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English as an official language Today, the city of Nashville votes on the 'Official English Charter Amendment' declaring 'English as the offical language of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee. by Thom Jefferson Jan 22, 2009 Viewed (391) times. Rated: (1) times. Average Score: (5) http://wethepeoplethink.com/editorials/2009/01/69.php President Obama's First Day in Office Thoughts? Good or bad? by Thom Jefferson Jan 21, 2009 Viewed (358) times. Rated: (1) times. Average Score: (5) http://wethepeoplethink.com/editorials/2009/01/68.php Protests at 2008 RNC St. Paul and Minneapolis MN Stay in touch with real reports that you won't see on TV (unless censored). Please feel free to add your links, notes and comments. by Thom Jefferson Sep 1, 2008 Viewed (610) times. Rated: (1) times. Average Score: (0) http://wethepeoplethink.com/editorials/2008/09/65.php RNC convention in Minneapolis starts with federally supported house raid campaign on hippies At least 4 house raids and 50 people initially detained during the raids with only 2 or 3 leading to arrest. Nothing 'harmful' found in these raids. Lawyers being cuffed and detained. Journalists having equipment confiscated. Citizens told to stay in home or be arrested. by Thom Jefferson Aug 31, 2008 Viewed (580) times. Rated: (1) times. Average Score: (5) http://wethepeoplethink.com/editorials/2008/08/64.php Natural decline 'hurting lives'- let's talk! Continuing destruction of the natural world is affecting the health, wealth and well-being of people around the globe, according to a major UN report. The Global Environment Outlook says most trends are going the wrong way. by Thom Jefferson Oct 25, 2007 Viewed (711) times. Rated: (1) times. Average Score: (5) http://wethepeoplethink.com/editorials/2007/10/60.php A call to all journalists and news media- Take the oath or we will continue to decline as an audienc Do the major media outlets follow this oath? Are our journalists following the right code of ethics? Do you think your news is fair and balanced? The following is the doctrine embraced by the Society of Professional Journalists. by Thom Jefferson Sep 4, 2007 Viewed (1038) times. Rated: (1) times. Average Score: (0) http://wethepeoplethink.com/editorials/2007/09/58.php Celebrate Food! ..or, why support Genetically Engineered Food? Think of the best culinary dishes you've ever had. Then eat some soylent green. Remember when it was good. Remember when you could grow a crop without the patents on food production, nor with the threat of cross pollination (contamination) of patented genetically modified seed invading indigenous crops? I dunno folks- should we give a damn? -----------------------------We The People Think . com----------------------------------- by Thom Jefferson Aug 19, 2007 Viewed (972) times. Rated: (1) times. Average Score: (5) http://wethepeoplethink.com/editorials/2007/08/57.php Restore Habeas Corpus This week, the Senate will hold its first up-or-down vote on restoring habeas corpus. by Thom Jefferson Jul 17, 2007 Viewed (837) times. Rated: (1) times. Average Score: (0) http://wethepeoplethink.com/editorials/2007/07/52.php What would we do if we were occupied by China? OR, Is it wacko to believe that our occupation of Ira What would we do if we were occupied by China? OR, Is it wacko to believe that our occupation of Iraq pre 911 has something to do with 911? Sounding like one of those "blame-America-first" wacko leftists, Paul said U.S. foreign policy was a "major contributing factor" to 9/11. "Have you ever read the reasons they attacked us? They attacked us because we've been over there; we've been bombing Iraq for 10 years." The U.S. is building 14 permanent bases in the Middle East. "What would we say here if China was doing this in our country or in the Gulf of Mexico? We would be objecting. We need to look at what we do from the perspective of what would happen if somebody else did it to us." by Thom Jefferson Jul 13, 2007 Viewed (923) times. Rated: (1) times. Average Score: (5) http://wethepeoplethink.com/editorials/2007/07/51.php Democracy Now- John Perkins interview- Globalization and Corruption whistleblower Today, we spend the hour with a man who claims to have worked deep inside the forces driving corporate globalization. In his first book, Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, John Perkins told the story of his work as a highly paid consultant hired to strong-arm leaders into creating policy favorable to the US government and corporations, what he calls the “corporatocracy.” John Perkins says he helped the US cheat poor countries around the globe out of trillions of dollars by lending them more money than they could possibly repay and then taking over their economies. by Thom Jefferson Jun 5, 2007 Viewed (1064) times. Rated: (1) times. Average Score: (5) http://wethepeoplethink.com/editorials/2007/06/47.php 'Disturbing' essay gets student arrested. The short story....Teacher asks students to write about their emotions. Kid does so and is arrested. (No threats were made in the essay and he turned it into the teacher rather than making it his manifest.) Read the story and comment away! by Thom Jefferson Apr 27, 2007 Viewed (1060) times. Rated: (1) times. Average Score: (5) http://wethepeoplethink.com/editorials/2007/04/46.php House OKs Iraq Pullout Defiant and unified in the face of a promised presidential veto, House Democrats on Wednesday pushed through an emergency war spending bill that orders President Bush to begin withdrawing troops from Iraq no later than this fall. by Thom Jefferson Apr 25, 2007 Viewed (848) times. Rated: (1) times. Average Score: (0) http://wethepeoplethink.com/editorials/2007/04/45.php AN OPEN LETTER TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE (Blueprint for Energy Security) From http://www.setamericafree.org/openletter.htm For decades, the goal of reducing the Nation's dependence upon foreign energy sources has been a matter on which virtually all Americans could agree. Unfortunately, differences about how best to accomplish that goal, with what means, how rapidly and at what cost to taxpayers and consumers have, to date, precluded the sort of progress that might have been expected before now. by Thom Jefferson Apr 21, 2007 Viewed (810) times. Rated: (1) times. Average Score: (0) http://wethepeoplethink.com/editorials/2007/04/41.php In case we forget...How To Fix a Broken Electoral System In Six Easy Steps This is an article that was posted way back in November of 2004. There was something broken then, and it hasn't gotten any better now. Whether you agree or disagree, it's important to at least 'care' and form an opinion in one way or another. Comment if you care. 2008 is coming up soon and once again we will try to elect a leader that shares and works for our interests. Another 4+ years of leadership is an important topic at this time in our country. by Thom Jefferson Apr 17, 2007 Viewed (854) times. Rated: (1) times. Average Score: (5) http://wethepeoplethink.com/editorials/2007/04/39.php 7 problems with Real ID What's Wrong With Real ID? (The new national identity system) by Thom Jefferson Apr 13, 2007 Viewed (981) times. Rated: (1) times. Average Score: (0) http://wethepeoplethink.com/editorials/2007/04/37.php The full picture of Baghdad is grim Sen. John McCain, in Baghdad last weekend, accused the American press of providing an unbalanced, too-negative report on the situation in Iraq. "The American people are not getting the full picture of what is happening here," he said. McCain's comments came following his tour of a Baghdad market intended to show that life in the Iraq capital is peaceful and normal. by Thom Jefferson Apr 7, 2007 Viewed (959) times. Rated: (1) times. Average Score: (5) http://wethepeoplethink.com/editorials/2007/04/36.php 5 Myths About the Bush Administration's Use of National Security Letters The ACLU is challenging the Bush administration's illegal spying, which violates the Fourth Amendment and other constitutional protections guaranteed to every American. No spin here. Are we being protected or abused by our elected officials? Agree or disagree- What are your thoughts? by Thom Jefferson Apr 6, 2007 Viewed (845) times. Rated: (1) times. Average Score: (5) http://wethepeoplethink.com/editorials/2007/04/33.php Quotes for the people- Thomas Jefferson I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around [the banks] will deprive the people of all property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered. The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people, to whom it properly belongs. (Thomas Jefferson, Letter to the Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin) (1802) ..... by Thom Jefferson Apr 3, 2007 Viewed (1022) times. Rated: (1) times. Average Score: (5) http://wethepeoplethink.com/editorials/2007/04/31.php |