Wednesday, June 28, 2017

Bush Gives Hussein 48 Hours, President Sets Stage for War, Warns Iraqi Leader to Step Down




http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=63713

The American Presidency Project

George W. Bush

XLIII President of the United States: 2001 - 2009

Address to the Nation on Iraq

March 17, 2003

My fellow citizens, events in Iraq have now reached the final days of decision. For more than a decade, the United States and other nations have pursued patient and honorable efforts to disarm the Iraqi regime without war. That regime pledged to reveal and destroy all its weapons of mass destruction as a condition for ending the Persian Gulf war in 1991.

Since then, the world has engaged in 12 years of diplomacy. We have passed more than a dozen resolutions in the United Nations Security Council. We have sent hundreds of weapons inspectors to oversee the disarmament of Iraq. Our good faith has not been returned.

The Iraqi regime has used diplomacy as a ploy to gain time and advantage. It has uniformly defied Security Council resolutions demanding full disarmament. Over the years, U.N. weapon inspectors have been threatened by Iraqi officials, electronically bugged, and systematically deceived.










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Panama, Panama
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http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=63713

The American Presidency Project

George W. Bush

XLIII President of the United States: 2001 - 2009

Address to the Nation on Iraq

March 17, 2003

My fellow citizens, events in Iraq have now reached the final days of decision. For more than a decade, the United States and other nations have pursued patient and honorable efforts to disarm the Iraqi regime without war. That regime pledged to reveal and destroy all its weapons of mass destruction as a condition for ending the Persian Gulf war in 1991.

Since then, the world has engaged in 12 years of diplomacy. We have passed more than a dozen resolutions in the United Nations Security Council. We have sent hundreds of weapons inspectors to oversee the disarmament of Iraq. Our good faith has not been returned.

The Iraqi regime has used diplomacy as a ploy to gain time and advantage. It has uniformly defied Security Council resolutions demanding full disarmament. Over the years, U.N. weapon inspectors have been threatened by Iraqi officials, electronically bugged, and systematically deceived. Peaceful efforts to disarm the Iraqi regime have failed again and again because we are not dealing with peaceful men.

Intelligence gathered by this and other governments leaves no doubt that the Iraq regime continues to possess and conceal some of the most lethal weapons ever devised. This regime has already used weapons of mass destruction against Iraq's neighbors and against Iraq's people.

The regime has a history of reckless aggression in the Middle East. It has a deep hatred of America and our friends. And it has aided, trained, and harbored terrorists, including operatives of Al Qaida.

The danger is clear: Using chemical, biological or, one day, nuclear weapons obtained with the help of Iraq, the terrorists could fulfill their stated ambitions and kill thousands or hundreds of thousands of innocent people in our country or any other.

The United States and other nations did nothing to deserve or invite this threat. But we will do everything to defeat it. Instead of drifting along toward tragedy, we will set a course toward safety. Before the day of horror can come, before it is too late to act, this danger will be removed.

The United States of America has the sovereign authority to use force in assuring its own national security. That duty falls to me as Commander in Chief, by the oath I have sworn, by the oath I will keep.

Recognizing the threat to our country, the United States Congress voted overwhelmingly last year to support the use of force against Iraq. America tried to work with the United Nations to address this threat because we wanted to resolve the issue peacefully. We believe in the mission of the United Nations. One reason theU.N. was founded after the Second World War was to confront aggressive dictators actively and early, before they can attack the innocent and destroy the peace.

In the case of Iraq, the Security Council did act in the early 1990s. Under Resolutions 678 and 687, both still in effect, the United States and our allies are authorized to use force in ridding Iraq of weapons of mass destruction. This is not a question of authority. It is a question of will.

Last September, I went to the U.N. General Assembly and urged the nations of the world to unite and bring an end to this danger. On November 8th, the Security Council unanimously passed Resolution 1441, finding Iraq in material breach of its obligations and vowing serious consequences if Iraq did not fully and immediately disarm.

Today, no nation can possibly claim that Iraq has disarmed, and it will not disarm so long as Saddam Hussein holds power. For the last 4 1/2 months, the United States and our allies have worked within the Security Council to enforce that Council's long-standing demands. Yet, some permanent members of the Security Council have publicly announced they will veto any resolution that compels the disarmament of Iraq. These governments share our assessment of the danger but not our resolve to meet it.

Many nations, however, do have the resolve and fortitude to act against this threat to peace, and a broad coalition is now gathering to enforce the just demands of the world. The United Nations Security Council has not lived up to its responsibilities, so we will rise to ours.

In recent days, some governments in the Middle East have been doing their part. They have delivered public and private messages urging the dictator to leave Iraq, so that disarmament can proceed peacefully. He has thus far refused.

All the decades of deceit and cruelty have now reached an end. Saddam Hussein and his sons must leave Iraq within 48 hours. Their refusal to do so will result in military conflict, commenced at a time of our choosing. For their own safety, all foreign nationals, including journalists and inspectors, should leave Iraq immediately.

Many Iraqis can hear me tonight in a translated radio broadcast, and I have a message for them: If we must begin a military campaign, it will be directed against the lawless men who rule your country and not against you. As our coalition takes away their power, we will deliver the food and medicine you need. We will tear down the apparatus of terror, and we will help you to build a new Iraq that is prosperous and free. In a free Iraq, there will be no more wars of aggression against your neighbors, no more poison factories, no more executions of dissidents, no more torture chambers and rape rooms. The tyrant will soon be gone. The day of your liberation is near.

It is too late for Saddam Hussein to remain in power. It is not too late for the Iraqi military to act with honor and protect your country by permitting the peaceful entry of coalition forces to eliminate weapons of mass destruction. Our forces will give Iraqi military units clear instructions on actions they can take to avoid being attacked and destroyed. I urge every member of the Iraqi military and intelligence services: If war comes, do not fight for a dying regime that is not worth your own life.

And all Iraqi military and civilian personnel should listen carefully to this warning: In any conflict, your fate will depend on your actions. Do not destroy oil wells, a source of wealth that belongs to the Iraqi people. Do not obey any command to use weapons of mass destruction against anyone, including the Iraqi people. War crimes will be prosecuted. War criminals will be punished. And it will be no defense to say, "I was just following orders."

Should Saddam Hussein choose confrontation, the American people can know that every measure has been taken to avoid war and every measure will be taken to win it. Americans understand the costs of conflict because we have paid them in the past. War has no certainty, except the certainty of sacrifice. Yet, the only way to reduce the harm and duration of war is to apply the full force and might of our military, and we are prepared to do so.

If Saddam Hussein attempts to cling to power, he will remain a deadly foe until the end. In desperation, he and terrorists groups might try to conduct terrorist operations against the American people and our friends. These attacks are not inevitable. They are, however, possible. And this very fact underscores the reason we cannot live under the threat of blackmail. The terrorist threat to America and the world will be diminished the moment that Saddam Hussein is disarmed.

Our Government is on heightened watch against these dangers. Just as we are preparing to ensure victory in Iraq, we are taking further actions to protect our homeland. In recent days, American authorities have expelled from the country certain individuals with ties to Iraqi intelligence services. Among other measures, I have directed additional security of our airports and increased Coast Guard patrols of major seaports. The Department of Homeland Security is working closely with the Nation's Governors to increase armed security at critical facilities across America.

Should enemies strike our country, they would be attempting to shift our attention with panic and weaken our morale with fear. In this, they would fail. No act of theirs can alter the course or shake the resolve of this country. We are a peaceful people. Yet we're not a fragile people, and we will not be intimidated by thugs and killers. If our enemies dare to strike us, they and all who have aided them will face fearful consequences.

We are now acting because the risks of inaction would be far greater. In 1 year, or 5 years, the power of Iraq to inflict harm on all free nations would be multiplied many times over. With these capabilities, Saddam Hussein and his terrorist allies could choose the moment of deadly conflict when they are strongest. We choose to meet that threat now, where it arises, before it can appear suddenly in our skies and cities.

The cause of peace requires all free nations to recognize new and undeniable realities. In the 20th century, some chose to appease murderous dictators, whose threats were allowed to grow into genocide and global war. In this century, when evil men plot chemical, biological, and nuclear terror, a policy of appeasement could bring destruction of a kind never before seen on this Earth.

Terrorists and terror states do not reveal these threats with fair notice, in formal declarations. And responding to such enemies only after they have struck first is not self-defense; it is suicide. The security of the world requires disarming Saddam Hussein now.

As we enforce the just demands of the world, we will also honor the deepest commitments of our country. Unlike Saddam Hussein, we believe the Iraqi people are deserving and capable of human liberty. And when the dictator has departed, they can set an example to all the Middle East of a vital and peaceful and self-governing nation.

The United States, with other countries, will work to advance liberty and peace in that region. Our goal will not be achieved overnight, but it can come over time. The power and appeal of human liberty is felt in every life and every land. And the greatest power of freedom is to overcome hatred and violence and turn the creative gifts of men and women to the pursuits of peace.

That is the future we choose. Free nations have a duty to defend our people by uniting against the violent. And tonight, as we have done before, America and our allies accept that responsibility.

Good night, and may God continue to bless America.

NOTE: The President spoke at 8:01 p.m.










JOURNAL ARCHIVE: - posted by H.V.O.M - Kerry Wayne Burgess 12:45 AM Pacific Time Spokane Valley Washington USA Wednesday 20 July 2016 - http://hvom.blogspot.com/2016/07/the-enemy-within.html


She had asked me as we sat there at the table a question about what I did in my spare time. That was my response.





JOURNAL ARCHIVE: Posted by H.V.O.M at 8:50 AM Saturday, July 21, 2007


When I was sitting there in that bar in our office in historic Bellevue, Washington, in 1999, I told her I drove around in my blue Mazda RX-7 and solved crimes. Suzanne Morgan then looked across the table at Thomas Dawkins and asked him "What did he say?" and Thomas repeated what I had said. Later that evening, from my apartment at Oakwood, I wrote an email to Suzanne and commented that all the cigarette smoke in that bar had caused my face to turn red.


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The American Presidency Project

Harry S. Truman

XXXIII President of the United States: 1945-1953

Proclamation 2993—Copyright: Principality of Monaco

October 15, 1952

By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

Whereas section 9 of title 17 of the United States Code, entitled "Copyrights", as codified and enacted into positive law by the act of Congress approved July 30, 1947, 61 Stat. 652, provides in part that the copyright secured by said title shall extend to the work of an author or proprietor who is a citizen or subject of a foreign state or nation only:

"(a) When an alien author or proprietor shall be domiciled within the United States at the time of the first publication of his work; or

"(b) When the foreign state or nation of which such author or proprietor is a citizen or subject grants, either by treaty, convention, agreement, or law, to citizens of the United States the benefit of copyright on substantially the same basis as to its own citizens, or copyright protection, substantially equal to the protection secured to such foreign author under this title or by treaty; or when such foreign state or nation is a party to an international agreement which provides for reciprocity in the granting of copyright, by the terms of which agreement the United States may, at its pleasure, become a party thereto.",

and

Whereas section 1 of the said title 17 provides in part as follows:

"Any person entitled thereto, upon complying with the provisions of this title, shall have the exclusive right:

* * * * *

"(e) to perform the copyrighted work publicly for profit if it be a musical composition; * * * Provided, That the provisions of this title, so far as they secure copyright controlling the parts of instruments serving to reproduce mechanically the musical work, shall include only compositions published and copyrighted after July 1, 1909, and shall not include the works of a foreign author or composer unless the foreign state or nation of which such author or composer is a citizen or subject grants, either by treaty, convention, agreement, or law, to citizens of the United States similar rights.";

and

Whereas section 9 of the said title 17 further provides that "The existence of the reciprocal conditions aforesaid shall be determined by the President of the United States, by proclamation made from time to time as the purposes of this title may require * * *"; and

Whereas a Sovereign Ordinance has been issued this day by His Serene Highness the Prince of Monaco whereby citizens of the United States as of this day are entitled to obtain copyright protection in the Principality of Monaco for all their artistic and literary works on substantially the same basis as nationals of Monaco, including rights similar to those provided by section 1(e) of the said title 17:

Now, Therefore, I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America, do declare and proclaim:

That as of this day the conditions specified in section (b) and 1(e) of title 17 of the United States Code exist and are fulfilled with respect to nationals of the Principality of Monaco, and that nationals of the Principality of Monaco as of this day are entitled to all the benefits of the said title 17 except those conferred by the provisions embodied in the second paragraph of section 9(b) thereof regarding the extension of time for fulfilling copyright conditions and formalities.

Provided, that the enjoyment by any work of the rights and benefits conferred by the said title 17 shall be conditioned upon compliance with the requirements and formalities prescribed with respect to such works by the copyright laws of the United States:

And provided further, that the provision of section 1(e) of the said title 17, so far as they secure copyright controlling parts of instruments serving to reproduce mechanically the musical work, shall apply only to compositions published on or after third day, and registered for copyright in the United States which have not been reproduced within the United States prior to this day on any contrivance by means of which the work may be mechanically performed.

In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States of America to be affixed.

Done at the City of Washington this fifteenth day of October in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and fifty-two and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventy-seventh.

HARRY S. TRUMAN












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http://articles.latimes.com/2003/mar/18/world/fg-assess18

Los Angeles Times


SHOWDOWN WITH IRAQ NEWS ANALYSIS

To Bush, War May Be Ultimate Problem-Solver

Diplomacy meant that smaller countries could stand in the way of the world's superpower.

March 18, 2003 Doyle McManus Times Staff Writer

WASHINGTON — It is time, a sharp-tongued administration official jokes in private, to "give war a chance."

President Bush's ultimatum to Iraq on Monday reflected two convictions that appear to have driven him ever since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11. One is his belief that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein poses an imminent threat to the security of the United States; the other is a certainty that U.S. military action can provide a quick and decisive solution to that problem.

"Before it is too late to act, this danger will be removed," Bush said. "The United States of America has the sovereign authority to use force in assuring its own national security.... This is not a question of authority. It is a question of will."

For Bush, six months of frustrating diplomacy at the United Nations produced no solution to the problem of Iraq. Instead, it led to a stinging political setback: his failure to win a majority vote authorizing force to disarm Hussein.

Diplomacy meant that smaller countries -- not only France, but Chile and Cameroon -- could stand in the way of the world's only superpower.

War, in contrast, now apparently looks to the president like the ultimate problem-solving tool. Administration officials say they are not merely confident of victory in Iraq; they have high hopes that victory will come swiftly, with minimal loss of life.

Although Bush in his Monday speech said he would accept a solution short of war if Hussein and his sons left Iraq, other officials said they did not expect that to happen. Indeed, the president used most of his remarks to explain why he intends to use military force and to instruct the Iraqi people how to respond when U.S. forces arrive.

"The idea that our military power is a useful tool to solve problems is an increasingly powerful and widespread view," said Lee H. Hamilton, a former Democratic congressman who now heads the Woodrow Wilson International Center think tank.

"I think Bush is gambling very heavily on a quick and decisive military victory and on a successful aftermath," he said. "On the first point, he will almost surely win his gamble. But the second is much less clear."

Other foreign policy scholars, including some who favor war in Iraq and some who are opposed, made much the same point: American military superiority around the globe means the United States can probably prevail in almost any armed conflict -- and that could turn into a temptation.

But winning hearts and minds may be more difficult, especially if thousands of U.S. troops find themselves running a post-Hussein Iraq.

"Perceptions of power are very significant in decision-makers' psyches when they define interests and objectives," said Terry Deibel, a strategist at the National War College. "If the only tool you've got is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail." (He noted that he was speaking personally, not for the college, which is run by the Department of Defense.)

"American military strength is not in doubt, and our military means have become more effective and more efficient because of technology," Deibel said. By contrast, "The diplomacy we just saw at the U.N. ... is the instrument of the weak."

Deibel said he supports a war against Iraq.

"There is a real threat there, and I don't think inspections would find the smoking gun," he said.

John Mearsheimer of the University of Chicago argued that the war is unnecessary, but described the administration's approach to the use of power in similar terms.

"The Bush administration believes in big-stick diplomacy," he said. "It believes ... if you use military force and do it effectively, you'll not only solve the immediate problem the force is directed at, you'll force other states to take notice and throw up their hands in defeat.

"The key question is not how the war will play out but how the occupation will play out," he said. "It's almost impossible for great powers like the United States to conquer and occupy other countries for a long time. The local population will view us as a colonial power. Local forces will rise up and challenge our rule."

Bush aides insist they will not fall into that trap. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld has said U.S. forces "will stay as long as necessary and leave as soon as possible."

But the Bush administration has not done as much visible groundwork for the postwar mission as it has for the goal of ousting Hussein. Last week, the Council on Foreign Relations, a bastion of the traditional foreign policy establishment, issued a report warning that the administration has failed to prepare the American public for the costs -- in both money and, perhaps, lives -- of administering Iraq.



http://articles.latimes.com/2003/mar/18/world/fg-assess18/2

Los Angeles Times


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SHOWDOWN WITH IRAQ NEWS ANALYSIS

To Bush, War May Be Ultimate Problem-Solver

Diplomacy meant that smaller countries could stand in the way of the world's superpower.

March 18, 2003 Doyle McManus Times Staff Writer

"The president has done a very good job spelling out the risks of inaction in Iraq, but he hasn't done a good job in spelling out the risks of action," Hamilton said. "He appears to have adopted the view that there should be a major long-term role for the United States in rebuilding Iraq and transforming the Middle East.... But he has not prepared the American people for that."

Foreign policy experts said other diplomatic missteps on the way to Monday's ultimatum also reduced the degree of international support the U.S. can rely on, both during a war and after.

"We have mishandled the diplomacy -- if you want to call it diplomacy -- monstrously," said Lawrence S. Eagleburger, secretary of State during the administration of Bush's father.

"I don't think we could have avoided most of the negative reaction we're getting around the world," he said. "Even if it had been handled beautifully, there was never going to be enough support to get a Security Council vote to authorize military action.... But we could have done it at lower cost."

As a result, Eagleburger and others said, Bush's margin for error is now reduced. If the United States wins the war quickly and easily, and handles the aftermath deftly, all will be forgiven. But if the U.S. action in Iraq runs into problems, the critics will lose no time in pouncing.

"There's a real concern in the rest of the world that the world's only superpower simply should not be allowed to flex its muscles this way," said Eagleburger, who added that he supports the war.

"If, in the aftermath, we find the weapons of mass destruction that we think are there, some of the antagonism will wither on the vine," he said. "But if things go badly in the aftermath, everybody is going to say, 'I told you so.'

"Victory has a thousand fathers," he said. "Defeat is an orphan. Or however that goes."










http://articles.latimes.com/2003/mar/18/world/fg-bush18

Los Angeles Times


SHOWDOWN WITH IRAQ

Bush Gives Hussein 48 Hours

President Sets Stage for War, Warns Iraqi Leader to Step Down

March 18, 2003 Maura Reynolds Times Staff Writer

WASHINGTON — A solemn President Bush put the nation and the world on a war footing Monday, issuing an ultimatum to Iraq's Saddam Hussein to step down within 48 hours or face sure destruction "at a time of our choosing."

In a 15-minute address from the front hall of the White House, the president also delivered three messages to Iraqis and Americans: He promised Iraqis that war would not be aimed at them. He warned Iraqi troops not to resist U.S. forces. And he pledged to Americans to do his utmost to protect the home front from possible retaliation.

"Free nations have a duty to defend our people by uniting against the violent. And tonight, as we have done before, America and our allies accept that responsibility," Bush said.

The president's deadline means that war could begin as early as Wednesday night, Washington time -- the predawn hours of Thursday in Iraq.

Bush stressed that he believes the risks of inaction are greater than the risks of war. "In one year, or five years, the power of Iraq to inflict harm on all free nations would be multiplied many times over," Bush said. "We choose to meet that threat now, where it arises, before it can appear suddenly in our skies and cities."

Around the world, nations and international organizations prepared for a war that many oppose but now feel is inevitable.

The United Nations ordered weapons inspectors and other personnel out of Iraq, in effect halting the inspections process many felt was leading to partial disarmament. Witnesses said early today that a plane carrying the inspectors had taken off from Baghdad on a flight bound for Cyprus.

Foreign diplomats shuttered embassies and prepared to leave the country, and Iraqis stocked up on supplies, taped windows, took their children out of school and climbed aboard buses heading out of the capital.

"For their own safety, all foreign nationals -- including journalists and inspectors -- should leave Iraq immediately," Bush said.

Just after the speech, Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge raised the national threat level to orange, or "high," the second-highest level. Ridge cited intelligence reports that in the event of a military campaign against Iraq, "terrorists will attempt multiple attacks against U.S. and coalition targets worldwide."

"These attacks are not inevitable. They are, however, possible," Bush said. "And this very fact underscores the reason we cannot live under the threat of blackmail. The terrorist threat to America and the world will be diminished the moment that Saddam Hussein is disarmed."

Bush said his remarks were being translated and broadcast into Iraq, and he said he had a message for the Iraqi people: "If we must begin a military campaign, it will be directed against the lawless men who rule your country and not against you. As our coalition takes away their power, we will deliver the food and medicine you need. We will tear down the apparatus of terror and we will help you to build a new Iraq that is prosperous and free."

At the same time, he urged the Iraqi military to give up without a fight.

"Our forces will give Iraqi military units clear instructions on actions they can take to avoid being attacked and destroyed," Bush said. "I urge every member of the Iraqi military and intelligence services: If war comes, do not fight for a dying regime that is not worth your own life."

Then he added a threat: "War crimes will be prosecuted. War criminals will be punished. And it will be no defense to say, 'I was just following orders.' "

The call to war had been expected since Sunday, when Bush and allies Britain and Spain held an emergency summit in Portugal's Azores islands and announced that diplomacy would be halted in 24 hours.

Hours later, on Monday morning, the three withdrew from the U.N. Security Council a proposed second resolution seeking authorization for military action. Under the threat of vetoes from France and Russia, the resolution had failed to attract the nine votes needed to pass.

In his remarks, Bush reviewed the failed diplomacy and accused the United Nations and "some permanent members of the Security Council" -- France and Russia -- for faltering.

"These governments share our assessment of the danger but not our resolve to meet it," Bush said. "Many nations, however, do have the resolve and fortitude to act against this threat to peace, and a broad coalition is now gathering to enforce the just demands of the world. The United Nations Security Council has not lived up to its responsibilities, so we will rise to ours."

Bush asserted that even without a new resolution, the United States has a legal right to use force to disarm Iraq.

He cited two resolutions passed in the early 1990s at the time of the Persian Gulf War. And he recalled that Resolution 1441, passed unanimously in November, promised "serious consequences" -- a diplomatic euphemism for military force -- if Iraq failed to disarm.

"This is not a question of authority, it is a question of will," the president said.



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SHOWDOWN WITH IRAQ

Bush Gives Hussein 48 Hours

President Sets Stage for War, Warns Iraqi Leader to Step Down

March 18, 2003 Maura Reynolds Times Staff Writer

Bush reviewed the history of the United Nations, saying it had been formed in the ashes of World War II to prevent the rise of new dictators.

"In the 20th century, some chose to appease murderous dictators, whose threats were allowed to grow into genocide and global war. In this century, when evil men plot chemical, biological and nuclear terror, a policy of appeasement could bring destruction of a kind never before seen on this earth," Bush said.

Critics describe the impending campaign as a "preventative war," which has generally been considered illegal under international law. Bush argued that because of the threat that terrorists may acquire weapons of mass destruction, that standard should change.

"Terrorists and terror states do not reveal these threats with fair notice, in formal declarations. And responding to such enemies only after they have struck first is not self-defense, it is suicide."

Bush said "public and private messages" urging Hussein to step down had been delivered in recent days by various Middle Eastern nations. Iraqi officials rejected the idea that Hussein would go into exile.

"He will stay in place like a solid rock," Iraq's Information Minister Mohammed Said Sahaf told the Qatar-based Al Jazeera satellite TV network.

The United States and Britain have more than 200,000 troops deployed around Iraq and primed for military action. Early today, Australian Prime Minister John Howard said about 2,000 Australian troops in the region would also be allowed to join the impending campaign.

Reversing course, Turkish leaders indicated Monday that they will again ask parliament to allow the United States to move troops and equipment into Turkey and open a front in northern Iraq. Despite Ankara's earlier refusal, U.S. ships remain off the coast of Turkey. It is unclear whether they could unload quickly enough to make a difference in a military operation.

The decision to raise the terrorist threat level was announced immediately after the president's speech in a flurry of calls between Ridge and other homeland security officials and the nation's governors, state and local homeland security advisors, business leaders and representatives of Mexico and Canada.

Raising the threat level, said one U.S. official, "was due to a large volume of intelligence reporting across a wide range of sources, some of which are highly reliable, which indicates Al Qaeda probably would attempt to launch terrorist attacks against U.S. interests, claiming they were defending Muslims or the Iraqi people rather than the Saddam Hussein regime."

Bush's speech had been in the works for two days, White House officials said.

It was drafted jointly by chief speechwriter Michael Gerson and political advisor Karen Hughes aboard Air Force One on Sunday night as the president and his aides returned from the Azores.

Bush will address the nation from the Oval Office when he decides to start military action, officials said.

The president said he understood the gravity of his decision and expressed confidence that the American people were prepared for the costs of the conflict.

"War has no certainty, except the certainty of sacrifice," he said.

Bush's Republican allies in Congress welcomed his resolve and backed his conclusion that further diplomatic efforts would be fruitless.

"The president has shown great patience and given diplomacy every chance to work, but as he stated tonight -- the time to act has arrived," said Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.).

Democrats who supported last fall's congressional resolution authorizing the use of force against Iraq expressed disappointment that Bush did not organize more international support but rallied in the name of national unity.

Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) urged Bush to continue trying to build international support for postwar efforts to rebuild Iraq.

The cost of the war and possible postwar expenses loom as the next big fight in Congress. As soon as a military campaign begins, Bush is expected to ask Congress for new funding to pay for the war; some estimate the request will be in the range of $100 billion.

At Camp Matilda, desert headquarters for the 1st Marine Division, troops listened to the president's speech on a radio at 4 a.m. Kuwait time, as trucks loaded Marines and gear for what was described as a previously scheduled exercise in moving the force north, closer to the Iraqi border.

Early foreign reaction to Bush's speech was mixed. Australia and Japan rallied behind the American president. But mostly Muslim Indonesia and Malaysia criticized the ultimatum. Mexico said it regretted that war seemed inevitable. And France said ignoring international disapproval of a war would carry "heavy responsibility."










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Ollie: Well, here's a another nice mess you've gotten me into.



- posted by Kerry Burgess 01:01 AM Pacific Time Spokane Valley Washington USA Wednesday 28 June 2017

Thursday, June 22, 2017

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The Mist

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S1 Ep1 Pilot

10:00 - 11:05p [ 10:00 PM Thursday 22 June 2017 Pacific Time USA ]

(6/22) A foreboding mist arrives in a small town, ushering in a terrifying new reality for its residents and putting their humanity to the test.










JOURNAL ARCHIVE: 12/20/08 3:55 PM


That scene makes me think of that pond in the woods near the High Steel Bridge where I was sleeping in my Jeep there for about 2 weeks.

I started off sleeping there on a road that led off the dirt road that was more of a secondary road from the main dirt road and sometimes I would sleep in my Jeep while parked on that moutain ridge about 5 miles west from there. When it got too cold to sleep in my Jeep on that ridge, I would sometimes drive back to that tertiary road near that pond.

I was convinced that I needed to be there and that I was waiting on something but I had no idea what I was waiting for other than the lingering notion that somebody was going to tell me something.


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Wayne Jessup: Yes, the scientists! They must've ripped a hole through by accident. That's how their world keeps on spilling through into ours.



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[after Norm is dragged off into the mist]

Jim Grondin: [to David] How was I supposed to know what you meant? You should've said what you meant better!










From 5/4/2005 ( the incident at the police department City of Kent Washington State after my voluntary approach to report material criminal activity directed against my person and I am secretly drugged against my consent ) To 11/12/2007 is 922 days

922 = 461 + 461

From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 2/6/1967 ( Lyndon Johnson - Special Message to the Congress on Crime in America ) is 461 days



From 5/4/2005 ( the incident at the police department City of Kent Washington State after my voluntary approach to report material criminal activity directed against my person and I am secretly drugged against my consent ) To 11/12/2007 is 922 days

922 = 461 + 461

From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 2/6/1967 ( Lyndon Johnson - Statement by the President on the Message on Crime in America ) is 461 days



From 5/4/2005 ( the incident at the police department City of Kent Washington State after my voluntary approach to report material criminal activity directed against my person and I am secretly drugged against my consent ) To 11/12/2007 is 922 days

922 = 461 + 461

From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 2/6/1967 ( Lyndon Johnson - Remarks Upon Presenting the National Medal of Science Awards for 1966 ) is 461 days



From 3/6/1949 ( premiere US TV series episode "Actor's Studio"::"Joe McSween's Atomic Machine" ) To 3/16/1991 ( my first successful major test of my ultraspace matter transportation device as Kerry Wayne Burgess the successful Ph.D. graduate Columbia South Carolina ) is 15350 days

From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 11/12/2007 is 15350 days



From 4/11/1865 ( Abraham Lincoln - Proclamation 126—Closing Certain Ports ) To 5/1/1949 ( the discovery of the planet Neptune moon Nereid by Gerard Kuiper ) is 30700 days

30700 = 15350 + 15350

From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 11/12/2007 is 15350 days



From 4/11/1865 ( Abraham Lincoln - Proclamation 128—Claiming Equality of Rights with All Maritime Nations ) To 5/1/1949 ( the discovery of the planet Neptune moon Nereid by Gerard Kuiper ) is 30700 days

30700 = 15350 + 15350

From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 11/12/2007 is 15350 days



From 10/15/1952 ( Harry Truman - Proclamation 2993—Copyright: Principality of Monaco ) To 10/25/1994 ( Susan Smith kills her two children and dumps them in her car in the John D. Long Lake near Union South Carolina ) is 15350 days

From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 11/12/2007 is 15350 days



From 10/26/1956 ( Dwight Eisenhower - Statement by the President at the Conference on the Statute of the International Atomic Energy Agency ) To 11/12/2007 is 18644 days

18644 = 9322 + 9322

From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 5/12/1991 ( I was the winning race driver at the Formula One Monaco Grand Prix ) is 9322 days



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Lyndon B. Johnson

XXXVI President of the United States: 1963-1969

37 - Remarks Upon Presenting the National Medal of Science Awards for 1966

February 6, 1967

Dr. Hornig, distinguished Medal of Science award winners, Members of the Cabinet, Members of the Congress, distinguished ladies and gentlemen:

The discoverer Isaac Newton once wrote that he felt like "a boy playing on the seashore," while "the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me."

Today, we have come here to the East Room to honor 11 men whose lifelong purpose has been to explore the great ocean of truth. Their achievements--and the work of other scientists--have lengthened man's life, have eased his days, and have enriched our treasury of wisdom.

For nearly two centuries, America has been a lighthouse of democratic government in the world.

But we have also stood for other things. First, we have been an example of the power of science and technology to transform man's life.

The steamship, the telephone, the Salk vaccine, the splitting of the atom, our steady climb to the moon and the stars--all of these developments in our land have excited the entire world, and have changed it forever.

Today, our enormous investment in science and research is our evidence of our faith that science can not only make man richer--but science can make man better.

Second, and more important, America stands for the unfettered pursuit of knowledge.

Scientific research in our Nation is heavily financed by our Government.

I believe that government must guard freedom of inquiry--and extend it. The voyage of our scientists should be to make new discoveries--not just to confirm old dogmas.

In the famous poem, Ulysses pledges "To follow knowledge, like a sinking star, Beyond the utmost bounds of human thought."

That goal is the goal of these scientists_ that goal is the goal of American science.

So gentlemen, I am greatly honored to make this year's awards of the National Medal of Science.

Note: The President spoke at 11:44 a.m. in the East Room at the White House. His opening words referred to Dr. Donald F. Hornig, Special Assistant to the President and Director of the Office of Science and Technology.

The National Medal of Science, established by Congress in 1959 (73 Stat. 431), is awarded to outstanding scientists on the basis of recommendations by the President's Committee on the National Medal of Science under the chairmanship of Dr. H. E. Carter of the University of Illinois. The 1966 recipients and their citations are listed below:

Biological sciences: Edward Fred Knipling, Director, Entomology Research Divisions, U.S. Department of Agriculture, "For outstanding original contributions involving unique biological approaches to the control of insect vectors responsible for diseases of humans, domesticated animals, and plants"; Fritz Albert Lipmann, professor of biochemistry, Rockefeller University, "For original discoveries of molecular mechanisms for the transfer and transformation of energy in living cells, and for fundamental contributions to the conceptual structure of modern biochemistry"; William Cumming Rose, professor of chemistry, emeritus, University of Illinois, "For the discovery of the essential amino acid threonlne and for the subsequent brilliant studies elucidating the qualitative and quantitative amino acid requirements of man and of animals"; Sewall Wright, professor of genetics, emeritus, University of Wisconsin, "For original and sustained contributions to the mathematical foundations of the theory of evolution and for basic contributions to experimental and biometrical genetics."

Engineering sciences: Claude Elwood Shannon, Donner professor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, "For brilliant contributions to the mathematical theories of communications and information processing and for his early and continuing impact on the development of these disciplines"; Vladimir Kosma Zworykin, honorary vice president, Radio Corporation of America, "For major contributions to the instruments of science, engineering and television, and for his stimulation of the application of engineering to medicine."

Mathematical sciences: John Willard Milnor, professor of mathematics, Princeton University, "For clever and ingenious approaches in topology which have solved long outstanding problems and opened new exciting areas in this active branch of mathematics."

Physical sciences: Jacob Aall Bonnevie Bjerknes, professor of meteorology, University of California, Los Angeles, "By watching and studying maps he discovered the cyclone-making waves of the air and the climate-controlling changes of the sea"; Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, professor of theoretical astrophysics, University of Chicago, "For numerous superb contributions to stellar astronomy, physics, and applied mathematics, and for his guidance and inspiration to his many students and colleagues"; Henry Eyring, dean, Graduate School (retired), University of Utah, "For contributions to our understanding of the structure and properties of matter, especially for his creation of absolute rate theory, one of the sharpest tools in the study of rates of chemical reaction"; and John Hasbrouck Van Vleck, Hollis Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy, Harvard University, "For his many contributions to the development of the theory of molecular structure and for his profound influence, through original contributions and through many brilliant students, on the theory of the magnetic and dielectric properties of materials."










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Actors Studio Season 1 Episode 24

Joe McSween's Atomic Machine

Aired Sunday 8:30 PM Mar 06, 1949 on ABC

Joe McSween is a factory worker who builds a machine in his basement. The machine doesn't do anything—it just runs. Naturally, everyone thinks that it's an atomic machine, and the government gets involved.

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Abraham Lincoln

XVI President of the United States: 1861-1865

Proclamation 126—Closing Certain Ports

April 11, 1865

By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

Whereas by my proclamations of the 19th and 27th days of April, A. D. 1861, the ports of the United States in the States of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas were declared to be subject to blockade










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01:31:07


Wayne Jessup: I didn't understand the half of it. It ain't my fault!

Mrs. Carmody: Oh. Ain't. His. Fault. No, no, no. Ain't nothin' ever anybody's fault. But he denies it. He points the finger, this Judas in our midst.

Crowd: Judas!

Mrs. Carmody: You! You! Don't you know by now? Don't you know the truth? We are being punished. For what? For going against the will of God! For going against His forbidden rules of old! Walking on the Moon! Yes! Yes!



- posted by Kerry Burgess 2:43 PM Pacific Time Spokane Valley Washington USA Thursday 22 June 2017

Tuesday, June 06, 2017

"I thought it would release me."






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From 5/7/1992 ( the first launch of the US space shuttle Endeavour orbiter vehicle mission STS-49 includes Kerry Wayne Burgess the United States Marine Corps officer and United States STS-49 pilot astronaut ) To 11/18/1996 is 1656 days

1656 = 828 + 828

From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA as Kerry Burgess ) To 2/8/1968 ( premiere US film "Planet of the Apes" ) is 828 days



From 2/11/1929 ( Vatican City established ) To 3/16/1991 ( the first successful major test of the ultraspace matter transportation device by Kerry Wayne Burgess the successful Ph.D. graduate Columbia South Carolina ) is 22678 days

22678 = 11339 + 11339

From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA as Kerry Burgess ) To 11/18/1996 is 11339 days



From 8/15/1938 ( premiere US film "It's in the Stars" ) To 11/18/1996 is 21280 days

21280 = 10640 + 10640

From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA as Kerry Burgess ) To 12/20/1994 ( in Bosnia this day is the United States Navy Cross medal date of record for Kerry Wayne Burgess the United States Marine Corps captain ) is 10640 days



From 12/4/1963 ( premiere US TV movie "Project: Man in Space" ) To 12/20/1994 ( in Bosnia this day is the United States Navy Cross medal date of record for Kerry Wayne Burgess the United States Marine Corps captain ) is 11339 days

From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA as Kerry Burgess ) To 11/18/1996 is 11339 days



From 12/19/1984 ( from my official United States Navy documents: as Kerry Wayne Burgess the E-3 Seaman United States Navy I reported aboard the USS Taylor FFG 50 departing 11 February 1986 as FC3 Kerry Wayne Burgess US Navy ) To 11/18/1996 is 4352 days

4352 = 2176 + 2176

From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA as Kerry Burgess ) To 10/18/1971 ( Richard Nixon - Executive Order 11628 - Establishing a Seal for the Environmental Protection Agency ) is 2176 days



From 4/18/1988 ( the United States Navy Operation Praying Mantis ) To 11/18/1996 is 3136 days

From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA as Kerry Burgess ) To 6/4/1974 ( construction begins of the United States space shuttle Enterprise ) is 3136 days



From 1/1/1960 ( Dwight Eisenhower - Letter to the Attorney General on Receiving His Report on Deceptive Practices in Broadcasting Media ) To 1/17/1991 ( the date of record United States Navy Medal of Honor for Kerry Wayne Burgess chief warrant officer United States Marine Corps circa 1991 also known as Matthew Kline for official duty and also known as Wayne Newman for official duty ) is 11339 days

From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA as Kerry Burgess ) To 11/18/1996 is 11339 days



From 1/1/1960 ( Dwight Eisenhower - Letter to the Attorney General on Receiving His Report on Deceptive Practices in Broadcasting Media ) To 1/17/1991 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - the Persian Gulf War begins as scheduled severe criminal activity against the United States of America ) is 11339 days

From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA as Kerry Burgess ) To 11/18/1996 is 11339 days



From 7/3/1958 ( the first flight of the John Silva "Telecopter" ) To 7/19/1989 ( the United Airlines Flight 232 crash ) is 11339 days

From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA as Kerry Burgess ) To 11/18/1996 is 11339 days



From 7/3/1958 ( Dwight Eisenhower - Memorandum Concerning Proposed Agreement With the United Kingdom for Cooperation on Uses of Atomic Energy for Mutual Defense ) To 7/19/1989 ( the United Airlines Flight 232 crash in Sioux City Iowa ) is 11339 days

From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA as Kerry Burgess ) To 11/18/1996 is 11339 days



From 1/29/1959 ( premiere US film "Sleeping Beauty" ) To 11/18/1996 is 13808 days

13808 = 6904 + 6904

From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA as Kerry Burgess ) To 9/27/1984 ( from my official United States Navy documents: "UA from class from 0600-0800" ) is 6904 days



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RSVP / INTO THE NIGHT

'First Contact' With a Soon-to-Be Hit

November 20, 1996 BILL HIGGINS SPECIAL TO THE TIMES

The Scene: Monday's benefit premiere of Paramount's "Star Trek: First Contact" at Mann's Chinese theater. A party followed at the nearby Hollywood Colonnade. Filmgoers with lives beyond the "Trek" biosphere should find the film readily accessible. One woman associated with the TV series said: "Borgs are bad; humans are good. That's all you need to know."

The Buzz: The universe will have to expand to contain the money this film will make. The opening weekend will go where no film grosses have gone before.

Who Was There: Stars Patrick Stewart, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, Alice Krige and Alfre Woodard; director-star Jonathan Frakes; producer Rick Berman; Rene Auberjonois, Avery Brooks, Colm Meaney and Armin Shimerman, who acted in sundry "Star Trek" shows; plus 1,000 guests, including Ted Harbert, Roger Birnbaum, Mark Gordon, Nick Reed, Lou Pitt and studio execs Sherry Lansing, Jonathan Dolgen and Don Granger.

Fan Reaction: Zealots seemed satisfied that customary plot points were embraced--aliens invading the ship, time travel, malfunction of holodeck or other key component, emotions unleashed in roboticly unemotional person, etc. Most said it was one of the series' best. One woman from the Midwest said, "The worst was the one William Shatner directed where at the end they were all sitting around a campfire singing 'Row, Row, Row Your Boat.' "

Quoted: "If I'm explaining the film to someone with no foreknowledge of 'Star Trek,' " Stewart said, "I would say it's a film about the power of the individual to overcome the repressive many."

Best Strange Idea: One guest, who was familiar with the film's myriad product tie-ins, said, "They should have gone for the Borg Barbie."

Money Matters: Tickets were $200, and about $70,000 was raised for Amnesty International. William Schulz, the human rights organization's U.S. executive director, said, "On the most basic level, Amnesty is about making tyrants tremble, and that's what this movie is about."

Noted: Before the film rolled, the actors, director and producer--but not the screenwriters--were all introduced. One Hollywood writer's aside was, "I'm going to talk to Amnesty about representing the tortured screenwriters in this business."










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The New York Times


February 9, 1968

MOVIE REVIEW

'Planet of the Apes' (1968)

By RENATA ADLER

Planet of the Apes," which opened yesterday at the Capitol and the 72d Street Playhouse, is an anti-war film and a science-fiction liberal tract, based on a novel by Pierre Boulle (who also wrote "The Bridge on the River Kwai"). It is no good at all, but fun, at moments, to watch.

A most unconvincing spaceship containing three men and one woman, who dies at once, arrives on a desolate-looking planet. One of the movie's misfortunes lies in trying to maintain suspense about the planet it is. The men debark. One of them is a relatively new movie type, a Negro based on some recent, good Sidney Poitier roles – intelligent, scholarly, no good at sports at all. Another is an all-American boy. They are not around for long. The third is Charlton Heston.

He falls in with the planet's only human inhabitants, some children who have lost the power of speech. They are raided and enslaved by the apes of the title – who seem to represent militarism, fascism and police brutality. The apes live in towns with Gaudi-like architecture. They have a religion and funerals with speeches like "I never met an ape I didn't like," and "He was a good model for all of us, a gorilla to remember." Some of them have grounds to believe, heretically, that apes evolved from men. They put Heston on trial, as men did the half-apes in Vercor's novel "You Shall Know Them." All this leads to some dialogue that is funny, and some that tries to be. Also some that tries to be serious.

Maurice Evans, Kim Hunter, Roddy McDowall and many others are cast as apes, with wonderful anthropoid mask covering their faces. They wiggle their noses and one hardly notices any loss in normal human facial expression. Linda Harrison is cast as Heston's Neanderthal flower girl. She wiggles her hips when she wants to say something.










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[Enterprise-E underside]

PICARD: How are you doing, Mister Worf?

WORF: Not well, sir.

PICARD: Try not to look at the stars. Keep your eyes on the hull. ...Let's go.

[Enterprise-E engineering]

DATA: Tell me. Are you using a polymer-based neuro-relay to transmit the organic nerve impulses to the central processor in my positronic net? If that is the case, how have you solved the problem of increased signal degradation inherent to organosynthetic transmission across...

BORG QUEEN (OC): Do you always talk this much?

DATA: Not always, ...but often.

BORG QUEEN: Why do you insist on utilising this primitive linguistic communication? Your android brain is capable of so much more.

DATA: Have you forgotten? I am endeavouring to become more human.

BORG QUEEN: Human! We used to be exactly like them. Flawed, weak, organic, but we evolved










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Dr. Zaius: The Forbidden Zone was once a paradise. Your breed made a desert of it, ages ago.












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Richard Nixon

XXXVII President of the United States: 1969 - 1974

Executive Order 11628—Establishing a Seal for the Environmental Protection Agency

October 18, 1971

The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency has caused to be made, and has recommended that I approve, a seal for the Environmental Protection Agency, the design of which accompanies and is hereby made a part of this order, and which is described as follows:

A flower with a bloom which is symbolic of all the elements of the environment. The bloom is a sphere, the component parts of which represent the blue sky, green earth, blue-green water. A white circle within the sphere denotes either the sun or the moon. All are symbolic of a clean environment and are superimposed on a disc with a white background, circled by the title "UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY" in blue letters.

It appears that such seal is of suitable design and appropriate for adoption as the official seal of the Environmental Protection Agency:

Now, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, I hereby approve such seal as the official seal of the Environmental Protection Agency.

RICHARD NIXON

The White House

October 18, 1971












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Well, where are we? Do you have any notion, skipper?












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https://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/resources/orbiters/enterprise.html

NASA


Enterprise(OV-101)

Background

Enterprise, the first Space Shuttle Orbiter, was originally to be named Constitution (in honor of the U.S. Constitution's Bicentennial). However, viewers of the popular TV Science Fiction show Star Trek started a write-in campaign urging the White House to select the name Enterprise. Designated, OV-101, the vehicle was rolled out of Rockwell's Air Force Plant 42, Site 1 Palmdale California assembly facility on Sept. 17, 1976.


Construction Milestones

07/26/72 Contract Award

06/04/74 Start structural assembly of Crew Module










http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/secretariat_state/index_concordati-accordi_en.htm


AGREEMENTS OF THE HOLY SEE


Lateran Pact: Agreement between the Holy See and Italy (February 11, 1929)










http://www.chakoteya.net/movies/movie8.html

Star Trek: First Contact (1996)


BORG QUEEN: You can't begin to imagine the life you denied yourself.










http://www.chakoteya.net/StarTrek/31.htm

Metamorphosis [ Star Trek: The Original Series ]

Stardate: Unknown

Original Airdate: Nov 10, 1967


SPOCK: You say we'll be unable to get the ship to function again?

COCHRANE: Not a chance. There's some sort of dampening [ damping ] field down here. Power systems don't work. Take my word for it.

SPOCK: You don't mind if we continue to try?

COCHRANE: Go right ahead. You've got plenty of time.

KIRK: What about you, Cochrane? How did you get here?

COCHRANE: Marooned, I told you. Look, we'll have lots of time to learn about each other.












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http://www.chakoteya.net/movies/movie8.html

Star Trek: First Contact (1996)


PICARD: A missile complex? ...The date? Mister Data, I need to know the exact date.

DATA: April fourth, two thousand sixty-three.

PICARD: April fourth?

RIKER: The day before First Contact.

DATA: Precisely.

CRUSHER (OC): Then the missile complex must be the one where Zefram Cochrane is building his warp ship.












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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plankowner


Plankowner

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

A plankowner (also referred to a plank owner and sometimes a plank holder) is an individual who was a member of the crew of a United States Navy ship or United States Coast Guard cutter when that ship was placed in commission. Originally, this term applied only to crew members that were present at the ship's first commissioning.


In U.S. military

Plankowner is a term used by the United States Navy, and has consequently been variously defined by different units. The origin of the term is the implication that a crew member was around when the ship was being built and commissioned, and therefore has bragging rights to the "ownership" of one of the planks in the main deck.










From 2/10/1960 ( Dwight Eisenhower - Remarks After Inspecting the Missile Test Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida ) To 8/15/1986 ( Ronald Reagan - Statement on the Building of a Fourth Shuttle Orbiter and the Future of the Space Program ) is 9683 days

From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 5/7/1992 is 9683 days



From 12/1/1984 ( the United States Navy warship USS Taylor FFG 50 commissioned into United States Navy battle force fleet active service - departing 11 February 1986 as Kerry Wayne Burgess the United States Navy Fire Controlman Petty Officer 3rd Class my first United States Navy fleet assignment beginning 19 December 1984 ) To 5/7/1992 is 2714 days

2714 = 1357 + 1357

From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 7/21/1969 ( my biological brother Thomas Reagan the United States Navy Commander circa 1969 was United States Apollo 11 Eagle spacecraft United States Navy astronaut landing and walking on the planet Earth's moon ) is 1357 days



From 10/4/1923 ( Charlton Heston ) To 10/11/1976 ( the United States of America Public Law 94-479 General of the Armies of the United States approved by United States President Gerald Ford and applies personally and professionally to my biological brother United States Navy Fleet Admiral Thomas Reagan ) is 19366 days

19366 = 9683 + 9683

From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 5/7/1992 is 9683 days



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http://articles.latimes.com/1992-05-08/news/mn-1910_1_space-station-assembly

Los Angeles Times


Shuttle Endeavour Blasts Off on Difficult Maiden Flight : Science: The mission includes three spacewalks, practice for space station assembly and rescue of a communications satellite.

May 08, 1992 ROBERT W. STEWART TIMES STAFF WRITER

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — Dodging gusty winds and threatening thunderstorms, the shuttle Endeavour, the nation's newest orbiter, found a hole in the clouds Thursday and blasted off on its maiden voyage.












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http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=11984

The American Presidency Project

Dwight D. Eisenhower

XXXIV President of the United States: 1953 - 1961

33 - Remarks After Inspecting the Missile Test Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida.

February 10, 1960

WELL, it was an interesting day, and I have been wanting to come here for a long time, so it's a trip that's another realization of an ambition.

Obviously, it is the most highly instrumented place you can imagine, and certainly the personnel show every evidence of a high degree of competence.

So from my viewpoint it was a very worthwhile trip, and I hope it has been for you fellows.

Good luck to you.

Note: The President spoke at the airstrip before boarding a plane to return to Washington.










http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=37769

The American Presidency Project

Ronald Reagan

XL President of the United States: 1981 - 1989

Statement on the Building of a Fourth Shuttle Orbiter and the Future of the Space Program

August 15, 1986

I am announcing today two steps that will ensure America's leadership in space exploration and utilization. First, the United States will, in FY 1987, start building a fourth space shuttle to take the place of Challenger, which was destroyed on January 28th. This decision will bring our shuttle fleet up to strength and enable the United States to safely and energetically project a manned presence in space. Without the fourth orbiter, NASA's capabilities would be severely limited and long-term projects for the development of space would have to be either postponed, or even canceled. A fourth orbiter will enable our shuttles to accomplish the mission for which they were originally intended and permit the United States to move forward with new, exciting endeavors like the building of a permanently manned space station.

My second announcement concerns the fundamental direction of the space program. NASA and our shuttles will continue to lead the way, breaking new ground, pioneering new technology, and pushing back the frontiers. It has been determined, however, that NASA will no longer be in the business of launching private satellites. The private sector, with its ingenuity and cost effectiveness, will be playing an increasingly important role in the American space effort. Free enterprise corporations will become a highly competitive method of launching commercial satellites and doing those things which do not require a manned presence in space. These private firms are essential in clearing away the backlog that has built up during this time when our shuttles are being modified.

We must always set our sights on tomorrow. NASA and our shuttles can't be committing their scarce resources to things which can be done better and cheaper by the private sector. Instead, NASA and the four shuttles should be dedicated to payloads important to national security and foreign policy, and, even more, on exploration, pioneering, and developing new technologies and uses of space. NASA will keep America on the leading edge of change; the private sector will take over from there. Together, they will ensure that our country has a robust, balanced, and safe space program.

It has been over 6 months since the tragic loss of the Challenger and her gallant crew. We have done everything humanly possible to discover the organizational and technical causes of the disaster and to correct the situation. The greatest tribute we can pay to those brave pathfinders who gave their lives on the Challenger is to move forward and rededicate ourselves to America's leadership in space.










http://www.chakoteya.net/movies/movie8.html

Star Trek: First Contact (1996)


BORG QUEEN: Why do you insist on utilising this primitive linguistic communication? Your android brain is capable of so much more.

DATA: Have you forgotten?










http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063442/quotes

IMDb


Planet of the Apes (1968)

Quotes


Dr. Zaius: the thirteenth scroll? "And Proteus brought the upright beast into the garden and chained him to a tree and the children did make sport of him."










From 12/19/1915 ( Alois Alzheimer deceased ) To 12/20/1994 ( in Bosnia as Kerry Wayne Burgess the United States Marine Corps captain this day is my United States Navy Cross medal date of record ) is 28856 days

28856 = 14428 + 14428

From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 5/4/2005 ( the incident at the police department City of Kent Washington State after my voluntary approach to report material criminal activity directed against my person and I am secretly drugged against my consent ) is 14428 days



From 1/19/1953 ( Harry Truman - Executive Order 10431—National Security Medal ) To 5/4/2005 ( the incident at the police department City of Kent Washington State after my voluntary approach to report material criminal activity directed against my person and I am secretly drugged against my consent ) is 19098 days

19098 = 9549 + 9549

From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 12/25/1991 ( as United States Marine Corps chief warrant officer Kerry Wayne Burgess I was prisoner of war in Croatia ) is 9549 days



From 12/4/1954 ( in Miami Florida the first Burger King restaurant opens ) To 5/4/2005 ( the incident at the police department City of Kent Washington State after my voluntary approach to report material criminal activity directed against my person and I am secretly drugged against my consent ) is 18414 days

18414 = 9207 + 9207

From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 1/17/1991 ( the date of record of my United States Navy Medal of Honor as Kerry Wayne Burgess chief warrant officer United States Marine Corps circa 1991 also known as Matthew Kline for official duty and also known as Wayne Newman for official duty ) is 9207 days



From 12/4/1954 ( in Miami Florida the first Burger King restaurant opens ) To 5/4/2005 ( the incident at the police department City of Kent Washington State after my voluntary approach to report material criminal activity directed against my person and I am secretly drugged against my consent ) is 18414 days

18414 = 9207 + 9207

From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 1/17/1991 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - the Persian Gulf War begins as scheduled severe criminal activity against the United States of America ) is 9207 days



From 5/4/1927 ( the official Articles of Incorporation were filed for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ) To 11/3/1966 ( premiere US TV series episode "Star Trek"::"Dagger of the Mind" ) is 14428 days

From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 5/4/2005 ( the incident at the police department City of Kent Washington State after my voluntary approach to report material criminal activity directed against my person and I am secretly drugged against my consent ) is 14428 days


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[ See also: http://hvom.blogspot.com/2017/06/i-thought-it-would-release-me.html ]










JOURNAL ARCHIVE: 11/1/2006 3:14 PM
May 4, 2005, was the day I went to the Kent Police department for help. I named George W. Bush specifically as one of the people harassing me. The policeman didn’t ask me any questions. He dumped me off at the St. Francis hospital in Federal Way where the first thing they did was secretly drug my food. I found it very hard to restrain the urge to laugh shortly after I had eaten.


[JOURNAL ARCHIVE 01 November 2006 excerpt ends]



- posted by H.V.O.M - Kerry Wayne Burgess 11:19 AM Pacific Time Spokane Valley Washington USA Tuesday 06 June 2017