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http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/06/24/2061/

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WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT A LAW DEFYING, POWER GRABBING VICE PRESIDENT OUT OF CONTROL?

The descriptions are not ours. In the face of new revelations of the wholesale dismissal of the Constitution by the Vice President Cheney, "Power Grab" was the headline on the ABC News site. "Defiant" was the headline of the Washington Post. By now you could not have escaped hearing all the stories of the assertion by the vice president's office that he is a branch of government unto himself, and not beholden to any other. And if you have not read the stories, they are all linked in the "Arguments" section of this action page, where you can also cast your vote on whether Cheney should be impeached immediately.

NATIONAL CHENEY IMPEACHMENT POLL: http://www.usalone.com/cheney_impeachment.php

And if the situation were not extreme enough, it was also reported this week that Cheney is aggressively campaigning for Bush to pardon Scooter Libby, which is an act of obstruction of justice on its face, according to John Dean, who should know a little something about impeachment. Whether or not Bush has the Constitutional power to grant pardons without cause, it is still an abuse power for him to do so, and a Constitutional high CRIME for Cheney to campaign for him to do so.

So now . . . NOW will you vote in the National Cheney Impeachment Poll, just as more than 72,000 of your fellow democracy-loving citizens already have? Would you be surprised to learn that 99.22 percent of those votes were Yes to impeach? Speaking on the Keith Olberman show tonight, Dana Milbank described the Vice President as a man "showing no restraint", and still . . . STILL Milbank could not bring himself to say the word "impeachment". Does he have a speech impediment? Do WE the people have a speech impediment?

DO YOU THINK CHENEY SHOULD BE IMPEACHED OR NOT?

Now is the time to speak out. Maybe you think that the Vice President is doing a great job and that Scooter Libby deserves a medal of freedom for outing Valerie Plame, thereby trashing our best source of REAL intelligence on WMDs in the Middle East. If so, then vote No, please vote No and take responsibility, and tell us you like having our Constitution ripped into little shreds.

By if you are as stunned as everyone else in the country about the increasingly brutal way that Cheney is abusing the power he has already grabbed, from the time he appointed HIMSELF as Bush's running mate, then please vote Yes to impeach. If you are as outraged as everyone else about a rogue executive operating as an imperial outlaw unto himself, please vote Yes to impeach.

NATIONAL CHENEY IMPEACHMENT POLL: http://www.usalone.com/cheney_impeachment.php

It's OK in the personal message you send to Congress from the action page above to include a laundry list of all the other executive branch rogues who you think should be impeached at the same time, including Bush himself. But the Cheney situation is already long past the tipping point. His impeachment will lead DIRECTLY to the exposure of all the others and their removal as well.

Congress will NOT defy the voices of millions of us speaking out. That's what it will take. We have over 72,000 votes already, and we have only just begun to scratch the surface of the anger about what Cheney and his gang have done to our great country, sucking us into a ruinous, wrong-headed war on phony evidence they cooked themselves, criminal illegal wiretaps, torture as official U.S. policy, while they sell out our economy to foreign oil interests and crony war profiteers.

Our democracy can be saved, but ONLY if you speak out now.

Please take action NOW, so we can win all victories that are supposed to be ours, and forward this message to everyone else you know.

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http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/06/23/2052/



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http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/06/23/2056



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http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/06/24/2066/



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http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/06/24/2068/



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=neocons

In March, when the US State Department announced its new global survey of human rights, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice declared that the report demonstrated America's commitment to civil liberties, the rule of law, and a free press. "We are recommitting ourselves to stand with those courageous men and women who struggle for their freedom and their rights," she said. "And we are recommitting ourselves to call every government to account that still treats the basic rights of its citizens as options rather than, in President Bush's words, the non-negotiable demands of human dignity."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/062407G.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Condoleezza+Rice
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=lobbyists

"I've always thought Cheney was way out there," says Maureen Dowd. "But even in my harshest musings about the vice president, I never imagined that he would declare himself not only above the law, not only above the president, but actually his own dark planet - a separate entity from the White House."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/062407F.shtml



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http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Maureen+Dowd

America's war wounded number between 35,000 and 53,000. More of them are coming home, with injuries of a scope and magnitude the government did not predict and is now struggling to treat.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/062407E.shtml

Frank Rich writes: "By this late date we should know the fix is in when the White House's top factotums fan out on the Sunday morning talk shows singing the same lyrics, often verbatim, from the same hymnal of spin. The pattern was set way back on September 8, 2002, when in simultaneous appearances three cabinet members and the vice president warned darkly of Saddam's aluminum tubes. 'We don't want the smoking gun to be a mushroom cloud,' said Condi Rice, in a scripted line. The hard sell of the war in Iraq had officially begun. America wasn't paying close enough attention then. We can't afford to repeat that blunder now."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/062407D.shtml



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It is no secret that industry-connected appointees within the White House have worked actively to distort the findings of federal climate scientists, playing down the threat of climate change. But a new investigation by Rolling Stone reveals that those distortions were sanctioned at the highest levels of our government, in a policy formulated by the vice president, implemented by the White House Council on Environmental Quality and enforced by none other than Karl Rove.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/062407C.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Karl+Rove
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Cheney

Just past the Oval Office, in the private dining room overlooking the South Lawn, Vice President Cheney joined President Bush at a round parquet table they shared once a week. Cheney brought a four-page text, written in strict secrecy by his lawyer. In less than an hour, the document traversed a West Wing circuit that gave its words the power of command.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/062407B.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Cheney

The Bush administration is seeking to recruit foreigners to fill 16 critical jobs at the massive new American Embassy in Baghdad while close to 50 experienced American Foreign Service Officers remain in legal limbo at the State Department in Washington.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/062407A.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=William+Fisher

A federal judge who used to authorize wiretaps in terrorism and espionage cases criticized yesterday President Bush's decision to order warrantless surveillance after the September 11, 2001, attacks.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/062407Y.shtml

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Judge who led FISA court 1995-2002 denounces Bush spying
http://www.ufppc.org/content/view/6351/


Informant: jensenmk

From ufpj-news



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=warrantless
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Informant: jensenmk

From ufpj-news



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Trotz klangvoller Statements war der jüngste europäische Gipfel kein Erfolg. Wohl aber eine gefährliche Weichenstellung für die Zukunft der Gemeinschaft.

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/25/25554/1.html

In todays Mail on Sunday Post comments at http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/health/healthmain.html?in_article_id=463911&in_page_id=1774
http://tinyurl.com/3akzda


gary



(Forwarded by Adrian)

PLEASE CONSIDER SIGNING THE PETITION BELOW - THANK YOU!

*Banning Incandescent Light Bulbs*

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to maintain the availability of existing incandescent lightbulbs until there are suitable non-fluorescent energy saving bulbs which can be tolerated by everyone including people with light sensitivity.

Health conditions which can result in severe and painful reactions to fluorescent low-energy bulbs and LEDs include lupus, ME, forms of eczema and dermatitis, XP, migraine, electrosensitivity and many more. These people will suffer increased ill health and total social exclusion if the ban on incandescent bulbs is implemented. Their home life, family life and social life will be severely disrupted and their access to employment, places of worship, cultural and educational activities will be removed.

Lightbulbs are essential items of everyday use. We need to encourage technologies that promote both environmental sustainability and human health and wellbeing. This is a serious and complex issue of public health, disability rights and human rights.

THE PETITION CAN BE VIEWED/SIGNED AT:
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/righttolight/

For more information on the campaign visit:
http://www.spectrumalliance.org.uk


Please forward this message to contacts where possible

THANK YOU!

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New York Times, Letter to the Editor;

The two articles that appeared in the January 10th, 2008 issue of the NYT on energy efficient lights [Any other Bright Ideas by Julie Schefo and Remaking the Condo with Light and Air by Sidney LeBlance] were both interesting but they failed to mention one very important point. Some of these bulbs emit radio frequency radiation. This radiation flows through the air and along electrical wires contributing to dirty electricity. Some packages even have a warning about the radio frequency saying this light may interfere with radio reception. Indeed this is something that most people can test with a portable radio on AM. As you bring the radio close to an energy efficient bulb that produces radio frequencies the radio will begin to buzz. This is known as electromagnetic interference (EMI) and is a concern for anyone using wireless technology such as mobile phones or wireless computers.

But the real problem is that these frequencies are making people sick. Three independent groups in the UK, including the British Association of Dermatologists, the Migraine Action Association, and Epilepsy Action, have reported illness among their members who have tried energy efficient compact fluorescent lights (CFL). The most common symptoms are headaches-including migraines, fatigue, confusion, dizziness, ringing in the ears, eyestrain, nausea and skin irritations.

Not all energy efficient bulbs are the same. Some do not contribute to dirty electricity and do not produce radio frequencies and this includes a few compact fluorescent lights, some LEDs (light emitting dioxides) and some halogen bulbs. Unfortunately most of the bulbs on the market will make people sick. Reducing green house gases is important but doing it with flawed technology that will make the user ill is not the right course of action. If governments are going to ban the energy-inefficient but electromagnetically clean incandescent bulb, then they should also ban bulbs that produce radio frequency pollution.

I would encourage anyone who has recently purchased energy efficient bulbs and has since developed any of the symptoms mentioned above to test the bulb for radiation with a portable radio and if the radio buzzes to return the bulb to the retail store for a full refund. Even if our government hasn't done its homework, individual consumers can still make a difference.

Dr. Magda Havas, B.Sc. Ph.D.
Environmental & Resource Studies,
Trent University, Peterborough,
Ontario, Canada, K9J 7B8
phone: 705 748-1011 x 7882
fax: 705 748-1569
mhavas @trentu.ca



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Next-up News n°257

Dossier le Kiditel
http://ehstvnews.eu/news/23062007.html

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Eine französische Forschergruppe bestätigt die genotoxische Wirkung der Mobilfunkwellen
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/3422924/

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International Day against Electromagnetic Pollution
http://tinyurl.com/2g4js5


Informant: Lourdes Salvador

http://www.buergerwelle.de/pdf/multiple_sclerosis_and_aspartame.htm



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http://www.rainforestportal.org/issues/2007/06/making_global_rainforest_reser.asp

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Plant trees, lots of them, you can never plant enough!
http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/3515163/



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=deforestation
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=rainforest

New findings on the effects of radiation on humans should be given greater consideration.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741681782ms52

200 Millionen Klimaflüchtlinge drohen weltweit in den nächsten 30 Jahren, wenn sich der menschengemachte Klimawandel so wie bisher fortsetzt.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741681774ms52

Strahlen wirken möglicherweise stärker auf Menschen ein als bisher angenommen.
http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741681773ms52

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Gabriel: Neue Erkenntnisse zur Wirkung der Strahlung auf den Menschen stärker berücksichtigen
http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/3922570/

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Gabriel warnt vor Gesundheitsschäden durch Computertomographie

Bundesumweltminister Sigmar Gabriel (SPD) warnt vor gesundheitlichen Schäden durch einen zunehmenden "Missbrauch" der Computertomographie (CT). CT-Untersuchungen würden in Deutschland immer häufiger ohne die gesetzlich vorgeschriebene medizinische Indikation vorgenommen, sagte Gabriel am 12. Juli bei der Vorstellung des Jahresberichts 2006 des Bundesamts für Strahlenschutz (BfS) in Berlin. "In Deutschland wird zu viel geröntgt", meint Gabriel. Die Strahlenbelastung und das damit einhergehende erhöhte Krebsrisiko würden leider in der Bevölkerung immer noch unterschätzt.

http://www.ngo-online.de/ganze_nachricht.php?H=N&Nr=16325



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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujosfSkHFrQ&mode=related&search=


Informant: Dorothee Krien

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Cell Phone SECURITY warning

In the US, several high powered commercial radio stations have been slapped by the FCC for RF field levels exceeding safe levels in areas of the station where employees had to work.

FCC RF field limits are set based on short-term and mid-term effects such as RF heating of tissue possibly causing cataracts in those exposed every day. Those big commercial stations use tens of thousands of watts, and buildings directly under the tower can locally concentrate RF fields, especially if any structure is present whose dimensions approach any odd multiple of 1/4 wavelength(about 3 meters in the FM broadcast band, for instance).

It is well known in radio engineering that intense local RF fields are dangerous! The maximum safe power for hand held transmitters is generally believed to be about 5 watts-and their antennas are intended to be held away from the body. This would be equivalent to a 1/2 cell phone(some are 1/4 watt these days) with its antenna at least four inches away from your head.

While studies of RF risks from cell phones are getting contradictory results, the math says that a cell phone antenna 1/2 inch from your skull(as it is generally used) with 1/2 watt of power give you as much absorbed energy as perhaps 300 watts(!) from a hypothetical hand held with a long antenna pointed away from the body at a 1 foot distance. Remember, with any form of electromagnetic field, power varies with the square of the distance.

I suspect a lot of hams would not want to run a 300W hand held transmitter very long-and one pirate radio station with only 50W routinely warned everyone to stay off the roof when the antenna was energized.

Anyway, these figures suggest that any danger from cell phone systems comes from the phones themselves, not the towers. Anyone using a cell phone will get so much RF from the handset you could not measure any effects from the tower-no matter what these effects turned out to be.

If studies found cell phones to be causing health problems, I would not be at all suprised based on the extremely high field levels generated by having the antenna so close to the skull. If people didn't insist on the phones being so damned small maybe the antennas could be kept farther way from the face.

Since people are not dropping like flies on DDT from using their phones, my guess is that most people are not harmed, most of the time. This does not mean something is safe for everyone, of course. If you get headaches while using a cell phone, either get rid of it or use some kind of aftermarket antenna that is not so close to your head.

As for cell phones, there is another problem with them that can land yu in PRISON-security! I'm not talking about intercepted call, though that's bad enough. It turns out that the FBI or anyone else who can talk your provider into putting the phone in "diagnostic mode" can use it to listen to ROOM AUDIO at least ten feet away.

I tested the sound quality possible with this by putting a small audio recorder in my backpack, walking ten feet away and talking. It recovered clearly understandable audio! Assume that any cell phone present at a meeting is doing the same, and REMOVE THE BATTERIES when not in use.

In the current issue of the Earth First! Journal there is a very good article about cell phone security hazards.

In Congressional testimony about "roving wiretaps" it came out that most cell phones can be signalled by the tower to go into "diagnostic mode" and at that point they broadcast all audio reaching the microphone. Some models will do this even when turned off, but none ca transmit with the battery removed.

A "roving wiretap" gives both audio and location-either by GPS or by the older and now automated method of triangulation.

Any time you are going somewhere you need to be able to deny having been,or any time you are going somewhere you want to not be immediatly findable by the cops, you need to leave the phone behind or remove the battery.

Before any meeting, all participants should pull out any cell phones they are carrying and remove the batteries. It's not enough to put them in a bag on the far side of the room, as my own testing has verified.

When I heard about this, I ran a simple test: I set my audio recorder(used for making Indymedia audio) to record, put it in a backpack, and walked 10 feet away indoors. Then I started talking, and guess what? The audio was clearly understandable. Assume the microphone in a cell phone is just as good, and keep the battery OUT when discussing secure matters.

The safest way to use a cell phone is not to, followed by putting the battery in only when you need to make a call or be available for calls. The disadvantage of this is obvious: you become hard to reach. At a mimimum, you should be aware of your phone any time the battery is hooked up-or anyone near you has one that has its battery installed. This way, you won't tell the FBI something you have a need for them NOT to know.

What is a cell phone? It is a computer with software you do not control and cannot modify hooked to a speaker, a microphone, and a radio transciever. In other words, it is the perfect bugging device.


Informant: lukekuhn

http://select.nytimes.com/2007/06/23/opinion/23egan.html?hp=&pagewanted=print


Informant: bigraccoon

The conflict in Darfur has been driven by climate change and environmental degradation, which threaten to trigger a succession of new wars across Africa unless more is done to contain the damage, according to a UN report published yesterday.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/062307G.shtml

President George W. Bush is headed toward a showdown with the Senate over his domestic spying program after lawmakers approved subpoenas for documents the White House declared off-limits.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/062307D.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=domestic+spying
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Jack Abramoff had a problem. It was September 2003, and a film crew was shooting "National Treasure" at the Navy Memorial, located next to what was then Abramoff's restaurant, Signatures. The crew's trailers and equipment were lined up near the building, and Abramoff, at his zenith as a big-time lobbyist with Greenberg Traurig, was concerned that they were blocking his valet parking area. So Abramoff called J. Steven Griles, and within hours the deputy secretary for the Interior Department had the park service tell the film crew to move. "I have already chatted with Griles and am all over their asses," Abramoff emailed a colleague that night.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/062307C.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=J.+Steven+Griles
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Abramoff

President Bush's pick to be the No. 3 official in the Justice Department asked to have his nomination withdrawn Friday, four days before he was to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/062307B.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=DOJ

The White House said Friday that, like Vice President Dick Cheney's office, President Bush's office is not allowing an independent federal watchdog to oversee its handling of classified national security information.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/062307A.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=oversight+exemption

Investors have shrugged off almost all the bad news at Halliburton Co. the past few years - accusations of overbilling the Army and bribing foreign officials, along with scrutiny over business dealings in Iran and non-compete bids on government work. The same investors might take notice, though, if Halliburton's financial statements were in doubt, and a former company accounting executive says they are.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/062307Y.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Halliburton

An Army officer with a key role in the US military hearings at Guantanamo Bay says they relied on vague and incomplete intelligence and were pressured to declare detainees "enemy combatants," often without any specific evidence.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/062307Z.shtml



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http://www.ufppc.org/content/view/6343/


Informant: jensenmk

From ufpj-news

You may have seen these recent 'successes'.

David


Parish hall phone mast ditched after objections

CONTROVERSIAL plans to build a mobile phone mast on the roof of a parish hall have been scrapped after public protests.

Telephone company O2 had applied for permission to erect a 3.8m antennae and a base station in Church House, Hutton Rudby.

Residents said the mast would be unsightly and voiced concerns about possible health risks. A public meeting was called by the church council on May 10 and a 369-name petition drawn up.

Read More...
http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/search/display.var.1428718.0.parish_hall_phone_mast_ditched_after_objections.php

You may have seen these recent 'successes'.

David


Vicar drops phone mast plans

26 May 2007 06:07

A Norfolk vicar has dropped plans for a phone mast inside his landmark church tower and urged villagers “not to think badly” of the church for considering the proposal.

Father Adrian Ling, priest in charge at Winterton's Holy Trinity and All Saints, said the deal with QS4 would have meant much needed rent income for the church but that local concern about health fears carried more weight.

Read More...
http://tinyurl.com/3d5l4s



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http://www.regenwald.org/protestaktion.php?id=183



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http://www.commondreams.org/news2007/0622-12.htm



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http://www.commondreams.org/news2007/0622-01.htm



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http://www.commondreams.org/news2007/0622-03.htm



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http://www.commondreams.org/news2007/0622-04.htm



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http://www.commondreams.org/news2007/0622-06.htm



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http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/06/22/2043/



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http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/06/22/2032



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From 2001 to 2005, the federal government spent nearly $1.2 billion in agricultural subsidies to boost farmers' incomes and invigorate local economies in a poverty-stricken region of the Mississippi Delta. Most residents are black, but less than five percent of the money went to black farmers. Ninety-five percent of the money went to large, commercial farms, virtually all of which have white owners.

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/062207LB.shtml

The Environmental Protection Agency offered tighter standards for ozone pollution for the first time since 1997, but critics said Thursday the proposal is more lax than what the EPA's own experts recommended.

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/062207EC.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Environmental+Protection+Agency

"In May 1961, President John F. Kennedy committed the nation, by the end of that decade, to landing Americans on the moon and bringing them safely back to Earth," writes David Sokol. "Today, many political leaders say that climate change is the defining challenge of our generation. Unfortunately, they fail to provide Kennedy's understanding of what is required, much less the resources and leadership, to succeed," Sokol continues.

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/062207EB.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=David+Sokol

House Judiciary Committee Democrats warned yesterday that they would pursue a contempt of Congress motion if the White House fails to respond to subpoenas for testimony and documents related to the firings of US attorneys last year.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/062207T.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=firing+attorneys
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http://blogs.usatoday.com/gallup/2007/06/what_do_hmos_an.html


Informant: ranger116

http://youtube.com/watch?v=3w4aDFH450Q#


Informant: Robin Rae



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Kucinich
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Take+Back+America

http://www.emfacts.com/weblog/index.php?p=750

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Ground Current Electricity (also known as stray voltage)

The link below is to a CBC radio news story about ground current electricity. Lee Montgomery is a farmer who was one of the first people to be greatly affected by this pollution. He lost his prize dairy herd, his farm and his wife died, due to the terrible effects of ground current electrical pollution. Ground current is a very common problem throughout North America because electrical utility companies have failed to update their distribution system. It probably harms a large number of people without them even being aware of the danger. I hope that you take the time to listen to the story.

I have also attached a letter that I recently sent to the Minister of Energy for Ontario. My home has been badly affected by this problem and I am hoping it will be rectified soon.

http://www.buergerwelle.de/pdf/duncan_july_2007_final.doc


Martin


----- Original Message -----
From: Susan Parsons
To: Martin Weatherall
Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2007 11:39 AM
Subject: Re: Lee Montgomery on CBC today before 2pm \ Here is the link so you can listen to the Lee Montgomery story

http://www.cbc.ca/ontariotoday/story_archive.html
http://www.cbc.ca/ottawa/media/audio/ontariotoday/27f.ram

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Re: Dec_costs_strayvoltage_20071011

Ontario Energy Board
21 October 2007

Ontario Energy Board:

I writing this letter to express my disappointment in the stray voltage cost eligibility decision made by the Board. Please accept this further submission outlining the reasons why I should be eligible for an award of consultation costs.

1. The Ontario Energy Board (O.E.B.) has made a mistake in suggesting that the Ontario Federation of Agriculture is representing me. I am not a member of the O.F.A. and my interests are different from theirs. The O.F.A. appears to be mostly concerned about harm to farm animals and the financial costs to farmers caused by stray voltage pollution. My main concern is for the health and safety of humans, animals and the environment. The O.F.A. did not assist me during the last four years of my ordeal, and I doubt that they will represent my interests now. The O.E.B. must be aware that stray voltage affects many people, not just animals.

2. The O.E.B. has made a mistake by referring to WEEP - Wireless Electrical and Electromagnetic Pollution as an organization with a primary focus on EMFs. This is incorrect. The second word of the organization's name is "Electrical", a word that the O.E.B. surely recognizes. The fourth word of our name is "Pollution", and that is what stray voltage really is. The harm that I and others have incurred from ground current electricity is the primary reason that I co-founded WEEP. The O.E.B. should be aware that ground current electricity (stray voltage) is not nice clean 60 cycle electricity. It contains various high frequency pollutants, known to cause serious health damage. These high frequencies are best described as "Electromagnetic" (the third word in WEEP) radiation. Stray voltage appears to carry this high frequency pollution wherever it flows. Electrical pollution affects people, animals, and the environment throughout Ontario, and WEEP is extremely concerned about this. The first word of WEEP is "Wireless". If you use a transistor radio and locate a channel with limited reception and then move it close to an electrical wire or outlet, you will notice that the reception improves. This demonstrates how the electrical distribution system carries wireless transmissions on its system. All four words in the acronym WEEP are relevant to the stray voltage issue. Furthermore, WEEP is an independent not for profit organization that represents the interests of the many people who have been harmed by electrical pollution, including stray voltage.

3. The O.E.B. has made a mistake by not considering the knowledge that my electrical consultant, Mr. Dave Stetzer, can provide in this process. Mr. Stetzer probably has more direct experience with ground current electricity (stray voltage), its effects on farm operations, people, and animals than any other person in North America. He has great knowledge about the causes of stray voltage, how to measure and record it, and how the problem can be rectified. He has attended at several Ontario farms, evaluated stray voltage problems and provided assistance to those farmers. He has lectured in Ontario, to farmers and others affected by stray voltage and has brought this dreadful problem to the attention of many. The assistance that he can provide to this O.E.B. process is extensive and it would be a mistake not to invite him. He should receive full expenses for his services.

4. I have a unique perspective that the O.E.B. should consider because I have been physically harmed by the stray voltage. I have spent thousands of dollars on equipment, professional help, and mitigation in my attempts to control the stray voltage inside my home. I have also spent countless hours learning about it, measuring it, and writing to Ministries and organizations, such as the O.E.B., about it. All the utilities' employees involved in the process will be paid wages and expenses by their parent organizations. The O.E.B. is being discriminatory by denying expenses for taking part in the consultation process to me and other concerned participants. I have been a victim of stray voltage for the past four years; it is time that the O.E.B. stops making me a victim and treats me fairly.

5. The stray voltage consultation process needs independent concerned citizens to ensure that correct and safe changes are made to the electrical distribution system. Barry G. Fraser and R. Lee Montgomery, Dave Stetzer and myself, should all receive expenses for taking part in such an important consultation process for the Province of Ontario.

I became involved in this matter because Hydro One failed to keep their electrical distribution system safe, up to date, and capable of handling increased load and modern electronic usage. They have caused stray voltage, the second worst pollution problem in Ontario. Furthermore, the Ontario Energy Board has failed in its duties to regulate and enforce safe practices by Hydro One. It is extremely important to me that I participate in this process, and I feel strongly that my expenses should be paid.

Yours sincerely,

Martin Weatherall
WEEP - Wireless Electrical and Electromagnetic Pollution

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Dwight Duncan, Minister of Energy for Ontario
Maria Van Bommell, MPP

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