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Alert # 2003.0012 11/21/2003 The New Civics Bill 1078 Purpose of Bill: To establish academies for teachers and students of American history and civics and a national alliance of teachers of American history and civics, and for other purposes. (Bill text) Note: The end of the description says  "and for other purposes." What are these other purposes? Relinquishing of Unalienable Rights 216 members in congress co-signed the bill, HR1078. HR1078 creates what is called "NEW CIVICS". It teaches our children that soon they will be "global citizens", rather than Americans. It teaches that rights are granted by government. The New Civics rejects the idea that our rights are unalienable. New Civics throws out the Declaration of Independence and replaces it with the UN's Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The UN's Declaration says: "These rights and freedoms may in no case be exercised contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations" WE NEED YOUR IMMEDIATE ACTION! - HR 1078 Resurfaces H.R.1078 would set up 12 federal academies to teach the "new" civics and history to top-performing students around the country. It would set up 12 more federal academies to teach teachers what to teach. Then it would set up "best practices" for teaching it everywhere. (See "Beware the New Civics") On August 25th, we halted our National Call-in To Congress Day, because the "New Civics" bill, H.R.1078 was "as dead as any bill gets," according to Congressional insiders. H.R. 1078 WOULD NOT be coming up for action. (See update) Now we are told, however, that the White House has become involved. We have been informed that the White House wants HR 1078 passed, and so the Leadership will not oppose it anymore! In a matter of days, H.R.1078 has been transformed from a bill that was unable to be revived to a bill that cannot be stopped! Full Article: http://www.edaction.org/2003/030910.htm   Alert # 2003.0011 03/08/2003 Free Speech Being Policed WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- Free speech, a key tenet of the U.S. Constitution, is facing unusual challenges in pre-war, post 9/11 America -- where wearing an anti-war T-shirt prompted an arrest and lampooning the vice president's wife drew a letter from a White House lawyer. The creator of a satirical Web site that took aim at Lynne Cheney, wife of Vice President Dick Cheney, said he felt a chill when the letter on White House stationery arrived. Full Article: http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/03/06/rights.usa.reut/index.html Other Acts of Policing Free Speech http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/02/20/national/main541356.shtml http://www.cnn.com/2003/EDUCATION/03/03/tshirt.suspension.ap/index.html http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/Northeast/03/04/iraq.usa.shirt.reut/index.html http://abcnews.go.com/wire/US/ap20030305_2723.html http://www.tcgreens.org/gl/articles/20030102070030937.html http://www.savethepinebush.org/News/MarApr96/Money.html   Alert # 2003.0010 U.S. Government Allows Poisoning (Rumsfeld Lobbied FDA Approval of Toxic Aspartame) Aspartame is a poison that the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) calls a food additive. "On June 1, 1977, Donald Rumsfeld became Chairman and CEO of G.D. Searle. Rumsfeld, straight out the White House as Gerald Ford's Secretary of Defense and before that his Chief of Staff, was a heavy gun for Searle to secure FDA approval of aspartame (Equal, NutraSweet). Aspartame is also known as Equal, NutraSweet, or Spoonful. It is a molecule made up of three components: Aspartic acid, phenylalanine, and methanol. Once Aspartame is swallowed the methanol (wood alcohol) converts to formic acid (an ant sting poison) and formaldehyde. Formaldehyde is a deadly neurotoxin, a common embalming fluid, and a Class A Carcinogen. A Class A Carcinogen is the most deadly rating a chemical can receive. There are 90 documented side effects which can occur after ingesting Aspartame. Here are just a few: Seizures Nausea Memory Headaches Weight gain Heart palpitations Dizziness Depression Anxiety attacks Rashes Fatigue Insomnia http://aspartamekills.com/ http://members.aol.com/bryonia/aspartam.htm http://www.drksmith.com/nutrasweet.htm http://csf.colorado.edu/envtecsoc/2002/msg00440.html   Alert # 2003.0009 Classic Case of Repression of Liberties Anti-Bush T-shirt banned at Michigan school DEARBORN, Michigan (AP) -- School officials ordered a 16-year-old student to either take off a T-shirt emblazoned with the words "International Terrorist" and a picture of President Bush and or go home, saying they worried it would inflame passions at the school where a majority of students are Arab-American. Read the rest of the article at: http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/Midwest/02/19/antibush.tshirt.ap/index.html Alert # 2003.0008 Beware the Ides of March Beware the Ides of March. Julius Caesar ignored that warning and you know what happened to him. http://www.travel-italy.com/ct/episodes/ides.html The liberties of all U.S. citizens will change beginning March 1, 2003. The official transfer of government agencies and departments to become under the authority of The Department of Homeland Security is scheduled to take place on March 1, 2003 Reorganization Plan.pdf Read the following sites to get informed http://www.cdi.org/terrorism/hsplan.cfm http://www.emforum.org/news/02112701.htm http://www.schulzlaw.com/mschulz_dhsorganization.php http://www.fema.gov/nwz02/nwz02_254.shtm   Alert # 2003.0007 Suit Challenges Bush's War Authority (AP)  A group of U.S. soldiers, parents of soldiers and six U.S. House members filed a lawsuit in federal court Thursday seeking to stop the president from launching a war against Iraq without a declaration of war from Congress. Read the rest of the article at: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/02/13/politics/main540591.shtml Alert # 2003.0006 Congress Finally Wakes Up We may have just witnessed the turning of the tide in the battle for control of the nation's legal response to the war on terror. On Tuesday, 17 months to the day after the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, the legislative branch finally told the executive branch that it had overreached on a series of programs and policies designed to detect terrorists. Read the rest of the article at: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/02/13/news/opinion/courtwatch/main540470.shtml Alert # 2003.0005 Proposal to Legalize Assassination of Foreigners An Alabama congressman wants to untie the federal government's hand and nullify a presidential executive order that bans assassination of foreigners. U.S. Rep. Terry Everett, R-Alabama, has introduced the Terrorist Elimination Act (HR356) that would lift the ban on assassination of terrorist leaders who pose a direct threat to national security. Read rest of article Article about (HR356).htm Read proposal Terrorist Elimination Act of 2003 (HR356).htm Alert # 2003.0004 Proposal to Remove Term Limits for President Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to repeal the twenty-second article of amendment, thereby removing the limitation on the number of terms an individual may serve as President. Read the proposal Files/HJ_RES_11.htm Alert # 2003.0003 Bush Orders Cyber-War Rules The Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Bush has signed a secret order allowing the government to develop guidelines under which the United States could launch cyber-attacks against foreign computer systems, administration officials said Friday. The United States has never conducted a large-scale cyber-attack, but officials said last month that the unfolding cyber-strategy plan made it more clear than ever that the Defense Department can wage cyber warfare if the nation is attacked. The action illustrates Bush's desire to pursue new forms of potential warfare. The Washington Post, which first reported the signing of a presidential directive, said the Pentagon has stepped up development of cyber-weapons -- envisioning a day when soldiers could sit at computer terminals and silently invade foreign networks to shut down radar, disable electrical facilities and disrupt phone service. The government so far has lacked rules for deciding the circumstances under which such attacks could be launched, who would authorize the attacks and what targets would be legitimate. Read the rest of the article at http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,77900,00.html

Alert # 2003.0002 U.S. Had Data Hinting of Okla. Bombing U.S. Had Data Suggesting Oklahoma City Attack in Weeks Before McVeigh Struck, AP Finds The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Two federal law enforcement agencies had information before the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing suggesting that white supremacists living nearby were considering an attack on government buildings, but the intelligence was never passed on to federal officials in the state, documents and interviews show. Read the rest of the article at http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Politics/ap20030211_2386.html

Alert # 2003.0001 Why Liberty Suffers in Wartime WASHINGTON -- Anyone worried about the fate of civil liberties during the U.S. government's growing war on terrorism might want to consider this Latin maxim: Inter arma silent leges It means, "In time of war the laws are silent," and it encapsulates the supremacy of security over liberty that typically accompanies national emergencies. Consider this: During all of America's major wars -- the Civil War, World War I and World War II -- the government restricted Americans' civil liberties in the name of quelling dissent, silencing criticism of political decisions and preserving national security. Read the rest of the article at http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,47051,00.html