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Date Sent: 2007-10-08
Freedom's Phoenix Headline News for Monday, October 8, 2007

Marshals investigate threats to the nation?-- Bloomberg: Get used to surveillance cameras

Activists Face Six Months in Prison for Putting Up Anti-War Poster -- Federal judge delays Watada trial -- Chemo for the GOP: President Hillary -- Cholera spreads from Iraq to Iran -- Gulf funds drift away from dollar -- War-Crimes Prosecutor Quits in Pentagon Clash -- Ron Paul draws 1,500 in Nashville -- Ron Paul's New Iowa Chair Wins Christian Alliance Award -- Sheriff's Deputies Compete for Most Arrests, Seizures -- Adventurer ends 13-year human-powered world trip -- Former security czar calls for closed internet -- FCC won't probe disclosure of phone records to NSA -- Campaign Lies Are Protected Speech -- Federal thugs shaking down NH Free Stater's for supporting the Brown's -- Residents Fed Up with Roadblocks -- Living in fear in Burma -- US stalled Israeli strike on Syria -- White farmers in court for growing crops -- Fears of dollar collapse as Saudis take fright -- Threat to vets' 2nd Amendment rights -- Christians slaughtered over alleged Muhammad cartoon

News Link • Energy
The new "Black Gold" is already on sale in Indonesia!
10-07-2007 • terrapreta.bioenergylists.org
For the future of energy production note, Stan Meyer's patent expired July this year and already two working models have been produced by open source engineering www.h2earth.com Read Full Story
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Reported by: Ernest Hancock

News Link • Activism
Activists Face Six Months in Prison for Putting Up Anti-War Poster
10-7-2007 • After Downing Street
3 activists who were arrested at a press conference near Lafayette Park appeared in Washington D.C. Superior Court where they were given a trial date of January 3, 2008, and face a six-month prison sentence. The press conference was called to display Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

Federal judge delays Watada trial<br>
2nd court-martial double jeopardy?

News Link • Military
Federal judge delays Watada trial
2nd court-martial double jeopardy?
10-7-2007 • Seattle Post Intelligencer
A federal judge in Tacoma has delayed the court-martial of 1st Lt. Ehren Watada, a Fort Lewis Army officer who refused to deploy to Iraq. "The court concludes ... that it has jurisdiction over the petition and the double jeopardy claim is not fr Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Eugenics
The Ron Paul phenomenon
10-7-2007 • Orange County Register
The Texas congressman is not likely to be president, but his campaign already represents the most significant pro-freedom movement in recent American history. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Eugenics
Chemo for the GOP: President Hillary
10-7-2007 • Orange County Register
If Paul doesn't win the GOP nomination, a Clinton victory might be the tough medicine the GOP needs to reform itself back into the party of limited government. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Iran
Cholera spreads from Iraq to Iran
10-7-2007 • Reuters
Cholera has struck at least 3,315 people in Iraq since mid-August, killing at least 15. The WHO global cholera coordinator said that up to 10 cases have also been confirmed in Iran, near the Iraqi border. [Cholera?! Heck of a job, Gates!] Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • TERRORISM
Marshals investigate potential threats to the nation?
10-07-2007 • Homeland Stupidity
Satire became reality Friday afternoon when half a dozen armed federal agents wearing body armor showed up at this author’s home and detained everyone in the house for nearly 90 minutes to determine who might pose a threat to the government. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Terry Bressi

News Link • Economy - International
Gulf funds drift away from dollar
10-07-2007 • Gulf News
Dubai: Asset diversification by the Gulf sovereign wealth funds and the possibility that the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries(OPEC) will change the pricing of oil from the dollar to another currency could mean more trouble for the dolla Read Full Story
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Reported by: Jean Carbonneau

News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
51 percent of GOP caucas voters support withdrawal in 6 months
10-07-2007 • Chase Martyn on Display
Do you favor a withdrawal of all US military from Iraq within the next 6 months? (Republicans Only) Yes 51%, No 39%, Undecided 10% Read Full Story
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Reported by: Jean Carbonneau

News Link • Bush Administration
An exit toward soul-searching
10-07-2007 • Washington Post
It had been four days since Meghan O'Sullivan left her job at the White House. Just four days since she gave up her Secret Service pass, her classified hard drive and her entree to the president. Four days since she gave up day-to-day responsbi Read Full Story
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Reported by: Jean Carbonneau

News Link • Central Intelligence Agency
CIA quieting down after years of turmoil
10-07-2007 • CQ
The CIA is a relatively calm place these days, with its senior officials concentrating more on nailing foregin targets than each other. (Note: read at the bottom about Sen. Richard Shelby, and his attempt to discredit Anthony Lake) Read Full Story
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Reported by: Jean Carbonneau

News Link • Criminal Justice System
War-Crimes Prosecutor Quits in Pentagon Clash
10-07-2007 • New York Times
In the latest disruption of the Bush adminstration's plan to try detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for war crimes, the chief military prosecutor on the project stepped down yesterday after a dispute with a Pentagon official. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Jean Carbonneau

News Link • Eugenics
Presidential hopeful draws big Nashville crowd
10-07-2007 • WTVF(Nashville)
A huge crowd came out Saturday afternoon to the War Memorial Auditorium to see Ron Paul speak. the crowd of 1500 included about 300 people who support the Texas congressman through an internet group. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Jean Carbonneau

News Link • Healthcare Industry
Medicare audits show problems in private plans
10-07-2007 • New York Times
Tens of thousands of Medicare recipients have been victims of deceptive sales tactics and had claims improperly denied by private insurers that run the system's huge new drug benefit program and offer other private insurance options encouraged Read Full Story
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Reported by: Jean Carbonneau

News Link • Eugenics
Oh the irony: Ron Paul's New Iowa Chair Wins Christian Alliance Award
10-7-2007 • Iowa Independent
On the heels of being named Iowa Chairman for Republican Presidential Candidate Ron Paul's campaign, Dr. Drew Ivers was awarded the "Friends of the Family Award" by the Iowa Christian Alliance, who did not invite Paul to its presidentia Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Police State
Sheriff's Deputies Compete for Arrest Figures
10/07/07 • www.kolotv.com/
Sheriff's deputies have been competing in organized contests to see who could make the most arrests, who could impound the most cars and who could question the most gang members. The games were meant to boost morale and motivate deputies, but som Read Full Story
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Reported by: Thomas Costanzo

News Link • Entertainment: Outdoor Recreation
Adventurer ends 13-year human-powered world trip
10-6-2007 • AFP
Adventurer Jason Lewis arrived in Greenwich, ending a 13-year round-the-world trip using only the power of the human body. The 40-year-old completed the final leg of his 46,000-mile odyssey by pedaling his 26 foot boat Moksha up the River Thames. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Internet
Former security czar calls for closed internet
10-6-2007 • The Register
Richard Clarke, who served President Bush as a special adviser for cyber security, has a five-point plan for saving the internet, including biometric IDs, government regulation, an industry wide standard for secure software and a closed internet. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Conspiracies
FCC won't probe disclosure of phone records to NSA
10-6-2007 • Reuters
The head of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission declined to investigate reports that phone companies turned over customer records to the National Security Agency, citing national security concerns, according to documents released on Friday. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Bill of Rights
Wash. High Court: Campaign Lies Are Protected Speech
10-6-2007 • AP
A sharply divided state Supreme Court ruled yesterday that a law which bars political candidates from deliberately making false statements about their opponents violates the First Amendment right of free speech. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Police State
Federal thugs shaking down NH Free Stater's for supporting the Brown's
10-06-2007 • Free Talk Live (radio show archive)
Free State Live talk show hosts interview NH residents being threatened by federal agents. The agents appear to be using strong arm tactics to seek information on anyone who supported Ed/Elaine Brown. (audio mp3 file) Read Full Story
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Reported by: Terry Bressi

News Link • Entertainment: Sports
Diamondbacks complete sweep of Cubs
10-6-2007 • AP
A sweet sweep for the Arizona Diamondbacks. Another cry of `Wait Til Next Year' from the crestfallen Chicago Cubs. Chris Young homered on the first pitch, Livan Hernandez wriggled out of several serious jams and Arizona beat the Cubs 5 - 1. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill

News Link • Privacy Rights
9th Circuit issues emergency injunction against NASA background checks
10-06-2007 • Spaceref.com
The Court ruled NASA could not require JPL scientists and engineers holding non-sensitive positions to sign waivers of their privacy rights. If the Court hadn't acted, thousands of scientists would have been placed in jeapordy. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Terry Bressi

News Link • Police State
Missouri: Residents Fed Up with Roadblocks
10-06-2007 • The Newspaper
Although local police insist that the stops are designed to cut down on drunk driving, it is far more common for the stops to generate nothing but revenue from seatbelt and paperwork violations. Read Full Story
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Reported by: Terry Bressi

News Link • Gun Rights
Gun lawsuit draws national attention
10-6-2007 • AP
The state has been waging a legal fight to uphold a 2004 state law that allows people convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence to regain their right to own firearms by having their records expunged Read Full Story
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