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sinkingfeeling Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-11-08 04:43 PM
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Did you guys read about the American ex-GI who burned his passport in Iraq?
http://electroniciraq.net/news/actionactivism/Ex-US_Marine_and_Gulf_War_Veteran_burns_his_US_pas_1312-1312.shtml

Mr. O'Keefe read the following statement;
"First of all I want smile and express my deepest love for my entire human family and our infinitely beautiful and irreplaceable home; Planet Earth. What I do I do for truth not lies; for justice not tyranny, for peace not war, for love not hate."

"I state loud and clear, I am not anti-American, I am a true American and I call on all genuine American patriots to reject the orders of the Vietnam War deserter and Constitutional traitor George W. Bush and to remove this traitor from his undemocratic de facto post; impeach him at the least for his criminal negligence on September 11, 2001.

Mr. O'Keefe doused his US passport with fuel, held it up slowly for the media, then lit it.

After his US Passport was engulfed in flames, Mr. O'Keefe pulled out another passport displaying that he is World Citizen #321831, and encouraged people to join the movement. (www.worldservice.org)


Wow, this guy is dedicated. God bless Mr. O'Keefe!
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mac2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-11-08 04:51 PM
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1. I have mixed feelings about burning my
passport. I could always get another one if needed. I also resent having to not be an American because of a traitor like Bush. He should go not us.

Bush and Cheney, etc. should before the Hague for genocide, robbery, etc. He's traveling to avoid testifying, etc. before Congress. When things are hot the Presidents always flee the country as a distraction. Look I'm doing "things in the world" is the message.

Impeach him for all the Americans who died because of his lies. Impeach him for all the people in other countries who died because of his greed and aggression (Hatti, Somalia, Iraq, Afghanistan, etc.).
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Ignis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-11-08 04:57 PM
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2. Thanks for the info about the World Passport.
I'd heard about it (in connection with the World Parliament movement), but hadn't seen the link.

:hi:
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mac2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-11-08 09:45 PM
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3. Is a World Parliament what a free people
Edited on Fri Jan-11-08 09:46 PM by mac2
want? Aren't we trying to stop World Order government by the elite few?

I agree we should be a citizen of the world caring about other people and countries...the enviornment but not taking away rights and freedoms to do so.
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Ignis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-12-08 07:20 PM
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5. Are you sure you understand how a parliamentry system works?
This comment:
"Aren't we trying to stop World Order government by the elite few?"
leads me to believe that you're confused between a parliament and other forms of legislative bodies. The UN, for example, is dramatically different from a parliament, and the rights of minorities (or states with limited political influence, in the case of the UN) are not consistently protected.

Not a flame, and not a plea for NWO, but take a look at how every resident of Earth working together in a parliament would work. It's a response to oligarchy, and hopefully a means of giving power back to the people rather than to states.

:hi:
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kineneb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-11-08 09:49 PM
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4. I would settle for an EU country passport
hey, I used to have an Iranian passport...

Passports...be a citizen of the world...collect them all!
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countryjake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-12-08 07:30 PM
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6. His story on YouTube...
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