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To: steve harris who wrote (290635)	6/10/2006 8:15:04 PM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571386

well there goes the jobs in Venezuelan

To: steve harris who wrote (290635)	6/17/2006 2:41:15 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571386

Its funny how the mouthpieces in your little world have no interest in the truth.........they feed you whatever garbage they think you all will eat up.....a phony war in Iraq; the validity of wiretapping; the virtures of torture; the conspiracy behind T. Schiavo; the demands of Chavez.....the list goes on and on. I wouldn't care if it weren't for the fact there is enough of you running lose to screw up this country.

To: steve harris who wrote (290635)	6/19/2006 2:49:25 AM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1571386

Just give peace a chance Deserters, activists in a show of solidarity By JOSEPH POPIOLKOWSKI News Staff Reporter 6/18/2006 FORT ERIE, Ont. - Army deserters living in Canada and Americans against the Iraq War came together Saturday along the Niagara River, just a few hundred yards from U.S. soil but miles away from the ideology of some American political leaders. The event was a show of solidarity between peace activists in the two countries and a call for the Canadian government to welcome the estimated 200 U.S. soldiers who have fled north of the border, citing conscientious objections to the Iraq War. "It's absolutely the first time this has ever happened - that an event has taken place like this across the border from a U.S. city - so it's historic in that sense," said organizer Bruce Beyer, a war resister from the Vietnam era. Beyer lived for three years in Sweden, five years in Canada and served a 30-day jail sentence in the United States for deserting before returning to Buffalo. Veterans of the Iraq, Gulf and Vietnam wars who gathered for day two of "Peace Has No Borders" said they were proud, patriotic Americans who dutifully served their country until witnessing first-hand the atrocities of what they called an "illegal and unjust" war. "I made the absolute, 100 percent wrong decision," said Geoff Millard, leader of the local chapter of Iraq Veterans Against the War. "I came back from Iraq on Oct. 27, 2005. And on Oct. 29, 2005 I started to make the right decision when I gave my first anti-war speech." Peace Has No Borders started Friday with a War Resisters Support Campaign in Kleinhans Music Hall. Before moving on to the Peace Bridge Saturday, the 200 anti-war protesters began the day with a picnic, in SugarBowl Park. During a gathering titled "A Festival of Resistance," they sporadically chanted and sought refuge under trees from an oppressive sun. Seven war resisters who spoke to the crowd are seeking asylum in Canada. It's a moral and legal obligation for soldiers to lay down their arms and speak out when they feel compelled to, even if they're branded cowards and have to flee, said Patrick Hart, a Buffalo-native who now lives in Toronto with his wife. "War changes you and it changed me. And I'm just trying to get back to being the person I was before I went in the Army," he said. Saturday's event came at a time when the death toll for U.S. troops reached 2,500 last week but as President Bush and Iraq War supporters are buoyed by the death of terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. As a result, public opinion on the war and America's next course of action is mixed. The picnic was peppered with national and international media, enticed by the scheduled appearance of Cindy Sheehan, an outspoken critic of President Bush and his policies. Sheehan, whose son died in Iraq in April 2004, wrapped up her first visit to Buffalo by crossing the border and flanking herself with the AWOL soldiers who can't return to their home country without facing court martials. "I can feel the energy of the movement," Sheehan told The Buffalo News after her speech. "It's really going to take people who have been there, people who have had losses like mine and people who don't want to go there to bring attention to the movement." George Homanich of Binghamton attended the picnic, as well as Friday night's benefit in Kleinhans with his daughter Sarah, a Buffalo State College student. "Learning more about their struggle and seeing the amazing amount of support they do have on both sides of the border was very uplifting," he said. buffalonews.com