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First tiem: You got to love geo bush. He is establishing once and for all that the concept of congressional checks and balances is completely null and void. Congress opposes the installation of john Bolton as ambassador to the UN? For 5 long months? No problem says king george. I’ll appoint him anyway, congress be damned. And indeed they are damned. Congress is about as ineffectual today as teats on a bull. We get Lots of noise, no results. As willie shakespere once wrote: much sound and thunder, signifying nothing.

Next item. A quote from Goethe- None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free

Next item: top story on todays npr news was the exciting story of the space shuttle repairing their space craft. Wasn’t their once some story about something called the downing st memos? Didn’t that have something to do with our invasion o f iraq and afganistan? Geo bush and tony blair lying their asses off? Anyone recall that story? I thought not. Id much rather hear about astronauts repairing their space craft. Now that’s exciting news.

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Next item: Its so interesting what is really happening while we are seeing and reading what is presented to us as THE NEWS. Remember back when the whole homeland security apparatus was foisted upon us? It’s mission was to combat foreign terrorism wasn’t it? Protect us from another 9-11. foreign bad guys out to destroy our precious way of life. Well guess what? According to travis t hipp, Homeland security has been in action recently while we have been focusing on the London bombings and the cops very publicly chasing the bad guys. And what foreign terrorists have homeland security been focused on? The first targets have been, get this: Americans who have been convicted of sex crimes and then failed to register as sex offenders. Wow, what a service to the American people. who could complain about that? Removing from our midst a group everyone agrees are the scum of our society. And just recently, homeland security went after urban gang members. They rounded up hundreds of inner city kids, alleged gang members. Another slam bang triumph. Rid our streets of criminal elements. Making our cities and streets safe again. Who would complain about that? Only one small problem. Remember pastor neimuller of 1930’s germany? Recall what he said? I don’t have his exact quote, and if someone could send it to me id like to have it on file, but he said something like: first they came after the communists, but I said nothing, for I was not a communist. Then they came after the trade unionists, but I said nothing because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came after the homosexuals and again I said nothing, for I was not homosexual. He went thru the whole list, incl jews, and gypsies, and ended with, finally when they came after me, there was no one left to say anything. Get the picture folks? Hi there , we are from homeland security and we are here to protect you.

Next item: this one is from tom flocco.com and the first pp is interesting as it is a disclaimer for what follows. It seems that Prince machevelli would be proud to live in our times.

We post this but note: the powers that be are growing increasingly concerned over the independent Internet and, in an attempt to discredit it and reduce its growing influence, are starting to disseminate patently false reports. The aim being that these reports will be picked up by independent websites and circulated, thereby diminishing their credibility when the reports are ultimately revealed as false. Like an earlier Sorcha Faal article, which had already been posted on this website and removed shortly thereafter, these reports serve to dimish the increasing power of the Internet and, above all, its credibility. Ed.
here is the article the web site disclaims:Bush and Cheney Indicted

U.S. federal prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald's Chicago grand jury has issued perjury and obstruction of justice indictments to the following members of the Bush Administration: President George W. Bush, Vice-President Richard Cheney, Bush Chief of Staff Andrew Card, Cheney Chief of Staff I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez, former Attorney General John Ashcroft, imprisoned New York Times reporter Judith Miller and former Senior Cheney advisor Mary Matalin.
There were no indications given as to whether the President and his top staff members would appear publicly before cameras at the grand jury proceedings, given the gravity of the charges

SO IS THIS INFO OR DISINFO?

Next item: lets talk about the American media. Some say its in sad shape. I suspect it is operating exactly as its owners and masters wish it to operate. I say it is designed to create and maintain fear in the populace, and its working brilliantly. And my question for myself and for you, is simply this: does my show increase your awareness of the forces influencing you, or does it simply increase your fear level? Am I serving to support or combat the fear tactics of the media and the govt?

Next item: a word about medical mj. I find it interesting that the critics of med mj always claim that some people use mj recreationally implying that this is a terrible practice and such users should rot in hell. Lets look at that for a moment. Say someone uses mj recreationally. What is the result? they relax. They smile a lot, their heart is more open, they are kinder and more gentle to their family and friends. Is this not healthy? Is this not medicinal use of the highest order? What could be more therapeutic than to use a substance and become a more relaxed, happier more loving person? And yet, we are asked to believe that such usage is bad, the users evil. What an incredible distortion of reality. I say horray for the recreational use of anything and everything that harms no one, and increases pleasure. The world needs more pleasure. We all do. Please remember that my opinions are my own. You are free to form your own. Life liberty and the persuit of happiness, and all that jazz.

Next item: This article is from pc world. It was sent to me by disgruntled in Peoria who obviously was too lazy to do something about it himself, so he foisted it on me. Its titiled: Government Uses Color Laser Printer Technology to Track Documents Practice embeds hidden, traceable data in every page printed.

WASHINGTON--Next time you make a printout from your color laser printer, shine an LED flashlight beam on it and examine it closely with a magnifying glass. You might be able to see the small, scattered yellow dots printed there that could be used to trace the document back to you.

According to experts, several printer companies quietly encode the serial number and the manufacturing code of their color laser printers and color copiers on every document those machines produce. Governments, including the United States, already use the hidden markings to track counterfeiters.

Peter Crean, a senior research fellow at Xerox, says his company's laser printers, copiers and multifunction workstations, such as its WorkCentre Pro series, put the "serial number of each machine coded in little yellow dots" in every printout. The millimeter-sized dots appear about every inch on a page, nestled within the printed words and margins.

"It's a trail back to you, like a license plate," Crean says.

The dots' minuscule size, covering less than one-thousandth of the page, along with their color combination of yellow on white, makes them invisible to the naked eye, Crean says. One way to determine if your color laser is applying this tracking process is to shine a blue LED light--say, from a keychain laser flashlight--on your page and use a magnifier.

Laser-printing technology makes it incredibly easy to counterfeit money and documents, and Crean says the dots, in use in some printers for decades, allow law enforcement to identify and track down counterfeiters.

However, they could also be employed to track a document back to any person or business that printed it. Although the technology has existed for a long time, printer companies have not been required to notify customers of the feature.

Lorelei Pagano, a counterfeiting specialist with the U.S. Secret Service, stresses that the government uses the embedded serial numbers only when alerted to a forgery. "The only time any information is gained from these documents is purely in [the case of] a criminal act," she says.

John Morris, a lawyer for The Center for Democracy and Technology , says, "That type of assurance doesn't really assure me at all, unless there's some type of statute." He adds, "At a bare minimum, there needs to be a notice to consumers."

If the practice disturbs you, don't bother trying to disable the encoding mechanism--you'll probably just break your printer.

Neither Crean nor Pagano has an estimate of how many laser printers, copiers, and multifunction devices track documents, but they say that the practice is commonplace among major printer companies.

"The industry absolutely has been extraordinarily helpful [to law enforcement]," Pagano says.

Humor at end:

The following is the philosophy of Charles Schultz, the creator of the "Peanuts" comic strip. You don't have to actually answer the questions. Just read straight through and you'll get the point.
Name the five wealthiest people in the world. Name the last five Heisman trophy winners. Name the last five winners of the Miss America. Name ten people who have won the Nobel or Pulitzer Prize. Name the last half dozen Academy Award winners for best actor and actress. Name the last 10 winners of the World Series , or the super bowl. ok,. How did you do?
The point is, none of us remember the headliners of yesterday. These are not second-rate achievers. They are the best in their fields. But the applause dies. Awards tarnish. Achievements are forgotten. Accolades and certificates are buried with their owners.
Here's another quiz. See how you do on this one: List a few teachers who aided your journey through school.
Name three friends who have helped you through a difficult time. Name five people who have taught you something worthwhile. Think of a few people who have made you feel appreciated and special.
Think of five people you enjoy spending time with. Easier?
The lesson: The people who make a difference in your life are not the ones with the most credentials, the most money, or the most awards. They are the ones that care. Pass this on to those people who have made a difference in your life. "Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia." (Charles Schultz)