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Unraveling The Secrets: Year 2
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February 14, 2005                                                                Volume II Number 7
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“H.R. 418 offers us a false sense of greater security at the cost
of taking a gigantic step toward making America a Police State.”

                                                              … HON. RON PAUL OF TEXAS
                              BEFORE THE US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                                                                                           February 9, 2005                                        
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Editor: Dennis Crenshaw
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 In this Issue:
 
ANCIENT CIVILAZATIONS:
The Mysterious City of Black Stone
THE SUNKEN CITES OF EGYPT
THE LOST LAND OF THULE
 
A Statistical Review of UFO Center Sightings, 1947-2004
By  Eileen Nesbitt
 
EXTRA STASH:
Killer Weed … The Original LOL
 
Also
UFO Worldwide Reports … Eyeballin’ The New World Order
& Selected Short Subjects

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Or you might be disappointed… Dennis
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Seabed 'scarred' by tsunami quake
Posted by:  themuttons
Group:  strange-earth@yahoogroups.com
Source:  CNN News
Thursday, February 10, 2005 Posted: 11:50 AM EST (1650 GMT)
 
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) -- The first images of the seabed battered by the quake that triggered Asia's catastrophic tsunami have revealed huge ruptures spanning several kilometers. …
Read the Report.  See first images of the ocean floor:
http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/02/10/tsunami.ship.ap/index.html
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Distant Object Could Hold Secrets to Earth's Past
By Guy Gugliotta
Washington Post Staff Writer
Posted by:  universal_heartbeat2012
Group:  Skyopen@yahoogroups.com
Source:  The Washington Post
Monday, February 14, 2005; Page A06
 
When the icy red world called Sedna edged into the solar system from the shadows of deep space, astronomers marveled at its unexpected arrival even as they wondered at its origins. Where did it come from? And why was it there?
A year after its public debut, Sedna remains an enigma in search of an explanation.
 
It is the most distant object in the solar system ever identified -- traveling around the sun every 10,500 years in a highly elliptical orbit that keeps it 7 billion to 93 billion miles from Earth. Nothing else that far out has ever been seen.
All the planets in the solar system orbit the sun in a circle. Not Sedna. All the planets orbit in the same plane. Sedna's orbit is canted 12 degrees. All the planetoids and comets that orbit in deep space just beyond Pluto were probably hurled there by Neptune's gravity. Sedna is too far away for that.
Unlocking Sedna's secrets has important implications for scientists' understanding of Earth's origins, for whatever happened to Sedna must have happened 4.5 billion years ago as the infant sun's "dust disk" created the solar system. Sedna is a visitor from the beginning of time.
Last month, Alan Stern, based in Boulder, Colo., for the Southwest Research Institute, reported in the Astronomical Journal that computer models showed Sedna could have formed from the dust disk much like the planets -- as a circular-orbiting body. …
Continue … http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21549-2005Feb13.html?nav=rss_nation&sub=AR
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PRINT ME UP A SANDWICH
Source:  New Scientist.com
 
Forget takeout, eat a print-out
10:09 10 February 2005
Exclusive from New Scientist Print Edition
Celeste Biever
 
It is not quite the stuff of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, but the fare coming out of Homaru Cantu's kitchen is just as bizarre. In Roald Dahl's famous children's book, chewing gum is made to taste like a three-course meal. Cantu, a cordon-bleu chef, has modified an ink-jet printer to create dishes made of edible paper that can taste like anything from birthday cake to sushi.
"You can make an ink-jet printer do just about anything," says Cantu, who is head chef at the Moto restaurant in Chicago, US, and a keen advocate of the high-tech kitchen. The printer's cartridges are loaded with fruit and vegetable concoctions instead of ink, and the paper tray contains edible sheets of soybean and potato starch. Cantu then prints out tasty versions of images he has downloaded from the web. …
Complete Report:  http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn6983
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And from the “NO WAY!” FILES:
 
Scientists Say They Often Censor Themselves To Avoid Controversy
Posted by: OrbservingHuman@aol.com
Group:  Skyopen@yahoogroups.com
Source: Detroit Free Press
February 10, 2005, 2:38 PM
 

WASHINGTON -- Some scientists are thinking twice about doing or reporting on
certain research, reacting to political and social controversy in addition to
legal restrictions.
 
"It appears that controversy shapes what scientists choose to study and how
they choose to study it, and we need to look a little bit more closely at the
effects it might be having," said Joanne Kempner, a researcher at the
University of Michigan.
 
Kempner and co-authors from Brown University and the University of
Pennsylvania conducted in-depth interviews with 41 scientists engaged in a variety of
studies. They found that half felt constrained by formal limits, but even more
said they were affected by informal or unspoken rules on what and how studies
can be done. Their findings are reported in Thursday's issue of the journal
Science, in a paper entitled "Forbidden Knowledge."
http://www.freep.com/news/statewire/sw111524_20050210.htm
 
[Anything new here? … Dennis].
 

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ANCINT CIVILIZATIONS
 
The Mysterious City of Black Stone
BY AUDREY EDWARDS AND ZUHRIN AZAM AHMAD
Posted by:  nightufo
Group:  forteanphenomena_again@yahoogroups.com
Source:  The Star Online
2/12/05
 
KOTA TINGGI: Villagers and orang asli in this part of Johor have grown up with stories about a mysterious lost city made of black stone.
Some say they may have actually seen the city and others say they have seen artifacts from that city, which independent researcher Raimy Che-Ross claims could be the ancient lost city of Kota Gelanggi, reputed to be made of black stone.
Kampung Sri Jaya village head Hussin Md Noor, 64, said he once saw what he believed was an artifact from the city. …
Complete Report:  http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2005/2/12/nation/10146125&sec=nation
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THE SUNKEN CITES OF EGYPT
By Holly Davis
Illustrations by:  Brian Maebius
Posted by:  dans_inferno
Group:  openmindandcodenews@yahoogroups.com
Source:  Science Notes 2001
 
Hidden beneath 2 feet of sand and 21 feet of murky water lie the once great Egyptian cities of Menouthis and Herakleion. The cities thrived on commerce entering the Nile River from the Mediterranean Sea. But the prosperity ended abruptly and mysteriously. From the remains left under the sea, archeologists know the people in Menouthis left in a hurry, never to return. At least two catastrophes leveled the cities and plunged them into the Mediterranean more than 12 centuries ago.
To try to learn what happened, the archeologists who discovered Menouthis last year recently called in geological experts. All geologists agree something drastic caused the ground upon which these cities were built to act like a liquid and slide almost instantly into the sea. The geologists vigorously debate why the muddy ground liquefied. One camp favors devastatingly powerful earthquakes as the culprit. The other says the inexorable deluge of the Nile in full flood caused the damage. Despite these disputes, the geologists agree that similar fates could befall coastal cities today with a much greater loss of life and property. …
 
[Continue this adventure of discovery  …]
http://scicom.ucsc.edu/SciNotes/0101/egypt.html#top
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THE LOST LAND OF THULE
Posted by:  nightufo
Group:  forteanphenomena_again@yahoogroups.com
 
The lost land of Thule: A legend melts away
Joanna Kavenna
 International Herald Tribune
Powered by Ultralingua
Tuesday, February 15, 2005
 
OXFORD, England Another melancholy gathering of climate scientists
presented evidence this month that the Antarctic ice shelf is melting -
a prospect difficult to imagine a decade ago. Not to be upstaged,
climate change skeptics also held a conference in Britain, arguing that
the dangers of climate change had been grossly exaggerated.
.
It may be many years before we know exactly what is happening right now
to our planet's climate, and why. But after traveling extensively
through the planet's northernmost regions, it seems clear to me that our
sense of our power over the natural world has changed forever.
I journeyed from Scotland through Norway, Iceland, Greenland and to
Svalbard, mostly in search of the land of Thule - the most northerly
place of the ancient world. …
Continue:  http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/02/14/news/edkavenna.html
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UNEXPLAINED SIGHTINGS: UFO hunters closer to the 'X files' truth
Posted by:  universal_heartbeat2012
Group:  Skyopen@yahoogroups.com
Source:  Peterborough Today
2/14/05
 
THE truth is out there, and it could be closer than ever.
 
A UFO enthusiast plans to use the Freedom of Information Act to access previously secret government documents to uncover the truth behind unexplained sightings of flying objects around Peterborough.
 
Michael Hoffman, of Bruces Close, Conington, near Peterborough, who runs the UFO research group Sky Lights, hopes that the release of so-called "X files" held by the Ministry of Defense (MoD) will finally shed light on why there have been so many alien sightings in the area.
 
He said: "I think the Act will give us quite a lot of information about UFOs, and it is something our group will definitely use.
 
"The MoD will not be very forthcoming with information and will find ways to block it, not release it. But I will use the Act to get information.
 
"They have a Freedom of Information Act in the USA, but still manage to hold stuff back which they want to keep a secret. I hope it will be different here."
Complete Report:
http://www.peterboroughnow.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=845&ArticleID=945713
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CAUGHT ON WEBCAM:  Flying object in DC ‘No-fly’ Zone
 
Posted by:  director@skywatch-international.org
Group:  Skyopen@yahoogroups.com
 
UFO sighted over Washington DC
http://www.profindpages.com/news/2005/02/12/MN752.htm
 
This latest UFO report was brought to our attention by mediavillage.net.
 
Whilst doing some maintenance on another site, they came across "something
odd about the Washington image feed". Some screen shots were taken and a UFO
appears in the image. Click here to go to their site and view the full
details.
 
There are a number of screenshots taken at various times, in one, the sky
appears to darken considerably in just a few minutes (following the
appearance of the object).
 
The UFO sighting was reported to the National UFO Reporting Center who seem
to agree that it was unusual, but obviously without further investigation it
will be difficult to say exactly what it was.
 
Perhaps if anyone else saw this strange object in the sky over Washington DC
at 03:15 EST Feb 10, 2005, they can contact the site that supplied this
information with further details?
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A Statistical Review of UFO Center Sightings, 1947-2004
By  Eileen Nesbitt
Posted by:  burlingtonnews
Group:  ancientmysteriesms@yahoogroups.com
 
The numbers represent sightings and other anomalies received and compiled by the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC). This information was retrieved from the following monthly reporting index.
National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC)
http://www.nuforc.org/webreports/ndxevent.html
The lists are in order as reported from January 1947 through December 2004. The timeframe reported represents 58 years (696 months). This list was retrieved from the above website on January 21, 2005. The total sightings reported during the 696 months were 29,580.
What I discovered upon placing these figures on a spreadsheet and consequently multitudes of charts and graphs was that there was a definite pattern showing that UFO sightings increase in numbers in consecutive months….
 
Continue this very informative report at:
http://www.nuforc.org/webreports/ndxevent.html
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FROM THE ‘I’ll Believe it When I See it’ FILE:
UPDATE:  THE MUCH-HYPED UP-COMING UFO TV SPECIAL
Posted by:  eyepod
Group:  Skyopen@yahoogroups.com
 
Dear Friends,
The television spot for ABC's ufo special, "UFOs, Seeing is
Believing" makes this statement... Don't make up your mind until you
see this. Some of us have seen the phenomenon personally, and for
those in the field of ufology, minds are made up already. Seen by
many as pseudo science, and lunatic fringe, ufo investigators and
witnesses have endured endless ridicule. Nearly 50 percent of
Americans believe UFOs are real. For the believer or skeptic, ABC
News, and Peter Jennings' report on the matter promises to be an
eye, and mind opening event. This is a long overdue in depth
investigation by a highly reputable reporter and news agency.
Covering the early years, including Kenneth Arnold's original
sighting in 1947, and the enigmatic Roswell N.M. incident,up to and
including modern day, well documented close encounters by highly
qualified personnel. After almost 150 interviews, with scientists,
ufo investigators, and everyday people like you and I, Peter
Jennings has questions that demand answers. Covering taboo subjects,
such as alien abductions, and bringing spectacular ufo cases to
light for all to see and experience in the context of American prime
time tv is worth everyone's viewing time. Will Mr. Jennings and ABC
deliver the goods? On February 24th we'll see, and then we will make
up our minds... FRJ. More info at
http://www.hypemakers.net/abcnews/go.php?v=r&adv=2028
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SOUTH AMERICA: Landing Markings?
Posted by:  universal_heartbeat2012
Group:  Skyopen@yahoogroups.com
 
Strange Phenomena (Landing Impressions?) in Mar del Plata
 
Christian Quintero writes: "In spite of the fact that the print media seems to have chose to ignore the case, several television channels have been reporting --for a number of days now-- the strange events taking place in the city of Mar del Plata (Buenos Aires province). National stations like America 2 (La Plata) and Canal 9 (Buenos Aires) and some cable channels like Cronica TV are reporting on strange impressions that have appeared in the soil of this beach resort community. …
Complete Report:  http://www.ufocasebook.com/mardelplataimpressions.html
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UFO FORUM
Posted by:  director@skywatch-international.org
Group:  Skyopen@yahoogroups.com
 
I wanted to remind everyone that the new Skywatch UFO forum is up and
running. It's a great place to get together with others and visit. I
encourage everyone to try it out. It's on our webpage at:
http://www.skywatch-international.org/php/phpBB2/
Enjoy!
Jim
 

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EXTRA STASH:
Killer Weed … The Original LOL
 
What's In Popeye's Pipe?
By Dana Larsen, Cannabis Culture. Posted February 8, 2005.
 
The world's most famous sailor-man may be tooting more than just spinach in his pipe.
 
Popeye is one of the world's most well-known and beloved animated characters. Since his creation, the pipe-puffing Popeye has become a global phenomenon, with millions of kids heartily munching on spinach in the hopes that it will make them as strong as the legendary sailor-man.
Yet is the spinach which gives Popeye his super-strength really a metaphor for another magical herb? Have children around the world been adoring a hero who is really a heavy consumer of the forbidden weed – marijuana?
The evidence is circumstantial, but it is there, and when added together it presents a compelling picture that, for many readers at least, Popeye's strength-giving spinach is meant as a clear metaphor for the miraculous powers of marijuana. …
Continue this ‘trippy’ report at:
http://www.alternet.org/drugreporter/21206/
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MARIJUANA FOUND IN FROZEN CHICKEN
The Associated Press
Source: PhillyBurbs.com
 
RATON, N.M. - Frozen chickens and marijuana - a combination that put the driver of a tractor-trailer rig in jail.
The man, whose name has not been released, was arrested Saturday after an officer from the state's Motor Transportation Division found 1,240 pounds of marijuana hidden in a load of frozen chickens….
Continue:  http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/84-03082004-260461.html
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[Maybe there’s more to this story than meets the eye … Dennis].
 
One herb too many at Mill Valley KFC
Jim Herron Zamora, Chronicle Staff Writer
Sunday, September 22, 2002
Source:  Sfgate.com
 
An employee at a Kentucky Fried Chicken outlet in Mill Valley was arrested for allegedly selling a substance not included in Col. Sanders' 11 secret herbs and spices.
After a customer complained of receiving two bags of marijuana instead of extra biscuits, Marin County sheriff's deputies set up a sting that led to the arrest of a KFC employee on Friday. …
Complete Report:  http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2002/09/22/BA242795.DTL
 

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[ Hum … Dennis].
 
Marijuana found in McDonald's frozen yogurt
Source: ABC Channel 7 - Chicago
 
July 27, 2004 (SAN BENITO, Texas) — A Texas family is a little out of joint -- after a stop at McDonald's.
Sixteen-year-old Valerie Valle says she found a partially smoked joint in her frozen yogurt parfait. …
Complete report:  http://abclocal.go.com/wls/news/strange/072704_ap_sn_yogert.html
 
[No further comment … Dennis].
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THE WINGMAKERS
 
Posted by:  aruska2002y
Group:  Dulce_Base_Investigations@yahoogroups.com
 
WINGMAKERS INTRODUCTION
 
From a galaxy so remote it is unknown to us, a light brighter than a billion suns is guided through the shaft of a wormhole, fading in intensity through the expanding cosmos, but not before some of it – however faintly – reaches earth. Within minutes, during one moonless night in 1996, a few thousand photons from this powerful light landed on the mirror of a telescope in New Mexico. A computer at the observatory registered the faint signature of light, but no one could have fathomed that it had triggered something that had been lying dormant in the desert of Chaco Canyon for 1200 years.
 
In the summer of 1996 two college students innocently stumble upon an otherworldly artifact while hiking in northern New Mexico near an ancient archeological site, called Chaco Canyon. Through a chain of mysterious events, this artifact ends up in the hands of the ACIO, an ultra-secret, unacknowledged department of the National Security Agency responsible for reverse-engineering recovered extraterrestrial technologies.
The artifact, which becomes known among ACIO operatives as the Compass, is quickly determined to be of extraterrestrial origin, and its purpose is eventually construed to be a homing device. This leads the ACIO to assume it is not an isolated artifact randomly discovered, but rather part of a larger configuration of artifacts – possibly leading to a spacecraft.
An exploratory team from the ACIO is dispatched to the discovery site of the Compass artifact where it is confirmed that the Compass is a homing device, leading the team to an intricately designed structure carved deep inside a canyon wall. A helix-shaped corridor spirals up through the rock with 23 chambers jutting out at ten-meter intervals. This amazing discovery is initially thought to be an extraterrestrial time capsule left behind by an alien race. Each chamber contains an enigmatic wall painting and an impenetrable technology artifact. In the uppermost chamber, the scientists uncover an optical disc presumably holding the information about the site's creators and their purpose.
After considerable effort to access the optical disc, the ACIO team, led by Jamisson Neruda, finally succeeds, and determines that the creators of the site call themselves WingMakers. …
Continue with this astonishing information at:  http://www.wingmakers.com/fullintro.html
 
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SPEAKING OF LINCOLN:
LINCOLN'S PATENT

Posted by::autodelete66
Group:  WhoWhatWhereWhyWhen@yahoogroups.com
 
Source: SECRECY NEWS:  FAS Project on Government Secrecy
Volume 2005, Issue No. 16
February 11, 2005
 
Abraham Lincoln, whose birthday falls on February 12, is the only
American President to have held a patent on an invention of his own
design.
 
"Be it known that I, Abraham Lincoln, of Springfield, in the county of
Sangamon, in the State of Illinois, have invented a new and improved
manner of combining adjustable buoyant air chambers with a steam boat or
other vessel for the purpose of enabling their draught of water to be
readily lessened to enable them to pass over bars, or through shallow
water, without discharging their cargoes," Lincoln wrote in his patent
application.
 
On May 22, 1849, Lincoln received Patent No. 6469 for his "adjustable
buoyant air chamber" invention.
 
Although the Patent and Trademark Office (www.uspto.gov) maintains a
very
useful patent search engine, it does not include Lincoln's patent
application, portions of which have been lost.
 
Lincoln's uniqueness as a presidential patent holder was noted by
William
Lee Miller in his valuable book "Lincoln's Virtues." The most extended
published account of the device itself seems to be "Lincoln's
Connections with the Illinois and Michigan Canal, His Return From
Congress in '48 and His Invention" by Wayne C. Temple.
 
Much of the same information can also be found here:
 
http://showcase.netins.net/web/creative/lincoln/education/patent.htm
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EDITOR’S CHOICE:
 Web Site of the Week:
 
The folks at the Hidden Mysteries Information Center have created a web page an inquisitive person can get lost in.  Great site!
Check it out at:
http://www.hiddenmysteries.org/index.html
 
Posted by:  teacher
Group:  armageddon-or-newage@yahoogroups.com
 
 
 
 
 
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ONE WORLD ID CARDS:  THE FIRST STEP
Posted by: lightdancer
Group:  WhoWhatWhereWhyWhen@yahoogroups.com
 
USA:
House backs major shift to electronic IDs
Published: February 10, 2005, 5:46 PM PST
By Declan McCullagh
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
 
The U.S. House of Representatives approved on Thursday a sweeping set of rules aimed at forcing states to issue all adults federally approved electronic ID cards, including driver's licenses.
 
Under the rules, federal employees would reject licenses or identity cards that don't comply, which could curb Americans' access to airplanes, trains, national parks, federal courthouses and other areas controlled by the federal government. The bill was approved by a 261-161 vote.
 
The measure, called the Real ID Act, says that driver's licenses and other ID cards must include a digital photograph, anticounterfeiting features and undefined "machine-readable technology, with defined minimum data elements" that could include a magnetic strip or RFID tag…. http://news.com.com/House+approves+electronic+ID+cards/2100-1028_3-5571898.html
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United Kingdom
WELCOME TO YOUR VERSION OF "THE MARK OF THE BEAST".
Report from:  iron_clay@clear.net.nz
 
 
 
UK: ID Card Bill passed by House of Commons with 224 votes in favour and
64 against - more MPs abstained than voted: only 288 MPs voted and 368 MPs
did not. The Bill now goes to the House of Lords. Identity Card Bill dated
27 January 2005: http://www.statewatch.org/news/2005/jan/id-bill-amended.pdf
List of amendments and votes - 10 February (link):
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200405/cmbills/049/rs100205.htm
Identity Card Bill: Report on the parliamentary Joint Committee on Human
Rights: http://www.statewatch.org/news/2005/feb/ID-Cards-Bill-CRC.pdf
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HR 418 --TROJAN HORSE
Posted by:  autodelete66
Group:  WhoWhatWhereWhyWhen@yahoogroups.com
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HON. RON PAUL OF TEXAS
BEFORE THE US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 9, 2005
 
HR 418- A National ID Bill Masquerading as Immigration Reform
 
Mr. Speaker:
 
I rise in strong opposition to HR 418, the REAL ID Act.
This bill purports to make us safer from terrorists who may sneak
into the United States, and from other illegal immigrants.
While I agree that these issues are of vital importance,
this bill will do very little to make us more secure.
 
It will not address our real vulnerabilities.
It will, however, make us much less free.
In reality, this bill is a Trojan horse.
It pretends to offer desperately needed border control in order
to stampede Americans into sacrificing what is uniquely American:
Our Constitutionally Protected Liberty.
 
What is wrong with this bill?
 
The REAL ID Act establishes a national ID card by mandating
that states include certain minimum identification standards
on driver’s licenses.
It contains no limits on the government’s power to impose
additional standards. Indeed, it gives authority to the Secretary
of Homeland Security to unilaterally add requirements as he sees fit.
 
Supporters claim it is not a national ID because it is voluntary.
However, any state that opts out will automatically make
non-persons out of its citizens.
 
The citizens of that state will be unable to have any dealings
with the federal government because their ID will not be accepted.
They will not be able to fly or to take a train.
 
In essence, in the eyes of the federal government
they will cease to exist.
It is absurd to call this voluntary.
 
Republican Party talking points on this bill, which claim that
this is not a national ID card, nevertheless endorse the idea that
“the federal government should set standards for the issuance of birth
certificates and sources of identification such as driver’s licenses.”
 
So they admit that they want a national ID
but at the same time pretend that this is not a national ID.
 
This bill establishes a massive, centrally-coordinated database
of highly personal information about American citizens:
at a minimum their name, date of birth,
place of residence, Social Security number,
and physical and possibly other characteristics.
 
What is even more disturbing is that, by mandating that states
participate in the “Drivers License Agreement,” this bill creates
a massive database of sensitive information on American citizens
that will be shared with Canada and Mexico!
 
This bill could have a chilling effect on the exercise
of our constitutionally guaranteed rights.
 
It re-defines "terrorism" in broad new terms that could well
include members of firearms rights and anti-abortion groups,
or other such groups as determined by whoever is in power at the time.
 
There are no prohibitions against including such information
in the database as information about a person’s exercise
of First Amendment rights or about a person’s appearance
on a registry of firearms owners.
 
This legislation gives authority to the Secretary of Homeland
Security to expand required information on driver’s licenses,
potentially including such biometric information as
retina scans,
finger prints,
DNA information, and even
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) radio tracking technology.
Including such technology as RFID would mean that the federal
government, as well as the governments of Canada and Mexico,
would know where Americans are at all time of the day and night.
 
There are no limits on what happens to the database of sensitive
information on Americans once it leaves the United States
for Canada and Mexico - or perhaps other countries.
 
Who is to stop a corrupt foreign government official from selling
or giving this information to human traffickers or even terrorists?
Will this uncertainty make us feel safer?
 
What will all of this mean for us?
 
When this new program is implemented, every time we are required
to show our driver’s license we will, in fact,
be showing a national identification card.
We will be handing over a card that includes our personal
and likely biometric information, information which is connected
to a national and international database.
 
H.R. 418 does nothing to solve the growing threat to national
security posed by people who are already in the U.S. illegally.
Instead, H.R. 418 states what we already know:
that certain people here illegally are "deportable."
But it does nothing to mandate deportation.
 
Although Congress funded an additional 2,000 border guards last year,
the administration has announced that it will only ask for
an additional 210 guards.
 
Why are we not pursuing these avenues
as a way of safeguarding our country?
Why are we punishing Americans by taking away their freedoms
instead of making life more difficult for those
who would enter our country illegally?
 
H.R. 418 does what legislation restricting firearm ownership does.
It punishes law-abiding citizens.
Criminals will ignore it.
H.R. 418 offers us a false sense of greater security at the cost
of taking a gigantic step toward making America a police state.
 
I urge my colleagues to vote “NO” on the REAL ID Act of 2005.
 

End
http://www.house.gov/paul/congrec/congrec2005/cr020905.htm
 
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FBI MOVES TO LIMIT FREEDOM OF INFORMATION SEARCHES
Posted by:  martiallawisiluminazitreason
Group:  armageddon-or-newage@yahoogroups.com
Source: CBS News
 
FBI Tries To Limit Info Searches
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21, 2005
 
Complete Report at:  http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/01/21/national/main668365.shtml
 
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THE BOOK OF ENOCH:
The Journey Through the Earth
Posted by: solar
Group:   WhoWhatWhereWhyWhen@yahoogroups.com
 
 
CHAPTER XXVI.
1. And I went from thence to the middle of the earth, and I saw a blessed place ⌈in which there were trees⌉ with branches abiding and blooming [of a dismembered tree]. 2. And there I saw a holy mountain, ⌈⌈and⌉⌉ underneath the mountain to the east there was a stream and it flowed towards the south. 3. And I saw towards the east another mountain higher than this, and between them a deep and narrow ravine: in it also ran a stream ⌈underneath⌉ the mountain. 4. And to the west thereof there was another mountain, lower than the former and of small elevation, and a ravine ⌈deep and dry⌉
p. 52
between them: and another deep and dry ravine was at the extremities of the three ⌈mountains⌉. 5. And all the ravines were deep ⌈⌈and narrow⌉⌉, (being formed) of hard rock, and trees were not planted upon them. 6. And I marveled ⌈⌈at the rocks, and I marveled⌉⌉ at the ravine, yea, I marveled very much.
http://www.sacred-texts.com/bib/boe/boe029.htm
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AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST:
Speak in Tongues in 5 Days or your money back!!!
Posted by:  elvis oner <canttakemyrest@ y...>
 
Our Pastors are very excited about a new Hooked on Phonics DVD being made available exclusively through the Landover Baptist Church. "For the last few years, we've been assisting the folks at Hooked on Phonics in coming up with a quality product," says Landover Pastor, Deacon Fred. "I'm confident that we've created something that will have you babbling in so many tongues you'll damn Pentecostals to Hell with their corrosive envy." … Continue at:  http://www.landoverbaptist.org/news1204/tongues.html
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