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...matter how much money is spent on homeland security. But the struggle against terrorism should also address the teaching of hate within radical Muslim groups. Forward thinkers must convince the free countries of the world that the future of the war on terrorism is psychological. It is a battleground we have not yet entered. All immigrants and children in public, private and religious schools should receive a continuous program of civics, tolerance and respect demanded by our democratic societies. This is not just a war on the ground but also a struggle over freedom of the mind...
...battleground state, and you can practically skip from lawn sign to lawn sign without your feet ever touching the ground. But that just means the lawn-sign wars are raging after dark--swastikas painted on Bush's face, bullets shot through Kerry's, signs stolen and trashed and set on fire and mauled with a hatchet. Pennsylvania Democrats have reportedly been spreading itching powder on their signs to protect them from vandalism. In Oregon just about every last Kerry sign disappeared from Klamath County overnight. So now "I'm advising people to do with them like they do with their...
...ground war is a measure of democracy at its best, a million acts of persistence and persuasion, the underground war is democracy at its worst, designed not to express the will of the people but to subvert it. In one battleground state after another, accusations of dirty tricks are growing daily. Republicans focus on voter fraud and charge Democrats with rounding up homeless felons and plying them with drink to get them to register and vote, early and often. Democrats cry intimidation and argue that G.O.P. officials are trying to disenfranchise voters who oppose them. Both sides have plenty...
...problem for Bush is that the race is still extremely close. In fact, other major independent polls taken last week showed the two men in a dead heat, and one gave Kerry a 3point lead. And several surveys showed Kerry outperforming Bush in the socalled battleground states--places like Ohio, Pennsylvania and Florida--that will really decide who takes the oath of office next January. With so much conflicting data, each side can claim momentum going into the final leg of the campaign. --By James Carney...
Following the pattern forged by BGLT activists before them, BDSM advocates created groups like the NELA and the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom (NCSF) in response to what they call widespread social and legal persecution. Like BGLT activists, they made the courts their battleground and education their weapon...