American State Flags

What does the Arizona state flag mean? Can somebody explain to me what the symbols of the arizona state flag mean? Only if you know! no guessing!! Here is the flag http://www.arizona-flag.com/arizona/arizona_flag.gif Or a site that says what it means would do fine too.

What's with Arizona natives and the Phoenix tattoo? Or the state of Arizona tattooed too? Just moved to Arizona. Never seen a Phoenix bird tattoo before. Here though, I've seen the bird, the abbreviation of the city PHX, the state flag, the actual state, all these tattoos as a representation of the state of Arizona, and I can't help but ask, what's the deal? I've been all over the country and never seen people who tattoo tributes to their state.

in your opinion which state has the prettiest flag? I think arizona's flag is the prettiest..tell me what you think?

Arizona? And What European Flag Flew Over? What European flag once flew over land that is now the Arizona state?

state flags flown in other states? i live in michigan, and have the US flag and Arizona flag on a pole. Do i need to have the Michigan flag before the Arizona flag? or am I OK here? i live in michigan, and have the US flag and Arizona flag on a pole. Do i need to have the Michigan flag before the Arizona flag? Am I OK here? What is the etiquette?

what year did the state of arizona join the union? i have a flag with 48 stars on it what year did it change stars to 50

Hawaii Arizona State Game Refs?? Did anybody else see the rediculously anal refs in the Hawaii bowl game? it was a secondary story to the success of Colt Brennan, but this guy got thrown out of the game by way of his second unsportsmanlike. The receiver caught a long touchdown pass for hawaii and went over to high five some little kids, literally like 5 or 6 years old. The refs flagged him Immediately and thus he was out of the game, how rediculous have the celebration rules become if a college player cant give a little love to some very young fans?? that high five is probably one of the high lights of their lives so far...Its just wrong, let the players play...When asked about it, the ref said "Of course thats what the penalty was for, this isnt the Green Bay Packers" Is it just me or is that taking the rule way to far? In case you aren't smart enough to know this, OK does not make any sense as an answer to this question.

Any PRO-MILITARY people in Arizona want to help organize a support ralley? I have been getting alot of flack lately for being supportive of the united states military, and I am tired of it, I want to show these people that our troops have our undying support! Is there anyone in arizona that is truely dedicated to helping to support our Proud United States Military!? Please help, they put their lives on the line every day, and give the flag burners the right to burn our beloved flag, so let's show them that we care.

Paying Federal taxes, Refund on State...Red Flags?? I'm an Arizona resident, filing head of household, claiming one child. I'm doing my taxes through Turbo Taxes. According to them, I owe just under $400 for federal, but getting back $1200 from the state....will that cause any red flags??

june 14 flag day? who else was born on the day the flag was made: me donald trump # Alonzo Church, American mathematican and logician (d. 1995) # 1905 - Steve Broidy, American motion picture executive (d. 1991) # 1906 - Margaret Bourke-White, American photojournalist (d. 1971) # 1907 - Nicolas Bentley, British writer and illustrator (d. 1978) # 1909 - Burl Ives, American musician (d. 1995) # 1910 - Rudolf Kempe, German conductor (d. 1976) # 1913 - Joe Morris, C.C., LL.D., Canadian trade unionist (d.1996) # 1916 - Dorothy McGuire, American actress (d. 2001) # 1917 - Atle Selberg, Norwegian mathematician # 1919 - Sam Wanamaker, American actor (d. 1993) # 1921 - Gene Barry, American actor # 1922 - Kevin Roche, Irish architect # 1925 - Pierre Salinger, John F. Kennedy's Press Secretary (d. 2004) # 1926 - Hermann Kant, German author # 1926 - Don Newcombe, baseball player # 1928 - Che Guevara, Argentine-born revolutionary (d. 1967) # 1929 - Cy Coleman, American composer (d. 2004) # 1931 - Junior Walker, Saxophonist and singer (Jr. Walker & the All Stars) # 1931 - Marla Gibbs, American actress # 1932 - Joe Arpaio, sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona # 1933 - Jerzy Kosinski, Polish author (d. 1999) # 1933 - Vladislav Rastorotsky, Soviet gymnastics coach # 1936 - Renaldo "Obie" Benson, singer (The Four Tops) (d. 2005) # 1936 - Irmelin Sandman Lilius, Finnish actor # 1937 - Jørgen Leth, Danish film director # 1939 - John F. MacArthur, American evangelist # 1939 - Steny Hoyer, U.S. Congressman # 1943 - Harold Wheeler, American composer # 1944 - Laurie Colwin, American author (d. 1992) # 1945 - Rod Argent, English musician (The Zombies) # 1946 - Donald Trump, American businessman and entrepreneur # 1947 - Barry Melton, American guitarist (Country Joe and the Fish) # 1949 - Jimmy Lea, British musician (Slade) # 1949 - Harry Turtledove, American author # 1949 - Alan White, British drummer (Yes) # 1950 - Rowan Williams, 104th Archbishop of Canterbury # 1951 - Paul Boateng, British politician # 1952 - Pat Summitt, American basketball coach # 1953 - Janet Mackey, New Zealand politician # 1954 - Will Patton, American actor # 1955 - Michael D. Duvall, California State Assemblyman # 1955 - Paul O'Grady, British comedian and television presenter # 1956 - King Diamond, Danish singer (King Diamond, Mercyful Fate) # 1958 - Eric Heiden, American speed skater # 1960 - Mike Laga, American baseball player # 1961 - Boy George, British singer (Culture Club) # 1961 - Sam Perkins, American basketball player # 1964 - Peter Gilliver, English lexicographer # 1966 - Traylor Howard, American actress # 1967 - Kelly Nash, American radio personality # 1968 - Yasmine Bleeth, American actress # 1968 - Faizon Love, American actor # 1969 - Steffi Graf, German tennis player # 1969 - Éric Desjardins, French-Canadian hockey player # 1969 - Kyle Hebert, American voice actor # 1969 - MC Ren, American rapper # 1969 - Michael Gerber, American parody author # 1971 - Bruce Bowen, American basketball player # 1971 - Ramon Vega, former Swiss footballer # 1972 - Matthias Ettrich, German computer scientist (KDE) # 1972 - Shaun Keaveny, British radio DJ # 1973 - Ceca Raznatovic, Serbian singer # 1974 - Jang Jin-young, South Korean actress # 1975 - Ryuji Miki, Japanese racing driver # 1975 - Chris Onstad, American cartoonist # 1976 - Alan Carr, British Stand-up comedian, Television presenter # 1976 - Massimo Oddo, Italian football player # 1977 - Chris McAlister, American football player # 1977 - Massimiliano Neri, Italian Supermodel # 1978 - Steve Bégin, French-Canadian hockey player # 1978 - Diablo Cody, American screenwriter # 1978 - Annia Hatch, Cuban-American gymnast # 1981 - Chauncey Leopardi, American actor # 1981 - Lonneke Engel, Dutch model # 1982 - Lang Lang, Chinese pianist # 1982 - Jamie Green, British racing driver # 1983 - Siobhán Donaghy, British singer (ex-Sugababes) # 1983 - John Stocco, American football player # 1983 - Louis Garrel, French actor # 1984 - Lorenzo Booker, American football player # 1984 - Jonathan Broxton, American baseball player # 1985 - Andrew Bonner, Scotish football player # 1988 - Adrian Aldrete, Mexican footballer # 1989 - Courtney Halverson, American actress # 1992 - Daryl Sabara, American actor

Can You Believe This Cheap Mexican airlines are taking Mexican right to our border for illegal immigration? MEXICALI, Mexico - Among travelers, it's jokingly known as Aeromigrante - Migrant Air. New discount airlines in Mexico are doing a brisk business shuttling migrants to the U.S. border, turning what was once a days-long trek into an easy hop for legions of workers, both legal and illegal. "It's much more comfortable than the bus and about the same price," said Leopoldo Torres, 37, of Mexico City, as he stretched his legs aboard Volaris Flight 190 to the border city of He and a traveling companion, Julio Menéndez, paid $118 each for the three-hour flight. They planned to cross into the United States illegally through the California desert. Such migrants have become bread-and-butter customers for airlines Volaris, Avolar, Alma, Viva Aerobus, Interjet and Click, all of which have started up in the past two years. Older carriers such as Aero California and Aviacsa have cut their own prices to compete. "The most productive routes we have are cities where you have those passengers who are traveling with the idea of the American Dream," said Luis Ceceña, a spokesman for Avolar. About 70 percent of Avolar's passengers are migrants, he said. For some airlines like Avolar, the emphasis on migrant travel was a conscious decision, with company officials structuring their routes and fares around migrants' needs, he said. For others, it was simply a side effect of low prices, which have opened up air travel to millions of poorer Mexicans. The airlines say they treat migrants like any other passengers. The Mexican government has promised to try to slow emigration by creating jobs in Mexico. But by law, Mexican authorities and companies cannot impede the free travel of their fellow citizens, even if they suspect they are going to cross the U.S. border illegally. Heading for the desert Travelers planning to cross illegally are easy to spot. At the Hermosillo airport, a major crossroads for migrants headed to the Arizona desert, they are the men traveling in groups of three and four, wearing new sneakers or hiking boots and carrying nothing but backpacks. "Altar! Naco! Nogales!" taxi dispatcher Javier Montaño shouted outside the airport as he directed travelers to vans headed to the main staging grounds for illegal border crossers. Because of the increased traffic, Mexican immigration agents now check the IDs of all arriving passengers, even on domestic flights, to try to catch Central American migrants headed to the border. In Hermosillo, federal police conduct spot checks on the vans before they leave the airport. "By law, we can't stop the Mexican (migrants)," police Officer Carlos Zequera Arias said. "But the Central Americans are starting to get on these flights, too." Falling prices Until the flood of discount airlines began in 2005, air travel in Mexico was too expensive for most poor Mexicans. A one-way flight from central Mexico to Tijuana ran $300 or more on the country's two flag carriers, Aeromexico and Mexicana. For most migrants, getting to the border meant days of travel on long-distance buses - or for the very poor, a harrowing and illegal ride on Mexico's railways while clinging to a freight car. The discount airlines cut costs by copying the business model of U.S. carrier Southwest Airlines. They fly out of smaller airports, make several stops on the same trip, bypass travel-agent fees by selling directly to customers, and concentrate on a few high-volume routes instead of a hub-and-spoke system. Typical fares to Tijuana from Toluca, just east of Mexico City, are now around $150 on the discount airlines. That has opened up air travel to millions of new customers, said José Calderoni, marketing director for Volaris. About one-third of the airline's passengers have never flown before, he said. Overall, the number of Mexicans flying has jumped 36 percent since 2004. About 13.4 million people took domestic flights from January to June, according to Mexico's Institute of Statistics, Geography and Information Processing. The discount airlines have been adding planes and routes at a breakneck pace. Avolar has grown from one jetliner and three destinations to nine with 16 destinations. Viva Aerobus has 21 destinations and plans to double its fleet to 10 jets from five. Interjet has nine planes and says it will order 20 more. Alma has 15 regional jets and 25 destinations, Volaris has 12 planes and 17 destinations, while Click has 26 destinations with 18 planes and six on order. Read further details @ http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/1012migrantair1012.html

Is this and A paper???? im writing a report on Nevada and need to know if this is good. It will say look here for pics but there on a cologe so these are just words... Nevada The state of Nevada was claimed as the 36th state on October 31, 1864.Thats when it became an official state. Nevada’s nicknames are Sagebrush State, Battle Born State, and the most known nickname is the Silver State. The meaning of the name of our state “Nevada” is snow-capped in Spanish. Here are some facts about Nevada; the population is about 1,998,257 people. It’s the 35th largest state (2000 census). Nevada’s Capital is Carson City. The state bird is the Mountain Bluebird and the state animal is the Desert Bighorn. The state flower is Sagebrush and the state tree is Single-leaf Pinon and the Bristlecone Pine. Our state precious gemstone is the Virgin Valley Black Fire Opal. The state song is Home Means Nevada. Home means Nevada, Home means the hills. Home means the sage and the pine. Out by the Truckee’s silvery rills. Out where the sun always shines. There is the land that I love the best, fairer than all I can see. Right in the heart of the golden West, Home means Nevada to me. Our state colors or silver and blue. And the state flag has a green reef looking type of thing on it with yellow flowers. Its says Nevada under a white star. Above the white star there is a scroll saying battle born. The background color of the flag is navy blue. Our states motto is “all for our country.” Here is a picture of what our state looks like, Here is a picture of Carson city, our capital. Nevada is the home of the wild mustangs, which is one of my favorite things about the state. Nevada is bordered by Utah,Arazona,California,Oregon, and Idaho. Here is a timeline of dates that are important to Nevada. • 1821 Mexico claimed the area after a successful revolt against Spain. • 1840's Americans on the way to California traveled through the region. • 1848 Nevada was part of the area ceded by Mexico to the United States. • 1849 The first non-Indian settlement was made at Mormon Station (Genoa). • 1850 When Utah Territory was organized, almost all of present-day Nevada was included except the southern tip, which was then part of the New Mexico Territory. • 1859 The Comstock Lode of gold and silver was discovered at Virginia City, and many miners began coming from California. • 1861 Congress created Nevada Territory. In 1862 the territory was enlarged by shifting the eastern boundary. • 1863 Nevada became a state. In 1866 and 1867 more eastern land was gained from Utah Territory and the southern tip was acquired from Arizona Territory. • 1880 - 1890 As the Comstock Lode declined, the state's population fell from 62,000 to 47,000. • 1900 The discovery of silver at Tonopah, soon followed by gold strikes at Goldfield and the discovery of copper at Ely, led to a new mining boom that lasted until after World War I. Those are some very important history dates of Nevada. Here are all the cities in Nevada Alamo TownLincoln Amargosa Valley Arden Ash Springs Austin Baker Battle Mountain Beatty Beowawe Blue Diamond CDP Clark Boulder City City Bunkerville CDPClark Cal-Nev-Ari CDPClark Caliente Carlin Carson City City CDPsmallest CDP in the state Cold Springs Crescent Valley Crystal Crystal Bay Dayton Delamar Ghost Town Denio Duckwater Dyer East Ely Elko Empire Enterprise Town Clark Eureka Fallon Fernley Gabbs Gardnervillle Town Gardnerville Ranchos Genoa Town Gerlach Glenbrook Glendale CDPClark Golden Valley Goldfield Goodsprings CDPClark Hawthorne Henderson CityClark Hiko Imlay Incline Village Indian Hills Indian Springs CDP Town Clark Jackpot Jarbidge Jean Jiggs Johnson Lane Kingsbury Las Vegas CityClark Lamoille Laughlin Lemmon Valley Logandale TownClark Lovelock Lund McDermitt McGill Mesquite CityClark Minden Town Moapa Town CDPClark Moapa Valley CDPClark Montello Mount Charleston CDPClark Nixon North Las Vegas CityClark Orovada Overton TownClark Owyhee Pahrump Nye Panaca Paradise Paradise Valley Pioche Primm Clark Rachel Reno CityWashoe Round Hill Village Round Mountain Sandy Valley CDPClark Schurz Searchlight CDPClark Silver Peak Silver City Silver Springs Sloan CDPClark Smith Spanish Springs Sparks CityWashoe Spring Creek Spring Valley CDP TownClark Stateline Summerlin South CDP TownClark Sun Valley Sunrise Manor CDP TownClark Sutcliffe Tonopah Tuscarora Verdi Virginia City Wadsworth Wellington Wells West Wendover Winnemucca Whitney CDP TownClark Winchester CDP TownClark Yerington Zephyr Cove Nevada has a lot of beautiful scenery look here. One thing you guys might know about Nevada, is Sarah Winnemucca. This is what the wikipedia says about her in the first paragraph, Sarah Winnemucca (born Thocmentony, Paiute: Shell Flower )which is now western Nevada… (ca. 1841 – October 17, 1891) was notable for being the first Native American woman known to secure a copyright and to publish in the English language. She was also known by her married name, Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins, under which she was published. Her book, Life Among the Paiutes: Their Wrongs and Claims, is an autobiographical account of her people during their first forty years of contact with explorers and settlers. Sarah was a person of two worlds. At the time of her birth her people had only very limited contact with Euro-Americans; however she spent much of her adult life in white society. Like many people of two worlds, she may be judged harshly in both contexts. Many Paiutes view her as a collaborator who helped the U.S. Army kill her people. Modern historians view her book as an important primary source, but one that is deliberately misleading in many instances. Despite this, Sarah has received much positive attention recently for her activism. She was inducted into the Nevada Writers Hall of Fame in 1993, and in 2005 a statue of her was added to the National Statuary Hall Collection in the U.S. Capitol. That says a lot about her. Sarah Winnemucca is very well known for bringing peace between Americans and Indians. Nevada is well known for her. Because she was born in what is now western Nevada. She is now in the Nevada hall of fame. Nevada is apart of the Great Basin desert. You can see many miles of beautiful mountains, sagebrush, animals, and so much more!!! Nevada has one of the lowest average rainfalls out of the fifty states: nine inches. You may have heard the poem Mountains as Islands which says the following, Mountains as Islands Each range here is like a warship standing on its own, and the Great Basin is an ocean of loose sediment with these mountain ranges standing in it as if they were members of a fleet without precedent, assembled at Guam to assault Japan. Some of the ranges are forty miles long, others a hundred, a hundred and fifty. They point generally north. The basins that separate them-ten and fifteen miles wide-will run on for fifty, a hundred, two hundred and fifty miles with lone, daisy-petalled windmills standing over sage and wild rye. …Discounting the cry of the occasional bird, the wailing of a pack of coyotes, silence-a great spatial silence- is pure in the Basin and Range. It is a soundless immensity with mountains in it. -John McPhee Basin and Range, 1980 this is a 4th grade papeer just so you know... just read my own paper and fell asleep geese this paper sucks!

Are You in Favor of Illegal Immigration by Mexicans? I have relatives who live just south of Tucson, Arizona and own a 750 acre ranch. They tell me illegal Mexicans are crossing their ranch property everyday to the tune of 300-500 a day and are stealing anything not tied -down. My relatives have had to hire special guards to protect their property, before the Mexicans steal everything they own! I find this very disturbing. There was a time up until recent years there was a good relationship between native Arizonans and their friends just south of the border in Mexico. The relations have now grown to hatred of Mexicans. Mexicans believe they can take over California, Arizona, New Mexico & Texas, simply by immigrating to these states illegally. They do not respect us Americans, our laws, our flag - Mexicans plan to take over the Southwest and anybody who gets in their way will be pushed out of the way. I think the best answer to this problem is 30,000 US Troops, armed to the teeth, supported by armored vehicles facing into Mexico!

Speeding ticket whilst on holiday in the states. Will I get caught when I go back? I got caught speeding back in 2006 in Arizona which I never paid. Months later back home in England they sent me airmail demanding the money and stating there is a warrant out for my arrest! It was only for $117! So if I go back to the states will it be flagged up at the airport in customs? Will it only apply to the state of Arizona, will I be ok if I fly into a different state? Please help as I don't want to start a holiday by been thrown into jail!

Swine flu ---- biological terror false flag..... or? May 01, 2009 05:36 PM Joanna Smith Ottawa Bureau OTTAWA – There are now 51 confirmed cases of H1N1 influenza in Canada after Alberta, British Columbia, Nova Scotia and Ontario reported 16 news cases of the disease today. http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/090331/world/pakistan Hong Kong isolates hotel after 1st swine flu case By DIKKY SINN and MIN LEE – 1 hour ago HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong quarantined hundreds of hotel guests and workers Friday after a tourist from Mexico tested positive for swine flu, Asia's first confirmed case of the disease. http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iSaFgFMjBDhEPC-BWxSfnAPIy8TwD97TN37G0 Friday, 1 May 2009 10:51 UK Test results will reveal later whether a Scot is the first person in the UK to have contracted the swine flu virus without having visited Mexico http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/8028305.stm President Felipe Calderon has instructed all offices, restaurants, shops, schools and "non-essential" industries to close, and asked Mexicans to stay at home in an attempt to flush the flu virus out of the country's system. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/swine-flu/5258760/Swine-flu-Mexico-prepares-for-five-day-shutdown-amid-fears-for-economy.html _U.S. confirmed sickened, by state: 50 in New York; 28 in Texas; 17 in California; 16 in South Carolina; five in New Jersey; four each in Arizona and Delaware; three each in Indiana and Illinois; two each in Kansas, Colorado, Virginia, Michigan, Florida and Massachusetts; and one each in Ohio, Connecticut, Kentucky, Missouri, Minnesota, Nebraska and Nevada. _The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the latest swine flu virus lacks the traits that made the 1918 pandemic strain so deadly http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hZVkRqV2uZVim0TRk5R1ZBfovTCAD97TLBDG2 Should we panic ? Is this being overblown horribly ? Will this be the excuse to declare martial law and force vaccinations which might kill more people than they save ? Isn't it odd the Donald Rumsfield defender of aspertaime which has 90 side effects and has killed a few people will make a fortune off the vaccine for Swine flu ?

citizenship english question translate to arabic ? any one new anywebsite hit me up ? INS Citizenship Test Questions The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) administers a test to all immigrants applying for citizenship. For years, these questions have been selected from among the following list of 100. How would you do? Many, you will find simple. Others are not so easy. In all cases, the answer USCIS wants to hear is given. (Study Materials and Guides) NOTE: New Test Questions Coming Oct. 1, 2008 On Oct. 1, 2008 The USCIS will switch a new set of test questions. All applicants who file for naturalization on or after October 1, 2008 will be required to take the redesigned test. For those applicants who file prior to October 1, 2008 but are not interviewed until after October , 2008 (but before October 1, 2009), there will be an option of taking the new test or the current one. ________________________________________ Current USCIS Test Questions (Click on the question to see the answer.) 1. What are the colors of our flag? 2. How many stars are there in our flag? 3. What color are the stars on our flag? 4. What do the stars on the flag mean? 5. How many stripes are there in the flag? 6. What color are the stripes? 7. What do the stripes on the flag mean? 8. How many states are there in the Union? 9. What is the 4th of July? 10. What is the date of Independence Day? 11. Independence from whom? 12. What country did we fight during the Revolutionary War? 13. Who was the first President of the United States? 14. Who is the President of the United States today? 15. Who is the vice-president of the United States today? 16. Who elects the President of the United States? 17. Who becomes President of the United States if the President should die? 18. For how long do we elect the President? 19. What is the Constitution? 20. Can the Constitution be changed? 21. What do we call a change to the Constitution? 22. How many changes or amendments are there to the Constitution? 23. How many branches are there in our government? 24. What are the three branches of our government? 25. What is the legislative branch of our government? 26. Who makes the laws in the United States? 27. What is the Congress? 28. What are the duties of Congress? 29. Who elects the Congress? 30. How many senators are there in Congress? 31. Can you name the two senators from your state? 32. For how long do we elect each senator? 33. How many representatives are there in Congress? 34. For how long do we elect the representatives? 35. What is the executive branch of our government? 36. What is the judiciary branch of our government? 37. What are the duties of the Supreme Court? 38. What is the supreme court law of the United States? 39. What is the Bill of Rights? 40. What is the capital of your state? 41. Who is the current governor of your state? 42. Who becomes President of the United States if the President and the vice-president should die? 43. Who is the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court? 44. Can you name thirteen original states? 45. Who said, "Give me liberty or give me death."? 46. Which countries were our enemies during World War II? 47. What are the 49th and 50th states of the Union? 48. How many terms can the President serve? 49. Who was Martin Luther King, Jr.? 50. Who is the head of your local government? 51. According to the Constitution, a person must meet certain requirements in order to be eligible to become President. Name one of these requirements. 52. Why are there 100 Senators in the Senate? 53. Who selects the Supreme Court justice? 54. How many Supreme Court justice are there? 55. Why did the Pilgrims come to America? 56. What is the head executive of a state government called? 57. What is the head executive of a city government called? 58. What holiday was celebrated for the first time by the Americans colonists? 59. Who was the main writer of the Declaration of Independence? 60. When was the Declaration of Independence adopted? 61. What is the basic belief of the Declaration of Independence? 62. What is the national anthem of the United States? 63. Who wrote the Star-Spangled Banner? 64. Where does freedom of speech come from? 65. What is a minimum voting age in the United States? 66. Who signs bills into law? 67. What is the highest court in the United States? 68. Who was the President during the Civil War? 69. What did the Emancipation Declaration do? 70. What special group advises the President? 71. Which President is called the "Father of our country"? 72. What Immigration and Naturalization Service form is used to apply to become a naturalized citizen? 73. Who helped the Pilgrims in America? 74. What is the name of the ship that brought the Pilgrims to America? 75. What are the 13 original states of the U.S. called? 76. Name 3 rights of freedom guaranteed by the Bill of Rights. 77. Who has the power to declare the war? 78. What kind of government does the United States have? 79. Which President freed the slaves? 80. In what year was the Constitution written? 81. What are the first 10 amendments to the Constitution called? 82. Name one purpose of the United Nations? 83. Where does Congress meet? 84. Whose rights are guaranteed by the Constitution and the Bill of Rights? 85. What is the introduction to the Constitution called? 86. Name one benefit of being citizen of the United States. 87. What is the most important right granted to U.S. citizens? 88. What is the United States Capitol? 89. What is the White House? 90. Where is the White House located? 91. What is the name of the President's official home? 92. Name the right guaranteed by the first amendment. 93. Who is the Commander in Chief of the U.S. military? 94. Which President was the first Commander in Chief of the U.S. military? 95. In what month do we vote for the President? 96. In what month is the new President inaugurated? 97. How many times may a Senator be re-elected? 98. How many times may a Congressman be re-elected? 99. What are the 2 major political parties in the U.S. today? 100. How many states are there in the United States today? ________________________________________ 1. What are the colors of our flag? Red, White, and Blue. 2. How many stars are there in our flag? 50 3. What color are the stars on our flag? White. 4. What do the stars on the flag mean? One for each state in the Union. 5. How many stripes are there in the flag? 13 6. What color are the stripes? Red and White. 7. What do the stripes on the flag mean? They represent the original 13 states. 8. How many states are there in the Union? 50 9. What is the 4th of July? Independence Day. 10. What is the date of Independence Day? July 4th 11. Independence from whom? England 12. What country did we fight during the Revolutionary War? England 13. Who was the first President of the United States? George Washington 14. Who is the President of the United States today? Currently George W. Bush 15. Who is the vice-president of the United States today? Currently Richard B. ("Dick") Cheney 16. Who elects the President of the United States? The electoral college 17. Who becomes President of the United States if the President should die? Vice - President 18. For how long do we elect the President? Four years 19. What is the Constitution? The supreme law of the land 20. Can the Constitution be changed? Yes 21. What do we call a change to the Constitution? An Amendment 22. How many changes or amendments are there to the Constitution? 27 23. How many branches are there in our government? 3 24. What are the three branches of our government? Legislative, Executive, and Judiciary 25. What is the legislative branch of our government? Congress 26. Who makes the laws in the United States? Congress 27. What is the Congress? The Senate and the House of Representatives 28. What are the duties of Congress? To make laws 29. Who elects the Congress? The people 30. How many senators are there in Congress? 100 31. Can you name the two senators from your state? (insert local information) 32. For how long do we elect each senator? 6 years 33. How many representatives are there in Congress? 435 34. For how long do we elect the representatives? 2 years 35. What is the executive branch of our government? The President, vice president, cabinet, and departments under the cabinet members 36. What is the judiciary branch of our government? The Supreme Court 37. What are the duties of the Supreme Court? To interpret laws 38. What is the supreme court law of the United States? The Constitution 39. What is the Bill of Rights? The first 10 amendments of the Constitution 40. What is the capital of your state? (insert local information) 41. Who is the current governor of your state? (insert local information) 42. Who becomes President of the United States if the President and the vice-president should die? Speaker of the House of Representative 43. Who is the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court? William Rehnquist (or whoever is next) 44. Can you name thirteen original states? Connecticut, New Hampshire, New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Rhode Island, and Maryland. 45. Who said, "Give me liberty or give me death."? Patrick Henry 46. Which countries were our enemies during World War II? Germany, Italy, and Japan 47. What are the 49th and 50th states of the Union? Hawaii and Alaska 48. How many terms can the President serve? 2 49. Who was Martin Luther King, Jr.? A civil rights leader 50. Who is the head of your local government? (insert local information) 51. According to the Constitution, a person must meet certain requirements in order to be eligible to become President. Name one of these requirements. Must be a natural born citizen of the United States; must be at least 35 years old by the time he/she will serve; must have lived in the United States for at least 14 years. 52. Why are there 100 Senators in the Senate? Two (2) from each state 53. Who selects the Supreme Court justice? Appointed by the President 54. How many Supreme Court justice are there? Nine (9) 55. Why did the Pilgrims come to America? For religious freedom 56. What is the head executive of a state government called? Governor 57. What is the head executive of a city government called? Mayor 58. What holiday was celebrated for the first time by the Americans colonists? Thanksgiving 59. Who was the main writer of the Declaration of Independence? Thomas Jefferson 60. When was the Declaration of Independence adopted? July 4, 1776 61. What is the basic belief of the Declaration of Independence? That all men are created equal 62. What is the national anthem of the United States? The Star-Spangled Banner 63. Who wrote the Star-Spangled Banner? Francis Scott Key 64. Where does freedom of speech come from? The Bill of Rights 65. What is a minimum voting age in the United States? Eighteen (18) 66. Who signs bills into law? The President 67. What is the highest court in the United States? The Supreme Court 68. Who was the President during the Civil War? Abraham Lincoln 69. What did the Emancipation Declaration do? Freed many slaves 70. What special group advises the President? The Cabinet 71. Which President is called the "Father of our country"? George Washington 72. What Immigration and Naturalization Service form is used to apply to become a naturalized citizen? Form N-400, Application to File Petition for Naturalization 73. Who helped the Pilgrims in America? The American-Indians (Native Americans) 74. What is the name of the ship that brought the Pilgrims to America? The Mayflower 75. What are the 13 original states of the U.S. called? Colonies 76. Name 3 rights of freedom guaranteed by the Bill of Rights. The right of freedom of speech, press, religion, peaceable assembly, and requesting change of government. The right to bear arms (the right to have weapons or own a gun, though subject to certain regulations). The government may not quarter, or house, soldiers in the people's homes during peacetime without the people's consent. The government may not search or take a person's property without a warrant. A person may not be tried twice for the same crime and does not have to testify against him/herself. A person charged with a crime still has some rights, such as the right to a trial and to have a lawyer. The right to trial by jury in most cases. Protects people against excessive or unreasonable fines or cruel and unusual punishment. The people have rights other than those mentioned in the Constitution. Any power not given to the federal government by the Constitution is a power of either the state or the people. 77. Who has the power to declare the war? The Congress 78. What kind of government does the United States have? Democracy 79. Which President freed the slaves? Abraham Lincoln 80. In what year was the Constitution written? 1787 81. What are the first 10 amendments to the Constitution called? The Bill of Rights 82. Name one purpose of the United Nations? For countries to discuss and try to resolve world problems, to provide economic aid to many countries. 83. Where does Congress meet? In the Capitol in Washington, D.C. 84. Whose rights are guaranteed by the Constitution and the Bill of Rights? Everyone (citizens and non-citizens) living in U.S. 85. What is the introduction to the Constitution called? The Preamble 86. Name one benefit of being citizen of the United States. Obtain federal government jobs, travel with U.S. passport, petition for close relatives to come to the U.S. to live. 87. What is the most important right granted to U.S. citizens? The right to vote 88. What is the United States Capitol? The place where Congress meets 89. What is the White House? The President's official home 90. Where is the White House located? Washington, D.C. (1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.) 91. What is the name of the President's official home? The White House 92. Name the right guaranteed by the first amendment. Freedom of: speech, press, religion, peaceable assembly, and requesting change of the government. 93. Who is the Commander in Chief of the U.S. military? The President 94. Which President was the first Commander in Chief of the U.S. military? George Washington 95. In what month do we vote for the President? November 96. In what month is the new President inaugurated? January 97. How many times may a Senator be re-elected? There is no limit 98. How many times may a Congressman be re-elected? There is no limit 99. What are the 2 major political parties in the U.S. today? Democratic and Republican 100. How many states are there in the United States today? Fifty (50) New Naturalization Test Questions Beginning on Oct. 1, 2008, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will replace the set of questions currently used as part of the citizenship test with the questions listed here. All applicants who file for naturalization on or after October 1, 2008 will be required to take the new test. For those applicants who file prior to October 1, 2008 but are not interviewed until after October , 2008 (but before October 1, 2009), there will be an option of taking the new test or the current one. New Test Questions and Answers Some questions have more than one correct answer. In those cases, all acceptable answers are shown. All answers are shown exactly as worded by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. * If you are 65 years old or older and have been a legal permanent resident of the United States for 20 or more years, you may study just the questions that have been marked with an asterisk. AMERICAN GOVERNMENT A. Principles of American Democracy 1. What is the supreme law of the land? A: The Constitution 2. What does the Constitution do? A: sets up the government A: defines the government A: protects basic rights of Americans 3. The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution. What are these words? A: We the People 4. What is an amendment? A: a change (to the Constitution) A: an addition (to the Constitution) 5. What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution? A: The Bill of Rights 6. What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment?* A: speech A: religion A: assembly A: press A: petition the government 7. How many amendments does the Constitution have? A: twenty-seven (27) 8. What did the Declaration of Independence do? A: announced our independence (from Great Britain) A: declared our independence (from Great Britain) A: said that the United States is free (from Great Britain) 9. What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence? A: life A: liberty A: pursuit of happiness 10. What is freedom of religion? A: You can practice any religion, or not practice a religion. 11. What is the economic system in the United States?* A: capitalist economy A: market economy 12. What is the "rule of law"? A: Everyone must follow the law. A: Leaders must obey the law. A: Government must obey the law. A: No one is above the law. B. System of Government 13. Name one branch or part of the government.* A: Congress A: legislative A: President A: executive A: the courts A: judicial 14. What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful? A: checks and balances A: separation of powers 15. Who is in charge of the executive branch? A: the President 16. Who makes federal laws? A: Congress A: Senate and House (of Representatives) A: (U.S. or national) legislature 17. What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress?* A: the Senate and House (of Representatives) 18. How many U.S. Senators are there? A: one hundred (100) 19. We elect a U.S. Senator for how many years? A: six (6) 20. Who is one of your state's U.S. Senators?* A: Answers will vary. [For District of Columbia residents and residents of U.S. territories, the answer is that D.C. (or the territory where the applicant lives) has no U.S. Senators.] * If you are 65 years old or older and have been a legal permanent resident of the United States for 20 or more years, you may study just the questions that have been marked with an asterisk. 21. The House of Representatives has how many voting members? A: four hundred thirty-five (435) 22. We elect a U.S. Representative for how many years? A: two (2) 23. Name your U.S. Representative. A: Answers will vary. [Residents of territories with nonvoting Delegates or resident Commissioners may provide the name of that Delegate or Commissioner. Also acceptable is any statement that the territory has no (voting) Representatives in Congress.] 24. Who does a U.S. Senator represent? A: all people of the state 25. Why do some states have more Representatives than other states? A: (because of) the state's population A: (because) they have more people A: (because) some states have more people 26. We elect a President for how many years? A: four (4) 27. In what month do we vote for President?* A: November 28. What is the name of the President of the United States now?* A: George W. Bush A: George Bush A: Bush 29. What is the name of the Vice President of the United States now? A: Richard Cheney A: Dick Cheney A: Cheney 30. If the President can no longer serve, who becomes President? A: the Vice President 31. If both the President and the Vice President can no longer serve, who becomes President? A: the Speaker of the House 32. Who is the Commander in Chief of the military? A: the President 33. Who signs bills to become laws? A: the President 34. Who vetoes bills? A: the President 35. What does the President's Cabinet do? A: advises the President 36. What are two Cabinet-level positions? A: Secretary of Agriculture A: Secretary of Commerce A: Secretary of Defense A: Secretary of Education A: Secretary of Energy A: Secretary of Health and Human Services A: Secretary of Homeland Security A: Secretary of Housing and Urban Development A: Secretary of Interior A: Secretary of State A: Secretary of Transportation A: Secretary of Treasury A: Secretary of Veterans' Affairs A: Secretary of Labor A: Attorney General 37. does the judicial branch do? A: reviews laws A: explains laws A: resolves disputes (disagreements) A: decides if a law goes against the Constitution 38. What is the highest court in the United States? A: the Supreme Court 39. How many justices are on the Supreme Court? A: nine (9) 40. Who is the Chief Justice of the United States? A: John Roberts (John G. Roberts, Jr.) * If you are 65 years old or older and have been a legal permanent resident of the United States for 20 or more years, you may study just the questions that have been marked with an asterisk. 41. Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the federal government. What is one power of the federal government? A: to print money A: to declare war A: to create an army A: to make treaties 42. Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the states. What is one power of the states? A: provide schooling and education A: provide protection (police) A: provide safety (fire departments) A: give a driver's license A: approve zoning and land use 43. Who is the Governor of your state? A: Answers will vary. [Residents of the District of Columbia and U.S. territories without a Governor should say "we don't have a Governor."] 44. What is the capital of your state?* A: Answers will vary. [District of Columbia residents should answer that D.C. is not a state and does not have a capital. Residents of U.S. territories should name the capital of the territory.] 45. What are the two major political parties in the United States?* A: Democratic and Republican 46. What is the political party of the President now? A: Republican (Party) 47. What is the name of the Speaker of the House of Representatives now? A: (Nancy) Pelosi C: Rights and Responsibilities 48. There are four amendments to the Constitution about who can vote. Describe one of them. A: Citizens eighteen (18) and older (can vote). A: You don't have to pay (a poll tax) to vote. A: Any citizen can vote. (Women and men can vote.) A: A male citizen of any race (can vote). 49. What is one responsibility that is only for United States citizens?* A: serve on a jury A: vote 50. What are two rights only for United States citizens? A: apply for a federal job A: vote A: run for office A: carry a U.S. passport 51. What are two rights of everyone living in the United States? A: freedom of expression A: freedom of speech A: freedom of assembly A: freedom to petition the government A: freedom of worship A: the right to bear arms 52. What do we show loyalty to when we say the Pledge of Allegiance? A: the United States A: the flag 53. What is one promise you make when you become a United States citizen? A: give up loyalty to other countries A: defend the Constitution and laws of the United States A: obey the laws of the United States A: serve in the U.S. military (if needed) A: serve (do important work for) the nation (if needed) A: be loyal to the United States 54. How old do citizens have to be to vote for President?* A: eighteen (18) and older 55. What are two ways that Americans can participate in their democracy? A: vote A: join a political party A: help with a campaign A: join a civic group A: join a community group A: give an elected official your opinion on an issue A: call Senators and Representatives A: publicly support or oppose an issue or policy A: run for office A: write to a newspaper 56. When is the last day you can send in federal income tax forms?* A: April 15 57. When must all men register for the Selective Service? A: at age eighteen (18) A: between eighteen (18) and twenty-six (26) AMERICAN HISTORY A: Colonial Period and Independence 58. What is one reason colonists came to America? A: freedom A: political liberty A: religious freedom A: economic opportunity A: practice their religion A: escape persecution 59. Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived? A: Native Americans A: American Indians 60. What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves? A: Africans A: people from Africa * If you are 65 years old or older and have been a legal permanent resident of the United States for 20 or more years, you may study just the questions that have been marked with an asterisk. 61. Why did the colonists fight the British? A: because of high taxes (taxation without representation) A: because the British army stayed in their houses (boarding, quartering) A: because they didn't have self-government 62. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? A: (Thomas) Jefferson 63. When was the Declaration of Independence adopted? A: July 4, 1776 64. There were 13 original states. Name three. A: New Hampshire A: Massachusetts A: Rhode Island A: Connecticut A: New York A: New Jersey A: Pennsylvania A: Delaware A: Maryland A: Virginia A: North Carolina A: South Carolina A: Georgia 65. What happened at the Constitutional Convention? A: The Constitution was written. A: The Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution. 66. When was the Constitution written? A: 1787 67. The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution. Name one of the writers. A: (James) Madison A: (Alexander) Hamilton A: (John) Jay A: Publius 68. What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for? A: U.S. diplomat A: oldest member of the Constitutional Convention A: first Postmaster General of the United States A: writer of "Poor Richard's Almanac" A: started the first free libraries 69. Who is the "Father of Our Country"? A: (George) Washington 70. Who was the first President?* A: (George) Washington B: 1800s 71. What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803? A: the Louisiana Territory A: Louisiana 72. Name one war fought by the United States in the 1800s. A: War of 1812 A: Mexican-American War A: Civil War A: Spanish-American War 73. Name the U.S. war between the North and the South. A: the Civil War A: the War between the States 74. Name one problem that led to the Civil War. A: slavery A: economic reasons A: states' rights 75. What was one important thing that Abraham Lincoln did?* A: freed the slaves (Emancipation Proclamation) A: saved (or preserved) the Union A: led the United States during the Civil War 76. What did the Emancipation Proclamation do? A: freed the slaves A: freed slaves in the Confederacy A: freed slaves in the Confederate states A: freed slaves in most Southern states 77. What did Susan B. Anthony do? A: fought for women's rights A: fought for civil rights C: Recent American History and Other Important Historical Information 78. Name one war fought by the United States in the 1900s.* A: World War I A: World War II A: Korean War A: Vietnam War A: (Persian) Gulf War 79. Who was President during World War I? A: (Woodrow) Wilson 80. Who was President during the Great Depression and World War II? A: (Franklin) Roosevelt * If you are 65 years old or older and have been a legal permanent resident of the United States for 20 or more years, you may study just the questions that have been marked with an asterisk. 81. Who did the United States fight in World War II? A: Japan, Germany and Italy 82. Before he was President, Eisenhower was a general. What war was he in? A: World War II 83. During the Cold War, what was the main concern of the United States? A: Communism 84. What movement tried to end racial discrimination? A: civil rights (movement) 85. What did Martin Luther King, Jr. do?* A: fought for civil rights A: worked for equality for all Americans 86. What major event happened on September 11, 2001 in the United States? A: Terrorists attacked the United States. 87. Name one American Indian tribe in the United States. [Adjudicators will be supplied with a complete list.] A: Cherokee A: Navajo A: Sioux A: Chippewa A: Choctaw A: Pueblo A: Apache A: Iroquois A: Creek A: Blackfeet A: Seminole A: Cheyenne A: Arawak A: Shawnee A: Mohegan A: Huron A: Oneida A: Lakota A: Crow A: Teton A: Hopi A: Inuit INTEGRATED CIVICS A: Geography 88. Name one of the two longest rivers in the United States. A: Missouri (River) A: Mississippi (River) 89. What ocean is on the West Coast of the United States? A: Pacific (Ocean) 90. What ocean is on the East Coast of the United States? A: Atlantic (Ocean) 91. Name one U.S. territory. A: Puerto Rico A: U.S. Virgin Islands A: American Samoa A: Northern Mariana Islands A: Guam 92. Name one state that borders Canada. A: Maine A: New Hampshire A: Vermont A: New York A: Pennsylvania A: Ohio A: Michigan A: Minnesota A: North Dakota A: Montana A: Idaho A: Washington A: Alaska 93. Name one state that borders Mexico. A: California A: Arizona A: New Mexico A: Texas 94. What is the capital of the United States?* A: Washington, D.C. 95. Where is the Statue of Liberty?* A: New York (Harbor) A: Liberty Island [Also acceptable are New Jersey, near New York City, and on the Hudson (River).] B. Symbols 96. Why does the flag have 13 stripes? A: because there were 13 original colonies A: because the stripes represent the original colonies 97. Why does the flag have 50 stars?* A: because there is one star for each state A: because each star represents a state A: because there are 50 states 98. What is the name of the national anthem? A: The Star-Spangled Banner C: Holidays 99. When do we celebrate Independence Day?* A: July 4 100. Name two national U.S. holidays. A: New Year's Day A: Martin Luther King, Jr., Day A: Presidents' Day A: Memorial Day A: Independence Day A: Labor Day A: Columbus Day A: Veterans Day A: Thanksgiving A: Christmas

What is this I am hearing about Palin palling around with a man that hated the USA? and actually said: "The fires of hell are frozen glaciers compared to my hatred of the United States............and I will not be buried under its flag" In fact, the man in question, Joe Vogler was leader of the Alaskan independence Party that wants to secede from the USA . When he died, his body was buried in Canada to fulfill his wish to not be buried in the United States cause he hated it so much. Todd Palin is a card carrying member and Sarah Palin is friendly with members and actually gave a speech just last year at their convention telling them to "keep up the good work". By the way, has anybody ever heard or read of a reasonable explanation of why John McCain took 10 free vacations trips to Charles Keating's private island resort in the Bahamas while McCain was representing the state of Arizona in Congress? I have been trying to find the reasonable explanation to give McCAin the benefit of the doubt...but so far no luck. Lastly, are people aware that John McCain has criticized Obama for being a globe trotting pleasure trekker...and more recently criticizedhim for his infrequent trips abroad?

What do Americans, and illegal aliens think of this? Here is a REAL INTERVIEW with an illegal Mexican at a protest march in Texas. Below is a good example of a discussion with a master of circular logic. Don't be logical, don't respect the truth or your adversary, just say what you think makes a new case when the previous case gets too difficult to defend. On the streets of downtown Houston, May 1, 2006. Jim Moore reporting for a Houston TV station: Jim: Juan, I see that you and thousands of other protesters are marching in the streets to demonstrate for your cause. Exactly what is your cause and what do you expect to accomplish by this protest? Juan: We want our rights. We will show you how powerful we are. We will bring Houston to its knees! Jim: What rights? Juan: Our right to live here legally. Our right to get all the benefits you get. Jim: When did you come to the United States? Juan: Six years ago. I crossed over the border at night with seven other friends. Jim: Why did you come? Juan: For work. I can earn as much in a month as I could in a year in Mexico. Besides, I get free health care, our Mexican children can go to school free, if I lose my job I will get Welfare, and someday I will have the Social Security. Nothing like that in Mexico! Jim: Did you feel badly about breaking our immigration laws when you came? Juan: No! Why should I feel bad? I have a right to be here. I have a right to amnesty I paid lots of money for my Social Security and Green Cards. Jim: How did you acquire those documents? Juan: From a guy in Dallas. He charged me a lot of money too. Jim: Did you know that those documents were forged? Juan: It is of no matter. I have a right to be here and work. Jim: What is the "right" you speak of? Juan: The right of all Aliens. It is found in your Constitution. Read it! Jim: I have read it, but I do not remember it saying anything about rights for Aliens. Juan: It is in that part where it says that all men have Alien rights, like the right to pursue happiness. I wasn't happy in Mexico, so I came here. Jim: I think you are referring to the declaration of Independence and that document speaks to unalienable rights .. Not Alien rights. Juan: Whatever. Jim: Since you are demanding to become an American citizen, why then are you carrying a Mexican Flag? Juan: Because I am Mexican. Jim: But you said you want to be given amnesty to become a US citizen. Juan: No. This is not what we want. This is our country, a part of Mexico that you Gringos stole from us. We want it returned to its rightful owner. Jim: Juan, you are standing in Texas. After wining the war with Mexico, Texas became a Republic, and later Texans voted to join the USA. It was not stolen from Mexico. Juan: That is a Gringo lie. Texas was stolen. So was California, New Mexico and Arizona It is just like all the other stuff you Gringos steal, like oil and babies. You are a country of thieves. Jim: Babies? You think we steal babies? Juan: Sure. Like from Korea and Vietnam and China. I see them all over the place. You let all these foreigners in, but try to keep us Mexicans out. How is this fair? Jim: So, you really don't want to become an American citizen then. Juan: I just want my rights! Everyone has a right to live, work, and speak their native language wherever and whenever they please. That's another thing we demand. All signs and official documents should be in Spanish . Teachers must teach in Spanish. Soon, more people here in Houston will speak Spanish than English. It is our right! Jim: If I were to cross over the border into Mexico without proper documentation, what rights would I have there? Juan: None. You would probably go to jail, but that's different. Jim: How is it different? You said everyone has the right to live wherever they please Juan: You Gringos are a bunch of land grabbing thieves. Now you want Mexico too? Mexico has its rights. You Gringos have no rights in Mexico. Why would you want to go there anyway? There is no free medical service, schools, or welfare there for foreigners such as you. You cannot even own land in my country. Stay in the country of your birth. Jim: I can see that there is no way that we can agree on this issue. Thank you for your comments. Juan: Viva Mexico! Pass this along to every American citizen in your address books and to every representative in the state and federal government. If you choose to remain uninvolved, do not be amazed when you no longer have a nation to call your own nor anything you have worked for left since it will be "redistributed" to the activists while you are so peacefully staying out of the "fray". Check history, it is full of nations/empires that disappeared when its citizens no longer held their core beliefs and values. One person CAN make a difference. One plus one plus one plus one plus one plus one........ The battle for our secure borders and immigration laws that actually mean something, however, hasn't even begun. It is an illegal alien tactic to call an American a racist just because we want to our immigration laws abided by. The loser who called me a racist, must know more about being one than I do. I welcome legal immigrant's, just not those aliens who come to steal, and break our laws. That isn't love of country, is it?

Why does yahoo see fit to shut down an individual's paid account with out giving a reason, or advising before? Filed this complaint with my3cents.com and complaints.com Business/Professional Name: Yahoo. Inc Yahoo! 701 First Ave Sunnyvale, CA 94089-1019 (Yahoo Map) General Information Original Business Start Date: March 1995 Local Business Start Date: March 1995 Principal: Terry Semel, CEO Phone Number: (408) 349-3300 Fax Number: (408) 616-3702 Membership Status: Yes Type-of-Business Classification: Internet Products & Services Website Address: http://www.yahoo.com Telephone Number: (408) 349-1572 Business / Professional E-mail Address: Person whom you dealt with: Chester Online Tracking Number: CU-07-0306120541, Complaint Description: On or around 1.4.2004 my wife and I purchased a Yahoo Premium account for our email. The benfits offered greatly impressed us with the spam control, disposable address, notepad, bookmarks, calender, event notification and such. We tied our lives into this with unfortunately no back up. We logged appointments, e mail addresses, birthdays, addresses of friends, family and loved ones. Online account links with passwords such as banking, utilities and a host of others. We intergrated the calender into our daily activities and bill pay. I became unemployed and have been in constant email communication for a wildland firefighting positon within the state of Arizona and another position for a local newspaper as a distribution manager. Both positions that I had interviewed for and under active consideration and both being done so through our email account Kettler_billteresa@yahoo.com. I was on several jon posting boards such as monster.com, hotjobs.com, careerbuilder.com and a host of others active and emailing me daily about job offers and potential Interviews. We also paid for a website at http://www.geocities.com/kettler_billteresa/ where we place videos and hundreds of digital images of my our family for our extended family parents, grandparents and brothers and sisters who reside out of state. Needless to say just the html required to write the pages alone took hours to complete and again neither was backed up. I awoke on Tuesday March 6th to find our account disabled and deactivated the message was Sorry, this account is not recoverable. Your account has been flagged or deactivated by Customer Care. You can continue to try to access your account, visit Password Help, or contact Customer Care. I called the customer service hotline after a 23 minute hold time I advised them of the issue I spoke to a Chester who I would assume by speaking to him was not from this country and was advised that to his records we had violated the Terms of service so our account was closed. When I asked what we had actually violated he stated that he could not tell us since they had no access to that information. This email was only used for that reason email nothing else where is that a violation of their TOS I went over the entire TOS as did my spouse and found nothing that we could see in our actions as a violation. I asked why we were not notified we had our lives tied up in that one email address he said that he did not have access to that information. I asked if he could just enable the account for an hour so I could retreive the needed information we had left on our Yahoo home page he said no, I then asked for a supervisor and I spoke to a Leia again I believe of another country because of her broken english and accent she refused to assist me any further stating I needed to go to http://add.yahoo.com/fast/help/us/edit/cgi_feedback and inquire there for awnsers. I checked our online images which too is also deactivated. We have lost years of digital images, email addresses, our daily lives from birthdays to anniversarys, to appointments, to bill payments, to actual financial loss since potential employers can not contact me for job offers pending. I am filing this complaint with you and the Attorney Generals Office, The Better Business Bureau and The Governor himself , Arnold Schwarzenegger . I want to know why after explaining my issue to them I was not allowed to access my account to retrieve what it has taken me and my spouse years to aquire. Why were we as paying subscribers not allowed to be contacted if it was felt we were violating their TOS so as we could correct the issue? I also have a website http://www.fantasysavers.com which we used the disposable address as a point of contact for customer support, billing and payment which now I have to take hours upon hours to re-write while substaining a financial loss from any potential subscribers, or un-awnsered complaints. 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Why would McCain start a association campaign smear tactic when he has a shadier past? On the eve of Presidential debate about domestic policies and economic policies McCain/Palin start a war of associations when he has all of these skeletons in the closet: CHARLES KEATING McCain’s former close friend Charles Keating, who is a convicted felon and was found guilty of conspiracy, racketeering and fraud in the “Keating Five” conspiracy. In 1989, a Senate Ethics Committee found McCain guilty of using “poor judgment” in this controversy. Read more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keating_5 G. GORDON LIDDY McCain is close friends with G. Gordon Liddy, who was convicted of conspiracy, burglary and illegal wiretapping as part of the Watergate conspiracy. Liddy served more than 4 years in prison for these crimes. Liddy calls McCain an “old friend” and McCain has appeared on Liddy’s radio program as recently as May 2008. Liddy has contributed more than $5000 to McCain’s campaigns over the years, and held a McCain fundraiser at his home, too. Read more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._Gordon_Liddy INDIAN GAMBLING INDUSTRY and JACK ABRAMOFF McCain “counts casino executives among his close friends and prolific fundraisers” reported the New York Times, that called McCain “the father of Indian gambling.” McCain has led the passage of legislation that has been very beneficial to the Indian gambling industry. Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/28/us/politics/28gambling-web.html?hp DUKE TULLY The godfather of one of McCain’s children and close friend, Duke Tully, who served as McCain’s PR man and lied about his own military achievements that he concocted. Read more: http://www.azcentral.com/news/election/mccain/articles/2007/03/01/20070301mccainbio-chapter6.html RICHARD QUINN. McCain payed $20,000 a month to this political consultant, a neo-Confederate, who was one of the leaders of the state's pro-flag faction. Editor in chief of Southern Partisan, a magazine that published apologias for slavery and sold paraphernalia celebrating the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. McCain describes Quinn as "a man of integrity" who wasn't responsible for what appeared in his own magazine. REP RICK RENZI (R-AZ) indicted for extortion, wire fraud, money laundering and other charges related to a land deal in Arizona.. Renzi has been good friends with John McCain for years. http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/2/15/85831/2516/354/457290 Do you think this will blow up in his face on national TV?

Do you democrats agree that Obama's DOJ is wrong on this? How can anyone defend this (with a straight face)? Not only is this dishonest but it shows how arrogant the DOJ is becoming. Can you on the left be objective here? This is baloney! Feds spike voter citizenship checks in Georgia ATLANTA — The Justice Department has rejected Georgia’s system of using Social Security numbers and driver’s license data to check whether prospective voters are citizens, a process that was a subject of a federal lawsuit in the weeks leading up to November’s election. In a letter released on Monday, the Justice Department said the state’s voter verification program is frequently inaccurate and has a “discriminatory effect” on minority voters. The decision means Georgia must halt the citizenship checks, although the state can still ask the Justice Department to reconsider, according to the letter and to the Georgia secretary of state’s office. “This flawed system frequently subjects a disproportionate number of African-American, Asian and/or Hispanic voters to additional, and more importantly, erroneous burdens on the right to register to vote,” Loretta King, acting assistant attorney general of the Justice Department’s civil rights division, said. King’s letter was sent to Georgia Attorney General Thurbert Baker on Friday. The decision comes as Georgia awaits word on whether a law passed in the spring that requires newly registering voters to show proof of citizenship will pass muster with DOJ. Under the law that takes effect in January, people must show their proof up front compared to doing checks through databases. A three-judge federal panel in October ordered the state to seek Justice Department preclearance for the checks under the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the same reason the federal agency must sign off on the new law that made Georgia only the second state after Arizona to require such proof. Georgia is one of several states that need federal approval before changing election rules because of a history of discriminatory Jim Crow-era voting practices. Secretary of State Karen Handel blasted DOJ’s decision, saying it opens the floodgates for non-citizens to vote in the state. “Clearly, politics took priority over common sense and good public policy,” said Handel, a Republican candidate for governor in 2010. Justice Department officials said the citizenship match through driver’s license and Social Security data has flagged 7,007 individuals as non-citizens but that many have been shown to be in error. “Thousands of citizens who are in fact eligible to vote under Georgia law have been flagged,” the Justice Department letter said. The Justice Department decision marks the first time the new Democratic Obama administration has weighed in on Georgia’s election laws. It is also the first time the Justice Department has rejected a change in election procedures by Georgia since the 1990s, according to a spokesman for the Georgia attorney general. > It's a drivers lisence (or picture ID - which is easy and cheap to obtain) and a social security card! How hard it that and what in the world does this have to do with race? This is insanity and if you honestly can't see that then....come on folks, give me a break. Without these Minimum Standards we may as well have No Standards and stop pretending that this is about "Voting Rights". I live in Georgia and voting couldn't be easier. You have to be a legal resident! Wow that's so Harsh Right? (ps..the whole idea of them being "flagged" is so they can be double checked..big deal, that's what the whole thing was set up for!) http://blog.taragana.com/n/department-of-justice-rejects-georgias-citizenship-checks-for-those-registering-to-vote-69262/ " Is that the ONLY way a Liberal can win an election?????" "background checks." Wow that was a stretch! Nice try. Go sell that junker somewhere else. I ain't buying it! "The Republican War on Voting" LOL!!!! Xeny - Thanks for bringing this to my attention! One more Scam to add to the list. "The new socialist democratic party," Yep! " to see to it that all of it's citizens --- get a vote" > Yes.."citizens"!

Do you think our Immigration laws are too tough? The shoe is on the other foot and the Mexicans from Sonora don't like it. State of Sonora is angry at Influx of Mexicans into Mexico. Nine state legislators from the Mexican state of Sonora traveled to Tucson to complain about Arizona 's new employer crackdown on illegals from Mexico . It seems that many Mexican illegals are now returning to their hometowns and the officials in the Sonora state government are ticked off about it. A delegation of nine state legislators from Sonora was in Tucson on Tuesday to say Arizona 's new employer sanctions law will have a devastating effect on the Mexican state. At a news conference, the legislators said Sonora - Arizona 's southern neighbor, made up of mostly small towns - cannot handle the demand for housing, jobs and schools it will face as illegal Mexican workers here return to their hometowns without jobs or money. The law, which took effect Jan.1, punishes employers who knowingly hire individuals who don't have valid legal documents to work in the United States Penalties include suspension of, or loss of, their business license. The Mexican legislators are angry because their own citizens are returning to their hometowns, placing a burden on their state government. 'How can they pass a law like this?' asked Mexican Rep. Leticia Amparano-Gamez, who represents Nogales . 'There is not one person living in Sonora who does not have a friend or relative working in Arizona ,' she said, speaking only in Spanish. 'Mexico is not prepared for this, for the tremendous problems it will face as more and more Mexicans working in Arizona and sending money to their families return to hometowns in Sonora without jobs,' she said. 'We are one family, socially and economically,' she said of the people of Sonora and Arizona Wrong! The United States is a sovereign nation, not a subsidiary of Mexico , and its taxpayers are not responsible for the welfare of Mexico 's citizens. It's time for the Mexican government, and its citizens, to stop parasitically feeding off of the United States and to start taking care of its/their own needs. Too bad all the US states don't pass a law just like Arizona . Maybe that's the answer, since our own Congress will not do anything! New Immigration Laws: Read to the bottom or you will miss the message... 1. There will be no special bilingual programs in the schools. * * * * * * * * 2. All ballots will be in this nation's language. * * * * * * * * 3.. All government business will be conducted in our language. * * * * * * * * 4. Non-residents will NOT have the right to vote no matter how long they are here. * * * * * * * * 5. Non-citizens will NEVER be able to hold political office * * * * * * * * 6 Foreigners will not be a burden to the taxpayers. No welfare, no food stamps, no health care, or other government assistance programs. Any burden will be deported. * * * * * * * * 7. Foreigners can invest in this country, but it must be an amount at least equal to 40,000 times the daily minimum wage. * * * * * * * * 8. If foreigners come here and buy land... options will be restricted. Certain parcels including waterfront property are reserved for citizens naturally born into this country. * * * * * * * * 9.. Foreigners may have no protests; no demonstrations, no waving of a foreign flag, no political organizing, no bad-mouthing our president or his policies. These will lead to deportation. * * * * * * * * 10. If you do come to this country illegally, you will be actively hunted &, when caught, sent to jail until your deportation can be arranged. All assets will be taken from you. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Too strict?...... The above laws are current immigration laws of MEXICO !!! These sound fine to me, NOW, how can we get these laws to be America 's immigration laws?? WAKE UP, AMERICA - we are losing our country......... sourcecode With all due respect. We are not all "Immigrants" Most of us may be considered "Legal Immigrants", or descendents of "Legal" Immigrants. I have no prejudices against Mexicans. I've enjoyed many visits to Mexico. Prior to their current President, nothing was accomplished for the people. Lots of graft by the government. (OMG, that sounds familiar). I speak also from conducting a bit of business there. (Thieves), although we know not everyone is.

I just got this email from a friend concerning illegal immigration? The shoe is on the other foot and the Mexicans from Sonora don't like it. Can you believe the nerve of these people? It's almost funny. State of Sonora is angry at influx of Mexicans into Mexico. Nine state legislators from the Mexican state of Sonora traveled to Tucson to complain about Arizona's new employer crackdown on illegals from Mexico. It seems that many Mexican illegals are now returning to their hometowns and the officials in the Sonora state government are ticked off about it. A delegation of nine state legislators from Sonora was in Tucson on Tuesday to say Arizona's new employer sanctions law will have a devastating effect on the Mexican state. At a news conference, the legislators said Sonora - Arizona's southern neighbor, made up of mostly small towns - cannot handle the demand for housing, jobs and schools it will face as illegal Mexican workers here return to their hometowns without jobs or money. The law, which took effect Jan, punishes employers who knowingly hire individuals who don't have valid legal documents to work in the United States. Penalties include suspension of, or loss of, their business license. The Mexican legislators are angry because their own citizens are returning to their hometowns, placing a burden on their state government. "How can they pass a law like this?" asked Mexican Rep. Leticia Amparano-Gamez, who represents Nogales. "There is not one person living in Sonora who does not have a friend or relative working in Arizona," she said, speaking only in Spanish. "Mexico is not prepared for this, for the tremendous problems it will face, as more and more Mexicans working in Arizona and sending money to their families, return to hometowns in Sonora without jobs," she said. "We are one family, socially and economically," she said of the people of Sonora and Arizona. Wrong! The United States is a sovereign nation, not a subsidiary of Mexico, and its taxpayers are not responsible for the welfare of Mexico's citizens. It's time for the Mexican government, and its citizens, to stop parasitically feeding off of the United States and to start taking care of its/their own needs. Too bad all the US states don't pass a law just like Arizona. Maybe that's the answer, since our own Congress will not do anything! New Immigration Laws: Read to the bottom or you will miss the message. 1. There will be no special bilingual programs in the schools. 2. All ballots will be in this nation's language. 3. All government business will be conducted in our language. 4. Non-residents will NOT have the right to vote no matter how long they are here. 5. Non-citizens will NEVER be able to hold political office. 6. Foreigners will not be a burden to the taxpayers. No welfare, no food stamps, no health care, or other government assistance programs. Any burden will be deported. 7. Foreigners can invest in this country, but it must be an amount at least equal to 40,000 times the daily minimum wage. 8. If foreigners come here and buy land... options will be restricted. Certain parcels including waterfront property are reserved for citizens naturally born into this country. 9. Foreigners may have no protests; no demonstrations, no waving of a foreign flag, no political organizing, no bad-mouthing our president or his policies. These will lead to deportation. 10. If you do come to this country illegally, you will be actively hunted & when caught, sent to jail until your deportation can be arranged. All assets will be taken from you. Too strict?..... The above laws are current immigration laws of MEXICO !!! These sound fine to me. NOW, how can we get these laws to be America's immigration laws?? WAKE UP, AMERICA - we are losing our country......... What do you think?

I wanted to register to vote, but they said I did not qualify, what should I do? I never voted after all. I went in to register, and they made me wait really long, and then this fat man, Sam, who constantly ate candy, asked to see my papers, Discharge, High School Diploma, Birth Certificate, Social Security Card, and some other papers. I had them all. Then he started asking me questions, about my job, if I liked it, if I belonged to any organization (I said I did not), about 15th Amendment, where I got my suit (New York, I got out of the army there), who was a a signer of the Declaration of Independence who became President (John Adams), how many stars the first flag had (thirteen), what was the name of the mayor of this town (Mister Roger Phillip Thornedyke Jones), how long he had been mayor ( seventeen years), who was the biggest hero in the War between the States ( General Robert E. Lee), what the ‘E’ stood for ( Edward ), what was my favorite song (“Dixie,”), what year Arizona came into the States ( 1912), and there was another state state in 1912, which one (New Mexico, it came in January and Arizona in February) and I answered all of them correctly, thought he asked really quick and demanded quick answers, and then he asked me if I was sure I was not a member of any organization, and I said "no" again, and he said it was not true, that I had six years to go in the Reserve, and that I lied to him when I said I was not in any organization, since I was in the Army Reserve. I just did not understand him, I thought he meant some kind of civilian organization. Then he said that I could not vote and he would not register me, because I was a liar and liars didn't qualify, so I never voted, what should I do?

Who flip/flops more, McCain or Obama here are a few of McCain's flip/flops... can you list more for Obama? National Security Policy 1. McCain thought Bush’s warrantless-wiretap program circumvented the law; now he believes the opposite. 2. McCain insisted that everyone, even “terrible killers,” “the worst kind of scum of humanity,” and detainees at Guantanamo Bay, “deserve to have some adjudication of their cases,” even if that means “releasing some of them.” McCain now believes the opposite. 3. He opposed indefinite detention of terrorist suspects. When the Supreme Court reached the same conclusion, he called it “one of the worst decisions in the history of this country.” 4. In February 2008, McCain reversed course on prohibiting waterboarding. 5. McCain was for closing the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay before he was against it. 6. When Barack Obama talked about going after terrorists in Pakistani mountains with predators, McCain criticized him for it. He’s since come to the opposite conclusion. Foreign Policy 7. McCain was for kicking Russia out of the G8 before he was against it. 8. McCain supported moving “towards normalization of relations” with Cuba. Now he believes the opposite. 9. McCain believed the U.S. should engage in diplomacy with Hamas. Now he believes the opposite. 10. McCain believed the U.S. should engage in diplomacy with Syria. Now he believes the opposite. 11. McCain is both for and against a “rogue state rollback” as a focus of his foreign policy vision. 12. McCain used to champion the Law of the Sea convention, even volunteering to testify on the treaty’s behalf before a Senate committee. Now he opposes it. 13. McCain was against divestment from South Africa before he was for it. Military Policy 14. McCain recently claimed that he was the “greatest critic” of Rumsfeld’s failed Iraq policy. In December 2003, McCain praised the same strategy as “a mission accomplished.” In March 2004, he said, “I’m confident we’re on the right course.” In December 2005, he said, “Overall, I think a year from now, we will have made a fair amount of progress if we stay the course.” 15. McCain has changed his mind about a long-term U.S. military presence in Iraq on multiple occasions, concluding, on multiple occasions, that a Korea-like presence is both a good and a bad idea. 16. McCain said before the war in Iraq, “We will win this conflict. We will win it easily.” Four years later, McCain said he knew all along that the war in Iraq war was “probably going to be long and hard and tough.” 17. McCain has repeatedly said it’s a dangerous mistake to tell the “enemy” when U.S. troops would be out of Iraq. In May, McCain announced that most American troops would be home from Iraq by 2013. 18. McCain was against expanding the GI Bill before he was for it. Domestic Policy 19. McCain defended “privatizing” Social Security. Now he says he’s against privatization (though he actually still supports it.) 20. McCain wanted to change the Republican Party platform to protect abortion rights in cases of rape and incest. Now he doesn’t. 21. McCain supported storing spent nuclear fuel at Yucca Mountain in Nevada. Now he believes the opposite. 22. He argued the NRA should not have a role in the Republican Party’s policy making. Now he believes the opposite. 23. In 1998, he championed raising cigarette taxes to fund programs to cut underage smoking, insisting that it would prevent illnesses and provide resources for public health programs. Now, McCain opposes a $0.61-per-pack tax increase, won’t commit to supporting a regulation bill he’s co-sponsoring, and has hired Philip Morris’ former lobbyist as his senior campaign adviser. 24. McCain is both for and against earmarks for Arizona. 25. McCain’s first mortgage plan was premised on the notion that homeowners facing foreclosure shouldn’t be “rewarded” for acting “irresponsibly.” His second mortgage plan took largely the opposite position. 26. McCain went from saying gay marriage should be allowed, to saying gay marriage shouldn’t be allowed. 27. McCain opposed a holiday to honor Martin Luther King, Jr., before he supported it. 28. McCain was anti-ethanol. Now he’s pro-ethanol. 29. McCain was both for and against state promotion of the Confederate flag. 30. In 2005, McCain endorsed intelligent design creationism, a year later he said the opposite, and a few months after that, he was both for and against creationism at the same time. Economic Policy 31. McCain was against Bush’s tax cuts for the very wealthy before he was for them. 32. John McCain initially argued that economics is not an area of expertise for him, saying, “I’m going to be honest: I know a lot less about economics than I do about military and foreign policy issues; I still need to be educated,” and “The issue of economics is not something I’ve understood as well as I should.” He now falsely denies ever having made these remarks and insists that he has a “very strong” understanding of economics. 33. McCain vowed, if elected, to balance the federal budget by the end of his first term. Soon after, he decided he would no longer even try to reach that goal. And soon after that, McCain abandoned his second position and went back to his first. 34. McCain said in 2005 that he opposed the tax cuts because they were “too tilted to the wealthy.” By 2007, he denied ever having said this, and falsely argued that he opposed the cuts because of increased government spending. 35. McCain thought the estate tax was perfectly fair. Now he believes the opposite. 36. McCain pledged in February 2008 that he would not, under any circumstances, raise taxes. Specifically, McCain was asked if he is a “‘read my lips’ candidate, no new taxes, no matter what?” referring to George H.W. Bush’s 1988 pledge. “No new taxes,” McCain responded. Two weeks later, McCain said, “I’m not making a ‘read my lips’ statement, in that I will not raise taxes.” 37. McCain has changed his entire economic worldview on multiple occasions. 38. McCain believes Americans are both better and worse off economically than they were before Bush took office. Energy Policy 39. McCain supported the moratorium on coastal drilling ; now he’s against it. 40. McCain recently announced his strong opposition to a windfall-tax on oil company profits. Three weeks earlier, he was perfectly comfortable with the idea. 41. McCain endorsed a cap-and-trade policy with a mandatory emissions cap. In mid-June, McCain announced he wants the caps to voluntary. 42. McCain explained his belief that a temporary suspension of the federal gas tax would provide an immediate economic stimulus. Shortly thereafter, he argued the exact opposite. 43. McCain supported the Lieberman/Warner legislation to combat global warming. Now he doesn’t. Immigration Policy 44. McCain was a co-sponsor of the DREAM Act, which would grant legal status to illegal immigrants’ kids who graduate from high school. Now he’s against it. 45. On immigration policy in general, McCain announced in February 2008 that he would vote against his own bill. 46. In April, McCain promised voters that he would secure the borders “before proceeding to other reform measures.” Two months later, he abandoned his public pledge, pretended that he’d never made the promise in the first place, and vowed that a comprehensive immigration reform policy has always been, and would always be, his “top priority.” Judicial Policy and the Rule of Law 47. McCain said he would “not impose a litmus test on any nominee.” He used to promise the opposite. 48. McCain believes the telecoms should be forced to explain their role in the administration’s warrantless surveillance program as a condition for retroactive immunity. He used to believe the opposite. 49. McCain went from saying he would not support repeal of Roe v. Wade to saying the exact opposite.

Is this not a true and well timed story? With the showing of "Flags of Our Fathers", I think this is an interesting and enlightening story Tale of Six Boys Each year I am hired to go to Washington, DC, with the eighth grade class from Clinton, WI. where I grew up, to videotape their trip. I greatly enjoy visiting our nation's capitol, and each year I take some special memories back with me. This fall's trip was especially memorable. On the last night of our trip, we stopped at the Iwo Jima memorial. This memorial is the largest bronze statue in the world and depicts one of the most famous photographs in history -- that of the six brave soldiers raising the American Flag at the top of a rocky hill on the island of Iwo Jima, Japan, during WW II. Over one hundred students and chaperones piled off the buses and headed towards the memorial. I noticed a solitary figure at the base of the statue, and as I got closer he asked, "Where are you guys from?" I told him that we were from Wisconsin. "Hey, I'm a cheese head, too! Come gather around, Cheese heads, and I will tell you a story." (James Bradley just happened to be in Washington, DC, to speak at the memorial the following day. He was there that night to say good night to his dad, who has since passed away. He was just about to leave when he saw the buses pull up. I videotaped him as he spoke to us, and received his permission to share what he said from my videotape. It is one thing to tour the incredible monuments filled with history in Washington, D.C., but it is quite another to get the kind of insight we received that night.) When all had gathered around, he reverently began to speak. (Here are his words that night.) "My name is James Bradley and I'm from Antigo, Wisconsin. My dad is on that statue, and I just wrote a book called "Flags of Our Fathers" which is #5 on the New York Times Best Seller list right now. It is the story of the six boys you see behind me. "Six boys raised the flag. The first guy putting the pole in the ground is Harlon Block. Harlon was an all-state football player. He enlisted in the Marine Corps with all the senior members of his football team. They were off to play another type of game. A game called "War." But it didn't turn out to be a game. Harlon, at the age of 21, died with his intestines in his hands. I don't say that to gross you out, I say that because there are people who stand in front of this statue and talk about the glory of war. You guys need to know that most of the boys in Iwo Jima were 17, 18, and 19 years old. (He pointed to the statue) "You see this next guy? That's Rene Gagnon from New Hampshire. If you took Rene's helmet off at the moment this photo was taken and looked in the webbing of that helmet, you would find a photograph... a photograph of his girlfriend. Rene put that in there for protection because he was scared. He was 18 years old. Boys won the battle of Iwo Jima Boys. Not old men. "The next guy here, the third guy in this tableau, was Sergeant Mike Strank. Mike is my hero. He was the hero of all these guys. They called him the "old man" because he was so old. He was already 24. When Mike would motivate his boys in training camp, he didn't say, 'Let's go kill some Japanese' or 'Let's die for our country.' He knew he was talking to little boys. Instead he would say, 'You do what I say, and I'll get you home to your mothers.' "The last guy on this side of the statue is Ira Hayes, a Pima Indian from Arizona. Ira Hayes walked off Iwo Jima He went into the White House with my dad. President Truman told him, 'You're a hero' He told reporters, 'How can I feel like a hero when 250 of my buddies hit the island with me and only 27 of us walked off alive?' So you take your class at school, 250 of you spending a year together having fun, doing everything together. Then all 250 of you hit the beach, but only 27 of your classmates walk off alive. That was Ira Hayes. He had images of horror in his mind. Ira Hayes died dead drunk, face down at the age of 32 .. ten years after this picture was taken. "The next guy, going around the statue, is Franklin Sousley from Hilltop, Kentucky A fun-lovin' hillbilly boy. His best friend, who is now 70, told me, 'Yeah, you know, we took two cows up on the porch of the Hilltop General Store. Then we strung wire across the stairs so the cows couldn't get down. Then we fed them Epsom salts. Those cows crapped all night. Yes, he was a fun-lovin' hillbilly boy. Franklin died on Iwo Jima at the age of 19. When the telegram came to tell his mother that he was dead, it went to the Hilltop General Store. A barefoot boy ran that telegram up to his mother's farm. The neighbors could hear her scream all night and into the morning. The neighbors lived a quarter of a mile away. "The next guy, as we continue to go around the statue, is my dad, John Bradley from Antigo, Wisconsin, where I was raised. My dad lived until 1994, but he would never give interviews. When Walter Cronkite's producers, or the New York Times would call, we were trained as little kids to say 'No, I'm sorry, sir, my dad's not here. He is in Canada fishing. No, there is no phone there, sir. No, we don't know when he is coming back. My dad never fished or even went to Canada. Usually, he was sitting there right at the table eating his Campbell's soup. But we had to tell the press that he was out fishing. He didn't want to talk to the press. "You see, my dad didn't see himself as a hero. Everyone thinks these guys are heroes, 'cause they are in a photo and on a monument. My dad knew better. He was a medic. John Bradley from Wisconsin was a caregiver. In Iwo Jima he probably held over 200 boys as they died. And when boys died in Iwo Jima, they writhed and screamed in pain. "When I was a little boy, my third grade teacher told me that my dad was a hero. When I went home and told my dad that, he looked at me and said, 'I want you always to remember that the heroes of Iwo Jima are the guys who did not come back. Did NOT come back.'" "So that's the story about six nice young boys. Three died on Iwo Jima, and three came back as national heroes. Overall, 7,000 boys died on Iwo Jima in the worst battle in the history of the Marine Corps. My voice is giving out, so I will end here. Thank you for your time." Suddenly, the monument wasn't just a big old piece of metal with a flag sticking out of the top. It came to life before our eyes with the heartfelt words of a son who did indeed have a father who was a hero. Maybe not a hero for the reasons most people would believe, but a hero nonetheless. We need to remember that God created this vast and glorious world for us to live in, freely, but also at great sacrifice. Let us never forget from the Revolutionary War to the current War on Terrorism and all the wars in-between that sacrifice was made for our freedom. Remember to pray praises for this great country of ours and also pray for those still in murderous unrest around the world. STOP and thank God for being alive and being free at someone else's sacrifice. REMINDER: Everyday that you can wake up free is a blessing. .

Who remembers the 50 Nifty United States song from elementary school? 50 NIFTY UNITED STATES FROM 13 ORIGINAL COLONIES.50 NIFTY STARS IN THE FLAG THAT BILLOWS SO BEAUTIFLY IN THE BREEZE. EACH INDIVIDUAL STATE CONTRIBUTES A QUALITY THAT IS GREAT.EACH INDIVIDAUL STATE DESERVES A BOW,WE SALUTE THEM NOW. 50 NIFTY UNITED STATES FROM 13 ORIGINAL COLONIES,SHOUT 'EM,SCOUT 'EM,TELL ALL ABOUT 'EM. 1 BY 1,TIL WE'VE GIVEN A DAY TO EVERY STATE IN THE USA. ALABAMA,ALASKA,ARIZONA,ARKANSAS, CALIFORNIA,COLORADO,CONNETICUT, DELAWARE,FLORIDA,GEORGIA,HAWAII,IDAHO ILLINOIS,INDIANA,IOWA,KANSAS,KUNTUCKY, LOUISIANA,MAINE,MARYLAND,MASSACHUSETTS,MICHIGAN,MINNESOTA,MISSISSIPPI,MISSOURI, MONTANA,NEBRASKA,NEVADA,NEW HEMSHIRE, NEW JERSEY,NEW MEXICO,NEW YORK, NORTH CAROLINA,NORTH DAKOTA,OHIO, OKLAHOMA,OREGON,PENNSYLVANIA, RHODE ISLAND,SOUTH CAROLINA, SOUTH DAKOTA,TENNESSEE,TEXAS,UTAH, VERMONT,VIRGINIA,WASHINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA,WISCONSIN,WYOMING. NORTH,SOUTH,EAST,WEST IN A CALM OBJECTIVE OPINION, IS THE BEST OF THE 50 NIFTY UNITED STATES FROM 13 ORIGINAL COLONIES,SHOUT 'EM,SCOUT 'EM,TELL ALL ABOUT 'EM.1 BY 1,TILL WE'VE GIVEN A DAY TO EVERY STATE IN THE GOOD OLD,U.......S.......A. BY:RAY CHARLES hahaha I loved that song, sometimes it gets annoying. =\

Are you an American or racist? Meet the new face of hate and racism in America. According to Latino activists and American reporters that condone and support illegal immigration , YOU MIGHT BE A RACIST IF.... You're worried terrorists will enter America as illegal aliens? RACIST ! You're concerned about illegals bringing TB and other diseases to your town, schools, and local food services? RACIST ! You're concerned that MS-13 is growing in your vicinity? RACIST ! Your taxes are going up fast to pay for services to illegals? RACIST ! You would like those around you operating heavy machinery to speak English? RACIST ! You think that Texas, New Mexico, California, and Arizona are part of the United States? RACIST ! You are worried about the fights and riots involving the children of illegal aliens at your local schools? RACIST ! You are concerned about the growing cases of identity fraud caused by illegal aliens stealing identities and documents? RACIST ! Can't afford health care because illegal aliens get treated without paying? RACIST ! Your local hospital is about to close like hundreds of others in the border states due to illegal immigration? RACIST ! Foreign nationals with allegance to other nations are registering to vote in your state? RACIST ! You wont go on vacation in Central America due to the kidnappings and murder of Americans? RACIST! You're Latino but you don't support law breakers? RACIST! You're Black but you don't think illegals should compare themselves to the American civil rights movement? RACIST! An illegal alien took your job and you want to point that out? RACIST! You won't give up your seat or your children's seat in the limited space in college? RACIST! You are upset the factory your family worked at for years moved to Mexico? RACIST! Your small business can't compete with the busines breaking the law and hiring illegal labor across town? RACIST! The day labor site near the bus stop your kids use is dropping community safetly levels and property values? RACIST! Concerned about big corporations selling out your nation? RACIST! Concerned about the Rule of Law and the founding principals of the United States related to immigration? RACIST! You have a problem with people working for less than minimum wage? RACIST! You said something about workers and employers not paying taxes while you do? RACIST! Concerned about gang rape as an initiation and terror tactict used by violent gangs? RACIST! Americans civil rights violated by angry violent mobs? RACIST! Want to go to Vegas to talk about illegal immigration? RACIST! You think that national borders are important? RACIST! Feel like you have any say over what documents your local bank and DMV accept as proof of legal presence? RACIST! You don't like the flag of other nations being elevated over your own flag? RACIST! Don't want your kids to be forced to speak Spanish? RACIST! You're one of the 4 out of 5 Americans that answered a poll saying you want more done about illegal immigration? RACIST! You think Congress should enforce our existing laws? RACIST! You don't think illegal aliens should be released from US prisons to victimize more Americans? RACIST! Your heart goes out to other Americans and the families of police officers killed by illegal aliens? RACIST! You tried to have a civilized conversation with a reporter about these issues? RACIST! Your protest was not the one with all of the foreign flags? RACIST! You think that slogans and websites named brown pride might be racist? RACIST! You think the Aztlan movement sucks? RACIST! You were standing in a public place holding an American flag when you were hit in the head with a projectile? RACIST! You stood on the border with a cell phone, lawn chair, and binocculars? RACIST! You're an American? RACIST! _________________ illegal immigration news in America Enforce our existing immigration laws! copied from: http://alipac.us/ftopict-5089.html To all of you accussing me or this post of racisum you do not read very well. First of all being patriotic and an American concerned about your country isn't racist. Which is the point of this post. I emphasizes the morons who beleive because you want security and fair labor laws enforced your mislabled as racist. I see that the morons came out of the woodwork to emphasize their ignorance over what the definition of racisum is.

Who remembers the the year 1904? 100 Years ========= THE YEAR 1904 Maybe this will boggle your mind, I know it did mine! The year is 1904, one hundred years ago. What a difference a century makes! Here are some of the U.S. statistics for 1904: The average life expectancy in the U.S. was 47 years. Only 14 percent of the homes in the U.S. had a bathtub. Only 8 percent of the homes had a telephone. A three-minute call from Denver to New York City cost eleven dollars. There were only 8,000 cars in the U.S., and only 144 miles of paved roads. The maximum speed limit in most cities was 10 mph. Alabama, Mississippi, Iowa, and Tennessee were each more heavily populated than California. With a mere 1.4 million residents, California was only the 21st most populous state in the Union. The tallest structure in the world was the Eiffel Tower. The average wage in the U.S. was 22 cents an hour. The average U.S. worker made between $200 and $400 per year. A competent accountant could expect to earn $2000 per year, a dentist $2,500 per year, a veterinarian between $1,500 and $4,000 per year, and a mechanical engineer about $5,000 per year. More than 95 percent of all births in the U.S. took place at home. Ninety percent of all U.S. physicians had no college education. Instead, they attended medical schools, many of which were condemned in the press and by the government as "substandard." Sugar cost four cents a pound. Eggs were fourteen cents a dozen. Coffee was fifteen cents a pound. Most women only washed their hair once a month, and used borax or egg yolks for shampoo. Canada passed a law prohibiting poor people from entering the country for any reason. The five leading causes of death in the U.S. were: 1. Pneumonia and influenza 2. Tuberculosis 3. Diarrhea 4. Heart disease 5. Stroke The American flag had 45 stars. Arizona, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Hawaii, and Alaska hadn't been admitted to the Union yet. The population of Las Vegas, Nevada, was 30. Crossword puzzles, canned beer, and iced tea hadn't been invented. There was no Mother's Day or Father's Day. Two of 10 U.S. adults couldn't read or write. Only 6 percent of all Americans had graduated high school. Marijuana, heroin, and morphine were all available over the counter at corner drugstores. According to one pharmacist, "Heroin clears the complexion, gives buoyancy to the mind, regulates the stomach and bowels, and is, in fact, a perfect guardian of health." Eighteen percent of households in the U.S had at least one full- time servant or domestic. There were only about 230 reported murders in the entire U.S. And I forwarded this from someone else without typing it myself, and sent it to you in a matter of seconds! Try to imagine what it may be like in another 100 years .... it staggers the mind.

Should Terrorist U.S. Release the Territories just like the USSR did in 1991? Free California, Free Texas, Free Arizona! Give them back to the Mexicans! Free the rest of the U.S.!! And give it back to the native Americans! Free Hawaii!! And give it back to the native Hawaiians!! At the very least, free the Southern states and give them back to the Confederacy!!! The South is obviously very proud of their independent heritage and STILL flies their own flags in their struggle against U.S. oppression!!! The so-called "Americans" should not have been involved with these territories in the first place.

How do people feel about this news editorial over Illegal immigration? Illegal immigration is way out of control http://www.lancastereaglegazette.com/article/20090705/OPINION02/907050323/1014/OPINION IT is unclear when immigration to America first started or who started it. The most accepted argument is that migratory tribes from northeast Asia crossed into what is now Alaska and settled in a warmer climate. What is clear is that small groups of Vikings migrated to North America about 1,000 years ago and the great European migration started about five hundred years ago. Advertisement During the colonial era most immigrants came from northern Europe and later from all of Western Europe and finally, Eastern Europe as well. During the mid-19th century immigration reached annual levels in the 300,000s, then shrank during the Civil War era only to jump back again after the war. Following the Immigration Act of 1903, the annual rate rose to levels of around 1 million, with a marked drop-off during World War I. The level remained low following the War, until the Immigration Amnesty Act of 1990 when the level of nearly 1 million per year resumed. This level has been maintained ever since. The majority of this immigration came from Europe: the same civilization as the U.S. Recently, a surge in Mexican immigration developed, by a civilization different from the U.S. From 1820 to 1997 - 178 years - 2,808,613 legal Mexican immigrants entered the U.S. Then, from 1998 to 2007, there were 4,419,394 legal entries. Something else also happened: Millions of Mexicans marched across the border in illegal entry. The various states have developed data on the number of illegal immigrants in each state generating a moderately reliable estimate of about 11.6 million: California, Texas and Florida having the largest populations. Of this total, just less than 6.6 million are from Mexico: compared to the 4. 4 million legal Mexican entries in the past decade. It is estimated that about half a million continue to illegally enter each year. The situation is out of control. The most significant problem of illegal immigrants is their failure to assimilate into the American culture. Because they are illegal, they are forced to live in the shadows of American life. They tend to socially huddle together with other illegals, failing to assimilate and prolonging the use of their native language. To accommodate this shortfall, many businesses now post advertisements and store directions in both English and Spanish. In Lancaster, large chain stores have Spanish instructions on their front door. Its long-term continued use creates the high likelihood of the U.S. becoming a bi-lingual country. Bilingualism has created extreme problems in Canada, fostering separatism, particularly in the Province of Quebec. The issue was best described a century ago by President Theodore Roosevelt: "In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But, this is predicated upon the person's becoming in every facet an American, and nothing but an American ... There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American Flag ... We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language ... And we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is loyalty for the American people." This situation requires action by Congress, lest it engulf the country. There appear two very different courses of action: # Allowing the illegals to assimilate into the American culture by changing their status to some form of legality, or # Imposing huge fines on employers - say $10,000 - for each day that an illegal is employed. Without jobs, they will "self-deport" back to Mexico. Both courses have problems of implementation and enforcement. The issues should be debated in town halls, state legislatures and the Congress because action must be taken. A few states - Florida, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California - have most of the illegals and thus will bear the brunt of whatever action is taken. Their concerns must be given heavy weight in the decisions which must be made. - Dick Scamehorn, a longtime Lancaster resident, is Ohio University's Executive-in-Residence Emeritus and former President of Diamond Power.

How many receipt-less voting machines are used nation-wide? Search:GEMS Diebold optical scan machines are being rigged for Bush Skull & Bones connection of Bush & Kerry: "Our Side (Race) won" Fraternity News (www.wikipedia.com_skull_and_bones) Poll Tapes thrown away - Against Federal Law (must be kept for 22 mos. by law) Hacking Democracy: Diebold (Voting Machine Software) Chairman 'promises' Vote for Ohio to G.W. Bush http://www.blackboxvoting.org/ http://www.bbvforums.org/forums/messages/8/114.html "Why weren't voting systems being tested for Security?" - I.T.A. Independent auditors of election software. Democracy: Can we trust systems that have no accountability? * With electronic voting machines tabulating more than 80 percent of the ballots cast in America, * Seattle grandmother Bev Harris set out to determine the obvious: Do they work? * Based on the evidence presented here, the answer is "not really" * The picture that emerges as Harris unearths a treasure trove of info about mishandled votes and the inner workings of the machines is that they're not only fallible but also highly vulnerable to hacking. http://www.bbvforums.org/forums/messages/8/114.html * This wonderful documentary proves my point that we have the best democracy that money can buy * along with our judicial system. * This film is more frightening than any horror film I've seen, because THIS IS REAL! * And this is movie biased? * Not at all. * It's an absolute eye opener that shows that your vote really doesn't count; and make sure you watch the deleted scenes(another 33 minutes of fantastic footage). 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Ervin12 1 2-14-07 5:48 pm 2-7-07: The Vu Memos - Cuyahoga Elections Director conversations wi...Catherine Ansbro5 1 2-8-07 2:01 pm 2-7-07: Son of Holt Bill: TechnoElection Dream Come True (But is it...Catherine Ansbro22 1 2-10-07 6:14 pm 2-6-07: New Rush Holt Bill Bev Harris4 1 2-6-07 10:42 am 2-5-07: Convicted Ohio elections workers ask for new trialKathleen Wynne6 1 2-6-07 7:38 am 2-1-07: Arizona computer logs show cheat-peeks at results, days bef...Gentry Lange4 1 3-16-07 8:43 am 1-30-07: HAVA -- The road to Boondoggle was paved with good intenti...Brant Lamb18 1 2-5-07 5:13 am 1-24-07: Two Ohio election workers found guilty; supervisors get of...Brant Lamb19 1 1-31-07 7:40 am 1-22-07: Diebold voting machines cost $2,000 more (each) in New Ham...Bev Harris4 1 1-29-07 9:09 am 1-20-07: Reports from the front lines - Kathleen Wynne video 'Best ...Kathleen Wynne7 1 1-21-07 3:39 pm 1-9-07: Vendor issues raised in Ohio, New HampshireBev Harris3 1 1-10-07 2:55 pm 12-30-06: Sign the REQUEST BY VOTERS --- Dear American Patriot, Samuel Scharff21 1 1-12-07 1:44 pm 12-22-06: Let's get down to the root of the problem: Freedom of Acc...Bev Harris1 1 12-22-06 3:23 pm 12-5-06: Government rejects NIST recommendations for paper trailCatherine Ansbro25 1 12-9-06 1:32 pm 11-22-06: ES&S serves up a Texas Turkey - Voting system stuffed wit...Greg Bodovsky15 1 12-13-06 7:43 pm 11-21-06: ES&S problem hit 34 counties in TexasBrant Lamb7 1 2-15-07 5:50 am 11-20-06: Black Box Voting receives new legal threats from ES&SJeffrey Ortiz21 1 12-13-06 7:34 pm 11-14-06: Arizona manual audit a farceDan Oetting9 1 11-18-06 2:39 pm 11-13-06: Sarasota! Florida! Never doubt that a small group of comm...Pat Vesely19 1 11-22-06 11:26 pm 11-13-06: Yes, the files on Slashdot are legit.Bev Harris23 1 11-27-06 6:48 am 11-9-06: A quick update on doingsBob Dean15 2 11-14-06 6:08 am 11-8-06: Rumsfeld replacement (Robert Gates) was director of voting...Bev Harris 93 2 1-6-08 8:49 am 11-8-06: The Sarasota Anomaly: Some say this is a smoking gun:Catherine Ansbro18 1 11-19-06 3:11 am 11-8-06: Black Box Voting to help citizens audit VIRGINIARoberta McKnight19 1 11-10-06 5:36 pm 11-7-06: What to expect -- and look for -- in the 2006 electionJanine L. Busald8 1 11-9-06 1:09 am 11-6-06: Ohio professor facing retaliatory (criminal) charges for a...Catherine Ansbro10 1 11-14-06 6:07 am 11-2-06: HBO "Hacking Democracy" to air tonight -- REVIEWSChipman Budlong71 7 11-11-06 12:23 pm 10-31-06: Reports from the front lines -- Citizens find critical se...suzanne warden15 1 11-6-06 7:10 am 10-27-06: Absentee voting is NOT advisable; Problems, things you sh...Gentry Lange17 2 3-16-07 8:54 am 10-15-06: Now we're getting somewhere -- Congressional hand counted...k.c.10 1 11-3-06 6:11 pm 10-6-06: 'The sheer number of legal/security violations is horrifyi...Jim March2 1 10-9-06 10:48 am 10-1-06: One on One with Cynthia McKinney -- Evidence, procedural p...Bev Harris7 1 10-10-06 9:56 am 9-27-06: Riverside California - One of the "Top 2" WORST PLACES TO ...Ginny Ross7 1 9-28-06 6:55 am 9-25-06: One-on-One - Allegan County Michigan citizens uncover issuesCatherine Ansbro7 1 9-27-06 2:52 pm 9-13-06: Paper Ballots Gaining Momentum - Court Decision, New Guide...John Heath5 1 10-2-06 5:55 pm 9-12-06: Election problems in the Sept. 12 primariesBev Harris1 1 9-12-06 12:12 pm 8-31-06: Stoopidest Sleepover Security Ever: Black Box Voting blows...V. Kurt Bellman19 1 9-20-06 12:00 pm 8-28-06: One-on-One -- Witness to vote-flipping: What should I do?Brian S16 2 11-7-06 4:49 pm 8-14-06: One on One Advice Comes Alive: How to stage an eventLinda Franz2 1 8-14-06 9:08 pm 8-11-06: One-on-One Advice Comes Alive Brant Lamb12 1 8-15-06 4:26 am 8-1-06: NOW IS THE TIME FOR YOUR 2 CENTS: Citizen Tool Kit to Take ...Dan Oetting73 2 8-26-06 5:42 pm 7-31-06: Georgia, Maryland Touch-screens -- New security defect evi...Jim March19 1 8-2-06 12:39 pm 7-27-06: Expensive, Insecure, Illegal, Unqualified and UnauditedRon Hammar12 2 8-26-06 4:32 pm 7-21-06: BBV EXCLUSIVE - Cuyahoga B.o.E. members call for Director ...John Washburn26 1 8-5-06 10:40 am 7-18-06: Georgia Election Malfunctions - Gird yourself for action, ...Brant Lamb24 1 9-5-06 4:46 am 7-17-06: The World's Quietest News Story: Kennedy Files Voting Mach...Linda Rogers4 1 7-29-06 9:07 am 7-10-06: Kentucky litigation - 'When computers fear jail, they'll b...Jenny L. Hurley6 1 7-12-06 8:37 am 07-08-06: Citizen Oversight - Pay Special Attention to Missing ItemsJody Holder19 1 7-12-06 4:20 pm 7-04-06: Black Box Voting's Declaration of IndependenceBev Harris19 1 7-15-06 1:40 pm Fourth of July Fireworks: Unredacted Hursti reports, photos releasedBrant Lamb44 1 7-12-06 5:20 am 6-27-06: Whatever happens in Utah elections - Capture on camera, audioV. Kurt Bellman11 1 6-29-06 10:44 am 6-26-06: The ultimate insult: Paper ballots entered into touch-screensTom Courbat16 1 6-28-06 1:42 pm 6-22-06: A 'Plan B' for voting machines: The National Hand Count Re...Bev Harris7 1 6-24-06 11:43 am 6-15-06: Solutions through citizen oversightBrant Lamb52 1 7-25-06 7:19 pm 6-12-06: Trouble seeks trouble - King County elections chief goes t...Tom Courbat8 1 6-21-06 6:08 pm 6-6-06: Hear the train a'comin' , Comin' round the bendBrant Lamb12 1 6-9-06 10:14 am 6-5-06: Citizens -- Here's how to watchdog electionBev Harris13 1 6-6-06 12:37 pm 5-23-06: Supplmental report adds new concerns to Hursti IIBev Harris51 1 7-1-06 10:49 am 5-19-06: Substitute 'L' for 'D' - Diebold claims Utah tests failed...Kathleen Wynne16 1 6-27-06 6:26 am 5-11-06: Three-level security flaws found in Diebold touch-screensRobert Sawdey182 1 6-7-06 11:52 am 5-10-06: Update on TSx reportCatherine Ansbro5 1 5-11-06 4:47 pm 5-10-06: As the Emery County findings evolve: Diebold's and Georgia...Joseph Hall5 1 5-11-06 2:15 pm 5-9-06: The Ohio Election BackwashAdele Eisner34 1 8-2-06 3:26 pm 5-4-06: Touch-screens fail security tests, Diebold retaliatessuhkara a yahweh`16 1 5-9-06 9:15 pm 5-4-06: Your chance to get evidence: WV, NE, KY, OR, PABev Harris1 1 5-4-06 9:13 am 5-2-06: Is the 2006 election train still on its tracks?John Washburn26 1 5-12-06 3:29 pm 4-24-06: Diebold whistleblower Stephen Heller compared to Daniel El...Russell Novkov2 1 4-24-06 3:06 pm 4-13-06: Last transcript - Calif. ITA hearings.John Washburn3 1 4-14-06 9:20 am 4-8-06: Why the Rush Holt bill (H.B. 550) is dangerousJonathan104 1 5-16-06 2:46 am 4-6-06: Utah Lt. Governor's office admits: some Diebold serial numb...ed hill32 1 4-10-06 7:24 pm 4-5-06: Transcript: Wyle Labs thinks Hursti Hack means 'the system ...John Washburn11 1 4-6-06 7:59 am 4-4-06: More Voting Machine Test Lab TranscriptsBev Harris12 1 4-6-06 11:32 pm 4-3-06: ALERT - elections officials: Diebold making 'visits' to you...Bruce Sims5 1 4-4-06 11:08 am 3-31-06: Bravissima! Calif. Senate Elections Committee grills two ...Catherine Ansbro28 1 4-12-06 1:59 pm 3-29-06: FL Attorney General Hits Voting Machine Vendors With Inves...Bev Harris4 1 3-30-06 10:39 am 3-28-06: BBV EXCLUSIVE - Diebold attempts to explain TSx memory def...Bev Harris34 1 4-3-06 9:17 am 03-18-06: BBV EXCLUSIVE - Diebold TSx touch-screen study (Part I)...Joseph Hall50 1 4-7-06 10:29 am 3-17-2006: New Black Box Voting report to be issued on Diebold TSx ...Jody Holder11 1 3-19-06 11:34 pm 3-11-06: The Stephen Heller Legal Defense FundJohn Washburn6 1 3-12-06 8:23 pm 3-8-06: Ion Sancho pits his lawyers against DieboldPat Vesely10 1 3-14-06 2:02 pm 3-3-06: While Florida vindicates Ion Sancho, Jeb Bush threatens Sa...Daniel R Spak29 1 3-19-06 5:45 pm 2-28-06: Take action NOW: Bullies pounding on whistleblowerRobert Sawdey11 1 3-9-06 5:47 pm 2-23-06: Someone accessed 40 Palm Beach County voting machines Nov ...Bev Harris110 1 3-9-06 7:30 am 2-21-06: An open letter to Bruce McPherson and the citizens of the ...Joycelynn Straight22 1 2-27-06 9:01 pm 2-17-06: BREAKING: Calif. Sec. State certifies entire Diebold produ...Bev Harris52 1 4-3-06 10:20 am 2-17-06: Election family tree: Who got us into this and how did the...Catherine Ansbro4 1 3-30-06 10:40 am 2-11-06: Voting machine examiners chickening out on Senate investig...Ron Crane24 1 2-18-06 1:27 pm 2-6-06: Landes takes e-voting to Supreme CourtV. Kurt Bellman24 1 4-19-06 10:33 am 2-6-06: Diebold agrees to waive proprietary claims to GEMS database...Marian Beddill12 1 2-11-06 1:38 pm 2-5-06: What protects your personal information once it enters e-el...Paul Lehto70 1 7-21-06 1:17 pm 2-2-06: Embezzler Jeff Dean remote accessed Calif. counties for 200...Kathleen Wynne4 1 2-2-06 8:38 am 2-1-06: Voting system examiners blocked from telling what they know?Byron Hale21 1 2-6-06 3:16 am 1-31-06: Diebold anticipates $100 to $125 million in 2006 voting sy...Bev Harris1 1 1-31-06 8:56 am 1-26-06: Elections Programmer Jeff Dean worked for same firm as for...Bev Harris25 1 1-27-06 12:45 pm 1-24-06: Public Records Get The Big Chill: Alaska's Voters vs Diebo...Jim March5 1 1-31-06 2:29 pm 1-13-06: ES&S reneges on Leon County deal 2 days before HAVA deadl...Catherine Ansbro33 1 1-17-06 1:20 am 1-9-2006: DuPage County Elections paid $30,000 to Republican politi...Bev Harris12 1 2-3-06 8:20 am 1-5-06: Wisconsin moves toward public source, then guts itJohn Washburn10 1 1-5-06 4:21 pm 1-3-2006: Hold on to your lugnuts, ES&S and Sequoia may risk Hurst...Brant Lamb33 1 1-25-06 4:56 am 12-30-05: Roll up your sleeves, we ain't done yet!BBV Admin1 1 12-30-05 4:26 pm 12-28-2005: Pennsylvania declines some Diebold but reveals an odd biasArnold Peckerman24 1 12-31-05 2:17 pm 12-23-05: ES&S under fire in CaliforniaEdward Robles5 1 12-26-05 5:36 am 12-20-05: California 'Hack' test stalled as Diebold certification d...Brant Lamb116 1 1-25-06 1:27 pm 12-13-05: Devastating hack proven - Leon County dumps DieboldSamuel Scharff97 1 5-29-06 9:25 pm 12-9-05: Diebold hack test -- Sec. State / Black Box lawyer square offJim March6 1 12-12-05 3:01 pm 12-7-05: Diebold stockholder suit - here's some ammoJim March7 1 12-8-05 9:37 am 12-4-05: 'Leave it up to us, we know best' say officialsBBV Admin27 2 12-15-05 4:17 am 11-30-05: Nope, the hack test won't be todayCatherine Ansbro25 1 1-3-06 12:51 am 11-28-05: Latest on California hack situationBruce Sims45 1 11-30-05 4:40 pm 11-24-05: Turkey Day leftovers: No thanks for stuffing elections wi...Edward Robles2 1 11-27-05 7:55 am 11-23-05: Flag on the play - Calif. Sec. State official calls foul ...Catherine Ansbro17 1 11-29-05 10:18 am 11-22-05: California invites Black Box Voting to hack Diebold votin...John Washburn31 1 12-9-05 8:23 am 11-22-2005: Updates on felons - Jeffrey Dean and John ElderBBV Admin7 1 11-22-05 9:37 am 11-21-05: Diebold violates court orderBBV Admin10 1 11-28-05 8:27 am 11-18-05: Fasten your seatbelts - It's time to bring this thing in ...Edward Robles7 1 11-27-05 9:12 am 11-15-05: FEC Investigating rapper P. Diddy (but not Blackwell or M...Edward Robles5 1 11-27-05 9:16 am 11-13-05: Detroit, Michigan elections are now a significant concernBBV Admin11 1 11-23-05 5:16 am 11-9-05: Los Angeles County has the dog & pony show downEdward Robles2 1 11-27-05 9:33 am 11-8-05: Share your observations on voting today hereKathleen Wynne10 1 11-10-05 9:15 am 11-6-05: Two state elections heads resign in FloridaBBV Admin6 1 11-6-05 5:11 am 11-4-05: Mail-in votes at higher risk with Diebold systemsBBV Admin1 1 11-4-05 8:00 am 11-3-05: The first public examination under the 15004 lawJohn Washburn5 1 11-6-05 6:41 am 10-28-05: Blackwell Blunders on Voting Machine ExaminationJohn Washburn14 1 10-31-05 11:23 am 10-26-05: The 'Perimeter Defense' - Follies and FailuresBBV Admin7 1 10-31-05 3:57 pm 10-21-05: GAO & NIST - Voting machine security finally goes mainstr...From the Mailbag10 1 10-29-05 11:39 am 10-9-05: VotoScope audit tool will catch Hart Intercivic bugBev Harris22 1 10-12-05 1:06 pm 10-8-05: Investors considering Diebold class action suitBev Harris1 1 10-8-05 3:08 pm 10-5-05: Diebold Lies Move Up the LadderBev Harris5 1 10-8-05 3:21 pm 9-19-2005: Carter-Baker Panel Report: Proposed Reforms Miss the BoatBrad Friedman52 1 10-3-05 12:02 pm 9-10-2005: Here's your chance to 'Look inside the Black Box':...alex baxter21 1 11-1-05 4:23 am 9-7-2005: Digital Image ballot scanners -- good or bad?Brant Lamb19 1 10-5-05 4:41 am 8-25-2005: Voting Rights Act expiration 2007Admin3 1 8-25-05 9:56 am 8-15-05: Election Reform -- Impending ShuffleCatherine_a107 1 8-25-05 1:51 pm 8-13-2005: If this doesn't get your blood boiling...Ubetchaiam9 1 8-15-05 11:24 am 8-10-2005: Mississippi Paper Trail ImminentCatherine Ansbro18 1 12-14-05 2:47 am 8-9-2005: Exactly what we don't want: Our election on Diebold's ser...John Howard13 1 10-5-05 8:20 pm 8-8-2005: Arcata, (CA) seeks to wrest election control from corpora...jimmarch6 1 8-12-05 12:33 am 8-5-05: 'Think Outside the Black Box' - ONLINE THINK TANK Admin5 1 8-17-05 7:46 am 8-3-05: San Diego backs down on charges against BBV director Jim MarchUbetchaiam32 1 8-22-05 12:01 pm 7-29-2005: Mississippi, listen up: California just rejected the TSxadmin17 1 8-13-05 8:15 pm 7-28-05: In his own words: Jim March on taking back his civil rightsmymarkx11 1 7-29-05 11:46 am 7-26-2005: BBV Board Member Arrested in San Diego for Viewing Vote-...cleanbean63 1 7-29-05 4:17 pm 7-25-2005: Wondering about mail-in voting? Diebold's new VoteRemote...Catherine Ansbro28 1 3-30-06 12:43 pm 7-21-2005: ES&S, Diebold lobbyists had ties to bribery investigatio...mary_ann9 1 7-31-05 12:00 am 7-20-2005: Internal documents reveal more Diebold ethics problemsadmin4 1 7-20-05 7:24 am 7-18-2005: Are The Lights Going Out In Georgia?admin5 1 7-22-05 3:14 pm 7-17-2005: Gallina (Diebold) reportedly paid Blackwell, GOP cronies...admin1 1 7-17-05 12:07 pm 7-11-2005: Case Against Diebold and Florida Division of Electionskathleen_wynne3 1 7-13-05 9:32 am 7-4-2005: The Black Box ReportJohn Dean36 1 5-8-06 6:05 pm 7-3-2005: Diebold accounting mistake -- SEC stuff may be a biggieadmin11 1 7-4-05 10:58 pm 7-1-2005: July 4 Security Alert for Diebold Optical Scanscatherine_a17 1 7-5-05 1:29 am 6-24-2005: Black Box Voting Litigation Fund LaunchedBev Harris2 1 2-3-06 8:22 am 6-17-05: Report on Calif. meeting -- Decertify Diebold?ubetchaiam11 1 7-21-05 2:37 pm 6-8-2005: Palm Beach County fails auditlinda_franz7 1 6-15-05 8:29 am 5-27-05: Optical scan system hacked (3 ways) - BBV ExclusiveBrant Lamb73 1 8-9-06 11:06 am 5-9-05: Consumer Report Series -- Following the Money Trail – Part Iadmin1 1 5-9-05 3:18 pm 5-6-04: $45m (Diebold?) contract flying under radar in Cook County ...admin2 1 5-6-05 2:53 pm 5-11-05: CANCELLED - Call to action May 19, Sacramentoadmin1 1 5-6-05 11:05 am 5-04-05 – Easier Hacking Access Sneaks in w. ADA Compliance Measuresadmin1 1 5-4-05 9:25 pm 4-24-05: LA's InkaVote system tied to Malaysian gambling outfitadmin1 1 4-24-05 12:43 pm 4-20-2005: Paper trail advocates - The devil in the detailsadmin1 1 4-20-05 11:54 am 4-18-2005: Diebold Lobbyist Documents Reveal Problemsadmin1 1 4-18-05 9:54 am 3-8-2005: Hack of Real-Life Voting System Demonstratedadmin1 1 3-9-05 12:51 pm 2-22-2005: Activating the Eagles -- Events this weekend in Californiaadmin1 1 2-22-05 5:08 pm 2-21-2005: Snohomish County (WA) updateadmin1 1 2-21-05 4:51 pm 2-21-2005: Orange County (FL) updateadmin1 1 2-21-05 12:57 pm 2-21-2005: Broward County (FL) updateadmin1 1 2-21-05 12:14 pm 2-21-2005: Palm Beach County (FL) updateadmin1 1 2-21-05 11:04 am 2-21-2005: Volusia County (FL) Updateadmin1 1 2-21-05 7:02 am 2-1-2005: Black Box Voting donates $2000 to Ohio lawyersadmin1 1 2-1-05 2:51 pm 1-28-05: Eagles rolling up sleeves in Ohio, Florida, Californiaadmin1 1 1-28-05 6:30 am 1-20-05: BULLETIN: California Panel OKs Voter Privacy Removaladmin1 1 1-20-05 6:05 pm 1-18-05: Consumer Protection lawsuit activated against Dieboldadmin1 1 1-19-05 4:43 am 1-17-05: Black Box Voting Document Archiveadmin1 1 1-17-05 1:42 pm 1-10-05: Exposing the Crypto Solutionadmin1 1 1-11-05 6:20 am 1-6-05: Constitutional Equal Protection Amendment for Voters?admin1 1 1-11-05 6:15 am 1-5-05: Election Misconduct as a Public Records Crisisadmin1 1 1-11-05 6:10 am 1-5-05: Update from Washington D.C.admin1 1 1-11-05 6:01 am 12-30-2004: Volunteer Actions -- Activating the Eaglesadmin1 1 1-11-05 5:50 am 12-29-04: Update on 'Help America Audit'admin1 1 1-11-05 5:44 am 12-28-04: Update for donors, and a look to 2005admin1 1 1-11-05 5:35 am 11-18-2004: Volunteer actions -- How to 'Be the Media'admin1 1 1-11-05 5:56 am Start New Thread Mainstream News Reports Black Box Voting » Latest News » Mainstream News Reports « Previous Next » Thread Last Poster Posts Pages Last Post Dean Logan Says Unaffiliated WriteIns will be Checkedchristine c reid14 1 2-15-08 10:34 am New York Times re Holt BillV. Kurt Bellman26 1 2-8-08 1:57 pm AP Incorrectly calls Missouri for ClintonBill Bowen1 1 2-7-08 8:04 am San Fran CA-KSFO-AM reports Repub registration problemsNancy Tobi9 1 2-7-08 5:49 am Massachusetts results via your friends at LHSMike LaBonte10 1 2-7-08 5:24 am NJ Voting delay included Gov. CorzineMichael W Mather2 1 2-6-08 1:17 pm (CA) 2/08 - Voting machine probs delay Sacramento countPerry Duke9 1 2-5-08 6:34 pm (FL) 1/08 - More Florida voting machine problemsHal Guentert8 1 2-2-08 7:19 pm (FL) 1/08 - Final Florida results inkaren reineke11 1 2-1-08 4:25 pm (CO) 1/15 Democrats Ask Coffman to ResignFran Fleming1 1 2-1-08 9:41 am (FL) 1/08 - Problems already with voting machinesBev Harris 1 1 1-29-08 10:08 am (CO) Paper ballots win over RitterCatherine Ansbro3 1 1-29-08 2:16 am (MI) 12/07 - Proposition for new way to do primaries NEWS: Reform pres. candidate selection processCatherine Ansbro11 1 1-29-08 2:14 am Americans Abroad Can Now Vote Onlinesam lark7 1 1-26-08 3:49 pm (SC) 1/19/08 - Problems at polling locationsts taylor4 1 1-24-08 9:16 pm Feedback appreciated as this unfolds...Bruce Sims2 1 1-24-08 1:52 pm (Ohio) ACLU files suit to block paper ballots New paper ballots ca...Roger Wood20 2 1-20-08 9:43 pm REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER: Election Fraud RoundtableV. Kurt Bellman10 1 1-18-08 7:05 am (CO) Legislators lose their confidence in CoffmanCatherine Ansbro13 1 1-17-08 4:01 pm Olbermann Report !! On Voting Sue West6 1 1-17-08 3:53 pm GOP Figure Contracted to Deliver E-Voting Machines in MarylandAlex Laflamme1 1 1-17-08 9:43 am (NH) Experts skeptical of N.H. ballot-count conspiracy theoryBill Bowen60 1 1-16-08 10:37 pm Making votes countFran Fleming2 1 1-16-08 12:00 pm Ron Paul says in regard to New Hampshire voteDavid Evans1 1 1-13-08 8:32 am Diebold Changing its Buisness name Catherine Ansbro2 1 1-12-08 5:20 am (NH) 1/08 - Man plans recount of Republican vote in N.H. primary...Russell Novkov7 1 1-11-08 11:03 pm (TX) 10/07 - Another corrupt official, election tampering Refugio County - "Trust Me" failureCatherine Ansbro4 1 1-11-08 6:47 pm (FL) 9/07 - Volusia County again -- lots of defective memory cards... Volusia County - Voting system: Incident reportsWilliam Reese2 1 1-8-08 9:19 pm (FL) 10/07 - New machines, still not enough safeguards State of Florida - Voting systems: Transition to optical scan, issuesDon Powers2 1 1-8-08 12:00 am PC Magazine Article 09/12/07Don Powers2 1 1-7-08 10:45 pm (US) Can You Count On These Machines?Bev Harris 21 1 1-7-08 6:18 pm (US) Problems At Poll Permeate U.S. Political ProcessV. Kurt Bellman76 1 1-5-08 4:57 pm Legal Voters Thrown Off RollsV. Kurt Bellman7 1 1-3-08 11:15 am CNN: On the eve of Iowa caucus, some states give e-voting an 'F'...Russell Novkov2 1 1-2-08 3:42 pm (TX) 11/07 - Wharton County GOP will use paper ballots in primary... NEWS: Follow up on vote-flipping incidentLore2 1 1-1-08 3:35 pm (KY) 10/7 - Candidate for elections chief pleads guilty to forgery... Boone County - "Trust Me" FailureKathleen Wynne49 1 12-26-07 2:49 pm (US) 12/07 - FEC doors shut, 'No one left to answer phones'...Alan Brau4 1 12-25-07 8:29 pm (CO) 12/07 - Boulder: Stray marks caused decertificationBev Harris 1 1 12-23-07 9:49 pm (CO) 12/07 - Mesa: Commission defiant on vote machines NEWS: Resisting Colorado decertificationFran Fleming5 1 12-22-07 1:34 pm (AK) 12/07 - Impossible to tell whether 2004 count correct NEWS - Follow up on AZ Dem Party litigationBev Harris 1 1 12-21-07 7:05 am (CO) 12/07 - Denver: Voting gear out for count NEWS: Colo. decertification of Sequoia Julio Edwards1 1 12-18-07 6:41 am (US) 12/07 - Congressional watch tool for citizens PRESS RELEASE: New Freedom of Information toolBev Harris 1 1 12-11-07 7:20 am (PA) 11/07 - Philadelphia: Voter Fraud Allegations Again NEWS: Absentee ballot fraud allegationsV. Kurt Bellman21 1 12-7-07 2:02 pm (NJ) 12/07 - 'We are Neanderthals' - paper trail delayed again... NEWS: New Jersey paper trail statusBobby Arnold2 1 12-6-07 3:20 am (OH) 11/07 - Franklin County: Former elections official charged... NEWS: Election official corruptionBev Harris 2 1 12-2-07 7:50 am (OH) 11/07 - Township results flipped because of error (Lawrence Co... Lawrence County: Voting systems - Incident ReportBev Harris 4 1 11-23-07 2:00 pm (CT) 11/07 - Diebold/Premier machine miscount changes winner Greenwich: Voting systems - Incident reportsCatherine Ansbro4 1 11-23-07 1:47 pm (MS) 11/07 - New election ordered for Louise Linzy race Tunica County: Election incidentsBev Harris 1 1 11-22-07 9:05 pm (NH) 11/07 - It's official: Jan. 8 primary date State of New Hampshire: PrimariesBev Harris 1 1 11-22-07 8:28 pm (CA) 11/07 - Sec. State Bowen sues ES&S for $15 million State of California: Voting systems, ES&SBev Harris 3 1 11-21-07 9:09 pm (MI) 11/07 - It's back on: Mich. primary will proceed... State of Michigan: Primaries, Freedom of InformationBev Harris 1 1 11-21-07 10:38 am (MI) 11/07 - Michigan primary may not happen State of Michigan: Primaries, Freedom of Information Bev Harris 1 1 11-20-07 7:22 pm (NH) 11/07 - Pres primary date STILL not certain State of New Hampshire: PrimariesBev Harris 1 1 11-20-07 7:06 pm (OH) 11/07 - Provisionals may alter outcome Clermont County: Provisional ballotsBev Harris 1 1 11-19-07 5:54 pm (TX) 11/07 - Alteration of live election data in Harris County... Harris County: Voting systems, "Trust Me"Russell Novkov12 1 11-15-07 9:18 pm (US) 11/07 - Sequoia voting systems under new ownership US - VendorsBev Harris 1 1 11-9-07 6:39 am (OH) 11/07 - Polls open later in ES&S location Putnam County - Voting Machines: Incident ReportsPatricia Berg1 1 11-7-07 4:34 am (FL) 10/07 - Appeals court rules The People "moot" Sarasota County - LitigationBev Harris 1 1 11-2-07 8:02 am (CT) 10/07 - Candidate's company will transport voting machines... New Britain - Chain of CustodyBev Harris 1 1 10-29-07 11:22 am (IN) 10/07 - Polling locations reduced to four "vote centers"... Tippecanoe County - Access to PollsBev Harris 1 1 10-29-07 8:12 am (FL) 10/07 - Wrong Ballots Sent To Miami Absentee Voters Miami-Dade County - Absentee / Mail-in Incident ReportBrant Lamb13 1 10-22-07 11:34 am (PA) 10/07 - County replacing WinVote Lackawanna County - Voting systems: Procurement Alan Brau43 1 10-18-07 7:56 pm (US) 9/07 - E-vote industry massaging itself in the media Voting systems: Security / Chain of CustodyBev Harris 52 1 10-14-07 11:07 am (OH) 10/07 - A funeral for a presidential election State of Ohio - Compliance, enforcement issuesAlan Brau3 1 10-11-07 4:32 pm (FL) 10/07 - Peculiar excuses block accountability for primary Martin County - Compliance issue: Resisting paper trailBev Harris 1 1 10-11-07 7:12 am (TX) 9/07 - Hilarious but improper: video of lawmakers cheat-voting... State of Texas - Noncompliance, enforcement issues with legislator voting rulesBrant Lamb11 1 10-3-07 5:06 am (FL) 10/07 - FL-13 testing continues... Sarasota County - Voting system: Review & testing due to incident reportsRussell Novkov2 1 10-2-07 7:57 pm (IN) 10/07 - Belly-up vendor, in come different machines Randolph County - Voting systems: ProcurementBev Harris 1 1 10-2-07 7:57 pm (FL) 10/07 - FL-13 report imminent Sarasota County - Voting system: Review & testing due to incident reportsBev Harris 1 1 10-2-07 7:46 pm (US) 9/07 - If MS Excel bug = math errors, trust e-voting? US - Computer program: Incident reportBev Harris 1 1 10-2-07 7:38 pm (NC) 9/07 - The registrar's secret lair Montgomery County - Chain of custodyBev Harris 1 1 10-1-07 4:12 pm (NJ) 9/07 - Judge stalls on paper trail Mercer County - Compliance issue: Resisting paper trailBev Harris 1 1 10-1-07 3:46 pm (US) 9/07 - Less than 1/2 of military overseas votes counted US - Absentee / mail-in voting: Incidents, access problemsBev Harris 6 1 9-30-07 3:17 pm (GA) 9/07 - What's the punishment for throwing out 93,000 voter reg... Fulton County - Chain of custody / Privacy protection issuesBev Harris 1 1 9-28-07 9:12 am (US) 9/07 - Gird for massive new voting machine purchases: New stan... US - Voting systems: Standards, certification, procurementBrant Lamb16 1 9-27-07 5:02 am (PA) 9/07 County Commissioners' Assocation Opposes HR811 State of Pennsylvania - LegislationSamuel Scharff32 1 9-24-07 11:29 pm (CT) 9/07 - Voting rights activists express disappointment at CT s... State of Connecticut - Voting systems: Security Catherine Ansbro2 1 9-22-07 6:36 pm (NV) 9/07 - County to "prove Sequioa machines are secure"... Washoe County - Voting systems: SecurityBev Harris 1 1 9-22-07 9:43 am (IL) 9/07 - Indictment: Teamster Union vote rigging Teamster's Union [Chicago] - "Trust Me" failureBev Harris 1 1 9-8-07 4:48 pm (US) 2007 National news archive (see state foru... 130 24 10-11-07 12:25 pm (US) 2006 National news archive (see state foru... 482 60 10-11-07 12:25 pm (US) 2005 National news archive (see state foru... 310 152 10-11-07 12:24 pm (US) 2004 National news archive (see state forums for state news)... 77 42 10-11-07 12:24 pm Start New Thread 59 customers reviewed this movie. Write a Review Reviews Voted Most Helpful Votes are counted and displayed within 24 hours HM 1355196 37% Similar To You HM 1355196's other reviews > 5.0 Stars This is an excellent documentary that I think every American should see before they vote again. This is not a movie about Bush vs. Kerry or Republicans vs. Democrats. Its about our current voting system and exposing a multitude of problems with that system as demonstrated in the 2004 election. We are told "EVERY VOTE COUNTS" and this documentary exposes the corruption, mistruths, and shameful negligence and mishandling of these "VOTES" in a way that cannot be denied nor ignored - unless you don't watch it for yourself. 73 out of 78 people found this review helpful. I found this review Click to rate this review as helpful TerBo 40% Similar To You TerBo's other reviews > 5.0 Stars This is a must-see documentary, especially for those still doubtful about whether elections in this country can be tampered with. The answer is yes, yes, yes!!! Kudos to Bev Harris who has dedicated years to exposing the corruption surrounding electronic voting. Get this. After Hacking Democracy's premiere on HBO, Harris received death threats. That's how risky and powerful her work is. 67 out of 77 people found this review helpful. I found this review Click to rate this review as helpful Shiftdnb 47% Similar To You Shiftdnb's other reviews > 4.0 Stars This is an amazing documentary showing that there are problems with the way we vote in America. When a normal everyday citizen gets up and challenges the system, you see how the system fights back. This woman doesn't give up like most of us would and shows us and one election official in Florida that the way our voting system was run and still is, has errors. 29 out of 36 people found this review helpful. I found this review Click to rate this review as helpful Most Recent Reviews SG 178412 23% Similar To You SG 178412's other reviews > 5.0 Stars Anyone who cares at all about the future of democracy in America (R or D or whatever else party affiliation you choose) NEEDS to see this movie. 1 out of 1 people found this review helpful. I found this review Click to rate this review as helpful grw 970297 20% Similar To You grw 970297's other reviews > 5.0 Stars If our so-called government doesn't fix the problems exposed in this excellent documentary, our democracy no longer will exist. Abolish electronic voting machines!! I found this review Click to rate this review as helpful Professional Bum 63% Similar To You Professional ...'s other reviews > 5.0 Stars If you are an American & have the ability to vote, please do yourself a favor and put this in your queue immediately(especially since this is an election year). This wonderful documentary proves my point that we have the best democracy that money can buy, along with our judicial system. This film is more frightening than any horror film I've seen, because THIS IS REAL! And this is movie biased? Not at all. It's an absolute eye opener that shows that your vote really doesn't count; and make sure you watch the deleted scenes(another 33 minutes of fantastic footage). 1 out of 1 people found this review helpful. Member Reviews hawk5391 58% Similar To You hawk5391's other reviews > 5.0 Stars Even though I also watched the original slasher classic Black Christmas, this was the scariest movie I saw over the Christmas break. Although the filmmakers obviously have every reason to sensationalize potential problems with electronic voting systems ("good news is no news," right?), the implications here are frightening. Not only did Bev Harris (founder of a non-partisan watchdog group) find voting machine code unprotected on the internet, she was able to successfully hack it and prove that results could be manipulated (you can watch this being done in a matter of seconds in this film). The lack of oversight of the companies who control the majority of electronic voting is astounding, almost as bad as the sloppy manner in which our government oversees the elections themselves. 10 out of 10 people found this review helpful. I found this review Click to rate this review as helpful Cassun 53% Similar To You Cassun's other reviews > 5.0 Stars Probably the scariest movie I've watched in a long time. The production value isn't good, but its worth sitting through to find out just how easy it would be for just one person with an agenda to manipulate the outcome of an election. 9 out of 12 people found this review helpful. I found this review Click to rate this review as helpful LR 572736 43% Similar To You LR 572736's other reviews > 5.0 Stars Politics in America is scarey enough, but when you see what is going on with our elections system, you will just go through the roof. We have hoped through the last few centuries that a government of the people, by the people and for the people would not parish from the face of the earth, and that America would be its shining example. After viewing this flick, you will realize just how tarnished our example has become. We have realized in the past decades, that money rules, and it just feels like our votes don't count, only the money that backs our politicians. Only the corporations and special interests have access to the politicians these days, not the people that vote. This picture goes a long way to explaining how that happens. After realizing the truths in this documentary, I feel even more helpless and useless to change a corrupt government by my vote. Did my vote get counted? How would I even know? The facts put forth in this program are just about incredible, but you come away realizing their powerful credibility. I wondered why their hasn't been criminal prosecution of the election fraud that is running rampant in our country today? Where are prosecuters? Why aren't elections officials who ignore our right to have our votes counted, recounter and certified being placed on trial for crimes against the electorate? You owe it to yourself and your country to see this documentary long before the next election. Don't miss this one! 8 out of 9 people found this review helpful. I found this review Click to rate this review as helpful CP 1799900 36% Similar To You CP 1799900's other reviews > 5.0 Stars Wow. I just finished watching this documentary, and I can't believe what I heard and saw. This is not another Michael Moore speculative film that makes assumptions with no factual evidence. This is incredible. Everyone should see this film. It is truly an amazing look inside of our election system. 8 out of 9 people found this review helpful. Member Reviews 59 customers reviewed this movie. Write a Review SN 25968 62% Similar To You SN 25968's other reviews > 5.0 Stars We must all see this movie. It's not JUST about elections. It's about the undermining of our society, the breakdown. My opinion is that we should get away from secret voting and out into the public. Democracy is where WE THE PEOPLE elect our officials. You must see this to know why I write this. 4 out of 5 people found this review helpful. I found this review Click to rate this review as helpful JR 1824621 61% Similar To You JR 1824621's other reviews > 5.0 Stars This is what makes America great: a woman, with a full life, puts it all behind her because she has come across the ultimate injustice and knows that she must right it. This is the story of the creation of the group and webpage BlackBoxVoting.com Having found the Diebold's source code, a code that not even the President of the United States can see, Bev Harris takes the code to an expert. What is revealed causes Harris to criss cross America, to prove the fact that Diebold had literally hijacked democracy. Although it's possible, it's difficult to believe that anyone can think that the 2004 Presidential Election wasn't rigged after viewing this film. A 'must see' for every American. 4 out of 4 people found this review helpful. I found this review Click to rate this review as helpful PW 51% Similar To You PW's other reviews > 5.0 Stars One of the scariest movies I've ever seen... because it's true. If you liked 'All the presidents men' or 'The Insider' You'll like this movie. Actually come to think of it, what this story needs is a treatment like the above mentioned movies so the message could have a broader appeal beyond this documentary. 5 out of 6 people found this review helpful. I found this review Click to rate this review as helpful FV 1232392 44% Similar To You FV 1232392's other reviews > 4.0 Stars Highly recommedable as the documentary reveals what we all have been suspecting and fearing in an objective and somewhat scientific way. It is quite timely, and I think we can all relate to the topic at hand. I was touched by the reaction of some of the people in the movie when they proved how the voting system can be hacked without much effort 4 out of 5 people found this review helpful. I found this review Click to rate this review as helpful Steve Smith 38% Similar To You Steve Smith's other reviews > 5.0 Stars Unbelievable. That's how I describe this excellent documentary. Every citizen of the USA owes it to themselves to watch this documentary. It is just shocking. It calls into question everything we know about how our votes are recorded in this country. My jaw literally dropped when I saw one part of it. I won't ruin it for those who haven't seen it. You MUST watch this! 4 out of 4 people found this review helpful. I found this review Click to rate this review as helpful Ben5765 35% Similar To You Ben5765's other reviews > 4.0 Stars This film is all about voting machines and how votes are tabulated. It makes mincemeat of the Diebold Corporation, manufacturer of a large percentage of the electronic voting machines used in the United States. It reveals Diebold officials making lie after lie about the security of their machines. The makers of the film meticulously document how, using Diebold's machines and data cards, someone with just a basic understanding of the technology involved (including, certainly, any Diebold employee) could rig the vote count, on one machine or on thousands of them, with absolutely no record that the rigging was ever done. The film also reveals how Diebold's chief executive officer was (and maybe still is) a large contributor to the Republican Party. He once wrote a letter stating that he would "deliver" Ohio's electoral votes in the 2004 presidential election for George W. Bush. The film later shows how his company managed to persuade Cuyahoga County, Ohio (where Cleveland is) to buy its machines. Maybe there is nothing fishy going on there, but appearances matter! Lest the film be seen as partisan, it features, among others, a Republican office-seeker from Louisiana who, after losing her race, went to view a demonstration of the machines that the voters used. As part of the demonstration she pressed the button next to her name, and the machine registered a vote for her opponent. Hmmm. She was understandably troubled. Moreover, the film points out that in many parts of the country it is in fact the local Republican Party that is wary of electronic voting machines, not the Democrats. Hacking Democracy also reveals problems with punch card voting systems--problems that dwarf the famous "hanging chad" problem of the 2000 presidential vote count in Florida. The film's message is distressing, but it is one all American citizens should hear and see. 5 out of 5 people found this review helpful. I found this review Click to rate this review as helpful AdriH 34% Similar To You AdriH's other reviews > 4.0 Stars Yes, the documentary could use a bit of editing, but the points raised are valid enough to keep it interesting. Instead of taking a partisan view on the movie, realize how intensly frightening this movie really is. Should it be just one grandmother's job to inform us how we're being duped? No. It's our responsibility as citizens to stay informed and demand voting accuracy. 5 out of 7 people found this review helpful. I found this review Click to rate this review as helpful DM 1548398 12% Similar To You DM 1548398's other reviews > 4.0 Stars Frightening and timely documentary that exposes the very painful truth about the U.S. electoral system and vote count fraud. A must see if you plan to vote ever! 5 out of 5 people found this review helpful. I found this review Click to rate this review as helpful PM 748973 — —% Similar To You PM 748973's other reviews > 5.0 Stars This presentation should be shown to every high school junior and senior. Maybe they will be able to bring about the changes needed to restore our country to what it once was. Our democratic republic is long gone. 6 out of 6 people found this review helpful. Member Reviews 59 customers reviewed this movie. Write a Review Lee Anne and Tim 64% Similar To You Lee Anne and ...'s other reviews > 5.0 Stars Every voter should see this film. It leaves you with your head shaking, wondering how the history of the last 8 years might read if the vote-tampering exposed in Hacking Democracy hadnt been possible. Also a testament to how one regular person can make a difference, this documentary is very well done. Youll hate what you learn. 6 out of 10 people found this review helpful. I found this review Click to rate this review as helpful yla 83539 39% Similar To You yla 83539's other reviews > 5.0 Stars SA 1674508, Yazheirx, JR 65420, RS 305556, their reviews are absolutely the threat that we all have about democracy. It is because their kind of ignorance that this movie is a 5 star and a must for every single human being to watch and learn. There is no excuse for any voting system to be too technical, too complex, too secret that we cannot prove what the votes were years from when the votes were taken. Not even 50 years, not even 100 years, not even 1000 years, not ever. For anyone to suggest that the electronic voting system is not possible to understand and to do a documentary for by a handful of heroic citizens, it is an insult to this country and democracy. Let these be the commandments of election: 1) No voting methods should be more complicated than what pen/pencil can do on a ballot. 2) Vote handling in any election process should be transparent to the public no matter when, why, how, what, who. 3) Only 100% accuracy should be accepted. Anything less then 100% should be recounted no matter how many times, how long it takes, and how much it cost to be 100% accurate. 4) Without 100% accuracy, election cannot be concluded. Another election should be conducted immediately without further delay. 3 out of 3 people found this review helpful. I found this review Click to rate this review as helpful ayi 554466 35% Similar To You ayi 554466's other reviews > 5.0 Stars Factual information clearly presented. I fear it is all too true and I fear for the next election. 5 out of 8 people found this review helpful. I found this review Click to rate this review as helpful AL 1659593 33% Similar To You AL 1659593's other reviews > 2.0 Stars For content, I'd give it 3 stars. It was an eye-opening look at the problems at the flaws of the "touch screen" and memory card system. What turned me off was the overboard emotions and cheesy speeches from the women of the watchdog groups. 4 out of 6 people found this review helpful. I found this review Click to rate this review as helpful TD 1852913 31% Similar To You TD 1852913's other reviews > 5.0 Stars I simply cannot believe this is true. I simply cannot believe the voting process is so secretive! I am still in High School and I could probably devise a system more secure than what every American trusts to count their votes! Every American owes it to themselves to watch this incredible docudrama of corporate greed, secrecy, corruption, and lies. Every American. 3 out of 3 people found this review helpful. I found this review Click to rate this review as helpful AK 817970 29% Similar To You AK 817970's other reviews > 5.0 Stars I would have to agree with everyone else in stating this a must see film for everyone. I was shocked and surprised at how poorly designed the electronic voting system is. How corrupt the political voting process is. Without this video no one would have seen the voting process. Watch this film you won't regret it. 2 out of 2 people found this review helpful. I found this review Click to rate this review as helpful jes 881880 26% Similar To You jes 881880's other reviews > 5.0 Stars Eye opening. My question is, "Why haven't criminal investigations been started?!?" I agree with the majority of the comments saying we should all see this movie; i would add it's imperative we do something with what we know after watching it. Hold our representitives accountable!!! 3 out of 3 people found this review helpful. I found this review Click to rate this review as helpful KS 608754 24% Similar To You KS 608754's other reviews > 5.0 Stars If this doesn't make people realize that we need to change how our elections are held, nothing will! Republicans and Democrats should be concerned...ALL AMERICANS should be concerned and angry. If any politician does not want to fix this system, that politician needs to leave their office. 2 out of 2 people found this review helpful. I found this review Click to rate this review as helpful PD 253868 22% Similar To You PD 253868's other reviews > 5.0 Stars I believe every citizen of voting age in the United States should view this film because it is very informative on the computerized voting systems across the country. After all, if our votes don't count we have no democracy. Watch this fim and tell your family, friends and co-workers to do the same! 2 out of 2 people found this review helpful. I found this review Click to rate this review as helpful xpf 1252893 12% Similar To You xpf 1252893's other reviews > 4.0 Stars The content is compelling and if even half of it is true, our democracy is very troubled. We need to demand truth and accuracy at the polls and we need to take action NOW! 2 out of 2 people found this review helpful. Member Reviews 59 customers reviewed this movie. Write a Review DH 1154150 62% Similar To You DH 1154150's other reviews > 5.0 Stars Watch this movie. Tell your friends and family to watch this movie. The subjects are intelligent, articulate, and extremely courageous. This movie shows compelling evidence that makes me want to learn more about how easy it has been to alter the "results" of our government's elections, and ask what we can do to stop the fraud! 4 out of 7 people found this review helpful. I found this review Click to rate this review as helpful Yazheirx 57% Similar To You Yazheirx's other reviews > 2.0 Stars Like several other reviewers I wanted to like this movie but the spin and lack of solution suggestions prevented me. I agree with the need for more transparency with voting machines. I think we should have an open source voting program such that interest groups can spend their money to improve them. I still could not get past the spin. The final documentary cardinal sin for me is -

Can you handle the truth? recently have been filled with scenes of huge crowds carrying the colorful green and red flag of Mexico viewers could well have thought it was a national holiday in Mexico City. It was instead, downtown Los Angeles, Calif., although the scene was recreated in numerous other cities around the country with substantial Mexican populations. Hordes of Mexican expatriates, many here illegally, were protesting the very U.S. immigration laws they were violating with impunity. They found it offensive and a violation of their rights that the U.S. dared to have immigration laws to begin with. Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa mounted the podium, but any hopes that he would quiet the crowds and defend the law were soon dashed. Villaraigosa, himself, has spent a lifetime opposing U.S. immigration law. For law-abiding Americans without knowledge of the dark side of our current illegal immigration crisis, all this is unfathomable. For those who know the truth about the "La Raza" movement, these demonstrations were a prophecy fulfilled. It is past time for all Americans to know what is at the root of this outrageous behavior, and the extent to which the nation is at risk because of "La Raza" -- The Race. There are many immigrant groups joined in the overall "La Raza" movement. The most prominent and mainstream organization is the National Council de La Raza -- the Council of "The Race". To most of the mainstream media, most members of Congress, and even many of their own members, the National Council of La Raza is no more than a Hispanic Rotary Club. But the National Council of La Raza succeeded in raking in over $15.2 million in federal grants last year alone, of which $7.9 million was in U.S. Department of Education grants for Charter Schools, and undisclosed amounts were for get-out-the-vote efforts supporting La Raza political positions. The Council of La Raza succeeded in having itself added to congressional hearings by Republican House and Senate leaders. And an anonymous senator even gave the Council of La Raza an extra $4 million in earmarked taxpayer money, supposedly for "housing reform," while La Raza continues to lobby the Senate for virtual open borders and amnesty for illegal aliens. The Mexican flag flew over a crowd of pro-amnesty marchers in New York. Marches like this across the U.S. have been supported by the “La Raza” movement. (Reuters/Seth Wenig) Radical 'Reconquista' Agenda Behind the respectable front of the National Council of La Raza lies the real agenda of the La Raza movement, the agenda that led to those thousands of illegal immigrants in the streets of American cities, waving Mexican flags, brazenly defying our laws, and demanding concessions. Key among the secondary organizations is the radical racist group Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan, or Chicano Student Movement of Aztlan (MEChA), one of the most anti-American groups in the country, which has permeated U.S. campuses since the 1960s, and continues its push to carve a racist nation out of the American West. One of America's greatest strengths has always been taking in immigrants from cultures around the world, and assimilating them into our country as Americans. By being citizens of the U.S. we are Americans first, and only, in our national loyalties. This is totally opposed by MEChA for the hordes of illegal immigrants pouring across our borders, to whom they say: "Chicano is our identity; it defines who we are as people. It rejects the notion that we...should assimilate into the Anglo-American melting pot...Aztlan was the legendary homeland of the Aztecas ... It became synonymous with the vast territories of the Southwest, brutally stolen from a Mexican people marginalized and betrayed by the hostile custodians of the Manifest Destiny." (Statement on University of Oregon MEChA Website, Jan. 3, 2006) MEChA isn't at all shy about their goals, or their views of other races. Their founding principles are contained in these words in "El Plan Espiritual de Aztlan" (The Spiritual Plan for Aztlan): "In the spirit of a new people that is conscious not only of its proud historical heritage but also of the brutal gringo invasion of our territories, we, the Chicano inhabitants and civilizers of the northern land of Aztlan from whence came our forefathers, reclaiming the land of their birth and consecrating the determination of our people of the sun, declare that the call of our blood is our power, our responsibility, and our inevitable destiny. ... Aztlan belongs to those who plant the seeds, water the fields, and gather the crops and not to the foreign Europeans. ... We are a bronze people with a bronze culture. Before the world, before all of North America, before all our brothers in the bronze continent, we are a nation, we are a union of free pueblos, we are Aztlan. For La Raza todo. Fuera de La Raza nada." That closing two-sentence motto is chilling to everyone who values equal rights for all. It says: "For The Race everything. Outside The Race, nothing." If these morally sickening MEChA quotes were coming from some fringe website, Americans could at least console themselves that it was just a small group of nuts behind it. Nearly every racial and ethnic group has some shady characters and positions in its past and some unbalanced individuals today claiming racial superiority and demanding separatism. But this is coming straight from the official MEChA sites at Georgetown University, the University of Texas, UCLA, University of Michigan, University of Colorado, University of Oregon, and many other colleges and universities around the country. MEChA was in fact reported to be one of the main organizers of those street demonstrations we witnessed over the past weeks. That helps explain why those hordes of illegal immigrants weren't asking for amnesty -- they were demanding an end to U.S. law, period. Unlike past waves of immigrants who sought to become responsible members of American society, these protesters reject American society altogether, because they have been taught that America rightfully belongs to them. MEChA and the La Raza movement teach that Colorado, California, Arizona, Texas, Utah, New Mexico, Oregon and parts of Washington State make up an area known as "Aztlan" -- a fictional ancestral homeland of the Aztecs before Europeans arrived in North America. As such, it belongs to the followers of MEChA. These are all areas America should surrender to "La Raza" once enough immigrants, legal or illegal, enter to claim a majority, as in Los Angeles. The current borders of the United States will simply be extinguished. This plan is what is referred to as the "Reconquista" or reconquest, of the Western U.S. But it won't end with territorial occupation and secession. The final plan for the La Raza movement includes the ethnic cleansing of Americans of European, African, and Asian descent out of "Aztlan." As Miguel Perez of Cal State-Northridge's MEChA chapter has been quoted as saying: "The ultimate ideology is the liberation of Aztlan. Communism would be closest [to it]. Once Aztlan is established, ethnic cleansing would commence: Non-Chicanos would have to be expelled -- opposition groups would be quashed because you have to keep power." MEChA Plants Members of these radical, anti-American, racist organizations are frequently smoothly polished into public respectability by the National Council of La Raza. Former MEChA members include Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, who was officially endorsed by La Raza for mayor and was awarded La Raza's Graciela Olivarez Award. Now we know why he refuses to condemn a sea of foreign flags in his city. California Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante is also a former MEChA member. He delivered the keynote address at La Raza's 2002 Annual Convention. The National Council of La Raza and its allies in public office make no repudiation of the radical MEChA and its positions. In fact, as recently as 2003, La Raza was actively funding MEChA, according to federal tax records. Imagine Robert Byrd's refusing to disavow the views of the KKK, or if Strom Thurmond had failed to admit segregation was wrong. Imagine Heritage or Brookings Foundation making grants to the American Nazi Party. Is the National Council of La Raza itself a racist organization? Regardless of the organization's suspect ties, the majority of its members are not. When one examines all the organization's activities, they are commendable non-profit projects, such as education and housing programs. But even these defensible efforts raise the question of whether education and housing programs funded with federal tax dollars should be used in programs specifically targeted to benefit just one ethnic group. La Raza defenders usually respond by calling anyone making these allegations "a racist" for having called attention to La Raza's racist links. All the groups and public officials with ties to the La Raza movement can take a big step towards disproving these allegations by simply following the examples of Senators Byrd and Thurmond and repenting of their past ways. If they are unwilling to admit past misdeeds, they can at least state -- unequivocally -- that they officially oppose the racist and anti-American positions of MEChA, and any other groups that espouse similar views. Through public appearances, written statements, and on their respective websites, La Raza groups and allies must: 1. Denounce the motto "For La Raza todo. Fuera de La Raza nada," as repugnant, racist, and totally incompatible with American society or citizenship. 2. Acknowledge the right of all Americans to live wherever they choose in the U.S. without segregation. 3. Commit to sponsorship of nationwide educational programs to combat racism and anti-Semitism in the Hispanic community. 4. Denounce and sever all ties with MEChA and any other organizations with which they have ever been associated which held to the racist doctrines held by MEChA. 5. Acknowledge the internationally recognized borders of the U.S., the right of the citizens of the U.S. to determine immigration policy through the democratic process, and the right of the U.S. to undertake any and all necessary steps to effectively enforce immigration law and defend its border against unauthorized entry. 6. Repudiate all claims that current American territory rightfully belongs to Mexico. If the National Council of La Raza, other La Raza groups, and local and national political leaders with past ties and associations with the radical elements of the La Raza movement can publicly issue such a statement and live by every one of these principles, they should be welcomed into the American public policy arena, with past sins -- real or imaginary -- forgiven. If they cannot publicly and fully support these principles, Congress needs to take appropriate steps and immediately bar any group refusing to comply from receiving any future federal funds. Both the House and Senate should strike these groups from testifying before any committees, and the White House should sever all ties. Both political parties should disengage from any further contact with these groups and individuals. There are plenty of decent, patriotic Hispanic organizations and elected officials to provide Congress with necessary feedback on specific issues confronting Americans of Latino heritage. Any group or individual who can agree with the simple six points should be welcomed into that fold. If not, the American people will know there's a wolf in their midst, and take the necessary precautions to defend our Republic against an enemy.

Boom, boom, boom? Tucson, AZ August 13, 2006 CSII Press In a shocking reversal, Tucson’s railroading of Mexican Flag Burner Roy Warden derailed on August 04, 2006, when a frustrated Judge Hays conceded defeat, smiled and told a packed and disbelieving court: “We never were going to incarcerate you Mr. Warden. From the very beginning, Mr. Merritt told me the state never intended to ask this court for jail time.” On cue, Tucson City Prosecutor Alan Merritt jumped up, affirmed Hays’ bald faced lie and chimed in: “That’s right, Mr. Warden. The state has never asked for your incarceration.” Neither Hays nor Merritt seemed to comprehend they had just admitted to engaging in ex parte communications on Warden’s case, conduct prohibited by the Rules of Professional Conduct, affirming Warden’s contentions the court and the prosecutor had worked in concert to “fix” the case. Warden intends to file charges for judicial and prosecutorial misconduct. “Everyone knows this is a political case; that I’m being prosecuted to ‘regain the trust’ of Isabel Garcia and the open border lobby,” Warden said. “Three consecutive attorneys refused to represent me, citing a ‘conflict of interest.’ So Hays and Merritt had to drop jail time or drop the case. I called their bluff and they both folded like a cheap suits.” “Since Tucson wants a trial I’ll give them one. My star witness, Tucson Assistant Police Chief Kathleen Robinson, will reveal a TPD conspiracy with Pendejo Thugs to intimidate and assault me, and violate my right of political speech. I have her on tape. “We’ll see how Tucson likes Robinson’s act on the stand,” Warden said. “And we’ll see how Hays and Merritt like being charged with violation of the rules of professional conduct.” Immediately following the hearing, Warden and his supporters held a rally across the street from the court, in a roped off area, where Warden voiced support for the Mexican Revolution, excoriated Mexican illegals and condemned them as “cowards and traitors who have abandoned the dream of Zapata and Marcos, to feed like dogs on the table scraps of gringos.” When a half dozen rushed the barrier, Warden backed them down with a 900,000 volt stun device until TPD intervened. Warden burned another Mexican Flag. “I’ve ordered dozens more,” he said. “We’re going to be very busy from here on out. “Tucson officials are mistaken if they think their prosecution will stop my political speech and Mexican Flag Burnings,” said Warden. “In fact, I’m going to kick things up a notch. “We’re going hold an evening in-your-face rally and Mexican Flag Burning in Armory Park on August 17, back where it all began. If Isabel and her Pendejo Thugs want to get it on, we’ll give them a ‘noche triste’ they’ll never forget. “We’re locked, cocked and ready to rock. America is the stronghold, and here in Tucson Arizona we Americans will make our stand.” Roy Warden (520) 881-0535 commonsense@syninfo.com “Let these corrupt officials know: Americans are mad as hell. And we’re not going to take it any more!” Judge Eugene Hays Tucson Municipal Court 103 E. Alameda Street Tucson, AZ 85701 Tel: (520) 791-3260 Fax: (520) 791 4667 Michael Rankin Tucson City Attorney 255 W. Alameda Street Tucson, AZ 85701 Tel: (520) 791-4221 Fax: (520) 623-9803 Bob Walkup Tucson City Mayor 255 West Alameda Street Tucson AZ 85701 Tel: (520) 791-4201 Fax: (520) 791-5348 SECOND POST WardenBurnsMexicanFlags! Tucson Arizona August 13, 2006 Time: Thursday, 6:00 pm Date: August 17, 2006 Place: Armory Park Address: Tucson Arizona Event: Smash-Mouth Politics, in your face Grijalva and Garcia, and Mexican Flag Burning Please be advised at 6:00 pm this Thursday, August 17, 2006, Warden, the Notorious Mexican Flag Burner, will hold a rally in Armory Park, confront Pendejo Thugs and OBL activists Isabel Garcia and Congressman Raul Grijalva, and burn a Mexican Flag. “The Tucson City Council, and City Courts, think they have intimidated me and stopped me from lawful exercise of my First Amendment rights. This rally will remind them otherwise,” said Warden. Warden expects Tucson Police Department to maintain public order, as they did in front of the Municipal Courthouse on August 04. “If the police fail to protect our safety, we are prepared to take all lawful steps to protect ourselves,” Warden declared. “And this means, ‘Boom, Boom, Boom!’” Warden says to maintain public safety, he will create a small roped off area from which he and others will speak, commit symbolic acts protected by the First Amendment, and burn a Mexican Flag. “By now, everyone in Tucson should know what my roped off areas mean,” said Warden. “It means: unless you represent the Tucson Police Department, or are expressly invited in, stay the freak out. I don’t give a damn who you are; the media, Mayor Walkup, whoever. If you enter my zone uninvited, I will consider it an attempt on my life and put you down.” “The Pendejo Thugs got away with assaulting Tucson Police Officers on April 10. They try that crap with me; jump on my back, knock me down, kick me in the face like they did the police, and I’ll blow their freaking heads off,” Warden said. “It’s about time Mexican Illegal Aliens learned respect for the American Rule of Law. “America is the stronghold. Here in Tucson Arizona, we Americans will make our stand!” Roy Warden (520) 881-0535 commonsense@syninfo.com “Let these corrupt officials know: Americans are mad as hell. And we’re not going to take it any more!” Judge Eugene Hays Tucson Municipal Court 103 E. Alameda Street Tucson, AZ 85701 Tel: (520) 791-3260 Fax: (520) 791 4667 Michael Rankin Tucson City Attorney 255 W. Alameda Street Tucson, AZ 85701 Tel: (520) 791-4221 Fax: (520) 623-9803 Bob Walkup Tucson City Mayor 255 West Alameda Street Tucson AZ 85701 Tel: (520) 791-4201 Fax: (520) 791-5348

Is THIS the kind of people we want coming into our country???Drug users are helping to destroy this country!!? NEWS online print edition Print Article Email Article Most Popular Change Type Size Another chief of police slain along border Chris Hawley and Yvonne Wingett The Arizona Republic Feb. 28, 2007 12:00 AM MEXICO CITY - As drug wars raged along other parts of the U.S.-Mexican border, things had remained mostly quiet in the Sonoran town of Agua Prieta. Not anymore. On Monday, assassins gunned down Police Chief Ramón Tacho Verdugo, spraying more than 40 bullets at him in an ambush outside police headquarters in this town near Douglas. The motive is murky, but it almost certainly involved control of the smuggling routes into Arizona, Mexican and U.S. officials said Tuesday. advertisement "Rival organizations are vying for control of these lucrative corridors," said Ramona Sanchez, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. "(Tacho's murder) is a reminder of how violent these criminal organizations are, and they will continue to use whatever means they need." Tacho's death followed a number of drug-related killings in Agua Prieta and the Dec. 9 arrest of Carlos "Calichi" Molinares from nearby Naco on drug-smuggling charges in Tucson. State and city police were on high alert and patrolling Agua Prieta for fear of further violence, said José Larrinaga, a spokesman for the Sonora attorney general. Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano was "very concerned" about the attack and asked federal and state law enforcement officials to meet with border sheriffs to exchange information about border violence, said Dennis Burke, her chief of staff. With Tacho's death, Agua Prieta joins a growing list of Mexican cities where hit men have gunned down police chiefs. At least 12 have died in the past year, including top lawmen in the border cities of Tijuana and Nuevo Laredo. The killings have many police thinking twice about taking the top post. The Sonoran town of Naco, for example, has had 12 police chiefs in the past three years. The last one to resign was Tacho's brother, Roberto Tacho Verdugo. An Old-West lawman With his cowboy hats and Western shirts, big belt buckles and wide mustache, Ramón Tacho looked the part of the Wild West sheriff. He had a talent for music and had even recorded an album of traditional Mexican music and corridos, romantic cowboy-style ballads. That style helped make him one of Agua Prieta's most high-profile officials, said Ray Borane, mayor of Douglas, which lies just across the border. Tacho was head of Sonora's state detective force before becoming police chief in Naco, then in Cananea. He took over Agua Prieta's police force in September. Borane said Tacho was a good lawman and had made some important arrests. But his flamboyant manner also fed rumors of ties to drug traffickers. "Because of things people said about him - his way of dressing, acting and the way they executed him - it was said he was 'compromised,' " said Luis Arvayo, a reporter for El Imparcial newspaper who covers crime in Agua Prieta. The attack On Monday, Tacho was walking to his car with a group of aides at about 5 p.m. when a Jeep Grand Cherokee and a Jeep Liberty roared up to police headquarters. Gunmen inside opened fire with AR-15 assault rifles, firing more than 40 bullets at the police chief, said Larrinaga of the Sonora Attorney General's Office. Tacho was hit in the chest, stomach and leg. Another bullet grazed a paramedic at the nearby Red Cross headquarters. Police returned fire, and the two vehicles sped off. The Grand Cherokee was found abandoned a few streets away. Tacho underwent emergency surgery at Agua Prieta's Latino Hospital but died about 90 minutes after the attack, Larrinaga said. Drug wars come home It was the most brazen assassination in Agua Prieta since gunmen killed the regional commander of the Federal Preventive Police in July 2003. The Arizona border had been mostly quiet since then, even as pitched battles raged between drug lords in Nuevo Laredo, Tijuana and other border points. Police commanders are frequent targets in those places. In June, gunmen killed Nuevo Laredo's police chief less than seven hours after he took the job. In November, an assistant police chief in Tijuana was found shot and dismembered near police headquarters. The Arizona border is controlled by the Sinaloa cartel of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman. That cartel has struck an alliance with the neighboring Juarez cartel, leading to relative peace along Arizona's southeastern border. But on Jan. 19, Tacho's officers arrested a Sinaloa man on charges of carrying out the execution-style slaying of two men in an Agua Prieta backyard on Jan. 3. And on Thursday, two drug-smuggling suspects were found dead, their faces slashed with a knife or razor. Larrinaga said it was still too early to tell if Tacho's death was part of a broader drug war in the area. He said that murders statewide have declined in the past year. "We can't consider this a red flag yet," Larrinaga said.

Why make war, why not settle our differences peacefully? A Tale of Six Boys Each year I am hired to go to Washington, DC, with the eighth grade class from Clinton, WI. where I grew up, to videotape their trip. I greatly enjoy visiting our nation's capitol, and each year I take some special memories back with me. This fall's trip was especially memorable. On the last night of our trip, we stopped at the Iwo Jima Memorial. This memorial is the largest bronze statue in the world and depicts one of the most famous photographs in history -- that of the six brave soldiers raising the American Flag at the top of a rocky hill on the island of Iwo Jima, Japan, during WW II. As over one hundred students and chaperones piled off the buses and headed towards the memorial. I noticed a solitary figure at the base of the statue, and as I got closer he asked, "Where are you guys from?" I told him that we were from Wisconsin "Hey, I'm a cheese head, too! Come gather around, Cheese heads, and I will tell you a story." (James Bradley just happened to be in Washington, DC, to speak at the memorial the following day. He was there that night to say good night to his dad, who has since passed away He was just about to leave when he saw the buses pull up and I videotaped him as he spoke to us. I received his permission to share what he said from my videotape. It is one thing to tour the incredible monuments filled with history in Washington, D.C, but it is quite another to get the kind of insight we received that night.) When all had gathered around, he reverently began to speak. (Here are his words that night.) "My name is James Bradley and I'm from Antigo, Wisconsin. My dad is on that statue, and I just wrote a book called "Flags of Our Fathers" which is #5 on the New York Times Best Seller list right now. It is the story of the six boys you see behind me. "Six boys raised that flag; the first guy putting the pole in the ground is Harlon Block. Harlon was an all-state football player. He enlisted in the Marine Corps with all the senior members of his football team. They were off to play another type of game, a game called "War", but it didn't turn out to be a game. Harlon, at the age of 21, died with his intestines in his hands. I don't say that to gross you out, I say that because there are people who stand in front of this statue and talk about the glory of war. You guys need to know that most of the boys in Iwo Jima were 17, 18, and 19 years old. (He pointed to the statue) "You see this next guy? That's Rene Gagnon from New Hampshire. If you took Rene's helmet off at the moment this photo was taken and looked in the webbing of that helmet, you would find a photograph... a photograph of his girlfriend. Rene put that in there for protection because he was scared. He was 18 years old. Boys won the battle of Iwo Jima. Boys. Not old men. "The next guy here, the third guy in this tableau, was Sergeant Mike Strank. Mike is my hero. He was the hero of all these guys. They called him the "old man" because he was so old. He was already 24. When Mike would motivate his boys in training camp, he didn't say, "Let's go kill some Japanese or Let's die for our country." He knew he was talking to little boys. Instead he would say, you do what I say, and I'll get you home to your mothers.' "The last guy on this side of the statue is Ira Hayes, a Pima Indian from Arizona. Ira Hayes walked off Iwo Jima. He went into the White House with my dad. President Truman told him, "You're a hero.'" He told reporters, "How can I feel like a hero when 250 of my buddies hit the island with me and only 27 of us walked off alive?" So you take your class at school, 250 of you spending a year together having fun, doing everything together. Then all 250 of you hit the beach, but only 27 of your classmates walk off alive. That was Ira Hayes. He had images of horror in his mind. Ira Hayes died dead drunk, face down at the age of 32, ten years after this picture was taken. "The next guy, going around the statue, is Franklin Sousley from Hilltop, Kentucky, a fun lovin' hillbilly boy. His best friend, who is now 70, told me, "Yeah, you know, we took two cows up on the porch of the Hilltop General Store. Then we strung wire across the stairs so the cows couldn't get down. Then we fed them Epsom salts. Those cows crapped all night." Yes, he was a fun lovin' hillbilly boy. Franklin died on Iwo Jima at the age of 19. When the telegram came to tell his mother that he was dead, it went to the Hilltop General Store. A barefoot boy ran that telegram up to his mother's farm. The neighbors could hear her scream all night and into the morning. The neighbors lived a quarter of a mile away. The next guy, as we continue to go around the statue, is my dad, John Bradley, from Antigo, Wisconsin, where I was raised. My dad lived until 1994, but he would never give interviews. When Walter Cronkite's producers, or the New York Times would call, we were trained as little kids to say, "No, I'm sorry, sir, my dad's not here. He is in Canada fishing. No, there is no phone there, sir. No, we don't know when he is coming back." My dad never fished or even went to Canada. Usually, he was sitting there right at the table eating his Campbell's soup. But we had to tell the press that he was out fishing. He didn't want to talk to the press. You see, my dad didn't see himself as a hero. Everyone thinks these guys are heroes, cause they are in a photo and on a monument. My dad knew better. He was a medic. John Bradley from Wisconsin was a caregiver. In Iwo Jima he probably held over 200 boys as they died. And when boys died in Iwo Jima, they writhed and screamed in pain When I was a little boy, my third grade teacher told me that my dad was a hero. When I went home and told my dad that, he looked at me and said, I want you always to remember that the heroes of Iwo Jima are the guys who did not come back So that's the story about six nice young boys. Three died on Iwo Jima, and three came back as national heroes. Overall, 7,000 boys died on Iwo Jima in the worst battle in the history of the Marine Corps. My voice is giving out, so I will end here. Thank you for your time." Suddenly, the monument wasn't just a big old piece of metal with a flag sticking out of the top. It came to life before our eyes with the heartfelt words of a son who did indeed have a father who was a hero. Maybe not a hero for the reasons most people would believe, but a hero nonetheless. We need to remember that God created this vast and glorious world for us to live in, freely, but also at great sacrifice. Let us never forget from the Revolutionary War to the current War on Terrorism and all the wars in between that sacrifice was made for our freedom. Remember to pray praises for this great country of ours and also pray for those still in murderous unrest around the world. STOP and thank God for being alive and being free at someone else's sacrifice. God Bless You and God Bless America. REMINDER: Everyday that you can wake up free, it's going to be a great day. Great story - worth your time Please pass it along

Are you tired of feeling as though you can't do anything about illegal immigration???? You no longer have to be silent!!! LFRA, Let Freedom Ring America, is a very grassroots, down to earth Non-Profit Corporation. Our projects and foci attempt to resolve issues that do not support the best interests of American citizens. We totally agree with Roosevelt’s 1907 vision for immigration for our nation. (See Below.) Our first project involves organizing and managing a rally in Washington DC and at individual state capitals to let our government officials know that we will no longer tolerate being ignored in our requests to close and secure our borders Keep in mind that we are PRO legal immigration and are AGAINST illegal immigration for our nation. For your review and consideration we are including basic information about the rally and are inviting you to join us if at all possible. Participants/marchers, state coordinators, pro bono speakers and supporters are needed. We also have a need for Worker-bees to help spread the word and assist with various tasks. If your schedule doesn’t allow you to participate, please circulate this email to others who might be interested in this event. Any and all suggestions you could make would definitely be appreciated. When you've reached a decision please register online at our website as soon as possible. Your questions are welcome as well. Contact And Media Relations Director: Melissa Gardner Let Freedom Ring (Non-Profit Org.) http://www.LFRAmerica.com Business Email: admin@lframerica.com http://www.lframerica.com/march2.html Official Staging Areas: Nation capital (D.C.) June 14, 15, 16, 2007 State Capitals, June 16, 2007 Official March Start Times: June 16th kickoff times on march day. East Coast 1 pm EST Central 12 pm CST Mountain 11 am MST West Coast 10 am PST *Permits have been obtained for the D.C. Rally Confirmed Pro Bono Speakers Registered To Date. Frosty Woodridge Russ Dove Ted Hayes Confirmed Groups Registered To Date. American Freedom Riders - Arizona American Freedom Riders - Florida Citizens Against Illegal Aliens Minnesota Minutemen New Mexico Minutemen Connecticut Minutemen Washington’s For Immigration Control Lone Star Minutemen NY Paice MAIA - Mothers Against Illegal Aliens NC Listen Homemakers of America Minnesotans For Immigration Reform Save Our State You Don't Speak For Me Project Supporters: Cindy Kolb Lou Dobbs Glenn Spencer TJ Bonner Rusty Childdress Homemakers of America Ted Hayes Unofficially Confirmed Groups Registered To Date: (The majority of group members have registered but there hasn’t been any leader/official group confirmation as yet.) Tennessee Minutemen Save our State Total Event Will Include: June 14th - a day for honoring all the people that have died to illegal aliens a Human body count will be done as well as Flag Day celebration. June 15th will be All American day with protests against the NAU And SPP and the like. June 16th, the final day, is the biggie. Protest rallies will occur across the nation in Washington DC and other state capitals. Please be patient with our website which has just been set up and recently activated. Ultimately it will also offer T-shirts and other goodies to buy for use at the rally. Thank You! "In the first place we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin But this is predicated upon the man's becoming in very fact an American, and nothing but an American...There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag, and this excludes the red flag, which symbolizes all wars against liberty and civilization, just as much as it excludes any foreign flag of a nation to which we are hostile...We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language...and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people." -Theodore Roosevelt, 1907

Save Our Country!!!? March for America? Please join us~~~~ LFRA is a very grassroots, down to earth Non-Profit Corporation. Our projects and foci attempt to resolve issues that do not support the best interests of American citizens. We totally agree with Roosevelt’s 1907 vision for immigration for our nation. (See Below.) Our first project involves organizing and managing a rally in Washington DC and at individual state capitals to let our government officials know that we will no longer tolerate being ignored in our requests to close and secure our borders Keep in mind that we are PRO legal immigration and are AGAINST illegal immigration for our nation. For your review and consideration we are including basic information about the rally and are inviting you to join us if at all possible. Participants/marchers, state coordinators, pro bono speakers and supporters are needed. We also have a need for Worker-bees to help spread the word and assist with various tasks. If your schedule doesn’t allow you to participate, please circulate this email to others who might be interested in this event. Any and all suggestions you could make would definitely be appreciated. When you've reached a decision please register online at our website as soon as possible. Your questions are welcome as well. Contact And Media Relations Director: Melissa Gardner Let Freedom Ring (Non-Profit Org.) http://www.LFRAmerica.com Business Email: admin@lframerica.com Official Staging Areas: Nation capital (D.C.) June 14, 15, 16, 2007 State Capitals, June 16, 2007 Official March Start Times: June 16th kickoff times on march day. East Coast 1 pm EST Central 12 pm CST Mountain 11 am MST West Coast 10 am PST *Permits have been obtained for the D.C. Rally Confirmed Pro Bono Speakers Registered To Date. Frosty Woodridge Russ Dove Ted Hayes Confirmed Groups Registered To Date. American Freedom Riders - Arizona American Freedom Riders - Florida Citizens Against Illegal Aliens Minnesota Minutemen New Mexico Minutemen Connecticut Minutemen Washington’s For Immigration Control Lone Star Minutemen NY Paice MAIA - Mothers Against Illegal Aliens NC Listen Homemakers of America Minnesotans For Immigration Reform Save Our State You Don't Speak For Me Project Supporters: Cindy Kolb Lou Dobbs Glenn Spencer TJ Bonner Rusty Childdress Homemakers of America Ted Hayes Unofficially Confirmed Groups Registered To Date: (The majority of group members have registered but there hasn’t been any leader/official group confirmation as yet.) Tennessee Minutemen Save our State Total Event Will Include: June 14th - a day for honoring all the people that have died to illegal aliens a Human body count will be done as well as Flag Day celebration. June 15th will be All American day with protests against the NAU And SPP and the like. June 16th, the final day, is the biggie. Protest rallies will occur across the nation in Washington DC and other state capitals. Please be patient with our website which has just been set up and recently activated. Ultimately it will also offer T-shirts and other goodies to buy for use at the rally. Thank You! "In the first place we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin But this is predicated upon the man's becoming in very fact an American, and nothing but an American...There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag, and this excludes the red flag, which symbolizes all wars against liberty and civilization, just as much as it excludes any foreign flag of a nation to which we are hostile...We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language...and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people." -Theodore Roosevelt, 1907 http://www.lframerica.com/march2.html http://www.lframerica.com/march2.html http://www.lframerica.com/march2.html http://www.lframerica.com/march2.html http://www.lframerica.com/march2.html

March for America? Please join us~~~~ LFRA is a very grassroots, down to earth Non-Profit Corporation. Our projects and foci attempt to resolve issues that do not support the best interests of American citizens. We totally agree with Roosevelt’s 1907 vision for immigration for our nation. (See Below.) Our first project involves organizing and managing a rally in Washington DC and at individual state capitals to let our government officials know that we will no longer tolerate being ignored in our requests to close and secure our borders Keep in mind that we are PRO legal immigration and are AGAINST illegal immigration for our nation. For your review and consideration we are including basic information about the rally and are inviting you to join us if at all possible. Participants/marchers, state coordinators, pro bono speakers and supporters are needed. We also have a need for Worker-bees to help spread the word and assist with various tasks. If your schedule doesn’t allow you to participate, please circulate this email to others who might be interested in this event. Any and all suggestions you could make would definitely be appreciated. When you've reached a decision please register online at our website as soon as possible. Your questions are welcome as well. Contact And Media Relations Director: Melissa Gardner Let Freedom Ring (Non-Profit Org.) http://www.LFRAmerica.com Business Email: admin@lframerica.com Official Staging Areas: Nation capital (D.C.) June 14, 15, 16, 2007 State Capitals, June 16, 2007 Official March Start Times: June 16th kickoff times on march day. East Coast 1 pm EST Central 12 pm CST Mountain 11 am MST West Coast 10 am PST *Permits have been obtained for the D.C. Rally Confirmed Pro Bono Speakers Registered To Date. Frosty Woodridge Russ Dove Ted Hayes Confirmed Groups Registered To Date. American Freedom Riders - Arizona American Freedom Riders - Florida Citizens Against Illegal Aliens Minnesota Minutemen New Mexico Minutemen Connecticut Minutemen Washington’s For Immigration Control Lone Star Minutemen NY Paice MAIA - Mothers Against Illegal Aliens NC Listen Homemakers of America Minnesotans For Immigration Reform Save Our State You Don't Speak For Me Project Supporters: Cindy Kolb Lou Dobbs Glenn Spencer TJ Bonner Rusty Childdress Homemakers of America Ted Hayes Unofficially Confirmed Groups Registered To Date: (The majority of group members have registered but there hasn’t been any leader/official group confirmation as yet.) Tennessee Minutemen Save our State Total Event Will Include: June 14th - a day for honoring all the people that have died to illegal aliens a Human body count will be done as well as Flag Day celebration. June 15th will be All American day with protests against the NAU And SPP and the like. June 16th, the final day, is the biggie. Protest rallies will occur across the nation in Washington DC and other state capitals. Please be patient with our website which has just been set up and recently activated. Ultimately it will also offer T-shirts and other goodies to buy for use at the rally. Thank You! "In the first place we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin But this is predicated upon the man's becoming in very fact an American, and nothing but an American...There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag, and this excludes the red flag, which symbolizes all wars against liberty and civilization, just as much as it excludes any foreign flag of a nation to which we are hostile...We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language...and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people." -Theodore Roosevelt, 1907 http://www.lframerica.com/march2.html http://www.lframerica.com/march2.html

Whats Your Opinion of these Folks? I went to wash some new shirts I bought. A major brand. I went to read the washing instructions and I can't. I'm single lingual. I would like to send my laundry to Washington D.C., but they generate plenty of their own dirty laundry . The last American out of Washington D.C. bring the flag. The following senators voted against making English the official language of America : The following senators voted against making English the official language of America : > > Akaka (D-HI) > Bayh (D-IN) > Biden (D-DE) > Bingaman (D-NM) > Boxer (D-CA) > Cantwell (D-WA) > Clinton (D-NY) <<<<<<<Note > Dayton (D-MN) > Dodd (D-CT) > Domenici (R-NM) > Durbin (D-IL) > Feingold (D-WI) > Feinstein (D-CA) > Harkin (D-IA) > Inouye (D-HI) > Jeffords (I-VT) > Kennedy (D-MA) > Kerry (D-MA) > Kohl (D-WI) > Lautenberg (D-NJ) > Leahy (D-VT) > Levin (D-MI) > Lieberman (D-CT) > Menendez (D-NJ) > Mikulski (D-MD) > Murray (D-WA) > Obama (D-IL) <<<<<<<<Note > Reed (D-RI) > Reid (D-NV) > Salazar (D-CO) > Sarbanes (D-MD) > Schumer (D-NY) > Stabenow (D-MI) > Wyden (D-OR) > > Now, the following are the senators who voted to give illegal aliens Social Security benefits. They are grouped by home state. If a state is not listed, there was no voting representative. > > Alaska : Stevens (R) > Arizona : McCain (R) > Arkansas : Lincoln (D) Pryor (D) > California : Boxer (D) Feinstein (D) > Colorado : Salazar (D) > Connecticut : Dodd (D) Lieberman (D) > Delaware : Biden (D) Carper (D) > Florida : Martinez (R) > Hawaii : Akaka (D) Inouye (D) > Illinois : Durbin (D) Obama (D) <<<<<<Note > Indiana: Bayh (D) Lugar (R) > Iowa: Harkin (D) > Kansas: Brownback (R) > Louisiana: Landrieu (D) > Maryland: Mikulski (D) Sarbanes (D) > Massachusetts: Kennedy (D) Kerry (D) > Montana: Baucus (D) > Nebraska: Hagel (R) > Nevada: Reid (D) > New Jersey: Lautenberg (D) Menendez (D) > New Mexico: Bingaman (D) > New York: Clinton (D) Schumer (D) <<<<<<Note > North Dakota : Dorgan (D) > Ohio : DeWine (R) Voinovich(R) > Oregon : Wyden (D) > Pennsylvania : Specter (R) > Rhode Island : Chafee (R) Reed (D) > South Carolina : Graham (R) > South Dakota : Johnson (D) > Vermont : Jeffords (I) Leahy (D) > Washington : Cantwell (D) Murray (D) > West Virginia : Rockefeller (D), by Not Voting > Wisconsin : Feingold (D) Kohl (D) > > > > Sage: Apparently you didn't read your link. It says partly true. Which is what your answer is. They tabled the S.S. issue, not the English only issue. Liz. I have 30 years in Law Enforcement on the Ca, Az, Mexico Border. I would like to meet one person that has had their rights violated by the P.A. It sure has stopped attacks. The Sears Tower and the Golden Gate Bridge to name two. It is easier for a Police Officer to get a warrant to search your home from an anonyms tip than it is for Federal Law Enforcement to invoke the Act. Liz: The typical illegal family uses close to $20,000 more a year in Government services than they pay in taxes. We are not talking about legal alliens that want to become citizens and assimilate, if you can find one.

Why do People feel they must wave other country's flags around when they live in America? I live in Arizona and there are many illegal immigrants here, as a Latina myself with ancestors from Mexico, sure I find it good to be proud of your heritage. But when you come here putting the Mexican flag up and putting down America and our President why even be here? I had a debate with one last night I was at my friends house and her brother had a big Mexican flag in his room, when I approached him about this he told me because quote " Mexican pride, Mexico is the best fu*k the rest." un quote. I found this completely ignorant and offensive, at school I hear many of them saying similar things. Yes we are allowed freedom of speech and this is allowed under the Constitution but to me this is disrespectful and shouldn't be allowed. And if supposedly the United States is such a bad country as they say, why don't they leave? It's not a obligation for them to stay here...agree or disagree? Maybe liberals won't seem to agree with me but as a Conservative I am proud of my country and our current leader. As Teddy Roosevelt once said "There can be no divided allegiance here any man who says he is American but something else also, isn't a American all. We have room for but one flag the American Flag" My Economics teacher seems to think I'm stupid and always seems to call me Sarah Palin. As it is not offensive towards me because I take it as a complement, but I know it's not in his form of way. Why must people down you because proud of being American? because "your" proud of being American? Sorry. I try not to voice my opinion to much around people because most seem to think I am some stupid little girl. Am I wrong for feeling this way? He has one on his myspace page backround, and hanging from his car.

satire on the united states? Here's a list on stereotypes of each state and i want to know if you have any more: Alabama - Rednecks with pickup trucks, fried food, uneducated, racist, loves NASCAR Alaska - Eskimos who hunt whales and fish from holes in the ice Arizona - Desert and cactus filled, people of every race crammed in few cities Arkansas - Hicks, crude California - Surfers, snobs, live on the beach, plastic surgery blondes, earthquakes, “surfs up dude” Colorado - Skiers, conservative Christians who beat up gays, 99.9% white, hoards guns everywhere Connecticut - Suburb towns centered around country clubs, lots of traffic, drives either a Mercedes wagon or a Volvo, private school kids Delaware - Enter and leave the state within five minutes Florida - “Spring Break”, strawberries, beaches, bars/clubs, lots of sun, hurricanes Georgia - Obsessed with NASCAR, rappers, church-goers, flies confederate flags Hawaii - Lives in grass huts, everyone hulas, can swim and surf, lie on beach (continued....) Idaho - Smokes pot, quiet and keeps to themselves, outdoorsy/hippy Illinois - Fast paced, flatlanders, meth lab towns Indiana - Overfriendly hicks, tips cows for fun Iowa - Shops at Wal-Mart, milk is their main product to sell Kansas - Corn and sunflowers everywhere, trailer parks Kentucky - Chicken loving hillbillies, idolizes Elvis Louisiana - Obsessed with the Bible, beats their kids at school Maine - Unintelligible accents, liberal, insular Maryland - Untrusting, obsessed with baseball, drug dealers, rednecks, very well educated, arrogant Massachusetts - Cannot pronounce R’s, rude (‘ude?) Michigan - Everyone has GM cars, boating/fishing/hunting/skiing Minnesota - Camping, snow filled, deer everywhere Mississippi - Conservative, “slow”, 90% black Missouri - Slow to develop, overly friendly Montana - Hills everywhere, small conservative towns Nebraska - Conservative rural areas, liberal urban areas, no accents Nevada - Gambling, strippers, “Las Vegas”, mostly desert New Hampshire - Cold, really nasal accents New Jersey - Very rude, mafia filled, messy, horrible traffic, never learned to pump their own gas New Mexico - 80% Mexicans New York - Rude, always in a hurry, think they’re always right but never are, crime-ridden North Carolina - Uneducated hillbillies, inbreeding North Dakota - Mountains everywhere, Indian villages everywhere Ohio - Bad drivers, more cows than people, obsessed with football, corn everywhere Oklahoma - Hicks, outdoorsy, cowboys/cowgirls, ghost towns Oregon - Rain, depression, tree-hugging, hairy-legged, flannel-wearing hippies running in the woods Pennsylvania - Hunters, oil city Rhode Island - Slow-paced, upscale college kids, expensive living, friendly but very blunt, Italian influenced South Carolina - Redneck hillbillies, racists South Dakota - More cattle than people, Indians riding horses everywhere Tennessee - Gets along with everyone, only listen to country music Texas - Cowboys/cowgirls, live on a ranch with cattle, ride horses everywhere Utah - Mormons, salt is found everywhere Vermont - Very uptight, cold weather and people Virginia - Horses, estates, surplus of money – little of it spent on education and driving Washington - Over-caffeinated hippies / punk-rockers tied to trees, Starbucks, Asians West Virginia - Hicks, doesn’t wear shoes, barely any teeth, coal mines, Wisconsin - Farmers, cheese heads, Culver burger and custards, frozen tundra Wyoming - Behind the times, tree farms If you guys could add on to this or let me know anything else it would greatly help out my project. Please don't waste my time with complaints saying how all of this is wrong and so on and so forth. Obviously I know! This is why it's called a stereotype. This is up here purely so that I may have more of a true look at state stereotypes. I thank you for your time. In response to Gene H. -- I am using these stereotypes in order to create satire. And yes these are mean, I am fully aware of that, kind sir.. The dictionary defines satire as: 1. the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc. 2. a literary composition, in verse or prose, in which human folly and vice are held up to scorn, derision, or ridicule. Obviously the stereotypes are taken off of human folly and vice, and how we see one another (for that is what stereotypes are).

Do U agree with this Defending American Sovereignty And Culture Is NOT Racist? Yes it takes a minute to read if reading for more than a minute is hardship for you, please answer another question. Contrary to arguments made by liberal politicians and pundits in the mainstream media, defending American sovereignty and culture is not driven by racism. In fact, the exact opposite is true. If this republic is to survive, the rule of law must apply to everyone, regardless of race, ethnicity, or nation of origin. Being good hearted, hard working, and poor does not entitle anyone to come here illegally, even if only to pursue a better life. Millions of people from all across the world desperately hope to come to America to achieve a better life. U.S. immigration laws exist to assure that an orderly and fair process is in place for handling such people, and to protect American citizens from disease, criminality, and imported financial burden. Acting in the best interests of America means, among other things, preventing further invasions by illegal aliens, and deporting those already here. Teary sob stories and arguments in favor of poor migrants who come to America illegally are based on a very un-American notion: That is, U.S. borders and laws should not apply to Latinos because---and only because---they are Latinos! Although liberals will not admit it, "Comprehensive Immigration Reform" is all about amnesty based on racial profiling, because the overwhelming majority of the illegal population is Hispanic. If 95 percent of the illegal alien population were likely to end up being Republican voters, just how passionate would Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, the ACLU, and the mainstream media be about "Comprehensive" reform? As it is, in their lust for importing more Democrats, liberals are willing to gut the rule of law, American sovereignty, and the best interests of American citizens. Racial profiling is the most efficient means for accomplishing the objectives of the Democrat party. Most illegal aliens from south of our borders fit the following profile, written in the imaginary first person for clarity: "My name is Pedro Ignacio Garcia. My wife and I came to America by crossing the border in Arizona on January 2, 2002. We had to sneak across the border into America because the U.S. immigration system is broken, at least that is what the Mexican government told us. "Mexican officials told us to have as many children as possible as soon as possible once we got settled in America. We have had six children since; all of who are American citizens that we are counting on to keep the U.S. government from sending my wife and I back to Mexico. We had planned to come to America in 2003, but we found that my wife was pregnant so we came in 2002 so that the triplets would be born in America. "We came to America because we heard your president Barack Obama, and Congressional Democrats like Nancy Pelosi Harry Reid say many nice things about Mexicans who come to America illegally. "One of the major attractions for us is your excellent system that provides free medical service, especially since I have no health insurance for myself or family. We are very concerned that some hospitals are closing because of the costs of serving poor people like us. We believe that the health insurance premiums for Americans should be increased to cover poor people from Mexico. "I am very proud of my Mexican heritage and love Spanish, the language of love. I believe that learning English is a waste of time so I do not bother. We have demanded that the public schools teach our children in Spanish. Who needs English? "We proudly fly the Mexican flag in remembrance of the fact that much of the land that is America was stolen from Mexico. Our children are being taught at home that retaking that land for Mexico is what God wants us to do. "I am a potential carrier of deadly strains of tuberculosis and other diseases eradicated in the modern world years ago, but which are still rampant in my beloved Mexico. That is why American citizens need to make sure me and my family receive the very best in medical care. "I do not pay no stinkin' income taxes to any local, state or federal government. How else could I afford to work for wages that allow me to take jobs from American citizens? "Our family is on welfare and food stamps even though we are not eligible. We have fake IDs that say we are legal, and we have fake social security numbers to prove it. "We are saving our pesos to buy a big, beautiful home. However, we are worried about the loan credit crisis now threatening to make credit inaccessible to illegal aliens. As with health insurance, we believe the solution is simple: Increase the interest rates Read more @ http://www.postchronicle.com/commentary/article_212221319.shtml

This is a real interview with an illegal immigrant...what are your opinions? >On the streets of downtown Houston, May 1, 2006 > >Jim Moore reporting for a Houston TV station: > >Jim: Juan, I see that you and thousands of other protesters are marching in >the streets to demonstrate for your cause. Exactly what is your cause and >what do you expect to accomplish by this protest? > >Juan: We want our rights. We will show you how powerful we are. We will >bring Houston to its knees! > >Jim: What rights? > >Juan: Our right to live here... legally. Our right to get all the benefits >you get. > >Jim: When did you come to the United States? > >Juan: Six years ago. I crossed over the border at night with seven other >friends. > >Jim: Why did you come? > >Juan: For work. I can earn as much in a month as I could in a year in >Mexico. Besides, I get free health care, our Mexican children can go to >school free, if I lose my job I will get Welfare, and someday I will have >the Social Security. Nothing like that in Mexico! > >Jim: Did you feel badly about breaking our immigration laws when you came? > >Juan: No! Why should I feel bad? I have a right to be here. I have a right >to amnesty. I paid lots of money for my Social Security and Green Cards. > >Jim: How did you acquire those documents? > >Juan: From a guy in Dallas. He charged me a lot of money too. > >Jim: Did you know that those documents were forged? > >Juan: It is of no matter. I have a right to be here and work. > >Jim: What is the "right" you speak of? > >Juan: The right of all Aliens. It is found in your Constitution. Read it! > >Jim: I have read it, but I do not remember it saying anything about rights >for Aliens. > >Juan: It is in that part where it says that all men have Alien rights, like >the right to pursue happiness. I wasn't happy in Mexico, so I came here. > >Jim: I think you are referring to the Declaration of Independence and that >document speaks to unalienable rights... Not Alien rights. > >Juan: Whatever. > >Jim: Since you are demanding to become an American citizen, why then are >you carrying a Mexican Flag? > >Juan: Because I am Mexican. > >Jim: But you said you want to be given amnesty... to become a US citizen. > >Juan: No. This is not what we want. This is our country, a part of Mexico >that you Gringos stole from us. We want it returned to its rightful owner. > >Jim: Juan, you are standing in Texas. After wining the war with Mexico, >Texas became a Republic, and later Texans voted to join the USA. It was not >stolen from Mexico. > >Juan: That is a Gringo lie. Texas was stolen. So was California, New Mexico >and Arizona. It is just like all the other stuff you Gringos steal, like >oil and babies. You are a country of thieves. > >Jim: Babies? You think we steal babies? > >Juan: Sure. Like from Korea and Vietnam and China. I see them all over the >place. You let all these foreigners in, but try to keep us Mexicans out. >How is this fair? > >Jim: So, you really don't want to become an American citizen then. > >Juan: I just want my rights! Everyone has a right to live, work, and speak >their native language wherever and whenever they please. That's another >thing we demand. All signs and official documents should be in Spanish. >Teachers must teach in Spanish. Soon, more people here in Houston will >speak Spanish than English. It is our right! > >Jim: If I were to cross over the border into Mexico without proper >documentation, what rights would I have there? > >Juan: None. You would probably go to jail, but that's different. > >Jim: How is it different? You said everyone has the right to live wherever >they please. > >Juan: You Gringos are a bunch of land grabbing thieves. Now you want Mexico >too? Mexico has its rights. You Gringos have no rights in Mexico. Why would >you want to go there anyway? There is no free medical service, schools, or >welfare there for foreigners such as you. You cannot even own land in my >country. Stay in the country of your birth. > >Jim: I can see that there is no way that we can agree on this issue. Thank >you for your comments. > >Juan: Viva Mexico! Here is a link to all of those who don't believe it...also, Snopes is updating the "undetermined" due to now having received the TV station name. http://azaspades.bloghi.com/2007/05/28/an-interview-w-an-illegal-alien.html

Did you know that the Mexican Army is involved in helping illegals commit crimes in USA? It appears to me no matter how many faxes, emails, letters and phone calls we make to Congress requestiong they do something to ptoect us at our border, our pleas continue to land on deaf ears. Below is information about the illegal activities by the Mexican military against America, from The Minutemen. Please take a look, and give your feedback? What more can Americans do? Thanks. Please find below a special message from MinutemanHQ.com. They have some important information to share with you. Please find below a special message from MinutemanHQ.com. They have some important information to share with you. Thank you, ConservativeAlerts.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MEXICAN ARMY HAS VIOLATED OUR BORDER 253 TIMES 7558 W. Thunderbird Road Ste. 1 PMB 622 Peoria, AZ 85381 :: Phone (520) 829-3112 ALERT: OUR SOVEREIGNTY IS BEING NULLIFIED BY MEXICAN MILITARY 17—The number of times armed Mexican soldiers violated our porous borders in 2006. 29—The total number of times Mexican soldiers violated our porous borders in 2006. 253—That is the DOCUMENTED number of times Mexican soldiers and Mexican law enforcement personnel violated our porous borders in order to traffic drugs and weapons in and out of our country from 1996 to September 30, 2006. 1,000—The number of times U.S. Border Patrol agents in 2007 were attacked while attempting to secure our borders without the necessary resources from the U.S. federal government. This week, the United States House of Representatives returns to work and it our mission to ensure that they restore the $3 Billion dollars in funding they stripped towards the construction of the border fence from the Homeland Security Department’s budget. It is the constitutional duty of our elected officials to protect our national security and sovereignty of this nation, and to ensure the safety of its legal citizens, rather than continue to tolerate lawlessness and disorder. Our country cannot sustain another great wave of economic, cultural and environmental exploitation by another 12 million people illegally entering under the cover of darkness—or even in the bright desert daylight. What do these illegal entrants have to be worried about? NOTHING from those we have entrusted to govern! Our Washington lawmakers don’t care about your family’s security and well-being. That’s why they left town for Christmas last month having stripped away the same money that President Bush promised to use for the construction of a 700-plus mile physical border fence! Thus far the American people have only seen roughly 20 miles of federal border fence constructed, while our Senators would prefer to reward the illegal behavior of these illegal entrants with offers of amnesty, tax-payer provided social services, and driver’s licenses. The volunteers of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps have witnessed firsthand how our country is under attack by criminal thugs who conspire with the Mexican government to do us harm through their unbridled drug trafficking, sex trafficking and violence towards our citizens. Please ACT NOW so we can demand our President and Congress defend our country from these vicious attacks and border incursions by forcefully demanding the restoration of the $3 Billion dollars previously allocated for the physical border fence. https://secure.responseenterprises.com/minutemanhq/?a=1233 The Minuteman Civil Defense Corps insists that Congress, through an emergency spending bill, immediately fund and build the border fence that was promised in the 2006 Secure Fence Act. We will not wait for the 2009 battle budgets to commence later this year in hopes of securing the border in 2010 or beyond. For years, we have been alerting the public to the chaos, violence, rapes and the foreign military-supported illegal border incursions that occur routinely at the U.S.-Mexican border. But it has taken years of work for the truth to become exposed and known to the American public. Still the U.S government continues to fail to build and fund the physical border fence, because they have not heard from you enough times. As every day goes by, there is more violence and there are more graphic examples of why we must fight to secure every border and coastline throughout the United States. If our government had already built a physical border fence, we would not have to worry that our friends, family and neighbors would be at risk from violent attacks by the rapists, thugs, drug dealers, criminal syndicates and al-Qaeda terrorists who lurk among the 12 million or more unidentified illegal aliens already living throughout America—including in your local community. We would not have to worry about statistics and government documents that detail the invasions from the Mexican Army that continue to go unpunished, and without any plan to stop them. Over 2,000 illegal entrants violate our sovereign borders on a daily basis, and if you live anywhere near these cities, you may have already seen them….. Brownsville, San Diego, El Centro, Yuma, Tucson, El Paso, Laredo and McAllen…. The volunteers of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps have witnessed firsthand how our country is under attack by thugs who conspire with the Mexican government to do us harm through their drug trafficking, sex trafficking and violence towards our citizens. Please ACT NOW so we can demand our President and Congress defend our country from these vicious attacks and border incursions by forcefully demanding the restoration of the $3 Billion dollars previously allocated for the physical border fence. https://secure.responseenterprises.com/minutemanhq/?a=1233 For years, the U.S. Border Patrol has been defending our country, without the resources they need to do their job, trying to protect us from those who viciously prey on our country through its open borders. The documented proof of just how dangerous a job it can be to keep our country safe continues to increase daily and yet our government still does nothing. We Minutemen must start 2008 demanding that our government restore the money for the border fence construction and put the National Guard back on our frontline—the Southern border with Mexico—AND WE MUST CONTINUE OUR ADVOCACY UNTIL THE BORDER FENCE IT BUILT AND OUR NATIONAL SECURITY IS FIRMLY ESTABLISHED! Make no mistake—we are under attack! When the Mexican army escorts drug dealers across the border, they send assailants to distract and imperil our U.S. Border Patrol agents by hailing rocks, bottles, bricks and sometimes bullets, so their friends in the gangs and international drug cartels can transport their narcotics and underage girls and boys for sex trafficking into our country. While “the assailants try to distract the agents long enough to let people dash in the United States,” our border agents have become the recipients of multiple broken bones and other medical traumas which they must bravely endure, and for which we the taxpayer must foot the bill. Here are details from government documents that describe this clear and present violation of our national sovereignty: MEXICAN MILITARY ENCOUNTER (ARMED/INTENTIONAL) EL PASO – FORT HANCOCK STATION – At 2 P.M. on January 3, 2006, [Troopers] attempted to apprehend three vehicles believed to be smuggling contraband on I-10… As the vehicles approached the border, [Troopers] stated that a Mexican Military Humvee armed with a .50 caliber weapon and several soldiers were seen assisting smugglers return to Mexico… Officers then noticed several armed subjects dressed in fatigue type clothing unload the contraband into the Humvee. These subjects set fire to the stalled vehicle before leaving the area… MEXICAN POLICE INCURSION (ARMED/INTENTIONAL) TUCSON NOGALES STATION – On June 2, 2006, a Border Patrol Agent assigned to the Nogales, Arizona station encountered two Mexican Police Officers that had illegally entered into the U.S. one mile west of the Mariposa Port of Entry… the Mexican Police Officers ran back into Mexico when ordered [by Border Patrol] to remain for questioning. MEXICAN MILITARY INCURSION (ARMED/INTENTIONAL) EL CENTRO SECTOR – CALEXICO STATION – On September 16, 2006, a Border Patrol Agent assigned to the Calexico, California Station observed an individual in an olive drab uniform with a possible Mexican flag on the shoulder approximately 1230 yards north of the International Border near the Calexico POE. The individual appeared to be carrying a sidearm and was running southbound to Mexico through the vehicle lanes of the Calexico POE. The volunteers of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps have witnessed firsthand how our country is under attack by thugs who conspire with the Mexican government to do us harm through their drug trafficking, sex trafficking and violence towards our citizens. Please ACT NOW so we can demand our President and Congress defend our country from these vicious attacks and border incursions by forcefully demanding the restoration of the $3 Billion dollars previously allocated for the physical border fence. https://secure.responseenterprises.com/minutemanhq/?a=1233 Just a few months ago, we learned that our porous Southern border served as the gateway for “60 Afghan and Iraqi terrorists [who] were smuggled into the U.S. through underground tunnels with high-powered weapons to attack an Arizona Army base.” How many more stories regarding the dangers of an open border do we need to hear about before our Washington lawmakers understand that the citizens of this country will not tolerate another 9/11 style attack? As you know, our country is generally led by weak-kneed politicians whose public policies will shift with the trends of polling numbers and elite media preferences. THEY SOMETIMES TALK THE TALK, BUT THEY RARELY WILL WALK THE WALK! Their lack of action demonstrates that our brave men and women of the U.S. Border Patrol may never get the support they need to keep our families safe—unless we make our voices heard—loud and often. While we would rather just focus on our daily activities in our local communities, we cannot afford to become inattentive, over-confident or apathetic about our Minuteman mission. You can count on the open borders lobby and the Mexican government to do all in their power to see that the National Guard is NEVER posted back on our border—they have vast influence in Washington and will use it to devastating effect—if we let them. That is why we must take action NOW and voice our outrage to the political elite who refuse to help our undermanned Border Patrol agents on the border. In fact, representatives of the Mexican government are already telling us that we have NO RIGHT to defend ourselves from attacks incurred by THEIR citizens on our Border Patrol agents. The AP reported that in November 2007, “Mexico’s acting consul general in San Diego, Richard Pineda, has insisted that U.S. authorities stop firing onto Mexico soil.” Why should U.S. citizens stop defending ourselves when the Mexican Army is helping drug dealers, criminal syndicates and terrorists invade our country? Our BP agents need support and backup. It has fallen upon the volunteers of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps to continue doing the job the government refuses to do for its citizens. The volunteers of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps have witnessed firsthand how our country is under attack by thugs who conspire with the Mexican government to do us harm through their drug trafficking, sex trafficking and violence towards our citizens. Please ACT NOW so we can demand our President and Congress defend our country from these vicious attacks and border incursions by forcefully demanding the restoration of the $3 Billion dollars previously allocated for the physical border fence. https://secure.responseenterprises.com/minutemanhq/?a=1233 The U.S. Border Patrol has been logging the attacks against American law officers by Mexican citizens since 1990, and they’ve seen a 31% increase during just the last year. Unfortunately, when some agents recently defended themselves against attacks from Mexican thugs, a man throwing an object at an agent was shot and killed. Fortunately, that U.S. Border Patrol agent was not punished for defending himself. However, I fear that the next attack may yield another unjust and unfortunate Ramos and Compean punishment for an agent whose sole crime will have been keeping your family and mine safe in our homes! Or even worse, it is possible that the “border war” with Mexico will intensify, and bring pressure upon our weak-willed elected officials to cave into international opinion rather than tell the Calderon government that attacks against U.S. citizens and personnel will not go unanswered. Our President needs to tell al-Qaeda coming at us through Mexico what he told al-Qaeda in September 2001: you WILL PAY for moving against America! IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO TELL WASHINGTON THAT THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR NOT SECURING OUR POROUS BORDERS NOW! The Minuteman Border Fences being built by the Minutemen Movement have been a driving force compelling the federal government to finally act to construct some fence barriers, and the ranchers along the border in Arizona say it well: “The government wasn’t doing anything until the Minutemen showed up.” Minutemen must continue to keep the pressure on and ensure that these first government spans are not just for show, and make the federal government actually “BUILD IT”—talk is cheap, and virtual fence is not an actual fence. Minutemen volunteers have warned U.S. citizens that our national security, public safety, our prosperity and very sovereignty are imperiled—that our country is being invaded by terrorists, lawbreakers and alien criminals while the politicians we’ve elected, fail to protect us. We therefore call upon every citizen to pressure all Washington lawmakers to heed the warning of these vicious physical attacks on our first line of defense, the brave men and women of the U.S. Border Patrol. Washington lawmakers need to respect the will of law-abiding Americans over the agenda of the open borders lobby and beyond their own personal political ambitions—and secure our borders NOW. Stand up against the left, and against quisling sell-out political agendas, and help the Minutemen get the job done. Get the National Guard back on the line! Help us Build the Fence NOW. Show the world that the America we love does not care for empty words. We care for action! The volunteers of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps have witnessed firsthand how our country is under attack by thugs who conspire with the Mexican government to do us harm through their drug trafficking, sex trafficking and violence towards our citizens. Please ACT NOW so we can demand our President and Congress defend our country from these vicious attacks and border incursions by forcefully demanding the restoration of the $3 Billion dollars previously allocated for the physical border fence. https://secure.responseenterprises.com/minutemanhq/?a=1233 We also need you to take three actions for your personal safety and our nation’s security—in the face of opposition from an alliance of liberals in the Congress, Mexico, LaRaza and the rest of the open borders lobby: 1) Continue to Build Fence Models on the Entire Southern Border! Our Fence, featured in National Geographic magazine, is the best and most affordable and effective model in the nation. Say “YES” to BUILD THE FENCE!” THE CHOICE IS UP TO YOU. 2) Complete the Minuteman Border Fence at the Hodges Ranch! Our fence construction is completely supported by private donations. The Minutemen are a volunteer organization and will only build fence sections as donations are available. Say “YES” to BUILD THE FENCE!” THE CHOICE IS UP TO YOU. 3) Help the Minutemen Keep the Pressure on—the Feds WERE building some limited fence spans, but Pelosi and the Democrats have JUST STRIPPED already approved Fence funding from the Federal Budget! The Feds have pulled appropriations for building real barrier fence, and are wasting millions of dollars on failed “virtual” fence technology allocations, stalling and delaying construction of “ACTUAL” barrier fence—because there is NO POLITICAL WILL IN WASHINGTON TO SECURE OUR BORDERS! DON’T FALL FOR THEIR PUBLIC RELATIONS “CHARM OFFENSIVE”—WE NEED TO RESTORE FUNDING, AND KEEP BUILDING! We MUST KEEP THE PRESSURE ON THEM to SUSTAIN FUNDING AND CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULES in order to get them and keep them building ACTUAL FENCE! Say “YES” to BUILD THE FENCE!” THE CHOICE IS UP TO YOU. Donate NOW so we can PRESSURE Washington TO RESTORE the funding for the Border Fence! https://secure.responseenterprises.com/minutemanhq/?a=1233 Finish the Hodges Minuteman Border Fence Now! There is hope on the horizon to demonstrate to the nation and the Feds WHAT WORKS, but it will take the same stalwart dedication you have already shown. With your support we will be able to construct a barrier that will set the Fence standard for the Feds of ACTUAL, affordable impenetrability—thwarting the attempts of illegal aliens to invade this country. It will cost about $400,000 to finish the Hodges Ranch span and install full security FOMGuard technology in the ground at $250 per foot of fence. I know it’s a lot of money. But we cannot secure America on the cheap. And this is vastly less expensive and vastly more effective than what the federal government is paying for what little physical fencing they are actually getting into the ground. Say “YES” to BUILD THE FENCE!” THE CHOICE IS UP TO YOU. We are asking everyone who has already generously sacrificed to immediately send a $50 Donation Today. Doing so would complete our current project in Bisbee, AZ, and greatly empower our allies in Congress who want to show Washington a working model of ACTUAL, affordable FENCE! Donate NOW to Build the Minuteman Border Fence https://secure.responseenterprises.com/mmfence/?a=1233 Send your support now to build the Minuteman Border Fence and show our government what it means to TRULY secure the border against events such as Pearl Harbor and 9/11. Join your fellow American citizens who say “Never Again!” We the people must be vigilant and prepared, and our national territory must be defended! Your country needs you now! We Minutemen and women need you now! If you are one of the thousands who have already contributed to building the Minuteman Fence, we thank you for your sacrifice—but we need you if possible to redouble your efforts and donate again. If you have never donated we ask you to join us by making a generous financial contribution AND by becoming a Minuteman Volunteer. Donate NOW so we can PRESSURE Washington into restoring funding for the Border Fence through an emergency spending bill. https://secure.responseenterprises.com/minutemanhq/?a=1233 VOLUNTEER NOW to Build the Minuteman Border Fence https://secure.responseenterprises.com/mmfence/registration.php?a=1233 America needs a FENCE! IF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FAILS IN ITS CONSTITUTIONAL DUTY, WE THE CITIZENS MUST CONTINUE TO ACT. We have a monumental challenge ahead to raise $55 million for the whole southern border if necessary, and BUILD IT NOW. Nothing the federal government has undertaken or proposed will do the job properly, even if they actually followed through on their false promises. We urgently need your help for this citizen effort to succeed. With your contribution TODAY, MCDC can make America more secure by continuing to empower citizen volunteers in their active support of the Minuteman Border Fence. Help us complete the Hodges Ranch span. We CAN show the federal government what border security IS, and how IT CAN BE DONE! The Feds are ONLY building fence at all, and pretending to build fence, because the MINUTEMEN are building fence. We must keep the pressure on them, and keep the truth of this effort in front of the American people! Be sure to send this to EVERYONE you know who wants to help STOP illegal aliens at the border! Thank you! Donate NOW so we can PRESSURE Washington TO RESTORE the fence funding immediately through an emergency spending bill. https://secure.responseenterprises.com/minutemanhq/?a=1233 VOLUNTEER NOW to Build the Minuteman Border Fence https://secure.responseenterprises.com/mmfence/registration.php?a=1233 Within the next year, thousands of more thugs, terrorists and international drug cartel “soldiers” will harm our citizens unless we put the National Guard back on our Southern border. IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF OUR LAWMAKERS TO KEEP THEIR OATH OF OFFICE, PROTECT AND DEFEND AMERICA FROM ALL ENEMIES! Your support can make the difference by helping us to do the job our government refuses to do! Thank you. For the Security of America, Carmen Mercer, Vice President Minuteman Civil Defense Corps Director, Minuteman Border Fence P.S. HELP US STOP the terrorists from invading our country through its porous borders. Donate NOW so we can force Congress to restore the funding and resume immediate construction of a physical border fence. https://secure.responseenterprises.com/minutemanhq/?a=1233

Do all USA Senators have problems with telling the truth? With economic troubles dominating the race, McCain opened the new line of criticism against Romney at his first event of the day in Fort Myers, Fla., and sought to shift the campaign back to his strength, national security, and away from Romney's, the economy. First, he slapped at Romney without naming him during a question-and-answer session with Floridians, saying: "Now, one of my opponents wanted to set a date for withdrawal that would have meant disaster." Minutes later to reporters, the Arizona senator was more direct: "If we surrender and wave a white flag, like Senator Clinton wants to do, and withdraw, as Governor Romney wanted to do, then there will be chaos, genocide, and the cost of American blood and treasure would be dramatically higher." Asked about the comment in Land O' Lakes, Fla., Romney bristled. "That's dishonest, to say that I have a specific date. That's simply wrong," he said. "That is not the case. I've never said that." The former Massachusetts governor added: "I know he's trying desperately to change the topic from the economy and trying to get back to Iraq, but to say something that's not accurate is simply wrong — and he knows better." Later in Sun City, Fla., McCain stuck to his assessment and said: "The apology is owed to the young men and women serving this nation in uniform." He said he was quoting Romney as favoring a "timetable" for withdrawal and argued that he was not misquoting Romney, saying, "Clearly, the impression was that he was ready to set a date for withdrawal." But Romney quotes circulated by McCain's campaign didn't show Romney making that exact comment — nor did aides back up McCain's earlier comment that suggested that Romney "wanted to set a date for withdrawal." In an interview with ABC News in 2007, Romney said: "There's no question that the president and (Iraqi) Prime Minister al-Maliki have to have a series of timetables and milestones that they speak about. But those shouldn't be for public pronouncement. You don't want the enemy to understand how long they have to wait in the weeds until you're going to be gone." While Romney has never set a public date for withdrawal, he has said that he agrees with Gen. David Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, that U.S. troops could move to more of an oversight role in 2008. McCain, for his part, has been a staunch supporter of the Iraq war and advocated more troops on the ground for years before Bush embraced that position last year and ramped up the number of U.S. forces in Iraq. The buildup helped curb violence in Iraq, and McCain has not been shy about claiming credit for the strategy's success. Romney aides labeled McCain's charge "stunningly false," while McCain aides portrayed his Iraq comments as part of a broader effort in the coming days to question Romney's leadership, foreign policy experience and judgment. A former venture capitalist and business consultant, Romney has spent the past week arguing that he is the Republican best able to right a troubled economy, given his 25-year record in the private sector. He's argued that McCain, who has spent much of his life in the military and in Congress, doesn't have the qualifications necessary to lead the country out of a potential recession. McCain, in turn, has sought to beat back Romney on the issue by arguing that a president needs to be ready to lead and qualified on both national security and economics, and he offers both — despite having previously acknowledged that the economy is not his strongest suit. 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When will the U.S. government and take measures to bring the crisis at our border under control.” ? Mexican Government Incursions into the United States for Fiscal Year 2006 Of 29 Incidents, 17 Involved Armed Mexican Government Personnel (Washington, DC) - Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, today released a U.S. Border Patrol report titled, “Mexican Government Incidents – 2006 Fiscal Year Report,” obtained under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). But for Judicial Watch’s September, 2007 FOIA request, this information would not have been made public. The report describes 29 confirmed incidents in 2006 along the U.S.- Mexican border involving Mexican military and/or law enforcement personnel, 17 of which involved armed Mexican government agents. Among the incidents cited: MEXICAN MILITARY ENCOUNTER (ARMED/INTENTIONAL) EL PASO – FORT HANCOCK STATION – At 2 P.M. on January 3, 2006, [Troopers] attempted to apprehend three vehicles believed to be smuggling contraband on I-10…As the vehicles approached the border, [Troopers] stated that a Mexican Military Humvee armed with a .50 caliber weapon and several soldiers were seen assisting smugglers return to Mexico…Officers then noticed several armed subjects dressed in fatigue type clothing unload the contraband into the Humvee. These subjects set fire to the stalled vehicle before leaving the area… MEXICAN POLICE INCURSION (ARMED/INTENTIONAL) TUCSON NOGALES STATION – On June 2, 2006, a Border Patrol Agent assigned to the Nogales, Arizona station encountered two Mexican Police Officers that had illegally entered into the U.S. one mile west of the Mariposa Port of Entry…the Mexican Police Officers ran back into Mexico when ordered [by Border Patrol] to remain for questioning. MEXICAN MILITARY INCURSION (ARMED/INTENTIONAL) EL CENTRO SECTOR – CALEXICO STATION – On September 16, 2006, a Border Patrol Agent assigned to the Calexico, California Station observed an individual in an olive drab uniform with a possible Mexican flag on the shoulder approximately 100 yards north of the International Border near the Calexico POE. The individual appeared to be carrying a sidearm and was running southbound to Mexico through the vehicle lanes of the Calexico POE. The document also states that between 1996 and September 30, 2006 there were 253 confirmed incursions into the United States by Mexican government personnel. Prior to release to Judicial Watch, the Department of Homeland Security evaluated the information in the report as “For Official Use Only” and containing “Law Enforcement Sensitive Information.” Additional Mexican government incursion reports for 2003 through 2005 are available on the Judicial Watch Internet site at: http://judicialwatch.org/5898.shtml. http://www.judicialwatch.org/judicial-watch-releases-border-patrol-report-mexican-government-incursions

How do we move from griping and complaining to making changes? I just watched the documentary that Michael Moore made called The Big One about corporate downsizing and corporations taking jobs outside of the US and it got me to thinking. There has been alot of talking, but isn't it time to stop talking about it and actually effect the changes that we've all as Americans been crying out for to occur? And how exactly do we go about changing those things? Granted, we've been talking alot about Illegal Aliens crossing our borders with fake Social Security cards and fake ID's stealing our jobs and draining our Welfare System and we've actually started taking steps to stop it. Arizona (I'm not sure about anywhere else) has made it illegal for companies to hire someone without sending their ID's and Social Security numbers through E-Verify and made it illegal to keep people who haven't passed the E-Verify on their payrolls. Arizona has also made it illegal to knowingly keep an illegal alien on it's payroll. But that doesn't really do anything except frustrate people like me who hire someone to do a job only to find out a few days later that I have to let them go because their Social Security number didn't pass the E-Verify test. Nothing is being done to the illegal alien. We've talked about closing our borders and deporting everyone that can't prove their residency.....Isn't it time to stop talking about it, stop bickering about it and just do it? I've seen alot of talk on here about how Obama sucks as a Democratic choice and McCain sucks as a Republican choice for President and I think we're all making our choices based on what we think is the lesser of two evils......Why is that? Why do WE as a democratic society HAVE to choose between the lesser of two evils? If the two choices we have don't suit our needs......why do we have to choose? Why can't we all come together and say....."We think this guy is a better choice" or why don't we stand up and say, "OH HELL NO!?!?!" to both of them, eliminate them as choices and keep looking until we find someone better? That would be like the Board of Directors of General Motors or any major corporation deciding the lesser of two evils for a management position. They just wouldn't make the choice, they'd keep looking until they found a better candidate. Why do we, the American People, have to do that? Why can't we say NO to Obama who won't hold his hand over his heart during the National Anthem or say the Pledge of Allegence to the Flag (how is he supposed to be sworn in, btw, as President of the United States?) and NO to McCain who in my opinion would be a better choice......but he's 72 years old. Quite frankly, I wonder if he's gonna croak midterm.....lol. I've been choosing the lesser of two evils for the last several elections and quite frankly, I'm tired of it. Isn't it time to stop talking and complaining? Isn't it time to do something? But what do we do about it? How do we effect the changes that we need?

Ramadan!.... Is this justice? A news paper report Hourly Update Swiss ban mosque minarets in surprise vote By Alexander G. Higgins THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Tucson, Arizona | Published: 11.29.2009 GENEVA — Swiss voters overwhelmingly approved a constitutional ban on minarets on Sunday, barring construction of the iconic mosque towers in a surprise vote that put Switzerland at the forefront of a European backlash against a growing Muslim population. Muslim groups in Switzerland and abroad condemned the vote as biased and anti-Islamic. Business groups said the decision hurt Switzerland’s international standing and could damage relations with Muslim nations and wealthy investors who bank, travel and shop there. “The Swiss have failed to give a clear signal for diversity, freedom of religion and human rights,” said Omar Al-Rawi, integration representative of the Islamic Denomination in Austria, which said its reaction was “grief and deep disappointment.” About 300 people turned out for a spontaneous demonstration on the square outside parliament, holding up signs saying, “That is not my Switzerland,” placing candles in front of a model of a minaret and making another minaret shape out of the candles themselves. “We’re sorry,” said another sign. A young woman pinned to her jacket a piece of paper saying, “Swiss passport for sale.” The referendum by the nationalist Swiss People’s Party labeled minarets as symbols of rising Muslim political power that could one day transform Switzerland into an Islamic nation. The initiative was approved 57.5 to 42.5 percent by some 2.67 million voters. Only four of the 26 cantons or states opposed the initiative, granting the double approval that makes it part of the Swiss constitution. Muslims comprise about 6 percent of Switzerland’s 7.5 million people. Many are refugees from the Yugoslav wars of the 1990s and about one in 10 actively practices their religion, the government says. The country’s four standing minarets, which won’t be affected by the ban, do not traditionally broadcast the call to prayer outside their own buildings. The sponsors of the initiative provoked complaints of bias from local officials and human-rights group with campaign posters that showed minarets rising like missiles from the Swiss flag next to a fully veiled woman. Backers said the growing Muslim population was straining the country “because Muslims don’t just practice religion.” “The minaret is a sign of political power and demand, comparable with whole-body covering by the burqa, tolerance of forced marriage and genital mutilation of girls,” the sponsors said. They said Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan compared mosques to Islam’s military barracks and called “the minarets our bayonets.” Erdogan made the comment in citing an Islamic poem many years before he became prime minister. Anxieties about growing Muslim minorities have rippled across Europe in recent years, leading to legal changes in some countries. There have been French moves to ban the full-length body covering known as the burqa. Some German states have introduced bans on head scarves for Muslim women teaching in public schools. Mosques and minaret construction projects in Sweden, France, Italy, Austria, Greece, Germany and Slovenia have been met by protests. But the Swiss ban in minarets, sponsored by the country’s largest political party, was one of the most extreme reactions. “It’s a sad day for freedom of religion,” said Mohammed Shafiq, the chief executive of the Ramadhan Foundation, a British youth organization. “A constitutional amendment that’s targeted towards one religious community is discriminatory and abhorrent.” He said he was concerned the decision could have reverberations in other European countries. Amnesty International said the vote violated freedom of religion and would probably be overturned by the Swiss supreme court or the European Court of Human Rights. The seven-member Cabinet that heads the Swiss government had spoken out strongly against the initiative but the government said it accepted the vote and would impose an immediate ban on minaret construction. It said that “Muslims in Switzerland are able to practice their religion alone or in community with others, and live according to their beliefs just as before.” It took the unusual step of issuing its press release in Arabic as well as German, French, Italian and English. Sunday’s results stood in stark contrast to opinion polls, last taken 10 days ago, that showed 37 percent supporting the proposal. Experts said before the vote that they feared Swiss had pretended during the polling that they opposed the ban because they didn’t want to appear intolerant. “The sponsors of the ban have achieved something everyone wanted to prevent, and that is to influence and change the relations to Muslims and their social integration in a negative way,” said Taner Hatipoglu, president of the Federation of Islamic Organizations in Zurich. “Muslims indeed will not feel safe we people have time to read a long stories but wen here come somthing which is abut islam we dun have time then. mean our musims are............ we people have time to read a long stories but wen here come somthing which is abut islam we dun have time then. mean our musims are............

Should President Bush and Members of His Administration be Tried for War Crimes? Senate probe blames top Bush officials for abuses By ROY GUTMAN AND JONATHAN S. LANDAY McClatchy Newspapers WASHINGTON -- Top officials - including former Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and Air Force Gen. Richard Myers, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff - were responsible for the use of "abusive" interrogation techniques on detainees at Guantanamo Bay, in Afghanistan and at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, a bipartisan Senate report concluded Thursday. The long-awaited Senate Armed Services Committee report bluntly refuted the Bush administration's repeated claims that the abuses, which helped fuel the Iraq insurgency and damaged America's reputation around the world, were the work of a few low-level "bad apples." "Senior officials in the United States government solicited information on how to use aggressive techniques, redefined the law to create the appearance of their legality, and authorized their use against detainees," said the report's 19-page unclassified executive summary. "Those efforts damaged our ability to collect accurate intelligence that could save lives, strengthened the hand of our enemies, and compromised our moral authority." "Attempts by senior officials to pass the buck to low-ranking soldiers while avoiding any responsibility for abuses are unconscionable," said Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., the panel's chairman, who released the executive summary with Sen. John McCain of Arizona, the committee's top Republican. The report "details the inexcusable link between abusive interrogation techniques used by our enemies in violation of the Geneva Convention and interrogation policy for detainees in U.S. custody. These policies are wrong and must never be repeated," said McCain, a former prisoner of war in North Vietnam. The 250-page classified report, which is undergoing a Pentagon declassification review, was the most comprehensive to date of a series of official investigations into the abuses of suspected terrorists who were detained after President George W. Bush launched his "global war on terror" after the Sept. 11 attacks. The Senate report traces the abuses to a Feb. 7, 2002, Bush memo that declared that international law on the treatment of war prisoners found in the 1949 Geneva Convention didn't apply to al-Qaida or to the Taliban. The report outlines how senior U.S. officials, including Rumsfeld, Myers and then-National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice shaped the policy decisions that led to the use of interrogation techniques that the administration insists were legal but that numerous legal authorities and some former military officers have denounced as torture and war crimes. Detainee abuses led to attacks on U.S. troops in Iraq, according to testimony to the committee by a former Navy general counsel, Alberto Mora. "There are serving U.S. flag-rank officers who maintain that the first and second identifiable causes of U.S. combat deaths in Iraq - as judged by their effectiveness in recruiting insurgent fighters into combat - are, respectively, the symbols of Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo," he said. It's not clear, however, if the report will lead to legal proceedings against any of the officials or military officers named or whether the incoming Obama administration will pursue allegations of possible crimes committed during President Bush's war on terror. "We welcome this report," said Brooke Anderson, the Obama transition team's national security spokeswoman. "We will review these findings carefully. President-elect Obama has said that Americans do not engage in torture and that we must send a message to the world that America is a nation of laws and that we stand against torture."