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Dees Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-29-05 11:15 AM
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Harry knew the score alright...
Edited on Thu Sep-29-05 11:15 AM by Dees
Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until it becomes a source of terror to all its citizens and creates a country where everyone lives in fear.

Harry S Truman, August 8, 1950
33rd president of US (1884 - 1972)
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liberal N proud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-29-05 11:19 AM
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1. All one has to do is look back in history to get a collective of the
warnings about what is happening in America today.
The leaders of this nation all knew this was possible and their statements echo in todays ever oppressive government.
The very fears of the founding fathers and many great leader that followed are upon us at this point in history.
God Help up!
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Fiendish Thingy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-29-05 12:17 PM
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2. And how convenient of the Corporate media
to do its best to silence the opposition, while simultaneously helping the Govt. to maintain the appearance of having clean hands...
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