Real eyes, realize, real lies

Editors, Asheville Global Report, I always look forward to Fridays, when the AGR arrives in my rural mailbox. I enjoy the quiet simple life, without TV or computer in my native NC, and will retire on Social Security this year. My income has been below the poverty level for seventeen years, as a conscientious war tax resister. My decision to refuse to pay war taxes was made after a 1989 Witness for Peace trip to Nicaragua. I witnessed tears of grief from Nicaraguan families as they told of a loved one's death in the illegal, immoral Iran-Contra-Drugs-for-Hostages-and Weapons War. My tax dollars paid for the bullets that killed their loved ones. Now, in 2006, the man who would call himself president and swore to uphold the Constitution declares he can make or break any law he pleases. This current administration is like a science fiction horror story. In my sixty-two years I have never witnessed such corruption, greed, lies [and] immoral, illegal, ungodly actions. An administration that supports unconstitutional searches and torture. Gestapo? Our current danger has gone way beyond political crisis–it is a spiritual crisis. You exposed the lies beginning with the 2000 elections; the lies of WMD before the invasion of Iraq; the real and present danger of a fascist dictatorship. I envision the day when the real voices of democracy, us common people, will stand as one "E Pluribus Unum" and demand the impeachment and imprisonment of the current administration, as well as demand the people be heard as a voice of compassion and love your neighbor as yourself. Thank you AGR for telling the truth, no matter how painful. Real eyes, realize, real lies. Judy Conrad Another grandmother for peace Burnsville, NC