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Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 14:42:02 -0600
From: Sean Donahue <nhpeaceact@igc.org>
Subject: (abolition-usa) [Fwd: criminal defense]
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Sean: Please distribute the following as widely as you can, along with
my
e-mail address. Thanks.
I represent several people who peacefully went on the property of a
defense
contractor to protest the company's manufacture of war machinery. In a
state court trial for trespass, they attempted to assert as a defense an
obligation to do such acts pursuant to international law and the
provisions
of several treaties. The defense was not allowed. I am handling the
appeal, and am looking for cases where such a defense was asserted,
whether
successfully or not. Any help is appreciated.
Law Office of Joshua Gordon
26 S. Main St., #175
Concord, NH 03301
(603) 226-4225
e-mail: jlgordon@totalnetnh.net
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The First draft of President Clinton's State of the Union Address, announcing the historic NATIONAL HAMBURGER INITIATIVE
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>>Good evening, my fellow Americans, and Sammy Sosa, too:
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>>I'm pleased to address you tonight, and to reassure you that the State of
our Union is strong- provided, of course, that we keep it a Union, and that
none of you entertain the idea that those folks in Puerto Rico will ever get
to become something other than a colo.. that is, a Commonwealth.
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>>With the help of Vice President Gore- a man of the people, a man of
dynamism, vision and humor, who, contrary to some opinions is not nearly as
stiff as former President Richard Nixon is right now- I'm pleased to announce a
revolutionary initiative that will propel our great nation to new heights, more vitality, and the good, solid, meat-driven aggression that makes us the only superpower in the world This great and revolutionary federal initiative is the National Hamburger Initiative, or the N.H.I.
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Beginning in June, 1999, and for a period of not less than twenty years,
our great government, bolstered by a budget surplus of billions of your income tax dollars,
will subsidize the purchase of unlimited hamburgers and french fries, available at absolutely no cost to every
American citizen over the age of 10 !! ( Proof of citizenship will be required). That's right- FREE BURGERS! And
I'm pleased to further announce that, in keeping with our record levels of military spending and even more spending than the Pentagon is willing to ask for, we're going to devote all of our excess Pentagon appropriation to free
and unlimited milk shakes, and those cute little apple pie things, for our fighting men and women- and even our fighting men who fight women-as a small token of our national esteem for these brave troops, especially those who risk their very lives to push those buttons that send those brave cruise missiles that blow up all of those bad hospitals and grain silos and water treatment plants in the land of that treacherous and very bad guy, Saddam.
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>>Yes, my fellow Americans. Burgers are good. Burgers are American. They
make people happy. Our wondrous technology can grow a cow on hormones and
food additives, kill her, grind her up, and make a product that any American
would be proud to consume. The whole free world loves our hamburgers. As
most of you can tell, I love 'em too.
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>>But our enemies hate hamburgers. And that makes hamburgers even better. Just
think about it, my fellow Americans: There are no burger joints in downtown
Baghdad or Pyongyang, or even in Havana. That must tell you that God is on
our side in this great venture.
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>>And think of the economic benefits to all Americans when this plan is
fully implemented! Millions more cows will need to be raised to supply the
demand for this beef- and the big cattle ranchers will profit. Millions
more acres of potatoes will need to be planted - and the big farmers will
profit. Millions and millions of extra gallons of gasoline will be needed to
fuel the trucks that speed these beef burgers-well, at least partially beef-
to your designated food outlets. And the big oil companies ... well, you get the picture.
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But just as important, our National Hamburger I initiative will create JOBS!
Yes, we calculate that at least 5 million new jobs, all at a pay scale
that's absolutely not less than minimum wage, will be created as a result of
this tax-subsidized program. Jobs for inner city kids, jobs for
unemployed white kids from rural America, jobs for Native American kids on
reservations, jobs for seniors who are tired of eating cat food ( and FREE
burgers for them, too)... even jobs for our record number of incarcerated
citizens. These jobs, of course, will be far below minimum wage. But after all, they are in jail, aren't they?
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>>Jobs. Food. Happiness. And all from those surplus tax dollars that you've been
faithfully sending in to out Treasury department, each and every year.
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>>Now before we go on, I want to acknowledge that all of you may not be
pleased with plan. You vegetarians, for one, won't want to eat the burgers. You
Jews and Muslims won't be too thrilled, either, because we'll be adding.. well, pork-
into the meat mix to keep the pig farmers happy about this little gift to our beloved citizens. And you environmental
extremists who keep babbling about animal waste in your drinking water, huge amounts of grain for animal feed, and hormones in the meat supply.. well, too bad. But you can be good, loyal Americans by just eating the fries. Just go along with us on this
one, OK? OK.
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>>Yes, we'll be bigger and fatter as a nation. Yes, the rate of cardiovascular disease in America will undoubtedly go up. Yes, our health care system, for those of you who can afford it, may be under a little more pressure to treat those extra cases of illness.
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>>But this great National Hamburger Initiative will make us a happier nation. And a happy nation is a good thing,
especially when, after all, when you getting it for FREE.
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>>But there is one final thing that I must tell you. After extensive
consultation with my economic advisors, my administration has concluded that we owe it to you, our taxpayers, to distribute this free food in the most cost effective way possible. So we have decided that a subsidiary of a.. umm.. Japanese corporation- Mitsubishi will be responsible for constructing, operating, and managing the outlets for the National Hamburger Initiative. We understand
that corporations like Burger King and McDonalds may suffer from, well, some temporary market pressure, since they'll be trying to sell something that your government will be giving away for free But them, as they say, is the breaks of our marvelous free enterprise system. Or is it our free enterprise-government subsidy system? Or our monopoly capitalist system? I dunno. But sorry, anyway.
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So I conclude, my fellow Americans, with this prayer: May the God of
American Free Enterprise and Abundant Fat Caloric Intake bless us in this noble
venture, May he strengthen those who defend our shores from the military threat of Cuban and Iraqi and Libyan nuclear weapons.
May he bless those noble immigrant folk who toil in our fields, almost for free, to put huge quantities of meat on our tables.
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Moni..I mean, Hillary, and I, wish all of you, happy, happy, eating, and
we thank you, again, for the tax dollars that will make this enterprise the
envy of all human civilization.
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>>Good evening. God bless you all. Bon Appetit!
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Clayton Ramey ( Ibrahim Malik Abdil-Mu'id) coordinates the Peace and
Disarmament program of the Nyack, New York- based Fellowship of Reconciliation.
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Clayton Ramey ( Ibrahim Malik Abdil-Mu'id) coordinates the Peace and
Disarmament program of the Nyack, New York- based Fellowship of Reconciliation.
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