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HOUSE RESOLUTION 4232 {End the War in Iraq Act of 2005}will PROHIBIT FURTHER USE OF DEFENSE DEPARTMENT FUNDS TO DEPLOY US TROOPS TO IRAQ, while allowing for funds to be used to pay for the safe and orderly withdrawal of existing troops. {NO PROBLEM: as the Iraq Insurgency has OFFERED A CEASE-FIRE ON OUR TROOPS, IF WE WITHDRAW. THEY ARE NOT GOING TO MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR US!!! This is one of those things you NEVER hear about it our Kept Press!!!}{The bill also allows for non-defense funding to carry out reconstruction in Iraq -- I certainly hope for money to be given to the Iraqis themselves, and NOT to the totally corrupt war-profiteering "contractors" that have amassed huge amounts of money so far, and not actually done any reconstruction!}

Rep. Jim McGovern, D-MA, introduced this legislation to cut off funding. McGovern and several Congressional supporters of his bill are currently working to bring it to a floor vote when the 110th Congress convenes in January. So far, 19 House members have co-sponsored H.R. 4232. Go look them up on a Congressional website, to see if YOUR Congressperson is among them.

WHAT WE CAN ALL DO, IS WRITE, PHONE, FAX, LOBBY, AND E-MAIL IN FAVOR OF H.R. 4232, TO CUT OFF ALL FUNDING FOR THE WAR. And demonstrate, wear buttons, talk it up, etc., of course.

I recommend sending a POSTCARD to your Congressional Representative. They are cheap, and more noticed than e-mails are. Yes, you can SEND ONE EVERY WEEK -- that's what I do! Or if that's too much, then telephone every week. Whether your Congressperson is a sponsor of the bill or not -- mine, fortunately, is -- but, considering the odds against them, they will need ENCOURAGEMENT, backbone!!!

Representative XYZ

U.S. House of Representatives

Washington D.C. 20515

Also it wouldn't hurt:

Senator XYZ

U.S. Senate

Washington D.C. 20510

Or, again, you can look up their OFFICE ADDRESSES {and phone numbers} on their websites that most of them have.

Don't forget also to write your local media! Even if it doesn't get published, somebody in the office reads the mail -- and most keep a tally as to how many communications they get on a subject.

WE MUST NOT EVER ALLOW FOR ONE MOMENT, CONGRESS AND THE MEDIA AND THE PUBLIC, TO FORGET THAT THIS ELECTION WAS CLEARLY A MANDATE TO END THE WAR NOW!!! Not at Bush's or somebody's choice. NOW!!!!!!!!

If you know anyone in the Military, tell them NOT TO DEPLOY -- that you will SUPPORT THEM IN THIS DECISION, UNEQUIVOCALLY. {I write this in graffitti -- ssssh! don't tell anybody!}

If you are not an American citizen, PLEASE PASS THIS ON TO ANY AMERICANS YOU KNOW BOTH ON AND OFF THE INTERNET -- to SUPPORT HR 4232 TO CUT OFF ALL FUNDING FOR THE WAR. You KNOW this money is NOT GOING TO THE TROOPS -- TO PROTECT THE TROOPS -- BUT ONLY TO WAR PROFITEERS. This is KNOWN.

Please ASK YOUR OWN GOVERNMENTS TO WITHDRAW FROM THE WAR AND NEVER ALLY THEMSELVES WITH THE U.S. IN IMPERIALIST ADVENTURES AGAIN, EVER.

And it doesn't hurt to write to the American media, on and off the Internet, either. Or to OFFER TO GIVE SANCTUARY TO DESERTING AMERICAN TROOPS, OR TO DESERTING TROOPS FROM YOUR OWN COUNTRY.
Let us make this year THE YEAR THAT THE TROOPS COME HOME FROM IRAQ AND END THE OCCUPATION. It will be an uphill fight, all the way. Congress will try its darndest, to IGNORE the clear mandate they have been given! But, HR 4232 gives us a TOOL we can USE as an opening!!! Let us keep up the GROUNDSWELL of opposition that this election showed the existence of!!!
B Mutiny T {and I do mean Mutiny!}

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