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  • Lehigh Valley PA extension of March in Washington 9/24, 2-4pm
    11 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    Lehigh Valley PA extension of March in Washington
    September 24th, 2-4pm, Cedar Beach, Allentown, southeast corner, Hamilton & Ott Sts.
    While it is important for all concerned citizens to attend the March in Washington, September 24th, for various reasons many cannot do so. For this reason, a rally has been organized at Cedar Beach, Allentown PA, the southeast corner, Hamilton & Ott Sts., for September 24th, from 2-4pm, giving you an opportunity to take part locally!
    Whatever (…)

  • Overkill: Feared Blackwater Mercenaries Deploy in New Orleans
    11 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    NEW ORLEANS — Heavily armed paramilitary mercenaries from the Blackwater private security firm, infamous for their work in Iraq, are openly patrolling the streets of New Orleans. Some of the mercenaries say they have been "deputized" by the Louisiana governor; indeed some are wearing gold Louisiana state law enforcement badges on their chests and Blackwater photo identification cards on their arms. They say they are on contract with the Department of Homeland Security and have been given the (…)

  • Can we wait even a SECOND longer?!!
    11 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    I’ve taken the advice of a few people and I have submitted this image to
    Cafe Press.
    Perfect for the September 24th protest
    in Washington, D.C.!!!
    A Memorable Souvenir For
    Here’s a larger image to make your own poster. (There’s an even larger one at Cafe Press!)
    Here are some 60 or so items available there:

  • To: The 95 countries that helped Katrina victims!
    11 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    To: The 95 countries that helped Katrina victims!
    On behalf of myself and the American people we humbly thank you all for your generous support during these trying times of disaster relief for all of the victims that
    were directly and indirectly affected by the Katrina Hurricane. We also humbly thank you as well as others who are helping to save our dear friends, the animals that are always forgotten in time of distress but yet are always our true friends. We are keenly aware as are (…)

  • 25th Amendment Can Be Used to Remove George Bush from Office
    10 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    by Michael P. Wright Norman, Oklahoma USA mpwright9@aol.com
    Many Americans would like to see George Bush impeached, but the U.S. Constitution also provides other machinery for removing him from office. That would be the 25th Amendment, proposed by Congress and enacted after the Kennedy assassination. It provides for the orderly removal of a President if he becomes disabled to the degree that he cannot fulfull his responsiblities. Go here for the text of the Amendment and annotations: (…)

  • Open Letter to Howard Dean: Now is the Time
    10 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Dr. Dean: Now it the time. Commander Bunny pants has shown his gross incompetence racism and cronyism clearly and publicly. Now is the time for REAL DEMOCRATIC OPPOSITION to stand up and speak clearly.
    When the fascist corporatists sign bills removing wage protection from relief efforts Where is the Democratic Response?
    When the cronies are exposed as the embezzlers and frauds that they are WHERE IS THE DEMOCRATIC RESPONSE?
    When the Radical Rights’s policies run their course and FEMA (…)

  • With the poor gone, developers are planning to gentrify New Orleans
    10 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    by Naomi Klein
    On September 4, six days after Katrina hit, I saw the first glimmer of hope. "The people of New Orleans will not go quietly into the night, scattering across this country to become homeless in countless other cities while federal relief funds are funnelled into rebuilding casinos, hotels, chemical plants. We will not stand idly by while this disaster is used as an opportunity to replace our homes with newly built mansions and condos in a gentrified New Orleans."
    The (…)

  • The time to act is now. Bush Administration must be prosecuted
    10 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    by Viggo Mortensen
    In the often and rightly quoted words of Bill Clinton, "There’s nothing wrong with America that can’t be fixed by what’s right with America." We see now how individuals and groups around the country continue to act in any way they can to help their fellow citizens in Louisiana, Mississippi and other devastated places near the Gulf of Mexico. They refuse to stand idly by and wait for President Bush and his morally-bankrupt, pirate administration to respond in an (…)

  • Sr. Airman Says "Unpatriotic" To Always Stand By The President
    10 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Sr. Airman Says "Unpatriotic" To Always Stand By The President
    [Thanks to Don Bacon, Smedley Butler Society, who sent this in.]
    September 9, 2005 By Senior Airman John Nixdorf, Stars and Stripes
    On Aug. 22, Stripes printed "Pro-Bush camp counters peace mom," (article, The Associated Press, European print edition; "Patriotic camp springs up to counter peace mom’s anti-war demonstration," Mideast print edition), about the "patriotic" camp intended to counter Cindy Sheehan.
    The headline (…)

  • NOLA VIDEO: "Alligators eating people, babies floating, women raped"..a story of survival and escape
    10 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    See Video: http://tinyurl.com/a9gr8
    How We Survived the Flood
    By CHARMAINE NEVILLE
    Charmaine Neville is a member of the third generation of New Orleans’s legendary Neville musical family. She fronts the Charmaine Neville Band.
    This is a transcript of an interview Charmaine Neville, of New Orleans’s legendary Neville family, gave to New Orleans media outlets on Monday, September 5. I was in my house when everything first started. When the hurricane came, it blew all the left side of (…)