POLITICS
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"Beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves. You will know them by their fruits. Grapes are not gathered from thorn bushes, nor figs from thistles, are they? Even so, every good tree bears good fruit; but the bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot produce bad fruit, nor can a bad tree produce good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. So then, you will know them by their fruits." -- (Matthew 7:15-20)
| If a government is good, its actions will be good.
The actions of the U.S. government are not good. Therefore, the U.S. government is not good. |
If a country has a good way of electing government officials, then the government officials will be good.
The U.S. government officials are not good. Therefore, the U.S. does not have a good way of electing government officials. | |
The methods of electing Federal politicians are formulated in the United States Constitution. Since these methods are bad, the U.S. Constitution has to be rewritten or radically amended.
A better method is presented by Fred E. Foldvary, "Small-Group, Multi-Level Democracy: Implications of Austrian Public Choice for Governance Structure," The Review of Austrian Economics, 15:2/3 (2002): 161-174.
Prisoners at the U.S. prison at Abu Ghraib, Iraq
"act of terrorism" means an activity that --
- involves a violent act or an act dangerous to human life that is a violation of the criminal laws of the United States or any State, or that would be a criminal violation if committed within the jurisdiction of the United States or of any State; and
- appears to be intended
- to intimidate or coerce a civilian population;
- to influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion; or
- to affect the conduct of a government by assassination or kidnapping.
Therefore, the U.S. was and is a terrorist state.
"It's impossible for the world's greatest terrorist organisation -- the United States -- to conduct a war on terror. It's absurd. Since 1946, they've overthrown some 50 governments, many of them by terrorist means -- that's terrorism." John Pilger, "An interview with John Pilger" 09/05/06. [See John Pilger's Videos on the Internet]
George Bush: "I wouldn't join the International Criminal Court. Its a body based in Hague where unaccountable judges and prosecution can pull our troops or diplomats for trial." (First Presidential Debate)
 | Concentration Camp at Guantanamo Bay: a human rights scandal (Amnesty International) |
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Recruiting for the Military:
The New Uncle Sam (a CBC News video presentation in RealAudio)
AWOL in America (a CBC News video presentation in RealAudio) Kathy Dobie, AWOL in America, Harper's Magazine, June 2005. Federal public law 107-110, section 9528 of the ESEA, "No Child Left Behind Act" requires school districts to release student names, addresses, and phone numbers to military recruiters upon their request. Students are then called at home by recruiters and pressured to join the military. The law also requires the school district to notify you of your right to Opt-Out from this by requesting that the district not release your information to military recruiters. The completion and return of the following FORM serves as your request to withhold your private information. |
There is only one reason for military service -- an invasion of the United States. Iraq did not invade the United States, nor did Afghanistan. 
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A survey by The Lancet, a British medical journal, published on October 11, 2006, estimated 654,965 excess deaths related to the war, or 2.5% of the population, through the end of June 2006. See Lancet surveys of mortality before and after the 2003 invasion of Iraq
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Returning U.S. Soldiers
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A Moral History
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Directory of Progressive Magazines |