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To: i-node who wrote (193024)	7/2/2004 12:30:36 PM
From: steve harris	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572208

Just received this from a friend in email. Haven't verified it. Did You Know? As you walk up the steps to the building which houses the U.S. Supreme Court you can see near the top of the building a row of the world's law givers and each one is facing one in the middle who is facing forward with a full frontal view ... it is Moses and he is holding the Ten Commandments! DID YOU KNOW? As you enter the Supreme Court courtroom, the two huge oak doors have the Ten Commandments engraved on each lower portion of each door. DID YOU KNOW? As you sit inside the courtroom, you can see the wall, right above where the Supreme Court judges sit, a display of the Ten Commandments! DID YOU KNOW? There are Bible verses etched in stone all over the Federal Buildings and monuments in Washington, D.C. DID YOU KNOW? James Madison, the fourth president, known as "The Father of Our Constitution" made the following statement: "We have staked the whole of all our political institutions upon the capacity of mankind for self-government, upon the capacity of each and all of us to govern ourselves, to control ourselves, to sustain ourselves according to the Ten Commandments of God." DID YOU KNOW? Patrick Henry, that patriot and Founding Father of our country said: "It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded not by religionists but by Christians, not on religions but on the Gospel of Jesus Christ". DID YOU KNOW? Every session of Congress begins with a prayer by a paid preacher, whose salary has been paid by the taxpayer since 1777. DID YOU KNOW? Fifty-two of the 55 founders of the Constitution were members of the established orthodox churches in the colonies. DID YOU KNOW? Thomas Jefferson worried that the Courts would overstep their authority and instead of interpreting the law would begin making law ... an oligarchy ... the rule of few over many. DID YOU KNOW? The very first Supreme Court Justice, John Jay, said: "Americans should select and prefer Christians as their rulers." How, then, have we gotten to the point that everything we have done for 220 years in this country is now suddenly wrong and unconstitutional?

To: i-node who wrote (193024)	7/2/2004 1:51:12 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572208

Thousands volunteer for GOP convention, but NYC knows some might be protesters By SARA KUGLER Associated Press Writer July 1, 2004, 4:31 PM EDT NEW YORK -- Ten thousand people have signed up to volunteer at this summer's Republican convention, but the city is prepared for the possibility that some won't show up as a form of protest. The New York City host committee said thousands have applied online since the April launch of the recruitment project, which included a multimedia ad blitz starring former Mayor Ed Koch. Groups planning protests during the convention, from Aug. 30 through Sept. 2, have been encouraging activists to sign up as volunteers and then either not report for their assignment or show up and cause trouble. "Fill out the volunteer forms. Be polite, dress appropriately, and smile a lot" during the application process, says a Web site dedicated to the sign-up-and-abandon strategy, run by David Lynn of Philadelphia. Then, he says, "don't show up for your volunteer assignment. Don't call in sick, don't give any warning _ just don't show up." The convention volunteer operation envisions that some people who register as volunteers will not report for work, for various reasons, host committee spokesman Paul Elliott said. "It's not a concern _ on the opening day of the convention, we will be completely prepared in terms of staffing and deployment of resources," he said. Lynn, who runs shadowprotest.org, said Thursday that he doesn't know how many activists are heeding his call but that the volume of hits to his site and e-mails he receives indicate the movement is popular. "We're never going to be able to count, but I think they're in trouble," he said. Volunteer applicants are screened at several points in the process. The initial online application asks for social security and drivers license numbers, and is equipped to recognize false ones, Elliott said. If the online application is approved, the applicant is then contacted and interviewed. Before the convention begins, all volunteers will have spoken or met with a volunteer recruiter several times. Nearly half of the 10,000 registered volunteers have already undergone the review. newsday.com