Der Alte
02-24-2003, 10:05 AM
</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">SSUE: Last week, we told you how the State of California's
Legislative Data Center has been blocking all email messages
sent by citizens opposed to tax increases, who sent their
messages through a pro-family organization's web site. We
asked you to send your own message to Democrat leaders there,
to remind them of citizens' constitutional rights to
communicate with their elected representatives. Nearly 6,000
of you "reached out and touched someone" on this issue.
We've just learned of a similar situation... with an unusual
twist. Instead of a government entity blocking emails FROM
a particular conservative site, a U.S. military entity is
blocking access TO a particular conservative site.
The Center for American Unity (cfau.org) is a national non-
profit educational organization dedicated to preserving our
historical unity as Americans into the 21st Century. The
Center's education program emphasizes that America's common
language, English, is the basic bond uniting and
strengthening the United States. As part of this program,
CFAU runs a website called VDARE.com.
The editor of the site, Peter Brimelow, is a brilliant
conservative thinker and respected journalist. The site is
concerned with "national identity" questions: immigration,
affirmative action, bilingual education, multiculturalism,
etc. Celebrated columnist Michelle Malkin's column makes a
regular appearance at the site, along with many others.
And U.S. soldiers in Kuwait are being denied access to view
it.
One of those soldiers sent this note to Brimelow: "Thought
you'd like to know that some Army knucklehead out here in
Kuwait has blocked access to vdare.com as an 'advocacy
group'. Just brillig. We can fight halfway around the world
but not defend our native soil."
Maybe it's a sensitive issue... but we think our guys (and
gals) in the military should get a break on this one.
ACTION ITEM: You'd be hard-pressed to find anyone who
supports our troops overseas more than we do. While we
understand the need to restrict access on military office
computers to websites that are "mission-critical," American
soldiers are still American citizens, and deserve the
freedom to view "advocacy group" websites such as CFAU's --
at least in their off-hours.
Go to our site below to contact the Public Affairs Office
for the U.S. Army in Kuwait, and ask them to forward your
request that the local commanders stop blocking access to
conservative sites like VDARE.com for soldiers who wish to
view them when they're off duty:
http://www.conservativealer ts.com/022403.htm
<a href="http://www.conservativealer ts.com/022403.htm"> AOL GO HERE </a>
NOTE: Be sure to forward this email to everyone you know
who thinks that soldiers deserve the freedom to access these
websites in their off-hours. Thank you!
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Legislative Data Center has been blocking all email messages
sent by citizens opposed to tax increases, who sent their
messages through a pro-family organization's web site. We
asked you to send your own message to Democrat leaders there,
to remind them of citizens' constitutional rights to
communicate with their elected representatives. Nearly 6,000
of you "reached out and touched someone" on this issue.
We've just learned of a similar situation... with an unusual
twist. Instead of a government entity blocking emails FROM
a particular conservative site, a U.S. military entity is
blocking access TO a particular conservative site.
The Center for American Unity (cfau.org) is a national non-
profit educational organization dedicated to preserving our
historical unity as Americans into the 21st Century. The
Center's education program emphasizes that America's common
language, English, is the basic bond uniting and
strengthening the United States. As part of this program,
CFAU runs a website called VDARE.com.
The editor of the site, Peter Brimelow, is a brilliant
conservative thinker and respected journalist. The site is
concerned with "national identity" questions: immigration,
affirmative action, bilingual education, multiculturalism,
etc. Celebrated columnist Michelle Malkin's column makes a
regular appearance at the site, along with many others.
And U.S. soldiers in Kuwait are being denied access to view
it.
One of those soldiers sent this note to Brimelow: "Thought
you'd like to know that some Army knucklehead out here in
Kuwait has blocked access to vdare.com as an 'advocacy
group'. Just brillig. We can fight halfway around the world
but not defend our native soil."
Maybe it's a sensitive issue... but we think our guys (and
gals) in the military should get a break on this one.
ACTION ITEM: You'd be hard-pressed to find anyone who
supports our troops overseas more than we do. While we
understand the need to restrict access on military office
computers to websites that are "mission-critical," American
soldiers are still American citizens, and deserve the
freedom to view "advocacy group" websites such as CFAU's --
at least in their off-hours.
Go to our site below to contact the Public Affairs Office
for the U.S. Army in Kuwait, and ask them to forward your
request that the local commanders stop blocking access to
conservative sites like VDARE.com for soldiers who wish to
view them when they're off duty:
http://www.conservativealer ts.com/022403.htm
<a href="http://www.conservativealer ts.com/022403.htm"> AOL GO HERE </a>
NOTE: Be sure to forward this email to everyone you know
who thinks that soldiers deserve the freedom to access these
websites in their off-hours. Thank you!
------------------------------------------------------------
You are receiving this communication because you requested
to be e-mailed regarding issues and offers of interest to
conservatives, either when you sent an e-mail to Congress,
signed an online petition, sent a FedEx, faxgram or mailgram,
or when you donated to a conservative cause or candidate on
the Internet or through postal mail. You are currently
subscribed as: afosi@msn.com
To manage your subscription, either send an email to
leave-conservativealerts-2476177U@list.conser vativealerts.com or go to
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and follow instructions there.
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