XPost: alt.politics.socialism, alt.politics.economics, alt.politics.media   
   From: efreem2@alumni.umbc.edu   
      
   Christmas is a time when kids tell Santa what they want   
   and adults pay for it.   
   Deficits are when adults tell the government what they want   
   and their kids pay for it.   
      
      
   Some guy broke into our house last week.   
   He didn't even take the TV.   
   He just took the remote control.   
   Now he drives by and changes channels on us.   
      
   *.*   
      
   Oneliners:   
      
   The reward of a thing well done, is to have done it.   
      
   When you're at school, you wish you were old enough to work.   
      
   Night falls . . . but . . . Day breaks   
      
   If you think you have it tough, read history books   
      
   It's a new year, do you know where your credit cards are?   
      
   I try to lose weight, but it keeps finding me.   
      
   You have a lifetime to work, but children are only young once.   
      
   A hundred men may make an encampment, but it takes a woman   
   to make a home.   
      
   *.*   
      
   An American businessman in Glasgow walked into a restaurant   
   and asked the waitress what the special was.   
      
   "Roast and rice," the Scottish Miss replied in a heavy brogue.   
      
   "You certainly do roll your R's," the businessman observed.   
      
   "I suppose," she giggled, beginning to blush,   
   "but only when I wear high heels."   
      
   *.*   
      
   Two men were chatting casually at work. The conversation   
   turned to golf and one asked the other, "Do you play?"   
      
   "Yes, the younger man replied, "I used to, but I quit   
   because I wasn't very good.   
   I consistently shot in the lower seventies.   
      
   "There was a long, low intake of breath, then the other man said,   
   "Lower seventies, huh?  Consistently?"   
      
   "Yup, Every hole," the man said with a sigh.   
      
      
      
   A man who was buying a sports shirt found   
   the largest size too snug.   
      
   "Where do I go from here?"   
   he asked the svelte young woman who was helping him.   
      
   "To the gym," she replied.   
      
   *.*   
      
   A recent study found out which days men prefer to have sex. it was found   
   that men preferred to engage in sexual activity on the days that started   
   with the letter  "T"   
      
   For Example:   
      
   Tuesday   
      
   Thursday   
      
   Thanksgiving   
      
   Today   
      
   Tomorrow   
      
   Issue of the Times;   
   Supreme Court upholds "secret law" requiring travelers to show their ID to   
   fly   
      
   If this ruling doesn't truly discredit the Supreme Court as just another   
   rubber stamp I don't know what will.  The ruling is in reference to   
   Gilmore   
   v. Gonzales, 06-211, in which millionaire Libertarian Activist John   
   Gilmore   
   (co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation) attempted to force the   
   federal government to disclose the actual law that requires people   
   traveling   
   by air to either show ID or submit to a more thorough search when passing   
   through airport security.   
      
   The justices, by letting the appeals court ruling against Gilmore stand,   
   have legitimized the use of "secret laws" against the citizens of the   
   United   
   States.  This means you are now responsible for abiding by laws that are   
   not   
   published, and even classified in some cases.   
      
   I have asked before and I will ask again.  When will people say enough is   
   enough?  What happens when people start getting arrested for breaking   
   secret   
   laws, and then find themselves in secret courts.  Oh, wait, that has   
   already   
   been approved by the Military Commissions Act.   
      
   This ruling marks yet another blow against personal liberty and freedom,   
   and   
   a giant step towards totalitarianism in America.  I just hope people start   
   waking up to this soon, before it's too late.   
      
   Monday January 08th 2007, 1:38 pm   
      
   Quote of the Times;   
   RESOLVED, That George W. Bush, President of the United States, is   
   impeached   
   for high crimes and misdemeanors. In his conduct while President of the   
   United States, in violation of his constitutional oath to faithfully   
   execute   
   the office of the President, George W. Bush has undermined the integrity   
   of   
   his office, betrayed his trust as President and acted in a manner   
   subversive   
   of the rule of law, treaties ratified under the Constitution and the   
   Constitution itself by:   
      
   Article One (conspiracy to commit torture):   
      
   Knowingly approving procedures to torture numerous prisoners under his   
   charge, by "inflicting severe physical pain" in the form of stress   
   positions   
   and "severe mental suffering," including the "threat of imminent death"   
   against detainees under his charge through the so-called "waterboarding"   
   procedure. This crime is codified as a felony under 18 USC 2040A(c) as   
   "conspiracy" to commit torture, and punishable by a prison term of up to   
   20   
   years per offense, and a blatant violation of the Eighth Amendment to the   
   U.S. Constitution, which prohibits "cruel and unusual punishments."   
      
   Article Two (extradition for torture):   
      
   Knowingly conspiring to transfer numerous detainees to countries which   
   have   
   a history of torturing prisoners, including Syria, Morocco, Uzbekistan and   
   Egypt, with the expectation that these prisoners would suffer torture.   
   Detainees have testified that they have suffered torture such as beatings   
   with electrical cords, boiling alive, genital mutilation, electric shock   
   torture and other forms of torture. This serious crime is contrary to   
   Article 3 of the United Nations Convention against Torture and Other   
   Cruel,   
   Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (UN Torture Convention),   
   which   
   states that, "No State Party shall expel, return or extradite a person to   
   another State where there are substantial grounds for believing that he   
   would be in danger of being subjected to torture." Because the UN Torture   
   Convention was signed by the President of the United States and ratified   
   by   
   the United States Senate in 1986, and Article 6 of the U.S. Constitution   
   reads: "all treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of   
   the United States, shall be the supreme law of the land," the President   
   has   
   willingly and obstinately subverted the supreme law of the land.   
      
   Article Three (denial of due process):   
      
   Knowingly conspiring to deny due process under both military law and   
   criminal law, as specified by the U.S. Constitution, to many U.S. citizens   
   and non-citizens. In many cases, President George W. Bush has orchestrated   
   a   
   conspiracy to deny a right to counsel, a right to jury trial, and the   
   right   
   to habeas corpus - even to American citizens such as Donald Vance, Jose   
   Padilla and Yaser Hamdi. These actions are contrary to the explicit   
   requirements of the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which   
   guarantees that "No person shall. be deprived of life, liberty or property   
   without due process of law," and contrary to the Sixth Amendment to the   
   U.S.   
   Constitution, which categorically guarantees "the right to a speedy and   
   impartial trial, by an impartial jury . and to have the assistance for   
   counsel for his defense."   
      
   These crimes are felonies in criminal statutes at 18 USC 241 (conspiracy   
   against rights) that are punishable by up to ten years in prison for   
   offenses against American citizens, and a crime under 18 USC 242   
   (Deprivation of Rights under Color of Law) for legal resident aliens such   
   as   
      
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