all likelihood, purchased by the American people as a gift to Israel. Of course, we could construe this as sort of an early Christmas present, but that frame of reference wouldn’t fly with the ADL and the ACLU. Certainly, it doesn’t take a graduate strategist from the War College to imagine why Israel is now in receipt of this heavy-duty “blitzkrieg” equipment. (Read the rest here)

U.S. Policy Harms Prospects for Middle East Peace
By Ivan Eland

President George W. Bush and Prime Minister Ariel Sharon have finally gotten their wish: Yasir Arafat, their long-time nemesis, has passed from the scene. In their minds, Arafat’s death brings exciting new possibilities for U.S. and Israeli policy gains in the Middle East peace process. They believe that the new Palestinian leaders—the more moderate Mahmoud Abbas and Ahmed Qurei—will be more compliant and malleable than Arafat.

The president and prime minister are certainly right about that. But the problem is that Abbas and Qurei have no support among the increasingly angry young men of Palestine and have little control over their more violent actions. Conflict is likely between the militants in Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and the Al Aksa Martyrs Brigade and the more moderate faction of the two new Palestinian leaders because they are rivals for influence in the Palestinian movement and have differing views about policy toward Israel. Recently, in a demonstration of the perilous position of Abbas and Qurei, Palestinian radicals fired gunshots in the vicinity of Abbas. (Read the rest here)

Libertarian Commentary on The Day's News
By Nathan A. Barton © 2004

How long can a person remain free if they are in debt? And how about a nation? Not very long - and it is worse for a nation than for an individual, since the debt enslavement of a nation inevitably enslaves most (if not all) of its citizens. Of course, many people do not share that opinion - but then, neither do many people understand finance or probability, based on how many lottery tickets get sold each day. Well, their opinion may be as bad as their math. And so may mine - although I don’t claim (unlike our esteemed political “leaders”) to speak for anyone else!

Domestic Terrorism: New Trouble At Home
USA Today
Posted: November 14, 2004
Shank, who is based in the Chicago area, says the concerns about domestic terrorism range from antiabortion extremists who threaten to attack clinics and doctors to some violent biker gangs that may be involved in organized crime. And the FBI said in June that eco-terrorism - acts of violence, sabotage or property damage motivated by concern for animals or the environment - was the nation's top domestic terrorism threat.

This is a late posting, I realize, but important to bring to everyone’s attention. Look, I know that SOME of these plots here are serious, but not much changed from what we faced in 2001 and before Bloody Tuesday. For conservatives, even neo-conservatives, they have to see the danger of the Patriot Act’s provisions - a change in administration will target not just the present administration’s targets (most just as anathema to liberals as to the present bosses) but also conservative activist groups of all types. Anything to water down the Patriot Act would be at least some help (but NOT the answer by any means). To name just one thing - there is currently in the Patriot Act the open-ended definition of domestic terrorism as “any violation of federal or state criminal law considered dangerous to human life” - even misdemeanors are included. How about an anti-tax activist being considered a “terrorist” because they ran a red light - a misdemeanor in many states and it certainly could be be considered “dangerous to human life” ? The US House is considering the SAFE Act right now - it has many bad points but it doesn't seem possible to prevent it from passing. One good thing - it would revert to the pre-Patriot Act definition of “terrorism” as being actual violent acts. (Read the rest here)

ACTION NEEDED!
Tell Congress To "Just Say No!"
To Universal Psychiatric Screening And Drugging Children

Action now needed immediately in HOUSE OF REPRESENATIVES in addition to Senate.

AAPS member of Congress makes another bid to stop mandatory psychiatric screening.

Urge your Representative to sign letter by FRIDAY Nov. 12.

Last September, AAPS lifetime member, Congressman Ron Paul, M.D. (R-TX) tried to stop this insidious plan by offering an amendment to the Labor, HHS, and Education Appropriations Act for FY 2005. The amendment received 95 "yes" votes, but it failed to pass. So the House version of the bill passed.

However, Congressman Paul and several of his colleagues are not giving up.

· Please forward this message to everyone. (Read the rest here)

Non Custodial Parent's Action Planned for DECEMBER 17th, 2004

Non Custodial Parent's Action Planned for DECEMBER 17th, 2004 (in New Orleans, LA ); and your city?. Fathers 4 Justice will hold their Christmas Protest Action in London on Saturday December 18th. in typical F4J style ;o)

Whether you support Fathers 4 Justice or not; whether you agree or disagree with our methods, we have achieved world-wide media coverage with our actions. Please capitalise on what we have achieved raising our issue in
the public arena and get involved with the following action on Friday December 17th., either in support of Fathers 4 Justice, in support of your own group, as individuals but more importantly - in support of your children and their future!

Earlier this year a member of Fathers 4 Justice placed his sons toys on the steps of the Royal Courts of Justice in London. Fathers 4 Justice - Netherlands followed with a similar action outside the child welfare office. ( Images and video can be seen here) (Read the rest here)

The American Jury Hour with
Iloilo Marguerite Jones and guests

FICAA.com Presents: The American Jury Hour with Iloilo Marguerite Jones and guests. Heard on The American Voice Radio Network , Thursday Afternoons, Noon Pacific, 1PM Mountain. The weekend rebroadcast of this week's program is at Sunday at 9:00 PM. .

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C-Band Satellite at Galaxy 11 (formerly G-7), Transponder 12, Audio 8.1 Internet Streaming Audio (MP3 16kbps) C-Band and Internet Audio feeds are free with no subscription fee or sign up required whatsoever. (Read the rest here)

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