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From Behind The Iron Curton

Thursday, 10. July 2008, 08:26:53

oklahoma, joe, nuclear weapons, anwr ...

From Joe:

Below is a letter I wrote to your views editor of the Oklahoman. They didn't publish the letter. I didn't expect them to publish it. I spent about ten minutes writing it and I didn't want my efforts to be wasted, so I will post it on the Internet. Joe

From: JoeForgy
To: yourviews@oklahoman.com
Sent: 7/6/2008 4:10:08 P.M. Central Daylight Time
Subj: Your views editor

We need it now!

By all means let's drill for oil In ANWR and along the coasts. Let's also cut down all the trees, pollute the rivers, streams and lakes and increase carbon dioxide in to the atmosphere. Let's not leave our posterity anything except an enormous high national debt.

We may as well use up the national resources and increase the national debt. Future generations will not be here to need anything nor pay off the national debt.

We now have enough nuclear weapons to destroy the world several times over. If we keep escalation war for oil, we will be seen by the world as the aggressor. Most of our former allies will turn against us. Each side will develop and use stronger weapons until we have a nuclear holocaust. Then the good earth will be a war torn uninhabitable planet for millions of years.

Eat, drink and drive your SUVs, for tomorrow you die.

Joe Forgy
.Oklahoma City, OK

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Supporting Our Troops In Oklahoma City

Sunday, 8. June 2008, 23:40:13

peace house, war, protest, batch ...

Report on Saturday's OKC Peace Rally (with "Eagles" counter-demo)

At 10:50 am, when Nathaniel Batchelder and Tom Gallagher arrived, there was one "Eagle" in place with a couple flags and a sign saying, "We support the troops." Batch introduced himself, but she - a no-nonsense and physically powerful woman - wasn't interested in much conversation. Batch said to her, "We support the troops too," and she replied, "But we support the mission." Batch let it go at that.

John Walters arrived with all our signs and flags and "the regulars" began setting up our stuff. By 11:15, there were about a dozen of us and no other Eagles had arrived. Her "Eagles" flags and sign began to look more and more like just part of our rally, which was fine, but I'm sure I wasn't the only one feeling some sympathy for her (and some relief).

Several came specially to offer a nonviolent presence had there been a difficult confrontation with "Eagles: - Tom Gallagher, Margaret Cox, Ellen Watson and Gail Sloop are all skilled in non-confrontational peace-making, and it was clear that "the peace forces" were ready, had there been "a situation."

When Warren Henthorn (Gold Star Dad whose flag proclams, "Let them not be forgotten," she thought she had an "Eagle" ally. "No," clarified Warren, I definitely want peace and the troops home." When Michael Trapp arrived with his large America flag, she thought he must be an "Eagle" too. "No," said Michael, "I'm with the peace movement."

By the time our large signs were stretched from Meridian Ave east for some 75 yards, her "Eagles" flags and sign really looked like "part of us." There was lots of supportive honking, and - I believe - only one or two apparent negative reactions to the call for peace. The tide has turned on the war.

Be sure to watch the 5-minute video by BraVe New Films, documenting US Senator Jim Inhofe's votes AGAINST things the Troops need: body armor, vehicle armor, medical services and psychological services and post-service care. It is shocking that Oklahoma's US Senator (up for election) poses as pro-troops and pro-war policy, but has a terrible rating by veterans' groups who know that Jim Inhofe has voted AGAINST services they needed. http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/41105-oklahoma-vets-and-jim-inhofe We shall persistently do what we can for peace, human rights, economic justice, environmental sustainability.

Nathaniel Batchelder, the Peace House Oklahoma City www.peacehouseok.org

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From: Engineer from 9/11 Truth has this to add

It was really pretty funny. There was only one hater there, who at first we thought was a man but turns out it was a chick. She planted 4 big flags, which were 2 US flags and 2 Gathering of Pigeons flags. Actually the flags say Gathering of Eagles. She stood by the side of the road, amid her flags, holding a sign that said simply, "Support our Troops". It really looked like she was with us, and we didn't tell her. She got flipped of and screamed at by her own kind, it was awesome. One guy on a motorcycle almost jumped off of it to come at me. He flipped me off and looked right at me and said, "Fuck You!" So I nodded and smiled at him. That made him madder. He started screaming, "I'll bomb Iran!" and the pigeon lady tried to hold her sign up so that he would recognize her as a fellow war lover. He should have known she was on his side because of course she was, her sign said "support our troops."

The pigeon lady kept turning around and taking our pictures. It was creepy. I'm sure I'm totally dogged out on some webpage somewhere right now.

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I was invited as I am every Saturday. But I work nights and Saturday mornings belong to my wife, however had I known the war hawks would have been there I would have been for sure. When I awoke in the afternoon and read Batches email, I'm like oh man, I missed it.

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Why Are We Paying High Gas Prices?

Wednesday, 14. June 2006, 15:16:40

oklahoma, roger harkness, okcitykid, iraq war ...

Why Are We Paying High Gas Prices?

This was a question given in a locally produced office newsletter. The answers were good but incomplete. This once was a mystery to me but now I understand.

Before the war started our state of Oklahoma was in real trouble; we were closing schools because we could not afford to pay teachers. Firemen and Policemen were being laid off, my wife being a teacher was told by a school official to hope we go to war because then the money will flow. I asked my supervisor where I work about this and his reply was that there would be more spending, but I don't think he or I knew that there would be more spending on GAS.

In an earlier article it is said that several years ago (before Desert Storm) a red circle was drawn around Iraq indicating that no oil was to flow from her. Why? Because then the price of oil would go up and the oil companies would make more profit. A large group of oil investors have invested great sums of money having been reassured that there would be a high return. After Desert Storm Oil Prices didn't go up and Bush Sr wasn't reelected. Once they make all the profits they feel they deserve, they will divest themselves and invest in other things, hopefully before it is to late to turn that tidal wave aimed to destroy our world.

So what does this have to do with the state of Oklahoma. Besides a lot of folks who have oil investments who we know will now pay less taxes but spend more money in our state, everyone will now pay more GAS tax. The prophesy came true, Oklahoma actually had a surplus and the legislators were gracious enough to issue a tax refund and the rich are being given a tax cut. Aren't they so nice for lowering taxes and giving us a refund, maybe, but actually what nobody seems to be discussing or questioning is the tax we pay on GAS, we pay more of it then we ever have, and its actually called a tax and we are actually paying more of it to both the state and fed. So the tax refund is actually them giving some of your money back, there is no tax brake, you are paying more not less then you ever have. This might help you understand why the feds aren't too afraid to spend money because they know that the GAS prices/tax will go up.

Now look at the success of a right wing owned media who has us all convinced that we are at war with terrorists, a war we must win and that this new Republican government has actually given us a tax brake. They are telling us that the price of gas has risen because of an increased demand on oil while Chevez tells us there is plenty of oil and is willing to maintain their price at 50 a barrel, they fail to tell us that this war has slowed the flow of oil enabling higher prices and we are actually paying more tax then we ever have in the form of a GAS tax.

What about this war on terrorism - ask them: "What terrorist?" and who are they terrorizing and what they won't tell you is that since Desert Storm we have killed about 2 million and 1 hundred thousand Iraqis who were never a threat to America, and that's just a part of it. Can you now answer this question - What terrorist and who are they terrorizing? Maybe then you might demand our troops come home and no permanent bases in Iraq.

Ref: http://okcitykid.bravejournal.com/entry/21454

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