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<span style="font-family: Liberation Serif, serif; font-size: small;"><i>Most of you
faithful readers won’t recognize the tone or voice, and maybe not
even the views, of this blog post. You see, my father is recovering
from some medical issues, so he asked me to help him write this
month’s blog posting. He picked the topic, but the views shared are
a combination of his and mine. So, read on, if you dare!</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> Since George Zimmerman
shot Treyvon Martin a lot of time and energy has been spent arguing
the pros and cons of Stand Your Ground laws around the country;
especially in Florida. </span>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> Do you have the right
to "Stand Your Ground"? More importantly, should you have
that right?</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> Let's start with a
simple fact. George Zimmerman never claimed immunity under Florida's
Stand Your Ground law. SYG assumes that a person has the opportunity
to retreat or flee from a confrontation and chooses not to. In the
case of George Zimmerman, one of two things happened, depending on
whom you believe:</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Zimmerman targeted,
ambushed, and killed Martin. </span>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">or</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Martin pinned Zimmerman
to the ground, and began punching him in the face and slamming his
head in the concrete. Zimmerman fired his gun from under Martin, to
stop the deadly assault. </span>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> This first scenario is
what the prosecution claims, and it is murder, cut and dry. The
second, which is what the defense claimed, is a clear case of self
defense in every state in this country. This is why the defense
waived SYG during pre-trial</span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><sup><b>1</b></sup></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">.
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> In spite of this fact,
calls for the repeal of this and other laws have appeared across the
country. Some, such as from our President, implied a connection
between the law and the case</span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><sup><b>2</b></sup></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">
while others</span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><sup><b>3</b></sup></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">,
including calls from Martin’s own mother blame the boy’s death
and his killer’s acquittal directly on the law. Though this case
was not about SYG, the national interest in this type of law invites
an examination of what a Stand Your Ground Law really is.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> SYG is simply the
belief that, if you have the right to be somewhere, no one else has
the right to assault or attack you or to use force or the threat of
force to chase you away. In the words of Michigan’s stand your
ground law, “</span><span style="font-size: small;">An individual who has not or is not engaged in
the commission of a crime at the time he or she uses deadly force may
use deadly force against another individual anywhere he or she has
the legal right to be with no duty to retreat. . .”<span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><sup><b>4</b></sup></span></span>
if that individual is in fear of their life.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> You have the God-given
right to stay where you are; to "Stand Your Ground". All 50
states employ the so-called "Castle Doctrine" which
mandates that if an intruder enters a person's home, the victim does
not have to retreat and leave his or her home before using forceful
self-defense. Fourteen states have enacted explicit Stand Your Ground
laws, like the one we see above, while still others have doctrine
through judicial interpretation </span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><sup><b>5</b></sup></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> Is Stand Your Ground
right? I am not willing to comment on any particular state’s
version of the law, but I strongly agree with the basic doctrine. If
someone confronts me and threatens me, regardless of where I am
(assuming I am there legally), I shouldn’t have to try to figure
out how to defend myself AND get out of there. I should have the
right, but not the obligation, to retreat.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> Think about this; if I
am armed, and you are not, and we are both being assaulted, what if I
retreat and you can’t? </span>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><sup><span style="font-weight: normal;">1
</span></sup></span><a href="http://jonathanturley.org/2013/07/20/the-stand-your-ground-law-and-the-zimmerman-trial/"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><sup><u><span style="font-weight: normal;">The
Law and the Trial</span></u></sup></span></a></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><sup><span style="font-weight: normal;">2</span></sup></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><sup><span style="font-weight: normal;">
</span></sup></span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d87h9nAajqM"><span style="color: #2300dc;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><sup><u><span style="font-weight: normal;">Obama
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><sup><span style="font-weight: normal;">3</span></sup></span></span><span style="color: #2300dc; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><sup><span style="font-weight: normal;">
</span></sup></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2013/07/2013728142158307153.html"><span style="color: #2300dc;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><sup><u><span style="font-weight: normal;">Aljazeera
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</span></sup></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(opffm1mqujwenr45tuozz0fs))/mileg.aspx?page=GetObject&objectname=mcl-780-972"><span style="color: #2300dc;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><sup><u><span style="font-weight: normal;">Michigan
Self-Defense Act (exerpt)</span></u></sup></span></span></a></span></div>
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<a href="http://criminal.findlaw.com/criminal-law-basics/states-that-have-stand-your-ground-laws.html">States
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">God Bless America and </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">God bless all the men and women </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">that risk their lives </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">so that we may continue to live free.</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Many believe that ice was up to a mile thick in some
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I know! There are those that would disagree. Some people think that </span></span></span></span></span></div>
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dinosaurs never existed and</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="background: transparent;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">espouse
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science. I won't get into </span></span></span></span></span><br />
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February of this year, the </span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: navy; font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><u><a href="http://www.earth-policy.org/indicators/C51/temperature_2013"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">Earth
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"> Fortunately earth warmed up a few degrees and the last ice age ended a</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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my friends, is the wrong question. The question we should be asking </span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">is how much of global warming is man<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"> </span>creating
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</span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">Let
us start by getting rid of the political hype. Obama has said that he </span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">wants to bankrupt the coal industry to<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"> </span>help
the environment</span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><sup><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">3</span></b></span></span></sup></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">.
Al Gore, along </span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">with </span></span></span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">several scientists have almost completely
destroyed any credibility the<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"> </span> </span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">had
with their claims about man-caused global warming using citing false </span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">and falsified data</span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><sup><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">4</span></b></span></span></sup></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"> </span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"> On
the other side there is the "It's all a hoax" point of
view. These folks </span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">would have you believe that mankin<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;">d </span>has
no negative effect on our climate</span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><sup><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">5</span></b></span></span></sup></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">. </span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">On April tenth of this year, </span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: navy; font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><u><a href="http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/04/10/is_global_warming_a_hoax_117894.html"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">Real
Clear Politics</span></span></span></span></a></u></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">
printed that "</span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><i><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">global<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"> </span></span></span></span></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><i><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">warming<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"> </span></span>has
existed essentially only in computer models.</span></span></i></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">"</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;">If
we are quickly destroying Planet Earth by burning fossil fuels, then </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;">should we all invest billions to<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"> </span>institute
so-called "Green Energy" wherever </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;">possible and as soon as
possible, at the expense of the status quo?</span></span></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;">If
it's all a conspiracy or hoax should the coal mines, auto industry
and oil </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;">companies continue to make those<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"> </span>same
billions by continuing to do what </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;">they have been doing for over a
century?</span></span></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;">As
with most things in life the truth lies not to the far left or far
right, but </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;">somewhere in the middle. Look<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"> </span>between
the extremes </span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch, MS Mincho;">and
you will</span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;">
find the </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;">reality. Do your own research before you climb onto one band
wagon or the </span></span></span>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;">other.
Before you entirely make up your mind though, remember that old </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;">crime-fighting adage: Follow the money. I<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;">n </span>other
words, who has more </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;">(money) to gain by convincing you of their point
of view? They are probably </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;">lying, or at<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"> </span>least
exaggerating a little(?) bit.</span></span></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;">This
is one</span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><i>
</i></span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;">area
</span></span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><i>[of
many]</i></span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;">
where I don't have the answers. Hell! I don't </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;">even have all the
questions.</span></span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch, MS Mincho;"><span style="font-style: normal;">
What I want<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch, MS Mincho;"> </span>you
to take away from this article is </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch, MS Mincho;"><span style="font-style: normal;">this;</span></span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;">
at least if you arm yourself with information from all sides, you can </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;">make<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"> </span>an
informed decision for yourself. Don't buy ANYBODY'S bullshit. </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Think
for yourself. The future - ours and our<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"> </span>children's
children's future </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;">depends on it.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;">At least that's my
opinion. What's yours?</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><u>Citations</u></i></span></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: black;"><sup><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b><span style="background: transparent;">1
</span></b></span></span></span></sup></span></b><span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><u><a href="http://www.earthage.org/youngearthev/evidence_for_a_young_earth.htm"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: transparent;">Young
Earth Thoery</span></span></span></span></span></a></u></span></span></div>
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</span></sup></span><span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><u><sup><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: transparent;"> </span></span></span></span></span></sup></u></span></span><br />
<span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><u><a href="http://loveforlife.com.au/content/10/09/14/dinosaur-deception-dinosaurs-never-existed-dinosaur-fossils-are-hoax-dinosaurs-scie"><sup><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: transparent;"> Dinosaurs
Are A Hoax</span></span></span></span></span></sup></a></u></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: black;"><sup><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b><span style="background: transparent;">2
</span></b></span></span></span></sup></span></b><span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><u><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_Glacial_Maximum"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: transparent;">Ice
Age Glaciation</span></span></span></span></span></a></u></span></span></div>
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</span></b></span></span></span></sup></span></b><span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><u><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAUzM46BTTo"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: transparent;">Obama
and Coal</span></span></span></span></span></a></u></span></span></div>
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</span></span></b><span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><u><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: transparent;"> </span></span></span></span></span></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><u><a href="http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/07/29/Obama-Makes-Good-On-His-Promise-to-Bankrupt-the-Coal-Industry"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: transparent;">Promise
to Bankrupt the Coal Industry</span></span></span></span></span></a></u></span></span><b><span style="color: #280099;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: transparent;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"> <span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;">Will
wonders never cease? Barney Frank and I agree on something<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;">.</span></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;">Something</span></span>
important<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;">!</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> <span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;">Back
in January, 2012 I posted the article "LET'S TALK ABOUT THE ONE
WE LOST". In that post, I put forth the idea that we would be
better off - or at least do less harm if we legalized ALL drugs.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;"> Now,
retired <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;">representative</span></span> Barney Frank has agreed with me in almost all
areas (he exempted PCP) and for the same reasons I stated.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> <span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;">Many
other people have argued along the same lines that Frank and I state
but now it's not just people around the country. Now it's
congressmen, both retired and current.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> <span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;">It's
time to stop funding the cartels, filling <span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;">our</span> prisons with people that
have done nothing more than get high, ripping apart families worse
than the drugs do and spending billions of tax payer dollars funding a
losing battle against drugs.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;">Read
about Mr. Frank here:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/26/barney-frank-heroin_n_3504727.html"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;">I've
Never Tempted</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2013/06/27/barney-frank-wants-to-legalize-heroin.html"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;">Barney
Frank Wants to Legalize Heroin</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://politix.topix.com/homepage/6766-barney-frank-legalize-cocaine-and-heroin?comments=1">Barney
Frank: Legalize Cocaine and Heroin </a></span>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> Ron Paul agrees but for different
reasons.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EupRuxwuMLE">Ron
Paul Discusses Legalization of Drugs</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/opinion/columnists/article/Ron-Paul-favors-legalizing-heroin-1374192.php">Ron
Paul favors legalizing heroin</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> Even mainstream groups like the
Cato institute and the Washington Post have weighed in on the side of
legalization.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/making-economic-case-legalizing-drugs">Making
an Economic Case for Legalizing Drugs</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/01/08/the-economic-case-for-decriminalizing-heroin/">The
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<span style="font-size: small;"> Quite honestly, I very seriously
doubt that congress will ever consider legalizing drugs, with the
possible exception of marijuana, but it is an interesting concept.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> Just some food for thought. Let me
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hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those
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May, President Obama gave the commencement address to the at
graduates at Ohio State University. In that address, he said</span></span></i></span></span></span></strong><span style="font-size: x-small;"><strong><span style="color: black;"><sup><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">1</span></b></span></span></sup></span></strong></span><strong><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: transparent;">
</span></span></i></span></span></span></strong><strong><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: transparent;">‘‘Unfortunately,
you’ve grown up hearing voices that incessantly warn of government
as nothing more than some separate, sinister entity that’s at the
root of all our problems,’’ Obama told the crowd at the Ohio
State commencement ceremony, which totaled almost 60,000 people.
‘‘They’ll warn that tyranny is always lurking just around the
corner. You should reject these voices.’’</span></span></i></span></span></span></strong></div>
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that right? Should you fear our government? Are these warnings the
rantings of a few right-wing radicals, or is government tyranny truly
creeping up on us? First, watch <a href="https://youtube.googleapis.com/v/kgCemznb6Lc&hl=en_US&fs=1&?ytsession=mfiD37dni19nzNjU_usHt_qdW7c5nIyQ5uOdJ_AWKuZrlvOEeSYufeuN4OAaVTUWClCSn6V519XlrQkL2Oc0lEYtHZknPMksLuVOfWhjAXrF0HrH9Gp9n5fGkVBZze2ST7aMwqJ99DdnQ039GyUjEg"><b>THIS
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</span></span></strong><strong><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">From
incriminating yourself.</span></span></span></span></span></strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><strong><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"> The
right to a speedy trial. To a trial by jury and to have a reasonable
bail set and from cruel and from unusual punishment.</span></span></span></span></span></strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><strong><span style="color: black;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> It
has been said about the first ten amendments to our constitution (our
Bill of Rights</span></span></span></span></span></strong><strong><span style="color: black;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
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freedoms and the Second Amendment is there to insure that the
government doesn't forget about or attempt to deny us the other nine.
So are they under attack? Are our rights as people and citizens at
risk?</span></span></span></span></span></strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><strong><span style="color: black;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">
</span></span></strong><strong><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">Let's
start with your freedom of religion</span></span></span></span></span></strong><strong><span style="color: black;"><sup><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">3</span></b></span></span></sup></span></strong><strong><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">;
that's of, not from.</span></span></span></span></span></strong><strong><span style="color: black;"><sup><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">
</span></b></span></span></sup></span></strong><strong><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">This
was one of the primary reasons for the establishment of our country
and yet:</span></span></span></span></span></strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><strong><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"> Even
religious employers now have to hire people who disagree and/or
violate the employer's religious beliefs.</span></span></span></span></span></strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><strong><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"> Catholic
employers now have to provide abortion coverage which violates the
basic tenants of their beliefs.</span></span></span></span></span></strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><strong><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"> Lawsuits
have been brought to stop astronauts from praying in outer space and
to take “in God we trust” from our currency</span></span></span></span></span></strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><strong><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"> Our
president even deliberately refuses to say “endowed by their
Creator” when quoting the Declaration of Independence</span></span></span></span></span></strong><strong><span style="color: black;"><sup><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">4</span></b></span></span></sup></span></strong><strong><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">.</span></span></span></span></span></strong></span></div>
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</span></span></strong><strong><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">Or
let's talk about freedom of speech</span></span></span></span></span></strong><strong><span style="color: black;"><sup><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">5</span></b></span></span></sup></span></strong><strong><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">.
Any speech that seems to anger someone; the actual basis of "Free
Speech"</span></span></span></span></span></strong><strong><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><i><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">(who
complains about speech they agree with?) </span></span></i></span></span></strong><strong><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">is
now persecuted.</span></span></span></span></span></strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><strong><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"> Under
the guise of reducing copyright infringement two bills currently
before congress would, if passed </span></span></span></span></span></strong><strong><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><i><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">"</span></span></i></span></span></strong><strong><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times;"><i><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">give
the U.S. government the ability to shut down literally millions of
websites"</span></span></i></span></span></strong><strong><span style="color: black;"><sup><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">6</span></b></span></span></sup></span></strong><strong><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">.</span></b></span></span></span></strong></span></div>
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</span></span></strong><strong><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">Prayers
are currently being censored at military funerals</span></span></span></span></span></strong><strong><span style="color: black;"><sup><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">7</span></b></span></span></sup></span></strong><strong><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">.
To me, this is one of the most disturbing things I have ever heard
this or any government be accused of.</span></span></span></span></span></strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><strong><span style="color: black;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">
</span></span></strong><strong><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">Then
there is the very recent attack on the freedom of the press</span></span></span></span></span></strong><strong><span style="color: black;"><sup><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">8</span></b></span></span></sup></span></strong><strong><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">.
Just a few days ago it was revealed that the Obama administration
secretly got the phone records of 20 phone lines from the Associated
Press. Next they went after James Rosen, a Fox News reporter, going
so far as to label him a </span></span></span></span></span></strong><strong><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><i><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">"possible
'co-conspirator' in a criminal investigation"</span></span></i></span></span></strong><strong><span style="color: black;"><sup><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">9</span></b></span></span></sup></span></strong><strong><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><i><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">.
</span></span></i></span></span></strong><strong><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">These
outrageous attacks on our basic freedoms are only the most recent by
Obama and his thugs.</span></span></span></span></span></strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">And
now there is the all-out assault and condemnation of our Right to
Bear Arms. This was specifically what Obama was referring to in his "
</span></span></span></span></span></strong><strong><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><i><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">tyranny
is always lurking just around the corner"</span></span></i></span></span></strong><strong><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">
comments. Many left-wingers are trying to say that the Second
Amendment isn't needed any more. People say that since we have the
police and military, the people don't need guns. </span></span></span></span></span></strong></span>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><strong><span style="color: black;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">
</span></span></strong><strong><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">In
a talk about proposing gun bans, Obama said that since we elected the
government, we needn't fear them. Did you vote for David Axelrod and
Eric Holder? How about anyone in the IRS? I certainly didn't. And;
Hey; Obama</span></span></span></span></span></strong><strong><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">!</span></b></span></span></span></strong><strong><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">
Don't forget that over 49% of the people </span></span></span></span></span></strong><strong><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><b><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">DIDN'T</span></b></u></span></span></span></strong><strong><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">
vote for you. </span></span></span></span></span></strong></span>
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">So
do we need guns to protect ourselves from the federal government?
Let's face it, since the dawn of civilization, if a government wants
to oppress and suppress its citizens, the first thing it has to do is
disarm the people. Even Hitler didn't try to invade countries where
the population was armed. He knew he would fail. We need guns to
repel any invaders and to fight all enemies from without and within.
An armed citizenry is the only deterrent to tyranny. Look at history.
If you believe that the American government won't try to set up a
dictatorship once we the people are disarmed and at their mercy, you
are living in a fantasy world. </span></span></span></span></span></strong></span>
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</span></span></strong><strong><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">Do
we the people need to protect our right to keep and bear arms at any
cost? Absolutely. The second amendment is the only thing allowing us
to keep the first and third through tenth. Read the papers. Watch the
news. Our very survival as a society is at stake.</span></span></span></span></span></strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;">At least that's my
opinion. What's yours?</span></div>
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month: Is global warming real or a hoax? The answer <span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">may</span> surprise
you.</span></i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><u>Citations</u></i></span></span></span></div>
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<sup><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>1</b></span></span></span></sup><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
</span></span><span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><u><a href="http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2013/05/05/obama-tells-graduates-reject-cynical-views-government/wmPVXNdcsZhRR4JQ2tBFOL/story.html"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>The
Boston Globe</b></span></a></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><u><a href="http://www.glennbeck.com/2013/05/06/obama-tells-students-government-tyranny-as-if/"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Listen
to Obama here</b></span></a></u></span></span></div>
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</b></span><span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><u><a href="http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/bill_of_rights_transcript.html"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Read
the complete Bill of Rights HERE</b></span></a></u></span></span></div>
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</b></span></span></span></sup><span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><u><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=3&cad=rja&ved=0CD4QFjAC&url=http://www.adfmedia.org/files/ObamaReligiousFreedomAttacks.pdf&ei=r_6fUbnUBKjwigKtvIHgAQ&usg=AFQjCNFmE-72OAxer34R-VlULIMf8TFGhw&sig2=0bbK1_gZFniTGHomc2rNDw&bvm=bv.47008514,d.cGE"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>Direct
attacks on Freedom of Religion</b></span></span></span></a></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><u><a href="http://www.cru.org/ministries-and-locations/ministries/campus-ministry/religious-freedom-attacked.htm"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Religious
Freedom on Campus Under Attack</b></span></a></u></span></span></div>
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<sup><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>4</b></span></span></span></sup><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>
</b></span><span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><u><a href="http://beforeitsnews.com/alternative/2012/08/obamas-attacks-on-religious-freedom-in-the-usa-2450414.html"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Obama’s
Attacks on Religious Freedom</b></span></a></u></span></span></div>
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<sup><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>5</b></span></span></span></sup><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>
</b></span><span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><u><a href="http://lewrockwell.com/rep2/1st-amendment-under-attack.html"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>They
Are Coming for Our Free Speech</b></span></a></u></span></span></div>
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<sup><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>6
</b></span></span></span></sup><span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><u><a href="http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/freedom-of-speech-under-attack/"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>You're
Free to Agree With Me</b></span></span></span></a></u></span></span></div>
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<sup><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>7</b></span></span></span></sup><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>
</b></span></span></span><span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><u><a href="http://www.poe.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7876&Itemid="><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>Don't
mention God when you're praying</b></span></span></span></a></u></span></span></div>
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<sup><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>8
</b></span></span></span></sup><span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><u><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/22/nytimes-obama-white-house-doj-investigations_n_3318748.html"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>Obama
Administration's Media Surveillance</b></span></span></span></a></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><u><a href="http://warincontext.org/2013/05/14/the-obama-administrations-nixonian-attacks-on-freedom-of-the-press/"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>Nixonian
attacks on freedom of the press</b></span></span></span></a></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><u><a href="http://www.freepress.net/blog/2013/05/14/stop-justice-departments-attack-press-freedom"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Attack
on Press Freedom</b></span></a></u></span></span></div>
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<sup><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>9</b></span></span></span></sup><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>
</b></span><span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><u><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-scheer/james-rosen-fox-news-emails_b_3350853.html"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>James
Rosen</b></span></a></u></span></span></div>
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a conspiracy you'd like me to research? Got a question about crypto?</b></i></span></span><span style="font-family: Bitstream Charter, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><b> </b></i></span></span></div>
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In June, look for the constitution conspiracy. Is the US constitution obsolete? Is there a conspiracy to get rid of it or at least rewrite it?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11191957420236699904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4444448458915677609.post-59134235655177775382013-04-02T20:39:00.000-06:002013-04-02T21:29:21.164-06:00A CONSPIRACY OF CONSIENCE<style type="text/css">
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Have
you seen "Schindler's List"? How about "The Silver
Fleet"? Both </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="background: transparent;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">movies are WWII yarns with a similar theme; passive
resistance and civil </span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="background: transparent;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">disobedience</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: x-small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><sup><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">1</span></b></span></span></sup></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: transparent;">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">The
spirit of resistance to oppressive laws and government has a long and </span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="background: transparent;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">distinguished history. One of the best known resistance movements -
and </span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="background: transparent;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">arguably the longest lived one - is Christianity. Quite possibly
the second </span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="background: transparent;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">(first to some) best known proponent of civil disobedience
was Mahatma </span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="background: transparent;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Ghandi</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: x-small;"><sup><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">2</span></b></span></span></sup></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: transparent;">.
In this country, Martin Luther King Jr. was a major proponent of </span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: transparent;">civil disobedience during the civil rights fight of the 60s.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background: transparent;">Whenever
a government becomes oppressive with its taxation, legal </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background: transparent;">restrictions, regulations or anything else that erodes the freedoms
of the </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background: transparent;">people under their rule, some people will resist. The greater
the oppression, </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background: transparent;">the greater the resistance. Many people - myself
included - feel that the time </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background: transparent;">has once again come for some good new
civil disobedience again in the good </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background: transparent;">old US of A.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Take
Obamacare. How can you resist that? Just don't sign up until you </span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="background: transparent;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">get sick. The fine</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: x-small;"><sup><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">3</span></b></span></span></sup></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: transparent;">
will cost you a whole lot less than the insurance.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="background: transparent;"> <span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;">Then
there's all the talk about screwing you out of your second </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="background: transparent;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;">amendment
rights. Go out now to a gun show near you and buy all the AR15s </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="background: transparent;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;">and
AK47s that you can afford. Under no circumstances should you register </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="background: transparent;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;">them. Buy them from a private party so you don't go through a
background </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="background: transparent;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;">check. If you have the money, get some guns as gifts for
all your loved ones. </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="background: transparent;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;">Don't forget the ammo. Several members of
congress have decided that since </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="background: transparent;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;">they may fail at taking away your
gun rights, they will go after your </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="background: transparent;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;">ammunition<span style="font-size: x-small;"><sup><b>4</b></sup></span>.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Disagree
with illegal immigrant amnesty? Picket and boycott any </span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="background: transparent;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">housing
project that rents to illegals and businesses that hire them</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: x-small;"><sup><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">5</span></b></span></span></sup></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: transparent;">.
If you </span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: transparent;">are afraid of retaliation or just don't have the time, take
some pictures, print </span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: transparent;">up some fliers and plaster your neighborhood
with them to let everybody </span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: transparent;">know who is helping Americans lose jobs
and waste your hard-earned tax </span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: transparent;">money. </span></span></span></span></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Barter.
Trade work for goods and services whenever you can. There's no </span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="background: transparent;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">way
for the IRS to trace that so you won't get taxed on the fruits of
your </span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="background: transparent;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">labor. Don't get me wrong; Big Brother wants his cut</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: x-small;"><sup><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">6</span></b></span></span></sup></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: transparent;">.
He just has no way of </span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: transparent;">finding out what you did, unless you tell him.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">If
you live in a medical-marijuana state, get a card and tell everybody </span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="background: transparent;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">you know to do the same thing. </span></span></span></span></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Write
LOTS of letters to your congresspeople</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: x-small;"><sup><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">7</span></b></span></span></sup></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: transparent;">.
Believe it or not, </span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: transparent;">politicians do read the letters they get. They all
want to get re-elected so they </span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: transparent;">need to know what their constituents
are thinking.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">And
the biggest civil disobedience move you can make? </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><b>VOTE!!!</b></u></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;">At least that's my
opinion. What's yours?</span></span></div>
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<sup><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">1</span></span></sup><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
</span></span><a href="http://thoreau.eserver.org/civil.html"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><u><span style="font-weight: normal;">Civil
Disobedience</span></u></span></a></div>
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Ghandi</span></span></a></div>
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</span></span></sup><a href="http://www.factcheck.org/2012/06/how-much-is-the-obamacare-tax/"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Obamacare
Fine</span></span></a></div>
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</span></span></span></span></span></sup></span><a href="http://www.policymic.com/articles/20881/why-obama-should-limit-the-sale-of-gun-ammo-now"><span style="color: #280099;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: transparent;">Call
for Ammo Limits</span></span></span></span></span></span></a></div>
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<sup> </sup><a href="http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/feb/08/tp-calif-seeks-toughest-gun-ammo-laws-in-us/"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">California
Proposed Ammo Limits</span></span></a></div>
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</span></sup><a href="http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=424073"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Illegals
Renting Housing</span></a><sup><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></sup></span></span></span></span>
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Buying Homes</span></span></a></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11191957420236699904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4444448458915677609.post-78927376685719369322013-03-04T00:46:00.000-07:002013-07-25T13:52:11.343-06:00ARE WE A PEOPLE OF, FOR AND BY THE GOVERNMENT?<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><i><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">NOTE:
SEE END OF ARTICLE FOR THE CRYPTO CONTEST WINNERS AND CRYPTOGRAM
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;">People, get ready. There's
a storm a brewin' and it might just get ugly. It </span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;">is happening
primarily over 4 issues. The one that started it all is that
family-</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;">destroying, ambition-killing, violence and crazed-sex
inducing, moral-</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;">corrupting scourge of the earth: marijuana.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"> <span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"> </span>According
to more than a few experts, <b><b>National marijuana </b></b></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><b><b> legalization is coming to a state near you</b></b><b><span style="color: blue;"><sup><b>1</b></sup></span></b><b><b>.
</b></b><b><span style="font-weight: normal;">Maybe sooner
than you </span></b></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><b><span style="font-weight: normal;">think</span></b><b><span style="color: blue;"><sup><b>2</b></sup></span></b><b><b>.</b></b></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"> The
most recent move against federal power really began with medical </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">marijuan<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">a. "<i>In 1966, California voters passed Proposition 215, making the </i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Golden State the first in the nation to allow for the medical use of marijuana</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i><b><span style="color: blue;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><sup><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">3</span></b></span></span></sup></span></span></b><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><i>."
</i></span><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"> </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> The arguments</span></span> </span></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">then
moved on to immigration, gay rights and the biggie. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">Of the 4 main
issues being so hotly debated, the whole issue of personal </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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and state's rights will probably (in my humble opinion) be decided by </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">the outcome of the fourth, and arguably the </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><style type="text/css"><!--
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divisive issue:</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span>gun-rights. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">Lets face it. He who has the guns wins. But that's a
story for another time.</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">*</span></b></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"> Let's
talk about pot.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4444448458915677609" name="IL_AD41"></a>
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"> </span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"> For
over a century there has been a conspiracy by the federal government </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">to keep marijuana illegal. According to WORLD-MYSTERIES.com<b><span style="color: blue;"><sup><b>4</b></sup></span></b>:
"<i>Pot is </i></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><i>NOT harmful to the human body or mind. Marijuana does
NOT pose a threat </i></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><i>to the general public. Marijuana is very much a
danger to the oil companies, </i></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><i>alcohol, tobacco industries and a large
number of chemical corporations. </i></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><i>Various big businesses, with plenty
of dollars and influence, have suppressed </i></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><i>the truth from the
people.</i><i><b>…POT IS ILLEGAL BECAUSE BILLIONAIRES </b></i></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><i><b>WANT TO
REMAIN BILLIONAIRES!" </b></i></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><i><b> </b></i></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> <sup><b><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"> </span></b></sup>Some
people think that the social weed was illegalized primarily for </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">public health reasons. The truth is that pot was first illegalized
for economic </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">and racial reasons</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><b><span style="color: blue;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><sup><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">5,3</span></span></sup></span></span></b></span><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><i><span style="font-weight: normal;">.
</span></i></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Since
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">because our
glorious government refuses to admit when it screws up. And, of </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">course, our elected officials are </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;">viciously</span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
addicted to the money those </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">billionaires donate to their campaigns.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><span style="font-style: normal;"> So
what comes next? That depends on how far the people and their </span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><span style="font-style: normal;">elected<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"> </span>state representatives are willing to push the issue. Up until the
2012 </span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><span style="font-style: normal;">election, a few states had legalized medical marijuana and the
federal </span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><span style="font-style: normal;">government mainly looked the other way. Now, however, our
federal coffers </span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><span style="font-style: normal;">are worse than empty and the treasure chest of almost
all of the states are in </span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><span style="font-style: normal;">dire need of contributions. Suddenly the
concept of fully legalizing - and </span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><span style="font-style: normal;">taxing - marijuana is beginning to
look very appealing to a lot of state </span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><span style="font-style: normal;">legislators as a way to
generate massive amounts of much-needed revenue. </span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><span style="font-style: normal;">The federal
powers-that-be still seem to vehemently oppose the move.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;">C</span>olorado and
Washington state have, through popular referendum </span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: xx-small;">directly<sup> </sup>challenged federal
authority by fully legalizing pot just like booze. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: xx-small;">The resultant showdown has
yet to play out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> Not
so very long ago, Arizona decided to enforce federal </span></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">immigration
laws that the federal government chose to ignore. In case </span></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">you
haven't heard, that didn't turn out very well for Arizona.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: transparent;">Several
states have legalized gay marriage and others found</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background: transparent;">compromises
to give gays equal rights. This one at least has </span></span></span></span>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background: transparent;">President
Obama's support.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Now,
with Obama and some very liberal congress people trying to</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background: transparent;">completely
dismantle the second amendment, some states have decided </span></span></span></span>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background: transparent;">that
they are not only going to refuse to enforce any new federal </span></span></span></span>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background: transparent;">anti-gun
laws, but a couple have gone so far as to declare that any </span></span></span></span>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background: transparent;">federal
agents attempting to enforce new gun restrictions within </span></span></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="background: transparent;">those
states face possible arrest for interfering with state </span></span></span></span></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="background: transparent;">sovereignty</span></span></span></span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><sup><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="background: transparent;">6</span></span></sup></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="background: transparent;">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="background: transparent;"> <span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> I
believe that all four of these issues are inextricably tied </span></span></span></span></span>
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be decided as a single issue: ie. states rights and</span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"> the
10</span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><sup><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">th</span></span></span></sup></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">amendment</span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><sup><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">7</span></span></span></sup></span></span><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">.
Hopefully, it will all get resolved at the </span></span></span></span><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">ballot
box or on the </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">floors of congress, but somehow I doubt it. I think
there will be another war </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">and this time it will truly be a </span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">civil
war</span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">**</span></b></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">.
I believe that it will be bloody and, </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">as with all wars,</span></span></span></span><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"> there
will be no winner; only a side that loses less than the </span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">other.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"> <span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I'm
glad that I'm old and don't have a whole lot longer to live.</span></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"> With
any </span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">luck,
when the war does come, it will be after I'm dead and</span></span></span></span><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"> gone.
God help </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">the children!</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: xx-small;">At least that's my opinion. What's
yours?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><u><b>UPDATE:</b></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: xx-small;">January of 2012 I published a post
titled" LET'S TALK ABOUT THE ONE </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: xx-small;">WE LOST". In it I proposed the
total legalization of all drugs. Now a </span>
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: xx-small;">new documentary is coming out, produced
by Richard Branson's son Sam </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: xx-small;">Branson. It is called "Breaking
The Taboo" and basically proposes the </span>
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">same
</span></span></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">thing.</span></span><span style="text-decoration: none;">
</span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">No;
it's not full of a bunch of whacked-out dope heads. </span></span></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">The
film features </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">never-before-seen
interviews with former </span></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">presidents
Jimmy Carter and </span></span>Bill <span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Clinton,
narration by Morgan Freeman </span></span></span>
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<span style="font-size: small; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">and
a trailer starring Kate Winslet. Watch the trailer here: </span></span></span>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2vqpNT1kV4&feature=player_embedded"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><u><span style="font-weight: normal;">Breaking
the Taboo</span></u></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"> </span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: xx-small;">The
video is supposed to air on television sometime in 2013.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><u>And as for last
month's crypto contest</u></i></span></span></h1>
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<sup><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>CONGRATULATIONS </b></span></span></sup>
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<sup><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>TO</b></span></span></sup></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: white;"><span style="background: #000000;">Jessie
S</span></span> from <span style="color: white;"><span style="background: #000000;">Ohio</span></span>
and <span style="color: white;"><span style="background: #000000;">Bryon</span></span>
from<span style="color: white;"><span style="background: #ffffff;"> </span></span><span style="color: white;"><span style="background: #000000;">Colorado</span></span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Jessie
cracked the first challenge and Bryon got the first </span><b>2</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">See
the plain text of cryptograms 1 & 2, along with their</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">individual
cyphers </span></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">here:
<a href="http://crypticsub.com/crypto/March-2013/Feb%20Plntxt/Cypher_1_plain:02-13.doc">CYPHER
#1</a> <a href="http://crypticsub.com/crypto/March-2013/Feb%20Plntxt/Cypher_2_plain:02-13.doc">CYPHER
#2</a></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Since
nobody got the last two, I'll wait until next month to publish their
solutions. That'll give everyone another month to work on them. Of
course, you're still welcome to try your hand at solving </span><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;">any
of them. O</span><span style="font-weight: normal;">r all four.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><i><u>Citations</u></i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><sup><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><b>1
</b></span></sup><a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/the-next-seven-states-to-legalize-pot-20121218"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Who
will be next?</span></span></a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><sup><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">2</span></span></span></span></sup></span></span></b><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">
</span></span></span></span></span></span></b><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/marijuana-legalization-laws-washington-colorado-weed-pot-2012-12"><span style="color: #280099;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">As
many as 13 states could follow</span></span></span></a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><sup><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">3</span></b></span></span></sup></span></span></b><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">
</span></b></span></span></span></span></b><a href="http://www.world-mysteries.com/marijuana1.htm"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">WORLD-MYSTERIES.com
on marijuana</span></span></a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: xx-small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><sup><span style="font-style: normal;"><b><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">4
</span></b></span></sup></span></span></b><b><a href="http://www.ncsl.org/issues-research/health/state-medical-marijuana-laws.aspx"><span style="color: #280099;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">Who
was first to get a little sanity?</span></span></u></span></span></span></a></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><sup><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">5
</span></b></span></span></sup></span></span></b><b><a href="http://wafreepress.org/article/090304marijuana.shtml"><span style="color: #280099;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">Why
is cannibis illegal?</span></span></u></span></span></span></span></a></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><sup><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">6
</span></b></span></span></sup></span></span></b><b><a href="http://blog.constitutioncenter.org/2013/02/constitution-check-do-states-have-the-power-to-block-new-federal-gun-controls/"><span style="color: #280099;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><b><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">States
vs Feds</span></b></u></span></span></span></span></a></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #280099;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">
<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b><a href="http://www.snopes.com/politics/guns/wyoming.asp">Feds
going to jail?</a></b></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><sup> </sup><a href="http://southernnationalist.com/blog/2013/01/16/state-resistance-to-federal-gun-restrictions/"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">State
resistance to Federal gun restrictions</span></span></a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.northwestfirearms.com/legal-political/118389-state-local-resistance-federal-gun-%93laws%94-growing.html">Resistance
to federal gun laws growing</a></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><sup><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">7</span></b></span></span></sup></span></span></b><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">
</span></span></span></span></span></span></b><span style="color: #280099;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><u><span style="font-weight: normal;">http://constitution.findlaw.com/amendment10/amendment.html</span></u></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">*</span></b></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><i><span style="font-weight: normal;">For
more on the gun-rights debate, see these previous posts from </span></i></span></span>
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<span style="font-size: small; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><i><span style="font-weight: normal;">this
blog.</span></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: xx-small;">MACHINE
GUNS AND SECRET CODES Sept, 2007</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: xx-small;">"A
fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity."
Aug,2012</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: xx-small;">and</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: xx-small;">THE
NEW REVOLUTION Nov, 2012</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">**
</span></b></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">What
is usually considered as the "United States Civil War" was </span></span></span></span></span></span>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">not. <span style="font-size: small;">C</span>ivil war is two groups fighting over control of the </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">SAME</span></b></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">
</span></span></span></span>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">country
</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><i><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">(</span></span></i></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/civil+war"><span style="color: #280099;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><i><u><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">Definition</span></span></u></i></span></span></span></a><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><i><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">:</span></span></i></span></span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><i><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">a</span></span></i></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">
</span></span></span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><i><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">war</span></span></i></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">
</span></span></span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><i><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">between</span></span></i></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">
</span></span></span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><i><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">political</span></span></i></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">
</span></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><i><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">factions
or regions </span></span></i></span></span></span></span>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><i><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">within</span></span></i></span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">
</span></span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><i><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">the
</span></span></i></span></span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><i><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">same</span></span></i></span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">
</span></span></span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><i><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">country.</span></span></i></span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><i><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">)
</span></span></i></span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">The
fight between the United States and </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">Confederate
States was a war between two sovereign nations which ended </span></span></span></span></span></span>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">up
dissolving</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">
</span></span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">one
of them.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: xx-small;"><i><b><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;">Have
a conspiracy you'd like me to research? Got a question about </span></b></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-size: small; font-style: normal;">It is an innate part of our
human consciousness that we each endeavour to be unique. We strive
whether man or woman, in childhood, as adults and even in our advanced
years, each and every one to be different from all others. And, at
least from a genetic viewpoint, we are each truly one of a kind. Yet,
that difference buried deep within our cells comprises only about one
one-hundredth of one percent of our DNA; the remainder of our whole selves
being practically identical to all others of our species. </span>
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<div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">
<span style="font-size: small;"> As teenagers
we spend nearly every waking thought attempting to be seen as unlike anyone else and yet, in the same moment, strive almost to the point of insanity
to be like all our peers so as to belong to the “in-crowd”. A
true dichotomy</span></div>
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<br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> It is due to our desire for
individuality the we long to possess that which no one else has. We
paint our cars, decorate our homes, get tattoos and yet each of these
expressions of our innermost sense of self are soon duplicated or
parodied by others leaving us searching for yet another announcement
of our oneness. </span></div>
<div style="font-style: normal;">
<span style="font-size: small;"> It is this plight that leads us to
reach into the one place that is truly ours; inviolate by all who
dare attempt without our permission and collusion knowledge of it's
contents: our mind. Our most secret thoughts and deepest desires are safe so long as we utter them not.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> Yet just as the beasts of the
jungle when held in captivity, no matter how gilded their
confinement, long for freedom so to do our innermost secrets scream
to be loosed. To be held still hidden from the eyes of the world yet
shared with someone. A lover, our closest confidant, our most trusted
friend. So inspired was the birth of secret writing. Cryptography.
Through cryptography we find a way for us keep our secrets, sharing
them only with the trusted few that we choose and denying access to
all others.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> <span style="font-style: normal;">The
antithesis to this security born of a secret defended by cryptography
is the burning ambition within each of us to penetrate and discover the
secrets of others. And thus was developed
cryptography's nemesis: cryptanalysis.</span></span></div>
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<div style="font-style: normal;">
<span style="font-size: small;"> It is upon this very plane that
I endeavour to give you an opportunity for some personal
accomplishment. Here then I present 4 messages protected by the
armour of 4 cyphers. Each message and cypher is different. Each for
you to lay bare with your superior intellect, sharply honed skills and infinite persistence.
</span></div>
<div style="font-style: normal;">
<span style="font-size: small;"> The first cypher is a simple one for you to cut your teeth on. Someone only
slightly familiar with the basics of cryptanalysis should experience
little difficulty untangling the mystery within.</span></div>
<div style="font-style: normal;">
<span style="font-size: small;"> Each cypher increases in
difficulty, allowing you to challenge yourself and test your
abilities at several levels. The last is for those of you with a lot
of experience. It will require some advanced skills. Or a whole lot
of BDL <i>(see Tips)</i></span></div>
<div style="font-style: normal;">
<span style="font-size: small;"> There are no riches to be had. No
trophies for your showcase. Only the gratification brought by
overcoming a challenge and the satisfaction of knowing that you are
part of the elite, the few; able to discover through your efforts
bounty hidden from the masses.
</span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;">I will however offer a
little notoriety to those successful at mastering some - or all - of
the challenges. I will right here in this blog announce your great
skill and abilities to the world. You have only to email the
correctly decyphered messages to: <a href="mailto:n_r_peterson@yahoo.com">n_r_peterson@yahoo.com</a>
along with your name and, if you wish, where you live. For the first
5 to correctly crack each of the cyphers and read the message I will
post for all the world to see your names, along with the underlying
plain text and the cyphers used to encrypt them.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><u>NOTICE</u>: <i> </i></b></span></div>
<div style="font-style: normal; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><b><i>UNLESS
SPECIFICALLY REQUESTED BY THE SUCCESSFUL CONTESTANTS, ONLY FIRST
NAMES AND LAST INITIALS, ALONG WITH (if included) THE
STATE/PROVINCE AND COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE WILL BE PUBLISHED.</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Ie: John S of Quebec,
Canada</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>succesfully cracked
cypher #2</b></span></div>
<div style="font-weight: normal;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;">For
a little assistance click <a href="http://crypticsub.com/crypto/Feb-2013/Feb-txt/TIPS%20ON%20CRYPTANALYSIS.html" target="_blank">HERE for some TIPS</a> and a
frequency-analysis table. Want a little more help? See my April 15,
2011 posting:</span><sup><span style="font-style: normal;"> </span></sup><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>A
CRYPTO READING LIST</u></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Look for the winners
and solutions in March. Enjoy.</span></span><br />
<div style="font-weight: normal;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><sup>P.S. If enough of
you are interested, I will make this a regular part of my blog. It
depends on the response. If you enjoy it, let me know.</sup></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><sup><b>HERE
ARE THE CRYPTOGRAMS FOR YOUR ENJOYMENT</b></sup></span></div>
<div style="font-style: normal; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><sup><u><b>CYPHER
#1</b></u></sup></span><br />
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<sup><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Click<a href="http://crypticsub.com/crypto/Feb-2013/Feb-txt/Cypher_1.doc" target="_blank">
</a></span><a href="http://crypticsub.com/crypto/Feb-2013/Feb-txt/Cypher_1.doc" target="_blank">HERE</a><span style="font-size: x-small;"> for cryptogram #1 in printable text format</span></span></span></sup></div>
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<sup><span style="font-size: medium;"><u><b>CYPHER
#2</b></u></span></sup></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">detia
wdnae lbate htnoe sacfe irbsi htese hrorr</span></span></div>
<div align="CENTER" style="font-weight: normal;">
<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">imaht
iwlla wenon ognuh nisab hsawa sriah cehte</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">lbatk
aodnu oreht wonyl raelc eromm ooreh tfosg</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">nihsi
nrufe htees dluoc yobeh tciff artfo smaeb gniss</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">apeht
dnate ertso redas ividm orfth gilml dehtt </span></span>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">sniag
aereh tdoot sehem itgno larof wodni wehts</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">drawo
tmoor ehtss orcad eklaw ehylw olsdn ayllu</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">fthgu ohter ipmav ehtdi asees
imdps trfas ooclv</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><sup><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Click
</span><a href="http://crypticsub.com/crypto/Feb-2013/Feb-txt/Cypher_2.doc" target="_blank">HERE</a><span style="font-size: x-small;"> for cryptogram #2 in printable text format</span></span></span></sup></span></div>
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<sup><span style="font-size: medium;"><u><b>CYPHER
#3</b></u></span></sup></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Liberation Serif, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">21342 94228 29353 23626 23364 33941 25473 64321 39253 44722 </span></span></span>
<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Liberation Serif, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">39292 72842 33294 24233 25414 22139 29442 53429 33254 12135 </span></span></span>
<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Liberation Serif, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">24342 93325 41362 62629 33254 13739 25424 24726 29332 54136 </span></span></span>
<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Liberation Serif, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">26473 64339 26363 92526 21422 82539 41263 94329 42213 52435 </span></span></span>
<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Liberation Serif, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">36454 23641 43294 23643 39273 92521 42233 63437 43422 53947 </span></span></span>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Liberation Serif, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">42282 14229 32353 64529 21342 14233 25214 14229 42282 93532 </span></span></span>
<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Liberation Serif, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">29344 34142 22254 22825 39254 73643 27363 42135 32252 53721 </span></span></span>
<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Liberation Serif, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">41233 63633 21414 73643 23213 52621 23253 72933 25413 62642 </span></span></span>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Liberation Serif, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">34423 62225 33292 54425 42282 14247 36433 72539 23252 94425 </span></span></span>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Liberation Serif, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">28293 53229 35272 63925 25</span></span></span></pre>
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<span style="color: black;"><sup><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Click
</span><a href="http://crypticsub.com/crypto/Feb-2013/Feb-txt/Cypher_3.doc" target="_blank">HERE</a><span style="font-size: x-small;"> for cryptogram #3 in printable text format</span></span></span></sup></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>EXPERT
CYPHER </b></span>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Do you
fancy yourself expert cryptanalyst?</b></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b> Try
THIS one.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>WARNING:
this will take advanced cryptanalytic skills to crack.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><sup><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Click
</span><a href="http://crypticsub.com/crypto/Feb-2013/Feb-txt/expert.doc" target="_blank">HERE</a><span style="font-size: x-small;"> for expert cryptogram in printable text
format</span></span></span></sup></span><br />
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you solve any - or all - of the the cyphers? </span></span>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><sup><span style="text-decoration: none;">Send
your solution(s) along with your name and, if you wish, where you live
to : n_r_peterson@yahoo.com to claim your rightful notoriety. If you
are one of the first 5 to send in the correct solution(s), we will
publish your accomplishment for all the world to see.</span></sup></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Who
was it that said “Life is what happens while you're making other
plans”? Murphy's law states that whatever can go wrong will and at
the worst possible time. I'm here to tell you that the law has not
been repealed.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I
had the outline done for this month's post about 3 weeks ago. I
finally sat down to finish it on New Years day and one of my faucets
broke. Got that replaced and the roof started leaking in the
bathroom. Got that repaired and cleaned up, sat down again to finish
writing and my television blew up. That blew all the circuit
breakers. Of course, that shut down my computer and the file for
this post – which was open – got corrupted. Try, try again!</span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">
<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">On
12-12-12, I turned on the boob-tube and watched a bunch of musicians,
comedians, celebrities and ordinary folks put on the </span></span></span></span></span>Sandy
Relief Concert to raise money for victims of super-storm Sandy. There
was a lot of good music and several nice, heart-felt speeches all
asking for donations. It got me wondering.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">
</span><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;">I asked myself: where
is the rest of the world when we need help? Forget Iran, Russia or
any adversaries. What about our friends? Our allies? The countries
and people that we give billions of dollars in aid to every year?
Where are they when we're a bit down on our luck? </span>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">
<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">In
1868, a Russian author named </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><i><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">Fyodor</span></span></i></span></span></span></i></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><i><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">
Mikhailovich </span></span></i></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><i><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">Dostoyevsky</span></span></i></span></span></span></i></span><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><sup><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">1</span></b></span></span></sup></span></span></i></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">
sat down to write a book about the perfect man. He ended up calling
it “The Idiot"</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><sup><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b> </b></span></sup></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><sup><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">2 </span></b></span></span></sup></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><i><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">(Russian:
</span></span></i></span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span lang="ru-RU"><i><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">Идиот</span></span></i></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><i><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">,
Idiot).</span></span></i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">
</span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">
</span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">As
I finally got to work on this post, I completed my research and ended
up completely destroying most of my preconceived notions regarding
willingness of other nations to help those in need. I thought that
the USA was the only country to pour out massive offers of help to
disaster victims. I was wrong. Sometimes, we set out to prove one
theory and end up proving just the opposite. As cynical as I am, it's
nice to be wrong occasionally.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">
</span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">
<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;">Every time there is a
disaster anywhere in the world, we Americans line up to help. We send
money, materials and people. We seem to be willing to help anybody,
any time, any where. If North Korea had a tsunami, the American
people would send help without hesitation. If Iran suffered an
earthquake, we'd trip over ourselves to send medical help, clothing,
food and water.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">
</span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"> <span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;">In
sitting down to write this article, I had assumed - as many other
Americans seem to falsely assume - that other countries around the
world take all the help we can give but won't reciprocate when we are
in need. A little research showed me just how far off the mark I was.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">
</span><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;"> What I found out is
that many, many times governments around the world have offered to us
money, food, search and rescue teams, doctors and medical help and
anything else that we might need<sup><b>3</b></sup>. </span>
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<span style="font-size: small;">
</span><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;">The reason that all
that help either was slow in coming or didn't arrive at all was
because of our governmental red tape, but that's a story for another
time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">
</span><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;">What became apparent
to me was that, just like the USA, a myriad of countries wanted to
and have offered help. Countless governments around the world. Yes;
these include Russia, Iran and even North Korea.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">
</span><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;">In all my reading,
one difference between America and all the other countries struck me
<i>(and PLEASE correct me if I'm wrong on this)</i>. Although our
government does give a lot of help from the tax-payer coffers, it is
Americans as a whole - our people - that give the real,
desperately-needed help to victims around the world. We hold food
drives and benefit concerts. School children write letters of
sympathy and encouragement. Churches collect and send blankets and
clothes to refugee camps. Cell phone companies set up collection
drives for you to simply send a text and donate money.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">
</span><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;">While planning this
article, I asked several people to tell me what they think makes
America great. Sadly, only one person; my son <i>(thank
you, Michael)</i> responded. Here's what he had to say:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;"><i><b>America
is a great nation, arguably the richest, most powerful nation on
Earth. As such, citizens of this great nation don’t even begin to
comprehend what it’s like to NOT be so great and powerful. </b></i></span>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;"><i><b>Let
me shock you a bit: The median individual income for US citizens, 18
years and older, is $24,062. That includes the unemployed, the
homeless, everyone.</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;"><i><b>Here’s
the shocker; the median individual income *worldwide *is $1,700. That
means that the median American will make more in 27 days than the
median world citizen will make in a *year*. We see homeless, people
that are hungry, the downtrodden, and we think we understand poverty,
but we really don’t have a clue. </b></i></span>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;"><i><b>America
loses less than 150 citizens a year to hunger, or aprox .0005% of the
population. Worldwide, approximately 8.7 million, or .1% of the
world’s population, die each year from hunger. </b></i></span>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;"><i><b>We
simply cannot comprehend *what the rest of the world experiences, as
far as poverty goes. I know you think you can, but unless you have
lived in a 3rd world country, truly submersed yourself in poverty,
you *just don’t get it*. I have lived in the US version of poverty,
but I truly cannot comprehend what the poor of the rest of the world
go though.</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;"><i><b>Secondly,
the US economy is a global economy. We produced about 25% of the
global GDP. We need consumers! We need the rest of the world to get
above the poverty line, recover from their disasters, quit fighting,
have a happy democracy, and start spending! Helping any country,
anywhere in the world, with any problem, is in our national best
interests.</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">
</span><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;">So what does all that
have to do with America being Great?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">
</span><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;">The United States of
America is the greatest melting pot in world history. With the
exception of Native Americans, almost everybody in the country can
trace their heritage back to Europe, Africa, Scandinavia, the Middle
or Far East and yet the populations of all these countries leave it
to their governments to offer help. However, should these same people
immigrate and become Americans, they seem to all “catch the fever”
and just naturally want to reach out as individuals to people in need
around the world.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">
</span><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;">So that's it! That's
the key. It's our people. Americans are what makes America the
greatest country in the world.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">
</span><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;">It's not our
government or our constitution. Our farms and factories, music,
schools, artists or athletes don't make us great. Americans! That's
what makes America the greatest country in the world. I'm damn proud
to be one.</span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;">At least that's my
opinion. What's yours?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: red;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">*</span></span>What,
you may ask, does this have to do with cryptography or any conspiracy? As far as cryptography: nothing! It is really a conspiracy in
reverse; ie. People NOT banding together to do something. Think about
it.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><i><u>Citations</u></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><sup><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>1</b></span></span></sup></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
</span><a href="http://people.brandeis.edu/%7Eteuber/dostoevskybio.html"><b>Fyodor
Mikhaylovich Dostoyevsky:1821-1881</b></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><sup><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>2</b></span></span></sup></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b>
<a href="http://www.online-literature.com/dostoevsky/idiot/">http://www.online-literature.com/dostoevsky/idiot/</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><sup><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>3
</b></span></span></sup><a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2011/02/accepting-disaster-relief-from-other-nations-lessons-from-katrina-and-the-gulf-oil-spill"><b>Countries
offer help to USA</b></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;"><b><a href="http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110311192044AATe0GD">Who
helped us?</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;"><b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_response_to_Hurricane_Katrina">Wikipedia
on international aid to the US</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;">My
God! 2012 is just about gone. </span>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;">I've
been thinking for weeks about what to pontificate on this month. Nothing
came to mind. Nada, zip, goose egg, snake eyes. Got me a case of
writers block.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;">Actually,
I think it's more like sensory overload. We've had a really screwed
up – and very long - election season. FEMA did it's usual
too-little-too-late after Sandy. Syria is a total mess. Iran is
(still) thumbing it's nose at the whole world. No one knows what the
hell Israel is doing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;">Obama
wants to bankrupt the country. Congress just wants to get re-elected.
The courts are getting more liberal with every passing day and now
some sports caster has decided to get political and expound on gun
control during a football game.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">2012
hasn't been all bad though. I finally found my long-lost daughter</span>
<span style="font-size: x-small;">(</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-weight: normal;">see
</span></i></span><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">A GLORIOUS DAY ;1 Aug)</span> </i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;">and
found out that I have 10 more grandchildren. I got to spend time with
my brother and sister. My oldest son started law school and my
youngest daughter started college. And I'm still married to my
childhood sweetheart. A lot of things to be thankful for.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> <span style="font-style: normal;">So, this
December, I'm simply going to spend time with family and God and
forget all about those pesky conspiracies that are lurking around
every corner. I'll tackle some more of the world's insanity next
year.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"> I wish from the
bottom of my heart that all of you spend some time in prayer and with
your family this Christmas season. Tell them and God how much you
love them and what they mean to you.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Until 2013, this
is </span></span><b><span style="font-family: Chancery Uralic;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>N.
Richard Peterson</b></span></i></span></span></b><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Chancery Uralic;"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>
</b></span></i></span></b><b><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">signing
off.</span></span></span></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;"><i>God
bless us; one and all.</i></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11191957420236699904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4444448458915677609.post-36082864121644254182012-11-04T19:14:00.000-07:002012-11-09T00:39:20.486-07:00THE NEW REVOLUTION<style type="text/css">
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<span style="font-size: small;">“<i><b>When a government is big enough to give you
everything you need, </b></i></span>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><b>it is powerful enough to take away everything
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<span style="font-family: Chancery Uralic; font-size: small;"><i><b>Thomas Jefferson.</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;">One of the most influential
people in my early life was my 8<sup>th</sup> grade social studies
teacher. Every time I watch the news or study some historical fact or
happening, I remember something that he said and he ultimately helped
me understand the political and historical concepts of our country. </span>
<br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;">A major concept that
he spoke at length about is spending a lot of time in the news lately. That
concept is State's Rights and with it; secession.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;">Lots of people have talked
about leaving the United States since we officially became a country.
Every time the federal government does something that someone doesn't
like they rumble about seceding. Rarely though does the talk get any
further than the barroom door. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;">The first major rift of the
20</span><span style="font-size: small;"><sup><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;">th</span></sup></span><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;">
century between states rights and the federal government came over medical marijuana.
In several states. people in both the political and medical arenas
began to realize that the feds were sticking to old and antiquated
notions that flew in the face of science and reason. The state's law makers began to rely on
facts instead of propaganda and decided to enforce the 10</span><span style="font-size: small;"><sup><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;">th</span></sup></span><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;">
amendment </span><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><sup><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">1</span></b></span></span></sup></span></span></b></span><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;">
of our constitution and reclaim their individual state's rights. </span>
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;">There is international
president for their opinions and actions.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;">Although marijuana is
technically illegal in Israel, “</span><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;"><i>...but
medical use has been permitted since the early 1990s for cancer
patients...</i></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><sup><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">2</span></b></span></span></sup></span></span></b></span><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;">”.
In 2001, the Canadian government came to it's senses and legalized
it</span><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><sup><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">3</span></b></span></span></sup></span></span></b></span><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;">.
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;">Now, the legislatures of 17
states</span><b><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>*</i></span></span></span></b><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;">- Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut,
Delaware, Hawaii, New Jersey, Maine, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, New
Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington - as well as
the District of Columbia have come to their senses and approved its
medical use</span><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><sup><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">4</span></b></span></span></sup></span></span></b></span><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;">.
Several others have decriminalized it and/or are considering
legalizing it. Although the feds still say it's illegal and would
like people to believe that it (marijuana) has no legitimate use, all
of these states have decided to claim their rights</span><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">.</span></b></span></span></span></span></b></span><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;">
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;"> Medical marijuana is one of, but
not by any means the only issue that has fostered a battle between
the states and the federal government.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;">Montana recently threw down the
gauntlet over a supreme court case.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;">With
the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States to hear
</span><a href="http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/07-290.ZS.html"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><i>District of Columbia v. Heller</i></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;"> in
late 2007, an early 2008 movement began in Montana involving at least
60 elected officials addressing potential secession</span><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><sup><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">5</span></b></span></span></sup></span></span></b></span><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;">
if the Second Amendment were interpreted not to grant an individual
right, citing its compact with the United States of America.</span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"> <span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><i>"<a href="http://reason.com/archives/2008/05/13/republic-of-montana">In
a joint resolution, the Montana politicians argue that when
Washington approved the state constitution, including a clause
granting “any person” the right to bear arms, upon the Treasure
State’s entry into the Union in 1889, the federal government </a></i></span></span><a href="http://reason.com/archives/2008/05/13/republic-of-montana"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><i>recognized that clause as consistent with the Second Amendment. If the Court comes down on the side of a collective right, they argue, it would breach the compact for statehood between Montana and the federal government.</i></span></a></span><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;">”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;">Then Governor Schweitzer went
one giant-step further and drew a hard, black line. “</span><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;"><i>If
guns and ammunition are manufactured inside the State of Montana for
sale and use inside that state then the federal firearms laws have no
applicability since the federal government only has the power to
control commerce across state lines. Montana has the law on their
side. Since when did the USA start following their own laws
especially the constitution of the USA, the very document that
empowers the USA.</i></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><sup><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">6</span></b></span></span></sup></span></span></b></span><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;"><i>”
</i></span><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;">In
effect, he has told the feds that they do not control what happens
within the borders of each individual states, only what crosses those
borders.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Next
came Texas. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;">There
has been a lot of talk about Texas not even being a real state and
having the right to secede from the moment they became a state.
Although those claims are legally doubtful at best, even their
governor has chimed in saying: “</span></span><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;"><i>We've
got a great union. There's absolutely no reason to dissolve it. But
if Washington continues to thumb their nose at the American people,
you know, who knows what might come out of that. But Texas is a very
unique place, and we're a pretty independent lot to boot.</i></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><sup><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">7</span></b></span></span></sup></span></span></b></span><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;">"</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;">To
set their foot down, the Texas legislature passed H.C.R. No. 50</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><sup><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">8
</span></b></span></span></sup></span></span></b><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">that
stated in part “</span></span></span></span></span></span></b><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><i><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">That
this serve as notice and demand to the federal government, as our
agent, to cease and desist, effective immediately, mandates that are
beyond the scope of these constitutionally delegated powers...</span></span></i></span></span></span></b><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">”.
The complete text almost reads like a call to arms, telling the feds
to get off their back and out of Texas.</span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-weight: normal;">An
interesting note:</span></i></span></span></span></span></span></b><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: transparent;"> </span></span></i></span></span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: transparent;">“</span></span></i></span></span></span></span></b><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="background: transparent;">Should
Texas one day secede, one man may already be vying to be its
president. Actor Chuck Norris <a href="http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/03/12/chuck-norris-for-president-%E2%80%A6-of-texas/">said
last month he may</a> be interested in the post.”</span></i></span></span></span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">
<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Then
there's Arizona and the whole immigration debacle. The feds actually
sued a state and told them (AZ) that the state couldn't do the feds
job even if the feds weren't going to do it. That one is still
playing out; in court, both sides claimed partial victory.</span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">And
let's not forget the National ID act</span></span></span></span></span></span></b><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><sup><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">9</span></b></span></span></sup></span></span></b><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">.</span></b></span></span></span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">
<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Led
by Maine in early 2007, 25 states over the past 2 years have passed
resolutions and binding laws denouncing and refusing to implement the
Bush-era law which many expressed concerned about privacy, funding
and more. While the law is still on the books in D.C., its
implementation has been delayed numerous times in response to this
massive state resistance, and in practice, is virtually null and
void.</span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;">About two thirds of the states
have got their hackles up about something involving state's rights
and the sovereignty of the individual state governments. During the
War Between the States, 11 states seceded from a total of 34. I'm
sure you know the results. If, however, over half of the states we
have today decided to dissolve the union, the outcome is by no means a given.
One thing is almost guaranteed though. With all the money and egos
involved it would be a bloody mess.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;">Between national ID, medical
marijuana, guns, taxes, immigration, and a whole slew of other laws,
law suits and actions the individual states have had just about
enough. Something is going to tip a lot of states to the point where
they may decide join together and either declare the US Federal
Government to be invalid, make serious movements towards
nullification</span><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><sup><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">10</span></b></span></span></sup></span></span></b></span><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;">,
mass secession or; and people, this is a very real very dangerous
possibility, we could be headed for a revolution. Not a handful of
nut-cases running around shouting about a new world order, but an
armed uprising with the governors of several states calling out their
individual militias and national guard units to battle the federal
government</span><span style="font-size: small;">.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: navy;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><b>"</b></span></span></b><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><i><b>But
the simple truth--born of experience--is that tyranny thrives best
where government need not fear the wrath of an armed people.</b></i></span></span></b><b><span style="color: navy;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><b>"</b></span></span></b></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Chancery Uralic; font-size: small;"><b>Judge Alex Kozinski</b></span><span style="font-family: Franklin Gothic Medium; font-size: small;"><b>
</b></span><span style="font-family: Franklin Gothic Medium; font-size: small;">- </span><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;">United
States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit </span><span style="font-family: Franklin Gothic Medium; font-size: small;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Chancery Uralic; font-size: small;">
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;"> It has been said that the tree of
liberty must, from time to time be watered with the blood of
patriots. I hope that time, at least for our country, is a long way
off.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;">At least that's my
opinion. Let's hear yours.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><u>On Nullification:</u></span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;">But once citizens understand
that they can circumvent a power-hungry Congress and its enablers on
the court by demanding their state governments step up and nullify
unconstitutional laws, entrenched abuses of every sort could come
crashing down.</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><i>[AZ]</i></span></b><b><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;">
Senate Bill 1433 would create a 12-person “Joint Legislative
Committee on Nullification of Federal Laws,” which would
“recommend, propose and call for a vote by simple majority to
nullify in its entirety a specific federal law or regulation that is
outside the scope of the powers delegated by the People to the
federal government in the United States Constitution.”</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><strong><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><i>*</i></span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Chancery Uralic;"><i><u>Post
election note:</u></i></span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Chancery Uralic;"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">
</span></i></span></strong><span style="font-size: x-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Last
week's election added more states to the list of clear thinkers.
Massachusetts became the 18th state to legalize medical marijuana.
</span></span></i></span></strong><strong><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><i><span style="font-weight: normal;">And
there's another interesting little battle brewing</span></i></span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">;
the good people of Washington state and Colorado voted to legalize
recreational marijuana for the over-21 crowd. Not sure how the feds
are going to handle that one but at least the people there have stood
up for themselves and said enough is enough. We'll watch the
confrontations over the coming months. If anything real interesting
happens, you'll be able to read all about it right here.</span></span></i></span></strong></span></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Chancery Uralic;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>N.
Richard Peterson</b></span></i></span></span></strong></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u>Citations</u></span></span></span></div>
<b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><sup><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b><span style="background: transparent;">1
</span></b></span></span></span></sup></span></span></b><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: transparent;">
</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b><b><a href="http://www.usconstitution.net/xconst_Am10.html"><span style="color: navy;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: transparent;">U.S.
Constitution - Amendment 10</span></span></u></span></span></span></span></span></a></b><br />
<b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: transparent;">
<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=4&sqi=2&ved=0CD8QFjAD&url=http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/GPO-CONAN-1992/pdf/GPO-CONAN-1992-10-11.pdf&ei=EcmVUMLWH6HuigL75oHgBA&usg=AFQjCNFdnm4oleKNhCFuZQPyKJl365FdbQ&sig2=y3qnvu9R0aS5ksLpCDJCJQ">Complete
text and explaination of 10th amendment</a> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b>
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<b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><sup><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b><span style="background: transparent;">2</span></b></span></span></span></sup></span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
<a href="http://ca.shalomlife.com/health/18196/israels-marijuana-industry-growing-dramatically/">Isreal
and marijuana</a></span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><sup><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b><span style="background: transparent;">3</span></b></span></span></span></sup></span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
<a href="http://canadaonline.about.com/od/medicalmarijuana/Medical_Marijuana_in_Canada.htm">Canada
and marijuana</a></span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><sup><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b><span style="background: transparent;">4</span></b></span></span></span></sup></span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;">
</span></b><b><a href="http://norml.org/legal/medical-marijuana-2"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><u><span style="font-weight: normal;">Medical
Marijuana by state</span></u></span></span></a></b><br />
<b><span style="text-decoration: none;"> <span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://andrikyrychok.wordpress.com/2008/12/09/new-updated-map-of-medical-marijuana-and-decriminalization-laws/">Map
of Medical Marijuana states</a></span></span></span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><sup><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b><span style="background: transparent;">5
</span></b></span></span></span></sup></span></span></b><b><a href="http://www.grandinite.com/2008/02/montana-could-secede-over-gun-rights-decision/"><span style="color: navy;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: transparent;">Will
Montana secede from the union?</span></span></u></span></span></span></span></span></a></b></div>
<b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><sup><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b><span style="background: transparent;">6
</span></b></span></span></span></sup></span></span></b><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: transparent;"><a href="http://www.thefirearmsforum.com/showthread.php?t=60573">Text
of Montana Law</a> </span></span></u></span></span></span></span></span></b>
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<b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><sup><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b><span style="background: transparent;">7
</span></b></span></span></span></sup></span></span></b><b><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/21/rick-perry-interview-secession_n_974969.html"><span style="color: navy;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: transparent;">Rick
Perry interview & Secession</span></span></u></span></span></span></span></span></a></b><br />
<b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><sup><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b><span style="background: transparent;">8
</span></b></span></span></span></sup></span></span></b><b><a href="http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/html/HC00050I.htm"><span style="color: navy;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: transparent;">H.C.R.
No. 50</span></span></u></span></span></span></span></span></a></b><br />
<b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><sup><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b><span style="background: transparent;">9
</span></b></span></span></span></sup></span></span></b><b><a href="http://www.ncsl.org/issues-research/transport/real-id-act-of-2005-summary.aspx"><span style="color: navy;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: transparent;">National
ID Act summary</span></span></u></span></span></span></span></span></a></b><br />
<b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><sup><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b><span style="background: transparent;">10
</span></b></span></span></span></sup></span></span></b><b><a href="http://tenthamendmentcenter.com/2009/09/13/nullification-the-states-have-a-nuclear-option-too/"><span style="color: navy;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: transparent;">The
Nuclear Option - Nillification</span></span></u></span></span></span></span></span></a></b><br />
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</span><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">In
1949, a British gentleman named George Arthur Orwell</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><b><sup><span style="font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">1</span></span></sup></b><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">
wrote an apocalyptic and dystopian novel titled <b><span style="font-size: large;">1984</span></b></span></span></span><b><sup><span style="font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">2</span></span></sup></b><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">.
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become a common </span></span></span></span></span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">cliché</span></span></span></span></span><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"> today is the </span></span></span></span></span></span>
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of bureaucrats</span></span></span></span></span><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"> watching over our every word </span></span></span></span></span></span>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">and deed in an effort to keep
us in the “Party line”.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">So
powerful and accurate were his writings that we regularly use terms
like “Orwellian”, “doublethink” thoughtcrime” and
“newspeak”</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><b><sup><span style="font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">3</span></span></sup></b><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> Many
years before personal computers, digital recorders, closed-circuit TV </span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">and the internet, Orwell foresaw a society where the government –
through </span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">it's placement and use technology like ubiquitous video
surveillance </span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">cameras– tracked our every move. With all the cameras
in places like New </span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">York City and London and tracking equipment like
OnStar , many people </span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">believe that we are almost there.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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</span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I
disagree on both points.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">First,
we're not ALMOST there. Folks, we have arrived. Unless you live </span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">completely on the fringe of society paying for everything with cash,
riding a bicycle and living in the forest or in a 3</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><sup><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">rd</span></span></span></sup><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">
world country, the government </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><i><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">(or </span></span></i></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">move from the time you get get up 'till you go to
bed. Cradle to grave. The </span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">ability to track us may not be absolute
yet, but its existence is not in question.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> The
second place I disagree is the actual point of this article. The </span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">government isn't putting tons of technology in place all over the
country to </span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">keep track of us. They don't have to. </span></span></span></span></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Wake
up, people. </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><b><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><u><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">We're
doing it to ourselves</span></u></span><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">.</span></span></b></span></span></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">Big
Brother (another term coined by Orwell) doesn't have to track us </span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">down. They just have to read our Facebook page. Want to know what </span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">someone is doing right now and who they're with? Check out their
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read our</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><i><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">(my?)
</span></span></i></span><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">blogs.
Many people even put their most personal thoughts and schemes into </span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">on-line diaries. Now that's a good way to protect your privacy.</span></span></span></span></span></span>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="background: #ffffff;"><span style="background: transparent;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">encryption? Beware of The Cloud! </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> No!
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">want about just about any one in the country. We are lining up to
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">The
government already has more tools than it knows how to – or is </span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">willing to use. According to Larry M. Elkin: Business Insider, Oct 9,
2012: </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">“...</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><i><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">I think the risk of large-scale government abuse of enhanced
surveillance </span></span></i></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><i><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">tools is pretty low. If the rules are implemented, law
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><i><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">probably be criticized more frequently for not
making use of the tools at its </span></span></i></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><i><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"> disposal than it will be for using
those tools too broadly.</span></span></i></span><b><sup><span style="font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">4</span></span></sup></b><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">”</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">
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<sup> </sup></span><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"> </span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"> Just
think of the times every day that you use plastic money, sign your </span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">name on something, show your driver's license and drive by or walk
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">surveillance camera. Then pay attention to all the very
personal information </span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">you put on the internet for anyone and everyone
to see. Forever. We ought to </span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">be on the FBI's payroll. If they want to keep
tabs on us, we're doing all </span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">their work for them.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;">At least that's what I think. What about you?</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><i><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255, 255, 255);">I
recommend that everyone who is concerned about where our freedoms are
going read 1984. It's available in print or on video from Amazon.com
and most major book and video outlets. Also watch the very compelling
George Lucas movie: THX1138 with Robert DuVall.</span></i></span></div>
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<sup><span style="font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>1
</b></span></span></sup><a href="http://www.george-orwell.org/"><span style="font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">http://www.george-orwell.org/</span></span></span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/orwell_george.shtml">http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/orwell_george.shtml</a></span></span></span></div>
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<sup><span style="font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>2
</b></span></span></sup><a href="http://www.online-literature.com/orwell/1984/"><span style="font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">http://www.online-literature.com/orwell/1984/</span></span></span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/1984/">http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/1984/</a></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.george-orwell.org/1984">http://www.george-orwell.org/1984</a></span></span></span><sup><span style="font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>
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<i><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">It was brought to my attention that this post was too long, so I decided to split it into 2 parts. </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">The post remains unchanged; just a little easier to read. Part 2 follows.</span></b></i><br />
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</span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"> <span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;">So!
Here we go again. Late posting and off message. Again!</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"> <span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> This month was going to be about The Social Media
Conspiracy </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><i><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">(it
ain't </span></span></i></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><i><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">what it sounds like. Think: “we are our own Big Brother”). </span></span></i></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"> </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> I
was just tidying it up</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">
a bit </span></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">when
my wife turned on a true-crime show </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">about </span></span></span></span></span><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">Marty
Tankleff</span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><sup><b><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">1</span></b></sup></span><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">.</span><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"> <span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">In
</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">1990;
with no evidence other than a falsified</span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"> - and un-signed</span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"> confession </span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">coerced from him by an
unscrupulous detective, Marty </span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">Tankleff</span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"> was charged </span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">with the 1988 murder of his
mother and father. At trial he was</span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"> convicted</span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"> and </span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">sentenced to two consecutive terms of 25
years to life in prison. </span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"> In 2003 after hearing from 20 new witnesses,
an appellate court finally </span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">overturned his conviction. He was 34 years old and 17 of those years; exactly </span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">one half of his life were spent rotting in a New York prison for a crime he </span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">didn't commit. </span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"> First his parents are murdered and
then, before this 17 year old kid has </span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">time to grieve and process his tragic loss, he is charged with and convicted of </span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">double homicide. </span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"> Marty was sure that the police
would quickly realize their mistake and go </span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">get the real killer. </span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"> He
was wrong.</span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> If you think that this is an isolated or even an infrequent
situation, think </span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">again. </span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> We've
all seen the cop movies where the bad guy talks too much and the </span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">completely upstanding detective takes down the confession, the bad
guy signs </span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">it, goes away for 20 or so years and justice is served.</span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"> <span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">What
we see almost as often is some cynical, bitter, tired old cop who </span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">wants to get a
conviction at any cost. To this end he will</span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> lie to,</span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> trick, </span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">threaten, manipulate and intimidate some
green young kid or mentally </span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">unstable person and get them to sign a
confession that they (the suspect) </span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">probably hasn't even had a chance
to read and maybe doesn't know what they </span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">confessed to.</span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> I
wanted to know if any of these “Innocent but Convicted” stories had even </span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">the slightest grain of truth or if they were just a lot of bull concocted by </span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">ratings-hungry TV drama writers or spun by the convicts themselves. </span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> Here's what I found. Look at the
facts and decide for yourself.</span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> From
1973 through Jan, 2012</span></span></span></span></span></span></b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><sup><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">2</span></b></span></span></sup></span></span></b></span><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">,
140 inmates from around the country were </span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">released from death row after having been acquitted
at a re-trial, having all </span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">charges dropped or been given an absolute
pardon because new evidence </span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">proved they were innocent. </span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"> That's almost 4 per year. Every year. For at least the last 40 years. Note </span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">that these were
just the people on death row AND only the ones that </span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">were able to get
exonerated and released.</span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"> Hundreds; maybe thousands more have served 20 plus years for
crimes </span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">they didn't commit</span></span></span></span></span></span></b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><sup><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">3</span></b></span></span></sup></span></span></b></span><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">. </span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">How many innocent people have been murdered by the </span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">justice system we will never know. </span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> Don't
think it could ever happen to you? Listen to me very carefully. </span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Every day, people in this country are sent to prison...or worse... for
crimes </span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">they never committed. Many of them have never committed </span></span></span></span></span></span></b><u><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><b>any</b></span></span></span></span></span></span></u><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
crime. </span></span></span></span></span></span></b><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><i><b><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">It </span></b></i></span></span></span></b></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><i><b><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">absolutely can happen to you!</span></b></i></span></span></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> I
don't care if you are 15, 25 or 75. Men or women; it doesn't matter.
You </span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">may be white, black, red or purple. If you are arrested or even
just </span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">questioned:</span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><b>KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT</b>. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Then memorize and repeat these
words.</span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></div>
<br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">“</span></span></span></b><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: red;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">I
have done nothing wrong, but I believe that it is in my best interest to
consult with an attorney before I speak to you.</span></b></span></span></span></span></b></span><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">” </span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"> This is all you should say unless and until your lawyer tells you
different. </span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> Once
you ask for a lawyer, the questioning is supposed to stop</span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><sup><span style="font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">4</span></b></span></span></sup></span></span></b></span><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">.
If they </span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">continue to question you they are breaking the law. Don't
expect to get them </span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">thrown in jail, though. It doesn't work that way.</span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"> <span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">If
you are being questioned, interviewed, interrogated or whatever they </span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">choose to call it the police are NOT your friends. They are NOT there
to help </span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">you. They WILL lie to you</span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><sup><span style="font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">5</span></b></span></span></sup></span></span></b></span><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">.
They WILL try every trick in their very large </span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">book</span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><sup><span style="font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">6</span></b></span></span></sup></span></span></b></span><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">
to trip you up and get you to confess to a crime </span></span></span></span></span></span></b><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><b><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">whether
you have </span></b></u></span></span></span></span></b></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><b><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">commited a crime or not.</span></b></u></span></span></span></span></b><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">
</span></b></span></span></span></span></b><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">I
can't stress this enough. </span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span>
</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"> <span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">If
you are a witness to or a victim of a crime, you must tell the police </span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">what you saw and/or heard.
Stick to the facts and don't talk about anything </span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">BUT the crime you
saw or suffered. If you are questioned about anything else: </span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">ASK FOR A
LAWYER AND DO NOT TALK TO THE POLICE </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">UNTIL HE OR SHE IS THERE</span></span></span></span></span></span><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">. </span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Don't
volunteer anything. </span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Don't try to sound like a hero. </span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Don't offer an
alibi. </span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Don't talk. Period!!! </span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">That's why you have a lawyer.</span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span>
</div>
</div>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;">At least that's my
opinion. What's yours?</span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><i>PS: Look for "</i></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><i>The Social Media
Conspiracy" in October</i></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div>
<div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><u>Citations</u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><sup><span style="font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>1</b></span></span></sup></span><span style="font-family: Liberation Serif, serif; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
<a href="http://www.martytankleff.com/">Marty's web site</a></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.oprah.com/oprahshow/Marty-Tankleffs-Wrongful-Conviction/1">As
seen on Oprah</a></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/people/t/martin_tankleff/index.html">New
York Times article</a></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><sup><span style="font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>2
</b></span></span></sup><a href="http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/innocence-list-those-freed-death-row"><span style="font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;"><u><span style="font-weight: normal;">Death
Penalty Info</span></u></span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><sup><span style="font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>3
</b></span></span></sup></span><span style="font-family: Liberation Serif, serif; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
<a href="http://www.10news.com/news/23567770/detail.html">16 years in
prison</a></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><sup><span style="text-decoration: none;">
</span></sup><a href="http://www.oprah.com/omagazine/A-Wrongful-Conviction/1"><span style="font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;"><u><span style="font-weight: normal;">20
years behind bars</span></u></span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small; text-decoration: none;">
</span><span style="font-size: small; text-decoration: none;"> <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/07/18/man-who-spent-27-years-for-murder-didnt-commit-to-sing-anthem-at-tampa-bay-rays/">27
years down</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small; text-decoration: none;">
</span><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/07/andre-davis-released_n_1655914.html"><u>30
years for a crime he didn't commit</u></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><sup><span style="font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;"><b>4
</b></span></sup><a href="http://criminal.findlaw.com/criminal-rights/the-miranda-case-and-the-right-to-counsel.html"><span style="font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Miranda
case and the right to counsel</span></span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Liberation Serif, serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.vanwagnerwood.com/CM/Custom/Constitutional-Right-Legal-Representation.asp">Right
to Legal Representation</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/right_to_counsel">Right
to Counsel</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><sup><span style="font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;"><b>5
</b></span></sup><a href="http://www.thejuryexpert.com/2010/11/police-deception-during-interrogation-and-its-surprising-influence-on-jurors-perceptions-of-confession-evidence/"><span style="font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Police
Deception</span></span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Liberation Serif, serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.criminalattorney.com/news/police-can-lie-to-you/">Use
of Lies to Obtain the Truth</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><sup><span style="font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;"><b>6
</b></span></sup><a href="http://people.howstuffworks.com/police-interrogation1.htm"><span style="font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;"><u><span style="font-weight: normal;">How
Police Interrogation Works</span></u></span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2842/what-can-the-police-lie-about-while-conducting-an-interrogation">The
Straight Dope</a></span></div>
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is another major item that the police, prosecutors and even a lot of </span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">judges don't want you or anybody else to know about.</span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span> <span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">The concept is
most commonly known as the "Fully Informed Jury” or </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">“</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">Jury</span></span></span></i></span><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">
Nullification</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">”</span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">.
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>If
a juror accepts as the law that which the judge states then that juror
has accepted the exersize of absolute authority of a government employee
and has surrendered a power and right that once was the citizen's
safegaurd of liberty.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">George Bankroft -- History of the Constitution</span> </b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"> "</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><b><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">In
criminal cases juries remained the judges of both law and fact </span></b></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><b><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">for approximately fifty years after the Revolution. However, the </span></b></span></span></span><br />
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in America, just as in England after the Revolution of 1688, </span></b></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><b><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">gradually asserted themselves increasingly through their </span></b></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><b><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">instructions on the law. We recognize, as appellants urge, the </span></b></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><b><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">undisputed
power of the jury to acquit, even if its verdict is contrary </span></b></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><b><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">to the
law as given by the judge and contrary to the evidence</span></b><i><b><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">.</span></b></i></span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">"<span style="font-size: x-small;">
</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: x-small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">U.S.
v Moylan, 417 F.2d 1002,1006 (1969)</span></span></span></span></span></span><sup><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><b>1</b></span></span></span></sup></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">The
fact is that, in complete opposition to what most cops and judges will </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">tell you, the
jury is the highest and final legal authority in America. 12 </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">people can, no
matter what the facts, evidence and/or instructions from the </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">judge, acquit any defendant according to their conscience. No on can </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">challenge this decision and jurors cannot be punished in any way for </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">acquitting.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">In
a nutshell: ”</span></span></span></span><b><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">You
are NOT obligated to enforce a bad law! You do </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">NOT have to send
people to jail who you don't think deserve to go </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;"><b><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">there, regardless of
what the law says!</span></b><sup><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>2</b></span></sup><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">”</span></span></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">If
it wasn't for jury nullification, slavery would still be legal. So
would </span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">burning witches. Prohibition would still be in force and you
could be fined for </span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">driving on Sunday.</span></span></span></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
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</span></span><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">In
this great country of ours both houses of congress have to vote on
and </span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">pass legislation. Then, if the president signs it, it becomes the
law of the </span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">land. </span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">The
police and courts enforce the law. </span></span></span></span></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">If
someone thinks that the new law violates the constitution, our
Supreme </span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Court will review it and either decide that it is ok, or they
may strike down </span></span></span></span></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Theoretically,
that's it. If you violate a law, you're punished with fines, jail </span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">or
death.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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though, a bad law will make it through all those check points </span></span></span></span></span></div>
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still be law. When that happens, there is still one more place where
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">law can be struck down. The Jury. </span></span></span></span></span>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"> “</span></span><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><i><span style="font-weight: normal;">William
Penn may have thought he had settled the matter. Arrested in 1670 </span></i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><i><span style="font-weight: normal;">for
preaching Quakerism, Penn was brought to trial. Despite Penn's </span></i></span></span></span></div>
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part of British constitutional law.</span></i></span></span><sup><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><b>3</b></i></span></span></sup><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><i>”</i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><i><span style="font-weight: normal;">deserve punishment, is called "jury nullification." In the
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><i><span style="font-weight: normal;">disregard of the instruction on
the law given by the trial judge..."<span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span></i></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: x-small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">U.S.
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on a jury is seen by many (</span></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><i><span style="font-weight: normal;">including
my wife, quite recently</span></i></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">)
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">nuisance and a burden. Some people will try everything they can
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I heard a line in a TV drama </span></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><i><span style="font-weight: normal;">[Law
and Order, I think] </span></i></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">with
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">defense attorney saying “</span></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><i><span style="font-weight: normal;">Do
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><i><span style="font-weight: normal;">of 12 people too
stupid to get out of jury duty?”.</span></i></span></span></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Serving
on a jury should be seen as an honor. Without juries, we have no </span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">system of justice. Any tyrant could subject us to oppressive and
unjust laws </span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">and we would be powerless to fight them. Jury duty is
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">important as voting. Those two actions are what set us
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">country and are without a doubt, the most important
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">we can do as Americans.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Please.
If you are called to serve on a jury, do it. Serve with pride. Give
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">your best. Help keep America great.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;">At least that's my
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;">See also:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://fija.org/">Fully
Informed Jury Association</a></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.juryduty.org/">Lone
Star FIJA</a></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.davekopel.com/CJ/fija.htm">Fully-Informed
Juries</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><sup><span style="font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;"><b>1 </b></span></sup><a href="http://www.1215.org/lawnotes/lawnotes/jurynull.htm"><span style="font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">http://www.1215.org/lawnotes/lawnotes/jurynull.htm</span></span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><sup><span style="font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;"><b>2</b></span></sup></span><span style="font-family: Liberation Serif, serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> <a href="http://rightremedy.org/tracts/26">Tyranny With Permission of
the Jury</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><sup><span style="font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;"><b>3 </b></span></sup><a href="http://prorev.com/juries.htm"><span style="font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">What
lawyers & Judgeswon't Tell You About Juries</span></span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><sup><span style="font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;"><b>4</b></span></sup></span><span style="font-family: Liberation Serif, serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> <a href="http://www.casebriefs.com/blog/law/criminal-law/criminal-law-keyed-to-kadish/how-guilt-is-established/united-states-v-dougherty/">Case
Briefs.com</a></span></span><span style="font-size: small;">/</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Neil
Armstrong was the first astronaut; indeed the first person in the
entire history of mankind to set foot on a world other than our own.
Out of the billions of human beings that live or have lived on our
planet, only 12 have ever walked on another piece of this universe.
He was the first.</span></span></span><br />
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his legacy will remain forever, Neil Alden Armstrong died
today: August 25th, 2012 at the age of 82. Our prayers
go out to his family and friends; and to a nation who watched his
accomplishments with amazement as many a child dreamed of following
in his footsteps. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;"> That is a feat actually possible not only figuratively, but
literally. The footprints of all 12 of the brave pioneers that walked
on the moon are still there for the inspiration of those that surely
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best remembered for his iconic statement “</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">That's
one small step for </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-weight: normal;">[a]</span></i></span></span><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
man, one giant leap for mankind”, heard by the world audience </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">as
he stepped on to the moon, he and Edwin "Buzz" Aldren also
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as is known, theirs is the only one of the six not still standing, having been blown over by their spacecraft exhaust upon takeoff from
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600 million people watched as the first humans landed; and then
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2:56 UTC </span><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;">(EDT=10:56
pm,20 July) </span><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: small;">he
set his left foot down in the moon dust. He was followed about 20 minutes
later by Buzz Aldren. Michael Collins drew the short straw and
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fighting a battle with heart disease and undergoing heart surgery
earlier this month, Neil Armstrong passed away today; the 25<sup>th</sup>
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Landing Trivia</span></b></i></span><i><b>: </b></i><span style="font-family: Century Schoolbook L, serif;"><i>
The first galactic phone call was placed on July 21</i></span><sup><span style="font-family: Century Schoolbook L, serif;"><i>st</i></span></sup><span style="font-family: Century Schoolbook L, serif;"><i>,
1969 UTC. Shortly before midnight Washington DC time, then-President
Richard Milhous Nixon called the Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong
and Buzz Aldrin. He spoke via Houston Texas Mission Control for about 3 minutes congratulating them on their successful mission. The two
astronauts were in Sea of Tranquility on the Moon. They traveled from
Apollo 11 to the moon in the LEM (Lunar Excursion Module).</i></span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><i style="color: red;">You
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She is the oldest of the 10 grandchildren that, until the first of this month I didn't know I had.<br />
Thank you, Jesus for bringing the rest of my family to me.<br />
And Alexandria, I hope you have a wonderful birthday and a fantastic life.<br />
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I love you.<br />
Your grandfather<br />
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since I was a child; and probably before, there has been a conspiracy
in the United States to outlaw private ownership of firearms. My
father warned me frequently that, once universal gun registration was
the law of the land, the next step would be confiscation. Since the
liberal left knows that they would never get away with an outright
ban on firearms, they have been slowly chipping away for 60+ years at
our basic right to keep and bear arms and protect ourselves, our
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with </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><u><a href="http://www.atf.gov/firearms/nfa/"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;">The
National Firearms Act of 1934</span></span></span></a></u></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: transparent;">
that prohibited or severely restricted private ownership of machine
guns and moving on to </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><u><a href="https://www.ncjrs.gov/txtfiles/billfs.txt"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Assault
Weapons ban</span></span></span></a></u></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: transparent;">,
with the included High-Capacity Magazine ban, the </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><u><a href="http://www.bradycampaign.org/legislation/backgroundchecks/bradylaw/"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Brady
Bill</span></span></span></a></u></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: transparent;">,
and many more federal and state laws and regulations, the
</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: transparent;">totalitarian
left-wing arm of our government </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: transparent;">
keeps trying to disarm the law abiding citizens of America.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="background: transparent;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: transparent;">As
every despot knows, the first thing a conquering force must do before
subduing a population is to disarm them and remove their ability to
defend themselves. Is that what our government has planned for us? To
make us into slaves by disarming and oppressing us? If so, they're on
the right track. It's what dictators throughout history have done. </span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: transparent;"></span></span></span></span></span></span><style type="text/css"></style><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: transparent;">"</span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: #ffff00;">All
political power comes from the barrel of a gun. The communist party
must command all the guns, that way, no guns can ever be used to
command the party.</span></span></i></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: transparent;">"-Mao
Tse Tung</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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most foolish mistake we could possibly make would be to allow the
subject races to possess arms. History shows that all conquerors who
have allowed their subject races to carry arms have prepared their
own downfall by so doing. Indeed, I would go so far as to say that
the supply of arms to the underdogs is a sine qua non for the
overthrow of any sovereignty.</span></span></i></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: transparent;">"-Adolf
Hitler </span></span></span></span></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: transparent;">"</span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: #ffff00;">The
measures adopted to restore public order are: First of all, the
elimination of the so-called subversive elements .... They were
elements of disorder and subversion. On the morrow of each conflict I
gave the categorical order to confiscate the largest possible number
of weapons of every sort and kind. This confiscation, which continues
with the utmost energy, has given satisfactory results.</span></span></i></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: transparent;">-Benito
Mussolini </span></span></span></span></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: transparent;">"</span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: #ffff00;">If
I could have banned them all - 'Mr. and Mrs. America turn in your
guns' - I would have!</span></span></i></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: transparent;">"</span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b><span style="background: transparent;">-</span></b></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: transparent;">Diane
Feinstein</span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><sup><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b><span style="background: transparent;">1</span></b></span></span></sup></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">
</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: transparent;">When
the American government wants to help a people or government attain
or regain their freedom, the first thing they do is supply the
oppressed people with guns. It has been said that the reason the
Japanese and Germans never considered an invasion of the United
States in WWII is because they knew that so many Americans are armed
that they (the Axis) would suffer unacceptable causalities and face
armed resistance far fiercer than in any other country. According to
</span></span></span></span></span></span><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: transparent;">Admiral
Yamamoto, commander-in-chief of the imperial Japanese navy during
WWII, </span></span></span></span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="background: transparent;">"<i>You
cannot invade the mainland United States. There would be a rifle
behind each blade of grass</i>."</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255, 255, 0);">"<i>And
they are ignorant that the purpose of the sword is to save every man
from slavery</i></span></span></span></span><sup><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: #ffff00;"><i>.</i>"</span></span></span></span></sup><sup><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b><span style="background: #ffff00;"><br /></span></b></span></span></sup><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">Marcus
Annaeus Lucanus Roman poet (A.D. 39-65)<br />Source: De Bello Civili
(Cambridge: Harvard University Press, Loeb Classical Library, 1988),
IV, 579, p. 216</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: #ffff00;">"<i>The
right of self-defense never ceases. It is among the most
sacred, and alike necessary to nations and to individuals.</i>"</span></span></span></span><sup><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b><br /></b></span></span></sup><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">President
James Monroe (November 16, 1818) </span></span></span></span></span>
<br />
<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: #ffff00;">"<i>I
would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much
liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.</i>"</span></span></span></span><sup><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b><br /></b></span></span></sup><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">Thomas
Jefferson, letter to Archibald Stuart, Philadelphia, December 23,
1791; “The Works of Thomas Jefferson,” Federal Edition (New York
and London, G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1904-5) Vol. 6</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: #ffff00;">"</span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: #ffff00;"><i>There
exists a law, not written down anywhere, but in our hearts; a law
which comes to us not by training or custom or reading; a law which
has come to us not from theory but from practice; not by instruction
but by natural intuition: I refer to the law which lays it down that,
if our lives are endangered by plots or violence or armed robbers or
enemies, any and every method of protecting ourselves is morally
right.</i>"</span></span></span></span><sup><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b><span style="background: #ffff00;"><br /></span></b></span></span></sup><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">Marcus
Tullius Cicero (106 BC-43 BC) Roman Orator and Statesman at the trial
of T. Annius Milo in 52 BC</span></span></span></span><span style="color: white; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">
</span></span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: x-small;"><sup><span style="font-style: normal;"><b><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">2</span></b></span></sup></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="background: transparent;">
</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"> The
Jul 31, 2012 edition of </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><u><a href="http://www.dailyworld.com/article/20120801/OPINION/208010304/Anti-gun-crowd-has-all-wrong-about-regulation?odyssey=nav%7Chead"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Daily
World</span></span></span></a></u></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b><span style="background: transparent;">
</span></b></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: transparent;">states
“<i>In addition to the need for self-defense, our Founders
understood the bearing of arms was essential to protecting this
country from tyrannical governments. Fresh on their minds was the
revolutionary clash between the tax-happy British government and a
population of armed and ragtag citizens with the dream of freedom
burning in their souls</i>.”</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="background: transparent;">
</span></span><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: transparent;">Now
the would-be slave masters in our government have decided try a new
avenue. They have teamed up with tyrants, dictators and murderers
around the globe in an attempt to have the United Nations dismantle
our constitution through the Arms Trade Treaty.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="background: transparent;"> </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="background: transparent;">
<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">On
</span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Jul
29, 2012, Townhall Magazine</span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: x-small;"><sup><span style="font-style: normal;"><b><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">3</span></b></span></sup></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;">
reported on the then on-going UN negotiations regarding the Arms
Trade Treaty</span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><sup><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>4</b></span></sup></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;">
which supposedly would only affect international arms trade and have
no effect on 2</span></span><sup><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;">nd</span></span></sup><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;">
amendment rights within the borders of the US of A. </span></span></span>
<br />
<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;">According
to the treaty supporters, our constitution would always override any
international treaty. They say “<i>The ATT will only apply
to international export, import, and transfer of conventional
weapons</i>.</span></span><sup><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">5</span></b></span></span></sup></span><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;">”</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><sup><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>
</b></span></span></sup><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Besides,
didn't the Supreme Court just rule that we all have the right to bear
arms and the it is an individual; not a collective right</span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: x-small;"><sup><span style="font-style: normal;"><b><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">6</span></b></span></sup></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">? Our government wouldn't possibly try to take away our basic rights
would they? </span></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Let's look at the facts</span></span></span></span>
<br />
<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">The
countries that are pushing the hardest for the Arms Trade Treaty are
Algeria, China, Colombia, Cuba, the Russian Federation and
Indonesia.</span></span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><sup><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>7</b></span></sup></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
Now there's a list of people who support personal freedom. Yeah...and I'm a
famous super model</span></span></span><img align="BOTTOM" border="0" height="19" name="graphics2" src="http://messenger.msn.com/MMM2006-04-19_17.00/Resource/emoticons/sad_smile.gif" width="19" />
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">It
would ”<i>Ban the trade, sale and private ownership of all
semi-automatic weapons (any that have magazines even though they
still operate in the same one trigger pull – one single “bang”
manner as revolvers, a simple fact the ant-gun media never seem to
grasp)</i>. And “<i>Create an international gun
registry, clearly setting the stage for full-scale gun
confiscation</i>.</span></span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><sup><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>3</b></span></sup></span></span><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">”</span></span></span></span><br />
<sup> </sup> <span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">In
1952, Secretary of State and Council on Foreign Relations member John
Foster Dulles told the American Bar Association that “<i>Treaty
law can override the Constitution</i>.” “<i>Treaties
for example…can cut across the rights given the people by their
constitutional Bill of Rights</i>.” and...A century ago,
Theodore Roosevelt signed and implemented the terms of a treaty
“<i>...for two years before the Senate acted.” </i>In his
defense, he said<i> “The Constitution did not explicitly give me power
to bring about the necessary agreement with Santo Domingo. But the
Constitution did not forbid my doing what I did</i>.” </span></span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><sup><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>8</b></span></sup></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">This
U.N. Arms Treaty has caused so much controversy because it outlines a
plan to target all types of conventional weapons...</span></span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><sup><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>9</b></span></sup></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;">As
of last week, the Arms treaty has failed to pass the UN; at least in
part because President Obama feels that he needs to wait for his
re-election before he shoves it down our throat. “<i>A
Western diplomat, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the
sensitivity of the issue, also blamed the U.S., saying 'they derailed
the process,' adding that nothing will happen to revive negotiations
until after the U.S. presidential election in November</i>.</span></span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: x-small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><sup><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>10</b></span></sup></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;">”</span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black; font-size: x-small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><sup><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>
</b></span></sup></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">That
sounds a bit like what Obama said to Vladimir Putin, doesn't it?</span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">The
US wasn't the only country that decided not to sign on the dotted
line. Russia and China joined the United States in saying that
“<i>...they needed more time to consider the issues</i>.</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: x-small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><sup><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>11</b></span></span></sup></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">”</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
My thanks to </span></span></span></span></span></span><i><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Presidents
Hu Jintao and Vladimir Putin</span></span></span></span></span></span></i><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">.
Not sure what their real reasons were.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"></span></span><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> Although
it isn't getting a whole lot of press, there was another reason that
Obama decided not to try to sign away our constitution. At least for
now. According to </span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>The
New York Times </b></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">[July
27, 2012] A large group of senators sent a letter to Obama assuring
him that the treaty stood a snowball's chance in hell(sic) of being
ratified. It takes at least 67 senators to ratify a treaty and 51 of
them signed the letter. </span></span></span></span></span></span>
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</span></span><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Don't
think that's the end of it though. Whether Obama wins or loses in
November, he will have nothing to lose by trying to persuade a lot of
senators to go along with him. AND... if the Dems lose a lot of
senate seats in the election, the lame duck session is liable to feel
that they have nothing to lose either and push to get it ratified
before January restores some sanity to congress and the White House.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">In
the meantime, Liberals in congress are launching a parallel attack at
our ability to keep our country free by continually aligning all gun
ownership with sporting use. </span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
How many politicians and vocal gun-grabbers have you heard say
“Give me one good reason why anybody needs a magazine that holds
30, 40 or 50 bullets to hunt a deer?”</span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
As I and many others have said over and over, the 2nd amendment has
nothing to do with hunting ducks. Or deer. Or target practice and
competition. The reason we need as many rounds as possible at our
disposal is to help level the playing field a bit if we have to
defend our country from enemies without or within. Reloading takes
time; time that costs lives in a firefight. </span></span></span></span></span></span>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"> <span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">In
the July 31</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><sup><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">st</span></span></span></span></sup></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
edition of USA Today </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Dennis
Henigan, vice president of the </span></span></span><span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><u><a href="http://www.bradycampaign.org/"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Brady
Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence</span></span></span></span></a></u></span></span><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
is quoted as saying there is no viable civilian use
for large-round <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>(sic)</i></span> magazines<i>. "It's rare that anyone has to fire 33
rounds in self-defense.</i></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: x-small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><sup><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>12</b></span></span></sup></span></span><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">" He's absolutely correct. And as long as criminals and people bent on
harming Americans and America know that many of us HAVE lots of guns
and ammunition, our odds of having to use them will remain low. The
US military has hundreds o<span style="font-size: small;">f</span> nuclear warheads and it's rare that they
have ever had to use them due primarily to the deterrent affect.
Thank God.</span></span></span></span><br />
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</span></span><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Let's
face the truth. Whiny, nanny-state, we-know-what's-best-for-you
liberals have for decades been trying to – and slowly succeeding in
their attempt to completely outlaw private ownership of firearms and
remove our capacity for self-defense. We the people need to remain
ever-vigilant and let our elected officials know in no uncertain that
we will not tolerate the usurpation of any part of our constitution
by another country or some international group of do-gooders. Or any
body else, for that matter. At least for now we have not only the
ability but also the will to resist. With lethal force if necessary.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: xx-small;"><i><span style="font-weight: normal;">For
an entire page of very quotable quotes regarding the need to be –
and remain armed, see:</span></i></span><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: xx-small;"><i><b>
</b></i></span><a href="http://itistreason.wordpress.com/2011/09/18/founders-quotes-on-the-dangers-of-a-standing-army-and-the-need-for-a-constitutional-militia/" target="_blank"><span style="color: navy; font-size: x-small;"><span lang="zxx"><u><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Notable-Quotes</span></span></span></u></span></span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch; font-size: xx-small;"><i><span style="font-weight: normal;">Want
to know what some congressional representatives consider to be
reasonable gun control? For quotes...and a real insight into the
liberal mindset, see: </span></i></span><span style="color: navy; font-size: x-small;"><span lang="zxx"><u><a href="http://www.guncite.com/gun_control_gcnobody.html"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">"Nobody
Wants to Take Your Guns."</span></span></span></a></u></span></span><br />
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</b></span></span></sup><span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><u><a href="http://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2012/07/09/obamas_coming_gun_control_through_the_un"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Townhall.com</span></span></span></a></u></span></span></div>
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<sup><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>4
</b></span></span></sup><span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><u><a href="http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2012/07/robert-farago/full-text-draft-u-n-arms-trade-treaty/"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">U.N.
Arms Trade Treaty</span></span></span></a></u></span></span></div>
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</b></span></span></sup><span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><u><a href="http://www.armscontrol.org/issuebriefs/The-Arms-Trade-Treaty-and-the-NRAs-Misleading-Rhetoric"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Arms
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</b></span></span></sup><span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><u><a href="http://www.mittromney.com/issues/gun-rights"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">2nd
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</span></span></span><span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><u><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Fake
Treaty or Real Treaty?</span></span></span></u></span></span></div>
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UN treat</span></span></span></a></u></span></span></div>
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to disarm Americans</span></span></span></a></u></span></span></div>
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</b></span></span></sup><span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><u><a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501363_162-57482624/arms-treaty-must-wait-after-un-agreement-fails/"><span style="font-family: Courier 10 Pitch;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Arms
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Chief Dissapointed</span></span></span></a></u></span></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11191957420236699904noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4444448458915677609.post-63873114503674327962012-08-01T16:19:00.002-06:002012-11-09T00:06:23.313-07:00A GLORIOUS DAY<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I have 6 kids: 4 of my own and 2 step kids. My youngest daughter Tonya I have not seen or heard from since 1988. Until yesterday!<br />
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After all these years of wondering where she is, what she's doing and if she's even still alive, we found each other. I cannot describe the feeling. I am flabergasted and overjoyed.<br />
I also found out that I have 10... yes: TEN more grandkids. Yahoo. Blessed is the man whose quiver is full. Mine is overflowing and I am truly blessed. Thank you, Jesus.<br />
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I absolutely L U V grandkids. Spoil 'em, feed 'em suger and send 'em home to mama. I wondered for years if I had any more grandkids. Now I know. I'll take a bow, now. <br />
Seriously, I've seen things like this on TV: siblings or parents and children suddenly being re-united after decades of seperation, but I never really believed that it could happen to me. On TV it usually is because of some reporter or private investigator. Then, when long-lost lovedones finally find each other, there's always a lot of tears. There sure was here.<br />
I had hoped to find her for all those years but never really believed that I would.<br />
Now we are re-connecting.<br />
I love you baby girl. It is truly a glorious day.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;"> On this; the fourth day of July, in the year of our Lord: 2012, we come together around bar-b-ques, fireworks and family to celebrate the 236th birthday of American independence from England. As I sit comfortably in my Lazy-Boy, surrounded by a loving family and a couple of very spoiled cats, two distinct thoughts come to mind. <br /><br /> First: </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"> Did Washington, Adams, Jefferson and all the rest of our founding fathers “<i>mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honour</i></span>"
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<span style="font-size: small;"> With the words”We hold these truths to be self evident; that all men are created equal” the biggest social and political experiment in the world started. Yet, in those days, the term “All Men” held a different meaning than today. It did not mean women, blacks, native Americans, or anybody else other than white males over the age of majority. Times have changed and our society has evolved and matured. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> This posting is not about any conspiracy. Nor does it have anything to do with cryptography. It is about possibly one of the most hot-button issues; both politically and socially in the last 20 years. <br /> That issue is same-sex marriage. Adamantly for it or vehemently against it, one thing is for sure. You will be hard pressed to find someone that doesn't have an opinion about it. <br /><br /> Many people feel that marriage should be restricted to a union between one man and one woman. Others say that anybody should be able to marry anybody else. In the midst of this controversy I propose what I hope is a satisfactory compromise using an already-in-place legal concept: civil unions. <br /><br /> Civil unions are supposed to let gays and lesbians feel like they are being treated equally and yet this concept comes at a time when non-traditional marriages are cropping up all over the place. I'm going to take a wild guess and say that probably less than half of marriages these days are actually performed in a church. On top of that, women keep their last name or the husband takes the wife's last name or they choose a completely new name to celebrate their lifelong union. Prenuptial agreements are almost as common as the marriage licenses they accompany. With the concept of “Spiritual Marriage", some people have even found a legal way to practice polygamy. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> The time-honoured religious institution of marriage as we [used to] think about it is these days more the exception than the rule. Civil unions are supposed to be a subset of that institution. A type of “separate but equal” status. Of course that status goes over as well with the GLBT crowd today as it did with African Americans back in the 50s and 60s. <br /><br /> So here's my thought. Maybe we're looking at it backwards. Maybe marriage should be a subset of civil unions. Let everybody that wants to join in a life-sharing contract do so. They can specify things like hospital visitation, inheritance rights, property rights and all the other things that married couples now take for granted. Along with the injustice this would remove from our GLBT population it would for our atheist brethren remove the stigma of having to have their union recognized some kind of religious power or authority. <br /><br /> These contracts will be sworn to before a court-approved authority and registered down at the court house just like a whole lot of other contracts are. AND... those that decide to have their union performed in and sanctioned by the religious institution of their choice can enter into their contract via a preacher, priest, rabbi or whoever is their recognized religious authority. Those civil unions performed under religious trappings– and only those would officially be known as a “marriage”, although you would be free to call your union whatever you want. <br /><br /> Let's face facts. As long as there are people, there will never be true and total equality for everyone. This simple step should however bring a semblance of equality and acceptance for a large portion of our population and a little peace of mind for another bunch all while keeping the term “<b>Marriage</b>” pure and un-defiled for those of us that feel that “<b>Marriage</b>” is a religious and spiritual institution. <br /><br /> So that's my opinion. Tell me yours. Put them in a comment and I'll share them with the world. Just maybe we can start a dialog that will someday lead to a little better society and a bit more freedom and justice for all.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Yes! I'm late again. Had to have another surgery for a torn
rotator cuff. I've got to stop splitting firewood and buy a splitter.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> This month's posting was supposed to be on same-sex
marriage and a possible solution to the debate. I had it almost
finished when a news segment caught my ear. Look for it in July instead.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> A school principal banned Lee Greenwood's "God Bless the
USA" from a graduation ceremony " <i>telling teachers the
Lee Greenwood ballad could offend other cultures. </i><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><sup><b>1</b></sup></span><i>"</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;">According to </span><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>The
Washington Post:</b></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">(11/13/2011)</span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>
“</b></span><i><span style="font-weight: normal;">A federal court
judge ruled that officials at a California high school had a legal
right to send home students wearing shirts showing the American flag
on Cinco de Mayo</span></i><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>...”</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;">So let's get something
straight. If you are offended by our flag or the Pledge of Allegiance
or our national anthem or patriotic songs or anything else that
Americans are prone to as an expression of pride in and love for our
country, then GET THE HELL OUT! Go back to Iran or North Korea or
China or wherever else your brain-dead ideas will be accepted.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;">And to all the
bleeding-heart sorry-ass liberals who think that if we just don't fly
the flag or speak about how great America is, all the jihadists will
suddenly like us and leave us alone; here's a wake-up call for you. </span></span>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;">They don't hate us because
of our flag or our songs. They hate us because we are free and they
can't stand anybody being free. They hate us because our wives are
free to get a job and a driver's license and walk down the sidewalk
showing their face. They hate us because our daughters can go to
school and get an education and plan a career. They hate us because
our women aren't the property of the father until he finds a husband
for her and then she becomes the property of the husband. They hate
us because a woman can choose NOT to get married and still have a
career and buy a house and a car and live a life. And they hate most
of all because all of us are free to read The Washington Post or Time
Magazine or, God forbid- a Playboy. We are all free to be Muslims or
Jews or Christians or Athiests and to worship-or not-as we see fit.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;">The only way to keep them
from hating us is to become them. So, unless you want to grow your
beard, make your wife and daughter wear a burkha in public, ban girls
from schools and the workplace and spend your whole life reading
nothing but religious texts they are going to hate you. I'm not going to do
all that so they are going to hate me and I don't care.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;">As the old Merle Haggard
song says; When you're runnin' down our country, boy, you're walkin'
on the fightin' side of me. If you don't love it, leave it.</span></span><br />
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one, I don't care what anybody else thinks.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"> And to all those men and women that are serving or have served in our armed forces, and especially to those thousands that made the ultimate sacrifice and gave their lives for their...and our country:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Last year at this time, I wrote a memorial day posting and recieved the following message from a gentleman(???):</span></div>
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<b>Please remove my name from this list I do not want your CRAP</b><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> We removed his name from our mailing list and sent this reply to him.</span></span><br />
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<b>I'm sorry that you don't appreciate our great country, the troops that defend it and your freedoms and privileges that you enjoy by being an American. Your name has been removed from our list and you will receive no more mailings from us.</b><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"> For me, that says it all. We are free only because we; Americans, are willing to fight and die to keep the freedoms and liberty that comes with living in this great country of ours.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> No! America is not perfect. After all, it's full of people and people aren't perfect. We make mistakes. Sometimes we do the wrong thing for the right reason. There is, however no other country in the world that has the smooth transition of government, personal freedoms and the benifits of citizenship that we Americans enjoy.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> So - on this Memorial Day, fire up the bar-b-que, pour a glass of your favorite beverage, tell your friends and family how much you appreciate them and all of you give a toast to the United States of America.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>A visually spectacular flare being thrown out on April 16, 2012.</b></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b> <span style="font-weight: normal;">Think about it. In the year 2012, how much of our life is totally dependent </span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-weight: normal;">on satellites and microchips? Without them, your cell phone would be </span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-weight: normal;">worthless. Cable TV would be history. Our military would be back to </span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-weight: normal;">WWII-type fighting. Although some small, older airplanes will still get off the </span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-weight: normal;">ground most of our modern aircraft couldn't fly. Absolutely nothing with </span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-weight: normal;">modern avionics would be working. Your microwave oven and maybe even </span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-weight: normal;">your coffee pot wouldn't work. </span></b></span> </div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b> <span style="font-weight: normal;">Do your coffee pot and microwave depend on a sate</span></b></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">llite? No, but they </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><i><b> </b></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><b>ARE</b></i></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> run by microchips. Anything that depends on computers or anything </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">else built with microchips could cease to function. And a solar flare isn't the </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">only culprit capable of sending us back to the dark ages. Let a</span><b><span style="font-weight: normal;"> large EMP </span></b><b><i><span style="font-weight: normal;">(see </span></i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="font-weight: normal;">below)</span></i></b><b><span style="font-weight: normal;"> fire over north America and my 39 year-old truck would coast to a </span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-weight: normal;">stand-still because the electronic ignition would be fried. Our water, </span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-weight: normal;">electricity, natural gas and even our sewers are completely or primarily </span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-weight: normal;">computer controlled. You couldn't even flush your toilet twice.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">An EMP (electromagnetic pulse</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><sup><b>2</b></sup></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">) from even a small nuclear explosion </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">could, in the words of the Office of Radiation Protection</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><sup><b>3</b></sup></span><sup><b> “</b></sup></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-weight: normal;">destroy most of the </span></i></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-weight: normal;">electronics that were not protected in the entire Continental United States</span></i></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">.</span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><sup><b>” </b></sup></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> After this effect was discovered by accident, governments all over the </span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">world began figure out how to “harden</span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><sup><b>3</b></sup></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">” critical infrastructures against an </span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">EMP. That was a major push behind the development of the internet</span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><sup><b>4</b></sup></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Various institutions around the country wanted to be able to communicate </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">even if a few cities were already nuked.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> <span style="font-weight: normal;">So what can we do to protect ourselves? Are there any measures that we </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> <span style="font-weight: normal;">Let's face it; the government is going to do or not do whatever they feel </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">like. And they're probably not going to tell us no matter what they do. For </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> <span style="font-weight: normal;">Let's start with just day-to-day living. We need a roof over our head, food, </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">water, heat and sanitation. The house is simple, but you need to heat and/or </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> <span style="font-weight: normal;">You may already have a wood stove and if you're out in the country you </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> <span style="font-weight: normal;">To prepare for a 2 to 4 week total power outage, you'll need to get some </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">water stored; about 1 to 2 gallons per person per day or about 200 to 250 </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">gallons for a family of 4 </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><sup><b>5</b></sup></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">. More is better. Any large bucket or basin will </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Yes! I know. It sounds hillbilly, but it can be done. I've done it.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> <span style="font-weight: normal;">Believe it or not, everything you need to survive with no power grid is </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">readily available close to home and fairly affordable. You can pick up a </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">porta-potty for camping at the local sporting goods store or even at K-Mart or </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Wal Mart. They come with disposable bags which you tie up and store; </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">preferably a long way from where you sleep and eat. A Coleman stove and a </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> <span style="font-weight: normal;">For electrical conveniences you can't beat a 12 volt system. At the local </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">refrigerator or cooler that run on 12 volts. Marine outlets also have pretty </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">much anything you'll need as many pleasure boats are totally on a 12V </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">system. Truck stops carry an amazing array of 12V goodies, too. A couple of </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">car batteries, a few cans of gas and a small generator to charge the batteries </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">and you're at least able to make life bearable. Don't try to use the generator </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">to run any of your regular, 120 volt household appliances. Most wont run </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">anyway and the ones that do will use up your precious fuel at a ridiculous </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">running. Of course, all of this is easier if you live in the country with ample </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">make some affordable and relatively simple preparations. You don't need a </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> <span style="font-weight: normal;">A word about safety. Under no conditions should you run a propane, gas </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> <span style="font-weight: normal;">Communication and transportation are a completely different set of </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">not going to call, email, Skype or text anyone. They couldn't answer, anyway. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I hate to say it, but communications will be back to early 1800s level. At least </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">for awhile. Yo can get some walkie-talkies for short-range communication </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">for law enforcement and military use but as for you and I, we'll be limited </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> <span style="font-weight: normal;">Transportation is a bit easier. There's always that old stand-by - the </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">bicycle for short runs and visiting the neighbors. Just think of all the </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">vehicle that doesn't use a computer or electronic ignition. Most scooters and </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">newer cars, that will be somewhere between prohibitive and impossible. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Sorry! </span></span> </div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> <span style="font-weight: normal;">Oh yeah. Use up your emergency gas and re-fill the supply every couple </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">of weeks to keep it fresh. Gas gets stale after about 90 days. There are </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> <span style="font-weight: normal;">Our government as well as quite a few private concerns are actually </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> <span style="font-weight: normal;">If you've watched all the post-apocalypse movies like I have, you could get </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">major flare or nuclear war. The war would bring a whole new set of problems </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">but in the case of a massive flare or for the survivors of a nuclear conflict, I </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">resilient and resourceful We will band together to make it through the initial </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">as it took us the first time to get where we are now. We've already developed </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> <span style="font-weight: normal;">Like the Boy Scout motto tells us to do: Be Prepared!!! Better to have it </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> <span style="font-weight: normal;">And for the hats, I hear that tinfoil is on sale at the local supermarket.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255, 255, 255);">At least, that's my opinion. What's yours?.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>For more information on setting up a home for 12 volts and other preparations, here are some sites and books to get you going<sup>.</sup></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><u><span style="font-weight: normal;">12-volt guide book</span></u></span><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></i>by TECHSTAR</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><u><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255, 255, 255);">Living on 12 Volts with Ample Power</span></span></span></span></u><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255, 255, 255);"> by David Smead & Ruth Ishiarn </span></span></span></span></span> </div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4444448458915677609" name="btAsinTitle"></a><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4444448458915677609" name="contributorNameTriggerB0034NJBH8"></a><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4444448458915677609" name="btAsinTitle1"></a> </span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255, 255, 255);">12 Volt Solar Power</span></span></u></span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255, 255, 255);"> by Michel Daniek </span></span></span></span></span> </h1>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://alfin2100.blogspot.com/2009/06/william-r-forstchen-discusses-emp.html"><span style="color: navy;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255, 255, 255);">http://alfin2100.blogspot.com/2009/06/william-r-forstchen-discusses-emp.html</span></span></u></span></span></span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.cq2k.com/about_morse_code/grid_failure.htm"><span style="color: navy;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255, 255, 255);">http://www.cq2k.com/about_morse_code/grid_failure.htm</span></span></u></span></span></span></a></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><u>Citations</u></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><sup>1 </sup></b><a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/03/120308-solar-flare-storm-sun-space-weather-science-aurora/"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;">http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/03/120308-solar-flare-storm-sun-space-weather-science-aurora/</span></span></span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><sup>2</sup></b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_pulse">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_pulse</a></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><sup>3 </sup></b><a href="http://technav.ieee.org/tag/689/emp-hardening"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><u><span style="font-weight: normal;">http://technav.ieee.org/tag/689/emp-hardening</span></u></span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><sup>4 </sup></b><a href="http://www.walthowe.com/navnet/history.html"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">http://www.walthowe.com/navnet/history.html</span></span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><sup>5 </sup></b><a href="http://www.goodadvicepress.com/beprep.htm"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">http://www.goodadvicepress.com/beprep.htm</span></span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><sup>6 </sup></b><a href="http://www.aussurvivalist.com/nuclear/empprotection.htm"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">http://www.aussurvivalist.com/nuclear/empprotection.htm</span></span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><sup>7 </sup></b><a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/47089141/ns/technology_and_science-space/?ocid=todmsnbc11#.T6WAAmbl9fr"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/47089141/ns/technology_and_science-space/?ocid=todmsnbc11#.T6WAAmbl9fr</span></span></a></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11191957420236699904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4444448458915677609.post-59030229107060386222012-04-07T16:35:00.003-06:002012-04-08T01:34:20.510-06:00Happy Birthday, Tucker<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>He turned 12 years old in April.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">He is a constant companion and good friend.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">We love you, buddy.</span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11191957420236699904noreply@blogger.com0