I CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 13 1 ¶ Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not love, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. 2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not love, I am nothing. 3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not love, it profiteth me nothing. 4 ¶ Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, 5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; 6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; 7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. 8 ¶ Love never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away. 9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. 10 But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away. 11 When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things. 12 For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. 13 And now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love. sent week 020908 Hi again uall.. MOST but not all with at least SOME respect... Here is more "stuff" that makes DUBYA THE WORST PRESIDENT THE USA HAS EVER HAD, AN EVIL MAN, SHOULD BE IMPEACHED/CONVICTED and TRIED IN FEDERAL, STATE, AND INTERNATIONAL COURTS (HE IS EVEN GUILTY OF WAR CRIMES IN AFGANISTAN!)!! HE IS A COWARD AND DRUNK IN ADDITION TO BEING JUST EVIL I FEEL BEYOND ALL RESONABLE DOUBT AND A DANGER TO THE WORLD's SAFETY FOR THE VAST MAJORITY OF ITS CITIZENS! I LOVE HIM THOUGH AND WILL LET GOD TAKE CARE OF IT, NOT EVER DO ANY THING ILLEGAL (although i may inhale again and like it... its been over six months since i even did that!), Oh, OK.. I jay walk sometimes and spit on the sidewalk sometimes too. But I "Do NOT RECALL when I last did those things" so it could have very well been past the "statue of limitatations"!!!! President Bush Holds Roundtable with Arab- and Muslim-American Leaders Embassy at Afghanistan Washington, D.C. 2:15 P.M. EDT (sic) -- "I'll have something to say, obviously, and I look forward to speaking to that international body about -- about how best we can work together to keep the peace, how best to make the world a more peaceful place. And so I hope you understand that I'll not reveal my speech ahead of time. I know that many are trying to find out what it is, and that's your job but my job is not to answer you. (Laughter.), ", TYPICAL !Dubya, w.!!! ----- Now what about the Civil Rights Leader this Peter Kirsanow Guy?!!?? He still got his job that Dubya gave him???! Home >Press Releases >In Focus >Contact Me FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 25, 2002 Contact: Dave Lemmon, Shanna Singh Phone: 202-224-4822 U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow Urges President Bush to Ask for Resignation of U.S. Civil Rights Commission Member Peter Kirsanow Stabenow Encourages President to Appoint Commission Member of Middle Eastern Descent WASHINGTON-U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) today released a letter to President Bush expressing great concern over recent comments made by U.S. Civil Rights Commission member Peter Kirsanow. The Senator is urging the President to ask Mr. Kirsanow to step down. A copy of Senator Stabenow's letter to President Bush follows: * * * Dear Mr. President: Coming from the State of Michigan, I really appreciate the tone of tolerance and acceptance you have set since September 11th towards Arab and Muslim Americans. However, I am deeply disturbed by news reports of the recent comments made by U.S. Civil Rights Commission member Peter Kirsanow at a public hearing in Detroit that another terrorist attack on the United States means that we "can forget civil rights in this country," and that it could lead to the round up and mass detention of all Arab and Muslim Americans - like Japanese Americans during World War II. I realize that Mr. Kirsanow was responding to earlier testimony by Mr. Roland Hwang, a Lansing attorney, who voiced concern regarding widespread civil rights violations against Arab Americans, and that U.S. antiterrorism efforts could prompt a return to internment camps. However, when asked to clarify his stand by a Detroit Free Press reporter, Mr. Kirsanow responded, "not too many people will be crying in their beer if there are more detentions, more stops, more profiling." If these comments as reported are true, I find Mr. Kirsanow's comments both insensitive and disturbing on several levels, and I would urge you to call on Mr. Kirsanow to resign from the U.S. Civil Rights Commission. I am concerned that Mr. Kirsanow's remarks imply that the only way to avoid another terrorist attack and a return to Karematsu and internment camps is by surrendering our civil rights. This kind of fear mongering displays Mr. Kirsanow's complete misunderstanding of his position. As a member of the U.S. Civil Rights Commission, Mr. Kirsanow should be working to protect civil rights for all Americans, not using scare tactics and fears of future terrorist attacks to justify the mistreatment of Arab and Muslim Americans. Given the fact that your Administration has stated several times that further terrorist attacks are inevitable, Mr. Kirsanow's comments pander to the worst elements of our society by saying a wave of hatred is also unavoidable when those attacks occur. This is exactly the wrong message to send. It offers an excuse to those who would divide us by religion or nationality by giving bigotry the cover of understandable inevitability. Mr. Kirsanow's comments also demonstrate a complete lack of understanding of the increased racial profiling and questioning that Arab and Muslim Americans have experienced since September 11th based on their appearance, their names or their places of worship. In addition, his comments display a real insensitivity toward a tragic period in our nation's history and our government's treatment of Japanese Americans during World War II. Finally, I believe Mr. Kirsanow's comments could not be further from the truth. Mr. Kirsanow underestimates Americans' commitment to freedom and tolerance, and ignores the outpouring of unity and patriotism by all Americans that occurred after September 11th. While there were sporadic attacks on mosques and Arab-owned businesses, the vast majority of Americans, regardless of race or religion, reached out to each other and came together through community service, charity and prayer to help our country heal. In such an important time in our nation's history, we need to ensure that the U.S. Civil Rights Commission is composed of members who are sensitive to Arab and Muslim communities who already feel marginalized, and who understand the importance of protecting the civil rights of all Americans. I would urge you to call on Mr. Kirsanow to resign and to appoint an American of Middle Eastern descent who can better represent these communities' concerns. Sincerely, Debbie Stabenow --30-- Click here to view a printable (PDF) version of this document. -------------- WHAT ABOUT THIS CIVIL RIGHTS GUY??! DID HE EVEN GET "CHEWED" OUT IN THE HOUSE OR SENATE?!?!? --------------- AND NOW.... DUBYA WANTS to so QUICKLY force his version of the "homeland security thingy" into law!!! I DO HOPE YOU GUYS ARE ALL READING AND REALLY "DISCUSSING THE "FINE" PRINT!!! Here's a little tidbit of a the non-top-secret section ALSO POSTED on www.whitehouse.gov TODAY! -------------- Section 203. Access to information. This section establishes the Secretary of Homeland Security's entitlement to receive intelligence and other information from agencies and departments of the United States government for the purpose of fulfilling the mission of information analysis and infrastructure protection. Under the terms of this section, there are three broad categories of information to which the Secretary is given access. The first includes reports, assessments and analytical information relating to threats of terrorism in the United States and to other areas within the Department's responsibility. These materials represent the work product of United States law enforcement, intelligence, and other government agencies. This category ordinarily would not include "raw," unprocessed data; for example, recordings or verbatim transcripts of conversations. (((((Unless the President directs otherwise))))), all executive agencies have an affirmative obligation to furnish the specified reports, assessments, and analytical information to the Secretary, even if no request has been made for them. The second category of material to which the Secretary is granted access by this section is information concerning infrastructure or other vulnerabilities of the United States to terrorism. This material may include "raw" data or information. In this category, too, unless the President directs otherwise, federal agencies are required to furnish the material to the Secretary without request. The final category includes unprocessed "raw" data or information on subjects other than infrastructure or other vulnerabilities of the United States to terrorism. The Secretary has the right to receive such information (((((only as the President provides))))). (((((If the President))))) provides that the Secretary shall have access to such information and it relates to significant and credible threats of terrorism, however, that information (((((must be))))) provided to the Secretary without request. Otherwise, the Secretary may request the material or make other cooperative arrangements with other executive agencies to receive it. It is anticipated that the Secretary and executive agency heads will enter into agreements regarding thresholds for the automatic provision of each category of materials, but that information sharing will not be delayed pending such agreements. Given that the initial volume of information may be high, prior to the execution of any such agreements, the Secretary is expected to work with agency heads to ensure the orderly and appropriate sharing of information. In all cases, the Secretary is required to ensure that material received pursuant to this section is used only for the performance of official duties and is (((((protected from unauthorized(((?!?!?))) disclosure.)))) The Secretary's right to receive information is also made subject to the traditional authority of the intelligence and law enforcement agencies to protect sources and methods and sensitive law enforcement information. ------------------------ I Have take the liberty of adding a few (((( and )))) to EMPHASIZE JUST WERE our good asshole dubya is trying to make himself and his H.S. "secretary" literal DICTATORS! -------------------- NOW, I personally feel that the USA should have and could have solved diplomatically and with MUCH less blood shed ALL ITS WARS AND "POLICE ACTIONS" ever since the justified WWII!! In this day and age there is NO REASON FOR WAR other than to enrich some already rich people! Korea, Vietnam, Desert Storm, all asinine, and more "wars", conducted by the usa just to sell weapons and oil and chemicals and enrich the rich most of the time killing thousands or even hundreds of thousands of ===> PEOPLE <=== over economic differences of opinion or who should have more money to LOVE! Its a fact that with Whooosane, Sadam, the usa GAVE HIM, his weapons, including his computers, chemicals, tanks, etc. in the first place just 'cause "we", "the rich", were "mad" about something (52 hostages?!?), (what "deal" did "Raygun" make with them to get immediate release as soon as he took office, he dunnot recall, its top-secret I imagine!) ------------- Now best I can figure with all this repeated hysteria over 911, THE BILL OF RIGHTS IS SUFFERING, MOST NOTABLY ARTICLES, I, II, III, IV, V, VI, IX, and X and ALREADY THERE ARE REPEATED AND SEVERAL DOCUMENTED CASES THAT THIS IS SO!!! ------------ Many American Men and Women dedicated their life's often losing them in millitary service to protect these rights and freedoms! AND DUBYA TOOK AN OATH TO PROECT THE CONSTITUTION "SO HELP ME GOD!" WHEN HE TOOK OFFICE!! -------- So I ask you... If you pass any kind of "homeland security" bills into law BEFORE the next congress is seated in January of 2003 YOU ARE NOT giving it adequet time for serious enough debate and consideration!!! Dubya keeps telling you guys and gals... "DONNUT put to much over-seeing of congress in the laws!" HA!!! What does he think of "CHECKS AND BALANCES"??! HE GOT ELECTED IN THE FIRST PLACE WITH HIS CORRUPT BROTHER'S HELP WITH ILLEGAL BALLOTS AND DISGUSTING APPOINTEES THAT GOT ON THE SUPREME COURT DURING EVIL EMPIRES OF BUSH I AND REGAN!!! ------------ Do NOT give up congressional oversight of whatever homeland security bills you pass into law! AND START TO FIND OUT JUST WHERE THE $30,000,000,000 is going and has gone ALREADY and more on the "HOMELAND SECURITY" and help ELIMINATE by helping even AMERICAN CITIZENS who are having their rights violated by the the executive branch. Start giving DUBYA some INVESTIGATION!!! For his "b.r.a.i.n.?"'s work on trying to make himself and his rich friends into literaly dictators. GEE WHIZ. ALL the time and effort and money you spent just because my friend Bill Clinton had his penis make a mistake or two. BILL NEVER DID ANYTHING AS STUPID NOR EVIL AS GEORGE WALKER BUSH, HIS DADDY, AND RON REGAN HAVE ALREADY DONE REPEATABLY! =======> NO WAR WITH IRAQ <======== AND IF DUBYA TRIES TO START A WAR WITH IRAQ>>> DONNUT GIVE HIM ONE CENT TO DO IT!!! ------------ Now.... here's the bill of rights in case you have forgotten and I was surfing and am also including Russia's bill of rights for your edification. No, I do not intend to move to Russia. But I do wonder if they had the money that BUSH just gives to his rich friends wheter they could do a better job over there for their people. Note the FREE MEDICAL CARE FOR THEIR CITIZENS!!! WE CANNOT EVEN YET GIVE OUR SENIORS SOME FREE PRESCRIPTION MEDICATIONS THEY NEED TO LIVE!!! AND WE SHOULD GO TO WAR???????!??!?!???!? -------------- THE BILL OF RIGHTS Amendments 1-10 of the Constitution The Conventions of a number of the States having, at the time of adopting the Constitution, expressed a desire, in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse of its powers, that further declaratory and restrictive clauses should be added, and as extending the ground of public confidence in the Government will best insure the beneficent ends of its institution; Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, two-thirds of both Houses concurring, that the following articles be proposed to the Legislatures of the several States, as amendments to the Constitution of the United States; all or any of which articles, when ratified by three-fourths of the said Legislatures, to be valid to all intents and purposes as part of the said Constitution, namely: Amendment I Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. Amendment II A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed. Amendment III No soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law. Amendment IV The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized. Amendment V No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation. Amendment VI In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the assistance of counsel for his defense. Amendment VII In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise reexamined in any court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law. Amendment VIII Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted. Amendment IX The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people. Amendment X The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people. shapeType20lineWidth22225lineColor13948116fShadow1shadowOffsetX0shadowOffsetY-12700shadowOriginY32385 Prepared by Gerald Murphy (Cleveland Free-Net - aa300). Distributed by the Cybercasting Services Division of the National Public Telecomputing Network (NPTN). Permission is hereby granted to download, reprint, and/or otherwise redistribute this file, provided appropriate point of origin credit is given to the preparer(s) and the National Public Telecomputing Network. Last Update Wed Oct 16 1996 ----------------- THE CONSTITUTION OF RUSSIAN FEDERATION NEXT INDEX CHAPTER 2. Rights and Liberties of Man and Citizen Article 17. 1. The basic rights and liberties in conformity with the commonly recognized principles and norms of the international law shall be recognized and guaranteed in the Russian Federation and under this Constitution. 2. The basic rights and liberties of the human being shall be inalienable and shall belong to everyone from birth. 3. The exercise of rights and liberties of a human being and citizen may not violate the rights and liberties of other persons. Article 18. The rights and liberties of man and citizen shall have direct effect. They shall determine the meaning, content and application of the laws, and the activities of the legislative and executive branches and local self-government, and shall be secured by the judiciary. Article 19. 1. All people shall be equal before the law and in the court of law. 2. The state shall guarantee the equality of rights and liberties regardless of sex, race, nationality, language, origin, property or employment status, residence, attitude to religion, convictions, membership of public associations or any other circumstance. Any restrictions of the rights of citizens on social, racial, national, linguistic or religious grounds shall be forbidden. 3. Man and woman shall have equal rights and liberties and equal opportunities for their pursuit. Article 20. 1. Everyone shall have the right to life. 2. Capital punishment may, until its abolition, be instituted by the federal law as exceptional punishment for especially grave crimes against life, with the accused having the right to have his case considered in a law court by jury. Article 21. 1. The dignity of the person shall be protected by the state. No circumstance may be used as a pretext for belittling it. 2. No one may be subjected to torture, violence or any other harsh or humiliating treatment or punishment. No one may be subjected to medical, scientific or other experiments without his or her free consent. Article 22. 1. Everyone shall have the right to freedom and personal inviolability. 2. Arrest, detention and keeping in custody shall be allowed only by an order of a court of law. No person may be detained for more than 48 hours without an order of a court of law. Article 23. 1. Everyone shall have the right to privacy, to personal and family secrets, and to protection of one's honor and good name. 2. Everyone shall have the right to privacy of correspondence, telephone communications, mail, cables and other communications. Any restriction of this right shall be allowed only under an order of a court of law. Article 24. 1. It shall be forbidden to gather, store, use and disseminate information on the private life of any person without his/her consent. 2. The bodies of state authority and the bodies of local self-government and the officials thereof shall provide to each citizen access to any documents and materials directly affecting his/her rights and liberties unless otherwise stipulated under the law. Article 25. The home shall be inviolable. No one shall have the right to enter the home against the will of persons residing in it except in cases stipulated by the federal law or under an order of a court of law. Article 26. Everyone shall have the right to determine and state his national identity. No one can be forced to determine and state his national identity. Everyone shall have the right to use his native language, freely choose the language of communication, education, training and creative work. Article 27. 1. Everyone who is lawfully staying on the territory of the Russian Federation shall have the right to freedom of movement and to choose the place to stay and reside. 2. Everyone shall be free to leave the boundaries of the Russian Federation. The citizens of the Russian Federation shall have the right to freely return into the Russian Federation. Article 28. Everyone shall be guaranteed the right to freedom of conscience, to freedom of religious worship, including the right to profess, individually or jointly with others, any religion, or to profess no religion, to freely choose, possess and disseminate religious or other beliefs, and to act in conformity with them. Article 29. 1. Everyone shall have the right to freedom of thought and speech. 2. Propaganda or campaigning inciting social, racial, national or religious hatred and strife is impermissible. The propaganda of social, racial, national, religious or language superiority is forbidden. 3. No one may be coerced into expressing one's views and convictions or into renouncing them. 4. Everyone shall have the right to seek, get, transfer, produce and disseminate information by any lawful means. The list of information constituting the state secret shall be established by the federal law. 5. The freedom of the mass media shall be guaranteed. Censorship shall be prohibited. Article 30. 1. Everyone shall have the right to association,including the right to create trade unions in order to protect one's interests. The freedom of public associations activities shall be guaranteed. 2. No one may be coerced into joining any association or into membership thereof. Article 31. Citizens of the Russian Federation shall have the right to gather peacefully, without weapons, and to hold meetings, rallies, demonstrations, marches and pickets. Article 32. 1. Citizens of the Russian Federation shall have the right to participate in the administration of the affairs of the state both directly and through their representatives. 2. Citizens of the Russian Federation shall have the right to elect and to be elected to bodies of state governance and to organs of local self-government, as well as take part in a referendum. 3. Citizens who have been found by a court of law to be under special disability, and also citizens placed in detention under a court verdict, shall not have the right to elect or to be elected. 4. Citizens of the Russian Federation shall have equal access to state service. 5. Citizens of the Russian Federation shall have the right to participate in administering justice. Article 33. Citizens of the Russian Federation shall have the right to turn personally to, and send individual and collective petitions to state bodies and bodies of local self-government. Article 34. Everyone shall have the right to freely use his or her abilities and property for entrepreneurial or any other economic activity not prohibited by the law. 2. No economic activity aimed at monopolization or unfair competition shall be allowed. Article 35. 1. The right of private property shall be protected by law. 2. Everyone shall have the right to have property in his or her ownership, to possess, use and manage it either individually or jointly with other persons. 3. No one may be arbitrarily deprived of his or her property unless on the basis of decision by a court of law. Property can be forcibly alienated for state needs only on condition of a preliminary and equal compensation. 4. The right of inheritance shall be guaranteed. Article 36. 1. Citizens and their associations shall have the right to have land in their private ownership. 2. The possession, use and management of the land and other natural resources shall be freely exercised by their owners provided this does not cause damage to the environment or infringe upon the rights and interests of other persons. 3. The terms and procedures for the use of land shall be determined on the basis of federal laws. Article 37. 1. Work shall be free. Everyone shall have the right to make free use of his or her abilities for work and to choose a type of activity and occupation. 2. Forced labor shall be prohibited. 3. Everyone shall have the right to work under conditions meeting the requirements of safety and hygiene, to remuneration for work without any discrimination whatsoever and not below the statutory minimum wage, and also the right to security against unemployment. 4. The right to individual and collective labor disputes with the use of means of resolution thereof established by federal law, including the right to strike, shall be recognized. 5. Everyone shall have the right to rest and leisure. A person having a work contract shall be guaranteed the statutory duration of the work time, days off and holidays, and paid annual vacation. Article 38. 1. Motherhood and childhood, and the family shall be under state protection. 2. Care for children and their upbringing shall be the equal right and duty of the parents. 3. Employable children who have reached 18 years old shall care for their non-employable parents. Article 39. 1. Everyone shall be guaranteed social security in old age, in case of disease, invalidity, loss of breadwinner, to bring up children and in other cases established by law. 2. State pensions and social benefits shall be established by laws. 3. Voluntary social insurance, development of additional forms of social security and charity shall be encouraged. Article 40. 1. Everyone shall have the right to a home. No one may be arbitrarily deprived of a home. 2. State bodies and organs of local self-government shall encourage home construction and create conditions for the realization of the right to a home. 3. Low-income citizens and other citizens, defined by the law, who are in need of housing shall be housed free of charge or for affordable pay from government, municipal and other housing funds in conformity with the norms stipulated by the law. Article 41. 1. Everyone shall have the right to health care and medical assistance. Medical assistance shall be made available by state and municipal health care institutions to citizens free of charge, with the money from the relevant budget, insurance payments and other revenues. 2. The Russian Federation shall finance federal health care and health-building programs, take measures to develop state, municipal and private health care systems, encourage activities contributing to the strengthening of the man's health, to the development of physical culture and sport, and to ecological, sanitary and epidemiologic welfare. 3. Concealment by officials of facts and circumstances posing hazards to human life and health shall involve liability in conformity with the federal law. Article 42. Everyone shall have the right to a favorable environment, reliable information about its condition and to compensation for the damage caused to his or her health or property by ecological violations. Article 43. 1. Everyone shall have the right to education. 2. The accessibility and gratuity of pre-school, general secondary and vocational secondary education in public and municipal educational institutions and enterprises shall be guaranteed. 3. Everyone shall have the right to receive, free of charge and on a competitive basis, higher education in a state or municipal educational institution or enterprise. 4. Basic general education shall be mandatory. Parents or persons substituting for them shall make provisions for their children to receive basic general education. 5. The Russian Federation shall institute federal state educational standards and support various forms of education and self-education. Article 44. 1. Everyone shall be guaranteed freedom of literary, artistic, scientific,intellectual and other types of creative activity and tuition. Intellectual property shall be protected by the law. 2. Everyone shall have the right to participation in cultural life, to the use of institutions of culture, and access to cultural values. 3. Everyone shall care for the preservation of the historic and cultural heritage and safeguard landmarks of history and culture. Article 45. 1. State protection for human rights and liberties in the Russian Federation shall be guaranteed. 2. Everyone shall have the right to defend his or her rights and liberties by any means not prohibited by the law. Article 46. 1. Everyone shall be guaranteed protection of his or her rights and liberties in a court of law. 2. The decisions and actions (or inaction) of state organs, organs of local self-government, public associations and officials may be appealed against in a court of law. 3. In conformity with the international treaties of the Russian Federation, everyone shall have the right to turn to interstate organs concerned with the protection of human rights and liberties when all the means of legal protection available within the state have been exhausted. Article 47. 1. No one may be denied the right to having his or her case reviewed by the court and the judge under whose jurisdiction the given case falls under the law. 2. Anyone charged with a crime has the right to have his or her case reviewed by a court of law with the participation of jurors in cases stipulated by the federal law. Article 48. 1. Everyone shall be guaranteed the right to qualified legal counsel. Legal counsel shall be provided free of charge in cases stipulated by the law. 2. Every person who has been detained, taken into custody or charged with a crime shall have the right to legal counsel (defense attorney) from the moment of, respectively, detention or indictment. Article 49. 1. Everyone charged with a crime shall be considered not guilty until his or her guilt has been proven in conformity with the procedures stipulated by the federal law and established by the verdict of a court of law. 2. The defendant shall not be obliged to prove his or her innocence. 3. The benefit of doubt shall be interpreted in favor of the defendant. Article 50. 1. No oe may be repeatedly convicted for the same offense. 2. In the administration ofjustice no evidence obtained in violation of the federal law shall be allowed. 3. Everyone sentenced for a crime shall have the right to have the sentence reviewed by a higher court according to the procedure instituted by the federal law, and also the right to plea for clemency or mitigation punishment. Article 51. 1. No one shall be obliged to give evidence against himself or herself, for his or her spouse and close relatives, the range of which shall be established by the federal law. 2. The federal law may stipulate other exemptions from the obligation to give evidence. Article 52. The rights of persons who have sustained harm from crimes and abuses of power shall be protected by the law. The state shall guarantee the victims access to justice and compensation for damage. Article 53. Everyone shall have the right to compensation by the state for the damage caused by unlawful actions (or inaction) of state organs, or their officials. Article 54. 1. The law instituting or aggravating the liability of a person shall have no retroactive force. 2. No one may be held liable for an action which was not recognized as an offense at the time of its commitment. If liability for an offense has been lifted or mitigated after its perpetration, the new law shall apply. Article 55. 1. The listing of the basic rights and liberties in the Constitution of the Russian Federation shall not be interpreted as the denial or belittlement of the other commonly recognized human and citizens' rights and liberties. 2. No laws denying or belittling human and civil rights and liberties may be issued in the Russian Federation. 3. Human and civil rights and liberties may be restricted by the federal law only to the extent required for the protection of the fundamentals of the constitutional system, morality, health, rights and lawful interests of other persons, for ensuring the defense of the country and the security of the state. Article 56. 1. Individual restrictions of rights and liberties with identification of the extent and term of their duration may be instituted in conformity with the federal constitutional law under conditions of the state of emergency in order to ensure the safety of citizens and protection of the constitutional system. 2. A state of emergency throughout the territory of the Russian Federation and in individual areas thereof may be introduced in the circumstances and in conformity with the procedures defined by the federal constitutional law. 3. The rights and liberties stipulated by Articles 20, 21, 23 (part 1), 24, 28, 34 (part 1), 40 (part 1), 46-54 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation shall not be subject to restriction. Article 57. Everyone shall pay lawful taxes and fees. Laws introducing new taxes or worsening the situation of tax payers shall not have retroactive force. Article 58. Everyone shall be obliged to preserve nature and the environment, and care for natural wealth. Article 59. 1. Defense of the homeland shall be a duty and obligation of the citizen of the Russian Federation. 2. The citizen of the Russian Federation shall do military service inconformity with the federal law. 3. The citizen of the Russian Federation whose convictions and faith are at odds with military service, and also in other cases stipulated by the federal law shall have the right to the substitution of an alternative civil service for military service. Article 60. The citizen of the Russian Federation shall be recognized to be of legal age and may independently exercise his rights and duties in full upon reaching the age of 18. Article 61. 1. The citizen of the Russian Federation may not be deported out of Russia or extradited to another state. 2. The Russian Federation shall guarantee its citizens defense and patronage beyond its boundaries. Article 62. 1. The citizen of the Russian Federation may have the citizenship of a foreign state (dual citizenship) in conformity with the federal law or international treaty of the Russian Federation. 2. Possession of the citizenship of a foreign state by the citizen of the Russian Federation shall not belittle his or her ranks and liberties or exempt him or her from the duties stemming from Russian citizenship unless otherwise stipulated by the federal law or international treaty of the Russian Federation. 3. Foreign citizens and stateless persons shall enjoy in the Russian Federation the rights of its citizens and bear their duties with the exception of cases stipulated by the federal law or international treaty of the Russian Federation. Article 63. 1. The Russian Federation shall grant political asylum to foreign citizens and stateless citizens in conformity with the commonly recognized norms of the international law. 2. The extradition of persons persecuted for their political views or any actions (or inaction), which are not qualified as criminal by the law of the Russian Federation, to other states shall not be allowed in the Russian Federation. The extradition of persons charged with crimes and also the hand-over of convicts for serving time in other countries shall be effected on the basis of the federal law or international treaty of the Russian Federation. Article 64. The provisions of these articles form the basis of personal rights in the Russian Federation and may not be changed other than by the means set forth in this constitution. Go to: [Index] Chapters [1] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] Section Two I mean, gee whiz. WHO of YOU will be the FIRST to say in the house "HEY, you know, if Pres. Dubya, starts a ruckus, we should not give him and his war making friends any money to do it and further more unless he cleans up his act about the war thing and trying to take away constitutional rights of American citizens by jumping up and down like the monkey he is trying to push his "Homeland Security" bills through as they are written and posted (at least the parts that are non-top-secret) at: http://www.whitehouse.gov Let's get started right away and IMPEACH him. Also the economy. Also the enviornment. Also our relationship with foreign governments. Its all going to hell in a hand basket as w. does his best to find ways to enrich his already rich friends. SOMEONE OF YOU... TELL ME WHERE I AM WAY OFF BASE?!?! I have been writing a lot of you for several weeks with all kinds of facts and figures from other people but as yet receive not one response from any of you other than automated thank you for writings. Boy oh Boy. Just like the Firemen that are not showing up in NY NY for w. and his yaking soon as w. cut their benefits but gave IBM $1,000,000,000 one day, airlines $15,000,000,000, spent at least $30,000,000,000 on "HomeLand Security" that damn few know where all the money is going or went, etc. etc. etc. And of course the Trillion=$1,000,000,000,000.000 ! dollar "tax" cut giving the average American $300, then w.'s brain causing the economy to still suffer, despite everything the FED does as far as interest rates, with probably >90% of the "Tax Cut" going to those "Americans" that have 99% of the total income already of all Americans! Thanks a lot! Keep up the good work you guys. I just think maybe if you try just a bit harder you could maybe you think do a little better with a bit more: HOOTSPA!!! GUTS?!?!? IMPEACH W.!!!! AND DICKEY 2!!! OUR children will have to pay for our national debt that was being paid for by surpluses that were just handed to the rich few! Yes, most of you Republican's as we all know from the right wing media whores your LOVERS of MONEY friends support as well as your campaigns... ITS ALL BILL CLINTON's PENIS' FAULT!!! It may be a little early but... HO HO HO MERRY CHRISTMAS... HAPPY NEW YEAR... hopefully if enough of this truth gets out in time a WAR will be prevented and DEMS will REALLY control congress come January and this non-sence of w. and his administration can be somehow niped in the BUD! The drunk driver is driving this presidency! IMPEACH HIM and his VICE helper!!! PLEEEESE!! love you all... kirk HI!! Everyone, most with some respect! I will be writing you repeatedly urging you not to let w., a.k.a.. our current USA president lead this nation to a disaster of a war with Iraq in which surely thousands of PEOPLE will die with the "hope?!" that maybe the USA will "get whooooosane!"; yeah just like we "got Ben Laden!" I repeat, THOUSANDS of PEOPLE WILL MOST LIKELY DIE in such a war and maybe MANY MORE and I can not see were it will not just add fuel to the fires of hatred as far as the tourists are concerned. The only good the could possibly come from it would be the ENRICHING OF THE RICH FRIENDS OF W. AND TRICKY DICKEY 2 AND THEIR ADMINISTRATION i.e. the war machinery makers and chemical plants and petroleum industry. The "dessert storm" BS which KILLED HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE used BILLIONS OF GALLONS OF OIL/FUEL, MILLIONS OF TONS OF BOMBS/CHEMICALS were used, BILLIONS MADE FOR THE RICH FEW KILLING THE MANY INNOCENT PEOPLE WITH NO CHOICE BUT TO FIGHT THE WARS!!! What for example do we do in this country if one refuses the draft? And what about dictatorship regimes? MANY OF THOSE KILLED IN THE "pAtRiOrIOtIc (sic) dessert storm" were mere CHILDREN! PEACE AT ALL COSTS! GO AHEAD AND REMOVE AND BRING TO JUSTICE WHOOOOOOSANE but only jeopardizing AS FEW OTHER LIVES AS POSSIBLE!!! Is it NOT true? That USA satellites can practically "see" something as small as a postage stamp from outer space? And also I can only imagine what fancy gizmos and listening and seeing devices are "top secret!!!". AND you politicians tell us AMERICANS that you can NOT just "take out" Sadam Whooosane without killing thousands of other people!?? What kinds of morons do you think all of us are??!? Come on! Some of you got to make some sence some time. USE YOUR MILLITARY INTELLEGENCE AND TAKE YOUR TIME AND JUST GET "WHOOOOSANE" ===> NO ONE ELSE <=== (maybe some of his evil buddies even if it maybe means that some of these "buddies" are why it has not been done a long time ago and some still think we should go to "WAR" with IRAQ killing thousands of ==> PEOPLE, MANY, MANY just CHILDREN <== just to enrich the oil and chemical mobsters of the usa, ie the fuel to fuel the war machines and the chemicals to make the bullets and bombs and other such "weapons of mass destruction MADE IN THE USA!"!!!! Was it not "REGAN" (another BAD actor at best at being a "president of the usa") that passed some "law and/or treaty and/or agreement" that no assinations of country leaders were to take place? In the case of Sadam Whooooosane this is just nonsence and outrageous if it leads in "its" application to killing of THOUSANDS of ===> PEOPLE, MANY OF THEM MERE CHILDREN, JUST LIKE DESERT STORM, rah, rah, flag wave, yellow ribbon, hoop-la, bull-shit! NO, NO, NO, war with IRAQ!!! NO ONE in there right mind would support such a idiotic idea! Go ahead and kill anyway you can Sadam Whooosane! I really think some of you know why he still is in power and have something to do with it! I am NOT a terrorist. My heart just bleeds from the "killing and hell of "wars" being "AMERICAĂ¢Â€â„¢s NEW ones or not" How does one ever win a: "WAR ON TERROR?!?" Its impossible by causing much more terror and when you have someone as evil as I think w. and trickey dickey 2 as leaders of the executive branch of the usa! Note that I am not a fighter and trust that God will eventually win and love will conquer all. But if you really start to think about it, who the "terrorists" are, IMPEACHMENT is a legal threat and obviously at this point justified for George W. Bush and Dick Cheney! ======> ALSO!! I AM NOT AT ALL HAPPY WITH A LOT OF THE CURRENT "HOMELAND SECURITY" BILL(S) as they now appear as listed on the www.whitehouse.gov site! THEY GIVE THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH WAY TOO MUCH POWER and POTENTIAL FOR ABUSE AND WILL I AM AFRAID AS: POWER CORRUPTS AND ABSOULTE POWER CORRUPTS ABSOLUTELY! WILL ERRODE SIGNIFICANTLY AND TRAGICALLY THE RIGHTS GAURENTEED THE USA CITIZENS UNDER THE USA CONSTITUTION AND ITS ADMENDMENTS PARTICULARLY THE BILL OF RIGHTS!!! PLEASE, DO ==> NOT <== RUSH this DAMN "HOMELAND SECURITY" bill(s) through the senate and house until MUCH SERIOUS AND DELIBERATE DEBATE is conducted and ==> NOT <=== UNTIL the NEXT REPS. and SENS. are SEATED NEXT JANUARY!!!!! THIS APPLIES TO ANY MILITARY ACTION IN IRAQ AS WELL WITH THE EXCEPTION OF POSSIBLE COVERTY "TAKING OUT" OF WHOOOOOSANE AND JUST A FEW OF HIS "DIRTY BUDIES"! I LOVE AMERICA! I LOVE AND HIGHLY RESPECT THE MANY WHO GAVE THIER LIFES TO PROTECT MY AND OTHER AMERICANS' FREEDOMS!!! BUT I FEEL VERY COCERNED ABOUT RUSHING TO THE "FLAG WAVING, YELLOW RIBBON HYSTERIA OF THE OF THE RIGHT WING MEDIA WHORES AND THEIR POLITICIAN AND RICH FRIENDS WHO DO NOT SEEM TO CARE ABOUT HOW MANY DIE AND/OR LOSE LIBERTY JUST IF THEY CAN BE MADE EVEN RICHER!!! ===> IF PERCHANCE IDIOT w., Dubya, Scrub, best part of him ran down his "jerk dad's leg" JUST HAPPENS TO START ANOTHER WAR.... CONGRESS SHOULD ===> NOT <=== GIVE A SINGLE PENNEY TO HIM TO DO THIS INSANE ACTION AND IMMEDIATELY START IMPEACHMENT PROCEDINGS FOR HIM AND MOST OF HIS ADMISTRATION! PEACE AND LOVE!!! Kirk http://www.altelco.net/~lovekgc http://www.altelco.net/~lovekgc/kirksresume.htm http://www.hated.com http://www.antiwar.com WHO OF YOU WILL BE FIRST TO HAVE GUTS AND BE REAL "MAN" OR REAL "WOMAN" TO START IMPEACHMENT PROCEDINGS OF GEORGE W. BUSH AND DICKEY CHENEY?!?!?!!! Love you all, Kirk Gregory Czuhai (kirk) 11369 Caberfae Allendale, MI 616-895-5933 Big picture of me, YOU JUST GOTTA HAVE ONE! AT: http://www.altelco.net/~lovekgc/kirk.htm