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To: SliderOnTheBlack who wrote (14949)	1/31/2009 7:37:44 PM
From: Webster Groves	Respond to of 50305

Before you believe any of that, do this: 1. Compare your right hand to your left - the same ? 2. Now which hand do you throw with ? wg

To: SliderOnTheBlack who wrote (14949)	1/31/2009 7:57:11 PM
From: NOW	Respond to of 50305

The John W. Warner Defense Authorization Act of 2006 (PL 109-364), "named for the longtime Armed Services Committee chairman from Virginia," was signed October 17, 2006, by President George W. Bush. The Act "has a provocative provision called 'Use of the Armed Forces in Major Public Emergencies'," the thrust of which "seems to be about giving the federal government a far stronger hand in coordinating responses to [Hurricane] Katrina-like disasters," Jeff Stein, CQ National Security Editor wrote December 1, 2006. "But on closer inspection, its language also alters the two-centuries-old Insurrection Act, which Congress passed in 1807 to limit the president’s power to deploy troops within the United States ... 'to suppress, in a State, any insurrection, domestic violence, unlawful combination, or conspiracy'," Stein wrote. "But the amended law takes the cuffs off" and "critics say it’s a formula for executive branch mischief," Stein wrote, as "the new language adds 'natural disaster, epidemic, or other serious public health emergency, terrorist attack or incident' to the list of conditions permitting the President to take over local authority — particularly 'if domestic violence has occurred to such an extent that the constituted authorities of the State or possession are incapable of maintaining public order.'" "One of the few to complain, Sen. Patrick J. Leahy, D-Vt., warned that the measure virtually invites the White House to declare federal martial law. ... It 'subverts solid, longstanding posse comitatus statutes that limit the military’s involvement in law enforcement, thereby making it easier for the President to declare martial law,' he said in remarks submitted to the Congressional Record on Sept. 29." [1] sourcewatch.org

To: SliderOnTheBlack who wrote (14949)	1/31/2009 8:53:44 PM
From: Fun-da-Mental#1	1 Recommendation Respond to of 50305

That's funny. I looked at my left hand, and my ring finger was a little longer than my pointer. Then I looked at my right hand, and my ring finger was about half an inch longer! What the hell happened to my pointer finger, I wondered. Then I remembered - I broke my hand play-boxing with a friend about ten years ago, and shortened the bones behind the my first knuckle, so that's why my pointer is so short. Too much testosterone, I guess. Believe it or not, I broke my hand hitting my friend in the stomach. Talk about abs of steel. He was a real tough guy, mentally and physically. But he died of cancer at the age of 35. He used to say "life's a joke, but nobody's laughing". Fun-da-Mental