Libertas Continued

In June 2006, Lt. Watada held a press conference where he declared that the Iraq War was illegal, and that it was his duty to refuse orders to deploy. Lt. Watada was charged with violations of articles 87 and 133 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice for refusing to deploy to Iraq, and publicly explaining his reasons for doing so. If convicted, he faced up to six and a half years in prison. The Army's prosecution of the first officer to publicly refuse to deploy to Iraq has been in legal limbo since a February court martial ended abruptly when the military judge threw out a stipulation agreement and declared a mistrial. As Lt. Watada's case appears to be headed for what supporters call a victory, it's useful to remember that the original issues Lt. Watada raised -- those of the illegality of the war, and a soldier's obligation to refuse orders thought to be illegal -- have not yet had their day in court.

I'm worried that none of the Presidential candidates are addressing the INVISIBLE AGENDA. Those who form the core of the Republican party are Religious Fundamentalists bent upon world domination and Armageddon. Why don't you guys address this underlying religious fanaticism that threatens our true American Value, Liberty? Stand up and say it! Fundamentalist Evangelical Christians are UN-AMERICAN. And they will destroy American Potential to secure their deeply flawed religious agendas. See the documentary.

(Why don't all the canadates do this?) We all know that something is very wrong in our country. The Rule of Law, the Balance of Powers, and our Constitutionally guaranteed Civil Liberties have been under sustained assault by an Administration that is brazen and unrepentant in its abuses of our rights and our founding principles. And, to make matters worse, the Democratic leadership of the House and the Senate have failed to exercise the Constitutional authority granted to Congress to stop those abuses and hold violators accountable. The results? The powers of the Executive Branch have gone unchecked and its policies unchallenged. The Congress and the American people were deceived into an illegal and immoral war in Iraq, and those same deceptions and manipulations are being used to justify a new war in Iran. The government is spying on its own citizens, ignoring judicial protections and due process, denying the right of habeas corpus, and refusing to abide by international laws, tre...

Libertas, ancient Rome's goddess of freedom from slavery, oppression, and tyranny. "The New Colossus" by Emma Lazarus Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, With conquering limbs astride from land to land; Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame. "Keep ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!" Happy Thanksgiving

WES CLARK = An Educated Warrior, knows the military, and should be the next Secretary of Defense.

If you have been feeling the pinch of home ownership, don't worry, soon it will all be over. Gold is at a twenty year high against the dollar , Oil is going to $200/barrel, and your home is going down in price, all because of the mistakes of the Republican Administration. Note how the value of the U.S. Dollar has fallen over the course of the Bush Presidency. Those home equity gains you thought you made, really didn't get you any value, as the dollars are worth less than half of what they were just six years ago . But don't worry, that means the loan payments on your morguage are only half as expensive in real value. Then again so is your pay check.

Another movie on the "War on Terror" is out in theaters now. I've heard that it contains a prolonged scene of water boarding, the non-torture that 'simulates' drowning. It seems a bit obsene to demonstrate torture in order to get people's attention, they should know it is wrong without needing to be shown. But if that were true I guess we wouldn't be doing this would we? A few years ago there was a movie called IRREVERSIBLE , which used a very unique backward cinimatography to show how Revenge and Rath make individuals become Murders, you sercome to the very evil you attempt to destroy. There is a lesson in ther somewhere. Anyway, the RAPE scene in the movie was 15 minutes long. Critics called it pornography. I watched, and understood something, you must experience RAPE in order to truely understand it, not that you must be the victem of tragic violence or a preditor, but you must see it, hear it, imagine it fully, to truly understand the horror and terror...