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Terrorized On the Boston Common! 
This summer, I was able to gather enough money for a roundtrip ticket to Boston, where the democrats were holding their national convention. I had been misinformed that there would be many protesters on the Boston Common that particular day. In all of my worst nightmares, I never would have dreamed that I would have my 1st Admendment right of freedom of assembly, attacked in such an crude and unjustified manner, right on the Boston Commons, where American liberty was born!!!...
Posted: Mon, Oct 4, 2004 11:59am PDT
Your civil liberties: in grave danger As you read this letter, a swiftly changing collage of Patriot II
provisions, repressive immigration changes, and privacy invasions is
rushing though Congress embedded in and under the disguise of legislation
responding to The 9/11 Commission Report....
Posted: Mon, Oct 4, 2004 1:04am PDT
Something Rotten in the State of Florida Pregnant chads, vanishing voters... the 2000 election was a fiasco in the Sunshine State. You'd think they'd want to get it right this time – but the democratic process is more flawed than ever....
Posted: Sun, Oct 3, 2004 1:17pm PDT
10/5: Phone/ Fax Slam to Tommy Thompson, Secretary of Health & Human Services As you know, Oct. 5, ASA is imploring HHS to do the right thing, and allow for the
rescheduling of marijuana. For those of you who cannot attend the Washington DC
event, you can still join us by sending a fax and calling HHS On Tuesday, Oct. 5!...
Posted: Sun, Oct 3, 2004 12:45pm PDT
Influx of wounded strains Veterans Affairs resources WASHINGTON - Thousands of U.S. troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan with physical injuries and mental health problems are encountering an overburdened benefits system, and officials and veterans' groups worry that the challenge could grow as the nation remains at war....
Posted: Sun, Oct 3, 2004 11:45am PDT
More use of ready reserve planned WASHINGTON — The Army, now mobilizing 5,600 former soldiers from a rarely used personnel pool to go to Iraq and Afghanistan, plans to summon a similar number next year for duty in those war zones, a senior official said yesterday....
Posted: Sat, Oct 2, 2004 12:30pm PDT
Federal Court Strikes Down Patriot Act Surveillance Power As Unconstitutional NEW YORK - Saying that "democracy abhors undue secrecy," a federal court today struck down an entire Patriot Act provision that gives the government unchecked authority to issue "National Security Letters" to obtain sensitive customer records from Internet Service Providers and other businesses without judicial oversight. The court also found a broad gag provision in the law to be an "unconstitutional prior restraint" on free speech....
Posted: Sat, Oct 2, 2004 12:03pm PDT
ACLU Decries Planned Election Dragnet in Muslim and Arab Communities NEW YORK -- The American Civil Liberties Union today said that it will be monitoring a new plan by the FBI to, among other things, use "aggressive - even obvious - surveillance" techniques on individuals who are not even suspected of having committed a crime, in advance of the November 2 general election....
Posted: Sat, Oct 2, 2004 12:02pm PDT
Police In Nebraska Harass Head Of ACLU For Showing Film Against The Patriot Act LINCOLN, Neb. - The head of the state chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union said Friday that two Nebraska state troopers tried to intimidate him after he screened a documentary film critical of the federal Patriot Act.
Tim Butz, who filed a complaint Wednesday with State Patrol chief Col. Tom Nesbitt, alleged the troopers approached him after he screened the documentary film "Unconstitutional: The War on Our Civil Liberties" at a community college in North Platte on Sept....
Posted: Sat, Oct 2, 2004 11:09am PDT
Memorial procession to the World Bank and IMF Oct.2nd In light of the up coming World Bank and IMF meetings an ad-hoc coalition of
independent activists, members of the Party Liberation Front, members of
Positively Against Capitalism and other organizations do by here call for a
march to the World Bank on Saturday Oct. 2nd to mourn the lives lost at the
hands of the World Bank, IMF and global capitalism....
Posted: Fri, Oct 1, 2004 5:32pm PDT
Hemp Food Final Victory! The Bush Administration will not appeal the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals February 6, 2004 decision in HIA v. DEA protecting sale and consumption of hemp food products in the U.S....
Posted: Fri, Oct 1, 2004 11:24am PDT
Sprint reverses, offers partner benefits Sprint is the second company to change its policies after being criticized by the HRC. Home Depot changed its policies a day after the HRC criticism....
Posted: Fri, Oct 1, 2004 10:24am PDT
National Guard Not Meeting Recruitment Goals But now combat veterans thinking about leaving active duty express little interest in joining the reserve components due to the likelihood of another long-term combat tour....Observers inside and outside government have voiced concern over the Pentagon’s extensive use of reservists in Iraq and Afghanistan....
Posted: Thu, Sep 30, 2004 9:43pm PDT
Pelosi says gay marriage amendment distracts from gov't failures House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi today spoke late this afternoon in strong opposition to a Republican proposal to amend the Constitution to ban gay marriage....
Posted: Thu, Sep 30, 2004 9:14pm PDT
Vote for Change Update Bruce Springsteen, Dave Matthews, Bonnie Raitt, Eddie Vedder and Others Address Why There Needs to be a Vote for Change...
Posted: Thu, Sep 30, 2004 9:12pm PDT
Starving Amid Plenty With society awash in cash workers are expected to take cuts and be thankful...
Posted: Thu, Sep 30, 2004 4:18pm PDT
Gay Marriage Amendment Fails The US House of Representatives failed Thursday to get enough votes to pass a proposed amendment to the Constitution to bar same-sex marriage....
Posted: Thu, Sep 30, 2004 3:50pm PDT
UGSOA Members Vote to Stop the Payment of Dues to UGSOA UGSOA Members are Fighting Back Against UGSOA...
Posted: Thu, Sep 30, 2004 1:55pm PDT
TipTheElection.org launched New site uses social networking and viral marketing to defeat Bush...
Posted: Thu, Sep 30, 2004 11:26am PDT
Families with Loved Ones Killed, Wounded or Serving in Iraq Join Oct. 2 Memorial Processio On Oct. 2, Military Families Speak Out will join Veterans, including those who fought in Iraq, religious and peace groups in a National Memorial Procession from Arlington National Cemetery to the White House. Those gathered, including families whose loved ones were killed in Iraq, will be mourning the fallen, demanding necessary support for the wounded and calling for an end to the war. Sixty Military Families from across the country will participate in the Memorial Procession....
Posted: Thu, Sep 30, 2004 11:25am PDT
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