I need some help with some activism

[Quahog]

I am so sick of hearing about supposedly Christian leaders preaching rethug talking points to their parishoners, that I am going to do something about it.

My plan is to take some of these photos of bloodied, maimed Iraqi children. Load 'em up into the a paint program on my PC(I don't have anything fancy, don't need it), and add the caption, "Who would Jesus bomb?" Then take the file down to Kinkos and have it printed out in glorious color. To hell with the expense, that's why God gave us credit cards. Then I'm going to churches that I suspect of having a pro-chimp agenda on Sunday morning, and sticking one on every windshield in the lot. Guess I'll have to drive to New Hampshire, since my state will vote 70% for Kerry.

Anyway, this is what I'm going to do. Because people need to see the truth that television refuses to show.

So I need to know where the photos are archived. I want the nasty stuff. I want shock value. I want to make people physically ill. Fuck their tender sensibilities. I am so sick of hearing about this "collateral damage," the hundreds of innocent kids who have been blown to a bloody pulp while fucking boosh crows about the number of "insurgents" slaughtered in the latest bombing run. I am in a white hot rage, and I need ammunition.

Any help you could provide would be greatly appreciated.

[Stephanie]

1. Someone at at the RNC protest two weeks ago had a display like this

They had blown up photos on a large display board. I could not even look at it. Very disturbing.

[Vincardog]

2. You may want to ad a picture

GW Chimp worshiping at the alter of the Golden Calf.

[patrice]

3. There were a bunch posted here a couple of weeks ago.

In a thread about Barbara Bush's "beautiful mind". I'm looking for it now.

P.S. I think it is VERY good to attack on religious issues, since that is their base, and they are completely contradictory to the teachings of Jesus. P.P.S. I use a sign at our protests "Who Would Jesus Kill?" I like the word "kill" because it seems more directly and immediately descriptive of what "we" are doing.

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[HFishbine]

5. Good for you. Do it.

I'm also going to Kinkos this weekend to print my flyer inventory. Just remember, 1,000 miles away from you, someone else is also taking matters into their own hands. You and I, brothers in arms.

[Dems Will Win]

6. The Draft Issue is the most powerful one if you want to stop the killing

HANG THIS UP FOR A WEEK AND YOU'LL FEEL BETTER!



Go to http://somnamblst.tripod.com /

or just PRINT THE PDF: http://somnamblst.tripod.com/draftalert.pdf


In May, the Seattle Post Intelligencer published an article about a document they received through the Freedom of Information Act. It was revealed that the SSS is currently “designing procedures” for the implementation of a “Skills Draft” after holding a top-level meeting on it with Deputy Undersecretaries at the Defense Department. This draft would change the very mission of the Selective Service and require “virtually every young American”, male and female ages 18-34, to register for the Skills Draft and list all the occupations they are proficient in to fill labor shortages throughout nearly the entire government.

Here, for the first time, is the FOI document itself:

http://blatanttruth.org/selective_service091304.pdf

This document is real, having been acknowledged by the DoD and the SSS when they said no action is being taken on it at the present time, as reported:

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/171522_draft01.html

Although Congress would have to approve new legislation to create a Skills Draft or reinstate the combat draft, Family Circle reported in its July 13 issue that Karl Rove has polled GOP members of Congress in September 2002 to see if they would support the President if he requests reinstatement. The Republicans said they would vote for the draft.

In addition, the SSS itself has said that it is “designing procedures” (Seattle PI, May 1, 2004) to implement the skills draft, meaning designing the compliance cards and the data fields needed to keep track of “virtually every young American” and their skills. Acting Director of the SSS Brodsky has also said the Skills Draft is the “top priority” of the Selective Service for 2004. The Issue Paper options include:

- Allow a non-combat draft for shortages in critical skills, without calling a combat draft.

- Fill labor shortages of all kinds throughout not only DoD but the Dept. of Homeland Security and other agencies, especially high-paying professionals like computer networking specialist or linguist.

- Create a single-point, all-inclusive database, in which every young person would be forced to send in a “self-declaration” of all of their critical skills, chosen from a long list of occupations like the Armed Forces Specialty Code. The usual penalties of imprisonment and/or a $250,000 fine would apply to all non-registrants.

In the secret planning meeting document, the next steps strongly recommended by SSS Acting Director Brodsky were:

1. “Promptly” redefine the SSS Mission to draft men and women up to age 34 for skills, and deliver them within 90 days or sooner to the Department of Defense. Program a massive database to be ready to enter millions of names of those registering their critical skills.

2. Expand mission to deliver personnel in skills draft to the Department of Homeland Security and other agencies, including FEMA, NSC, Border Patrol, INS, Customs, Corporation for National Service, Public Health Service and other agencies.

3. Form interagency task force to provide Administration with recommendation on this skills draft for the entire government.

4. Obtain White House Statement of Administration Policy on the future of the SSS.

5. Be prepared to market the skills draft, raising the non-combat age to 34 and the drafting of women to the Armed Services and Appropriations Committee.

In contrast to this planning and preparation to create a targeted draft, Kerry plans to spend an additional $7 billion to strengthen the Volunteer Army in what is essentially a “No-Draft Plan”. Moreover, Kerry is strongly opposed to the neo-con plan revealed in Wes Clark’s book Winning Modern Wars, in which Clark was told by a senior Pentagon official that invasions of Syria, Lebanon, Iran, Sudan and Somalia were planned and still to come over the next three years.

DON'T FORGET TO USE THE .PDF NOT THE .GIF FILE.

BUSH '04 = DRAFT '05

KERRY '04 = PNAC OUT THE DOOR!