Natasha's latest article says it all. It is a must read.

This is an article about why we need someone who will fight for our rights.


http://debateusa.com/featured/hull_richter.htm

IT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU
by Natasha H. (age 12)

"When the government fears the people, you have liberty. When the people fear the government, you have tyranny." - Thomas Jefferson.



No charges are filed and bail is set at $825,000.

Imagine you are a pacifist, an environmentalist, an organizer of peace rallies. Imagine that, as you drive towards home from a peace rally, you notice that you are followed by five suspicious looking cars. You pull into your local police station. You are told that the people following you are federal agents and that the police cannot help you. Suppose you then go home and people who care about you try to ask the federal agents why they are following you.

Suppose they react by taking you into custody, even though you know you have violated no law, and they order everyone who lives in your house outside while they wait until the next night to obtain a search warrant Suppose the items they eventually do grab are school papers, computers and so forth but no evidence of any wrongdoing on your part.

Even though no charges are ever filed, bail is set at $825,000. Suppose you are suspected of an act which is totally in violation of all your principles and which is harmful to the environment. Suppose you can conclusively prove where you were at the time the act occurred. Suppose that a videotape proves they got the wrong person. Suppose that after approximately four days in custody, they release you because they have no evidence to link you to the incident.

Josh Connole does not have to imagine. The above scenario actually happened to him. Peace protesters across the U.S. are now asking "Could this happen to me?"

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what if they hold you in a 6x6 cell for 3 years,
torture you for information that you do not have,
and then execute you with no trial by jury!

this must read article. Hopefully, there are a lot more Natasha's out there!

One of the best places to view it is at http://mhull.rupa.com
They have the back issues there too. In the last issue, Bully George welded the door to Cowardly Tom's office shut with Tom and Ted inside because Tom was going to get Patch Adams to give him a spine without a remote control.

The Center for Talented Youth is definitely bona fide. My son has just been recomended by his school to apply for the program. It's cool to see what sort of peers he might have.