MICHAEL M BATES.com: "KIDS GET AN EDUCATION IN GREED" -Column by Michael M. Bates (COLUMN SNIPPET: "Of course, we know the NEA is vitally interested in what genuinely matters: Gun control, nuclear disarmament, multiculturalism, sex education, socialized medicine, racial quotas, abortion, banning tobacco and all the other archetypical items on the Leftist laundry list. The teachers' strike is nothing but a self-serving attempt to squeeze more dollars from taxpayers. It has absolutely nothing to do with improving education. You don't need a teaching certificate to see that.") (103102)
YAHOO! News (AP): "SUV's TORCHED IN PENNSYLVANIA LATEST ECO-TERRORISM CLAIMED BY RADICAL ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "PITTSBURGH - In the latest in a string of vandalism carried out in the name of the Earth Liberation Front, members of the radical environmental group are claiming responsibility for a fire at a Pennsylvania auto dealership. A posting on the group's Web site said the "attack" targeted gas-guzzling sport utility vehicles, or SUVs, in a fight "to remove the profit motive from the killing of the natural environment."") (010403)
FBI.gov - WANTED BY THE FBI: "MICHAEL JAMES SCARPITTI" also known as: "Matthew Hill, John Pierce, Ridge and Tre Arrow." (WANTED POSTER SNIPPET: "Scarpitti is a longtime environmental activist with an extensive history of involvement in anti-logging tree sits and other related protests. He is known to be affiliated with the Earth Liberation Front (ELF), which is a loosely organized movement whose stated objective is to stop the destruction of the natural environment and the exploitation of the earth's natural resources through whatever means are necessary. Law enforcement authorities consider the ELF to be a domestic terrorism group. REWARD The FBI is offering a reward of up to $25,000 for information leading directly to the arrest of Michael James Scarpitti.") (December 2002)
"FIEDOR REPORT ON THE NEWS A Weekly View from the Middle of an Asphalt Jungle" by Doug Fiedor (ARTICLE NOTE: "By instilling socialism in the United States, the Democrats intend to usurp our freedom.") (102702)