I Support Our Troops, Mr. President

I support our troops, Mr. President.


















So the question I have for you, Mr. President





















HOW MANY MORE OF THEM DO WE HAVE TO KILL?























Save Our Brave Men and Women in the Military.
Vote Against Bush

RETRACTION: I have been informed that the previous post showing Senator Dole using both arms is the result of a photo that has been flipped. We apologize for this error and simply hoped people could make their own decisions about Senator Dole's war injuries. After all, he never bled that I know of.

From the The Nation Aug 12/19 1996

Dole's first wound. It was in the first of these night patrols that Dole received the wound for which he was awarded his first Purple Heart. He ruefully confesses in his 1988 autobiography that his wound was self-inflicted: "As we approached the enemy, there was a brief exchange of gunfire. I took a grenade in hand, pulled the pin, and tossed it in the direction of the farmhouse. It wasn't a very good pitch (remember, I was used to catching passes, not throwing them). In the darkness, the grenade must have struck a tree and bounced off. It exploded nearby, sending a sliver of metal into my leg -- the sort of injury the Army patched up with Mercurochrome and a Purple Heart." The wound was so minor that he led another patrol two nights later. He does not mention that others were also injured by his misguided throw.

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Photos showing Senator Dole at the GOP convention in 1996. Note how sometimes he's using his left hand and sometimes he's using his right. Which is it Mr. Flip-Flopper? Did you really get injured? Or was it just a ploy to get the sympathy vote?

R. Dole 

"Until this moment, Senator, I think I never really gauged your cruelty or your recklessness. Let us not assassinate this lad further, Senator. You have done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you no sense of decency?" --Joseph Welch, June 9, 1954--

I Did Not Object

First they came for the foreigners here in America and took them away. I did not object.

Next they invaded other countries and came for people who they said were enemy combatants and took them away. I did not object.

Then they declared some Americans enemy combatants and took them away. They said they did not need to provide proof to the American people. I did not object.

Then they came for the protesters and took them away. I did not object.

Then they denied all people their constitutional rights and took away anyone who tried to exercise them. I did not object.

Then they declared anyone opposed to the party in power an enemy combatant and came for them and took them away. I did not object.

Then they declared anyone opposed to the policies of the government is an enemy combatant and took them away. I did not object.

Then they came for the judges, whose job is to protect our constitution and rights, and took them away. I did not object.

Then they declared anyone, it did not matter whether you supported them or not, could be taken away. I did not object.

Then they came for me and took me away. I OBJECT!

But it was too late. Once they started to take our rights away, no one was safe.

I'm George Bush

I Did Not Object

Judge Declares Freedom of Speech Costs $18.2 Million, But Is Not For Sale.
Grass More Important Than the Rights of Americans to Peaceably Gather

Federal Judge William H. Pauley III, forgetting that his rights will be abridged by this ruling, has declared that it is more important to preserve the grass in Central Park than the rights of Americans to peaceably gather to exercise their freedom of speech. Quoting the judge's decision,

...the intense public interest (emphasis added) in these proposed events...could...destroy the Great Lawn. ...destruction of the lawn would be a terrible thing.

Since the lawn renovation cost $18.2 million, it is obvious that is our price for freedom of speech. Does intense public interest mean that a lot of people want to go and express their opinions? Was there any evidence of illegal activity planned? Or is it the people who want to rally just have the wrong opinions? Is this still America?

As I understand it, grass can be replanted. How about our FREEDOMS?

I'm George Bush and I Approved this Message

How about this one?





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Check out how the Bush campaign steals our Olympics



I have noted in Victory, the latest television ad for the presidential campaign by Bush - Cheney '04 the term Olympics and images that appear to be of Olympic Games past and present. Here is the script for the ad according to the Bush - Cheney '04 campaign web site:

Script for "Victory"

President Bush:
I'm George W. Bush and I approve this message.

Voice Over:
In 1972...there were 40 democracies in the world.
Today...120.
Freedom is spreading throughout the world like a sunrise.
And this Olympics... there will be two more free nations…
And two fewer terrorist regimes.
With strength, resolve and courage, democracy will triumph over terror.
And, hope will defeat hatred.

Graphic:
President Bush. Moving America Forward.





This is a violation of the Ted Stevens Olympic and Amateur Sports Act , specifically

§220506. Exclusive right to name, seals, emblems, and badges

(a) EXCLUSIVE RIGHT OF CORPORATION.—Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, the corporation has the exclusive right to use—

(4) the words “Olympic”, “Olympiad”, “Citius Altius Fortius”, “Paralympic”, “Paralympiad”, “Pan-American”, “America Espirito Sport Fraternite”, or any combination of those words.



In addition, the United States Olympic Committee is entitled, under the Act to pursue

§220506. Exclusive right to name, seals, emblems, and badges

(c) CIVIL ACTION FOR UNAUTHORIZED USE.—Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, the corporation may file a civil action against a person for the remedies provided in the Act of July 5, 1946 (15 U.S.C. 1051 et seq.) (popularly known as the Trademark Act of 1946) if the person, without the consent of the corporation, uses for the purpose of trade, to induce the sale of any goods or services, or to promote any theatrical exhibition, athletic performance, or competition—

(3) the words described in subsection (a)(4) of this section, or any combination or simulation of those words tending to cause confusion or mistake, to deceive, or to falsely suggest a connection with the corporation or any Olympic, Paralympic, or Pan-American Games activity;


For reference purposes, the exceptions in subsection (d), none of which apply, are as follows

§220506. Exclusive right to name, seals, emblems, and badges

(d) PRE-EXISTING AND GEOGRAPHIC REFERENCE RIGHTS.—


(1) A person who actually used the emblem described in subsection (a)(3) of this section, or the words or any combination of the words described in subsection (a)(4) of this section, for any lawful purpose before September 21, 1950, is not prohibited by this section from continuing the lawful use for the same purpose and for the same goods or services.

(2) A person who actually used, or whose assignor actually used, the words or any combination of the words described in subsection (a)(4) of this section, or a trademark, trade name, sign, symbol, or insignia described in subsection (c)(4) of this section, for any lawful purpose before September 21, 1950, is not prohibited by this section from continuing the lawful use for the same purpose and for the same goods or services.

(3) Use of the word “Olympic” to identify a business or goods or services is permitted by this section where—


(A) such use is not combined with any of the intellectual properties referenced in subsections (a) or (c) of this section;

(B) it is evident from the circumstances that such use of the word “Olympic” refers to the naturally occurring mountains or geographical region of the same name that were named prior to February 6, 1998, and not to the corporation or any Olympic activity; and

(C) such business, goods, or services are operated, sold, and marketed in the State of Washington west of the Cascade Mountain range and operations, sales, and marketing outside of this area are not substantial.


If the United States Olympic Committee chooses not to pursue civil action against the Bush, they may be in violation of the act, specifically

§220507. Restrictions

(b) POLITICAL ACTIVITIES.—The corporation shall be nonpolitical and may not promote the candidacy of an individual seeking public office.

As a citizen, I request

1. the US Olympic Committee immediately demand the illegal use of images and terms referring to the Olympics by Bush - Cheney '04 Inc. cease;
2. that regardless of action by the US Olympic Committee, that Bush - Cheney '04, Inc. cease and desist from the illegal use of Olympic material;
3. that the Federal Election Commission investigate this illegal use of the term Olympic by the president, who states at the beginning of the ad that he approved it.



The Olympics belong to all people of the world and in America the rights to it are protected by law from this type of political misappropriation.

Current Links to Our Freedom

Here's a few places to look to find info for the election. Let's start with

Good for Headlines
Buzz Flash

Good for Facts, one a day
Misleader

And don't believe everything you read, check it all out. But when you do, make certain that the "facts" are real. An example of things that are not:

BUSH MADE IN USA PRODUCTS MADE IN REPRESSIVE NATION OTHER THAN USA

"All products offered on The George W. Bush Online Store are made in the U.S.A."
Ted Jackson, President Spalding Group




Bush-Cheney '04 gear reads 'Made in Burma'
By Caren Bohan, Reuters, 3/20/2004


Turns out they were not made in USA and check out the state of affairs in Burma!