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CDR: Re: Crypto law in Malta
by not_so_anony mous 07 Nov '00

07 Nov '00

On Tue, 7 Nov 2000, Frank Dick wrote: >Hello, does anybody knows something about a crypto law in Malta? > >Regards >Frank http://www2.epic.org/reports/crypto2000/countries.html#Heading75 Malta 2000 YELLOW 1999 NOT REPORTED According to Maltacom, the main telecommunications provider in Malta, encryption is a sensitive item and little information is available. However, Malta is attempting to join the European Union and must makes its laws consistent with the EUs. Ref: Email from Maltacom, February 4, 2000. Country Commercial Guide: Malta. Report prepared by the U.S. Embassy, Valletta, Malta. August 1998. <www.state.gov/www/about_state/business/com_guides/1999/europe/malta99.html> _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.

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CDR: Re: Here's an interesting twist on gun control ...
by Peter Capelli/Raleigh/Contr/IBM 07 Nov '00

07 Nov '00

Yes, while it would be unconstitutional for the federal government to pass this law, how could it be unconstitutional as a local or state statute? Something similar to requiring X number of smoke detectors per square foot. Additionally, it does not mention a paperwork requirement for not owning a gun. While I admit it seems like a foolish law (akin to requiring a citizen to vote), I hardly see how it would require 'a killing'. Also, given their views, killing them may not be as easy as others who are unarmed. ;-) Thanks! -p "Those who would give up essential liberty for temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin, 1759 Tim May <tcmay(a)got.net>@cyberpass.net on 11/05/2000 04:32:13 PM Please respond to Tim May <tcmay(a)got.net> Sent by: owner-cypherpunks(a)cyberpass.net

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CDR: Parents tracking kids - locations and transactions
by George＠Orwellian.Org 07 Nov '00

07 Nov '00

If I ever have a daughter, I'm going to name her Nipples. ---- http://interactive.wsj.com/articles/SB973467133455018998.htm November 6, 2000 It's Not Big Brother Invading Kids' Privacy, It's Mom and Dad By ANDREA PETERSEN Staff Reporter, of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL Lindsey Bargo, 15 years old, was triumphantly strolling out of a Gap store with her new $149.99 black leather jacket when her cell phone rang. It was her mother. "A leather jacket? Are you sure this is what you need with your money?" Julie Bargo recalls saying to her daughter. Although Ms. Bargo was more than a hundred miles away in her State College, Pa., office at AccuWeather, she still knew what Lindsey was doing. Every time her daughter buys something with her debit card, Ms. Bargo, an Internet executive, gets an instant e-mail from PocketCard Inc. (www.pocketcard.com) with details on how much Lindsey spent, where she spent it and the date and time. Sometimes, as in this case, it even tells her what the money was spent on. "I told her, 'You can't hide from me,' '' Ms. Bargo says. In the age-old battle between independence-seeking teenagers and worried parents, the older generation is packing some new weapons. Caller ID tells parents who is calling their kids. Cell-phone bills detail every local number the kid has called. EZ-Pass, the electronic toll-taker, records the exact time and place that junior starts cruising along the New Jersey Turnpike, and puts it all on statements. New computer programs track just about everything -- every Web site visited, every e-mail sent -- that a teenager does online. And parental reconnaissance is going to get a lot more intense. New technologies will soon allow parents to download live Web-cam videos onto their cell phones, showing exactly what is going on at home while they are away. Companies such as SnapTrack and Trimble Navigation are launching technologies that will turn cell phones into homing devices so parents will always know where their kids are. Daniel Rosen was brought down by an electronic version of a trail of bread crumbs. While the 13-year-old from West Chester, Pa., has his own computer and access to America Online, his parents use AOL's parental controls, which permit Daniel to go only to those Web sites deemed appropriate for young teens. But that wasn't enough to keep Daniel from wandering around the Web. While his parents weren't looking, Daniel broke into his father's AOL account and visited some X-rated Web sites. "He cracked my password," says the boy's dad, Mike Rosen, who is the chief executive of an Internet software company, 2Ce Inc., in King of Prussia, Pa. "He just tried everything he could think of." Daniel says it wasn't all that hard; the password had been saved on the computer. Mr. Rosen might never have known about the security breach, but his son left electronic fingerprints. Mr. Rosen started getting unsolicited e-mail messages from pornographic Web sites. Curious, he looked at the browser cache on his computer -- the record of sites visited -- and found addresses with risque names. Mr. Rosen then checked his cookie file. The porn sites had sent a number of cookies -- little computer programs that recognize a returning visitor and track his movements -- onto Mr. Rosen's hard drive. Daniel was in big trouble. "I scared the hell out of him," Mr. Rosen says. "I told him he could go to jail for going into somebody's computer." Daniel fessed up. His punishment? A month without using the computer for anything but homework. "I got busted," Daniel says sheepishly. "I think my dad can see wherever I go." Many parents can do exactly that. Norm Zurawski, a locksmith in Schofield, Wis., and the father of three children, uses a computer program called Spector to track everything his kids do on the computer. The program takes frequent electronic "snapshots" of the computer screen and lets Mr. Zurawski replay the action later. The kids don't know how he sees what they are doing. Mr. Zurawksi's elder son, 17-year-old Nate, has felt the effects, however. When Nate was caught visiting some pornographic Web sites, his father forbade him to go online for a week. But after Mr. Zurawski unplugged the family's high-speed DSL Internet connection and went to sleep, Nate plugged his computer into a dial-up phone line and got to the Internet using a friend's AOL screen name. "I knew what was going on because I got these AOL screen shots," Mr. Zurawksi says. Circling the Posse Even when kids aren't caught red-handed, their parents' technology tools can cramp their style. Brandon Diamond, 16, got a pager earlier this year, and most of his friends have cell phones. The kids use them to stay in touch with one another -- and with their parents -- during afternoons hanging out in the pool halls and bowling alleys of Pace, Fla. But Brandon says the cell phones and pagers have made it easier for parents, who've got all their numbers, to keep track of everybody in his posse. "It is like the parents' secret service," Brandon says. "All the parents check in with each other, so you've got to be good and not act stupid." The pager does have one advantage for Brandon. He isn't expected home at night now until 10:30 (his old curfew was 9:30) because, he says, his parents feel more comfortable knowing they can always reach him. But being in touch can ruin a tender teenage moment. Aaron Fleishman, 16, was at his girlfriend Moira's house when his mother called him on his cell phone to find out when he was coming home. The young couple was busy making out and the call, Aaron says, killed the mood. "My girlfriend was sort of upset," he says. "It is kind of annoying that my parents can call me anytime." Couldn't he have just turned off his cell phone? No, he says -- he'd get a lecture from his parents. Of course, for every new parental trick, there are kids figuring out ways to thwart it. Zak Ellsworth's parents tried to keep tabs on him by installing caller-ID on their home phone and looking through the browser cache and cookie file on his computer. "My parents keep me on a short leash," he says. But they were no match for Zak, a 17-year-old high-school senior in Reno, Nev., who maintains the computers for his school's Junior ROTC program. After going online, Zak simply erases any tracks by clearing the computer's browser cache ("There's a little button in Internet Explorer that says 'erase history,' " he says.) He also cleans out his computer's cookie file. If teenagers think they have it bad, they should be thankful they aren't in their little brother's and sister's shoes. Companies are getting ready to unleash more powerful methods of surveillance. Xanboo Inc. (www.xanboo.com) in New York, plans to begin selling a $179.95 home-surveillance system in January. It will include a camera and a motion sensor, so worried parents can get an e-mail at work telling them when the front door is opened. A camera will beam live video of all who enter. PacketVideo Corp. (www.packetvideo.com) in San Diego, Calif., is taking the idea even further. Early next year it expects to offer technology that will send streaming video to a parent's cell phone. "You'll be able to check on your kids from anywhere," says Jim Carol, PacketVideo's chief executive. Kids on the Map A number of companies are creating global-positioning system technology to embed in cell phones and electronic personal organizers. Qualcomm Inc. is already shipping chip sets with built-in GPS technology to cell-phone hardware manufacturers. They can be used for everything from beaming driving directions to keeping track of elderly parents. "You could imagine logging onto a Web site and typing in a cell-phone number, and a map pops up to tell you where your teenage kid is," says Steve Poizner, president of the company's SnapTrack subsidiary. Applied Digital Solutions, in Palm Beach, Fla., is getting ready to unveil Digital Angel, which it plans to put in everything from cell phones to bracelets and luggage tags. Not only will Digital Angel tell where a person wearing the device is located, it can also record heart rate and body temperature. So the device will suit cardiac patients and nervous parents alike. The company has a patent for a device that can be surgically implanted beneath the skin.

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CDR: US report urges Arafat to use torture for peace
by An Metet 07 Nov '00

07 Nov '00

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/World/Middle_East/2000-11/ruthless061100.… An influential think-tank advises Palestinian Authority to ruthlessly repress militant elements without regard for basic human rights By Robert Fisk in Gaza 6 November 2000 Palestinian leaders have been shocked to read an American think-tank report which urges them to act "ruthlessly" against opponents of the Oslo agreement Ð even if this involves "excessive force", trials without due process of law and "interrogation methods that border on psychological and/or physical torture." A draft copy of the report by the influential Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), which has close links with the United States government, has been published on the internet and circulated among dozens of members of the Palestinian Authority in Gaza, including Yasser Arafat's most senior intelligence officers. The report says that even if peace follows the "Second Intifada", "both sides [Palestinian and Israeli] will be forced to conduct aggressive [sic] security operations for years to come" which "can have a high price tag in terms of human rights." By way of comparison, it adds that British security forces in Northern Ireland "balanced" what it calls "effective security" with human rights Ð even though "the British used excessive force, abused human rights, and used extreme interrogation methods and torture." Amnesty International and other human rights groups have frequently condemned the use of arbitrary false arrest, detention and torture by Arafat's "muhabarrat" security apparatus, pointing out that CIA operatives appear to have been complicit in these abuses. Far from denouncing these practices, however, the draft CSIS report appears to encourage their use, stating that "such measures also tend to work". The document is dated 18 October and bears the name of Anthony H Cordesman Ð a former national security assistant to failed Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain Ð who is now holder of the Arleigh A Burke Chair in Strategy at the CSIS, named after the former Chief of US Naval Operations. His document is heavily referenced to CIA, State Department and Israeli sources and, according to Palestinian officials here, has been circulated within the US and Israeli governments. Entitled "Peace and War: Israel versus the Palestinians", it recounts the turbulent history of Israeli-Palestinian relations since the 1993 Oslo agreement although its bias is obvious from the frequent use of "terrorist" to describe violent Arab groups and the almost ubiquitous use of "extremist" in reference to their violent Israeli opposite numbers. It excuses the use of Israeli live bullets against stone-throwers, adding that CS gas and rubber bullets are often "not effective in stopping large groups" and that "troops cannot let mobs armed with stones and Molotov cocktails close on their positions, or rely on the riot control gear used in civil disobedience." In a section headed "The Need for Palestinian Authority Ruthlessness and Efficiency", it states "there will be no future peace, or stable peace process, if the Palestinian security forces do not act ruthlessly and effectively. They must react very quickly and decisively in dealing with terrorism and violence if they are to preserve the momentum of Israeli withdrawal, the expansion of Palestinian control, and the peace process. They must halt civil violence even if this sometimes means using excessive force by the standards of Western police forces. They must be able to halt terrorist and paramilitary action by Hamas and Islamic Jihad even if this means interrogations, detentions and trials that are too rapid and lack due process. If they do not, the net cost to both peace and the human rights of most Palestinians will be devastating." The report says that permission must be obtained for any publication of the contents, but copies have now been circulated throughout the Palestinian Authority, including the offices of Mohamed Dahalan and Jibril Rajoub, respectively heads of Arafat's "Preventative Security" in Gaza and Ramallah. Both Dahalan and Rajoub were sent to Langley, Virginia, for what was called "human rights training" by US government intelligence services. Although it condemns "Israeli terrorism" Ð a phrase used only once and in reference to Jewish settlers' groups Ð the document concludes with chilling advice to both Palestinians and Israelis. "Every counter-terrorist force that has ever succeeded has had to act decisively and sometimes violently," it says. "Effective counter-terrorism relies on interrogation methods that border on psychological and/or physical torture, arrests and detentions that are 'arbitrary' by the standards of civil law, break-ins and intelligence operations that violate the normal rights of privacy, levels of violence in making arrests that are unacceptable in civil cases, and measures that involve the innocent (or at least not provably directly guilty) in arrests and penalties." The issue, the report adds, "is not whether extreme security measures will sometimes be used, or whether they are sometimes necessary. The issue is rather how many such acts occur, how well-focused they are on those who directly commit terrorism, and how justified they are in terms of their relative cost-benefits." Palestinian officials here noted with surprise how accurate was the report's list of escalating Israeli responses to the current low-intensity war, from Israeli mobilisation of armour to the sealing off of Palestinian towns and "the use of helicopter gunships and snipers to provide mobility and suppressive fire". Apparently based on a 1996 Israeli test plan codenamed "Operation Field of Thorns", the military responses end with the "forced evacuation" of Palestinians from "sensitive areas". Palestine Authority officers, however, were taken aback to read that the PA's "military strength" includes a Lockheed Jetstar aircraft. The plane, they point out, happens to be Arafat's personal executive jet.

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CDR: RE: Here's an interesting twist on gun control ...
by Trei, Peter 07 Nov '00

07 Nov '00

> ---------- > > At 09:00 PM 11/6/00 -0800, Ray Dillinger wrote: > >Then again, as far as I know no Amish-built house has ever fallen > > Wow, you're related to the Amish? > > Anyway the English :-) may make exceptions for the Amish, but generally, > and even in rural america, you can't sell a house for human (chiiiildren) > occupation > that's not wired for classical infrastructure ---water, wires, N lbs/ft^2. > > Huh? A couple of years ago I was driving through Lancaster county , Pennsylvania (ground zero for the Amish in the US). There were plenty of Amish houses on the edge of towns, which most conspicuously did *not* have the power, phone, and cable hookups which the 'English' houses did. Can't speak for water or sewage, which would be underground. These were not isolated farmhouses, but otherwise 'normal' looking suburban tract homes, I'd guess not more that 10-15 years old. Peter

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CDR: Cypherpunks, Free newsletters added to Worldwidelists.com!
by newsletters＠worldwidelists.com 07 Nov '00

07 Nov '00

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CDR: Cypherpunks, Free newsletters added to Worldwidelists.com!
by newsletters＠worldwidelists.com 07 Nov '00

07 Nov '00

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CDR: FW: MEDIA: The PSINet Pink Contract
by James D. Wilson 07 Nov '00

07 Nov '00

Another Tier-1 ISP giving spammers guaranteed ability to spam without being terminated. This time it is PSI... -----Original Message----- From: Spam Prevention Discussion List [mailto:SPAM-L@PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM]On Behalf Of Steve Linford Sent: Monday, November 06, 2000 11:26 PM To: SPAM-L(a)PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM Subject: MEDIA: The PSINet Pink Contract Re: CNET Story: PSINet assailed as spam contract surfaces <http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-3417237.html> We have had a copy of this second pink contract for a few days but were unable to prove where it came from and so had not published it. However as CNET has independently verified its authenticity with both the spam outfit and PSINet, I'll append the full text of the contract below. I found the following clauses particularly serious: Paragraph 2: PSINet acknowledges that this is a contract to allow "Opt-out commercial email" (i.e: Spam) to be sent "in mass quantity" by the customer, which PSINet acknowledges is in the spam business. Clause 2: PSINet agrees that "Opt-out commercial email" (i.e: Spam) will be sent "in mass quantity" from the customer's PSINet line. Clause 3: PSINet will pass all spam complaints straight to the spam outfit. (We know from experience that under these contracts PSINet's US abuse desk will send a "the matter has been dealt with" autoreply to Internet users, which will deliberately deceive users that the spammers have been terminated. We also know that PSINet's US abuse desk knows that we know it does this.) Clause 8: PSINet agrees that the spam outfit will also spamvertize their web sites. Clause 9: This is a "danger money" clause in which PSINet wants an non-refundable up-front payment of $27,000 "for PSINet's increased risks associated with this Agreement" and states this payment will NOT be applied towards the customer's fees. I think the ISP community as a whole needs to reexamine it's ethics. The contracts we're finding show that far from regulating themselves some US backbones are colluding with spammers to profit off the spam problem. Although I can't prove it, I know this same case exists with the Empire Towers spammers on OarNet and Qwest (ET even tell their customers they 'buy' the providers ethics, purchasing large lines in exchange for the provider looking the other way). Perhaps even more disturbing for me is that these contracts can't exist without the collusion of the provider's abuse desk, as these contracts rely on the abuse desk eating complaints and fobbing users off. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [PSINet logo] Special Addendum to PSINet Order Form Standard Terms and Conditions This Addendum reflects agreement by the parties on the following modifications to the PSINet Order Form Standard Terms and Conditions (hereinafter the 'Agreement') by and between PSINet Inc. and Cajunnet, Inc., a Louisiana Corporation ('Customer') dated of even date herewith. Collectively, Cajunnet and PSINet are herein referred to as the "Parties". Except as expressly stated herein, all other aspects of the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect including capitalized terms which shall carry the same definitions as specified in the Agreement. WHEREAS, Cajunnet is in the business of sending opt-in and opt-out commercial e-mail; commercial email being defined as the sending of e-mail in mass quantity to notify the recipients of products and services which are being offered to the public; and WHEREAS, under a separate agreement, the Parties have agreed and contracted whereby PSINet will provide Customer a DS-3 trunk line for the operation of its opt-in and opt-out commercial e-mail business as a tier one provider; and WHEREAS, the Parties wish to provide, in this Addendum, an outline of Cajunnet's use of the DS-3 line in its opt-in and opt-out commercial e-mail business; THEREFORE, the Parties agree as follows: 1. Customer will not use the DS-3 line to send any e-mail or other mass unsolicited electronic mailing which contains pornography or any other illegal products or services. 2. Customer will send commercial e-mail only to opt in and opt out lists and will offer to the receiver of such e-mail the option to be removed from any such list. Customer shall set up a 24x7 Abuse Team that PSINet can contact to handle all complaints by any recipients of such e-mail. All complaints shall be responded to within two hours of receipt in the same form that PSINet would handle them. Any recipients who register a complaint regarding the receipt of such e-mail shall be removed from Customer's e-mail database within twenty-four (24) hours.All abuse complaints will be answered by an auto responder with an assigned ticket #. PSINet will be issued a toll-free 24 hour number they can contact. If any complaints are received by PSINet, PSINet will forward in its entirety (unchanged) to Cajunnet's abuse account on a 24 hour service. If person sends multi complaints, it will be considered as one complaint. 4. At the request of PSINet, within twenty-four (24) hours, Customer will provided PSINet with a list and sample of all commercial e-mails which have been sent by Customer over the DS-3 line within the most recent fifteen (15) day period. 5. Customer will adhere to any and all federal guidelines and regulation governing the sending of commercial e-mail as for a tier one provider. 6. In the event that PSINet proves that Customer is in default under this or any related agreement between the Parties, PSINet may terminate Customer's service upon 10 business days notice if written proof is given. Customer will with all due diligence try to correct problem within 24 hours. If PSINet receives any indication that Customer is continuing to violate PSINet's policy within this ten business day period, PSINet shall immediately terminate Customer' use of the DS-3 line. 7. Both Parties acknowledge that the corporate representative signing below is duly authorized to execute this Agreement on behalf of the respective party. 8. Customer will also host sites that it is advertising for on the same line. 9. Customer shall provide PSINet with a deposit of Twenty Seven Thousand dollars ($27,000) upon the execution of the Agreement to provide for PSINet's increased risks associated with this Agreement. Customer acknowledges that this is a non-refundable deposit that shall not be applied towards Customer's monthly fees. Customer's acceptance of this Addendum is indicated by signature below; PSINet's acceptance is indicated by proposal of this Addendum in its initial format. Customer: Cajunnet, Inc. Signature Name: Title: Date PSINet Inc., 44983 Knoll Square, Ashburn, VA 20147 http://www.psi.net ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Steve Linford The Spamhaus Project http://www.spamhaus.org

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CDR: vote trading no freedom of speech
by anonymous＠openpgp.net 07 Nov '00

07 Nov '00

Courts assail online vote-swap and auction sites November 7, 2000 Web posted at: 11:45 AM EST (1645 GMT) From staff and wire reports Courts on both sides of the nation issued rulings ahead of the Tuesday elections unfavorable to Web sites that encourage voters to swap presidential ballots for political or financial gain. In Los Angeles, a federal judge refused to stop state officials from cracking down on California-based Web sites that let users in one state trade their vote for president to someone in another state. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Southern California had sought to get a temporary restraining order, arguing Secretary of State Bill Jones actions were an unconstitutional restriction of free speech. U.S. District Judge Robert Kelleher denied the request in a ruling issued Monday night. The Web sites seek to have Green Party candidate Ralph Nader supporters cast their votes for Vice President Al Gore in states where the presidential race is expected to be close. In exchange, Democrats agree to vote for Nader in states where Republican George W. Bush is expected to win. The trades, not sanctioned by the campaigns, could help Gore in swing states and give the Green Party the 5 percent of the national vote it needs to win federal campaign money. Three sites voluntarily shut down last week after Jones told one it was violating state election laws. Officials in Oregon have issued similar warnings. Jones hailed the ruling. "Votes are not a commodity," he said. "In California, it is illegal to buy, sell or trade votes for anything of value -- including another vote." The ACLU said it would appeal, saying such exchanges between voters are protected and that agreeing to a voting strategy is different from offering payment for a vote. Massachusetts goes after vote auctioneers State officials in Massachusetts did not try to halt two so-called "Nader Trader" Web sites, www.winwincampaign.org and www.nadertrader.com. The activity on both sites was described as voluntary and involved no contract or exchange of money. "You cant give away your vote for something of value, but because there is no material gain, its not ... clearly in violation of federal law," said Harvard Law School professor Jonathan Zittrain. Under federal law, buying and selling votes is punishable by up to five years in prison, $10,000 in fines or both. However, a Massachusetts judge on Monday temporarily halted an Austrian Web site owner from buying or selling votes in the U.S. presidential election. Suffolk Superior Court Judge Maria Lopez granted an injunction against "the people operating this Web site and anybody else" who attempted to operate the site or sell their vote. Hans Bernhard of Vienna, Austria, who was identified as owning the site, had no representative at the hearing. Prosecutors told Lopez that as of Monday morning 1,116 state voters had registered with the site that was offering a total of $13,000 for their votes. The order meant Massachusetts joined Illinois, California and Nebraska in trying to shut down the Web site. The sites domain name has changed several times since been subjected to legal challenges in U.S. courts in recent weeks. It began as voteauction.com and last week was vote-auction.com. Following a temporary shutdown, the content of the site was resurrected by using a pure Internet protocol (IP) address (devoid of a domain name) and was still on the Web as of Tuesday morning. David Kerrigan, the Massachusetts state assistant attorney general, said his office did not know the identities of the voters who registered with the site, but hoped that the operator "will abide by the court order." Bernhard could not be reached for comment. http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/11/07/internet.vote/index.html

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CDR: Will it never end ...
by Peter Capelli/Raleigh/Contr/IBM 07 Nov '00

07 Nov '00

I went down to vote today, and noticed some signs for a state-wide school bond issue ($3.1 BILLION) (NC). The slogan was what caught my eye: "Do it for the children" and, "It will not raise your taxes". I didn't know whether to laugh, or cry. -p "Those who would give up essential liberty for temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin, 1759

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