Kathryn Smith

                 

This quote summarizes the nature of my concerns and the content of personal experiences which stir my activism: "Necessity is the plea for every infringement on human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves". --Paul Revere, House of Commons

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56 Articles

Sunday, March 30, 2008
An Open Letter to Earthlink and the Public
It's time we do something which will actually result in the stopping of warrantless wiretapping without probable cause. The thing to do is to write open letters to the offender + the public. This will result in business losses which they don't want. I am posting this letter for public comment: Please post your comments liberally to this message, + I will show the results to Earthlink. And please write letters of your own. Thx!

Monday, March 3, 2008
A Positive Agenda: Healthy or Unhealthy for the Progressive Cause?
(6 comments) Is our "positive agenda" really working for us where blocking impeachment is concerned? Is it possible that the Progressive cross-sector against impeachment and for "positivity" influences the House's refusal to impeach? Here a look at the thought process informing the Progressive sectors who blockade impeachment. And especially, what the fall-out from that "positive" agenda may be.

Sunday, February 24, 2008
A Few Important Things for the American Public Radar
A few forgotten or momentarily dropped corners of politics which require our proactivity if we want free speech and the ability to eat to survive. This is very important!! Please spread word. Thank you!

Monday, February 18, 2008
School Shootings: Could Radiation And Wave Frequencies be affecting our Nervous Systems Unawares/Unproven?
(1 comments) A)Why would radiation waves of all kinds and electrical currents *not* affect our nervous systems? B)What would our collective character be and how would crime rate go down if we all cut back on these invisible, unsuspected and (hereby theorized) polluters? C) You know how peaceful it feels to turn off the lights and light the candles. All of us can talk about the calm and uplift we feel as we gape at the Milky Way....

Sunday, February 10, 2008
Are the corporations, polls, and media collaborating to heist the election....to McCain?
(2 comments) With anti-war sentiment being as widespread as it is, it's hard to believe that McCain legitimately won the Republican nomination. Many additional things point--clearly and not as speculation-----to the involvement of the polls, media and corporations in wresting the election from the Progressives. What to do? There's LOTS we can do to unravel the plan. Here 'tis! (At the end of the article).

Wednesday, February 6, 2008
An Open Letter to California Secretary of State and the Registrar of Voters
Could the practice of separating ballots by party lines be a way to select which votes to toss out? After all, historically it's Democratic votes which are stolen. What about voting privacy when we are required to register by partisanship? Why should the government categorize us by our voting patterns? These are the questions in this letter. Please write similar open letters yourself.

Saturday, February 2, 2008
Here is a partial voting record of the Candidates:
(3 comments) Because so many Americans vote by impressions without checking the background voting record and other facts, please pass this on. If everybody knows the voting record of their chosen Candidate, and what the specifics of each bill are, then America may not end up in as bad a mess as we are now in.

Friday, February 1, 2008
Telecom Immunity: What are the Details?
Under intense pressure from the grassroots and netroots, Congress extended the so-called "Protect America Act" for 15 more days. New deadline: February 16. We should call Congress immediately + put pressure on to dump the telecom immunity-granting Act altogether. But before we do that, we might as well know something about the misnamed Protect America Act. Because the more we know, the more we will have to say when we call.

Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Psyche wards won't release dangerous people. Does Congress/White House fit the bill?
Included in this opinion article is a link to a 9-11 truth article which is the most indicting I have ever seen, where Bush and Cheney's pre-911 planning is concerned. No conspiracy theorists here: Only CIA agents, Senators, and FBI agents are quoted. This could be one of the most important articles you will ever read: Check it out and please pass this on!

Friday, January 25, 2008
Open Discussion Thread: How we can Save our Country from Fascism
(5 comments) The lone voice will go to the winds: It's true. But there certainly is a strength in numbers. And we must all remember that. If we team up together as a grassroots wave, with the grassroots as powerful as it is now, we can have the impact of a tsunami. The truth has power! Notice the numerous resignations from public office as a result of the truth coming to light?

Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Let's keep civil liberties on the public radar: Check out the ACLU's website regularly!
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Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Does Post-911 Legislation Protect or Actually Endanger Us?
(2 comments) Americans desparately want to feel protected from terrorist attacks, yet it is often those "protections" in dictatorships which end up clamping down on the people. Is this what is happening in post-911 America? And is this deliberate or not? Read this article and decide for yourself. This is my true story of Iron Curtain experiences in which I draw parallels to post-911 USA.

Monday, January 14, 2008
AN EASY AND VISIBLE EXIT POLL TO ASSURE A TRUE VOTE!
Here's a very simple proposal to conduct a VISIBLE exit poll which simply cannot be argued with. And it's citizen involvement which can do it: No need to rely on the unethical Registrar of Voters. Check this out!

Monday, January 14, 2008
An Undiscussed Corner of the Presidential Primary Election Fraud
Here come the NH elections and there is rightfully an outcry concerning the theft of votes from Obama to Clinton. I am glad to see the outcry. Yet, nobody is crying "Foul" about the fact that the mainstream polls claim that Kucinich is at the bottom of the pile, with only 2% in his favor. That simply cannot possibly be true, according to all the independent polls he won. Why is this not prevalent on the public radar?

Saturday, January 12, 2008
DON'T GET SAD: GET MAD!!! WE *DO* HAVE POWER!
(2 comments) DON'T GET SAD: GET MAD!! Using our tax dollars to fund our own abuse? And the abuse of others? Are they out of their minds??? Or is it we, the people who are just plain nuts for lying down and playing victim while actually paying taxes to fund the abuse of ourselves and others? NO, I most emphatically am not suggesting that we stop paying taxes, illegally. But we have the obligation to direct how our tax money is used.

Thursday, January 10, 2008
Please sign this open letter to Moveon.org et al re. petitions to topple The Thought Crimes Bill
(6 comments) A petition (your signature is please invited!) to be submitted to activist organizations requesting their help in toppling S. 1959 The Thought Crimes Bill. Time is of the essence: This petition will be turned in on Monday, January 14th. PLEASE SIGN IMMEDIATELY! FREE SPEECH AND DUE PROCESS OF LAW FOR AMERICANS IS AT STAKE. THANK YOU!

Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Please contact the FEC and FCC about the media excluding Candidates from the Debates, purchasing American policy etc!
(2 comments) News about the media rigging our election by eliminating Candidates from the Presidential Debates is spreading all over the web at a fast and furious rate. All indications are that people care and change is in the air. GOOD!! Please join the wave because now is a peak moment: Word is spreading + together, we can get so much accomplished! Please write the FCC and FEC and letters to your editor! Thanks!

Sunday, January 6, 2008
An Open Letter to ABC News
(4 comments) An Exposee about the ommissions of certain Candidates and the clearly partisan practices during the Presidential Debate. A statement that this is to assist the theft of an election and to censor free speech/free coice. A request for people to step forward with complaints, boycotts, exposees and class action lawsuits. A reprimand to the Media in general for trying to pick our next president---and American policy---for us.

Thursday, January 3, 2008
STEP DOWN, SEN. COLLINS AND REP. HARMON!
The results of a call to Sen. Harmon's and Rep. Collins's offices, and the behavior of the Aides. A call for resignation of Harmon and Collins on account of targeting free speech and due process for Americans.

Wednesday, January 2, 2008
ELECTION REFORM PROPOSAL
(2 comments) This election reform proposal has been given "the nod" by election reform authority Victoria Collier, who said other countries have done similar things and it has worked. This proposal has been printed by every newspaper I have sent it to, and was marched in to a House Party where Kucinich was present, who wanted it penned into law. All from one letter to the editor! Please spread word in letters to the editor thanks!

Tuesday, January 1, 2008
Let's gather Signatures to Require Congress to Post Bills for Public Vote as Prerequisite to Congressional Vote for Law
(4 comments) Happy New Year! Here is a resolution to gather enough signatures to pass a law requiring popular vote in order for virtually every vote in Congress to take place. Here's how we can get our power back! Input? Suggestions? Concerns? Please weigh in with your ideas and your thoughts! thank you!

Monday, December 31, 2007
Please Ask your City Councils and County Supervisors to Pass Resolutions + Make Public Statements Against S. 1959
When city councils, county supervisors and State Boards get behind stopping any piece of legislation, there is publicity for it. Even if there is a media black-out on S. 1959, to get public officials to pass resolutions against it would be to a) get even just the local papers and college newsletters involved in news coverage of the issue b) let the Senate think twice before voting for S. 195

Sunday, December 30, 2007
Knowledge is power: Seeing right through the wordsmithing game
(3 comments) Wordsmithing is a technique used by politicians to sell us their agendas, to shoot opponents down and ruin their careers, etc. Knowledge is power: Once we know their tactics, they can snare us no more. We begin to see right through the game of marketing ideas, and can spread word. Bingo! They have lost their power. And insight is all it takes. Done! End Fascism, war, smear campaigns....etc.....yay!

Saturday, December 29, 2007
Can you Pledge Ten MInutes a Day to Protect Due Process and Free Speech?

Saturday, December 29, 2007
Could this be the reason why the media is blacking out S. 1959 the Thought Crimes Bill?
Question assumptions Assumptions fuel or demotivate proactivity. In considering itself immune from S. 1959, the mainstream media and our Congress may be making an awful mistake. Let's cue them in: Pitching to their self-centered interests may be our last hope to topple the Thought Crimes Bill.

Saturday, December 29, 2007
Please tell the media: Wake Up and Smell the Business Losses!
Pressure works, and hitting corporations in the pocketbook is the loudest call for response. It will work! Also, journalists' careers will be ended by S. 1959, so even if they are fired for it, they might as well go ahead and do a report on The Thought Crimes Bill and suggest proactive things to do.

Saturday, December 29, 2007
Endorsement: A Man with the Courage of a Lion, a Heart of Gold and Backbone of Steel
(6 comments) Behind-the-scenes Congressional scenarios illustrate the bravery of those who "Just say No" to the Bush Administration's crack-down on civil liberties, which itself is obviously designed to protect the oil and war profiteering agenda. Let's not forget that the Primaries are not the real election: We can vote our conscience now, and pick the lesser of two evils later.

Friday, December 28, 2007
Please contact the media: Their career is on the line whether or not they black out S. 1959
Journalists stand to lose their careers to S. 1959 and also stand to lose their jobs by disobeying their bosses and doing a report. So either way, they might as well do the ethical thing and protect the American people, by doing a report. Please join me in writing to journalists about S. 1959 the Thought Crimes Bill! Thank you!

Thursday, December 27, 2007
ACTION ALERT! 50,000+ e-mails needed IMMEDIATELY to activist entities regarding S. 1959 "The Thought Crimes Bill"
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Thursday, December 27, 2007
The Government as Judge, Juror and Prosecutor of Americans in Secret Courts? No thank you!
Barack O'Bama as key Committee member to help topple S. 1959. Facts and statistics expose The War on Terror as a fake. The self-appointed Government "Court" to "Try" AMerican citizens as "terrorists" under S. 1959. Please spread word and get other voters to call OBama and Congress. The more signatures and calls they can wave in front of Congress, the better their position on the Senate floor. Thanks!

Thursday, December 27, 2007
An Activist's Toolkit: Creative Strategies, Ideas, Links, Quotes and More for Beating the System!
(1 comments) How to present ourselves and gain credibility. Boycotting. Simple ways to side-step wiretapping and being tracked by RFID Chips. Green living tips and resources.Keeping our good members in Congress. Tips for writing letters to the editor. Quotes from our founding fathers. Empowering facts. Links. Eye-openers. And lots more!!PLEASE SPREAD WORD!

Sunday, December 23, 2007
John Conyers is being arm-twisted regarding impeachment, and needs to hear from us
(8 comments) A November 13, 2007 impeachment poll linked "High Crimes" defined Some discussion about psychodynamics in averting impeachment and the solutions We the People have more power than we give ourselves credit for: It's important to weigh in. Congresspeople need to wave signatures in front of Congress's faces in order to have backbone in their assertions. Let's do our part to give strength to the impeachment cause!

Saturday, December 22, 2007
Being part of the solution: GOOD Congresspeople need support. Please send Kucinich a card of support.
(4 comments) Being part of the solution means to encourage and motivate our GOOD Congresspeople who are genuinely on our side. Fighting against great odds, they must be discouraged and at times tempted to give up. That's where we citizens have a role to play.

Saturday, December 22, 2007
Ten minuets a day to save your country and free speech
a summary of civil liberties facts in post-911 America, a plan for ten minutes per day to save our country and who to contact to help us accomplish the goal. Thank you.

Friday, December 21, 2007
Discussion Thread: Green Energy-Saving Tips for Enviro-friendly Living
(1 comments) "Global warming is a choice". That's an exact quote from www.flexyoupower.com, which is Pacific Gas and Electric's website. Let's share our energy-saving ideas here and help to save the planet! I've included some books and resources as well. Please join the discussion, folks!

Thursday, December 20, 2007
A STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN TO STOP S. 1959 FROM PASSING INTO LAW: THIS *WILL* WORK!!
(2 comments) It's time to brainstorm about the solutions and not the problem. Here they are! Please read: This is very important! Your ideas will be welcomed: feel free to comment. Thank you.

Thursday, December 20, 2007
Creative ways to spread the word

Monday, December 17, 2007
RFID Chips, your Privacy, and Very Simple Solutions!
(2 comments) It's not the most thrilling idea to think that radio wave frequency chips in our credit cards and government documents open us up wide to ID theft. Fortunately the solutions are very simple. Here are the facts about RFID chips and the solutions:

Sunday, December 16, 2007
Abe Lincoln was a self-made person: Why not YOU for public office?
America's ideologies are under attack by Congress. As deaf ears continue to erode the public and Constitutional concerns, the solution lies with Us, the People. Why not YOU for public office? If Old Abe could do it; if Rep. Lynn Woolsey could rise from a welfare mom to U.S. Representative; if Sen. Russ Feingold advertized his campaign on his garage door, why not YOU? It's all about We the People: That's the beauty of America.

Sunday, December 16, 2007
One undiscussed corner of the waterboarding issue and the disappearance of CIA videos:
Details of the Military Commissions Act (torture bill) shed the light of understanding about what is going on with the disappearance of the CIA torture videos. And waterboarding is far from the only concern with torture. Please see this short article:

Sunday, December 16, 2007
The War OF Terror: Cracking the Government's Secret "Terrorist" CODE LANGUAGE
(1 comments) When using the words "Terrorist" and "terrorism", the government is using code language truly referring to vocal Americans. Doubt it? Have one look at the extensive statistics for proof, and read the links: You will have zero room left for doubt. This open letter to Sen. Collins and Rep. Harmon publicly exposes their charade in the Thought Crimes Bill, and demands their resignation. Please join the call to resign!

Monday, December 10, 2007
Censorship in America? YUP! Examples here:
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Sunday, December 9, 2007
S. 1959 and the Great Social Divide
Put it this way: When a family member of mine sat in a public cafe in then-Iron Curtain-controlled Budapest, she mentioned the word "government" and our friends immediately jumped all over her: "SSShhhhHHHH!" And this, my friends, came as a result of neighbor being recruited as spy against neighbor. That's a hint: "Fear Ye thy 'Terrorist' American Neighbor!"

Saturday, December 8, 2007
IT'S TIME TO CALL FOR THE RESIGNATION OF CERTAIN POLITICIANS FROM PUBLIC OFFICE! READ HERE:
(3 comments) Includes not only an idea, but a game plan for action. Please add your proactive ideas to the list by commenting with concrete action suggestions. Thank you!

Friday, December 7, 2007
Why aren't these organizations "all over" S.1959? Please join me in writing them!
(12 comments) There still is hope. Here a few new ideas for what we can do:

Wednesday, December 5, 2007
A list of pro-active things we can do to stop S.1959
(4 comments) list of practical to-do's to stop passage of S 1959. Suggestion to focus our energies in strategic ways.

Tuesday, December 4, 2007
How Misguided Spirituality is Informing the Religious Right + Fascist Politics
(4 comments) By telling you a piece of my story, I hope to shed light on the misguided teachings which inform the politics of the religious right. Based on personal experiences while living next door to the Iron Curtain, I also hope to shed light on how fascism operates. Especially, where some religious misconceptions may be used as a leveraging tool.And the post-911 legislative parallels to authoritarian gov'ts are staggering!

Sunday, December 2, 2007
Urgent call to Action: Facts about S1959, Action Alerts
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Saturday, December 1, 2007
Is it too late to impeach? Identifying and Rebutting Common Pro/Con concerns and Proactive Tools
(3 comments) Pro-Con impeachment belief systems Identifying and rebutting those beliefs Stressing the hope Some very pro-active things we can do Ready or not, here We the People come!

Friday, November 30, 2007
Another fundamental fact in our political climate which nobody wants to talk about
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Wednesday, November 28, 2007
URGENT: Help to topple S.1959, Homegrown Terrorism and Violent Radicalization Prevention
(1 comments) Contents of the bill, concerns and questions, the fall-out foreseen and described Free speech and government transparency under attack Action Alerts: Ask your Senators to vote no and to promise a filibuster if the bill passes in the Senate. Urge your favored grassroots organization to get involved. Ask your county Supervisors to pass resolutions against S.1959 Write letters to the editor

Monday, November 26, 2007
Do We, the People pay taxes just to fund our own abuse? And stressing the solution

Saturday, November 24, 2007
HERE'S A VERY SIMPLE WAY TO UNDERCUT THE WARRANTLESS WIRETAPPING!
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Friday, November 23, 2007
Here's where We, the People DO have Power!
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Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Oh Say Does that Star-Spangled Banner Yet Wave O'er the Land of the Free???
The USA Patriot Act detailed, warrantless wiretapping, actual FBI declassified "terrorist investigation" documents linked, Al Gore and other quotes, rebutting the belief that we still live in the former Free Speech America, Terrorists are not targeted but ordinary citizens are, and stressing the hope/pro-active tools

Monday, November 19, 2007
A Case for Impeaching Cheney First; Activist Tools
(1 comments) A November 13 impeachment poll, insights by Representatives' aides, working with the public psychology, activist tools and stressing the hope

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