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"There is a spiritual awakening occurring on our planet unlike anything ever recorded in the history of mankind. Many people, just like you, are sensing an inner call to re-unite with the Divine within them."

Reprinted from Focus On Love

Things We Can Learn From Little Kids

1) No matter how hard you try, you can't baptize cats.
2) When your Mom is mad at your Dad, don't let her brush your hair.
3) If your sister hits you, don't hit her back. They always catch the second person.
4) Never ask your 3-year old brother to hold a tomato.
5) You can't trust dogs to watch your food.
6) Don't sneeze when someone is cutting your hair.
7) Never hold a Dust-Buster and a cat at the same time.
8) You can't hide a piece of broccoli in a glass of milk.
9) Don't wear polka-dot underwear under white shorts. 10) The best place to be when you're sad is Grandpa's lap.

Today the Dayton Daily News published the winning entries in the Erma Bombeck Writing Competition. This is the 1st place in Humor category by Leigh Anne Jasheway of Eugene, Oregon.:

"The First Time's Always the Worst"

The first mammogram is the worst. Especially when the machine catches on fire.

That's what happened to me. The technician, Gail, positioned me exactly as she wanted me (think a really complicated game of Twister - right hand on the blue, left shoulder on the yellow, right breast as far away as humanly possible from the rest of your body). Then she clamped the machine down so tight, I think my breast actually turned inside out. I'm pretty sure Victoria's Secret doesn't have a bra for that.

Suddenly, there was a loud popping noise. I looked down at my right breast to make sure it hadn't exploded. Nope, it was still flat as a pancake and still attached to my body.

" Oh no!" Gail said loudly. These are perhaps, the words you least want to hear from any health professional. Suddenly, she came flying past me, her lab coat whipping behind her, on her way out the door. She yelled over her shoulder, "The machine's on fire, I'm going to get help!"

OK, I was wrong, 'The machine's on fire,' are the worst words you can hear from a health professional. Especially if you're all alone and semi-permanently attached to A MACHINE and don't know if it's THE MACHINE in question.

I struggled for a few seconds trying to get free, but even Houdini couldn't have escaped. I decided to go to plan B: yelling at the top of my lung (the one that was still working).

I hadn't seen anything on fire, so my panic hadn't quite reached epic proportions. But then I started to smell smoke coming from behind the partition. "This is ridiculous," I thought. I can't die like this. What would they put in my obituary? Cause of death: breast entrapment?

I may have inhaled some fumes because I started to hallucinate. An imaginary fireman rushed in with a fire hose and a hatchet. "Howdy, ma'am," he said. "What's happened here?" he asked, averting his eyes.

"My breasts were too hot for the machine," I quipped, as my imaginary fireman ran out of the room again. "This is gonna take the Jaws of Life!"

In reality, Gail returned with a fire extinguisher and put out the fire. She gave me a big smile and released me from the machine. "Sorry! That's the first time that's ever happened. Why don't you take a few minutes to relax before we finish up?"

I think that's what she said. I was running across the parking lot in my backless paper gown at the time. After I'd relaxed for a few years, I figured I might go back. But I was bringing my own fire extinguisher.

The end.

Moral of the story: get those mammograms...but be prepared.

A couple had two little boys who were always getting into trouble. Their parents knew that if any mischief occurred in their village, their sons were probably involved.

The boys' mother heard that an elder in town had been successful in disciplining children, so she asked if he would speak with her sons. The elder agreed, but asked to see them separately.

So, the mother sent her youngest son first, in the morning. The elder, a huge man with a booming voice, sat the boy down and asked him sternly, "Where is God?" The boy's mouth dropped open, but he made no response.

So the elder repeated the question in an even sterner tone, "Where is God!!?" Again the wide-eyed boy made no attempt to answer.

The elder raised his voice and bellowed, "WHERE IS GOD!?" The boy screamed and bolted from the room, ran directly home and dove into a closet, slamming the door behind him.

When his older brother found him hiding, he asked, "What happened?"

The younger brother, gasping for breath, replied, "We are in BIG trouble this time. God is missing, and they think WE did it!"

Reprinted from Smile Awhile

Please do not flood the military mail system with letters, cards, and gifts. Due to security concerns and transportation constraints, the Department cannot accept items to be mailed to "Any Servicemember". Some people have tried to avoid this prohibition by sending large numbers of packages to an individual servicemember's address, which however well intentioned, clogs the mail and causes unnecessary delays. Instead, try these sites:

Sign a virtual thank you card at Defend America
Donate a calling card to help keep servicemembers in touch with their families at Operation Uplink
Send a greeting via e-mail through Operation Dear Abby

Reprinted from Marine Corps Community Services website

100 Ideas for Creating a More Peaceful World
by David Krieger

Creating world peace takes many forms, but surely it begins with individuals. Here are 100 ideas for creating a more peaceful world. I encourage you to play your part in creating peace. It continues to be the most significant challenge of humankind, and requires the efforts of each of us.

1. Be generous with your smiles.
2. Commit daily acts of kindness.
3. Respect the Earth.
4. Walk in a forest.
5. Plant a tree.
6. Contemplate a mountain.
7. Don't pollute.
8. Live simply.
9. Skip a meal each week, and send $5.00 to an organization helping the hungry.
10. Erase a border in your mind.
11. Teach peace to children.
12. Read Chief Seattle's Letter to the President.
13. Be honest.
14. Demand honesty from your government.
15. Think about consequences.
16. Commit yourself to nonviolence.
17. Support nonviolent solutions to global problems.
18. Speak up for a healthy planet.
19. Demand reductions in military expenditures.
20. Be fair.
21. Pledge allegiance to the Earth and to its varied life forms.
22. Think for yourself.
23. Ask questions.
24. Recognize your unique potential.
25. Join an organization working for peace.
26. Be less materialistic.
27. Be more loving.
28. Support an Arms Trade Code of Conduct.
29. Oppose all weapons of mass destruction.
30. Sign the Abolition 2000 International Petition.
31. Work for an international ban on land mines.
32. Use your special talents for a more harmonious world.
33. Listen to your heart.
34. Help the poor.
35. Fight against militarism.
36. Study the lives of peace heroes.
37. Help create a community peace park or garden.
38. Commemorate the International Day of Peace in your community (the third Tuesday in September).
39. Help strengthen the United Nations.
40.Support the creation of an International Criminal Court to hold individualleaders accountable for crimes against peace, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and genocide.
41. Read the Universal Declaration of HumanRights, and demand that your government live by it.
42. Be aware of the rights of future generations. Sign the Cousteau Society Bill of Rights for Future Generations.
43. Make decisions as though all life truly matters. It does!
44. Join an action alert network.
45. Make your voice heard by speaking out for peace.
46. Laugh more.
47. Play with a child.
48. Support health, education and the arts over more weapons.
49. Help educate the next generation to be compassionate and responsible.
50. Accept personal responsibility for creating a better world. 51. Sing.
52. Write a poem.
53. Organize a church service on the theme of peace.
54. Learn about another culture.
55. Help someone.
56. Support the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
57. Climb a mountain.
58. Clear your mind.
59. Breathe deeply.
60. Sip tea.
61. Express your views to government officials.
62. Fight for the environment.
63. Celebrate Earth Day.
64. Think like an astronaut, recognizing that we have only one Earth.
65. Be constructive.
66. Ring a bell for peace.
67. Plant seeds of peace.
68. Work in a garden.
69. Change a potential enemy into a friend.
70. Watch the movie Amazing Grace and Chuck.
71. Share.
72. Be more peaceful.
73. Send a note of appreciation.
74. Tell your friends how much they matter.
75. Say "I love you" more.
76. Don't tolerate prejudice.
77. Demand more from your elected officials.
78. Walk by the ocean, a river, or a lake.
79. Recognize that all humans have the right to life.
80. Respect the dignity of each person.
81. Be a leader in the struggle for human decency.
82. Watch the movie The King of Hearts.
83. Send sunflowers to world leaders, and call for a world free of nuclear weapons.
84. Oppose technologies that harm the environment.
85. Lose an argument to a loved one.
86. Read Hiroshima by John Hersey.
87. Walk softly on the Earth.
88. Appreciate the power of the sun.
89. Speak out for global disarmament.
90. Support a stronger world order.
91. Teach non-violence by example.
92. Remember that "No man is an Island."
93. Spend time in nature.
94. Boycott war toys.
95. Be thankful for the miracle of life.
96. Read All Quiet on the Western Front or A Time to Love and a Time to Die by Erich Maria Remarque.
97. Remind your leaders that peace matters.
98. Oppose violence in television programming for children.
99. Listen to Beethoven's Ode to Joy.
100. Celebrate peace.

A mind at peace, a mind centered and not focused on harming others, is
stronger than any physical force in the universe.

Wayne Dyer, 1940-, American Psychotherapist, Author, Lecturer

Reprinted from Self Improvement Newsletter

How Could Anyone?

How could anyone ever tell you,
you are anything less than beautiful?
How could anyone ever tell you,
you are less than whole?
How could anyone fail to notice,
that your loving is a miracle?
How deeply you're connected to
my soul.

How could anyone ever tell you,
you are anything less than beautiful?
How could anyone ever tell you,
you are less than whole?
How could anyone fail to notice,
that your loving is a miracle?
How deeply you're connected to
my soul.

~~We all want to make things better in our lives,
but sometimes we just don't know
where or when to begin.

~~Life isn't always easy,
No one ever promised it would be,
but it can be wonderful at times.
It's up to us to make those times happen.

~~Our hearts can be very fragile, yet
it can give us the strongest feelings
we can possibly feel.

~~Listen to your heart
with that sixth sense we all possess.
When you do, it might take you
to places you once dreamed of.

~~There are things you love to hear,
but you would never hear it from the
person whom you would like to hear it from,
but don't be deaf to hear it from the person
who does say it to you with his heart.

~~Making things better involves changing,
but change isn't such a bad thing.

~~Listen to your heart,
for it speaks in volumes,
for it speaks the language of Love.

How could anyone ever tell you,
you are anything less than beautiful?
How could anyone ever tell you,
you are less than whole?
How could anyone fail to notice,
that your loving is a miracle?
How deeply you're connected t
o my soul.

How could anyone ever tell you,
you are anything less than beautiful?
How could anyone ever tell you,
you are less than whole?
How could anyone fail to notice,
that your loving is a miracle?
How deeply you're connected to
my soul.

How could anyone ever tell you,
you are anything less than beautiful?
How could anyone ever tell you,
you are less than whole?
How could anyone fail to notice,
that your loving is a miracle?
How deeply you're connected to
my soul.

Sung by Shaina Noll
From the CD Songs for the Inner Child

Reprinted from Lady Virgo
Copyright © 2000-2002 by Lady Virgo

Life After Ansar

Free from the brutality of terrorist militants, northern Iraqi villagers praise Allah for their newly recovered liberties.

By Gretel C. Kovach

BIYARA, northern Iraq—They considered themselves the true believers of the faith. But now that the Ansar al Islam militants are gone, the Kurdish villagers who lived among them in northern Iraq say they were nothing but fanatics.

"How dare they call us infidels! If you say 'There is no god but God and Mohammed is his prophet,' then you are a Muslim," said Osman Wahab, 65, freely puffing on a cigarette for the first time in three years.

In the village of Biyara nestled in the mountains near the Iranian border in Iraqi Kurdistan, men were busy this weekend shaving their beards and smoking—reveling in their new freedom. A woman stood in the center of town and tore off her enveloping black abaya. She tossed her hair in the sun for a moment, smiling broadly, before donning a simple headscarf.

At least 700 Ansar militants had established Taliban-like restrictions on about 30 villages here, forcing the local residents to practice a narrow interpretation of Islam that was alien to the moderate Muslim traditions practiced among most Kurds. "They are al Qaeda," said Commander Ghafur Darwish, sunning himself on a roof after his pesh merga soldiers retook control of Biyara. "Ansar was using Islam as a cover. They are terrorists."

Ansar's leaders praised Osama bin Laden and sheltered his so-called mujahideen, or holy warriors, that were run out of Afghanistan last year, so it seemed only a matter of time before America took notice. In February, Ansar was added to the U.S. list of terrorist groups, and in the following month U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell told the United Nations Security Council that Ansar's ties to Al Qaeda and Baghdad were part of the justification for a war against Iraq.

America was expected to lead an attack on Ansar along with several thousand Kurdish soldiers, to mop up this terrorist threat before opening the northern front of the war. Finally the fight began late last week, and within days most of the Ansar fighters had fled to Iran or were killed. Some snuck across the border with the help of smugglers, but Iranian authorities, once thought to be Ansar's main benefactors, are now detaining more than 100, including four leaders, Kurdish officials say.

Wahab lost his house and two shops in the recent air strikes, but says it was worth it to be rid of Ansar. "We thank God they are gone," he said. "Even having nothing is better than living with Ansar. Now we are free."

For several years Ansar had fought to overthrow the secular Kurdish government via unsuccessful assassination attempts on its leaders and sometimes deadly artillery and mortar attacks on pesh merga soldiers. Their tactics were brutal—Kurdish soldiers who surrendered or were captured were summarily executed, their bodies mutilated and displayed on the Ansar web site and video tapes, and left on the side of the road in warning.

Ansar killed an Australian journalist two weeks ago in a suicide bombing attack, but most of their victims have been other Muslims. Islamic scholars generally agree that both suicide attacks and war against other Muslims is forbidden under Islam.

In fact, most of Ansar's precepts are unrecognizable to the average Muslim. Pilgrims from as far away as Turkey and Jordan had visited the graves of the Muslim leader Neqishbandi buried in Biyara 300 years ago. But the Ansar fighters considered such devotion to be apostasy, and paved over the graves with concrete under their new mosque.

Even after American and Kurdish agents swept the grounds, evidence remained in their Biyara headquarters that Ansar spent as much time killing as they did praying. Among the ruins of the mosque, scattered among torn pages of the Qur'an and broken turquoise tiles, were more sinister items—two rocket propelled grenade launchers, green plastic canisters of gunpowder, detonators, and paraphernalia for underground operations: forged identity cards and spare license plates. In one training manual for the "Islamic Military/Iraqi Military," hand-drawn illustrations of TNT explosives are followed on the next page with guidelines for proper prayer.

Photocopies of a magazine cover featuring a suicide bomber who killed 19 U.S. military in 1996 at the Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia were annotated with extra biographical details. Ansar fighters apparently idolized such figures—half a dozen suicide belts used to carry explosives were left behind as Ansar fled into the mountains toward Iran.

Islam means "peace," but Ansar is more interested in making war on those who don't think as they do. A poem handwritten in Arabic by a Kurdish Ansar member titled "Don't Dream of Peace" ends with these words: "Pick up the landmines, leave the chairs for those who want them. Then you will write with your blood—Long live Islam!"

One photo found in the security building in Biyara shows Ansar leader Mullah Krekar, now living in Norway as a political refugee, and another unidentified fighter. Who was Krekar standing next to before the photo was ripped in two? If America is to be believed, it could have been Osama bin Laden himself.

The accusations of their affiliation appear to be well-founded, judging by documents left in Ansar's wake. A memo inside an Ansar bunker detailed religious justifications for the events of Sept. 11, 2001. A copy found in an Ansar office of a book written by Al Qaeda mastermind Ayman al Zawahiri said his "blessed attacks" on New York and Washington were just the kernel of his global jihad, or holy war.

"They were very angry people, and now we thank God that they are gone," said Astera Ali, 50. She fled Biyara with her daughter and son two years ago to the nearby city of Halabja because of Ansar. "I saw that when Ansar came, they were very different from the real Islam."

All across the territory once held by Ansar al Islam, Kurds were busy reclaiming their religion. At Sergat, the site identified by Colin Powell as a chemical weapons and terrorist training facility, Kurdish soldiers spray painted the initials for the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan on the dome of a mosque. In the Biyara prison, others were gathering up green leather-bound Qurans for their own use.

Tariq Said Sadiq, 25, a pesh merga soldier, walked through the ruins of Ansar's mosque headquarters in disgust. "I graduated from an institute of Islamic law. These people were not Islamic, they were against Islamic principles. Islam is for peace, for health, for faith, not for killing."

Reprinted from Beliefnet

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"Quality questions create a quality life. Successful people ask better questions, and as a result, they get better answers."
Anthony Robbins

Reprinted from Chris Widener's Made For Success

     THE CAT'S MEOW is here to help you ask 'good questions'! We want to see YOU succeed! So, if you need more information, please visit our website!!! It's there to provide you with the best resources we can find on many topics, including Spirituality, Health & Healing, and Desktop Publishing, just to name a few. Why not , today?

Reprinted from the Daily Dose

     [Food issues involving the government are one of my 'pet peeves! I am 'wheat intolerant' -- which means I cannot eat anything containing wheat (white/enriched) flour, or the (commonly) wheat-derived food additives/ingredients distilled (white) vinegar, caramel coloring, modified food starch, hydrolized plant/vegetable protein, and MSG...unless the label of the food specifies that these substances are NOT made from wheat. But, while the government will require that grain and other products be 'fortified' (often with "vitamins" derived from wheat, such as some forms of Vitamin E) -- a process more beneficial to the food industry, the government, and the additive makers than to the supposedly "protected" consumer -- they REFUSE to require such labeling! Since some sources indicate that as much as 45% of the U.S, population may be 'grain-intolerant' to wheat, rye, oats, barley, rice, soy, or corn -- (altho most are unaware of this until ill health or allergy tests reveal the problem) -- wny is the government so concerned about vitamins and so unconcerned about the health of its citizens? It's well-known that the main proponents of the "Food Pyramid" (with its 11 recommended servings of grain a day) are the U.S Department of Agriculture (heavily lobbied by the American grain farmer) and food producers, themselves. But, no one has successfully lobbied for "Truth In Labelling" for our food, save those with phenylketonurea or nut allergies (and grain allergies can also cause anaphylactic shock, just like peanuts!)...because -- altho it would create an enlarged market by allowing those of us who must avoid unsourced food products, on the assunption that they contain allergens, to purchase and eat those products we now abhor -- it would require the use of careful sanitation and processing/packaging, as well as specific labels. This costs money! To these companies (and their regulators, including the FDA), the bottom line is of utmost importance. The changes would cause additional outlays of 'stockholder profits'...a major faux pas to the accountants and the directors! And, so, we are living in a world more regulated by the 'Almighty Dollar' than by the protections(?) for which we entrust our government....

     If this bothers you, write your congressmen! Ask for "Truth In Labelling" for our food!!! And, if you live in California or Pennsylvania -- where the Dept. of Agriculture certifies as 'safe' much of our food (no matter where it is actually produced -- write to the State Dept. of Agriculture, too! We deserve to have food that is not only nutritious (without unnecessary additives, as Dr. Douglass points out in the above article) but also truly 'safe' for us all! ed., TCM]

If you'd like further information on grain allergies, try these sites:
MedicineNet
Alpha Nutrition -- they sell "supplements" for allergy treatment, but have good info
Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network
Food You Can Eat(recipes for allergy diets)
http://www.health.xq23.com/allergies_allergens/Wheat_Allergies.html lists more recipes
Celiac* Disease Foundation
Celiac* Sprue Assn. USA
www.glutenfree.org

* Celiacs are allergic to gluten in wheat, oats, rye, and barley, as well as to any additives made from these grains.

Nearly all these sites link to others I've not listed, including those outside the U.S.

For more on the evils of the 'Food Pyramid', see this article...and this one.Both are written in the U.K., but include world-wide statistics and conclusions also relevant to the U.S.

GREAT THOUGHTS

Some people complain because there are thorns on roses,
while others praise thorns for having roses among them.

A person's true character is revealed by what he does
when no one is watching.

Although the tongue weighs very little, very few people
are able to hold it.

Falling down doesn't make you a failure, but staying down
does.

Don't be afraid of pressure. Remember that pressure is
what turns a lump of coal into a diamond.

Even a woodpecker owes his success to the fact that he
uses his head.
The poorest of all men is not the man without a cent but
the man without a dream.

The only preparation for tomorrow is the right use of
today.

People don't care how much you know until they know how
much you care.

Temper is what gets most of us into trouble. Pride is
what keeps us there.

The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is
that little "extra."

The heart is the happiest when it beats for others.

One thing you can learn by watching the clock is that it
passes time by keeping its hands busy.

People don't injure their eyesight by looking at the
bright side of things!!

~ Unknown

Reprinted from Ms. Kitty's InsPURRational Mews

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Reprinted from Prose'N'Poems (archives)

The Philosophers

The best of true philosophers
Are the children, after all,—
The children with laughing hearts
And the serious field and ball:
They have a bowl and bubbles,
And hours where rainbows are;
They find, if ever the sun is hid,
In every dark a star.

But, O, the sorry men that make
The wise books of our day!
They cannot smile athwart a cloud,
When black thoughts lead astray;
They cannot add a simple sum,
But talk like drunken men,
And shut their eyes to keep out God
When spring comes in again.

Far simpler than the Rule of Three
Are the laws of earth and sky;
Yet fools will muddle all true thought,
And pride will have its cry; The banners with their deadly words
Go reeling on unfurled,
And sin and sadness march along
To the heartbreak of the world.

But the children are the wise men,
With the clearest heart and mind;
If two and one are three, they say,
Then truth is near to find;
If this be now that once was not,
If things must have a cause,
Then very simple is the sum
That God is in His laws.

The world's men that are fools enough,
They will not speak that way,
But with a cloud of muddled thought
They hide the light of day;
Yet laughing words and candid truth
Abide by field and hall,
Where the best of true philosophers
Are the children, after all.

Michael Earls
from "Ballads of Peace in War"
(Public Domain)

"Is not the cup that holds your wine the very cup that was burned in the potter's oven?" Kahlil Gibran, "The Prophet"

This site, created by the BBC, has maps, news stories, and interesting data on Iraq.

Do you love life?
Then do not squander time
For that is the stuff life is made of.
~Ben Franklin

Great minds have purposes
Others have wishes.
~Washington Irving.

Reprinted from Zalome Bridge

ETERNAL TRUTHS

Once over the hill, you pick up speed.
I love cooking with wine.
Sometimes I even put it in the food.
Everyone has a photographic memory.
Some just don't have film.
Dogs have owners. Cats have staff.
If the shoe fits…..buy it in every color.
If you're too open minded, your brains will fall out.
If you look like your passport picture, you probably need the trip.
Bills travel through the mail at twice the speed of checks!
Men are from earth. Women are from earth. Deal with it.
A balanced diet is a cookie in each hand.
Middle age is when broadness of the mind and narrowness of the waist change places.
Opportunities always look bigger going than coming.
Junk is something you've kept for years and throw away three weeks before you need it.
Experience is a wonderful thing.
It enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.
By the time you can make ends meet, they move the ends.
Learn from the mistakes of others.
You can't live long enough to make them all yourself.

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This week we thought we'd provide a little community service. Poisonings are still one of the greatest killers of children. A lot of people just don't realize how deadly some of those chemicals under the kitchen sink can be. We received an email from the American Assoc. of Poison Control Center's Chris Falk, AAPCC Media Director, telling us of the recently inaugurated new nationwide toll-free poison emergency hotline, 1-800-222-1222. Chris said, "We'd like to make families aware of this resource, as more than 1,000,000 children under six are exposed to poisons each year."

For a bunch of great poison prevention information and much much more just log onto www.1-800-222-1222.org. Of all the different links I found the Poisoning Statistics to be the most sobering. We'd suggest putting a sticker on your phone with 1-800-222-1222 printed on it so you have it handy just in case the unexpected happens. Thanks Chris for this great information.

If you are looking for a newsletter that has something for the whole family look no further than the AllAmerican RunnerDuck Review. This weekly newsletter has lots of good information with features like, Site of the Week, DigiTalk (computers and electronics), projects for kids and adults plus woodworking projects for you do-it-yourselfers. Subscribe at All American Runner Duck Review or send an email to subscribe@runnerduck.com.

If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well.

- Martin Luther King, Jr.1929-1968, American Civil Rights Leader, Nobel Prize Winner, 1964.

Reprinted from Motivational Quotes

"In our constant strive to reach the next goal, we forget to value the plateau. To value the plateau is to value the serenity of the Now." --Eva

Reprinted from Pearls of Wisdom

Curious what the new "Patriot Act" reallysays? Wondering how it may (someday -- sooner than most realize) affect YOU? See what "Big Vrother" is up to here!

Reprinted from The Sovereign Society's Offshore A-Letter

Reprinted from Kit's Cat Nips

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