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This woman lost her son. Why is Cindy Shehann so well known and well traveled and no one knows this woman's name? She has the same qualification as Cindy does to become a media maven and apparently even an organization behind her, just like Cindy does. Think about it, who is pulling these strings? Listen to her story, is it not as compelling as the one Cindy tells? Cindy may speak for some but she in no way speaks for all.
My son, Captain Derek Argel, died in Operation Iraqi Freedom on Memorial Day - May 30, 2005. Derek was a proud and honorable young man who had a giant heart that made him such a joy to be around. He was a decorated member of the United States Air Force, and he loved our country and all it stood for. If you had had the chance to know him you would have been immeasurably proud of his dedication to this nation and our freedoms. After the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Derek had a tattoo placed on his back that read "Never Forget." What I've asked of this nation is that as Americans, please let us never forget what happened to us - the non-stop stream of terrorist attacks that culminated in the worst attack against us in our nation's history. September 11, 2001 was a day that changed all of our lives. Don't you remember how we all stood as one, committed to fighting back and eradicating the terrorist network that was determined to bring "Death to America" - as they so often chanted in the streets?
And so, as a Gold Star Mother, I have decided to step forward and serve as Move America Forward's spokesperson in their effort to rebut Mr. Clinton's recent conduct - his dishonest statements, and his shameful behavior of trying to create opposition to the war effort. In the early days of Operation Iraqi Freedom, President Clinton was strongly supportive of the mission American troops were serving there. During that time, Move America Forward, produced and broadcast 4 television ads that praised Mr. Clinton for rallying together with other Americans in supporting the current fight against terrorism. Bill Clinton seems to have changed his tune now, and he's more interested in his own personal glorification than the good of this nation, or showing honor and respect to the young men and women serving in the military to keep our nation safe. I believe I join many other Americans who are outraged by President Clinton's recent conduct. America is at war with Islamic terrorists. The threat is real and serious, and yet instead of rallying behind our troops and their missions in far away lands, Mr. Clinton decides to wag his finger, drop his jaw, and speak to us with mock incredulity. We've seen that skit before, Mr. President, and we didn't buy it then and we aren't buying it now either.
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I strongly support the war on terrorism, even though my
son died fighting in it. For a lot of people, the war against Islamic
terrorism is something they see reported on television, or read about in the
newspaper. However, for me it's much more real and personal.
Don't you remember how our leaders in Congress, both
Republican and Democrats, stood united and sang "God Bless America," because
they recognized that the enemy was not one political party or another. The
enemy was, and is, those who seek to destroy the United States of America and
all that our nation stands for.
Top 10
Contributors to Hillary Clinton's 2006 Senate Race
Compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics
This list of the top donors to Hillary Clinton’s 2006 re-election campaign, compiled
by the Center for Responsive Politics and made available on the organization’s
website, www.OpenSecrets.org, is based on the most recent Federal Election
Commission data available. According to the center, “the organizations
themselves did not donate, rather the money came from the organization's PAC,
its individual members or employees or owners, and those individuals' immediate
families. Organization totals include subsidiaries and affiliates.” The center
also notes that “typically, members of Congress draw their contributions from
two main sources: PACs and lobbyists who give because of the member's position
on key congressional committees, and local companies, unions and other
organizations from their home district.”
10. Ernst & Young: $73,775
1285 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10019
212-773-3000
9. New York Life Insurance:
$86,000
51 Madison Avenue
Suite 3200
New York, NY 10010
212-576-7000
8. International Profit Associates: $88,400
1250 Barclay Blvd
Buffalo Grove, IL 60089
847-808-5590
7. Skadden, Arps et al: $90,030
Four Times Square
New York, NY 10036
212-735-3000
6. Time Warner: $104,960
One Time Warner Center
New York, NY 10019
212-484-8000
5. Morgan Stanley: $105,810
1585 Broadway
New York, NY 10036
212-761-4000
4. Corning, Inc.: $133,400
One Riverfront
Plaza
Corning, NY 14831
607-974-9000
3. Citigroup, Inc.: $141,000
399 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10043
800-285-3000
2. Metropolitan Life: $154,100
One MetLife
Plaza
27-01 Queens Plaza
N.
Long Island City, NY
11101
212-578-2211
1. Goldman Sachs: $168,290
85 Broad Street
New York, NY 10004
212-902-1000
9. Former Rep. Gus Savage. The Illinois Democrat was accused of fondling a Peace Corps volunteer in 1989 while on a trip to Africa. The House Ethics Committee decided against disciplinary action in 1990.
8. Rep. Barney Frank. The outspoken Massachusetts Democrat hired a male prostitute who ran a prostitution service from Frank’s residence in the 1980s. Only two Democrats in the House of Representatives voted to censure him in 1990.
7. Former Sen. Brock Adams. The late Washington Democrat was forced to stop campaigning after numerous accusations of drugging, assault and rape, the first surfacing in 1988.
6. Former Rep. Fred Richmond. This New York Democrat was arrested in 1978 for soliciting sex from a 16-year-old. He remained in Congress and won re-election—before eventually resigning in 1982 after pleading guilty to tax evasion and drug possession.
5. Former Rep. John Young. The late Texas Democrat increased the salary of a staffer after she gave in to his sexual advances. The congressman won re-election in 1976 but lost two years later.
4. Former Rep. Wayne Hays. The late Ohio Democrat hired an unqualified secretary reportedly for sexual acts. Although he resigned from Congress, the Democratic House leadership stalled in removing him from the Administration Committee in 1976.
3. Former Rep. Gerry Studds. He was censured for sexual relationship with underage male page in 1983. Massachusetts voters returned him to office for six more terms.
2. Former Rep. Mel Reynolds. The Illinois Democrat was convicted of 12 counts of sexual assault with a 16-year-old. President Bill Clinton pardoned him before leaving office.
1. Sen. Teddy Kennedy. The liberal Massachusetts senator testified in defense of nephew accused of rape, invoking his family history to win over the jury in 1991.
THE STRANGE & SEEDY CASE OF MARC EMERY
Thursday September 22, 2005
The Strange and Seedy Case of Marc Emery, Canadian
Facing life in a U.S. prison, the ‘Prince of Pot’ sparks an extradition war that could test the limits of the War on Drugs – and legalize pot in Canada at last
~ By DEAN KUIPERS ~
Los Angeles City Beat
[i]Photo by Courtesy Cannabis Culture
Vancouver supporters out front of the B.C. Marijuana Party bookstore[/i]
Looking back, Marc Emery says it was like a scene out of Bonnie and Clyde. The publisher of Cannabis Culture magazine and Canada’s leading marijuana rabble-rouser, Emery was sitting in Lawrencetown, Nova Scotia – the Lawrencetown Restaurant, in fact – getting himself together to speak at a legalization rally. It was July 29, 2005, and the second annual Atlantic Hemp Fest was already in full swing, with bands and speakers organized by Maritimers United for Medical Marijuana already entertaining a crowd of about 400-500 people.
Suddenly, the lunchtime crowd vanished. The air changed. “Then I notice the waitresses getting jittery, and oddly encouraging me to leave in an unfriendly way that you never find on the East Coast,” Emery says.
Not connecting this weirdness to himself – he wasn’t breaking any laws – he paid his tab and walked outside to his car. Which, oddly, he found boxed in; ordinary-looking cars were right on his bumper in front and behind. As he stood there, looking around for whoever needed to move their cars, a large black man got out of another car parked nearby. Ever polite, Emery quipped, “Hello.”
“Marc Emery?” said the man, not waiting for an answer, “you are under arrest –”
This was a mild shock, even though Emery has intentionally had himself arrested 11 times since 1994 on pot-related charges as a form of protest. The man Canadians call the “Prince of Pot” knew such arrests to be mostly pro forma exercises in his country, which he’d used to prove that pot was de facto legal there. But nothing prepared him for the remaining clauses of this stranger’s brief proclamation.
“– for extradition to the United States, on charges of Conspiracy to Manufacture Marijuana, Conspiracy to Distribute Marijuana Seeds, and Conspiracy to Engage in Money Laundering.”
This was no exercise. Cars with flashing lights screeched to a halt all around him, and 10 members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police – the Mounties – swarmed him in full tactical gear and ski masks over their faces. As he spent the night in a Halifax holding tank, the reality hit him cold turkey: He wasn’t under any charges in Canada, and never would be. Canada’s federal Justice Ministry didn’t think his crime – selling marijuana seeds to fund activist causes – was worth prosecuting. But it was the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) that had nailed him, and they’d also grabbed two of his comrades at Emery Seeds in Vancouver – Michelle Rainey-Fenkarek, 34, and Greg Williams, 50 – on the same charges. All three – now known as the “B.C. 3” – face the same sentences. The DEA had reached across the border into Canada, exerting heavy pressure on that country’s federal law enforcement, and were going to drag them all to a hellish federal prison in the United States. Possibly for life.
Wow too bad he could have some how blamed Bush for this as well thus securing a "Hat Trick"
GORE: CIGARETTE SMOKING 'SIGNIFICANT' CONTRIBUTOR TO GLOBAL WARMING
Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore warned hundreds of U.N. diplomats and staff on Thursday evening about the perils of climate change, claiming: Cigarette smoking is a "significant contributor to global warming!"
Gore, who was introduced by Secretary-General Kofi Annan, said the
world faces a "full-scale climate emergency that threatens the future
of civilization on earth."
Gore showed computer-generated projections of ocean water rushing in to
submerge the San Francisco Bay Area, New York City, parts of China,
India and other nations, should ice shelves in Antarctica or Greenland
melt and slip into the sea.
"The planet itself will do nicely, thank you very much what is at risk
is human civilization," Gore said.
After a series of Q& A with the audience, which had little to do
with global warming and more about his political future, Annan bid
"adios" to Gore.
Then, Gore had his staff opened a stack of cardboard boxes to begin
selling his new book, "An Inconvenient Truth, The Planetary Emergency
of Global Warming and What We Can Do About It," $19.95, to the U.N.
diplomats.
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