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Bush buddies and war hawks should consider the wise words of Army general and U.S. president Dwight D. Eisenhower: "Here in America we are descended in blood and spirit from revolutionists and rebels - men and women who dared to dissent from accepted doctrine. As their heirs, may we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion." Bush buddies and war hawks should consider the wise words of Army general and U.S. president Dwight D. Eisenhower: "Here in America we are descended in blood and spirit from revolutionists and rebels - men and women who dared to dissent from accepted doctrine. As their heirs, may we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion."

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From my atrology website: Did anybody notice that Republican leaders Senator Frist and Representative DeLay were simultaneously taken out of action due to "legal" matters? The USA succession plan says next up is Speaker of the House, Representative Hassert and then Condoleezza Rice. Rumsfeld is number six in line. Homeland Security Chertoff would be eighth if the House approves the Senates’ late July 2005 bill moving the Homeland Security secretary to number 8 on the list. Last I heard, that bill is still awaiting House approval. Interesting times we live in.

Last week our community lost another woman to domestic violence. When she attempted to leave her marriage, her husband brutally killed her. This mornings left coast radio show had a brief segment on the issue of domestic violence. On it, I heard a chilling statistic. During the years of the viet nam debacle, more American women died from domestic violence than American men died in viet nam. I have no way to verify that, but if true it’s a very chilling statistic. During the show,. I called in and while agreeing that it was men’s responsibility to not support their comrades abusive behavior, attempted to make the further point that it was also womens responsibility to help their sisters in breaking away from abusive relationships. I was cut off before I could make my point, and then a later caller somehow twisted what I said into my implying that women return to abusive relationships because they enjoy the abuse. How the callerarrived at that conclusion is beyond my comprehension. People tend to hear what they want to hear, rather than what is spoken. So let me state my position without being cut off or misunderstood. Domestic violence is a problem for all of us. Yes, men can and should attempt to dissuade their brothers from abusing their mates, but I have news for you ladies. We don’t know how our male acquaintances or even our friends behave in the privacy of their homes. I have never ever heard a man brag about abusing his mate. We men may talk about seemingly stupid things like sports, how much drugs we consumed last nite, and if we got lucky, but I have never ever heard a man talk about abusing his mate. The simple truth is that I have no idea how my men friends treat their mates in the privacy of their homes. Some Males may brag about their sexual exploits, but ive never heard a male brag about beating the snot out of their mate last nite. So how would we know? Conversely, I have heard that women do talk about how their mates treat them. I know they talk to me about their abusive relationships, and im a male. They must talk to their women friends as well. So it seems to me that the first line of defense is to help the abused women in every way possible to get out of abusive relationships and away from their abusers. Any sane and compassionate society must be willing to provide shelter, aid, and direction for abused persons, male, female adult or child. Any less and we fail as humans. And we also need to provide protection, not meaningless restraining orders with no teeth, but real protection. Sending the abusers off to anger management counseling is a nice idea, but bottom line: does it work?. Judging by the number of murdered spouses, I’d have to guess that all too often it doesn’t work. I say that any abuser sentenced to anger management counseling who drops out, goes immediately to jail. I say that any spousal abuser, upon their 2^nd conviction, gets jail time. Lock em up. That’s protection. If when they get out, they abuse again, or stalk, which demonstrates the potential to abuse again, then they are demonstrating that they are out of control. Protect all of us from out of control rage-a-holics. lock em up permanently. If the three strikes and your out law has any use whatsoever this is its prime usage. Im not afraid of guys who steal pizza’s or running shoes. Applying the 3^rd strike law to them makes a mockery of the law. Im not afraid of bank robbers, or people who commit check fraud, or other white collar crime. I don’t like them but I don’t fear them. I am afraid of rage a holics who abuse their spouses or children. Lock em up. For a long time. A further suggestion: judges are elected officials. If you have in your community a judge who appears too lenient on spousal abusers, write them with your concerns, and when they come up for re election, write letters to editors alerting voters about that judges record. District attnys are also elected officials. Same suggestion. Let your da and your judges know that its not ok to slap an abuser on the wrist, say naughty naughty, and send them off to anger management counseling. The abuser has demonstrated that they are out of control, and that they represent a clear and present danger to their family and their community. We need protection from such criminals. The elimination of Domestic spousal abuse, and child abuse, is everyone’s responsibility. We all need to play our part. So please don’t tell me that since most abusers are male, that I as a male bear the most responsibility. I don’t buy it. We all bear responsibility.