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</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">Marta,<BR>
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You get the Paul Revere citation for this one. I say solemnly that this even comes out of a state legislator's mouth means that the words "threat of American fascism" are no longer ultra-left exaggeration, crying wolf or playing chicken little.<BR>
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Charles<BR>
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> From Tom Atlee:<BR>
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> Dear friends,<BR>
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> This is serious and urgent. There is a clear and present danger to<BR>
> democracy in Oregon which could spread to other states.<BR>
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> Senate Bill 742 proposed by Oregon State Senator Minnis (R-Dist. 25 /<BR>
> Fairview)(Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee) creates the crime<BR>
> of "terrorism" -- punishable by life imprisonment. Senator Minnis<BR>
> defines "terrorism" so broadly that even being present at a<BR>
> demonstration that is in any way "disruptive" could result in life<BR>
> imprisonment.<BR>
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