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| As Hegel stated: "Truth is found neither in the thesis nor the antithesis but in a creative synthesis which reconciles the two." Therefore, get your news from a variety of sources pondering each item. Learn to decipher fact from opinion and inuendo. Do not be afraid to examine revelations from anyone. |
| http://www.lwv.org elected official/voter information/contacts by zip code http://www.familiesforfreedom.org Immigrant rights http://www.phrusa.org/ Physicians for Human Rights http://www.carolinapeace.org/ Carolina Peace Resource Center http://www.msf.org Doctors Without Borders http://www.wcpponline.org/youcando.html The Wellesley Cancer Prevention Project Minimize your cancer risk http://www.grist.org/ Environmental news with action links http://www.cehca.org/ Center for Environmental Health Protect yourself/family/friends from environmental hazards http://www.kyotoandbeyond.org/ Environmental petition and Kyoto Treaty info http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/FEG2005.pdf fuel economy guide 2005 http://money.cnn.com/pf/features/lists/gasmileage/ gas mileage ratings 2004 http://www.sustainablebusiness.com/stocks/index.cfm socially responsible stocks [email protected] (If you don't immediately get an auto responder message your email hasn't been delivered and you may have to enter this address manually or copy and paste) http://www.kucinich.us Dennis Kucinich website http://www.graypanthers.org Gray Panthers National http://graypantherssf.igc.org/ Gray Panthers San Francisco http://pueblo.gsa.gov/ (caution if looking for vaccination information kindly compare information from google and other searches and also research thimerosal (a perservative present in some vaccines) and mmr before making decisions and remember that thimerosol contains the neurotoxin, mercury.) http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/call/ http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm US Senators Websites http://clerk.house.gov/members/index.html US Representatives Websites http://www.literacyonline.org/ United States Literacy Councils Volunteer website links http://www.jwj.org Jobs with Justice.org http://www.habitat.org Partnership home building to eliminate poverty housing MSF petition link for release of Doctors Without Borders volunteer Arjan Erkel removed as Arjan was freed! http://www.icahd.org/eng/ Israeli Committee against [Palestinian] House Demolitions http://contact-us.state.gov/cgi-bin/state.cfg/php/enduser/ask.php?p_cv=4.114&p_pv=&p_prods=0&p_cats=37%2C84%2C86%2C114&p_hidden_prods=&prod_lvl1=0&cat_lvl1=37&cat_lvl2=84&cat_lvl3=86&cat_lvl4=114 Contact form for US Secretary of State C Rice Voice4Change Link no longer functioning (Arpil 2006 note) http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy03osti/33249.pdf US Government report on reducing avian (bird) collisions with wind turbines http://www.house.gov/kucinich/issues/peace.htm Peace initiatives |
| It Matters A young child was throwing sand dollars stranded on the shore into the sea. When an older gentleman asked why the child answered "Sir, if these sand dollars stay on the shore they shall surely die." "But there are so many of them how could throwing a few of them back matter?" asked the man. "Well sir," replied the child, "it matters to this one." author unknown |
| "Today there is no longer a choice between violence and nonviolence. It is either nonviolence or nonexistence." Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., 1967 http://www.thekingcenter.org/prog/non/excerpt.html |
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| 1. How many of the 9 United States Democratic forum participating 2004 Presidential candidates can you name? *(at least two additional democractic and two Libertarian candidates also ran.) answer |
| 2. Which middle eastern ruler, now deceased, received the 1979 Joliet Curie Gold Medal of the World Peace Council and was one of three people to jointly receive the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize? Answer |
| 3. Who is Charles Ghankay*Taylor? answer Search http://allafrica.com for updated information. (*middle name Ghankay added to differentiate Charles Ghankay Taylor from other Charles Taylors such as the Canadian journalist, Charles Plunket Bourchier Taylor (1935-1997) who negotiated the reopening of Beijing, China's paper bureau. source Britannica 2001 CD.) 4. What was Rachel Corrie doing when she was killed by an Israeli government bulldozer and how is she linked with Nuha Makadma Sweidan? Follow the peace center building work camp at http://www.icahd.org/eng/. |
| (A Link geared toward younger folks): |
| History quizes and daily trivia writings available at: http://www.historychannel.com/ |
| 5. Where is the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. Find the Answer at: http://www.iidh.ed.cr/ |
| 6. How many US troops landed in Liberia on August 6th 2003? answer link below:. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/08/07/world/main567088.shtml |
| 7. Which office did former child star Gary Coleman, actor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Hustler Publisher Larry Flynt, a Lt. Governor, at least one Green Party Candidate and more than 500 others compete for? answer |
| Remember, Hitler was at one time a popular candidate* of a free state which only gradually became a totalitarian nation poisoned by fear, lies, and an exaggerated sense of patriotism so extreme it robbed many of their own ability to decipher right from wrong while millions were murdered through state actions. |
| associated press jounalists' memorial link will reappear if it again becomes functional http://www.cpj.org Committee to Protect Journalists http://www.rsf.fr Reporters without Borders/Reporters sans Frontieres/Reporteros sin Fronteras http://ap.org Associated Press home http://www.ushmm.org/ United States Holocaust Museum Education Remembrance Conscience http://www.worldlinktv.org/mosaic/streamsArchive/ world news from the Middles East http://www.manartv.com.lb/ Lebanese station formerly part of Worldlink Mosaic broadcasts [English box on left] http://www.democracynow.org "The War and Peace Report" Amy Goodman http://allafrica.com/ English/Francais News from the African Continent Liberia/Congo/child abductions/more http://www.palestinechronicle.com http://www.palestine-pmc.com/ Palestine Media Center http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk world and uk news http://bellaciao.org/ News, commentary Francais Italiano, Espanol, English http://pej.ca/links.htm Peace, Earth, & Justice News with Canadian & global links http://www.theage.com.au/ The Age Melbourne Australia http://www.foreignaffairs.org/ news/analysis/debate published by the Council on Foreign Relations http://www.progressive.org/ news commentary, occasional interviews http://www.utne.com "A Different Read on Life" "reprints from over 2,000 media sources" http://www.indiancountry.com "Indian Country Today The Nation's Leading American Indian News Source" http://www.sfgate.com/ San Francisco Chronicle http://www.afsc.org/ American Friends Service Committee Wage Peace Campaign http://www.dw-world.de Germany's International Broadcaster World News choose from 30 languages http://www.hrw.org/ Human Rights Watch http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=107_cong_bills&docid=f:h3162enr.txt USA Patriot Act House Resolution 3162 (This act covered 127 pages when pasted into a word processing document) http://www.insteadofwar.org/site/slu.php http://vitw.org/ Voices in the Wilderness http://www.germany-info.org/UN/archive/press/2003/pr_03_05_03.html France Russia Germany declaration on Iraq http://www.cpt.org Christian Peacemakers Teams http://isra.zapto.org/FeedthePoor Islamic Relief Agency Feed the Poor http://www.ombwatch.org/article/archive/18 promoting open government, accountability, and citizen participation http://www.arabnews.com "The first English Daily Newspaper in Saudi Arabia" http://www.c-span.org House/Senate Hearings Rallies Government Briefings alternating pro/con opinions debates http://www.npr.org National Public Radio http://www.veteransforpeace.org/ http://www.msnbc.com/comics/editorial_content.asp?sFile=tt050313 Tom Tole's Editorial Comics (click date box for available content) http://www.google.com search engine http://www.un.org/ United Nations http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/index.shtml British Broadcasting Corporation World News in 43 languages http://www.amnesty.org/ International Human Rights Issues http://www.pbs.org/ Public Broadcasting Service (Educational Television) http://www.sierraclub.org/ http://www.gendertalk.com radio focusing primarily but not exclusively on gender identity human rights issues http://www.ukia.co.uk/ Intersexual Issues http://www.lambda.org GLBT news/history/resources hate crimes reporting http://www.lambdalegal.org GLBT legal issues news http://www.greenpeace.org/homepage/ http://www.nytimes.com/index.html?vendor=msn requires registration http://www.ftc.gov Federal Trade Commission National Do Not Call Registry Complaints http://www.commondreams.org/mideast.htm Mideast Crisis Links http://www.p-p-o.com/Eng/defultE.htm President's Office, Palestinian Authority http://www.commondreams.org/ Common Dreams News Center http://rci.gsw.edu/home-pc.htm Rosalyn Carter Institute for Human Development http://www.cartercenter.org/ Jimmy Carter's human rights/conflict resolution center http://www.ifrc.org/ International Red Cross/Crescent links http://www.rainn.org Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network http://www.un.org/law/icc/ International Criminal Court news Statute of Rome ICC Member Nations http://www.icc-cpi.int/ International Criminal Court updated site English/Francaise http://www.historychannel.com http://news.google.com/news/en/us/main.html http://www.un.org/News/ World News United Nations site http://www.iidh.ed.cr/ Instituto Interamericano de derechos Humanos/Inter-american Institute of Human Rights Inter-american Court of Human Rights Information/Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos Informacion http://globalpolicy.igc.org/visitctr/whatnew.htm Global Policy Forum international news http://www.nobelprize.org Nobel Peace Prize Home (new url, Norway link became nonfunctional) http://web.amnesty.org/pages/int_jus_icc International Criminal Court Information http://www.iccnow.org/ Coalition for the International Criminal Court http://gc2003.episcopalchurch.org/ens/ Episcopal News Service |
| 8. Which country has the most toops in the International Assistance Security force serving in Afghanistan and and provides the majority of ISAF troops overall? http://www.dw-world.de/english/0,3367,1430_A_940627_1_A,00.html |
| "Whatosever you do may seem insignificant but it is most important that you do it." Mohandas K. Ghandi |
| 9. Why is the US Department of Justice suing Voices in the Wilderness? Find out at http://vitw.org/archives/7 |
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