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Henry County is known by many as the Gun Valley of Illinois. However, that could change if a bill making its way through the Illinois House of Representatives becomes law. HB2414, sponsored by Rep. Edward Acevedo, D-Chicago, would make it illegal to manufacture, possess or deliver semi-automatic assault weapons, assault-weapon attachments, .50-caliber rifles and .50-caliber cartridges. Last session, a similar bill sponsored by Rep. Acevedo fell three votes short of passage in the Illinois House. If this one passes, it could affect five Quad-Cities area firearms manufacturers, three of them in Henry County -- Springfield Armory and ArmaLite Inc., both...

Ray McGovern a 27-year senior CIA intelligence analyst has exposed the lies of the Neocons and the Israeli-controlled foreign policy of the United States. The session took an awkward turn when witness Ray McGovern, a former intelligence analyst, declared that the United States went to war in Iraq for oil, Israel and military bases craved by administration “Neocons” so “the United States and Israel could dominate that part of the world.” He said that Israel should not be considered an ally and that Bush was doing the bidding of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. “Israel is not allowed to be...

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I have ran accross some information, that is alarming, yet it is not new to most of us. The questition is who in control? Is it a matter that we think we are in control of our everyday discions that affect us. Yet we are Governened by those are in conrol of goverment. The money spend, the things we buy, or is it just a matter of that we only think everything os ok? What I am saying that we only think we are in control, then why are forieing troops are on and around soil? They may not be...

Global Day of Coordinated Actions on the 2nd Anniversary of the "Shock and Awe" Invasion of Iraq initiated by antiwar organizations worldwide including the A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition in the United States Antiwar actions in Washington DC, San Francisco, Los Angeles and in other cities around the country and around the world will take place on March 19/20.

Before the W2 ball on Jan 20th, go out and help Protestwarrior protest ANSWER in operation Hail to the Chief, and show these people that they are not in the majority.