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HOTT Newslinks February 14, 2008

Potentially, a government is the most dangerous threat to man’s rights; it holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force against legally disarmed victims. When unlimited and unrestricted by individual rights, a government is man’s deadliest enemy. It is not as protection against private actions, but against governmental actions that the Bill of Rights was written.
Ayn Rand, The Virtue of Selfishness [1964]

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Bush Forest Budget Called Disastrous

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iYwZ3LXuPBA7llQf-rgesrekftWgD8UPKRD85

Oh, poor Forest Circus

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Nature Conservancy or nature conspiracy?

http://www.proliberty.com/observer/20080114.htm

HOTT told you about this years ago and has done several audio series’ on the subject.

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What Bust? Bush Wants to Unload Some Real Estate

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/07/AR2008020703760.html

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Airport Security Technology Stuck In the Pipeline

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/07/AR2008020704067.html

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Police set to search for guns at homes

We all have the right to voluntarily give up our rights…

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2008/02/09/police_set_to_search_for_guns_at_homes/?page=1

“A friendly looking logo – a drawing of a house surrounded by the sun…”

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Mass Psychology and Education: The Impact of Science on Society Part 4: Knowledge Driven Revolution

“Although this science will be diligently studied, it will be rigidly confined to the governing class. The populace will not be allowed to know how its convictions were generated. When the technique has been perfected, every government that has been in charge of education for a generation will be able to control its subjects securely without the need of armies or policemen…”

http://www.knowledgedrivenrevolution.com/Articles/200802/20080204_ISS_4_Education.htm

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USNORTHCOM’s official response to Commission on National Guard and Reserves Final Report

http://www.northcom.mil/News/2008/020108.html

Bullshit

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U.S. money for Russia is linked to Iran nuclear plant

“What policy logic justifies DOE funding Russian institutes which are providing nuclear technology to Iran?”
The United States government is always in the process of creating our future enemies. It is only logical in this sense. It is a process that has worked over and over again, from financial, technological, and food aid to the Soviet Union, Nazi Germany, Saddam Hussein, and nearly every other “enemy” we have ever had. It is the chaos that is created that benefits the “National Security”, because it is really all about people control, and nothing “secures” the “homeland” better than a good old fashioned THREAT!

http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/02/06/mideast/nuke.php

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Global Incident Map?

http://www.globalincidentmap.com/home.php

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Senate votes to ban waterboarding; Bush vows veto

http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2008/02/senate-votes-to.html

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,2252640,00.html

But in the wake of a string of reports that the country is fast becoming a failed state and a humanitarian disaster, as armed attacks on western troops and Afghan forces multiply and Nato splits down the middle over sending reinforcements, that looks ever more other-worldly. The US coordinator on Iraq, David Satterfield, even suggested last month that Iraq would turn out to be America’s “good war”, while Afghanistan was going “bad”. After a conflict that has already lasted longer than the second world war, Paddy Ashdown, rejected at the last minute as UN proconsul in Kabul, was clearly closer to the mark than Brown when he declared: “We are losing in Afghanistan.”

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http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0205/p09s01-coop.html?page=1

That’s a shame, because Wilson’s two terms in office provide the clearest historical window into the soul of progressivism. Wilson’s racism, his ideological rigidity, and his antipathy toward the Constitution were all products of the progressive world view. And since “progressivism” is suddenly in vogue – today’s leading Democrats proudly wear the label – it’s worth actually reviewing what progressivism was and what actually happened under the last full-throated progressive president.
The record should give sober pause to anyone who’s mesmerized by the progressive promise.
Wilson, like the bulk of progressive intellectuals in fin-de-siècle America, was deeply influenced by three strands of thought: philosophical Pragmatism, Hegelianism, and Darwinism. This heady intellectual cocktail produced a drunken arrogance and the conviction that the old rules no longer applied.

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,2253033,00.html

Of course there are people who want to explode bombs in Britain. Taxpayers spend a fortune trying to stop them. But how often must we remind ourselves that the bomber need not kill to achieve his end when we appease his yearning for the martyrdom of repression? The amount of surveillance in Britain is grotesque. It is a sign of the corruption of power, and nothing else.

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http://www.lewrockwell.com/reese/reese429.html

The young lady recently murdered while hiking the southern tip of the Appalachian Trail might be alive today if she had tucked a pistol into her backpack or fanny pack. Yes, I know it’s against the law to carry a pistol on the trail, but which would you prefer – breaking a bureaucratic rule or getting your brains knocked out and then being decapitated?

New World Order in socialist Britain.

http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?in_article_id=98741&in_page_id=34

A commuter was arrested at gunpoint and had his DNA and fingerprints taken simply for listening to his MP3 player while waiting for a bus.
Darren Nixon was surrounded by armed police after his music player was mistaken for a gun.

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And it gets even better

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=479341&in_page_id=1770

Police have been given the go-ahead to use Taser stun guns against children.
The relaxing of restrictions on the use of the weapons comes despite warnings that they could trigger a heart attack in youngsters.
Until now, Tasers – which emit a 50,000-volt electric shock – have been used only by specialist officers as a “non lethal” alternative to firearms.

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Enough said

http://www.wkyc.com/video/player.aspx?aid=53707&bw

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http://www.house.gov/paul/tst/tst2008/tst021008.htm

As a United States Congressman, I take my oath to uphold all of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights very seriously. Unfortunately, too many in Washington DC believe they can pick-and-choose which provisions of the constitution they can uphold. For example, many politicians, judges, and bureaucrats believe they have the power to disregard our right to own guns, even though the second amendment explicitly guarantees the people’s right to “keep and bear arms.”
Like the Founding Fathers, I believe that the right to keep and bear arms is fundamental to a free society. Where law-abiding citizens are most freely allowed to defend themselves, communities are safer, while crime rises when law-abiding people’s access to firearms is restricted. Gun laws only disarm those who respect the law. Those with criminal tendencies do not turn in their weapons and reform their ways because government bureaucrats enact statutes that tell them to. Gun control laws turn peaceful citizens into sitting ducks for criminals to prey upon.

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http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/952529.html

The problem he has is clear: How does one win over the more radical wing of his party without alienating the more centrist voters on which one relies to help him win not just the nomination but also the general election. McCain is using a couple of tools as to try and achieve this goal. One of them, and not a marginal one, is the State of Israel.
Title 18 USC and posse comitatus still has meaning for some people

http://www.nbc24.com/news/news_story.aspx?id=94192

Mayor Carty Finkbeiner on Friday ordered some 200 members of Company A, 1st Battalion, 24th Marines from Grand Rapids, Michigan, out of Toledo just before the unit was supposed to start a weekend of urban warfare training downtown.

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http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/953099.html

The Israel Defense Forces and the Shin Bet internal security service are preparing to step up assassinations against key Hamas figures in the Gaza Strip in response to the continued Qassam rocket attacks against Sderot. The renewed campaign of targeted killings is not likely, at this stage, to include members of the Hamas political leadership.

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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EARNS_GM?SITE=NCJAC&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

General Motors Corp. reported a $38.7 billion loss for 2007 on Tuesday, the largest annual loss ever for an automotive company, and said it is making a new round of buyout offers to U.S. hourly workers in hopes of replacing some of them with lower-paid help.
The earnings report and buyout offer came as GM struggles to turn around its North American business as the economy weakens.

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http://www.kxly.com/Global/story.asp?s=7844233

Vehicle licensing fees in Washington State could spike dramatically, all in the name of global warming. Six Seattle Democrats in the state Senate are trying to push through a bill that would require the Department of Licensing to collect a greenhouse gas tax. Sponsors say the tax in Senate Bill 6923 is an effective way to fight global warming by giving the state more money to fund transportation alternatives. If it passes, there will be an extra tax on your yearly license tab fees, based on EPA estimated miles per gallon your vehicle gets. The bill states vehicles getting below 15 miles per gallon will be charged between $200 and $240 extra every year. Vehicles that get between 15 and 25 miles per gallon, will pay $100 to $180 dollars extra every year. Vehicles getting over 26 miles per gallon, will pay between $40 and $100 extra every year.

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http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/952529.html

Senator Joe Lieberman is playing a role here. The staunchest Jewish supporter McCain has, Lieberman can promise both Jews and Evangelical voters that McCain is the candidate who will not abandon Israel (no wonder some people still think Lieberman is McCain’s top pick for Vice President).

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http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2008/Feb/10/ln/hawaii802100349.html

Hold on to your diet soda.
A set of bills before the state Legislature would ban aspartame — known also by brand names NutraSweet and Equal — as soon as Jan. 1.
House Bill 2680 is up for a vote in the Health Committee on Wednesday, giving supporters of the ban more time to prove why Hawaii should become the first state to ban a federally approved product, a move lawmakers are unlikely to make without strong evidence of a public health risk.

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http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/02/07/business/rtrcol08.php

Job losses and a contraction in the business sector where more than 80 percent of Americans work show that the angle of descent for the U.S. economy is steepening.
Unsurprisingly, while problems are spreading to the formerly indefatigable American consumer, the old issues – falling home prices and crippled credit markets – show no signs of healing themselves or being healed from on high.

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=505020&in_page_id=1770&ct=5

Digital speed cameras which capture drivers smoking or eating at the wheel are being introduced nationwide in a new move to hammer motorists.
Drivers will also face fines, bans and even jail for infringements such as driving without a seatbelt, using a hand-held mobile phone or overtaking across double white lines.
The hi-tech DVD cameras, which have instant playback, will also be used to provide photographic evidence against those eating sandwiches or rolling-up cigarettes at the wheel.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7240414.stm

Two employees of Pakistan’s atomic energy agency have been abducted in the country’s restive north-western region abutting the Afghan border, police say

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All is well in the People’s Republik of Boston Taxachusetts

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2008/02/09/police_set_to_search_for_guns_at_homes/

As Boston police prepare to go into some of the city’s most dangerous neighborhoods, knock on doors of private houses, and ask if they can search for illegal guns without a warrant, officials are trying to pitch the idea of the plan as friendly cooperation to residents who still see it as a threatening intrusion. A friendly looking logo – a drawing of a house surrounded by the sun – adorns the brochure police have drafted to explain and promote the initiative, “Safe Homes.” Photos of officers playing baseball with children and chatting with teenagers dot the pamphlet. Twice, police have taken calls from listeners on a black radio station in Roxbury.

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http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN0655798320080206

In the latest example that the U.S. dollar just ain’t what it used to be, some shops in New York City have begun accepting euros and other foreign currency as payment for merchandise.

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To hell with search warrants and probable cause.

http://www.local6.com/news/15232197/detail.html

Police officers in Daytona Beach are swabbing the mouths of persons of interests during traffic stops with special DNA kits in the hunt for an elusive serial killer, sources close to the investigation told Local 6.

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http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/02/sen-rockefeller.html

In a Senate floor speech, Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-West Virginia) inadvertently made plain that the proposed changes to the nation’s spying laws radically expand how the government wiretaps inside the United States. Rockefeller was decrying an amendment that would require the government to discard non-emergency evidence if a court later finds that the spying methods violate the law.

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New Bill To Allow Police Misconduct Be Hidden From Public

http://www.kutv.com/content/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=49094c36-ec83-4306-954a-eca063c62693

Don’t they already do this whenever they can?

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Space Station Crew Can Access Gun

http://www.wesh.com/news/15298911/detail.html

Global gun control? Russian’s are trusted by their government with guns, and Americans are not?

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“IF AMERICANS KNEW” wins battle to speak at CT library

http://www.ifamericansknew.org/us_ints/pg-grlibrary.html

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If John McCain’s online bio is correct, can he even be president? I posit that he cannot. He is listed as being born in the Panama Canal Zone. The PCZ was never under the jurisdiction of the United States but rather, it was leased to the United States.

That said, check out what the U.S. Constitution says about presidential eligibility at Article II, Section 1, Clause 5:

“No person except a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the United States, at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained to the age of thirty five years, and been fourteen Years a resident within the United States. “

If John McCain was born outside the jurisdiction of the United States, then he is NOT a natural born citizen no matter what his parents or he signed him up for after his birth! He can be a senator but he CANNOT be eligible for president. The same holds true for Arnold Schwarzenegger who would love to be president.
as well.

Now if McCain IS elected and sworn in as president it will be unconstitutional. But what the heck, we don’t seem to be willing to demand that the Constitution (federal or state) be honored anyway!

SPREAD THE WORD! PASS IT ON! WAKE UP AMERICA!

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“New Jersey E-ZPass Tracks Drivers Not on Toll Roads”
“Arizona Legislators Strike Back at Freeway Camera Plan”
“Virginia House Revives Abusive Driver Fees”
“New Mexico Senate Strikes Speed Camera Profit”
“Rome, Georgia Red Light Cameras Increase Wrecks, Profit”

http://www.thenewspaper.com/

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Bombing Kills Top Figure in Hezbollah

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/13/AR2008021300494.html?referrer=email

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http://www.lindsaybks.com/dgjp/index.html

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Hugh Piggott – Scoraig Wind Electric

http://www.scoraigwind.com/

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Brake Drum Windmill Plans

http://www.ramdesign.on.ca/windmill/windmill.htm

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Americans Sell Space Shuttle Secrets to China

http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/…3-22936164.htm

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UPDATED: EMBARGO SANCTIONS TOOK EFFECT NOON EST
PRESIDENT ERUPTED INTO AN OUTBURST OF HITLERIAN FURY
Monday 11 February 2008 18:17

http://www.worldreports.org/news/120_updated_embargo_sanctions_took_effect_noon_est

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AA-12. World’s deadliest shotgun!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4ebtj1jR7c

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Travelers to Europe May Face Fingerprinting

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/11/AR2008021102786.html?wpisrc=newsletter

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New Stryker Faring Poorly in Field

http://www.military.com/NewsContent/0,13319,160981,00.html?ESRC=dod.nl

“I wish [the enemy] would just blow mine up so I could be done with it,” said Spec. Kyle Handrahan, 22, of Anaheim, Calif., a tanker assigned to Alpha Company, 4/9’s MGS platoon.

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Army Buried Report on Post-War Iraq

http://www.military.com/NewsContent/0,13319,161743,00.html?wh=wh

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Lot’s of 2nd Amend. Info from one of our Penn. State researchers.

www.foac-pac.org

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This is very funny – anti-gun group did not pay up keep on taxes and got taken over by a Pro-gun group

Maryland’s biggest anti organization loses their names and their legal existence. Pro group snaps up the names and incorporates.

http://tinyurl.com/27u3r6

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Good riddance to the old socialist %$#@.

http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSN1163368120080211?feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews&rpc=22&sp=true

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What Workers Should Consider When Voting for Their Next Boss

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/10/AR2008021002143.html

*Yeah, they should consider what a bunch of communist’s they are.

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How well did Florida Gov. know alleged child porn peddler?

“Among the five references he listed, one of them was Crist, then the state Attorney General under Gov. Jeb Bush.”

http://rawstory.com/news/2008/How_well_did_Florida_Gov._know_0207.html

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Clinton Replaces Top Aide Amid Losses

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/10/AR2008021002699.html

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http://www.nbc24.com/news/news_story.aspx?id=94192

Mayor Kicks Marines Out of Toledo (urban warfare training)

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$70 Billion Stolen from US Veterans

http://predicto.blogspot.com/2008/02/70-billion-stolen-from-us-veterans.html

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If you want to see a bunch of politicians lie to service members, go here:

http://www.defenselink.mil/

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Study: New war veterans face job woes

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080208/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/veterans_jobs;_ylt=AqAG1Y.IQc1pNcxqgd2rRpms0NUE

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Russia ‘ditching Cold War pacts’
“….Both countries are acquiring the ability to project power across the world.”

Of course, with the help of the United States government….while we have open and “free” trade with China, and finance Russian Nuclear Institutes….

(from a previous article) “The Energy Department is subsidizing the institutes under the Initiatives for Proliferation Prevention, a program set up after the collapse of the Soviet Union to prevent newly impoverished scientists and their institutions from selling their expertise to states that might be developing nuclear weapons. The United States supplements the salaries of scientists, and pays overhead at those institutes, among others.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/02/05/wrussia105.xml

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Police Swabbing Mouths During Traffic Stops

http://www.local6.com/problemsolvers/15232197/detail.html

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Sen. Rockefeller Lets Slip the Spying Truth: Drift Nets To Be Legalized

Apparently, the Congress can simply ignore the Constitution and treason no longer exists in it’s classic, Constitutional sense. Treason cannot be committed against the Constitution, but only against the “National Security” of the State, and whatever that State is directed to become.
The majority of the citizens know nothing of the Constitution and couldn’t care less. It is proven by candidates like Ron Paul, who is at least talking the talk…..he is being rejected by the very people who are interested in politics and our collective political future. If they will not support a candidate who supports the Constitution, then the people are nothing more than lemmings to be driven into the sea.

http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/02/sen-rockefeller.html

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Four More American Drug Planes Seized

http://www.madcowprod.com/02072008.html

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9/11 VENDETTA past, present & future

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4580078919009360294

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