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The following is a citizen’s response to the President’s State of the Union address and the Democrat response. This response is to the Men and Women of the United States Armed Forces.... With all the political events of the past week, I was going to issue you an apology. Seeing how the people of whom I would be apologizing for are self-centered, self-righteous, better-than-anyone citizens of our great nation, let it suffice to say I am more disgusted than anything else.

By a vote of 302 to 219, the European Parliament approved a resolution demanding that European banks and governments disclose what they knew about the U.S. program to monitor terrorists' financial transactions. The New York Times reports one French politician accused the U.S. of "rifling through our private bank accounts," and an Italian lawmaker compared the case to alleged CIA kidnappings of terror suspects, saying it has the same objective, "to extort information." The administration had tried to convince the Times not to unveil the secret program, arguing among other things, that it would hurt cooperation with the Europeans. But...

Kerry Backs Tough Assault Weapons Ban 11/24/2003 Press Release Coalition to Stop Gun Violence 1023 15th Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20005 www.gunfree.org Contact: Blaine Rummel Phone: 202-408-0061 x118 Senator delivers on promise to stand up to the NRA Washington, DC - Senator John Kerry (D-MA) has co-sponsored S. 1431, a bill that will renew and strengthen the federal assault weapons ban. The action reinforces recent comments he made promising that his would not be the "candidacy of the NRA. We stand up against that." "Senator Kerry clearly means what he says about standing up for gun safety and saving lives,"...

To All: The following article was sent to me by a member of the Green Party, who asked that I not affix his name to the publication of it. He has written an excellent, I find, analysis on the moral bankruptcy of the anti-war movement in America. I encourage everyone to read the full article. Anti-War Treason: Disturbing as the topic may be, events have unfolded in a way that one must question at least the good sense, if not the patriotism, of many of those in the current anti Iraq war movement. It’s not that it’s unpatriotic to...