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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-04 02:33 PM
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Home of the Brave, Land of the Free??
Well, we got Brave ...but Free??

Have we got Freedom from:

Ignorance?

Fantasy?

Brain Washing?

Poverty?

Misery?

Anger?

Manipulation?

Greed/Selfishness?

Blame/Distortion?

Ineptness?

Madness?

Poor arcane systems?

what else?
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shraby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-04 02:37 PM
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1. Freedom from
Snooping spies. Hi :hi: Agents Mike and Dave.
Controlled news.
Being called terrorists if we object, normally called oppression.
Having our constitution shredded.

Any more?
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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-04 05:21 PM
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12. Sounds like we need Freedom from Oppressing Systems disguised as
"Good Systems".

We should be looking for "Cures" rather than Band Aides.
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ZenLefty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-04 02:40 PM
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2. A quote:
"The Land of the Free?
Whoever told you that is your enemy."

-Rage Against The Machine
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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-04 05:18 PM
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10. Time for a way to address this? Go for the Positive Force rather
than the Negative one.
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Sandpiper Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-04 02:40 PM
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3. Didn't Janis Joplin say
Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose
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LSparkle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-04 02:49 PM
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4. actually Kris Kristofferson
but I'm sure Janis agreed!
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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-04 05:17 PM
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9. How in the world did we let this Happen?? What can we do to change into
the Favor of Common Sense and Sanity...? Better odds for better America
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Ani Yun Wiya Donating Member (639 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-04 02:58 PM
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5. Are you sure?
Looks more like:

Home of the fee and land of the slave.
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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-04 05:15 PM
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8. Yup, but can we find a solution to this??
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Hunter_1253 Donating Member (121 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-04 03:01 PM
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6. We do have the freedom to...
practice whichever Christian religion you want to, as long as it's not one of those nutsy Mormon or Jehova's Witnesses luny kind.
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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-04 05:14 PM
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7. Where is the system to SOLVE??? these sort of things???
Why are we not investing in good systems?
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tom_paine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-04 05:19 PM
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11. That all ended in December 2000.
Maybe we can restore some of it.

So many institutions of the Old Republic, from the EPA & Treasury, to the Star Spangled Banner, seem laughably ironic and shirekingly Orwellian within the framework of Bushevik-Occupied Imperial Amerika.
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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-04 05:33 PM
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13. The solution lies in the direction of promoting Positiveness to
overcome the Negativeness gripping the Nation. Too much Negativity breeds Negative Results. WE should be looking for and demanding Positive results through Positive Programs.
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