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"Do You Know Update"
...The Official Newsletter of DoYouKnow.org
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Issue 1.1 -- February 10, 2004
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In this issue
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+ Note from the editor
+ New "Do You Know" Facts
- Big Business making policy?
- Target: Syria
- How to limit overtime pay
...and more
+ Special DoYouKnow Report:
About "The New American Century"
+ Recommended Books
+ Recommended Websites
+ Recommended Articles/Reports
+ "Do You Know Update" Subscription info
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Note from the Editor
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During a 1966 speech in Cape Town, South Africa, Robert F. Kennedy told the story of an old Chinese curse which says, "May he live in interesting times."
I have no doubt that, were Kennedy were alive today, he would certainly qualify these as "interesting times" -- times that are forcing the American public to be even more vigilant and more discerning about the intentions of the Bush Administration.
But it's hard to do our part as citizens when we have the most secretive administration in recent memory and a broadcast media that seems to have forgotten their vital responsibilities as members of the fourth estate.
This is the motivation for the founding of DoYouKnow.org, a website dedicated to bringing you the stories and information you need to make knowledgeable voting decisions.
In each issue of the Do You Know Update, you'll find a small sample of the information at the DoYouKnow.org website, including recent developments and links to exclusive features and reports you won't find anywhere else.
In this premiere issue, we introduce The Project for the New American Century, a conservative policy-making organization whose members are of some of the most powerful people in the nation. Their agenda is, in the Chinese curse sense, interesting. We also bring you the administration's latest policies and practices, enlightening links, and recommended books. In every issue, we'll give you more of the information you need to successfully navigate the roads to the primaries, the caucuses, the conventions and the November voting booth.
I hope what you find here and at the site to be revealing. I hope what you find shakes you up. Most of all, I hope what you find inspires you to do everything within your power over the next 10 months to create the change our country so desperately needs.
DoYouKnow.org: Because an informed voter is a powerful voter.
PS: You can give your friends a more powerful vote by forwarding this newsletter to them. (But no spamming, please!)
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New Facts
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Do You Know...
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? George W. Bush is proposing a new council which would let American companies have a say in governmental policy. He additionally proposes changes in tax law and regulations that would benefit businesses.
http://www.doyouknow.org/cgi-bin/r/r.cgi?k=1001--------------------
? Members of the Bush Administration are pushing for military action against Syria, including punitive air strikes and cross-border incursions by American troops.
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? The White House is attempting to put the release of emergency public health, safety, and environmental declarations under the total control of its own Office of Management and Budget. They are also proposing that all technical and scientific evaluations of governmental rules and regulations be put under their jurisdiction.
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? An overhaul of the federal government's drug screening policy that allows for the testing of workers' sweat, saliva, and hair has paved the way for private businesses to adopt the same testing requirements.
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? After putting in new overtime rules that effect millions of Americans, the Bush Administration is instructing employers on how to limit overtime pay for 1.3 million low-income workers.
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These items and more frequently updated on the website:
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Special DoYouKnow Report
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"An Introduction to The Project for the New American Century"
This exclusive DoYouKnow report looks at a group whose members hold many of the highest ranking positions in the Bush Administration, including the Vice Presidency. Several of the organizations' stated objectives have already been carried out and others are currently being implemented. In 2000, the group produced a report entitled "Rebuilding America's Defenses: Strategies, Forces and Resources for a New American Century", in which they:
* Called for a permanent and substantial military force in the Middle East, as well as "forward-based units" across the globe to create what they call an "American security perimeter".
* Singled out Iran, Iraq, North Korea (members of the so-called "Axis of Evil") and Syria as potential future adversaries.
* Stated that the military's primary role today is no longer a defensive one but "is to secure and expand the 'zones of democratic peace'".
...And other doctrines.
Read the full report:
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Recommended Books
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"Black Box Voting: Ballot-Tampering in the 21st Century" by Bev Harris
http://www.doyouknow.org/cgi-bin/r/r.cgi?k=1007Think your electronically-cast vote is safe? Think again. This book lets us know just how vulnerable the current machines are to problems both benign and calculated.
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"The Price of Loyalty: George W. Bush, the White House, and the Education of Paul O'Neill" by Ron Suskind
http://www.doyouknow.org/cgi-bin/r/r.cgi?k=1008The book that exposes the inner workings of the Bush Administration and the drive for war during former Treasury Secretary O'Neill's time in the White House.
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"An End to Evil" by David Frum and Richard Perle
http://www.doyouknow.org/cgi-bin/r/r.cgi?k=1009Written by a current advisor to George W. Bush and the speech writer who put the words "Axis of Evil" in George W. Bush's mouth, this book lays out a future for the United States that every American MUST be made aware of. We recommend locating a library where you can read this book without buying it.
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Recommended Websites
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Tom Paine.com -- A public interest journal from The Florence Fund and editor John Moyers, son of PBS journalist Bill Moyers.
http://www.doyouknow.org/cgi-bin/r/r.cgi?k=1010Consortium News -- Old-school investigative journalism from The Consortium for Independent Journalism, edited by Robert Parry, the man who helped break the Iran-Contra story
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Recommended Articles/Reports
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Rights Revoked
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Iraqi women are decrying a move to cut their long-established rights. The Bush-backed governing council would place matters of the family under strict Islamic law.
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Pentagon Insider
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Karen Kwiatkowsk is a conservative Air Force Lt. Colonel who worked in the Pentagon's Office of Special Plans during the time leading up to the invasion of Iraq. Now you can read her account of what's been happening inside the Bush-led military command.
In Rumsfeld's Shop --
A senior Air Force officer watches as the neocons consolidate their Pentagon coup. By Karen Kwiatkowski; part one of three.
http://www.doyouknow.org/cgi-bin/r/r.cgi?k=1013Open Door Policy --
A strange thing happened on the way to the war. By Karen Kwiatkowski; part three of three.
http://www.doyouknow.org/cgi-bin/r/r.cgi?k=1014More articles by Karen Kwiatkowski --
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