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Haditha. . .
It is alleged that on Nov. 19, 2005, 13 Marines killed 24 unarmed, innocent men, women and children in the town of Haditha, Iraq. This most disturbing news haunts us all. [:-[
Feds raid Congress. . .
Judiciary Chairman James Sensenbrenner [R-Wis.] said he'll demand that Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and FBI Director Robert Mueller appear before his committee to explain their "profoundly disturbing" decision to approve the raid. Once upon a time, come hell or high water, America was a nation of laws. [:-[
Shoot the messenger. . .
The Supreme Court ruled [ 5 - 4 ] that the Constitution does not protect public employees [whistle blowers] against RETALIATION by their supervisors for anything they say in the course of performing their assigned duties. [:-{
This just in. . .
Climate researchers @ Purdue University & the Massachusetts Institute of Technology separately reported new evidence supporting the idea that global warming is causing stronger hurricanes.
New documentary. . .
"An Inconvenient Truth," with Al Gore. It's about the dangers of global warming. "The moral imperative to make big changes is inescapable." - Al Gore. [:-)
Road Map. . .
The international community, including the US, contends that Israel's Prime Minister Olmert's plan would draw borders that cut too deep into Arab territory. If Olmert decides to ignore the world, wouldn't that make Israel a rogue state with nukes? [:-[
My friend Sad Sam. . .
"If you are addicted to turkey & want to kick the habit, your only hope is to go; cold chicken."
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This just in. . .
No Civil War in Iraq & Jimmy Hoffa is buried in Grant's tomb. [:-)
Once upon a time in America. . .
Come hell or high water, Uncle Sam did not pry into our private lives without 'probable cause.'
Since terrorism will always be a fact of life, does that mean, all future presidents in America will be 'war' presidents? [:-[
My friend Sad Sam. . .
"If you lose your phone directory, just Email the White House." [:-{
Harry S. Truman. . .
"How many times do you have to be hit on the head before you find out who's hitting you?"
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Code of Hammurabi. . .
"The first duty of government is to protect the powerless against the powerful." [:-)
Mark Twain. . .
"It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly native American criminal class except Congress." [:-)
Mark Twainism. . .
"There never was a bad penny or a good debt."
- JS. [:-)
Read, "Lab 257" by Michael Carroll. . .
The disturbing story of the government's secret germ laboratory. The clock is ticking and so are the germs. [:-{
New book, "Overthrow". . .
By Stephen Kinzer. "In Iraq, true democracy might also lead to the establishment of a religious state permeated with more hatred of the US and Israel than Saddam ever harbored."
Dr M L King. . .
"We must all live together as brothers or perish together as fools." [:-)
You've Got Mail. . .
Dear Jerry, Republican machismo: Have a high tolerance for the pain of others; Willingness to accept great sacrifices on the part of other people. - RGS.
Dear Jerry, The price of ignorance is always to be the last to know that you are in the mist of a catastrophe. - RGS.
Dear Jerry, The only freedom that Americans seem to be interested in is freedom to consume!
- RGS.
Writer Eduardo Galiano. . .
"Our system is one of detachment: to keep silenced people from asking questions, to keep the judged from judging, to keep solitary people from joining together and the soul from putting together its pieces." The book, "The book of Embraces," by Eduardo Galiano. [:-)
Love is funny or it's sad, but beautiful. . .
I am invisible to her.
Nothing left to say.
Time to move on.
Yet I stay.
Time to move on.
Yet I stay. [:-[
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