Sunday Sep 25, 2005

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"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. --That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security."

I wanted to do something like this yesturday for my journal. I woke up and see Subrosa saved me the trouble. So, Like he said copy paste and send to your Senator, Represenative and to the The President.

Dear [INSERT CONGRESSPERSON HERE],

I am writing you as a citizen of [INSERT DISTRICT HERE]. I am writing specifically because I am very concerned about the new wave of attorney general Alberto Gonzales's "War on porn", which seeks to target not just child pornography (which is reprehensible in every way and should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law), but pornographic images and videos that depict consensual sexual acts between legal adults.

According to the Washington Post, Mr. Gonzales has ordered the FBI to target porn that features "includes bestiality, urination, defecation, as well as sadistic and masochistic behavior." I have no problem with authorities choosing to target pornographers who deal with material that is not consentual between both parties (child porn, bestiality, etc.), but when the government starts telling Americans what is acceptable for them to look at beyond those limitations, I am furious. I believe in freedom of speech, in freedom of the press and in freedom from governmental invasions of privacy. And I firmly believe that this new FBI task-force is simply the Bush Administration's new wave of morality police come to tell me what I can and can't do with my free time.

This is unacceptable in view of the First Amendment of course, but also because it is diverting key resources from more worthy fights for the FBI to undertake (such as the war on terror or homeland security for instance.)

I urge you as a leader in your party and a congressperson with a strong record on individual liberties to take congressional action on this issue and let Mr. Bush and Mr. Gonzales know that the American people will no longer tolerate intrusions into their personal sexual choices or their freedom of expression.

Sincerely,

[YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS]



It is not your right to do this. It is your obligation. That is the reason the paragraph from The Declaration of Independance is in my journal entry. If you want to read the Declaration it is HERE.

If you have not done so in a while I suggest you do. You will see parallels between what King George was doing to the colonies and what President George is doing to us.

Keep in mind that the reent issue of censorship is NOT a law. It is the Executive branch's interpretation of the law. Bush and his administration does NOT make law. Congress makes law. What they are doing is unconstitutional on several levels.

If you dont fight who will?

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melika:
maybe i could sneak some monkeys in....
(in my PANTS!!!) LOL
dunno, that's just what we call ourselves, here.
we're pretty lucky. no wars ever fought on our soil, welfare and hospital service easily availabel for all, voting is compulsory, good food and wine at cheap prices..etc, etc....
frantic:
good point.

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