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Dear Barely Political Please stop with your political nonsense. The crap you spew on youtube and around the web is creepy? The sex stuff about politicians is bad making fun of politicians in the way you do makes it's like you want sex scandels. The Obama's Girl obsession with Barack Obama is creepy and you editing videos of news and news related stuff to make your creepy videos about Barack Obama are bad in Public Relations cause it shows that you the candidate is lame cause he needs you or to make him look great. The other videos on Youtube not just from Barely Political are creepy they need to stop cause I don't like Presidential Candidates look like cult leaders. We need Presidential Candidates that look like leaders not cultic masters that want to lead a nation like a church. Barack Obama needs to understand that this nation is a secular nation. There is seperation between church and state. Barack Obama should have purged the Trinity Church where he left. Reverend Moss and Reverend Wright and Pfleager are racists they expect the white man to vote for Barack Obama when they are against the white man ? They are against Barack Obama cause he is a mulatto. This nation is not a church where racism is running it. Barack Obama will not call on Reverend Wright and Moss on there racism thus he is the wrong man to run for President. The creeps in this nation need to stop using youtube and even the news to show that they are creeps.

I know that there is Freedom of Speech issues but people need to stop being creepy. We need to stop being so creepy cause it shows our nation United States of America is a nation of creeps not leaders we need to stop scaring people to support stuff like legislation and let the free people of the United States of America decide to support it. We need freedom to get the people to be the leaders not people that scares people to support something. Polling is how we show support toward something but sometimes the Pollers are cheaters. I think Barack Obama running a satellite channel shows how creepy he is also. Presidential Candidates shouldn't be running a Pro-Obama Channel. We need to stop the propaganda that Barack Obama is promoting. Cause it shows how bad this nation is getting.

The United States of America is not a Cult of Obama and will not be one he is scaring me with his pitiful tactics which Obama doesn't understand what a tactic is or the difference is with strategy. He needs to be defeated in this United States of American Election. He is scaring me to believe his campaign is a cult. His truth squads have no truth only anger that shows Obama is a loser cause he can't get it that this country will not become a socialistic paradise. This man is pulling out all tactics which this strategy is called crash and burn and he will crash and burn agaisnt his opponent. He should leave kids who will regret doing what they have done in this campaign. If Barack Obama doesn't win. These kids will get what ? Nothing ? If he wins then they get nothing also other than nothing than a clap of the hands.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Saturday, September 27, 2008
Contact: Jessica Robinson, 573-751-0290
Gov. Blunt Statement on Obama Campaign’s Abusive Use of Missouri Law Enforcement

JEFFERSON CITY - Gov. Matt Blunt today issued the following statement on news reports that have exposed plans by U.S. Senator Barack Obama to use Missouri law enforcement to threaten and intimidate his critics.

“St. Louis County Circuit Attorney Bob McCulloch, St. Louis City Circuit Attorney Jennifer Joyce, Jefferson County Sheriff Glenn Boyer, and Obama and the leader of his Missouri campaign Senator Claire McCaskill have attached the stench of police state tactics to the Obama-Biden campaign.

“What Senator Obama and his helpers are doing is scandalous beyond words, the party that claims to be the party of Thomas Jefferson is abusing the justice system and offices of public trust to silence political criticism with threats of prosecution and criminal punishment.

“This abuse of the law for intimidation insults the most sacred principles and ideals of Jefferson. I can think of nothing more offensive to Jefferson’s thinking than using the power of the state to deprive Americans of their civil rights. The only conceivable purpose of Messrs. McCulloch, Obama and the others is to frighten people away from expressing themselves, to chill free and open debate, to suppress support and donations to conservative organizations targeted by this anti-civil rights, to strangle criticism of Mr. Obama, to suppress ads about his support of higher taxes, and to choke out criticism on television, radio, the Internet, blogs, e-mail and daily conversation about the election.

“Barack Obama needs to grow up. Leftist blogs and others in the press constantly say false things about me and my family. Usually, we ignore false and scurrilous accusations because the purveyors have no credibility. When necessary, we refute them. Enlisting Missouri law enforcement to intimidate people and kill free debate is reminiscent of the Sedition Acts - not a free society.”

Note : A Youtube Video that resembles a cult not a leader of a Country.

I am dismayed at the Democrats in Congress cause they are pro China and they blame China and let China have a contract in Iraq for Iraq's Oil. China doesn't need Iraq's oil when they have a contract for Iran's oil and natural gas. Democrats in Congress want China want to have it both ways which the Democrats want it both ways for the Chinese. They can't see that the Government of Iraq are equal financiers of the people of Iraq. The Pro-American Oil companies need contracts also. See thats why Barack Obama and his kind are Anti-American they don't understand that American Companies need work also. They argue about No Bid contracts then tell American Companies they can't have a contract so China can have the No Bid Contract. That is worse than what they accuse Halliburton of. They will not win any points with and this is way Barack Obama isn't change his supporters are more of the same and hate people to say that.

Note : http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/015/574iglgp.asp

No Oil for Blood
Thanks to three American senators, China will be pumping Iraqi oil.
by Frederick W. Kagan
09/16/2008 3:15:00 PM

This morning, I had the honor of testifying before the House Budget Committee on the situation in Iraq. The discussion was polite and civilized, and was a reminder that even now it is possible for people who disagree about what to do in Iraq to argue without raised voices and disagreeable language (apart from the Code Pink women, yelling for those who think that shouting opponents down is preferable to arguing with them). Congressman Brian Baird once again demonstrated that it is possible even for those who bitterly opposed the war to recognize the importance of doing the right thing now--as well as the possibility of crossing the Republican-Democrat sectarian divide on this issue. One question came up repeatedly in the hearing that deserves more of an answer than it got, however: Why, after all the assistance we've given to Iraq over the past five years, was the first major Iraqi oil deal signed with China and not with an American or even a western company? The answer is, in part, because three Democratic senators intervened in Iraqi domestic politics earlier this year to prevent Iraq from signing short-term agreements with Exxon Mobil, Shell, Total, Chevron, and BP.

The Iraqi government was poised to sign no-bid contracts with those firms this summer to help make immediate and needed improvements in Iraq's oil infrastructure. The result would have been significant foreign investment in Iraq, an expansion of Iraqi government revenues, and an increase in the global supply
of oil. One would have thought that leading Democratic senators who claim to be interested in finding other sources of funding to replace American dollars in Iraq, in helping Iraq spend its own money on its own people, and in lowering the price of gasoline for American citizens, would have been all for it. Instead, Senators Chuck Schumer, John Kerry, and Claire McCaskill wrote a letter to Secretary of State Rice asking her "to persuade the GOI [Government of Iraq] to refrain from signing contracts with multinational oil companies until a hydrocarbon law is in effect in Iraq." The Bush administration wisely refused to do so, but the resulting media hooraw in Iraq led to the cancellation of the contracts, and helps to explain why Iraq is doing oil deals instead with China.

Senators Schumer, McCaskill, and Kerry claimed to be acting from the purest of motives: "It is our fear that this action by the Iraqi government could further deepen political tensions in Iraq and put our service members in even great danger." For that reason, presumably, Schumer went so far as to ask the senior vice president of Exxon "if his company would agree to wait until the GOI produced a fair, equitable, and transparent hydrocarbon revenue sharing law before it signed any long-term agreement with the GOI." Exxon naturally refused, but Schumer managed to get the deal killed anyway. But the ostensible premise of the senators' objections was false--Iraq may not have a hydrocarbons law, but the central government has been sharing oil revenues equitably and there is no reason at all to imagine that signing the deals would have generated increased violence (and this was certainly not the view of American civilian and military officials on the ground in Iraq at the time). It is certain that killing the deals has delayed the maturation of Iraq's oil industry without producing the desired hydrocarbons legislation.


Nor is it entirely clear what the senators' motivations were. Their release (available along with their letter to Secretary Rice at the New York Observer quoted Senator McCaskill as follows: "'It's bad enough that we have no-bid contracts being awarded for work in Iraq. It's bad enough that the big oil companies continue to receive government handouts while they post record breaking profits. But now the most profitable companies in the universe--America's biggest oil companies--stand to reap the rewards of this no-bid contract on top of it all,' McCaskill said. 'It doesn't take a rocket scientist to connect these dots--big oil is running Washington and now they're running Baghdad. There is no reason under the sun not to halt these agreements until we get revenue sharing in place,' McCaskill said." So was this about what's best for Iraq and American interests there or about nailing "big oil" in an election year?

Either way, like Barack Obama's asking the Iraqi foreign minister to hold off on a strategic framework agreement until after the American election, it was nothing but harmful to American interests and our prospects in Iraq.

Frederick W. Kagan, a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, is a contributing editor to THE WEEKLY STANDARD.

Note : http://www.observer.com/2008/schumer-kerry-mccaskill-want-rice-intervene-iraq-oil-deals?observer_most_read_tabs_tab=0

Schumer, Kerry, McCaskill Want Rice to Intervene in Iraq Oil Deals
by Katharine Jose | June 24, 2008
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* Politics
* Barack Obama
* Chuck Schumer
* Claire McCaskill
* Condoleezza Rice
* George W. Bush
* John Kerry
* John McCain

Earlier today the Bush administration made clear they don't intend to intervene in the negotiations between the Iraqi government and several large oil companies.



Chuck Schumer, along with Claire McCaskill and John Kerry, responded quickly with a letter to Condoleezza Rice asking her to prevent the deals from going forward until there is an oil-revenue sharing law.

Both Schumer and Kerry are on the Senate Finance Committee; Kerry and McCaskill are both surrogates for Barack Obama, whose campaign has been going after John McCain for McCain's new, oil company-friendly position on offshore drilling.

Here's the release along with the letter (which, weirdly, doesn't include McCaskill's name at the end of it).

SCHUMER, KERRY & McCASKILL SEEK TO BLOCK BIG OIL’S NO-BID CONTRACTS IN IRAQ UNTIL CENTRAL GOVERNMENT ADOPTS REVENUE-SHARING AGREEMENT

Four Western Oil Companies Poised To Ink ‘Servicing’ Agreements Before Iraqi Parliament’s Reaches Agreement On How To Distribute Oil Profits

Initial Deals Would Provide Oil Companies with Leg-Up For Lucrative Production Contracts

Senators: By Jumping Gun Before Oil Law Is Passed, Big Oil Threatens To Inflame Sectarian Unrest In Iraq; Say Rush To Enrich Big Oil Would Fan Perception U.S. Entrance Into Iraq Was Motivated By Oil

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), John Kerry (D-MA) and Claire McCaskill (D-MO) demanded today that the Bush administration stop the Iraqi government from awarding no-bid contracts to four of the world’s biggest oil companies until the country’s parliament passes a national oil law and revenue-sharing agreement. The senators said that if the technical servicing agreements, which could be announced as soon as June 30, are allowed to go forward, it could inflame sectarian unrest in Iraq. They also expressed worry that the rush to reward major Western oil companies would fan the perception that U.S. involvement in there was motivated by oil.

The senators released a letter they sent to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice denouncing the companies’ rush to sign so-called “technical servicing agreements” that would enrich Exxon Mobil, Shell, Total and BP. The senators said the oil companies ought to continue providing advice and support to Iraq on oil exploration on a pro bona basis, as they have done in the past, until the government passes a law formalizing the contracting and revenue-sharing process.

“The last thing Iraq needs is further impetus for the three factions to fight over billions in oil revenues, as American troops are caught in the crossfire.We must pressure the Iraqi Government to put all its ducks in a row before entering into contracts with oil companies,” Schumer said.

“Sustainable stability in Iraq should be the top priority, not no bid contracts for Big Oil. You’ll never have a political solution in Iraq if Iraqi politicians keep stalling instead of passing a fair oil law that equitably distributes revenues among Sunnis, Shiites, and Kurds. If the Iraqi government insists on first extending no-bid oil contracts to the big oil companies, political tensions in the region could be ratcheted up to even more dangerous levels. The timing of these contracts has cost us leverage we need to push through the oil laws and runs the real risk of inflaming sectarian tensions. It’s not in our security interests for anyone to think that the same Western oil companies which quietly advised the Iraqi oil ministry were given an insider’s advantage on deals that could result in much more lucrative long-term contracts,” Kerry said.

“It’s bad enough that we have no-bid contracts being awarded for work in Iraq. It’s bad enough that the big oil companies continue to receive government handouts while they post record breaking profits. But now the most profitable companies in the universe – America’s biggest oil companies – stand to reap the rewards of this no-bid contract on top of it all,” McCaskill said. “It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to connect these dots – big oil is running Washington and now they’re running Baghdad. There is no reason under the sun not to halt these agreements until we get revenue sharing in place,” McCaskill said.

It is uncommon for oil companies to receive no-bid contracts of this type. It is especially unusual in this case since more than 40 companies were seeking the servicing deal that Iraq is prepared to give to the four companies. Iraq’s central government has defended the award process, saying Exxon Mobil, Shell, Total and BP have provided free advice and support over the past two years, enabling the companies and the government to build a close relationship.

Though the servicing agreements would not come with any ownership of the oil that the companies may help extract, experts say the pacts would put the companies “first in line” to receive the lucrative production contracts that Iraq will eventually award. The senators said those profit motivations do not supplant the need for the country to pass am oil law, which is one of the Bush administration’s own “benchmarks for reconciliation.”

At a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing last month, Schumer pressed oil executives to put the deals on hold until the government struck a compromise on an oil law and revenue-sharing agreement. The companies balked. “I'm not going to make any commitment of that type," Stephen Simon, Exxon’s senior vice president, said in response to Schumer.

A copy of the senators’ letter to Rice appears below.

June 23, 2008



The Honorable Condoleezza Rice

Secretary of State

2201 C Street NW

Washington, DC 20520

Dear Secretary Rice:

We write to express our concern that the Government of Iraq (GOI) is about to sign no-bid oil and gas contracts with multinational oil companies, including Exxon Mobil, Shell, Total, Chevron, and BP, to service Iraq’s largest hydrocarbon fields before an Iraqi hydrocarbon revenue sharing law has been signed. It is our fear that this action by the Iraqi government could further deepen political tensions in Iraq and put our service members in even great danger. We urge you to persuade the GOI to refrain from signing contracts with multinational oil companies until a hydrocarbon law is in effect in Iraq.

President Bush has stated numerous times the importance of the passage of national hydrocarbon law that would “[g]ive every Iraqi citizen a stake in the country's economy.” At this time, the GOI currently does not have in place a revenue sharing law that would fairly allocate any revenue gained from Iraq’s lucrative hydrocarbon fields between the three major ethnic groups in Iraq. We fear that any such agreements signed by Iraq’s Hydrocarbon Ministry without an equitable revenue sharing agreement in place would simply add more fuel to Iraq’s civil war.

Last month, Senator Schumer personally asked Stephen Simon, Exxon's senior vice president, if his company would agree to wait until the GOI produced a fair, equitable, and transparent hydrocarbon revenue sharing law before it signed any long-term agreement with the GOI. He stated unequivocally that they would not wait for any such law to be passed before they signed any agreements for hydrocarbon production. We find it shocking that Exxon would put its own commercial interest above the national security interests of the United States and Iraq.

We are equally troubled by the fact that you recently stated, “[t]he United States Government has stayed absolutely out of the matter of the awarding of Iraqi oil contracts. It’s a private sector matter.” Without an oil law in place, any formal production contracts with Exxon Mobil et al. threaten to heighten the tension within Iraq between these groups at the same time that American servicemembers are fighting night and day to reduce the levels of violence. This is clearly a matter of national security, which we believe should trump any and all commercial interests.

The GOI maintains that the revenue from its hydrocarbon fields would be used for reconstruction. However, it is not clear what, if any, success the GOI has had in spending its existing hydrocarbon revenues on reconstruction efforts. Nor is it clear that these reconstruction efforts would be targeted equitably to all the major ethnic groups in Iraq. We know that over the course of 2007 and 2008, Iraq will realize roughly $100 billion in oil revenues, most of which will not be spent on reconstruction due to bureaucratic incompetence. And while the GOI argues that the pending contracts are short-term in duration, they will surely pave the way for longer production-sharing agreements between the GOI and these multinational hydrocarbon companies.

The passage of an Iraqi hydrocarbon revenue sharing law is a critical benchmark that would indicate to the American people the Iraqi government’s commitment to promoting long-term political and economic stability. It is critical that the administration not lose sight of this important goal and refrain from endorsing actions by the Iraqi government that could further deepen political tension. A fair, equitable, and transparent hydrocarbon revenue sharing law could promote desperately needed political and sectarian reconciliation in Iraq. We ask that you work with the GOI to ensure that they do not sign any agreements relating to oil or gas until they have passed a fair, equitable, and transparent hydrocarbon revenue sharing agreement that benefits the Sunni Arabs, Shia Arabs, Kurds, and all other Iraqi citizens.

Sincerely,

Senator Charles E. Schumer

Senator John Kerry

Presidential Candidate Senator Barack Obama loves the teleprompter and he can't even make a speech without one. He is a young person he shouldn't be a robot. He needs to be smarter and even more speech worthy? Did his idol Presidential John Kennedy use a teleprompter no ? Barack Obama wants little kids to learn about STD's and sex education. Sex Education shouldn't be taught at a young age. Or learning about sex or looking at porn. Barack Obama voted for this when he was a State Senator. This goes to show that Barack Obama doesn't understand little kids and has no experience with sex education. He hates people who shows different views toward people. He dislikes people with different views also. He can't answer the difficult questions without them being scripted to where he can answer them. It shows he has no experience to answer questions. He has to let the advisers answer them. He has too many advisers advising him on what to do and what to say. That shows that he has no experience.


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093_SB0099


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1 AN ACT concerning education.

2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:

4 Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing
5 Sections 27-9.1 and 27-9.2 as follows:

6 (105 ILCS 5/27-9.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 27-9.1)
7 Sec. 27-9.1. Sex Education.
8 (a) No pupil shall be required to take or participate in
9 any class or course in comprehensive sex education if the
10 pupil's his parent or guardian submits written objection
11 thereto, and refusal to take or participate in such course or
12 program shall not be reason for suspension or expulsion of
13 such pupil. Each class or course in comprehensive sex
14 education offered in any of grades K 6 through 12 shall
15 include instruction on the prevention of sexually transmitted
16 infections, including the prevention, transmission and spread
17 of HIV AIDS. Nothing in this Section prohibits instruction in
18 sanitation, hygiene or traditional courses in biology.
19 (b) All public elementary, junior high, and senior high
20 school classes that teach sex education and discuss sexual
21 activity or behavior intercourse shall emphasize that
22 abstinence is an effective method of preventing unintended is
23 the expected norm in that abstinence from sexual intercourse
24 is the only protection that is 100% effective against
25 unwanted teenage pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases,
26 and HIV acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) when
27 transmitted sexually.
28 (c) In this subsection (c):
29 "Factual information" includes without limitation
30 medical, psychiatric, psychological, empirical, and
31 statistical statements.

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1 "Medically accurate" means verified or supported by
2 research conducted in compliance with scientific methods,
3 published in peer-review journals, where appropriate, and
4 recognized as accurate and objective by professional
5 organizations and agencies with expertise in the relevant
6 field.
7 All sex education courses that discuss sexual activity or
8 behavior intercourse shall satisfy the following criteria:
9 (1) Factual information presented in course
10 material and instruction shall be medically accurate and
11 objective.
12 (2) All (1) course material and instruction shall
13 be age and developmentally appropriate.
14 (3) Course material and instruction shall include a
15 discussion of sexual abstinence as a method to prevent
16 unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections,
17 including HIV.
18 (4) Course material and instruction shall present
19 the latest medically factual information regarding both
20 the possible side effects and health benefits of all
21 forms of contraception, including the success and failure
22 rates for the prevention of pregnancy and sexually
23 transmitted infections, including HIV.
24 (5) Course material and instruction shall include a
25 discussion of the possible consequences of unintended
26 pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections, including
27 HIV.
28 (2) Course material and instruction shall teach
29 honor and respect for monogamous heterosexual marriage.
30 (3) Course material and instruction shall stress
31 that pupils should abstain from sexual intercourse until
32 they are ready for marriage.
33 (4) Course material and instruction shall include a
34 discussion of the possible emotional and psychological

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1 consequences of preadolescent and adolescent sexual
2 intercourse outside of marriage and the consequences of
3 unwanted adolescent pregnancy.
4 (6) (5) Course material and instruction shall
5 stress that sexually transmitted infections diseases are
6 serious possible hazards of sexual activity or behavior
7 intercourse. Pupils shall be provided with statistics
8 based on the latest medical information citing the
9 failure and success rates of all contraceptive methods
10 condoms in preventing unintended pregnancies and HIV AIDS
11 and other sexually transmitted infections diseases.
12 (7) (6) Course material and instruction shall
13 advise pupils of the laws pertaining to their financial
14 responsibility to children born in and out of wedlock.
15 (8) (7) Course material and instruction shall
16 advise pupils that it is unlawful for males or females of
17 any age to engage in sexual conduct or have sexual
18 relations with a minor as specified in of the
19 circumstances under which it is unlawful for males to
20 have sexual relations with females under the age of 18 to
21 whom they are not married pursuant to Article 12 of the
22 Criminal Code of 1961, as now or hereafter amended.
23 (9) Course material and instruction shall discuss
24 and provide for the development of positive communication
25 skills to maintain healthy relationships and avoid
26 unwanted sexual activity.
27 (10) Course material and instruction shall
28 emphasize that the pupil has the power to control
29 personal behavior. Pupils shall be encouraged to base
30 their actions on reasoning, self-discipline, sense of
31 responsibility, self-control, and ethical considerations,
32 such as respect for oneself and others.
33 (11) (8) Course material and instruction shall
34 teach pupils to not make unwanted physical and verbal

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1 sexual advances and how to say no to unwanted sexual
2 advances and shall include information about verbal,
3 physical, and visual sexual harassment, including without
4 limitation nonconsensual sexual advances, nonconsensual
5 physical sexual contact, and rape by an acquaintance. The
6 course material and instruction shall contain methods of
7 preventing sexual assault by an acquaintance, including
8 exercising good judgment and avoiding behavior that
9 impairs one's judgment. The course material and
10 instruction shall emphasize personal accountability and
11 respect for others and Pupils shall be taught that it is
12 wrong to take advantage of or to exploit another person.
13 The material and instruction shall also encourage youth
14 to resist negative peer pressure. The course material and
15 instruction shall inform pupils of the potential legal
16 consequences of sexual assault by an acquaintance.
17 Specifically, pupils shall be advised that it is unlawful
18 to touch an intimate part of another person as specified
19 in the Criminal Code of 1961.
20 (12) Course material and instruction shall teach
21 male pupils about male accountability for sexual violence
22 and shall teach female students about reducing
23 vulnerability for sexual violence.
24 (13) Course material and instruction shall teach
25 pupils about counseling, medical, and legal resources
26 available to survivors of sexual abuse and sexual
27 assault, including resources for escaping violent
28 relationships.
29 (14) Course material and instruction shall teach
30 pupils that it is wrong to take advantage of or to
31 exploit another person.
32 (15) Course material and instruction shall be free
33 of racial, ethnic, gender, religious, or sexual
34 orientation biases.

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1 (d) An opportunity shall be afforded to parents or
2 guardians to examine the instructional materials to be used
3 in such class or course.
4 (Source: P.A. 86-941.)

5 (105 ILCS 5/27-9.2) (from Ch. 122, par. 27-9.2)
6 Sec. 27-9.2. Family Life.
7 (a) If any school district provides courses of
8 instruction designed to promote wholesome and comprehensive
9 understanding of the emotional, psychological, physiological,
10 hygienic and social responsibility aspects of family life,
11 then such courses of instruction shall include the teaching
12 of prevention of unintended pregnancy and all options related
13 to unintended pregnancy, as the alternatives to abortion,
14 appropriate to the various grade levels; and whenever such
15 courses of instruction are provided in any of grades K 6
16 through 12, then such courses also shall include age
17 appropriate instruction on the prevention of sexually
18 transmitted infections, including the prevention,
19 transmission and spread of HIV AIDS. However, no pupil shall
20 be required to take or participate in any family life class
21 or course on HIV AIDS instruction if his parent or guardian
22 submits written objection thereto, and refusal to take or
23 participate in such course or program shall not be reason for
24 suspension or expulsion of such pupil.
25 (b) In this subsection (b):
26 "Factual information" includes without limitation
27 medical, psychiatric, psychological, empirical, and
28 statistical statements.
29 "Medically accurate" means verified or supported by
30 research conducted in compliance with scientific methods,
31 published in peer-review journals, where appropriate, and
32 recognized as accurate and objective by professional
33 organizations and agencies with expertise in the relevant

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1 field.
2 All family life courses of instruction shall satisfy the
3 following criteria:
4 (1) Factual information presented in course
5 material and instruction shall be medically accurate and
6 objective.
7 (2) All course material and instruction in classes
8 that teach sex education and discuss sexual activity or
9 behavior shall be age and developmentally appropriate.
10 (3) Course material and instruction shall include a
11 discussion of sexual abstinence as a method to prevent
12 unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections,
13 including HIV.
14 (4) Course material and instruction shall present
15 the latest medically factual information regarding both
16 the possible side effects and health benefits of all
17 forms of contraception, including the success and failure
18 rates for the prevention of pregnancy and sexually
19 transmitted infections, including HIV.
20 (5) Course material and instruction shall stress
21 that sexually transmitted infections are serious possible
22 hazards of sexual activity or behavior. Pupils shall be
23 provided with statistics based on the latest medical
24 information citing the failure and success rates of all
25 contraceptive methods in preventing unintended pregnancy
26 and HIV and other sexually transmitted infections.
27 (6) Course material and instruction shall advise
28 pupils that it is unlawful for males or females of any
29 age to engage in sexual conduct or have sexual relations
30 with a minor as specified in Article 12 of the Criminal
31 Code of 1961.
32 (7) Course material and instruction shall discuss
33 and provide for the development of positive communication
34 skills to maintain healthy relationships and avoid

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1 unwanted sexual activity.
2 (8) Course material and instruction shall emphasize
3 that the pupil has the power to control personal
4 behavior. Pupils shall be encouraged to base their
5 actions on reasoning, self-discipline, sense of
6 responsibility, self-control, and ethical considerations,
7 such as respect for oneself and others.
8 (9) Course material and instruction shall teach
9 pupils to not make unwanted physical and verbal sexual
10 advances and how to say no to unwanted sexual advances
11 and shall include information about verbal, physical, and
12 visual sexual harassment, including without limitation
13 nonconsensual sexual advances, nonconsensual physical
14 sexual contact, and rape by an acquaintance. The course
15 material and instruction shall contain methods of
16 preventing sexual assault by an acquaintance, including
17 exercising good judgment and avoiding behavior that
18 impairs one's judgment. The course material and
19 instruction shall emphasize personal accountability and
20 respect for others and shall also encourage youth to
21 resist negative peer pressure. The course material and
22 instruction shall inform pupils of the potential legal
23 consequences of sexual assault by an acquaintance.
24 Specifically, pupils shall be advised that it is unlawful
25 to touch an intimate part of another person, as specified
26 in the Criminal Code of 1961.
27 (10) Course material and instruction shall teach
28 male pupils about male accountability for sexual violence
29 and shall teach female students about reducing
30 vulnerability for sexual violence.
31 (11) Course material and instruction shall teach
32 pupils about counseling, medical, and legal resources
33 available to survivors of sexual abuse and sexual
34 assault, including resources for escaping violent

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1 relationships.
2 (12) Course material and instruction in classes
3 that discuss sexual activity or behavior shall teach
4 pupils that it is wrong to take advantage of or to
5 exploit another person.
6 (13) Course material and instruction shall be free
7 of racial, ethnic, gender, religious, and sexual
8 orientation biases.
9 (c) The State Superintendent of Education shall prepare
10 and make available to local school districts courses of
11 instruction designed to satisfy the requirements of this
12 Section.
13 The State Superintendent of Education shall develop a
14 procedure for evaluating and measuring the effectiveness of
15 the family life courses of instruction in each local school
16 district, including the setting of reasonable goals for
17 reduced sexual activity, sexually transmitted diseases and
18 premarital pregnancy. The goals shall be set by the beginning
19 of the 1991-92 school year. The State Superintendent shall
20 distribute a copy of the procedure to each local school
21 district. Each local school district may develop additional
22 procedures or methods for measuring the effectiveness of the
23 family life courses of instruction within the district.
24 Before the beginning of the 1993-94 school year, the State
25 Superintendent shall collect and evaluate all relevant data
26 to determine whether the goals are being achieved.
27 (Source: P.A. 86-941.)

28 Section 10. The Critical Health Problems and
29 Comprehensive Health Education Act is amended by changing
30 Sections 2 and 3 as follows:

31 (105 ILCS 110/2) (from Ch. 122, par. 862)
32 Sec. 2. Definitions. In this Act, the following terms

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1 shall have the following meanings respectively prescribed for
2 them, except as the context otherwise requires:
3 (a) "Comprehensive Health Education Program": a
4 systematic and extensive educational program designed to
5 provide a variety of learning experiences based upon
6 scientific knowledge of the human organism as it functions
7 within its environment which will favorably influence the
8 knowledge, attitudes, values and practices of Illinois school
9 youth; and which will aid them in making wise personal
10 decisions in matters of health.
11 "Factual information" includes without limitation
12 medical, psychiatric, psychological, empirical, and
13 statistical statements.
14 "Medically accurate" means verified or supported by
15 research conducted in compliance with scientific methods,
16 published in peer-review journals, where appropriate, and
17 recognized as accurate and objective by professional
18 organizations and agencies with expertise in the relevant
19 field.
20 (Source: P.A. 77-1405.)

21 (105 ILCS 110/3) (from Ch. 122, par. 863)
22 Sec. 3. Comprehensive Health Education Program.
23 (a) The program established under this Act shall
24 include, but not be limited to, the following major
25 educational areas as a basis for curricula in all elementary
26 and secondary schools in this State: human ecology and
27 health, human growth and development, the emotional,
28 psychological, physiological, hygienic and social
29 responsibilities of family life, including sexual abstinence
30 and prevention of unintended pregnancy until marriage,
31 prevention and control of disease, including age appropriate
32 instruction in grades K 6 through 12 on the prevention of
33 sexually transmitted infections, including the prevention,

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1 transmission and spread of HIV AIDS, public and environmental
2 health, consumer health, safety education and disaster
3 survival, mental health and illness, personal health habits,
4 alcohol, drug use, and abuse including the medical and legal
5 ramifications of alcohol, drug, and tobacco use, abuse during
6 pregnancy, sexual abstinence until marriage, tobacco,
7 nutrition, and dental health.
8 (b) All comprehensive health education programs
9 established under this Act shall satisfy the following
10 criteria:
11 (1) Factual information presented in course
12 material and instruction shall be medically accurate and
13 objective.
14 (2) All course material and instruction in classes
15 that teach sex education and discuss sexual activity or
16 behavior shall be age and developmentally appropriate.
17 (3) Course material and instruction shall include a
18 discussion of sexual abstinence as a method to prevent
19 unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections,
20 including HIV.
21 (4) Course material and instruction shall present
22 the latest medically factual information regarding both
23 the possible side effects and health benefits of all
24 forms of contraception, including the success and failure
25 rates for the prevention of pregnancy and sexually
26 transmitted infections, including HIV.
27 (5) Course material and instruction shall stress
28 that sexually transmitted infections are serious possible
29 hazards of sexual activity or behavior. Pupils shall be
30 provided with statistics based on the latest medical
31 information citing the failure and success rates of all
32 methods of contraception in preventing HIV and other
33 sexually transmitted infections.
34 (6) Course material and instruction shall advise

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1 pupils that it is unlawful for males or females of any
2 age to engage in sexual conduct or have sexual relations
3 with a minor as specified in Article 12 of the Criminal
4 Code of 1961.
5 (7) Course material and discussion shall discuss
6 and provide for the development of positive communication
7 skills to maintain healthy relationships and avoid
8 unwanted sexual activity.
9 (8) Course material and instruction shall emphasize
10 that the pupil has the power to control personal
11 behavior. Pupils shall be encouraged to base their
12 actions on reasoning, self-discipline, sense of
13 responsibility, self-control, and ethical considerations,
14 such as respect for oneself and others.
15 (9) Course material and instruction shall teach
16 pupils to not make unwanted physical and verbal sexual
17 advances and how to say no to unwanted sexual advances
18 and shall include information about verbal, physical, and
19 visual sexual harassment, including without limitation
20 nonconsensual sexual advances, nonconsensual physical
21 sexual contact, and rape by an acquaintance. The course
22 material and instruction shall contain methods of
23 preventing sexual assault by an acquaintance, including
24 exercising good judgment and avoiding behavior that
25 impairs one's judgment. The course material and
26 instruction shall emphasize personal accountability and
27 respect for others and shall also encourage youth to
28 resist negative peer pressure. The course material and
29 instruction shall inform pupils of the potential legal
30 consequences of sexual assault by an acquaintance.
31 Specifically, pupils shall be advised that it is unlawful
32 to touch an intimate part of another person as specified
33 in the Criminal Code of 1961.
34 (10) Course material and instruction shall teach

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1 male pupils about male accountability for sexual violence
2 and shall teach female students about reducing
3 vulnerability for sexual violence.
4 (11) Course material and instruction shall teach
5 pupils about counseling, medical, and legal resources
6 available to survivors of sexual abuse and sexual
7 assault, including resources for escaping violent
8 relationships.
9 (12) Course material and instruction in classes
10 that discuss sexual activity or behavior shall teach
11 pupils that it is wrong to take advantage of or to
12 exploit another person.
13 (13) Course material and instruction shall be free
14 of racial, ethnic, gender, religious, or sexual
15 orientation biases.
16 (c) Notwithstanding the above educational areas, the
17 following areas may also be included as a basis for curricula
18 in all elementary and secondary schools in this State: basic
19 first aid (including, but not limited to, cardiopulmonary
20 resuscitation and the Heimlich maneuver), early prevention
21 and detection of cancer, heart disease, diabetes, stroke, and
22 the prevention of child abuse, neglect, and suicide. The
23 school board of each public elementary and secondary school
24 in the State shall encourage all teachers and other school
25 personnel to acquire, develop, and maintain the knowledge and
26 skills necessary to properly administer life-saving
27 techniques, including without limitation the Heimlich
28 maneuver and rescue breathing. The training shall be in
29 accordance with standards of the American Red Cross, the
30 American Heart Association, or another nationally recognized
31 certifying organization. A school board may use the services
32 of non-governmental entities whose personnel have expertise
33 in life-saving techniques to instruct teachers and other
34 school personnel in these techniques. Each school board is

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1 encouraged to have in its employ, or on its volunteer staff,
2 at least one person who is certified, by the American Red
3 Cross or by another qualified certifying agency, as qualified
4 to administer first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
5 In addition, each school board is authorized to allocate
6 appropriate portions of its institute or inservice days to
7 conduct training programs for teachers and other school
8 personnel who have expressed an interest in becoming
9 qualified to administer emergency first aid or
10 cardiopulmonary resuscitation. School boards are urged to
11 encourage their teachers and other school personnel who coach
12 school athletic programs and other extracurricular school
13 activities to acquire, develop, and maintain the knowledge
14 and skills necessary to properly administer first aid and
15 cardiopulmonary resuscitation in accordance with standards
16 and requirements established by the American Red Cross or
17 another qualified certifying agency.
18 (d) No pupil shall be required to take or participate in
19 any class or course on HIV AIDS or family life instruction if
20 his parent or guardian submits written objection thereto, and
21 refusal to take or participate in the course or program shall
22 not be reason for suspension or expulsion of the pupil.
23 (e) Curricula developed under programs established in
24 accordance with this Act in the major educational area of
25 alcohol and drug use and abuse shall include classroom
26 instruction in grades 5 through 12. The instruction, which
27 shall include matters relating to both the physical and legal
28 effects and ramifications of drug and substance abuse, shall
29 be integrated into existing curricula; and the State Board of
30 Education shall develop and make available to all elementary
31 and secondary schools in this State instructional materials
32 and guidelines which will assist the schools in incorporating
33 the instruction into their existing curricula. In addition,
34 school districts may offer, as part of existing curricula

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1 during the school day or as part of an after school program,
2 support services and instruction for pupils or pupils whose
3 parent, parents, or guardians are chemically dependent.
4 (Source: P.A. 92-23, eff. 7-1-01.)

5 Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding
6 Section 8.27 as follows:

7 (30 ILCS 805/8.27 new)
8 Sec. 8.27. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6
9 and 8 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required
10 for the implementation of any mandate created by this
11 amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly.

12 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
13 becoming law.


Note : http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2008/09/wgnam_again_target_of_obama_ca.html


WGN-AM again target of Obama campaign
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Posted September 15, 2008 9:42 PM
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by John McCormick and Steven Schmadeke, updated

Chicago radio station WGN-AM is again coming under attack from the presidential campaign of Sen. Barack Obama for offering airtime to a controversial author.

It is the second time in recent weeks the station has been the target of an "Obama Action Wire" alert to supporters of the Illinois Democrat.

Monday night's target was David Freddoso, who the campaign said was scheduled to be on the station from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. Chicago time.

"The author of the latest anti-Barack hit book is appearing on WGN Radio in the Chicagoland market tonight, and your help is urgently needed to make sure his baseless lies don't gain credibility," an e-mail sent Monday evening to Obama supporters reads.

"David Freddoso has made a career off dishonest, extreme hate mongering," the message said. "And WGN apparently thinks this card-carrying member of the right-wing smear machine needs a bigger platform for his lies and smears about Barack Obama -- on the public airwaves."

The Tribune-owned station was flooded with calls and e-mails about an hour before an Aug. 27 interview with Stanley Kurtz, a conservative writer who examined Obama's ties to former 1960s radical William Ayers.

A WGN producer said Monday night's response was about the same as when Kurtz was on the station.

I think it's a possibility that Kim Jong Il dead. What would that mean for the Regime ? Would it lose control or a fight between generals for the control? Would the generals and senior military advisory and Presidium hold a special election for a new leader ? This leader is employing tactics that was done by the regime of Saddam Husayn Al-Tikriti. If Kim Jong Il is dead then a great victory has been won and know his sons need to go away. I have no love for Kim Jong Il. I just want his regime to go away and stop treating it's people with the propaganda like they are on dope.

Note : http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/08/2358528.htm

Kim Jong-Il 'died in 2003'

Posted Mon Sep 8, 2008 3:21pm AEST
Kim Jong-Il ... dead man walking?



Kim Jong-Il ... dead man walking? (Reuters: Korea News Service)

* Audio: Expert claims North Korea's leader is dead (The World Today)

He doesn't appear in public very often so it's difficult to verify but there are allegations today that North Korea's leader Kim Jong-Il has in fact been dead for five years.

A Japanese expert on North Korea is claiming that the role of the "Dear Leader" has instead been played by a group of doubles since 2003, when he says the President died of diabetes.

The word "reclusive" hardly does Kim Jong-Il justice. The 66-year-old was last seen in public on August 14, when he inspected a military unit.

He is known for dipping out of the international spotlight for months on end, especially when relations with other countries such as the US are strained.

The leader has been thought to be ill for some time but Japanese-North Korean expert Professor Toshimitsu Shigemura is proposing a far worse state.

"Already he has died. A lot of information came from Pyongyang," he told The World Today.

The proof of the North Korean leader's passing is varied and rests on the main claim that Kim Jong-Il is being played by a number of convincing imposters.

The fake Kims are said to be the wrong height and are always shadowed by one of four senior military figures.

"A Japanese TV station checked his voice print four years ago and the result was the voice was different, the former Kim Jong-Il and now Kim Jong-Il, so there are questions," Professor Shigemura said.

Kim Jong-Il's secret death is impossible to verify and other North Korean experts have called the claim silly.

Professor Shigemura is not completely certain himself but has been in contact with unnamed close friends of Kim Jong-Il.

"But they are pretty high, maybe 60 per cent or 70 per cent [sure] it's possible," he said.

"We can trust those persons so we trust, we are trusting this person with the information."

This would mean that the world, including Vladimir Putin and Hu Jintao, have been negotiating with an impostor.

Kim Jong-Il has ruled the secretive Communist state since the death of his father Kim Il-Sung in 1994 but his father remains the state's eternal President beyond death.

So who pulls the strings now if Professor Shigemura's claims are correct?

"Some of the military leaders, also the party leaders, and government leaders," he said.

"Several people are conducting North Korea's government. Actually the North Korean government is guided by those people, those leaders, not only one person. Now they are collective leaderships."

The best chance to test the theory could come tomorrow when Kim Jong-Il is due to appear at a military parade celebrating 60 years since the founding of North Korea.

"He will be the double Kim Jong-Il, it will be positive," Professor Shigemura said.

Based on a report by Karen Barlow for The World Today

Note : http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/North-Korea-Sick-Kim-Jong-Il-Is-No-Show/Article/200809215095956?f=dta



North Korea's leader Kim Jong-Il has reportedly failed to appear at the country's 60th anniversary parade - amid rumours that he is seriously unwell.



Reclusive leader Kim Jong-Il

South Korea's military said the North had been massing weapons for days to show them off in its capital.

The spectacle followed a report in the South's daily, the Chosun Ilbo, that the 66-year-old reclusive leader was suspected of suffering from chronic illness.

He collapsed last month, the paper added, citing a South Korean diplomatic source in Beijing.

Kyodo news agency said Kim failed to show up for the parade, which he has attended in the past.

Kim normally watches legions of goose-stepping soldiers and hundreds of thousands of North Koreans shouting praises to him in unison.

His health is one of the most closely guarded secrets in Asia's only communist dynasty.

But Kim himself, at a summit with South Korea's president in October 2007, dismissed
persistent media speculation that he was ill.

North Korean media last reported a public appearance by Kim about a month ago.

Analysts have cautioned not to read too much into the public appearances of Kim, who can drop out of sight for months and then show up in field guidance tours to military bases, farms and factories.

Military experts was keeping a close eye on these set-piece parades to see if the secretive North unveils any new weapons systems.

North Korea began taking apart its Soviet-era Yongbyon nuclear plant last November as called for in a disarmament-for-aid deal it struck with five regional powers.

The North, which tested a nuclear device about two years ago, had completed most of the required disablement steps and experts said it would take a year or more for it to restart the plant.

But it stopped disabling Yongbyon in August, angered by Washington's failure to drop it from a United States terrorism blacklist.

The US said North Korea must first agree on a system to verify Pyongyang's disclosures about its nuclear programmes.

Note : http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/North-Korea-Nation-To-Mark-60th-Anniversary-Amid-Claims-Kim-Jong-Il-Dead-Since-2003/Article/200809215095222?lpos=World%2BNews_1&lid=ARTICLE_15095222_North%2BKorea%253A%2BNation%2BTo%2BMark%2B60th%2BAnniversary%2BAmid%2BClaims%2BKim%2BJong%2BIl%2BDead%2BSince%2B2003


2:19pm UK, Monday September 08, 2008
A day before North Korea celebrated its 60th anniversary with a showing of military might, concerns about the health - and "possible death" - of leader Kim Jong Il were rife.

Kim Jong Il (at right) in a photo released by North Korea on August 6

At the weekend, newspaper reports suggested the health of the 'Dear Leader' may be deteriorating.

Kim, who has chronic heart disease and diabetes, has not been seen in public since August 14, when he inspected a military unit.

Reports added that foreign doctors had been in the communist country for more than a week.

But a spokesman for South Korea's National Intelligence Service told the AFP news agency it had no information to indicate Kim's health had declined.

"There is no confirmed fact in the report," the spokesman said.

The speculation comes amid claims that Kim was already dead - and stand-ins have been used since 2003.

Japanese Professor Toshimitsu Shigemura, an expert on North Korea, alleges in his book, The True Character Of Kim Jong Il, that the 66-year-old succumbed to diabetes five years ago.

Now, a series of look-alikes pose as the secretive state's leader during public events and has even met with Russia's Vladimir Putin and China's Hu Jintao.

Professor Shigemura cites sources from both Japan and North Korea, but speaking to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, he conceded it was "possible" Kim was dead.

"But they (the chances) are pretty high, maybe 60 per cent or 70 per cent, it's possible," he told the broadcaster.

"We can trust those persons... we are trusting this person with the information."

The North was preparing for a military parade that would be the largest-ever in terms of number of troops and military hardware displayed, according to the South's Yonhap news agency.

A failure to appear at the parade was sure to fuel speculation about Kim's health.

The country of Georgia is a friend of mine. The leadership of Georgia must not fall and must not give up this battle against Russia. Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medevedev are barbarians who never learn that they are superior in firepower but not in the intellect. I guess we got more Chechnya's on our hand. The leadership of Russia gets the blame for this not I.

Who supports Israel attacking Iran

(a) Yes
(b) No
(c) Maybe
(d) With Conditions

(d) With Conditions = put a blog post / comment with the conditions you see that Isreal has to do or fulfill to your specifications ?

I really want to know peoples conditions for Israel attacking Iran ?

I will defend BP and its subsidiary companies cause I see it's Gazprom's fault in messing with BP's intanglements in Russia and Russia's leadership. It's definitely the both working hand and hand together against BP. Cause they don't want to see BP work in Russia. Russia is messing around with the Gas prices in Ukraine and European nations. I see Russia being a detrimental on the European Union Energy Policy.

Note : http://uk.reuters.com/article/UK_HOTSTOCKS/idUKL3129695620080531

Putin says warned BP about Russian risks
Sat May 31, 2008 12:00pm BST

PARIS, May 31 (Reuters) - Russia's Prime Minister, Vladimir Putin, said he warned BP (BP.L: Quote, Profile, Research) about the risks of setting up a venture with a group of Russian billionaires when he blessed its creation as Russian president in 2003.

"They now have a problem with their Russian partners. I warned them several years ago that there will be problems," Putin said in an interview with French Le Monde daily which was attended by Reuters and released on Saturday.

(Reporting by Gleb Bryanski; editing by Christopher Johnson)

Using the Internet and Wiki-pedias and other sources of Information for Intelligence is good for the low level Intelligence but the real intelligence is Human Intelligence and Intelligence on the ground. The Internet should not be using as a troll device for to stir up disagreement and or agreement on Intelligence. You can use the Internet as a device to get some intelligence on peoples back ground. If a Al-Qaida agent is using facebook and or myspace account then he is stupid. He would use the basebook which is the Al-Qaida's version of Facebook. The Intelligence comes when someone has infiltrated a The Basebook. That kind of infiltration comes from the best agents as possible. In a real life situation you got to troll out Al-Qaida with some kind of exchange system. Thats how you get them.

To do better in the Government Information Exchange sure a Wiki-pedia system could work on a problem and how do you keep these Private Wiki's to be really private and exchange them through Administrations of Government ? Private Wiki's should be done on Intelligence and Problems with Capability of Government programs to match peoples suggestions or polls and such.


Note : http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121055303906183983.html?mod=loomia&loomia_si=t0:a16:g2:r4:c0.221127

INFORMATION AGE
By L. GORDON CROVITZ



From Wikinomics to Government 2.0
May 12, 2008; Page A13

You don't need to have a Facebook account, or to have edited a Wikipedia entry, to understand that the Web is in another highly disruptive period. Online tools under the rubric Web 2.0 are changing how information flows, with social networks letting people communicate directly with one another. This is reversing the top-down, one-way approach to communications that began with Gutenberg, challenging everything from how bosses try to manage to how consumers make or break products with instant mass feedback.

The institution that has most resisted new ways of doing things is the biggest one of all: government. This is about to change, with public-sector bureaucracies the new target for Web innovators. These include Don Tapscott, the business-strategy consultant who, with his New Paradigm consulting colleague Anthony Williams, in 2006 popularized Web 2.0 with the bestselling "Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything."

Mr. Tapscott's next research project is called "Government 2.0: Wikinomics, Government & Democracy." Its participants include the Office of Management and Budget. The goal is to use Web-based collaboration to "reinvent government."

If this sounds fanciful, here's a quick refresher on these new Web tools, and why government makes an excellent prospect for change.

The Wikinomics book tells the über-anecdote of a Toronto gold mining company, Goldcorp, whose in-house geologists were no longer able to estimate the location of gold on its properties. The company decided to publish its geological data, previously considered confidential intellectual property. This "open source" approach solicited outsiders to suggest where to prospect. Contestants applied disciplines including math, physics, computer graphics and even military strategy. Goldcorp converted about a half million dollars in prize money into billions of dollars in found gold.

Likewise, services such as eBay and YouTube thrive by providing new ways for people to engage with one another. Open-source, nonprofit Linux confounded traditional software operating-system makers, and Wikipedia displaced the venerable Encyclopaedia Britannica as an ultimate source for information.

The recently expanded edition of the "Wikinomics" book adds examples of how collaborative tools are changing governments. Technology makes it easy to publish information that used to be inaccessible. Chicagoans track crime by neighborhood, combining city crime statistics with Google's online maps (http://chicago.everyblock.com/). In Los Angeles, Neighborhood Knowledge California identifies communities at economic risk by tracking tax delinquency, fire violations and other signs of deterioration (http://nkca.ucla.edu/).

The federal government has launched several wikis, which permit staffers to post information and expand on it until a consensus is reached. Intellipedia lets 37,000 officials at the CIA, FBI, NSA and other U.S. intelligence agencies share information and even rate one another for accuracy in password-protected wikis, some "top secret." Users are told, "We want your knowledge, not your agency seal"; indeed, the wiki format may be the best last hope for connecting the dots of intelligence across 16 different agencies. Diplopedia lets State Department staff share information. It's closed to the public, rated "sensitive but unclassified." In the virtual world Second Life, where personal avatars can communicate with one another, the State Department now has an embassy.

Daniel Mintz, chief information officer for the Transportation Department, has noted how radical it is for government agencies to engage in wikis. They challenge the traditional notion that "all published information produced by a government agency be 'accurate,'" and that "any material a federal employee publishes can be taken as establishing or implying the establishment of formal policy."

Project Government 2.0 is based on the assumption that even governments can't fight technologies that give power to the people. "If governments are to ensure their relevance and authority, they must move quickly to meet rising expectations for openness, accountability, effectiveness and efficiency in the public sector," the project outline says.

Web 2.0 has promising implications for those who think the best government is the one that governs least, especially outside basic functions like national defense and law enforcement. Can more direct participation by citizens in assessing policies limit government ambitions to what government can actually accomplish? Would citizen taxpayers put their collective faith in most spending programs? Or is there a risk that the wisdom of crowds as reflected in Web 2.0 won't turn out to be so wise?

Democracy and governing are complex topics, but this makes it all the more important to apply technology as a solution. Government is the ultimate institution retaining the traditional top-down structure, technologically backward, with big decisions almost always made with incomplete information on what works and what doesn't work. Here's hoping that Web 2.0 can make government more effective by tapping information among officials and citizens, perhaps even finding a new consensus on where the wisdom of government begins and ends.

Please send comments to informationage@wsj.com

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This report from the Hindustan Times is rubbish cause I believe Al-Qaida is doing attacks in India and using Pakistan arms stolen from the Pakistan Army. I believe the Pakistan Army want peace with the Indian people and Indian Army wants peace with the Pakistan people. Cause I see any reports like this as division of peace between the two. If Pakistan's army is in on this then the Generals and Staff need to be held to account. I am against people making a big deal on this attack cause the people need to understand that Al-Qaida could have easily done this to make Pakistan and India diplomacy to fail and peace so some kind of War like actions will take place. This is the job of Al-Qaida is to divide the people not unite the people. I'm against Al-Qaida. The Indian and Pakistan people need to call on a investigation and see who is the cause of it.

Note : http://www.hindustantimes.com/storypage/storypage.aspx?id=7e6f249c-3093-4ed1-9161-543fc36a4df3&ParentID=bee48789-11ac-4835-9213-408c4d02cc7e&&Headline=Root+of+all+these+acts+in+Pakistan%3a+Police

Root of all these acts in Pakistan: Police

Hindustan Times
May 14, 2008
First Published: 00:50 IST(14/5/2008)
Last Updated: 00:56 IST(14/5/2008)

The serial blasts in Jaipur on Tuesday are the direct result of Pakistan’s bid to step up terrorism in a renewed attempt to dictate terms on Kashmir, say intelligence officials.

With Tuesday’s attacks, terrorists have now struck thrice in as many days. The first two days saw attacks on Samba, the border town in Jammu, where terrorists killed both civilians and soldiers.

“ The roots of all these acts of terror are in Pakistan, whether the incidents in Samba or serial blasts in Jaipur,” DGP Kuldip Khoda told Hindustan Times. The recovery of GPS system, night vision devices and wire cutters are proof of Pakistan’s involvement, he added.

“It has left us in no doubt about the intentions of Pakistan,” said an intelligence official who has worked on Kashmir and Pakistan. “We are in for a more violent phase of terrorism...”

The new Pakistan leadership recently said it would continue to offer political and diplomatic support to Kashmiris in their “ freedom struggle”, signalling a return to the old rhetoric on Kashmir. United Jehad council chief Syed Salaha-ud-Din recently declared that the role of guns would be enhanced to achieve the goal of “freedom for Kashmir”.

Lt. Gen. R.K.Karwal, commander of 16 corps, said Pakistan’s strategy may have changed, but the objective of bleeding India through a thousand cuts remains.

Intelligence officials say the Pakistan army and the ISI were feeling uneasy after PM Manmohan Singh called for better ties between the two countries. Within two weeks of the PM’s call, Samba was attacked, signalling the return of terrorism in Jammu after six years.