This is a quote of a U.S. "Founding Father" Do we actually deserve liberty or safety based on our reactions to a politicians slick tongue.
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I have seen bits and pieces of the US constitution fly out the window like a covey of quail when spooked over the last few years. All a politician need do is speak a few catch phrases like, "Post 911 world" and "War on Terror" and we who have bragged so about our freedoms have cowered in the corner and handed over our lives and liberties to governmental control, often with much cheering and back patting.
Seems that the war on terror is already in our back yards. It is between our ears and in our hearts. We are so afraid that we are willing to send our children to fight someone elses civil war based on lies presented to justify our, "fight for freedom".
You are what you eat. Being fed political bs by those with agendas designed to take away our liberty in the name of safety leads only to defeat in our own back yards. I for one, will no longer pick up the fork.
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petethemeat
January 3, 2007
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frndofyaweh
January 4, 2007
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Same goes here: Liberty 1st
Democracy only survives, when freedom and liberty belong to the people. Too many laws, combined with, way too much loss of our privacies and soon we have oppression of these ideals.We have to be able to put trust in our government and they in turn must trust the people they serve.
Both have fallen short.
March 11, 2007
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It seems that we concur; now, ladies, gentlemen, what are we to do about it? Hear me out, then:
Tonight, I have been, again, "catching up" on what I for lack of better words call "the causes which keep life worth living:" Human Rights, Justice, Peace, Seeking Wisdom (Education has lost its gleam, and sadly has become just a euphemism for state and church indoctrination).What I have here on my desk, to the left of my hands and keyboard, is the Fall issue of Amnesty International. You all have heard, unless you are toiling away at some minimum wage job so much, and when not, listen to the usual trite canned drivel that passes for entertainment in the "free" world, the Western world, of a place called Darfur, located in the south of Sudan, which itself is a country south of Egypt and east of Chad. Sudan's borders comprise the lands where the Sahara and the Sahel, the Nile, and the Red Sea, meet and overlap as it were.
Folks, there is a genocide happening in Darfur. By that I mean, there is slaughter going on at a scale too awesome to contemplate by means of the little monitor you probably stare at to read these words. War, massacres, rapes, things seldom spoken of in truth at our schools or workplaces in the West.
At the risk of being pedantic, I'll share with the rest of us some statistics on what is happening in this region, Darfur:
How many people have been killed or died as a result of the "conflict?" 300,000 Yes three hundred thousand.
How many people currently living in camps or makeshift structures-- tin roofed shacks, cardboard houses, tents, sections of concrete pipe in Darfur?
1.8 million That's one million, eight hundred thousand. That's as if the entire population of the city of Houston, Texas were living in tents and boxes. That's more than half the population of the city of Chicago.
How many people have been prevented from getting any humanitarian assistance because of "political infighting" (some one wants to take the credit, or some one doesn't want to allow some one else to get recognized for helping, and so forth). How many blocked from help?
250,000,/b>
How many have fled to Chad as of press time for the Fall 2006 issue? 215,000
I'll share one more statistic, as I pray silently that you aren't getting bored with these numbers. How many Sudanese are living thanks mostly to aid of food, water, shelter, and medicine? million Yes, three million, five hundred thousand and growing every day, every night, since last autumn, and even now as I write these words. As you read them. As you either think about them, or forget them, as one may or as some have done so.
So, what are we to do about this, people? What can we do? Nothing? Wrong answer. We can write to our Senators, our House of Representatives, our Senators. We can write to the Secretary of State, Condoleeza Rice.
Some of us have already cried out, "But our Congress does nothing! Look how they rubberstamped the President's wars on Iraq, Afghanistan, on terror (substitute evil for terror, and you have a never-ending struggle).
My answer to you, for us, people, is we write to them, call them visit them. But it is time to write to the leaders of other countries who are involved or who could help stop this suffering.
It is a fact that of the member states of the U.N. Security Council, three are known to be major arms suppliers in Darfur: Russia, China, and France. And I submit to you, people, I would not be surprised if many US and British arms are getting there by indirect means. So none of us are angels, I say.
Bearing in mind the tale of the mice and the cat, in which the one mouse thought of the idea of hanging the bell on the cat, I'll step up and let you know I have taken action, hoping that you will join me. I've written an open letter to the Secretary of state Condoleeza Rice, and another to the Parliament and President of France.
I had written a while ago, as well as telephoned, to the President of the United States, George W. Bush, as well as my Senators of the great State of Georgia. I've written and made calls to my Representative from the 12th district, Congressman John Barrow. And I'm not done writing. I'm not done calling. I may, God willing, get my middle-aged legs up those marble steps to Congress and take this message further. Maybe to the United Nations.
But one person can't do it alone, folks. We know that. But one person can hold up a lantern to light the way for others. I'm not saying I'm that person, but hey, I'm not going to ask you to do something I'm not willing to do myself. I've even submitted applications to the International Refugee Committee to work in the Darfur or in the adjoining region of Uganda where there is also civil unrest (code word for little war the news agencies won't trouble with).
As I conclude this for now, I will leave a couple of addresses for you all, if any of you wish to use your minds, fingers, and internet connections to do something more than get on the chat rooms and while away the precious minutes of our lives:
You may ACT by writing to the Chadian ambassador to ask that his government fully protect civilians in the eastern part of his country, to ensure a safe environment for aid organizations so they can go in and do what they're supposed to do:
His Excellency, Mahamoud Adan Bechir
Ambassador to the Embassy of Chad
2002 R Street NW
Washington, DC 20009
Demand Justice for War Criminals, International Justice!
Ask the U. S. Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, and our representatives in the House and Senate, to stongly encourage U.S. cooperation with the International Criminal Court that the latter press the Sudanese government to cooperate withthe investigation. Send your appeals to:
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
U S Department of state
2201 C Street NW
Washington, DC 20520
It is simple to leave your thoughts for the government of France. I only ask you write it in Word or some text processor, get it spell checked and ask some one you trust knows grammar and punctuation. Make it impressive, for you're trying to get some one to take you seriously.
http://www.ambafrance-us.org/contactus.asp
You may write
Ambassador Yuri V Ushakov, Ambassador
Embassy of the Russian Federation
2650 Wisconsin Avenue NW
Washington DC 20007
The telephone is (202) 298-5700. The fax is (202)298-5735. Be polite, simple, and concise. Don't be too wordy; that will only brand you a nut case, or whoever is reading it will shake their head, maybe smile, and reject your message.
Let them know that rather than start a new Cold War, our nations could work together to establish peace, justice, and a humane living standard in Africa and Southwest Asia. Let them know that you respect their intelligence and capabilities, but that you request, by everything they hold sacred, that they honor their conscience in acting to do what is right for the people of Darfur and the surrounding region.
Then there is the People's Republic of China. As there are a slew of offices which handle business at the Chinese Embassy, I will provide the link to the contact page, and suggest you start by writing to
Ambassador Zhou Wenzhong
Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the United States of Americ
2300 Connecticut Ave., NW,
Washington, D.C. 20008
http://www.china-embassy.org/eng/sgxx/dfzygy/t44338.htm
As before, I request you use your best manners, be respectful, clear but with some gentle language. Remember, you catch more bees with honey. You might wish to ask for your teacher's or parent's help in drafting this letter. Who knows, this may be the start of your diplomatic or international career!
Ladies, gentlemen, young womyn and men, leaders of tomorrow, mothers and fathers of tomorrow, neighbours, friends, and fellow citizens of the world: the clock has been ticking. Let us not waste a nanosecond more. Let's roll!
Orange seedsandpeel
June 16, 2007
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kudos
shame....
may the world one day change
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