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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>A beautiful letter – and one that is as pertinent today as the concerns expressed by Nez Perce people in 1855 when Isaac Stevens rode into this part of the country and pulled out a <a href="http://www.lib.uidaho.edu/mcbeth/governmentdoc/1855www.htm">bullshit treaty </a> that neither he nor anyone in the U.S. government had any intention of keeping. One hundred and fifty eight years later same old story, same old song and dance, same old white authority hubris that ought to shame and humiliate every defender of megaloads, including officials in the state and federal government. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Rose Huskey</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:red'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> vision2020-bounces@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Tom Hansen<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, August 18, 2013 7:27 AM<br><b>To:</b> Moscow Vision 2020<br><b>Cc:</b> Lois; Borg Hendrickson; Fritz Knorr; Jeanne McHale; Brett Haverstick; Linwood Laughy; Wild Idaho Rising Tide<br><b>Subject:</b> [Vision2020] Proud of protests<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Courtesy of today's (August 18, 2013) Spokesman-Review with appreciation and thanks to Brett Haverstick. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>--------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><h1 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;outline: 0px;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469);-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969)'><span style='font-size:21.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#111111'>Proud of protests<o:p></o:p></span></h1><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.75pt;margin-left:0in;vertical-align:baseline;outline: 0px;overflow:visible'>Last week, I witnessed something that will forever change my life – for the better. On three successive nights, I observed men, women and children of the Nez Perce Tribe fighting for their treaty rights, fighting for our ever-fading democracy and fighting to prevent U.S. Highway 12 from becoming a permanent industrial corridor.<o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.75pt;margin-left:0in;vertical-align:baseline;outline: 0px;overflow:visible'>I witnessed leaders of the Nez Perce Tribal Executive Committee put their bodies in front of a 600,000-pound truck and get arrested. I witnessed women with newborn babies strapped to their chest standing in the middle of the highway confronting multinational corporations for trespassing. I witnessed children carrying protest signs and placing rocks in the road as a machine the size of a football field barreled toward them.<o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.75pt;margin-left:0in;vertical-align:baseline;outline: 0px;overflow:visible'>Not to be forgotten, I saw dozens of Idaho State Police officers, county sheriffs and tribal police officers provide a red-carpet escort for the Omega Morgan megaload. Regrettably, I witnessed our federal government fail to honor tribal treaty rights, fail to enforce federal law(s) and completely whiff on an opportunity to defend its citizens against corporate tyranny.<o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.75pt;margin-left:0in;vertical-align:baseline;outline: 0px;overflow:visible'>I proudly stand with the Nez Perce and everyone else fighting the good fight on U.S. 12. I've got your back.<o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline;outline: 0px;overflow:visible'><strong><span style='border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>Brett Haverstick</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline;outline: 0px;overflow:visible'><em><span style='border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>Moscow, Idaho</span></em><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>--------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Friends of the Clearwater<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.5pt'><a href="http://www.friendsoftheclearwater.org/">http://www.friendsoftheclearwater.org/</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>"Nez Perce Stand: The Fight for the Future"<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.5pt'><a href="http://www.nomegaloads.com/NezPerceProtest_080513.htm">http://www.nomegaloads.com/NezPerceProtest_080513.htm</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><img border=0 width=640 height=426 id=B6E35DD7-DC57-490E-9E7A-B4DC82E14A7E src="cid:image002.jpg@01CE9BF7.BB4EE3E0" alt="NezPerce_Megaload_Protest_080513_33.JPG"><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.MoscowCares.com">http://www.MoscowCares.com</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Tom Hansen<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Moscow, Idaho<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p align=center style='text-align:center;text-align:-webkit-auto'>"This is the 'Mouse that Roared,' 'David and Goliath' and 'Avatar' all rolled into one. We must remember that the thousands of citizens involved in this effort to protect their personal and family safety, their businesses and their lifestyles are confronting some of the largest international corporations in the world."<o:p></o:p></p><p align=center style='text-align:center;text-align:-webkit-auto'><i>~ Linwood Laughy ~</i><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>