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Thanks for another fine issue of THE NEW AMERICAN. The "Bring 'em Home" article (January 9) illustrates succinctly suc·cinct  
adj. suc·cinct·er, suc·cinct·est
1. Characterized by clear, precise expression in few words; concise and terse: a succinct reply; a succinct style.

2.
 that the U.S. had no just cause to intervene in Iraq.

In its never-ending quest toward empire, the current government knows no bounds--with warrantless wiretapping A form of eavesdropping involving physical connection to the communications channels to breach the confidentiality of communications. For example, many poorly-secured buildings have unprotected telephone wiring closets where intruders may connect unauthorized wires to listen in on phone , presidential (not congressional) ordered war, mission-creep to nation building and "peacekeeping," incarcerating the accused in military prisons without legal representation, the abuses just seem limitless.

I love reading THE NEW AMERICAN, and usually read it from cover to cover. Where I think you fail your readers, however, is in advising them to write to their senators and representatives in order to remedy problems in government. Let me explain why.

The people we elected and sent to Washington--with the notable exception of Ron Paul (R-Texas)--have mostly been tainted taint  
v. taint·ed, taint·ing, taints

v.tr.
1. To affect with or as if with a disease.

2. To affect with decay or putrefaction; spoil. See Synonyms at contaminate.

3.
 by "drinking the water" there. They have been assimilated into the corruption and work mainly to be reelected.

Fresh (principled) blood is needed in Washington. The men and women of the Libertarian Party The Libertarian party was founded in Colorado in 1971 and held its first convention in Denver in 1972. In 1972 it fielded John Hospers for president and Theodora Nathan for vice president in the U.S. general election. , the party of principles, can and will move the country toward the Constitutional Republic we all desire. Based on the principles of respect for our neighbors' choices, even the bad choices, and the inherent responsibility for those choices, Libertarians work to ensure "that freedom shall not perish TO PERISH. To come to an end; to cease to be; to die.
     2. What has never existed cannot be said to have perished.
     3. When two or more persons die by the same accident, as a shipwreck, no presumption arises that one perished before the
."

MICHAEL JABLONSKI

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Author:Jablonski, Michael
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Date:Apr 3, 2006
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