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<DIV>In a message dated 12/12/2003 6:53:44 PM Eastern Standard Time, artsilva@mail.eunet.pt writes:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT face=Arial>But, if I was living in America, I would probably think that this is not a<BR>good time to talk, as I would be accused of "preventing the combat to<BR>terrorism", "threatening our soldiers" and to be a "socialist demonstrator<BR>or a leftist Hollywood artist" (quoting from the friends and supporters of<BR>this "great hero of modern times", Rumsfeld)</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
<DIV>Artur (and HO):</DIV>
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<DIV>There ARE many of us who do speak out, campaign for change, give money to those who dare to stand up and be counted, and cheer gleefully whenever Move-On, Al Franken, Michael Moore and other maverick individuals and organizations point out the the conflicting messages, the inconsistencies, the international arrogance, the invasion of privacy, the curtailing of rights, etc etc etc of the current administration. </DIV>
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<DIV>As I said in an earlier message, IMAGINE AMERICA. </DIV>
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<DIV>We transformative mediators are continually optimistic and are wont to say, "Shifts happen." And they happen because people DO talk and sometimes listen and things change!</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 PTSIZE="10" FAMILY="SANSSERIF">Julie Denny<BR>President<BR>Resolutions<BR>People talk...people listen...things change.<BR><A title=http://www.resolutionsforyou.com/ href="http://www.resolutionsforyou.com/">http://www.resolutionsforyou.com</A><BR>14 Troutbeck Crescent 32 West 40th Street - Ste. 3B<BR>Amenia, NY 12501 New York, NY 10018<BR>TEL: 845-373-7448 TEL: 212-944-7271<BR>FAX: 845-373-7092 FAX: 212-944-7271<BR><BR></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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