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To: Jorj X Mckie who wrote (55828)	1/3/2007 7:24:51 PM
From: Alan Smithee	Respond to of 57110

What's scary is that my son's elementary school actually promotes the "holiday". I am going to protest it next year. Going in blackface?

To: Jorj X Mckie who wrote (55828)	1/4/2007 1:10:32 AM
From: Neenny	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 57110

I remember there being a story about it in my children's elementary school readers, along with information about the "holiday." Somehow I don't remember the information being anything like the information you posted. I remember it being projected as such a wonderful celebration. But then again what can you expect from a good Catholic school!!??!! (I can't believe your Son is in school, why it seems only yesterday!!!! What grade is he in now??)

To: Jorj X Mckie who wrote (55828)	1/4/2007 7:49:48 AM
From: arno	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 57110

speaking of the FBI... Can You Hear Me Now? Cell phone users, beware. The FBI can listen to everything you say, even when the cell phone is turned off. A recent court ruling in a case against the Genovese crime family revealed that the FBI has the ability from a remote location to activate a cell phone and turn its microphone into a listening device that transmits to an FBI listening post, a method known as a "roving bug." Experts say the only way to defeat it is to remove the cell phone battery. "The FBI can access cell phones and modify them remotely without ever having to physically handle them," James Atkinson, a counterintelligence security consultant, told ABC News. "Any recently manufactured cell phone has a built-in tracking device, which can allow eavesdroppers to pinpoint someone's location to within just a few feet," he added..... more at blogs.abcnews.com