By Jason Miller

Thomas Paine's Corner

"Thoughtcrime does not entail death: thoughtcrime IS death."

-Winston Smith from George Orwell's 1984

If you needed more evidence that most of our "esteemed" members of Congress are members of a criminal class of ruling elites, who regard the likes of us in the poor and working classes with the disdain most people reserve for cockroaches, look no further than H.R. 1955.

93% of the filth "representing" us in the House voted in favor of the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007. Once this vile piece of legislation sails through the Senate and the sociopath on Pennsylvania Ave gleefully slaps his endorsement on it, the mechanisms will be in place for our lords and masters to initiate programs that will make Cointelpro and the murder of Fred Hampton look like child's play.

I took my son and 2 friends, all 8th graders,  to see "V for Vendetta" last night.  Our cinema was full - it is playing at 2 screens simultaneously.  I played the "good parent" afterwards and listened to the kids discuss the movie as I drove them to their homes.  I wanted to see if they "got it".  

By Sheila Samples

And who will tell the people
that free speech is a ruse;
The corporations run the country
and then they make the news.
Is it media or mind control
heroic victories or crime?
Who will tell the people...
that we are living in these times.
~Song by Willie Nelson