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MIDI - I'M NOT LISA They are ribbons...don't call them medals See this magnet...it won't work Both Ross and Gibson...set up an ambush They had made me look like a jerk Will you let me explain...no, I am not insane My explanation...will not be deceitful You saw on video...something from long ago The RNC...is employing Registered...Registered He's been messing with the film you saw...a quid pro quo They are ribbons...don't call them medals See this magnet...it won't work Both Ross and Gibson...set up an ambush They had made me look like a jerk They're not medals

Campus Remembers Attacks By TAMI ABDOLLAH, REGINA CHEN and CATHERINE HO Contributing Writers Friday, September 12, 2003 Amid uncertainty over the conflict in Iraq, UC Berkeley students paused with the rest of the nation yesterday to remember an event that has, for many, defined a new era of U.S. foreign relations. "As the memory of Sept. 11 fades, it's still important to realize how many millions of lives were affected not only at that moment, but also those who died as a consequence of those actions," said UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert Berdahl. About 50 students, a smaller crowd than...

Dear Patriot: The City Council and Mayor of Fieldsboro, NJ have passed an ordinance making it illegal for residents and others to hang yellow ribbons in support of our brave troops on public property. This law has already been enforced against a woman who hung a small ribbon on a tree outside her liquor store. This is a petty partisan ploy by a Democrat Mayor and Democrat controlled City Council. Does anyone honestly believe that if ribbons were hung for AIDS victims or for innocent Muslims killed in Iraq that the City Council and Mayor would hastily pass such a...

Why Do We Put Up Yellow Ribbons During Wars? Yellow ribbons first emerged as a national symbol in January 1981, when they sprouted like weeds to welcome home the Americans held hostage in Iran. The whole thing was started by Penelope (Penne) Laingen, wife of Bruce Laingen, U.S. charge d'affaires in Teheran. Ms. Laingen says she was inspired by two things: (1) the song "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree," written in 1972 by Irwin Levine and Larry Brown and made famous by Tony Orlando and Dawn, and (2) the prior example of one Gail Magruder. Ms....