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Posthumously yours, Stanley Williams* By David Howard December 20, 2005 NOTE: David Howard, of Ojai, is a peace activist and writer who held a candle for Williams at the Ventura County Government Center on the night of the execution. Dear Arnold Schwarzenegger, I've been dead for a few days now. You've probably already forgotten about me and moved on to more important matters like condemning gay marriage, helping the Minutemen keep Mexicans out of California, and preparing another diatribe to deny clemency to Clarence Allen, the 75-year-old blind Choctaw Indian you'll execute Jan. 17. Still, I beseech you -- once...

OK Freepers - I need your feedback/opinion. My folks are getting up there in years and my mother would like some kind of "alert" system in the event she falls down while my father is away. She has beginning Parkinson's so her motor movement aren't the best. I know there are alerts she can wear around her neck, phone call type of systems, etc. I'd love to have your comments on what's out there and what works.

Troops Out Now Coalition wrote: Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 22:03:16 -0400 From: Troops Out Now Coalition Subject: Mon. Aug 15 - Cindy Sheehan Solidarity Day CC: action.news@organizerweb.com To: azedi2003@yahoo.com Cindy Sheehan Solidarity Day! MONDAY - AUGUST 15 In NYC - Rally in Union Sq. 5:00 pm Join us Monday, August 15 to stand in Solidarity with Cindy Sheehan! In this email: 1) Monday August 15 - Cindy Sheehan Solidarity Day 2) Update on Cindy Sheehan 3) What you can do -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday - August 15 - Solidarity with Cindy Sheehan Cindy Sheehan is camped out in the hot desert...

I and a couple of other Ventura County Freepers are going back to school next week. We are taking some political science classes and starting up a chapter of David Horowitz's Students for Academic Freedom. I know some of the professors at the local community college are involved with a Santa Barbara peace group called Nuclear Age Peace Foundation. I'm trying to get some background information on them - I read their material and it is very anti-Bush and very pro-U.N. As stated on their website "The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation is a non-profit, non-partisan international education and advocacy organization....

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We had a very, very successful day at Santa Barbara City College with our counter display against the "Iraq Memorial" put together by the commie group Veterans for Peace. The "Iraq Memorial" is also called "Arlington West" and is 1,000 small wooden crosses stuck in the ground with the names of the American soldiers that have lost their lives so far in the war. Nice sentiment but too bad the Veterans for Peace feel that it is necessary to use this platform to push their anti-war, anti-American agenda. There are lots of informational posters put up that talk about the...

Please join us for what will probably be the last big rally before elections! The Ventura County Veterans for Bush are hosting a rally at the Ventura County Government Center this Saturday, October 23 from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm. Brings your flags and your posters. We will also have lots of Bush-Cheney yardsigns and bumper stickers. We are meeting at the usual place - Corner of Telephone and Victoria.

Peace coalition protests war 50-60 people at Government Center mourn deaths of over 1,000 soldiers As the sun set Friday over a busy thoroughfare near the Ventura County Government Center, people stood on a corner, waving banners for peace and flashing peace signs at passing motorists. The Plaza Park Coalition sponsored the peace vigil, attracting 50 to 60 people, old and young alike, to show support for peace and mourn the deaths of more than 1,000 U.S. soldiers in Iraq. "We don't want a war," said Roman Becerra of Ventura. "It's just wrong, and we are already angry." According to...

We had a great turnout in Ventura today! There were 50 to 70 people at our rally, the local paper was there and our rally was the school project for a local photographic institute so tons of pictures were taken. Thousands of cars drove by at this busy intersection so we had tons of drive-by support. PacPam and Mr. Pacpam were there as well as Moonmad27, Ben Lurkin and Mrs. Ben Lurkin. I handed out lots of FreeRepublic business cards to potential new freepers(I ordered the cards from an on-line business card service - they are very cheap, look great...

Several memorial services will be held Saturday to remember victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. A service sponsored by Move America Forward and Ventura County Citizens Against Terror will take place at 11 a.m. at the county Government Center at Victoria Avenue and Telephone Road in Ventura. The event is one of many taking place across the nation as part of the National March Against Terror. The march is designed to build public support for the troops in Iraq and the fight against terrorism. Siobhan Guiney, executive director of Move America Forward, said the group was founded in...

Ventura County Freepers and Lurkers will be holding a rally this Saturday, September 11th at the Ventura County Government Center at 11:00 am to 1:00 pm. We will be meeting on the corner of Telephone and Victoria. Please brings flags and signs in support of our troops and their Commander-In-Chief. Be sure to bring plenty of water as well! Patriotic wear is encouraged!!

FRIENDLY REMINDER If your chapter is having a National March Against Terror rally on Saturday, September 11th - be sure to get your press release to the local newspapers THIS week. My paper's cutoff is Wednesday and I'm sure many other papers have a similar policy. If you need more information, the website is nationalmarchagainstterror.org

Veterans try to resurrect divisiveness of the '60s When a president takes this nation to war -- and make no mistake, while the Constitution gives Congress the authority to declare war, it is the president as commander in chief who decides and gives the order to go to war -- he had better have his facts right, his justifications airtight and his moral compass above reproach. If not, people die needlessly and the president breaks faith with his oath of office. Forty years ago today, President Johnson signed the Gulf of Tonkin resolution, which handed him unprecedented power "to take...

I know DoughtyOne has a ton of stuff to put up regarding our trip but the natives are restless and all of us want to share our incredible experiences and pictures! There are so many FReepers to thank for making the day such a success. We probably had 50 to 60 FReepers and friends at our peak. I'd like to start off with thanking Hi Heels for putting together breakfast at Marie Callenders and especially the beautiful graveside memorial for President Reagan. Hi Heels had a P.A. system that she brought in; a beautiful printed program; and an incredible service....

Last call to all freepers and lurkers in good standing to join us for a visit to the Reagan Library on Sunday, August 1st. Details of the day include: 1. Meeting for breakfast at the Marie Callendars in Simi Valley at 20 W. Cochran. We have a room reserved for 9:00 am to 10:30. Try to arrive by 8:30 or so and we can gather in the parking lot. We have a room large enough to accomodate 40 to 50 people. 2. Move to the Ronald Reagan Library immediately after breakfast. The library opens at 10:00, we will shoot for...

I'm doing a little homework project and would appreciate some FReeper help. Please check your paper today and let me know the exact headline on the Berger Story and the location within the paper and the name of the paper. Actual Examples: LA Times - Front Page, below the fold "Amid Probe, Berger Cuts Ties with Kerry Camp - Clinton advisor who took classified material from archives was an unpaid consultant" Ventura County Star - A9 - "Berger quits campaign over documents probe"

Time for a rough head count on who will be attending the Reagan Library Trip on Sunday, August 1st. We will be meeting for breakfast in Simi Valley at 8:30 am at a location to be announced later this week. We then head over to the Library around 10:00 am (opening time), check the library out (with optional 1.5 hour tour), gather at his gravesite around noon for a special FReeper memorial service and then head over to Rabid Dog's for an afternoon of conservative debauchery and Bar-b-que. Many of you have asked what you can do to help out...

Please join us for the August 1 FReeper visit to the Reagan Library in Simi Valley. We are going to be meeting for breakfast in Simi Valley at 8:30 am. The location will be decided upon once we get a better idea of our headcount. We'll will then head over to the library to visit the facility and pay our respects to President Reagan. And then over to Rabid Dog's house for an afternoon of conservative debauchery and Bar-b-que. Today's thread includes the following four questions/considerations: 1. There is a modest admission fee of $5.00 to $7.00 depending upon the...

Cards, flowers, donations pour in to Reagan Library Mourning in America exhibit opens today Since former President Ronald Reagan died almost one month ago, the cards and letters to his library in Simi Valley have come by the thousands. Visitors have left them, along with flower bouquets, at the foot of his bronze statue. They've mailed them from across the country. In all, about 15,000 pieces of mail have arrived at 40 Presidential Drive, along with a few thousand more at Reagan's Century City office. With those letters of condolence have come donations to Reagan's Memorial Fund established by the...

So far we have about 35 Freepers that have expressed an interest in the Reagan Library Road Trip and BarBQue scheduled for August 1st. The plan is we will meet for a late breakfast (8:30am) somewhere in Simi Valley (location TBA); head over to the Library for a special tour right when it opens up and then a BarBQue over at Rabid Dog's house in the afternoon. I think we should all make sure we have a FreeRepublic.com sign on our car that is very visible because we are going to be taking up a lot of room both at...