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...only advocates the peaceful secession of Vermont but has minted its own silver "token" - valued at $25 - and, as part of a publishing venture with another secessionist group, runs a monthly newspaper called Vermont Commons, with a circulation of 10,000. According to a 2007 poll, they have support from at least 13% of state voters. The campaign slogan, Naylor told me, is "Imagine Free Vermont." In his fondest imaginings, Naylor said, Vermonters would not be "forced to participate in killing women and children in the Middle East." (See how the Beans of Egypt, Maine sprouted a militia...
...vocal enough before. They are just spending our money." Licata attended the Tea Party rally in Phoenix on April 15 and knew the cause was the right one for him. "That was it for me," says Licata as an 18-wheel Fed Ex truck sounds a loud horn in support of the Tea Party group. "I want the politicians to represent the people and not the special-interest lobbying groups," Hoelscher says. "That's the real issue for me. I am afraid for my children's future. My children absolutely deserve the same lifestyle as my parents...
...Nigerians feel loyalty to President Yar'Adua. Retired Supreme Court Justice Kayode Eso tells TIME that Yar'Adua's continued insistence on ruling from his sickbed in Saudi Arabia was "insulting to the people. We are being taken for a ride and it must stop." Those who continue to support the President are merely those with something to lose should he step down, says Lai Mohammed. "There are some people today who have access to power and they are afraid that if the power moves to Jonathan, they will lose that access." Nigerians, he says, "treat power as a mistress...
Although the U.N. should soon take the reigns of the relief mission, it can only accomplish its goals in Haiti if member nations continue providing their unwavering support in the form of money, supplies, and labor. The U.N. is as effective as the sum of its parts, its resolve only as robust as the commitment of its members. While the U.N. should be in charge of coordinating the resources and services, its success depends on the continued contributions of the international community...
...devastation in Haiti has been a real human tragedy. However, the tremendous outpouring of support suggests that there is reason for optimism. When the dust clears, we hope that the U.N. and its constituent nations act efficiently and deliberately to build a stronger and more resilient Haiti...