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April 13, 2012
Lying Is The Most Powerful
Weapon In War
By Mike Hastie
A blindfolded man throws a dart at a large map
of Vietnam; and where it lands a war crime was
committed by the U.S. Government.
When American history is buried,
the war crime is repeated.
And repeated.
And repeated.
And repeated.
Whenever the truth threatens one’s belief system,
there is a strong tendency to deny its reality.
When young soldiers come back from war,
they carry with them a rucksack of secrets.
As the years go by, these secrets turn into
betrayal.
Betrayal is the lethal drug that kills more soldiers when
they come home, than were killed on the battlefield.
Betrayal is a form of political incest,
soldiers used for the profits of the fatherland.
I did not serve in Vietnam for the cause of freedom,
I served Big Business in America for the cause of war
profiteering.
This truth is what ultimately destroys the veteran.
I see this agony in the faces of American veterans
every time I am at a VA hospital.
Support The Troops,
is the great lie that has great silence.
Duped,
for the glory of Wall Street.
When you discover the truth through the
door of betrayal, and become a global
citizen, it is as if you acquired a quantum
leap in intelligence. The world you once
lived in is no longer your primary residence.
Ben Rubin
Answers on page 6
By Cole Merkel
Crossword
Across
1. =Opposite/Adjacent
5. Speck in the ocean
10. Like some boats
14. Diva’s solo
15. Nigerian cash
16. Two-dimensional extent
17. In an upsetting manner
20. More cunning
21. feeble minds
22. Joint with a cap
25.1960 Olympics site
26. C.E.O.’s degree
29. Resigned remark
31. Flattened at the poles
35. Parenthesis, essentially
36. Solvents
38. Walkie-talkie word
39. Delicate dishes presented well,
en France
43. Infinitesimal amount
44. Some hospital procedures
45. “Hold on a ___ .!”
46. Cylindrical flower clusters
49. ___Kringle
50. Legendary Giant
51. Furies
53. Keeper case, en francais
55. Core value
58. Receded
62. Excited exhalation of words
65. One devoted to life of pleasure
66. Antipasto morsel
67. “___Karenina”
68. Priest’s vestments
69. PG-13, e.g.
70. Breakfast, lunch or dinner
Down
1. Small frogs
2. Husk
3. Not yet final, at law
4. Bacteria responsible for
endocarditis
The objective of Sudoku is to fill all the blank squares with the
correct numbers, from 1 to 9. Every row, column and square must
include all digits, 1 through 9, in any order.
5. Holiday___
6. Amniotic___
7. Emulated Pinocchio
8. It may get you to first base
9. Indelible ink
10. Hybrid citrus fruits
11. Impulse
12. Hair goops
13. Articulate
18. Showy
19. Poetic foot
23. Twelfth Jewish month
24. Noblemen
26. Frenzy
27. Witch’s ride
28. Not chronic
30. Smidgen
32. Dispatch boat
33. Article of faith
34. Upright
37. Close call
40. Disappears
41. The “U” inl.C.U.
42. Mint, e.g.
47. Arborist’s concern
48. Electric eye, e.g.
52. Milan’s L a ___opera house
54. Construction girder
55. Carbon compound
56. Receipt, e.g.
57. Give off, as light
59. “Harry Potter” centaur
60. Europe’s highest volcano
61. Lentil stew
62.401 (k) alternative
63. First Lady
64. Fourposter, e.g.
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