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Date Sent: 2008-01-02
Freedom's Phoenix Headline News for Wednesday, January 2, 2008 |
Protect Iowa’s Student Voters -- Must Read: Looking at America
Senator carjacked for 22-inch chrome rims -- Paul Partisans See Montana Opportunity -- Election Integrity Concerns in the Iowa Democratic and Republican Caucuses -- Bad Blood at Huckabee and Paul -- Town to let seniors work off property taxes -- Ron Paul: America’s Last Hope -- American Foreign Policy: Support the Dictators -- Activists Look for Arrest of Bush, Cheney -- 2,500 DUI Arrests in Arizona Since November -- Marijuana Ticket Law Only Catching on in Austin Area -- Ron Paul Supporters Donate Nearly $20 Million in Fourth Quarter -- Ron Paul: an Absolute Faith in Free Markets and Less Government
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News Link • Legislative Mischief
Senator carjacked for 22-inch chrome rims
1-1-2008
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Autoblog
Don Perata (D) was driving his taxpayer bought Senate-owned 2006 Dodge Charger shod with 22-inch chrome wheels and a Candy Apple Red paint job when he was startled by a man knocking on his window... with a gun.
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Voting - Election Integrity
Protect Iowa’s Student Voters
1-1-2008
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NY Times
Students attending college in Iowa are in the middle of a political battle, and the NY Times Editorial Board calls out the “rhetorical” suppression of college voters by major candidates in making the case for protecting the voting rights of students
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Eugenics
Paul Partisans See Montana Opportunity
1-1-2007
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AP
Supporters of long-shot presidential hopeful Ron Paul say the Montana Republican Party's quirky caucus rules could create an opening for their candidate that other states don't offer.
Under the "closed caucus" system recently ado
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Torture
Looking at America
1-1-2007
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NY Times OpEd
Those same lawyers then twisted other laws beyond recognition to allow Mr. Bush to turn intelligence agents into torturers, to force doctors to abdicate their professional oaths and responsibilities to prepare prisoners for abuse, and then to monitor
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Voting - Election Integrity
Election Integrity Concerns in the Iowa Democratic and Republican Caucuses
1-1-2008
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Brad Blog
As the corporate MSM will undoubtedly be watching the horses only as they cross the finish line, not bothering to notice what their owners and jockies are up to on the way there, we're happy to help with anything that increases citizen participat
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Media: Internet
Ron Paul Mob Zombies Hijack Unsanctioned Republican Event
1/1/08
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swordattheready.wordpress.com/
Awe, did we mess up your nice sweet little poll with big bad Ron Paul supporters-ed. Those in the YouTube crowd may have seen the clip of supporters of fringe Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul inundating a recent San Francisco Republican All
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Reported by:
Thomas Costanzo
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News Link • Anthropology
Archaeologists discover remains of 2500-year-old advanced civilization in Russia
1-1-2008
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ANI
Archaeologists have discovered the remains of a 2500-year-old advanced civilization at the bottom of Lake Issyk Kul in the Kyrgyz mountains in Russia. The discovery consisted of formidable walls, some stretching for 500 meters-traces of a large city
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Eugenics
Should Ron Paul be allowed at Sunday's debate?
1/1/07
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http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/01
"We descend like locusts" - I love it- ED. There seems to be a debate going on between Fox News and New Hampshire Republicans over precisely who will participate in this weekend's presidential debate. Rumor has it that online fundraisin
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Reported by:
Thomas Costanzo
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News Link • Eugenics
Bad Blood at Huckabee and Paul
1-1-2008
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Time magazine
The corner of Sixth and Locust is probably the tensest spot in downtown Des Moines. And the frostiness has little to do with the subfreezing winter. Housed alongside each other are the Iowa headquarters of Mike Huckabee and Ron Paul.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Philosophy: Libertarianism
DIY - “Do It Yourself”
1-1-2008
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Colliding Softly
Politics is about making others act a certain way without oneself taking the lead; politics uses force and coercion to make people act according to someone’s preferences without demanding that that someone acts the same way.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Media: Television
TV cuts candidates from debates, angering Paul backers
1/1/08
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http://www.cnn.com/
ABC and Fox News Channel are narrowing the field of presidential candidates invited to debates this weekend just before the New Hampshire primary, in Fox's case infuriating supporters of Republican Rep. Ron Paul. Fox, meanwhile, has invited five
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Thomas Costanzo
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News Link • TAXES: Local
Town to let seniors work off property taxes
1-1-08
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CNN
You work hard, save, buy a house, pay it off, retire, but you really don't own your house. Economy turns bad, house values shoot up. Dollar value drops. Inflation. And you can't pay your property taxes. Work for gov't. for $7/ hour to pa
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Powell Gammill
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Opinion • Eugenics
Ron Paul: America’s Last Hope
01-01-2008
Dave Hodges
Happy New Year to all my fellow Americans! Will it be a happy new year? Who we elect to run the country in 2008 will go a long way towards deciding if it will be a good year, or a bad year.
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News Link • Media: Television
Ft. Lauderdale Air Show
1/1/08
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http://bnnreports.com/airshow/
To be continued is the big question. Event organizers say plans for the 2008 Air Show are delayed, and there's no sponsor willing to foot the bill. There's no doubt that the public loves the Air Show, and most residents don't complain abo
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Thomas Costanzo
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News Link • Impeachment
Activists Look for Arrest of Bush, Cheney
1-1-2008
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Common Dreams
“We’re planning to arrest, detain and extradite him,” said Kurt Daims of Brattleboro, an activist who has sought to impeach President George W. Bush and is now trying to up the ante.
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Queue Jackson
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News Link • Employee and Employer Relations
We, as a society, are losing sight of one another as human beings
1-1-2008
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Information Clearing House
Founders of the United States, such as Thomas Jefferson, recognized the dangers of corporate greed, which accounts for why the founding fathers believed corporate charters should be granted only to those entities willing to serve the greater public i
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Queue Jackson
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News Link • TERRORISM
Dictatorship Watch " 2,500 DUI Arrests in Arizona Since November
1-1-2008
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AZ Central
Wake up and smell the Tyranny... Authorities have stopped more than 33,000 drivers and issued more than 10,000 citations for driving offenses besides DUI since Nov. 23.
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Reported by:
Queue Jackson
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News Link • Drug War
Marijuana Ticket Law Only Catching on in Austin Area
01-01-2008
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DallasNews.com / Tiara Ellis
The new law, which went into effect Sept. 1, is being used only in Travis County. Other Texas prosecuters never set up a system to process the misdemeanor citations and, they say, they have no plans to do so.
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Reported by:
Brock Lorber
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News Link • Eugenics
Ron Paul: an Absolute Faith in Free Markets and Less Government
01-01-2008
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Christian Science Monitor / Gail Chaddock
Sometimes when you're given a candidate to work on, you really have to look hard to make sure that what they're telling you is a value and not just a poll-tested sound byte. That's not a problem with 10-term congressman Ron Paul.
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Reported by:
Brock Lorber
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News Link • Eugenics
Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail
1-1-2008
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LewRockwell
Power, like a championship fight, must be taken from the titleholder. The Ron Paul revolution has the ruling elite on their heels, back to the ropes, weakening with every blow. Last weekend bore witness to something previously never thought possible
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