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Roger,<br><br>When the rest of Baghdad was being looted, we guarded the oil ministry; our priorities show what our interests are. One of the benchmarks that Bush has for the 'surge' is completion of an oil bill; now it's become public that the State Dept. was working on the bill. It gives Western corporations access and control they don't have anywhere else in the region. <br><br>It becomes harder daily for this Administration to pretend anything else is going on except an invasion to secure someone else's resources and property.<br><br>When my clients are accused of such conduct, the state calls it burglary and/or theft.<br><br>Sunil<br><br>> Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 10:44:02 -0700<br>> From: lfalen@turbonet.com<br>> To: ngier@uidaho.edu<br>> CC: vision2020@moscow.com<br>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Simple Song of Freedom<br>> <br>> Nick<br>> We are not directly fighting for our freedom in Iraq, but I question that it about big oil either.<br>> Roger<br>> -----Original message-----<br>> From: Nick Gier ngier@uidaho.edu<br>> Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2008 10:34:26 -0700<br>> To: lfalen lfalen@turbonet.com<br>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Simple Song of Freedom<br>> <br>> > Hi Roger:<br>> > <br>> > Please tell me how we are maintaining our freedoms by fighting the <br>> > war in Iraq. The only freedom being fought for is the freedom for <br>> > our oil companies to export Iraqi oil.<br>> > <br>> > Nick<br>> > <br>> > At 10:01 AM 7/7/2008, you wrote:<br>> > >Nobody in their right mind wants war, but sometimes you have to <br>> > >fight to maintain your freedom.<br>> > >Roger<br>> > >-----Original message-----<br>> > >From: Tom Hansen thansen@moscow.com<br>> > >Date: Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:01:40 -0700<br>> > >To: vision2020@moscow.com<br>> > >Subject: [Vision2020] Simple Song of Freedom<br>> > ><br>> > > > Written (and performed) in 1969 by Bobby Darin . . .<br>> > > ><br>> > > > "Simple Song of Freedom"<br>> > > > http://www.tomandrodna.com/Songs/Freedom.mp3<br>> > > ><br>> > > > "Come and sing a simple song of freedom<br>> > > > Sing it like you've never sung before<br>> > > > Let it fill the air<br>> > > > Tell the people everywhere<br>> > > > We, the people here, don't want a war<br>> > > ><br>> > > > Hey, there, Mister Black Man can you hear me<br>> > > > I don't want your diamonds or your game<br>> > > > I just want to be someone who knows to you as me<br>> > > > And I will bet my life you want the same<br>> > > ><br>> > > > Come and sing a simple song of freedom<br>> > > > Sing it like you've never sung before<br>> > > > Let it fill the air<br>> > > > Tell the people everywhere<br>> > > > We, the people here, don't want a war<br>> > > ><br>> > > > Seven hundred million are you listening<br>> > > > Most of what you read is made of lies<br>> > > > But speaking one to one, ain't it everybody's sun<br>> > > > To wake to in the morning when we rise<br>> > > ><br>> > > > Come and sing a simple song of freedom<br>> > > > Sing it like you've never sung before<br>> > > > Let it fill the air<br>> > > > Tell the people everywhere<br>> > > > We, the people here, don't want a war<br>> > > ><br>> > > > No doubt some folks enjoy doing battle<br>> > > > Like presidents, Prime ministers and kings<br>> > > > So let's all build them shelves<br>> > > > So they can fight among themselves<br>> > > > And leave the people be who love to sing<br>> > > ><br>> > > > Come and sing a simple song of freedom<br>> > > > Sing it like you've never sung before<br>> > > > Let it fill the air<br>> > > > Tell the people everywhere<br>> > > > We, the people here, don't want a war<br>> > > ><br>> > > > Come and sing a simple song of freedom<br>> > > > Sing it like you've never sung before<br>> > > > Speaking one to one, ain't it everybody's<br>> > > > Ain't it everybody's sun<br>> > > > To wake to in the morning when we rise<br>> > > > When we rise"<br>> > > ><br>> > > > ------------------------------------------<br>> > > ><br>> > > > Seeya at Friendship Square, Moscow.<br>> > > ><br>> > > > Tom Hansen<br>> > > > Moscow, Idaho<br>> > > ><br>> > > > "Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion but the<br>> > > > tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime."<br>> > > ><br>> > > > -- Adlai E. Stevenson, Jr.<br>> > > ><br>> > > ><br>> > > > ---------------------------------------------<br>> > > > This message was sent by First Step Internet.<br>> > > > http://www.fsr.com/<br>> > > ><br>> > > ><br>> > > > =======================================================<br>> > > > List services made available by First Step Internet,<br>> > > > serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994.<br>> > > > http://www.fsr.net<br>> > > > mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<br>> > > > =======================================================<br>> > ><br>> > >=======================================================<br>> > > List services made available by First Step Internet,<br>> > > serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994.<br>> > > http://www.fsr.net<br>> > > mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<br>> > >=======================================================<br>> > <br>> > "Truth is the summit of being; justice is the application of it to <br>> > human affairs."<br>> > --Ralph Waldo Emerson<br>> > <br>> > "Abstract truth has no value unless it incarnates in human beings who <br>> > represent it, by proving their readiness to die for it."<br>> > --Mohandas Gandhi<br>> > <br>> > "Modern physics has taught us that the nature of any system cannot be <br>> > discovered by dividing it into its component parts and studying each <br>> > part by itself. . . .We must keep our attention fixed on the whole <br>> > and on the interconnection between the parts. The same is true of our <br>> > intellectual life. It is impossible to make a clear cut between <br>> > science, religion, and art. The whole is never equal simply to the <br>> > sum of its various parts." --Max Planck<br>> > <br>> > Nicholas F. Gier<br>> > Professor Emeritus, Department of Philosophy, University of Idaho<br>> > 1037 Colt Rd., Moscow, ID 83843<br>> > http://www.home.roadrunner.com/~nickgier/home.htm<br>> > 208-882-9212/FAX 885-8950<br>> > President, Idaho Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO<br>> > http://www.roadrunner.com/~nickgier/ift.htm<br>> > <br>> > <br>> > <br>> <br>> =======================================================<br>> List services made available by First Step Internet, <br>> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. <br>> http://www.fsr.net <br>> mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<br>> =======================================================<br></body>
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