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A Turbulent 2002 9-11 Aftermath

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Image via Wikipedia   March 1 - U.S. invasion of Afghanistan : In eastern Afghanistan , Operation Anaconda begins.   October 24 – The Beltway snipers , John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo , are arrested. The Washington sniper attacks took place during three weeks in October 2002 in Washington, D.C. , Maryland , and Virginia . Ten people were killed and three others critically injured in various locations throughout the Washington Metropolitan Area and along Interstate 95 in Virginia . November 8 – Iraq disarmament crisis : The United Nations Security Council unanimously approves UN Security Council Resolution 1441 , forcing Saddam Hussein to disarm or face "serious consequences". The oil tanker Prestige sinks off the Galician coast, causing a huge oil spill . November 13 Iraq disarmament crisis : Iraq agrees to the terms of UN Security Council Resolution 1441 . November 14 – Argentina defaults on a US $805 million World Bank loan payment. Novembe...

Bush's Patriot Act and HOW!!

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Image by Getty Images via @daylife U.S. President George W. Bush signs the USA PATRIOT Act into law. October 26, 2001----Right into the week of Hall-o-ween, trick or treat, Kiss our freedoms goodbye. We haven't exhaled yet from 9-11. Hello! New World Order . This was uttered back in September 1991 by Baby Bush 's daddy George H.W. Bush whose father Prescott Bush helped to fund Hitler and Nazi Germany during World War II . It's a fact you can look it up. The title of the Act is a contrived three letter initialism ( USA ) preceding a seven letter acronym (PATRIOT), which in combination stand for Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 . [ 1 ] The Act dramatically reduced restrictions on law enforcement agencies ' ability to search telephone, e-mail communications, medical, financial, and other records; eased restrictions on foreign intelligence gathering within the United Sta...

Things They R a Changin'

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Image via Wikipedia Well, it's not a good thing nor is it a bad thing. I've come home from Nashville, Tennessee to stay. Mom needs someone around to help her. Just as soon as she retired before June this year she began to have problems walking. It was about a month ago, July, that Israel 's prime minister Ehud Barak and PLO head Yasser Arafat meet at Camp David , but fail to reach an agreement. In January this year Israel met with Syria about peace talks but failed as well. It's another election year and it doesn't look good. I know that the elections are set-up to make people think we got the power to vote. When will we learn that the candidates are always selected and not elected into office. It looks that this Republican George W. Bush and running mate Dick Cheney may be the ones. The Republicans are harping that they see a Republican in office this year. Their opponents are U.S. Vice President Al Gore for President and Senator Joe Lieberman for Vice Pre...