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		<title>Robin Hood Government</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 20:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ThirstyJon</dc:creator>
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		<title>Rage Without Knowledge &#8211; The Trayvon Martin Shooting</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 17:43:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ThirstyJon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s always amazing to see people marching in the streets with confidence for a cause when they do not have all of the facts yet. The world has come unglued over the awful death of Trayvon Martin via the gun of George Zimmerman. And it seems that the world already knows that Zimmerman is a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s always amazing to see people marching in the streets with confidence for a cause when they do not have all of the facts yet.</p>
<p>The world has come unglued over the awful death of Trayvon Martin via the gun of George Zimmerman.</p>
<p>And it seems that the world already knows that Zimmerman is a racist murderer.</p>
<p>Well, I don&#8217;t know.  I won&#8217;t be marching for Zimmerman&#8217;s arrest.</p>
<p>It will be a real tragedy of Zimmerman is arrested, tried, or convicted because of marches in the streets, instead of because of evidence.</p>
<p>Some Articles:</p>
<p><a href="http://americanvisionnews.com/2546/trayvon-martin-killing-public-is-hearing-only-part-of-the-story-says-lawyer" target="_blank">AmericanVisionNews</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p><a href="http://americanvisionnews.com/2546/trayvon-martin-killing-public-is-hearing-only-part-of-the-story-says-lawyer" target="_blank"><img alt="" src="http://americanvisionnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Craig-Sonner-200x200.png" title="Craig Sonner - Zimmerman&#039;s Lawyer" class="alignright" width="200" height="200" /></a>Attorney Craig Sonner said the public is only hearing part of the story, and when all the facts come out, it will be clear that Zimmerman acted in self defense. A grand jury is scheduled to begin hearing the case April 10.</p>
<p>“George Zimmerman suffered a broken nose, and had an injury to the back of his head, he was attacked by Trayvon Martin on that evening,” Sonner said. “This was a case of self defense.” . . . &nbsp;<a href="http://americanvisionnews.com/2546/trayvon-martin-killing-public-is-hearing-only-part-of-the-story-says-lawyer" target="_blank">[Read More]</a></p></blockquote>
<p><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/US/george-zimmermans-attorney-friend-speak-trayvon-martin-incident/story?id=15999256#.T3CmEWHcVTN" target="_blank">ABCNews.com</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>Sonner insisted that Zimmerman is not a racist, pointing out that he and his wife mentored for two black children for free.</p>
<p>&#8220;When I asked this mother [of the mentees], who trusted [Zimmerman and his wife], and she&#8217;s an African-American, if she trusted George Zimmerman, she said she did, and I asked her if there was anything that caused her to believe that she was a racist, and she said, &#8216;Absolutely not.&#8217; And I said, went further, &#8216;Did you ever hear him use racial slurs in any time that you&#8217;d been around him?&#8217; And she said, &#8216;no&#8217; as well,&#8221; Sonner said. &nbsp;<a href="http://abcnews.go.com/US/george-zimmermans-attorney-friend-speak-trayvon-martin-incident/story?id=15999256#.T3CmEWHcVTN" target="_blank">[Read More]</a></p></blockquote>
<p><a href="http://www.rightsidenews.com/2012032615908/life-and-science/culture-wars/african-american-lynch-mob.html" target="_blank">RightSideNews</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p><a href="http://www.rightsidenews.com/2012032615908/life-and-science/culture-wars/african-american-lynch-mob.html" target="_blank"><img alt="" src="http://www.rightsidenews.com/images/stories/March_2012/Life_and_Science/Culture_Wars/sharp.jpg" title="Al Sharpton - Angry, Irrational, Hateful" class="alignright" width="400" height="269" /></a>Is anybody else out there as sick and tired as I am of lynch mob racists like Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton (vide: Tawana Brawley, the Duke Lacrosse kids) who don the mantel of the “civil rights” movement to indict non-blacks in advance of the facts, and incite racial rage against them? Yet that is exactly what they – and scores of black leaders — are doing to an Hispanic individual named George Zimmerman. Along with a cast of thousands, they are holding him guilty of racism before the fact, justifying a hatred, as inflammatory as the hatred once spewed by southern crackers against blacks. &nbsp;<a href="http://www.rightsidenews.com/2012032615908/life-and-science/culture-wars/african-american-lynch-mob.html" target="_blank">[Read More]</a></p></blockquote>
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		<title>The Road We Are Traveling &#8211; Glen Beck Video</title>
		<link>http://freedomthirst.com/2012/03/22/the-road-we-are-traveling-glen-beck-video/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 07:43:25 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Glen Beck on how America has been fundamentally changed:<br />
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<p><strong>Part 1:</strong></p>
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		<title>Does it Really Take a Village to Raise a Child?</title>
		<link>http://freedomthirst.com/2012/03/22/does-it-really-take-a-village-to-raise-a-child/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 06:13:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ThirstyJon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From WorldviewTruth.com: (There is also a good video about the Domenic Johanssen abduction story at the top of the article.) Who carries the responsibility, privilege, and authority to raise children? The Collective in the form of the State? The Church? The Family? As you can see through the Johansson story – ideas have consequences! If [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>From <a href="http://worldviewtruth.com/2012/03/21/does-it-really-take-a-village/" target="_blank">WorldviewTruth.com</a>:<br />
(There is also a good video about the Domenic Johanssen abduction story at the top of the article.)</p>
<blockquote><p><a href="http://worldviewtruth.com/2012/03/21/does-it-really-take-a-village/" target="_blank"><img alt="" src="http://worldviewtruth.com/wp-content/uploads/swat_team_sized.jpg" title="swat_team" class="alignright" width="244" height="196" /></a>Who carries the responsibility, privilege, and authority to raise children?  The Collective in the form of the State?  The Church?  The Family?</p>
<p>As you can see through the Johansson story – ideas have consequences!  If the governing authorities believe that children belong to the collective or the state they will try to force parents to raise their children a certain way.  They may even kidnap children to achieve their goals! &nbsp;<a href="http://worldviewtruth.com/2012/03/21/does-it-really-take-a-village/" target="_blank">[Read More]</a></p></blockquote>
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		<title>Flee Sweden if You Love Freedom</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 06:05:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ThirstyJon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From WorldnetDaily: “All children in Sweden have the right to education on the same terms and high quality instruction, and we find that compulsory schooling is a way to guarantee that this right is fulfilled for all children,” Hafstrom said. “Under Swedish law, school instruction must be comprehensive and objective. The government does not find [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>From <a href="http://www.wnd.com/2012/03/nation-doubles-down-on-homeschooling/" target="_blank">WorldnetDaily</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p><a href="http://www.wnd.com/2012/03/nation-doubles-down-on-homeschooling/" target="_blank"><img src="http://freedomthirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/mother_daughter_school.jpg" alt="" title="mother_daughter_school" width="242" height="226" class="alignright size-full wp-image-2388" /></a>“All children in Sweden have the right to education on the same terms and high quality instruction, and we find that compulsory schooling is a way to guarantee that this right is fulfilled for all children,” Hafstrom said. “Under Swedish law, school instruction must be comprehensive and objective. The government does not find that homeschooling is necessary for religious or philosophical reasons.” &nbsp;<a href="http://www.wnd.com/2012/03/nation-doubles-down-on-homeschooling/" target="_blank">[Read More]</a></p></blockquote>
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		<title>Natural Rights and the Patriot Act &#8211; Judge Andrew Napolitano</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 12:04:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ThirstyJon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; This is a 3 video playlist. Total play time: Just over 26 minutes. Direct Link to this playlist on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0527562FE985C98E &#160;]]></description>
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<p>This is a 3 video playlist.  Total play time: Just over 26 minutes.</p>
<p>Direct Link to this playlist on Youtube:<br />
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		<title>Canadian Province Outlaws Teaching that Gay Sex is a Sin</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 10:37:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ThirstyJon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From WND.com: Homeschooling families will soon be forbidden from teaching that homosexual sex is sinful as part of their schooling program, according to the government of Alberta, Canada. Under the province’s Education Act, homeschoolers and religious schools will be banned from “disrespecting” people’s differences, Alberta Education Minister Thomas Lukaszuk’s office told LifeSiteNews just last week. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>From <a href="http://www.wnd.com/2012/02/homeschoolers-cant-be-taught-gay-sex-sinful/" target="_blank">WND.com</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p><a href="http://www.wnd.com/2012/02/homeschoolers-cant-be-taught-gay-sex-sinful/"><img src="http://freedomthirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/ellen_cropped.jpg" alt="" title="ellen_cropped" width="237" height="170" class="alignright size-full wp-image-2344" target="_blank" /></a>Homeschooling families will soon be forbidden from teaching that homosexual sex is sinful as part of their schooling program, according to the government of Alberta, Canada.</p>
<p>Under the province’s Education Act, homeschoolers and religious schools will be banned from “disrespecting” people’s differences, Alberta Education Minister Thomas Lukaszuk’s office told LifeSiteNews just last week.</p>
<p>“Whatever the nature of schooling – homeschool, private school, Catholic school – we do not tolerate disrespect for differences,” said Donna McColl, Lukaszuk’s assistant director of communications. “You can affirm the family’s ideology in your family life, you just can’t do it as part of your educational study and instruction.” &nbsp;<a href="http://www.wnd.com/2012/02/homeschoolers-cant-be-taught-gay-sex-sinful/" target="_blank"><strong>[Read More]</strong></a></p></blockquote>
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		<title>English &#8220;Child Protection&#8221; Takes Child From Mother</title>
		<link>http://freedomthirst.com/2012/02/28/english-child-protection-takes-child-from-mother/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 06:20:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Telegraph.co.uk: Almost hourly last week I followed yet another child-snatching drama, as bizarre and disturbing as any I have reported. So irked were the social workers of an English council when, six months ago, a mother and her 14-year-old son evaded their clutches by fleeing to Ireland that they hit on a cunning ruse. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>From <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/christopherbooker/8686147/Child-protection-tears-mother-and-son-apart-after-14-years.html" target="_blank">Telegraph.co.uk</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/christopherbooker/8686147/Child-protection-tears-mother-and-son-apart-after-14-years.html"><img src="http://freedomthirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/distressed_14yearold_boy_cropped.jpg" alt="" title="distressed_14yearold_boy_cropped" width="240" class="alignright size-full wp-image-2336" /></a>Almost hourly last week I followed yet another child-snatching drama, as bizarre and disturbing as any I have reported. So irked were the social workers of an English council when, six months ago, a mother and her 14-year-old son evaded their clutches by fleeing to Ireland that they hit on a cunning ruse. They tracked down the woman’s former husband, who had not seen his son for seven years, and paid for him to go to Dublin to front a case for “child abduction”, on the grounds that his son had been taken abroad without his consent.</p>
<p>The judge, relying on a document supplied at the last minute by the English social workers, which the mother and son were not allowed to see or challenge, ruled – in defiance of the UN Convention on Children’s Rights and a judgment of the European Court of Human Rights – that the boy must be returned to England. He was so distraught that he attempted suicide, spending two days in hospital before waiting in council care to be deported. &nbsp;<a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/christopherbooker/8686147/Child-protection-tears-mother-and-son-apart-after-14-years.html" target="_blank"><strong>[Read More]</strong></a></p></blockquote>
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		<title>Christians Flee Persecution in Sweden</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 06:01:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The leader of the Swedish Association for Home Education has had to flee the country: From TheNewAmerican.com: As the government intensifies its persecution of homeschoolers in Sweden, the president of the Swedish Association for Home Education (ROHUS) has finally been forced into exile with his family in neighboring Finland. The battle for human rights and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The leader of the <a href="http://www.rohus.nu/en/" target="_blank">Swedish Association for Home Education</a> has had to flee the country:</p>
<p>From <a href="http://www.thenewamerican.com/world-mainmenu-26/europe-mainmenu-35/10895-homeschool-leader-flees-swedish-persecution" target="_blank">TheNewAmerican.com</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p><a href="http://www.thenewamerican.com/world-mainmenu-26/europe-mainmenu-35/10895-homeschool-leader-flees-swedish-persecution" target="_blank"><img width="160px" src="http://freedomthirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/jonas_himmelstrand.jpg" alt="" title="jonas_himmelstrand" width="100" height="142" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-2328" /></a>As the government intensifies its persecution of homeschoolers in Sweden, the president of the Swedish Association for Home Education (ROHUS) has finally been forced into exile with his family in neighboring Finland. The battle for human rights and homeschooling in the Scandinavian kingdom, however, is far from over.</p>
<p>The Swedish Parliament passed a draconian law in 2010 purporting to ban homeschooling, all school curriculums except the Swedish government’s, and all alternative education nationwide. Despite a global outcry, the prohibition went into effect last year. Dozens of families were left wondering what fate might await them. But so far, the official persecution campaign has backfired in a stunning way.</p>
<p>After fighting a valiant years-long battle for the right to homeschool in his native land, ROHUS chief Jonas Himmelstrand (above left) — probably the most prominent advocate for homeschooling in Scandinavia — decided it was time to join more than a dozen families that have already fled. The persecution was only getting worse, and there was not much cause for optimism about the immediate future. &nbsp;<a href="http://www.thenewamerican.com/world-mainmenu-26/europe-mainmenu-35/10895-homeschool-leader-flees-swedish-persecution" target="_blank"><strong>[Read More]</strong></a></p></blockquote>
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		<title>Dangerous Guitars?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Feb 2012 06:48:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ThirstyJon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whenever you here a politician saying that the national U.S. government needs to regulate something or make a new law or agency, remember this: Watch on Youtube &#160; (Continued Below) So&#8230; The Federal government raided this Gibson plant even though the nation it was supposedly helping out said that Gibson was not breaking the law? [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Whenever you here a politician saying that the national U.S. government needs to regulate something or make a new law or agency, remember this:</p>
<p><center><iframe width="460" height="264" src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/V5IYGroW1nA?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
<p>Watch on <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?&#038;v=V5IYGroW1nA" target="_blank">Youtube</a></center></p>
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<p>So&#8230;  The Federal government raided this Gibson plant even though the nation it was supposedly helping out said that Gibson was not breaking the law?  And they confiscated all of that property without due process?  And they have not charged anybody with anything at this point?</p>
<p>We have a word for that &#8211; <em>stealing</em>.  Don&#8217;t think that the government unjustly taking property is any less &#8220;stealing&#8221; than if an individual does.</p>
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