As an attorney, I am fascinated by court litigation about the Pledge of Allegiance. As a pro bono service to help the media and the public understand the bigger issues, I have collected astounding historic photos and information about the pledge, linked below. The recent ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court is a blessing in disguise, by providing a temporary delay. It allows the fight to widen against the entire Pledge, not just two words. As a libertarian and a lawyer, I am spearheading the next court case as a pro bono service to the public to liberate Americans from government pushing the totalitarian Pledge.

http://members.ij.net/rex/pledgewonschik.html

“Pledge II” will be a blockbuster sequel. The first case led to scary discoveries about the Pledge’s pedigree. A libertarian made the historic news-breaking discovery that exposed the Pledge as the origin of the salute of the monstrous National Socialist German Workers’ Party (Nazis). It is a myth that the Pledge’s original straight-arm salute is an ancient Roman salute.

http://members.ij.net/rex/pledgesalute.html

This is the only website that collects and shows historic photos of the original socialist salute to the U.S. flag that the media and the government schools won't show you. This is the only place that tells you the WHOLE story, not the "government-school" version that the media recite from lessons in government schools.

TO SEE MORE PHOTOS - click here for many more examples at http://members.ij.net/rex/pledge2.html

The salute was like the salute of the monstrous National Socialist German Workers' Party. The photos might need time to load.

http://members.ij.net/rex/pledge1.html


From:
Aftermath News
Top Stories - December 18th, 2004

Each day brings more stories of bombings, kidnappings, and death in Iraq. As the occupation rolls on with no end in sight, more and more ordinary Iraqis question our intentions in their country. To continue down the current path of military occupation and dominance will only invite more violence.

It's time to change course in Iraq. It's time to bring the troops home.

Please take a moment to sign the Iraq Peace Petition. Tell the President that we've had enough of body bags and maimed children.

The petition will be delivered on the morning after the inauguration. It says:

Mr. President:
We urge you to end this war now. Iraq belongs to the Iraqi people. War is the wrong path. Too many lives have been lost already -- let our troops come home.

Support for the war continues to ebb. Help us build the momentum for peace.

Sign the petition and pass it along to your friends:
http://ga3.org/campaign/iraq_peace/wwwundu4aj85w6d

Together, we can make a difference.

Sincerely,
Peter Lems
AFSC Iraq Peacebuilding Program

P.S. If you've already signed the petition, thank you. You can still help by inviting your friends to sign as well. Click here to tell your friends: http://ga3.org/campaign/iraq_peace/forward/wwwundu4aj85w6d

Every voice for peace counts!


Visit the web address below to tell invite your friends to sign the petition.

http://ga3.org/join-forward.html?domain=afsccenter&r=41A7S5F1xQ-k

Petition

I have just read and signed the petition:
It's time for a real debate on "moral values"
http://www.thePetitionSite.com/takeaction/655561320
Please help by signing this petition. It takes 30 seconds and will really help. Please follow this link:

The system centralizes signature collection to provide consolidated, useful reports for petition authors and targets. Please forward this email to others you believe share your concern. To view additional petitions, please click here:

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Thank you

Andrea Ball


To add your name to this petition go to:
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*Signers may choose to hide their identity to the public. Such names will appear as "Anonymous" on the PetitionSite.com .

To view additional petitions, please click here:
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To find your congressional people this is a quick and easy way: (TO FIND THEM INDIVIDUALLY) http://www.webslingerz.com/jhoffman/congress-email.html

TO FIND THEM BY COMMITTEE AND AS ASSOCIATED WITH TOPIC: http://capwiz.com/fconl/dbq/media/


‘‘Free Speech Protection Act of 2004’’

A BILL To establish protections against compelled disclosure of sources, and news or information, by persons providing services for the news media.

A bill that would permit reporters to keep their sources, notes and reporting materials confidential in most circumstances has been introduced by Sen. Christopher J. Dodd (D – Conn). Thirty-one states have similar legislation but there is no federal law. Sen. Dodd filed his bill th day after Providence reporter Jim Taricani was found guilty of contempt.


Informant: Marsha V. Hammond

. John Conyers is trying to collect a couple million emails on the voting investigation. He has set up a special form for you to ask questions of his committee.

. Please send off an email with a question for the Democratic members of the Judiciary Committee Hearing on the Ohio Vote. Click below and take a moment to write your opinions of the 2004 Presidential vote.
http://www.house.gov/judiciary_democrats/contact.html

. This article appears in the December 10, 2004 issue of Executive
Intelligence Review.

Leading Democrats Take Up Vote-Suppression Fight, by Edward Spannaus

"What happened on Nov. 2 was not an election, but a not-so-cold coup d'état against the United States Constitution … And those in the … Republican Party who engaged in a widespread campaign of vote-suppression are guilty of violating the 1965 Voting Rights Act and the Constitution ... sufficient to send these guys to jail, if not to un-elect them …"

The theft of the election through the massive suppression of the votes of minority voters, most flagrant in Ohio and Florida, but also prevalent in many other states, is a far bigger question than mere vote fraud. By targetting the lower 80% of the population which the LaRouche movement and … the Democratic Party were mobilizing, [the Neo-cons] were attempting to consolidate their grip on the U.S. government for their policy of perpetual war and brutal economic austerity.

This is critical inside the Democratic Party, where many activists are being drawn into futile legal actions on the state level, seeking recounts, or redress for vote fraud and irregularities, which do not get at the fundamental Constitutional implications of the Nov. 2 coup. On the other hand, there is fortunately an effort now under way among key Democrats, in the House and elsewhere, to compile the evidence of how high-level operatives in the Bush-Cheney apparatus … acted in explicit violation of the Voting Rights Act to suppress the vote on Nov. 2.

… Prior to the election, a report called "The Long Shadow of Jim Crow: Voter Intimidation and Suppression in America Today" was published by the NAACP and People for the American Way. … The … report … chronicled the myriad methods of vote-suppression used, over the past couple of decades, which have intensified during the 2000 election and subsequently. … In recent issues of EIR (see Nov. 19 and Nov. 26), we have presented documentation of the many methods of voter-suppression used, particularly in Ohio. This included dirty tricks and disinformation circulated to voters before the election (such as directing voters to the wrong polling place), and during the election; mobilizing challengers to intimidate voters at the polling places; unlawful purging of voter rolls; and the failure to process new voter registrations in a timely manner. And, perhaps the most important method in Ohio, deliberately shorting the number of voting machines in urban minority precincts, so that would-be voters had to stand in line for 3-4 hours, and sometimes 8-10 hours, causing many to leave in frustration or out of necessity, thus preventing them from voting.

… 12 Democratic members of the House Judiciary Committee, led by Rep. John Conyers of Michigan, … [are taking action]. … The pattern of vote suppression being compiled by the House Judiciary Committee minority members … should be presented to the full House and Senate on or before Jan. 6—which is when Congress meets in Joint Session to certify the Electoral College votes. To understand the type of mobilization which is needed, it is worth recalling what happened four years ago.

… The CBC [Congressional Black Caucus] staged a dramatic action on the floor of the Joint Session, rising one after another to object to the Florida electoral vote [mainly to prevent Ashcroft's appointment.

… Following Bush's certification, the drive to stop Ashcroft grew. By the time his nomination came to the Senate floor, there were a sufficient number of U.S. Senators organized and ready to block Ashcroft's confirmation. At the very last moment, Senate Democratic leader Tom Daschle, in an act of betrayal that probably cost him his Senate seat in 2004, ordered Democratic Senators to halt their resistance, and confirm Ashcroft.

Ell Kinder



Ohio Vote Fraud Battle Heats Up
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/439508/