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Last summer, Rebecca Vance talked with her family about a dream she’d had: She wanted to live in a land disconnected from the world, which she viewed as chaotic and dangerous. She told her stepsister, Trevala Jara, that she could grow and gather her own food in a remote place, that she and her teenage son could be happy and safe away from the news, the viruses, the politics of modern-day America. “I’m going to worry about you,” Jara told her stepsister. But Vance was resolute. “I’m going to live off the land,” she replied. Her decision proved to be...

RS 2477. What is it? It is a provision of federal law supporting the actions of these courageous townspeople. Though repealed in 1976, its powerful effects are not repeal-able. It is about preservation of public property, i.e. rights of way. It is a matter of liberty!! Of the freedom to travel!

My name is Steve Pitkin, age 20, from Baltimore. I served with the 9th Division from May of '69 until I was airvaced in July of '69. I'll testify about the beating of civilians and enemy personnel, destruction of villages, indiscriminate use of artillery, the general racism and the attitude of the American GI toward the Vietnamese. I will also talk about some of the problems of the GIs toward one another and the hassle with officers. -- Steve Pitkin, Winter Soldier Investigation, February 1, 1971. ---------- Steve Pitkin never intended to speak at the Winter Soldier Investigation. He agreed...

Well it seemds like some FReepers want me to shut up and NOT post on threads.They call it spamming.Well if I didn't post the way I do the dims and media wouldn't notice.Just ask yourself why did FOX finally run the Steve Pitkin story today?Why did Rush mention that Edwards never served when he could have last week?And do me a favor, come directly to me, not the Admin Moderator if you have a complaint.So I'll shut up and toe the line.I'd hate to upset certain FReepers.

...A true story reveals the bias of the liberal media not because these news organizations ran the story but because they refuse to touch it with a ten foot pole. It is the true story of Steven dJ. Pitken, a Viet Nam soldier who appeared at the "Winter Soldier Investigation" conducted in 1971 in Detroit by reserve Navy Lt(jg). John Kerry and his group of Viet Nam Veterans Against the War. Steven Picket now states that Lt(jg). John Kerry forced him to lie in his public testimony. According to the affidavit signed by Mr. Pitkin, on August 31, 2004, he...

WASHINGTON — A veteran who testified to John Kerry (search) about atrocities he committed in the Vietnam War (search) is now claiming that the Democratic presidential candidate coerced him to tell tales. Steven Pitkin, an Army combat veteran, told FOX News that Kerry coached him and others to say they had witnessed war crimes, even after Pitkin told Kerry that he had not.

Brit Hume covering Steve Pitkin story NOW!

WASHINGTON — A veteran who testified to John Kerry (search) about atrocities he committed in the Vietnam War (search) is now claiming that the Democratic presidential candidate coerced him to tell tales. Steven Pitkin, an Army combat veteran, told FOX News that Kerry coached him and others to say they had witnessed war crimes, even after Pitkin told Kerry that he had not. "Before they started the camera, they told me, 'We need you to speak about the atrocities that happened over there.' The whole company line that I initially came out and said, I was coached to say that...

Tonight Steve Pitkin will be interviewed tonight (September 8, 2004) on WABC Radio at 7pm EDST by "The Great One" Mark Levin. Mr. Levin is known to longtime freepers as "holdonnow" for his trademarked technique of cutting off liberal bloviators. Mark is also the long time President of LandMark Legal Foundation.org The interview will focus on the recent interview conducted by Scott Swett of Mr. Pitkin on WinterSoldier.com Listen In! WABCRadio.com

WASHINGTON (Talon News) -- A former soldier who accused American troops of committing war crimes in Vietnam has recently come forward to recant those charges. Steven J. Pitkin appeared at the "Winter Soldier Investigation" conducted in Detroit in 1971 by former Navy Lieutenant John Kerry and his group, Vietnam Veterans Against the War, but now says that his statements were coerced. In a sworn affidavit on August 31, 2004, Pitkin said that he rode in a van with John Kerry, a national leader of the VVAW, Scott Camil, and others from Washington, DC to attend the conference. The event was...

MISSION: IMPLAUSIBLE Vet: Kerry coerced me to testify of atrocities Renounces participation in 1971 'Winter Soldier Investigation' A combat veteran who testified to war crimes during the 1971 "Winter Soldier Investigation" has filed an affidavit claiming John Kerry and other leaders of Vietnam Veterans Against the War coerced him into making false claims. Steve Pitkin during 1971 Winter Soldier Investigation (wintersoldier.com) Steve Pitkin, who was 20 at the time, says he rode from Washington, D.C., to Detroit in January 1971 with Kerry and another leader, Scott Camil, who had persuaded him to join in the probe that formed the basis...

A combat veteran who testified to war crimes during the 1971 "Winter Soldier Investigation" has filed an affidavit claiming John Kerry and other leaders of Vietnam Veterans Against the War coerced him into making false claims.