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Congratulations to the Lakota from the Sioux Indian reservations of Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Montana for after a 33 year struggle, finally becoming Independent Soveirgn Nation in the United States Of America, December 19, 2007
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''There are no hereditary kings in America and no powers not created in the Constitution.” ''It was never the intent of the framers [of the U.S. Constitution] to give the president such unfettered control, particularly when such actions blatantly disregard the parameters clearly enumerated in the Bill of Rights,''
The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government.
“The president of the United States is an internationalist. He’s going to do what he can to create a place where the idea of America is just that—it’s an idea. It’s not an actual place defined by borders.” ~ Rep. Tom Tancredo
"They tell us that we live in a great free republic; that our institutions are democratic; that we are a free and self-governing people. That is too much, even for a joke. ... Wars throughout history have been waged for conquest and plunder... And that is war in a nutshell. The master class has always declared the wars; the subject class has always fought the battles."
"Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official, save exactly to the degree in which he himself stands by the country. It is patriotic to support him insofar as he efficiently serves the country. It is unpatriotic not to oppose him to the exact extent that by inefficiency or otherwise he fails in
his duty to stand by the country. In either event, it is unpatriotic not to tell the truth, whether about the president
or anyone else" ~ Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States
"When the government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny."
“America does not go abroad in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to freedom and independence of all. She is the champion and vindicator only of her own.” ~ John Quincy Adams’, sixth President of the United States.
"The money power preys on the nation in times of peace, and conspires against it in times of adversity. It is more despotic than monarchy, more insolent than autocracy, more selfish than bureaucracy. It denounces, as public enemies, all who question its methods or throw light upon its crimes." ~ Abraham Lincoln, sixteenth President of the United States
"The oppressed should rebel, and they will continue to rebel and raise disturbance until their civil rights are fully restored to them and all partial distinctions, exclusions and incapacitations are removed."
~ Thomas Jefferson, third President of the United States: Notes on Religion, 1776. Papers 1:548
"The time is near at hand which must probably determine whether Americans are to be freemen or slaves; whether they are to have any property they can call their own; whether their houses and farms are to be pillaged and destroyed, and themselves consigned to a state of wretchedness from which no human effort will deliver them. The fate of unborn millions will now depend on the courage and conduct of this army. Our cruel and unrelenting enemy leaves us only the choice of brave resistance, or the most abject submission. We have, therefore, to resolve to conquer or die."
~ George Washington, first President of the United States, in a pre-battle speech to his troops. August 27, 1776
"It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world...avoid the necessity of those overgrown military establishments, which, under any form of government, are inauspicious to liberty, and which are to be regarded as particularly hostile to Republican Liberty."
"The habits of thinking in a free country should inspire caution in those entrusted with its administration to confine themselves within their respective constitutional spheres, avoiding in the exercise of the powers of one department to encroach upon another. The spirit of encroachment tends to consolidate the powers of all the departments in one and thus to create, whatever the form of government, a real despotism."
"If, in the opinion of the people, the distribution or modification of the constitutional powers be in any particular wrong, let it be corrected by an amendment in the way which the Constitution designates. But let there be no change by usurpation; for though this, in one instance, may be the instrument of good, it is the customary weapon by which free governments are destroyed. The precedent must always greatly overbalance in permanent evil any partial or transient benefit which the use can at any time yield."
“The number of industry, and the morality of the Priesthood, & the devotion of the people have been manifestly increased by the total separation of Church and State.”
"Of course the people don't want war. But after all, it's the leaders of the country who determine the policy, and it's always
a simple matter to drag the people along whether it's a democracy, a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have
to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism, and exposing the country to greater danger."
"A pre-emptive war in 'defense' of freedom would surely destroy freedom, because one simply cannot engage in barbarous action without becoming a barbarian, because one cannot defend human values by calculated and unprovoked violence without doing mortal damage to the values one is trying to defend."
"All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood."
- Article 1, Universal Declaration of Human Rights
"I believe in the United States of America as a Government of the people by the people, for the people, whose just powers are derived from the consent of the governed; a democracy in a Republic; a sovereign Nation of many sovereign States; a perfect Union, one and inseparable; established upon those principles of freedom, equality, justice, and humanity for which American patriots sacrificed their lives and fortunes. I therefore believe it is my duty to my Country to love it; to support its Constitution; to obey its laws; to respect its flag, and to defend it against all enemies."
~ Written 1917, accepted by the United States House of Representatives on April 3, 1918
"The United States was founded on the principles of individual freedom, free markets, private property, and limited government. As the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution reflect, individuals have the natural and God-given right to live their lives any way they choose, so long as their conduct is peaceful. It is the duty of government to protect, not destroy, these inherent and inalienable rights.......The time has come for us to reevaluate our relationship to our government — to repeal, not reform, these immoral and destructive government programs — to recapture our commitment to the principles of free markets, private property, voluntary charity, and limited government that made our nation great — and to believe in ourselves again. It is time for us once again to lead the world to the highest reaches of freedom in history. It is to this end that The Future of Freedom Foundation is dedicated."
"When an American voice is deemed unpatriotic because they ask "why", in peaceful opposition, then we as Americans must consider the source of such judgement to be venemous. The "real traitor" stands as the accuser."
"Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until it becomes a source of terror to all its citizens and creates a country where everyone lives in fear."
"In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act."
"For there is nothing mysterious about the foundations of a healthy and strong democracy. The basic things expected by our people of their political and economic systems are simple.
They are:
Equality of opportunity for youth and for others. Jobs for those who can work. Security for those who need it. The ending of special privilege for the few. The preservation of civil liberties for all.
The enjoyment of the fruits of scientific progress in a wider and constantly rising standard of living."
KATRINA
America's little 'Middle East'
Let us not forget how our government has turned their back on the people effected by Hurricane Katrina !
Check out the GREAT documentaries by "Brave New Films" like FOX Attacks, Impeach Cheney, Iraq for Sale and The Iraq Veterans Memorial
New National Healthcare Union Is Our Voice for Quality Care
In late June, more than 2,000 healthcare workers met in Baltimore to launch SEIU Healthcare, our new national union with more than 1 million healthcare members from 38 SEIU locals, speaking with one strong voice for good jobs and quality care.
SEIU Healthcare will work to unite more healthcare workers, raise standards, and fix America's broken healthcare system. Our first big effort is to collect a million petition signatures urging Congress to provide health insurance to uninsured children.
More than 9 million children in America have no health insurance. They have no access to regular checkups, their parents struggle to afford doctors' visits when they are sick, and they often go without care. Congress can provide coverage to millions of uninsured kids by increasing funding for the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) by $50 billion.
With your help we can
RESCUE THE CONSTITUTION
The Center for Constitutional Rights brought the first Guantánamo case to court more than five years ago. This fall, CCR will again represent Guantánamo detainees before the Supreme Court to demand their right to know why they are being held.
Now, it’s up to us to take action: to ensure our rights—and our Constitution—are rescued.
The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear the combined cases of Al Odah v. U.S. and Boumediene v. Bush this fall. Those named in the case, Fawzi al Odah, a CCR client, and Lakhdar Boumediene, were illegally taken from Pakistan and Bosnia, respectively, and transferred to the Guantanamo detention center. Their combined case represents only the third time the high court will hear a Guantanamo-related issue. The previous two times, the court sided with CCR and the Guantanamo petitioners.
These cases are the first to directly challenge the constitutionality of the Military Commissions Act of 2006 and its stripping of habeas corpus jurisdiction from federal courts. Habeas corpus is the most fundamental right in any democracy—the right to challenge the legality of your detention in a court of law. This right has existed since the Middle Ages to ensure that a monarch or other executive cannot detain whoever he wants indefinitely without due process.
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The president is unconstitutionally wiretapping the telephone and Internet communications of millions of ordinary Americans. Americans fought a revolution in 1776 to end the government's blanket power to invade individuals' privacy. We must return to our roots and restore the Constitution immediately: No surveillance of Americans' communications without a warrant.
Government Tactics That Suppress Free Speech
A National Lawyers Guild 2007 Report
This report examines a hierarchy of government threats to the exercise of political speech, from applying the label “terrorist” to certain activists, to creating legislation targeting specific groups, to continuing to use aggressive, and often unconstitutional, police tactics that intimidate individuals from expressing views unpopular to the government.
"There is a great tradition of war tax resistance in the United States. When our political leaders have not listened to the will of the people, individuals have engaged in civil disobedience." ~ DontBuyBushsWar.org
“If a thousand men were not to pay their tax-bills this year, that would not be a violent and bloody measure, as it would be to pay them, and enable the State to commit violence and shed innocent blood. This is, in fact, the definition of a peaceable revolution, if any such is possible.”
~ David Henry Thoreau
"Over the past year, citizens have voted, lobbied, marched, and taken direct action to end the war in Iraq. Courageous soldiers have refused to fight the war. But Congress has appropriated billions of dollars to continue the war and
appears ready to authorize a future military attack on Iran. It’s time for taxpayers who oppose this war to join together
in nonviolent civil disobedience and show Congress how to cut off the funds for this war and redirect resources to the pressing needs of people." ~ DontBuyBushsWar.org
“Withholding payment of taxes is one of the quickest methods of overthrowing a government.”
~ Mahatma Gandhi
“Atheists in Foxholes” is about our leaders, our military and our society rejecting a discriminatory and marginalizing stereotype. It is about recognizing those many Atheists, Freethinkers and other nonbelievers who “stepped up” when they were needed in times of war or other crisis, and often put their lives at risk. They should be appreciated and honored like all other members of the U.S. military.
Refusing to pay taxes because of war is an act of civil disobedience, but it also provides the opportunity to use that money for positive, healing, and rebuilding programs. War tax boycott participants are encouraged to redirect their resisted taxes to a project providing health care among Iraqi refugees in Jordan and Syria, a health care center in New Orleans providing care to survivors of Katrina, or to a humanitarian project of their own choosing.
Shut Down Guantánamo, Jan. 11, 2008
Friday, January 11, 2008: The 6 year anniversary of the first prisoners being brought to Guantánamo.
Last year on January 11th, after 500 people processed from the Supreme Court to the Federal court, 150 people risked arrest on behalf of the men in Guantanamo, with 88 being arrested inside the Federal Court in DC. Many of those arrested withheld their identification and took the names of men at Guantanamo.
The charges are too serious to ignore. There is credible evidence that the Vice President abused the power of his office, and not only brought us into an unneccesary war but violated the civil liberties and privacy of American citizens. It is the constitutional duty of Congress to hold impeachment hearings.
The on-going demonization of Iran as part of the "axis of evil" first initiated by George W. Bush’s 2002 State of the Union Speech, together with the more recent, growing threats of sanctions and military action by the US and Israel against Iran, all continue to seriously escalate international tension.
CASMII is an independent campaign organisation with the purpose of opposing sanctions, foreign state interference and military intervention in Iran.
Sttpn – Straight To The Point News – Yahoo Group
Straight To The Point News is a group formed to compile the many headline news stories I come across on a daily, sometimes hourly, basis, that I would like to divulge to as many people as I can.
The news will be from a Progressive, Liberal and Secular points of view.
Most topics will be in the form of a "excerpt" from the news story, with a link to the original story. I will do my best to give the "Source" of where I found the news.
The Constitution and general politics will be the main focus.
Dennis Kucinich is the ONLY person running for president that I have sent money to, and the ONLY person I will send money to in the future, and the ONLY ONE I would EVER support economically
"Educate and inform the whole mass of the people... They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty."
